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ne;g shown him on his return to his country, it seems
unlikely that his adherents %%ill again make any
attempt in his favour. So long, in,h-ed, as he eon-
tinues a prisoner, and his family remain at the c .urt
of his rival, it does not appear V 1 trat attempt could he
made to advance his interests, or where his friends
would find a leader.

(11,03 i OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
POONAH, Ara. 26,

General Sir Charles Napier has just repeated, but
in a more urgent manner, his former request for a
steamer to convey Lady Napier from India, coupling
that request, I believe, with a formal resignation of
the Government of Sinde, and no doubt, therefore,
the regular steamer, which leaves Bo•tihay in the
middle of next month (September) will be directed
to pass by Kurrachee, and General Napier will avail
himself of that occasion to proceed to England. I
have already stated as much on former occasions. It
is not yet, I believe, quite arranged in what manner
Sir Charles Napier will be replaced. The July mail
is said to have brought instructions from home to the
Governor-General, directing his Excellency to report
on the necessary measures and appointments for
Sinde. It appears pretty certain that the Lower
Indus will ultimately be merged in the Bombay pre-
sidency, and that its military, revenue, and judicial
departments will be administered under separate heads.
General Farquharson, formerly Colonel commanding
the brigade at Kurrachee, ill, it is- thought, be sent
from England for the military command. But other
measures will probably be adopted at the moment upon
General Napier's departure, since he seems deter-
mined upon proceeding at once to England. General
Napier intends, I believe, to quit India on the staff
leave of absence, to which he is entitled. Meer Khan
Mahomed, who commanded a division of the Beloo-
chee army at the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad,
will, it is said, accompany him to England.
Colonel Grant, head of the engineer dapartment of
this division of the army, has received orders from the
Governor-General to meet his Excellency at Aden,
on his way home, in January, with instructions to
report on the progress of the works ordered by his
Lordship to be completed. He will probably also
form an opinion on the nature of the differences which
have arisen between the Commandant of Aden and
the other officers at the station. The step in ques-
tion, from the character of the officer charged with
the duty, and Lord Hardinge's practical acquaintance
with Aden by inspection of the station on his way
out, must insure some decisive arrangements for the
benefit of Aden, as well in its military as its civil
organization, and which, from all accounts, is at pre-
sent much wanting. It will be the last act of Lord
Hardinge in person at the outposts of our Indian
empire, and a tit termination to the completeness and
the practical character of his Lordship's administra-
tion in India.

In some observations which I lately offered on the
subject of the overland route to India, I ventured to
suggest that great advantages would accrue to the
public service generally were the Honourable India
Company to establish a line of war packets from Suez
along the coasts of India, instead of leaving the means
of communication entirely in the hands of a trading
company, inasmuch as the employment of an efficient
class of war steamers such as the largest of those
belonging to the French Government in the Medi-
terranean would prove a means of strengthening and
organizing the only important branch of Indian ma-
rine. I was not then aware that 'opinions somewhat
similar were entertained by others. Some observa-
tions which I have since seen in the Friend of India,
although not in reference to such a project, bear on
the arguments in its favour, and on the statements I
have before made. The following is the paragraph;
at once succinct and pointed in its illustrations :
" The Bombay Times proposes that Government
should give up its steam flotilla and Indian navy, and
entrust the packet service to the Peninsular Com-
pany. This would probably produce a considerable
saving ; but we must think twice before we thus cut
off an important arm of the public service. As the
paramount power in Asia, we cannot maintain our
proper influence among those independent powers
whose dominions lie on the sea coast without an es-
tabli3hment of war steamers. We must posses fa-
cilities fur rapidly presenting ourselves on their coasts
and before their ports in such force as to command
respect and obedience. The most vulnerable points in
the countries to the eastward can fortunately be most
speedily approached and most effectually attacked
from the sea. Rangoon, in the kingdom of Burmah,
Bankok, the capital of Slain, Hue, the chief city of Co-
chin, and all the principal seats of commerce in the
Chinese empire, are thus within reach of our steamers,
and the appearance of three or four of them, fully
equipped would be sufficient to keep up that salutary
dread of our power which is the best security for
peace. The same may be said with regard to the
coasts of Arabia and Persia. Now that steam navi-
gation has been brought to such perfection, the Go-
vernment of India would be guilty of a dereliction of
duty if it were to neglect to provide a powerful and
efficient steam navy to meet any sudden emergency.
To cite one example—it is the knowledge that we are
possessed of war steamers which can reach the Bur-
mese dominions in about a week's time that keeps the
Burmese in check, and enables us to withdraw so
large a number of troops from Moulmein without risk.
Any war in which England might be involved with
a European Power would, of course, induce the home
authorities to send out a fleet of steamers and vessels
of war to protect the national interests in the East ;
but the Government of this country must have a
goodly number of steam-vessels at its command to be
prepared for any unforeseen contingency. 300,0001.
sterling, which is set down as the present cost of the
marine establishments, would hardly be too great a
sum for such an object, in such an empire as ours,
but for this amount we ought certainly to have a
larger and more efficient navy than we now possess."
The locality whence I write is a scene of festivities
—of balls, races, and private entertainments—in a
climate where at noon the thermometer indicates only
SO deg. The vast plateau round Poonah is clothed
in rich tints of grassy verdure everywhere it is in
terspe rsed with wooded foliage and a varied outline
of heights. Around are country houses as remarkable
for rural elegance as the " boxes " of the Isle of
Wight. Tandems, curricles, and phaetons—the most
approved as to particulars that Long-acre can supply
—with ladies equestrian, and horsemen, frequent the
drives. The ex-Ameers of Sinde attend the race-
course in a barouche, with a retinue of Sindian rag-
gamuffins elegantly mounted (they at least have, I
should think, good reason for not regretting any
recent changes). The worthy Governor and his otE•
cials are here, and the greatest portion of that class
who go under the name of "everybody." Nor is
there anything, in short, to mar the satisfaction of
the scene, except it be the reflection that there are
still too many of our brave countrymen soldiers on
the fevered plains below who might be detached to
the hills at an annual cost not greater than the sala- 1
ries of half a dozen fat officials. P.

