The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-30 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we (Times)
have received our private correspondence and files
of papers from Calcutta to the 23d of September
and from Hong Kong to the 12th of September.
The following is the letter of our Calcutta cor-
respondent :

" CALCUTTA, SEPT. 23.
" The fortnight has been almost barren of intel.
ligence. The proclamation announcing the aboli
tion of the Company has not yet appeared

Meantime orders have been issued to illuminate all
public building:, and, if possible, all towns, and to
prepare a grand show of fireworks—an exhibition
in which natives take a peculiar delight. Some
fireworks have been sent to Allahabad, and the
illuminations are progressing, but the fireworks for
Calcutta cannot be ready for. weeks. The order is
well judged, as no amount of proclamations would
convince a people who cannot read that the Com-
pany's raj' had ended, and the altQration of the
coinage and other visible signs of a change of
dynasty will require time. Besides,'the show itself
is popular. The last of the kind was given by Lord
Ellenborough, and is still remembered. The natives
complain bitterly of our English dislike for
pageantry, and it is undoubtedly one of the many
causes which give to our regime that appearance of
monotony which is to a native its first characteris-
tic.

" Pending the proclamation, the chief topic is
the mutiny at Mooltan. Your Bombay correspon-
dent will have informed you a week since of the
last defeat of Tantia Topee by General Michell, but
he may not have heard all the details of the de-
struction of the mutinous regiments at Mooltan.
Two regiments there stationed—the 62d and 69th
—were among the first disarmed in the Punjab.
The 69th was known to be rotten to the core, but
the 62d has till within these last few weeks com-
mitted no agA,calculated to ex,te suspicion.. ,Ac-
cordingly it \vas -resolved to rearm the regiment
while discharging the 69th. The order was accord-
ingly sent out to the men and received in ominous
silence. According to the only probable account
yet received, the sepoys took the order to be an
indication of kindness so inconceivable that it-must
conceal some treachery. They resolved, it is said,
that they were to be destroyed, and that the order
to discharge them in detail was intended to facili-
tate that process. gTo prevent the execution of the
plan they determined'to escape. Escape without
horses was, however, nearly impossible, and the
only horses obtainable were those belonging to the
European Artillery. The Artillery stables, there-
fore, were the point of attack, and the two regi-
ments, joined by the native Artillerymen (dis-
armed), marched by wings on the European Artil-
lerymen. They had no muskets and but few
swords, but the mass had extemporised formidable
clubs out of the side posts of their bedsteads. A
few reached the stables, where they killed four
Europeans, but were speedily driven out by a
gallant young fellow, a lieutenant, who flung him-
self among them sword in hand. The remainder
were beaten back by the artillerymen according to
the-printed accounts, with their side arms. This,
however, I am informed, is a mistake. An officer,
Captain Green, I think, had received information

of the movement, and got out his guns so rapidly
as to be able to pour case into the mutineers at 50
yards. At all events, 300 were killed on the spot,
and the remainder, about 1,100, broke and fled.
The Bombay Fusiliers came up a few minutes after-
wards, and their Adjutant, Lieutenant Mules, who
was riding in advance, was seized by a few sepoys,
torn from his horse, and brained on the spot. The
sepoys then divided, part flying towards the Sutlej,
the boats upon which river had, however, been
seized, and part towards Lahore. The former party
again divided, one portion making for an island
in the Gheera, and another for the Cheenab. They
were all arrested or slain. The second division
was pursued by a native gentleman, Golam Mustafa
Khan, aided by his tenantry and the police. The
sepoys fought desperately, and compelled a retreat,
but Mustafa Khan advanced again, and every
sepoy was killed. By this time the country
was up. Punjab officials know how to ride,
the country folk hate the Hindostanee soldiery
with a most healthy hatred, and by the 15th inst.
the entire force, both the regiments and the Artil-
lery, had been accounted for.' All who had not
been shot, or drowned, or hanged, had been taken
prisoners. The intelligence made the Sepoys at
Meean Meer restless,' but the watch kept there is
most vigilant, and, though there are rumours of a
rising, they are not authenticated. The catastrophe
will put a stop to the rearming mania which for a
few days threatened to place some 15,000 traitors
under arms in the northern stations. The truth,
that the fighting classes to a man detest the British,
and that those who remained faithful only waited
their opportunity, begins at last to be admitted.
The 60th Native Infantry, one of the best disposi-
tioned' of the disarmed, is now on its march from
Peshawur to Umballah, and Sir S. Lawrence has, I
perceive, ordered all the police en route to keep
their arms in readiness for action. The discharges
are proceeding rapidly, 40 men a-day crossing
the frontier under the Surveillance of the police.
Beyond that point they subside into the population,
land if they join the marauders can do little harm.
Four or five thousand more or less of them do not
make the difference of an European Regiment.
" From Oude and Shahabad we have nothing of
importance. The rains check all movements, and
both parties appear to await weather a little more
favourabld for locomotion. The field force or-
dered by Lord Clyde to clear Shahabad has not yet
collected, and the rebels are taking advantage of
the pause to fortify themselves in Jugdespore.
According to native report they number 15;000
men ; but native spies make little distinction be-
tween camp followers and fighting men. They
may amount to that number, as small parties steal
down from Oude to join them, but the reports do
not prove the fact. Active operations will scarcely
recommence till the 15th of October, the usual
termination of the rains.

