The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-15 00:00:00

been to church at Meerut with the worthy doctor,
and thereupon the Mofussulite has rated him and
the Government soundly, but most ridiculously as
people think, the former for having inveigled the
affections of the child (fifteen years old I) and got
him to renounce the faith of his ancestors, and
the latter for allowing the doctor to perpetrate
such a henious crime. By the newpaper writer the
event is calculated to irritate against us the wrath
of every native potentate in India, and God knows
what may not be the result of their wrath 1 Any-
thing more ridiculous than the article in the
usually sensible and ably conducted Meerut
journal cannot be conceived. The attorneys
of Calcutta have formed an association amongst
themselves for the purpose of getting up
a law library worthy of their body—and many
hundreds of pounds have been subscribed by them.
The new church at Roorkee has been finished, and
was opened for public worship on the 20th Septem-
ber. The trooper who shot in April, 1651, Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant Johnstone, of the 3rd Madras
Cavalry, at Jaulna, has been tried, found guilty,
and sentenced to be hung : the sentence has been
commuted to transportation for life. Lieutenant
F. Hardy, 75th Foot, died of cholera at Umballa
on the 3rd October. Brigadier-General Breton has
been placed in command of the Sirhind division,
and Brigadier Boileau in charge of the station of
Rawul Pindee. Colonel Franklyn, 84th Foot, to
be a 2nd class brigadier in command of Trichino-
poly. Captain Darrock, 51st Foot, to be Deputy-
Assistant Quartermaster-General to the army of
Ava. The editor of the Friend of India, Mr.
Marsham, goes home in January next : it is to be
hoped he may be examined before the Parliamen-
tary committee, as he could give evidence on any
subject relating to India of more value than that
of any other half-dozen men in England. Dr.
Grant, personal surgeon toithe Governor-General,
has been appointed Secretary to the Bengal Medical
Board • for the present he remains with the most 1
noble—Surgeon MaKinnon acting for him for the
present in the board. Surgeon J. Gill, Madras
army has retired on 1911. a-year, and Major Gill,
of the same service, has invalided. Some altera-
tions in the Bengal Civil Service Annuity Fund
rules have been sanctioned from home—considered
very favourable to the members.
Lord and Lady Falkland reached Mahabuleshwar
on the evening of the 6th, where they will remain
till early in November, when it is expected they
will repair to the presidency to meet their noble
relative, Lord Fitzclarence. Young Captain Fitz-
clarence , has resigned his berth on the Governor's
staff, and will, it is expected, be employed on that
of his uncle, to which Captain Fellowes has already
been nominated from home. General Staveley and
the general staff of the presidency will be in Bom-
bay by the 27th, it is expected. Probably the
Gallant General will return home on delivering
over the command of the army to the new Com-
mander-in-Chief, though nothing on the subject
has yet been broached in public. Three officers of
the Bombay army are among the casualties by this
mail :—Superintendi 0- Surgeon Montefiore, of the
Northern division, at Ahmedabad, on the 29th
Sept. ; Captain Clarkson, 12th N. 1., at the same
place, on the 6th inst. ; and Colonel J. P. Cum-
ming, Ist Europeans, on the 2d Sept., on his way
to Australia for change of air. By the former Dr.
Straker comes into the Board, consequent on Dr.
Gibbs retirement, and Drs. Rooke and Scott be-
come superintending surgeons. Dr. Leith will, it
is believed, be the new Secretary Medical Board in
place of Scott, and the Medical Storekeepership,
vacated by Rooke, has been offered to Dr. Leggett,
at Surat. The Garrison Surgeoncy at this place
will, in case Leggett accepts the offer be given to
Dr. Winchester, and Leith will be succeeded in
the Bombay Garrison Surgeoncy by Dr. Arbuckle
—at least so it is expected. The Right Rev. Dr.
Harding and the Archdeacon are at the Hills,
and so will all who can manage it by the
end of the next month. Though Sir E. Perry's
time of departure for England is now at hand, not
a word has yet been heard of who is to be his suc-
cessor. The natives wished to have erected some
testimonial in his honour—a law class in the El-
phinstone College, or a school of industry on a large
scale,—but the learned Knight could not with any,
consistency allow them to do so, as lie has on seve-
ral public occasions ridiculed the testimonial-giving
mania now for many years prevalent in Bombay.
Pity he should have refused, however, for a school
of industry for the tuition of the sons of the poor
working classes in the arts and manufactures has
long been a desideratum; the law class in the col-
lege would not have been of one-fiftieth the value
of the school. There are few men who have
deserved better at the hands of the natives than
gir m.,-carine rerry—iew who NV iil luta a. 1‘... 11.1...,Z. 1.,,,
all grades of society. Professor Patton leaves by
to-day's Ceylon steamer for Europe on two years'
leave. He has been very unwell, but has rallied
considerably, and will; it is hoped, speedily recover.
