The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWCASTLE ON TYNE RACES.—WEDNESDAY•
The Graud Stand Plato of 15 sibvs. a ach, 5 It, with 50
added, the second to save kis stake. Half a mile.

(11 Subs.)
Mr. Shepherd's Post-t( mpore, 3 yrs. Bst 12Ib (Holnies) 1
Mr B. Gr. en's o,baldesion, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b... ... 2
Mr. Binuif.'s Luxury, 2 yrs, 6st 9lb 3
The following also staxted but were not placed :
W. Cubl, 2 yrs, 6ht 91b—Mr. J. Scott's Mul-
grave 2 3 rs, itt 21b (including 41b extra) Mr.
Merry's Brennus, 2 yrs, fist 121b—Mr. J. Hudson nd
b cb3 Voltaire, ut of Tocherlass, 2 yrs—Mr..Podley
nd b c Shadwell, 2 yrs.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Post-tempore-2 to 1 agst Mul-
- to 1 agst Cubs—and 4 to 1 agst Hrefintlg.
Won by a length, o,balde,ton beating Luxury by half
a length only tor second place.
The Free Handicap, of 10 sous. eacb, h ft, and 50 added,
the second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a

mile. (11 Sub .)
Mr. Merry's Mi.s Ann, 3 yrs, Est 41b... (G. Oates) 1
six. H. &ebbing's Mahon, 4 yrs, 9st 2;13 (91b extra)
Mr. Wentworth's Licentio, 3 yrs, Est 121 b 3 2
The following also started but were not placed:—Mr.
Dunning's Railwt.y King, 5 yrs—Mr. R. Bell's Amosino,
5 yrs—Mr. B. Green's Cigarrette, 3 yrs—and Lord Zet*
land's Polonaise, 3 yrs.
Won by a head, Licentio only beaten a neck.
The Hotspur Stakes, of 25 soya. each, pp, with 100
added; for 3-3 r-old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies; Bst 21b,
the second to receive 50 sots. Once round. (15 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's Elthiron ... (Marlow) 1
Mr. B. Green's Pelham
Mr. Dawson no Robert de Brus ... 3

Mr. Dawson na br c by at. Martin, out of Madeline 4

Won easy by two lengths.
The Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, b ft, the
second to receive 10 per cent. and the third 5 per cent
out of the stakes; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b.
Three quarters of a mile. (27 Subs.)
Mr. Wentworth's Ithania (J. Marson) 1
Mr. J. Scott's Shad well
Mr.Johnstone's br cby St. Martin, out of Rebecca... 3
Mr. Bowes's Rybinske... ••• ... fell
Won by a length.
The Corporation Plate of 60 guineas, added to a sweep.
stakes of 5 sus. etch; for three-yrs old, 7st; four
yrs, Sat 3;b; five yrs, B.t 101 b; wares and geldings
allowed 3 b. &c. The second to receive 20 soya. Heats,
from the Newcastle Turn in. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 3 yrs... ... 0 2 1 1
Mr. Bowes's the Flapper, 3 yrs ... 0 1 2 2
Mr. Pedley na The Probe, 3 yrs ... 1 3 4 3
Mr. Ryan na Tom Tit, 5 yrs ~. 2 0 3 dr
Mr. C. Monck's Gulliver, 3 yrs ... ... 44 dr
Mr. R. Bell's sister to Amosino, 4 yrs ... 3 odr
Mr. Anson'6 the Sikh, 6 yrs ... odr
The first heat was won by a length, and the others by
a head each.

OVERLAND MAILI

INDIA AND CHINA.

• (From the Chronicle.)
We have received by extraordinary express our
private letters and dispatches, in anticipation of the
Overland Mail, from Bombay to the 21st May, and
Calcutta to the 11th.

