The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-28 00:00:00

N°.18,648.]

,
JUNE 28, 1852.
4 o* ;:‘, 7

INDIA.
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, We hatte received from .Afersiilles ur and
''l letters and
papers in antioipetioo. of the overland mail; which
left Bombay on the 22,1, of Mayee Aeintrding to re-
gular ,course this mail would on/ v :hays heen • dis-
petehed on the 3d. inst. It . eves selii-,,thcs. early . in.
censequentip of the approach of t; th.
foam and its
eceoutpanying gales.
e ) . •
During *the ten days which had elApe,,e cross the
departure of the, lest mail no event of imporeence bed_
occurred.
A steemar frtan Rangoen
.
We subjoin tee summary of :ice from the
intellige
follow each othriO .such rand
,tlombay:Ti/Thes of „the 22,!.
9fvcaasioyo:eLdue at Calcutta.
Tbeihree maili-of May . are , praeeeh:al for Olds
dulness; they not oaly'
bat they are dispatched at a season
eneeession, that even in stirring times"' tat:events of a.
week in Itidia ceald scarcely form e ehic stein history,'
O hieterbial ltfe-
dessnese and' inactivity, when
_, with a'iertical sun the
thermometer rarely reg;
.stereu short otehree figures,
Sid an impending deluge, a state of sex tesomnolentin-e
activity. is almost universal. .
From the end of: APIA 16.
tooe'sbeginnieg of August there is note .to nothing to
ett
`write. .abent save - the Jl.eat and this raiu, next to.
no , disposition to write. were topics is abundant as
they are ft9;ree.
nothing morn will. be (item :Opted in
'it is new generallluderstood that
Ear ah till after the
rains; that; contrary' to the original 4xpectation, thee
Whole force will remain in the country;, a
for the rdest.
part in all likelihood on board the.ehipeaend that te'
' war will be ristiined with doubled eag';'r the moment
the season peemits. Amidst the e
-Pprehenstons eiVeri-
enced of the unhealthiness of the Delta 0 tee irrawaddy,
ank.t,he Mejancholy, recollea :„..rta • f r suer losses
'ltiiiu aligS'e,'it innsrre re ..p H e that tiiertitiot-
in which matters now stand`is nearly as eliee as pose
follows from rho th 1 t it by no means
Bible to what it was, in 4325,. and
troops in 4angoon-should safer more during the tip-
LPortttlit7 which then occurred that our
preaching rains then they usually do during the wet
ieitson anywhere - in ' new or inappropriate quarters.
Should it prove otherwise, and . Pestilence - ing.'m to
threaten use-thei,'fieet which bore the arrayto Rangoon
could in ,a few days carry it beyond the "'resell,. of pa-
larits. The demand Tor 'the immediate dispatch of ord..'
nanee store% quid- supplies has beet, so heavy as
to' over-tar. the resources of
Calcutta and Ma'
drag has • been applied
,to. . Bombay will, it is Laid,
be celled on to . prOvide some 5
putare eager for the frtiy, ,
1000 .e"}heir,f
the "semi and
r soldiers
de-
termination of porpose and energy of. apirit Wei
now actuate our councils remain, there -is every region
td believe that :three months after the renewal of hostilt
titi the war will b&eoncladede A
an- a treaty dictated .by
Us signed by the Golden-footed Monarch jo his capital,
Seceding from the Crown of Burmah for
ever an ample,
slice of his dominions: The calamity oe the
annexation
of the whole 'peninsula from Chittegongto Penang, had.
,we but a just claim. and' fought' in an
honest quarrel
such as now, seems a much less calamitous and greatly
less unhappy -accident than'll apeeoxs
at home. AnAnerease of Eve or six millions elear to our
revenue—of probably twice as much men_
with •pateiotic fortitude and Chris-
our commerce—of eight or ten millions to the number of
our subjects, Blida filth or sixth to the area ef our t:
to
oe
theya considerediu e
oi
do-
minions—is one of theses misfortunes F,
—nglishmen in the
East could submit to
and line ,off shipping- "
ports all
aroUnd„
atiamnargensiigficneantitons,e 'aeespothecs4iully in thtecase ee a
country
with
and one of the most defensible
that can be imegined. We speak, of course, iof
each.. 5, possibility 014 in , ' the event of oar
having law and 'justice on our side; should it be found
that our dominions were becoining
too extensive, we
might surrender the burning plains frontiers
of Sinde, which
drew from us half a Million • a year, fee
e the peninsula
bounded by the bills of Assam . and Straits of Malacca,
presenting the advantages enumerated. We have: had
.0C the last fort'
night, and we , in reality look for -none, Admiral
Austin left Calcutta on the ad instant in the new screw
steamer Rattler, after a sojourn of a fortnight at the
capital. ,
~
" Disturbances still continue. along the north-west'
frontier, where warlike areangenten ts On an extensive
.scale are in: progreis, nottVithsthnelieg the
near approah
no intelligeude from the seat of war i
'of the season when out:oklonr obetipations of all kinds
cease: A force, consisting ' of Baldwin', Troop of
Horse Artillery, t 1 detail. of Feet 'Artillery with two
heavy howitzers, 600 rank and file of her Mejesty's
32d Regiment, 600 rank and, file of the 66th,, Ghoor-
•kas, and the 2d Irregular Cavalry, were under orders
to march to Nowshera on the morning of the 7th inst.
This wasin ,addition to the troops already in the field;
they were to be provided, ,itith pontoons, to enable them
to cross the river, if necessary, or lesser streams swollen
by. the melting of the snowS. Various forts bad . been.
_attacked car
.; pastured in the Razara country; _opera-
tions were sill in progress, and it was hoped that they
would in a ;Week -or. two ..have closed auspiciously.
" We have dates from Karrachee to the lath inst., but
station. Very heavy rain had fallen of the 10th, since
no news of interest. Major Le G. Jacob was still at the
when the weather has been °Goland agteeable, the ther-
motneterhaiing fallen nearly-40degrees. The rumour
of oar Ite.stfidnrat'Llyderabad having keen instructed to
