The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA.
Accounts have been received by the half-monthly
mail from Calcutta to the Bth of March, Madras the
14th, and Hong-Kong to the 4th of February. We
have no intelligence from Bombay by this mail. The
news from Sinde is favourable. Sir C. Napier had
been completely successful in his expedition against
the tribes in Upper Sinde, and their leader, Bejar
Khan, had offered to surrender on condition that his
life was spared, and he was allowed a maintenance.
Nothing is said respecting sickness in the army, and
we therefore presume that it has nearly disappeared.
The following extracts from the Bengal Hurkaru of
the 7th of March, give a summary of the latest in-
telligence:—
The foreign relations of India have not, as far as we
know, undergone any change since the date of our last
dispatch—namely, the 17th ultimo. Nor in domestic
matters have we anything remarkable to report. The
most interesting subject which has engaged the attention
of the Anglo-Indian public is one of British manufac-
ture and imported by the last mail—no other than
Major General William Napier's conquest of Sinde,
which has created a considerable sensation in this coun-
try, and has, as might have been anticipated, brought
down the Indian press in great force on its very unscru-
pulous author. We give in another column a few speci-
mens of the various complimentary notices with which
this literary curiosity has been honoured.
We are still at peace with the Punjaub, though that
country is yet as far as ever from being at peace within
itself. The Khalsa army is still the dominant power
there, and now holds in its sordid hands the scales in
which Goolab Sing is poised against the nominal Go-
vernment. If it thinks it will gain, let it be ever so
little, by the destruction of the Jumboo Itaja more than
by giving him a share in the Government, it will do its
utmost to work his downfal. If its calculations point to
an opposite result, we shall probably soon hear of Goo-
lab Singh as Prime Minister and virtual ruler of the
country, subject of course to the control of the Khalsa
king-makers.
Meantime our Government has made no sign of an
intention to interfere, beyond the quiet concentration of
a considerable part of its available forces in the north-
west frontier, which may indeed signify either an ag-
gressive or simply a precautionary design. It is, how-
ever, hardly likely that we shall willingly rush into a
war at the beginning of the hot season, and the general
impression seems to be that the Sutlej frontier is being
strenthened on the chance of the Seiks crossing the
river,g and that in the next cold season we shall pluck
"the pear."
The Governor-General yet remains at the Presidency,
and still lends the full light of his countenance to the
cause of education and internal improvement. He has
since our last presided at two scholastic anniversaries,
those of the College, and the Calcutta Madrissa or Ma-
homedan College. On each occasion he made a speech
strongly indicative of a desire for the amelioration of
the country, and the moral and intellectual advancement
of the people. But it is evident that these pacific em-
ployments do not engross his attention or divert his
mind from the peculiar external relations of the coun-
try at the present crisis ; and nobody would be taken
by surprise were the next Calcutta Gazette to contain a
proclamation of war with the Punjaub, or were the Go-
vernor-General next to be heard of on his way to Feroze-

pore.
Affghanistan is seemingly as quiet as it ever has been
or is, for a long time to come, likely to be. Possibly the
hope of a descent on the Punjaub may be the oil
te which
has smoothed its troubled waters, and effe a mpo-
rary coalescence of its discordant elements. The Dust
has taken to himself another wife, a young lady to whose
ha:d one of his own sons aspired. This event has, as
might be supposed, bred some dissension in his family.
Akbar Khan and his father, between whom some cool-
ness exi.;ted, probably from the above affair, because of the
jilted youth being the former's full brother, and their
mother being a party aggrieved by the old man's new
alliance, have been reconciled. Akbar is still at Jella-
labad. Ile has not as yet made any hostile demonstra-
tion n ths side of the Khyber, though it apears to
haveobeen his father's wish that he should immepdiately
attack the Seikhs in Peshawur.
Our latest news from Sinde is that Sir Charles Na-
pier's expedition against " the Pindarees of the Indus"
had been so far successful that he had straitened and
dispersed the robber tribes and reduced their leader,
Bejar Khan, to the necessity of proposing to surrender
himself on condition of his life being spared. In all
probability our western contemporaries will be able to
send home accounts of the manner in which he has been
disposed of.
The insurrectionary movements in the southern
Concan seem to have been almost entirely suppressed,
and the captured rebels are being brought to punish-
ment. Colonel Outram has again distinguished himself
for zeal and activity in the pursuit of the arch-rebel
Phond Sawant, who, however with many of his fol-
lowers, has found a sanctuary in the Goa territories.
The Gallant Colonel has been appointed resident at
Sattara. The brilliant feat of Colonel Wallace in send-
ing his force down a precipice into the enemy's position
has led to his arrest on a charge of having thereby
marred the arrangements of the general commanding.
In Calcutta things go on as monotonously as usual.
