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Isrma.--Intelligenee from India, in anticipation of the overland mail, reached London on Tuesday, bringing Bombay papers to the 3d Maroh. Another great battle has been fought and won; the Sikhs have been swept from their last and strongest hold on the British side of the Sutlej; the British troops have crossed the river; and at the date of the latest official' accounts, the Governor-General had dictated his terms to the prostrate. chiefs, at his camp at Kanha. Cuchwa, distant sixteen miles from Lahore.. The scene of the battle was the strongly-fortified camp at Sobraon, cone atructed by the enemy on the British side of the Sutlej, to protect due bridge at Hurreekee, by which he kept up communication with his own, territories.

The battle of Aliwal, fought on the 28th January, had cleared the upper district of the Sutlej of the enemy, and rendered the troops under thee command of Sir Henry Smith available for bearing a part in dislodging' the Sikhs from their position at Sobraon. Sir Hugh Gough, Commander-in-chief of the Army, was the leader; and the Army under his direction consisted in the main of the officers and men who had fought the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and AliwaL Sir Henry Hardinge, the Governor-General, was present, aiding by his advice and inspiriting the soldiers by his example. Some regiments ordered up from the South had joined early in January; and a number of howitzers and mortars arrived on the 8th February from Delhi, the day on which the division under the command of Sir Henry Smith arrived from Loodianah. The final battle was fought on the 10th February; and we subjoin the details as furnished in the official despatch written on the 13th, and dated- from Kussoor.

Despatch from his Excellency the Commander-in-chief to the Right Honourable the Governor-General.

Head-quarters, Army of the Sunei, Camp littashar. " 13th February 1846.

" Right Honourable Sir—This is the fourth despatch which I have had the honour of addressing to you since the opening of the campaign. Thanks to Al- mighty God, whose hand I desire to acknowledge in all our successes, the occa- sion of my writing now is to announce a fourth and most glorious and decisive victory !

" My last communication detailed the movements of the Sikhs and our counter- manosuvres since the great day of Ferozeshah. Defeated on the Upper Sutlej, the enemy continued to occupy his position on the right bank, and his formidable tete-de-pont and intrenchments on the left bank of the river in front of the main body of our army. But on the 10th instant, all that he held of the British terri- tory, which was comprised in the ground on which one of his camps stood, was stormed from his grasp; and his audacity was again punished by a blow, sudden, heavy, and overwhelming. It is my gratifying duty to detail the measures which have led to this glorious result.

" The enemy's works had been repeatedly reconnoitered daring the tune of my head-quarters being fixed at Nihalkee, by myself, by my Departmental Staff, and my Engineer and Artillery officers. Our observations, coupled with the reports of spies, convinced us that there had devolved on us the arduous task of attacking, in a position covered with formidable intrenehments, not fewer than thirty thou- sand men, the best of the Khalsa troops, with seventy pieces of cannon, united by a good bridge to a reserve on the opposite bank, on which the enemy had a considerable camp and some artillery, commanding and flanking his field-works on our side. Major-General Sir Harry Smith's division having rejoined me on the evening of the 8th, and part of my siege train having come up with me, I re- solved, on the morning of the 10th, to dispose our mortars and battering-guns on

J Major-General Sir Joseph Tbackwell, under whom was Brigadier Scott, held in Sobraon.

Infantry, brigaded with them, emulated both in cool determination. only. the opportunity of sharing our perils in the field, and he personally accom-

.Ashburnham's brigade to move on in support, and Major-General Gilbert's and Sir praise which I can bestow." •

