The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-05 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

We have received by the Overland Mail advices
and papers from Bombay to Sept. 9 and from Cal-
cutta to August 29.

The following from the Bombay Gazette composes
all the news by this arrival :
The Goyernor-General will'leave Simla on Sept. 25. His
excellency will first visit the Rangra valley to see the pro-
gress of tea-plantiug there. He will then proceed to
Peshawur; from Peshawur he will return to Lahore and
open the Punjaub Exhibition. The Rifle Brigade from
Delhi will form his excellency's escort through the Pun-
jaub.

A large military force is to assemble at Lahore in
December next, It will consist of four troops of 11,oyal
Horse Artillery, four battalions of Field Artillery, two re-
giments of British Cavalry (Hussars), four regiments of
Native Cavalry, five regiments of British Infantry, six re-
giments of Native Infantry, head-quarters and Nur com-
panies of Sappers and Miners. Probable strength 11,020
men in all, with 3,320 horses and 47 guns ; the largest force
ever assembled in Upper India in time of peace.

It has bean intimated in strong terms to the Rajah of
Cashmere and to the sons of the late Dost Mahomed, that
their presence is desired in Lahore to meet the Viceroy,
when matters of an important nature will be discussed.
Mahomed Afzul, ruler of Balkh, has despatched 5,000
men to assist his brother, Mahomed Azim, at Zoodmut,
close to the city of Cabul, where Shere Ali has not yet ar-
rived from Herat. Mahomed Afzul is the driest legitimate
eon and true heir of the late Dost Mahomed_ Aziru is the
second son by the same mother—Shere Ali is by another
wife of the Dost, and is much younger than his step-
brothers. Afzul is the moot popular with the people, and
here Ali with the chiefs.

His Ex.ellency the Governor of Bombay laid the founda-
tion stone of St. Paul's Church, at Poonah, on the 29th Aug•
The church is to be a large and elegant structure. His ex-
cellency has since gone on a visit to Ahraednugger, where
he arrived with his staff on the 2d September, and where
he still is.

The reputed Nana Sahib captured at Ajmere arrived at
Cawnpore on the 22d of August, whither he was sent by
government for examination. The Cawnpore authorities,
after hearing and sifting all the evidence and testimonY
that could be obtained at Cawnpore and Bhitoor, hive de-
finitively pronounced that the prisoner is not the Nana
Sahib.

The council of regency at Oodeypore having failed to
administer justice, civil and criminal, th 3 Viceroy and G.-
vernor-Geueral, by a proclamation dated Simla, August 14,
has conferred on the political agent for the time being the
full powers of a sessions judge in criminal cases, of super-
intendent of police, and of commissioner and civil judge
in revenue and civil suits, Such powers to be exercised
until the Maharajah is pronounced of age and capable of
undertaking the responsibility of the administration of the
Meywar state. The proclamtion calls upon the chiefs of
all the states in Rajpootana to refuse au asylum to Matta
Ajeet Sing, executive member of the council of regency,
guilty of great atrocities and cruelties, who has fled from
justice.

The ship Hahneman, of Liverpool,which arrived in l3°'
bay the 30th of August, reports having bean fired into
and
boarded by a Confederate privateer on the Ist July. After
examining the papers of the Hahneman the privateer loft
her, in lat. 25.25 S, long. 36,47 W.
By a general order, dated Bombay Castle, Sept, 1, 18"
the following oflliers are permitted to retire from her 'Ma:
i2sty's service from this date on the pension of their rank,
with the :special annuity of £2OO, according to the notifica-
tion
in general order, No. 358, of the 7th July last
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Artillery : Colonel John Maxwell Glasse, Colonel
Croft Wormald, and Colonel John Pottinger, C. 13. 'Loyal
Engineers : Colonel Henry Joshua Margary and Colonel
Gore Boland Munbee. Robert

