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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, lbur o'Clock.
OVERLAND INDIA MAIL.

y The Oveeiand Dail from Ind a :noshed town this
; ionsise, brimjse aesousta hem Bombay to Feb. 11
. • Oilcutta, Jan. 23 ; and Madras, Jan. 24. This mail
was brought to Suez by the Semiramis, together
with the following passengers :
Captain and Mrs. Lawrence, and two children, Mrs.',
Stock and two children, Mrs. Sebulple and two children,
Ms Schwasenburg and child, Mrs. Ogle and child, Mrs.
Stookey, Captain and Mrs. Palmer, H. Hart. Esq., and a
key, Captain Sorrell, Lieut. Ambrose, A. B. Orlebar, Esq.,
A Graham, Eq., Lieut. Lawford, Mr. Petroit, Mr. Petrone
(second class) ; Captain and Mrs. Tumenheere, and two
children ; Captain Puck, and Captain Buaderi.
The Semiramis left Bombay at 6 p.m., of the
Ist of February, and arrived at Suez, the 17th, at
7 a.m.
Our Bombay correspondent thus writes :
The mail of to-day is almost a newslees one ; what
I have to communicate is at all events satisfactory.
The governor-general reached Lahore on the 2nd of
January, and took up his abode in the Shalemar
Gardens. The Maharajah, accompanied by the whole
Durbin, proceeded out as far as the Badamee
Bagh to meet and escort his lordship into
the city. A present of 11,000 rupees, 51 boxes
of grapes, 250 pomegranates, and 525 jars of sweet-
meats, were ordered by the prinse to be sent to the
Lord Sahib Bahadoor. On the 7th, Lord Hardinge
gave a grand entertainment to all the officers of the
. garrison, on which occasion he took the opportunity
of speaking of Sir John Littler, Col. Lawrence, and
Sir F. Currie, in terms of the highest commendation,
which all will allow to be highly deserved. On the
9th the young prince with his durbar paid another
visit to the governor-general, who went out to receive
him, and escorted him into his tent under a salute, the
troops drawn up to receive him presenting arms. The
chiefs presented gifts to his lordship, on the conclusion
of which the governor-general presented the Maharajah
with a couple of telescopes and some jewellery. His
lordship intimated to the durbar that he was about
leaving Lahore, and accordingly a formal leave-taking
ensued. This was the second time within ten months
that Lord Hardinge and Maharajah Dhulleep Singh
had bid each other farewell ; and who can
say that it is to be a final one, or that events may not
arise which may again require the presence of the
governor-general at Lahore. His lordship left La-
hore on the 11th, in the direction of Hurreekee Ghat,
escorted by the 42nd N.I. He was moving slowly
through the Seikh protected states and expected
to reach Patteealah, as it might be, to-day. From
thews he proceeded to Simla, rid Meerut. Lord
Gough reached Umbel)* on the 19th Jan., and was
about starting for Saharimpore. A remodelling of
the officials in the Fenian!) has taken place.
The relief of the force has been completed. The site
of the new cantonments has been fixed at Anarkallee,
close to the city, 3 regts. of natives and all the artillery
taking up their quarters here. The 10th Foot occupy
the ltuzooreebegh in the city, five corps of Native
Infantry occupying the space betwixt the inner and
outer walls of the town. The native corps now in the
city are the 7th, 32nd, 38th, 51st, and 64th.
Ukhbar Khan had proceeded in the direction of
Candahar, with hostile intent. The Delhi Gazette
states that matters had been amicably arranged
betwixt him and the chiefs (his uncles), of that city ;
bat the Gentleman's Gazette affirms, on the autho-
rity of a " well-informed gentleman in Scinde," that
the Wuzeer had attacked the town, and defeated
and made prisoners of the chiefs. A short time will
disclose which is correct. Of course news of a much
later date would reach Bombay through Scinde than
could he expected cu 3 Cabool and Delhi, and it is very
likely seeming friendship may have been assumed to
cover actual hostility, and that the " arch fiend,"
Akhbar Khan, may have been successful in his 'ra-
iny.

(From the Overland Bombay Times, Feb. 1.)