an Smith's divisions to throw out their light troops to threaten their works " Brigadier Stacey, C.B., I must commend to your special protection and fa- aided by artillery. As these attacks of the centre and right commenced, the fire your. On him devolved the arduous duty of leading the first column to the at- of our heavy guns had first to be directed to the right, and then gradually to tack; turning the enemy's right; encountering his fire, before his numbers had cease; but at one link the thunder of full one hundred and twenty pieces of ord- been thinned, or his spirit broken; and, to use a phrase which a soldier like your mance reverberated in this mighty combat through the valley of the Sutlej; and Excellency will comprehend, taking off the rough edge of the Sikhs in the fight- as it was soon seen that the weight of the whole force within the Sikh How ably, how gallantly, how successfully this was done, I have before endes. - camp was likely to be thrown upon the two brigades that had passed vonred to relate. * * * its trenches, it became necessary to convert into close and serious attacks the " We were in this battle again honoured with the presence of Prince Weide- demonstrations with skirmishers and artillery of the centre and right; and the mar of Prussia, and the two noblemen in his suite, Counts Oriole mid Greuben. battle raged with inconceivable fury from right to left. The Sikhs, even when at Here, as at Moodkee and Ferozeshah, these distinguished visiters did not con- particular points their intrenchments were mastered with the bayonet, strove to tent themselves with a distant view of the action, but throughout it were to be regain them by the fiercest conflict sword in hand. Nor was it until the cavalry seen in front wherever danger most urgently pressed. of the left, under Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, had moved forward and " The loss of the enemy has been immense. An estimate of it must be formed ridden through the openings of the intrenchments made by our sappers, in single with a due allowance for the spirit of exaggeration which pervades all statements ffie, and reformed as they passed them—and the Third Dragoons, whom no obstacle of Asiatics where their interest leads them to magnify numbers; but their own usually held formidable by horse appears to check, had on this day, as at Feroze- observation on the river-banks and in the enemy's camp, combined with the re- shah, galloped over and cut down the obstinate defenders of batteries and field- ports brought to our intelligence department, convince me that the Khalsa ca- works—and until the full weight of three divisions of infantry, with every field- amities were between 8,000 and 10,000 men killed and wounded in action and- artillery gun which could be sent to their aid, had been east into the scale—that drowned in the passage of the river. Among the slain are, Sirdars Sham Singh, victory finally declared for• the British. The fire of the Sikhs first slackened and Attareewalla, Generals Goolab Singh Koopta, and Hera Singh Topee, Sirdar then nearly ceased; and the victors then pressing them on every side, precipitated Kishen Singh, son of the late Jemadar Kooshall Singh, Generals Mobaruck Ally them in masses over their bridge and into the Sutlej, which a sudden rise of seven and Illahee Buksh, and Shah Newaz Khan, son of Futteh-ood-deer Khan of Males had rendered hardly fordable. In their efforts to reach the right bank, Kussoor. The body of Sham Singh was sought for in the captured camp by his through the deepened water, they suffered from our horse artillery a terrible car- followers; and, respecting the gallantry with which he is reported to have de- nage. Hundreds fell under this cannonade; hundreds upon hundreds were voted himself to death rather than accompany the army in its flight, I forbade hie drowned in attempting the perilous passage. Their awful slaughter, confusion, people being molested in their search, which was finally successful. and dismay, were such as would have excited compassion in the hearts of their " The consequences of this great action have yet to be fully developed. It generous conquerors, if the Khalsa troops had not, in the early part of the action, has at least, in God's Providence, once more expelled the Sikhs from our teni- sullied their gallantry by slaughtering and barbarously mangling every wounded tory, and planted our standards in the soil of the Punjanb. After occupying soldier whom, in the vicissitudes of attack, the fortune of war left at their mercy. their intrenched position for nearly a month, the Khalsa army had perhaps nits- " I must pause iu this narrative especially to notice the determined hardihood taken the caution which had induced us to wait for the necessary material, for and bravery with which our two battalions of Ghoorkhas, the Samoa and Nusseree, timidity. But they must now deeply feel that the blow which has fallen on them met the Sikhs wherever they were opposed to them. Soldiers of small stature, from the British arm has only been the heavier for being long delayed. diem of our own nation; and, armed with the short weapon of their mountains, H. GOUGH, General,

but indomitable spirit, they vied in ardent courage in the charge with the grena- " I have &c. were a terror to the Sikhs throughout this great combat. "Commander-in-chief, East Indies.'

" Sixty-seven pieces of cannon, upwards of two hundred camel swivels, (sum- Loss sustained in the Battle of Sobraon, 10th February 1846. Abstract. Staff-2 European officers wounded. Artillery Division--1 European offi- boortteks,) numerous standards, and vast munitions of war, captured by our car, 3 rank and file, 3 syce drivers, and 17 horses, killed ; 1 European officer, l sergeant, troops,. are the pledges and trophies of our victory. The battle was over by 33 rank and fire, 5 Lascars, 5 syces, and 23 horses, wounded ; 5 horses missing. Engl.. eleven in the morning; and in the forenoon I caused our engineers to burn a part neers and Sappers and Miners-2 rank and file killed; 3 European oaken, Native ditto„ and to sink a part of the vaunted bridge of the Khalsa army, across which they and 16 rank and tile, wounded. Cavalry Division-6 rank and file and 18 horses killed had boastfully come once more to defy us, and to threaten India with ruin and 4 Europeanofficers, 2 trumpeters, 56 rack and file, and 53 horses, wounded; 24 horses devastation. missing. lit Infantry Division-2 European officers, 1 Native officer, and 97 rank and " We have to deplore a loss severe in itself; but certainly not heavy when weighed in the balance against the obstacles overcome and the advantages ob- Division-5 European officers, Native officer, 5 sergeants, 109 rank and file, }Alined. I have especially to lament the fall of Major-General Sir Robert Dick, 585 rank and file, and 1 horse, wounded. 3d Infantry Division-5 European officers, 1 and 1 horse, killed ; 38 European officers, 12 Native officers, 46 sergeants, 2 trumpeters, K.C.B., a gallant veteran of the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns. He stir- Native officer, 3 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, 75 rank and Me, and 5 horses, killed ; 25 Eurp.. vived only till evening the dangerous grape-shot wound which he received close pears officers, 13 Native oftleers„ 27 sergeants, 3 trumpeters, 573 ; auk and me, and 6 to the enemy's intrenchment, whilst personally animating, by his dauntless ex- horses, wounded. the alluvial land within good range of the enemy's works. To enable us to do ample, the soldiers of her Majesty's Eightieth Regiment in their career of noble this, it was necessary first to drive in the enemy's pickets at thepost of observe- daring. Major-General Gilbert, to whose gallantry and unceasing exertions I tion in front of Koodeewalla, and at the little Sobraon. It was directed that this have been so deeply indebted, and whose services have been so eminent through- should be done during the night of the 9th; but the execution of this part of the out this eventful campaign, and Brigadier Stacey, the leader of the brigade most plan was deferred, owing to misconceptions and casual circumstances, until near hotly and successfully engaged, both received contusions. They were such as daybreak. The delay was of little importance, as the event showed that the would have caused many men to retire from the field, but they did not interrupt Sikhs had followed our example in occupying the two posts in force by day only. for a moment the efforts of these heroic officers. Brigadier SPLaren, so distin-