BOMBAY, MAY 21.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT )
But a brief period has elapsed since the departure
of the last mail, and the interval has been pretty
nearly newsless. Sir Charles Napier reached Cal-
cutta on the 6th inst. (Sunday), and, linding about
three in the afternoon, when nobody seems to have
expected him, proceeded at once to Government
House. A correspondent of one of our Bombay
papers thus describes his advent :
" As befitted the brother of the Evil One, Sir Charles
came amongst us heralded by a squall and a ehirl eind;
and the thunder from the saluting battery was answered
by the growling of that above. I was passing Govern-
ment House on his approach, and turned into the en-
closure to see him alight. There I found reys ,lf one of
four Sahibs in plain clothes, and a lot or the Staff, who
had assembled to receive the compering hero.' On
descending from the barouche in which he was brought
from the ghat, he turned to speak to the native officer
in command of the Sepoy Guard, which alone was
drawn up to receive him; and I dare say the venerable
Jack' will feel himself a few inches taller for the in-
terview. After this, the old gentleman, whom I had
no difficulty in recognising after seeing his portrait,
trotted up the big steps, and so disappeared from the
sight of his admirers. He, with his suite, was dressed
in the blue frock coat, and he wore his plumed cocked
hat."
Next day, Monday the 7th, Sir Charles was sworn
in, and assumed the reins of command as head of the
Indian army, and took his seat as Extraordinary
Member of the Council of lie then issued a
general order, announcing the commencement of his
duties, and giving sundry directions of an official
nature in his new capacity. The following paragraphs
of the order will be of interest to your readers :
" General Sir Charles James Napier, in thus assuming
the command, in consequence of the Right Hon. Lord
Gough's period of service having ended cannot do so
without directing that the honours hitherto paid to this
distinguished nobleman be continued to him by those
armies at whose head he has gained so many victories.
" To the Queen's and Company's armies Sir Charles
James Napier has only to express the pride be feels at
once more serving. with them, and the pleasure with
which ho heard, on reaching the East, that at Goojerat
they had added a fresh vicTory to their annals, and a
new conquest to our empire."
The new Commander-in Chief has, by this time,
proceeded to join the army in the North. The fol-
lowing appointments have been made on his Excel-
lency's personal staff :
" Major J. P. Kennedy, H. M. 25th foot, to be Mili-
tary Secretary.
" Major W. C. E. Napier, IL M. 25th foot, to be Aide-
de- Camp.
" Major W. 31. G. McMurdo, H. 31. 78th foot, to bo
Aide-de•Camp.
" Lieutenant E. D. Byng, Ist European Bengal Fusie
hers, to be Aide-de-Camp.
" Lieutenant Sir E. Fitz G. Campbell, Bert., H. M.
60th Rifles, to be Aide•de-Camp.
" Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. C. Napier, Cape Mounted
Rifles, to be Extra Aide-de-Cseop.
" Captain H. W. Banbury, 11. M. 33d Foot, to be
Extra Aids-de Comp.
"Captain F. P. Harding, H.M. 22d Foot, to be Persian
Interpreter.
" As,istant-Surgeon A. Gibbon, of the Bengal Medical
Service, to be Surgeon."
The fugitive Ranee, mother of the ex Maharaja of
Lahore, is, it is said, to be sent back to uhunar, under
charge of an escort of Irregular Cavalry. The British
resident at the Court of Nepaul must have demanded
her surrender, and the Raja must have felt con-
strained to comply with the requisition. But it
would have been much better for all parties
had the Indian Government washed its hands of her,
and allowed her to proceed whitheraoever she listed.
The allowance of her Highness's former paramour—
the ex-Minister, Lall Singh—is stated to have been
" stopped till further orders ;" an intimation which
seems to imply that the burly Lothario may have had
something to do with the Ranee's escape from
Chunar.
In the early part of the present month the trial of
Dewan Moolraj was going on at Lahore., before a
court consisting of Mr. Mansell, as president, and
Brigadier Godby and Mr. Montgomery as members.
The court was, very properly, an open one. Mr.
Bowring was conducting the prosecution. There
were very many witnesses to examine—some cc-
counts say three hundred—so that the result of the
trial can hardly be expected to become known for a
considerable time. The report of the escape of Shere
Singh has been contradicted. He and his father,
Chuttur Singh, are said to be both residing quietly
in the village of Attaree. The Governor General
has ordered that the ladies of officers who have pro-
ceeded on in advance return forthwith to Lahore and
Umritsir. The cause assigned for this mandate is
the scantiness of good house accommodation : the
