The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-25 00:00:00

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 the 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
♦eteran subalterns having served their country about a quarter of
a century, and, in some instance., 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, tr,ving 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 ho
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
/*cs any protracted time without being suffocated. These expert.
!tents 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 Clibralar, Dover, and Corfu.
A draught 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
Pombay, which was, in fact, subjecting it to internal taxation.
The Union Bank, from the report of the Directors, published in
the Hurkarts, 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. S'ewart.
To those in England interested in the prosperity of the Bank, it
will be highly gratifying to learn that. from the lot 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 93,817
rupees.

From the Delhi Gazette of the 9th of July we find that the
steamer Soorma was expected to arrive at Gnrmoktes'ur 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 And that
at that season of the year at least it was qui•e possible.
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 bo 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 1,290 tons of salt, which, from
calculations made on good data, would cost in Calcutta only
9 annas a maund, while that manufactured under the Government
monopoly costs from 15 angles to 1 rupee; supposing only a profit
of 4 alines per maund to the importer, and supposing that the ship-
owner loads his own ship, 450 tons will yied, at an exchange of es.,
337!. as profit, and 430/. as freight.
Intelligence from Lahore mentioned that an attempt had been
made, on the 6th inst., toassassinate Raja Ghoolah Singh, by firing
at him while returning on his elephant from visiting the Ranee and
Prime Minister. A duel had taken place at Fultah between Lieut.
Tulloch, of the 22d Native Infantry, and a Mr. Nilson, the offieer
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
Hilbert Maddock would become, as a matter of course, Vice-Pre-
sident in Council and Deputy- Goveruor of Bengal. We are sorry
to see, that under instructions from the Court of Directors, the
regulation of Lord Elleoborough, sanctioning a loan to officers to
enahle 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 approb ition. . . . .

His Highness Meer Hoosein Alice Khan Talpoor had written a
reply to what Sir C. Napier wrote about the Ameers of Sinde;
a translation of Meer Hoosein's reply will be found in the liar-
karu of the 7th of August. From Mr. Wilkinson's commercial
annual of the external commerce of Bengal for 1844.45, lately
published, it appears that the increase in the value of imports in
the past year over that of the previous one is 12,159,736 rupees,
and the increase in the exports 2,145,642 rupees, the net increase
in Customs' duties being nearly tour lace of rupees, almost wholly
derived (ran imports. In cotton twist and yarn an increase of
imports to the extent of nearly 50 per cent., and in woollen and
woolen stuffs a similar increase hose 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
occu-s this year on the 10th of October. A subsidiary force has
been offered by the Gsvernment of Ind:a to the Queen-Mother,
which it was supposed she and her brother, the Wuzeer, would ac-
c:pt. 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 disturbance 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 Frirnd of China for some comments on his conduct.
Verdict for the defendant.

The intelligence of the insurrection of the natives of New
7naland 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.

Our correspondent at Aden writes under date of August 16th:—

" The Hindustan has just arrived from Sues, -Id 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 (Emirs repelita placcbit.
" The passengers on board the steamer report the heat in the Red
Sea to have exceeded anyth:ng within the remembrance of the most
salainamlerish among them,—thermometer in shade at 99, in
engine-room at 128, and temperature of water about 86. The
engineers were so much exhausted as to require stimulants to be
given to them.

" The ndostan has been performing 11 knots for a consider.
able period, and to this taFte passengers are indebted for an earlier
relief from the suffocating heat above the Straits than they could
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, rid Trieste, to deter-
roine with accuracy the relative advantages In regard to expedi-
tion of the routes through France and Germany, for the convey-
ance of the Indian correspondence and mail. Na incursions
hitherto from 'l. Arabs. The garrison are kept continually on
the psi vive by the cry of " the wolf," hut the wolf will come at
last, whenever the oppor:unity of relaxed watchfulness shall glue
them the shadow of the shade of a chance.
" The outcry against this place as s 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.•

Sits:DZ.
The following interesting news appeared as a supplement to the
Delhi Gazelle of the 9'h of July ; the ordering of the pontoon bridge
to Feroz •plre looks warlike :--
" One o'clock—We have this moment received intelligence
from Hyderabad, under date of the 30th of June, to the effect that
490 mcn with head quarters of the 18th Bombay Infantry and
two mountain guns with Golundez, bad embarked at eight o'clock
on the 20th, accompanied by a Commissariat officer with three
months' supplies, on three steamers, with orders to go to the north
of Sakkur and establish head-quarters near a villaze named
Kumsoor ` or some such name,' remaining on beard the steamers.
The rause of the movement is, that a party of Punjabees had made
a dour upon some villages of the Sinde frontier and killed two
men. This detachment is to keep the country quiet. Sir Charles
he will not allow Ins frontier to
Is/spier declares, very properly,
be disturbed. The pontoon bridge has also been ordered up to
Ferozepore by special direction of the Governor. General. We
Ws's, ion rime br Blather remarks, but the above may be depended
epos." Br Tllll GorP.KNOM Or SINDY.