Colonel Moore, auditor-general, and Colonel Mel-
vill, military secretary, to Government, returned by
last mail to Bombay from Egypt, where they had
been on leave for change of air and recreation. Our
railway progresses like mad, and it is expected car-
riages and trains will be running betwixt the fort
and. Tanna (24 miles out of the 36) by the end of
January. The Bombay Times .has latterly been
filled with speculations on the new Charter Act, and
able suggestions for the improvement of the govern-
ment of India, which bur legislators in Parliament
would do well to study, but not a line of which I
will venture to say will even be read by three-
fourths of the gentlemen who amongst them consti-
tute the wisdom of the nation. What do they care
for India or its people, further than its finding em-
ployment for younger sons, and nephews and cousins,
and friends, for whom they care just as little. It
is said that the Rev. Mr. Reynolds, chaplain at
Kirkee, has been selected by the Board of Education
to succeed Professor Green (who is about being
transferred to Bombay) as professor of literature in
the Poona College—of course reta:ning his clerical
appointment as well. The old tub frigate Auck-
land, which left on the 14th September with the
bulk of the mails for England, reached Aden on the
morning of the 28th, after the Hindoostan had left
for Suez—so she had to push on with her charge
herself. It is not expected that she reached Suez
in time for her packets to be sent on with the Ben-
gal mail—so the would have to lay a fortnight in
Egypt. Splendid mail (mal) arrangements these.
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the Calcutta steamer. The officer R.N. on boa rd
the Hindoostan (which left Aden a couple of
hours after the Auckland, must have been
visible had a proper look out been kept at the
Shum-Shum signal station) is reported to have
rather hurried the departure of the vessel than
attended to the request of the Aden political agent
for her detention for a few hours : if so, he ought
to be put on the retired list instanter. Lieutenant
Taylor, 1.N., has completed the survey of the Gulf
of Cutch, after eighteen months labour, and re-
turned to Bombay. Mr. T. J. A. Scott, the secre-
tary to our railway, has returned from England,
whither he had gone some months back on business
and for the benefit of a change of air. The mur-
derer, Duncan M'lnnes, who killed Sergeant
Smith, was hung at Belgaum on the 4th inst. He
confessed his crime, and on the drop implored all .
the European soldiers to keep from drink, as the
fire water, had brought him to an ignominious end.
Trade continued brisk, and the money market
completely glutted.
P.S. At IJmritsir and Lahore the native troops
appear to have suffered more than the European
soldiers from sickness. The entire 9th N.I. were
laid up, the band mustering as strong on parade as
the battalion. At Cawnpore the 70th Foot and 48th
N.I. had 200 each in hospital ; while at Dacca the
36th N. 1., the corps which refused to go on board
ship to Burmah, was utterly disorganised and deci-
mated by fever. They could barely find men enough
for a rear and quarter guard every other day ; the
hospital and lines were crowded with dead and sick
—no one could help his neighbour. The treasure
chest was full—the men could not take their pay,
and all the pay sergeants were sick. An establish-
ment for training engineers, similar to that at
Roorkee, is about to be brought into being at La-
hore under Colonel Napier, by the Board of Ad-
ministration. Colonel Hawkins, Commissary_
General Bengal Army, is about to proceed home
on medical furlough ; and Mr. R. E. Cunliffe, C.S.,
to resign the service. The Kalabagh coal has been
tested, and found to be tolerably good. An iron
ore, a mixture of carbonate of iron and lime, like
ankerite-20 per cent. of the former and 60 of the
latter—has also been found in the same locality.
The Rev. J. A. Shurman, of the Benares mission,
died in that city on the 30th September, deeply
regretted by a host of friends. Sir Johri. Littler
was to have left Darjeeling for Calcutta on the Ist
October. He had materially improved in health.
The Kirk Session of St. Andrew's, at Calcutta, has
memorialised the Court of Directors for additional
Presbyterian ministers for Bengal.
l?r. Straker has refused promotion to the board,
an u Dr. Edwards will therefore take his seat as
third member. Dr. Rooke goes to Poona as super-
intendindivision.g
BDur.geon, and Dr. Scott to the northern
Leith has refused the board secre-
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or Keith. Dr. Leggett will, it is
thought, acceptKu inane store-keepership at Bombay.
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lowing news in its general summary
We have again the usual monthly amount of re-
port of battles fought between the GtoTernment and