The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-27 00:00:00

EAST INDIA lIOUSE, OCTOBER 25, 1848.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY de hereby give notice,
That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be
SHUT en TUESDAY, the Bth December neat, at Three o'clock, and
OPENED again on TUESDAY, the 16th January, 1849.
That the Warrants for the Dividends of the said Stock, payable on
SATURDAY, the Gth January, 1849, under the 11th sec. of the Act
3 and 4 William IV., Cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that
day.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

ANr..tand Bombay NEWS.
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by
Chenaut .` he seat of insurrection, reached Moultan
on the I:th and 19th of August. Her Majesty's 32d,
with three troops of the Irregular Horse, and a wing
of the 49th Native Infantry, sent as an escort, arrived
in the camp on the 24th. The battering train of 30
heavy guns reached the landing place opposite Baha-
wulpore on the 19th ; ten days were found necessary
to make preparations for the march; they marched
for the scene of action on the 28th, and were expected
to arrive about the '3d or 4th of September ; three
troops of the 11th Irregulars, with a wing of the 49th
Native Infantry, escorting them. Active operations
were to be commenced immediately on their arrival.
The whole expedition had so far proceeded auspi-
ciously; some of the troops had suffered just before
the conclusion of the journey from the intensity of
the heat, with the thermometer standing in the
hospital at 127 deg. In one day her Majesty's 32d
lost 16 men and had 190 sent to the hospital. The
sickness was expected to abate or disappear when
the troops got fairly established. About the 14th a
detachment had been sent out from the Lahore
column to close up the communication of the canals
with the river, and prevent the risk of the country
being laid under water. They immediately en-
trenched themselves, and having taken every pre-
caution against surprise, set to work day and night.
The insurgents detatched a party of about 1,500,
with a view of attacking or destroying .them, but
finding any attempt upon the works likely to prove
disastrous, they endeavoured to take the head-quarter
column by surprise by a night attack. They pushed
on to meet them, and, keeping clear of the artillery
and irregular horse, threw themselves with great
spirit on the flank companies of her Majesty's 10th
and the Bth Native Infantry. After an hour's
skirmishing they were repulsed in all directions.
Eighteen dead and some prisoners were left on the
field—the wounded were carried off. The army
now around MoUltan consists of about 28,000 men,
with thiAy pieces of heavy ordnance and nearly
as many light guns. Of these 6,000 are British troops,
the rest Seikhs, Beloochees, and Daudpoutras, &c.,
mostly powerful, hardy, and determined men,
though ill-disciplined, and like most irregulars, not
quite to be depended on in extremity. The army
of the Moolraj is said at present to amount to
10,000 men, with about 20 guns in all; of these,
2,000 selected men hold the citadel, determined, it is
said, to resist to the last. The rest await our ad-
vance under the guns of the outer fortress. The
Punjaub continues tranquil, though there are rumours
of some of the chiefs playing us false. The leader of
the mutiny amongst the Seikh artillery in the Ha-
zareh country is said to be determined, now that he
has committed himself, to fight it out ; and it seems
not improbable that a brigade will be required in this
quarter so soon as the Moultan business is disposed
of. These disturbances originated entirely amongst
the soldiers of the old army, who find their im-
portance now altogether gone, and are ready to
brave any danger, or incur any risk, to be revenged
upon the authors of their annihilation, or in the hope
of recovering so much of their position. With these
inconsiderable exceptions, tranquillity reigns through-
out the vast expanse of the Cougany's dominions.
The usual irregularities see to prevail through-
out Affghanistan—a rebellious chief here refusing to
pay tribute, a vindictive one there bent on-taking the
law into his own hands—with the usual circumstances
for which so close a parallel is found in Scotland
during the reign of the Stuarts. Details of‘ these
things reach us exclusively through native news-
writers, proverbial for colouring their narratives of
the hue likely to prove agreeable to those for whom
they are meant.
In Ceylon everything appears to be tranquil. The
Kandian rebellion is said to have been designed before
the imposition of the new and obnoxious taxes was
made known, and to have had no concern with the
finance measures of Lord Torrington. The adminis-
tration in the Cinnamon Isle seems at the same time
to be at present remarkable for its weakness and in-
capacity.

