The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-24 00:00:00

INDIA.

By advices from Calcutta, to the 28th No.
vember, we learn that the disturbances in the
kingdom of Oude, mentioned in prior accounts,
are ,confirmed ; and their causes may, in some
measure, be traced by the following official Pro.
clamation of the King of OUDE

PROCLAMATION.
." The 12th day of the .Mohhurrum, in the 1238th year of the
-Hegira.—From his Majesty the King of Oude.—Whereas
from the pernicious councils of Fuzl !flee, the Prince Mirza
Nusseerood Dien Hyder behaved in a manner that was calcu-
lated to excite the displeasured his Majesty ; the said Fuzl
Ulee and his whole family are banished from the territories of
the Oude ; and an order is given, that if any officers of the
army hold any communication, public or private, with the
Prince, or .derive any gain from his revenues whatsoever, on
the same being known he shall be dismissed from the service
of. his Majesty, and his property shall be confiscated, and him-
self severely punished."
ANOTHER PROCLAIATION (SAME DATE.)
As the aunt of Fuzl Ulee was employed among the Moghu-
lances in the female apartments of the Palace, through her in-
terest this man became a servant of the Diliponea, and by de-
grees he was promoted to the office of Durogha. But as he
was a man of obscure origin, lie could not bear his good•for..
tune with moderation, and deviating from the paths of duty,
he became altogether ungrateful. Besides embezzling laces of
rupees from the revenues of Dihuru, lie stirred up astonishing
mischiefs. Having given bad advice to the Prince by holding
out false hopes, and having told him improper stories that had
no foundation, he corrupted his principles, and made him de-
viate from the obedience due to his Royal Father, owing to
which his education hits been very much retarded. In short,
he laboured with most treacherous assiduity to produce mis-
chief in the Royal Family. At last he succeeded in persuading
the Prince to manifest contumacy towards his Royal Father,
and in exciting altercations among the different members of the
Family. Not contented with all this mischief, he wished to
carry' the Prince with all his Harem out of his Majesty's terri-
tories and stir up dixturbances. From the Prince's youth and
inexperience it was his misfortune not to foresee the danger of
these proceedings, and he
yielded to Fuzl Ulee's advice. To
crown the whole, this Fuzl Ulee began to levy troops, both ca-
vavalry and infantry, in the very capital of Lucknow, and it
will be easily conceived what mischief he might have done in
the provinces. Consequently the indignation of his Majesty
waxed hot and burned against him and lie was arrested, and
now as a just retribution for his evil deeds he has been banished
the country with his family. And notice is hereby given, that
whosoever shall be found guilty of such ingratitude and mis-
chievous conduct, will subject himself, like this wretched man,
to the wrath.of the King, and his house shall be confiscated
and himself doomed to perpetual imprisonment.

HA TR.POWPER.—IIair Powder was first in-
troduced by ,ballad-singers at the fair of St. Germaine, in
the year 1624 ; and it was long before it became adopted as
a fashionable ornament. In the beginning of the reign Of
George I. only two ladies of rank wore powder in their
hair, and they were laughed at for their singularity; and at
the Coronation of George 11. it is said there were only two
hair-dressers in London. How rapidly dressing the hair
and wearing powder must have increased, we find from the
calculations made by Mr. Pitt, in 1795, when he proposed the
hair powder tax ; it was then ascertained that there was in
Great Britain fifty thousand hair-dressers ; that the flour
they consumed annually in hair-powder was to the value
of 1,250,0001.; and that the number of persons wearing. it,
amounting to 200000; so that supposing a tax of one guinea
a head laid on, it ►
Would yield '2,10,000/. per annum. The
produce, however, fell far short of this sum, and has
con-
stantly decreased. In the first year df the tasz, 1795, it only
produced 107,086/. ; and in 1003, it had sunk to 44,9521.