Of both, therefore, possession was taken without opposition. The battering and guished in the campaigns in Affghanistan, at Maharajpore, and now again in our disposed field-artillery was then put in position in an extended semicircle, em- conflicts with the Sikhs, has been badly wounded by a ball in the knee. Brigs- bracing within its fire the works of the Sikhs. It had been intended that the dier Taylor, C.B., one of the most gallant and intelligent officers of the Army, to• cannonade should have commenced at daybreak; but so heavy a mist hung over whom I have felt deeply indebted on many occasions, fell in this fight, at the the plain and river, that it became necessary to wait until the rays of the sun had head of his brigade, in close encounter with the enemy, and covered with honour- ted it and cleared the atmosphere. Meanwhile, on the margin of the able wounds. Brigadier Penny, of the Nusseree Battalion, commanding the Se-

genntieter on our left, two brigades of Major-General Sir R. Dick's division, under his cond Brigade, has been wounded, but not, I trust, severely. I am deprived for personal command, stood ready to commence the assault against the enemy's ex- the present of the valuable services of Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Gough, C.B., treme right. His Seventh Brigade, in which was the Tenth Foot, reinforced by Acting Quarter-Master General of her Majesty's troops; whose aid I have so the Fifty-third Foot, and led by Brigadier Stacey, was to head the attack, sup- highly prized in all my campaigns in China and India. He has received a wound ported at two hundred yards distance by the Sixth Brigade under Brigadier Wil- from a grape-shot, which is severe, but I hope not dangerous. Lieutenant-Co-

mn. In reserve was:the Fifth Brigade, under Brigadier the Honourable T. lonel Barr, Acting Adjutant-General of her Majesty's forces, whose superior merit.

Ashburnham; which was to move forward from the intrenched village of Koodee- as a Staff-officer I have before recorded, has suffered a compound fracture in the walla, leaving, if necessary, a regiment for its defence. In the centre, Major- left arm by a ball: it is feared that amputation may becomeneeessary. Lieutenant-. General Gilbert's division was deployed fur support or attack, its right resting on Colonels Ryan and Petit, of the Fiftieth Foot, were both badly wounded with and in the village of the little Sobraon. Major-General Sir Harry Smith's was that gallant regiment Captain John Fisher, Commandant of the Sirmoor Bat- formed near the village of Guttab, with its right thrown up towards the Sutlej. talion, fell at the head of his valiant little corps, respected and lamented by the Brigadier Cureton's cavalry threatened, by feigned attacks, the ford at Hurreekee, whole Army.

and the enemy's horse under Rajah Lall Singh Misr on the opposite bank. Bri- " I have now to make the attempt, difficult, nay impracticable though I deem. gadier Campbell, taking an intermediate position in the rear between Major- it, of expressing in adequate terms my sense of obligation to those who espe- General Gilbert's tight and Major-General Sir Harry Smith's left, protected both. daily aided me by their talents and self-devotion in the hard-fought field of reserve on our left, ready to act as circumstances might demand, the rest of the "First, Right Honourable Sir, you must permit ins to speak of yourself. Be- cavalry. fore the action, I had the satisfaction of submitting to you my plan of attack; . " Our battery of nine-pounders, enlarged into twelves, opened near the little and I cannot describe the support which I derived from the circumstances of its

Sobraon with a brigade of howitzers formed from the light field-batteries and having in all its details met your approbation. When a soldier of such sound, troops of horse artillery, shortly after daybreak. But it was half-past six before judgment and matured experience as your Excellency assured me that my pro- the whole of our artillery fire was developed. It was most spirited and well direct- jected operation deserved success, I could not permit myself to doubt that, with ed. I cannot speak in terms too high of the judicious disposition of the guns, the blessing of Divine Providence, the victory would be (Mrs. Nor did your ass their admirable practice, or the activity with which the cannonade was sustained: sistance stop here: though snf3enng severely from the effects of a fall, and unable but, notwithstanding the formidable calibre of our iron guns, mortars, and howit- to mount on horseback without assistance, your uncontrollable desire to see this zers, and the admirable way in which they were served, and aided by a rocket army once more triumphant, carried you into the hottest of the fire; filling all. battery, it would have been visionary to expect that they could, within any limited who witnessed your exposure to such peril at once with admiration of the intre- time, silence the fire of seventy pieces behind well-constructed batteries of earth, pidity that prompted it, and anxiety for your personal safety, involving so deeply plank, and fascines, or dislodge troops covered either by redoubts or epaulements, in itself the interests and happiness of British India. I must acknowledge also

