The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-15 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1853.

EXCISE-OFFICE, in Old Broad-street, FOR
SALE.—To be .;OLD, by TENDER, by order of the Com-
miss oners of Inland Revenue, in several Lots, or, if an adequate
price be offered, in One Lot, all those extensive, valuable, and highly
important FREEHOLD PREMISES in Old Broad.street, in the city
of London, known for many years as the EXCISE-OFFICE, and,
recently, as the Inland Revenue-office; comprising the elegant and
substantial stone bAding Ironting Old Broad-street, and the spacious
offices and Inclosed yard contiguous, in the rear, with a carriage-way
entrance from Bishopsgate-strcet, all of which have been for the last
eighty years vested in the Crown, and used for the p..rposes of the
Excise Revenue.
The vast importance of this property, in regard as well to its loca-
-Ity as its extent, is of the highest character. The immediate neigh-
bourhood of the Royal Exchange, the Bank of England, the Stock
Exchange, the Auction Mart, and tha numerous other public and pri-
vate establishments for budness, renders its value peculiar; and no
opportunit of acquiring a s'te in the city of London, in any degree
approximating that now offered, will probably seain present itself.
Printe.l 'irth ul .rs and conditions of sale, A% ith a form of tender,
may be obtained at the offices of the Secretary, and the Solicitor f
Inlaid Revenue, :,omerset-house; and of William Ilerocrt, Fsq , the
Boar.l's :,urveyor of BitiLlings, on the premises, in Old Broad-street.
All tender,' to be deliver. d on or before the 2*,th Apr.l next.
Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, 31st March, 1853.

OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received, by our express in anticipation of
the Overland Mail, our correspondence and files of news-
papers from India and China. The dates are—Calcutta,
March 5 ; Bombay, March 14 ; Madras, March 10 ; and
China, Feb. 25.

CALCUTTA, MARCH 5

The latest news from Burmah is of the 24th of Feb.,
and is not important. General Steele had occupied
Shwai-geen without opposition, and expected to take
Toongoo on the same easy terms. The revolutionary
" peace party" was still in the ascendant at Ava, and it
is said the usurping half-brother had obtained the posi-
tion in which he was qualified to treat with us. There
is little doubt that negotiations have been opened, and,
to judge from appearances, a cessation of hostilities is
likely to be the speedy result. Even Meea-Toon, the
victorious robber, has condescended to ask for terms ;
but, according to report, Commodore Lambert is anxious
to thrash him before treating.
It may be mentioned as evidence of the really pacific
disposition of the party in power at Ava, that several of
the British prisoners there have been released, and others
relieved from the rigorous treatment to which they
were previously subjected.
The north-eastern and north-western frontiers are
quiet. The Punjaub had passed under the administra-
tion of Mr. John Lawrence, as chief commissioner. The
best evidence, or which ought to be the best evidence, of
peace in this quarter of our empire, is furnished by the
Governor-General, in cancelling the order by which
coolies were prohibited from entering the valley of
Cashmere.

We are, however, likely to have a little war, of no
long continuance, on the banks of the Sutlej. The elder
.brother of the new ruler of Bahwulpore, whom fraternal
jealousy had doomed to a barbarous imprisonment, has
by the aid of his partisans made-kite escape, andrimoked
by the sympathy of the people, has made war on his
cruel brother. According to the latest accounts the
whole country has risen in his favour, and if not very
promptly relieved by our Government, the Nawab is
likely to lose both his throne and his life. He has, it is
said, applied to the British authorities in the neighbour-
hood for the help which, under the treaty of 1838, we
are, I fear, bound to give him. It will be very annoy-
ing if we have to take arms against an every way ill-
used man, supported by the entire people, against a
younger and illegitimate brother, whom the ill-judging
partiality of the father awarded the succession.
The impression is strong and general that Oude will
shortly be annexed, and that Hyderabad can be saved
from the same fate only by a very prompt and very
thorough change in the present system of misgovern-
ment.

The Governor-General returned to Calcutta on the
28th ult., after an absence of only eleven days. He went
no further than Kouk Pbyoo, in Arracan. Nothing
has transpired as to the object or effect of his voyage.
Sir Lawrence Peel has proceeded to China in the
steamer Pekin, for the benefit of his much-impaired
health.
A draft act has been published for regulating the office
of Administrator-General of Intestate Estates. It raises
the commission to 5 per cent. in Bengal, and gives two-
fifths of it to Government.
Calcutta has not followed the example of the minor
presidencies in holding a public meeting in promotion of
the Wellington testimonial. Nor has it as yet responded
very liberally to the Governor-General's invitation to
subscribe for this great object ; his lordship and the
members of council have hitherto stood alone on the list.
We learn, however, that subscriptions are at length
beginning to come in a little more freely.
The weather is growing warm, but it is not yet more I
than tolerable. There has been but little sickness yet
among our European community ; but an influenza has
prevailed among the horses, and, as we learn on good
authority, the pianos ! Of these latter eight or ten were
sent in one day to one shop, to be cured of a curious
impediment in their speech.
Trade is good ; money very abundant. The Bank of
Bengal has reduced its rate of discount from 6 per cent.
to 5. Exchange is quoted at 2s. id. to 2s. id. Freights
have gone up, but shipping is arriving rapidly, and will
keep them down.
The Oriental arrived on the 2d, with the mails of the
24th January. The Peninsular and Oriental screw-
steamer Madras arrived yesterday. The long-expected
Mauritius has not made her appearance yet.

