The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-23 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL,

We have received files of papers from Bombay to
the 29th December, and from Calcutta to the 29th
December.
We take the following summary of news from the
Bombay Gazette of the 29th December:—
It is stated that Sir William Denison, Governor-General
of India, has decided on remaining in Calcutta, The Go-
vernment Secretariat offices have been ordered clown from
the North-West.
A Government steamer is in readiness at Calcutta to con-
vey Lady Elgin, as soon as she arrives there, to Suez.
The Lord Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India
left Bombay for Calcutta on the 14th inst.
The Commander-in-Chief of India, Sir Hugh Rose, has
his head-quarters at Rawul Pindee.
Sir William Mansfield, Commander-in-Chief of the Bom-
bay Army, has returned to the Presidency.
On the morning of the sth inst. a party of the enemy
on the frontier made a raid on our outpost about 15 miles
north of Peshawar. They were driven off by the Irregular
Cavalry, but unfortunately Lieutenant St. G. M. Bishop, of
the 6th Bengal Cavalry, was killed while charging at the
head of his men.

Further intelligence has been received from the head-
quarters of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, at
Rawnl Pindee, stating that affairs on the frontier had be.
come much more pacific. The villages of Laloo and Um-
beyla were taken without any officer being killed or wounded,
the enemy suffering severely.
The Bonair tribe seem inclined to adhere to their engage-
ments, and the Bajouries and others who had come to their
aid had fled.

General Chamberlain has left the camp, and is improving
in health.
Letters from the North-West frontier contradict the re-
port of the death of Lieut. W. Bettye, of the Guide Corps,
who was severely wounded when combating the enemy in
the Umbeyla Pass.
It is reported that the Camp of Exercise that was to have
been formed at Mean Meer will most likely assemble at
Rawul Pindee, and that Sir Hugh Bose will superintend
the manauvres in person.
The ship Marian Moore has arrived here with a portion
of the Persian Gulf submarine telegraph cable, and is taken
to the Government transport moorings to have some fittings
made ready, prior to being taken in tow by the Bombay
marine steamer Victoria for the Gulf.
The trial of the first Armstrong gun, in Bombay, at the
new battery, under the Light House at Colaba, was success-
fully made on the 15th inst.
A Kurrachee paper gives out a report to the effect that
Kurrachee has been fixed upon as the headquarters of the
Persian Gulf and Bagdad line of telegraph.
An illustrious visitor, in the person of H.H. the Secun-
dra Nawab Begum of Bhopal, Knight of the Exalted Order
of the Star of India, has arrived in Bombay on her way to
the pilgrimage at Mecca.
A grand Durbar was held by his Excellency Sir Bartle
Frere on the 23d instant, for the reception of H.H. the
Begum of Bhopal.
The Hon. Rustomjee Jamsatjee Jejeebhoy has made a
donation of 150,000 rupees (L 15,000) to enable five natives
of India to qualify themselves in England to practise in
this country as barristers-at-law.
The Act for the prevention of adulteration of cotton and
the better suppression of frauds in the cotton trade fn the
Bombay Presidency comes into force on the Ist February
next.

Government has accordingly appointed inspectors to carry
out the Act in the several cotton-producing and trading
districts, and also for Bombay as the principal place of
export.
The health of the town of Bombay has suffered greatly
in consequence of the prevalence of cholera for the last three
or four weeks.

The English mail of the 3d inst. has not arrived up to
he hour of our going is press. Our latest telegrams are to
he 25th November.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKETS.
(From the Bombay Gazette of Dec. 29.)
Since the date of our last report no change for the better
has taken place in the position of the import market, which
has remained dull and stagnant owing to extreme scarcity of
money. The export market has become rather more firm,
in consequence of encouraging advices from Liverpool, and
cotton has recovered more than 60r. per candy.
FREIGHTS.— The remarks made last mail can be repeated.
Natives are the principal operators and the extreme firm-
ness and confidence displayed by them appear to have re-
conciled shippers to ruling rates. Besides this the large
quantity of seeds offering has greatly assisted to keep rates
steady ; so that, notwithstanding we have again had heavy
arrivals, the demand for all classes of vessels has been good,
and rates have been irmly maintained ; but there are not
enough small vessels in port to supply the demand.
THE CALCUTTA MARKETS.
(From the Calcutta Englishman of Dec. 20.)
The screw steamer Carnatic, with the London mails to
Nov. 10, via Galle, arrived at her moDrings in the river on
the afternoon of the 13th inst., and the express portion of
a week's later news, through Bombay, reached us on the
morning of the 16th. Our latest London dates by the
latter source are to the 19th ult. The Messagerios Impe •
riales screw steamer Erymanthe, with the European mails
of a late date, is now coming up the river.
Import Market—Piece Goods: Money being even
scarcer than it was, there is literally nothing doing.
Joint-Stock Shares.—The share-market is stagnant, and
few but forced sales have been made since our last issue.
Most of the loans on joint-stock shares have been called in
by the banks, and higher margins and interest demanded,
so that all descriptions are lower in value by 10 to 20 per
cent. Serious loss has arisen on time bargains, large sales
having been made to persons without means.
Government Securities.—These securities have kept de-
clining as the pressure for money increased. The chief
transactions have been forced sales on account of parties
who were unable to keep up their loans, or who had de-
faulted in their time bargains. Fours have been sold at
88; Fives, at 100; and Fives-and-a-Half at 105.