The Prime Minister at Gwalior, like his co-frere
at Hyderabad, seems to be in bad odour—not, it is
said, however, from really bad actions of his own, but
from his want of tact in carrying on the duties of his
office. A noted bad character had been deported from
the state, and it was expected others of his gang, then
under trial, would share the same fate. A Court of
Appeal had been opened at Gwalior, but its members
were said to have shown themselves ignorant of the
duties required of the and incompetent to their
performance even had them,
known them. Colonel
Sleeman, our resident, was labouring in his usual
way for the good of the state, and had no intention of
abandoning his •
post till he had reaped the fruits of
his toil.
An interview took i)lace between the Nizam of Hy-
deralead and our Resident, at which the former com-
plained moat bitterly
Prime Minister, and iis failure of incompetency of his
in fulfilling any single
thing promised by him on his nomination to office by
us. The reply of Gene
that the Minister's want
tal
Frazer was to the effect
i of success was in a great
to theN
measure duemanner in which he had
been treated by the zatn, whose open and avowed
dislike towards him had lowered him in the eyes of
the public, and so rendered him incapable of reducing
the expenditure or clearing
off the debts of the state.
The result of the interview that the Minister was
so far again admitted into was
present a gift to his favour as to be allowed to'
as had not been Royalgranted to him master'a concession such
during General
Framer's absence I
The King of Oude, tired apparently of even the
few cares of royalty li
e had reserved to himself, has
now delegated the whole power of majesty to his
favourite Minister, while he indulges in all manner of
pleasures in his palace undisturbed, and probably it
should is well for him that such be the case. The
Minister is said to be a clever man, and has set about
accomplishing that which his Royal master never
could achieve—the collection of the revenues and re-
plenishment of the royal treasuries. So long as he
furnishes the King with money to keep up his de-
baucheries he will retain his premiership ; once let
him fail in supplying the ways and means, and he
will be hurled from the pinnacle of eminence he' has
now attained.
The celebrated Chokra Bisshye has again been
heard of in the Boad hills, where he awaits the return
of the cold season to renew his operations against
us. As usual, the report of fresh sacrifices having
taken place in Boad has again been put forward in
the columns of the admirers of the former Goomsoor
agency. The missionaries at Berhampore are said
to have had made over to them fifty of the lately
rescued Meriahs.
positively proceeds to the north-
Lord Dalhousie
west about the middle of next month, and all the
arrangements consequentcoomnheitd.
seintenudiesdLjoorudrsnheiyp
are said to have been pl
proceeds by steamer to Allahabad, from whence he
will travel by dawk to Ilmballa, where his camp is
to be formed. Lord Gough is said to have been re-
appointed Commander-in-Chief of India, and his
Lordship intends remaining at his post for a couple
of years longer. The refusal of the Court of Di.
reason of
Dukethe
of
rectors to accept of Sir Charles Napier as a suc-
cessor to Lord Gough is alleged as the s
extension of command to the latter, as
Wellington is said to be determined on ultimately
appointing the former to the Indian commander.in.
Chiefship. The Hon. Messrs. Frederick Millett and
J. E. D. Bethune were, on the 13th of August, ap-
pointed Indian law commissioners; and Mr. J. P.
Grant, of the Civil Service, secretary to the commis-
sion. The Right Rev. Dr. W ilsoe, metropolitan of
India, is about to pay a visit to Madras, Colombo,
and Bombay, a steamer being placed at his Lord-
ship's disposal by Government. He will be accom-
panied by Dr. A. Webb as medical attendant. The
death of Mr. M. Tierney, judge of Ailyghur, on the
26th August, is reported. It is affirmed iet Sir
o mroold sexchange
the
Dudley Hill, who commands the Earrackpore divi-
sions irh withind
of the Bengal armyi:oisn
about toi
Sir Walter Gilbert, w
division. Colonel Benson, stipenaiary member of
the Military Board, is said to be about shortly
returning home. The ship Kandiana, laden with
coals from Newcastle, foundered in the Hooo.le y on
the 20th August. The Hon. Mr. Bethune hasbeen
elected curator to the Calcutta Public Library, con-
sequent on the departure of Mr. W. P. Grant to
Europe. A vote of thanks has been passed to the
latter gentleman, for his valuable services during
the long period he held the curatorship of the
institution.