The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

The Royal mail steam packet ship Severn, Vincent,
commander, Lieutenant Wilkinson, R.N., Admiralty agent,
arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon, at 5 o'clock
(only 5 days 22 hours from Fayal), bringing the usual mails
and 55 passengers. Her dates are—St. Jago de Cuba, March.
21 ; Jamaica, 24 ; Jacmel, 26 ; Puerto Rico, 29 ; Demerara,
19 ; Tobago, 21 ; Trinidad, 21 ; Barbadoes, 25 ; Grenada,
St. Vincent, and St. Lucia, 26 ; Martinique,27 ; Dominique,
Guadaloupe, and Antigua, 28 ; Montserrat, Nevis, and St.
Kitt's, 29 ; Tortola, 30 ; St. Thomas, 31; and Fayal, April 13.
The Severn brings on freight-90 bales of sarsaparilla,
102 barrels of ginger, 88 tierces of coffee, 11l cases of sue--
cedes, 4,734 oz. of gold-dust, and a small quantity of tor-
toiseshell and bees'-wax.

The Severn experienced bad weather as far home as Faye!,
since which she has been favoured, and made one of the
quickest passages on record. She spoke the Bard Mail
Steam-packet ship Clyde at 7 p.m. on Friday, 20 miles N. of
lishant, say lat. 48 48, long. 5.
By this arrival we learn that the Company's ship Forth
left Jamaica on the 20th of March for the Spanish Main. The
Trent arrived at St. Thomas's with Northumberland Island
mails on the 30th, and sailed the same evening for Porto
Rim.
The Tweed arrived on the 26th at Grenada with the
English mail, to which place the City of Glasgow brought
Trinidad, and the Reindeer Demerara mails.
her Majesty's ship Canopus had arrived at Port Royal-
Her Majesty's ships Daring, Vindictive, and Alarm had had
a trial of their respective sailing qualities, in which the Daring
had proved greatly superior. Her Majesty's ship Pique was
left at Barbadoes. Her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius left Port.
Royal for Mntego-bay on the 22d of March with a detach-
ictive, '
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Scotia, with a detachment of the 77th Regiment, ex -
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Commandercrops
Don Pablo de Lianas ' • Marla Luisa,
Fernanda sloop, 22, Commander Don Manuel de la Punter;
Christina schooner, 3.

BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.—The undermentioned gentle-
men Were called to the degree of the Utter Bar on rriday, and pub-
hilted in the Middle Temple dining-hall on Saturday evening:—
Charles Newton, Esq., Edward Norris, Esqc, sad charles Frederick
IStoTin. Eft.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
(From the Bombay Times, March 16.)
In reference to the grounding of the frigate Fox, in
the Persian Gulf, we have received the following from a
correspondent:—" In your paper of the 18th inst., I ob-
serve a notice of the Fox frigate having gone ashore on a
reef near Karrack in the Persian Gulf, said to have been
erroneously laid down in the maps.' As it is of the
utmost importance that it should be ascertained how
far the Government Chart of this sea is to be
depended upon, I would beg to suggest through
the medium of your journal, that measures
be adopted to effect this object with as- little
delay as possible. From my own experience, lam able
to point out two considerable errors in the said chart, viz.
the direction of the coast for eight or ten miles west-
ward from Lingar, which is laid down several pointso ut of
its true bearings, and the form and the extent of the sand
bank lying to the south-west of Kishme. To this I must
add, that I have heard Captain Gray, of the Ei_l_dym_ ion,
state that part of his voyage in the Persian Gulf was
formed over a tract laid down in the chart as part of the
southern coast of 'Persia." The repairs of this vessel
have been completed in such a way, under the able sure r-
intendence of Commodore Sir H. Blackwood, that she is
pronounced to be almost in as good a condition as when
first launched. She will shortly be hauled out of deck.
The following report of the Bombay Caubul Relief Fund
has been publi-hed since our last:—" The committee of
the Caubul Relief Fund at Bombay publish for general
information a statement of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the Fund, exoibiting a balance up to the Ist of
Feb. hf rs. 48, 412, and 3 annas. The Rev. Mr. Wolff,
having returned to England without proceeding to Ati
ghanistan, the sum placed at his disposal, 10,000 T'
has been returned to the committee. Lieut.-COL. sel,
has
M. M.'s Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Perstan,_ve
been empowered by the committee to
4eomcgoryupaees,
for
a.
agent, at an expense not exceeding
the purpose of endeavouring to effect the release cf any
British subjects who may be in captivity at Caubul or in
the ad,acent countries. The Honourable the Governor
in Council has kindly permitted the Resident at Bushire
to cash Colonel Shiel's bills to the above amount.
The committee purpose purchasing an annuity of
301. per annum for the lady whose father was
killed at Caubul, for the purpose of which 7,000 ru-
pees will probably be required, thus leaving an unappro-
priated balance of about 32,412 rupees." The following
melancholy account of the death of an officer, his lady, aed
child, from cholera, has been published by the Madras
U. S. Gazette :—" It is with much pain we announce
the decease, by cholera, at "Secunderabad, cn the 18th
instant, of Brevet Captain Thomas Osborne, of the 40:h
N.l.' and his lady, both of whom fell victims to this
fatal epidemic on the same day, having on the preced-
ing one lost their infant chili. Since the above was in
type the following particalars have reached us in a let-
ter froth Secunderabad Lieutenant Osborne, of the
40th N. 1., which corps is now a stage or two distant
from Secunderabad, having lost one of his children by
loathing-, caws on to the cantonment with the corpse to
have it buried, leaving his family in camp. No sooner
had he arrived at Captain Harper 's than he was hiensel
attacked with the epidemic. This news having reached
Mrs. Osborne, she hastened to join her husband, , •
she was a:so seized by the same disease, which_ in both
cases proved fatal on the same day: The hapless young
couple were buried yesterday evening. The poor lady's
ayah, I understand, has also fallenavictihm to the
have
in pes-
tilence this morning. Captain and Mrs. Harper have
in consequence removed from their house to avoid its
dreaded effects.' " The following extract, in reference
to " Railways in India," is taken from the report of
the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, for the first quarter
of 1845-46 :—" In accordance with the resolution passed
at the annual general meeting of the 7th of October,
1845, the proceedings at which were given in the last
report, your committee, in the beginning of the follow-
ing month, addressed a letter to the secretary to the
Government of India, with the Right Honourable the
Governor-General, expressing the views of the Chamber
in reference to the introduction of railway communi-
cation, and claitnin, for the presidency of Bombay an
equitable participation in the advantages which the
support and assistance of Government towards the es-
tablishment of the new system of intercourse, were cal-
culated to confer. This communication, a copy of which
is annexed in the Appendix, was forwarded to the
Bombay Government, with a request that, in handing it
up for the consideration of the Governor-General, his
Honour in Council would see fit to accompany it with a
favourable expres-ion of opinion in regard to the object
which it sought to attain, Yuur committee have been
apprised of the transmission of the letter to its desti-
nation, but they are not aware what view of its
contents has been taken by the local authorities, nor
have they, as yet, been favoured with any reply to it
from the Supreme Government. In the pre ent state of
political affairs, it would be too much, perhaps, to look
for any very close attention on the part of the Head
of Government, to subjects of this nature ; but as soon
as matters assume a more favourable posture, they have
little doubt that their me:norial will receive due consi-
deration at his Excellency's hands. Railways have so
important a hearing upon the interests of trade, and
seem likely, if introduced, to contribute so largely to its
promotion in Western India, that your committee, as a
