The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-21 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re.
ceived papers from Bombay of the 28th of Sept.,
and from Calcutta of the 20th.
We take the following summary of news from
the Tines of India of Sept. 28
The Viceroy will arrive at Lahore on Friday, the

14th of October, and leave again on the 19th. The
great Durbar will take place ou the 18th, and his
Excellency will visit Delhi on the 23rd,
The Government of India has summoned all the
members of the Imperial Legislative Council to a
full meeting at Calcutta on the 4th of November.

The Army Head-quarters Camp will form at
Urnballa on the sth of November, and march with
the Commander-in-Chief via Delhi, Meerut, Mora.
dabad, Bareilly, Shaljehanpore, and Seetapore, to
Lucknow, where there will be a great camp of
exercise. From Lucknow his Excellency will visit
Goruckpore, Darjeeling, and other stations along
the eastern frontier. His Excellency will not reach
Calcutta before the middle of January.
The Ameer of Cabul has played false. 1.1"zul
Khan, and those of his adherents who were within
reach, have been made prisoners. It is expected
that Übdel Rahman Khan, son of Ufzul Khan, will
show fight.

The Viceroy hes conferred the honour of the Star

of India upon the Rajah of Kupportolah. The
Rajah did good service in the mutiny, is a Christian
and a man of considerable ability. He is married
to a Christian lady, and in his life and actions sets
a good example to his countrymen of what can be
effected by a sincere desire for reform and pro•
grass,

Our forces 'will enter the Bhootan territory in the
approaching cold season, to secure the good conduct
of that people towards us for the future, General
Showers is instructed with the command. Troops
are already moving towards the frontier. Orders
have been given to annex all the Doears.
The Governor-Ceneral has called for information
from the Resident of Hyderabad as to whether the
Arms Act might not be extended with advantage to
the assigned districts. The constant recurrence of
violent crimes has led to this inquiry.
An order has been issued by the Government of
India, dated Simla, the 31st of August, directing
that the cost cf the police maintained expressly for
the service of any city or town shall, as far as prac-
ticable, be defrayed by the inhabitants.
The Secretary of State for India has sanctioned
an increase of 60,000 rupees to the pension, amount,
ing to five lees o rupees a year, formerly granted
to his Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh.
General G. St. P. Lawrence, when about to leave
Rajpootana, was informed that the chiefs wished to
present him with a testimonial. He replied that the
discontinuance of the custom by which Europeans
were obliged to take off their shoes before entering
the native durbars wou!d be the most acceptable.
Orders were promptly issued throvhoutßajpootana
in accordance with the desire thus expressed.
" Maharajah Jung Bahadoor applied to Govern-
ment for leave to send his two sons to the military
school to be educate.: as artillery ()facets. The Go-
vernment. of India replied that those schools were
only free to those who were qualifying themselves
for her Majeety's service.
A scheme relative to the opening up a land coma
munication between our Tenasserim pro7inces and
Bangkok, and so with Coins, thus avoiding the
voyage round the Malayan Peninsula, is now before
the Government of India, and will he forwarded to
the Secretary of State for final decision.
The question of the appointment of an Ordnance
Minister for India, instead of, as at present, an
Inspector,General for each of the three Presidential
Governments, is now before the Government of
India.

Punjab coal has been tried in the locomotives of
the Punjab Railway, and found to answer " as well
as any English." Its combustion was nearly per.
iect, leaving but very little clinker.
The faulty part of the telel;reph cable on the
Mussendorn to Gaad3r Section was found buried in
the ground, and has been separated from the cable.
The section will shortly be in working order
Government has favourably viewer: the project of
a French railway from Pondicherry to meet the
Madras main line at Tripa►.ore or Arconuaa.
In July there was coined in the mint of Calcutta
44,22,735 r., in that of Madras 4,82,000 r., and in
that of Bombay 75,97,7,56 r.

The expenses of the Financial Dap3rtment of the
Government of India amounted a few months ego
to 72,003 r. only per annum—they now amount to
1,80,000 r. por annum. The Secretary of State has
addressed a despatch to the Viceroy on the subject.
Shah Abbas, son of the late es-King of Delhi, a
State prisoner in Rangoon, has been released on
condition that he shall pass the rest of his life at
Rangoon.

Feroze Shah, one of the sons of the late ex-King
of Delhi, who took a prominent part in the rebellion
of 1857, and for whose apprehension the British
Government offered a reward of 10,000 r., has made
his appearance in the Serony jungles.
It has been notified i❑ the Gazette of India that
non-combatants are only allowed to share in prize
distributions when their presence under the enemy's
fire may have been expressly required by proper
authority.
The Periodical Survey of Steam Vessels Bill
(Bombay) has received the assent of his Excellency
the Governor. General of India.

Lunatic asylums are to be established throughout
India in almost all the principal towns.
The headquarters of the Bombay Government and
army are still at Poona, and the Legislative Council
of the Governor is still holding its sittings there.
His Excellency presided last week at the laying of
the foundation stone of the Sassoon Hospital.
The sale by public auction of the Government
estate at Dapooree, consisting of 771 acres, 242
squaro yards, with the Government-house and other
tenements, took place in Bombay on Sept. 22, and
was knocked down to Dr Diver at 3,55,000 r,, being
5,000 r. in advance of the Government reserved
price.

The traffic receipts of the Great India Peninsular
Railway for the week ending Sept. 11 were consi.
derably over a lao of rupees, which is double the
amount received during the corresponding week of
last year—the miles of open line being the same.
The ground hitherto occupied by the military
staff building in Bombay was sold by public auction
on the 15th inst., and realized 6,64,138 r. The
materials of the buildings had been previously sold
for 58,000 r.
On the 3d inst. the C.mamission appointed by the
Governor. General of Portuguese India presented
the Hon. Rustomjee Samsetjee Jejeebhoy with the
insignia of the ancient, most noble, and Royal
Portuguese Order of the' Tower and Sword' of
Valour, Loyalty, and Merit, to which honour his
Majesty of Ptotugal has raised him.
Mr. H. B. Ellis, Revenue Commissioner, Nor-
thern Division, has been appointed an additional
member of the Council of his Excellency the Gover•
nor of Bombay, in the place of the Hon. W, Hart,
resigned.

The accounts of the state of the country are
favourable from all quarters. The kurreof crops
are being reaped, and are turning out well. The
rubbee crops are being sown under favourable
auspices,

A Government notification has been promulgated
requiring a general census of the population in the
North-Western Provinces on the 10th of January,
MCI The measure will be general throughout
India."

The following is taken from the Calcutta Eng.
tishman of Sept. 20 :
" There is little change to report since cur last
Money is in tolerable demand and can be readily
obtained on fair terms. Bullion flows in, more or
less, by each steamer, and there is every prospect
of all pressure or panic from want of coined money
being safely avoided. The news from America of a
posqi ble pessation of the war has, however, paral3 zel
the import trade; all buyers of piece goods have
shut up and wait further intelligence. This is un-
fortunate, though the natural consequence of the
circunaatances of the war, for the demand was be-
ginning to show itself strong for piece goods, the
markets throughout the country bring _
nearly bare.
Cotton is not yet harv:sted, ri d it h not seriously
afftcted by the newst but the necessity for can-