The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-26 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL
FROM C ALCUTTA.

(From the Herald.)
We have received, by extraordinary express, our
files of papers from Calcutta of the 7th of August,
private correspondence of the Bth, and China of the
25;h July. No Bombay journals have come by this
arrival. The delay of the present Overland Mail was
caused by the violence of the monsoon, the Precursor
being obliged to go to the south of the line to avoid
its fury. The Ripon brought home the bags from
Alexandria, whence she sailed on the 16th inst. The
intelligence now received is of no particular import-
ance. India and China were quiet. Exports at Cal-
cutta were extensive, and imports in good demand.
Money market easy.
Can►_on was tranquil. Sharghae had suffered much
from floeds, and the crops of cotton had been consi-
derably injured. Rice had risen enormously in price.
Imports dull, but exports tolerably good.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
CALCUTTA, AUG. 8, 3.30 P.M.
I have but little in the way of news to add to that
which ycu will fled in the printed summary of the
Hurkaru, which I subjoin. An ugly rumour as to
disaffection and insutordination evinced by some of
our troops in the Punjaub has found its way into the
papers, and possibly may go home in a form calcu-
lated to excite some uneasiness. The truth of it, as
I learn on excellent authority, is that the lath and
22d Native Infantry refused to receive their pay on
account of some mistake about their " Sinde al-
lowances." Sir Charles Napier purposed to pay a
visit to Rawul Pindee, where those regiments are
stationed, for the purpose of arranging the
matter ; but it has been done without his help, and,
as I hear, quite satisfactorily. The police inquiry
is going on to day, but I have not heard what is
doing. There can be little doubt of its ending in
an entire remodelling of the establishment, and
in our having a new chief magistrate. Some of your
readers will be glad to learn that Dr. Duff, the emi-
nent Free Church Missionary, bas just returned to
Calcutta from a tour in South India. He comes back
with renovated health and energy, and is to give an
account of his travels at a meeting to be held this

