The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-31 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

We have received by express our dispatches in anti•
cipation of the overland mail from India. The dates
are, Bombay, October 3 ; Calcutta, September 20.
Our Bombay correspondeut writes :
BOMBAY, OCT. 3.
The principal item of news fur the past fortnight
is the reported determination of the Governor-
General to seize on a portion of the territory of the
Ameer Dost Mehomed, of Caubul—it being well
situated for establishing a post to watch and overawe
the Afreedees, Wtezeerees, around: Peshawur.
The rumour emanates from the _Delhi Gazette, v. ho
does not write as one without authority on the
matter. He says—
"News of the gravest import has reached us from the
north-west. In itself, perhaps, it is not much, but
in the consequences that may ensue, even a dimly
prophetic eye may discern further conquests, it may
be, further Ousters. If our readers will glance
at the nmp belonging to Major Edwards' Year on
the Puejau'o Frontier,' they Rill see the valley of
Dour conspicuously marked beyond the mountain
range that forms the western boundary of the
district of the Wuzcerees. This valley lies
within the tertitories of Dost Mahomed. This
valley has been annexed. Wet know not if the
Ameer has consented to this arrangement. We know
not if he has been even consulted on the subject. Its
annexation has been pronounced expedient, and it is
annexed accordingly. As soon as the troops can be
moved—for sickness stands in no awe of discipline—
possession will be formally taken of the district, and
a strong outpost probably established at the head of
the Koorum river, so as to command the supply of
water to the Bunnoo valley..; Setting aside the moral
—or rather the immoral—view of the question, there
can be no doubt as to the desirable nature of the ac-
quisition. It lies exactly in the rear of the Wuzeerees,
the Afreedees, and the other hill tribes, who can only
be brought under a wholesome degree of restraint by
main force. They are too insolent, too ignorant, too
confident in the natural advantages of their position,
to learn from the experience of their neighbours.
Thus again ere we irresistibly driven on in our career
of conquest ; to pause is to retrograde ; to prevent
aggression we must ourselves become the assailants;
and preaching peace, Christianity, and mutual for-
bearance, we are compelled to exterminate all who
oppose our progress or molest our present position.
" It is easy enough to appropriate any portion of any
territory on which we choose to set our desires, and
say we are compelled to follow our destiny—the diffi-
culty lies in maintaining it afterwards. This same
valley of Dour will not be long in our occupation in
peace. Already has Dost Mehomed collected a large
force at Caubul for service below the Khyber, and
paid the Khy berries to allow him free passage through
the defiles. Next year will' probably again see the
flames of war lighted on our frontier, to extinguish
which probably thousands of lives and millions of
money will require to be sacrificed. One of the
hitherto greatest opposers of annexation in any shape
or under any plea, the Bombay Times, now,•tells us
that Dost Mahemed deserves no mercy at our hands;
thereby meaning, of course, that the appropriation of
his territory is all quite just and correct.
" The sickness formerly mentioned as prevalent
throughout the Punj sub continues as virulent as ever,
and numbers of deaths were occurring at every sta-
tion, more particularly the capital. At Wuzeerabad
the strength of the European troops (3d Dragoons,
10th and 24th Foot) was 2,075, of whom 250
were sick. At Sealcote, out of 372 there
were 43 in hospital. At Lahore the strength was
7,500, of whom 1,600 were on the doctor's books.
At Moultan and Peshawur matters were gloomy and
disheartening, but an appearance of some abatement
was perceptible. At Leia all the European officers
(Captain Ross, Captain Hollings, Lieutenant M'Neile,
and Mr. Henderson, C.S.) were suffering—especially
the first and last. Coming down the Indus, we learn
that Sukkur and Shikarpore were still extremely un-
healthy. At Hyderabad, her Majesty's 64th were
losing numbers of men, women, and children. As-
sistant-Surgeon Shortt had also fallen a victim to the
prevailing fever—and it was feared the fate of the
Highlanders would overtake the wing if not speedily
removed from the station. Although Kurrachee is
not exactly as healthy as is its wont, still it has little
to complain of. Mr. Frere, the Commissioner, seems
to be generally well liked; he is mentioned as fre-
quently entertaining the society of the place at
Government House, and thus doing his best to keep
them in good humour with themselves and those
around them, and therein he shows •a good deal of
sense. The people of Kurrachee are actually begin-
ning to talk of a railroad to Gharra, and this while
such a thing as a good cart road from one station to
another is never thought of.
" The Nizam's affairs are again being canvassed by
the journals; he is said to have contributed 60;0001.
as a loan to his minister of the 400,0001. paid to our
resident, and to be now dunning the unfortunate offi-
cial for its repayment, as if the debt were not his own.
