The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-17 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

DIA AND CHINA.

ieer:€`llave received by express from Marseilles our
• e'en arid papera in anticipation of tee mail w I t
46°InbuY on the 17th ult. Our correlesudent writes as
follows :
I n
ocareely anything of public interest has occurred
et Witt since the dispatch of the last mail. The inter-
tiett between Ghoolab Singh and the Governor-Geeerel
Ilia celebrated with great
splendour on the 26th of De-
teZeber and Succeeding days. An accour.t of the inter-
...pilihisng° of courtesies which took place on the oseasion
e.si be found below. The Maharaja left Vizierabad,
13 return to Jummoo, on the 29th, but at the date of
latest aeon to the Governor-General was still de-
r4ined there by heavy rain,which appears to have been
eral throuahout the Northern Puejauh. Ghoolab Singh
,an lost 50 of his followers from intense cold in bra-
belle:l4o,o:h: Wises between Jummoo and Cashmere. A
Z-eu
Proveimpment has taken place in the health of
e Punjaub.
V,
Xan Sir Charles Napier arrived at Sukkur the 3d of
eitbealy, and left the followieg day after an interview
me Arneer of Khypore, Ali hloorad. He was at
isderabad on he 7th, eachd Kurracee on tho 12th,
heli.l daily expected ate Bomebay. Heh has been every-
e enthusiastically received. At Hyderabad the
to du hie
diets assembled from all parts of the province
40,0 him honour. He was similarly received Kur-
bv.nee,
coda parting entertainment is to be given to him
7e,,,rotnnuity of Bombay.
tlisu"l'unligal a commission has been appointed to make
tlpp of
Most complete investigation into the whole organize
depart Commissariat. The alleged frauds in this
for F,,l33eat, and the claims constantly made against it
good deal unadjusted balances, have lately occasioned a
i
a. of comment.
actir”a Act for taking land for railways in Bengal has
th„ ce'Y yet come into effective operation, some doubts,
vagh a,
Itt vParently without sufficient reason, having been
• "thirst entertained regarding its sufficiency. Mean-
to the:tine Kennedy, the consulting railway engineer
Nile; his
Government, has three lines of railways
kid uts consideration—the first, through Pandooah
d':lirdwan, direct to Mirzapore; the second through
tliszle-;e4n to Burdwan, and then to Rajemahal; and
ke"dli through Pandooah and the coal distrins to
JeAruahal.
hitC'on Anterican, named Booth, was found murdered in
the ~,,e`4 at the Calcutta Ice-house on the 3d of January;
kte-Vnu wee committed by four American seamen, who
Net been since apprehended. The reckless and bucca-
• leti sPalt evinced by the culprits was most character-
-I,4l„their sole object in corn mittieg the crime (which
tho.ueliberately planned beforehand) was plunder; and
• fterfe_tniked openly of it in the sailors' taverns they
• ktrellted, which it appears they were in the habit of
thending With pistols and bowie knives concealed under
1r dress
'4,
leg tilhe ultimatum of the Supreme Government regard-
tlot e.e Nizam's affairs is anxiously expected, but has
Ugpm 3'et transpired. It will of course involve an as-
the Fent of territory, eitber temporary or perpetual, for
Ouidation of the existing debt, and a further lien
trete"! of security for the future payment of the con-
, f"1, to guard against arrears. Meanwhile, the neces-
dm or the interference of the Supreme Government is
thbe°raieg more imperatively essential, not merely
44: Fell being of the country, but even to the very
Sept nee of the Nizam's Government, th© financial re-
°f
%colBwhich are daily diminishing through the sue-
Nee— uPPosition of refractory Talookdars; he of Elich-
%hi nor content with defeating his master's troops, has
11114.:111 the offensive, and seized forcibly four or five
Nei" not belonging to the Elichpore Ta!ooka, and so
tliserebensive is he of present molestation that he has
411,cled about 1,500 Rohillas he had taken into pay,
itd, are now dispersed into parties and plundering
t -"Jstent country atter the fashion of the Pindarees;
• ferethe
ee Newab of Elichpore is nut likely to enjoy his
N4;l acquired possession much longer, for the
trieti; Berar (which is the finest cotton dis-
eposti di India) has been 1••ng known to be that
hve°ll of the Nizem's country which the British
ttte selected for themselves; and this suspicion is
by ntegthened in the minds of the native community
QC° feet that the Niztm has lately ordered the
toettlerdar who has charge of the Eliah pore revenue ac-
iiifluota 1,0 submit a statement of them to him. The
Nett"' is not likely to cffer any opposition to the sur-
to (1,1" a province from which he is himself unable
felted any benefit, and the present occupier has for-
0p thoell claim to consideration by loosing his Rohillas
:41 COnntry.
