The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-04 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

"On the night of the 10th three ruffians came into the
camp of the reserve companies of artillery, and two of
them entered into the tent of the hospital sergeant, the
other remaining outside with a loaded blunderbuss. A
sentry near the tent approached quite unconscious that
anything wrong was going on, and being seen by the
rascally Affredi outside, he could not resist the tempta-
tion, and fired at the poor fellow, who was moat debpc-
ratcly wounded by the slugs with which the weapon was,
loaded; unfortunately the villains escaped, taking some
loot with them."
The unfortunate sentry is, it appears, not expected
to live. This occurrence will show the determined
character of the ruffians with whom our troops have
to deal in that distant quarter.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Dalhousie are
probably now at Lahore. They reached Jullundur
on the 14th ult., and were received with due honour.
His Lordship was well enough to visit the public
offices and works ; and it is said that he " promised
to sanction drain bridges for all the roads, and
authorised furniture to be made up for the new
church." It was not known how long Lord Dalhousie
would remain at the Seikh capital ; but on taking his
departure it was understood that he would proceed to
Moulton, and from that place drop down the Indus to
Kurrachee, where a Government steamer would be
at his disposal, to take him, in accordance with his
wishes, either to Suez or Bombay. \\Then Sir C.
Napier joins his Lordship at Lahore Sir Walter
Gilbert is to be invested with the Grand Cross of the
Bath, and a good deal of revelry and merry-making
is expected to take place on the occasion. What a
change between the Lahore of 1840 and the Lahore
of 1850 !

The Commander in• Chief was expected at Loodiana
on the 17th ult., and immediately on his arrival he
was to review the troops there. Lord and Lady
Gough passed through Meerut on the 18th. On the
20th his Lordship reached Allyghur, and presented
cilours to the 30th Bengal NJ., delivering a very
eloquent speech.
Letters from Moultan notice the somewhat exten-
sive prevalence of sickness at that station, owing to
the subsidence of the inundation. The Moirussilite
says : " Upwards of a thousand men of the different
corps had been laid up with fever, but few deaths had
happened. General Courtlandt was said to be alarm-
ingly ill at Dera Ismael Khan, whither Dr. Ritchie,
of the Bombay Rifles, had been sent to attend on
him."

The proposed act of the Indian Legislature, for
extending the criminal jurisdiction of the Company's
courts to Europeans resident in the Mofussil, con-
tinues to provoke indignant comments on the part of
most of the members of the Indian press ; but,
curiously enough, no effort has yet been made to or-
ganize an "agitation " on the subject, either at Cal-
cutta or in any other part of India.
There is nothing new from the Nizam's dominions,
except that there has been some fighting in the neigh-
bourhood of Oomrawutta between some Arab mer-
cenaries and a party of the " Linewallas " of the
Nizam's army. No particulars are given, but it is
believed lives were lost on both sides.
Our Bombay news is not very extensive or im-
portant. The cold weather has commenced, but
cholera is yet prevalent, as well as dysentery, fever,
colds, &c. The Governor and Commander-in-Chief
are at the Presidency ; the Governor has been stay-
ing at Malabar Point for some time, but will return
shortly to Parell, when the " public breakfasts will
ba resumed.

Sir E. Perry has started on a tour to .Agra,
Simla, the I'unjaub, &c. He will return about
April, and take up his residence in his apartments in
the Court House, till he leaves India for good in the
spring of next year. A model of a railway and
electric telegraph (brought out for the Guicowar of
Baroda) is about to be exhibited at cur town-hall ;
and no doubt it will not a little " astonish the
natives." Dr. Burnes, the Physician-General, and
Colonel Shaw, the great champion of teetotalism,
leaves for England by to-day's steamer.
P.S. I have just received the following extract from
a letter from Moultan, dated the 18th ult.:—
" Three steamers, with flats attached, have been
ordered to be in readiness for the use of the Governor-
General and suite, who are expected here about the end
of December or beginning of January. It is rumoured
that Sir C. Napier will also come down, but when, it is
uncertain. Sickness prevails to a great extent here, end
lam much afraid it will continue for some time. The
inundation being so great this year, and the country
being a perfect level, it will take a good while ere all the
moisture evaporates. The greater portion of the garri-
son has moved out of the fort for a change."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY

