The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL,

(Prom the Times)
By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re-
ceived our private correspondence from Bombay
of the 15th of November, and Calcutta of the Bth
of November. There is no China mail by this
arrival.

The following is the letter of our CAleutta oor.
respondent :

" CALCUTTA, Nov. 8.
" The Sonthal rebellion has not been subdued.
The rebels are still in possession of Beerbhooni,
and still devastating every pergunnah not ac-
tually occupied by troops. Their career, however, is
drawing to a close. The Supreme Council has at
last determined to act with vigour. Whether they
are influenced by Lord Dalhousie, by the English
press, or by a growing sense of the danger of fur-
ther vacillation, is of course unknown. The fact,
however, lam assured is certain. Martial law is
to be immediately proclaimed. 6,000 troops are to
be permanently added to the force stationed in Ben-
gal. half of them will be posted at Dinapore, Ber-
hampore, and Barrackpore. The other half will be
planted in the centre of, the disturbed district.
Meanwhile, Gen. Lloyd, with his force, is marching
down the Grand Trunk-road, and sweeping the Son-
thals southwards. Gen. Bird's force, stationed at and
about Raneegunge, will intercept their flight, and
the savages, thus surrounded, must submit or be
exterminated. The cold weather has arrived, and
the jungles can be entered. Meanwhile, an act even
more stringent than the one applied to Malabar will
be passed for the Sonthals. The entire tribe will
be condemned, for 10 years, to work out their own
subjugation. They will be required to open out
by forced labour the whole of their country, to carry
broad roads into the centre of their fastnesses, to
clear the hill side of the jungle, and to build bridges
ever the infinity of creeks. Such a punishment,
while it will live for ever in the history of the tribe,
will effectually prevent a second revolt. It com-
pletely anticipates also a design now attributed to
them. It is affirmed that they will yield to the
troops, and next year repeat the experiment of
rebellion with the Cotes at their back. A rising
of all the jungle tribes, who can bring half-a-million
athletic savages into the field, would indeed be a
formidable affair. They are, however, powerless
the moment the jungles are penetrated by roads.
These measures ought to have been adopted just
four months ago.

" The signs of disturbance in other districts o.
India still continue.

" The Home authorities have committed a very
curious mistake. Early in the year the Legislative
Council passed an act regulating the emoluments
of the Administrator-General. The Court of Direc-
tors it is understood sanctioned the act. Unfortu-
nately the name of the Administrator-General is
Hogs. The Board of Control, either fancying they
had detected a job or moved by other representa•
tions; annulled the Directors' approval, and sent
out a despatch ordering the Legislature to pass a
new act. By the charter the Legislature is inde-
pendent, and the Chief Justice of Bengal was
loudly cheered as he stated that fact. The despatch
will pass unnoticed, but Mr. Vernon Smith had
obviously forgotten that he himself had helped to
take away the legislative power from the Execu-
tive Council.

" We have had but little domestic news in the
fortnight. Lord Dalhousie is on his way from
Ootacamund to Rangoon, but he is not, however,
expected in Calcutta for a month.
" The news of the fall of Sebastopol arrived
here in dribblets, and created therefore no excite-
ment. If a contingent were called for, every officer
would volunteer, but he will neither shout nor
illuminate. It is still unintelligible to people here
why England does not call for some of our light
cavalry. We could send 10,000 horsemen whose
backs no Russian will ever see."

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL ON OUR SUC-
CESSES IN THE CRIMEA.
The following Bombay Government Gazette Extraordi-
nary was issued on the 13th Nov.:—
" PROCLAMATION.
" General Department, 13th Nov.
" The Right Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to
republish for general information the following proclama-
tion, issued by the Most Noble the Governor-General of
India on the sth inst., and directs that a Royal salute be
fired on receipt thereof at every artillery station under this
Presidency.
" As resolved in the penultimate paragraph of the pro-
clamation, Sunday, the 2d proximo, will be sot apart under
this Presidency as a day of Public Thanksgiving to Al-
mighty God fur the signal and repeated successes with
which, during the present war, the British and Allied
Forces have, through His mercy, been crowned.
" By order of the Right Hon. the Governor in Council,
" H. YOUNG, Officiating Chief Secretary.
"Bombay Castle, 13th Nov. 1855."