Scum/arr.—The season of peace is our vacation
time, and we have again a page nearly barren in
events of interest to present to our readers. The
reductions of the Scinde army are in progress. Her
Majesty's 17th, and the greater part of the 88th,
have arrived in Bombay. Fourteen thousand men
will still be left behind to guard Young Egypt,
which, while these are requisite, will continue to
draw above a million and a quarter from India to
meet her deficiences. The Punjaub is quiet and
aweless. Six regiments have alrc -dy left Lahore :
In a week hence the reliefs will have been com-
pleted. The Governor General gave a dinner to
the officers on the 7th January, and in proposing
the health of Sir J. Littler, complimented the newly-
, grated:commander of the fares beyond the Sutlej
litmus which show how wretchedly his past eervices
have been rewarded. His lordship quitted the Sikh
*vital for India on the 11th. It is understood to
haw been determined that the native army shall
• immediately be reduced by 23,000 men-15,000
from Bengal, and 10,000 from the minor presi-
dencies. This will effect a saving of between a
L uarteopreanand half a million sterling. The officers,
and native, are to remain as at present.
This saving, added to the returns of the Jullundur
Dcab, and the contribution of 220,0001. from the
Lahore durbar, will improve our income by above
a million sterling. The Ganges Canal, on which
20,0001. annually has hitherto been grudgingly
bestowed, is now to be proceeded with at the
rate of 250,0001. a year ; it will be completed
by 1951. It will irrigate 8,000,000 of acres
now comparatively barren, and save 2,600,000
of people from the periodical visitations of
famine. Another canal, leading from the Sutlej, 90
miles into the Bhuttee country, is being surveyed.
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The two, when completed, willimprove our revenues
by not less, probably, than 10,0001. to 13,0001. a
year—one-tenth of what is taken from us to maia-
tain our dishonour in Scinde. Sir Frederick Currie,
who, together with Colonel Lawrence, has so wisely
and honestly counselled and assisted the Governor
General in these glorious arrangements, has been
made a baronet No man better deserves it. We
bat his coadjutor, the Resident at Lahore, will
ksedily have a similar honour conferred on him.
Mr. Clerk, the new Governor at Bombay, arrived
from Calcutta on the 23rd of January, and imme-
diately assumed the reins of authority. The
expectations of an auspicious rule under him are
Marine and high. His predecessor, Mr. Reid, now
Naar member of council, has gained golden opinions
ef all sorts of people. Sir T. M'Mahon continues
commander in chief by request of the Horse Guards.
His Excellency has of late suffered severely from
"nest; and, however much his friends may
regret to part with him, they are getting anxious
about his safe return home. The Marquis of
Tweeddale has returned to Madras. Mr. Orlebar, pio-
*mot of astronomy, returns by this day's steamer to
Boca. Mr. Pole, professor of engineering—both
is the Elphinstone College—has resigned. Indispo-
sition is, in each case, the reason of retirement. Mr.
keidrum and Mr. M'Dougall have lately arrived
a teachers. No definite place has yet been
aligned to them. The charge of the Observatory has
been devolved on the draftsman of the Indian navy. A
havy shower of rain fell on the 26th ult., and the

weather, which before this wu unusually hot for the
season, has all at once become intensely cold, the
thermometer sinking so low as 63 degrees overnight—
a very uncomfortable state of matters to all parties.

esteems—Now that Lahore Leoaafortably settled ender
the government and protection of British power, you will
not look for much news ofstirring interest from that quarter.
I hope, at least, that your expectations are thus moderate, or
otherwise you are likely to be grievously disappointed. All
now goes on as smoothly and quietly la the capital of the
Punjaub u is Caleutta itself, as evidence of which I may
mention, that a holiday row betwixt two rival sects of
Mahornmedans has been deemed worthy of particular
notice. Rajah Lall Singh arrived at Delhi on the 16th
instant. It appears that he has attempted to open •
correspondence with the Ranee, and that her high-
ness—tell it to the marines I—has refused to have any-
thing to say to him now that he is no longer in the service
of the Maharajah. On the other hand, it is stated that the
Ranee continues inconsolable for the loss of her favourite,
who she declares is the victim of a coospiracy. She has, ac-
cording to report, gone so far a to announce her intention
to depute a vakeel te plead his cause in England. Not a
word has been heard of the redoubtable Goo/ab Singh of
late, nor of his lately rebellious subjects in Cashmere. The
Huxureh districts are yet unsettled. Nothing has been
heard of Lieut. Lumedess who is in arranging mat-
ters there, where It is concluded engaged in
with him and
his party, who were said a while ago to be in a delicate posi-
tion. Capt. 0. 8. P. Lawrence, who gore to Peshawar as
assistant resident, has been, it is mid, instructed to look to
the affairs of Husureh while on his journey in that neigh-
bourhood. Newsfrom Cahoot is to the 20th Dec. The old
Ameer had been very sick—really, as it would seem, and not
diplomatically—so alarmingly so that his eons have been sent
for from their respective governments. He had, however,
rallied, lad when the last news left, appears to have been
well enough to attend to business. He cannot, however,
last long, and then look out for Akhbar Khan ! This ami-
able young gentleman had been frightening his uncles of Can-
debar by marching in that direction with a large force. But
it turned out that he was not going against, them, and at
the date of the latest advioes, he was staving with them on
the most friendly terms. The British vakeel had collected a
number of Hindostanee men and women, freed from
captivity, in fulfilment of his humans minion.