real one is believed to he the fear entertained by his
Lordship lest any of our countrymen should again
fall into the hands of an enemy--the country being
as yet far from settled, though externally tranquil.
By the last accounts, crime continued to increase in
and near Umritsir. No news of interest has been
received from Peshawur. The following order has
been published relative to the troops here :
" Head Quarters, Simla, April 30, 1849.
"With the sanction of the Right Hon. the Gov( rnor-
General, his Excellency the Right Hon. the Commander•
in-Chief is pleased to direct that the whole of the troops
at Peshawur, shall be considered as one force, and re
gardcd precisely the same as troops of different arms,
serving together in any district in the provinces.
" The rank of Brig idier-General conferred on Colonel
the Hon. H. Dundas, C 8., of liar Majesty's 60th Rifles,
in General Orders of the 27th January last, is resumed,
and he will, until farther orders, commend the district of
Peshawur (a dependency of the Punisub Division) as a
Brigadier of the first class, with a Major of Brigadier as
his staff officer, retaining, however, for the present, the
Superintending Surgeon, the Corcinissary of Ordnance,
the Deputy Judge Advocate-General, and the whole of
tb© Engineer and Commissariat forces belonging to the
Bombay Presidency, who are now serving with the Pes-
hawur Force.
" All other Staff Officers of the Bombay Column are
permitted to return to their respective duties at their
own Presidency.
" The whole of the Artillery of both Presidencies re•
maining at Peshawur, is to he formed into an Artillery
division, under the command of the senior officer of that
branch, with an Adjutant for the Staff duties of that
division. " By order, &a.
(Signed) "PAT. GRANT, Lieut.-Col., A.G."
A correspondent of the Delhi Gazette states that
Captain Ross is to he the Commissioner at Leiah ;
that Mr. Edgeworth is to be at Moultan ; Mr. E.
Thornton at Jhelum, or thereabouts; Mr. Montgo-
mery at Lahore and Umritsir; Mr. D. M•Leod at
Jullemdar. The editor adds that Captain Ross is to
have Mr. Henderson, C.S., Lieutenant Reynell Tay-
lor, of the Cavalry; Lieutenant Young, of the Engi•
neers ; and Colonel Cutland under him in the Leiah
• =mission.
You will be glad to learn that Appa Sahib, the
pretender to the Nagpore Raj, has at length fallen
into the hands of the Nizam's troops. The Bombay
Times says :
" Authentic intelligence reached Hingolee on the 11th
instant, that the bead-quarters of that division of thi.
Nizam's army, under Brigadier Hampton, cameo p with
and captured the impostor calling himself AppSahib.
on the 6th instant, alter a severe engagement with his
followers, amounting to upwards of 300 Rohillas. The
loss on the part of the Nizetn's troops amounted to
four European officers, and seven or eight troopers of
the 2d cavalry wounded, whilst that of the enemy is
stated to have been upwards of 200 killed and
wounded, the pretender being amongst the latter, hav-
ing received two sword cuts on the head and one on the
right leg. The force had marched between forty and
fifty miles on the night previous to the engagement, the
brunt of which fell on the cavalry, who nobly sustained
the honour of the service to which they belong. An
eye-witness states that their charge was a most brilliant
affair, in which several of the European officers of the
force joined.
d The ank companies of the 2d (Russell's)
Nizam infantry id good service in thick brushwood
growing in the vicinity of the battle field, whereby many
Rohillas were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. The
Hingolee force was on its return to cantonments, having
the soi-disunt Raja of Nagpore and several of his fol-
lowers as close prisoners in its train. The names of the
European officers wounded in this galland and well-ma-
naged affair are, Brigadier Ilanipton,dangerously; Ma jor
Lysaght, ditto; Captain Commandant Ya'es, severely;
and Capt. Orr, slightly. It was at first supposed that the
two former would each have been obliged to have un-
dergone amputation of the wounded leg, but at latest
dates they had much improved, and it was hoped the
limbs might be saved. Lieutenant Robinson, of the 7th
Bombay NJ., who was on leave at Hingolee when the
f )ree too' the field, accompanied it as an amateur, and,
with Drrl'Egan, is mentioned as having behaved most
gallantly in the fight, the,e two gentlemen having joined
in the charge of
The the chorseavalryof , andthe cut
l aster waswn a slumsevereber
ly
oi
the enemy.
wounded. The whole affair was most brilliant, and re-
flects the highest credit on Brigadier Hampton and the
officers and native troops under his command; and they
no noubt will, as they deserve, receive the special thanks
of Government for having secured one who has for a
long time past been the fruitful source of mischief and
crime."

