The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

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INDIA.
We have received from Marstilles dispettlirs in an-
ticipation of the mails which left Bombay on the Ist ult.
They bring interesting intelligence. The affsirs La-
hore Were going on slowly; the Governor-General, bay-
ing regulated the government of that country, and plated
Colonel Lawrence as resident, and Sir John Littler at
the head of the British troops, left that capital on the
of January, and proceeded to the protected Seikh
states, and was expected to reach Putteerdlah on the
let of February. Mr. J. Lawrence has been named
coonnissioner and superintendent of the Trans•Sutlej
Provinces, and Major F. Mackeson of the Cis-Sutlej dis-
tricts. It was not known if the Governor-General would
Proceed to Delhi or would return to Simla. The latter
was supposed the more probable.
n_The Lahore army has been ordered to be reduced, and
rtiandt's battalions were ordered to be disbanded.
loose of the old Seikh soldiers were unwilling to retire,
but the Durbar, of which Tej Singh is one of the most
influential members, being supported by the British
ttc°l; had enforced their dismissal. The Lahore Go-
vernment was resolved to limit its expenditure, yet its
arfficalties were considerable, in consequence of the pro-
p of the Government being held by persons un-
tiling to give up their jagheers," or life-rents; but
Government was about to resume some of those
:_lagheers." The state of the frontiers of Affghanistan
waS precarious, but the British agents were on the alert;
sad even the Nizam of Moultaa had repressed some in-
roads of the Beelooches.
The turbulent Akbar Khan had proceeded to attack
the chiefs of Candahar, who are his own relatives, and,
according to the statement published in a Bombay paper,
Of the 27th of January, on good authority, he has sue-
ce'ded, after some severe fighting, in capturing the
,efa, and in making himself master of Candahar. It
la said that the Persian Monarch was to be applied to
eo, behalf of the dispossessed chiefs, but nothing positive
111.&°a'll on the subject. The proceedings of this un-
-I.'"lciPled Vizier, whose name must be ever infamous
rom his being the promoter of the murder of Sir
•• ll`Naughten, are likely to cause some commotion
Central Asia.
From Sinde nothing remarkable was known. Some
regiments of the Bombay troops had left it on their
return to their own Presidency, as also a portion of her
m aitiestra 86th Regiment, and the whole of her Majesty's
17
Regiment. Sir C. Napier was to leave Kurrachee
the beginning of February, and to proceed to Hy-
crabs& The reports relative to his immediate re-
;ovalW had died away ; particularly as it was stated that
t . Gomm, the present Governor of the Mauritius,
Ass to be the new Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay
Presidency.
The Booghties were still as lawless as ever on the
frontiers. The Colonel and officers of the Bombay re-
giment of cavalry, who bad gone to reconnoitre the po-
sition of the Booghties aro now said to have been misled
, a mirage. It was rumoured at Bombay that a strict
examination was to take place into their conduct on that
occasion.
In the interior of India tranquillity prevailed. In
the once distracted provinces of Bundelkund order and
regularity were beginning to be permanently established.
In the Nizana's dominions there was considerable dissa-
tisfaction. The new Minister has a difficult task to
Please the conflicting factions.
The Raja of Nepaul has visited the sacred city of Be-
nue', and has been received with due honours by the
British officers.
In Guzerat the Guicower appears to neglect his duties
as a sovereign in order is make money as a banker.
Travelling through his country is unsafe ; the mails are
°ft-en robbed. This system cannot long be tolerated ;
and the Bombay Government, as the paramount sove-
reign, must soon look to the propriety of having a proper
Police established in Guzerat.
It is said, that, in consequence of the conquest of
Lahore, the Government of India feels itself strong
enough to diminish the native armies, viz., of Bengal by
25,000 men, and of Madras and Bombay by 5,000. This

reduction is to be effected by stopping all recruiting until
the native regiments are reduced from 1,000 to 800 men
each. •

The Government of India has ordered the completion
of the Ganges Canal, on which only 20.0001. a year used
to be bestowed. Henceforth, for four years, 250,0001.
will be expended, by which means it is expected that
within a few years 8,000,000 of acres will he rendered
productive. There is another canal parallel to the Indus,
which can be opened from the Satlej, and which will
ftrtilize other neglected districts. This canal was
Stopped by the Government of the Ameers, and can be
opened with great advantage and at a very small ex-
pense.
The new Governor of Bombay, Mr. G. R. Cleric, had
arrived there on the 23d of January, and assumed the
reins of government. Ms first acts appear to give
universal satisfaction. His chief attention must be di-
rected to the finances of that Presidency, which are very
much contracted by the strange system of taxation prac-
tised by the Hon. Company, which compels the growers
and exporters of the two staple products, viz. cotton and
Opium, to pay enormous rates; 55 if there had been no
reduction in the value in the China markets.
The disturbances amongst the Goomsoora in the
Rhoond are stated to be nearly put down. They were
Caused by some wild fanatics, who imagined themselves
called upon to assert their rights to uphold human sa-
crifices as a mode of gaining the favour of the Deity.
There are no later advices from China than those we
Published on the 24th ult.

