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(From the Herald.)

We have received, by Extraordinary Express, our dis-
patches in anticipation of the Overland Mail from Bombay,
bringing accounts eight days later from Bombay, and twelve
days later from Calcutta, than those which appeared in the
Morning Herald of Saturday and Monday.
The dates now come to band are, Bombay, May 20 ; Cal-
cutta, May 11; Madras, May 15; Delhi, May 10. The ac-
counts from China are no later than those by the Calcutta
mail.

The political news is not important. The Punjaub was
tranquil; the fort of Kote Kangra was expected to surrender
without an actual resort to arms.

In Western India the sufferings occasioned by the scanty
fall -drain throughout the two previous years were likely to
be relieved by an early monsoon, signs of the near approach
of which had become apparent ten days earlier than usual.
The pressure in the money market continued severe,
though the pinch was somewhat less tight than formerly
and the want of confidence was even more heavily felt than
the scarcity of cash. No further bankruptcies of any note
bad occurred.

Cholera was committing sad ravages in the Bombay pre-
sidency- nna cm.r4l, of the men'of •the 22d Native Infantry
in
,a few weeks: been cut off by it ;- and many of-the
villages of the Concan were depopulated and deserted. One
sad case is stated of the women of her Majesty's 60th Rifles,
who had caught the seeds of the disease between Poonah
and Bombay, whither they were about to have proceeded
to join their husbands at Kurrachee. On the 18th, six of
them were carried to their graves together.
The weather in the Jullundur Doab was peculiarly fine,
and the troops were in the highest health.
In Sinde and Lahore the heats were setting in.

The following is a list of the passengers who left Bombay
for Suez by the steamer Victoria on the evening of May 20
Mrs. W. Gray, two children, and a European female ser-
vant; Mrs. Sprague; Mrs. Quinton, two children, and a
European female servant; Madame Mouton; Mrs. Hallett
and a child of Mrs. Muspratt's, with two European servants;
Mrs. Wahab, a child, and a native servant ; Mrs. Unwin ;
Mrs. John Gordon and two children ; Mrs. Baldwin, three
children, and a native servant; Mrs. Ravenscroft and child;
J. Bell, Esq.; T. Eisdale, Esq. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley,
25th Bombay Native Infantry; W. Gray, Esq., superintend-
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Seikh Army; Colonel Hurbon de Alcantara,* ditto; A. C.
Stuart, Esq., Bombay C. S. ; Lieutenant Compton ; Major-
General Simpson, Bengal Army; Major Hallett, 3d Bombay
N. I.; Major Wahab, 16th Regiment, Madras Army; Mr.
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Esq., Assistant-Surgeon, Bombay Army; Lieutenant Curtis,
Bombay Engineers; C. Timins, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon;
Lieutenant A. Lecky, 86th Foot. Second Class ;—Mr. Gould-
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(From the Overland Bombay Times, May 20.)
SUMMARY.

The events of a single week in the hot weather in India—
for over no longer space does our present summary extend—
furnish small matter for narrative, none for speculation. In
the Jullindur Doab troops are still moving up on Kote
Kangra, against which, at our latest dates, active operations
had not commenced. Everything continued tranquil in the
Punjaub, the Seikhs watching with the utmost anxiety the
approaching siege—hoping, doubtless, that iu the mainte-
nance of a position deemed impregnable their kinsmen would
prove successful. There are some 12,000 men quartered in the
Jullindur Doab—nearly a third fewer than are required to
maintain the line of the Indus ; the revenue of the former
being nearly treble that of the latter acquisition, its climate
being asremarkable for salubrity as that of Sinde is for its
unhealthiness. We have had no rumour of constituting
the Jullundur Deab into a separate presidency, witha salary
of 10,000/. for the Governor. Some military operations
against the Khoonds in the Goomsoor country continue in
progress. The new arrangements for the transit of European
passengers through Egypt have given rise to much discus-
sion—the present management being apparently as little
calculated as possible to give satisfaction. The symptoms of
the approach of rain, which had a week since begun to mani-
fest themselves, had drawn off, and the weather become very
hot. Cholera is extensively prevalent amongst some of the
native regiments in the N. W. division of Goozerat—the 22d
having lost its surgeon and 152 men in the course of a few
weeks. Six of the wives of the soldiers of the 60th Rifles
were on Monday cut off, on their way to join their hus-
bands, and many of the villages of the Concan have been
desert ea.

