The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From the Times.)

We have received by extraordinary express from Mar.
seilles the dispatches in anticipation of the overland mail
from India, brought to Suez by the Hindostan.
The Hindostan arrived at Suez early on the morning of
the 7th inst., with fifty passengers on board, who proceed to
England by the Ariel. The Hindostan left Calcutta on the
sth of July, met the Precursor in the river, and had to wait
four days at Point de Galle for the China mail. The Hin-
dostan had nearly shared the same fate as the Memnon
in 18-13, by grounding on the night of the 27th of July, off
Cape Guardafui, but she fortunately escaped without any
serious damage. The intelligence is from Bombay, via*
Madras, up to the 2d of July, only one day later than that
received by the last mail.

Ibrahim Pacha reached Alexandria on board the Avenger,
on the Bth inst. lie was in excellent health, and expressed
himself delighted with his expedition.
Quiet prevails at Lahore, and there are now no symp-
toms of interruption.

The Wuzeer, Rajah Lall Singh, has not yet demanded the
withdrawal of the British troops. The Ranee has had a dis-
pute with the British agent, and has intimated her readiness
to help the troops away.

Locally, a petition of thirty-five merchants of Calcutta
to Government, calling for the opening of the Company's ex-
port warehouse for advances, on the hypol hecation of pro-
duce, shipped for England (as a measure of relief for the
money market) has been refused pending expected instruc-
tions from home.

The officers of the late 34th regiment are, it is announced
as certain, to be transferred:to the Khelat-i-Ghilzie regiment.
The discovery of a new silver mine at Maulmeiu has been
reported to the Government, and some specimens of the ores
have reached Calcutta.

At Kurrachee the cholera was raging with great fierceness.
The number of deaths of Europeans alone on the 15th, 16th,
and 17th of June is stated to be 255, and upwards of 100 of
these cases belong to her Majesty's 86th Regiment. No
officer is mentioned as having fallen a victim. The natives
were dying by hundreds. Reports were current of the ap-
proaching retirement from the Government of Madras of the
Marquis of Tweeddale.

From China we learn that the British authorities had not
given up Chusan, according to the terms of the treaty, and
a Chinese mob had expelled foreign residents from the city
of Foo-chow-foo. Hitherto the violence of the populace
had been confined to the city of Canton; if it extends to
the eastern ports, we may again see our commerce thrust
out of China, and once more have to recover it by force
of arms.

BOMBAY, JULY 2.
There is but little news. Letters received this day from
Kurrachee, dated the 17th ult., describe the efforts made
there by Sir Charles Napier and the other authorities to af-

ford relief to the sufferers from the cholera. The number of
deaths of Europeans alone on the loth, 16th, and 17th of June
is stated to he 255.* No officer is mentioned as having
fallen a victim. Hopes were entertained that the ravages of
the fatal malady would diminish as the troops were marched
out to other healthful places. The natives were dying by
hundreds.

Reports are current of the approaching retirement from
the Government of Madras of the Marquis of Tweedale, who
is now at the Neilgherries. The Governor of Bombay, Sir
George Arthur, is seriously ill, and has been considered un-
able during the last two months to perform the duties of his
office. It is not known what line of conduct he intends to
adopt, but complaints are heard of various matters which
remain in abeyance.
The fall of rain has been very great during the last four
weeks, and there is now no appearance of dry weather. This
is looked upen as favourable, not only to the health of the
inhabitants, but as affording the best security for an abundant
harvest.

I send this by express to Madras, with the hope of pro
ceeding by the Calcutta steamer to Suez.

CALCUTTA, JULY 2, 1846.
There is at the present time, little passing in this vast
empire worthy of detailing to you. Peace seems to prevail
everywhere ; but in the Punjaub it is an armed peace.
Hatred and revenge rankle in the hearts of 100,000
men, whose supremacy we have hurled to the earth
and compelled to hide their shame by a temporary
recourse to seclusion and compulsory inactivity, whilst
they are no doubt fomenting each others discon-
tent, and dreaming of, if not more actively engaged in,
schemes to retrieve their fallen state and resume the sway
they so lately held over their unfortunate country. That
such is the feeling prevailing among the great body of the
discontented Khalsa there can be no doubt, for the thraldom
under which our presence keeps the whole nation is felt to be
intolerable, even by the abandonded Ranee and her imbecile
minion Rajah Lall Singh, who have expressed openly their
desire to be freed from the incubus which we have proved
to be.

From Caubul the latest news is to the 12th of May, and in-
dicates anything but a friendly feeling in the Ruler and his
girders towards us. An envoy from the King of Persia had ar-
rived, with a view of engaging Dost Blahommed and his bro-
thers of Candahar, one of whom, Sidar Kohundil Khan, had
accompanied the Persian Ambassador, in an offensive league
against us. Of ourprospects lean give no cheering news. The
pressure in the money market is appalling. 25 per cent. is
willingly paid for money, which, even at that ruinous rate,
is not to be had to any amount. Government has refused to
open
the export warehouse, or to advance upon goods, and it
is impossible to say what may be the result.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Orerland Price Current of July.)
Wo have no improvement to notice in the position of com-
mercial affairs since our last issue of the Bth ult., nothing
having occurred in the interval to relieve the pres-
sure in the Money Market which appears to be the sole
cause of the continued stagnation in business which we
have to report, whilst the demand for funds to meet the
prompt of the May opium sale, which fell due on the 1811
proximo, and the occurrence of another sale f,f upwards
of 5,000 chests on the 29th, has kept the market in a
state of excitement; several memorials have been addressed
to Government within the last month regarding the re-
opening of the Export Warehouse, some praying that ad-
vances might be immediately resumed, and others that the
supplies required at home might be drawn entirely by drafts
on this Treasury, the replies to which plainly indicate
that it is out of the power of the authorities here to in-
terfere in the matter without instructions from home, and
consequently the arrival of each mail is now anxiously
looked forward to to decide the question one way or other,
88 eitlor Would be -preferable to the present uncertainty