The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL

We have received our usual despatches in anti-
cipation of the overland mail ' • and we have dates
from Bombay up to the 7th of June, from Calcutta
to the 30th, and also from Alexandria.
The following is the summary of the Bombay
Times of June 7
:
The news we have to give by this mail is not
of much importance, Everywhere over India' ex-
cept in the Nizam's dominions, there is perfect
quiet, and the ordinary course of events goes on
undisturbed. From Rangoon our advices extend
to the 22d of last month, and contains no news of
special interest. For long it was supposed that the
boats lost in the late hurricane might have been
wrecked near Kyotyas, and that many of the miss-
ing soldiers may have reached Sitang and Shoay
Gyreen, but definite intelligenbe reached Ran-
goon that 80 men of all ranks, native and Euro-
pean, including Lieut. Stapleton, M.N.I, had
perished in the gale. The convicts on board the
Clarissa had risen and killed the captain, the mate,
and a portion of the crew. Several of the sailors
escaped in a boat, and reached Rangoon on
the 16th ult. Two days afterwards the vessel ran
ashore, and was found and taken possession of by
the ship Elizabeth. A number of escaped convicts
had captured the village of Assam and had slain
20 of the inhabit,ants. Dacoity still continued, but
not to the same extent as formerly. A police force
is being organised for the protection of life and pro-
perty in Burmah. Part of it will consist of river
police for the Irrawaddy and for the creeks and
rivers of the Delta. A good deal of sickness pre-
vailed at Peshawur, and it had been visited by a
slight shock of an earthquake. There have
been some disturbances among the tribes in the
Kohat pass, from differences among themselves
about the money which we pay to them for keep-
ing that pass. The contemplated alliance with
Dost Mahommed has given rise to a good deal of
discussion, for the most part unfavourable to the
project. Officers find great difficulty in getting
leave of absence from Peshawur.—The Delhi
Gazette still continues to publish letters from
Cabul, notwithstanding the disclaimers oftheGazette
of Bt. Petersburg and the doubts thrown on their
authenticity by well informed Indian journals. Its
last letter is dated 10th May, and states that the
Ameer has warned the British Government of the
increasing influence of the Persians and Russians in
Herat and Candahar, and has asked English money
to aid him in resistance. He has sent a reinforce-
ment toward Dulkh, which country is threatened
by the King of Bokhara ; but he still maintains
communication with Russia and Persia. It is
rumoured that the Czar has informed the Shah of
Persia that two more European kings have joined
with him, and that the Shah would do well to
march upon Bagdad, and take the holy shrine of
the Najuh Ashruf from the Turks. The Candahar
chiefs are said to have informed the King of Persia
that for a stipulated sum, they will give up certain
parts under their administration. A rumour is
also current that the Russian force had attacked
and destroyed many places in the direction of
Hoorgung boundary, and have erected iron works
over desert wastes, in order to convey water for the
use of their soldiers. But even were we assured
that these reports came from Cabul, they are too
confused and uncertain to warrant us in any fur-
ther conclusion than that the Russo-Turkish war
has created considerable excitement there. Quar-
termaster Gillespie, who was accused of having
murdered his groom at Umballa, was tried by a
court-martial, found guilty of felonious homicide,
and condemned to four years' imprisonment.
The case having been returned for revision, the
court found him guilty of wilful murder, and con-
demned him to 14 years' transportation—a sen-
tence which was confirmed by the Commander-in-
Chief.

From the Nizam's dominions, we hear that, when
Arabs are dismissed, the Arab Jemadars systemati-
cally make room for them in their own bands by
dismissing the Mowullids anciDeccanees serving in
them. A number of Rohilla, prisoners escaped from
the fort of Jactial, after massacring many of their
guards ; but some of them have been seized by
Brigadier Mayne. The country still remains rather
disturbed, and the Government is burdened by
having no less than 5,000 idle prisoners in charge.
The natives in Nagpore have unfavourable expec-
tations as to the result of their transfer to British
rule, especially as to its effects on their trade in
silks and xauslizua~---TehA_l3r.hmi. whn havA hApn

turned adrift, and the idle empiiiriililia
military, who fattened on sinecures, are exceedingly
discontented. A year, it is said is to be allowed to
elapse before the country is placed in the hands of
British officials ; and, in the meantime, Mr. Man-
sell is to do his best with the native agency. The
last steam-boat from the Persian Gulph left Bu-