MARKETS,

FROM TUE 17TH NOV. TO THE IST DEC. INCLUSIVE.
BOMBAY, Saturday Evening, Dec. 1.
There has been rather more demand for money during
the past fortnight than has been the case for some time.
We have, however, no alteration to note in the rates of
discount. Our Share market continues quiet, and prices
remain without material change. Bombay Bank Stock
has been very steady at 18 per cent. premium, and there
is now very little of it left for sale. Six shares in the
Colaba Land Company have been sold at Rs. 7,000 each,
and we are glad to learn that some of the most wealthy
and iefluential native gentlemen have joined the concern.
One share in the Apollo Cotton Press Company has
been sold for Rs. 13,000.—Government Securities are
firm, but there is little doing in the Old Loans.
The smallness of the stocks of goods received siace
our last, and the intelligence received by last English
mail of the advanced prices ruling for Manchester cot-
tons—which has had the effect of causing holders of
these goods here to exhibit considerable firmness—have
kept the import market in a very tranquil state, and but
little business has been done, though the demand bad in
no way diminished. In exports little has been done,
owing to the small quantity of produce—cotton in par-
ticular—procurable; but that little has commanded and
obtained extreme rates.
Cotton Piece Goods.—Grey goods—Domestics have
been sold only to extent of 1,310 pieces at prices varying
from Es- 4 15.16 to Rs. 11 per piece. The demand for
all descriptions is dull, the only inquiries being for coarse
makes by the Arab dealers, but their offers are too low to
be accepted. Longcloths—Sales, 6,020 pieces, at Rs. 4*
to Rs. 11-16 per piece—a slight reduction on former
rates, the market being overstocked; which is also the
case with the coarser qualities of T cloths, of which
3,000 pieces have been sold at 3i Rs. to 3i. Shirtings—
Of these, 12,010 pieces have been sold at from Rs.
4 9.16 to Rs. 71 per piece. The price of the better
qualities of these goods has slightly improved, owing to
limited stocks and a brisk demand. Jacconets—Sales,
4,300 pieces at Rs. 1: 8: 3 per piece. Good qualities
continue to realise former rates, while the coarser have
su&red a slight decline. Madapollams—Sales, 14,902
pieces, at Rs. 2 3 16 to Rs. 2 13-16. The price of this
article exhibits a material decline on former rates.
Dhoties are scarce and wanted. Sales, 750 pairs, at
Rs. Mulls are scarce, and in demand. Bleached
Goods—Shirtinga have sold to the extent of 6,150
pieces, at Rs. 6I to Rs. 13i per piece; 66 reed being
in demand, those below that number being scarcely
inquired for. Jacconets Sales, 700 pieces, at
Rs. 31. Stocks are low, and the article in good de-
mand.—Madapollams in small request, and the price has
diminished of late. Sales, 2,000 pieces, at Rs. 2i.—
Twilled cloth has receded in value, from an over-abun-
dant supply. Sales, 300 pieces, at Rs. 7.—Lappets:
1,385 pieces, at Rs. 2 7-16 to Rs. 5 1-16. Scarce
aslaSaandlpeesias.testida;n
are also dhoties, mull-mulls, and Swiss
p
spots, checks, and stripes, as well as
common check jacconets, are in fair demand.—Dyed
goods: Orange-dyed Madapollams are very scarce, and
in good request. Turkey red mulls, twills, prints, and
plain cloths are in moderate inquiry, at low rates.
Cotton Yarn—The sales during the fortnight amount
to 245 bales and 1,500 lbs. water, and 115 bales mule,
twist, and 53 bales orange yarn. Except for No. 20,
the demand for all counts of mule has been steady :
while for water the inquiry has been limited. Scotch
Turkey red of superior quality commands Rs. 1 7-16
per lb.; but the price obtainable for orange yarn is still
rather low.
Metals.—Copper—Except for sheathing, which has
Flizerly deeliee,t, th.) price err,mgin as before. A .yeell
quantity from the Burrs Burra mines bas been sold at
Rs. 51i per cwt. Iron—British and Swedish bar are
fum, and in demand. lieop and eheet ace dull, while

INDIA.
(From the Chronicle.)
We 'have received, by extraordinary express, our
dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail;
from Bombay to the 3d of December, and Calcutta
to the 21st of November. The present mail brings
no China news.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
BOMBAY, DEC. 3,1849.—1 f anybody, at the con-
clusion of the Punjaub campaign, had prophesied
that " not another shot would be fired " in the coun-
try of the Five Rivers, we should just now be in a
position to afford pretty conclusive proof of the un-
soundness of his prediction. In pushing our frontier
beyond the Indus, to the neighbourhood of the Khy-
ber Pass, we have attained a somewhat too close
propinquity to disagreeable neighbours. Some
turbulent and prejudicious tribes in the vicinity of
Peshawur have, it appears, given a good deal of
trouble of late; robberies have been unpleasantly
frequent ; and chiefs of a restless turn have refused to
pay their revenue, and evinced a rebellious disposition
towards the powers that be. Under these circum-
stances Sir H. Lawrence, who is at present in the
disturbed quarter, has resolved upon placing himself
at the head of a force of " all arms," and endeavouring
to bring them to reason. The particulars of this ex•
pedition have not yet transpired, but it is known
that amongst the troops which are to accompany it
are a troop of nine-pounders under Lieutenant-Col.
Fordyce, and a corps of the new Punj sub ,infantry,
commanded by Captain D'Oyley. The result of this
" little war " will, no doubt, be ascertained in time
fur my next dispatch.
The Delhi paper, quoting news from Peshawur,
says,—
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