The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-20 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

We have received, in anticipation of the mail,
papers from Bombay to the 27th of December, and
from Calcutta to the 18th of December,

We take the following from the Times of India
of the 27th of December :

"The steamer Ganges arrived on the night of the
25th inst., bringing English papers of the 26th of
November. The Jeddo, with the mail of the 18th
of November, arrived on the 13th inst.

" The Bombay Castle, with China news to the
30th of November, arrived on the 20th inst.

" The statement that Lord Canning is going home
immediately seems to be devoid of foundation.

" Cholera has broken out in Bombay in the
Hindoo bazaar. The number of deaths last week
was 172.

" A very perceptible shock of earthquake was
felt at Vizianagram on the 13th instant, lasting
about ten seconds.

" The Bheels are again giving trouble in Khan-
deish, near the Sindra Ghat.

" Major R. J. Meade has been appointed agent
to the Governor-General for Central India, and
Lieut. Colonel J. K Elliot, Chief Commissioner of
the Central Provinces.

" Sir William Denison, the Governor of Madras,
has been suffering from fever.
" Complimentary addresses have been presented
to the Hon. Mr. Laing by the Chamber of Com-
merce, the Landholders' and Commercial Associa-
tion, and the British Indian Association of Calcutta.

" The labours of the Civil Finance Commission
are nearly concluded, and before winding up its
affairs the members have been directed to submit a
final report of their operations.
" The report of Colonel Laughton's death, Bengal
Engineers, is contradicted by the Calcutta paper
which first published it.
"Obituary.—Colonel Peter Abbott, Command-
ing at Dehra ; Major Campbell, Deputy Commis-
sioner, West Berar; Captain Norwood, H.M. 3d
Dragoon Guards ; Captain Thompsett, Paymaster
H.M. 44th Regiment; Lieutenant Christian, doing
duty with the 16th Native Infantry ; Assistant
Surgeon J. W. Pinkerton, Royal Artillery."

COMMERCIAL I N:TELLIGENCE,
THE BOMBAY MARKETS.

THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 26.

We were in receipt on the 13th instant of the mail from
England up to the 18th ultimo, reporting a further advance
in the Liverpool and Manchester m-rkets, but from tele-
grams of a few days' later date, which had overtaken the
steamer at Alexandria, we learn that a slight reaction sub-
sequently took place, and In the 24th instant our usual
telegraphic news via Galle reached here, reporting war es
imminent between America and England in con-equence of
the boarding of an English West Indian mail steamer by
an American man-of-war, and forcibly taking from her the
two Commissioners. This had apparently created quite a
panic in the Liverpool market, as cotton there is reported
2d per lb lower.
Money continues unaltered, and the Bank rates are un-
changed since our last.

THE CALCUTTA MARKET.
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 1861.

The Bombay telegram, with news up to the 18th ult.,
arrived here on the 13th inst., and the mail steamer
Colombo from Galle, with the regular mail of the 10th ult.,
arrived on the 14th. The Bombay express, with mote de-
tailed news to the 18th of November, is expected on the
20th current.

Produce Market—The demand has continued steady,
and prices remain tolerably well supported. Supplies are
moderate.

Import Market—There is still no business going on,
dealers being afraid to make such offers for goods as would
be accepted, even although stocks in second hands are all
but exhausted. Importers show an increased disposition to
hold.

Government Securities—There has been a large specula-
tive business transacted in Government Stocks, and rates
are now up fully 2 per cent. upon our last quotations. There
has since been some reaction, and the present rates are
hardly supported.

Money Market—Money is still in abundant supply, and
difficult to place at even 3 per cent. The demand for busi-
ness purposes is limited, and the only inquiry has been for
speculative purposes,

THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.—A
deputation from the Cotton Supply Assoc"ation, consisting
of Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. J.
Cheetham, President of the Association, Mr. E. Ashworth,
Vice-President, Mr. W, Nianklyn, Mr. E. Walmsley, Mr.
Hugh Mason, and Mr. S. 0. Sutton, Secretary, introduced
by Mr. Bazley, M.P., and a deputation from the Manches-
ter Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Mr. J. A. Turner,
M.P., Mr. M. Ross, Vice-President, Mr. A. Cassells, Mr.
Henry Ashworth, Mr. M. Gladstone, and Mr. J. Purder,
introduced by Mr. Aspinall Turner, M.P., waited on Lori
Elgin on Saturday afternoon.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--00 the 12th inst.,
i while a labourer, George Gaffeliffe, was engaged in break-
' ing stono for the highway at Tl,ornholme, near Bridling-
ton, he found, on cracking a large grey cobble, a cannon
ball firml3 embedded in the centre of it. The ball is in
good preservation, weighs albs., is apparently of not very
ancient productior, and probably had been shot into the
cliff at Filey (whence the stone was taken), and the clay in
the cliff having been formed into stone, or petrified, by the
action of the water either from the land or the sea, or tht
ball may have been washed up from the depths of th,.-
German Ocean, where it may have been a few centuries.—
Yorkshire Gazette,