(From the Overland Bombay Times, Feb. 1.)
SlantAsy.—The season of peace is our vacation time,
sad we have again a page nearly barren in events of interest
to our readers. The reductions of the Sinde army are in
Progress. Her Majesty's 17th and the greater part of the
86th have arrived in Bombay. Fourteen thousand men will
still be left behind to guard Young Egypt, which, while
these
are requisite, will continue to draw above a million
.nanc, a quarter from India to meet her deficiencies. The
faujaub is quiet and newsless. Six regiments have already
'eft Lahore • in a week hence the reliefs will have been com-
pleted. The Governor-General gave a dinner to the officers
on the 7th of January, and in proposing the health of Sir
4. Littler, complimented the newly-appointed commander of
the forces beyond the Sutlej in terms which show how
Wretchedly his past services have been rewarded. His Lord-
Ship quitted the Seikh capital for India on the 11th. It is
nuderstood to have been determined that the native army
!hall immediately be reduced by 25,000 men-15,000 from
Bengal, and 10,000 from the minor presidencies. This will
effect a saving of between a quarter and half a million ster-
ling. The ofhcers, European and native, are to remain as at
resent. This saving, added to the returns of the Jullundur
lecian, 'and the contribution f 220,0001. from the Lahore
Surber, will improve our income by above a million sterling.
The Ganges Canal, on which 20,0001. annually has hitherto
been grudgingly- bestowed, is now to be proceeded with
at the rate of 250,0001. a year; it will be completed
by 1851. It will irrigate 8,000,000 of acres now compara-
tively barren, and save 2,000,000 of people from the periodi-
cal visitations of famine. Another canal, leading from the
Sutlej, 90 miles into the Bhuttee country, is being surveyed.
The two, when completed, will improve our revenues by not
leas, probably, than 10,000/. to 15,0001. a year—one-tenth of
what is taken from us to maintain our dishonour in Sinde.
Sir Frederick Currie, who, together with Colonel Lawrence,
has so wisely and honestly counselled and assisted the Go-
vernor-General in these glorious arrangements, has been
made a baronet. No man better deserves it. We trust his
coadjutor, the Resident at Lahore, will speedily have a similar
honour conferred on him. Mr. Clerk, the new governor at Bom-
bay, arrived from Calcutta on the 23d of January, and hurtle •
diately assumed the reins of authority. The expectations of
an auspicious rule under him are sanguine and high. His
predecessor, Mr. Reid, now senior member of the Council,
has gained golden opinions of all sorts of people. Sir T.
M'Mahon continues Commander. in-Chief by request of the
Horse Guards. His Excellency has of late suffered severely
from sickness; and, however much his friends may regret to
part with him, they are getting anxious about his safe return
home. The Marquis of Tweeddale has returned to Madras.
Mr. Orlebar, professor of astronomy, returns by this day's
steamer to Europe. Mr. Pole, professor of engineering—
both in the Elphinstone College—has resigned. Inuisposition
is in each case the reason of retirement. Mr. Meldrurn and
Mr. M'Dougall have lately arrived as teachers : no definite
place has yet been assigned to them. The charge of the
observatory has been devolved on the draftsman of the Indian
navy. A heavy shower of rain fell on the 26th ult., and the
Weather, which before this was unusually hot for the season,
has all at once become intensely cold, the thermometer sink-
ing so low as 53 degrees overnight—a very uncomfortable
state of matters to all parties.

THE PUNJAUB.
Nothing worthy of special notice has reached us for nearly
four weeks from the Punjaub—the treaty published in our
issue of the Ist of January being the latest we have received
im reference to matters past. Some information of im-
portance, which may, we believe, be fully relied on, has
reached us in reference to the prospective purposes of the
• Governor-General. The most notable of these is the almost
immediate reduction of the army by no less than 25,000
men. The strength of each native regiment is to be dimi-
nished from 1,000 to 800 privates; the European and native
officers remaining as at resent; recruiting to be suspended
till the
proposed reduction is accomplished by death or re-
tirement. This will take from the army of Bengal 1F:,000,
and from those of Madras and Bombay about 10,000. The
saving to the revenue effected by this will amount to betwixt
300.000/. and 400,0001. a year. Previous to 1833 the Indian
army amouoted to about 180,000, the cost of which fell little
under 10,000,000/. sterling ; betwixt this and 1841 Lord
Auckland increased it by 50,826. It was thus main-
twined until after the Caubul disaster, when in January,
1842, a further increase of ten men to each company,
amounting in all to from 10,000 to 15,000 men, was
!made, It was to this extent reduced by Lord
borough in 1843; and in like manner once more increased
by him, in consequence of the exigencies in Snide,
lo 1844. The reason should be remembered—it wa,, set
forth in the general order; yet, in the face of this, it has
been denied that any addition was requisite for the mainte-
nance of Young Egypt ! At this moment we have tome
60,000 more men on the muster• roll than before the Aikliati
warbegan. In 1838, and for some years previous, the re-
✓enues of India exceeded the expenditure by above
IPOOO,OOOI. sterling annually ; since 1841, the balance of