The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

INDIA.

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
eeived files of papers from Bombay to April 12, and
from Calcutta to April 3. The telegraphic news
from Calcutta is of April 10.
We take the following summary of news from the
Bombay Gazette of April 13 :
Lord Elgin has received addresses of welcome
from various bodies in Bengal. He is indeed
heartily welcomed by the people of British India.
He begins his reign under the most favourable
auspices.

Sir Bartle Frere is expected to arrive in Bombay
about the 20th of March. Her Majesty's steamer
Auckland has proceeded to Beypore, the terminus
on the western coast of Madras Railway to receive
him. His appointment has given unqualified satin.
faction.
By letters from Cabul we learn that the Persians,
in great force, have made an incursion into Affghan-
istan, They have adfaileedlito far-as. Herat; -and'
their adVance has not been Jebenked. 1,-It is net
.tloubted that they -havg,..a design, qO
,gandaltak.:
Herat, Candahar, and Cabut are in a state of the
utmost excitement.
Bala Rao, who made his escape from Hyderabad
after his plots for the subversion of Nizam's govern-
ment and the expulsion of the British were dis-
covered, is said to be wandering about the hills near
Cashmere. Measures have been taken to effect his
capture.
The affairs on the North-Eastern frontiers have
assumed a peaceful aspect.
On the North-Western frontier the Murrees are
giving some trouble, and steps have been taken by
the Scinde authorities to call the Khan of Khelet to
account for the wanton aggressions of his subjects.
The Hen. Mr. Morehead, of Madras, has declined
the offer of the seat in the Supreme Council of India.
vacated by Sir Bartle Frere.
The Government of India is in communication
with the Director of Public Instruction in Bengal
on the subject of a censorship of the native press.
The receipts of the East India Railway have
reached to over a lee of rupees for a single week .
There are signs of progress when native travellers
from Calcutta to Menghyr pay £2,750 for six days'
use of the iron road.
The railway from Allahabad to Agra was opened
on the Ist of April.
The Punjab Railway between Lahore and Umrit-
sir was to be opened for traffic on the 10th of April.
The average daily receipts per mile for passengers
and goods on Indian railways in January last was.
as follows :—East Indian Railway from Howrah to
Burdwan, &c., 320 miles, 65rs ; East India Railway
from Allahabad to Cawnpore, &c., 243 miles, 21rs
Bombay and Baroda Railway, 133 miles, lOrs ;
Great Indian Peninsula, 437 miles, 18rs.
The Nizam of the Deccan is said never to have
worn in public the star or collar of the Order of
India since his investment with it. He is in dread
of exciting the religious feelings of his Mahomedan
subjects.

The country between Cawnpore and Jubbulpore
is infested with highway robbers, headed by an
Englishman. Some trouble is feared from the low
class of Europeans who are wandering about the
country.

The Bengal Chamber of Commerce, on the 20th
of March, memorialised the Governor-General in
Council, praying for the early reduction of the im-
port duties to the rates ruling in 1859.
The Bombay Chamber of Commerce have me-
morialised the Governor-General in Council against
an early reduction of the import duties, on account
of the losses that an early reduction would entail
on the mercantile community.
The first ordinary Sessions of the Council of the
Governor of Bombay for the purpose of making
laws and regulations closed on Wednesday, the 26th
of March, The Session had sat nine weeks, the
express sanction of the Governor having been
obtained for the additional three weeks.
The Government of India, nothing daunted by
expensive failures, are about to commence another
series of experiments in the planting and maturing
of the chincona tree at Darjeeling.

A new Sailors' Horne—it fine commodious build-
ing, with a very eligible
site—ryas inaugurated in
Bombay on the 29th of
March.s. It has been built
chiefly through the exert ions of Commodere Wel-
lesley.
The reply
of the Government of India to the re-
quest of the Rajah of Mysore for the restoration of
his country has been communicated to him---to the
effect that it cannot be complied with.
The Assam Tea Company will receive as the pro-
duct of the coming season from 650 acres about
will
195,0001 b. of tea, which at a profit of 9d. per lb.
yield a total profit of £7,312, being more than
24A per cent, on the capital.
The Supreme Government have it in contempla-
tion to transfer the long-neglected districts of East
and Wrest Berar from the administrative control of
the Resident at Hyderabad to that of the Chief
Commissioner of the Central Provinces.

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The various ports of British India are to be
brought into direct communication by a series of
steam lines.

The Commander-in-Chief of India, with his staff,
arrived at Simlah on the 3d April.
Defalcations to a large amount have been disco-
vered in the Military Pay-office at Meerut.
The city and island of Bombay are free from any
prevailing sickness, and the general health is im-
proving.

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTEL—
LIGENCE.
(From the Times of Itu of April 12.)
On the 17th ult., the day of the departure of our last
the English mail of the 3d ult. arrived, bringing telegraPhie
advises from London to the 9th ult., and on the 10th inst.
the mail of the 18th ult, with telegrams to the 27th arrived.
Money is becoming more plentiful every day, and the
Bank of Bombay has reduced its rates of interest 2 per cent.

all round for loans for long periods.
Government securities are now worth as follows:—Fours,
93 ; Fives, 1031 ; and 51 per Cents., 109/.
Exchange on England has again slightly declined. Rates
opened for the mail at 2s Id for bank bills, 2s ad for first.
class local credits, and 2s id for documents, and close 1-16th.
lower all round.

DUMBARTON.
—THE SKIFF MATCH FOR £2OO
interest
AND THE
h ve
cHAmrioNSHIr Or SCOlLAND.—Considerable
as ,
_en manifested in the
west of Scotland for
some time as to the result of a match in skiffs for £2OO and
thc Championship of Scotland, appointed to come off yes-
terday on the Clyde, between Robert Campbell and Duneaj
Cameron, of Glasgow
and both well known in connection
with
aquatic sports. A keen contest was looked for; and
notwithstanding the wet state of the weather, a large num-
ber of boats congregated opposite Dumbarton, where the
course was fixed. I3oth men appeared at the starting
point, and, after some delay, Campbell pullod over the
course alone, Cameron failing to start, ho having, it is
stated, been in ill health for some days. Of course Camp--
bell will claim tho money, and retain in the meantime's,
the Championship. The disappointment of the izumen ?
number of spectators was great,—AFrotMall.