" The railway from Allahabad to Cawnpore was
opened to the public on the 15th inst. It had been
open for troops and stores for some days previous.
The railway will also be open to Adjai, 40 miles
beyond Burdwan, in a few days. This section,
however, will beof little use till the bridge over
the Adjai is completed, which will not be the case
for at least another year."

CHINA.

HONG KONG, SEPT. 12.

The mail steamer Pekin arrived on the sth inst.,
and the same steamer takes the outward mail to
leave this morning.
Our last advices from Shanghai, under date the
3d inst., mention the arrival of Lord Elgin there
from Japan, where, it is said, he succeeded in ar-
ranging a satisfactory treaty. The particulars have
not been made known, but it is mentioned in the
North China Herald that the treaty is based very
much upon the one formed by the United States.
It provides for a resident Minister at Jeddo, and
the opening within a year of the ports of Kana-
garra, which is considered the port of Jeddo, of
Nagasaki, and Hakodadi and later, two other
ports, one on the west coast, and another on the
east coast. The cities of Jeddo and Ohosaka are
also to be free to trade. Exports are to be subject
to a duty of five per cent., and imports are to be
charged 20 per cent., with some exceptions, which
include what may become the most important
articles—viz., cotton and woollen goods, and on
these it is understood a duty of only five cent. is
to be levied. The Dutch had not as yet, it is said,
succeeded in obtaining the privileges granted to
other nations.
The Emperor
yacht was handed over to the
Japanese authorities with due ceremony.
During Lord Elgin's visit to Jeddo the Emperor
was unwell, which was given as an excuse for his
not receiving his Lordship.
The Chinese Commissioners, whose arrrival was
expected in Shanghai to meet the Ambassadors for
the revision of the tariff, had not arrived up to the
last date, and nothing positive was known regard-
ing them.

The Canton river is again free, but we have
nothing satisfactory to report of the state of matters

in the city. It is ( Malt to explain the reason
for things continuir g a they are, as ostensibly
the Chinese officials require the people to
resume business, and have issued notices to this
effect. Our correspondent at Canton, accounting
for the existing state of affairs, writes :

" I regret to say affairs here are not in so satisfactory a
state as one could wish, or as most people fancy. Whang,
Pik-wih, and the Shun-kum, are all playing at cross pur-
poses, and there appears to be much disagreement among
them, while they seem each to have their own faction who
place confidence in only what emanates from their own
leaders. Thus those proclamations that have been issued
by Whang and Pik-wih calling upon the people to return,
and so forth, do not inspire general confidence, especially as
the former has written in so meagre and dubious a manner,
that it may be construed into any meaning to answer any
after purpose. The Shun-kum, moreover, have issued
nothing and it is said are inclined to oppose Whang in
every point possible.

" Another proclamation is expected to appear to-day from
Whang,"written in a clear and straightforward tone, which,
it is hoped, will have a good effect in allaying the fears of
the native merchants. At the present moment all respect-
able Chinese are afraid to do any business with foreigners,
not that they fear that matters are not amicably settled,
but because they know until there is some consistency
in the acts of their own authorities trading wth us would
with certainty be made a pretext for extorting money from
them by one party or another.
"As regards the Shun-kum, I believe what they are
chiefly striving for is to insist upon our troops being with-
drawn from the city before they permit their countrymen
to trade with us, but I sincerely trust our authorities will
be equally firm in holding a portion until they pursue an
honest and open policy towards us and their own people."
Regarding the evacuation of Canton by our
troops, we trust such a course will not be thought
of till there are good grounds for supposing that
the people generally, as well as their advisers, have
determined to let a different policy exist towards
foreigners than they have hitherto persistently
pursued against them. Should the troops be with-
drawn from Canton now, or before the people show
by their demeanour that they intend to respect the
present treaty in regard to the proper treatment of
foreigners, the root of p,e " Canton difficulty" will
still exist, as befar the late troubles commenced.
This was the onlpoint on which Lord Elgin, in
his answer to an adcfress from the merchants on his
arrival in this countryconsidered himself at liberty
to explain the policy that should guide him in the
settlement of the questions that he came out here to
arrange. In his reply he states :

