The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA.

We have received from Marseilles dispatches in an.
ticipation of the mails which left Bombay on the Ist ult
ie
Theyior bring interesting intelligence. The affairs of La-
were going on slowly; the Governor-General, hay-
ing regulated the government of that country, and placed
Colonel Lawrence as resident, and Sir John Littler at
the head of the British troops, left that capital on the
11th of January, and proceeded to the protected Seikh
State; and was expected to reach Pattecallah on the
Ist of February. Mr. J. Lawrence has been named
commissioner and superintendent of the Trans-Surlej
provinces, and Major F. Mackeson of the Cis-Sutlej dis-
tricts. It was not known if the Governor. General would
Proceed to Delhi or would return to Simla. The latter
was supposed the more probable.
The Lahore army has been ordered to be reduced, and
eettlandt's battalions were ordered to be disbanded.
Some of the old Seikh soldiers were unwilling to retire,
but the Durbar, of which Tej Singh is one of the most
hinatlectial members, being supported by the British
"°c*Ps, bad enforced their dismissal. The Lahore Go-
terument was resolved to limit its expenditure, yet its
pediteies ulties were considerable, in consequence of the pro-
of the Government being held by persons un-
WWing to give up their " jagheers," or life-rents; but
ernment was about to resume some of those
jigheers." The state of the frontiers of Affghanistan
Was precarious, but the British agents were on the alert;
and even the Nizam of Moultan had repressed some in-
toslB Of the Beelooches.
The turbulent Akbar Khan had proceeded to attack
.t
the chiefs of Candahar, who are his own relatives, and,
accord.
log to the statement published in a Bombay paper,
of the 27th of January, on good authority, he has sue-
netiedm ed. after some severe fighting, in capturing the
cfs, and in making himself master of Candahar. It
Is said that the Persian Monarch was to be applied to
9a behalf of the dispossessed chiefs, but nothing positive
knOtitt on the subject. The proceedings of this un-
rileitded Vizier, whose name must be ever infamous
ii`st his being the promoter of the murder of Sir
;„ WNaughten, are likely to cause some commotion
-",trutral Asia.
._rem.eturronni Sinde nothing remarkable was known. Some
g.'ulents of the Bombay troops had left it on their
to their own Presidency, as also a portion of her
"lctre 86th Regiment, and the whole of her Majesty's
theis eginlent. Sir C. Napier was to leave Kurrachee
deralnegiening of February, and to proceed to Hy-
' Inc ""I. The reports relative to his immediate re-
-84%1 had died away ; particularly as it was stated that
' Gomm, the present Governor of the Mauritius,
itB to be the new Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay
...residency.
01t:33704es were still as lawless as ever on the
Mantes The Colonel and officers of the Bombay re-
%hie of cavalry, who had gone to reconnoitre the po-
y 4-4 of the Booghties are now said to have been misled
ex,22lrage• It was rumoured at Bombay that a strict
oration was to take place into their conduct on that
occasion.
thln the interior of India tranquillity prevailed. In
)2 °nee distracted provinces of Bandelkund order and
IlgUlarity were beginning to be permanently established.
614 Nizam's dominions there was considerable dissa-
4.sfaction. The new Minister has a difficult task to
Phase the conflicting factions.
The Raja of Nepaul has visited the sacred city of Be-
lives, and has been received with due honours by the
'Wash officers.
Iu Guzerat the Guicower appears to neglect his duties
V.a sovereign in order t 3 make money as a banker.
Travelling through his country is unsafe ; the mails are
often robbed. This system cannot long he tolerated ;
the Bombay Government, as the paramount sove-
cigu, must soon look to the propriety of having a proper
Police established in Guzerat.
It is said, that, in consequence of the conquest of
Lahore, the Government of India feels itself strong
enough to diminish the native armies, viz., of Bengal by
23,000 men, and of Madras and Bombay by 5,000. This
Peduction is to be effected by stopping all recruiting until
the native regiments are reduced from 1,000 to 800 men
each.

The Government of India has ordered the completion
of the Ganges Canal, on which only 20,0001. a year used
to be bestowed. Henceforth, for four years, 250,000/.
Will be expended, c.by which means it is expected that
Vithin a few years 8,000,000 of acres will be rendered
Productive. There is another canal parallel to the Indus,
"etch can be opened from the Satlej, and which will
4totilize other neglected districts. This canal was
opened
with by the Government of the Ameers, and can be
, with great advantage and at a very small ex-

The new Governor of Bombay, Mr. G. R. Clerk, had
Hived there on the 23d of January, and assumed the
rtills of government. His first acts appear to give
Ilkversal satisfaction. His chief attention must be di-
l'etted to the finances of that Presidency, which are very
mach contracted by the strange system of taxation prac-
'
u"ed by the lion. Company, which compels the growers
lind exporters of the two staple products, viz. cotton and
°Pitx, to pay enormous rates; as if there had been no
"• unction in the value in the China markets.
itiThe disturbances amongst the Goomsoors in the
°clad are stated to be nearly put down. They were
filed • aged by some wild fanatics, who imagined themselves
Upon to assert their rights to uphold human sa-
,,„• ets 58 a mode of gaining the favour of the Deity.
There are no later advises from China than those we
Pnbhshed on the 24th ult.

