The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-05 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS,

G ALIOR.
Matters in Gwalior have now become satisfactorily ar•
ranged, and the country settled down into complete tran-
quillity. The late stirring events, however grave in cha-
racter they may appear with rational minds, have
seemingly had but little effect on those of the cool Mah-
rattas. The ordinary results which might have been
anticipated from a proverbially sulten, if not exasperated
foe, have, in the present instance, given place to the
utmost gaiety ; and the melar.choly reflections suggested
to them by the complete overthrow of their boasted
preparation for defence, with the dismantlement of those
strong fortresses which bygone recollections ought to
have rendered almost sacred in them—with subjugation
by a formerly detested enemy—have been totally swal-
lowed up, as it were, in the gratification of their vitiated
appetites,
,supplied them by their numerous holidays,
and the innumerable fancy fairs which constitute the
Eldorado :of the sluggish people of the East. The
greater portion of their army have come in and tendered
submission, and several of the chief officers and
sirdars have already followed the example, and
received appointments under the re-organized
Government. A. list of those chiefs who were
instrumental in bringing about the late disturbances
has been presented to the Governor-General by the
Minister Ram Rao Phalked ; but a decision had not yet
been come to as to their disposal. Others had received
peremptory orders to quit the country, but, being
anxious to remain, had offered large sums to any one
who would undertake to bring about a reconciliation.
The sons of Colonel Jacob were preparing to leave, and
the old Colonel himself, who is represented a creditor
contra to the Government to the amount of about one
million sterling, was totally undecided what course to
pursue. Above eighty brass guns, have been made over
to us, independently of those taken on the field of battle;
and about twenty thousand of the troops have laid down
their arms, and volunteered their services in the contin-
gent. The following appointments, which have been
officially announced, may, therefore be relied on:—
"To command Scindiah's Contingent, and to be
Governor of the fortress of Gwalior, with the rank,
pay, and allowances of a Brigadier of the first class—
Lieutenant-Colonel A. Stubbs, 24th Regiment Native
Infantry. Lieutenant Frank Turner, Artillery, Major
of Brigade. Brevet Captain H. S. Grimes, 46th Native
Infantry, Paymaster. First Lieutenant Alexander Cun-
ningham, Engineers, Executive Engineer.
Artillery.—lst Company, Lieutenant J. H. Smith.
2d Company, Lieutenant Robert Warburton. 3d Com-
pany, Brevet Captain Vincent Eyre. 4th Company,
Lieutenant A. W. Hawkins.
Ist Regiment. of Cavalry.—Brevet Major W. Minto,
18th Regiment N. 1., Commandant. Ciptain W. Ander-
son, 59th Regiment N. 1., second in command. Lieute-
nant R. N. Raikes, 67th Regiment N. 1., Adjutant. Mr.
Assistant-Surgeon J. Hope, Surgeon.
2d Regiment of Cavalry—Captain J. Lumsdaine, 58th
Regiment N. 1., Commandant. Lieutenant R. H. Sale,
9th Regiment N. 1., second in command. Lieutenant W.
Alexander, 10th Light .Cavalry, Adjutant. Mr. As-
sistant-Surgeon W. Pringle, M.D., Surgeon.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Infantry—Captain G.
B. Mitchell, 2d European Regiment, Commandant.
Brevet Captain J. Hennessey, 70th Regiment of Native
Infantry, second in command. Lieutenant the Baron F.
A. Von Meyern, Adjutant. Mr. Assistant-Surgeon J.
E. Hope, Surgeon.
2d Regiment of Infantry—Brevet Captain M. T.
Blake, 54th Regiment of Native Infantry, Commandant;
Lieutenant A. H. Ross, 42d Native Infantry, second in
command ; Lieutenant J. H. Nembhard, 56th Regiment
Native Infantry, Adjutant ; Mr. Assistant-Surgeon H.
B. Hinton, Surgeon.
3d Regiment of Infantry—Captain Harry M. Graves,
16th Regiment Native Infantry, Commandant ; Brevet
Catitain A. F. Macpherson, 43d Regiment Native In-
fantry,, second in command ; Lieutenant R. H. D. Tul-'
loch, 39th Regiment Native Infantry, Adjutant ;
Surgeon.
