The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-03 00:00:00

INDIA.

We have received a file of the Calcutta Go-
vernment Gazette to the 24th of December.—
The following are extracts :
" CALCUTTA, DEC. 20.
" The Madras Papers of the 7th were received this morning.
The Governor, Sir Thomas Munro, does not go home, we un-
derstand, this season.
" Ru NJEEL SINGH.—By the last accounts, the Maharaja
was considerably to the northward of Fort Attack, on his
march to Caubul. In the passage of the Indus, he lost about
500 horses and men ; amongst the latter some of his best Sir-
dars ; but about 10,000 horse crossed in safety, and the guns
were conveyed over upon elephants. It is reported that a severe
action has already taken place between the Sikh forces and
the Afghans, in which the latter were defeated with great
slaughter.
" We regret to say, that Commodore Hayes has been com-
pelled to leave Chittagong, in consequence of indisposition.—
Accounts of his arrival in the river, on board the Asscergurli,
reached Calcutta this morning."

THE INDIAN ARMY.
1-lead-Quarters, Calcutta, Nov. 17, 1824.
GENERAL ORDERS.

Great inconvenience, and delay in the settlement of the
claims of Soldiers of his Majesty's Regiments sent to Europe,
having been experienced in consequence of Officers in charge
not being in possession of documents, showing the dates to
which subsistence money, &c. &c. has.been received by them,
his Excellency the Commander.in-Chief is pleased to order,
henceforth all Officers returning to Great Britain in Command
of Invalids, and Soldiers, whose terms of service have expired,
shall, previously to their quitting Calcutta, severally forward
direct to the Adjutant-General of his Majesty's Forces in
India, a Special Report, accompanied by a declaration, that
every document connected with the accounts of the men, their
conditional discharge, certificates, &c. have, been received, and
are held in possession for eventual delivery in England.
These Reports and Declarations are to be forwarded in
Duplicate, one Copy for Record in the Office of his Majesty's
Adjutant-General, and the other for transmission to the Secre-
tary at War.
And, in view to insure the most punctual attention of Officers
to the performance of the duty now enjoined, the Commander-
in-Chief desires that the Brigade Major to the King's Troops
will send, at least ten days previously to embarkation, to all
Officers placed in the command of Troops proceeding to Europe,
a Copy of this Order, and any deviation on the part of those
concerned, will call for his Excellency's severest displeasure,
and on which a representation will be made to his Royal High-
ness the Commander-ix-chief.
By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
THOMAS M'MAHON, Col, Adj.-Gen.
( Front the John Bull.)
THE PONTOON TRAIN.

We promised our readers yesterday to lay before them the
result of the information we had obtained, relative to the Pon-
toon Train.
It consists of thirty-six whole, or seventy-two half, Pontoons
—the boats being formed into two parts, for their more easy
conveyance by land. They are constructed of thin teak plank,
covered with tin plates, carefully soldered together, to prevent
leakage, in the event of the seams opening from exposure to
the weather. The pontoons, are, of course, flat bottomed, and
each half we should imagine to be about nine or ten feet long,
and live feet broad. The beams and planks which constitute

the platform of the bridge, are so-fitted on their respective car-
riages, that, even over the roughest road, no play or motion can
take place, and each half pontoon covers its own beams and
planks, by being placed over them, bottom up, with its gun-
wales resting on the carriage.
The greatest extent to which the bridge can be drawn is fif-
teen hundred feet. Over this troops march along in file : for
the passage of troops with a front of ten men, it can be extended
to six hundred feet ; and for a larger front and light guns, to
four hundred and fifty feet. For the transportation of heavy
ordnance across broad rivers, the pontoons are formed into rafts
of three each, which are capable of supporting the heaviest
piece of ordnance. ,
The rafts are exceedingly manageable, and can be rowed at
the rate of about four miles an hour. It is needless to say, that
the beams and planks are all made to fit with the utmost nicety,
and the whole construction reflects the highest credit on the
officer who superintended the equipment, and who, we be-
lieve, is to command the Train on the service to which it is

attached.
We stated yesterday, that his Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief inspected the Train that morning. This took place
en the Serpentine Tank, across which the bridge was formed.
The following movements were made : —A body of men passed
over, both in open, and close order ; after which a six-pounder
field piece, with its tumbril, was transported across, without
the slightest appearance of affecting the security of the bridge.
An eighteen pounder was then put on board a raft, (as de-
scribed above), transported across, and landed on the opposite
bank. - - - - - - - - .