evening.
(From the Bengal Hurkaru of August 7.)
SUMMARY.
Nearly a month has passed since we dispatched our
last summary, but long as the interval has been it has
produced little to give interest or importance to its
records.
The sinister rumours in and about tbe Punjaub and
Cashmere seem to be dying away. The report of our
Government having demanded the surrender of
Goolaub Singh's artillery has been positively contra-
dicted by the Delhi Gazette, which states, as on
authority, that so far from their being any idea of
hostility between the parties, they never
were on better terms than now. It is
probable that these rumours have origi-
nated in surmises as to the probability of
a rupture with the chief of Cashmere, now that we
have Sir Charles Napier as Commander in-Chief,
looking out, as it is of course assumed that he is doing,
for an opportunity of winning new laurels. Goolaub
Singh is the victim of a bad name. Such is the ill-
repute in which he is held that the most unequivocal
demonstrations of loyalty and friendship avail not to
neutralise that distrust with which his every act is
regarded. It may be shown that his fortune,- his
sovereignty, his life depend upon his preserving the
favour of his British neighbours, and it will be ad-
mitted that he is at least knowing enough to under-
stand his own interests; but still people cannot
divest themselves of the impression that Goolaub is
our enemy and only waits an opportunity of show-
ing it. But while all these disagreeable rumours
have been banded about the country, the latest dis-
closures relating to the Mountain Monarch exhibit
him in the peaceful and philanthropic character of a sub-
scriber to the Lawrence Asylum for the children of
English soldiers, and to the British Indian Govern-
ment's five per cent. loan—to the former he has pre-
sented a magnificent donation of a lakh of rupees, in
the latter he has invested, we believe, something but
little short of a million sterling.
Moolraj has not been executed, nor is it likely that
Le will be. In the latest intelligence from Lahore
it is stated that a belief prevailed there that the order
for t e commutation of the sentence had actually
been issued, and would shortly be made public.
The Funjaub continues quiet, and there is no im-
mediate p. ospect of its peace being disturbed ; but
our Government very prudently keeps its troops
occupying ti :e country on the alert, and a part of
them are rea ty to move at the shortest notice.
The Marquis of Dalhousie and Sir Charles Napier
continue at Sim'ab, but it has been reported that they
both c el'emph.te a journey to the Trans-Indus pro-
vinces of the Penjaub.
Sir Henry Lae rsnce has left Simlah and ss ill pro-
ceed to Cashmere, partly it would seem, for the
benefit of his health, an 1 1 artly to transact business
with the Maharaja.
A second and final distribution of Sinde prize
money has been ordered. The amount for division
are upon various deductions, including one of
2,73 677 rs. for Sir Charles Napier's additional six.
teenth of the former instalment, is 10,89,360 rs., of
which Sir Charles takes an eighth, or 1,36,170 rs.
The entire amount of the conqueror's share of the
sp Als of Sande is 6,83,522 rs., very little short of the
70,0001. at which it has been estimated.
Many of our home readers will learn with regret,
if no more bitter feeling, that Captain J. D. Cunning-
ham, the author of perhaps the best history of the
Seikhs that has been written, has been removed from
his appointment of political agent in Bhopal as a
punishment for having in his book " made unautho-
rised use of official documents entrusted to his charge
as a public officer." People here, knowing that
other officers have been allowed without rebuke to
do that for which Captain Cunningham is punished
so severely. attribute his removal to his having
written a book which the Government co not like;
and others see in the measure a testimony to the
authority of the work which the booksellers might
make much of by skilful management.
The shareholders of the Benares Bank, in meeting
assembled, have resolved to close the concern. We
mentioned in one of our late dispatches that the pro-
ceedings of certain military directors of this bank had
led to its irretrievable embarrassment and the loss of
a large part of its capital. It is believed, however,
that it will be fully able to meet its responsibilities
to third parties, and the shareholders have been pro-
tnised a deliverance from their difficulties at the
small cost of about 30 per cent. on the amount of
their investments.
In Calcutta the one grand object of public interest
is an inquiry into the state of the police and the con-
duct of the magistrates, which is now in pro-
gress. We stated some time ago that the local press
was agitating for such an investigation, being incited
thereto by the general expression of dissatisfaction
and distrust among people of all classes, who com-
plained loudly of the tyranny and inefficiency of the
police, and attributed it to the alleged fact of at least
two of the three magistrates and the heads of the
police being deeply in debt to a wealthy native, who
was supposed to exercise a malign influence on their
administration in all its branches. Government has
at length been induced to take up the matter. One
of the magistrates, who sought the aid of the insol-
vent court to relieve him from the burden of his
liabilities, was removed from the bench ; and finally a
commission has been appointed to inquire into the
state of the police and the magistracy, especially in
reference to the supposed existence of the improper
influence alluded to.
To two civil servants, Messrs. J. R. Colvin and W.
Dampier, has this important duty been entrusted
The inquiry has been carried on with open doors, and
men of all ranks and classes have been invited to aid
in it with their testimony. It has excited interest
sufficient to collect a crowded audience, and old In-
dians at home will leers probably with surprise that a
Bengal civil servant of 30 years' standing is virtually
on his trial for official misdemeanours before all the
tag-rag and bobtail of Calcutta. Such is the newest
sign of the times, such the latest achievement of a
free press.
-The weather has been somewhat unsettled of late,
but cool and pleasant for the season. A vessel
belonging to his Majesty of Burmah has, within the
last few days, gone ashore on Saugor Island ; all
hands saved, but the ship a wreck. There was a
general complaint of want of rain all over India
late'y ; but from recent accounts there is reason to
hope that sufficient has fallen to avert the prospect of
famine which was threa'ening in some quirters.
The commercial report is still favourable, both as
to the import and country produce markets. A
considerable-amount of business has been done in ex-
change, which is now quoted at ls. let 1. to Is. 101 d
for first rate six months' sight bills. Freights have
declined again under the pressure of numerous ship-
ping arrivals—the quotations are for sugAr, to
London 4/. 105. to 41. 12s. 61. ; to Liverpool 41. ss.
to 41. 7s. 6d.
The mail of the 7th June arrived on the 16th ult.,
and that of June 25th, per Bentinck, yesterday.
The following are further extracts from the India
and China papers :
THE RACE BETWEEN THE BLUE BELL AND
THE WAVE. _

The long pending race between the two yachts, Wave
and Blue Bell, came off on Saturday afternoon, but ter-
railasted in n sad disaster, which nearly prayed fatal to