144,.°111 Grosvenor has arrived at Calcutta, and is
No" to proceed on a visit to Nepaul and the upper pro-
hitt l:. At Bombay the cholera is much abated, and its
given an impulse to the progress of sanitary
uciaCernent, which is likely to be permanently bens,-
111:ellie Bombay Railway is proceeding satisfactorily;
tie* olstract for the earth-work has been taken by
tiliteers• -Pavel and 0. Fowler, at the rate of 3,000/, per
retjkyrhich is about 20 per cent, below the engineer's
tbg lin4ele• including the permanent way. The cost of
%ilk • exclusive of stations, will be about 7,000/. per
%of ~41 Prospectus for a railway from the head of the
01,'s_Ot egra,elay to Baroda has been published and the
bsare apt_
note submitted to Mr. Berkley and Mr. Cony-
' Iteilw ‘l°o present and late engineers to the Bombay
4Y) for their report.
42,t
4VIEW BETWEE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
e,,, AND GHOOLAB SINGH.
nd appears that Ghoolab Singh reached Vizierabad on the
• fee`.'lt-, attended by between 2,000 and 3,000 of his troops.
.4tee, iill,,t,erview, fixed for the 24th, was put off for two days on
"it le' Of the ill health of the Marquis of Dalhousie. Ou
Ig:he.er,"lool3 of the 26th a deputation of officers, consisting
(Tat "mrigadie'r commanding the station, accompanied by his
'elle; `Lie Commissioner of Lahore. and the Governor-
Niehalis secretaries, proceeded to meet the Maharaja, and
holehl7d him through a street a mile long, comprised of the
Zmatt e tile troops in camp. Ghoolab eingh was received a
V 4g:stance from the Durbar tent by Sir Henry Lawrei ca
Ahanr.-},J°I. Burn and welcomed, on alighting from his el,
Sit Henrylliot secretary to Government, with
tQo°vernor•Generyal. On'arriving at the door of the Dur-
*be rift his Highness was met by the Marquis of Dalhousie,
hell, a ter
eseeVgoing through the impressive ceremony of shaking
oladneted his illustrious guest to a seat on the right
ef• 418 Own- The Governor-General was in the costume
t 1144
.luister of State, while the ruler of Cashmere was ra-
tbeol.e U.ig•een and golden dress, set off b a many-coloured
Zht ahr,the presents on both sides wee then brought to
ugh47ittt'erth'4o3neopeople have been ill-natured enough to say
n our side they were to an immense amo.unt,
NlAvie eere not losers by the exchange. Ghoolab Singh
10 reel
th:rkentrni:d to his camp, punder a salute of 19 guns, Our
Ere 118 not enlightened us as to what passed between
-'IIR "ks • but it is supposed that all the changes were
atieolstallr,?te'etatioris of friedship and mutual bepraising
,Ilaytee emit
eetsi lir the 27th of December, the Most Noble the
b),(1.1,11i 8,1 th Dalhousie, attended by a brilliant staff, all
eget. ee- (3!1 elephants, 21 it number, proceeded in State,
trel,f-rs:lkutesof 19 glns, to return the visit paid him th.e
order .uy Maharaja Ghoolab Singh. The following is
• , in which the procession moved :
Sires GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
116 Sir henry Lawrence.
bZtEadier Hearse Sir W. Giibee.
Lawrence'. Mr. Montgomery.
e.S.I or ainsey.
Mr. Colirteriay.
Itt.P.tain Atkinson. j Major Fane.
Thomas. •1 Captain Metcalf.
Majorant.
Captain Bowie.
Lord Xuthall. Captain Davison.
kojeW,• all.
Mr. Lambrecht.
""e 'a Gran" e. Mr. Macdonald.
leej°l•lloerd. g Nlajor Burn.
erplitat'inar
...nt Tucker. t Mr. Inglis.
Captain seevve. Captain Loveday.
Lieutenant Walker.
• Ile ••'''enald
'e• Bill Mr. Prinsep.
ef Kt Pr • Captain Burroughs.
