The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-06 00:00:00

INDIA.

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have ad-
vices from Bombay to April 13, and from Calcutta
to April 4.
The Viceroy's " progress 0 still continues. His
Excellency made his entry into Umballah, Punjab,
on the 27th March, and was received in great state
by the chivalry of the Cis-Sutlej. The troops of Put-
tiala, Jheend, and Nabah, and a large number of sir-
dare and followers, made a great show. The popular
demonstrations with which the Viceroy was received
amounted to an ovation. His Excellency left on the
Ist of April for Simla.
Lady Frere left Bombay by the present mail for
England. Her ladyship gave a farewell" at home"
on the Bth April, at Government-house, which was
very numerously attended.
" The English mail of March 19 (says the Times
of India) brings the welcome news to India that the
Ministry has determined to appoint a royal commis-
sion of inquiry into the grievances of the Indian
army. Sir C. Wood will have the warm thanks of
the Indian army for this concession ; it is all that

the army ask for. The speeches of the Duke of Cam-
bridge and. the Duke of Argyll on the subject were
calculated to produce infinite harm in this country,
and no wiser step could possibly have been takezz
than the appointment of this commission. If no in-
jury has been inflicted by the amalgamation of the

local army, the fact can easily be made plain ; while
if injury has been inflicted, MC must all be anxious

`la see it redressed."

The Government of India is confident of the pa-
cification of the north-eastern districts. Captain
Morton has been ordered to realise all arrears of
revenue due by the rebels.
Reports are current of some serious disturbances
in the Garrow Hills.
News has been received from Cabaol to the 12th
March, to the effect that the Herat business would
likely be settled about the Persian Nouroze (new
year). All sorts of supplies were abundant in the
Ameer's camp, but money was scarce. The Hera-
tees were badly off for supplies of all kinds.
Cotton from Egyptian seed has been successfully
grown near Poona, in the Deccan. It is of very
good quality.
The Cotton Frauds Bill has bees passed by the
Bombay Legislative Council, ttlyd only awaits the
sanction of the Viceroy in order I,n its becoming law.
The health of the town and island of Bombay 10
far below par. Fever is very prevalent. The hot
season has set in, and the citizens are escaping to
the Hill stations.

The Calcutta Englaehrnan of April 4 says :—" A
number of Manchester capitalists, we have heard,
propose to purchase from the Indian Government
the Ganges Canal; to apply to it skilful engineer-
ing work and superintendence ; and, having made
it what it was intended to be, but never has been,
an efficient canal of irrigation and boat traffic, to
raise from it a large revenue profit. The Ganges
Canal cost the Government, or the public, the large
sum of two millions of money sterling; but as a
public work, except for the patronage ,:and profit
involved in its construction, it has been almost use-
less. Should it, however, pass into the man agement
of private English enterprise, it may ye't become
an institution of vast utility in the districts through
which it passes; and we should be glad. indeed to
see it change owners as proposed."
Certain officers of the Bengal army en route to
.d capture of
Delhi, intend to lay before the h
years
service to
Government
the claim of the Delhi army
de da to
t o t hose who so
England, who served at the siege an.
count as service, as was accorded
Luc know
the mutinies.
first distributim
131. the
The orders for the d
pro-
ceeds of the booty cap geg many: years
gallantly defended themselves in during
ago have been issued in the Calcutta.
Gauette. The
total sum to be distributed is 1-ts, 3 ,
u hit,
follows:—To the land forces, re. 2
,6 to 5 280 9 2 •
the naval forces in the services of •
India Company, re. 41,551.13,8 the late East
;
of her Majesty's service, rs. to the naval forces
rs. 3,35,277. Each share • 2
38,378.9.2 —total,
is
forces, and 1 rupee 6 rupees to the land
will not be annas to 'the naval forces. It
very valuable
1,500 slier a major-general has
es ; Colonel, 600 •
ter
,captain, 120; subal-
tern, 6O; privates on
Naik to Bheestee, one share, and native troops from
eestee, two-thirds of a share.
His Excellency the Governor of Bombay in coun-
cil has authorised
the immediate issue of a first dis-
tribution of the Dhar
prize money, at the rate of
400 re, each share. The Government order states
that instructions for the
preparation and submission
of claims for Delhi prize money, published in Go-
vernment general order No. 8, dated Jan. 6, 1862,
will apply equally well to claims on account of
Dhar prize money.
The troops of the Rajahs of Puttiala and JbleBesnd,
who joined the British army before Delhi
t ib e 7
city;
and took part in the siege and capture
t
and also the men of the Nubbaheon
in f
contingent, who
were engaged with the Juflund ur mutineers at
Looniana, have through their
chiefs petitioned the
Government to grant them the Indian medal. The h
re entitled to
Government has decided
dthateredt the reequisite medal
the decoration, and has or
rolls to be sent in.

