The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-16 00:00:00

SCINDE.

The report of the direct rs of this company states
that in September last the Bombay Government
approved the line originally proposed by the com-
pany. On receipt -_this; in elligence the directors
lost. no time In entering into a c kiitract for the
execution of the works between Kurrachee and
and Co., and a member of that firm, accompanied
Kotree, tie port of Hydrabad, with Messrs.. Bray
by an efficient stiff, sailed for Kurrachee by the
last steamer ; previeui to which, in order to accom-
modate the pressing wants of Government and the
immense keel traffic, they deemed it advisable to
commence operations by coestructing
four miles of
the line between the harbour and Kurrachee. Per-
manent way material for 60 miles of the line, with a
portion of the rolling stock, has been despatched,
and a further quantity is now being forwarded.
The directors have received intelligence that coal
adapted for the use of locomotives has
been. dis-
covered near the upper terminus of the Scinde Rail-
way, which cannot fail by decreasing the working
expenses to have a beneficial influence on the remu-
nerative character of the undertaking. This coal
has been successfully tried by the Hon. East India
Company's steamers on the Indus. The directors
continue to receive most favourable accounts of the
depth of water in the harbour of Kurrachee. The
advantages of having so good a
terminus of the railway are apparent, both for 1
the immediate facilities afforded for landing the
, ending powerful
stores of the company, and for the
effect which it will necessarily have in develop-
in; the commerce of Upper and North-Western
amounted to 912,027/. •
ludia. The import and export trade of the port
of Kurrachee fer the year enclitic, IVlay, 1853,
1854, to
815,103/. :ending May,
May, 1856, to 4234,253/. ; and ending nay, 1857,
to 1,420,187/. ; ending
The authorities in Sande have
May, '1855, to 922,0891.
recommended that the directors bs authorised
to survey a branch line from Sukkur eld Shikar-
pore and Jacobabed to Dadur, near the Bolan
Pass, with the view to secure to the Scinde Rail-
way the trade of Affgbanistan and adjacent coun-
tries. They have also recommended the survey
of a branch line from Ilydrabad to Deese, which,
when executed, will place Kurrachee in direct
railway cott municat ion with Bombay, and
eventually with Calcutta, the Bombay and Baroda,
and Central India 1?
—ailway Company being about
to extend their line to Deese. With reference
to these branch lines Mr. Bartle Frere, the corn-
missiover in Scinde, t
in a despatch to the Go-
vernor of Bombay, dated the 21st of July, states
gr that both' the liuis referred to appear of the
very greatest importance, not only in a commercial,
but in a military and Political point of view. The
country is a dead level, the camels snit water-
courses have been bridged, the road has been
carded in perfectly s•raight Ikea of from 10 to
20 miles without turning or angle, and the por-
tions subject to inundation have been raised."
The survey of the Puujaub lteilwey has been
most satisfacZortly couipleted, the plans and sec
tions have been reeeived in thi
el country and the
Eist India Cenip,ny have sanctioned
the issue
of 1,500,009/. of capitel, on 'lllicit they will gu ran-
tee 5 per cent. interest upon the usual terms, which
will give three shares in the guaranteed capital for
every five shares in the 2,500,000 e for which scrip
has been issued. The military and political im-
portance of this railway cannot be over-estimated.
It will be constructed at a very Moderate expense,
and from the great existing traffic the directors have
every expe station that the line will prove most re-
munerative. The survey of a line of railway from
Dillon) to Peshawur, near the Khyber Pass, has
been recommended by the Government of India,
and authorised by the East India Company, and
the execution of it intrusted to the engineering staff
of the Punjaull Railway. The Capital account
showed that 418,071/. had been received, includ-
ing 28,2581. on account of interest, and 264,2751.
expended, including 28,216/. interest paid to pro-
prietors, leaving a balance in hand of 2,875/ and
~
with the East India Company of 151,5201.

CALCUTTA AND SOUTH-EASTERN.
A meeting of shareholders was held yesterday at
the London Tavern, Lieut.-Colonel Kennedy in
the chair. The meeting was called to give infor-
mation to the shareholders of the prospec's and po-
sition of the company. The secretary read a re-
port giving an account of the origin and progress of
the undertaking. The chairman then stated that
the company did not originate the project ; it arose
from the mercantile interest of Calcutta. Not-
withstanding the oppcHition of the present Go-
vernor-General, who had only had a few month,'
experience of Indian requirements, the shareholders
should be satisfied with the superiority of the port
of Matla over that of Calcuttr. for commercial pur-
poses. The report made by lhe surveyo! s and the
late Governor-General's order went to 1 rove it.
Mr. Wyld urged that the directors should go fLr a
guarantee, with a view to getting the shares paid
up with more regularity.
The Chairman said the directors had an objeo-

i Increase Li 1858 •
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Tragic return for the week ending Feb. 13, ,
1358
CorreFponding weak last year 9,899 0 0
Tot ;.`l3 of the balf-year to this date, 1858...., 75,73- 0 0
Total of the half-year :to this date, 1857 73,139 0 0

