The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-21 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

The Overland Mail, bringing journals and cor-
respondence to the following dates, reached London
last evening :—Calcutta, December 21.; Bombay,
December 29.

The Bengal Hurkaru of Dec. 21, publishes the
following :
In Oude there is a tempest in a teapot. When Lord
Canning gave back to the Talookdars their estates, he in-
troduced a clause into their sa►inuds, by which the right
of examining their title deeds was reserved to the Govern-
ment, should it hereafter deem such an investigation ad-
visable. This was done because it was suspected that
many of the Talookdars had profited by the occasion, and
the utter absence of anything like surveys or a settlement,
to include within the boundaries of their estates many
villages to which they had not the shadow of a claim•
The Government has not felt itself strong enough to deal
with this matter up to the present time, although it has
had it called to its recollection once or twice. Now, how-
ever, it will be taken in hand, and disposed of. Those who
have acted fairly, and sent in proper returns of their
estates, will have nothing to fear, but those who have taken
advantage of a time of difficulty to jockey their poorer
neighbours will have to disgorge their bootY.
From Cabul, there is news of a mysterious Russian Am-
bassador and his escort, and the Lahore Chronicle, usually
well informed and careful, circulated the other day the
startling piece of intelligence that, owing to the intrigues
of the Muscovite, an insurrection had broken out at Yar-
kund, which had spread an down the northern slopes of
the. Himalayas as far as Lhasa,.
By advices from Assam we learn that the troops belong-
ing to the right column of the Bhooton Field Force crossed
the Berhampooter on the Ist inst., and encamped at
Kampta-kottah, the climate of which place is described as
exceedingly delightful. The men appear quite hale and
plucky, and eager to meet the enemy.
The subjoined is extracted from the Bombay
Gazette of Dec. 29 :

One of our columns has taken Dhalimkote from the
Bhootaneos, who made a very gallant resistance. During
the attack two officers wore wounded and some 50 men put
hors de combat. An accident happened by the premature
expinsion of a shell in the mouth of a mortar, by which
three officers and a few man were killed.

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The following- is an account of 'the taking of Dhalimkote
by Brigadier-General Dunsford's column of the Bhootan
Field Force, and is dated within the stronghold Dec. 8 :
"I send off a few lines just to tell you that we took this
famous place the day before yesterday, not, I am sorry to
say, without serious loss, the Bhooteas have fought with
much more courage and resolution than we expected, and
the fort being both naturally and artificially strong, and in
a most commanding position. We were opposed nearly all
the way up the hill, and could only proceed by a narrow,
tortuous road, constantly exposed to showers of arrows and
stones, both of which the Bhooteas threw with great forte
and precision. The column got close up to the fort without
any serious loss, M'Gregor, the brigade major, and Lough-
man, of the 18th Native Infantry, being the only wounded;
but there stood the fort before us, on a hill about 200 feet
high, surrounded by a thick wall of about 20 feet elevation.
We soon brought our small mortars into position, and were
getting on very well with the work, throwing shells and
carcases into the fort at about a couple of hundred yards'
range, when, from a fuse being too short cut, the shell
burst in the muzzle of the mortar, and exploded a quantity
of powder which poor Griffin was weighing out for the
charges, and in' an instant three officers—Griffin, Ander-
son, and Wailer—and some artillerymen close by, were
blown to atoms. This was a terrible catastrophe to the
whole force, and had nearly been far worse, as our gallant
and much-esteemed Brigadier-General Dumsford was within
a yard of the group just before it occurred, having only
that instant left poor Griffin to give some orders to Captain
Perkins, of the Engineers. By this untoward calamity the
force lost the services of three most excellent officers and
seven men, and alqo one of their mortars, which became
utterly unserviceable. With great difficulty, and after some
delay, an Armstrong gun was brought up the hill, and soon
placed in position and brought to play upon the confronting
bastion, and, with a carcase, set fire to the buildings inside
the fort. This the general thought an auspicous signal
and time for an assault ; and having got the scaling ladders
up, the storming party made a rush, and carried the
place at once, the Bhooteas bolting out on the opposite
side. Dhalimkote is a fearfully strong place, and was
not taken without several casualties, the general having
had several men shot close to his side, and not a few narrow
escapes. Our work is not completed yet, as we have one
more fort to take, that of Dhurm Sing, said to be nearly as
strong as this, but not in such a commanding and difficult
posion. Our loss has been heavy, but, considering the im-
portant result, and the rapid way in which it was obtained,
I do not think it disproportionate if we deduct those killed
by the unfortunate explosion: Collins, of the Engineers;
is wounded severely, both his legs having been broken by
the explosion ; Macgregor, the general's brigade-major,
slightly wounded on the scalp by a gun-shot ; and Lough-
nan, of the 18th N. 1., wounded by an arrow through the
right arm. We have besides eight men killed and fifty-six
wounded. We were 'at it from ten in the morning until
six in the evening ; and you 'may iinagine'''that we were
not sorry when the affair was over and the fort in our pos-
session. We are not enamoured of hill and jungle warfare
whore the highest military skill and the best soldiers may
be employed with comparatively inadequate results. We
leave a garrison to hold this fort, and to-morrow or next
day go on with our work."
Bombay has determined upon having an International
Exhibition, and a company has alivady been formed with a
capital of £500,000. The promoters have applied to Go-
vernment for a grant of land and concession to carry out
the undertaking. There is no doubt of its success.
The /our Italian gentlemen so long kept in captivity by
the Khan of Bokhara have been, at length released, and
have arrived in safety in their own country,
Sir Hugh Rose, we are glad to st ate, is rapidly pro-
gressing towards recovery:. The news brought by the
English mail of the 18th ult., stating that Sir W. Mans-
field was to be the successor to Sir Hugh Rose, has given
universal satisfaction on this side of India.
Sir: Chas. Trevelyan is expected positively to leave India
for Europe in April.
It is stated that it is intended'to confer the honour of
knighthood upon Gen. V. Eyre, CB., the hero of Arrah.
There was a report the other day that the Nepaulese
contemplated joining the Bhooteas, and that Sir Jung Ba-
hadoor had proceeded into the Terai on a hunting excur-
sion, in order to be at Rungpore when the ball should open.
But Sir Jung has taken measures to remove any unplea-
sant impressions which such a report is likely to create.
It is reported that a Thakoor related to the Maharajah
of Gwalior lately tortured some ram suspected of having
committed theft, by compelling them to hold a hot iron
bar in their hands, to make them confess. One of them has
since died, and the attention of the authorities has been
called to the fact.
The Nawab of Moorshedabad, being dissatisfied with the
amount of travelling expenses allowed him—£B,ooo—has
abandoned his intention of proceeding to England.
The prize committee have recommended that a third dis-
ribution of the Delhi prize-money should be made, at the
rate of £2 Bs. a share.
Mr. Donald F. M'Leod, C. 8., is, it is said, to be the new
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjaub.
' Colonel R. Taylor is expected to succeed Sir Herbert
Edwardes as Commissioner of thaballah. Sir Herbert will
shortly leave for borne. I-.
The Lieut.-povernor of Benial, will, it is believed, leave
Or Engin-rad by the next steam if sufficiently recovered,

