The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-07 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

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By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
ceivedour private correspondence and,files of papers
from Bombay to the 13th of October, and from
Calcutta to the Bth of October.

We take the following summary of news from
the Bombay Gazette of the 13th of October :

" Sir Alexander Grant., Bart., has been appointed
Vice-Chancellor of the Bombay University.
" His Excellency the Governor and the Com-
mander of the Forces, with their respective staffs,
have arrived in Bombay for the season.

" Another sitting of the Bombay Legislative
Council is to be shortly held in Bombay.

" The reports of the state of the weather and
crops from the country continue of a highly satis-
factory character.
" The High Court closed for the autumnal vaca-
tion on the 9th inst.

" The public health continues to improve, not-
withstanding the setting in of the hot weather ; the
last weekly return gives the total number of deaths
during that period at 322.
" The new Bombay Insolvency Act, having re-
ceived the assent of the Governor-General, came
into operation on the Ist inst.
" The second mate of the Dennis Horton has
been committed to the House of Correction for
three months, for committing an aggravated assault
on one of the crew, by which the unfortunate man
is alleged to have been driven to jump overboard,
and was in consequence drowned.

" Dr. Livingstone, who is at present sojourning
in Bombay, delivered a lecture on his African
explorations before the members of the Royal
Asiatic Society and the public of this city, on the
afternoon of the 12th instant, to a very :large
audience.

" The Sultan of Zanzibar is at present on a visit
to Bombay, where he arrived on the 2d inst. His
Excellency the Governor held a grand durbar on
the 11th inst., at the Town-hall, for his Highness's
reception, which was very fully attended.
" The Bokhara troops were defeated by a small
division of Russian troops recently near Tashakuda;
the latter have since advanced within six marches of
Bokhara.

" From Cabul we hear that the troops of:the
Ameer are in a very discontented mood ; large ar-
rears of pay are due to them. The Sirdar Übdool-
rahman Khan, son of Ufzul Khan, has written a
letter to the Ameer upbraiding him for the treat-
ment to which his father is subjected, and also
accusing:the Ameer Sahib with having poisoned Sir-
dar Mahomed Oosman Khan, winding up by de-
claring that he will kill him should his father die in
his hands.

" It is expected that the 91st Highlanders will
pcin the force to operate against Bhootan.

" It is stated that the whole of the demi-official
correspondence between the Bengal and Supreme
Government, relative to Bhootan affairs, is to be
made public.
" Major Elderton, Divisional Paymaster, Meerut,
has been suspended from his duties.

" It is reported that Lieut. Ross, Political Agent
at Guadur, has met with some rough treatment
while on a tour in the interior of Persia.

" Major Brown has succeeded in capturing eight
out of a gang of 12 poisoners at Sultanpore. From
the confession of one of these scoundrels it appears
that they have infested the province for the last
seven years.

" Capt. Remington, of the 12th N. 1., who has
been going about the country as a ' fakeer,' is to
be brought before a commission of lunacy, with a
view to his deportation from the country.
" His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has
recommended that honorary commissions be granted
to all warrant officers in India holding the depart-
mental rank of commissary, assistant-commissary,
deputy-assistant-commissary.
" Brigadier-General Showers is shortly to leave
for England, and is to be succeeded in the Calcutta
command by Brigadier Welchman.

" The excise returns for the north-west provinces
for the year exhibit a marked improvement in the
revenue, the net increase being £34,485 over last

year.
" The llon. Mr. Steer retires from the Bengal
Civil Service in February next, and the llon. Mr.
Trevor in May.
" It has been officially announced that the Viceroy
leaves Simla. on the 25th inst. His Excellency will
pass through Umballa and Delhi, and arrive in_Cal-
cutta about the Ist proximo.
Orders have been issued for the preparation of
the budgets for the ensuing year on the revised plan
recommended by the English commission.
" It is believed that Colonel Wallace, Resident of
Baroda, goes to Kattiawar on the sth or 6th of the
present month. He will retire from the service for
good on his return, and Colonel Barr is expected to
get the appointment.
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" The steamer Madras had a very narrow escape
from being wrecked in the Madras roads on the
29th ult. She took the ground on that night on 'a
shoal some 20 miles off the Godavery Point, when
it was found expedient to throw the cargo over-
board ; this having been effected, she floated at ono
p.m. on the following day,
" The question of pre-audience at the Bombay
bar has been decided by the Chief Justice. It is
now settled that the Acting-Advocate-General is
only to have pre-audience when engaged on Crown
business.
" Obituary—At Nynee Tal, on the 15th inst.,
Major J. Lees, 43d N.I. ; Major R. G. Mayne, of
the same corps, in Bhootan ; Capt. Webbe, Invalid
Establishment, at Poona, on the 3d inst. ; Lieut. A.
Ommaney, of the Guide Corps, at Lahore, on the
6th inst."
We take the following summary from the Cal-
cutta Englishman of Oct. 7 :
" The fortnight that has elapsed since our last de-
spatch leaves us nothing of public interest to chro-
nicle. All business of a commercial nature is at a
standstill on account of the Ilindoo holydays ; the
courts are closed, and the town is nearly emptied of
its European population, who take this opportunity,
the only general one in the year, to visit the interior,
and cross the bay, in search of health or pleasure.
Very little of either, we fear, they will gain this
year, for we have been suffering since the com-
mencement of the holydays from the highest tem-
perature we ever remember to have occurred in the
month of October, and higher than we had this year
in May. At present there appears no prospect of
rain, or any other change ; and in the country the
consequences to the crops threaten to be serious.
" The aspect of Bhootan politics is the same as
when we last wrote. No one any longer doubts
the war is inevitable, and preparations for it con-
tinue unabated; but the campaign will not com-
mence before the end of December.
" A telegraphic message of the 6th inst. from
Lahore informs us, without particulars, of the
murder of Lieutenant Ommaney, of the Guides, by
the fanatics at Murdan ; and, at the moment of
going to press that the opium steamer Lightning
took fire shortly after leaving Singapore on the 26th
September, but, fortunately, the flames were ex-
tinguished before much damage had been done to
ship or cargo."

THE ROYAL VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.—Major Greig,
the head of the Liverpool police, has received the
following letter from Gen. Knollys :—" Sandringham,
King's Lynn, Nov. 4.—Sir -I have received the commands
of the Prince of Wales to convoy to you the expression of
his royal highness's sentiments on the successful results
which attended the excellent furangements made for-the
preservation of good order on the visit of their royal high-
nesses to Liverpool on Tuesday last. His royal highness
has desired me to thank you, and those under you, for the
exertions and trouble which contributed so much to the
enjoyment of the princess and himself, as well as to that of
all present.—l have, &c., Wm. KNOLLYS."
THE LITERATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.--Dr. Towler,
editor of " Humphrey's Journal of Photography," and
author of that valuable practical work, " The Silver Sun-
beam," has nearly ready for publication a new work, en-
titled " Dry Plato Photography; or, the Tanin Process
made simple and practical for operators and amateurs." It
will be quite a boon to the out-door photographer, as its
instructions will enable him to dispense with a considerable
portion of the " traps" necessary under the old process, and
it will bo very full and complete in all necessary details.
Dr. Towlor's late work on photography on porcelain or
opal
glass, entitled " The Porcelain Picture," will be found
a useful guide to that beautiful process.