The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-19 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

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By the arrival of the Bombay Mail we have re;
ceived files of papers from Bombay to the 27th °'
January, and from Calcutta to the 18th of January'
We have also received telegraphic advises fool
Calcutta to the 25th of January, inclusive.
We take the following summary of news from the
Bombay Gazette of the 27th of January :
The English mail of the 18th of December did
not arrive in Bombay till the 20th of January.
The mail steamer China was detained eight X°
at Suez in consequence of the breaking down of tbe
Sultan with the Marseilles portion of the mails Pr
Bombay.
The same steamer brought us London files to the
26th of December.
The sad intelligence of the death of the Frill
Consort has produced universal and sincere grief
for the loss which tier Gracious Majesty, the Rol
family, and the British nation have sustained, and
an unexampled manifestation of sympathy, offeei
tion, and loyalty for the widowed Queen and °f
anxiety on her behalf.
The whole community has gone into mourning'
On Jan. 24 the largest concourse of citizens eyet,
assembled in this city at the Town-hall, and unn°
mously, cordially, and mournfully voted an addl'ee.
of condolence to her Majesty. Business was stir
pended for the day throughout the city.
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The inauguration meeting of the Legiola''/,,
branch of the Bombay Council, instituted in Lion
ance with the Act of Parliament, took place oin n the
22d of January, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, thr
Town-hall. His Excellency the Hon. Govero°
and President of the Council, Sir G. Russell Clot
K.C.8,, K.S.L, took his seat precisely at 11 o'cloPi
On his Excellency's right were Lieutenant-Genera
Sir William R. Mansfield, K.C.8., Commandevia;
Chief of the Bombay army, and Second Merobe
of Council ; the Hon. M. R. Westropp, Actin.;
Advocate-General; his Highness Abdool Doolal
Khan, Abdool Khair Khan, Nawab of Savanont
the Hon. Mahadhoorow Wittul Vinchoorkur, the
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Hon. Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. On
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President's left were the Hon. H. W. Reeves, Th
Member of Council ; the Hon. W. E. Frere, Fourth
Member of Council; the Hon. W. B. Tristram, the
Hon. Shet Prembbhai Hemabhai, City Depths
Magistrate and Nuggursett of Ahmedabad; and t"
Hon. Juggonath Sunkersett, of Bombay. to
Mr. Shaw Stewart, Acting Judicial Secretary
Government, officiated as Secretary to the Conn°,,,
Prince Kumroodin, of the house of Mysore, gran;
son of Prince Gholam Mahomed, and third 10
descent from the famous Tippoo Sultan, has be
(3f
found guilty of an attempted fraud on the Bankßank11
Bengal in trying to pass off a 10-rupee note wbic
he had defaced as a note for Rs. 1,000, and 111
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been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, IV'
labour, in Alipore Gaol. tof
A letter from the Secretary to the Governmen
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India, addressed to the Secretary to the Governrue`,
of Bengal, has just been published, severely cello
ing the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal on t
he
course taken by him with reference to the disPll,o
between the ryots and European landholders
Lower Bengal.
The Government of India has ordered the dls
bandment of eight more regiments of the Madrtif
Army ; and Sir Hope Grant, Commander-in-Cbjei°
the Madras Army, has proceeded to Calcutta to e°°'
fer with the Viceroy on the subject.
The Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab has po"
ceeded to Calcutta, and Mr. B. F. M'Leod has beet;
empowered to conduct all the current business °
the Government his absence. A 'ell
Brigadier Robertson, of the Bombay Army' "1/0
at Aden on the 10th of January. Few officers 115
seen more service or won a more honourable Deno
The Legislative Branch of the Madras Cowie'
composed of the following additional members Vie,
Official Members—Mr. T. S. Smyth, Advoe3o,
General; Mr. T. Pycroft, Chief Secretary; Mr'
relly, Senior Member of the Board of Revenue' t,
Non-Official Members—Mr. W. R. Arbutbil°
Mr. R. O. Campbell, and V. Sadagopah Charloo,
Mr. J. D. Mayne, barrister-at-law, has bee° 43'
pointed Clerk of the Council.
Obituary—Mr. E. M. Wylly, Bengal Clale
Service ; Mr. J. I. Geddes, agent of the Meresei3O
Bank, Madras ; Captain H. B. Con,new, Mr. I
Swanseger, Mr. W. J. Kenderdine, Mr. Char's'
Seton, sen., Mr. James Dewar.

THE NAVAL ESTIMATES FOR 1862-63,
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The Navy Estimates fbr the year 1862-63 amount tofor
to £11,794,305, being a net decrease on the estiraatss
1861-62 of £846,283. The vote for last year, however'ke ?
0
eludes a supplementary estimate for iron ships, ;Di
amounting to £`250,000; and the amount just sanctious‘'oo
Parliament is required for the excess of expenditure ill
year ending March 31 next, viz., £364,338. for
The items which show an increase in the estimate' oe
1862-63 are—Victuals for seamen and marines, an inereer
of £33,834; Admiralty-office, £9,675 ; Coast-guard
vice, the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, and Royal Ps ,0
Reserve, £44,180; scientific bri.nch, £4,104; her Maieslo.,
establishments at home, £3,677 ; wages to artificers :0;
ployed in her Majesty's establishments at home, X3s'divil
miscellaneous services, £8,198 ; half-pay, £18,292; c

pensions and allowances, £13,885.
The chief decrease is in the sums required by the trec;
keeper-General of the Navy and Controller of the 'to
(which last year included the estimate for iron shir?'h re
amount this year showing a reduction of £541,732.
is a decrease of £44,459 in the vote for wages to seamen 440
marines ; of £1,027 in wages to artificers abroad ; of
in the vote for new works, repairs in the yards, VA",,i.
£5,394 in the sum required for military pensions an
lowances ; and of £58,350 in the sum needed for the cc)"..
voyance of tro(ps.

DEATII OF TIIE REV. J. SHERAIAN.—The de
is recorded of the Rev. James Sherman, a preacher °`
Countess of Huntingdon's connection, vho was for lot'-v,-0
years minister of Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars-roadf I'vf ter
as Rowlanl Hill's. More recently he has been the min
of a chapel at Blackheath.
Mr. R. B. SHERIDAN.—This ~entlen, a dese;:lf:
clout of the illustrims dramatist pabssed his last c%enil.--
lion, and was discharged yesterday at the 1128°;"
Debtors' Court.