The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-19 00:00:00

211 E BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
ceived files of papers from Bombay to the 27th of
March, and from Calcutta to the 18th of March.

We take the following from the Bombay Gazette
of the 27th of March :

" The English mail of the 18th of February ar-
rived in Bombay on the 12th of March.
" The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kin-
cardine, K.T., G.C.8., arrived in Calcutta on the
12th of March at a quarter-past five o'clock p.m.,
and at a quarter past six o'clock p.m. took the pre-
scribed oaths and his seat as Viceroy and Governor-
General in his Ex 3ellency's Council.
" The Right Hon. Earl Canning, G.C.8., K. 5.1.,
embarked for England on the 19th of March, and
arrived at Gale on the 24th.

" An evening reception was held at Government
House, Calcutta, on the 12th of March, at which
all the leading oitizens, European and native, paid
their respects to the retiring Viceroy and welcomed
the new Governor-General.

" On the 14th of March addresses were presented
to Lord Canning by the European and Armenian
inhabitants of Calcutta ; by the Bishop, Arch-
deacon, and clergy of the diocess; by the Vice-
Chancellor and members of Senate of the Calcutta
University; and by the native inhabitants of Cal-
cutta.

" The Hon. J. D. Inverarity, provisionally ap-
pointed by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for India in Council to be a member of Coun-
cil at Bombay, took the oaths and his seat as a
member of Government on the 24th of March, in
succession to the Hon. H. Reeves.
" The Calcutta Chamber of Commerce was to meet
on the 20th of March to memoralise Government
for repeal of the duties on twist and piece goods.
" Mr. L. B. Bowring, Private Secretary to Lord
Canning, has been appointed Commissioner of
Mysore and Coorg.
"Mr. R. Temple, Bengal Civil Commissioner of
the Central Provinces; and Mr. J. Strachy, to be
Judicial Commissioner.

"Ram Rao Sahib, a nephew of Nana Sahib, has
been seeking to excite a rebellion in the province of
Hyderabad, bat has effEcted his escape, A reward
of 5,000 rupees has been offered for his apprehea.
sion.

" The Government of India has sanctioned the
construction of a line of telegraph between Agra
and Deesa ; the expense of such portions of it as
pass through Jeypoor, Ajmeer, and Meywar, being
borne by the States benefitting by the same. This
does not refer only to the expense of construction
but to the permanent maintenance of the staff and
material requisite to keep the line in working order.
After the cost of construction has been defrayed,
each State will be assessed at the annual rate ac-
cording to the importance to it of the line, or the
benefits derivable therefrom.

"In consequence of the new notes of the paper
currency not being numbered in Bengalee and other
characters, the native Mahjuns, of Bengal, particu-
larly in the Mofussil, where the English language
is little understood, intend to memorialise the local
government on the subject, on the ground of great
difficulties having been recently experienced by
them in making proper entries of such notes in
their account books.

" His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of
India and party arrived at Mooltan on the 24th of
February, having ridden more than 700 miles in 17
days. His Excellency thoroughly inspected all the
stations and outposts on the route.
" Moghul Beg, convicted of the murder of Mr.
Fraser and other Christians in the Palace of Delhi
on the 11th of May, 1857, was hanged on the 14th
of March inst. in front of the Lahore Gate of the
Palace, close to the scene of the murders.

" Authentic intelligence has been received in Toor-
kistan to the effect that about 50,000 Persian troops
with 100 guns are on their way to Herat, and are
encamped in different places, and that Sirdar Sool-
tan Ahmcd Jan of Herat, as directed by the King
of Persia, had ordered 16,000 sowers and infantry to
march towards Farrar and Candahar.
" At the latest dates the disturbance near the
Cossyah Hills had not yet been quelled, and the
Jynteeahs were extending their depredations.
" The pearl fishery of the Scinde coast for one
year has been farmed to Mr. G. H. Coates for the
sum of 5,000 rupees.

" Assistant-Surgeon Robinson 13oustend, of the
Bombay Medical Establishment, has been cashiered.

g, The health of the town and island of Bombay
improved slightly during the early part of the past
fortnight, but has again slightly declined."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Times of India of March 27.)

The London mail of the 18th ult. arrived at Bombay on
the morning of the 12th inst., bringing telegraphic advices
up the 26th ult. The commercial intelligence brought by
this mail is of an encouraging nature, and has had a favour-
able influence on our markets generally. As we are still
without our usual telegraphic news t>ia Galle, per Calcutta