or within a treble line of trenches. fhe effect of the cannonade was, as has since my obligation toyou for having, whilst I was busied with another portion of our been proved by an inspection of the camp, most severely felt by the enemy; but operations, superintended all the arrangements that related to laying our bridge it soon became evident that the issue of this struggle must be brought to the arbi- across the Sutlej near Ferozepore. Our prompt appearance on this bank of the faement of musketry and the bayonet. river after victory, and advance to this place, which has enabled us to surprise its " At nine o'clock, Brigadier Stacey's brigade, supported on either flank by Captains fort and encampment without opposition in one of the strongest positions in the Horsford's and Fordyce's batteries and Lieutenant-Colonel Lane's troop of Horse country, is the result of this invaluable assistance."

" At the moment of this first success, I directed Brigadier the Honourable T. pruned me throughout the day. Brigadier Smith has earned a title to the highest• file, killed; 28 European officers. 13 Native officers, and 489 rank and file, wounded. 24 Total-13 European officers, 3 Native officers, 8 sergeants, 2 trumpeters, 292 rank sae

file, 3 syces, and 36 hones, killed ; 101 European officers, 39 Native officers, 74 sergeants, 7 trumpeters, 1,832 rank and file, 5 Lascars, 5 syces, and 83 horses, wounded; 29 horses missing. killed.

European officers 13 Native officers 3 Warrant and non-com. officers, rank and file 301 Lascars, syce.drivers, ayees, Ste 3 Total 320 Grand total of kified, wounded, and missing

Names of Officers Killed and Wounded.

KILLED. Wounded.

.. 101 .. 39 . 1,913 .. 10

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.. 0 0 .. 0 0 2,383 2,063 . Artillery Division. 1st Troop 2d Bde. H. A..—First Lieut. H. J. Y. Faithful. First Infantry Division. Brigade Staff—Lieut. R. Hay, Major of Brigade. H. M. bOth Foot—Lieut. C. R. Grimes.

- Second Infantry Division. Divisional Staff—Lieut. J. S. Rawson, Offg. D. A. Q. M. General. Brigade Staff—Lieut. Col. C. C. Taylor, C.B., Brigadier. 1st Eur. Lt. Infy. —Lieut. F. Shuttleworth and Ensign F. W. A. Hamilton. Sirmoor Hattn.—Captain J. Fisher.

Third Infantry Division. Divisional Staff—M. General Sir R. H. Dick, K.C.B.. and K.C.H. H. M. 62d Foot—Lieut. W. T. Bartley. 333 Regt. W. L—Lieut. W. D. Play- talr._ H. M. 10th Foot—Lieut. W. B. Beale. H. M. 53d Foot —Capt. C. E. D. Warren. WOUNDED.

General Staff—Lieut.-Col. J. B. Gough, CB., Offg. Quarter-Master Gen. H. M. Forces (very severely); and Lieut.-Col. M. Barr, Offg. Adjt.-Gen. H. M. Forces (se- verely and dangerously). Artillery Divialon-2d Troop 2d Brigade. H. A.—Brevet-Major C. Grant (slightly). . Engineer Department—Brevet-Capt. W.-Abercrombie (contused) ; First Lieut. J. R. Beecher (severely); and Second Lieut. G. P. Hebbert (slightly). Cavalry Division—H. M. 3d Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. B. Hawkes (slightly) ; Lieut. H. W. White (ditto) ; Cornet Kauntze (severely) ; and_Quartermaster A. Crabtree (slightly). 1st Infantry Division—Divisional Staff—Lieut. E. A. Holdich, A. D. C. (severely.)

Brigade Staff—Lieut.-Col. N. Penny, Brigadier, and Capt: J. Garvock, Major of Brigade (severely). H. M. 31st Foot—Lieut. R. Law (severely) ; Lieut. G. Elmsley (severely) ; Lieut. S. J. Timbrell (dangerously), both thighs broken; Lieut. P. Gabbet (slightly) ; Lieut. C. H. G. TAU/an (mortally) ; Ensign Jones (dangerously); and Lieut. and Adjt• Bolton (severely). 47th Regt. N. I.—Lieut. and Adjt. R. Renny (severely); Lieut. H. C. James, 32d N. I. (slightly) ; Ensign W. H. Walcot (slightly) ; and Ensign J. D. Ogston (slightly). H. IL 50th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Ryan, K. H. (dangerously) ; Brevet-Col. P. J. Petit (ditto) ; Capt. G. Mac L. Tew (ditto) ; Capt. J. B. Bonham (dangerously); Capt. H. Needham (dangerously) ' • Capt. J. L. Wilton (very severely); Lieut. H. W. Hough (severely); Lieut J. J. Smyth (severely) ; Lieut. C. A. Moat (severely) ; EnsIgn C. H. Slessor (slightly) ; and Lieut. C. H. Tottenham (slightly). 42.1 Light Infantry—Major T. Polwhele (slightly); and Lieu! A. Maequeen (severely). i'Nssseree Battalion—Capt. C. O'Brien (severely).