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGINCE

consequence of he erowded state of,Chatha

girrion, caused by the large influx of volunteers
and I.:x:111as for the purpoze of joining Indian de-
po' s, the awhorities have decided on reducing the
streiOti of the garrison by the withdrawal of nearly
2,000 , t coops, _ O. ders were accordingly re:leived
yehtrr.lay. by Major-General W. H. Eden, com-
m indaut of the g trison, directing the withdrawal
of the following .gast India depots from. the troops
under. his command, selected froth the 2d and 3d
battalions, viz.-64th Regiment, under the com-
mand -of Major W. J. Made ; 82,1 Regiment,
under the command of Captain W. A. Bair() ;
87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, commanded by Captain
W. Wiltshire ; 90th Light Infantry, in command
of Captain L. N. D. Hammond ; and 'the 98th
Regiment, under the command of Captain E.
Grantham. The whole of the above -depots will
proceed to Canterbury this morning, when they
will form a depot battalion, under the command of
the staff of offisers at Parkhurst, who are directed
to proceed to Canterbury. The following depots
will likewise move from Chatham garrison this day
to Colchester :-19th Regiment, under the com-
mand of Captain L. D. H. Currie ; 43(1-Light In-
fantry, in charge of Captain T. E. Holmes ; and
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment, commanded
by Captain H. W. P. Welinan. The depots of the
18th Royal Irish, under the command of Captain
G. W. Stacpoole ; 51st Light. Infantry, under the
command of Captain C. Acton • and the 83d Regi-
ment, under the command of dapt&n E. W. Bray,
are to proceed this day to Deal and join the depot
battalion at Windsor.
The Colossus, 80, screw steamer, and the Argus,
6, paddlewheel sloop, being fitted at Chatham, are
ordered to be attached to the steam reserve. Both
vessels are nearly completea, -and will be put out
of dock next spring tide.
The following is an extract from a letter dated
Madras, Jan. 13, received yesterday at Woolwich :
" The screw steam transport Hydaspes, 24100
tons burden, which sailed from Woolwich the 18th
Sept. last, with the troops of Royal Horse Artillery
and two field bittemies Royal Artillery, making a
total of 607 men (and which was reported to have
been lost at sea), arrived at Calcutta the 30th Dec.,
after a pleasant and prosperous voyage. She
touched At the Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 5, where
Capt. It. P. Radcliffe, Second-Captain the Hon. L.
Addington, Lieut.. F. L. Talbot, the Hon. A.
Stewart, and A. Cockburn, A.,siat.-Surgeon S.
Roth, and Veterinary-Surgeon J. Cochran,- with
190 non-coininissioned officers and men of T Fleid

Battery, wore transferred to her Majesty's ship
Himalaya, to take charge of 300 horses to Calcutta
which had been purchased at the Cape. At Pain'.
de Gallo the El vdaspes embarked 14 officers and 280
wen of her. Majesty's 69th Regiment, just arrived
by overland route from Suez, and took the n on to
Madras, where, in consequence of orders received
frc,m the Governor-General, she also lauded, ou
the 20th of 11!cetnher, CApt. and Brevet-Lieuf.-
ColonA J. Turner, C.B. ; Smond-Captain P. J.
Campbell, Lieut=. G. J. Shakerley, C. L. Tre(ltr:if:-,
and E. C. Vaughan ; AniA.-Surgeon A. H. Taylor,
and Veterinary-Surveon J. Cleaveland, with 196

non-commissioned officers and gunners and drivers
of the H troop Royal Horse Artillery. The Hydas-
pe3 then pro 'eeded to Calcutta, where she (IS OM:
barks 1 Lieu.-Colonel J. B. Riddell, commanding
the brigade cf b +ft.-lies Brevet Mlor and Adju-
tant N. 0. S. Tuiner, and Capt. and Quartermaster
C. Young, together with six officers and 190 non-
commissioned officers and men of Capt. Gibly ar's
Q field battery. The officers have presented a tes-
timonial to the commander of the Hydaspfs, Capt.
H. Brown,• to mark their approbation of his cour-
teous and gentlemanlike demeanour during their
long and pleasant voyage in his ship."
The Pembroke, GO, screw steam ship, Capt. Jahn
Fraser, arrived at the Great Wore, at 10.55 a.m.
yesterday, from Leith.

The screw steam-ship Hogue, 60, from Queens-
town, arrived at Plpmouth on Sunday. The steam-
frigate Valorous, 16, Capt. W. C. Aldham, with
Capt. Storey and the offieers and crew lately be-
longing to the frigate Eagle, 50, sailed in the after-
noon for Sheerness.

The Meeanee, 80, new screw steamship, was put
out of the fitting basin at Sheerness yesterday. She
is ordered to proceed on a trial trip to prove rate
of speed, &c., to-morrow.
The Royal George, 102, screw steamship, at
Sheerness, is ordered to proceed on a trial trip to
prove her rate of speed, &c., on Thursday.
The Admiralty have ordered the iocrew steam gun
vessel Alacrity, Commander Arinine Wodehouse,
to be paid off at Sheerness.
The entry of boys as sea apprentices in the navy
has been stopped on board the flag-ship Waterloo,
at Sheerness, in consequence of her having her full
complement.

Tire Mistletoe and Julia gunboats, of 60-horse
power each, were on Sunday brought up to Wool-
wich from Sheerness, in tow of the steam vessel
African, to undergo some necessary repairs, and to
be fitted for service.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty:—
Captain J. W. Tarleton, C. B„ is appointed to
the Euryalus, commissioned • Captain P. Cracroft
is appointed acting captain Of the Diadem during
the illness of Captain Moorsom ; Lieuts. W. Cod-
rington, Henry Christian, J. S. Graham, and T.
K. Hudson, to the Euryalus; the Rev. F. E.
Gutteres, chaplain, to the Russell ; the Rev. E. H.
Fo hergill, chaplain, to the Ajax; J. Smith,
master, to the Euryalus ; E. R. Key, assistant pay-
limiter, to the Illu.strilus ; and J. R. Starlit- g,
clerk, to the Marlborough.