The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

We have received the Overland Bombay Times
and A!,tandard of the 10th November, and the Cal-
cutta Englishman of the 2d November.
We take following from the Overland Bombay
Times and Standard of the above date :—" We
are afraid we are about to enter upon a period of

great perplexity throughout India. Information
has been received from Neemuch that a famine is
imminent in the districts round it, and that the
Durbars of Kotah, Dhur, and Bursee have refused,
in self-defence as we presume, to allow the transit
of provisions across their frontiers. We under-
stand that Neemuch has but 15 days' food left,
and is in danger of being starved. Happily, the
transport train can carry grain 10 days from
Doelia to the station, and we presume orders have
already been issued for its relief. The Durbars we
have named have offered to repay the advances
received by their subjects for the supply of provi-
sions under contract, but have resolutely refused
to allow any grain to leave their territories. The
policy is short-sighted and unworthy, but it would
be hard to persuade the native mind that it was
not justified by the seeming necessity of their
circumstances.
" There is every appearance of the approach of
a more than usually cold season in Bombay. It
is now only the 9th Nov., and the temperature is
as low as we usually find it in the middle of
December. The thermometer at daybreak, in a
sheltered locality of the island, stood as low as
65 deg. The Baroda Railway works have been
summarily suspended, and all the establishment
dismissed. There are several rumours afloat as
to the cause of this suspension, but nothing is
known with certainty, and the Government guards
its information with the most jealous care.
" We are glad to be able to report the arrival, on
28th of October, of Messrs. Green's splendid ship
Windsor Castle, under the command of our old
friend Capt. Pare, who has apparently determined
that what we regret to learn is his last voyage shall
eclipse all his previous ones. The good ship arrived
at Cannanore on the 19th of Oct., after a passage of
76 days. She left Cannanore on the 21st, and, in
defiance of the light winds on the coast, came to
anchor in our harbour on the evening of Sunday,
the 28th ult. Captain Pare has made an annual
voyage to Bombay for the last 31 years with but
one exception, during which he was engaged in
superintending the construction of the magnificent
vessel the command of which he is about to resign
on retiring from the sea. He is entitled to his rest
if ever any man was, and few men ever left our
shores with more regrets than our old friend Cap-
tain Pare.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The following are the latest markets by electric
telegraph received at Bombay :
GALLS, 7Th Nov., 3.15 P.m.
The steamer Columbian just sailed for Calcutta.
BTH Nov., 6.45 P.m.
The steamer Cyclops) MADRAS,
sailed for Bombay.
BTH Nov., 1 P.M.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 21 to 24 per cent. pm.
Five per Cent., 21 to 21 per cent. diet.
Four per Cent., 17 to 18 per cent. do.
Exchange on England, at six months' sight, 2s. Old. per
rupee.
Freight for England, £2 15s. per ton.
Interest on Loans, 5 per cent. per annum.
Money abundant.

CALCUTTA, Nov. 9, 4.40. p.m.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

Fours, 181 to 181 per cent. discount.
Fives, 3,1 to 31 per cent. discount.
Five-and-a-Half, 2 to 21 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London, for first-class credits at six months'
sight, 2s. ld,
Exchange on Bombay, £4 18s.
Freight to London—Dead weight, £2 ss. to £3 ss. ; jute,
£3 to £3 ss. ; seeds, £3 ss.

COLOMBO, Nov. 8, 6 p.m.
Freight for England—Coffee in casks, £3 15s. per ton for
immediate shipment; ditto, £3 10s. per ton for a fortnight
hence ; oil, £3 5s per ton.

COCHIN, Nov. 7, 6.34 p.m.
Oil, 87r. to 88r. per candy. Freight, £3 to £3 10e. Ton-
nage abundant.

KURRACHEE, Nov. 7.
Freight for England, £2 7s. 6d, per ton.