The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-02 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1855.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA.

The following is the summary of the Bombay
Times :

" We are now in the thick of our rains : after
some light showers on,the 11th, they commenced
in earnest on the 18th June, the day predicted for
them, when 3.5 inches fell. On the 20th 5.5
inches were measured within four hours. Up to the
present date we have had about 18 inches—a very
auspicious opening for our south-west monsoon.
As yet we have had neither squall nor thunder-
storm. The catherans and robbers on our Pesha-
wur frontier have been giving us some annoyance,
sacking the villages within our frontier, burning
the grain stored away for the season, • and carrying
the inhabitants away with them. Major Ed-
wardes, the Commissioner, with a Brigade of the
Punjaub Irregular Horse under the command of
Major Neville Chamberlain, bad been out endeavour-
ing to bring to order a series of villages which for
three years had not only refused us tribute, and
spurned allegiance to us, but joined in the raids of
those who annoyed us. On the approach of our
troops the rebels sued for peace, offered to pay up
their arrears, and promised to be on their good con-
duct henceforth • and as this was all that was de-
sired, they were left unmolested. Village burning
is enly resorted to with those who, having in7aded
our territories, and done all the mischief in their
power, retire before and defy us. This is the only
military movement we have had since last mail to
chronicle. The government of the Punjaub is so
short of money, that half a million, the amount
'subscribed to the five per cent. loan, mostly by
natives, has been ordered by telegraph to be for-
-warded express from Bombay, and-ivas sent-ofroti
Monday—a singular want of foresight, surely, to
defer the despatch of specie, to be • transported
1,500 miles by water, to a period of the year when
a voyage to Kurracliee is never unaccompanied by
danger, the experiment having been first made in
Jane, 1851. The census of the Punjaub took place
on the 31st December, 1854, and its results have
just been published: the population amounts to
thirteen millions, •the males being to the females as
55 to 45.

• " The Madras Railway is expected to be opened
a, few months hence. The locomotives have been
landed in safety. By this day's steamer three
young Parsee gentlemen proceed to England—two
of them, Messrs. Dadabhoy Nowrojee, professor of
mathematics in the Elphinstone Institution, and
Mutcherjee Hormusjee Cama, for the purpose of
establishing a mercantile agency in London ; and
the third, Mr. Rustomjee Byranljee, a graduate of
the Grant Medical College, whose object it is to
present himself at the public examination for ad-
mission into the Medical Service of the East India
Company as an assistant-surgeon. The Governor-
General is still on the Neilgherries, which he is
not likely to leave till October next, and Lord
Elphinstone is at Poona. Trade, as usual al this
season of the year, is dull ; the money market is
easy, and freights are low."

CHINA.

HONGKONG, JUNE 10.

The London mail of the 9th of April arrived,
per steamer Cadiz, on the 24th of May. The mails
of the 26th of February and 26th of March reached
us, via Calcutta, on the 24th of May and 6th inst.
respectively.
From Shanghai we have dates to the 2d inst.
The neighbourhood was quiet. Nothing certain
was known regarding the progress of the rebels,
beyond the fact of their having left Yokshan, after
destroying much property, and returned to
Hwei-
e'iow, whence, it was feared, they might reach
Hangchow, and prove highly injurious to trade at
Shanghai.
Her Majesty's steamer Styx was at Shanghai,
having left Admiral Sir James Stirling at Nagasaki
on the 19th of May. His Excellency was about to
sail for Hakodadi. It was reported that the
Russian Admiral had embarked his men and the
guns of the Diana frigate on board native craft,
and had left Japan for the Russian settlements in
the north.

The French frigates Constantine and Sihylle and
the steamer Colbert were cruising in tho Japanese
waters.

Her Majesty's steamer Styx was waiting for the
9th of April mail, when she would rejoin the Bri
tish squadron at Japan.
At Canton there is little of moment to report.
The mandarins are said to have retaken the im-
portant town of Shao-King-Foo, situated in the
Canton province, and the rebels have retreated
towards the defiles on the borders of Kwangsi,
where they are likely to hold their ground and
oppose an effectual barrier to transit from the tea-
growing districts.
From Kowkong and adjacent silk-producing
country there is no intelligence worthy of mention;
indeed, the reports that reach us are so vague and
often contradictory that small reliance can be
placed upon them.
Piracy in these waters is as rife as ever. Her
Majesty's steamer Rattler, Commander W. A.
Fellowes, has, however, been actively employed of
late,•and done some good service against them.
The distress occasioned by a scarcity of rice has
been relieved by importations, which have poured
in from all quarters in foreign vessels, and very
large quantities are on the way. The price of grain
has materially declined, and what we last month
quoted at 4 20 to 4 60 is now only worth about
2 80 per picul, and other kinds in proportion.
The new crop will be ready in about three weeks.
The import trade at Canton shows no signs of
improvement, and only a few sales have been
made for local consumption.
Freights to London, 5/. 10s. ; to. Liverpool,
6/. 6s.
At Shanghai the transactions in imports have
been limited, and chieflyin barter. Black teas show
no change in price ; greens are 2 to 4 taels lower
than the previous month. Very extensive settle-
ments have been made for the Russian overland
market, which has cleared altogether fully 40,000
chests of the common kinds of congou, souchong,
and pekoe. Silk maintained its value. The new
crop was expected down in about a fortnight.
Prices are likely to range about the same as last
year—say, for No. I Tsatlee, 300 dols. to 320
dols.
From Foochow we have advices to the 27th of
May. All was quiet, and no disturbance appre-
hended, although the land question was still creat-

