The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-24 00:00:00

(1? c. He; dehl.)

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

The political news Is not important. The Punjauh wa9
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 of rain throughout ,the. two previous years were likely to
be felieved by an earl 3;. monsoon, signs of the near approach
of which lied 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. I,To further bankruptcies of any note
had occurred:.

Cholera was committing sad ravages in the Bombay pre-
' sidency. One-fourth of the men of the 22d Native Infantry
had in a few Weeks been cut off by it ; and many of the
villages of the Concari were depopulated acid deserted. One
sad case is statedzt the Women of her Majesty's Goth Rifles,
who had caught, the seeds of the disease between Poonah
and thinbay, 'Either they were about to have proceeded
to join their husbands at Kurrachee. On the 18th, six (f.
them were carded 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 im a list•of the pas6eng4rs. 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 fouton ; 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-
ing surgeon 'Bombay, Army ; Colonel Mouton, late of the
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 Waliab, 16th Regiment, Madras Army; Mr.
Sprague; Major Fisher, 12th Bombay N. I.; J. Cramond,
E.g., Assistant-Surgeon, Bombay Army ; Lieutenant Curtis,
Bombay Engineers; C. Timins, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon;
Lieutenant A. Lecky, 86th Foot.. Second Class :—Mr. Gould-
son, Abrahambin Issack, and Ally Abdoolla, to Aden.

(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 in 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
uchealthiness. We have-had no rumour of constituting
the Jullundur Deab into a separate presidency, while 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 possihle to give satisfaction. The symptoms of
the approach of rain, which had a week since begun to mani-
fest themselves, had drawn oft', and the weather become very
hot. Cholera is extensively prevalent amongst acme of the
native regiments in the N. W. division of Gooz?rat—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 vilages of the Concan have been
deserted.

BOUBAY, MAY O.

Now conics the season of the year when the monsoon oc-
casions every variety of irregularity and delay amongst our
mails. It is but a week aitiee I wrote you ; in ten cllya'
time you will hear from me vies Madras, and not again rill
the 19th of June, when my dispatches will take six weeks
instead of a mouth on way; and-go this will go on till 1
.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 Kote 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 he 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-
selves wonderfully 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 Qaeen 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 10111, as already stated ; it
seems
rmoriette ahaitr
alldo :)fulul whether actual hostilities will be
found requisite
" The general belief then was that the garrison did not
amount to more than 500 men, though it was 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, had 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 town of Kangra, or
Nuggurkot, from the danger to which it was exposed on the
part of the garrilon of the fort. The pass across the hill,
separating the valley of Dowlutpoora from Kangra, being
completely commanded by the guns of the fort, the regi-
ment bad to follow a circuitous route of some twelve miles,
the direct road being only three. They reached their desti-
nation on the 22d, and the fort of Mulkera was immediately
surrendered on demand, by Sirdar Itunjoor Singh, and a
company marched up and took possession. This fort is said
to be 'very trumpery indeed, but situated on a pretty cons-
inanding-hill, with a picturesque town at its feet to the
north.. Oa the opposite side (the south) a paved road leads
to the gate of the town of Kangra, which lies in the
hollow between the two forts, every house be-
in?: commanded by them. The forts arc about a
mile apart, and .consequently unable to injure each other, ,
unless provided with very heavy guns. Oa reconnoitring
the enemy, immediately after the arrival of the regiment, it
wt
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tascertainedath
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thates w
theyereall
were s
strongly
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possession
guarded, and
of the wholethat
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 wastherefore 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 aban-
doned the town and retired into the fort. Tha 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 beeadetached having been entirely gained, they
took- up a position under cover of the Ulises at the disNnca
last mentioned,.and continued to hold it up to the date of
the last advices received in Jullindur, the garrison keep •
ing ain 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 in case of these being broken through,
them during
they retreat a proportionate distance and number. 'lle jezails
and long matchlocks of the garrison causeirome annoyance
Itoittl,illiebsitedntroieesc,urptaeraticufrloamrly at right, but no casualty of any
the four days