The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-14 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA.

The following is taken from the Englisbman'R
Weekly Mail ;

The Lieutenant-Governor of the North West
Provinces has, we hear, applied to the supreme go-
vernment for some manifestation of his intentions
with rege.rd to a suitable residence at Allahabad.
Our Singapore papers up to the 25th of Septem-
ber have been duly received, but there is little news
of importance in them. Specimens of cotton pro-
nounced to be of very superior quality have been
forwarded home from Sarawak, and we likewise
hear that several remarkably fine samples have been
produced on the Jahore coast. The Dutch are
gradually annexing the whole of the eastern coast
of Sumatra. A most disastrous cyclone has swept
over Macao, "traampoa, and Canton, attended with
great loss oi lives and injury to the shipping;
10,000 lives are reported to have been lost round
Canton alone.

An influential meeting of the inhabitants of Born-
Nwas held on the 1 ith for the purpose of con-
sidering the best means of assisting to alleviate the
Present distress amongst the mill-workers of Lan-
cashire.

The following is. a summary of Madras news to
Oct. 14 :

Public affairs are progressing
quietly but satis-
factorily, especially with reference to, finance, which
promises fully to realize Mr. Laing, s sanguine an-
ticipe.tions, notwithstanding the ominous predictions
of Sir Charles Wood, whose unpopularity in this
cotratry grows apace. With cash balances in the
T:easury almost touching
twenty millions sterling)
and a revenue rising in every important branch,
India presents an aspect more flourishing than any
worn by her during a great many years past, and
for the improvement she is largely indebted to the
able financier whom Sir ChP.tles has driven from
his post, an obligation wb:lch is acknowledged on
all sides out here, both 14 Europeafls and natives.
Lord :Ulgin's health ;;as lately caused some anxiety,
it being said that the Indian climate does not suit
hi constitutio,:l. His early resignation of the
viceroyalty aas even been spoken of, but there
happily des not seem to be any good foundation
for.that report. His lordship recently meditated
to Madras and the Neilgherries, but press
°I kinsiness at Calcutta compelled h'm abruptly
to alter his intenticn, and he will
now remain
1:11ere until after the new year, when he pro-
ceeds to Simla for the hot season. Between this
and then it proposed to get through a good
deal of legislative work. Politically speaking, the
fortnight has been barren of material incidents, but
the North Eastern frontier of Bengal still continues
in (1. disturbed state, and apprehensions are enter-
tained of matters growing worse rather than better,
unless measures of repression more vigorous and
severe than those adopted are had recourse to.
His Excellency the Governor has left the hills, en
route to the Western coast, where he will embark
Ott Beypore for the purpose of inspecting the Paum-
bem Passage, with reference to the further improve-
ment of navigation, through it for vessels of heavy
burthan, in purs:aance of the recommendation of the
-Rouse of Commons Committee. He will afterwards
probably v'Ait Travancore and Cochin, and return
to Madrw,i about the beginning of November.

CHINA.
Tae Overland China Mail, in its summary of
neAcs, says :

" The London mail of Aug. 11th arrived here on
the 21st inst.

" Daring the past fortnight nothing has been seen
or heard of the rebels in the vicinity of Shanghae.
The scattered bands of marauders which appeared
in the neighbourhood of the city a few weeks ago
seem to have fallen back upon the main body ; but
no in`‘elligence has been obtained regarding the re..
cent, movements of the rebels, so-kow they propose
to employ themselves during the winter. The views
entertained by her Majesty's Government on the
'Taeping question and the general defence of our
property in China, have afforded satisfaction to
foreign residents in the treaty ports; very few, if
any, of our people desire that measures should be
pushed to greatly:: extremities. It is not felt by any
man of ordir.,Ary prudence that we are at all called
upon to crush the rebellion, any more than we are
called upon to give the rebels possession of Shang-
hae. As a matter of policy, the utter annihilation
of tile rebellion by foreign arms is not to be recom-
mended. In the present conjuncture of affairs,
Where, by English and French force, the Taepings
are confined and obstructed, our importance and
value in the cause of law and order cannot be over-
looked; it might, and no doubt would, alter our
footing in China were there no insurgent forces to
repress, and no foreign armaments in the ports and
rivers of this empire.
" The employment of European officers and the
acquisition of foreign gunboats by the Imperial go-
vernment introduces a new element into the old
cclnservative administration of China, and is, though
a hopeful feature, not free from the suspicion of con-
taining the probable germs of future complications.
" From Peking we learn that everything is quiet,
and that cholera is abating. There is no news of
importance from the three northern ports. The
Forts on the Yang-tsze River continue to prosper.
" ftt Shanghae, a general meeting of the land-
renters was held on the Bth inst., her British Ma-
jesty's Senior Consul in the chair. The object of
this meeting was to propose measures for the better
administration of the affairs of the settlement.

" All is quiet at Ningpo. An incident occurred
there about a fortnight ago that might have led to
trouble and disturbance. It appears the French
steamer Deroulede, then stationed off Yu Yaou,
moved a mile or two higher up the river to join a
flotilla of Cantonese lorchas and other craft which
had been posted in a certain bend of the river for
purposes of strategy and observation. The officer
in command of the French vessel desired this flo-
tilla to go a few miles higher up. The Cantonese
replied that they did not like the proposal, but ulti-
mately, after much squabbling, they obeyed. Two
days later they received an order from the same
officer to proceed six miles further up the river.
They refused most decidedly to comply with such
an order, on the ground that it would place them in
too close contact with the Taepings, who were strong
in that quarter. Active French steps were adopted
to enforce compliance ; the Cantonese resented
those steps so far as to fire upon the French vessel
and kill two men, wounding a third. The officer in
command, Captain Nlarolus, was also slightly
touched in the leg by a couple of small shots.
Something like a regular fight then followed, the
result of which was that 600 Cantonese deserted to
;hie rebels, who :are in the vicinity of Shang-yu.
10:4:S.14',ncounter happened to be at the Islands
It'b health of her when this wretched affair
took
• crew
time
in
ta%.biut her captain (Roderick Dew) lost no
FrFrenchtb e Hardy up, particularly as the
the Derolen Tader had come down to Ningpo with
itself, aft,r leaving Yu Yaou to take care of
Dews of all this airth.la mischief had been created. The
private letters,
af,renched Shanghae by means of
much so that th'eulaa usual, was exaggerated, so
were at once despa Bouncer and a French gunboat
there they were ordered back, Ningpo. On arriving
ever, is
1:13, not being required.
Me subject, how
consequences might have triflingbe:od- one, as the
strous, and all
because a French officer must do business
•way, regardless as well as forgetful of ewsshiitilthlhise owncon-
a few blunders
sequences may be. Still our interests
and our past labour be destroyed by
like the present. The Chinese dislike the French
everywhere, and not without reason."

CHINA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The market for imports is fiern both in the north
Smith, and there does not seem to he much in-
clination to speculate. Sales of cotton goods in
'rien-tsin had been extensive before the rise in home
The shipment of raw
pliecs reached that port.
rotton from Canton to England continues, and prices
have receded. In exports, large supplies of teas are
arriving in Shanghtie and Canton, but without find-
ing ready sale, as the prices demanded by teamen
arc excessive. The new greens were fast arriving
Kiukiang. InFuhohou the transactions have
been large, and a fair business done at Amoy. The