(Front the Overland Bombay Timea, March 14.)

SUMMARY.—The intelligence sent home from Burmah
by the last mail came down to the 14th of February.
Tidings have since then reached us to the 23d, but they
afford us nothing more than an extension or confirma-
tion of what had been formerly received. The robber
chief Meea-Toon, who occasioned so much mischief, has,
it said, offered to surrender himself, a price of 1,000
rupees being set upon his head ; and it has been re-
marked that it would be cheap at 'the money, if it could
only be transferred to the shoulders of the British
general. There have been some disturbances in lAA-
wulpore, which have compelled us to dispatch a force
from Sukkur for their suppression. The Nawab has
been deposed by his people, or has abdicated, on finding
himself unable to maintain his ground, in favour of his
brother, Hajee Mahorned, the rightful heir, late a pri-
soner in Islarnghur, who in vain petitioned the British
Government for his release and permission to reside as
a subject in the country which he now rules. No act of
disloyalty has been committed by him against us, and
we will in all likelihood ratify the choice of the people,
interfering merely to the extent of preventing civil war.
The Hajee is not only the oldest but is the only legiti-
mate son of our valued ally, the late Nawab—the chief
just abdicated is a bastard, who was set up solely by
Zenana influence. The hill people on our north-west
frontier are quiet for the present, and general tranquillity
prevails throughout India. The young Maharajah of Gwa-
lior was installed into office with great pomp and cere-
mony on the 19th of February. The Nizam of Hyderabad
seems anxious to hasten his fate. Overwhelmed with
debt, and unable to meet the claims of his chief creditor,
the British Government, he is determined on increasing
his army, which already, exclusive of the contingent,
exceeds 60,000 men. The Governor-General has, it is
said, forwarded his ultimatum to the resident, which it
is supposed will include the dismissal of a moiety of the
mercenary force thus being augmented. Much surprise
has been experienced that no whisper should have as yet
reached us as to the successors to the present Governors
of Bombay and Madras. Sir Henry Pottinger was
sworn in on the 7th of April, and Lord Falkland on the
Ist of May, 1848, and at these dates respectively. will
the customary term of their services expire. There is no
occasion for their retiring, however, till their successors
arrive, and it is not likely that either will quit his post
until relieved. The governor and commander-in-chief
of Bombay proceed to Mahableshwar in the course of
the week. Two small detachments, amounting to about
a hundred men each, drawn from the various European
corps in the Presidency, have been ordered to assemble
on the hills and at Poona, the one to be drilled under
the immediate inspection of his excellency, the other to
be taught by a military instructor, who has just arrived,
with a view of introducing into their respective regiments
the instructions they have received, The Governor-
General has returned from British Burmah to Calcutta.
The commander-in-chief of India has not yet returned
to Simla, from his inspections.
The most notable incident that has occurred
during the past fortnight is the removal of Messrs.
Le Geyt and Grant, two puisne judges in the Com-
pany's Supreme Court the Sudder Adawlut, from
the bench, under circumstances of extreme hardship
and injustice. These things have fallen out very op-
portunely for the cause of reform, and in whichever way
they are viewed wj,ll go far to refute much of what has
been set forth before the Parliamentary committees. An
open or fair inquiry is not looked for here on the past of
Government by any one, and a petition, which will go
home next mail, is now being subscribed, praying for a
Parliamentary committee to collect evidence on these
and other matters, to be laid before Parliament before
the passing of the India Bill, and entreating that this
may be postponed till December, or passed only for a
single year.

Regiments from Prome. The Fire Queen starts to-mor-
row at daylight—fog permitting—for we had very heavy
ones for the last week ; in fact, I do not think I ever
saw such dense ones. The weather is much more mode-
rate now, there not being so much in the temperature
in the course of the day. A fortnight ago there used to
be a difference of 23 deg. between 4 in the morning and
2 in the afternoon ; now there is not more than 10.
Small-pox is still raging and making great ravages amongst
the Burmese, whose habits and modes of living are very.
filthy. Her Majesty's steamer Sphinx left this on Sa-
turday for Trincomalee en route for England. Poor
Captain Loch's death-was a terrible one of agony and
suffering. He sacrificed his life to his pride, for he
might have been alive now had he added a little discre-
tion to his courage, but no, it was 'Winchester to the
charge—forward men—follow me.' He was a gallant
man and a perfect model in his gentlemanly behaviour.
Young Kennedy was shot down at his side, riddled.
A thorn caught Loch's watch and pulled it from his
waistcoat pocket, at the same moment a ball struck him
and carried the watch into his body. Many were the
hair-breadth escapes that happened that day ; a corporal
of marines with eight balls in his body is now hearty ;
the doctors say they never saw such recoveries as the
people have had."—Calcutta Englishmen, March 3.