But he had met with an annoyance that he little
anticipated ; many of the ransomed captives,
dally of the women, loudly protested spinet
carried oat of the ecountry in which they had married an
settled. Some of them bad even run away from him on the
route to Peshawar, where the vakeel and his train had ar-
rived before the 23rd of December. Letters from Bokhara
had arrived at Cahoot, bringing news of the fall of Naib
Abdool Bumneh Khan, the "friend" of Dr. Weir. lie
I had bees found guilty of carrying on • traitorous corres-
pondence with the Khan of Oorgunj, and was thrown into
the Seth Meth, or black well. Sir Harry and Lady Smith
are here, and a meeting is to be held to do honour to the
former on the 25th, to be followed by a ball to the latter on
the 28th, the anniversary of Aliwal. The coroner of Cal-
cutta has commenced an action for libel against the Sear,
which had remarked somewhat severely, and on myna' oc-
casions, on his alleged want of zeal and diligence in the col-
lection of juries.
MADIL&S.—The Marquis of Tweeddale returned to the seat
of his government on the 20th January, after an absence of
nearly eight months. A rumour was current at Madras
that his lordship was to be succeeded by Viscount
Falkland, but the general wish would seem to be in
favour of Lord Elphinstone, now in India. The K hand
disturbances in the Goomsoor district still continue.
Troops arc being sent to quell the riots, and it has
been reported that a major-general and staff are to proceed
to the scene of the insurrection to direct the movements of
the force now assembling for its suppression. The head-
quarters of her Majesty's 94th Foot, from Aden, reached
Madras on the 18th January by the ship Larkins. The
Hindostan steamer reached Madras from Calcutta on the
13th, and on its becoming known that the Hon. Mr. Clerk
was on board he was waited on by the lion. Mr. Chemise,
Sir H. C. Montgomerie, Colonel Armstrong, &c. A num
ber of heavy gnus, each weighing from three to five tons,
have just arrived at Madras, for the purpose of being
mounted on the fort. The directors of the Polytechnic
Institute have resolved to allow three of the more advanced
pupils from each of the seminaries to attend the lectures about
being given in that establishment--a measure at once wise
and liberal, and reflecting the highest credit on its proposers.
The English mail of the 7th December reached Madras, rid
Bombay, on the 14th January.
THE PUN/Al:R.—Nothing worthy of special notice has
reached ex for nearly four weeks from the l'unjaub, the
treaty published is our issue of the Ist of January being the
latest we have received in reference to matters past. Some
information of importance, which may, we believe, be fully
relied on, has reached us in reference to the prospective pur-
poses of the gorernorgenere. The most notable of them is
the almost immediate reduction of the army by no less than
25,000 men. The strength of each native regiment is to be
diminished from 1,000 to 800 privates, the European and I
native officers remaining as at present ; recruiting to be sus- •
penile(' till the proposed reduction is accomplished by
death or retirement. This will take from the army of
Bengal 16,000 men, and from those of Madras and Bola-
bay about 10,000. The saving to the revenue effected
by this will amount to between 300,0001. and 400,0001
a year. Previous to 1838 the Indian army amounted to
about 180,000, the cost of which fell little under 10,000,0001.
