The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-17 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE.

We were favoured yesterday evening with the
following telegraphic communication :

" Calcutta, Dec. 13, 1834.
"The Burmese Ambassadors had their public audience
at Government-house, on Monday, the 11th instant. A
grand review is to take place on the Calcutta race coiirso
on the 18th for their entertainment ; a ball is to be given
by the Government, at the Governor-General's, on the 22d.
The Puttiala Raja is to bo received publicly by Lord
Dalhousie on the 20th.

" The Railway will not be open from the lst of January
to Ra.neo Gunge._

- "Some of the bridges on the Calcutta side of Burdwan
will not probably be completed for traffic before the let of
March."

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN IND/A SINCE THE DEPARTURE
OF THE MAIL ON THE 28TH NOV.
Madras.—Lieut. E. P. Brown, 3d European Regiment,
at Bellary on the 20th Nov.
Bengal.—Lieut.-Col. W. 11. Wake, 44th Regiment, N.I.

REPORT OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS.
FRom THE 28TH Nov. TO THE 14TH DEC., 1854.
We have to report an active demand for money during
the fortnight, and an increasing stringency in the market
since the date of our last report. Money is now becoming
very scarce in all quarters ; the Bank of Bombay have
again raised the rates of discount one per cent. (for the
second time within a month), and there is every proba-
bility of a further advance before the end of the year.
Securities of every description are in consequence de-
pressed,
and scarcely a transaction can bo effected. Onr
quotations are therefore quite nominal, and may be con-
sidered
the rates at which holders aro willing to sell, but
without finding buyers.
We are sorry to report, mail after mail, such a wretched
state of our import market for cotton piece goods, and
British manufactures in general. Since the departure of
last mail, a farther decline of 2 to 4
annas per piece is '
established on all desc,ipstiinocnesotforoey goods, miserable pric6 ruling
Tog aof the season.
on the already
The dealers now are totally disinclined anything to
their stock, for want of clearance for the interior
porters, even at any reduction in the price in their by
ex"
The enormous imports of goods up to this time is favour,
double that of the same period last mail, and the clearance
being not nearly the same makes the matter more serious
The transactions during the past fortnight are very triflinag,
in piece goods and twist; the latter of a favourable mark,
and well known in the up-countries, meets with ready
buyers, while the others are hardly moved.
Oar market for metal remains snore steady, with a light
stock in first and second hands.

EXPORTS.—In consequencgeoofthaweroebneintlno good cotton
in the market and freight going
taken the advantage to demand 2 to 3 Ie dealers have
ore
the
ercal7tavdy more
on been
on the last quotation, though very few purchases
made tof Surat and Broach at 93 Rs., Dholera at 83 Rs"
and Oomravuttee at 88 per candy, which may be consi-
dered the rate of the day. The purchases in other kindsofproduce aro reported. Linseed is held firmly by the sellers
at 47 Rs. per cwt., partly owing to decline in freight, and
recent good accounts from the home market. •
Tonnage is abundant, with few shippers; it may be
quoted at 21. 12s. Gd. to 21. 15s. for London and Liver-
pool.
land, in co
Exchange on Engnsequence of the absence of
demand for remittance, has again advanced about two per
cent. for this mail, and wo now quote 2s. Gild. as the rate
for first class credit bills, and 2s. (*I. to 2s. Id. :for docu-
ments.

CALCUTTA.
(From the Bengal Hterkartc of Dec. 4.)
The arrival of the Burmese Ambassadors has
been the chief event since our last, though what
iNEWSpA y , ..L.,, have come for does not appear to be ea-
Al known. They have been greatly asto-
'.l.) ::;i..:i Atiked. at what they have seen in Calcutta, and
'..;. -.l.4.;:ktive liippression made upon them may be use-
'•46-1--'s. ifire.\.-, ilf4,' they dare to tell their master what the
<• 4", 14= • 'efof the English in India is When they return
: ..
11,
44.
The Friend of Indict novr states that the
. "•;.---1 A.i.t.... ssy has come simply on a complimentary or