shire on the Ist May, but brought almost no in-
telligence. *The Persians still seem determined to
keep the Island of Karrack in a fortified state ; but
the greater part of the soldiers there escaped from
it and returned to Bushire, not having been sup-
plied with a sufficient quantity of food. The last
mail from China, which arrived here a few days ago,
brought intelligence of very serious riots at Singa-
pore. For eight or ten days it was in a very critical
state. The riots arose from the bad feeling between
the Hokien clan and the Ohinchew, Macoa, and
other Chinese. On the sth May, a bloody fight
began in the bazaar, and the efforts of the police
to suppress it were quite insufficient. A number

of shops were plundered, and had not the Governor
and magistrates made their appearance in the
principal streets, attended by` soldiers, the rioters
would doubtless have committed still worse
excesses. On the succeeding days the riotous Chinese
grew bolder, and committed many most atrocious
murders. Colonel Butterworth, the Governor, is
blamed for not having taken decisive measures.
Instead of at once employing the military, he swore
in all the Europeans of the place as special con-
stables—a measure calculated to excite only con-
tempt amongst the rioters. He also issued pro-
clamations, calling on all the respectable Chinese
to aid in preserving peace. The police were very
speedily too much fatigued to accomplish anything,
and the Europeans were at a great disadvantage
among the labyrinths of the town. The plan pur-
sued by the rioters was to disperse whenever the
specials made their appearance, and hasten to as-
sault some other quarter. Soon the disturbances
spread to the interior, where revoltingly cruel
assassinations were committed, houses were burn-
ed, and plantations destroyed by a band of
about three hundred Chinese carrying a black
flag. Mr. Cluff, the deputy-superintendent of
police, who went to arrest some of the mur-
derers, was compelled to retreat to a police
station, and after being besieged for some time had
to release a portion of his prisoners. A party of
sepoys and of special constables had to be sent t 6
relieve him from his dangerous position. The
affair grew so serious that, on the 10th ult., a num-
ber of marines and of Malays had to be employed
in fighting, and the captain of an American man-
of-war oflered to place 80 of his meu at the disposal
of the authorities. There were no less than 400
assassinations, and 220 persons wounded. It is
not known exactly how many of the rioters were
killed and wounded, but the corpses of 85 of them
pwerers o
prisoners
e underore ta
taken
; directionso3 ol f
shopst e
i)authoritiesondo red andsoo
wounded,
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oneburned.
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received Europeans
wwheerue
merchant, died from a
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ed.e,
pursuing the rioters in thet..je
Whenr; mbt
1.1.1 net
mail left, quiet had
inbeetni once more. restaoreGd
thus le
ourof
hs correspondent,lette
letter,
writess
ocvoenrcelluyd on the
paragraphsconduct
of the authorities, and apprehensively of the
future :—" Humiliating as is the conclusion, it
is, nevertheless, obvious that the rulers of an im-
portant British settlement have been defied, baf-
fled, and derided by the leaders
oorfit.Chinese rabble.
The tumult, contemptiblein its
tagromms,twfoarstfioiestedo
stirionglarmof
instead of being suppressed
the law. The rioters learning that
superin-
tendent of police had declared his inability to
maintain the peace, became instantly pugnacious,
under under the conviction that the executive feared
o the
'o uts ,
t sup-
pression
theorder
of mtiillietahrr3a,%itdo
;u
andse t heebaiyerh
progressive mea-
sure adopted for the suppression increased the
difficulty. The rash and ill-judged appeal
better feeling of a portion of the Chinese com-
munity, urging them to induce their clansmen to
forego the strife, was the very acme of maudlin
senescence—calculated strongly to impress on the
native mind the timidity and weakness of the exe-
cutive, and their distrust in the means at their com-
mand for enforcing the re-establishment of order.
Singapore, both the town and the interior, is crowded
with Chinese, and the arrivals from China weekly
are considerable of refugeesfrom the Imperialist and
rebel ports. These ruffians—the elements of mis-
chief—are cast on our shores without Occupation
or means, ripe for plunder, with a perfect disregard
of human life, and at deadly enmity with the re-
spective clans. The Chinese on the island amount
to about 60,000. The European community num-
L ber about 200, chiefly merchants, whose plaices of