sterling. Between this and 1841 Lord Auckland increased
it by 50,826. It was thus maintained till after the Cabal dia-
-1 aster, when, in January, 1812, a further increase of ten men
to each company, amounting in all to from 10,000 to 15,000
men, was made. It was to this extent reduced by Lord
Ellenborough in 1843 ; and in like meaner once more in-
creased by him, in consequence of the exigencies in Scinde,
in 1844. The reason should be remembered—it was let forth
la the general order: yet, in the face of it, it has been denied
that any addition was requisite for the maintenance of Young
Egypt! At this moment we have some 60,000 more men on
the muster-roll than before the Afghan wax began. In 1838,
and fir some years previous, the revenues of India exceeded
the expenditure by above a million sterling annually : since
1841 the balance of expenditure over income has been
about the mace sum ; and so would it, under the warlike
system, have continued until no more money could be raised
at any interest on our securities. The quarter of a million
provided by the Lahore contribution, added to the saving
already named, will improve our balance-sheet by more than
half a million, which, added to the free return of the Jullen-
dus will afford nearly a million • year to meet so
much of our deficits. The noble erorision thus produced by
the much reprobated policy of Lord Hardinge enables
him to begin in earnest the peue.improvements heretofore
only talked of. Then may we look for monuments of our
rule comparable in splendour to thou of the Mabomedan
emperors, should the sword be permitted to sleep in its stab-
bard foreign conquests reduce us to beggary, with bound-
less regions of unimaginable fertility within our borders to
subdue. The formal annexation of the Punjaub to our
dominions would have compelled us to add 30 regiments
to our army, and • million to an expenditure alreadyliy this
much exceeding our income. The other tidings from beyond
the Sutlej relate mere) to the movement of troop.. On
the 4th of January her Mainly's 80th Foot and the 60th
Native lafentry quitted Lahore, and were followed on the
6th by the 12th and 45th Native Infantry. Her Melody's
10th, with the 7th, 32nd, 38th, 51st, and 64th Native Infan-
t 7, have taken up their quarters in this city. Major-General
Sir John Littler has been complimented in the highest terms
by the governor-general, and been, in evidence of the estima-
tion in which he is held, appointed to the command of all the
troops beyond the Sutlej. Yet this is the man who bits been
deprived of the rewards he is allowed to have deserved, and
on whose fair fame an imputation has been permitted to
rest, its recall in public having been refused publication by
the commander-in-chief. These, of a truth, are no hero's
deeds The governor-general gave a grand entertainment
on the 7th to the officers of the garrison, on which occasion
he spoke as follows ' I will now propose the health of
Birders Tej Singh, Dewan Deena Nath, Shere Singh, and
other Sirdars, whose names I don't know ; in that I propose
the Conseil of Regency, more particularly Tej Singh, the
commander-in-chief, who displayed such energy and vigour
in his late movement towards Cashmere.' After due honour
had been done the ' Council,' the sernor-general again
rose and spoke as follows I leave, gentleman,
to propose the health of a distingu. ed officer, Mt*.
General Sir John Littler, K. C. 8., and I am exemismesl
hou will unite moat cordially with me in drinking the
ealth of so gallant a soldier. I cannot forbear, on the
present occasion, enumerating the eminent services of Sir
John Littler during our late campaign on the banks of the
Satin, against a formidable and gallant enemy. I beg
more particularly to notice the high opinion I entertain of
Sir John Littler's abilities as a commander, as shown in
his admirable defence of Perozepore. By the most judicious
and bold manceuvres, when threatened by a nuerous army
and powerful artillery, and thrown entirely upon his
own reeoueces, he succeeded in holding Ferosepore, and, by
showing such • bold front with his handful of men against
the whole Sikh army, he effectually deterred the enemy
from his threatened attack. After this, he most skilfully,
with 5,000 men and 20 guns, effected a junction with
the main army under Lord Gough. On the departure of
the British army from Lahore, finding it necessary to leave
a garrison of our temps in that city, I selected Sir John
Littler for this most important and responsible command.
The appointment was at once accepted by the major-gene-
ral, and I have cmly to point out the high state of discipline
which has been maintained in Lahore, as well as the quiet
and peaceable behaviour of the inhabitants, to prove that my
selection of Sir John Littler was a most fit one. No one
is more aware than myself of the great difficulty attending
the occupation by our troops of a foreign capital—a forti-
fied city ; but I am proud to say that under the able and
judicious management of Sir John Littler all these difn-
culties were met and overcome. I attribute this not •
little to the good understanding and great cordiality that
existed between the chief civil and military authorities, and
I have no doubt that the same cordiality will continue to
exist. I now beg to propose The !health of major-ge-
neral Sir John Littler, K.C.8., and the garrison of Lahore,
with three times three."' The governor-general left Lahore
on the morning of the 11th, the 42nd Native infantry ao-
companying him as an escort. Precautions of every sort
were being adopted for preventing collisions between the
troops and the townspeople. A race-coarse, • racket-court,
and a theatre, were about to be constructed, and there was
as temporary
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contain 10,000 troops at least, of whom from 1,000 to 2,000
will be Englishmen. Permission had been given for wives
to join their husbands.
The nts for the administration of affairs
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government notification:—
. BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
No. 505.
" Foreign Department, Camp Bhyroowal Ghaut, on the left
Bank of the Bus, the 26th Dec, 1846.
"NOTtrICATION.—The Governor-General has been pleased