Beeend Infantry Division. Divisional Staff—Major-Gen. W. R. Gilbert (slightly) ;

Lieut. F. WI). Gilbert, A.D.C. (slightly). Brigade Staff—Lteut.-Col. J. M'Laren, 0.11. Brigadier (dangerously); Lieut. G. H. M. Jones, Major of Brigade (very severely- -right arm amputated). H. M. 29th Foot—Capt. A. St. G. H. Stepney (severely) ; -Capt. J. D. Young (slightly) ; Capt. IC Murchison (slightly) ; Lieut. R. F. Henry; Lieut. A. J. Duncan (severely); Lieut. W. Kirby (very severely); Lieut. C. E. Mac- donnal. (severely) ; Lieut. H. G. Walker (slightly) ; Lieut. G. M. Nugent (se- verely); Lieut. G. St. J. Henderson (contusion) ; Lieut. E. T. Scudamore (severely) ; and Ensign G. Mitchell (very severely—right leg amputated). 41st Regt. N. I.—Capt. W. H. Belford (severely) ; Capt. J. Cumberlege (severely); Capt. J. W. Y. Stephen {slightly); Lieut. A. W. Onslow (ffigh-ly) ; Lieut. M. F. Kemble (slightly) ; Ensign C. X. Bestehen! (severely—since dead); Ensign C. R. Aikman (slightly) ; and Ensign J. P. Bennett (slightly). 68th Regt. N. I.—Lieut. P. A. Robertson (slightly) ; and Ensign J. A. 4itorin (slightly). 1st European I.ight Infantry—Brevet Capt. E. Maguey (severely) ; ,Lietst. J. Patents (severely) ; Lieut. J. Lambert (severely) ; Lieut. G. G. Denniss (se- verely) ; Lteut. A. Hume (dangerously) ; Lieut. T. Staples (slightly); Ensign C. 0. B. f-Palmer (slightly); Ensign G. H. Davidson (dangerously—since dead) ; Ensign P. IL Innes (slightly); and Lieut. D. C. Iteateoft (severely). 16tlf Regt. N. I. Grenadiers- Capt. A. Balderston (severely); and Ensign W. S. R. Hodson (slightly).

Third Infantry Division—Her Majesty's 9th Foot—Lieut. R. Daunt (slightly). 26th

Regt. N.I.—Lieut. F. hfackenzie (severely); and Ensign R. T. White (slightly). H.M. -62a Foot—Lient. B. H. Havtlsnd (severely). H. M. 80th Foot—Capt. W. Cookson (slightly) ; Lieut. It. Crawley (severely ;) Lieut. E. W. P. Kingsley (severely) ; and Ensign W. B. C. S. Wandesfurd (severely). 33d Regt. N. I.—Lieut. T. Tulloh (se- verely). 63d Regt. N. I.--Capt. W. C. Ormsby (severely) ; Lieut. H. H. Morrison (slightly) ; and Ensign R. T. H. Barber (slightly). ' II. M. 10th Foot—Lieut. R. H. Evans (slightly) ; and Lieut. C. J. Sindham (severely). 43d Regt. Light Infantry- Capt. H. Lyell (very severely); Ensign L. Munroe (severely). 39th Regt. N. I.—Lieut. H. B. Munsden (severely). H. M. 53d Foot—Capt. T. Smart (severely); Lieut. J. Chestei (severely) ; Lieut. A. B. 0. Stokes (severely) ; Ensign W. Dunning (severely) ; Lieut.-Col. W. 0. Gold (slightly) ; Lieut. J. Breton (slightly) ; Lieut. It. N. Clarke (se- verely) ; and Ensign H. Lucas (slightly).

In a " General Order" by the Governor-General, dated Camp Kussoor 14th February,- the leading outlines of the battle are retraced; and hearty' thanks conveyed to the Commander-in-chief, and the officers and men engaged-

- Sir Henry Hardinge describes the victory as " an exploit, one of the most daring ever achieved, by which, in open day, a triple line of breastworks, flanked by formidable redoubts, bristling with artillery, manned by thirty-two regular of the regiments. Those officers who fell are characterized in fitting terms. 'Sir Henry states that two hundred and twenty guns have been taken from the enemy during the campaign. A medal is to be struck with " Sobraon " engraved upon it, to be presented to the soldiers as a memorial of the victory. i The movement which followed the battle is shortly stated in the General Order. " The same evening, six regiments of Native Infantry crossed the Sutlej. On the following day, the bridge of boats was nearly completed by that able and indefatigable officer Major Abbott, of the Engineers; and the Army is this day [14th February] encamped at Kussoor, thirty-two miles from Lahore."

On the arrival of the Army at Kussoor, the following proclamation was Lined —

Free/deletion by the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India.

" Foreign Department. Kussoor, 14th February 1846.

" The Sikh army has been expelled from the left bank of the river Sutlej; Baying been defeated in every action, with the loss of mote than 220 pieces of -field artillery. - " The British army has crossed the Sutlej, and entered the Punjaub.