commercial body, naturally feel a warm concern in the
successful progress of the intended improvement, and
are anxious to obtain an official recognition of the
opinions they have ventured to express, satisfied, as they
are, that their views are based upen reasonable grounds,
and believing them, likewise, to be shared by a large
section of the community." And from the same report
we quote the following regarding the exportetion to
England of an experimental consignment of wheat, made
by Dr. Burn, superintendent of Government cotton cx
periments at Broach, in the Bombay Presidency:—
" Your committee have received from Government copy
of a communication from Dr. Burn, dated the 11th Oc-
tober last, relative to the experimental consignment of
wneat per ship Osprey, regarding which such frequent
notices have been contained in former reports. It will
be recollected that owing to the presence of small stones,
dirt, and other impurities, and the existence of a peculiar
earthy flavour, in the above wheat, -it was declared by
competent judges at home to be unfit for bread pur-
poses; and that the Honourable the Court of Directors,
in referring to this somewhat discouraging opinion, sug-
gested that Dr. Burn (should be called on to report as to
whether these objections could be removed, in which
case a further trial was to be authorised. The letter
under notice discusses and decides the point in question.
Dr. Burn states that he has no doubt the objections may
be obviated, by having the grain properly threshed
and winnowed prior to shipment, instead of being
trodden out by oxen upon clay floors,' as was the
case—from unavoidable causes—with the consignment
sent home per Ospray. Fine bread, he observes,
is made in Bombay from Guzerat wheat, and there can
be no doubt that the article might be put to similar use
at home; and if it were properly attended to here pre-
vious to shipment, it might, he thinks, "reach England
quite free from dirt aad unpleasant flavour, or injury of
any kind whatever." Entertaining this opinion, Dr.
Bara is of wine anxious that a further experiment
should be made, but instead of ginning the wheat, as on
the last occasion, he suggests that it should be pur-
chased in one of the local markets ; and he is likewise
of opinion that the recommendation of the brokers.
Messrs. Lyon and Fyneey, to ship it in bulk, and by a
feet vessel, should be adopted. The circumstance of the
wheat per ()spray having escaped damage from weevils,
is noticed as a subject of gratulation, and your com-
mittee decidediy concur with Dr. Burn that the satis-
factory solution of the problem e hether Indian wheat
can be sent home without suffering from the attacks of
t're,se destructive iesects, is a matter of no light import-
ance in a commercial point of view. In tranimitting
the copy of Dr. Burn's letter, it was observed by Mr.
Secretary Townsend, that if the Chamber, or any
member of it, would undertake a small consignment on
their own account, it would, in the opinion of Govern-
ment, be a hr more sati,factory test than any expel-,
merit made by officers of Government, who are unskilled
in mercantile transactions, and whose whole time is oc-
cupied with their official duties.' Your committee,
however, printed out that the Chamber was precluded.
by its rules, from engaging in any speculative transac-
tion of the nature proposed, although there would be
no objection to its undertaking the shipment, as before,
on behalf of Government. They hardly thought that
in the existing state of affairs any mercantile firm would
be disposed to export wheat to England as an experi•
went.
Ropes are entertained of the If C. sloop of war
Conte, wrecked some months since H.
the coast near
Calicut, being extricated from present situation. It
is sail that the efforts being made
utonthscuaiLe her up have
been partially successful.
Cal-
cutta :or: aids the fund for the'
1,00,10/.
relief of the
distressedcried in
in Ireland has reached the sum of nearly 7,000 r"11.
of which wes collected in the army of the &Pie'
the Commander-in-Chief.—The B; pares Bank Lr'de,r.
Oared a dividend at the rate of ten per cent., native
bank of Agra one of fourteen and a half per cent., en
the capital stock. —A coffee store at Colombo, valued at
1,0001, belonging to a Mr. Davison, has been completely
destroyed by fire—believed to have been accidental.
The Madras Spectator has published the following in
reference to the proceedings of the Government of that
presidency towards its bank :
" We understand that at the annual general meeting
of proprietors of the bank of Madras, held yesterday
(Match 2), a full explication was given to the assembled
proprietary, of recent proceedings in connexion with the
existing crisis in the money market, and the means taken
to protect the public from a suspension of accommodation
by the bank. The course pursued by the directors in a cor-
respondence with the Government, having for its object to
obtain an alteration of the present onerous and most
extraordinary practice of sending all the bank-notes
then find their way into the general treasury fur imme-
die to exchange into specie, met with unanimous tip-
.
prov..?, as did also the steps taken by the Directors to
eni lea oar to meet they scarcity of money." Lord R
phir,,411,0, formerly Governor of Madre?, at rived in
Delhi ou the 'id March, and has Fut on with the agent
to tee Lieutenant-Governor. The 14th Dragoons reached
.A era or the 27th February, and left for Meerut on the
4th March. The iinportaat measures have just been
sanct:oled at the India House. It has been determoted
that a statistical department, to collect, arrange, metho-
dist', anal abridge the enormous :Dais of invaluable statis-
tical documents reposing in its erchives, shall be eats-
bli .hcd. It has also been agreed that a Gazetteer of
Ind.a, in six volumes, shall be published. Mr. Thornton,
aticady well known for his historical writings in refe-
rence to India, has been appointed editor ; and that no
labour or expense may be ~pars-A, the Court is to ad-
vance the sum of one thousand pounds on each volume.
The resolution in favour of each of these measures was
carried by very large majorities.

