The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-08 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA.

We have received by express from Marseilles our
dispatches in anticipation of the overland mail, which
left Bombay on the 4th ult., and Calcutta on the 22d
of January.
The chief event of the fortnight which has elapsed
since our last intelligence has been the Governor-
General's visit to Bombay. Having journeyed from
Simla through the Punjab and Scinde, he arrived
there on the night of the 26th of January, and left on
2d of February, having during his stay won golden
opinions of all sorts of people.
The Chief of Baroda, his Highness the Guicowar
—the first prince in Western India—was at Bombay
on a visit ; he was escorted by about a thousand
horse and foot, with troops of elephants and camels.
He bad been most graciously received both by the
Governor and Governor-General.

There had been a slight disturbance at Lahore—
some half-dozen of Seikhs, who have all been killed,
having run a-muck.
India was perfectly tranquil throughout.
The Governor-General was on his way to Ceylon
and the Straits. The Governors of Bombay and
Madras were at their respective presidencies.

The Bombay papers are filled with details of the
ceremonies at which Lord Dalhousie was welcomed
on his arrival, and with addresses and replies pre-
sented and delivered upon every possible occasion.
These are all in the ordinary complimentary style,
and contain nothing worth extracting.

(From the Overland Bombay Times, Feb. 4.)
Summane.—The statement in our last Overland
summary, furnished us by an officer under Colonel
Bradshaw, that several women had been burnt in the
village of Sunghao, when set fire to by our troops,
proves unfounded. Only two women were left
behind by their people : one was killed by a shell
before the troops entered—the other was placed by
Colonel Lawrence himself on a trooper's horse,
and rescued from the conflagration. But few
occurrences of public interest have come to our
knowledge during the fortnight. The Bombay troops
had all left Peshawur before the 15th January, with
the exception of the 3d Native Infantry. Perfect
tranquillity had followed the recent expedition into
the Eusufzaie country, and crowds of people, with
merchandise, from Caboul, were daily snaking their
appearance. Dost Mahomed was said to be in mor-
tal fear of our again penetrating the Passes, and had
made his arrangements to seek refuge in Khooloorn in
case of our advance. There had been heavy rain all
over the Punjaub as well as throughout the north-west
provinces, betwixt the sth and 12th January; the
storm crisis of the 9th had been experienced from
Cochin, Cutch, and Kurrachee, all along the line of
the Indus, and across through Central India as far
south as Bareilley. Sir C. Napier was pursuing his
course northward : by last accounts he was about
half way from Lahore, everything was inspected by
him with the greatest care as he went, and most things
condemned or censured. The extreme violence of
his censures after the Lahore review is generally con-
demned. Rumours prevailed as to the perfidy of Ali
Moored beginning to make its appearance. The
only thing surprising is that such a traitor to his
own country and race should so long have kept
up the show of fidelity to any one. The conduct of
the Khan of Bahawuipore, who so promptly sent
succour to Moultan in May, and has on all occasions
acted so honourably towards us, especially in the
time of difficulty, has been rewarded for the services
of his troops with 60,0001. in cash, being 10,000/. for
each month his army kept the field, and 10,0001. as a
stipend for life : the allowance is liberal, but it is
well deserved, and it no more becomes a great power
like England to chaffer with its friends than to tamper
with or truckle to its enemies. The treatment of
Drs. Campbell and Hooker, by the Raja of Sikkim,
seems to have been as barbarous as it was unprovoked.
They arrived at Darjeeling under an escort of the
Bhaugulpore Hill Rangers. The Governor-General
had written a very threatening letter to his Highness,
who was said to be terribly alarmed. His only safety
consists in the inaccessibility and worthlessness of
his possessions. The season of rain on the Coroman-
del coast is now over, and the fall had been still
more defective in the south-east than it was super-
abundant in the north-west of India. Mr. Dickin-
son, member of the Council at Madras, who tendered
his resignation in consequence of sickness, changed
his mind and intimated his purpose to remain, just as
his expected successor, Mr. Thomas, was about to be
sworn in. The visits of the Governor-General of
India, and the Ruler of Barods, to Bombay, have
constituted the great events of the month. The health