friendly visit, and has nothing to ask. Such at
least is the statement of the ambassadors them-
selves ; but when they can obtain the ear of the
Governor-General they will probably have some
request or other to prefer. Lord Dalhousie's vice-
royalty seems likely to have an auspicious termi-
nation, for besides having the envoy of the haughty
Burman monarch at his feet, the Ameer of Cabul
is suing for British friendship, and the Khan of
Kokan soliciting drill instructors to train kis
soldiers, and improve his means of resisting foreign
aggression.
The internal state of the country is most satisfax-
tory, and much of this is due to Lord Dalhousie.
The Governor-General is making much of the
Burmese ambassadors, who are a mean-looking set
of fellows, with Malay countenances and emaciated
bodies, evidently opium-eaters or smokers.

BRITISH FRIENDSHIP SOUGHT BY THE
AMEER OF CA.BOOL.
( From the Bengal Hurlca;.a.) _
We have no doubt that the following announcement
will be received—particularly by those interested in our
frontier defences—with sincere satisfaction. For some
months back the aaine of Dost Mahomnaed Khan has
been repeatedly appearing in the columns of the papers,
and more especially the up-country papers. The doubt-
ful state of affairs in Persia, the rumours regarding the
Russians at Khiva, and the untrustworthy conduct of
some of his neighbouring chieftians, have for a length of
time, as it has been reported, been causes of great un-
easiness to the Dost, and his attention has been seriously
directed to the formation of an alliance with the
English.
We are glad to have it in our power to announce
that these rumours, though some of them incorrect,
are nevertheless based on truth. The Dost has ad-
dressed& very humble, contrite, and different epistle to the
Governor-General, begging that bygones may be by-
gones, that the records of the past may be wiped from
I the Foreign-office, and that he may be restored to friend-
ship and alliance with the British power. This is the
first necessary step towards the completion of a treaty
with us, to which it is to be hoped the reception of this
epistle will lead. While the Dost entreats that we will
forget the disagreeable associations that are connected
with his name, we fear he asks more than the present
generation can grant, or at least a large portion of it.
There are many among us who have terrible, and, while
life lasts, abiding reason to remember the tragic circum-
stances with which his son's name is associated with re-
ference to the British power. It would be a merby if
we could forget things past, and if we could erase from
our history the bloody pages that tell of the sacrifice
of our countrymen consequent upon the adoption of
that disastrous policy into which Lord Auckland
was betrayed. But these things may not be. There
are not a few amongst us who will be ready to ex-
claim—this man never should have been our enemy ;
and that it is our own fault, and Rot his, that he ever
became so. We cannot here enter ipon a review of the
facts connected with his history ; nor is it necessary, for
they are household words in India, and patent to the
present generation. When we say that we hope the
Government of India will cordially embrace the oppor-
tanity for alliance now opened to it, we by no means
wish it to be understood that there is any cause for
anxiety from the direction of the Dost's dominions, nor
do we even remotely dread the ambition of Russia. We
own our feeling is, that we shall be glad to see a cordial
understanding with this man as a friend to our Go-
vernment, because we consider he never ought to have
been its enemy ; and because, in our opinion, he never
would have been but for the conduct of those wl,to
drove him into open enmity. He may have injured
us, and he may have had recourse to measures from
which we have severely suffered ; but we are bound, in
justice, to add, that this arose chiefly, not from his de.
siring to injure us, but from our marvellous resolution
to injure ourselves and make him our enemy. However,
time and the present uncertainty of events in the. East
have brought to pass a day when the Dost can no longer
afford to treat us as he had done, and when our support,
even though it be merely moral, is necessary to him.
We hope it will be given generously, and that it will
prove the daring foe may become the most cerdialfriend.
We can hardly doubt that the Governor-General will
embrace the opportunity, while humbling the pride of
our old and thorough enemy, to convert him into an
equally thorough friend. The Dost must sit on the
stool of repentance, and do humble penance for his
transgressions ; but we hope he will not sit there long,
and when he does rise from it, prove a trusty ally of the
British power.