COMMERCIAL IN FEL LIGENCE.
REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS,
FROM MAY 12 TO MAY 19, INCLUSIVE.
SATURDAY.—The interval which has elapsed since the
departure of a e last mail been so short, and there
has been so few Importations of staple articles, that any
great amount of business coull not bs looked for. Our
season, heiides, is now fast aparoaching to a close. To
Kurrachee and Pt rsia the dispa ch of goods has already
ceased, but to Uarilar 141 ad ci9:Zerat the trade ktill ecu-

tinues pretty active. Money continues abundant. Go-
verninent Securities ere fully as firm as at the departure
of last u-rail. In Bank Shares no alieratien has taken
piece, if we except Agra's, which have risen still higher,
say 2 per cent. since lavt advices, 1 per cent. premium
having beers given for a few.
Cotton I'icce Goods —There has not been a single ar-
rival of these ta,i-ei.es since our last, and the mark. t is
again bare of both Grey and 81, ached, which continue
in demand, the M4rwarry and Goozerat traders being
still in the market. Grey Shirtings fully maintain their
former rates, except those above 64 reed, which have
slightly declined. Grey madapollams are scarce, and if
on the spot would realize advanced prigs. Grey jacco-
nets are also scarce, and command full prices. Coarse
make madepoliams are now less inquired for, and prices
have sliehtly declined; as also grey longeloths. Grey
domestics are dull of sale. Bleached shirtings and jac-
conets have slightly declined from their late extreme
prices. Satin spots are in ready demand. Dyed Goods
—Turkey red plain cloth scarce and much wanted.
Twilled rather dull; as also prints, except those of first
quality.
Cotton Yarn—The market is somewhat dull, owing to
the rather large importations which have taken place of late,
awl the Lear approach of the close of the season, which
has induced dealers to operate merely to the extent of
their immediate wants. Many of the holders have shown
much firmness, consequently business has been done to
a moderate extent only. Water Twist, Nos. 20 and 30,
have slightly declined. Dyed Yarn—Orange continues
in demand, whilst Turkey R d is dull of sale.
Cochineal—The demand continued steady up to within
the last few days. and sales to the extent of 7,5001bs
were effected at Rs. 2',1 per lb. ; but since then less in-
quiry has existed.
Woollens—Under this head we have only to report the
following sales:-96 pieces, 24 yards each, scarlet, at Rs.
14, and the same quantity at Rs 2 5-16th per yard.
Marine Stores—Canvas is less inquired for, as is also
cerdage. Paints continue dull, and prices have declined.
100 cwt. of White, and 20 of Green, have been sold at
Its. 104 per cwt. 300 gallons spirits of turpentine, im-
ported by the American ship Great Britain, have been
bold at Re. 2 3-16 per gallon. This article, as well as
oil of linseed, continues steady.
Beer, of all brands, is dull of sale, and is unmoveable
at our quotations except in small quantities.
Spirits-70 dozens brandy, at Rs. 8 per dozen, and 20
hogsheads sherry wine, at Rs. 200 per hhd., have been
disposed of since our last.
Paper-1,500 reams French foolscap, at Re. 31, and
300 reams post, at Rs. 31- per ream, have been sold.

EXPORTS.
COTTON WOOL.—The market has continued active,
and prices have further advanced. The present rates
are for new Compta Rs. 77, old Dhollera Rs. 82 to 83,
and Surat 80 to 82. The quality of the cotton now in
the market is much inferior to what was shipped in the
early part of the season, and the dealers appear very re-
luctant to sell even at the above rates, owing to the
change in the weather; and a large quantity has already
been warehoused.
FREIGHTS.—The arrival of vessels from all parts al-
most dad), la,s naturally caused the rates of freight to
England to decline still further, and the quotations now
are, to Liverpool 31. to 31.25. 6d., and to London 2/. 17s. 6d
to 31. There is no doubt that they will go still lower. To
the Clyde engagements havebeen made in a vessel nearly
loaded at 31. ss. To China as high as Rs. 122 was paid
last week, and Rq. 12 is now offered in vessels ready to
receive cargo, vs hick may be considered as the rate of
the day ; but this figure can scarcely be maintained in
the lace of such abundance of tonnage as is now pto•
curable.

EXCHANGES.
A further improvement may be advised by this op-
portunity, the Banks having offered to draw at ls. 10id.
The demand, however, has been so limited during the
past week, that first-class local bills have been sold at
Is. 100., and some document bills have even been dis-
posed of at Is. I Id. Buyers look for this latter rate for
first-class credits on the arrival of the China steamer,
due in a clay or two. Six months' sight China tills have
been neglected at Is. 10-} 1. There has been no varia-
tion in exchange on C,lcuun.