The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-16 00:00:00

INDIA.

We have the following summary of news from
the Bombay Gazette of the 23d May :
The firm of Byramjee Hormusjee Cama has failed
here, the liabilities being estimated at £3,300,000.
Trustees have been appointed, and a deed of assign-
ment of the estate has been made over to them ; it
is expected that the assets will realise 15s. in the
pound.
The late disastrous march of the artillery from
Mhow has called forth general indignation, and a
long official correspondence has taken place. Gen.
Green is blamed by Government, but the correspon-
dence also implicates Colonel Phayre, the Quarter-
master-General.

The projected International Exhibition in Bom-
bay has been abandoned.
The Bombay Gas Works are to be opened on the
26th inst.

The weather in Bombay continues exceedingly
hot. The monsoon has not yet set in.
The state of the public health has improved
somewhat within the fortnight, but the rate of
mortality is still high, being for the last week 861.
The Vehar Lake, on which Bombay now mainly
depends for a supply of water, has been ascertained
to be in an impure state. An official investigation
into the cause is now going on.

The Waghurs have committed a most daring
piratical outrage at Beyt, having boarded a number
of native boats which put in there from stress of
weather, plundered them, and killed five people.
The ship Ellora, Captain Coulter, loaded with
cotton, consigned to Liverpool, foundered on the
night of the 20th inst., at the mouth of the harbour.
Trade is very dull in Bombay, the depreciation
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A species of plague has recently broken out
among the native community at Pahlanpoor, in
Guzerat, which has caused a good deal of alarm in
the neighbourhood. Government have ordered
medical assistance to the spot immediately.
Lieutenant Morland has been appointed Secretary
pro tern to the Bombay Geographical Society in the
room of Mr. Kennelly, proceeding to Europe.
Government have decided on revising the office
establishment in the different departments, with the
view of decreasing the numerical strength and in-
creasing the salaries of others.
His Excellency the Governor and Staff, as well
as the Commander of the Forces, are still at Maha-
bleshwar.

Active operations in Bhootan have ceased, the
various posts having been confided to the care of
the police.
A serious outbreak has occurred among the op-
pressed weavers of Srinuggur.
The Governor-General and his Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief, with their respective staffs are
at Simla.

The Maharajah of Cashmere has requested that
the number of visitors to the Valley may be limited
to 200 for the future.

The constitution of the Punjab Chief Court is
determined on, and is to consist of two Judges.

Reports from all parts of the country agree in
stating that the weather is unusually hot.
The latest dates from England by the Indo-
European line of telegraph are the 13th inst., since
which time no messages have beon received through.
An interruption was reported both on the Mesopo-
tamian and and Persian line, but communication has
since been restored.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.

H.M.S. Griffin arrived here to-day from the
Wrest Coast of Africa, having on board Mr. Dart,
British Consul at Fayal, and his family.