recosithend.te the Nizam that a cession of territory
'ehould ho made to us, the revenues of which would be
sufficient to pay the contingent, has once more epning
up, with the addition:on the present occasion' that the
Nizam is merely to be persuaded to agree to the propo-
sition. In the ;,Calcutta Englishman we find the an-
nexed extract Item a letter from the Deccan:—
' I think ,
the 'Nizam will shuffle out of his difficelty. If he were
to be treated with common justice, it' would be found
that he owes us nothing, During the last 50 years the
_Madras Commissariat at. s
--tennderabsti has wrongfully
received and appropriated all the- dutiea on liquers, &c.,
denominated the, t
a-----1117,” producing, one year with
another, a lac per anoum, so we ma get out of the
scrape, but too ,contingent will be re ceedshorses foot,
and excessive staff.' As our contempo ary remark's, this
is certainly something new- to us. If th 50 lacs of rupees
here stated Of, have been already rece ed by us have in
reality been unjustly taken from th revenues of the
Nizam, the helium due to,..,us.hy his Highness will be re-
duced very materially, if balance due 0 us there be any
at all.
" The vacant berth of resident in I be Persian: Gulf
has been conferred on the Assistant Resident; Captain
A. B. Seashell, twho is, , it is said t be succeeded by
Lieutenant Disbrowee of: the ISt ' siliers. Sir H.
Leekee Commodore and t't
-etonaande -in, Chief of . the
Indian navy, has been elected presideoi of the Geogra-
phical Society;, the Hen. Mr.
Blane, Colonel liolland,
and Dr../IPLenesan, vicespeesidents for the year. The
committees are iery.nearly the same as last year.
" The appointment of Mr,
Zt- K. airfield as Postmes-
ter-General hai been in t notified he Government Gazette,
of Thursday. . ~
‘i The Peninsblar 'and ' Oriental e Cimpany's steamer
Singapero grounded in coming up the'harbour on Tues-
day last," and was SuPpeeted ,to have been sOmuch in-
jured that it was deemed expedient toput her into dock.
Shnirrived in port on the night et te leth, and an-
choredsigsicit3 the inner light vessel: Between.one 'and
two o'clock the. pilot,. Mr. R;gu ts
'Y, went onboard, and
the ship proceeded under steam to. ,her rnooriags off
Mazagon. ShOrtly after starting
thieessel Struck with
some violence on the, edge of the Middle ground, bending
several plates oh the port bows and Slackening several
rivets; ehe thedi want 'on all clear, The mischief to the
Singhpore ,is believed to be trifling, but repairs to iron '
ships are often tedious, and e he Rein 'will require to be
sent on ins:Gallo next month bah" stead. • '
" The GeiSernment of , Madras p ye the following
graceful tribute to the memory of
to late Major A. F.
Oakes, of the Artillery,, who,
it wi be remembered,
died of sunstroke before Rangoon on' the 12th of April;
—' In nominating a successor to major Oakes as Di-
rector of the Artillery Depot, the 'Right Honourable
the Governor in Council desires to express the deep
regret with which he has received the report of that
officer's death.' i: Major Oakes' whole.
course of service
wasdistinguished by the singular aetivity and unceasing
labour with which he devoted himself to every subject
belonging to his profession, rendering his death a
loss,not only 'to his immediate regtment, but 'te. the
service at large. Major Oakes died, as he had 'lived,
in the .onergetie diselaarge of his duty; The late MajOr
Oakes 130.5 been succeeded as Director' of the Ar--
tltlery Depot, of Instruction by , Brevet-Major -G. W.
Slinkton. , .
•
.stThe Goicewae ; treasury is said to have run dry
He has applied_for a lOan of half a million sterling for
the- -payraent of the. .arrears of his troops, but- the
Baroda bankers haVe deClined unlesN under the British
guarantee. Q.lO Government have at present.' rather
more than etionghtif Irarbda politicatoa their hands, and
decline increasing the number of -their responsibilities.
A memorial has just gone home from , British
anotner
subject, 'ono Belts Farkey, on the en -;
tedt of the tycoon,'
and oppression from 'Which he has ffered through our
means in connexion with Barode; a d , it is hoped.that
thin will,furnish an additional re ash for making a fall
and clear exposure of the whole at ocious system that
has for a (anger - of a century prevailed at this most
corrupt',of capitals, Of course our local government, in
this, as in most other matters—tlhe filling up of ap-
pointments always excepted—stands still.
"The weather for the past th ee weeks has [been
alma the )2300 extraordinary over xperienced at this
sea af thOyea#7. The winds in p oil of blowing from
N.W. and :goi., alternately day and ight, have mostly
been from S.W., with' a cloudy in end of a, doodlers
sky, liihtniogi4verynening, 0,.
139
° st atmosphere; fre7
quent showers. and seonstant tnre toning°rale TainS,
whichscareely clar set in before the eginning of June. .-
66 The Governer-General cOntin es at BarrackpPlP,
ne&CulcuttaV,Sir H. ,
Tattinger is 't eaadras, . the Go-
vernor of
Bombay has be,
en for .twet months at the ga
habulesawarr..
bills' and will be from the let of Jane; to
either at Poona oback.
the middle of ‘Oebolactr,. . r nal:Tills
again,' returning_ to
,Bombay.whhe.n the
ecool season sets
in, and probe:lily remsiniug till is ttrta of office expires,
May:_ 1. K 1 R 53 ';' 'rho military eili.ef4 Of all our armies are
• . essity.e,, -- , • reteeetive presidencies.. The
at the hill strions of their .
d'rFrecl-
.o nnmirwtion. of Lor Frederick gitzelarence to
7ol)ci office of Connutalltierfin-Chtef is generally. popular,
ohs.-name of his Lordship being most tavogrably known
We are sick of
. he; atdy in gamerat . - eseptuagenarians.
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to t
~ We mentioned in our last that the Government of
India, bad bestowed a donation of .
,2,0001.; on Dr,