The great event of the past fortnight has been a nume-
rously attended town-hall meeting, to thank her Ma-
jesty for the gift of her portrait and that of her consort,
which she has presented to her loyal subjects of the
Ditch at the instance of Dwarkanauth Tagore. An ad-
dress was voted,- which is to be signed by the sheriff for
the inhabitants, and to be presented by Dwarkanauth,
who leaves India by the Bentinck. By the same oppor-
tunity Dr. Goodeve returns to England in charge of four
Hindoo medical students, who are to complete their pro-
fessional education in the London hospitals, two of them
at Dwarkanauth's expense.
Railroads for India seem to be attracting the atten-
tion of the public both in England and in this country.
As yet the only definite project before the public here
is for a short line on the Bombay side, the patrons of
which, however, seem to be waiting for the countenance
and assistance of Government. But the last mail brought
hints of gigantic undertakings in contemplation at home,
for a series of railways, whose ramifications shall reach
from coast to coast, and lay open the centre of the penin-
sula. The same mail also brought one of our contem-
poraries a printed scheme of a railway from Calcutta to
Burdwan, which the said contemporary, erroneously as
we think, has been led to attribute to Mr. It. Macdonald
Stephenson. The impression here seems to be that a
line which should do nothing more than connect Burd-
wan with Calcutta would not pay.
Our latest news from China is to the 14th of January,
but is not of much importance.
The Chamber ) f Commerce at Singapore has been
exerting itself in the way of memorialising to obtain a
steam communication between that settlementbeen antic and
ipPoint
de Galle. Their wishes have, hoated
at home, for the Peninsular and Oriental Company will
have two steamers on the line between Ceylon and China
in August next, and they will, of course, touch at Singa-
pore, and perhaps also at Penang.
The Singapore papers bring accounts of the death of
Dr. Griffith, late acting superintendent of the Calcutta
Botanic Gardens, and an eminent botanist. He died at
Malacca on the Bth February.
Captain Bethune, R.N., and Mr. H. Wise, had gone on
a secret mission to Borneo.
(From the Delhi Gazette of March 1.)
Sirdar Jowahir Singh, the Prime Minister, seems to
have become exceedingly unpopular with the soldiery,
and has done himself much damage in their opinion by
ill-treating and mutilating a favourite leader,
Mirsa
Judha Rum, who had been driven to suicide by the
cruel indignities heaped upon him by Jowahir Singh. It
was reported, on good authority, that negotiations
between Goolab Singh and Peshwa Singh had been
concluded, and that they had ended in an agreement to
afford mutual aid to each other. The troops have also
determined on placing Peshwa Singh at the head of
affairs, and will, it is expected, bring him to Lahore
within the next ten or twelve days. It was yet doubtful
whether the army would destroy Goolab Singh or make
him vizier. Jowahir Singh was preparing for a struggle
with Goolab and Peshwa, and, says the news writer,
everything has the appearance of a battle being about
to be fought at Lahore. It was reported that Akbar
Khan was in the Khyber, and Dost Mahommed at Jel-
lalahad, whence he had written to the Governor of
Peshawur, intimating his intention to reclaim that place.
(From the Friend of Chino, Jan. 18.)
It is currently reported and believed in China that
Fowchowfoo and Ningpo are to be given up as trading
ports, and that Chusan is to be retained in their
stead, and made a consular port. The Chinese are
building extensively there, both for th
reigners.
Her Majesty's ship Vestal had received at Whampon.
another instalment of the indemnity money, amounting
to three millions of dollars. It was paid in Sycee, which
is at a premium of five or six per cent.
It is thought that half of this will be sent to England,
and the other half to India, to be coined into rupees,
and returned to China.
(From the Hong-Kong Register, Feb. 4.)
Accounts from Shanghai are to the 22d ult. What
trade was carried on was chiefly by barter for raw silk,
and teas, principally green. It was believed that during
last year transactions to the extent of nplace.earl one million
sterling (includiny

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Overland Bengal Hurkaru Price Cu, rent, of
March 7.);
EXPORTS.
In our last issue we noticed that the demand fur country
produce was then less active than it had been during the
earlier part of the month. The express of the January mail
arrived on the 21st ultimo, and the accounts of the home
market being considered generally unfavourable have to
inues
nded
still further to discourage shipments. Tonnage cont
scarce and dear, and those articles most affected by it
show a considerable falling off in our monthly statement of
exports.
Indigo—The quantity available for sale at the date of our
last was so limited, that the business since transacted has of
course been somewhat unimportant. By apt sale there
have been offered 1,156 chests, the chief pr of which found
buye 3;at prices showing an advance of 5 to 10 Co.'s rs. per
maund upon the rates previously current. This rise was
chiefly owing to the competition of the Moguls, in com-
pleting their orders for a ship on the point of sailing. The
market must now be considered as having closed for the
season ; the extent of the crop is now found to be very
nearly 1,40,000 maunds.
From Tirhoot and the upper provinces we have accounters
ts
of a good deal of rain having fallen, and that the plan
progress with their
sowings. The lower districts have not been 60 furtunate, t
the
only rain experienced having been very partial, and quite
suffident for the purpose.