MILITARY OBITUARY.
The following are the casualties by death in the
armies of India, reported since the departure of the
mail of the 19th of July Her Majesty's Troops—Mijor Charles Douglas,
61st Foot, at Umballa, on the 30th of July. Captain
W. J. Darling, 63d Foot, on board the Larkins, on
her voyage to Europe, on the 2d of June. Captain
Walter Kirby, 29th Foot, at Russowlee, on the 14th
of August.
Bombay—Lieutenant A. A. Nash, Eng;nefirs, in
England, on the 16th of June. Maj )r-General A.
Roberson, in England, on the 9th of June. Major
L. W. Hart, 22d Regiment, in England. Capt tin C.
F. Sorel!, 17th Regiment, in England, on the —.
Lieutenant James Miles, 29th Regiment, at the Pre-
sidency, on the 13th of August. Brevet Major J.
Parsons, 11 th Regiment, commanding the Marine
Battalion, at the Presidency, on the 19th of August.
Madras—Captain S. I. Corfield, 30th Regiment, at
„
°Q"or, on the 11th of July. Lieutenant Colonel
'tvell, 25th Regiment, at Jaulnah, on the
14th. of July. Lieutenant J. B. Mortimer, 34th
Regiment, on board the steamer Haddington, near
Point de Galle, on the 12thofJuly. Lieutenant E.
Cheetham, 48th Regiment at the presidency, on the
Veteran Battalion, i
sth of August. Major I y
n Harry hall Watts, 2d, Native
Eu
Captain J. M. M'Donald,r Istfw
'" the 4th of May.
the 7th of August. Cavalry, at Arcot, on
Bengal—Assistant Surgeon -W. m
.
Allahabad, on the 15th of July. Major'''-r°P' at
48th Regiment, in Afsam, on the 27thof tenant Colonel Pereira, Artillery, at Calouttl. Lieu-
9th of August. Major J. D. D. Bean, 23d '3'l4, the
ment, at Lucknow, on the Bth of August.
Indian Navy—Acting Second Master Tyler, Indus
Flotilla, at Kurrachee, on the 27th of July. Mr.
Pringle, Master of the steamer Assiria, near Sukkur,
on the 7th of August.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the Bombay Times of Aug. 31.)
MOMDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK, ArG. 30.
Since the departure of the overland mail of the 19th
ult., up to the 2.5 th of this month, the business trans-
acted in our import market was not to that extent
that the favourable accounts from the agricultural
districts encouraged us to look for, and that usually
takes place on the approach of the fine season. The
local dealers had been moving about and inquiring for
most of the staple articles of import from Europe, the
Which gave a semblance of briskness to the market,
but owing to the absence of orders from Sinde and
other subordinate marts, their offers, although in
most instances exhibiting an advance upon the prices
current last May,
prior to the setting in of the rains,
were, with few exceptions,
without spirit, while im-
porters were much firmer holders than they were at
the period mentioned. Since the celebration, how-
ever, of Cocoanut-day on the 25th of this month,
when the natives consider the boisterous weather to
have terminated, there has been an improved feeling