The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-16 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

Bombay papers to July 24, have been received by the
Majestic. An interview had taken place (July 22), with
Lord Auckland, fur the purpose of urging some legislative
measure to prevent the invalidating of titles by the applica-
tion of the British Alien Act to that country, under the in-
terpretation put upon it in the late judgment in the Mar-
tine case. His Lordship said, that he should immediately
direct the attention of the Court of Directors and of the
Board of Control to the subject, accompanying it with the
recommendation that there should be some Parliamontary
declaratory law with regard to the Royal prerogative, to
protect the titles of all property in that country that may
have been purchased or alienated up to some specified fu-
ture date, and also to fix a definite rule for the future. As
the matter involved a question of Royal prerogative, his
Lordship told the deputation (Mr. Cockerell and Mr.
Colvin) that the Council of India was not competent to up-
ly a remedy.
A deputation previously waited upon the Governor-Ge-
neral, consisting of seven members of the Chamber of
Commerce, respecting the introduction of a bonding sys-
tem. Ilis Lordship stated that the proposition had been
favourably received, and that Government was disposed to
admit certain goods to be bonded on import, such as me-
tals, tea, coffee, hardware, glassware, &c. (excluding pe-
rishable goods), if adequate warehouses were provided.
This, it appears, immediately gave rise to the proposition
of a joint-stock scheme for the building of such warehouses
—but the hope is expressed in the journals that the realiza-
tion of the bonding system may not be deferred until the
building of warehouses by a Company. To show the im-
portance of the measure, among a variety of facts it is men-
tioned, that at Bombay there were imported last year from
China for re-shipment to Europe above 3,000 packages of
silk, and 8,000 packages of tea, besides other China
goods, Mocha coffee, gums, &c., from the Red Sea and Per-
sian Gulf.

The Chamber of Commerce of Calcutta had made two
representations to the Board of Customs—one against an
inconvenient innovation in the mode of clearing
import
manifests— provi-
sions other, soliciting that ship stores and prov-
sions may be allowed to pass free to the shipping. From
what had transpired, it was not anticipated that the conces-
sion of both those points would experience any opposition.
Government had resolved (July 27) to despatch the
Thigh Lindsay (which had just arrived after a four months'
voyage), on the 16th of September, to the Persian Gulf and
Bussorah with overland despatches. The object of this
proceeding, it is declared, was to act in concert with Colonel
Chesney, and to give a fair trial to the route by the
Euphrates. It is stated that the steamers under the Colo-
nel's command were ready to ply upon that river—that ar-
rangements had been made with the authoritioc pi.glo,rld
for the de§patph of Ply of OP Malta packets to ScuPde-
rocu--and that, to put Colonel Chesney 's plans fully to the
test, the co-operation of the Indian Cloven: mint only wls
required. fly the adoption of the several routes consti-
tuting the plan, ft was calculated that the passage would
be accomplished in 47 or 50 days. The exchange (July 23)
on the 6 per Cent, Remittable Loan was 1251, sellers ;
120, buyers.
Singapore papers to Juno 8 have arrived. The Free
Press (June 2) says, that according to intelligence from
Penang, the _Zephyr had proceeded to relieve two char-

tered vessels stationed at the southern entrance of Penang
harbour, as a kind of protection against the rumoured
" invasion" of the Perak Malays. The paper of May 26,
speaking on the subject of the Malay piracies, and the
efforts made to check them, observes—" We have before
remarked that the occasional visits of a ship of war to the
straits, however actively engaged, prove no effectual cheek
to acts of piracy. The commanders of these vessels, be
they ever so willing to exert themselves, arc all under
the order of a superior officer, residing at a distance
front the scene of their operations, whose order for their
;ittendance in sonic distant quarter, where a pirate is a
miracle, must be obeyed, no matter on what bene-
ficial duty or service it may find them employed. In-
structions to attend the Admiral'—in all probability to
he despatched on some trivial errand, or in search of
a treasure freight—service for an old woman—are to in-
terrupt and take precedence of every other call. We pre-
sume it was in obedience to saute such mandate, that a few
months ago Majesty's sloop of war Ross was summoned
away from Penang, leaving the Straits full of pirates, from
whose position herself and boats were compelled to retreat.
It is true that the Ilro/f arrived in time to supply her place,
but late events bad shown that pirates were sometimes for-
midable enough to require two vessels of war to be employed
against them ; and instead of having another vessel to sup-
ply her place, it is obvious the Rose ought to have remained
for the purposes of co-operation. The Wolf, which had
been for some weeks so actively employed, we have lately
seen called away to Madras for the sole purpose of laying
in a•store of provisions (which could have been so easily
supplied here), leaving the work on which she had been
engaged only half begun ; and there is not now a single ves-
sel out of all his .Majesty's naval force in the Indian seas,
in the spot only where they are really wanted, or where
they can be of any use, excepting to themselves."