The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-03 00:00:00

INDIA.

(From the Times.)

We have received by express courier from Marseillaa
our dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail from
India which left Bombay on the 3d ult.
The following is our correspondent's summary for UN
month of March:--

"British India is generally tranquil, and the improving
state of its public finances is at present the prevailing topic of
the Indian press.

" Lord Dalhousie arrived at Peshawaur on the Eth of
March and left it on the 17th. He was expected at Visors-
bad by the sth or 6th of April, and would thence make the
best of his way to Simla. Robbery and murder are still
rife at Peshawur. Captain Grantham died of his wounds on
the 16th of March. On the same day one of Lumsden's
Guide Corps was shot in the Kohat pass, and on the pith a
Resildar in attendance on Captain L'aly (who was at the •
time proceeding through the pass towards Peshawur to see
the Governor-General), happening to go off' the road, was
also shot dead.
" Most summary measures are, however, being adopted
fur the repression of these outrages. Mr. J. Lawrence is in-
vested with trill authority, as a single member of the board ,
to pass sentence on them, and hangings take place almost
daily ; four men were executed on the morning of the 15th
one of them the fellow who stole the trumpet from the
artillery lines and fired on the Guide Corps sentry. It is,
moreover, proposed to transport summarily to the lower pro.
winces any border tribes' men caught trespassing on our
lands. Martial law is to be declared paramount until the
depredations and murders now so prevalent are put an end
to. The negotiations with Dhoet Mahommed, which I
mentioned in my last, are said to be progressing most fa-
vourably.
" The hill tribes on the Indus frontier, south of Peshawar,
are also disposed to be troublesome; the Vizieries having
been hovering about the Bunnoo frondsr for some time, ready
to pounce down en any unprotected part of the line, at last
assembled in force at the toot of the Goomt: conimandant atttee pass on the
14th of March, on which Captain Walsh
Bunnoo, took the field against them with three of
Ilammund's guns, a equadron of the 2d punisub
Cavalry (under Lieutenant Browne), the 2d fun_
jab Infantry (under Lieutenant Eckford), and 200 pence,
horse and toot (under Lieutenant Cox). On the approach
of this force the enemy showed no inclination to a.'.ait Its
attack on the plain, but took to the hills on each side of the
head of the pass, occupying them in groups, which were
soon dispersed by the excellent practice of the artillery. Ae
the force was, however, insufficient to follow up the advan-
tage thus gained, it was determined to withdraw it; which
was accordingly effected, the movement being masked by
three or four companies being thrown out as skirmishers, to
keep the enemy from making a rush at the guns.
e A gaol emeute occurred at Deva Ghazee Khan on the 2d
of March, at midnight. Two prisoners took advantage of
the inner door of the gaol being momentarily opened to
make a rush past the sentry into the outer enclosure of
the building, and then threw themselves over the enciente
wall, the drop of which (being 25 feet) had been considered
sufficient to preclude the possibility of such an attempt; 15
were shot dead by the guard and one wounded in the at-
tempt; some were recaptured, and parties of horse have
been sent out in all directions after the 26 who got clear oft
A court of inquiry was investigating the matter.
" Military preparations are quietly going on at Peshawar;
a force has been ordered to hold itself in readiness to move
on the frontier at a moment's warning. provisions for two
months and the requisite carriages are being collected; the
destination of the force is unknown, but it is rumoured that
the Governor-Ueneral has offered the % izieries a certain
ultimatum, which it they refuse, coercive measures will be
immediately taken. Whatever measures be adopted, therre
is no doubt but that they will have been carefully considered,
and will be effectively carried out. We are now much better
acquainted with the various passes, and with the general
nature of the bill country, than we were at the time of the
former expedition..
" The Indus frontier of the Punjaub has been so well de-
