The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

INDIA.
(From the Overland Bombay Times, May 1.)
SUMMARY,

We have rarely had occa!ion to sead home a more
newsless summary than the present—though the next
two are likely to be no improvements. We can only in-
timate the arrival of Sir C. Napier in the Eastern waters;
he reached Alexandria on the Bth, proceeded straight
through Egypt, and sailed direct for Calcutta, on the
12th, having learnt on the way that tranquillity in the
rut.)je,uh had been restored. Ile will have by this time
arrived, and been sworn in, and is probably on his way
to Simla for the season. The intelligence that railways
have been all but secured us, is probably the most im-
portant news that ever reached the shares of India ; we
barrow money without remorse to meet the charges of
a causeless and unprofitable war; for no purpose could
we borrow more wisely or securely than for the im
provement of internal communication. The troops
at Peshawur are busy preparing themselves against
the hot season. They enjoy the highest health there
and at lloultan ; the climate to the middle of April
appears to have been delightful at both places.
The Sinde horse have bad another brush with the
llurrees on the frontier, who of course got the worst
of it, having had 40 of their people killed, and
1,000 cattle, lifted from the low country, taken from
them. Sinde continues healthy. General Achmuty
has arrived at Kurrachee. Sir W. Cotton, commander-
in chief of Bombay, has sent in his resignation, and re-
quested to be relieved after the rains; he has been ex-
tremely popular with.the army while at its head. It is
said that there are to be 10 new regiments of the line
added to the Bengal army; on the other hand it is as-
serted that irregulars, half horse and half foot, will be
raised to the extent of 10,000, without any addition of
officers. The hope of a substantial augmentation seems
to have been one great source of the clamour for the
annexation of the Punjaub. The order issued some
months since raising the strength of each regiment by
200 men, must have added 18,000 men to our muster
roll; the occupation of the Saugor and Nerbudda terri-
tories by about 12,000 Madras troops, will he a virtual
addition to the army in Bengal to this extent, or a total
of 30,000; the expected augmentation, whether of regu-
lars or irregulars, will bring it up to 40,000; so much
for the first fruits of annexation. The expense of a
native regiment, officers, arms, appointments, and
maintenance, costs somewhere about 40,0001. a year!
The charges of a couple of regiments would meet
the interest of all the money proposed to be
expended on railways. The Governor-General
is in the upper provinces. The commander-in-
chief is at Simla, having taken a final leave of the army
on quitting the Punjaub. General Gilbert has also
taken leave of the division under him, in a complimen-
tary general order, and the troops in reality richly de.
serve any compliment that can be paid them. Lieutenant
Miller, of her Majesty's 22d Foot, a very meritorious
officer,just
been
raised from the ranks for good conduct, has
been dismissed the service under circumstances of pecu-

liar hardship. Mr. Miller had charge of the canteen
funds, and on these being transferred from his to other
hands some errors were discovered, which led to charges
of his having instructed a native clerk to make false en-
tries in the books. The court seem to have at once got
carried away with the idea that erroneous entries by a
clerk implied a fraud on the part of his superior, and
decided accordingly. The books have been examined
by able and competent authorities—they turn out to
be full of errors—but bear no evidence of having been

tampered with by Mr. Miller. Like most soldiers, he is
little of a business man, and permitted a bad system to
go on as he found it, till a faithless clerk, when about to
be dismissed, based charges against him on his own
blunders. We have no doubt that on a revision it will
be found that he stands free of all blame, save that of
negligence, and that a very slight reprimand is punish-
ment enough for this.