The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-07 00:00:00

'or many years.

apoplexy from the heat, and in the courts two judges
and several barristers have been prostrated by it.
If the Calcutta courts are conducted on the same
stifling principles in vogue in the English metropolis
it is not very surprising that the atmosphere of an
Indian summer grows intolerable.

The Anglo-Indians are suffering besides from a
financial difficulty and a military perplexity. It
is true that both are restricted to their own imme-
diate vicinity, but they are productive of annoyance
and depression. The monetary difficulty is in Bom-
bay, where the inevitable reaction from the late
fever of speculation still continues. The sudden
stoppage of the American war has partly contri-
buted to this result, having, of course, considerably
affected the value of the cotton shipped to England
by Bombay merchants. A good deal of money has,
too, been sunk in the various land reclama-
tion companies lately established, and which will
eventually, it is to be hoped, return good dividends.
But the excessive speculation, and the bubble com-
panies, have had, no doubt, the greatest share in
the crisis. When it is fairly surmounted, Bombay
capitalists will have grown wiser, and we may trust
that a favourable reaction on behalf of more steady
dealings will bring good out of evil, and greatly
benefit the island. The Indian Government has
given permission to the Bank of Bombay to receive
assistance from the Bank of Bengal, if the latter
is willing to come to the rescue, and there is these-
fore good reason to believe that the panic has seen
its worst.

The state of affairs in Bhootan is not altogether
satisfactory. The war has been allowed to drag on
much longer -than was expected. A more liberal
expenditure and more active measures at the outset
would have settled the business long since and
brought the Bhootanese to their senses. Tho selec-
tion of the various military positions does not appear
to have been wisely made, and officers and men are
alike suffering from malaria and fever. This is the
more to he regretted, as, owing to the blockade
system having been adopted, the troops are com-
pelled to remain in the same localities for
a lengthened period. There are always plenty
of critics and censors, professional and
otherwise, who are prepared to find fault
with every official scheme, but the frequent cases
of fever among the officers in command cer-
tainly seem to indicate some error in the positions
chosen. There is a rumour that a fresh civil war is
about to break out in Bhootan in consequence of a
disagreement between two rival chiefs. What effect
this will have upon the Bhootanese in their dealings
with us is uncertain. At any rate further hostilities
are postponed till the cold season,
hoped that the Bhootau quest
of pretty quickly. question will be disposed
when it is to be
There have been important changes in some of
the provinces not under our dominion. The ruler
of Khokund has been killed by Tartar; and his
country made over to the Khan of Kokhara, while
in Cabul a great battle has taken place between the
Ameer and the Candahar Sirdais, in which, after
the fashion of some ancient battles, the leaders on
both sides were killed, the heir-apparent of the
Ameer and the head of the Candahar party both
falling victims. The rock fortress of Gwalior,
memorable in Indian history, has been given over to
the Indian Government by the Scindia of to-day,
and it is now garrisoned by European troops. In
the midst of the changes of the times it is gratify-
ing to find our relations with the native provinces
on so good a footing, and it is worth notice that