The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-05 00:00:00

71IE 80,3113AY MAIL.

The Overland Mail brings advices and papers
from Bombay to the 11th October. In the limes
of Indza and the Bombay Gazette we find the fol-
low:ng items of intelligence :
" The Governor General of India will remain in
Calcutta till about the end of the cad season, when
he will repair to Simla. There are rumours that
his stay in India will be short ; and it is believed
that he is disgusted with the administration of Sir
C. Wood.

" The Commander in Chief of India has made
himself very notorious and very unpopular in con-
nection with the affair of Col. Priestly. Colonel
Priestly communicated to his excellency some pri-
vate conversation held in the United Service Club
(Calcutta), in which Sir Hugh Rose was unfavour-
ably spoken of. Tho club called a special general
meeting to consider Col. Priestly's conduct. His
excellency issued a circular forbidding the military
officers from being present, from voting at the
meeting, and even from canvassing on the subject.
The club unanimously expelled Col. Priestly at a
special meeting held on the 25th of September, and
it is rumoured that they intend to call upon Sir
Hugh Rose to resign his position as president of the
club.

" The subscription to the Lancashire Relief Fund
is still going on. The total amount subscribed to
this date is about rs. 2,24,000 of which rs. 1,60,847
have been paid into the Oriental Bank. The sum
of L 16,000 having been already previously remitted,
no remittance will be made by this mail.
" The arrival at Herat, if we may credit the
latest advices from the Punjaub frontier, of a
minister of the Shah with a large force, has not
tended to dispel the apprehension that the court
of Teheran, instigated by Russian diplomacy, was
anxious to prolong the war between the Ameer
of Cabul and Sultan Ahmed San. Although an
armistice had taken place the ruler of Herat,
animated by the assurances of help from the
Shah, has rejected overtures of peace on the part
of the Dost. In addition to 10,000 Persians with
60 guns encamped at Meshed, a large force had been
dispatched by the Shah to Herat, which still con-
tinued invested. The reports of native news-writers
state that cholera was decimating alike Afghans
and Heratees. At Peshawur the same visitation
has attacked the troops.

"Additional revelations as to the late *gambling
transactions at Simla have transpired. Sir Hugh
Rose has taken resolute action in the matter. Col.
Christie, whose losses have amounted to £25,000,
has been deprived of the brigade command at Delhi.
The commander-in-chief has also remanded some
members of his personal staff to their corps on ac-
count of their participation in high play.' The
chief winner in the deadly ' fasti ' of the green-cloth
is, it is confidently reported, Lieut. Elton, es-aide
de camp, and who is,new on his way to England,.
" His Excellency the Governor of Bombay has
paid a visit to Sholapore, where he held a durbar.

"Sir Bartle Frere, with his staff, has returned
from his tour in the Deccan to Dapoorie, where he
is now.

" An important discovery has been made by Mr.
M‘Lardy, of Calcutta, in the disposal of waste steam,
which is calculated to reduce the expenditure of coal
to a minimum.

" The following is the amount of consolidated
salaries to be given for the command of native regi-
ments, graduated according to the rank of the officers
holding the commands :—Lieut.-colonel, re. 1400 a
month; major, rs. 1200 a month; captain, re. 1050
a month ; and lieutenant, rs. 850 a month.
" Major-Gen. Smith, C. 8., commanding the Sind
division, will be appointed to the divisional com-
mand of Poona in place of Major-Gen. Halo, who
proceeds shortly to England.
" Her Majesty's ship Odin has arrived in Calcutta.
She carries the broad pendant of Commodore Lord
J. Hay, C. 8., who is to inaugurate, in concert with
the general government, the naval arrangements
necessarily resulting from the annihilation of the
Indian navy.
" The grand jury (Bombay) on Sept. 30 ignored
the bill in Capt. Smales' cese. Captain Smales is
about to institute proceedings in the High Court
against Col. Crawley and Gen. Farrel for false im-
prisonment.
"The rebel Zahoor-001-Hoosein, who was instru-
mental in the murder of Major Orr, Mr. Hart, and
other Eutopeans, has been captured in the Nizam's
territory,where he had taken up employment under
an assumed name. He is lodged in the Poona
gaol.

" Government have sanctioned a preliminary sur-
vey of the proposed line of tramroad up the Valley
of the Indus in order to connect Kotreeby rail with
Mooltan.

"Mr. James Humo, the senior magistrate at Cal-
cutta, and a well-known journalist, died At Mlle on
the 21st September on his way to England.
" Dr. C. C. Mead, surgean of the European Gene-
ral Hospital, Bombay, died at his residence, Mala-
bar-hill, on the Ist inst.
" Col. Pelly writes on the 10th July, from Zanzi-
bar, that the route to the interior of Africa and the
Lakes is now open.
" Lieut. Jackson is still at Dehra Ismail Khan
under a European guard. Nothing has as yet been
settled as to where he is to be tried."

COMMERCIAL.
BOMBAY, Oct. 11:
Money is in active demand, and the Bank of Bombay the
day before yesterday raised its rates 2 per cent. all round,
while last week they had raised 1 per cent.,
making 3 per
cent, during the fortnight. They now stand 8 per cent. for
Government bills, and 10 per cent. for private bills. The
latest returns of the bank show that the depositsh e r haveremittances
itt
ahnece4
15
reduced simultaneously with an increase in loans and dis-
counts, leaving e
a small reserve in cash.
The
of specie to the interior for the purchase of Cotton continue
unchecked.
Government Securities have again declined in value, the
only inquiry being for notes of the Five-and-a-Hof per
Cent. Loan. Fours are now quoted re. 931 to 931; Fives,
rig. 104 f ; Five-and-a-Half, re. 1121 to
Exchange on London has further 1121,
to-day for Bank Bills, 2s ON advanced, and we quote
; for credits, 2s Op ; and for
doeuments, 2s ld to 2s lid. The rates close with an up-
ward tendency.

THE LAST DAYS
TIIE EXHIBITION.—Great
excitement prevails among parsons desirous of purchasing
the best articles which are offered for sale during the last
days of the Great Exhibition. Ladies naturally feel inter-
ested in matters of dress, and have for the last few days
literally besieged many of the most attractive cases, almost
compelling the various attendants to abandon their posts in
despair. Amongst the shawls—which, of course, at this
season are in great demand—in Class 21, Messrs. Kerr,
Scott, and Kilner are the only manufacturers, British or
foreign, whose medal has been accompanied with such a
flattering distinction as that conveyed in the following ex-
tract from the Jury Award Book :—" For a remarkably
fine collection of woven shawls in all textures, stamped with
the character of cheapness or superiority, and the highest
degree of skill in manufacture." The public will derive
the full benefit of their ingenuity, as the contents of the
case are offered for sale at manufacturers' prices, thus
affording an opportunity for the purchase of good and cheap
shawls that rarely occurs; and, if an opinion may be formed
frcm the numerous applications to-clay, the contents will
not lon rema.th, =old.