The 42d (Royal Highland) Regiment will march from
Dugshai on the 15th of Nov., for Lahore, to form a portion
of the Viceroy's escort to the capital of the Punjaub and to
take a part in the large camp of exercise to be assembled at
Lahore during the meeting of the Imperial Couecil•
His Highness Meer Jaffa Allee Khan Baha"°r' the
Nawab of Surat, died on Friday, Aug. 21, 1863.
has slightly
The health of the town and island of Bombay
improved during the past fortnight. The mortality, how-
ever, is still above the average of the last decade
of years.
.
OBITUARY—Lieut. Bute, 3d Light Cavalry, at liemptee
Lieut S. Simpson, Commissariat Department, at Madras,
;
Major C. F. Kelly, 18th Royal Irish
at Secunderabad ;
Ensign Rolfe, her Majesty's 91st Re rim' ent at Jubbulpore ;
Major J. R. Wilson, Pension Establishment,, fiydrabad
Contingent, at Burgee, 14 miles from Juhbulpor°'

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC.
(From the limes of India.)
Sept. 8.
80mu.k.5(2
Money.—The Bank's rates are unchanged.
there is more demand, however, than there was 1"t fort-
night, In the bazaar

Exchange has again been more in favour
of sellers. We
quote Bank bills at 2s. 011., first-class credits at 2s. 01d.,
and documents at 2s. ON.
Government Paper.—The excitement which has againi
set in in the stocks of local joint-stock comPaujes has --
at the following prices :—Fours, Rs. 991 ;
verted attention from Government securitiea,whi°""u we quote
Fives, Rs.loBl ;
and Fives and-a-Half, Rs. 113 to 1181
IMPORTS.—During the fortnight
our' market for piece
goods has been firmer, and although the transactions re-
ported are still small, they are on a somewhat larger scale
than they were during the period preceding th° dispatch of
last mail. There has within the last day or two been deci,
dedly more inquiry by Indore dealers, and
from Guzerat
also some demand has been experienced ' and although im-
porters have hardly as yet felt the benefit of this, it has re-
duced stocks in dealers' hands. Grey goods, as a rule, are
firmer, and in certain descriptions, as domestics, a consider•
able rise has taken place. In whits goods little has been
done, and the same remark applies to most kinds of coloured
goods. The lower numbers both of mule and
water twist
are firmer, Metals have continued to iroPw Manufac-
tured copper has been again in speculative inquiry, and
braziers have been sold as high as rs. 66 per cwt. Bar iron
is likewise firmer.

ExFouTs.—Our cotton market has been decidedly more
animated ; and although the sales of the fortnight are still
comparatively small, not exceedinm 9,000 bales in all, they
still are much larger than any we have recently had to
notice. Dhollera has been the description most in favour;
but prices of all kinds at closing are about Rs. 10 per candy
higher than our last quotations, Verawul commanding an
advance of Rs. 15 to 16 per candy. Some few coasting
craft have already come in with cotton from the north,
and in the course of another fortnight we expect to see con-
siderable arrivals.
FREIGIITS—The demand for vessels to load at outports
has been quite checked by the rise in rates procurable for
loading to Liverpool direct, and with the exception of char-
ters from Calcutta to London nothing offering any induce-
ment to change ports is in the market. We quoio rates as
firm at—For London : cotton at £3 2s 6d to £3 17s 6d ;
seeds, £3 10s: for Liverpool : cotton, £3; seeds, £2 2s 6d
to £2 7s 6d.

CALCUTTA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFII,)
Sept. 4, 4 18 p.m.

Government paper, 4 per Cent, 10 to 14 annas dis ; 5 per
Cent, rs 8 12 to rs 9 pm; 51 per Cent, rs 18 2 to rs 18 6 pm,

Exchange on London—First-class credits, 2s 5-16 d to sd.
Freights to London—Dead weight, £2; jute, £3 17s 6d;
seeds, Li 10s; grey shirtings,.l4 by 13, 71b, 10 in, rs 8 12
to 14 annas per piece; Madapollams, 13 by 11, 31b, 32 in,
rs 4 5 to 6
annas per piece ; mule twist, No. 40, good seconds,
10 annas 6 pie per morah.
Market for piece goods quiet.
Market for twist little doing.

SHIPPING IN I ELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA.

Arrivals—August 23—The ship Evangeline, Wolfe, from
Liverpool, May 19. 24—The ship Caspian, Event, Cardiff,
April 29. 25—The ship Alnwick Castle, Taylor, London,
May 25. 27—The ship Talavera, Brown, Liverpool, May 18.