The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-01 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL•

We have received ,tll4rDdelsAp;:tclres from indi3m3llhde
having suffered delay
China by the overland mail via - Marseilles. The
trail was considerably overdue, the steam PGA'
dras, Oct. 29 ;
The advices by this arrival are to the follovilro
dates ; Bombay Nov. 3 ; Calcutta, Oct. 22 ; I\°:
in the Me'd_iterranean. .__,,
13 ; Shanghai, Oct. 8. e i# •
AID
erprise, in
ong the Indian intelligenc(l/ the first place _
again due to the Persian expedition,full particulate
hong Kong, Oct. 15 ; Canton, OeD,
of which will be found below. Apart from this not
concerned as a principsl, there is tranquilll7,
which the Indian g,c) ver n melt t is 11.c,'
throughout the land, and peace cm every froutied
The cold season has set in early. Food an& erriPlfi;
meat are plentiful, while if public itnproventena
proceeding 810,,v1y, enterprise is not altogether nor
stand still. The General Governo- and Go he
of Bombay are at the seats of administration. To
i
Governor of Madras is on his way by Hurrybur
lr
"
the Malabar Coast, proposing to meet Col. Cottoilt
iflintioEnnags a England,
port.
at
sneda sli eg hu r , now under come

THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION.
arrangements in force wileljttell:
com oosi.
According to the
mail left India, the fonts
should bye h• rime
slated of twenty-six eshaaivnengart r
Bombay Times
Company's steam-
_ reports t
ogre-
gate of 24,000 tons of three of the P. atle- and
siogapore,„oo,
Pottinger ; besides transports, or an a::
bay Steam
Navigationthree lesser vessels of the %to
Company, of an aggrhe„''tge
burden in all of 0
30, 00 tons, at a not
e'rn-iae
of above 100 , 01. a-day. ay. The men of war Were nine
first-class steamers—the Vero ,
Aidaha S -
Puejaub Assaye,
9 emirarnis Victoria,anti .11 ti.ii 11 d $3l !
Hug 11 . r
G Java '
the steam
the sloops Elphiustono .
and Clive, a,nd the brib- otol
nhrttes ' a
fleet and Tigris—or 12 vessels in all, rest tuaa
amounting to 40 sail. A portion of these;ja.
beenl
.est sent to Vingorla to take on board her Bel.
J Y's 64th and 20th Native InfrintrY f0r,131,,,a1r1
gaum ; to Porebtoder, to receive -the 3d "inoch
from Rajkote, and to Kurrachee to ship the 13elt-ory,
ships theheralhtvu''tsdhat'e.ifflletl3xhP:lessdhiitrie:::::
_battalion, the 2d Euro neans, and :Brett's )3atboat
The fighting men in all would, aruount to
y, fol..
6,000, with about double a:is number of 0131 r der'
lowers. Admiral Sir Henry Leelee, coranOtlisea
author
is
of the Indian navy, had he"
The Bombay Times sharpl
to take the command. era frov",
its policy down to ins a ' y cri
' ' f th°
opolutmertts.
our Indian contemporary, " nine-tenths 00_0 at
thinking men in India deem this otrdition, ;toe
the most insane ever undertaken ; and half °.113 tbe
composing it regard it as piratical. altio'et it 4
gallant admiral who is to coanna"d the flee
" now in his seventieth year, hos iir•er 1 ter6s
eastern wa, ...,.6
sailed, save as a passenger, iu the
anti peculiari3:_o'
and of the climate, hydroeraphY, •
.11°i'‘455Atliceco Jing to
orkebis.
of the Persian Gulf he mustb needs be as le
he is of the native character and tongue' ~ of the.
however, "no, only far from unpopular out
ailed,
service, but is generally esteemed as a kind-hend tbe
amiable, and thoroughly inoffensive roan; a.or,
disapprobation almost universal on the P'„ige.
occasion, is due to the uuwisdom of the artriloaf,,
ruen:, not to the unpopularity of the indiLjorl'
Rangoon, where the indiscretion of the ooLLI"-,„,-- oe'l,
brought on the Burmese war, might have sears'
us of the inexpediency of sending an old,ani)ai.,
on a demonstration, the only use of vgicu,e'a oft'
,appear to him to be a little glory and fight°l',:oed'
Nohe extension by a year of his present coteo
one, the admiral perhaps excep;ed, an, tle4,100!
_ the slightest resistance, and if we fire at all, "oianY
b_ on a defenceless and uuoffending peoPle,, e sle
d them our subjects or friends, the only ieJuritaye
inflictß being on our own commerce. We rasl Gulf
ushire or any other pert in the Persian fie
without firing a shot, and retain them fillet/1,00
desire it. In doing so we neither injure of tile
nor benefit ourselves, so long as, by reasooji:aater
difficulty of the country and rigour of the
ferei
cif
,
we are unable to move into the interior. ladle'
is not worth conquering ; the revenues no-hile
would not maintain it were it ours.
`pith cony
we can scarcely expect Russia to look on `1,1," in the
posit!, While we operate against her old ail'
Gulf." , 1130
HERAT. •e. coal'
. The Indian papers, notwithstanding th'-','„` ,peal‘•
parative proximity to the scene, are tellable wotirco
confidently and with detail respecting the Pr
of the siege of Herat. belief tl3°
The Delhi Gazette professes its firm
Herat has not fallen. belief in time
The Lahore Ghrolticle declares its
truth of the report of the fall of the place.
...............
SIAM.
the P
We road in the Madras 4.titenceunt _<< The 131.10°'
cipal King of Siam has reached us by vial ° ia
that an attempt has been made to destroy. cal.
folio:04
cutairttra;tivTe hfeorfawcatisawe(iillfbreomlearrn,V:orooTtt(les c.;,,a
ritea,
-. ,c Q*, m wat4 4-` „ue
contemporary :--` Tho -b-l'g " '-'ll. at DY
''''6°llt LMrti ZOildt6 ago, to an entertaitima vie
ale.
of his richest subjects, on a very grand go

