The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

I The Overland mail, via Marseilles, has brought
advices of the following dates :—Calcutta to Sept.
I 22; Bombay, Oct. 3 ; Hong Kong, Sept. 12; Shang-
hai, Sept. 14 ; Canton, Sept. 10 ; Ceylon, Sept. 17;
Mauritus, Aug. 27.

INDIA.
The Bombeiq Times says—With the exception of
of the continuance of the arrangements for the
Persian Gulf expeditioni which is ,not expected
ever to quit our harbour, and some light skirmish-
ing on the l'eshawur frontier, we have no event
to report. In the northern Conran *e are now
in the midst of squalls which close up the rainy
season. Through India generally the supply seems
to have been abundant. In some parts of the
Punjab and Sinde, as well as in the upper portion
of the Gangetic Delta, the inundations appear to
have been disastrous. Upon the whole, the fair
season opens upon US auspiciously. The
Four7and-a-Half per Cent: loan has hitherto
proved a failure, about 2,0004 haying been
subscribed, where five millions were required.. Half
a per cent or more must be given before what is
wanted can be obtained. A flying camp of
exercise has been established in the Eusufzale
country, on the Peshawur frontier, under command
of Brigadier Cotton. It consists of her Majesty's
87th, the-21st and 51st N.L, two squadrons of the
sth Light Cavalry, a squadron of the 7th Irregu-
lars; Sappers and Miners, and some guns. The
Governor-General retrains at Calcutta, and it is
stated that the Court of Directors have finally
decided that unless urgent affairs require his
presence in the interior, the expense of travelling
should be avoided. The money market had
become more sett'ed. Government and other
securities languid. Freights remain firm.
Arrangements for the despatch of the Persian
Gulf expedition continue to go vigorously forward,
though few believe that it will ever sail. About
18,000 tons of shipping have in all been taken up,
and are now in full pay at 11. per ton for a
month. The arrangements seem suited for about
five thousand men, and the 'regiments and com-
manding officers, expected a few days hence to be
under orders, are already freely mentioned. Briga-
dier Gen. Stalker takes command ; Major Pope or
Capt. Gordon proceeds at the head of the commis-
sariat; Major Barr, who accompanies his corps (2nd
Europeans), acts as paymaster; Dr. Mackenzie
becomes head of the me Heal department, The
Feroze, steamer, which, together with the Berenice
and Hugh Lindsay, had been telegraphed round
from Calcutta, left this on the 19th ult., with
officers of the Quartermaster-General's and com-
missariat departments, to make arrangements for
the arrival of the troops. The impression appears
to be that the occasion of the Shah's violation of
the treaty of 1853, which bound him not to inter-
fere with the affairs of Affghanistan, or to threaten
Herat, will be taken advantage of for our permanent
establishment somewhere in the Gulf. The con-
duct of Persia during the past thirty years fUlly
warrants any visitation we can inflict upon her,
and it is simply for us to determine whether a
detached settlement, so fir remote from our own
frontier, be • worth the trouble of acquisition and
cost of maintenance