The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-09 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

MISCELLANEOUS INDIAN N6M's

THUGGILE IN CALCUTTA.—A communication has just
been tecei,ed by Government, from the Deputy Superin-
tendent fcr the suppression of Thuggee, requesting the
assistance of the Calcutta authorities for the apprehension
of about 20 men belonging to the Calcutta militia. These
men, it appears, have been away from their corps since
1834, applying fcr leave of absence at various times. And
from information received by the Thuggec department,
they are believed to be engaged in gaining a living by the
atrocities of the Thuggee system. They are supposed to
be practising their dark deeds in the vicinity of Calcutta,
and prices have been set for each of their apprehension.
The same communication throws forth hints, apparently on
tangible grounds, of the existence of a system of boat
Tnuggee carried on in Calcutta ! Several comparatively
respectable people are concerned, and the way in which it
is practised is by inveigling people into the Thuggee boats
which are always good boats, with convenient accommoda-
tions, and despatching them, in many cases, almost imme-
iliat,!, after Lhoving off from the shore, and in broad day.
leant.

NEW COINAGE IN INDIA.
FORT WILLIAM, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, NOV. 11, 1840.
Paocr.AmATtos.--The Governor-General in Council is
pleased to notify th;.:t, from and after the 11th day of No-
vemter, 1840, in respect to the mint of Calcutta, and from
r.nd after the Ist day of April, 1841, in respect to the
mints of Fort Saint George and Bombay, those parts of
Act No. 17 ef 1835, which were suspended by Act No.
31 of 1i37, directing that certain silver coins issued from
the mints within the territories of the East India COM-
Pan% shall bear on the obverse the head of the reigning
Sovereign cf the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, will be again in force ; and that the device of the sil-
ver coins which shall be coined from and after the said dates
recretivelr ill the mints of India, in conformity with Acts
17 of 1835 and 21 of 1838, will be as Act No. 17, of
1835, requires, viz.—
On the obverse the head of her Majesty Victoria, with
the words " Victoria Queen." On the reverse the deno-
mination of the coin in English and Persian in the centre,
encircled by a wreath, and around the margin the words
" East India Company, 1840." The coin will be milled
on the edge, with a serrated or upright milling like the
rupee ncws current bearing the head of his late Majesty
William IV. The weight, standard, fineness, and value
of the Company's rupees, as defined in the Act, are here
repeated. Weight-180 grains troy, or one tolah. Stand.
and quality—Eleventh-twelfths silver, one..twelfth alloy.
Velar—The same as the Company's rupee of 1835, the
Madras, Bombay, Furrukabad, and Sonat rupee, and equal
to Efteemsixteentbs of the late Sicca rupee. The other
silver coins authorised to be issued from the Government
Mints by Act No. 17 of 1835, and Act No. 21 of 1838—
viz., double, half, and quarter rupees, and two anna pieces
_will bear in all respects a due proportion to this rupee.
The Governor-General in Council hereby directs that
all magistrates, collectors, and other public officers will
promulgate this proclamation throughout their respective
districts ; and that a translation of it be affixed in a con-
spicuous place at every public treasury. 'Money-changers
shreffs, podars, and others should be required to take notice
of the provision in Act No. 17, of 1835, agi,inst clipping,
filing, punching, or otherwise defacing the legal coin. The
silver coins issued from the mints of Government under
Act 17 of 1835, if not cut, clipped, marked, or otherwise
wilfully impaired, ere legal tender for their full value until
by rradual wear they have lost two per cent. of their ori-
ginal weight.
Published by order of the light Hon. the Govenor-
General of India, in Council.
G, A. BUSIIBY, Sec. to the Govt. of India.