of the Marquis of Dalhousie has been so much im-
paired that he was advised to try the effects of sea
air ; in November, as the cold weather began to set
in, he began to get better. He then resolved to pro-
ceed to Bombay, examining the lower Punjaub and
Sinde on his way. Strength increasing by exercise
and change of air, he visited in person every part
as he proceeded, from Umritsir and Lahore down-
wards. He reached Kurrachee on the 22d, and
Bombay on the 26th January, leaving us on the Ist
February, after a six days' sojourn. During his
stay he visited our dockyards, factories, hospitals,
schools, and seminaries of learning, examining every
object that presented itself with the utmost at.
tention. He held a levee for the European com-
munity the day after his arrival—a durbar for the
natives the second day after this. He received the
Guicowar and suite in form at the Town Hall, and
afterwards visited his Highness at his place of resi-
dence. He was met by a complimentary address by
the whole community, a separate one from the Ma-
sonic brethren—was presented with a memorial from
the whole of the European and a large number of the
native merchants—was present at an examination of
the alumni of the Elphinstone College, where he dis-
tributed the prizes, and examined the Grant Medical
College, the Jamsetjee Hospital, and Dhurruinsalla.
He afterwards sailed across to the island of Elephanta
and examined the far-famed caves—bestowing every
moment at his command during his residence on
some worthy purposes. Every evening during his
stay there was a party awaiting him of from fifty to
a hundred guests at Farrell. To every one with
whom he came in contact he made himself most
agreeable, and he leaves us after having won golden
opinions of all sorts of people. Not confining
himself to the common-place topics of the sights he
had seen, or the occurrences he had met with at
Bombay, or on his journey thither, the Governor-
General entered most fully on all the great subjects
of interest connected with the policy of the Govern.
went, the position, and the prospects of India. He
courted opportunities of learning the opinions of
others, and of explaining his own ; and to those who
had chanced to hare had occasion to address him since
his arrival in India on any subject whatever, he at
once spoke of the matter, showing that there was no
letter sent to him passed over by bim unread, no
matter of business left to the disposal of underlings,
and nothing which he had ever examined had escaped
his recollection. Fearless frankness and decision,
with the other characteristics of real greatness, were
stamped on all his conversations. He obviously
seized with alacrity on the occasion presented by
the address of the community, to proclaim his anxiety
for the maintenance of peace ; and while he declared
the first duty of Government to be the improve-
ment of the country, not one whisper was uttered
about the consolidation of our empire, the
strengthening of our frontier, or the excuses for the
wicked and wasteful wars on which our revenues
and our character have so often been perilled. The
atrocious doctrines about maintaining India by the
sword as it had been won by the sword, or of the
proper place of the Governor-General being by the
side of the Commander-in-Chief, seemed as if they
hud belonged to a former generation instead of being
not yet six years old. His Lordship carried out the
proverb of " like master like man." Sir Henry
Elliot, the chief secretary in attendance, is one of the
most able financiers and distinguished Oriental
scholars of whom India boasts. It was his talents
and accomplishments that secured Mr. Courtenay the
po4 of private secretary. Captain Reinsay, cousin
of the Noble Marquis, Bed now military secretary,
was well known for his gentlemanly bearing when on
the staff of Sir W. Cotton and Sir G. R. Cella
Major Fane's exploits in leading into action a corps
which had lost nearly all its officers are well known.
Captain Bowie distinguished himself as assistant to
Colonel Lawrence. Captain Metcalfe, son of the illus-
trious nobleman of that name, seems not to have gone
without a heritage. Dr. Grant, the medical attendant
on the Marquis, is well known as a naturalist and
man of great talent ; so that of all his followers none
were without a name. Just before his departure the
Noble Marquis presented 1001. to the District Bene-
volent Society, and 501. to the Masonic Charity Fund,
On the day of the advent of the Governor-General,
the Guicowar, or Chief of Baroda, the most import-
ant prince in Western India, made his appearance
amongst us. He was received with royal salutes and
the other honours due to his rank, the whole of the
native troupe at the presidency being out with a