The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-20 00:00:00

OVERLA ND MAIL.

By the arrival of the overland mail we have re-
ceived our files of papers from Bombay to the 23d
of May, Calcutta sth May, Hong Kong 23d April,
Alexandria 11th June, and Malta 15th June.

INDIA.

BOMBAY, May 23.—From Burmah there is news
down to the 24th of April, the only important item
of which is, that the Governor-General has posi-
tively acceded to the remonstrances of the Burmese
commissioners, and has given them thirty days for
a final answer to his terms. If the latter are not
agreed to within the time specified, a fleet of
steamers is at once to proceed up the river to Ava.
The reason for all the delay that has taken place in
signing the treaty of peace is that the British com-
missioners endeavoured to annex a much larger
piece of the Burmese Empire than was contemplated
in Lord Dalhousie's proclamation of the 31st Dec.
Some difficulty seems to exist regarding what is,
and what is not, " Pegu proper," and as our
advanced post of Prome is supposed not to be
within the limits of that kingdom, our commis-
sioners naturally thought that a post which had
cost us so much to take ought not to be
abandoned without an attempt to retain the
same. Two Roman Catholic missionaries,
one of them a French Jesuit, the other a Portu-
guese secular guest, accompany the Burmese Com-
missioners, and act as pacificators between them
and the British officers. These gentlemen have
been preaching the gospel in Burmah, and are well
acquainted with that kingdom and its inhabitants.
They say that the boundaries of " Pegu proper"
have often been changed, and that when a Peguan
dynasty reigned on the throne of Ava, it extended
far to the north of Promo and Tounghoo. In many
quarters, and by many offieers now employed in
Burmah, it is believed that the objection made to
the proposals of the British Commissioners is only
to secure time to fortify one of the large inland
cities, many of which are said to be inaccessible to
any guns larger than six-pounders ; and this being
done, the robber chieftains of the north and east
would be let loose to annoy our detachments in
every possible way, and to pay themselves by plun-
dering the inhabitants of the Pegu and Burmese
provinces. This, however, they will hardly have
time for, if what is reported—that the Gover-
nor-General has determined upon an advance
upon the capital, should the Ava Commissioners
not come at once to terms. Commodore Lam-
bert has ordered the ten small steamers which
are under his orders, to be ready for an ad-
vance up the river ; and in these General Godwin
will convey 4,000 men in ten days, and with the
greatest ease and comfort, to the gates of Ava. In
other words, he will perhaps do in the beginning
of the rains of 1853, what he might and ought to
have done at the same period of 1852. The post
of Beling, after being recaptured by the Burmese,
has again fallen into our hands. Twelve of our
Sepoys, who had been taken prisoners when the
place fell, were found in irons, but had not been
otherwise ill-treated. That many of the Burmese
tribes must be favourably inclined towards the
British may be inferred from the fact, that after
Beling had fallen, some of the Burmese officers,
who endeavoured to raise an insurrection amongst
tribes of Karons and Toung-thous were seized by
those people, one of them decapitated, and his head
packed in salt and forwarded to the British Com-
missioner with. a message from both tribes that
they would. re-take Beling for us without assistance,
and would at once put down the insurrection.
Before next mail, which leaves on the 30th inst.,
is despatched:, the result of this reference to the
Governor-General will be known, and it will be
seen whether the Burmese Commissioners are wise
enough to profit by this last chance which has been
given them, o r whether they intend again to draw
the sword, and give our troops another season of
fighting. If the latter alternative is adopted, no-
thing can save the whole of the Burmese empire
from being annexed to the Company's territories.
From the Nizam's dominions we learn that the
terms offered by the Governor-General to his High-
ness have been agreed to. Territory yielding an
annual rent of 36 lacs (360,0001.) is to be given up
to the English Government, and for this not only
is the entire debt duo by the Nizam remitted, but
an annual payment by his Highness of 40 lacs I
(400,0001.) is .also done away with. This last item
was for the payment of the contingent force, which
is called the Nizam's .army, but which, in point of
ftct, is under the orders of the British Resident.
Since. his arrival at Hydrabad, the new Resident,
Colonel Lew, has certainly obtained an influence
over both the Nizam and his Minister, which the
late Resident, General Fraser, never possessed.
The same long list of murders and outrages is to
be met with :in every letter which comes from the
capital-of the Deccan.
Along the -north-west frontier of India every-
thing is quiet.. At Cabool, Hyder Khan, the son
of Dost Mahamed, is about to proceed on an expe-
dition to aid the Khandahar chiefs against the
Herat troops, which are said to be on the march
towards that .city.
Sir Frederi ek Currie, having terminated his five
years in the Supreme Council 'of India, has left
India, and ha 3 been succeeded by Mr. Dorin. The
Governor-Go' teral is. at Calcutta, and the Governor
of Madras at :his seat of government. The Gover-
nor of Bombe y, Lord Falkland, is at his pleasure-
house on the Mahableshwar Hills, and will most
likely not visit the Presidency until the early part
of 1854; being. the average of eight months in every
twelve which he passes away from Bombay.
The news .which is creating the greatest sensa-
tion in commercial and other circles is, that the
United States Government seems determined to
relieve Engla ad of a portion, at least, of her
Eastern trade . A direct steam communication is
to be opened immediately between California and
China, and a line of railway is to be completed in
two years bet ween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
the termini b eing at San Francisco and at New
York. This, with an American settlement in
Japan, and tt to ports of that kingdom open to the
ships of Anne rica, will very soon form a second
Anglo-Saxon empire in the East. .
A second p tition from the Bombay Native As-
sociation goes home by this day's mail. The chief
points in the document pray that the Charter Act
may be renew -ed as a temporary measure for three
years only, ai id that a Commission of Inquiry,
under the mai aediate directions of the Parliamen-
tary Committi 3e, be forthwith sent out to each of
the three Prel ;Mendes, to inquire into the griev-
ances under w hick the country labours.
The Madras Athenceum has published the evi-
dence taken b43fore the Indian committees, of Lord
Gough, Col. Grant, Mr. Halliday, Sir Edward
Ryan, and Sir Erskine Perry ; and the manner in
which the latti r gentleman seems to have stepped
out of his way to defend the notorious Nursoo Punt,
of Baroda Bloc )-book notoriety, and to attack the
judge (Mr. It rere) who tried the man, is only
equalled by the astonishing manner in which he
abuses the Con ipany's judicial servants, after hav-
ing praised tAe in as he did in the dedication of a
law-book some three or four years ago.
The disnaif ised Sudder judges is still the topic of '
conversation. in all the circles of the service at and
throughout the presidency. The senior dismissed
judge (Mr. Le Geyt) leaves Bombay to-morrow to
take his seat as judge of Poona. The junior (Mr.
Grant) left India by the last steamer, and was at-
tended on b card the vessel by hundreds of natives,
who were anxious to testify their respect for Mr.
Grant, and to see the last of one of the best friends
;they ever had in India.