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—St. Elmo, for St. Michael's; Llewellyn, for Mar•
scales; Mary Ann, for Dublin—all from London.

At the meeting of the proprietors of the Inter-
nationat• Financial Society to-day, the report, of
which the_following is an extract, was unanimously
adopted The accounts show a net profit, after
deducting all. current expenses, of £103,808115. 2d.
The directors recommend that this amount be appro-
priated as- follows—lst, £37,500 to payment of
interest at 5 per cent. per annum on the called-up
capital, whereof one-half (or two shillings and six-
pence per share) was paid by way of interest on
account in July last. 2d. £37,500 to bonus of ss.
per share, to make, with the half of the above
interest now payable, a total dividend of 7s. 6d. per
share, being altogether a payment of 10 per cent.
per annum, free of income tax. 3d. £5,428 4s. 9d.
to Reserve Fuvd, in conformity with clause No. 25
of the Articles of Association, raising the total
amount of this fund to £23,429 4s. 2d. This, after
deducting the necessary amount for income tax,
will leave a balance of £20,919 lls. 11d. to be
carried forward to new account.

PLYMOUTH, Jan. 20.—The Peruvian screw cor-
vette America, Captain J. Pardo de Zela, arrived
here this afternoon from Nantes. She is the companion
ship of the Peruvian corvette Union, which arrived here on
Tuesday last. The America is 1,600 tons burthen, and
carries a heavy armament, similar to that of the Union.
She has been brought over from France by a French crew
hired only for the voyage across, and is in charge of a
pilot. Her future crew will be made up from the men on
board the Union, who loudly cheered the America as she
steamed into the Sound. More seamen are volunteering
to join the expedition at this port. Her Majesty's ship
Virago arrived here from Bermuda to-night.
A New York actor sums up his labours on the
recent Thanksgiving-day as follows :—Commences at 10i
a.m. ; concludes at 10 p.m. ; speaks 2,010 lines ; has twelve
ordinary struggles, six death struggles, six tumbles, six
severe falls, six climbs of the storm-shattered rock, six ter-
rible descents therefrom, no turkey, and very little fame.