The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-03 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA.
(From the Herald.)

We have received by express from Marseilles our
letters from India in anticipation of the Overland
Mail of the Ist of December. The advices so re-
ceived are from Bombay to the Ist of December,
Madras to the 20th of November, and Calcutta to the
19th of November.

Our intelligence from India is varied, but by no
means important.

Lord Hardinge, as was noticed by the last mail,
bad reached Cawnpoor from Simla. The King of
Oude had passed from the left bank of the Ganges
to the British station, where he was received in
state durbar by the Governor-General. His Ma-
jesty's camp was pitched on the opposite bank of
the river,, within the Oude territory. The camp is
described as highly "gorgeous in its appearance.
Public entertainments have been given by the Go
vernor- General in honour of his regal guest, and
Lord Hardinge was shortly to accompany the King
to Lucknow, where great preparations had been made
for the reception of the Governor-General. Nothing,
it appears, had transpired of a political nature respect-
ing this intercourse, but which appeared to be marked
by the highest cordiality and confidence on both
sides. There is no doubt, however, that every effort
will be made by Lord Hardinge to ameliorate the
affairs of that oppressed and distracted state, and
some good fruits may be hoped- for, although only
measures of counsel and friendly arrangement are
employed.

In the kingdom of Hyderabad affairs continued at
the climax of confusion. The arrangements for pro-
curing money had totally failed, the Arab mercena-
ries plundered throughout the country, and the
estrangethent between the King and his Minister was
greater than ever. The Nizam had quitted Hydera-
bad, and declared that he would not return to the
capital until our Resident consented to the removal of
the Prime Minister, a step which would probably be
conceded, but which is without promise towards any
issue of affairs.
There is nothing new from the Punjaub.

From Rajpootana there is intelligence that Doon-
gut. Singh has at last been secured. As our readers
are aware, the hunt had been continued fer many
months with considerable detachments of troops in
the field. The capture was effected by Lieutenant
Hardcastle, who, with his party, thereby becomes
entitled to the large rewards offered by the British and
native Government for the apprehension of this noted
robber.

The intelligence from the Goomsoor Jungles is
unsatisfactory. The insurgents, increasing in auda-
city by the leniency lately shown them, have congre-
gated to the number of several thousands to plunder
the districts defended by our posts. A force of three
native regiments was about to be marched into
Goomsoor, but the difficulties presented by the
nature of the country render the success of any
offensive operations there very doubtful. We call
to memory, however, the more difficult achieve-
ments formerly of Colonel Outram in the Bheel
Jungles, leading us to hope that some officer equally
daring and able may be found to bring under this
disturbed tract, the stronghold of the most inhuman
practices of paganism.
The projected tour of inspection in Sinde by Mr.
Clerk, the Governor of Bombay, had been deferred,
arising,• it was understood, from the fact that the
document which annexed the province of Sinde to
the Bombay Presidency, had not reached India.
The Governor's tour is intended to embrace the
whole of Sinde from Kurrachee to Khisarpore.
The intelligence from China is of the most pacific
character. Accounts are given of a much better
state of feeling at Canton, the factory residents
having in a number of instances perambulated the
city, and even gone outside of the walls without
molestation.. Trade had also somewhat improved.
Sir John Davis had left Hong-Kong in her Majesty's
steamer Vulture, on a voyage to the coast of Cochin
China, with a view of making arrangements, if
possible, for the furtherance of commerce along
that coast, more especially with Hue. The Go-
vernor was attended by Mr. Guttslaff, as inter-
preter. Admiral Inglefield had left the coast in
the Vernen,_intending• to.refit in India. The 18th
and 42d Native Infantiy Regiinents wpro on the
point cif embarkation for Hindostan. It appears
that the approaching departure of these troops had
removed suspicions previously entertained by the
Chinese to the'effect that we only waited for the
cold weather and additional troops to make another
attack upon Canton.
Letters which have been received in India from
Borneo announce that her Majesty's vessels on that
station were looking forward to an attack in force
on the pirates at Sooloo early in the next year. The
town is believed to be well fortified, having before
now beaten off two Spanish frigates.
,The Phlege-
thon had visited Sarawak, where all was going on
well.

