The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Proi:bional Committee of Management of the Direct London

and Exeter Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251.
each in tho above railway, and I undertake to accept the
same or such less nnmber you may appropriate to me, subject to the
regulations of the Company, also to sign tho necessary legal docu-
ments, and to pay, when required, the deposit thereof of 11. 7s. 6d.
per share.
Name in
Profession (if any) and Professional Residence, in full..
Residence in full.. ..........
Reference ••....•• .• .. • •

Date.. • • • ... • •
Signature of Applicant ••• •••• • • • .....

INDIA AND CHINA.
(From the Times.)

By extraordinary express in anticipation of the Indian mail, we
have received our journals and correspondence from Calcutta to
the Bth of August, from Bombay to the 7th of August, and from
China to the 12th of June. The following will be found to be the
chief facts of interest which had occurred since the last arrival,

A memorial from the cavalry officers of tLe Bengal army had
been transmitted to the Court of Directors, praying for the ap.
pointment of a sixth captain to each regiment. This memorial
shows the state of promotion in that gallant arm of the Bengal
force to be most disheartening; 45 of the 80 lieutenants being
captains by brevet, as having served 15 years; some of these
veteran subalterns having served their country about a quarter of
a century, and, in some instances, the junior lieutenant has been
with his regiment 18 years.

The general orders of the Commander-in-Chief of 1844, relative
to officers, military and medical, having charge of companies and
regiments, had been made retrospective—that is, if any officer
now in charge, or who was in charge previous to that order,
should vacate such charge, he is not to be re-appointed until he
shall have undergone the requisite examination.
Experiments had been made in Fort William on the effects of
firing guns in casemated batteries, so as to ascertain how the smoke
could be removed to allow of the gunners remaining at their post
for any protracted time without being suffocated. These experi-
ments were made with a view to the construction of batteries for
the defence of Aden, which it Is proposed to form by hollowing out
the rock, as at Gibraltar, Dover, and Corib.
A dratight act had been been published, allowing the transport
of cotton from any of the subordinate ports of the Bombay
Presidency to Bombay free of duty. This will prevent a great deal of
trouble and annoyance to the traders in cotton, who were formerly
obliged to pay duty on cotton in transit from the outports to
Bombay, which was, in fact, subjecting it to internal taxation.
The Union Bank, from the report of the Directors, published its
the Hurkaru, appears to have done a very profitable business
during the past six months, alike cheering to the shareholders and
creditable to the Directors and their able secretary, Mr. Stewart.
To those in England interested in the prosperity of the Bank, it
will be highly gratifying to learn that from the let of January to
the 30th of June the net profits of the Bank have been equal to
Br. 14a. per cent. per annum, of which dividends were declared at
the rate of 7 per cent,, after adding to the reserved fund :13,817
rupees.

From the Delhi Gazelle of the 9th of July we find that the
steamer Soorma was expected to arrive at Gurmoktessur Ghaut
on the 15th. This is a completion of the experiment made by
Government of the possibility of steam navigation being ex-
tended beyond Allahabad, and it Is most satisfactory to find that
at that season of the year at least it was quite passible.
It is pleasing to observe that steam was every day becoming
more available in India. The Amherst packet.vessel, which had
for some time past been employed by Government to run between
Calcutta and Arracan, was to be sold, and the Hon. Company's
steamers Tenasserim and Enterprise were to be employed in run-
ning once a month to and from the eastern ports in the Bay of
Bengal, which will be a great convenience to those residing in
Arracan, Kyookphioo, &c.
It has been ascertained in Calcutta that three ships were on their
way out from Liverpool with about 1,200 tons of salt, which, frost
calculations made on good data, would cost in Calcutta only
9 annas a maund, while that manufactured under the Government
monopoly costs from 15 annas to 1 rupee; supposing only a profit
of 4 aanas per maund to the importer, and supposing that the ship-
owner loads his own ship, 450 tons will yied, at an exchange of Os.,
337/. as profit, and 450/. as freight.
Intelligence from Lahore mentioned that an attempt had been
made, on the Gth inst., toassassinate Raja Ghoolab Singh, by firing
at him while returning on his elephant from visiting the Ranee and
Trime Minister. A duel had taken place at Fultah between Lieut.
Tulloch, of the Old Native Infantry, and a Mr. Nilson, the officer
of a ship, when the former was dangerously wounded, and after-
wards died of his wounds.