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The bridge was then dismantled, and formed into rafts, which
were rowed on shore, when the whole was taken to pieces, and
placed on carriages, as we described above.
We mentioned yesterday that his Excellency expressed his
approbation of the construction of the various parts of the bridge
—of the manner in which the movements were made, and the
admirable facility with which the whole was put together and
taken to pieces, as well as the ease with which the whole is
transported.
The Train left Calcutta yesterday, to be embarked on boats
on the Salt Water Lake„ whence it will proceed to the Division
of the Army,under Brigadier-General Morrison, at Chittagong.
'The bullocks, for its future conveyance by land, left Calcutta
ome time since.

LONDON MARKETS,

PRICE. OF BREAD.

The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis, is ltd, for
41b. loaf—there are tilers who sell from a halfpenny to

hree halfpence below that rate.

IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK: •
English. Irish. Foreign.
Wheat - 290
Barley - 2,595
Malt 7,593 - -

9,240 4,400

Oats
Rye .
Beans
l'eas
Tares
Rapeseed
Brant(
Mustard
Seeds...
Flour .
Linseed

1,132
279
30

17
11)
7,913

2,785

SEEDS, Alay 2.
New English R.Clover, pen cwt...47s 56s 70s—fine 761
Old Ditto
New Foreioai ditto
50s 60s 73s—fine —s
Old ditto ditto 2Bs 36s 50s—•find—s
New Whiteditto 47s 54s 635-4ne —s
Old ditto 3as 48s 50s—fine
New Trefoil.. per cwt 6s 17s 20s-6ne'2oo
Old ditto 4s 8s 14s—fine 201.
New Itibi4rass
Old ditto 2IS 30s 3.3 s—fine 480
English Carraway Seeds ...... 4os 44s 48s—fine —s
Foreign ditto 32s 40s 44s—fine —3
Coriander do. Is 6.1 9s 10s=fine —s

St. Foin .... per yi 42s 46s—fine 70T
Rye-Grass
Pace), ditto
Linseed for feeding 42s 43s—fine 43`s
foi crushing 36s 40s—fine 44e'
Canary Sced . 67s 74s—fine 951
White Mustard Seed.. per bushel 7s 9s—fine I Is'
Brown ditto
Turnip Seeds
Tares
Rape Seed per last

NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, Alay 2.
By the Carcase.
Beef - 3s 4d to 4s Od Veal 4s Od to 5s 4d
Mutton ..... 3s 8d to 4s 6d Pori; 4s Od to fis Od

Lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od.

SNIITLIFIELD HAY

MARKET, April 30

Clover,O. 100 s Od to 1125.6 d Hay, Old 95s od to 100 s Od•
1
—1nf..... sos od to 97s 6d —New Inf. 655 Od to yos od
—New —s od to —sod Straw .... 40s Od to 50s Od
ST. JANIES'S.
Flay 65s Od to 100 s od 1 Clover ....80s0d to 1009 od
New Ditto -s od to —s od . 'it! aw... : ...36s Od to 52s 6d

W HIT APEL.
Ciorer ....80s Od to 115 s Od I Hay 6Bs Od to 96s Od
Straw ....40s Od to 50s Od I Inferior —s Od to —s Otl

PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., May 2.
Kent Pockets
Sussex Pockets
Essex Pockets
Farnham, tine 91 Os to I ii Os—Seconds, 81 Os to 91 Oa
Kent Bags
Sussex Bags loos. to- I I ns. to 115 s. per cwt.
Essex Bags loss. to 1 Iss. to 120 s. per cwt.
Old Duty for this year laid at 125,0001.

RAW I

11DES.