The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-30 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA.

We have received intelligence, by the Overland
Mail, from India. The dates are—Bombay, July
25 ; Calcutta, July 14.
The following is the summary of the Bombay
Times :

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this arrives, we shall follow our usual custom of in-
cluding, in our monsoon summaries, the events that
have occurred since the preceding dispatch a month
ago. The 'mace, even thus stretched out, scarcely
supplies public events enough to provide matter for a
summary. Moolraj having been found guilty of the
murder of Messrs. Anderson and Agnew, and of
complicity before and after the fact, was sentenced to
death, but recommended to mercy as the victim of
circumstatves. The punishment has been commuted to
imprisonment for life in Chunar fort. The advocates
both for the prosecution and defence are remarkable
for the eminent ability they display, especially the
latter, which is most eloquent. The rumours of
misunderstandings with Ghoolab Singh, and of an
advance into Cashmeer prove groundless; so also
have the assertions that the Seikhs were unwilling to
join our service—they are entering rapidly. It ap-
pears from the Parliamentary papers that Lord
Hardinge had estimated the drain the conquest of
the Punjaub would occasion on our finances beyond
the returns it would yield, at half a million a year :
our frontier was believed by former Commanders-
in-Chief, Sir H. Fane, in particular, very greatly de-
teriorated. The state of the affairs of the Benares
bank has now been fully disclosed ; the assets, it is
said, will be sufficient to meet the claims of creditors,
but the shareholders will lose everything, their whole
capital is gone; the directors were the chief
borrowers. One of these, Colonel Pew, of the
Bengal army—a man who might at one time
have retired from the service on 10,0001.
a year—has just filed his schedule in the Court of
Bankruptcy, his debts amounting to 260,0001. in-
curred entirely by speculation. The scandals trans-
actions such as these occasion are thrown into the
shade by instances of monstrous gambling in the
army, under the most discreditable circumstances,
that have come to light—the two showing how
greatly a strong and firm hand is wanted to weed out
offenders, or keep within bounds indulgences which
tend so grievously to lead astray. The Governor-
General and late and present Commanders-in-Chief
are solacing themselves during the hot season in their
cool retreat at Simla, far up among the hills. On the
22d and 23d of June a severe gale visited the upper
part of the Bay of Bengal, and was felt all over India,
the barometer sinking at Bombay and Madras nearly
as low as at Calcutta. Three vessels were disabled or
lost ; the Cabrass grounded and went to pieces—the
Victoria was wrecked, a number of lives having
on both occasions been lost. The influence of
the storm was felt all over India; the barometer at
Madras, Hoshungabad, Bombay, and Kurrachee, and
we presume at Aden, falling simultaneously with that
at Calcutta. The Bishop of Calcutta had been suffer-
ing severely from sickness. At Bombay the rains are
advancing favourably, well up to 50 inches having
fallen since the 3d of June.. Much astonishment
has been created by the refusal of the Board of Con-
trol to allow Captain Ross, late master-attendant, the
highest pension of his rank. He has for fifty years
been almost continually employed in the scientific
department of the service ; he bears a name as an
hydrographer second only to that of Horsburgh; and
his charts and surveys have been the means of saving
numberless lives and uncounted fortunes. Instead
of remaining master-attendant on the full emolu-
ments of his office while the duties were discharged
by a deputy, ho retired as he found the infirmities
of years advancing, and has been requited with a
salary less than that of the youngest boy civilian.
Sir W. Gomm is still at Calcutta; the accounts given
of the nature of his appointment are conflicting.
According to one of these he was directed to proceed
to India as Lieutenant General on the staff, with the
view of taking command in the Punjaub, and getting
rid of Lord Gough. This mode of superseding the
late Commander in-Chief would have been one of the
most direct and unpleasant that could have been
imagined. According to another account, he landed
with the commission of Commander-in-Chief from the
Queen in his pocket, and was assured that he would find
that of the Court of Directors awaiting him; in place of
this, he found Sir C. Napier in his room. However
the matter may chance to stand, it is clear that the
amount of prevarication which has occurred on the
subject in Parliament is enormous. Hopes are enter-
tained that a company's officer—Sir George Pollock
or Sir Walter Gilbert—may obtain the command at
Bombay. Sir W. Gomm and Sir Joseph Thackwell
are spoken of. The Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of Bombay are in Deccan. Sir Henry Pottin-
ger is at Madras, Sir George Berkeley at Bangalore.
The Saugor and Nerbudda territories have been made
over to the charge of the Madras army, though the
matter has not as yet been definitively arranged."