" The Governor-General announces by this proclamation, that this measure has been adopted by the Government of India in accordance with the intentions expressed in the proclamation of the lath December last, as having been forced upon the Governor-General, for the purpose of ' effectually protecting the Bri- tish provinces, for vindicating the authority of the British Government, and for punishing the violators of treaties and the disturbers of the public peace.' " These operations will be steadily persevered in, and vigorously prosecuted, until the objects proposed to be accomplished are fully_ attained. The occupa- tion of the Punjaub by the British forces will not be relinquished until ample atonement for the insult offered to the British Government by the infraction of the treaty of 1809 A. D., and by the unprovoked invasion of the British provinces, shall have been exacted. These objects will include full indemnity for all ex- penses incurred during the war, and such arrangements for the futuregovernment of the Lahore territories as will give perfect security to the British Government against similar acts of perfidy and aggression.

"Military operations against the Government and army of the Lahore state have not been undertaken by the Government of India from any desire of territorial aggrandizement. The Governor-General, as already announced in the proclanut- teen of the 13th December, 'sincerely desired to see a strong Sikh government reestablished in the Punjaub, able to control its army and to protect its subjects.' en of the exertions of officers, and the more striking service rendered by some nts of infantry, was assaulted and carried." Complimentary notice is The sincerity of these professions is proved by the fact that no preparations for hostilities had been made when the Lahore Government suddenly, and without a pretext of complaint, invaded the British territories. This unprovoked aggression his compelled the British Government to have recourse to arms, and to organize the means of offensive warfare; and whatever may now befall the Lahore state, the consequences can alone be attributed to the misconduct of that Government and its army. " No extension of territory was desired by the Government of India: the mea- sures necessary for providing indemnity for the past and security for the future will, however, involve the retention by the British Government of a portion of the country hitherto under the government of the Lahore state. The extent of tory which it may be deemed advisable to hold will be determined by the condn of the Durbar, and by considerations for the security of the British frontier. The Government of India will, under any circumstances annex to the British pro- vinces the districts, hill and plain, situated between the rivers Sutlej and Bets; the revenues thereof being appropriated as a part of the indemnity required from the Lahore state. . .

" The Government of India has frequently declared that it did not desire to sub-

vert the Sikh Government in the Punjaub; and although the conduct of the Durbar has been such as to justify the most severe and extreme measures of retri- bution, (the infliction of which may yet be required by sound policy; if the recent acts of violence be not amply .atoned for and immediate submission tendered,) nevertheless the Governor-General is still willing that an opportunity should be given to the Durbar and to the chiefs to submit lhemselves to the authority of the British Government, and by a return to good faith and the observance of pm dent counsels, enable the Governor-General to organize a Sikh government in the person of a descendant of its founder, the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh, the faithful ally of the British power.

" The Governor-General, at this moment of a most complete and decisive vic- tory, cannot give a stronger proof of the forbearance and moderation of the British Government than by making this declaration of his intention; the terms and mode of the arrangement remaining for farther adjustment.

" The Governor-General therefore calls upon all those chiefs who are the well- wishers of the descendants of Runjeet Singh, and especially such chiefs as have not participated in the hostile proceedings against the British power, to act in concert with him for carrying into effect such arrangements as shall maintain a Sikh government at Lahore, capable of controlling. its army and protecting its subjects, and based upon principles that shall provide for the future tranquillity of the Sikh states, shall secure the British frontier against a repetition of acts of aggression, and shall prove to the whole world the moderation and justice of the paramount power of India.

" If this opportunity of rescuing the Sikh nation from military anarchy and misrule be neglected, and hostile opposition to the British army be renewed, the Government of India will make such other arrangements for the future govern- ment of the Punjaub as the interests and security of the British power may render just and expedient.

"By order, &c. F. CURRIE, Secretary

" to the Government of India, with the Governor-General."

The completely satisfactory effect of this proclamation is narrated in a despatch from Sir Henry Ilardinge to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, dated " Camp, Kariba Cuchwa, February 19."

Extract from the Governor-General's Despatch to the Secret Committee.

"On the arrival at Lahore of the news of the complete victory of Sobraon, the Ranee and Durbar urged Rajah Gholab Singh to proceed immediately to the British camp, to beg pardon in the name of the Durbar and the Sikh Government for the offence which had been committed, and to endeavour to negotiate some arrange. ment for the preservation of the country from utter ruin.

" The Rajah first stipulated, that the Durbar and the chief officers of the army as well as the members of the Punchayeti, should sign a solemn declaration that

they would abide by such terms as he might determine on with the British Go- vernment. This is said to have been immediately acceded to; and on the 15th, Rajah Gholab Singh, Dewan Dena Nath, and Fakeer Noorodeen, arrived in my camp at Kussoor, with full credentials from the Maharajah, and empowered to agree, in the name of the Maharajah and the Government, to such terms as 1 might dictate. The Rajah was accompanied by the Barukzie chief, Soultan Ma homed Khan, and several of the most influential Sirdars of the nation. "I received the Rajah in Durbar as the representative of an offending govern- ment, omitting the forms and ceremonies usually observed on the occasion of friendly meetings, and refusing to receive, at that time, the proffered matures and complimentary offerings. "I briefly explained to the Rajah and his colleagues, that the offence which had been committed was most serious, and the conduct of the chiefs and army was most unwarrantable; that this offence had been perpetrated without the shadow of any cause of quarrel on the part of the British Government, in the face of an existing treaty of amity and friendship; and that, as all Asia had witnessed the

injurious conduct of the Sikh nation, retributive justice required that the proceed- ings of the British Government should be of a character which would mark to the whole world that insult could not be offered to the British Government, and our provinces invaded by a hostile army, without signal punishment.

