The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-25 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SitrrinriELD.—Old meadow hay, 2/ Hs to 41 4s; new
do., 2/ 15s to 4/ Os; old clover, 31 103 to 5/ 03; new do.
37. 10a to 4/. lOs ; and straw, 1/ 8s to J./ 12s per load:
Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.

61731BERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 21 183 to 41 6s ;
new do., 2115 s to 41 Os; old clover, 31 lOs to Si Os ; new
do., 31 103 to 41 lOs ; and straw, 11 83 to 11 12s per load.
A full average supply and a sluggish demand.
WIIITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ;
new do., 21 15s to 4/ 03; old clover, 3/ lOs to 51 5s ; new
do., 3/ 10s to 41 10a; and straw, 1/ 89 to 11 12s per load.
Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations.

:T.—JuLY 24.
the close of the market.
Wallsends &e.

S d
Braddyll l6 9
Flettou Lyous Main l5 6
South Efetton 18 0
itussell's tletton 16 6
Lambton 77 6
South Kelloe 16 6
ileugh Hall 16
Hartlepool ifetton l6 • C,
Barton
Haswell 18 3
Tees is 0

;, 90 ; sold, 74.

THE DESPATCH OF EUROPEAN TROOPS

TO INDIA.

Yesterday was published a copy of some very ire-,
portant correspondence which has passed since the
Ist of April, 1856, between the Court of Directors of
the East. India Company and the Board of Control,
and between the said Court and the Governor-
General of India in Council, relating to the num-
ber ofeEuropean troops in India. The return Was,
move] for by Mr. Seymour, M.P., and ordered by
the House of Commons to be printed on the 20th
instant. The paper opens with a letter from the
Governor-General of India to the Directors.
of the Court in Leadenhall street (dated the sth
of April, 1856), informing them of the great
pressure for officers for detached employment is
India, and of the consequent necessity that was felt
by the Indi.in Government of urging the Hon.
Court of Directors to supply the existing vacancies.
of ensigns in the fixed establishments of regiments,
and to appoint nupernumerary cadets of infantry to
the Bengal establishment to the extent of two for
each regiment, or for the three European r egiments
12, and for the 74 native infantry regiments 148,
making in all 160 cadets. The Directors, in their
reply (Sept. 10), admitted the urgency of the want,
and were willing to send supernumerary cadets 91
an immediate measure of rel'ef ; but they observed
that the mere appointment of one or more officers
to the rank of ensigns would not be the remedy re-
quired to meet effectually the present (September,
1856), exigencies of the Indian army. Thy corro-
borated this their opinion by a reference to the
dictum of the late Sir C. J. Napier. In the present
state of the finances the Coutt of Directors could
only (they said) sanction the appointment of one
additional captain and one additional lieutenant to
every regiment of Native Infantry and Cavalry e,
the regular formation in the three Presidencies, and
of two additional captains and two lieutenants to
each European regiment. The Directors opineas
mor: over, that the native regiments of the line
should always have present with them for 1..;
giretental duty in time of peace 1 for command, I.;'
eligible for command of companies, and 2 eligible
for regimental staff, besides the young ensigns train'
ing for their duties ; and that in time of war every
available officer detached from the regiment feel;
staff employment should forthwith rejoin it.
will be seen from these papers that as early as '')
er
months ago an urgent representation was made by
the Government of India of the paucity of Bore;
peen officers in that empire. Then follows sane
correspondence about the transmission to India
el";
relief regiments. An important minute of t''
Governor-General of India in Council, dated the
7th of Februiry, 1857, refers to the current Per"
sian expedition, which would require a large f°rece,
of European troops, and his Excellency asks t'is
pertinent qu-stion, "Whence are these regiment
to be drawn, and what reserve will remain avail;
able for further draughts after they have bees
taken The Governor-General goes on to slinw
that the whole force must be supplied freeoir
Bengal. " The European strength of the
the
dian army," he continues, "reduced by 0
withholding of two regiments of Quenl3o{
Infantry, on account of the exigencies
the Russian war has not been made good. . '
le
" The army of India is not established upon a seest
calculated to meet the drain of a war carried on
of
a distance of 2,000 miles from its shores, least f
all its European force, which does not admit of
ready increase." The Governor-General object%
therefore, to the withdrawal of more than a cartel°,
force of European troops from Bengal, and he To
quested her Majesty's Government at home to gof
spatch the four regiments already announced Jj,
embarcation iu the summer of 1857—three to .130e1
bay and one to Madras—not two to Madras eo'r
two to Kurrachee, as desired by the Commane, of
in-Chief. He also requested the sending 001',10
three more regiments to Bombay (two non I'g
later), and desired that the 10th and 29th Regime°
might be retained by the Indian Government. ea
This minute of Lord Canning was endorsor
with a full approval by Mr. Dorin, the slice
member of the Council, who expressed his 0,13,,e0
concurrence in the expediency of demanding I'3'4
reinforcements from England of European te°°l;%,
and intimated his knowledge of the fact that the
Governor-General of India (the Marquis of lbe
housie) was of opinion that "he had redueed,ve
European force in Inclea to the lowest possible 0(1
justi :ed by ordinary prudence." It was prefin'srg
by the Directors of the Company to the India 13ntie
last April to make arrangenAnts for restoring tee
Queen's regiments of European infantry 011 the
establishment of India to the number of 24"..06$
number maintained since the year 1842. Ine.
last it was deemed expedient to send out foe
giments to India without delay, making with,ce
2d and 3d Dragoons, already ordered out, aZu.„..
of six regiments. On the 29th of June the yeel
tors of the Company, considering the critlup
state of affairs -in India, applied to th 3 1111
Board for the dispatch of four additional regininileil
of infantry of 1,000 each beyond the force orderaw
to proceed this season, and on the Ist of .1 wt',
inst. the Court was apprized of the Queen'set'oot
mission for the embarcation of the Ist Po
(Ist battalion), and the 19th, 38th, and 7tto
Foot, and her command that the draughts °fob
9th and 14th Dragoons and the 10th and 0
Infantry should join their head-quarter? ett
India. Orders were also given to hold a regilgoel
in readiness to embark from the Cape of t of
Hope. Ou the 15th of July inst. the Cour de
Directors, alarmed by the news of the furthers
fection of Sepoys, appl ed to the India Board for Da
additional three of six regiments of infantry ,Ott
despatched to India forthwith, and the tee
opined that it was also desirable to strengthr the
artillery force of the several governments eY rdi
despatch of eight companles. The Home
actor tingly ordered out the 42d, 20th, 54thee'eee
and 97th Foot, and the 2d Battalion Rifle 134eil
together with two troops of Horse Artillery
companies of Royal Artillery.