•"e e—sslon was preceded and followed by detachments
thile wZIY Guard.
eZY riels of the troops were out and formed in line, as
le—Qee -ne the day before, from the camp of the Gover-
tlliates b 9'41 towards that of Ghoolab Singh, the troops of the
411 1-11.4 g also paraded and completing the line.
40tielgshinoefiaa had deputed his son
.Meer Runbeer Singh,
Itelietaeort .`,t_arP, to go as far as the viceregal camp to meet
cete'Y a Iti,`‘ut,ii Governor-General, and he himsetfcanT
e,l!iFe hi.,'et 1 advance of his own tents to received f
rd.
NI la ti; Lordship to his camp, showing a marked. e
1141.43,
is a.ilno.de of reception, and establishing his inte-
uecided manner in the eyes of the swarm of
Gig of 13a ?nkers-on
trOrn his bowdar, which greatly eclipsed any-
4taesal e kind in Ghoolab Singh's suwaree, the Governor-
)" sebo"s conducted into the Durbar tent by the Mahe-
-•ntee_rey 'illi‘iged to. him a seat on his own right, while Sir
o.et: rs in
..o.etook his place on the left, the other British
vereor.All ndance seating themselves on the right of th
4174444 i, eAner,al. The Durbar tents were most tastefully
4111 the Mail' when all were seated, the Governor-General
141edeue: 100
oi,aerearja at ttheeitrop l oft
earilnogng vista of tents,o withg acla
lino o'ipta •8' -g
it r either side, must have presented anf imposing
apsattend
tfter
eo ants of the Maharaja then presented nuzurs,
/11144i1l Dreg, conversation, conversation, during which Ghoolab Singh
•
Q.O bilevi teor'deesh.on the Governor-General his anxiety to see
asbniere—an anxiety acquiescingly acknowledged
tril3,eroOr.GeiP his Highness directed his presents to the
yettfs, "h
broieral to be brought in. They consisted of 51
it-tlitaiterinatfetnrditis(oe and elephants. The tribute shawls of the
r her Majesty, were again the chief
sot.
eli„ In brilliant colour and excellent soft.
le., • eta __
,n 37. of texture," says a correspondent, " they
rocinleas "u 3 thing of the kind I ever saw." Several eti:shee, form or guns of hill manufacture, very tastefully
riecrs, a oed another portion of the presents, Among
.ort bIIZ gun called a " Yemsee " because usually car-
Iszse_ lo or bullock, the calibre of which was perhaps
'orr were also two " sherbuchas," literally "lions
ht ,en Ileter,e. Young lions," of the calibre of about 40z., with
esaarispori:,, made of steel. These guns are intended to
.4 Of fort; On camels, and can be perched on rocks, the
Ises4" the 4.114 similar places.
4en 2 of 21 t; !rings to the Governor-General had been die-
line. 1 for siraLs were brought in for Sir Henry Lawrence,
hee;,nli the r. usnry Elliot. The other officers in attend-
s ober,„seovernor-General also participated is his High-
eeia't to th4e4l3.', a list of their names having been previously
(10.7(1 by hisallpharaja's. Seine kheluts were further pre-
rnor-Gee'ness, after which Lo was served, and the
glahe PLice at whose to depart. Hisrdship was escorted
fro,..araja, a.... hich his elephant was in waiting by the
1114." the c"" by his Runbeer Singh to some distance
err' an:IP. The Governor-General was saluted, both on.
hot ival and de
o,rsgaeh his parture, by a discharge of 21 guns, and del
" Batuega name till sunset.
qiitilerebad
wato the 27th of December, the entire force at
ih t4ll' I:teareuele, under Major-General Sir Walter
to) si pre,enceof Brigadier Brigadier Hearse for for brigade exercise,
e Governor-General and Maharaja Ghoo-
hehi4g* The troo
thief the caul
buenfedreer arms, on the parade ground
tiTiltiles:t.clelarBll Ott: A.M., and the Cashmere
of five corps of infantry, viz.:—Her
kik_ %op,
,gr_ound. about half an hour afterwards.
ith we of eimiv_ th Foot, the 21st, 32d, and 34th Be-
t*, eteeoLes e Infantry, her Majesty's 9th Lancers, the
till
vc9ol,
mougaolthodar
11,01 z
f9e‘teries of -mutirs. and the 6th Irregular Cavalry, with two
(44124 fettlierY--alt
ziappogvfmetuin. Afterhen
Patift sie2law4t t leer a
ei