DEFEAT OF SHERE SINGH. (From the Calcutta Englishman, March 3.)

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DEFEAT OF SHERE SINGH. (From the Calcutta Englishman, March 3.)

We have just received a letter from Lahote announcing tlin complete i\jut of the Sikhs on lite 2\H, \i itii vi-ry tiifltng loss to our army. " The battle commenced at half past three on llu morning oi the 21st, Our guns were kept playing on the enemy for three hours. The attack was then oiderul, 'md appears to have been successful at eve-y point. Ihirty of the enemy's guns ww n r« luken, also his camp and baggnge, jind he wae completely r ued. The cavalry we)e still in pursuit at 1) p. on. 'Ihe I'ncmy fled towards the Jhclum, and it is supposed will make for A tock. Our loss ha bfen very small, it is Baid no morp than 200 killed and wounded. The loss of the SikhH is not siid to be very great, ah they soon took to their hccß The only officer whose name is mentioned as killed, is Captain Andorson of the Artillc y. We umicistand tint the Commander-m-Chief's despatches have not yet airm-d. They will be looked for with much eag rncrs. Ii is to be hoped that there will be no nr re hard fighting vilcss the Dust dates to make a stand.

GOVERNML.NT SOTITIC V rioNS. ForJgn Department, Fort William, March 3, 1849. The President in Council is pleased to dncct the publica'ion of the foil wing n rtifieation, is«ued by the Right Honorable the Governor-General at His Loidslup's Head Qtiiirtcrs at Fcroz'pore, and to direct that u salute of 21 guns be fired from the lamparts of Fort William. By order of the President of the Council of India in Council. FRED. J\S. HAIXIDAY, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India.

Notification.—Foreign Department, Cump Pcrozepore 23rd Ftb vary.—The Governor-General has the gratification of intimating to the President in Council, and notifying for public informat on, tli it he has tliia day received a despatch from Major M ckeson, C. 8., Agent to the Governor-General with the Commander-in-Chief, conveying the intelligence that the forces under his Excdlency the Commander in Chief crn the 21st instant attacked and routed the Siku army in the neighbourhood of Goojerat. The enemy was beaten at every point, and retreated in disorder leaving in the hands of the British troops, by whom he was pursued, a great portion of his artillery, h.s ammunition, and the whole of his standing camp. The official despatches of his Excellency the Com tnander in Cluef will be published at soon as they are received. The Governor-General directs th »ta salute of 21 guns shall be fired at every principal station of the army, on the receipt of this no ificaMon. By o.der of the Right Honjrable the G&vernor-Ge-n6ruL 11. M.ELLIOTT, Seen tary to the Gotcrn nent of India, vvitu the Govemor-Guneial.

TIIESEAT OF WAR. {From the Strait's Times, March 26.) i We have lcceived lain uccounti loin the Punj ub Anothtr an 1 moie d ciiive batile has been lou^ht, in which tins enemy has been completely di.comfi td, with hCaV^ lots. It app. ars the enemy tesolvel to march on Lai.oie, but wt re lub-rruptcd by Ihe time'y advance of the ai my urultrGen Whifch. Shero Si gh, thus foiled fell back on Goojerat, and ou Fcbi vary 21st, Lord Gough attacked lima. The cue i y w«a comiletr.ly i-outed ut all

points, abnmlit.iiitf tlie whole of th' ir camp and am* munition, and lost übout 30 0 iron, whilst the cm&u<lties on our Mdchdiiut ex fed 25 i ,n kil'cdond woundod The Diithh force captured 28 guns. Tbc Affghan troops, under Sheie Singh, charged our batteries four times, but were beaten off wiih giape with heavy loss. The following are the principal camalties on our side : — , Killed.— C.ipta'n Andereon, Bengal Artillery; Lieutenant Day, ditto ; Captuin Lloyd H. M. 14tii Dragoons ; Lieutenant Sprott, 2nd B. E. rpgt. Wounded.— Capt. Hutchinson, Bcng»l Engineers ; Mnjor Campbell, H. M. 53rd regt ; Lieut. Stannus, commanding C. in Ci escort ; Sir Hichard Shakespear ; Mr. Cocks, Bengal Civil Service. The battle lasted three hours. Our cavalry was in full pursuit when the express lefr.