"I told the Rajah that I recognized the wisdom, prudence, and good feeling evinced by him in having kept himself separate from these unjustifiable hostilities of the Sikhs, and that r was prepared to mark my sense of that conduct in the proceedings which must now be carried through. 1 stated, in the most marked manner and words, my satisfaction that he who had not participated in the of- fence, and whose wisdom and good feeling towards the British Government were well known, had been the person chosen by the Durbar as their representative for negotiating the means by which atonement -might be made, and the terms on which the Sikh Government might be rescued from impending destruction, by a return to amicable relations between the British Government and the Lahore state. I told the Rajah and his colleagues, that Mr. Currie, the Chief Secretary to Government, and Major Lawrence, my agent, were in full possession of my de- termination on the subject; that they were in my entire confidence; and I re- ferred the chiefs to those officers, that they might learn from them the principles and details of adjustment which 1 had determined to offer for their immediate ac- ceptance. "Ilia chiefs remained the greater part of the night in conference with Mr. Canle and Major Lawrence; but, before they separated, a paper was signed by them to the effect that all that had been demanded would be conceded, and that arrangements would be immediately made, as far as were in the power of the chiefs, to carry out all the details that had been explained to them. " The terms demanded and conceded are—the surrender, in full sovereignty, of the territory, hill and plain, lying between the Sutlej and Bess rivers; and the payment of one and a half crores of rupees as indemnity for the expenses of the war; the disbandment of the present Sikh army, and its reorganization on the system and refutations with regard to pay which obtained in the time of the late Maharajah Ranjeet Singh; the arrangement for limiting the extent of the force to be henceforth employed to be determined on in communication with the British Government; the surrender to us of all the grins that had been pointed

against as; the entire regulation and control of both banks of the river Sutlej, and such other arrangements for settling the future boundaries of the Sikh State, and the organization of its administration, as might be determined on at Lahore. " It was farther arranged, that the Maharajah, with Bhaee Barn Singh, and the

other chiefs remaining at Lahore, should forthwith repair to the camp of the Governor-General, and place themselves in the hands of the Governor-General, to accompany his camp to Lahore.

"I had prepared, for circulation on my arrival at Eussoor, a proclamation declaratory of my present views and intentions with regard to the Punjaub; a translation of which was given to Rajah Golab Singh and his colleagues, and a copy of which is enclosed for your information.

"It was determined that the Maharajah should meet me at Lnlleana on the 18th, (yesterday); when the camp arrived at that place. On the afternoon of the 17th, it was announced to me that the Maharajah, with Bhaee Ram Singh and other chiefs, had instantly on receiving the summons from Rajah Gholab Singh hastened from Lahore, and that they had arrived at Rajah Gholab Singh's camp, pitched about a mile beyond our picquets; and that his Highness was ready at once to wait upon me.

" I considered it right to abide by the first arangement ; and I directed that it should be intimated to the Maharajah and the chiefs, that I would receive his Highness on the day appointed, at Lulleana, eleven miles in advance, on the road to Lahore.

" Yesterday afternoon, the Rajah Gholab Singh, Dewan Deena Natb, Fakeer Nooroodeen, Bhaee Barn Singh, and ten or twelve other chiefs, had an interview with me in my Durbar tent; where the Commander-in-chief and Staff had been invited by me to be present to receive them.

" As on the occasion of Rajah Gholab Singh's visit, I omitted the usual salute to the Maharajah, and curtailed the other customary ceremonies on his arrival at my tent; causing it to be explained, that until submission had been distinctly ten- dered by the Maharajah in person, he could not be recognized and received as a friendly Prince. " Submission was tendered by the Minister and chiefs who accompanied the Maharajah; and the Fardomof the British Government was requested on such con- ditions as 1 should dictate, in the most explicit terms. After which I stated, that the conditions having been distinctly made known to the Minister Rajah Gholab Singh and the chiefs accredited with him, it was unnecessary to discuss them in that place, and in the presence of the young Maharajah, who was of too tender an age to take part in such matters; and that, as all the requirements of the British Government had been acquiesced in, and their fulfilment promised in the name of the Maharajah and Durbar, I should consider myself justified in treating the young Maharajah from that moment as a Prince restored to the friendship of the British Government

" After some remarks regarding the fame and character of the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh, and hope that the young Prince would follow the footsteps of his father, and my desire that such relations should henceforward exist between the two states as would tend to the benefit of both, I broke up the Durbar.

" On his taking leave I caused the:customary presents to be made to the Maha- rajah; and, on his retiring from my tent, the usual salute was fired from our twenty- four: pounders, drawn up at the bottom of the street of tents for that purpose.