O'Sbaughuesey, in Acknowledgment of his. 'services, in
the construction of tho electric telegraph ; the Cal-
.ctit!a Chant:it'd of .00ritterda has follhVva With a 'si..
miiar acknowledgment .of more moderate '2/11011TIC;
the Trade Asdociation lead led' the. way in doing jus-
tice to his merits. Tbe,officcrs.ofthe.Penine.ular and
Oriental `Stsain Navigation Company. have. presented
ha&lso'me'pl‘ce of, plate-to: Nir:''Piddiniton fee !the
ievaluGhleis4tVice he basset:inferred on navigation as Ono
:of the Aystescionologista of theage. His merits in this
way have 'been fully recognised by the Admiralty. at
and by most Governments and 'all Tettiorologists
throughout the world.' Enipty commendation has
hitherto been the sole reward of a man who, had he re-
ceived a tithe of the, property.. saved through his means,
would have had a princely fortune;‘ Government- never
bes'tow'good'appointraents on' men Of merit—they seem
to.think intelligence. and excellenee ;their ,own reward,
and that the good things of the State should be reserved
for those destitute ,of 9ither.. The case of Dr.
O'Shaughnessy is an exchption, and a very'raie tine, to
a general rule almost'unifermly adhered to. The Madras
Athenthtak assures us 'that the
.nicatilay Code will very
shortly hecome the law of the lapd?.Mr. Peacock having
.biought Out the amended,arafight in his portmanteau.
Bat faiv of Mr. Bethune's additions will 'be retained-it
is said. IWe shall be curious to see what success has
-been, aohievekin•the way of removing the objection made
to the cede on its first
,appearance in the pages of the
Gazette.' •