Our commercial advices, alluding to the effect in
India of the home failures, state that the conso-
quences were not likely to extend further than the
failures which had already occurred in Calcutta.
It is affir,ned that in the other presidencies none
of the houses are implicated, except as partial re-
mitters.

(From the Bombay Times of Dec. 1.)
SUMMARY.

The outlaw Doonghur Singh has at last been cap-
tured. He was tracked to his lair by Lieuteaant
Hardcastle, and his person seized. He endeavoured
to commit suicide by stabbing himself in the belly
when he found escape hopeless, but without success.
The Governor-General vvas by latest accounts at
Cawnpore, about to proceed to Lucknow : beyond
the interviews between his Lordship and the King
of Oude at the former place on the 10th and
11 th of November, we know nothing of his pro-
ceedings.
The Punjaub is perfectly peaceful, and we hear
only of plots and ilisquietudes from the London
Morning Chronice and the Mofussilite of Merut. The
stetements of both seem equally apochryphal and are
got up apparently as the foundation of the appropri-
ation system both equally advocate. Matters con-
tinue quiet in Sinde, the Commissioner proceeding
with his task industriously and unobtrusively. He
has already sent in one very valuable report to Go-
vernment, recommending that the country be for a
time ruled on the plan pursued by Mr. Elphinatone
in the Deccan, which is pretty nearly as wide as pos-
sible of the politico-military system hitherto main-
tained. The Governor of Bombay -proceeds to
Kurrachee about a month hence, and will make a
sojurn of some weeks on the Indus. The marauder
Ragojee Bangria, who occasioned so much annoyance
near Bombay three years since, has again got abroad;
this season his career is not likely to be an enduring
one. The news of the commercial crisis at home
took the Indian community at large by
surprise. At Calcutta the mischief occasioned
by it has been extensive—the houses of Cockerell and
Co.; Lyall, Matheson, and Co.; Church, Lake, and
Co.; and Shearman, Mullens, and Co., having im-
mediately announced themselves insolvent. At Bom-
bay only a single firm has gone down—the local branch
of the house of_ Livingston and Co., of Liverpool.
The Governor of Bombay has returned to the presi-
dency, and Sir NV. Cotton is expected to arrive
shortly. Slight disturbances have again broken out
in Goomsoor. The Nizam continues absent from his
capital, and his minister to be dunned by the credi-
tors of the state. The wreck of the Indus is about to
be abandoned; her machinery and one of her boilers
has been saved. General Leslie, of the Fourth King's
Own, has resigned his command at Cannanore to
proceed home with his corps. The cold weather has
set in, and the country throughout is healthy and
tranquil.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Casualties by death in the armies of India, reported
since the departure of the mail of 15th November:—
HER MAJESTY'S ThooPa.—Captain Bligh, 61,t Regi-
ment, at Umbellab, on the 22d October.—Major H.
Grimes, 98th Regiment, at Cawnpore, on the 29th
October.
BOMBAY.—Lieutenant T. A. Colyear, 3d Regiment,
at Sukkur, on the 12th November.—Lieutenant and
Adjutant E. Glennie, 25th Regiment, at Malligauin, on
the 14th November.
hlapnas.—Lieutenant-General Sir John Dovoton,
G.C.8., 4th Cavalry, at the Presidency, on the 7th No-
vember.—Lieutenant F. Edvvardes, 30th Regiment, Ad-
jutant of the 2d Regiment, Frontier Brigade, at Kangra,
on the 20th October.—Lieutenant G. Gladstone, 30th
Regiment, at Vizianagrum, on the 4th November.
BENGAL.—'.Ensign C. Aiken, 9th Regiment, at Be-
flares on•the let Nov.—Captain C. J. H. Perreau, 58th
Regt., on board a boat near Nuddea, on the Ganges, on
the 10th Nov.—Colonel J. Frushard, Ist European Fusi-
liers, at Umballah, on the 11th Nov.—First Lieutenant
J. F. Gilmore, Artillery, at Jhansee, on the Bth Nov.—
Lieuteaant and Adjutant E. Boileau, 35th Regiment, at
Jelistabstl, en route to Benaree, on the Bth Nov.