The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-20 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By extraordinary express, in anticipation of the
Overland Mail, we have received our letters and
papers from Bombay down to the 27th ult.
The following is from the Bombay Gazette of
that date : _ _

Mr. Wilson's exhaustive speech on the introduction
of a paper currency has been received in all parts of
India with the same marked favour which was shown
to his financial statement. Of course, the cancelling
their privilege of issuing notes has had a depressing
effeelp on ;the Presidency ;Banks; but the gene,*
confidence in the wisdom of the proposed change is
so great that the shares in the Bombay Bank,
which at first fell 10, have since recovered .5 per
cent.

The numerous friends of Sir James Outram will
be happy to learn that a letter has been received
from him dated the 17th March, in which he
announces his recovery from the severe illness
under which he recently laboured, and his resump-
tion of official duties. His own words are "I am
perfectly well now, and have returned to work."
The sentence of death on Khan Buhadoor Khan
has been confirmed, and he will be hanged in front
of the Kotwali at Bareilly, on the very spot where
he sat and watched the murder of his European
victims.

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Somerset, K.C.8.,
quits the shores of India to-day, after having held for
upwards of five years the Command-in-Chief of the
Bombay army. With his retirement ends the
General's active military career.
The case of James Hunt, formerly sergeant-major
in the 14th Dragoons, who shot Cornet Browne
of the same regiment at Kirkee, near Poona, for
seducing his wife, has been tried in the Supreme
Court of Bombay. According to the evidence given
by Browne and two of his fellow officers, on the
27th of January last Hunt rode up to the cornet's
house, and, asking for a private interview, was
taken by Browne into his bedroom. Of all that
followed we have two versions, neither of which
is it possible to corroborate, for the prisoner and the
prosecutor alone knew what happened. Browne's
statement is, in brief, that Hunt told him he knew
his guilt by finding one of his letters and by his
wife's confession, and called upon him to give up
any letters from Mrs. Hunt he had in his possession.
There was some more conversation, in the course of
which Hunt drew out a pistol, and said he had come
over for the purpose of shooting his betrayer, and he
did not know whether he should not do so yet. At
last, on Browne owning that Lieut. Beamish pro-
bably was aware of what had been going on, Hunt
raised the pistol and shot him. Hunt's story varies
from this, in asserting that Browne used taunting
and insolent expressions, laughing at Hunt when
he asked for the " satisfaction of a gentleman," and
saying he " gloried" in having seduced:Mrs. Hunt.
Browne swore distinctly on the trial that he
had not said a word during the interview to
provoke the prisoner. The counsel for Mr. Hunt
made rather a weak defence, arguing that it was
possible the pistol went off by accident: The jury
found the prisoner guilty of intent to do grievous
bodily harm, and strongly recommended him to
mercy on account of the extreme provocation he had
received. The Chief Justice, Sir Mathew Sause,
premising that the lightness of the punishment he
was about to award was due to his belief that the act
of the prisoner in firing off the pistol had not been
premeditated, sentenced him on Monday morning,
the 26th inst., to be imprisoned for a year in the
county gaol, one week's confinement in each quarter
to be solitary. There is great popular sympathy
for Mr. Hunt, and a memorial has already been
drawn up, praying for a remission of his sentence."

LATEST, BY TELEGRAPH.
MADRAS, MARCH 21.
Money in full demand ; interest, 10 per cent.
Government Securities—Four per Cents., 16 to 17 dis. ;
Fives, 21 to 3 dis. ; Five-and-a-Hall's, 3 pm.
Exchange--On London, 2s. lid.
Freight—To London 455.

CALCUTTA, MARCH 23.
Government Securities.—Fours, 181 to 184 discount
Fives, 5f to 51 discount ; Five-and-a-Halfs, par to
premium.

Exchange.—On London, for First Class Credits, 7
months' sight, 2s. lid. ; on Bombay, 99.
Freights.—To London, dead weight, £3 ss. to £3 15s. ;
jute, £3 15s. to £4 ss. ; seeds, £3 12s. 6d. to £4.