ing some annoyance.
A portion of the new teas has arrived, and large
supplies were expected shortly. One or two ves-
sels had commenced loading.
At Amoy nothing important has occurred.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tartar, chartered for her Majesty's service, left
this for Japan, under charge of Mr. T. R. Coiling-
wood, master, R.N., on the 14th of May.
In Harbour.—Her Majesty's steamer Rattler
and the Spanish steamer R. de Castilla.
At Canton, her Majesty's ship Comus and the
United States' guard•ship J. P Kennedy ; at Foo-
chow, her Majesty's ship Racehorse ; at Macao,
the United States' steamer Powhattan ; at
Shanghai, the United States' frigate Macedonian.
The United States' frigate Vandalia sailed for
Manilla on the 2d inst.

Our latest dates are—London, April 9 ; Cal-
cutta, May 19 • Bombay, May 2 ; Singapore, May
30 ; June 5 ; Melbourne, March 26.
Exchange on London.—At Canton, 4s. 91c1. ; at
Shanghai, 6s. 61d.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, JUNE 25.

Our money market for the past fortnight has, con-
trary to expectation, become a little tighter, owing to
considerable amounts being taken up for investment in
tbe 5 percent. low, and the banks in consequence have
raised their rates of interest 1 per cent. Four per cent.
paper and stocks generally have improved considerably.
In the import market little business as usual at this
season of the year has been done. Before the arrival of
the mail, there was an inclination on the part of dealers
generally to do business at the prices ruling a fortnight
ago, and the sales now reported were the consequence.
But the last accounts from England showing a very ma-
terial falling off in the exports of manufactured goods
to this presidency, whilst the price of these goods have
been much enhanced, have induced an active speculative
grey goods, but holders
higher prices,
staplerices,a and will not sell.
look demand
for still here
hfer m
Grey Shirtings, of 40-inch and of 6 lb. weight, have
advanced 2 annas per piece, on the prices paid previ-
ously; those of 7 to 81 lbs. 3 to 4 annas per piece ; and
shirting of 45-inch of 64 at 10 lbs. have increased 2 to 3
annas per piece.
Grey T Cloths are worth 2 annas per piece more than
formerly.
Grey Domestics have increased in value 3 to 4 annas
per piece on previous sales.
Grey Jacconets are as yet without improvement.
Bleached goods are not at all inquired for, and show
no improvement on the miserable prices lately current.
Yarns are in active demand, at an advance of to
anna per lb. on all counts of water twist, and of it to
anna per lb. on No. 20 to 60 mule twist, but without

any inclination on the part of importers to sell at these
•
advanced rates.

Cotton Wool—The market has continued very firm,
with advancing prices, but the transactions since our
last are not quite so large, only some 7,500 bales, of
which 3,500 have been taken since the mail came to
baud, the accounts by which at once made holders ask
an advance of about 8 rupees per candy, say Broach and
Surat 100 rs. Dollera, 102 re. per candy ; but.fiuding
no buyers, they have in the last day or ti,vo been less
firm, and our quotations now are, Broach and Surat, 96
rs. ; Dollera, 99 rs. ; Compta, 94 re. ; Oornrawuttee,
90 rs. per candy. For China there was very little doing;
Opium.—The firmness noticed in our last Las been
maintained, and with rather better accounts of Malwa
received two or three days ago via Calcutta prices have
further advanced. Mundleisur is at 920 re. ; Indore,
910 rs. per chest. The steamer on the 24th inst. bad
534 chests ; the export of the month is about 1,500
chests.

