The Sun. — 1844-06-05 (London, England)

THE PUNJAUB.  Fresh tragedies have been enacted around Lahore, and the most distinguished of the chiefs continue to embrue their handsii, each other's blood. Raja Heera Singly baying in .vited his uncle, Rajah Suchet Singh, to Lahore, the invitation was declined when coining from the nephew, but Wheil repeated from the mouths of the refractory troops, with a very different object in N iew, he hastened to the capital, and arrived on the 26th of. March, very slenderly attended, and in hopes of being received with open arms by those at whose summons he had left his mountain held. • The soldiers had in the meantime been bought over ; and the hill chief, finding that he had been deceived, prepared to retire. He was followed on the 27th by his nephew, at the head of the Rtiyal army, now 20,000 strong, and:overtaken with no more than 500 followers, in the house of a Fuqueer. Terms were offered and refused, and the gallant little band intimated their determination to fight to the last. Having for some time defended themselves with their long and deadly matchlocks, they at last, as the artillery opened on them, sallied forth, resolved to cut their way through the troops, or die in the attempt. The old Rajah Suchet Singh, his minister Rae Kesseeree Singh, and the Dewah Micelle Singh, were amongst the first who fell ; Dewan GOvermull was taken prisoner. All the leaders. having fallen, the followers were easily overcome. Suchet Singh, brother of Dhyat Singh, who was murdered during the insurrection in which the Maharajah and so many others perished, was one of the right-hand chiefs of the Old Lion of Lahore. He is said to have been engaged in tampering with our sepoys during the late mutiny, and 170,0001. of treasury belonging to him is said to have been discovered at Ferozepore, whither it had been brought fur the purposes of subornation. Heera Singh has now cleared. away nearly all his rivals of note, and could he but keep the refractory troops in order, and manage to escape the assassin's knife, may for some short time longer manage to keep himself in power ; not from the inherent stability of his authority, but from want of a sufficiently powerful assailant to overthrow it. There are, at the same time, abundant elements of strife at work, and a fresh revolution and more murders any day will surprise no one. The Agra Ukbar, (f April 20, contains the following additional intelligence, dated Lahore, April 8 " Intelligence was received from Cashmere to the effect that Sheikh Ghoolam Moohyoodeen, the Nazim of that place,' had sent one of his own people to the fort at liloozuffurabad-as a Thaunadar. The force stationed at the fort denied the new Thannadar admittance and drove him away: The. Nazim second time, sent an Amil thither, to collect the revenue. The Zeinindars refused to pay up, and resisted the Amil, who was therefore obliged to return. The'ryots in the neighbourhood of Cashmere, on ht wring of the death of suchst Singh and of a disturbande among the Sikhs, declined discharing their arrears of revenue. A petition was received from Gen. Dhokid Singh, of Huzarah, representing that Pavindali Khan was encamped in a strong post beyond the Attock, whither there was no access, but that every arrangement had been made on this side of the river for his capture. Julia Pundit remarked that Sirdar lleera Singh, in the life-time of Runjeet Singh, had exerted himself much to apprehend Pavindah Khan, but always without success. On one occasion, however, the Khan had been overtaken by the floods, and had lust a great quantity of his baggage in. the very place where he was now said to be—it was probable, then, that a similar calamity might again befal him. Rajah Heera Singh re• plied, that he would take some other measures for the Khan's capture. It was rumoured at Lahore, that should I.llthee Wuzeer Singh meet any interruption= his visit to trinritsir, there would certainly be a fight between him and those who opposed his progress."