The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-28 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

The arrival at Malta of the Borysthew, French
steamer, on the 22nd instant, brings us intelligence
in anticipation of the mail.
From the summary of the Bombay Times of the 28th
April we cull the following items of news :—A little
physical commotion has saved our columns from present-
ing the total blank of intelligence to which our profound
political tranquillity would otherwise have reduced us.
On the 6th and ith instant, a succession of shocks of
earthquake was experienced over nearly the whole of the
Puojaub, and so on to Simla; the mischief occasioned by
them does not seem to have been at all considerable.
Casual storms begin now to make their appearance in
anticipation of the south-west monsoon. Heavy rain fell
on the 4th all over Lower Bengal, and about the same
date there were sharp thunder-storms at Madras and
Ceylon. On the 18th a violent storm was experienced in
the Arabian Sea, and serious apprehensions are enter-
tained for the fate of the Queen steamer, which has since
then been missing.

The only single case of disquietude within our domin-
ions we Kaye heard of for sbrne months past is another
outburst among the Moplahs in Malabar. With this
triflinfr, exception, the most profound peace prevails
through every part of India.
The latest news from Burmah is to the 2nd inst.; every
thing was then quiet. Some of the local authorities had
paid a visit to Bassein to examine the proposed site for the
new town of Dalhousie, and the result is said to have been
its entire condemnation. Fires had been very prevalent,
and so much rice had been destroyed that it was feared
the price of this article would be raised. A soldier of
H.M.'s 84th Foot had been murdered, and two Burmese
have confessed to having participated in the murder, and
offered to point out others implicated in the bloody deed.
The King of Oude has got so far as Benares, on his way
to England, in quest of the redress of his wrongs, urged
to the measure. much against his inclinations, by a band
of grievance-mongefs proposing to plunder him. Oude
meanwhile enjoys the most perfect tranquility, not the
slightest appearance of discontent on the change of mas-
ters have manifested itself.

General Sir James Outram has been suffming so much
from indisposition t hat he is about to start on six months'
leave of absence to Europe,
Ali Moorad, chief of Khyrpnor, is now in Bombay, on
his way to London, like the King of Oude, in quest of
redress for his wrongs.

The ship Clairvoyant, from Calcutta for Madras, struck
upon a reef to the southward of the Seven Pagodas. She
made so much water that it was deemed prudent to run
her ashore to prevent her from sinking, and it is feared
that with the first rouch weather she will go to pieces.
The ship Cairngorm, from London, in coming into Bombay
harbour last Monday morning, got upon the Prongs, near
the light-house, about daybreak ; it was nearly low water
at the time, and she was safely towed off by the Hon.
Company's steamer Gulnare. Seen as the sun rose, she
presented an appearance singularly similar to that of the
ship Castlereagh as she stuck fast on the same point on
the 19th of June, 1840. Luckily for the Cairngorm, she
had the north-west in place of the south-west monsoon to
deal with, and so escaped pretty nearly scatheless. The
Castlereagh was dashed to pieces where she struck.

In the market, business in imparts is dull, and prices de-
clining. Exports are quiet, and prices of cotton steady,
with a fair amount of transactions going forward to China

Freights are firm, and looking up. Exchange is declining
rapidly, our money market belng easier, with a slight im
provement in all descriptions of securities.