The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-23 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL,

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
ceived files of papers from Bombay to April 28,
and from Calcutta to April 20,
We take the following summary from the Bombay
Gazette of April 28 :

" It is reported in telegrams received at Madras
from Calcutta that the Hot?. Ashley Eden has re-
turned to Darjeeling from his mission to Bbootan,
where ha was grossly insulted in public Durbar by
the Chief, and dismissed with great indignity,
after having been compelled to sign a treaty making
over to them the whole of Assam, including the tea
estates held by Europeans, which are to be taken
over et a valuation.

" His Excellency the Viceroy left Calcutta on the
evening of the 15th inst., and expects to reach Simla
on the 30th idem. His Excellency was at Allahabad
on the 17th and 18th, Ca wnpore on the 19th, and
Meerut on the 21st. He will arrive at Umballah
on the 27th inst., where he will be the guest of Sir
Herbert Edwardes.

"Brigadier-General Sir Neville Chamberlain,
K.C.8., while in Calcutta on his way home, has
been the guest of the Viceroy at Government-house.
" His Excellency the Viceroy has directed that
the Supreme Council shall, from end after the Ist
May next, and until further notice, assemble at
Simla.

" The Hon. Mr. Justice Norman has been ap-
pointed to officiate as Cnief Justice of the High
Court of Calcutta during the absence of Sir Barnes
Peacock, who has gone home. Sir Charles Wood,
in reply to a telegram from the Viceroy, has decided
that the appointment of Chief Justice can only be
held by a barrister judge.
" Disturbances have broken out in Bhootan, in
the Dhurm Itij territory. The Deb Raja has been
dismissed, and a number of inferior landholders and
officers have sought refuge in British territory.
"The Bill providing for the solemnisation of
marriages in India of persons professing the Chris-
tian religion has been pass3d, and received the con-
firmation of the Viceroy.

" The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company have determined to reduce their rates of
passage money between Bombay and England, from
£lOO to £B5, from the 9th of June next.
"It is currently reported that Sir Charles
Trevelyan proceeds to England in December next,
d that his successor will be Mr. Forster, one of
tier Mojesty's Finance Commissioners.
" The State prisoners of the Royal house of Delhi,
now languishing in confinement at Rangoon, having,
on the death of the ea-King, applied for leave to
return to Delhi or some part of the North.Westeru
Provinces, Sir Charles Wood has refused to meddle
with what has been ruled respecting this family
in
India, and has:turned a deaf ear to their application.
" Colonel Eden, the Political Agent at Oodeypoor.
in Central India, was mobbed by some 300 or 400
persons on the 31st March last, who rushed into the
Residency, shouting andviolently gesticulating and
throwing stones. Colonel Elen has rendered him-
self unpopular with certain evil disposed
persons
who feel aggrieved at his putting in force the law
against certain crimes, more especially his prohibi-
tion of the custom of Meriah (human) sacrifices.
It has been decided to opeu the Bombay, Baroda,
and Central India line of railway from Bombay
through to Ahmedabad on the Ist of June next for
passenger traffic, and immediately after the mon-

soon for goods traffic.
" Her Majesty's ship Severn, 51, carrying the
broad pennant of Commodore Montresor, C. 8., took
her final departure from Bombay for Trincomalee
on the 15th inst. Shortly after getting under weigh
one of her men fell overboard from the top and was
drowned.
" One of the persons injured in the late railway
accident near Mahim has since died.
" A dreadful accident has happened at a review
of the artillery at Bellary, four men having been
blown to pieces and eight disabled by the explosion
of a tumbril.
" A drill-havildar of the 31st Punjanb Native
Infantry has been shot by two recruits of that re-
giment, who first robbed and then murdered him,
The assassins are Eusorzye Pathans.
" The ship Cospatrick, with the supplementary
wire of the Persian Gulf telegraph, arrived at Bom-
bay on the 15th inst., and proceeds to Guader, via
liurrachee, this day.
"The Bombay share market has again been in a
very excited state, but has latterly become rather
quieter, time-bargains having been prohibited by
an understanding among the brokers for eight days,
in consequence of the failure of some speculators to
meet their losses, and the absconding of several

others.
" The 21st Regiment Royal North British Fusi-
liers have arrived at Madras direct from Ea gland
and aro now located at Fellary, in the barracks
recently occupied by the 74th Highlanders.
"The annual exhibition for the distribution of
prizes and scholarships to the successful students of
the Grant Medical College, Bombay, was held (n
the 13th inst., his excellency Sir Bartle Frere pre-
siding on the cccasion.
g, Cholera has been committing great ravages
during the last fortnif:ht at Bombay, Broach, and
ifirodit. 111,,j0r A. H. Curtis, President of the
Municipal Board and Income-tox Commissioner at
Bombay, is one of the latest victims of this epidemic.
"Mr. George Scott, C S., Collector of Bombay,
has been appointed by Government President of