The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-10-28 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

INDIA AND CHINA: THE OVERLAND MAIL. (From the Times.)  We have received, in anticipation of the overland mail, Bombay papers of the 15th September ; Calcutta, 7th Sept.; and Hongkong, of the 23rd August, from which we extract the following intelligence:— - . •-• . . A considerable force is now assembled at Moultan, and by the last advices was ready to commence the siege of that fort. Moolraj, it is said, has resolved to sell his life, and there is no doubt that he has some devoted follozvers, who will stand by him to the last. Various reportsf the strength of Moultan have been circulated, tl4e trnth Of which will now soon be put to the test. That It i§ thetiglkt by no means despicable by those at last sent to Xduce 1t...i.§. evident from the deliberation with which they axoceeding, and the power that they are preparing to b • g against it. IEI the Delhi Gazette of the 6th ultimo we learn that Moolraj is making great exertions to seduce the sepoys of the East India Company, but without being successful. Several needs of cattle, and among Item some camels and an elephant of General Whish, hadNbeen captured by the dewan's foraging parties.. The Mg remNining companies of the 32nd Foot (under Captain Pihott)tbad arrived in safety at Kurrumpuor, but found, on reach* that place, that the whole of the carriage tattle had been taken on with the regiment. The latest letters from Moultan are dated the 29th of August. The force continued comparatively inactive, and we regret to learn -that supplies were beginning to be so scarce, that it was seriously proposed to commence on the store taken down by the commissariat. It seemed to be the general opinion that the train would not refkch before, the4th, but.we should think it would hardly take 'eight days to do from four to five ordinary marches, fohtlfBy.sleft the Ghat on the 28th. A wing of the 51st Native Ikantry had been sent to escort the guns. A heavy shower of *rain had fallen on the 25th, and considerably cooled the temperature. It seems to be thought that bad management had caused the great mortality and sickness in her majesty's 32nd Foot, as all the other troops were in good health, comparatively speaking, and there was no sickness among the native troops. But we will not venture on an opinion without mokfacts; we merely give that which is prevalent in the Clump. ‘. In Bombay there was some imptovement,iikbusiness, and a large number of shares having been takeh up in the proposed railway company (Great lnclian-Peninsular) as many as 30,000, great hopes are entertained that this important undertaking will soon be gone on with: A second general meeting of the Bombay Steam Navigation Company was held immediately after last mail left, and their affairs, not in an over-flourishing condition, discussed in a very friendly spirit. From Hyderabad the last accounts were that since General \ ost entatiously declined return to the residency he has most o.tentatiously declined any interference in the affairs of 'e Nizam's gOvernment, so much so that it was surmised to the intention to leave affairs to take their own course until impending ruin 44t should make the interference of the stit tiViVoidable. There are no accounts of import' n) frem the eastern settlements. In the China seas an glish schooner has been captured by her majesty's ship Childers, on a charge of piracy. , Madras seldom supplies us with much news of interest. One item it does supply on this occasion of a very Painful nature, that- is, the removal in cnstody of an assistant-surgeon, Mr. Daubeny, from Khotagherry to the presidency, charged with murder.  The latest advices from Ceylon, received in Calcutta, indicate the speedy suppression of the insurgents. It will, however, have cost* money in the transpoeition of troops, the destruction of property, and the necNary preparations against further disturbances. A steamer, owned by natives, is out td.be regularly put on the line between Bombay t PgrAin Gulf. The trade on this line, heretofore, priu y cWikd on in small craft, called buglows, is very great, and good judges are of opinion that it would support several steamers, if well conducted.  Calcutta suggests nothing to one's mind but the everlastii!g Union Bank affair. The bank makes no progress except ill difficulty and entanglement. It was understood that the