The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-01 00:00:00

the rains of the middle of September; and the
mud buildings in and near Hyderabad have been laid
nearly as low as those of Moultan. The rains which
deluged Hyderabad seem to have fallen nearly a week
earlier than those which swelled the Taptee. The
burst of storm which occasioned the flooding of the
rivers of the Punjaub occurred when the weather was
open and fine over the greater part of India. The
September burst seems to have extended itself all over
the hills to the north, east, and south of us; to have
been experienced to a moderate extent at Madras, and
severely at Calcutta. Nothing new from the Pun-
jaub. Sir H. Lawrence had almost entirely recovered
from his late illness, and did not intend leaving Lah ire
for Jamoo, as was formerly reported to be his inten-
tion A fort named Shumkurghur, 18 miles from
Peshawur, which commands the approach from
Caubul, was to be reinforced, in order that we might
be prepared for any inroad of marauders during the
winter. The detach:nent formerly located there con-
sisted of one company of the 70th Native Infantry
and a detail of the 13th Irregular Cavalry. The re-
inforcement was to consist of two companies of the
19th Bombay Native Infantry and' a* rissalah of the
Sinde Horse. The three companies of the 70th Native
Infantry on duty at Attock were to be relieved by a
similar detail from one of the corps at Rawul Pindee.
Lieut. Stanford, of her Majesty's 24th Foot, died at
Wuz,2erabad on the sth of September. A con-
siderable amount of sickness still prevailed at Pesha-
wur, Attock, and Wyzeerabad, at which latter place
on the 13th of August, upwards of two dozen Euro-
peans were struck down with apoplexy. As expected,
a considerable amount of sickness had broken out at
Moultan on the subsidence of the waters, almost all
the Europeans being laid up with fever. Captain
Gell, Lieutenant of Police at Kurrachee, has been re-
-Inotred from- his employment and remanded to his
corps. The flood of the Indus had this season attained
an unusual height in Upper Sinde, and it was feared
that unless the water was quickly drained off sickness
would make its appearance. Sir Charles Napier and
the Governoor-General leave Simla about the end of
the present month' for the frontier, the former pro-
ceeding to Peshawur on a tour of inspection. Lord
Viscount Gough is reported to have declined an in-
vitation from the elite of Simla to an entertainment,
proposed by a deputation, " upon a principle and for
motives which he thought it unnecessary to enter
upon, and begged that the deputation would inform
the gentlemen who had now come forward upon the
eve of his departure how greatly he regretted being
unable to accept the honour they wished to do him."
Sir L. Peel, Chief Justice at Calcutta, is on his way
to Mussoorie. The last representative of the Holkars,
the old Mahjee, died at Indore, of cholera, on the 9th
of September ; and 'the Dewan of Kolapore, from the
same disease, on the 11th. During the past month
upwards of 700 persons have been cut off in
Bombay by this epidemic. The Judges of the Su-
preme Court of Bombay have decided that the mar-
riage of Major Maclean and Miss Pelly was a valid
one. Sir W. Cotton has been indisposed, but is now
convalescent. Brigadier Douglas, commanding in
Upper Sinde, has been seriously ill, and it is thought
likely he may have to return to Europe. The regu-
lation lately adopted in restricting the number of
brigades to two held by Queen's officers in the Bom-
bay Presidency comes immediately into operation.
At present Upper Sinde, Poonah, and Bombay are
brigade commands, held respectively by Colonels
Douglas, of her Majesty's 78th; Boileau, of her
Majesty's 22d ; and Derinzy, of her Majesty's 86th.
The latter officer, being the junior of the three, there-
fore retires. Should the sickness of Colonel Douglas
compel him to return to Europe, Colonel Derinzy
will probably remain with us till March. The order
for the disbandment of the Sinde Camel Corps has
been cancelled, and the regiment is to be turned over
to Bengal for service in the Punjaub. Dr. Patch,
late of the Bombay medical board, leaves for Eng-
land by the steamer of this evening, having re-
signed the service. Sir J. Jejeebhoy and family have
contributed 5001. to the fund for European pensioners
and their families. Lieutenants 0. J. Ashton and
H. F. H. Parker, her Majesty's 53d Foot, and W.
11. F. Partridge, 14th Madras Light Infantry, have
been cashiered the service by sentence of general
court-martial. Major Bogle, Commissioner of the
Tenasserim Provinces, was severely hurt by a blow
on the head vs ith a club, inflicted by a Burmese on
the 29th of August, at Moulmein ; the Gallant
Officer was not, however, considered to be in any
danger.