The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-12 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL•

We have received the Bombay Overland Times
si the 12th of May. We take the following from
Cie overland summary :
„," We have just had a little Sonthal insurrection
our own, which, though not on so great a scale
14 that in Lower Bengal, has had a good deal in
4 °ltomon with it. We are not able to discover how
misunderstanding first began. As usual, it is
,7d there have been a woman and priests in the
jot
Some of the railway people working at the
"'hayed
of the Bhore Ghaut had, it is asserted,
"'bayed themselves improperly in the villages,
iltlld the belief began to spread abroad that they
r ere in quest of young children, of which 300
were said to be required, to propitiate the de-
,„ins of the rock. The workpeople first fled from
„_`'• part of the line near Matheran, alter having
rverely maltreated some Parsee workmen employed
Lconstructing houses on the hilltop. Irritation
117 now, proceeded to such a pitch, that every
nger, of whatever race, making his appearance
the neighbourhood was almost sure to be at
ged- The villagers have nowhere taken the field
114 bodies, nor is there any apprehension of a ge-
neral rising, and with a little quiet management
anything will most likely settle down, when the
neiousness of the fears for their children
Zcomes apparent. The disturbed villages are
tllin a two-hours' railway run of the Elphinstone
College.c Their inhabitants have been in constant
b.enunication with Europeans since Governor
Pean's time, and yet in civilisation they seem
ied the South Sea Islanders.
,a
y:,A robbery was, a fortnight since, committed just
the Baroda frontier, very likely to lead to
c'`re important consequences than its planners or
abettors dreamt of at the time. Property to the
vlthio.of 10,0001., consisting chiefly of gold and sil-
ett in bars, belonging to British merchants, was
RPatched, on the 24th of April, from Bombay to
AI
t.niedahad, both British cities. On entering the
thi:cowar's dominions, which stretch across the
rollgilfare between the northern and southern
rtri of the Bombay Presidency, the escort of ten
‘443(1 men who accompanied the treasure was set
ailc, aby forty ruffians, and, after a gallant resist-
Icc' mastered, maltreated, and robbed, one man
ibg been killed and three dangerously wounded
battle occurred at sunset, near the frontier
ha.ll,n of Meeagong, in a quiet open country, not in-
;icd with plunderers, or fitted for the purposes of
sate
; and the circumstances of the case
the strongest suspicion that the villains must
teebeen under the protection of the chief of
,
leagong.
ill; Matters proceed tranquilly in Oude, with a
exception,--A
t which has been attempted to be
much of, of a threatened mutiny in a regi•
6-121 formerly in the King's, now in the British
Cleo. Ten months' arrears of pay were due them
Itn, late Government, and, some delays they
eked not to have expected having arisen before
aforms of our pay department could be complied
44) the men refused obedience to their officers,
uen a little compromise and management put
tters to rights.
hi.' The recent arrangements in the Home Depart-
-14 of the Administration, so far as the Ministry
I concerned, have given general satisfaction.
~`,,A. further section of the Bombay Railway ex-
tb te'n'ing to the bottom of the Ghauts was opened
Zia Morning, so that the two grand limbs to Wassind
&
o,,,(lCampoolee are ready for the assent of the Thull
Bhore Ghauts respectively. The first of these
kra,44 northward through Candeish until it joins the
f;')1(1 Calcutta line near Agra ; the second, on at-
to 4,ing the Deccan and passing Poonab, stretches
4;h-eastward towards Madras. We can now
govel 70 miles uninterruptedly on either line, nor
es there appear to be any difficulty in construct-
to(R railways as rapidly in India as in England as
)
4 as the correspondence stage of proceedings is
~
ounted, but five or ten years wasted on this is
:cuing in the least unusual.
it Intelligence has since our last been received of
qe safety of the Hon. Company's steam-frigate
hhtlesa, at one time supposed to have been lost in a
eZtricane in the Arabian Sea on the 18th of April.
ege ship is notoriously so rotten as to be endan-
lit," by the slightest squall. Had the gale once
etllek her she must have gone down at once. Her
saniander wisely turned tail and ran the
atoent he felt its approach. Just that day
tills years the Cleopatra had perished in a hur-
pottle, being unseaworthy when she left
". The Akbar was kept on the Suez route
t,Zrs after she was deemed unsafe by her
Reers ; when put of commission at last it
)4 found that it would cost 60,0001. to repair
to au amount considerably exceeding her origi-
ktk cost. In June, 1853, the Ajdaha escaped
kaanet by miracle, and continues at sea at the daily
of the lives of those on board.
Iv: Severe hail and thunder storms begin to
~rlpre-
up and down everywhere, giving note of the
4;3; approach of the rainy season, and, though
tIY through with the hot weather, we have suf-
k,ed materially from the water scarcity that was
*llrehended. The construction of the Vehar
4terworks is meanwhile advancing rapidly, and
if
.40t retarded by a change of engineer the whole
ajz
e Probably be completed by the advent of the
Itt Scanty monsoon.
:The Governor-General remains at Calcutta,
Elphinstone is sojourning at Matheran, com-
ein to the Presidency occasionally, and Lord
:I'4 continues at Madras. He has just cora-
,l44"liced a series of district agricultural exhibitions,
ittVecently presided at the first, which was held
vhingleput."