The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-03 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.
(Prom the l'imes.)

We have received by Lieutenant \V aghorn's Extra-
ordinary Express, vid Trieste, our letters and dis-
patches from Bombay to the 27th of August.
The rainy season had not then terminated, and
until the return of the fine weather nothing of an ex-
traordinary nature was apprehended. The monsoon
had been most favourable in all parts of India, and
the people engaged in agricultural pursuits were
contented.

The Seikh Gorernment was in a tottering state, for
the Queen-Mother and her paramour, the Wuzeer,
Lall Singh, had no hold on the affections of the peo-
ple. On the contrary, those abandoned character:,
were looked upon as traitors to their country, and tht
opportunity of the withdrawal of the British army of
occupation was awaited by the Khalsees and other
fanatics, in order to avenge their wrongs on the pre-
sent heads of the Lahore Government.

The British authorities were not idle in making
preparations for the approaching convulsion in the
Seikh territory. Regiments were forming at Feroze•
pore and Umballah, for the purpose of absorbing some
of the best of the disbanded Seikh soldiers. An army
was also to be ready on the Sutlej and Beas to pro-
tect the British frontiers, and in case of necessity to
put down the Seikh revolution.

Lords Hardinge and Gough were at Simla, in the
immediate vicinity of the scene where they gained
their peerages last year, and where new honoars now
await them.

Ghoolab Singh is reported to be in a very unsatis-
factory state, not only on account of the turbulent
chiefs over whom he obtained the rule, by advancing
large sums of money last March, but also from his
own intrigues, which prevent him from conforming
with the premises of the treaty. It was said that
several British officers had been murdered in his
erritory, and by his instigation, but the story is
not sufficiently authenticated to be implicitly re-
lied on.

The Seikh province of Moulton is still at war with
the Wuzeer Lall Singh, and the Mahommedan chief
of that fertile district has been victorious in some
rencontres with the Seikh troops.

Sinde is tranquil, and with the prospect of an
abundant harvest. The fall of rain along the Indus
has this year been greater than during any season
since 1542. The prospects of the inhabitants are
improved, and they are, therefore, satisfied. The
cholera, after having ravaged Kurrachee and Hy-
derabad, attacked the villages along the Indus.
There was some sickness at Sukkur, which caused the
removal of her Majesty's 17th Regiment to the sea
coast.

There was a rumour circulated of the speedy re-
tirement from Sinde of Sir Charles Napier, whose
health is described as seriously affected by the
climate. It was further said that the new Governor
of Bombay (Sir Henry Pottinger supposed, from his
knowledge of Sinde, to have been selected),
would be empowered to make arrangements for the
final settlement of Sinde as a British province. Five
regiments were, it was said, to be removed from
Sinde as soon as the fine weather set in. The proba-
bility however existed of the occupation by the Bri-
tish of the city of Moulton, which, from its locality,
would form an excellent emporium for British goods,
and a corresponding capital for the western part of
India, in some degree resembling Calcutta in the
eastern division.

The next few months are pregnant with important
events in relation to the western frontier of India.

In Caubul, the focus of Affghan, Persian and Rus-
sian intrigues, an attempt has been made to enlist
Dusk Mahomed in another plot against the British.
The agent in this scheme had come from Persia,
but the old Dost was too wary to expose himself
again to the chances of a conflict with the British,
particularly after their recent successes at Lahore.
His son, the notorious Akbar Khan, was not pleased
with the pacific policy of his father, and he was
eager to have an opportunity of regaining possession
of Peshawur and even of Cashmere. Intrigues and
counterplots were in full play at Caubul.
In the newly-acquired provinces of Jullunder and
the Doab of the Beas, the British troops have, during
six months, been healthy. The fertility of these dis-
tricts is very great, and. the inhabitants appear de-
lighted at the prospect of being allowed to carry on
their industry and to collect its product, secure of
being treated with justice by the 13ritish authorities,
and not with tyrannous exaction such as their former
Seikh rulers practised.
There was a slight disturbance in the Cuddapah
collectorate of the Madras Presidency, but it was
speedily suppressed. Its leader, Nursima Reddy, was
hotly pursued by the police, and would not be long
at large.
An attempt was made by the British Resident at
the Nizam's Court to arrange the pecuniary affairs of
that country. Some refractory landholders have been
compelled to give accounts of their demands, and the
lawless mercenaries, who have proved hitherto to be
such a curse to that state, have been disbanded or ex-
pelled from the Nizam's dominions. The decision of
the British Government to introduce good order into
the Nizam's finances will, it is to be hoped, produce
the best results.

The conquest of the Island of Bally, which is now
attempted by the Dutch, continues to be the source
of much observation at Singapore. It appears to
have the tacit assent of the British Government ; for
otherwise the treaty of' 1824 is evidently opposed to
the extension of the Dutch territory in the eastern
islands.

An alarm prevailed at Aden in the beginning of
August in consequence of a threatened attack on that
fortress by some Arab chiefs.
Several transports with detachments of her Ma-

jesty's Bth Regiment of Infantry, and of the 10th
Regiment of Hussars, had arrived in Bombay, but
there were apprehensions entertained respecting
others, and, in particular, relative to the Anne
Armstrong, with a portion of the Bth Regiment on
board. She was reported to be the quickest sailer of
the transports, yet she had not arrived when the
steamer left Bombay.
The weather during the month of August was fine,
and, fortunately enough for the troops arriving from
Europe, who were obliged to march to Poonah. It
ought to be impressed on the memories of the military
authorities at the Horse Guards that the practice of
having soldiers to arrive in India during the rainy
season is to be deprecated, as endangering the lives
of hundreds by exposure to violent changes of tem-
perature.

Arrangements could easily be adopted for having
the troops to arrive there during the dry season.
Some of the Bth Regiment were obliged on their

march to Poonah to seek for dry spots on the hills,
in order to pitch their tents and to sleep.

We understand that the dispatches for Government
and the Hon. the East India Company were deli-
vered at the respective offices before daylight this
morning.