The country is overrun with mercenary troops kept
up by him for the purpose of awing the unfortunate
cultivators and others into paying,any demands, how-
ever exorbitant, made upon them.
"Colonel, or Gen. Steinbach, returns home by this
evening's steamer, having resigned the service of the
Cashmere ruler fur good and all. He has, it is be-
lieved, accumulated what will keep his nose from
freezing during the remainder of his days, even were
he to settle at the North Pole. The only intelligence
recently received from Cashmere is to the effect that
the Maharaja was still very unwell, and that the
fort of Cbelas still held out against his troops as
stoutly as ever—that succour for the besieged was on
the way from Gilghit, and that it was expected the
besiegers would have to retire from before the fort.
"N. Memel, of the Lahore Board of Administration,
is to be Resident at Nsgpore, to which Major Du-
rand has been temporarily appointed. Sir R. Shake-
speare had gone a considerable way on route to
Joudpore to take up his new and inferior appointment,
when he was overtaken by an express from the
Governor-General directing him to return to Gwalior.
I presume from this that the Gallant Knight's spon-
taneous and noble conduct in publicly acknowledging
his error and apologising to Captain Close has induced
Lord Dalhousie to cancel the punishment inflicted on
him fte- his conduct towards that officer. Something
serious is said to have occurred in the Gwalior Lush-
kur, in which the Maharaja is reported to be impli-
cated. Treachery and intrigue of course against us
must have been discovered; but that is nothing un-
usual. The artillery portion of the King of Oude'e
army has mutinied—arrears of wages being the
cause. The sooner this puppet of a king, with his
brother puppet of Hyderabad, are pensioned, the
better for their subjects, and probably for our
selves also.—The manner in which the trial of
Jotee Pereaud was conducted has, it is believed,
brought forth a heavy rebuke from the Court of
Directors, and one member of the military board in
particular, said to be Colonel Mactier, has come in
for a large share of the displeasure. Sir R. Barlow,
of the Calcutta Adawhut, has been deputed as a
special commissioner to Agra, to inquire into and pre-
pare a report on the subject, for transmission home to
the Court.—The ship Lascar, Captain Errington,
from Hull to Calcutta, with coals, &c., was wrecked
near Sanger, on the 17th ult. ; all hands saved but
two seamen.—The American ship Saxon Maid, bound
for Adeu with coals, was wrecked in the Mozambique
on the August.—Lord Falkland antdirli, it John
Grey have gone to Mababuleshwany_he will,
is said, be in Bombay by the Bth prox.—Captain C.
M. Nixon, 6th N. 1., is now being tried at Bombay on
charges of misappropriatiog 220/. odd of regimental
money, he being paymaster of his corps. ri the
--n
night of 25th ult., we had a terrific thunderstorm at
Bombay, during which an immense fire-ball, the
noise of which, rushing through the air, terrified
hundreds of people, fell into the sea, near the outer
light-ship. A magnificent meteor fell at Calcutta on
the night of the 19th.—The salt department is to-be
thdeublliginh
placed under charge of the Collector of.
Customs at
ethexp
oprrtess, i
od ewni totyg t o 'Tradeb has been
at
•exceedinglyhom e and
prices asked by dealers for
,their cotton.
ad markets
the following items : —Mr. H. H. Bell, indigo planter,
",p.S.—The papers received this morning supply
died at Agra on the 21st ult. A public dinner is to
be given at Madras. to Sir G. 11. Berkeley, Com-
mander-in-Chief, previous to his departure, as a mark
of respect from society. The Madras Sepoys who fled
59th Bengal
from before the Moplahs are • to be tried by general
court-martial. Brevet Captain Gordon,
N. 1., is being tried at Fort William.floating light
on the North Sand, is the Straits of INlalarea, has
been sanctioned. Captain N.bl t of the Phlegethon
tain Goodwin, et e
steamer, month • Cep-
A
gets the Enterprise, on 501. a mon ,
Reddie has been elected curators of the Public Li-
brary, Wright,of the Nemesis the Phlege
vice Bethune. Ce of the barque
fain 1 rig
Success, died suddenly thoo. Mr.
Ord the 22d. ult.
the at Calcutta 0.
The ringleaders inlit Gwalior,
artillery mutiny
have been released bythe Dudbar, so I presume it
was not deserving of
the name of mutiny.

Casualties by death in the armies of India
dcptrture of the mail on the 17th Sept.lL &123 'Troops—Assiitant- Surgeon W. Shortt,
64th Foot, at llydrabad, Sinde, on the 13th September.
—Lieutenant Hickson, 80th Foot, at Dino pore, on the
6th Sept.—Capittin W. Minchin, Ceylon Rills's, at Co"
lembe, on the 11th Sept. since the
Bombay—Livutenant L. Ileathhorn, Artillery. in
England, on the 22d August.
Madras—Csptain T. W. Warre, 9th N. 1., attached to
Ist Niziw's Intsntry, at Wnrrungul, on the 15th Sept.
--Lieut. IL Seroggs, 50th N. 1., at sea, on the 15th Au-
gu/t.—Lieut. J. b. Brock, 32d N. 1., at liainee TO; (61
the 26th August.

THE SUN,

LON DON,

Bengal—Captain W. Y. Siddonti., 62d N. 1., Bhopa-
wur.—Lieutcnant A. S. Galloway, 3d Cavalry, at Sana-
. runper,•, on tha September.
Indian nay—Lieutenant E. C. touch, at Jersey, in
Auguit.—Captain J. P. Sander:;, ut aca, on the 17th
August.