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But the most exoitinv fact we have heard, if indeed it
be afa ct, is the death of Va :g ,g, and that, too,
by one of tie fellow:4, the Northern King.
It is ba rdly po,sible that all these accounts that have
been crnni ng in during the last ten days, about domestic
quarrels among the kings at Nanking, can be without
some ftiu ndation. But even if they be true, the TA
Ping Irpoarrection survive, and may spread and
increase, arid these long-haire.t men ultimately become
masters c f the Empire. Duri!:g the summer, and until
very re(:f ,ntly, the imperialists have bten compelled to
retire h, r ore their advancmg
In K a ang Si, th, imp, realists are, by all accounts of
friends Lod foe,, g-tti,,g the worst ~f it, a,,d holes. 'bey
soon ra' ily, will have to retire frlru very ctv, or all be
cut to l nieces.

Full MAU. —A man bas been brought, to confess
having
.killed Mr. Cunningliant, and im to be exec
cuted fiyrthwith, so that all pretext on the part of
the Uni!ted States Consul to longer withhold pay-
ment et export duties has been tFilien away.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, Nov.

The (0 eland mail from London, of the 26th September,
reached Bouil,ay early on the morning of the 23,1 October,
' Per Pm 'insular and Oriental Company's steamer I,Torna.
Our money market during the past fortnight has become,
as we satieipated, slightly tighter, and the hanks in con-
i'equen co have raised their rates of interest 1 per cent. all
round.
Gov ernment and other securities are lower, viz. :—Sicca
Fours, 89; Company's Fours, 84k; Do. Fives, 1011 ; Bank
°f Bo ro bay Shares, 31 per cent. premium; Oriental Bank
Corpo ration Shares, 55 per cent. premium.
The Dewallee holidays terminated on the 30th ultimo,
and rein ce, business has been resumed.- Money is gradually
coming into demand, and we expect the banks will com-
mence very soon raising their rates of discount. The
rnonsoi )n season terminated very favourably, and a very
good harvest is reported from almost all parts of the interior.
Cott on Piece Goods—The market has been tolerably
steady, and business done to a fair extent. The sellers are
More free since business has been resumed, owing to a rise
In this rates of exchange. Grey shirtings 40 inches, of all
descriptions, are in fair request ; 45 inches also in fair
at. Grey Jacconets are in inquiry. Grey madapol-
lams, 2ilbs., are rather dull; others are in moderate re-
qrtes%. Grey long cloths up to 71lbs. are dull; Blbs. and
uPw ards are in moderate inquiry. Grey T cloths of all
descriptions are in fair request. Domestics are rather dull
ale.
laleaehed and Fancy Goods.—Bleached shirtings, low,
are. in demand; middling and higher are less inquired for.
Bleached madapollams, low, are in Blight request, while
Others are dull.
Cotton Yarns.—Both mule and water have been toler-
ably steely, and there has been no change in value ; trans-
actions done to a limited extent. Dyed and orange are
dull; and Turkey red and green are in fair request.
Metal'.—English bar and hoop have slightly declined ;
White sheets and nail rod, both round and square, remain
at the are value as last reported ; but the market for the
Whole is pretty steady.
Cotton Wool.
—The market continues to exhibit consi-
derable 'activity ; the prices for goods on the spot have de-
clined a little ; while for arrival of old and new crops ad-
vanced a .nd considerable purchases have been made.
°Piun i.—The market has been very active, and of the
new Oro p a moderate quantity has been imported ; but
°wing to the freshness of the drug much difficulty has
beenfelt
in selecting a good dry cake, and in consequence
as high as Fts. 1,077 has been paid for the best parcels.
Freights have been very steady, and have advanced, for
Liverpool o to 3/. 10s., for London to 31. ss. to 7.6, and for