business occupy but a small corner of the town.
Considering these facts, a grave responsibilty at-
taches to our rulers in not checking the movement
in its birth • for it is quite evident that, by a rapid
and simultaneous combination of the various an-
tagonistic Chinese societies, the lives of the Euro-
pean community would be seriously jeopardised on
any occasion that those banded ruffians had suffi-
cient confidence in themselves to make a bold
stroke for the mastery. Hence the necessity of
stern and decided measures in these occasional
lawless outbreaks." Our Calcutta intelligence
is • not of such a late date as we had expected,
owing to' difficulties which have arisen in the
working of the electric telegraph. The Governor-
General had a great ball, as usual, on the Queen's
birthday, and as yet has shown no symptoms
of moving towards the. north-west. Again
a vacancy has been made in the secretaryship
of the Bank of Bengal by the death of Mr. Maples
so recently appointed to the office. This time the
deputy-secretary of the bank, Mr. Plumb, has been
appointed. Its rates of interest and discount have
been lowered lately. It is expected that the com-
mission to inquire into Rajah Brooke's affairs will
be issued after the arrival of next mail, and that
Messrs. Prinsep and Devereux, the members of it,
will immediately thereafter proceed to the Straits.
The British Indian Association continues to hold
its monthly meetings, and is showing some signs
of activity. Two distinguished natives died lately
at Calcutta, Russomoy Dutt and the Baboo Mutty
Loll Seal, who has left property valued at more
than a crore of rupees. The Governor-General
has announced the abolition of the Off-reckon-
ing Fund. Thi clothing boards at the three
Presidencies have also been abolished, and the
duties will hereafter be performed by a respon-
sible officer, to be styled " Superintendent of
Army Clothing." The clothing will continue to
be made up under army clothing agents, the staff
pay of those who may hereafter be appointed being
fixed at 750 rupees per month. The most import-
ant piece of news from Madras is the formation of
the new Indian Reform Association. It was formed
at a public meeting of the inhabitants, convened by the sheriff of Madras, and Mr. James Ouch-
terlony occupied the chair. The resolutions
moved and adopted were very moderate in tone,
and calculated to meet the views of many Indian
reformers. The immediate reason advanced
for its formation was grounded on the ignorance
of the condition of India which exists in Britain,
and on the refusal of her Majesty's Ministers to re-
assemble Parliamentary committees of inquiry into
the subject. Special resolutions were carried regard-
ing the absolutist character of the Indian system of
government and the system of land revenue. No
limits were placed to the number of members ; but
a committee of twenty-one was appointed, with
power to add to its number. No Government ser-
vants
of the meet-
ing. Much is expected from Lord Harris, the new
afe weyerereppartehsieenedt ;wbituht
theit is
objects understood that not
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with
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abye
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gu steo omf
abki se ahc
itmi vsi
et yl f
the working of all the departments of Government,
and with the institutions and requirements of
Madras. All hope of the completion of the first
instalment of the railway is postponed for a year
or two. Here in Bombay we
have been suffering
very much from the great heat and from want of
water. Yesterday we had a smart shower, but
dust-
storm ms uwffihcieiehn t
hadto
nannoying de
been
morethan check the dust-
us all day. The
monsoon has not yet come • almost all the wells on
the island are dried up, and cholera is raging in the
native town, and even cutting off a larger number
of Europeans than usually fall victims to it. The
railway receipts for the last month were higher than
ever, but latterly the extension to Callian has done
little to increase the number of passengers. The
gross receipts from 18th April, 1853 (the day
of the opening of the line), to 16th April last,
amount to Rs. 1,25,571 4-3 • and those from the
first-mentioned date up to the day the statements
are made up (21st May), amount to Rs. 1,38,823
6-2. The railway is invaluable to us at present,
for more than 30,000 gallons of water are carried
into the town from Salsette, by a special train
employed for the purpose. A number of boats
also are employed in conveying the precious element
from the island of Elephanta. Not the less merrily
on this account, however, was the anniversary of
her Majesty's birthday Observed. Thousands of
natives and others went out by the railway to
Callian, and in the evening the house and grounds
at Pared were brilliantly illuminated, to the delight
ap4Potewitems. - _Lord Elphinstone hits
remained Min Bombay during the whole of the hot
season, but intends to remove to the Deccan after
the first burst of the monsoon. The head-quarters
of the army
thro
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mas this h
been
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Aden
Oed
for
eoaturl-
markets are both very dull. Up to the hour of
ithr
ieTbsse removed to Poona on the 12 t h
y
post, the English mail of the Bth of May has not
been signalled.

