The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-03 00:00:00

LINCOLN COLLEGE.

The Rev. W. Barrett, M.A., formerly one of Lord
Crewe's Exhibitioners of this College, has been appointed
to the chaplaincy of Combo Longa, Oxon. Patron, the
Rector of Lincoln College.

CAMBRIDGE, FEE. 1.
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.

Mr. Robert Holme, 8.A., has been elected to a fc'
lowship in this society.

KING'S COLLEGE.

Mr. H. G. Whiffing, son of Mr. Whiffing, of Thor-
ney Abbey, has been admitted to a scholarship in this
society.

TRINITY COLLEGE.
The prize for the best Latin ode has been adjudged to
H. Shield.

SINGULAR CASE OF SUFFOCATION.—On Wednes-
day last an inquest was held at the Spangled Bull Inn, Soot-
hill Nether, near Dewsbary, before Mr. Taylor, deputy
coroner, on view of the body of a child seven weeks old,
named Martha Fell. The mother of the deceased took the
child on the previous day to its grandmother, who shortly
afterwards put it into a shut-up bed in a room upstairs,
where her son worked. Tier son went into the room, and
not observing the child turned up the bed. The mother
of
deceased came in in a little while, and was told the child was
in bed upstairs; she went up, but not seeing deceased she
made inquiries which led to the discovery of what had been
done. The child was quite dead when found. Verdict-
" Accidentally iuffoated. "--Doncaster Chronicle.

No marked improvement can as yet be recorded in
the health of the garrison of Lahore ; the number in
hospital is slightly diminished, but the number of
deaths has increased. Ninety-five men in the Ist
European Fusiliers have died of the prevailing
disease, and that regiment has altogether lost 139
men during the last ten months. At Peshawur the
sickness is decreasing; the number in hospital, which
has been upwards of 2,600, is now below 1,400. The
weather in the Punjaub has been this season much
less favourable than usual, and the setting in of the
cold weather considerably more backward than is
generally the case. This in some measure accounts
for the unexpected continuance of the prevailing
sickness. Arrangements are being made for improv-
ing, as far as possible, the location of the troops ; the
greater part of the garrison of Lahore are to be moved
from Anarkulee to Meean Meer. It is all but settled
that Loodiana is to be given up as a military station,
on account of its insalubrity, and because it is now
no longer a frontier town, and it is said that the troops
at Sealkote are also to be removed to a more healthy
and convenient locality.
The organization of the Punjaub police force is
now nearly complete ; it is to consist of six battalions
of infantry and a mounted force of about 2,700 ; the
whole is to be under the command of Major Nevile
Chamberlain, an officer of great energy and experi-
ence in the command of irregular troops. He will
be assisted by three subaltern officers, designated
Lieutenants of Police. In addition to this police
corps, there is now a complete irregular force in the
Punjaub—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—an experi-
ment on a much larger scale than any of the kind
hitherto attempted by Government. No doubt was
entertained in India, by those conversant with the
subject, concerning the superior efficiency and eco-
nomy of well-officered irregular corps in maintaining
the peace of a newly-acquired territory.
Some Seikhs have been admitted into the ranks of
the 65th Regiment of Native Infantry, having pre-
viously agreed to submit to their beards being taken
off, as a condition of their entering a regiment of
the line. The national attachment to beards was
the principal remaining obstacle to Seikh enlistment
in our army, but it is hoped that many will soon
follow the example thus set them. The Bengal
army will be all the better for a slight infusion of
new blood.

Sir C. Napier left Ferozepore on the 18th of De-
cember en route to Kurachee, where he was expected
to arrive about the Bth of January ; the steam-frigate
Mozuffir has been placed at his disposal by Govern-
ment. It is expected that he will leave Bombay for
Europe by the mail steamer of the 17th of January.
Sir Charles has publiAled a farewell general order
deprecating the propensity of the officers of the In-
dian army to incur debt, the extravagance and luxury
of messes, and the fatal facilities for officers bor-
rowing money at usurious interest afforded by the
north-western banks of India. Sir Charles held his
last Indian review at Ferozepore on the 11 th of
December, and was enthusiastically received. In the
evening he was entertained by her Majesty's 78th
Ifighlanderi, and in returning thanks for his health
being drunk, took occasion to declare that he had
never known a more worthy or truly noble-minded
man than his predecessor, Lord Gough, and spoke
with the highest possible praise of the gallantry and
.efficiency of the Sepoy armies of the three presi-
dencies.