MAIL AUSZTALIAN OVER,LAND

SE it VICE,

A correspondent writes :—Some surprise n
i
dissatisfaction have been felt at the mail tu.l.cl!
' merits Australia. In consequence of the ,3;e
aii
breaking down_ there should have been no
itit—al•
sent from Sydney for England on the 12th ofii,-700
,The Simla ought to have reached New South Too
during that month with the March mail, and, hoe
left again on the 12th of June ; instead of the i 341
however, she appears to hive turned round sb°
after she got there, and started for Suez, feZfote
left on the 15th of May, nearly three weeks L'eyi
her time, and, owing to her arrival at Suez not bey „ of
anticipated or prepared for, the greater portie'ilif
I her mails will not reach England a day sooner tilio
she had left Australia at the proper time, and ti,",.co
instead of the mail being only 56 days old We
tiee
one 73 days old. The object of the auther;lii
in Australia was, no doubt to onde:l,t)ao
to avoid the breach of contract through the f3l the
of the Oneida as much as possible, and render,
mail company liable for a delay of a fortnigird
stead of a month. If the communication 1)3,'-'ve
depended on arrangements on this side the istr iff)
this might have been effected ; but since that tO
the case, and the company here, not imaginiligiet
that steam,,r would leave Australia before her two
had made no preparation for her, the public ,17,1
been put to serious inconvenience
.withoU" afF,
advantage to the mail company. The only fetebeo,
that the:European and Columbian will be desP3
from Australia at irregular periods, whicilb?
throw the whole service out for two or .0
months, unless some considerable expense to
curred curred between. England and Alexandria to lit'4
the irregular arrivals there. The Emu, which the
gone out to Australia to take the place
le or
Oneida, will not arrive out before the iniut"
latter end of August.

AMERICA.—The Edinburgh steamer, from .1-‘'• hot 'er
arrived in the Clyde on Thursday, July 231 7bolOr'
rows was anticipated by the North Star at Suu"
ton.
1/'°'"/
STEAM COMMUNW -.-
ATION WITH THE ii,j°,,tol3,r:
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The screw steamer Ae-rov.,
Captain Geed,', sailed to-day for Lisbon and therooi.
with 60 passengers,,6oo tons of cargo, and 50,' sore
specie. Tue rnxt vessel for the Brazils will he the y °lO
Mail steam-ship Teviot, which leaves on Mond:l/e„
10th proximo (the 9th f.dling on Sunday) ; a,:d
e
llt
with the next homeward mails, is due here on alo Ifie
RETURN OF SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE o°,,oo°Cr,
HOLY LAND.—We are gratified to be able to sav- Oc:1)
sibbeaetd
tS, Sir
will return
LtoaLi
Ch,rorrie/c.
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We understand that Mr. Thomas Chandler Pei;olf
has
appointed secretary of thewn les,
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rso fn r
n Dock co
thei
I lace"'C n an of
e rMr.
J.
r D.
been many
Ar.
the service to
oay yhoecently A - o
company as superintendent. ovviil'
About a fortnight ago Lord HeytersburYino pot
increasing years and infirmities, tendered to I; plc
merston his resignation of the government of t"
ler A
Wight. It has not yet transpired who Ili' wait
successor is to be, or whether the governorship f
a
was at one time reported, be abolished. l3oart, of
HAMPSTEAD HEATH.—At the meeting of the OP be
Works yesterday, the resolutien passed on t' 0 for tje,
June, by which the consideration of measures the
p,
preservation of the Heath were postponed nut_ 1,00
ci,ion of Parliament on the Finsbury park We's Der
was rescinded. qt the Aieo
SERIOUS OFFENCE BY A MAGISTRATE.-"` aSO air
barn Assizer, yesterday, Mr. Robert 13allarnYt_oe I'oo
of the Peace, residing at Little Greencro%roto
_tej
chester, was found guilty of having, under n:d e%terroo
of as rnag,istrae, compounded a felony swept,
money under three.ts of fine and imprisoni% term
the Court of Queen's Bench.
defendant will be brought up for judgment Ile'