China tlts. 12 per candy.
Exelar.nge opened with a small scale of first class pap
cal
at 2. 10., and gradually advanced to 2s. 2d. Lal
draw n bills and documents have sold at 2s. lid. to 2s. 2,11.,
and `2s. 24d. Court bills, 60 days' sight, Calcutta, 97i ;
las.d.ras, 30 days' sight, 91; China, . 0 days' sight, 221.
CALCUTTA, Our. 23.
IMPORTS.—We are happy to be able to report an im-
kroved aspect in our import market, especially as regards
Ztritish cotton piece goods and metals, which have attracted
very fair attention, and native dealers have evinced greater
activity in making purchases since the resumption of busi-
ness on the 15th inst.
insEt.X.P,,Ofattrear.—thSeinc
ethe result, busiae,s on the 15th
e ta
holidays, transactions have been small,
owing to the scarcity of exportable at tides, and high prices
demaraiaa for them.'FREIGHTS the face of the large amount of tonnage
s
available, and the small
supplies of
Britain and Europe have
tn
beeno produce, rates to Great
amount of transactions forfir maintained. A fair
to 31 15s for dead weight, and o3ni.and Liverpool at 3/ 5s
some instances as high as 3/ as for j utfor light freight ;in
EXCHANGE —The Market open.4l e.
after the holid ye at
2.1 a for first-class hills ; but in consequence
amount received flora China (about of the large
acs) which have
been thrown on the market, the rate has
ri
'Which a considerable amount of busineasinn t) 2.14, at
The local bank, have been selling at 2 la to 2 13. been done.
The markst report el oePi fir the mail for firs - t
class credits
at six months' sight at '2.1,7i.
The money markat i•olitinues eaay, and aceonomodatio
in obtained on very favu, able terms. The -1A per Cen:. loan progresses but very slowly.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 1.
The mail ship Canada has arrived, with advices
from New York to the 18th, and Halifax and
Boston to the 19th ult.
She has brought $320,707 specie on freight.
On the 22d ult. the Canada passed the royal
mail steamer Persia, and on the 30th ult., off
Hook Light, pasled the royal mail steamer Africa,
both hence fir New York.
Ti.ie screw steamship City of Washington, hence,
came to an anchor inside Cape May on the evening
of the 17th ult. ; and the royal mail steamship
Niagara, hence, had arrived at Halifax ou the 22d

Advii.,cs from Tampico contradict the report that
Gen. Canales had joined Vid.turri.
The Texas had ;o:rived at New York with advises
from Nicaragua, and $120,000. Everything was

Walker was preparing for further hostilities.
A false rumour was current that the Lancaster
Bank had supended payment.
Half of the town of Three Rivers, Canada, had
been wrecked in Lake Superior, and 35 people
drowned.

In the New York money market there was some
slight relief, not in the rate for loans, but in faci-
lities for obtaining discounts inside the bank.
Rates ware extravagantly high. Confidence was
being restored, and capitalists were more inclined
to invest. The Bank statement was favourable. The
loans were increased over one million, as the stock
market bad recovered from depression, and the
tendency was upward. Exchange on London was
1084 to 109 i.
Cotton was steady, at the decline established on
the previous Saturday.
Flour was dull, at rather lower rates. Freights
were firm.

There is no later commercial news by Halifax
from New York, Thursday, the 20th, being the
Thanksgiving-day.
The steamer Marian was spoken off Nantucket,
without tidings of the Lyonnais, or her boats.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18.
Middling cotton, Ric.
The steamer Washington had arrived out.

GLASGOW, SUNDAY.
The Edinburgh steamer arrived in the Clyde this
morning with 38 cabin and 92 steerage passengers.
She left New York on the 15th of November,
and passed a large iceberg on the 21st, the first of
the season.