"'A correspondent of the Bengal Hurkaru gives the
following string of rumours prevalent in the City of Pa-
laces on the .10th inst. :--` There were various reports and
conjectures current in the bazaar yesterday. One'was
to the effect that the five per cent. siccas was to be paid
off instanter. The otlaerthat a new four per cent, Com-
pany's was to be opened, inviting subscriplions •in half
cash and half in the four, per cent. sipeas, so as to con-
-Vert-elf 'Government segurilies,into one denomination of
coin; namely, Company's rupees: Vie—third- was; 'that
the. offers of the Treasury have not been so full for
many, many years (with about fifteen crores), and spoke
volumes' in favour of Lord Dalhousie's highly prosperous
administration, that there were more than ample funds
to provide against all contingencies of the Burmese war."
And; the Durham of the 12th states that money was so
plentiful in the boner that loans pn the dposit df porn-
pan'ys paper, fearing a very Moderate margin; might be
`obtained from respectable shroffs at the rate of 3i per
cent.,per. annum. At Calcutta the markets for imports
and country produce continue very dull. Iti.the money-
,market there was something like a glut. Not Much
tieing in exchange, which had an upward tendency." The
quotations for first-class credits at six months' sight
were 2a. to 2a. Oid. per rupee. Freights, sugar to Lon-
,don, ou first class British vessels, 31. ss. to 3/. 7s. 61.; on
American bottoms, ss. to 10s. lower. Trade at Bombay
has been done at a moderate extent only, and the port
may now be considered closed for coasting vessels. The
money-market continues extremely uneasy. •

•COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Bombay Times)
BOMBAY MARKETS FROM THE 12TH TO THE 22D OF tLAY

[PRICE SD.

Insdiiigkopiaencdo
si?elrades
:::
23 5
0 .10 0
tioo 4
109,
,00
.. .
ddiitittco,..
Lhe Dye ..:. .3 0 6to 3 2 Ai. ditto.
1 .i urn -
Oil ditto.
~•• 3 0 -
Castor 210 0 o
" :* ditto.
_ .

_ To Mauritius.
en(l)co:iielsr:34sa,r.. t
to Ir. Ga. per bag, payable there at 50c.
o 40r. Kr .wc-a.
To China.
••• 7 dolls. to 8 dolls. per chest.
..... 2 dolls. 25c. to 2 dolls. 50c. per bale.

