The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL 1

RAMBLES in hey
IS D CRY
AY STAL PALACE
(T.)
.11'he last week of the 55. days has commenced, and to
judge from the appearance of the Palace this morning,
we ,may anticipate that it will not be the least productive
which the Exhibition has experienced. The arrivals
from the country continue to be very numerous, and a
great proportion of the visitors seem to be of that class
anxious to anticipate the crowds which are expected
'when the doors are open at the reduced fee. The total
receipts on Saturday were 3,0891., of which 2,532/.
was paid in ss. at the door, and the remainder,
5571., was the produce of the sale of season tickets.
We perceive that a list of fares to and from the
Crystal Palace to the principal points of the metro-
polis has just been published, copies of which are to be
distributed among the police, and then any dispute be-
tweet i a driver and his fare can immediately be settled
by a : reference to the nearest functionary. The list at
present embraces the residences of the ambassadors and
consi ils, the principal public offices and buildings, the
squat :es, railway stations, and theatres, and mill speedily
be ft flowed by one more extended. Copies of the
polio a regulations with regard to cabs are also to be
fixed up at the Great Exhibition in German and
'Free ch, so that strangers will at once be able to ascer-
tain when a driver has transgressed the rule laid down
. for t he protection of the public.
N of the least interesting objects in the Exhibition are
the working apiary exhibited in the gallery imme-
diet, Ay over the north entrance to the transept. The
hive a are fixed clese to the crystal wall of the building,
so tl kat the bees are able to emerge into the open air, by
raper tures in the glass, which communicate with the
th hieir
ve,
and can range over the park and bring back
gatli erings to their abode in the Crystal Palace. The
hive a are built in the form of cottages, and by opening
a dc or or window, the visitor can see the swarms in full
wire klat the formation of their cells within. We re-
cent mend any one interested in the culture of bees to
visit these hives. The exhibitors are Messrs. Neighbour
Slur w, and McMillor.
Ii t these days of sanitary reforms and water agitation,
the patent filtering apparatus exhibited by Ur. Foster
in main avenue will attract much observation. It is
entirely novel, and its construction is simplicity itself.
In
outward appearance it consists merely of a common
tap , proceeding out of a large leaden ball, varying in
size s according to circumstances, which is attached to the
ma in pipe which supplies the water. Inside the leaden
ball! is contained a ball of porous stone, with a small
cavity in the centre, and through this, by the
poster of its own pressure, the water is forced,
apparatus, emerges through the tap beneath ptehrefecchtlyt.pure.anodf
flit red. This is the whole
as
tit
wh jell is its extreme simplicity and
cheapness,le
quia:es merely to be attached to the
the wateri through
main p-te"isn ordree;
to obtain' sufficient pressure to force
th t filtering medium, and the water may th en be drawn
as t'reely and simply as if through the taps in common
us I. One tap will filter in a day several hundred gal-
lons, certainly more than is usually required by one
fat icily. This is certainly one of the most useful inven-
do cis exhibited, and we believe has never before been
set s i by the public in actual working.
I Vhile we are on articles of actual use w
hibite may men.
tiox the inventions which Mr. Defries exs in the
apvlication of gas to domestic purposes. Gas is here
rc side to supply, at infinitely less expense, all the uses to
which great coal fires have hitherto e devotod ein
;nglish kitchens. Boilinea roasting, an bed
cnookingf all
d eleriptions are effected 'by it; conservatories warmed,
b aths of 45 gallons heated in five minutes for the cost of
2 a., and all manner of results effected at the least possi-
ble cost.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Can you spare space to suggest opening the
bi tion for four hours in the morning, from five till nine
:lock, for One Penny.
On entering to deposit the usual charge for the day and
tai Ire a check, and returning the same (by paying a penny,
an d leaving the building before nine o'clock), to receive back
th e deposit only. Tickets, numbered, with signature and
ad dress, and endorsed by a householder, would guarantee
on der.
.1 estimate One Million, in London, might go in the
mt .ruing who cannot go in the day, viz. :
Bankers', merchants', lawyers' clerks lOO,OOO
Shopmen (estimate of the Early Closing
Association)
Mechanics of various trade 5....,...... 300,000
Labouring men, &0., .6z c.

1,000,000

I am, Sir, your subscriber and servant,
DAYSPRING,

-SOUTH.-WESTERN RAILWAY STEAM-,BOAT PIER.—
The company have erected a commodious steam-boat pier at
the end of College-street, Lambeth, in a direct line from the
Waterloo terrninu3, across York .road, a distance of about 200
-yards. The construction of this pier will preveLt the
necessity of passengers requiring steam-boats crossing to the
Middlesex shore; every inducement will be held out to steam-
boat proprietors to call at the pier. It is to be opened in a
few days.