Since the last mail left, a number of ships have
arrived frona England and other places, but freight
still contimnes high. The Market is very dull in-
deed, and ;safe investments for money continue
very high.

The &rainy papers announce the death of Col,
Nepean, of the Madras army, on the 14th of May.

COMNIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
From the Commercial Report of the Overland Benga

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Efurkaru Price Current.)
CALCUTTA, May s.—The Bombay Express Overland
Mail, bringing London dates to the 24th March, arrived
yesterday-
The export market appears to have kept in a remark-
ably even course, with a good deal of business doing at
steady prices for most articles.
In indigo the shipments of the month of April reach
to 3,336 cheats, out of which 2,987 were directed to
Great Britain, and only 117 chests to France. Sugar
continues to attract a great deal of attention, and the
shipments of the month are heavy, being 2,28,247 mds.
Raw silk remains in brisk demand. Silk piece goods
continue decidedly quiet. Saltpetre has been in fair de-
mand for Great Britain and the United States. There
has not been much inquiry for the article on French ac-
account. Rice has commanded a fair share of attention
for shipment to the Mauritius and Bourbon. To Eng-
land the exports have greatly fallen off. Shellac and
lac dye have both been in excellent request. Safflower,
nothing doing as yet. Hides command much attention.
The exports in April were near 24 lass of pieces to
Great Britain alone ; while 85,268 pieces passed the
custom-house in the same period for North America. Oil-
seeds remain in, previously good request. Linseed has
sold as high as Co.'s Rs. 2 14 0 per maund, and the de-
mand for North America is exceedingly brisk. Castor oil
has been shipped to Great Britain to the extent of 4,967
maunds in April. Jute remains in good favour among
shippers, and prices are kept up by the active demand
existing. Rum is in fair request for various quarters.
Shipments of raw cotton are very much confined to
China at present.
Opium quotations in the Bazaar were yesterday 1,024
to 1,025 for Patna, which is a decline on former rates.
Most of the drug from the last sale has gone forward in
the Peninsular and 9,r4ental Company's steamers Per-