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The principal topics of interest from the north-
western provinces are the proceedings against the
great army contractor, Jotee Persaud, and the de-
falcations of the North-Western Bank. Regarding
the former, it will be remembered that the judicial
authorities at Agra had declared the recognizances
of Jotee Persaud and his sureties to be forfeited on
account of his not having made his appearance in
the Agra Court by the appointed day, and had
issued peremptory orders for attaching the property,
both at Agra and Meerut, of his legal adviser and
surety, Mr. Lang, who in vain protested against the
legality of such a procedure. The attachment has
since been removed, at the instance of the Calcutta
authorities, who have informed those of Agra that
Jotee Persaud's recognizances can only be forfeited
by the Judges of her Majesty's Supreme Court. It
appears from the official documents of unquestioned
authenticity, which have found their way into the
newspapers, that the evidence against Jotee Persaud
has been extorted by intimidation, and promises of
pardon to one Bowang Doss, who, at the time, stood
committed at Agra on a charge of perjury. The
usual excuse set up for this practice of extorting evi-
dence, which is notoriously very general in the com-
pany's Courts in India, is, that it would be difficult to
obtain native evidence on other terms. No such diffi-
culty is, however, experienced in her Majesty's
Supreme Courts at the three Presidencies.
The systematic and long undetected falsification of
the books of the North-Western Bank affords an in-
structive instance of the insufficiency of the usual
precautions (regular audits and published accounts),
as they are usually applied, for the protection of the
shareholders of joint-stock companies. " Friends,
toes, and unconnected auditors,' says the Delhi
Gazette, " all bore testimony, year after year, to the
accuracy of accounts which have been falsified in
every shape ; one director asserts, another reiterates.
The audit of August, 1849, justifies the confidence
expressed in February, 1848. Society at large accepts,
and in many cases stakes happiness upon a cheat,
which an hour's well-applied work would have sufficed
to dissipate."
The passing of the long-delayed Act for enabling
the Bengal Government to take possession of the
land required for the railway in that presidency has
terminated the inconveniences which its non-appear-
ance had occasioned to the engineers and contractors
of the Calcutta Railway, and the progress of that
undertaking will, consequently, be henceforth much
more rapid than it has hitherto been. The electric
telegraph has been completed as far as Diamond Har-
bour, and it is proposed to extend it still further down
the Hooghly.
The affairs of the Bombay Railway are progressing
smoothly; another call of 15s. per share has
"bee
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made, making V. 10s. (or half the amount of
sr-
share) called up. The first shipment of rails °aver-
rived, and tenders for the sleepers have be
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tised for. Tidings were expected by the last
the contract for the construction of the whole line
will probable
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having been effected in England; they
Railway Committee
arrive by the next steamer. t for permission to ex-
recently applied to Governme Ghauts, and beyond
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tend their surveys towards the
tract with Go-
vernment). The answer of
Callian (the limits of their
existing contract
Government was to the
effect that they had no objection to the surveys being
so extended, but that they could not allow the 5 per
cent. interest on any money especially spent on sur-
•veys beyond the limits contemplated by the existing
contract. The existing contract will probably be re-
vised, and, meantime, the surveys will be proceeded
with by the local committee, a separate account being
kept of the special expenditure thereby incurred.
The Nepaulese Ambassador has arrived at
Calcutta,
and great preparations for his honourable reception
have been made by his own Government, who have
dispatched a large body of troops to their frontier to
welcome him.

There have been some disturbances in Assam, oc-
casioned by the Nagas, a hill tribe on the Burmese
frontier. About 500 regular troops, and the head-
quarters of the Assam Light Infantry, are at present
engaged in operations against them. The object of
the expedition is the destruction of the strongholds

THE MONEY MARIET.—In rates of interest we havt
no change to report, although money is in greater de-
mand, and borrowing even on Government securities
is difficult. We regret to have to announce the stoppage
of that old and respectable Parsee firm, Messrs. D. and
M. Pestonjee, of this city; a meeting of their creditors
is called for to-morrow, when it is supposed an arrange-
ment for winding up under trustees will be agreed to.
The partners are large holders of house and lauded pro-
perty in Bombay, and if time be given, so as not to press
sales at unseasonable times, it is hoped the creditors will
be paid in full. Securities of all sorts droop; they may
be quoted—Transfer paper, 110; Sicca Fives, 102;
Sicca Fours, 85; Company's Fives, 97; Company's
Fours, 82. Bank of Bombay Shares, 18 premium;
Oriental Bank Shares, 18 discount; Commercial Bank
Shares, ll discount; .Agra Bank Shares, 1 discount.
The import market daring the past fortnight has been
extremely dull, buyers nut appearing to care about
entering on transactions in any descriptions of goods
unless at very unfavourable rates for importers, and the
businss transacted has therefore been small in amount.
Supplies have, meanwhile, come to hand freely, two
vessels having arrived from London, three from Liver-
pool, two from Hull, and one from Glasgow.
XPORTS.

Cotton Wool—The qualities now at market are •ery
inferior, and pricLs huva consequently declined consi-
derably. Th., purchases have been confined to 400 bales
Dhollera, at 120ira.; and 200 Broach, at 112 rs. per
candy. During the past year the exports to Great Bri-
tain have exceeded 290,000 bales, or upwards of 30,000
in excess of 1849, and to China 117,000 bales, or 28,000
bales less than during the previous year.
Opium—Demand for the article just now is dull, and
the value has declined to 1,025r5. and 1,050r5. per chest
for best Malwa.