The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-07 00:00:00

INDIA.

By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re-
ceived our private correspondence and files of papers
from Bombay to the 12th of October.
We take the following summary from the Bombay
Times :

" We announced shortly in last advices that an
expedition was about to sail from Bombay for the
reduction of the Waghurs (a piratical race inhabit-
ing the north-west point of Kattiawar, where the
famous shrine of Dvrarka is situated), who had
thrown off their allegiance to the Guicowar and
betaken themselves to the traditionary practices of
their tribe ; for the suppression of which three ex-
peditions have been fitted out from Bombay within
this century. By the Zenobia, which arrived in
harbour yesterday, we learn that the operations of
the force have been already brought to a successful
close. The fort and island of Beyt were stormed on
the 7th inst. The expedition arrived off the island
on the 3d inst. On the morning of the 4th, says
the Standard, two boats, armed, from her Majesty's
steamer Feroze, two from her Majesty's steamer
Zenobia, and one boat from her Majesty's steamer
the Victoria, the whole under the command of Lieut.
Chitty, of the Indian navy, were sent to cut off the
boats belonging to the enemy. On the sth the
Feroze, the Zenobia, the Victoria, the Clyde, and
the Constance opened fire on the fort, which was
continued all day. On the 6th the troops landed
under cover of the guns of the fleet at 2 p.m.
The enemy made a stout resistance, and 60 to 80 of
our men were killed or wounded. Our loss is 2
officers killed, 2 officers wounded, 13 men of the
28th Regiment killed and 33 wounded ; 9 men of
the 6th Native Infantry killed and 12 wounded.
The names of the officers killed are—Lieut. M‘Kor-
mick, 28th Foot, and Ensign Willaume, 6th Native
Infantry. The Zenobia has brought down the fol-
lowing wounded officers and men :—Capt. Glass-
pools, Lieut. Grant, 33 men of her Majesty's 58th
Regiment; 10 men of the 6th Native Infantry; 2
men of the Marine Battalion.

" We know little as yet with certainty of the
causes of this outbreak, which is more likely, how-
ever, to have originated in the turbulence of the
people than in the oppressions of the Guicowar, if
we are to judge of their history from remote time,
The promontory to which Dwarka and Beyt belong
has been distinguished in all time, under the name
of Okhamundul (bad district), for the thievish
character of its people and the sterility of its soil,
while by a singular accident it 11 hard to say
whether it is more infamous on these grounds than
sacred on another as the chosen dwellingplace of
Khrishna.

"The trade returns of Bombay for the official
year 1858-9 have been published within the last
month, and bear out the assertion of the Reporter-
General, that Bombay must now be regarded as the
commervial capital of India. The official value of
the imports and exports of the year were as fol-
lows :

Imports
Exports

2G,321,141

"The total trade of the island in 1833-34, when
the last traces of the company's trading character
were about to disappear, fell short of £7,000,000
sterling; and the development of the last 20 years
is almost we should think unprecedented in the his-
tory of commerce. The returns of the year under
review show a large increase upon the trade of the
previous one (1857-8), in spite of a very large fall-
ing off in the export of cotton.

Increased imports £2,238,318
Ditto exports
.. 1,971,759

£5,210,107

These returns are confined exclusively to mer-
chandise, the imports of treasure during the year
having amounted to £6,424,822, and the exports to
£1,586,459. The commercial wants of Bombay are
legion, while the most discreditable apathy charac-
terizes the place. We want docks, wharves, ware-
houses, cargo-boats--in fact, everything but natu-
ral advantages. Were the latter but energetically
turned to account, Bombay would within five years
have doubled its present trade, and the blame of
this apathy must be shared between the Govern-
ment and the Chamber of Commerce.

Our import-market has been rather inanimate
during the fortnight, the money-market continues
easy, and freights have been without any improve-
ment."

Respecting the rebels, the Standard supplies the
following information. The embers of the rebel-
lion are evidently slowly dying out
" Rao Rain Buksh, talookdar of Doondeah Khera,
whose capture we reported last mail, has been
found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. He is
one of the many who treacherously betrayed un-
fortunate fugitives during the rebellion. Those
from Cawnpore who sought shelter upon his estate
were barbarously murdered by this monster, whose
name will not be forgotten for ages. We have
not heard of his actual execution, but think it is
hardly likely that even Lord Canning will pardon
him. Rajah Jyelall Singh was also found guilty
of abetting the murder of Miss Jackson, Mrs.
Green, and others. He was convicted on the clearest
and most conclusive evidence ; hosts of witnesses
deposed, not only to his having been the primary
mover in the massacre of our countrymen and coun-
trywomon, but also to his having stood by and
witnessed, if not actually superintended, the brutal
proceedings. His execution was to take place at
Lucknow, on the Ist, at sunrise, on the spot where
his victims were murdered. A small monument
marks it. It will be a relief when we hear that
the hangman has npt been disappointed in dispos-
ing of these two fiends. The case of Jyelall has
excited as much interest in Oude as did those of
the Nawab of Furruckabad.
" The Nana is still, it is said, on the north bank
of the Raptee, where its course from the hills
flows westward. His followers, who have no money
or supplies, plunder the inhabitants of the Deoghur
valley. A correspondent of the Lucknow Herald
writes from the frontier, more specifically :—" The
Nana is now at Deoghur, and the Begum one march
beyond it. It is reported the Ranee of Lahore is
in camp. The Begum has 200 rebel sepoys, and
the Nana 500, with one howitzer. He has also a
small body of cavalry numbering 150 sabres, 40
elephants, 40 camels, and 12 palkees, in which his
and Bala Rao's families are conveyed. He has just
made arrangements for the issue of three quarters
of a seer of coarse rice and one chittack of dhol. I
am told that a brigade of Goorkas from Khatmand-
hoo have arrived at Dhang, with a view to drive
the insurgents from the hills. The rebels frequently
cross the border and plunder the inhabitants of
Lurway ,Koosaha, where there is a company of
sepoys belonging to one of the talookdars.' Jung
Bah adoor hos at last, it is positively affirmed, ordered
the Nana, Afummoo Khan, Beni Madho, and the
rest of the principal rebels, to quit the Nepaul terri-
tories, under pa:n of being forcibly ejected by his
troops. This will be service equivalent to the value
of tho tract of conitry which it is in the contempla-