The Sun. — 1860-09-29 (London, England)

THE OVERLAND MAILS.  By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have received Calcutta papers of August 22 ; Madras, August 29; Hong Korg, August 10 ; and Shanghai, July 28.  INDIA? There is very little news from the Bengal Presidency, except complaints of the continued refusal of the ryots in some of the lower districts to pay their rents, and complaints of the protracted bad weather and scarcity of provisions in the northwestern provinces. The vacancy in the Legislative Council, caused by the death of Mr. Le Geyt, the member for Bombay, has been filled up. Mr. C. J. Erskine is the new member. Mr. Cecil Beadon,  foreign secretary to the Government of India, has been nominated to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Wilson, but is to continue to perform  the duties of his secretaryship. The decision in the Lucknow libel case—adverted to in our last—has been against the Oude Gazette—damages three thousand rupees and five hundred costs, The action, it will be remembered,  was brought by Ramdial, a native revenue collector, who had been accused of shocking cruelty and extortion: A public subscription is opened to defray the damages and cost. An Englishman in Oude, whose name we do not find, but who is said to have been connected with the Lucknow press,  has been summarily " deported" out of the province by the Oude authorities, " for endeavouring to instil sedition into the minds of the natives." The Maharajah of Travancore is dead, and succeeded by his nephew. It is rumoured that the Nizam of Hyderabad is to have certain districts, which were annexed by  Lord Dalhousie, restored to him, in recognition o  his loyalty during the rebellion. He will also have presents of the value of a lac of rupees. In addition to this a debt which he owes the British Government, amounting to a little over half a million sterling, is to be cancelled, so that although tardy, it cannot be said that our recognition of the Nizam's loyalty during the great rebellion is unhandsome. The reward which is to be conferred on his minister, the enlightened Salar Jung, is however not considered equal to his merits, as only Rs. 30,000—50 it is reported—will be presented to him. Salar Jung is the firm friend of the English. The Indian Government have announced that they will carry out the financial measures of the late Mr. Wilson in all their integrity. A series of instructions for the management, assessment, and collection of the income tax, have been issued for the guidance of all officials. The tax commission and the assessors for Calcutta have been appointed. The Legislative Council is chiefly occupied in committee with the penal code, to be followed by the Code of Criminal Procedure, after which they will take up the License and Paper Currency Bills. A commission has been appointed to draw up a report on an organised system of native police for all India. The members are Messrs. W. Robinson, Madras ; S. Wanchope, Calcutta ; R. Temple, for the Punjaub ; W. Court, for the North-west ; and Lieut.-Colonel Bruce, for Oude. Several " indignation" meetings have taken place in the Upper Provinces, at which great dissatisfaction was openly expressed against the Arms Bill recently passed. From Delhi late advices inform us that several rebels who took a conspicuous part in the late mutiny, including the murderer of Major Burton, the political agent at Kotah, have been executed, and more will follow.