M. Cabet, founder of the Icarian community at
Nauvoo, Illinois, died on the 9th, aged 69.
Sales of cotton, New York, on the 14th, about
1,800 or 1,900 bales; middling uplands at about
12c., and New Orleans at about 12p.
Markets closed with a firmer feeling.

BLOCKADE OP NE iv GRANADA.

CHINA MARKETS,
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.—Canton, Oct. 13—Oriental
Bank Corporation on London at 6 months' sight, 4.8. ;
" India, 220 Rs. ; gold, dole. 22.10 ; Canton Sycee, 10.6
Per cent prem ; duty Sycee, 11.1 ; other bills on London
at 6 months' sight, 4.9 to 4 S. ; on India, 220 Rs. Shanghai,
het. 7- On London, 7.8 to 7.6 ; on Calcutta. 350 Rs. ;
drafts on Canton and Hong Kong, 34 per cent. die., and
liexican dollars at an equivalent rate. Manilla, Sept. 6
iOn London, 6 months' sight, 4.4; 30 days' sight, to
A 1.3 ; on Banton and Hong Kong, 13 per cent. preui. ;
moy' li; per eprt. nrcirn. Silver, South American and
Spanish dollars, 13 per cent. We'll'
I,9PFUAL—C inton, Oct. 432 dole. ;
To, 42') dols. ; Bentires, new, 4724 ;
361'• ; TuTkey, 400 dols. Shanghai, Oct. 7—Malwa, new,
a dole!. ; Patna, new, 305 dols.
tea REIGHTS AND TONNAGE.—Canton—To London, 2/. for
MaShanghai—To London, P. 10s.for tea,
5/. to 6/. for silk; to New York, 10 dols. per 40 feet.
firnila----To London, 2/. 100. per 20 cwt. ; sugar, 3/. 105.
ten of light freight ; to United States, 8 dole. per ton ;
Australia, light freight, 3/. 10s. per ton.

-
Instructions were sent by the mail to-day to
the Commander-in-Chief of the naval station at
Jamaica to establish a blockade of the p its of
New Granada, on the Spanish Main, in conse-
quence of the refusal of the Government of that
country to carry into effect, after being repeatedly
called on to do so, an agreement formally concluded
with a British subject—Mr. James Mackintosh.
Forbearance, it is known, has been carried to its
utmost limit, not only by our present Foreign
Secretary, but by his predecessors iu office, in their
dealings with this and the other Central and South
American Republics, owing to the allowance made
for their immaturity and the peculiar circumstances
of their position. But, with the exception of
Chili, which has pursued an honourable course,
such as to cause its securities to take a leading
rank iu the European money markets, they have
almost all sunk to a depth in which every reliance
upon their good faith has been extinguished. Each
act of spoliation submitted to has merely been the
precursor of something worse, until, -relying upon
their weakness and the indisposition of the British
Government to use coercion, their treatment of
British claimants has been such as to cause the
sufferers constantly to contrast their own position
with that of citizens of the United States under
similar circumstances. It may be hoped that the
course now adopted in the case of New Granada
will exercise a wholesome influence, especially on
Venezuela and Mexico.

The Christmas number of the Household Words is to
be entitled " Wreck of the Golden Mary ; being the
Captain's Account of the great Deliverance of her People
in an open That at Sea."
CREW OF THE STEAMER NEVA.--DOVER, Nov. 30.—
Twelve seamen were landed here this morning from the
Prussian barque Danzic, of Danzic, part of the crew
of the Nova ,teatner, of Hull, bound from Cronstadt
and Gutten',urg to Hull. On the 25th just ,in a gale of
wind, the Neva sprung a leak, and struck with a heavy
sea, puctinj the fires out. She went down about 100
miles from the coast of Jutland. All the crew took to
the boats, and were picked up about an ltrur after they
left the steamer by the schooner Bedford, of .Dubdue,
bound to London, on the 26th. Part of the crew (12)
were put on board the Prussian barque Danzig. On the
12 men landing at Dover, they were immediately taken
•,
tA; um Sanwa F 100); where they were abundantly pro.
..eiesterday alti,rnoen, Dr. TAlt, the rei-entlysr;:lcinted vided with everything, and snot free by the Soutb-East-
int°l3ot Lond,c, preached his fir 4 ~prscopa inGD, era Railway by the 5.45 train to Loudon. Preparations
Ilien..„..`ue occasion of the re-openingiof St. James's Church, ' were made at the Dover Sailors' Rome for the remainder
"gulY, after the recent alterations. 1 of the crew and passengers at any hour of the night.