The first step in a vast project for the incalculable benefit of
India is most gratifying to behold. The prospectus of the East India
Railway Company had just been published at Calcutta. It is impos-
sible to foresee the rapid improvement which the fulfilment of this
measure will cause to take place in the condition, moral and tem-
poral, of the people of that immense empire, and most sincerely
must all lovers of the human race pray for its speedy completion.

It was said that the Governor. General and suite would leave
Calcutta for the upper provinces about the end of September. His
Lordship was to go by steam to Allahabad, and march thence. Sir
Hubert Maddock would become, as a matter of course, Vice-Pre-
sident in Council and Deputy-Governor of Bengal. We are sorry
to see, that under instructions from the Court of Directors, the
regulation of Lord Ellenborough, sanctioning a loan to officers to
enable them to build bungalows at new stations, has been abolished
prospectively from the 13th of February, 1846. Those who are
in the habit of blaming his Lordship's Administration will not
hesitate to confess that the above measure was not one which
called for aught but approbation.
His Highness Meer Hoosein Allec Khan Talpoor had written a
reply to what Sir C. Napier wrote about the Ameers of Sinde;
a translation of Meer Iloosein's reply will be found in the Bur-
kart/ of the 7th of August. From Mr. Wilkinson's commercial
annual of the external commerce of Bengal for 1644.45, lately
published, !it appears that the increase in the value of imports in
the past year over that of the previous one is 11,159,736 rupees,
and the increase in the exports 2,146,642 rupees, the net increase
in Customs' duties being nearly four lacs of rupees, almost wholly
derived from imports. In cotton twist and yarn an increase of
imports to the extent of nearly 50 per cent., and in woollen and
woollen stuffs a similar increase have taken place.
In the Punjab there had been partial disturbances; an attempt
was made there to disband some of the turbulent troops, which
created dissatisfaction amongst them, and fears were entertained
of some commotions at the Dusserah, the great festival, which
occurs this year on the 10th of October. A subsidiary force has
been offered by the Government of India to the Queen-Mother,
which it was supposed she and her brother, the Wuseer, would ac-
cept. The affairs of the Punjab engrossed much attention, since
it was known that Sir Henry Hardinge was preparing to proceed to
the north-west provinces in the beginning of September.
There had been some trifling disturbances in Oude, but they
were appeased, and an inquiry instituted into their cause.
The news from China comes down to the 12th of June. The
Governor of Hong. Kong had issued a proclamation assessing the
lands and houses of that colony for the support of an efficient police.
Rear. Admiral Cochrane had brought an action of libel against the
editor of the Friend of China for some comments on his conduct.
Verdict for the defendant.

The intelligence •f the insurrection of the natives of New
Zealand had reached Bombay.

The ships Hyderabad and Coringa packet, from Sydney, for
India, were lost, the former in Torres Straits, and the latter on an
unknown shoal on the north-west coast of New Holland.

?ur correspondent at Aden v;il;undeidateof2l4tist 18th:--•
The Hindostan has just arrived from Suez, 48 hours after her
time. You will have already learned the occasion of her detention
In Suez through some of your numerous correspondents. The ex-
planation given is one which, if correct, should Induce greater pre-
caution being taken hereafter. The scampering off of a camel in
the Desert with some of the mail boxes in the dead of the night
is certainly not a performance which decks rcpeiila placebit.
" The passengers on hoard the steamer report the heat
in the lied
Sea to have exceeded anything within the remembrance of the most
salamanderish among them,—thermometer in shade at 9,, in
engine-room at 128, and temperature of water about 86. The
engineers Were so much exhausted as to require
knots forequirestim a consider.ulantat
are 1
indebted for an earlier
relief able pferroim°d, the sunchaiibeer
given to them.
The Hindostan has performingbeenaengens
the
passengers
above the Straits than they could
and to ttsin g
otherwise have hoped for.

Mr. Waghorn is still here, and is expected to leave in the
course of a few days, to proceed to London, yid Trieste, to deter-
mine with accuracy the relative advantages in regard to expedi.
Lion of the routes through France and Germany, for the convey-
ance of the Indian correspondence and mail. No incursions
hitherto from the Arabs. The garrison are kept continually on
the qui rite by the cry of " the wolf," but the wolf will come at
last, whenever the opportunity of relaxed watchfulness shall give
them the shadow of the shade of a chance.
" The outcry against this place as a residence is beginning to
subside as it becomes better known, and the regiments quartered
here are reconciled to, and much better pleased with, the service
than had been anticipated."