Opium
CAton

bundeaatly supplied,
MONEY MAIZKET.
The market is super:
and loans
are offered for Government securities at from 4 to, 5
per cent,
fir ro per annum iutzrest. All good joint-stock
sh sro .
CURRENT VALUE OF GOYERN3rENT SECURITIES
BAS`sToSTOCK, &C. f
New Fives •... .. ... 105 4_ to 105 i 3 do.
Sicea ditto ... ... ... 102 Bto 102 12 do.
Co.'s R. Four per Cents... 91 oto9l 8 do.
Sicca Rs. ditto ... ... 89 otoB9 8 do.
Bank-of Bengal Shares, Co.'s Rs. 6,700 each.
Agra Bank, paid up, 500 do., 510.
New Oriental Life lam:mance, 250 paid, 260 rs.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY.
Arrivals—May the 12th; P. and 0. Company's steam-
ship Erin, from Calcutta on the 2d of May, and touched
at' Galle on the 7th of May; B. S. N. Company's, steamer
Victoria, from Surat yesterday; H. C. brig Euphrates,
from survey. 13th, steaufer' G. R. Clerk, , from Surat
yesterday. 14th, steamer Sir J. Jejeebhoy,'frobi Surat
yesterday; ship Puttee Salem, from Port Louis on the
28th of March, ..14th, Carnso, from
SUrat yesterday. 15th, steamer LowjeePamily, from
Surat yesterday; ship Marion Macintire, from Liverpool
on the 16th of December. 16th, B. S. N. Company's
steamer Bombay, from Kurrachee on the 13th of May,
at 6 30 P.M.; B.S.N. Company's steamer Dwarka, from
Surat yesterday; ship Catherine, from Liverpool on the
14th of December. 1711, ship Ganges, from London on
the 12th of February; steamer Phlox, from. Surat yester-
day; ship Robins, from Aden on the 23d of April; ship
Loch Lomond, from Liierpool on the sth of January;
ship Poictiers, from London on the 24th of December,
and Cape of Good Hope on the 26th of March. 18th, brig -
Suffinatool, Nacoda Woomerbhoy Ameerbhoy, from the
Mauritius on the 16th of April; American bark Ante-
lope. from Hong Kong on the Ist, and Java on the 22d
of April; ship Regina, from the Mauritius on the 28th of
April; ship Elizabeth, from Liverpool on the 29th of
December; ship John ELmilion, from Liverpool on the
13th of January; March 17th spoke the Ocean Mo-
narch, in lat. 36 deg. 45 min. S., long. 6 deg. 44 min.
W., from rroon, bound to Aden; P. and 0. Co.'s
steamer Singapore, from Hong Kong on the .24th of
April, Singapore the Ist, Penang the 3d, and Galle the
13th of May; barque Hyperion, from London on the 21:st
of December; barque Anjer, from Liverpool on the 25th
of December.

Departures—May the 12th. ship Lord Dufferin, to
Liverpool; ship Zetus, to London; ship John Knox, to
Liverpool; H. C. steamer Queen, to Suez; P. and 0.
Co.'s steam-ship Achilles, to Suez and Southampton.
13th, steamer Phlox, to Surat; ship Charles Grant, to
Canton, in China ; ship Alert, to Sourabaya; schooner
Royal Family. Nacoda, to Colombo. I4th, B. S. N.
Co.'s steamer Victoria, to Kurrachee. May 15th, ship
Ben Lomond, to Liverpool; steamer Sir J. Jejeebhoy, to
Surat; steamer Stribley, to Surat. 16th, ship Earl of
Clare, to Whampoa, in China. 17th, ship Orleans, to
Liverpool; P. and 0. Co.'s steamer Ganges, to Galle,
Penang, Singapore, and Hong-Kong; B. S. N. Co.'s
steamer Dwarka, to Surat; steamer Sir J. R. Caruso,
to Surat; B. S. N, Co 's steamer Bombay, to Kurrachee.