Exchange on England for the fortnight has ruled a
shade lower. The closing quotations are as follow :-
2s. 11d. to 2s. 1 9-IGd. for Chinaand fret-class credits,
and 2s. 1 1. to 2s. 1 11-16 d. for documents. On Cal-
cutta, we quote 1 per cent. prem. at sight, par at GO
days' sight. Madras par at 30,days' sight, and China
223 at GO days' sight.
TONNAGE.—Rates of freight to Great Britain have de-
clined to 3/. 155.-,pei ton of 50 cubic feet, at which they
arc very quiet and inclining downwards. To China 8
rs. per candy may be considered the nominal rate.

, (From the Englishman,.)
CALCUTTA, June 16,
We have had the London news of 9th May by tele-
graph, from Bombay, for some ten days past.
For some time after last mail our produce market was
very dull, but after the receipt of telegraphic news from
Bombay we had considerable activity in sugars, rice,
seeds, and jute, and ;which the contents' of letters are
likely to continue, as at this period, our rivers opening,
arrivals of boats laden with :produce fill, the bazaars,
whierrttrder importers -will]Vto sell, rather than Rtore,
if that can be avoided, so that we look for considerable
business from this time forward. Our indigo prospects
for the coming season are hardly so good as at date of
our last.

For some days after our last an active business con-
tinued in piece goods, but latterly, we think, scarcely
so much has been done, probably owing to increased
firmness on the part of holders, as the accounts from up
country continue to be of a favourable character, and
shipments from home slackening a little and at higher
prices lead to the hope that an advance may in many
cases be looked for at no distant period ; and the high
rate of exchange fixed by the Court for their bills on
India, added to the advance in the price of silver at
home, with afair demand for our produce, sustain the
hope that for the present our favourable rate of remit-
ting may be maintained. Twist has not improved in
position. Metals are mostly in a healthy state.
Our money market is in a little better state than when
we last wrote, but the directors of the Bank of Bengal
have not been able yet further to reduce their rates of
interest and discount.

EXCHANGE.—Some 90 days bills have sold at 2-1 k ;
Treasury Bills are quoted at 2-01, and Bank of England
Post Bills at 2-of. The rate on China is Rs. 216 to 218
per 100 &le., and on Australia 2 2) per rupee.
FREIGHTS, at closing our quotations, are—for London :
Sugar, 3/. 12s. 6d.; saltpetre, 3/. 103. ; rice, 3/. 17s. 6a;
jute, 4/. ; seeds, 5!. 10s., and other goods in proportion,
with usual deduction for Liverpool. For America rates
have been at 12 dols. for saltpetre ; l5 dols. to 16 dols.
for seeds, and 133 dols. to 14 dols. fur measurement
goods.

wife, invalids, for Port Vendres, and left on the 27th.
The Tuba) Cain, English screw steamer, in the same ser-
vice, also arrived from Kainiesch on the 26th, bringing
51 non-commissioned officers and privates, invalids, and
1 medical officer. She left for Marseilles on the morn-
ing. of the 27th, but in consequence of a strong contrary
gale of wind bore up on the same evening.
" The Mozambane, Sardinian steam-sloop, arrived
from G-enea and Cagliari on the 26th, with provisions for
the Sardinian Contingent, bringing Captain. Rey, Mr.
Turcowics, two army chaplains, 18 privates, and 10 Sis-
ters of Charity, to minister to the sick ; having in tow
the Libertas, Sardinian transport barque, also from
Genoa awl Cagliari, with stores."
The workmen employed 111 getting the Marlborough
off the stocks at midnight on Tuesday, yesterday were
granted the holiday they were deprived of by the acci-
dent on launching. The ship now draws 21 feet aft,
and 16 feet forward. It is not believed that she is in the
least strained or otherwise injured. The ship was an
object of much curiosity yesterday. She will be now
taken into dock to be coppered.
The Dee, naval steam-transport, arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday vali Sto., for the Marlborough.
The Caradoc, 2, despatch steam-vessel, Commander
Derriman, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from
the westward, and passed on to the eastward without
anchoring.
The Oscar, 158, steam-transport, went' into Ports-
mouth harbour from Spithead yesterday morning, and
left, in the evening for the Thames.
The Victoria and Albert. Royal yacht, Captain the
Hon. Joseph Denman, left Portsthouth harbour fur
Cowes yesterday to attend upon the Queen.
The sailing transport Timandra, No. 51, arrived at
Spithead yesterday from the East, with about 70 in-
valids. and 130 wives and 200 children of soldiers, all
from Corfu. .

