a town of Hindustan, and the chief place of a British district of the same name, which, upon the demise of its native ruler in 1835, lapsed to the British government as the paramount power. Since its occupation by its new masters great improvements have been effected. Both town and fort were, in the first instance, new-modelled and rebuilt of burnt brick; the streets have now greater width, and the colonnaded rows of shops exhibit the aspect of an extensive mercantile city. From its position Ferozepoor is well adapted for a commercial entrepôt, being situated near one of the great ferries over the Gharrah, and possessing the means of easy communication with the lower part of the Punjab and Sind, afforded by that river and its recipient the Indus. It was here that in November 1838 the interview took place between Runjeet Singh, then ruler of the Punjab, and Lord Auckland the governor-general, on which occasion 10,000 men rendezvoused at the town previously to their advance to the invasion of Afghanistan. Ferozepoor is distant N.W. of Calcutta 1181 miles. Lat. 30° 55', Long. 75° 35'.