THE LATE BABOO RUSSOMOY DTJTT.
(From. the Calcutta Englishman.)
We regret to announce the death of Baboo Russomoy
Dutt, which took place on Sunday evening. His illness
was of a nature which at his age left but little hope
from the first. Baboo Russomoy Dutt was the &et
native of Bengal who was ever appointed to the bench
of the Petty Court, where he has sat about 1G years,
having retained his post when the jurisdiction of the
court was enlarged, and its title altered to that of Small
Clause Court.
The experiment of employing a native has completely
answered, for it may be safely said that no judge who
ever presided in that court has given more general satis-
faction. The Baboo had not the advantage of a legal
education, but his habits of business, and knowledge of
the
the people, particularly qualified him for disentangling
conflicting statements of the great majority of
suitors who appear in that tribunal.
jlt is reported that he will be succeeded by the present
unior magistrate, Baboo Hurroochunder Ghose, who is
perhaps better qualified for the Small Clause Court than
for the police, though it must be allowed that he has
latterly got through his arduous duties very creditably.
It is also stated that it is intended to appoint a native
as his successor at the police, and that Baboo Loke-
nauth Bose is the person likely to be selected, he hav-
ing filled the post of Suddur Ameen for some years.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE
OF THE MAIL ON THE 23D MAY.
BOMBAY.—Lieutenant G. G. Murray, p
3d European
Regiment, at Panwell, on the 23d May.
MADRAS.—Lieutenant A. S. Surtees, 41st Regiment
N. 1., on board the screw-steamer Mauritius on the 17th
May ; Second Lieutenant G. W. Onslow, 'Artillery, at
Cape Town, on the Bth March ; Lieutenant W. T.
ByaunlN,G7AtL.h_L_ight Cavalry, at Saugor, on the 6th May.
B
Captain (13revet Major) W. E. Andrews,
Regimentton
i\h,e.,2„2:lltllfmayus;soCoaripet,aoin , 60th n Tthheom23als
S. W. Stokes, Artillery, at Asnee,
1713 i dd
dNe 1.1
on the 21st May.

TROOPS.
AIFIPEORINTISMIEANTES SATNYDSPROSIOTIONS.
:
The Commander-in-Chief
staff
in India has been
pleased to
make the following appointments on his personal
L Peel, of the 52d
Foot, ie
to —Lieutenant
aidean-dde:AZpt,antC*
vice
Captain Halkett
ceeded to join his corps on field service
—L
; Ensign' pro-
Lord
Walter C. M. Scott, of the 52d Foot
ut
Foot, to act as aide-de-
camp during the employment of Captain Stapylton as
acting adjutant-general of her Majesty's forces in India.
52d Light Infantry—Lieutenant W. J. Stopford, to be
Adjutant, vice Peel, who resigns that appointment
May 18, 1854, 61st Foot—Lieutenant David Reid, to
be Adjutant, vice Burnside, who resigned that appoint-
ment, Jan. 13, 1854. The Commander-in-Chief in India
has been pleased to make the following promotions, until
her Majesty's pleasure shall be known :--83d Foot.
Captain J. Kelsall to be Major, without purchase, vice
Lloyd, deceased, May 7, 1854. Lieutenant Henry' De
Renzy Pigot to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Kelsall, May 7, 1854. Ensign Edwin Meurant to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Pigot, May 7, 1854.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.---th Foot.—Lieutenant 3.
Corry, to England, for two years from the date of em-
barkation at Bombay. loth Foot—Lieut. J. E. H.
Taylor, from March 21 to September ;m, 1854, on medi-
cal certificate. 22d Foot. -t-Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel
S. J. Cotton, to Murre, !Dr four months from May 1,
1854. 22d Foot.—Captaia, and Brevet Major J. Ram-
say, military secretary to the Most Noble the Governor
General, to England for six months from date of em-
barkation, on medical certificate. 74th Foot. —Major
and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel W. D. Patton, in ex-
tension from Oct. 7, 1854, to April 6, 1855. 75th
Foot.—Lieut. W. H. Urquhart, in extension, from
Oct. 14, 1853, to Feb. 23, 1854, on medical certificate,
and 'for 18 months from the latter to' proceed to the
Cape of Good Hope on medical certificate. 26th Foot.
Major J. Snodgrass, from July 12 to Dec. 31, 1854.