" In the course of discussion, the Minister asked, if the young Maharajah should now return to the Ranee at Lahore; or if it was my desire that he should remain at my camp? intimating that it was for me to dispose of the young chief as I pleased, and as I might consider best for his Highness's interests. I replied, that I thought it advisable that his Highness's camp should accompany mine, and that I should myself conduct him to his capital; which I purposed reaching in two marches, that is, by tomorrow morning. " The remains of the Sikh army, under Sirdar Tej Singh and Rajah Lan Singh, on retiring from Sobraon, encamped at Raebam, about eighteen miles East of Lahore. They are variously estimated at from 14,000 to 20,000 horse and foot, with about thirty-five guns. They have been positively ordered by Rajah Gholab Singh to remain stationary; and the Mahomedan and Nujeeb battalions, in the interest of the Min- ister, have been placed in the citadel and at the gates of Lahore, with strict orders to permit no armed Sikh soldier to enter the town. It was intimated to me late last night, that the inhabitants of Lahore and firmritsur were in great alarm at the approach of our army to the capital, and were under apprehension that those cities might be sacked and plundered by our troops. I therefore caused the proclamation, a copy of which is enclosed, to be issued to the inhabitants of those cities, informing them of the result of my in- terview with the Maharajah, and assuring them of protection in person and pro- perty, if the Durbar acted in good faith, and no further hostile opposition was offered by the army.

"On our arrival at this place, (Kanha Cuchwa, about sixteen miles from the city of Lahore, and twelve from the cantonments,) heavy firing for the best part of an hour was heard. This proved to be a salute of seven rounds from ever gun in Lahore, in honour of the Maharajah's meeting with me yesterday, and in joy at the prospect of the restoration of amicable relations." The fort of Phulloor, opposite to Loodianah on the Sikh side of the Eutlej, was taken possession of on the 17th February, by Brigadier Wheeler. It had been abandoned by the Sikh garrison soon after the battle of Aliwal. The British force was in full march to the fort, (having crossed the river without molestation,) when information was received that no enemy was to be found. Of the guns which the Sikh army had with them, five were left in the fort; the remainder, about twenty in number, were carried away by the Khalsa army. The Delhi Gazette adds-

" The fort of Phulloor, which is said to be a strong one, is certainly an im- portant acquisition at the present moment; being, in fact, the first _place we have taken in our newly-annexed territory between the Sutlej and the Bess; so that our hands are essentially strengthened on that as on other sides. The tables are, indeed, quite turned on our enemy; whose army one short month ago threatened Loodianah with destruction, and are now obliged to abandon their strongholds and fly into the interior for safety."

The army in Scinde was moving up from Roree to Bhawulpore. Sir Charles Napier had been appointed second in command of the Army on the Sutlej, and had given over the Governorship of Scinde, nd the command of the Army there, to General Simpson. The Bengal portion of the Scinde army, with some European Regiments, was moving on to- wards Ferozepore. Sir Charles Napier, with his personal Staff, had left Rome on the 10th February, in a small steamer, for Bhawulpore; whence he proceeded by express to join the Governor-General.

Fitswox.—At the monthly organization of the Bureaux last week', the Government secured the majority in all of them; which gives the initia- tion of every measure to the Ministry. One consequence of this unwonted strength will be the shortening of the session; as the Opposition will now be deprived of the opportunity of bringing forward the question of the re- form of the electoral law, and several other questions upon which animated debates were expected.

The Chambers have passed by an immense majority a bill relative to the Channel Fisheries. In reply to M. Abraham Dubois, who alleged that the English fishermen plundered the French grounds to the amount of above a Xnfilion of oysters a year, the Minister of the Navy stated that a steamer was about to be sent to the Bay of Granville or Cancale, to pursue and capture the English boats, which the present cutters could not always oivitake.

-On Monday, the Chambers commenced a discussion on the commercial treaty with Belgium. The trial at Rouen of M. de Beauvallon, a literary man, for the murder of M. Dujarrier, one of the principal proprietors of the Prase, in a duel rather more than twelve months ago, had excited extraordinary interest in Paris. The trial lasted four days, and terminated in a verdict of acquit- tal. The Court, however, subjected M. de Beauvallon to pay 20,000 francs damages to the mother of M. Dujarrier, and the costa of the prosecu- tion and defence.

SPA]N.—Little that is authentic has been communicated this week as to the actings and intentions of the Narvaez Cabinet. The Gazette of the 21st ultimo publishes a Royal decree appointing M. Pedro Sebater, a Deputy, Po- litical Chief of Madrid, in the room of General Balboa, who was transferred to the post of Captain-General of Burgos. Another decree nominated M. Sarto- rins Under Secretary of State of the Foreign Department; and a third in- vested General Villalonga with the Government of Galicia. The same official journal promulgated the new electoral law.

The removal of General Balboa was looked upon as a concession to public opinion; and the publication of the electoral law was pointed to by the Heraldo, the Ministerial organ, as a triumphant reply to the illiberal imputations thrown out against the new Cabinet.

A fulmination against the press appeared in the Madrid Gazette of the 25th, in a circular by the new Minister of Justice. Most of the journal's had suspended publication.

The Infante Enrique, one of the Queen's suitors, is in Galicia; and hix movements are narrowly watched by the Government.