BOMBAY, MAY 20.

Now comes the season of the year when the monsoon oc-
casions every variety of irregularity and delay amongst our
mails. It is but a week since I wrote you ; in ten days'
time you will hear from me trio Madras, and not again till
the 19th of June, when my dispatches will take six weeks 1
instead of a month on their way ; and so this will go on till
September, from no fault of ours, but from the fact that from
the time the sun crosses the latitude of a place going north-
ward, until he recrosses the same latitude going south again,
the wind puffs away in gusts and hurricanes from the south-
west instead of blowing steadily and decorously in
alternating land and sea-breezes from north-east and north-
west at the place to the northward of which he happens to
be. For all the intelligence they can carry from India at
this season the overland mails, if stopped, would hardly be
missed; The Delhi and Meerut mails of the 10th and 12th
have come in this morning. According to the former
of these an extra force had been ordered out for
the assault of Rote Kangra ; according to the
latter that the troops ordered had not marched ; and we
were most likely to gain possession of the place by
negotiation, without any hostile effort at all. The natural
strength of some of these hill forts appears to be without
parallel. They consist of small-sided table-lands, very
abrupt, and surrounded on every side by mural precipices,
perfectly perpendicular. In some places they are skilfully
galleried and armed after the most approved European sys-
tem. Kote Kangra mainly owes its strength to its natural
defences ; neither the batteries nor the garrison appear strong,
and there is no doubt of its speedy reduction were operations
once commenced against it. Of course the Governor-General
would prefer having his men spared during the hot weather,
and would be better pleased to persuade than to compel
the Killedar to submit. The sympathies of the country
people all around appear to be with us. At Lahore
matters continue perfectly quiet. The little dis-
turbance mentioned in my last seemed to have been
purely accidental, and was followed by no disa-
greeable results, unless to the Brahmin ringleader,
who 'was hanged. The troops seem to have made them-
serterwonderfully comfortable, considering the shortness of
the time allowed to make arrangements. Good health, good
spirits, and general contentment appeared universal. The
Jullindur Doab again seems likely to become one of the
present sanatory stations along our north-west provinces,
where the garrison may be made to consist of convalescent
troops. The Raja of Ladwa, one of the chiefs of the pro-
tected states who first turned traitor against us, has been
captured. He had for some time been concealing himself
amongst the shrines and sacred villages near Lahore, where
his person was secured. He has been sent within our fron-
tier as a prisoner. It is likely he may be punished by the
permanent forfeiture of all his dominions—he himself re-
maining a prisoner in our hands. The Queen appears to
hare recovered from her indisposition. The following ac-
count of the actual prepaoations against Kote Kangra is
from the Delhi Gazette of the 10th, as already stated ; it
seems more than doubtful whether actual hostilities will be
found requisite at all :

" The general belief then was that the garrison did not
amount to more than 500 men, though it wits known that
the Killedar was daily increasing it. The number of guns
was first said to be 10, and the fort is reported to be provided
with ammunition and provisions for two years. All the gates, except one, bad been built up, and the bridge de-
stroyed by the garrison, leaving but one plank to keep open
their own communication. It was on the 21st of April that
the 44th were called on to protect the t
Nuggurkot, from the danger to which it was pof Kose:lfilnBger
part of the garrison of the fort. The passw exposed
the hill,
separating the valley of Dowlutpoora from Kangra, being
completely commanded by the guns of the fort, the regi-
mentß had to follow a circuitous route of some twelve
er
the direct road being only three. They reachsedt
immediately
desti-
nation on the 22d, and the fort of Mulkera was
Singh, and a
surrendered on demand, by Sirdar
ctoonibtanveYry
nitarurcmhepedruyp and took possession.khuteei
mending hill, with a .picturesque south) a paved road leads
tt,
oav Iteudnajo:n itsa This
pffreoeet rt
tsec saidt mhe-
north. On the opposite side (tn_angn,
which lies in the
to the gate of the
hteownwoof hangs,
every house be-
The forts are about a
hollow between
ht t
unable to injure each other,
commanded dscznhsYe
qvueterhynetmly.
heavy guns. On reconnoitring
immediately after the arrival of the regiment, it
the enemy,
g
ascertained that they were in possession of the whole
in!
unless ec
apart,°plnronv
was the gates were all strongly guarded, and that
town, that
several small towers, in good positions, had been loopholed,
and were well defended, everything bearing the appearance
of a disposition to offer a stout resistance. The possession of
the town was a matter of the first importance, and an attack-
ing party was therefore under arms at two the next morning
(23d). They reached the gate about half past three, but
found, to their no small surprise, that the enemy had ban-
doned the town and retired into the fort. The party marched
through the streets to within 250 yards of the walls, when
the enemy opened their guns. The object for which the
party had been detached having been entirely gained, they
took up a position under cover of the houses at the distance
last mentioned, and continued to hold it up to the date of
the last advices received in Jullindur, the garrison keep•
ing up a pretty steady fire of round shot and grape,
day and night, but without doing any injury be-
yond smashing some of the empty houses. Their shot
penetrates only four walls, and the Jacks take the pre-
caution of always having six (three houses) between them
and the danger, and incase of these being-broken through,
they retreat a proportionate distance and number. The jezails
and long matchlocks of the garrison caused some annoyance
to the sentries, particularly at night, but no casualty of any
kind had occurred from thew during the few days