Mr. Chase is in New York, and is being urged to
take advantage of the present favourable condition
of the money market to effect a loan.
The New York legislature has passed a bill per-
mitting loans on gold at not over par ; a billpre
' venting the banks from organising under the
a ork
Bankng
Act passed by Congress; and a bill approPiY 1
one million dollars for the defence of New
r
harbour.
The Governor a New York vetoed the bill allow-
ing soldiers and sailors to vote by proxy. The
Senate passed the bill over Governor s veto, o t
ut
,
it failed in the house.
The steamer Sonora sailed from San Francisco
on the 23d for Panama with 800,000 dole. for
England.
The City of Baltimore takes out 11 bags of mails,
e 1
Missouri, r
n
51 cab
ofa Gen
in, and 53 steerage passengers, and 331,839
ir
dollars in specie.
heContfhe de e ratesu
south-east de r
Marmaduke are
invading
re-
ported to be 20,000 strong and are
Confederate General P.
rice is said to have 12,000
conscripts at Pocahantas.
Federal General Blunt has
day, that guerillas in M. issued an order of the
bissouri, found with arms in
their hands, are not t
but, having organised °be considered as belligerents,
withinanthd to the Federal
death.
The are
to be treated as insurgents,
The order further states that such persons when
taken
prisoners, which General Blunt recommends
should be avoided as much as possible, are to be --- ____
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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
road, last evening, and presided ov, r by Mr. Collinson, Mr.
NEW YORK, April 24, Evening: James moved a resolution to the effect that a petition
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AMALCIA ATION of the CITY POLICE
with the METROrOLITAN POLICE.
At a PUBLIC MEETING of the Citzens of London, held
in pursuance of a r,quisition signet by nearly 3,000 io fluential
citizens in the Guildhall, on TUESDAY, May 5, 1863,
The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair:
It was moved by SAMUEL MORLEY, Esq., seconded by R.
N. FOWLER, Esq., and carried unanimously,
That municipal institutions are deserving of the highest
veneration and respec . They are founded on remote anti-
quity, they are the basis upon which everything that is good
in free institutions is built up and perfected. They give to
man the privilege of local self-government. They educate
locally the people of a country, some afterwards to take a
part in the large concerns of the nation, all to be able to form
a correct judgment of the conduct of tliose by whom the na-
tional affairs are guided. They instruct and enlighten the
mind, they practise the:human intellect in all those exercises
which render it Manly and energetic, and they are therefore
deserving of the highest possible commendation and encou-
ragement.
Moved by KIRKMAN D. HODGMON, Esq , M.P., Governor of
the Bank of England; seconded by GEORGE MOORE,
Esq., and carried unanimously,
That the police force of this City is as able and efficient as,
if not superior to, any force in these realms for the protection
of life and property, for the detection of crime, and for the
regulation of the immense traffic which throngs the streets of
this City, and that it is unwise and inexpedient to interfere
with its management and control so long as its duties con-
tinue to be so efficiently performed.
Moved by R. W. KENNARD, Esq., M..P. ; seconded by Al-
derman and Sheriff LAWRENCE, Chairman of the Ccm-
mittee of Liverymen, and carried unanimously,
That the citizens of London obtained from Sovereigns of
these realms the right of electing their own magistrates and
of keeping watch and ward within the City, a right which
has ever been exercised for the benefit of the people and for
the protection of their liberties ; and that the Rill for the
amalgamation of the City of London Police with the Metro-
politan Police is an invasion of this right, and subversive of
the old English constitutional principle of local self-govern-
ment, which has fostered the love for freedom in this coun-
try, has drawn closer the ties which connect the people with
the Crown and Parliament, and under which this City and
the nation at large have so long prospered that this meet-
ing calls upon the representatives of this City in Parliament,
and also upon the representatives of the citizens in the cor-
poration to offer, by every means in their power. the most
determined opposition to the pasting of the Bill for the
Amalgamation of the City and Metropolitan Police, and that
a petition from this meeting, embodying the previous reso-
lutions, be presented to the House of Commons by one of the
City's representatives.
seconded by RICHD. MICHELE,
Moved by P. G. DoDD. Esq. ;
Esq.: and carried unanimously:
That the foregoing resolutions be published in all the
morning London papers, in the City Press, and other local
okoavnesdofbythe
lm4.trgßolistas,
Esq., ;
seconded by JAMES
ANDERTON, Esq. • and carried unanimously :
That the best thanks oithis meeting and of the citizens of
London are due, and are hereby given, to the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor, M.P., for hts readiness in convening this
meeting, for the ability with which he has presided over it,
and for the able and enerzetie manner in which, in his place
in Parliament, he has defended the ancient right, of the
City of London.
GEORGE LEDGER, Secretary to the Committee
of Requisitionists.

