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

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 3.—Now that wilter has
set in, and with it inaction, the thougits and
anxieties of all interested in the welfare of our
army in the East are diverted into fresh chknnels.
We no longer anticipate engagements, and strain
our hearing across the sullen Euxine to catch the
boom of the cannonade. Our present concern is
greater with the winter quarters and comforts pro-
vided for the soldier, and with other means taken
for the preservation of his physical health and im-
provement of his moral condition.
Avery considerable depot is forming at Scutari
and in its vicinity, where, within a few days from
this time, at least 12,000 men will be assembled to
be quartered there during the winter. The greater
part of the cavalry has already arrived, both from
Balaklava and from Eupatoria, and the rest is
coming down daily.
General Collingwood Dickson, of Crimean fame,
has arrived here on his way to Kertch, to take
command of the artillery of the Contingent.
A letter from Kinbourn, in the _Presse d'Orient,
dated November 26, mentions the commencement
of severe cold. There is floating ice upon the sea,
and the vessels at anchor off Oczakoff are fringed
with icicles.

AUSTRIA.
The four extraordinary commissaries of England,
Austria, France, and Turkey, who were to com-
mence an examination of the state of the Danubian
principalities, and whose arrival ab Bucharest was

prematurely announced, have received counter-
orders, and everything remains in. state quo.
Meanwhile candidates for the hospodarat are not
wanting. These are, according to the Vienna
Fremden, Blatt, Prince Alex. Ghika ; George Bi-
besco, brother to Prince Stirbey ; Prince Calimaki,
former ambassador of the Porte at Paris, a Molda-
vian by birth • and Zauza Ghika, actually governor
of Samos. The Ottoman Ministry would find it
difficult to choose with judgment amongst so many
candidates representing services rendered, or re-
commendations from foreign powers, and it is for
that reason that it adjourned the question until the
termination of the war, when its choice will be less
governed by influences which it must respect at
present.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

(Prom, the Timcs)

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 Calcutta cor•
respondent :

" CALCUTTA, Nov. 8.
" The Sonthal rebellion has not been subdued.
The rebels are still in possession of Beerbhoom,
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 uaknown. 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-row:1, anal sweeping 1,1,- son-
thals De utaiw nrds. 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
over 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 Coles at their back. A rliing
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 of
India still continue.

" The Home authorities have committed a ♦ery
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
Hogg. 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.

-z` 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 Gevernor-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 set apart nutter
this Presidency as a day of Public Thanksgiving to Al-
mighty God for 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."

g‘ PROCLAMATION.

" The Governor-General has the highest satisfaction in
announcing to the army and people of India the capture of
the town of Sebastopol, with its forts, and arsenals, and
munitions of war. _

" When, during the past year, the Russian forces in-
vaded the dominions of his Highness the Sultan, the So-
vereigns of England and France, in close alliance, de-
spatched their fleets and armies, to save him from the
danger by which he was threatened.
"From the day when war was declared, the Russian
fleets sought safety within their fortified ports, and have
never dared to meet the allied force upon the sea.
"The defences of Boma rsund have been captured and
destroyed. The great Naval Arsenal of Sweaborg has
been bombarded, its magazines exploded, its stores of ma-
terial and its buildings burned.
" The coasts of Russia have everywhere been block-
aded, her commerce has been extinguished, and her mer-
chantnavy no longer exists.