The Monarch Indiaman left Spithead at 7 o'clock last
night for Calcutta.
The following officers, horses, and men embarked on
board the General Screw Company's steamship Jason,
0/ r__

Southampton yesterday :-2d company sth battalion
Royal Artillery. Captain L. H. Denne, Lieutenant H.
Cardew, Assistant-Surgeon Fletcher, 103 non-commis-
sioned offiCers and privates, and 82 horses. 7th company
6th battalion of Royal Artillery.— Captain. C. L. H.
MsLemon, Lieut.. A. L. Kay, 69 non-commissioned
officers and m 'en and 51 horses. Bth company 9th bat-
talion of Royal Artillery.—Captain J. Travers, Lieut.
W. Roske, Assistant-Surgeon G. Finlay, 107 non-com-
missioned officers and men, and 86 horses. 6th Dragoons
Armour-Sergeant Frost. 95th Foot.— Lieutenants
Folcher and Palk. The Jason will sail daring the after-
noon of to-day.
The Hesper's repairs were completed yesterday ; con-
sequently she again left Woolwich at 5.80.
The Vivid. steam tender to the flag-ship Fisgard, has
arrived at Woolwich from Chatham.

No. 86 steam-transport, • Harbinger, came down to
Woolwich yesterday morning from Limehouse Dock,
and bas commenced taking in her cargo of military stores
for the Crimea.

Yesterday the charge of Woolwich Arsenal, hitherto
undertaken by portions of the various troops in garrison,
was handed over to the police force, in consequence of
the increasing reduction in the military departments
there.

._. _.
The invalids at St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, about

1,000 men, assembled yesterday in front of ,their quar-
ters, under command of Lieutenant and Adjutant Pope,
staff officer of the invalid depot, to witness a third distri-
bution of Crimean medals. The men were formed up in
three sides of a square. and these invalids who were to
receive the medals, being called to the front, were pre-
sented with them by Colonel Eden, the commandant of
Chatham garrison. By command of Ler Majesty there
were about 50 distributed. The majority were with two
and three clasps. Those medals were for the men who
have left the invalid depot and joined their depots for
service again, and those who have been discharged.
Their names were submitted to the commandant, and
they are to be despatched without loss of time to their
different destinations. The offices of the invalid depot
are to be removed from the old building, at the rear of
the Royal Engineers' barracks, to the officer's quzrters
in Brampton barracks.
The last division of the 22d Regiment from India left
the garrison at Chatham at 6 a.m. yesterday, and pro-
ceeded to Plymouth. The men of the division have been
medically inspected, and the whole were pronounced
healthy and fit for duty. They consisted of 7 officers, 15
sergeants, 6 drummers, 236 rank and file, 16 women,
and 25 children, in charge of Captains Anderson, Bow-
den, Smith, Lieutenants Monck, M'Bean, Tweedie, and
Assistant-Surgeon Adams, M.D.
A detachment of the 96th Foot, from India, has arrived
at Chatham, consisting of 7 sergeants, I drummer, and
87 rank and file, with 3 women and 2 children, under
the command of Captain F. Pierce, Ensign J. Briggs,
Ensign J. Mitty, and Ensign J. Pike ; and 4 sergeants,
and 69 rank and file, with 4 women and 3 children, of
the 98th, under the command of Ensign S. C. Walker
and Ensign F. B. liassard, have arrived from Calcutta.

WOOLWICH, AUG. L

The Harbinger, screw steam-transport, No. 86, dropped
down the river yesterday, and lies off the %Vest-wharf,
Royal Arsenal, where she is to embark a part of the fifth
siege train, consisting of 8-inch guns of 65 and 52 cwt.,
and 32-pounders, besides the full complement of stores
belonging to each gun.
The screw steam-transport Holyrood, No. 77, left the
Royal Arsenal last evening, for the Crimea.
Several lighters are engaged in taking up a great quan-
tity of shells, for shipment on board the steam-transport
Alps, lying at Deptford. There are 2,000 13-inch shells,
and 18,000 8-inch shells. These 8-inch shells are packed
in square wooden boxes, and have all been fitted with
Captain Boxer's fusees.
During the last month about 740 recruits have joined
the Royal Art idery, and about 40 have joined the Royal
Sappers and Miners. A large portion of these are men
from the different militia regiments.
The militia mounting the main guard at the Royal
Arsenal have been withdrawn, so that there is now no
military services in the Arsenal.

The Vivid, paddle steam-vessel, Master Commander
Allen, returned to Woolwich last evening,

PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 1.

The Alarm, 253, Capt. Douglas Curry, will be taken
into dock this morning to have her copper cleaned. She
will be taken out of dock the following tide. _

T'rle Sanspareil, 70, will make a trial trip round the
Eddystone to-day to try her engines, after which she re-
turns to the Sound, and will sail in a few days for Spit-
h,ad. It is said she will accompany her Majesty to
France.

Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Yarde Buller, Bart., having
returned from the continent, whitber he has been to re-
cruit his health, has resumed the command of the South
➢evon Militia, stationed in this garrison.