The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-10 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

(From the Times of India of Aug. 12.)

The Benares, with the English mail of July 18,
arrived in the afternoon of the 7th inst. Like the
Behar the Benares made a remarkably quick pas-
sage, landing her mail in 19 days 18f hours from
London,

The English divers sent to Ceylon report the pos-
sibility of recovering, within a few weeks, every
article of value sunk in the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Ave, near Trincomalee.
The native who was so severely flogged byLieut.
Jackson (Bengal Ergineers) at Dhera Ishmael
Khan, has since died, and that officer will be tried
by court-martial for murder.

Cholera has again broken out at Meerut, and the
troops have been moved into camp. It has disap-
peared from the troops at Peshawar, but has broken
out in the city.

The French treaty with the Anamesc provides
against the formation by the latter of further trea-
ties with any European powers without the know-
ledge and consent of the French.
Meer Afzul Khau, Governor of Farrah, treache-
rously surrendered:that fortress to Shere Allee Khan,
the leader of the Ameer Dost Mahomed of Cabool's
army, on the 29th June, while the Ameer himself
was yet one day's march from that place.
The Dinapor3 military scandals have resulted in
the resignation of the Brigadier of that station,
Colonel Burney, and the loss of his commission by
Lieutenant Crohan, of her Majesty's 35th Regi-
ment.

A breach has taken place between the Nepaulese
and Thibetan Governments, caused by the murder
of a subject of the former at Lassa. The Dhurma-
raj of Thibet has, in revenge, sent to the British
authorities a letter written to him by Sir Jung Ba-
hadoor in December last, declaring his intention to
wage war again the British !

The Rao Sahib has been found guilty on the ge.
neral charge of rebellion, and sentenced to be
hanged.

The total fall of rain for the present monsoon, it
is feared, will be much below the average.
A bronze statue of the late Sir Jamsetjee Jee-
jeebhoy, Baronet, has been placed in front of
the western gate of the Grant Medical College at
Bombay.

Private letters from Persia state that the eldest
son of the Shah of Persia has been appointed Go-
vernor of Ispahan and its dependencies.
Kurrachee has been declared a warehousing port
from the Ist September.

The patent for the establishment of the new High
Court at Bombay arrived by the last overland mail,
and will be promulgated shortly.

The salaries of the native judges of the small
Cause Courts in Bengal have been raised to 1,000
rupees a month.

Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, C. 8., Resident at
Hyderabad, died at the Residency on the 2d of
August.

The rumour that additional troops would be
sent from India to China is said to be unfounded.
Only the ordinary reliefs have been ordered.
A reduction in the native cavalry is officially
ordered to take place from the October next. The
2d Poona Horse, 4th Sind, and the 2d and 3d
Mahratta will be disbanded.

The disturbances amongst the Khonds of the
Boodh district of the Orissa Tributary Mahals, have
been suppressed.

Captain Smales, late paymaster of the Ennis-
killen Dragoons, has been charged at the police
court with criminal breach of trust on the prosecu-
tion of Government. The inquiry is still proceed-
ing.

The Star of the South, Captain Renner, which
was spoken off Cape Comorin leaky, has put into
Trincomalee, and bad to discharge the greater part
of her cargo. The Meteor, bound hence to Liver-
pool with cotton, has also put into the Mauritius
leaky, and will have to discharge nearly all her
cargo.

Mr. Compton, Judge of Poona, was accidentally
drowned at the Sungum on the 12th of August
whilst bathing. The body had not been found.

lIIE AFFAIR OF ASPRO3IONTE.

STATEMENT OF GENERAL GARIBALDI.

The following letter from General Garibaldi, re-
lating to the unnappy Colllllut, ,-/L AbproLuunto, will
be read with interest :

" On board the Duke of Genoa, Sept. 1.
" They thirsted for blood, and I wished to spare
it. Not the poor soldier who obeyed, but the men
of the clique who cannot forgive the revolution for
being the revolution—it is that which disturbs their
Conservative digestion—and for having contributed
to the re-establishment of our Italian family.
" Yes, they thirsted for blood ; I perceived it with
sorrow, and I endeavoured in consequence to the
utmost to prevent that of our assailants from being
shed.

" I ran to the front of our line, crying out to them
not to fire, and from the centre to the left, where
my voice and those of my aides-de-camp could be
heard, not a trigger was pulled. It was not thus
on the attacking side. Having arrived at a dis-
tance of 200 meters, they began a tremendous fire,
and the party of Bersaglieri, who were in front of
me directing their shots against me, struck me with
two balls, one in the left thigh, not serious, the
other in the ankle of the right foot, making a
serious wound.

" As all this happened at the opening of the con-
flict, and I was carried to the skirt of the wood after
being wounded, I could see nothing more, a thick
crowd having formed around me while my wound
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to disarm us, I replied that the men might dis-
arm themselves. The intentions of my companions
were, however, so little hostile that I only by this
disarmed in the crowd some officers and regular
soldiers.

"It was not so on our right. The Picciotti, at-
tacked by the regular troops, replied by a fire upon
the whole line, and, although the trumpets sounded
to cease firing, th ere was at that spot a smart fusil-
lade, which lasted not more than a quarter of an
hour.

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Pallavicino, who commanded the regular troops,
were negotiating upon the following considerations :
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; second, that, having arrived at the
, the rest of my companions should be set
at liberty.
Col. Pallavicino conducted himself as
and intelligent chief in all his military
movements, and he has not been wanting in respect
or courtesy towards me and my people. He showed
his grief in having to shed Italian blood, but he had
received peremptory orders and had to obey them.
My arrangements had been purely detensive, and I
had hoped to avoid a conflict, seeing the very strong
position that I occupied, and entertaining the hope
that the regular troops had received orders less
sanguinary. If I had not been wounded at the out-
set, and if my people had not received the order
under all. circumstances to avoid any collision what-
soever with the regular troops, the contest between
men of the same race would have been terrible.
However, far better as it is. Whatever may be the
result of my wounds, whatever fate the Govern-
ment prepares for me, I have the consciousness of
having done my duty ; and the sacrifice of my life
is a very little thing if it has contributed to save
that of a great number of my fellow countrymen.
" In the hazardous enterprise in which I and my
companions had thrown ourselves, with heads bent,
I hoped nothing good from the Government of
Ratazzi. But why should I not have hoped for le:
rigour otz the part of the King, having altered in
nothing the old programme, and having
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to alter it at any price ? What afflicts
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assured of having done my dutey. Once more, my
precious ones of so
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