The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-04 00:00:00

have changed his mind on once more reverting to the
extensive tract over which in his state of freedom he
had so often roamed ; but on his return again to his
wild haunts, the authorities deemed it best to secure
him by force, while they had the opportunity. He
-was secured by a native in the service of the Pre-
sidency.

In Gwalior matters continued much in the same
condition as formerly, paltry intrigues of every de-
scription being now and then carried on. Her High-
ness the young Dowager appears to have no very
great liking towards her Minister, Ram Ras Phalkea,
believing him to be striving his utmost with the Bri-
tish authorities, to effect her expulsion from the
Lushkur—and a document, proved afterwards to
have been forged, had been*. presented to Captain
Shakespeare, as having been sent by the Bhaee her-
self; and an individual had latterly confessed, he had
wrote it at the instigation of the son-in-law of the
Minister. The people generally would much rather
prefer being governed by a person appointed by us
than submit to the authority of Ram Ras Phalkea,
and complaints are numerous against him, and con-
tinually in the niouth•of every one in the Lushkur,
as being in the habit of attaching the other Ministers
to himself by presents of repeated bribes. Several
important measures have lately been passed by the
Durbur, viz.—the total abolition of the traffic in
slaves, and a prohibition against the public sale of
opium and other injurious drugs, without a special
license from those entitled to grant them—a measure
which it is hoped will tend to put an effectual stop-
page to the numerous murders and suicides, lately
of common occurrence, from such incitements.
There is nothing of moment from other parts of
India.

(From the Times.)

From Calcutta the chiefs news relates to the quiet
proceedings of Sir Henry Hardinge, who appears
now to be studying the politics of India. His
only public acts have been directed towards extend-
ing the blessings of education.
The Madras Government was, like that of Bombay,
busy in regulating troops for the Kolapore country.
Among the deaths is mentioned that of Dr. Lane,
private secretary to the Marquis of Tweedale ; he
has been succeeded by Mr. Conway, son of Colonel
Conway, formerlS, Adjutant-General in that presi-

dency.
From Bombay the chief points are the conviction
of the infamous Aloo Paroo, for being implicated in
burning the merchant ship Belvidere in ,Singapore
harbour. This scoundrel appears to have made a
practice of burning ships which he had insured,
and of which five or six:were destroyed within four
years.

Another subject of interest in Bombay arose from
the commitment for trial at the December criminal
sessions of Thomas Braithwaite, the master of the
ship Neptune, from Liverpool. He, it appears,
treated the steward with great cruelty, and actually
gave upwards of 200 lashes to a French lad on board
for some supposed offence.

The case of this boy was brought forward by a
French merchant, named Roussac, who received
every assistance from the magistrates. The French
Consular Agent is a mere nonentity, having been
born and educated at Aleppo. The trial of Braith-
waite, for his cruelty, was loudly demanded by the
public of that presidency.
From China the intelligence comes down to the
end of August. The American Ambassador had
negotiated a treaty such as that sanctioned with the
British, with the addition of some clauses explana-
tory of it. The French Ambassador arrived at
Macao on the 15th of August, in order to begin ne-
gotiations about his treaty.
The Governor of Hong-Kong, Mr. Davis, was
about to proceed to the northern ports in order to ob-
serve how the Chinese authorities were conducting
themselves towards the new traders.

From Singapore we learn that an English expedi-

tion had been sent to attack the piratical tribes on the
north-west coast of Borneo ! It . consisted chiefly
of her Majesty's ship Dido, Captain Keppel, and the
Hon. Company's steamer Phlegethon, which went up
the river Sukarran. The boats were at first repulsed;
but, being reinforced, they returned and demolished
the fortifications, and took above 60 guns.
Mr. 'Wade, first lieutenant of the Dido, was killed
while leading his men to attack a fort, and Mr.
Steward and several men belonging to the same ship
were slain by the pirates. Her Majesty's ship Sema-
rang was not far distant from the scene of action.
The Dutch had also sent au expedition to Borneo hit
search of a missing ship, the Charles. The King of
Koti, who murdered the Hon. F. Murray, having re-
fused all satisfaction, had his town destroyed.

The ship Ceylon, D. Ferguson master, from Lon-
don to Bombay, was totally lost on the Ist of October
on the northernmost reef of the Laccadirees, which
even on the best charts is marked 18 miles too much
to the eastward. The captain and crew arrived safe
in Bombay. No blame is attributable to them. The
ship Brilliant, from Calcutta to Bombay, was lost on
the 16th of October, on the point of Saugur Sands—
crew saved.

The monsoon had terminated. The fall of rain in
Bombay was under sixty-six inches, and fears were
entertained of the want of water next spring. In the
interior of the country the fall, though not great, was
seasonable, so that no apprehension was entertained
of that most dreadful scourge—a famine, which is
periodical in India.
The latest news from Kolapore is, that all hopes of
a pacification by negotiation are at an end.
Her Majesty's 22d Regiment marched on Wednes-
day from Sattara for the disturbed districts, where
there will be soon 13,000 men assembled.