The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-13 00:00:00

INDIA.

No fresh intelligence has come to hand regarding
the Iynteah and Cossyah rebelling, but we are told
that the services of the 28th Regiment Punjab
Native Infantry are no longer required in the hill
districts of Cossyah.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Englishman of March 7.)

Money Market—Money continues very easy,
which assists stock speculation. There is, however,
a fair demand for business purposes at current rates.

Exchange—A very limited business has been done
in exchange for this opportunity, and that chiefly
in bank bills and credits ; the rates on London are
for bank bills, 2s, 011-16 d. to 2s. Oad.; for credits,
2s. 011.16 d. to 2s. Old. ; and 2s. Oid. for docu-
mentary.

Freights.—After the closing of last mail our
freight market continued brisk, but is closing dull.

CHINA.

The principal intelligence of the fortnight refers
to the defeat sustained by a combined force of Ward
and Imperial troops before the city of Tai-tsan. It
will be remembered that the Ward force of drilled
Chinese recently passed into the command of Cap-
tain Holland, of the R.M.L.1., on the removal of
General Burgevine by the native authorities at
Shanghae. The following account of the engage-
ment in which Captain Holland has been defeated is
from the China Mail of the 28th F‘)bruary

" It appears that the Sunkiang troops (Ward's)
left Shanghae for Tai-tsan on the morning of the
10th February at daybreak. The expedition was
larger than usual, and much better equipped ; it
consisted of 2,500 men, with 22 pieces of cannon and
abundance of ammunition. The force of artillery•
men amounted to 700. Owing to the number of
broken bridges, several delays took place in the pro-
gress of the troops to Tai-tsan, and they were not
within sight of the city until the afternoon of the
13th February. On their way they had been joined
by a force of Imperialist troops, which rendered the
expedition so complete, that there need have been
no anticipation of a repulse. The country already
passed through was held by Imperial troops, who
had fortified themselves in numerous stockades.
Tai-tsan is beyond the radius of thirty miles, the
defence of which had been undertaken by the British
force stationed at Shanghae; but as Captain Hol-
land had been lent to the native authorities, he was
not under any restriction as to the distance of his
his operations. On the afternoon of the 14th, when
the expedition was near the city, a rebel stockade
on one side of a creek was found to be occupied by
a force, but of what strength was not ascertained.
Instead of taking means to inform himself of the force
to be here attacked, Captain Holland brought up
the guns and opened fire, which was kept up for
two hours. As the rebels showed no signs of leav-
ing it, the captain embarked 200 men to storm the
stockade ; but as it was ascertained that the dis-
tance, though half-a-mile by land; was nearly four
miles by water, the design was anticipated by seven:
Europeans, who crossed the creek in a boat
et; ,_on
soon as they appeared approaching in the dirreecried
of the stockade, the rebels, about 100 strongos,
p ted out
upon Tai-tsan ; they had evidently been
as a corps of observation. This showed that a mis-
take had been made in firing at the place for two
hours without having first ascertained its actual
strength. Rows of stakes had been driven into the
creek, and some more delay was caused by their
having to be pulled up before the boats could pro
teed. It being then 5 p.m. the whole force halted for
the night. The guns were landed and got into
Position during the night, and a sortie made by the
rebels was repulsed, after which shells were fired at
intervals to show that the besiegers were on the
alert. On the following morning (Feb. 15), at day
break, the rebels received large reinforcements from
Soochow ; these were received with immense cheer-
ing by their friends in the city. Fire was now
opened from two 32-pounders, eight 12-pound