The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-08 00:00:00

The capture of Punalla, which was looked upon in
hat country as being impregnable, has tended to
bring about the submission of the inhabitants, who
prefer now to rely on the mercy of the British
authorities rather than attempt making a fruitless re-
sistance even in their best forts. Colonels Outram and
Ovens have been both removed from Kolapore, and
Captain Douglas Graham, an officer of great promise,
has been dispatched by the Bombay Government
thither, for the purpose of co-operating with
Mr. Reeves, the Political Commissioner, in intro-
ducing a system of peace and good government into
those districts. There appears to be a wanton tyranny
practised by the Ministers of the Rsja of Kolapore,
which has driven his subjects into rebellions, and renders
the removal of the Raja and his Ministers, and his
system, a matter of political utility.
Colonel Ovens, who had been a prisoner during some
days in Punalla, was voluntarily liberated by the in-
habitants two days before that fortress was attacked.
They had hoped to obtain favourable terms by his
liberation.
Ir. the small State of Sawunt Werra), which lies bee
een the Kolapore mountains and the sea, a sort of
Robin Hood " insurrection has been got up by an old
freebooter, called Phond Sawunt, who, after some
years of tranquil enjoyment of a pension, thought fit
to try his luck in the jungles, and has induced his
own sons, and even the sou and heir of the Reja
of Warree to join in the excursion. They are now
living in the jungle under the mountain?, and
they keep that part of the Concan in great confusion.
Much of their confidence mites from the neighbouring
state of Goa affording them a place of refuge in case of
their being compelled to flee from their own country.
The present Portuguese Governor of Goa, Senhor Pea-
tanha, is said to be well affected to the English ; but the
impotent system which now regulates that state is such
that the Governor is not able to prevent the frontiers
of his territory from being violated by those insurgents.
There was a considerable British force assembled in
Sawunt Warree at the time of the departure of the
mail, and every expectation existed of the speedy
termination of the disturbances there. Colonel
Outram had left Bombay on the 31st of December,
in order to make arrangements for having light field
detachments to scour the country, and to penetrate they"'
recesses of the jungles. The system of goverggent in
Sawunt Warree, as well as in Kolapore, reqesißs to be
placed on an improved and a permanent footing, for both
States have, during the last twenty years, been the hot-
beds of frequent rebellion.
In the small state of Bhopal which lies almost in
the centre of India, there have been, during ten years,
great intrigues at work between two Princesses, the
Befeum widow, and her daughter Secunder, who was the
wife of the Nau ab, and both of whom wished to hold
the reins of power. The Nawab died at the age of 27,
on the 9th of December, the victim of dissipation, leaving
a daughter by Secunder, who is but 6f years old. Mr.
Hamilton, the agent at Indore, was at Bhopal at the
time of the death of the Nawab, and has made effective
arrangements for the preservation of order and tranquil-
lity.
In the north of India there was great watchfulness
displayed by the civil and military authorities. The
Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough, bad gone on a
tour of revision. The necessity of this watchful-
ness is apparent, for the kingdom of Runjeet Singh
is now in a state of tranaition, and there is no
certainty of a war not breaking out on those im-
portant frontiers, which may involve the best
interests of British India. Beers Singh, the actual
Prime Minister, is a young man, who together with his
uncle Ghoolab Singh, with whom he is at present recon-
ciled, and a party of mountaineers, is endeavouring to
seize the sovereignty for himself. There are revolts in dif-
ferent parts of the disorganized country, and especially at
Cashmere, where some of the other mountainßajas,whom
he has oppressed, are now successful in their resistance
against the Government of Lahore. Peshora Singh, a
son of Runjeet, was at Ferozepore.
The Affghan Government, led on by Dhost Mahomed
and his notorious son, Akbar Khan, has been paralysed
by the presence of the plague which came from the en-
virons of Bokhara, and ravaged the town of Caubul,
and had, in the beginning of December, reached Pc-
ehawur. Fortunately it assumed a milder appearance as it approached to the banks of the Indus ; yet its pro-
gress was feared down that river, and also into the
l'unjaub.
