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London, England, 1847-04-23 00:00:00

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OVER LAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From the Times.)
We" have received, by extraordinary express from
Marseilles, our dispatches in anticipation of the
I3ombay mails to the 15th of ,March, a brief sum-
mary of which appeared in our Wednesday's im•
preasion.
From the Punjaub we learn that details of the con-
spiracy against Tej Singh and others of the chiefs
were every day coming to light. 'The religious
enthusiasts of Lahore, called the Akbalees, are at
the bottom of the whole, and it will require the
utmost caution on the part of the Lahore Government
to prevent the assassinationof some of its leaders.
The mode in which all disititiafaction is shOwn in the
Punjaub is by mutilation and murder. We may ex-
' pect to hear of such atrocities within a short time.
The British officers are_on the alert-to prevent them,
but the enthusiasts are only waiting their oppor-
tunity.
The death of the notorious Akbar Khan, the son
and Wuzeer of Dost Mahotned, of Caubul, is an-
nounced, hut it requires to be coued. The cause
is said to be delirium tremens—a fit death for such a
character. There appear to be intrigues at work at
Candahar and Caubul. Persia is said to be the agent
of a great European Power in all these intrigues.
The British agent sent into Caubul some time
back, to recover the prisoners left behind after the
retreat from Caubul, has returned;
,he arrived at
Lahore with the rescued captives, among whom is a
European boy, whom Colonel Lawrence has under-
taken to protect.
In Sinde tranquillity prevails ; the hot weather
was beginning, yet there was no remarkable sickness.

Sir C. Napier had returned to Kurrachee ; he had
visited the plains of Meeanee and Dubba, as if, as
some maintained, in anticipation of his retirement
from Sinde. His enemies are not 'idle in their old
trade of misrepresenting all his actions.
The Governor-General was at Hurdwar on the
10th of February, and the Commander-in. Chief had
left Kalka on the 7th. Both those noblemen were
preparing to go to Simla, to pass the hot months at
that pleasant station.

The Nizam's dominions present the same picture
of a dilapidated treasury and a miserable people.
All sorts of outrages are perpetrated. The present
Government of these fine districts of the Deccan is
impotent for producing any good ; and some altera-
tion must speedily be effected to relieve the wretched
inhabitants.

The arrival at Calcutta of the 252 guns from
Lahore took place in the beginning of February,
and was the occasion of much rejoicing in that

capital.

In Bombay there was much discussion respecting
the decisions of the Judges of the Supreme Court
in the case of the demurrer against the proceed-
ings of the plaintiff in the celebrated opium ac-
tions. The Chief Justice gave judgment in favour
of the demurrer ; while the Puisne Judge, in a
clear and well-reasoned discourse, gave a contrary
opinion. Both these judgments have been pub-
lished, and will be found worthy the attention of
those who seek to understand the nature of Indian
time-bargains. An appeal, on behalf of the plain-
tiff, has been sent home against the decision of
the new Chief Justice of Bombay. The matter
is of great interest to tliat Presidency, for, if
the demurrer be 'established, 'it will be difficult
to make the native dealers adhere to any pro 7
spective contracts, or promises to take goods at a
future day,

1 4
til Her Majesty's rah Regiment left Bombay on the
h `of March on board Aha -barques John Bremer
and Ann.

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas M`Mah9n)
Bart.,
as Commander-in-Chief by
quitted Bombay on the 15th of March. lie was suc-
ceeded Majo- General
Morse, until the arrival of Sir Willoughby Cotton,
who was expected to arrive from England in the
beginning of April.

(From the Bombay Times.)
Another fortnight of almost newsless tranquillity
has passed over us, and the peace policy of the pre-
tent Governor-General, which leaves little to record
and nothing to criticise, continues to be the bane of
journalists.

The current of events in the Punjaub continues to
run on as smoothly as if it had flowed undisturbed in the
same channel for centuries. Festivities and gaieties
seem to have taken the place of intrigues and murder, and
no portents are now discoverable calculated to occasion
alarm. The troubles in the liazareh country have been
subdued, and Lieutenant Lumsden is loud in the praise
of his Seik h
The messenger sent into Affghanistan in quest of
the captives left behind in our retreat in 1842 has re-
turned with those he has been enabled to release. They
consist el, fly of the children of our Sepoys or servants
of the officers. He received every assi: tence in their
recovery that could have been desired from the Ameer
of Caubul. Akbar Khan is dead. From the time we
discovered the Sirdar to be our enemy, when we ex
petted him to have acted as the mediator betwixt the
beleagured garrison of Caubul arid the insurgent
Ghilzies, he has been the object of unremitting obloquy
and slander. Grievously as he has been misrepresented,
there seems to have been mach in his character adverse
to the peace of the state and the harmony of his father's
house. His removal relieves us of the awkwardness of
forfeiting our pledge by declining to recognise him on his
succession to the throne, or, by keeping it, admitting to
terms the destroyer of a British Envoy. Throughout
Affghanistan the usual course of turbulence and disorder
appears to prevail
The Governor-General continues in the north west
provinces. No credence is given here to the reports
of his removal to be found in the English papers. We
knovi how cordially his measures haveteien commended
both in Lcadenhall-street and Cannon-row, and we think
it unlikely that any Administration will dare to inter-
rupt a course of policy so auapiciously begun, so long as
Its author is willing to undertake its guidance.
Discontent continues throughout the Nizam's domi-
nions, and disturbances in the Gumsoor country. Sinde
is quiet and healthy. Sir C. Napier has returned to
Kurrachee and Hyderabad. A complimentary order to
General Hunter had been issued by him on the retire-
ment of the worthy veteran from the country. The 3d
Light Cavalry, supposed to have fallen under
been ertheGo Gover-
nor's displeasure in consequence of their having per-
mitted highly
• ikh guns, 252 in number, captured in the late
aomTphleha s theee ntßeodoigahotiredser to.
escape them, h
s
campaign, have reached Calcutta. The cost of their
conveyage from the Sutlej to the Hooghly is estimated
at 25,0001.
Sir Thomas INl'Mahon, Commander-in-Chief of the
Bombay army, leaves us by this day's steamer, amidst
the general good wishes of the community. Having
declined to accept of a gift on his departure, a bracelet,
and distressed
of the value of nearly 2,0001., has been bestowed on Lady
M'Mahon. General Morse succeeds succeeds him as
Commander of the Forces until the arrival of Sir W.
Cotton, who is expected hereabout the 10th proximo.
A
Scotchcot ri b u tiann and
Irish
already
has nearly
3,0001. been subscribed at the Presidency our princely
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mteoeotki ng
place fur thea w reliefeek sionfce the
is about proceeding to the
Mahabuleshwur Hills, returning to the Presidency prior
to the dispatch of the Ist of April mail.
The Dutch barque Marie has been wrecked at Madras,
a heavy ground swell having caused her to drag her
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GovernorKtnfighhitoo‘s pocket.
of Bombay
cable and drift ashore.
Sir E. Perry has decided that the late opium sale time
bargains at Bombay were legal—Sir D. tlollock being of
a contrary opinion. It is said that an appeal against
the judgment cf the Chief Justice is about to be trans-
mitted home.
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COMMERCIAL INTENCE.
BOMBA.YLLIGE , MARCH 15.
(From the Gentleman's Gazette.)
Cotton Piece Goods—The late accounts from Englatid
being less encouraging, and only two months remaining
of the season for disposing of goods, holders have be-
come free in offering their stocks, and at the same time
dealers Imo become cautious and do not iurcbase be.