The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-23 00:00:00

INDIA.

We have received our letters and papers by the
steamer Benares.
(From the limes of India of June 28.)

We hear that the Government of Bombay has
received a telegram of a battle between Dost Maho -
med and the Heratees. Nothing definite is known,
but it is believed the Ameer has lost several chiefs
of note.

News has been received from the Dost Mahomed's
camp up to the 2d June, on which day the Ameer
moved forward from Candahar to the banks of the
Urghundab, a distance of about six or seven miles.
The ruler of Herat is said to have recalled his son
and brother from Subzwar to Herat, intending if
Furrah falls to hold only Herat in strength. Sir-
dars Mahomed Ameen Khan and Mahomed Shereef
Khan expected to be before Furrah by the 7th or
Bth of June,

On the sth June the Ameer's camp had reached
Bagh Muzeer, four marches from Candahar. Sirdar
Shere Allee Khan, Vie heir apparent, had gone on
to the river Helmund to push across the troops.
The Heratees had evacuated the fort of Kush. The
people of the Furrah had refused supplies to the
garrison, and had sent messages to the Ameer's
troops to hasten on to their relief.
The rumours recently circulated by the North-
West papers, as to the probability of a ribiog in
Oude, are without foundation.
The report that Feroze Shah is in Ahmed Jan's
camp near Herat, is generally credited by the
people.
Defalcations to a considerable amount have been
discovered in the office of the Collector of Income
Tax at Bombay ; they have been traced to a native
subordinate.

Sir Bartle Frere, it is said, intends to make Sat-
tara again a military station, as before Sir George
Clerk's time.

About £5,000, of which amount native merchants
have given nearly £2,000, has been collected in
Bombay for the operatives of Lancashire.
The sup posed Nana, who was arrested some
months ago at Kurrachee, has been released by
order of the Government of India. The man has
been proved to be a professional beggar.
The Government of India has obtained trust-
worthy information that the movement of Sultan
Ahmed Jan upon Candahar has not been made with
the support of Persia, and has resolved not to in-
terfere with Affghan politics.
His Excellency Sir Hugh Rose is said to be pre-
paring a report upon his recent tour on the Punjab
and Scinde frontier.
An Englishman named Rudd has been sentenced
to be hanged at Calcutta for shooting a native in
the Punjab. Except an Irish soldier who wes
hanged in 1858 fur shooting a comrade, this will
be the first instance of a European being executed
in Calcutta since it became a British possession. A
petition has been presented for the man's reprieve.
The China mail, arrived here on the 19th Jurie,,

is said to have brought an urgent demand for troops
to be sent from India, our small force at Shanghai
being considered in a somewhat critical position.
The Taipings have repulsed the allies with loss,
and killed the French Admiral (Protet).
The public sale of the Banda and Kirwee Prize
jewels commenced at Calcutta on the 3d June. The
sale will occupy 15 days, and is estimated to yield
little short of a million sterling.
The Bhore Ghaut Railway Incline (G. I. P.
Railway) will be opened for public traffic either in
January or February next.
The ship Blue Jacket has been totally wrecked
on the Saugor bank at the mouth of the Hooghly.
The Rao Saheb is to be tried at Delhi on charges
of treason and the murder of British subjects,

CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 23.

The papers to hand by the Anglo-Saxon, from
Quebec on the 12th inst., amplify a portion of the
advices received from the United States, previously
reported by telegram via Londonderry.
The following was the latest telegram at Quebec
from New York. It is dated July 11:

" The Tribune says the President returned to
Washington last evening. Nothing has transpired
as to what was done with General M'Clellan. Our
letter from Fort Monroe says he went to see for
himself, and learn what changes, if any, were needed;
that all was going on satisfactorily; the troops
were well rested, and ready to a man for another
fight. The new position is impregnable, and the
roads to Richmond, 19 miles by land, are dry and
favourable. The Burnside reinforcements have all
gone up the river. They are in fine health and
spirits, splendidly disciplined and efficient. Burn-
side is an intimate friend of M'Clellan's, and will
be next in command. Another correspondent says :
On the arrival of the President at Harrison's Land-
ing, Gen. M'Clellan, with several other generals,
visited him on board, after which the President
and generals held a private conference for half-an-
hour. They then proceeded to Gen. Sumner's head-
quarters, when they took to horse, with the view of
visiting the line of entrenchments. Coming into
the trenches the President was welcomed with
great enthusiasm. He was not satisfied with
riding in front of the army, but dismounted and
ascended the ramparts in view of the enemy's
pickets. The President briefly addressed the
soldiers. He said he had come to see for him-
self, and that he should go back satisfied. It
was said they had been whipped—it was not so,
and never would be! He knew the men around
him would prove equal to the task before them,
and never give up without going into Rich-
mond. He declared bis confidence in the army
and its commander. The party continued their
route along the lines, and at nine in the evening
returned to General M'Clellan's. On Wednesday
morning, after a conference at the head-quarters,
the President started on his return. The .Herald's
despatch says the President is satisfied that affairs
on the peninsula are in a much better condition
than have been reported. He gave credit to M'Clel -
lan for having in no way exaggerated the facts.
He has seen for himself the necessity of reinforce-
ments to the army, and returns with the conviction
that General M'Clellan is in the proper position ;
that the army is devoted to him, and fall of con-
fidence in his ability ; and that all he required shall
be done without delay."
Washington advices of the 9th state that an im-
portant manifesto, in the shape of a proclamation
from the President, defining the future policy of
the Administration on the great question of the
hour, is not improbable at an early day. Mr. Lin-
coln had been waited on by several Senators and
members of the House, and would be visited by a
large delegation should he be able to receive them,
urging him to issue a proclamation in the tenour of
the bill reported in the Senate requiring generals
commanding departments to accept the services of
all persons going within the Federal lines.
A bill had been reported from the Senate Mill-
tary Committee, which was unanimously agreed to,
authorising the President to accept the services of
all persons of African descent for the purpose of
working on fortification, digging intrenchments,
and, in fact in doingany kind of war service. They
are to be paid compensation, and, with their fami-
lies, are for ever to be free when discharged from
such service, any law or custcm to the contrary
notwithstanding. It was expected that it would
pass both houses without any delay.
The correspondence between the War Department
and General M'Clellan had been transmitted to the
house, in response to a resolution of inquiry.

General M'Clellan says, in the course cf his ex-
planations:—
" Those who have originated the false statements
concerning the White House yard and spring are,
in fact, as stated in my despatch of the 7th
inst., enemies of this army and the cause in which
it is fighting. They have imposed upon the Sur-
geon-General, and caused him to make official re-
presentations which, on examination, proved to be
unfounded in fact, and which are disrespectful to
his superior officer. They have unnecessarily occu-
pied the attention the Secretary of War, and
have interrupted the commander and the medical
director of this army in the midst of their most
arduous duties."