GENEtiAL 01tI)ERS,
By His EXCELLENCY THE C 0 3 I 331,,NyiDaEritc-hINI.
IC:1118.E4%
t:ead-quarters,
The iol:owing oru r is confirmed :
An order by Major R. Cooke, dated Surat, the 26th of
February, 1846, detaching a recruiting party, consisting

of two naiques and seven privates of the 19th Regiment -
of Native Infantry, to the Concan and Southern Mahratta
country.
The Honeurablg the Governor in Council has been
Vea4ed to sanction the admission of Elizabeth, widow of
the late pensioner Gunner Burnes, to the benefits of Lord
Clive's Fund upon a stipend of 3 rupees 14 annas per
mensem from the date of her husband's decease,agreeably
to the regulations.
The Hon. the Governor in Council has been pleased
to sanction the employMent of the under-mentioned extra
carriages for the use of the sick arrived from Aden by
the s'eamer Sesostria, on the 26th of January last :
One boat fir lanling ; one palanquin and two backeriea
for conveyance from Bander to Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
Hospi: al.
A Committee, composed as follows, will assemble at
Parell on Saturday next, the 14th instant, at half-past
five o'clock, P.M., to examine and report on five horses
of the escort of the Hon. the Governor proposed to be cast :
—President Major W. M. Coghan, Brigade-Major of
Artill: ry, with the sanction of the Hon. the Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison. Members—
Captain R. Travers, 23d Regiment Native Light In-
fantry ; Lieut. J. cIC. Taylor, 2d Light Cavalry.
Upcn the completion of the above duty, the proceed-
ings in duplicate to be senttto the Adjutant-General of
the Army, and the Committee dissolved.
Head Quarters, Bombay, March 12, 1846.
Sergeant J. Fitz Gerald, of the Town Major's non-cffec-
tive list, empl ,) ed at the Saluting Battery, is attached
to the office of the Quartermaster-General of the army.
The Honourable the Governor in Council has been
pleased to sanction the entertainment of the undermen-
tioned extra carriage employed for the use of the sick of
the 2d Regiment Light Cavalry proceeding from Pan-
well to Poona.

Five (5) carts with a pair of bullocks from the 23d to
the 29th of December, 1845.

With reference to G. G. 0. No. 165, dated the 11th
inst. Superiatending Surgeon J. Patch is posted to the
Sciende force.

The officer commanding the 9th Regiment of Native
1 Havitdar, Infantry has pc/mission to detach two
1 Naique, recruiting parties, each strength as per
3 Privates. margin, one to the southern Concan
and the other to the Deccan.
The undermentioned officer has obtained leave of ab-
sence :

21st Regiment of Native Infantry.—Lieut. G. W.
West, from the 10th to the 27th of March, in extension,
to remain in Bombay on urgent private affairs.
Captain C. Shirt, of the 30th Regiment Native In-
fantry, aid with the sanction of the Honourable the
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison,
Lieutenant E. Waddington, of the 23d Regiment 'Native
Light Infantry, will proceed on duty to Vingorla with
the recruits recently arrived from England, and posted
to the 2d European Regiment Light Infantry ; and the
latter officer is directed to return to the presidency upon
completion of duty.

