The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-17 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.
(From the Herald.)
We have received by extraordinary express, in ad •
vance of the. overland snail, our dispatches from Cal-
cutta, of September 8; Bombay, September 17; and
China,,August 23. We gave a general outline of the
news these journals supply, in 'cur third editien of
Wednesday. We now subjoin details, which will be
read with interest :
(From the Overland Bombay Tunes, of Sept. 17.)
SUMMAIEY.—So few incidents have occurred since
the ht inst., the date of our last dispatch, having
even a passing public interest, that our present
summary will, we fear, be &yid more than
usually barren of news. On tl-Reathove-mentioned
date two mails from England ...Were dispatched
fromAic hence,
ihat,
sula and Oriental Steam Navigation CoMpeny'e
steamshipiNorasbeiyilet,h,e Hon. -Conipany'e steamer
Southampton.viaandttnothet- by thellt'enuin
fortunately occurredn
that the AchilleS *as compelled
to turn back next day, in consequence of the casing
of the slide-valve of otie of, the engines having burst
a couple of hours after she left the" port ; this was
repaired by the engineers on board, but next morning
it was discovered that the same accident bad again
occurred, when the commander determined to return
and have the repair properly performed. The Achilles
.again started at daylight cn the Morning of the 4th
inAant; 'and the officers of the .Tappear to
entertain nn &tab: whietteierth . *o4lde-reach
Arlen in time for the. Calcutta ship' which was to leave
so as that they might both reach 811E7, about the same
date.—The trial of the libel case of " Macau- v.
Lang," took place at Calcutta on the 19th ult., and
ended in the conviction of the dc,fendant. The plain-
tiff is a colonel in the Bengal army and a member
of the Military Board,, and the defendant is editor
and proprietor of the Optimist, a new bi-weekly
journal recently started in Calcutta, and is by pro-
fession a banister. The defendant gave notice of a
motion in arrest of judgment, which was heard on
the 231 ult. Sir Laurence Peel, Chief Justice, over-
ruled his arguments for a new trial; and Sir Arthur
Bailer, who tried the ease, sentenced Mr. Lang to
two months' imprisonment in the common gaol of
Calcutta, to pay a fine of 1,000 rupees, and further to
be kept in confinement till such fine be peid.—There
has been another outbreak in Malabar amongst the
Moplabs, which was not put down without serious
loss of life on our side. Friday, the 221 ult., had
been selected as an auspicious day for the rising, when
17 fanatics armed themselves with their war-knives,
matchlocks, and other weapons, and took possession
of a strong building near a place called Colatoor, oc-
cupying a commanning position, armed with guns,
about seven miles from Malliapooram, and forty from
Calicut. They signalised their rising by the slaughter
of a village patel, the agent of one of the petty rajas
close by, and some of his attendants. A party of 70
men of the 39th Regiment Madras Native Infantry,
under command of Ensign Turner, was immediately
dispatched for the purpose of attacking them.
This he did on the 2ith ultimo, when having
lost three out of six men sent out es skirmishers by
the fire of the Moplshs, the sepoys became so cowed
that the main body, after firing a random volley,
turned tail immediately and fled in the most dis-
graceful confusion, some of them throwing down
their arms to enable them to fly the faster ! In the
meantime fifty men of her Majesty's 94th Foot,
under. Captain Rhodes and Lieut. APCarthy, and

another company of the 39th Regiment liiadras
Native Infantry, under Ensign Shaw, left Calimit to
reinforce Ensign Turner's party, and on hearing of
the disaster that had occurred Captain Rhodes made
forced marches so as to repair the mischief as
quickly as possible. He came up with the rebels
on the morning of the 27th ultimo, when the whole
of them, to the number of seventeen, were slain by
the united detachments sent against them. Oar
loss on this occasion was four men of the 94th
Foot and the Subadar of the 39th Regiment M. N. I.
