The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received by extraordinary express/ ill
anticipation of the overland mail, our private COr‘
respondence and papers from Bombay to Dec. ~
and Calcutta, Nov. 22.
The English mail of the Bth October reached
Agra rid Bombay, on the 10th, Delhi and Meerut
on the 11th, and Lahore on the 14th November.
The mail of the 25th October reached Bombay °ll
the 24th ult., by the steamer Victoria.
Since the steamer of the 17th ult. left, very little
of importance has occurred throughout India'
which may be said to be worthy of notice. Fro,°llll,
Rangoon letters have been received up-to the I°'
Nov., but they contain little or no news. EverX:
thing is in statu quo, but what General Godwin 1"
waitinc, for does not appear at all clear. It is re;
ported and believed, at Calcutta and through°
India, that the Governor-General has written te
General Godwin in such terms as will compel that
officer to tender his resignation of the command o.i
the British forces serving to the eastward. It is
very
,evident that so long as the General remains
command at Rangoon, no military operations worthy
to be called so will be attempted. When the last let-
ters left an expedition was on the point of starting
from Rangoon for the town of Pegue, on board the
steamers Bentinck, Nerbudda, Damooda, and gat
hanudy, together with a barge, a pinnace, twe
cutters, and a paddle-box boat of the royal navial
the whole to be under the command of Getter
Godwin himself. The troops which were to cow'
pose the force consisted of 300 of the Ist Maar°,
Fusiliers (Europeans), 300 of the Ist Bengal Fuse"
Tiers (also Europeans), 350 of the Madras sth Via"
tive Infantry, 30 artillerymen, with two 24-poulw
howitzers, and 60 sappers. This town of Peg
was captured on the 30th of May last, by a detach'
ment from on board the Phlegethon steamer ;
according to that strange system which Genera'
Godwin alone practises, it was, like Prome, joiner
diately afterwards abandoned. Two detachments of
the 40th Bengal Native Infantry had reached
Prome when the last steamer came away from
taken
seat of war, and a pretty sharp encounter had tai,e:
place at a village called Henyadah, close by tu
river, where 3,000 Burmese were reported to have
assembled. A number of boats, laden with eon-
missariat stores, had anchored opposite the village'
and 120 men were landed, and drove the eneal
before them, with the loss of thirty or forty killie
or wounded ; but, like so many of these Angle:
Burmese fights, our casualties amounted to one
man slightly wounded, and none killed. A portion
of the 4th Sikh Regiment had arrived at Rangoon
in the transport Sagoff. A detachment of the
Barughur Irregular Cavalry had also arrived in the
Shah-Alum, without having lost a single horse 011
the passage. Private letters state that the B"

mese are getting bolder every day, and are
showing themselves more in our vicinity in _ii
quarters where we have troops or detachments.
On the north-west frontier of the Punjaub, dis"
turbances are anticipated during this cold season'
The Board of Administration at Lahore, as also
Major Abbott, the political agent on the frontier,
have issued a summons to Said Zaman Khan,
refractory chief of Khangita, on the Huzara fron-
tier, to appear personally before the above officer'
and submit to our rule. The mandate has been
disobeyed; at the time the last letters left Peshawar
it was believed that force would be resorted to in
order to compel the chief to yield obedience. The
last letters received in Bombay from Peshawur, are'
dated the 18th of November, and they state that
the sick in the Peshawur garrison' amount to 1,70°
men, out of a force of about 3,800 strong.
From Scinde, letters have been received, dated
the 24th of November. Very great sickness was
prevalent at Kurrachee and in the vicinity. gel
Majesty's 83d Regiment, at the latter station, and
a wing of her Majesty's 64th Regiment at Hyder-
abad, are very unhealthy indeed, two-fifths of the
former corps and nearly two-fifths of the latter
being in hospital. The province is tranquil through"
out, and seems to be greatly improving in every
way. _ _ _

In the Nizam's territories matters are going 011
as badly as, if not worse than, ever. A corres"
pondent of the Bombay Telegraph and Couriet
wrote to that journal that General Fraser has re:,
signed the appointment of Resident at the COP,
of Hyderabad, and that Colonel Outram, or Colonel
Low, was the person named as most likely to sue"
teed the general. From north to south and fro, ~,e1
east to west the country under the dominion of lid
Highness the Nizam is the scene of anarchy, Vtifr.
rule, and misgovernment.
From Calcutta, the latest date is the 24th of No"
vember. News of general interest there appears t°
be none. The Governor-General is at Calcutta.
Sir W. Gomm is amusing himself somewhere in the
interior of the Himalayas, at a short distance from
Simla, but a very long way from the seat of war.
The Governor of Bombay has returned to the
presidency, after an absence of eight months in the
Deccan and the Mahablishwar Hills. Lord Freda'
rick Fitzclarence arrived here on the 24th of No;
vember, and is already gaining the good opinion 0'
every one, from the manner in which he looks into
everything himself—sees with own eyes, and
hears with his own ears.

In commercial matters there is not much alters,'
tion since the last mail left ; transactions hairs'
however, taken place to a fair extent at former
prices for most descriptions of piece goods, viri!.,,
the exception of grey skirtings of 40 inches, of 04
to 7lbs., which show an improvement of 2 anus°
per piece, and are much wanted, the heavier clotho
being very saleable at former quotations. The
sales amount to 10,400 pieces, at Rs. 3 13 to E'
6 2, the last for a cloth of 91bs. ; those of 45 inches
are also in good demand, particularly for 61b. t 0
84lb. cloths. The transactions are 3,900 pieces at
Rs. 4 14i to Rs. 61, and 250 pieces of 50 inclies
and 121bs. at Rs. 6 per piece.
The price of cotton continued as last quoted for
Broach and Surat, of which scarcely any remains,'
and that not of good quality, at Rs. 108 ; Dolleral
and Oomrawutty, at Rs. 106 to Rs. 107 and
Comptah, at Rs. 981 to Rs. 100 per candy, or
equal to, free on board, with freight and insurance',
4 7-10, 4 6-10, and 4 3-10 per lb. The export C/3'
cotton to Great Britain since the 16th ult. i 4
13,431 bales.
_ _

Exchange has been exceedingly unsteady, sall
having been made of Baring Brothers' credits am
2s. lid. to 2s. lid., the rate of the day being,
2s. lid. to 2s. 1 3-16 d., and Document Bills a"
2s. lid. per rupee, at six months' sight on Londoo•
The rate on Calcutta; at thirty days' sight, i 9
Rs. 99g. per Its. 100, and on China, at Rs. 217 t°
Rs. 218 per 100 dollars.
The tonnage in the harbour has been pretty We
taken up for London at 3/. 10s., and for Liverpn°
at 3/. ss. to Si. 10s. per ton, these rates being givenat the present moment.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES OP INDIA SIO

THE DEPARTURE OP THE MAIL ON THE 16TH NOV.
Her Majesty's Troops.—Lieutenant Macqueen, het
Majesty's 60th Royal Rifles, on his way to join a
Jullunder.

Bengal Army.-38th Regiment of Native Infantrk,
Lieutenant and Adjutant W. B. Castle, on the 16'''
November, at Dacca ; 69th ditto, Captain W. P. Big'
nell, on the 17th of November.
Madras Invalids.—Captain E. D. Roper, on the 19t1/
of November.