" Without, however, departing from the reserve which a •
sense of duty prescribes to me, I may venture to state that
I concur with you in the opinion that no settlement of our
present difficulties will be satisfactory which shall fail to •
teach the Cantonese a wholesome respect for the obligations
of their own Government in its relations with independent
Powers, and for the laws of hospitality towards strangers
who resort to their shores for peaceful purposes of trade."
His Lordship's mission has been an important,
and, so far, a successful one.
In trade at Canton there was nothing
doing, and it was doubtful when the tea-market
would open. Foreigners with any prudence
will only pay low rates for tea, and the enhanced
prices in the country do not give any inducement
to the Chinese to press the produce on the market.
Another impediment to the opening of the market
is that a general contribution is to be exacted for
war expenses, and it was expected that those who
in the outset did business to any extent would have
to pay the heaviest levies.
No reliable information can be obtained regard-
ing the quantity of new congou near Canton. One
statement gives it as 30 chops at Fatshan and about
170 chops in the neighbourhood.
In the Pekin " Gazettes" the objectionable
term " barbarian" continues to be used towards
foreigners.
From Manilla we learn that the last of the force,
French and Spanish had, left for Cochin China.:

In our last we mentioned that the Cormorant
had returned, after a cruise against pirates, and
brought in several junks; we should have said Her
Majesty's steamer Surprise, Commander Creswell,
who succeeded with a very small force in destroy-
ing a fleet of piratical junks in a bay at Lintin.
A subsequent expedition, consisting of Her
Majesty's steamers Magicienne, Inflexible, and gun-
boats Plover and Algerine, was also very successful
having fallen in with a large piratical fleet in
Kulau Bay, where 40 junks and some 60 " pull-
away" boats are reported to have been destroyed.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Englishman.)
THE CALCUTTA MARKET, SEPT. 22.

On the 9th the electric telegraph via Madras reported the
arrival of the Nubia there on the 7th inst. with the London
mail of the 9th of August, and furnished us with the heads
of political and.commercial intelligence from Europe. On
the 11th inst. the Nubia was announced at Saugor, but did
not come up till the following day. On the 13th the mail
of the 17th of August was announced, having arrived at
Bombay on the 9th inst., and on the 20th inst. we received
our letters and papers by that route.
_ _

The produce-market, generally speaking, has been less
active than what we reported in our last report, and with
the exception of the raw silk, which has again advanced in
value, and is in excellent demand, all other articles of ex-
port are in less inquiry, and easier in value.
The Money Market.—We have no alteration to noteunder
this head. Money continues abundant, and in the Bazaar
accommodations are obtained at easier rates than in the
Bank of Bengal.
Joint-stock shares generally maintain their value. India
generals are, however, in most favour, and are at 700 r. pre-
mium.

Company's Papers.—The market continues in a languid
state, and much uncertainty exists in the native mind as to
what course will be pursued with these securities after the
proclamation transferring India to the Crown.
Exchange.—The rates for this mail have been 2.01 to
2.0 a for first-class six months' sight credits, and 2.01 to
2.01 for six months' sight documents. On China nothing
doing.
Freights have been lower since departure of the last mail,
owing to there being no demand for tonnage for the count*"
ports.

HONG-KONG, SEpv..l2.
The Chinese have been returning to this place and Macao,
and we have to report some demand for imports here.
Cotton, owing to imports, has receded in value; only 500
bales Bombay sold. We quote medium to good, 15 dols.
20c. to 15 dols. 50c. • fin; 15 dols. 80c.
Bullion—Sycee silver, 8f per cent. pm. ; bar silver, 101
per cent. pm.; gold leaf, 23 dols 50c. per tael.
Exchange on England closes at 4s 5d to 4s sfd. ; on In-
dia, 216 2161 rupees.
Tonnage very abundant, and little freight offering.
Shanghai advices to the 3d inst report the demand for
imports very slack. Shirtings—Grays quoted, Ts. 1 7to
Ts. 24. Whites, Ts. 1 7to Ts. 23. Stocks, 450,000 pieces.
In tea little or nothing had been done. No chops of new
congou had yet arrived. The decrease in the export of tea
from China compared with that of last year to same time is
9,000,0001 b.
In silk a large business had been done, *reported at 8,000 ,
bales since last mail.