s (From the Overland Bombay Times, Feb. 1.)
atie."l4llr.—The season of peace is our Vacation time,
to We have again a page nearly barren In events of interest
proear readers. The reductions of the Sinde army are in
%Pell. Her Majesty's 17th and the greater part of the
*till arrived arrived in Bombay. Fourteen thousand men will
td ti; Left behind to guard r Young Egypt, which, while
enC are requisite, will continue to draw above !I
PIO ckaarter from India to meet her deficiencies. The
left is quiet and newsless. Six regiments have already
Piet shore; in a week hence the reliefs will have been cow-
The
Complimentedhie past
the newly-appointed commander of
vrtet °tees beyond the Sutlej in terms which show how
*hipast services have been rewarded. His Lord.-
luitt quitted the Seikh capital for India on the 11th. It is
aliajir!"°4 to have meni been determined that the native army
wn ediately be reduced by 25,000 men-15,000 from
eer', and 10,000 from the minor presidencies. This will
Int. :aving of between a quarter and half a million. star-
ThettaetEcers, European and native, are to remain as at
Cleat • This saving, added to the returns of the Jullundur
der and and the contribution of 220,0001. from the Lahore
The improve our income by above a million sterling.
beett will
Canal, on which 20,0001. annually has hitherto
at lbegrudgingly bestowed, is now to be proceeded with
by 1851 rate of 250,0001. a year; it will be completed
It Will irrigate 8,000,000 of acres now compare-
Cal .barren, and save 2,000,000 of people from the
from he
of famine. Another canal, leading from the
Ve`ai, 90 miles; into the Bhuttee country, is being surveyed.
Ikt., two, When completed, will improve our revenues by not
Probabl th 10 000/ to 15 0001. a year—one-tenth of
Itliat • Yo • . . ' dishonour RL.,18 taken from us to maintain our in Sinde.
rederick Currie, who, together with Colonel Lawrence,
Wisely and honestly counselled and assisted the G
.eoe-Geniral in these glorious arrangements. has been
made a baronet. No man better deserves it.We trust his
zedjutor, the Resident at Lahore, will speedily have a similar
mkuaanr conferred on him. Mr. Clerk, the new governor at Born-
,il7, arrived from Calcutta on the 23d of January, and imine •
"lately assumed •
the reins of authority. The expectations of
La auspicious rule under him are sanguine and high. His
tredecessor, Mr. Reid, now senior member of the Council,
bat gained golden opinions of all sorts of people. Sir T.
•"-I,i'llahon continues Commander in-Chief by request of the
Crae.Guards. His Excellency has of late suffered severely
tartrawsiletkoheisms! and, however much his friends may regret to
ItlllinO.rlitbearthey are getting anxious about his safe return
e• The Maris of Tweeddale has returned to Madras.
professor of astronomy, returns by this day's
boettnler to Europe. Mr. Pole, professor of engineering
e Ehphinstone College—has resigned. Inaisposition
Case the reason of retirement. Mr. Meld' um and
lilac—,`L'engall have lately arrived as teachers: no definite
obge um yet been assigned to them. The charge of the
1,4 v rvat2ry has been devolved on the draftsman of the Indian
Reith `I• heavy shower of rain fell on the 26th ult., and the
which before this was unusually hot for the season,
fn.:lllu once become intensely cold, the thermometer sink-
tatoeau law a 53 degrees overnight—a very uncomfortable
f matters to all parties.

Not hi THE PUNJAUB.
Teo __en,: Worthy of special notice has reached u. s for
.nearly
our
ita._^: kis from the Punjaub—the treaty published in
in f the lst of January being the latest we have received
t.O reference to matters past. Some information. of i
4,4llitinee, which may, we believe, be fully relied on, hast_e
Qoyeed no in reference to the prospective purposes of the
O rnor-General. The most notable of these is the almostso_
lereediate reduction of the army by no less than 2d!.1..040..
411,31' The strength of each native regiment is to be n.,..i
ofn_ed from 1,0011 to 800 privates; the European and native
tijj''elle remaining as at
b"uspoer dred-
present ; recruiting to
tireib" e proposed reduction is accomplished by death_,_
__,._
end f 'lt* This will take from the army of Bengal 15,?phoe,
aoo,erem those of Madras and Bombay about 10,
Ifoti° the revenue effected by this will amount toooob.extt
are: ' and 400,0001 a wear. Previous to 1838 the India
.
ut,Zlllllousted to about 180,000, the cost of which fell hull
41.1741; 10,00 c, (inn,
'—'''' sterling ; betwixt this and 1841 Lord tkiner,ond increased it by 50,826. It was thus main-
-1842' until after the Caubul disas'er, when in January,
argoi.4. further increase of ten men to each curnpany,
Made. la,g in all to from 10,000 to 15,000 men,
,"as
horou,,,Ot was to this extent 'educed by Lord. Ellen-
h3 Vm 111, 1843; and in like manner once more increased
'4 1814-4' in consequence of the exigencies in Sinde,
zit deniedof
roteheagt aEngyy
forth ; • The reason should be remembered—it was set
b", ',l the general order; yet, in the face of this, it has
this m
padditionAt was requisite for the main-
oment we have some
War be Ill_oure men on the muster-roll than bef,re the Atlghan
Venue.sga • In 1838, and for some years previous, the re-
-00 o" India exceeded the expenditure by above
' vw. sterling annually ; since 1841, the balance of