The Sun. — 1850-06-03 (London, England)

SUMMARY.—The approach of the monsoon now begins to break in on the usual days of mail dispatch on the present occasion the Ist has been substituted for the 3d—on the next and the following we shall have the 11th and the 25th instead of the 17th May and 3d of June ; and thenceforth till September we shall have only one Bombay dispatch monthly. The past fortnight has been in a great measure newsless, the local press having been chiefly occupied by the discussion of the question of the most eligible line for a railway. Public opinion, both at home and here, seems to be coming round to the views of Col. Grant, that the Poona line is the best. So far from the Court of Directors having, as is averred, neglected their duty in the matter, so far back as 1842, before the public thought of railways here at all, they desired the services of Mr. Vignoles as commissioner to inquire into the railway capabilities and prospects of India. The Supreme Government have at length passed an Act enabling the managers of charity schools to apprentice the children under their charge, and magistrates of police to bind those who fall into their hands, to learn trades and professions; the latter  clause has been introduced by suggestion from Bombay, where schools of industry have long been in preparation for the reception of the destitute, and for the instruction in the improved practice of the arts and handicrafts of all who care to resort to them. Government, for the past eight years, have been  spending thousands of rupees monthly in endeavouring to instruct cotton cultivators in cleaning and picking cotton, by .sending teachers to the districts; the Bombay plan is to open a school for all comers, and hundreds on hundreds are expected to resort to it, some having been here already, and many having applied. The proposed plan bears the same relation to the existing one as parochial schools at home would do to the plan of sending teachers to every hamlet and glen—incurring a thousand times the coast, and offering not one hundredth part of the returns. In January the Court of Directors granted a superintendent for the schools—all they have for a long time past been waiting for; the moment the Board of Control gives their saction, the schools will be opened, money, material, ground, tools, and work having already been secured. The Affreedie chiefs, lately annoying us on the Peshavvur frontier, have, of their own accord, gone in to Colonel Lawrence to seek for terms. They disowned all knowledge of the murders lately committed, but so little doubt was entertained of their complicity, that they were told that they must wait for an answer till the wishes of the Governor-General were known. Sir Charles Napier is said to be desirous of sending the new 66th or Goorkahs (Nepaul highlanders) to Peshawur, where they are likely to do good service. Dost Mahomed is said to be doing every thing in his power to provoke and annoy us—his latest act being the interruption of some rafts of wood floating down the Caboul river to Peshawar for building purposes. The Commissioner in Sinde reached Sukkur on the  15th of April; his stay would, it was expected, be but short. Dr. Don had reached Kurrachee and re lieved Dr. Scott of the duties of Superintending Surgeon, and the latter gentleman has returned to the presidency and resumed his former berth as Secretary to the Medical Board. On the let of April another gun was sent out against the refractory Zemindar at Oude, and success seems at length to have crowned our etihrts, though no details are given. The GovernorGeneral left Calcutta on the 14. h, and was expected at Bewares on the 231 ult., on his way to Simla. Sir C. Napier has reached the latter place. Lord Falkland left Bombay fur liahabuleshwar on the 18th ; and Sir E. Perry, Chief Justice, returned to the presidency on the 23d. Storms of thunder, lightning, and hail, are beginning to make their appearance all over the country, and at Bombay the weather has been hot and damp, which predicts rain be near at hand.