killed. The fanatic Aloplahs would neither sur-
render nor ask for quarter, so they were all put
to death with arms in their hands whilst making the
most desperate resistance. They no sooner saw the
' Europeans and the 39th Sepoys approaching towards
the stronghold than they sallied out, brandishing
their knives and flourishing the muskets which the
Sepoys had two days before thrown away when they
so disgracefully fled. At the first fire on our side
seven of the rebels fell : the Europeans (skirmishers)
then retired a few paces to reload, when one of their
number was shot. The Sepoys now advanced to the
front, and are said to have behaved well. The re-
maining 10 Moplahs then made a desperate rush, and
succeeded in killing three other European soldiers
and the Subadeer of the 30th M.N.1., before they
could all be disposed of. The only cause for these
men having become rebellious ib attributable to a
sudden outburst of fanaticism. The rebels never
at any time numbered more than 17, and it does
not appear that the feeling with which they
were imbued had extended beyond the locality in
which they resided, or to have been looked upon
with any peculiar favour by their countrymen. The
district in which this sad affair occurred is one of the
best conducted in Malabar, and there is no ground
whatever for discontent among the people, who are
usually most quiet and peaceable subjects. A similar
occurrence, attended with precisely similar results,
occurred in 1849 near the same place,
and it i 5 pro-
bable that were a party of Europeans permanently
stationed near the spot where the first outbreak took
place this last disaster might have been avoided.—The
vacancy in the office of assistant-superinteudent of
the Indian navy, caused by
the lamented death of
Captain Hawkins, has been filled by Commander J.
Young. This appointment has given general satis-
faction to the service to which Capt. Young belongs.—
The case of Mr. E. P. Danvers, junior magistrate of
police, who has for some time past been placed under
suspension by Government, having been referred to the
Court of Directors for decision, Mr. L. C. C.
Rivett
has been appointed acting second magistrate, and Mr•
T. Thornton acting third magistrate of police, until
further orders. The coronership, which became va-
cant by Mr. Thornton's promotion, has been con-
ferred on Mr. P. M. Dalzell, one of the assistants in
the Custom-house.—The managership of the Com-
mercial Bank here, vacant by the resignation of Mr.
J. C. Stewart, has been conferred on Mr. F. Hutch-
inson, for many years assistant collector of land reve-
nue, and one of the most active and intelligent of our
municipal officers.—We learn from the Mofussilite,
that the confidential returns called for by Sir Charles
Napier from officers commanding corps, of the con-
duct and qualifications of their officers, have been
directed by Sir William Gomm, at the suggestion
of the Adjutant-General of the Army, to be dis-
continued. The Madras Spectator's Hyderabad
correspondent states that by the 15th of August
40 lacs of rupees (400,0001. sterling) had been
paid by Sooraj-001-Moolk to our resident as part
liquidation of the debt due by the Nizam to our
Government ; and that forty more have been pro-
llthe groundsupr ern fo
Government e r the appropria-
tion by the month of October next. This will, of
tcourse,iono
f Bra
do
ap-
peared to have beenthis
bent before sop was
offered.—Letters which have reached
er,o away
n
Simla from
Cashmere, dated the 12th ult., mention that the
Maharaja Goolaub Singh had been seriously ill, and
wwihthieha
that, under the apprehension that his kekeems or
native doctors had been tampering with him, and
were disposed to administer poison for the more
effectual cure of his malady, his Highness had be-
sought Sir Henry Lawrence to send hina an Euro-
pean physician--a request, which will, no doubt, be
immediately complied with.--TheGovernor-General
will hold a Durbar at Pinaore on tae 25th October ;
it is therefore thought probable that it must be his
Lordship's intention to leave the hills on his return
to Calcutta about the 20th idem .—Che Commander-
in- Chief in India has, it is said, decided on visiting
Lahore on his return from Peshawur.
_He will pro-
ceed direct to Umritsir, and thence, via Seealkote, to
Peshawur.—Lord Falkland and Sir John Grey, with
their respective staffs, returned to Poona in the be-
ginning of the present month, and will remain there
until early in October, when it is said to be their in-
tention to proceed to the Mahabuieshwur hills, and
remain there some weeks before returning to the presi-
dency for the season.—Sickness at Lahore, Peshavour,
and Sukkur, is on the increase, and at the former
place an officer and numbers of European soldiers
have died during ;the past month.—Trade has been
rather dull during the past fortnight : money is
abundant, and to be had on easy terms on good
security.