COMMERCIAL IN rELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA, JULY 14.-The Bombay express of the
second English mail of May reached town during the
night of Saturday last, the 7th inst., putting us in pos-
session of London dates up to the 24th of that month.
Expectation was on tiptoe, and various speculations were
hazarded as to the probable character of the advices ex-
pected, and, while only a few indulged the hope of fa-
vourable news and accounts of an improving market, by
far the majority, looking with apprehension to the
threatening aspect of the political horizon of continental
Europe, could not wholly divest themselves of fears as
to the detrimental influence the disturbed state of politics
was calculated to exercise on the home trade. The an-
ticipations of the former have been realised, and the mail
brings us news of improving markets; but at the same
time, the advices contain little calculated to dissipate the
fears of the latter as to the uhimate result of the storm
that is devastating Europe. To do, however, with things
as they are, it is gratifying to think that England has
as yet continued clear of the vortex of the storm; peace
and quiet reigned, money and credit continued easy,
and the improvement in the produce market was pro-
gressive.
The indigo sales bad closed with a satisfactory result,
showing an advance of 2d. to 3d. per lb. Of 5,465 chests sold,
about 4,465 were taken for export, and the remainder
for home consumption. Sugars had improved both in
demand and value, latter sales having been effected-
grainy white Cossipore, 47i5.; fine grainy white, 475. to
48is ; mid. and good, 445. to 46s ; damp and washed,
445. to 455.; tine white I3enares, 4215.; mid. and good,
40s. to 425.; low, 39i5.; good soft brown, 30s. to 345.
per cwt. Rice was dull, but value continued unaltt red.
Saltpetre was also very dull, and scarcely any business
was doing in the article. Fine grey, 2ilbs. refr., was at
29.3.; good, 31bs. to 3ilbs., at 285.; unrefracted, 288.
Linseed was selling at 38s. to 41s. In E. I. Rum little
was doing, ls. 3d. were the quotations. The jute
mai ket vk as firmer, but no advance was looked for in
prices, in consequence of large imports. Considerable
arrivals of hemp were also expected. Jute was quoted,
good ord. to mid., 131. to 14/. 155.; good, 15/. 105. Ma-
nilla hemp was in improved demand, and prices had ad-
vanced 20s. per ton. Auction sales of mid. were 34L;
ord., 291 ss. to 29/. 10s.
The week has been an active one in the export divi-
sion of our business, having received an accession of life
and spirit by remitters having more generally sought the
medium of pi oduce for their remittances home. In in-
digo a little business has been done at extreme former
rates, confined to natives; these sales clear the market.
Sugars, alter being in brisk and active demand for some
time, have, within the past day or two, somewhat
slackened in demand as well as value. Saltpetre retains
its position, and the tone of the market shows consider-
I able firmness. In rice we have had a moderate scale of
operations, and as freights have a disposition to advance,
transactions in table will doubtless fall away. Raw silk
has been moderately placed since the mail came to hand,
although there existed a good demand previously. In
Cossirnbazar corahs a pretty fair amount of sales is re
ported, at a decline, however, iu value. Salllower bas
continued to engage attention, and prices are without
_ace.
any material alteration: sales have freely taken place.
In jute we have no operations to record,
theThmearlka:tt
being bare of desirable
shipping qualities.
advices aro not favourable. In hides a good busi-
ness has been done, at rather 1(93 stiff rates.
Inquiry remains good.
Linseed has engaged better
attention both for the British and North American
markets, end prices show an advance, Mustard
seed
as likewise been in good requisition for the home
market,ed
at full prices. Shed lee has been placed to a
s
very fair extent generally, at last week's rates; and lee
dye might have been taken off to a larger extent but for
the scantiness of supplies. In ginger rather less busi-
ness has been doing, confined to the Americans. In
minor ertich sof produce we have reported :-Buffalo
horns, 250 rods , at Co.'s Rs. 4-10 to 4-12 per and.;
Madras goat skin, 3,700 pieces, at 28 per 100; slaugh-
tered green cow hides, 1,600 pieces, at Co.'s Rs. 28 per
corge; green and dry ditto, at 23 per corge; Patna blankets,
600 pieces, at 13.4 per corge; castor oil, 10 mds., at 13.8
per md.; Cuttack Cowrie shell, 200 mds., at 11-14 per
aid. In produce of China and the eastward we have
had about an average scale of business. Block tin
shows improvement, and has been freely placed. The
following are reported sales:-Pachuck, 300 mds. at
Co.'s Rs. 6 8 per b. md.; block tin, 330 mds. at Co.'s
Rs. 27.12 to 27-12-3; cloves, 23 bags, at 0.9-6 p. f. seer;
black pepper, 630 bags, at 7-12 p. 1. and.; gambier, 200
Inds., at 2-7-6 p. f. and.; cochineal, 30 Inds., at 6 5; ele-
phants' teeth, 3{ mde., at 170 to 180 p. br. Ind., and