scribed in Major Edwardes' late work that any comment on
its present state is almost superfluous. It cannot be expected
that the hill tribes of the Dejerat border should discontinue
their troublesome predatory habits all at once, and it is as
much as could be hoped for to be assured that they are held
much more in check than they ever were in Itungeet Singh's
time; and that the revenue of Djeerat is now much more
fully collected, and that life and property in that province
are now more secure than they ever were under any
former Government.
" No territorial acquisition to our Indian empire has ever
been so cerefuly settled and organised as the Punjaub, and
already no province of the empire is more prosperous ;
though more lightly- taxed than any other district in India,
it already yields a considerable surplus revenue (325,5001.
exclusive of the sums realized for confiscated property),
which will be much increased when the extensive canals fur
irrigation, now in progress, are completed. The employment
to native worka-.ea afforded by these works and by the new
statio.:s, which are everywhere progressing, has caused a de-
mand for labour in excess of the supply, and thus removed
one of the principle sources of danger to which every newly
acquired country in which large establishments have been
disuauded is at first exposed An order has appeared for re-
gulating the enlistment of the Seikhs in our Indian regi-
ments; not more tean 200 Punjaubees are to be admitted
into any single regiment, of which not more than 100 are
to be Seikhs, who are to be dist,ibuted equally among the
different companies. No Seikhs are required to cat eithertheir beards or hair, and every means are to be adopted
to preserve intact their distinctive national and social cha-
racteristics.
" The improvement of the navigation of the Indus (and
incidentally that of the port of Kurrachee) is now the great
desileratum fur the Punjaub. The little steam-tugs now on
that river are altogether incapable of developing the com-
mercial capabilities of the stream, and it is most desirable
that river steam-bons of a larger gee, and on the American
model which has recently been adoeted with so much ad-
vantage in the Ganges, should be substituted for those at
present in use. It is stated that a depot is about to be
formed at Kurrachee for the reception of military stores from
England destined for service in the Punjaub.
" The trial of Jot(*) Persand still stood for the 27th of
March, but it wi.s net quite certain that all the witnesses
would be able to be present by that (I, te.. Mr. Wynn
C.S., is to conduct the case on the part of Government. Mr.
Tandy has been elected secretary to the North-West Bank,
and it has transpired that Sir W. Gomm has addressed a
letter to Captains Blois and Watt, exempting them from
the imputation of fraudulent motives. but saying that their
laxity in monetary dealings was mos: unparuonable, and he
advises Captain Watt to pay back the sum received front
Captain Bedew. Nawab of Bahawulpore a now on a
pilgrimage to the Mahoruetan shrines of Delhi and the North
West Provinces, and Sir W. Gomm was expected at liinbella
by the 31st of March.
"It is said that the Court of Directors have left the
ques ion of the augmentation of the Bengal artillery and
engineers entirely in the hands of the Governor-General.
Major Baker, of the latter corps, succeeds Major Kenedy as
Consulting Railway Engineer to Government.
"There is nothing new fromastthine::z7a47Ftoexrr:to4ry2
;;
andhe
still continues his own Minister. The naval Commander-in.
Chief, with her Majesty's ship ir
Sphynx steam-sloop, were, by the latest accounts, at anchor
in the Madras roads.
"The committee appointed by Government to report on
the frauds in the collection of the Bombay municipal taxes,
while under the superintendence of the police department, is
now ting ;as is also another committee, appointed to in-
quire into the existing system of public works, both as re-
gards superintenience en! execution. The prospectus of
the Baroda 'Railway is is lied, and a wooden tramway, 4i
miles in length, for the purpose of facilitating the shipment
of cotton, has just been completed at Dholera, in Goozerat, at
the cost of a few native merchants, at an expense of 1,4001. a
mile