4th Regiment of Infantry—Captain N. A. Parker,
68th -Regiment Native Infantry, Commandant ;
second in command ; Lieutenant H. B. Shelton, 38th
Regiment Native Infantry, Adjutant ; ---, Surgeon.
sth. Regiment of Infantry—Captain W. H. Halford,
41st Regiment Native Infantry, Commandant ; Captain
'C. J. Richardson, 57th Regiment Native Infantry, second
in command ; —, Adjutant • —, Surgeon.
6th Regiment of Infantry—Captain! Sommerset J.
Grove, 68th Native Infantry, Commandant :
second in command ; Adjutant ; Surgeon.
With some portionsof territory which have been ceded,
190,0001. have been paid in order to defray the expenses
of the war, with an. additional sum of 70,000/. as an ac-
quittance to the British Government. The installation
of the young Maharajah took place on the 20th January.
The Governor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and
the resident, Colonel Sleeman, with the chief.political and
military authorities, were present. Splendid presents
were given on both sides. A grand review was likewise
held on the 22d, in presence of the Maharajahs and Sir-
dars, with the principal persons about the court. The
celebration of the nuptials of the Maharajah took place
on the lst-of February amidst the greatiest rpjoicings,
when a display of fireworks on a grand scale took place,
and 10,0004 was distributed among the Brahmins in
charity.
Lord Ellenborough took his departure from Gwalior
on the 23d of January, accompanied by General Grey,
and the left wing of the army, and General Littler, with
a division, remains for a time behind. Major Drummond,
Deputy Quartermaster-General, was the 'arbiter ap-
pointed to settle the amount of compensation for the
damage done the fields during the advance of the troops.
The Christian officers and men who had been compelled
to leave previous to the commencement of hostilities
have .all, through
•the benevolent intervention of Major

Considerable mystery attaches to the movements of
the Governor-General, who was expected in Calcutta
about the 26th of February—the second anniversary of
the day of his advent to India, which he was said to be
desirous of solemnising at the seat of government. He
had left his secretaries behind him, and as no official no-
tification had been made of his departure from the
north-west, it was supposed likely that he might speedily
return to watch from the other side of the Sutlej the affairs
of the Punjaub. The eyes of the good folks of Calcutta
have, this month for the first time, been gratified with
the arrival and departure of a couple of Suez steamers.
The Hindostan left on the 13th, with 103 passengers on
board—she took the ground when well down the river,
but after some delay was got off again without damage;
the Bentinck arrived from Suez on the 18th, after a
beautiful run of twenty-four days. She brought with
her 41 passengers. Singularly enough the number of
letters and newspapers to and from Bombay appears as
yet in no way to be diminished by the amount sent by
the Calcutta steamers. A shock of earthquake was ex-
perienced at Trincomalee on February 12; it seems to
have occasioned little or no damage; The Napab of
Surat has sent home a memorial by the present steamer,
claiming from the Court of Directors the restoration of
an annuity of 15,000/. a year, guaranteed to the grand-
father of his wife, his heirs, and successors, by treaty
with the British Government of 1800, in lieu of thego-
vernment and revenues of Surat, then made over to us
on threat of violence. The suspension of payment took
place on the death of the late Nawah, the last of the male
line of the royal house—the treaty being understood to
include both male and females.
We are bound not' to pass over in silence the logs whiCh
our society has susta;ned in the death of Mr. Sutherland,
late Secretary to the Law Commission.

BOMBAY LOCAL.
A subscription is now on foot, and is filling up rapidly. -
for the erection of a monument to the memory of Major
Eldred Pottinger. The brass guns in the desert between
Cutch and Sinde are being broken up in small pieces,
and sent to the Presidency on bullocks, to furnish metal
for the column to be erected by Government at Bombay,
in honour of the victory of Meeanee. A subscription
has been opened to receive money to assist in the libera-
tion of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, now be-
lieved to be alive in Bokhara.
