The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

BERAR DISTRICT.

"Northern Division.—Captain T. H. Bullock to be
Deputy Commissioner ; Lieut. J. J. Hamilton, 2nd
Bengal N. 1., to be Assistant Commissioner, Ist class ;
Mr. W. A. Palmer, to be Assistant Commissioner, 2d
class.

"Southern Division.—Major J. Johnston to be
Deputy Commissioner ; Captain J. R. Paye to be As-
sistant Commissioner, Ist class.
" RAICHORE DOAB DISTRICT.

" Eastern Division.—Major G. F. Hampton to be
Deputy Commissioner ; Brevet Captain Ivie Campbell,
43d Madras N. 1., to be Assistant Commissioner, Ist
class.

"Western Division—Brevet Captain J. G. Balmain,
Madras Artillery, to be Deputy Commissioner ; Lieut.
R. N. Taylor, 17th Madras N. 1., to be Assistant Com-
missioner, Ist class.

" Western Districts.—Captain P. M. Taylor to be
Deputy Commissioner; Lieut. W. Cadell, 36th Madras
N. 1., to be Assistant Commissioner, Ist class.
"J. P. GRANT, Offig. Sec. to the
Government of India."

Our north-west frontier is again disturbed. The
Afreedees have closed the Kohat Pass in conse-
quence of their chief not having paid them any of
the "black mail" which he received from Govern-
ment. The country on both sides of the Pass be-
longs to us, and the Pass itself is only eight miles
long, and yet not a man in the British force is al-
lowed at the present time to go through. The Af-
reedees have offered to carry out letters as before,
provided the money heretofore paid to their chief
be now made over to them.

At Mooltan, there is a report that the Persian
army, accompanied by several Russian officers, is
before Herat. If this be true, an English army
may again have to march to Cabool, but this time
one army would move from Peshawar, only eight
miles from Cabool.

In the north-west British provinces, at the sta-
tions of Cawnfore, Benares, &c., there is still a
very great deal of cholera. In addition to the
deaths reported by last mail, we have now to men-
tion that of Dr. Harvey, surgeon of her Majesty's
70th regiment. This gentleman is said to have
fallen a victim to his labours in attending upon the
sick more than to the disease itself. The corps to
which the doctor belonged has lost a fearful num-
ber of men during the last few months, and it is
proposed to send them out of the station into camp.
Discussions relative to the New India Bill are
rife amongst all classes—even the natives argue,
pro and con, the different sides of the question.
Amongst the European inhabitants, the Company's
officers, civil and military, the bill is highly ap-
proved of) but the natives seem to think that
some provizio ought to have been made for their
obtaining employments of a higher emolument in
the civil administration of the country.
Great astonishment and much indignation have
been expressed by every One at the manner in
which the Court of Directors are reported to have
confirmed the decision of the Bombay Government
regarding the suspension of the Sudder Judges,
Messrs. Le Geyt and Grant. The answer which
Sir Charles Wood gave Mr. Hume and Mr.
Otway in the House of Commons is at direct
variance with fact. There was neither miscon-
duct, nor alleged misconduct, on the part of either
judge ; their greatest enemies allow their official
characters to have been unimpeachable. More-
over, both had months before (M. Le Geyt in the
commencement of 1851, Mr. Grant in 1852) they
were suspended by the Bombay Government, re-
quested that an inquiry into the truth of the
anonymous slanders published against them might
be made. In both instances this was refused point
blank:, and yet we find that Sir Charles Wood has
been either misled, or has mis-stated the facts in
the House of Commons. Again, in Mr. Luard 's
business there is, somehow, or other, a complete
mystification. The President of the Board of Con-
trol talks of that gentleman as having been restored
to office, but Mr. Luard is still under suspen-
sion, without pay, rank, or allowances of any sort.
Messrs. Le Geyt and Grant were at once ques-
tioned as to the truth of certain allegations put
forth against them in a newspaper which had for
years past evinced most determined personal hos-
tility towards these gentlemen. The answers not
being deemed satisfactory, they were at once sus-

pended, disgraced, and, in a pecuniary sense?.
fIS (.1
salary equivalent to a fine of 10,0001. On the
other hand, Mr. Luard impeaches two other mem-
bers of the Company's Civil Service—the late
Messrs. Bell and Simpson, who were, at the time
Mr. Luard accused them, alive and well. But in-
stead of a single question being asked these gentle-
men, their accuser is at once suspended. Alto-
gether, strange events have taken place during the
last three years in connection with the Bombay
Government, and the confirmation of local orders
by the local authorities is a matter of surprise to
all.

The Governor-General is still at Calcutta, and
Sir H. Pottinger at Madras. The latter is said to
have sent home his resignation of the Madras Go-
vernment. Lord Falkland is still in the Deccan.
Lord Fitzclarence is also at Poona, where he has
been suffering from an attack of gout.
Trade is brisk for the time of the year, and the
money market easy. There have been numerous
imports into Bombay, and goods have met with
ready sale, and at fair prices. We have had
a temporary cessation from rain, but the wet
weather has again set in, and Bombay is more
like London on a very wet October day than WO
what a new corner would imagine India to be.
Surgeon Nicholson, of the Bombay army, has
been acquitted. The officers who brought him to
trial have been severely reprimanded by the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence.

COMMERCIAL.
CALCUTTA MARKETS.
Calcutta, Aug. 19.—The steamer Bombay was an'
flounced on the 11th inst., and came up on the 12th,
bringing London dates to the Bth July. The position of
trade at home was good, although business had been
checked by the uncertain state of the Turkish question,
parties in consequence only buying for immediate wants.
The reports from the indigo districts are still unsatisa
factory, and according to present appearances the crop,
if it exceeds in quantity that of last year, can only do,
so by a few thousand mds. The shipments of
indigo up to date, amount to 26,705 chests, contain'
ing Fy. mds. 100,297. Shell lac and lac dye remain
unchanged. An average business has been done in
hides, both for England and the United States. Linseed
has continued in active demand for Great Britain and
America, at an advanced rate, say 2-9 to 2-12 per rad.
The inquiry for rapeseed has been less active, and its
value has consequently declined a little. Jute of good
quality is very scarce, and this added to high rates of
freight has caused a further decline in prices. The ship'
ments of rice to Great Britain have been moderate, not
exceeding mds. 18,529 since the first of the month ; the
demand from Rangoon has subsided. Saltpetre has con-
tinued in active general demand with free supplies and
former prices. Transactions in safflower have decreased,
and that article is obtainable at rather easier rates. The
business done in sugar for shipment to Great Britain bag
been very limited during the past fortnight, not exceed-
ing 600 tons ; prices, however, are firm, and above 2s.
to 3s. per cwt. above home quotations.
The business done in cotton piece goods has been coin•
paratively limited, not from any unfavourable alteration
in the position of the market, which is healthy and good,
but from the difficulty of obtaining steam water carriage
to the Upper Provinces. Copper is quiet but firm. The
holders of iron have increased their pretensions, while
dealers are quite willing to pay recent quotations.
There is but little doing in spelter ; holders, however,
are very confident, and look for better prices than those
currently offered. 1,550 mds pig lead are reported sold
at 7.4 per md. Salt (is in good demand at full prices ;
fine Liverpool is quoted at 95 to 100, and butter at 94
to 95 per 100 mds.

The Money Market is kept well supplied, and accom-
modation can be obtained on comparatively moderate
terms. The share market is firm, with an upward
tendency,

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Exchange has not undergone any material alteration.
Tonnage is very scarce : freights have not, however,
much altered owing to the small business doing in ex'
ports for Great Britain.