May 5,166'+,

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE:
PRODUCTION OF THE NEW OPERA.

Titiens, Trebelli, Santley, Gassier, Bettini, Giuglini,
Amalia Ferraris.
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TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday), Subscription Night
(in lieu of Saturday, 11th July), will be produced a New and
Original Opera, in four acts, with New Scenery and Machi-
nery, Dresses, and Decorations, entitled
NICOLO DE'LAPI ; or, The Siege of Florence.

The Music composed exnressly for Her Majesty's Theatre
by Signor Schira. The Libretto written by the Marquis
Massimo d'Azeglio.
The entirely new Scenery and Oeginal Effects by Mr. Wm.
Calicott. The Dances arranged by M. Petit. The machinery
constructed by Mr. S. Sloman. The Decorations and Ap-
pointment sby Mr. Bradwell. The new Costumes, from stu-
dies and authorities, by Mr. S. May and Miss Dickinson.
With the following powerful cast :

Nicolo de'Lapi, Mr. SantleyT Trollo, Signor Gassier; Fan
fulla, Signor Bettini ; Fra Benedetto, Signor Casaboni ; Lam.
Derto. Signor Giuglini ; Laudomia, Mdlle. Trebelli ; and Sel.
yaggia, Mdlle. Titiens.

Conductor, Signor ABDITI.

In Act the Second, Pas de la Fiancee, by M. Alessandro
Paul and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris

Chorus of Monks, Warriors, People, &c.

The period of the Opara is 1530. The place of the action is
Florence and it neighbourhood.

Doors opell at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence
at Eight o'clock precisely.
Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, Half-a-
Guinea ; Pit Tickets, Bs. 6d. ; Gallery t-tal,s, 59. and 78. ;
(1' derv, 2s. fid. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to
admit tiree persons, 21s.
Notice. - It will be necessary for thosa parties who intend
visiting the R€served x Seats (at 10s. 6d. each), to attend
in Evening Costume.
Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-office of
the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Hayman et', which
is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from
Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music-
sellers.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY MARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen-
dale, and Miss Louisa Angel.
After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a
Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East.
To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela
Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under
the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER.
THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original
Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore,
Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee.
After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic
Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)login, entitled THE
DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham.
The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter,
supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham,
H. W Iddi;ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ;
Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and
Elsworthy.