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY MARKETS,
FROM THE 17TH OF MARCH To THE 2D OF APRIL INCLIISIVE.
BOMBAY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 2.
The Money and Share Markets-There is n wen n
tmootnee-
tary matters that calls for remark, unless we
chliasinshownb
bazaar and noticed a temporary tightness,
whgist Marwarrie
itself for the last few days, principally
idanred•
enti, rist wthioull
should dealers i
tin
intendtbe d rtuagk. i o
g a e Businessstart
t at
aigenerallylil appears
h monsoon is not now very
quire to be quick about it, as t• 8
to 102 ;
tions ;-Transfer Loan,
ilirs.;ives, 98;
tar distant. Securities aro ins,ctisvieccaat tFhievefeo,lloiwoiing quota-
Com a 's Fours,
Simi Fours, 86; Company' 13 pan
•
Shares, per cent. premium ,
82 to 83; Bank of Bombay
17 per cent. discount • Commercial
discount; Agra Bank Shares, 8
Orientsalh
Rank are-,
per cont. disco.upt.
As was: antl:thiptaeerrcleCtehnetp.astfortnight has witnessed a re-
vival of business in the import market, though scarcely to
ottfl el
eet doingEn,
gal
inedh telidev pi
creiece sfoorf
tchoetrt odne
chhanvede
.sinicsa
the extent which vial looked for. In exports there has
otbbteienr vaceletritYPctllirs we do not hear of any transactions.
Cotton Piece Goods--For some few descriptions of gray
imapnrdovgeenmeernatliiya
tphr
ei c e
markets a
npoleatc e
qualitiesduring
ap-
pears pite7atrndssigtoahnt'be looking up, owing. to the diminution of stocks,
and the smallness of the shipments known to be on the way
out. Business has, as before, been conned almost excla- .
sively to gray goons, and the only descriptions of bleached'
fabrics which have been inquired for were mediam jilt:tonsil
it:Ggiloriloinciddeoolnr_td,inhigsaadanadbpooNh-lealav6me6B,rseeolfd.d
coarse
pieces,peca.asthi pricesg ranging
have a 1
a()betweeno to
2 r t.
h e
qualities, have bee*
andez2r.n4ta.of6lpl:24*per
56-reed 40-inch qualities, for which in
hichsodmeamwanhadt, particularlybti
have been obtained. There
45-inch CO-reed, and above milee akete been
to 15,700 pieces, at f Tbhen aenlestnieninalqiuiryanioul
rom 3r. 11a. to sr. 10a. Op. per Piece'
Jacconeta-Sales, 25600 pieces, at 14r. to I%r. par Vacs*
On these goods also pan advance in price has been obtained.
In domestics the sales amount to 3,040 pieces
12‘-Asr. per piece. These have chiefly been taken' at tier. to
for the Per-
sian and Arabian markets, at prices more favourable to the
purchasers than to the sellers. Of long and T cloths stocks
are now much reduced, and for the former an advanced
t,
2r.. depressed
200
ditto,
price has been obtained. The sales have bees 2,000 pieces,
at 4r. 13a. to 54r. per piece.
Fancy and dyed goods remain in h
con-
dition as formerly noticed, and the e same
only si_tslesa reported are
400 pieces of bleached mulls, 40 x y 2 ;
at 23/4r.; 200 bleached lappets, 30 10, at 2r. 11 a. ; 600
stelae muslin, 38 >•.: 10, at ir. 5a.; and 1,746 Turkey red
scarfs, at 2r. 5%a. per piece. For most other descriptions
little or no inquiry has been made.
Freights-The rates of the day are-To London, 21. Es. to
2/. 12s. 6d. ; to Liverpool, V. 10s. to 3/. per ton ; and to
China, 114 r. to 12r. per candy. For the former port as
high as 3/. 2s. 61. has during the fortnight been paid in s
going ship, and to China 13r.
eor first class credit bills six months' sight,
firslt.",-xcclhasasnes-
the rate is now 2s. 4d. to 2s. 5,„(1. (it Lad some days since
fallen to Is. 11M.), and for document bills the nominal rata
is 25.1/,(i. The banks' rates are-six months' sight, Is. 1 1 i'ld. ;
tolioreeicomesei ••iirl,s.ls.lol7its, i(141,.d.; two months' sight, Is. lid.;
; and one day's sight, ls. 107. id.
On Calcutta we quote CU days' sight 98r. per 100 r., and on
China 21Gr. to 217 r. per leo dolls. •

CALCUTTA.
(From Campbell and Burgett's Overland Price Current,
March 24.)
The Bombay mail express letters, with London dates to
the 7th of February, reached us on the 16th instant, and the
general dispatch the next day, with market reports showing
a continued dull tendency of most East India, produce, with
a further slight depression in its value. Shortly after the
departure of our last mail, our export market developed in-
creased spirit for more extended general business, in a great
measure encouraged by the downward turn of exchange;
but supplies of leading staples still continuing moderate, the
transactions did not assume the importance commensurate
has, under a
abovenauted luttoe artrivn, '-
with the inclination evinced. This tendencyp-tilar influence of a further depression iii exchange, con-
tinued since Ct.!. arrie.d th.
f,ea current of stc_ti_vl.--,y hcin.olrakededll-,, the iotervG2tioe
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