under review, as the torn i &forded ample protection, r4Pith
proper precaution, against anything but shell. The mashed,'
of the sepoys cannot, of course, COTn=ec..ks
such a distance, a circuriusrtee'
good deal of confidence, and on the 26th they made a sally
with the option of burning the portioff of the town in front
of the occupying party. They succeeded in firing one or
two of the houses, but they retreated in ci.otible quick time
when the sepoys turned out.' against them. On the 27th.
the Raja of Kurtoch, who had collected a fate of about
2,500 men in the neighbourhood of Kangra; Va,assist the
44th, and who was encamped on the road in rear the fort,
lent them three of his biX guns and a howitzer, anW PrePsza-
tions were making for putting them in battery on the
night of that day, so not as to leave the amusement of firing,
all to the enemy. Three companies occupied the town of
Kangra, one the Fort of Mulkera, and the remainO.,er,
were in the camp at the foot of the hill. They ha ,
pretty hard work of it, being constantly on the alert and.
unable to cook, or even to take off their accoutrements, the
weather at the same time getting rather warm, being from
92 to 96 in tents, and highersj.n the town, the feeling of heat
being considerably diminished, however, by the cool and re-
freshing aspect, some ten or twe:ire miles off, in a north-
easterly direction, of a snowy range ; the snow was,lsowever,
disappearing fast. No information can be obtained of the
intentions of the garrison, as no one would denture into the
place for love or money. Its appearance is said to. be won-
derfully strong, but not at all calculated to stand the attack
of the mortars now on their way. The garrison are' reported
to have a lakh of rupees in their charge, which they ar much
more likely to fall upon themselves than to allow the' be-
siegers to have, and the guns are now stated to be not mere
than seven or eight in number, and none of them large, the,'
largest shot picked up not exceeding four and a half pounds.
The valley between the fort and the snowy range above(
mentioned is highly cultivated. We ought to have men-
tioned in its proper,place the fact that Misr Roop Lell had
uollfindturhe—
reached Kangra on the afternoon of the 26th, with another
urgent parwannah from Lahore, but it had not hem
Osennt
thein firstupto theiuti mlaatsitouad\tioc est receivedhe
a u
thoriintissj"
recusancy of the Killedar, representations were made
to the Lahore durbar, who issued
purwannah after par..
wannah, and dispatched them by the most confidential
servants, enjoining immediate surrender, but as there was
every appearance of these being all treated with the contempt
bestowed on the first, the British authorities thought it best
not to wait and see the result, but to prepare at once for the
reduction of the place by force. Brigadier Wheeler was ac—
cordingly directed to issue the necessary orders, and the 2cl
Grenadiers marched from Jujlindor on tfi. 95th of Aril, the
rata .eiative-lu&sata7st Oelimetureand-ith Irregular uavalri
at Hoosheearpoor, being directed at the same time to prepare
for the march. A battery of mortars, with a light field
battery, was ordered to be got ready at Phulloor, where the
reserve of the Artillery are stationed, and the whole
were to march under escort of a wing of the 63d as
soon as ready, under the personal command of Brigadier
Wheeler, Major Lawrence, Lieutenant Edwards, and Mr..
John Lawrence, the commissioner of the Trans-Sutleg
country, accompanying the force. The general impres-
sion at Jullindur, was that there would not be muck
resistance, after the first shell bursts in the fort, al-
though the garrison are understood to consist chiefly
of Akalees, and the authorities seemed to entertain
the same idea, as they have resolved on provisioning the de-
tachment to a very small extent. Major Mayne, com•
mandant of the Nth Irregular Cavalry, had reached Jullin-
dur without a single desertion in his corps, and was to, proceed
on the 29th of April to Moheerian, about thirty miles beyond
Hoosheearpoor, and close on the banks of the Bees. We
understand his corps has elicited admiration from all who saw
it on its progress. The weather is on all hands still repre-
sented as very delightful, and had been considerably reduced
in temperature by a thunder-storm on the 21st of April,
followed by a heavy shower of rain. In fact, should the
climate prove in other seasons as favourable as this, we
shall find the stations in the new Doab amongst the most
coveted by the Bengal army, notwithstanding the grumbling
there has been, and which is to be attributed to temporary
causes."