The London mail of the 6th January reached Bombay
on Sunday morning, Feb. 11, per Victoria steamer. This
was the largest mail which has ever reached Bombay—
amounting to 37,396 letters, and 44,667 papers. The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bentinek
reached Point de Galle from Aden on the 10th, Madras
on the 14th, and Calcutta on the 18th of February, with
dates from England of the 6th of January ; but, through
some unexplained cause, the heavy mails for thoseplaces,
instead of being sent on direct by her, were, as usual,
forwarded to Bombay. The Bombay express, with the
first portion of the Overland Mail, reached Madras on
the 16th, and Calcutta on the 1911. The Bentinek made
the distance from Calcutta to Suez, and vice versa, in
the shortest space of time on record. The number of
deaths which occurred on the island of Bombay during
the month of January was 1,100, 252 of which were
from cholera, which disease seems to have settled down
into one of the ordinary maladies of the. place. Her
Majesty's ship Thalia, 42 guns, Captain Charles Hope,
got under weigh on Thursday afternoon, the 15th, for
New South Wales and the Pacific station, but got on
shore on the Prongs shoal, off the light-house. As it
was young flood, she was got off in about ten minutes,
but Captain Hope thought it advisable to return and
take up an outside berth till the ship's bottom was ex-
amined. On examination, it was found that there was
no reason to suppose any damage had been sustained
• beyond the false keel being rubbed in some places. The
vessel proceeded on her voyage on the morning of
Sunday, the 18th.

THE MARKETS.—OBSERVATIONS.
The continued existence of the causes noticed in our
last, as accounting for the dulness of trade, combined
with the partial interruption. of business occasioned at
this season by the preparation of the natives for the ce-
lebration of the Hoolee Festival, have rendered the pre-
sent month one of great inactivity in a commercial point
of view. The inquiry for nearly all descriptions of im-
ports has been extremely limited, and the sales, as will
be perceived, are comparatively few and unimportant.
METALS.—The prices of copper exhibit scarcely any
change, with the exception of those of tile andouth
American, the former of which is ab4ut Rs. 11, the
latter Rs. 1 to 11 per cwt. higher than last month.
Brazier's has been sold to Rs. 561 per cwt. The only
alteration in iron is a dec'ine of Rs. 1 per candy in
Swedish, and Rs. Ito in British bar. Lead is rather
lower, and quicksilver has receded from Its. 1174 to 118
to Rs. 105 to 107 per maund. There have been no sales
of speller, and we retain last month's quotations for this
article. Tin plates are in some request, and command
rather higher rates. We subjoin a list of the-sales that
I have been reported to us for publication.
Corrox MANUFACTURES.—Of ,the goods in which.
business has been done during the past month, low qua-
lities of grey and bleached jacconets, and grey madapol•
lams appear to have been- mot in request, while for
muslins, fancy cambries, and Turkey red goods, there
has •been a fair inquiry ; and the whole of these, with
the exception of the latter—the prices of which, not-
withstanding the demand, have slightly given way—
have fully maintained the rates current last month.
There has been no improvement in grey longcloths, and
bleached have declined 1 to 2 annas per piece ; grey
sheetings and domestics also continue greatly depressed,
There have been few transactions in prints; but prices
are without change. Zebras are still neglected. and un-
saleable save at rates that' must leave a ruinous loss to
shippers.
YARNS.—The sales of yarns have been very limited ;
and few alterations in prices have taken place. Nos. 20
and 30 mules remaining stationary, 40 and 50 have
been sold on lower terms ; but prices are now looking
up again, and the higher numbers, from 60 to 100, all
exhibit some improvement. In water the only change
has been in No. 20, which has been also sold at a rather
lower figure, though holders are now firm in demand-
ing fully last month's prices. Turkey red is unchanged
in value but orange seems to have declined a little. The
following are amongst the sales of the month ;
WOOLLENS.—The market for woollens continues very
dull, and the few sales reported are at extremely low
rates. We have heard of the disposal of 5,000 yards
fituinel at Rs. 09 3 per yard, and of 720 yards at
Rs. 110.
MARINE STORES.—AII descriptions of marine stores
liavg heel} dull of sale, but we hear of no material change
in value, 190. belts of ewes, Nos7l to 7, have been sold
at Rs. 161 per bolt ; and 450 lbs. 1 411. d V,
at 8 ans. per lb.
SAFFRON.—We hear of sales of inferior at Rs. 21 per
lb., and of fair qualities at Rs. 25k.
CORES.-B,OQO gross have been sold so low as 14 ans.
per gross.
BorrLEs.—We have heard of no transactions, and
prices remain stationary.
BEER.—The market for most descriptions has been,
until within the last few days, completely bare, and the
tralisactions that have taken place are as undermen-
tioued - . •