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From the Chronicle.)
BOMBAY, APRIL 17.
The intelligence from the north-western frontier still
continues to wear the came aspect of uneasiness, arising
from the petty outrages of the hill tribes that I have so
often noticed. Since Captain Grantham's death a good
look-out has been kept for the isolated parties of ma-
rauders, who, two or three in number, are always lying
in wait for any stray party that may present itself. Se-
veral of these fellows have been caught, and
they have been trussed up to the next tree,
where they hang in terrorem. The littyberies (in-
habitants of the hill flanking the Khyber Pass) were
brought to terms, it was supposed, by Lord Dalhousie,
when he was at Peshawur; but the supposition appears
to have been ill-founded, for 2,000 of our best troops
have been ordered, according to a letter published in
the Mofussilite of March 23, to enter the Pass, and to
ravage and burn all the crops in the land belonging to
the Khyberies. To them also has been extended the
order lately issued in the cantonment of Peshawur, to
hang all who are apprehended for theft, and to
imprison all who may be caught within the cantonment.
Towards the lower part of the district extending
from Attock t o Kalabagh, the country bordering on
the Indus, has been more tranquil than on the Kohat
and Peshawur side. The presence of the Governor-
General's camp and its numerous train of Guards and
followers, may have had some share in producing this
temporary tranquillity; but the Bannoo and Wueeeree
tribes who are located in the lower districts are better
affected than the Afreedees and Khyberies are towards
the English.
The details of the survey of the great Punjsub salt
range lately executed by Dr. Fleming and Mr. Pardon,
lead me to believe that that mountainous district will be
found to be very rich in coal and minerals. Plenty, of
coal of good quality has been found, and pronounced fit
for use in the river steamers plying on the Upper Indus.
Marine fossils also have been discovered; the belemnite
tribe abounds; and some species of the sea urchin (echi-
nus) , which were discovered in great abundance, were
at first taken for lignites, and caused some amusement,
by a long-winded scientific correspondence, partaking
of the character of Edie Ocbiltree's commentaries on the
Roman reliques discovered by Air. Jonathan Oldbuck.
Provided any permanent supply of coal can be pro-
cured in these regions, these matters may be passed over
with a smile. Copper ore has been found of a rich
quality.
The Governor-General left Peshawur on the 18th of
March, having paid a visit to Jamrood, the celebrated
site where so many Bactrian coins and other remains of
antiquity have been discovered. His Lordship crossed
the Indus at Attock an the 24th, having been pre vented
from doing so by floods during the 21st and two follow-
ing days.
Sir William Gomm and lady, with their respective
suites, bad left Meerut on their way to head-quarters.
A grand ball had been given to them at Meerut.
I mentioned some time since the harsh and not very
generous proceedings adopted by the Bengal Govern-
ment towards Jootee Persand, a rich and very active
commissariat contractor for supplies of all kinds to the
armies in the field during the Affghan and Punja.sub cam-
paigns. He was tried recently at Agra, on charges; of per-
jury, embezzlement, and fraud, to a very large :amount;
but after several days' proceedings, the evidence given in
his favour by some of the most distinguished British
officers under whom he served was so convincint and so
powerful, that the jury at once acquitted him. He is said
to have rewarded his counsel so munificently that the
lawyer entertained some thoughts of applying for a trea-
sure party, as a guard from Agra to Calcutta. I ought
to tell you that a treasure party seldom goes with a
smaller amount of coin under its guard than from three
to four lacs (30,0001. to 40,0001). In this case gold is said
to have been the medium of payment. However, I en-
close you an Extra issued by an Agra paper, which
reached me in time for the mail. It contains full parti-
culars respecting Jootee Persand's acquittal.
We have had an inquiry going on in Bombay for some
days touching the very serious defalcations that have
been detected in a municipal tax here called the wheel
tax. One or two magistrates and the police superin-
tendent have been examined; but nothing has transpired
of the slightest interest. The inquiry is held in
and reporters watch the evidence. I ought not to omit
narrating a hyperbolical expression which fell from a na-
tive witness, who, describing the extraordinary dexte-
rity of another, a Parsee native, said with emphasis,
" He is so clever, he steal the antimony off your eyelids
and you not know he do it." Antimony is the so-called
kohl which the natives smear over the inside of their
eyelids to give strength and expression to those organs.
Medical diplomas have just been granted to eight na-
tive medical students who acquired their knowledge at
the Grant Medical College. Our Chief Justice pre-
sided, and the Hon. J. P. Willougby assisted. The
occurrence is chiefly noticeable from its being the first
of the kind here. The young men belong to the
Hindoo, Portuguese, and Parsee races, and their ac-
quirements are very highly lauded by the Government
examiners.
There are no tidings of any interest from Hyder-
abad, the Nizam's capital; it is said that he is again
getting into arrears with the pay of the contingent
force, which he is compelled to maintain, though he is
frequently denied its services, when he has occasion to
coerce any of his rebellious or refractory subordinates.
The seizure of any portion of his dominions, as pay-
ment for the old arrears, is indefinitely postponed, ac-
cording to all appearance.
Several conversions of natives (Hindoos) to Chris-
tianity have been brought to public notice of late. They
are said to be the spontaneous result of the converts
themselves, arising probably from the secular education
which is bestowed upon them by the Government.
Such at least is stated with regard to a convert of Madras.
We have had a large importation recently of Ro-
man Catholic priests, who brought with them an
allocution of Pope Pius IX., touching the mode
in which he persuaded the schismatic Archbishop of
Goa to resign his see and accept the coadjutorship of
the Archiepiscopate of Braga, in Portugal, in its place.
The tact and cleverness of the Holy Father are very
manifest in this document, which Bishop Hartman (the
diocesan here) immediately published, to let the Portu-
guese know that they must now knock under to him,
and give up their churches to his management.
Reports of continued outrages and disturbances in
Oude frequently reach Bombay, but the Calcutta papers
contain fuller and more authentic accounts than I can
send.
Two new iron steam-boats are on the point of being
dispatched for the traffic of the lower Indus from Jakkur
to Kurrachee.
1 hear from Indoce (Rajpootana) that young Holkar,
who is under M. R. N. C. Hamilton's tutelage, during
his minority, has expressed a wish to visit England, in
which Lord Dalhousie has wisely encouraged him.
Another eastern prince, the heir to the ruler ot Canda-
bar, is seid to have just returned from England, whither
he went on a bootless errand to get English assistance in
restoring him to his birthright, which some Persian has
usurped.
Tee Five per Cent. Loan of the'East India Company
was closed here on the evening of the 14th of April.
Next day Company's paper had a rise of 3 per cent.
Another ship (the Kurramany) was burnt at Calcutta.
Two in one month.
The exchange has rather gone up within the last few
days. One transaction for 3,0001. document bills was
effected at 25. Oid. Broach cotton rules at 114 rupees a
candy. Piece goods are selling at a slight depreciation,
owing to the large stocks. The large exportations, and
ho necessity for realising before the monsoon, put a stop