On the whole, so far as the appearances of things hitherto
warrants us in drawing any conclusion, no arrangements coaled
have been made promising to turn out more auspiciously thaU
those just concluded. We have secured the tranquillity
of the Punjaub by chastising, disarming, and humbling
the tyrant military by which it was oppressed ; we have in-
flicted all the punishment on them state necessity required,
and this was less than was commensurate with their crimes,
so much more are we entitled to triumph in our mercy and
magnanimity. We have taken care that no such organisa•-
tion shall again come into existence between the Indus .and
the Sutlej as to interfere with the tranquillity of the peoples,
or endanger the frontier of their neighbours. We have se-
cured from the ill-gotten hoards of Runjeet Singh an indem-
nity adequate to cover the expenses of the war. We have
greatly improved the strength of our frontier, acquired A
territory which yields of free revenue nearly three times 010
amount of the total returns from Sinde, which are swallowed
up five-fold by our expenses on the Indus ; and finally the
climate of our new acquisition is such that the troops may be
pushed forward during the heats from the more southerly
cantonments for the improvement of their health and increase
of their comfort. To the people of India we could have given
no more irrefragable proof of our power or magnanimity and
forbearance than that which we have supplied.
There is perfect tranquillity and general good health
amongst the troops along the Indus, and all look forward to
the diminution of the cost of maintaining the country,
which, after all, must remain excessive, to the extinction of
a separate and independent government for its maintenance.
Cholera has been very prevalent and very fatal here of
late. One regiment, 22d Native Infantry, has lost on its
march one-fourth of its men.

A steamer has just come in, and brings, I am sorry to
say, accounts of the death of Captain Amiel, of the Ist
Grenadier Regiment.
(r.som OUR ovrza ocuuticapaavraarr.)

CALCUTTA, MAY 9.

Here in Calcutta there is little stirring except wind and
fire. The former has been blowing very strongly, but quietly
of late; and the latter has been sweeping off a goodly num-
ber of huts in various parts of the town. On the 6th there
were fires in three or four different places ; and one of them,
described in eight lines of one of the papers, is said to have
destroyed above eleven hundred houses ! There was another
great conflagration yesterday, which destroyed a vast num-
ber of native tenements, and one or two lives.

The weather continues very hot and dry, not a sllvwer
having fallen here, and very litte rain in the indigo districie--
bad prospects for the planters.
A few days ago Baboo Mutty Lall Leul proposed •to the
Dhurma Sabha, a Society of Orthodox Hindoos, to petition
Government for some enactment in favour of the re-marriage
of Hindoo widows. It appears that his proposal caused a
great stir in the meeting, and was loudly exclaimed against,
which is not to be wondered at, when it is remembered that
the society was originally established to oppose the abolition
of Suttee. You may not have heard that this same Mutty
Lall, somt time ago, offered a premium of 10,000 rupees tc
any Hindoo who would marry a widow. The prize has never
been claimed.

