The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-28 00:00:00

manner.

INDIA.

The following telegram was received at the India
office yesterday, November 27 :
BOMBAY, Nov. 12.

Calcutta news to Nov. 11. Tne British Vakeel in
Cabul has arrived at Candahar ; the siege of Herat
continues, and winter arrangements are in progress.
A large meeting, at which the Governor-General
presided, was held at the Town-hall or. Thursday,
in connexion with the distress in the manufacturing
districts.

Calcutta Funds.—Fives, at 41 to 41 premium ;
Five and a Half, at 121 to 121- premium.

Bombay Funds.—Fives, at 41- premium; and
Five and a Halfs, at 12 premium.

(PRIVATE TELEGRAMS.)

BOMBAY, Nov. 12.

The quotations are:—Broach, 375 r. per candy,
decline 20r.; Dhollera, 409 r. per candy, decline sr.
Freights, 60s. per ton. Exchange, not quoted.
Broach will cost 13.006 d. per lb. with freight, or
13d. ; Dhollera, 11.142 d. per lb. with freight, or
14kd. Shirtings.-50-39in., 61b., 6r., net 93. 11d.,
decline 4a, ; 51-39 in , 71h., 6r. 14a., net 11s. 4d.,

decline 4a. ; 60-39 in., 81b., 7r, 12a., net 12s. 9d.,
decline 2a.; 64-39 in., 81b. 10oz,, Br. 6a., net 13s.
10d., decline 2a.; 54 45in., 8,i1b., 7r. 10a., net 12s.
6d. Market worse. Latest dates from England,
9th October.

BOMBAY, Nov. 12.
Imports, little doing. 61b. shirtings, 6d. lower ;
71b. ditto, 4d. lower. Cotton neglected.
Freights, £3 to £3 ss. ; the lower the more cur-
rent rate.

Exchange, 2s. 1 3.16 x.
BOMBAY, Nov. 12 (vta Jubal).
Cholera is very prevalent among the Europeans

at Peshawur.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Gray shirtings and mule twist dull.
_Cotton de-
clining; copper improving. Malwa opium, 1,455 r.
per chest. Exchange on London, 2s. 10.; 5 per
Cent. Government Securities, 1044 ; ditto 5i per
Cent., 112 i.

CALCUTTA, Nov. 11

Gray shirtings quiet ; mule twist improving;
indigo quiet ; linseed firm; 5 per Cent. Govern-
ment Securities, 1054 ; freights unchanged.

THE WEST INDIA, MEXICAN, .AND
PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 28.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steam-
ship Tasmanian, with the above mails, arrived off
the Needles at 11.15 a.m.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28.

The Union Company's steamer Athens, with the
above mails, arrived here this morning. She left
Table Bay on the 21st ult.; St. Helena, on the 30th
ult. ; and Ascension, on the 3d inst. She brings 46
passengers.

At the Cape, the Governor was about to take a
tour through the western provinces. The colonial
secretary was about to visit the eastern provinces.
In reply to a memorial signed by 19 members, re-
presenting the eastern provinces, his excellency
stated that he was not prepared to say where it
might be desirable to hold the next session of
Parliament.

Very severe weather had continued to prevail;
several very violent storms had occurred on the
coast, doing fresh damage to the railway, and roads
and bridges of the colony. The vines had been
seriously injured by frost and hail. In some dis-
tricts droughts still prevailed.

At Hope Town actual famine existed. The people
of Middelbu?gh and Coelesberg were also enduring
great privations.

The Natal mail steamer Waldensian was totally
wrecked in Struy's Bay on the night of October
13th. The passengers, 121 in number, and the crew
were landed safely, but all their effects and the ship's
cargo were lost.

The British ship America, of Belfast, from Bom-
bay for Liverpool, and the ship Mauritius of
Greenock, for Kurrachee, have been abandoned at
sea, and their crews and passengers landed at the
Cape.

The iron ship David Begg, from Calcutta for
Liverpool, with valuable cargo, was abandoned at
sea, and her crew landed at the Cape. They charge
the captain with having her scuttled before he left
her, and say she was not so much disabled as he
reports.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Nov. 27.—The market has been rather
heavy as regards business, but prices have not
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