Head. quarter!, Bombay, March 13, 1846.
The Honourable the Governor in Council has been
pleased to sanction the entertainment of the un&rdien-
tioned extra carriage for the use of the sick of the 3.1
squadron 2d Regiment Light Cavalry, proceeding from
Panwell to Poona:—

Twelve (12) Dooley bearers from 23d to 29th of De
cember, 1845.
Two (2) Coolies do. do.

„
Unposted Cadets W. Fergusson and W. Bannerman
are attached to do duty with the 23d Regiment of Na-
tive Light Infantry, and ordered to join.
The General Orders Committee of the 2d instant, ap-
pointing the Garrison Sergeant-Major of the garrison of
Surat an Acting Sub-Conductor in the Commissariat
Department, is cancelled.
The undermentioned Sepoys are transferred from the
Ist Grenadier Regiment Native Infantry to the Golan-
dauze Battalion:—
Private Doorgan Pursaud, 2d.
” Dokul Acher,
" Bhow Konday,
" Kheda Auhir,
Gungadeen Load.
The undermentioned officers have obtained leave of
abspnce:--

4th Regiment Native Infantry—Captain IV. Reynolds,
from the 12th to the 31st of March, to remain at the pre-
sidency, on medical certificate.
20th Regiment Native Infantry—Captain J. Church,
from the Ist to the 31st March, in extension, to remain
at Vingorla, on medical certificate.
16th Regiment Madras Native Infantry—Major C.
Wahab, from the 9th of February to the 31st of March,
to remain at 11-Igatun, on medical certificate.
By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
(Signed) C. HAGAR r, Lieut.-Col.,
Adjt.-Gen. of the Army.

BY THE HONOURABLE THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF

THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCE.

Camp Poorah, Feb. 14, 1846.
Foreign Department—The Hon. the Lieut.-Governor
of the north west provinces has much gratification in
announcing to the people of Hindoostan, the entire dis-
person of all the Seikh forces on this side the Sutlej by
the army of India, under the direction of the Right
Hon. the Governor• General. On the 28th ultimo they
were defeated at Aleewal, near Loodianab, by Major--
General Sir H. Smith, and their guns, to the number of
sixty-seven, were taken or destroyed. On the 10th
insta.,t they were defeated near the Hureekee Ghat by
his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. All their
guns to the number of sixty-six were captured, and they
were driven across the river with great slaughter. It is
thus that by the assistance of the Almighty Disposer of
all events the unprovoked attack of these audacious
enemies has been repelled after they have been com-
pletely defeated in four pitched battles, at bloodkee,
Ferozeshahur, Aleewal, and Hurreekee, with the loss of
223 pieces of cannon.

The
Lieutenant-Governor trusts that the people n
Hindoostan, confident in the peace and security which]
arc thus ensured to them, will continue to devote them-
selves to those industrious pursuits, whereby their hap-
piness and prosperity cannot fail to be advanced.

J. THORNTON,
Secretary to Government N. W. P.

BY THE MORT HON. THE GOTERNOR-GENERAL.

Camp Lahore, Feb. 20, 1846.
On occasion of the army of the Sutlej entering the
Punjaub, on the 12th instant, .the Right Honourable the
Governor-General was pleased to announce, in general
orders of that date, the grant, to all corps of that army
whose head-quarters were on the right bank of the
Sutlej, of the same rates of pay and allowances as those
laid down in the general orders of -the 15th of August,
1845, for the artillery, cavalry, and infantry, of tke
Bengal army, serving in Scinde.

2:The Governor-General is now further pleased to
extend that boon to all men of those corps, who, i❑
consequence of wounds received in action on the 18th,
21st, or 22d of December, 21st or 28th of January, or
10th of February, were unable to proceed with their
regiments into the Punjaub, and en account of their
wounds remained in hospital at Ferozepore or elsewhere.
J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Secretary to Government of India, Military
Departm •nt, with Governor-General.