to business.
The 78th Highlanders
(a wing of which is at Bombay
is about to have its whole strength stationed at Adeyn,
where some barbarous murders have been committed by
the Arabs; the wing of the 78th will be replaced by one
wing of the 86th Queen's.
No news from China since my last ; the steamer of
March 29 looked for on the 21st here.
Lord and Lady Falkland are at the Hills. We ex-
pect them here on the 21st, when Mr. A. Bell is to be
sworn in as third member of council, vice Willoughby,
whose date of service expires then. Weather hot,
plenty of sea breeze, and all the Europeans hero are
healthy.
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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA, .APitIL 7.—The steamer with the London mail
of 24th February reached town about three in the afternoon
of the 3d instant. The Bombay express came in a few
hours after. The advices in regard to commercial matters
are not considered encouraging, but we hardly expect they
will influence any marked change in the position of our local
markets.
The tendency of the export branch of our business has
been for some time past to increased activity, owing chiefly
to the more practicable rates of exchange en England, which
have offered great facilities to shippers. A more general and
active inquiry has been making for produce, without, how-
ever leading to anything like a very extensive scale of busi-
ness in exports. The state of supplies of most of our leading
staples has been inadequate to meet the demand which has
onnage
existed ; and the scale of operations, although above the
average of the past few weeks, has still been limited. Latterly
another. obstacle has supervened in the way cf extensive bu-
siness in. shipments. This is the scarcity of dead weight
be n tahsesreiver, and consequent high rates for home-
ward_as frpghtage demanded by consignees. For some years
are
Pas ittn,ow is said,
. such a scarcity of tonnage has not been felt
considered,°
prevails. This drawback, it is expected, will soon
removed,overdue.
arrivalsrsaattlievsiearcaflo,r
satisfactory
scale
oa l e aorfe. anticipated,bosfn business
h a ves-
selssanbdoesnomdoeneinGenerally speaking, all circumstances
been quiet, and
Sine© the decline in the export market, although at extreme rates. Indigo has
one single public sale is reported.
the few parcels
enhanced their demands, which
ilates of exchange, holders of
.now remain in hand have
to induce buyers to come ewithout, however, as yet being able
operations have nearly upto their marks. The season's
terminated.c Exports to all ports
.
without amount to above 28,000
sugars of all descriptions has continuedest active
tdheem
and
smallestfor
sugars of all has continued without the smallest
abatement, and all parcels offer
very stiff prices. Very little of tgnehnave been picked up at
as yet found its. way to market. Theew crop
isGf Benares has
large or e, much in excess of last year's erop said to be a
yield. Saltpetre,
until lately, has been in good request, as well
North American market ; the rise in freightsfohr the home as
checked operations for Great Britain. r
rable s however,
completely neglected,. and latterly absolutely rice
has been
whatever has t)eu doing for home shipments. It
is business
the article will continue to be neglected. Ballamrobable
and
oonghv have been in more active request, and prices ha
M
advanced about a couple of annas per maund. Raw siTe
i_'
has been in better demand, anli a fairer extent of business
is reported, at prices which show an advance on former
figures. The market contains now but very littleis of the
November Bund, and as a good demand exists, it likely
the produce of the next. bund will meet with high
prices, particularly as it is not a large one. In silk
corahe a very moderate scale of. business. has been on
foot; holders have enhanced their requirements, which
dealers show no disposition to come up to. The me-
dium and inferior qualities are neglected. Tussors con-
tinue, as before, to be picked up tt) a fair extent, at