" The Russian army was speedily compelled to retire
from tho Turkish provinces which it bad invaded ; and
the Russian territories were invaded in their turn.
" Since that time the allies have defeated the Russians
in three great battles within the Crimea ; have forced them
to abandon their forts along the whole Circassian shore ;
and have swept and ravaged all their coasts ; while at the
same time they have been laying constant siege to the
mighty fortress of Sebastopol.
"This great siege, without a parallel in the annals of
war, has now been crowned with triumphant success.
" Garrisoned by a numerous army, stored with un-
bounded resources, and defended by our enemies with the
utmost gallantry, determination, and skill, Sebastopol has
nevertheless been compelled to yield. Tho town, the dock-
yard, the arsenals, and forts have fallen into the hands
of the allies. Four thousand pieces of artillery, and enor-
mous quantities of warlike stores, have been captured in
the place. Lastly, the Russian navy in the Black Sea,
which consisted of more than 100 ships of war, carrying
upwards of 2,000 guns, has been utterly demolished, and
all its vessels have been burnt, sunk, or destroyed.
" For the great and glorious victory which has thus been
vouchsafed to their arms, the allied Sovereigns have already
offered up their sacrifice of gratitude to Almighty God.
" The Governor-General, desirous that their example
should be followed throughout the British dominions in
the East, proposes that on the 2d of December public
thanksgiving should be offered to Almighty God for the
signal and repeated successes which have been gained dur-
ing the present war by her Majesty's forces, and by those
of her allies, and especially for tho capture of the town of
Sebastopol.
" The Governor-General directs that this proclamation
shall be read to all the troops, and promulgated through-
out the country; and that the glorious tidings which it
conveys shall be welcomed by a Royal salute in every sta-
tion of the Indian army. " DALHOUSIE.
" Bengalore, Nov. 5, 1855."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKETS.
FROM THE 2D TO THE 15TH OF NOVEMBER.
The Overland Mail of the 10th October was received at
Bombay by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Madras
on the 7th inst.
Our money market during the fortnight has become
tighter. On date of departure of last mail the banks raised
their rates of interest 1 per cent., and, judging from the
present state of the market, wo aro of opinion a further
rise must take place soon.
Transactions in Government and other securities have
been limited, and for which prices generally had given way.
Business was suspended entirely for half the period that
has intervened since the despatch of the last mail owing to
the Dowallee holidays.

LORD DIINDONALD.-It is said that his lordship has
at last obtained a settlement of his undeniable claims at
the hands of the Mexican Government, and that he is to
receive a sum of 30,0001. down, and an annuity of
2,0001. a year.
The Belgian journals contradict the rumour, published
in the German journals, that King Leopold was about
to purchase an estate in Hungary.

ifISIIMONGERS'-11ALL,-- CO6RT DINNER.—The quar-
terly court dinner of the Hon. Fishmongers' Company
was hold yesterday at the company's hall, London-
bridge, under the presidency of James Wansey, Esq.,
prime warden. Amongst the company were J. Morley,
Esq. (deputy warden), the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Colonel Pipon, Alderman
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Alderman Sir F. G.
Moon, Bart., the Hen. Spring Rice, Petti-
grew, Esq., J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P., Alderman
Wilson, Alderman Wire, Sir John Key, Bart. (Cham-
berlain), the Chairman of the East and West India
Dock Company, tha Master of the Mercers' Company,
the Master of the Drapers' Company, the Principal of
the Goldsmiths' Company, the Master of the Merchant
Tailors' Company, Mr, Keating, M.P., Mr. Atherton,
M,P., R, Clumsy, Esq., Q. 0., &c,

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT
IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.

Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterdayafternoon a deplorable
accident took place upon the ornamental water in St.
James's-park—the thin surface of ice suddenly breAking
away, and some ten or twelve unfortunates being in-
stantly immersed. Through the stupidity of the by-
standers, or the negligence of the Humane Society's
arrangements, at least two unhappy creatures have
pet ished. One Society's man alone was visible on the spot,
armed with his drag, calling almost frantically to these
on the bank " For God's sake " to push off the float, as
"every minute might co-t a life." Several seconds how-
ever elapsed between each haul for the wretched crea-
tures, as slowly, one by one the solitary dragsinan
brought them to the surface. In this manner eight per-
sons were brought to land. Six were immediately con-
veyed to the marquee of the society, which was
erected on the usual soot, and the remedies ap-
plied. One only of the number was found to be
ix danger, and after some time had been occupied
in applying friction to the body life was found
to be extinct. The deceased lad- was very respect-
ably attired, but nothing whatever could be learned
as to his place of residence. Two other individuals were
get out of the water and conveyed to the hospital; and
on arrival there it was found that one of these, a lad
about 14 years of age was also dead.

One of the boys that was unfortunately drowned, pre-
vious to his disappearance under the ice, called out to
his companion, who was also in the water, saying,
"Good bye, Joe ; I don't suppose they'll get me out."
He had scarcely uttered these words before he sank to
rise no more.

It appears to us first of all, grievous cruelty that the
boys and idlers should be allowed to go at all upon
the ice when in its present brittle condition ; and,
secondly, a monstrous inhumanity that one or two
officials of the Humane Society should alone be present
on the spot in case of any casualty.

This morning the process of dragging was re-com-
menced, but no more bodies were found, which leads to
the presumption that the sufferers on the late melan-
choly occasion have been confined to those above enume-
rated.