The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-28 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have recived the following telegraphic de-
spatch from Trieste
TRIESTE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 27.
The steamer Calcutta arrived here yesterday
(the 20th) at 10 p.m. in 123 hours from Alexandria,
which she left on the 21st.
The Indian mail left Alexandria on the 21st,
with advices from Calcutta to the 24th of August,
Bombay to the 29th of August, Shanghai to the
2,1 of August, Canton to the Bth of August, and
Hong Kong to the 10th of August.
The Santal rebellion continues, but the rebels
are beginning to give way.
50,000 rebels are assembled in the hill districts.
The bill for granting a charter to the Oriental
Gas Company has passed its second reading.
Lord Elphinstone has returned to Bombay.
Lord Dalhousie remains at the Neilgherries.
Money is very scarce.
The Bengal Bank has raised its rate to 12 per
cent. The New Five per Cents. are at discount;
the Four per Cent. Loan is at 13 discount.
Exchange on London, 2 01.
The pirates in China hold under control a coast
line of 2,000 miles in the tea districts of Hoonan
and Oopack.

The rebels are in great strength, and the trade
of Canton is very restricted.

Exchange at Canton, 4 8 ; Shanghai, 6 41.
No'ilevr teas had arrived at Shanghai.

THE CAPE OF GOOD _HOPE.

PORTSMOUTH, Thursday Night.—Her Majesty's
steam-frigate Penelope, Captain Sir William Wise-
man, arrived at Spithead this evening from the
Cape, St. Helena, Ascension, and Madeira. She
left the Cape on the Gth ult. with the 91st Regi-
ment, mustering 318 strong, including officers. The
intelligence brought by the Penelope strengthens
the report of the loss of her Majesty's sloop Ner-
budda, off Cape Agullas ; no tidings had been re-
ceived of that vessel up to the date of the Pene-
lope's departure from the Cape.
Lieutenant Comber, of the Hydra, has come home
to pass his examination.
The Frolic, 12, Commander Nolloth, and the
Hydra, 6, Commander Morris, were the only sea-
going vessels at Simon's Bay when the Penelope
left.

The officers of the 91st, who have come home
with the regiment, are—Major Wright, command-
ing ; Major Rawstorne, Major Savage, Captains
Gordon and Bruce, Lieutenants Crampton, Bond,
Lane, Thomas, Gregg, and Hall, Adjutant Squirl,
Ensign MTherson, Quartermaster Patterson, Sur-
geon Arden, Assistant-Surgeon O'Niel.

The Cape Colony was quiet, and the Governor,
Sir George Grey, had started from Cape Town for
the frontier, to visit the Caffre Chiefs.
The Penelope has been constantly employed in
removing troops from Cape Town to the frontier,
and has performed most important and essential
service during the time she has been out on that
station. She brought mails from Ascension and
Madeira, and was present at the latter place at the
proclamation of the young King of Portugal. The
Penelope, during her run round from Simon s
Bay, encountered for the last three days a con-
tinuous breeze from the S.E., the last day amount-
ing to a smart gale ; the fourth day, Sunday, was
fine, the wind shifting to the W.N.W., at which
point it has continued, with slight variation, to
blow violently ever since. The only members of
the Legislature on board were Messrs. Meteler.-
kamp, Wood, and Godlonton, who speak in high
terms of Captain Sir W. Wiseman and the other
officers of the ship, all of whom vied in their en-
deavours to render their brief companionship
among them as agreeable as possible.