Head-quarters, Kurrachee, Friday, June 20.
Extract from General Orders.

By his Excellency Major-General Sir Charles Napier, G.C.8.,

Governor of Sinde.

At a General Court.Alirtial holden at Kurrachee, on Tuesday,
the 17th of June, 1843, and of which Lieutenant Colonel Derinzy,
la. H., her Majesty'• 86th Regiment, k President; prisoner, As-
sistant Apothecary and Steward Francis Lonsone, attached to the
24 Tropp Bombay Horse Artillery, is brought to trial on the follow_
Ing charge :

Charge•—For being drunk in his quarters in ca•np, near Kurra-
chee, httween the hours of 7 and 8, on or about the night of the
Bth of June, 1845.

The abcve being t• the prejudice of good order and military
discipline.

A. ROWLAND, Captain Commanding 2d Troop H. B.
Kurrachee, June 7.
By order, E. GREEN, Major, Assistant-Adjt—General.
Finding and Sentence.—The Court having maturely weighed
and considered the evidence before it, is of opinion that the pri...
goner, Assistant. Apothecary and Steward Francis Lor:-.on e, • at...
Cached to the 2d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery,',' guilty
of the
,
charge preferred against him, and does ther''."..ore adjudge him the
said Francis Lonsone, Assistant-Apo',:ieeary and Steward, attached
to the 2d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery, to be suspended from
rank and pay for a period of six months.
Kurrachee, June 18, 1.C545. B. V. DERINZY,
Lieutenant-Co!onel 86th Regiment, President.
M. MURPHY,
Captain, Deputy Judge- Advocate. General.
IteyiseLl.—l am sorry to revise the proceedings, but I hope that
the Court will take into consideration the feelings of the troops when
t:: see a man so slightly punished for drunkenness—a man
,unton is intrusted with thu compounding of medicine,
,tith it
warnh.licnh are deadly poisons—a man intrusted also
Th. latter
are not
those medicines to the soldiers.
not on the footing of officers who are able
O mime the prescription or the medicine offered by a drunken
man, but the private soldiers are obliged by the necessary rules of
the service to receive what
i: ordered, and dare not retbse what is
Sheen by one who has voluntarily
the Court force back into nt
hospital
deprived himself of reason. Will
the
ospital such a culprit, and place the
i,vcs of brave men in his hand
as,'diere to take the medicines:orthtihe poison offered, or rather, I
Will the Court thus oblige the
al-ould say, forced upon him b nykeseninctuhlperilt,opsitiolhaosfk
the
el embers eft he Court to place thesiandtscul
sthe
imen,
families of 'soldiers, as well as in that
they saw those
selves 'what would be Chitin feelings, and ask them-
i.care.st and dearest to them lying on the bfl
drunken person like the prisoner enter.' therirstekn"s. and
droom to
i, ecu be, to compound, or to administer medicine' I can.
not believe that any member of the Court would in such
ha
rase consider six months' suspension an adequate
r, ent. Let the rnembers of the Court be apprised
that the
"the
',idler sees all those things clearly and reasons soundly upon
what he sees, If what I have said be true, will not the Court
agree with use, that to leave such a culprit in the service is to
cm'anger the lives of the soldiers, and to shake their confidence
in the tarotection of their officers, the only protection they can
isnre e4ainst such criminals. C. T. NAPIER,
June li. Major-General, Governor of Sinde.
_ .

Revised Sentence.—The Court having most fully taken into
comideration the remarks submitted to it by his Excellency
31J:or-General Sir Charles Napier, G.O 8., does now adjudge the
fni oner, Francis Langone, Assistant Apothecary and Steward,
att.:Th(od to the 4d troop Bombay Ilorse Artillery, to be diecbarsed
the service.

,Kurraphey, -iiipp,2o4 1845. B. V. DERINZY,
iI- ''-' „,...,,f^\ Lieutenant-Colonel, President.
,--,-,- 1 ..-.' ItIIW R. R. 51. HUGHES,>„ 4,11'...:,---- —‘l.,;:A. :: ' in, Deputy Judge. Advocats.General.
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• , . 1/4',,f'' C ed and Approved.
- y''''--, '' .I.) C. J. NAPIER,
geuiluirters, liotsq, i illajos.Grneral, Governor of Sincle,
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