The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

INDIA.

We have received by our ordinary semi-monthly
courier from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipa-
tion of the Overland Mail from Bombay, of the 20th
of June.

The intelligence thus received is of considerable
interest. It is the more so, as two attempts to
send letters from Bombay to Europe vid Madras had
failed. The express from Bombay was robbed on the
Bhore Ghaut on the 3d of June ; and a second ex-
press, of the sth of June, arrived too late in Madras
for the Bentinck steamer on her voyage from Calcutta
to Suez.

From the Punjaub we learn that an exchange of
territory had been effected between Ghoolab Singh
and the Lahore Government. The territory given
up by Ghoolab consists of certain mountain (Hazareh)
districts, the chiefs of which were by no means in-
clined to submit to his rule. He had obtained .a
slice of territory called the Kurree Kurreealee. Ghoo-
lab had taken up his residence at Cashmere, and
appeared to wish to be called the Maharaja of
Cashmere rather than of Jamoo. He had received
Colonel Steinbach into his service. His system of
taxation was not calculated to render his government
popular.

In Lahore there had been talk of a conspiracy, the
details of which were not exactly known. Its object
was said to be to avenge the insults received by the
Ranee (Queen-Mother) on Tej Singh. Runjoor
Singh (the Chief Justice of Lahore), having been
dismissed, had threatened to excite a fanatical war;
but the British officers were on the alert. A rumour
was in circulation that some serious disturbances
might be expected in Lahore after the next Dussera.
At Peshawur, the return of Sultan Mahommed Khan
which was effected by the influence of the English,
had produced the best impression on the inhabitants,
and even on the neighbouring Affghan tribes, the
chiefs of which had proposed terms of friendship and
alliance. Major Lawrence, who acts for the Gover-
nor-General at Peshawur, had ordered Aspar Singh,
the late Governor, to return to Lahore.

From Affghanistan there is no news of import-
ance. Dost Mahommed, having settled the disputes
in the neighbourhood of Jellalabad, had returned to
Caubul. His son Hyder Khan had been appointed
Governor on the frontier near the Khyber pass. The
death of the late Wuzeer, Akbar Khan, had brought
about a cessation of hostilities in that part of Aff
ghanistan, and there was a chance of peace during
the lifetime of the old llhost. He had allowed agents
from the Governor-General to take up their stations,
under the name of news•writers, at various places in
his dominions.

In Sinde the utmost tranquillity prevailed. The
trade by the Indus was likely to obtain soon a re
_ hml,
by orders of the Supreme Government, issued a noti-
fication declaring that goods coming by way of Sinde
shall be admitted free into Bombay. This is a
great advantage to the trade of the Indus. Sir C.
Napier was at Kurrachee.
The Governor-General was at Simla, where he in-
tended to remain during the rainy season. Lord and
Lady Gough were also there.

The robber Dhongur had recommenced his depre-
dations ; he had plundered some caravans.

The disturbances which were lately apprehended
in the Deccan had passed over. In consequence of
the Nizam's having given up for the time his in-
trigues, arrangements had been male, by establish.
ing a bank at Hyderabad, and by opening a loan, to
make provisions for the wants of the Treasury. In
the Goomsoor country fresh disturbances had broken
out; the infuriated fanatics were again in arms, and
had offered up more human sacrifices. Mr. Grant,
of the Bengal Civil Service, had been ordered to ex-
amine into the grounds of the disputes between Bri-
gadier Dyce and the other officers employed in paci-
fying those districts.

The efforts made by Akbar Khan to induce the
Schah of Persia to enter into a Moslem war against
the British in the East had failed. The Cajar Sove-
reign of Persia told Akbar's emissaries, on hearing
them state the object of their mission, that he placed
no confidence either in the Affghans or in their pro-
mises. Some fanciful rumours had been current re-
lative to the interference of Russia, but nothing cer-
tain was know❑ on the subject.
The Governor-General was about to send a political
mission to the capital of Thibet, in order to open
peaceful relations with the Government of the Grand
Lama at Lassa.

The reduction of the British troops in India is
spoken of. Six regiments of her Majesty's army
were, as it was reported, to be sent to Europe at the
close of this year. Forty thousand sepoys had been
removed from the army within the last six months,
which diminution, together with that of the Royal
regiments, will lighten the burdens on the Indian
finances. The Five per Cent. Loan still continued
open, but as it was already at a discount, very little
was then being subscribed to it.
No later intelligence from China was known in
Bombay than that which:came by the last mail.
The death of Sir David Pollock, the Chief Justice
of Bombay, is quoted as an example which ought
to deter elderly gentlemen from trying a tropical
climate. Sir E. Perry has since discharged the
duties of the Supreme Court to the satisfaction of all
parties ; he is expected to succeed as Chief Justice,
to which his legal knowledge and hi 3 experience of
India fully entitle him.

The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bombay
were at Poona, where they intended to remain dur-
ing the rains.

The monsoon had set in at Bombay with an un-
usual fall of rain, of which about twenty-five inches
had fallen before the 19th of June.

In a postscript, dated the 20th of June, our cor-
respondent states that the steamer was delayed for
nearly twenty-four hours in consequence of the non-
arrival of the Governor's dispatch from Poona.
The only point of political importance to which '
our correspondent alludes is the state of Hyderabad,
in the Deccan. Violence and bloodshed were the
order of the day there. The troops called the Ro-
hillas, whom General Frazer had endeavoured to
induce to leave the Nizam's country, were returning
by degrees to it. They were implicated in several
gang robberies, and ordered to be deported. They
came near the cantonment, quarrelled amongst them
selves, when Hassein-ood-Deep Khan was killed ;
his assassin was cut to pieces.
Letters from Dinapore mention that the cholera
was ravaging her Majesty's 98th Regiment; 64 per-
sons died in the month of May; there were 170 in
the hospital daily.
A fire broke out in the fort at Bombay in the
evening of the 19th of June, which consumed the
British Hotel, a building well k flown, in one of the
principal thoroughfares,