The wet dock committee, appointed some two or three
years ago, has at length laid its report before Government.
It recommends the construction of docks a little below the
fort. Of course we shall soon hear of a joint-stock company
being formed in England for carrying out this or some similar
plan.

There has, it is said, been an attempt at a counter-revolu-
tion in Burmah, for the purpose of restoring Tharawaddie to.
the throne. The friends of the ex-King, however, appear to
have lost heart when the time for action arrived. The new
Government is still well spoken of—at all events by the
Moulmein newspaper.
We have heard something of some disturbances in Borneo,
anseledamnoat,whaorwe
levcearn,
ntrootunbolwe 7eynsllfyooun
this
account
tijcuuarsslt.
now,any news from the eastward of this place—the Chian and
1:
Ceylon steamers always forestalling me.
For commercial news I must refer you to the Price Cur-
rent sent herewith, contenting myself with saying generally
that trade, except, perhaps, in respect to sugar, continues
nearly as dull as per last advices. Prospects for indigo cror
very bad, in consequence of want of rain; but it is thought
that now even abundance of rain would not make the crop an
average one.
little
Money market much as when I last wrote, gradually
growing easier. The settling day for the third opium sal.
(agsathin—instto.u)chpainsgsed2s w.
dt übtu
but may
m default.ayb Exchange
quotedaitt
a rilele under
up
that. Bank Stock in demand. Bank of Bengal dividend
for four first months of 1846CA,Lrs.cunl2 per c, per annum.
Nothing very remarkable has transpired since11, 2.
Saturday
evening, when I made up my letter for the regular mail.
The Precursor, which left town on the 3d, did not get out,
to sea until the 7th, owing to the strength of the wind right
in her teeth. The weatherwise foretell a gale, and the ma-
jority of them fixed it for to-day;
but though the sky looks
wild, there are no signs of its immediate approach. There
begin-
ning of the sterol, but it blew over. It is very probable,
was a puff yesterday evening, which looked like the
however, that we shall have some rough weather. I hear
on England.
95. 114 d. first-ra for excha
onths'nge to-
daday are 2s. Id. to
On China so low as Ra. 200 to Rs. 202 per 100 dollars.
Money market in the Bazaar tight. Arrivals from England
not reported in the papers sent on Saturday :—Etna, Storey,
from Plymouth ; Countess of Antrim, Turner, from Liver-
pool.

There is to be a ball at Government Rouse on the 25th, in
honour of her Majesty's birthday.

(From the Bombay Times, May 20.)
THE PUNJAUB.
The past week has scarcely supplied us with a single line
of news from beyond the Indus, or Sutlej. No attack had
up to our latest dates been made on Note Kangra, and it was
by no means certain that the arrangements formerly men-
tioned as in contemplation were in progress of being carried
out. The fort is situated on a high plateau about three
miles in circumference—everywhere surrounded by a Wall..
like cliff perfectly perpendicular. It abounds in water and
munitions, and is provisioned for three years; it was once
got possession of by stratagem—to force it is considered im-
practicable. ' It has not hitherto had the trial of British 4011.
rage or skill, before which it will speedily have to yield itself.
Meanwhile Dewan Deena Nath has proceeded from Lahore
to make prisoners of the families of the garrison not
included within the fortress, in the hopes that this might
influence the proceedings of the recusants. It is not
improbable that before the dispatch of the steamer, tidings
may be received in time for dispatch by the London news..
Paper expresses. The 44th NJ., encamped in the town ad-
joining, had been fired upon from the batteries, but received
no injury therefrom. The Seikhs at Lahore were looking
forward with anticipations of triumph at our expected
repulse. The commendations of the climate and condition
of our new possessions, continue loud and universal. At
Lahore matters appear to continue perfectly tranquil. The
flying rumours of contemplated treason or meditated hos-
tility, which occasionally get into circulation, seem altoge-
ther baseless. The heat of the weather, which by Mid-
tiumnier becomes extreme, was beginning to get
disagreelible.
The Governor of Mooltan had been superseded, and Bugwan
Singh, brother of the Raja Lall Singh, had proceeded to take
his place. Ajeet Singh, Raja of Ladwa, one of the protected
states, had been made prisoner at Lahore and sent ,into our
Iterriterioo, Re was One cf the oglisat oud most proggent