In Sin& all was quiet and order. The 78th High-
landers continued to suffer severely from sickness : it
was said that they would be speedily removed from
Sukkar to Hyderabad, and perhaps to Bombay. Sir
Charles Napier had marched from Kurrachee towards
Shirkarpore, with an intention, as it was asserted, of
avenging on the town and district of Poolajee.the un•
successful movements of Captains Taite and Fitzgerald.
The trial of Colonel Moseley had terminated in his
being sentenced to be cashiered. His defence has been
published, and it proves that the sentence was justly
confirmed. The recommendation of the Court, to "have
mercy" on account of his 39 years' of service, was not
attended to. His fate is pitied, for it is painful to see an
old officer thus dismissed with infamy, but the mutiny
in his regiment was unpardonable, and six men were
hanged and others punished for his errors.
In Gwalior there is some confusion arising from the
conflict of parties, and not from any wish to create a
war. The Minister, who is acting there under the
guidance of Sir Richmond Shakespeare, is not popular.
In Bundelkund and Saugur, where there was great
disgust last year, tranquillity now prevails in conse-
quence of the decided measures adopted by Lord Ellen.
borough.
The Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, re.
mained at Calcutta, where he was regulating the means
of educating the natives for public employments. Re
had received several addresses from the natives, to
which he gave highly satisfactory answers, and promised
his aid for the improvement of the country and its people.
The Lord Bishop of Calcutta had a severe illness
during his visitation of the South-Western districts, but
he was recovering his health at Umballa.
In Madras the rainy season had been defective up to •
the middle of December ' • but a storm and violent rains
had relieved the fears of the cultivators. The barque
Lord Eldon was totally lost during the gale en the 18th
of December. A subscription was formed there for the
purpose of completing the projected pier, under the
superintendence of M. Piron, a French engineer.
The news from China comes down to • the 19th of
November. The principal point of interest was the
dispute between the Governor of Hong-Kong and
the inhabitants relative to the registration of the
population and a poll-tax, which was ordered by an
ordinance published on the 19th of October. The
merchants wrote a bold address, in which the
measures of the Government were declared to
be " iniquitous." This address was returned to
the signers. An angry correspondence ensued.
The Chinese population struck work, and prepared to
quit the colony. The Governor then withdrew the
obnoxious ordinance to have it amended. This
discussion has given rise to various comments, in
which blame is thrown on both sides. One calm
observer has stated, that the whole was a mis-
understanding arising from the want of a sys-
tem of legislation, such as is practised in India, where
the drafts of all such measures arc published three
months before enactment, in order to give
public an opportunity
This is a prudent of expressing
eve
their opi-
nion.therratsdent mode, which
all violent breaches of public order. Trade was
dull in China. The French Ambassador had
concluded the treaty with Keying, which was sent to
Europe for ratification. The Secretary to the Embassy,
M. de Marquis de Ferrere le_ Vfor the
came from Macao
to Bombay, where he waited the steamer of the Ist
of January, by which he proceeded to Egypt- Re has
brought the treaty for the examination and ratification of
the French Government.

In addition to the Indian and other intelligence above
given, we have received by this express the Paris paper-
of yesterday, with a letter from our correspondent. The
Ministerial journals express much satisfaction at the tone
of her Majesty's speech, on opening
Tuesday, but the opposition
prints,Parliament, last
one and all, come
plain bitterly of the friendly disposition towards
Russia, which they regard as displayed in the speech
from the throne, and the comparative coldness with
which it referred to the visit of King Louis Philippe to
Windsor. From the commencement of the Ministerial
crisis to the present moment, the hostility of the French
opposition press to "i 'Alliance Angiaise"has in fact seldom
appeared more violent nor more rancorous than in
the articles to be found in the papers before us. This
circumstance is, in our private letters, ascribed to the
debates fixed for that day (yesterday) in the Chamber
of Deputies respecting the independence of public func-
tionaries which would revive the Otabeite question,
" the righti of search," &c., and it was expected to ter-
minate in a division, which must (prematurely in the
belief of a portion of the Opposition) again test the
relative strength of the Government and the coalition.
The Monit,ur contradicts the report that further un-
favourable intelligence had been received from Otaheite.
The expected debate in the Chamber of Deputiestsrie;
specting the elegibility of public functionaries tosivinia.
Minis-
terial question, was postponed, and
that house, and which would have let in tth wholeoeen enter into the
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