The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CALCUTTA, NOT, 23.—Our produce market has shown
no great change during the last fortnight, although sup-
plies of the principal staples have been on the increase,
great caution has been shown in operations since tne re-
ceipt of advices by the last mail. I❑ indig few private
sales have taken place. In silk scarcely any transactions
have taken piece. In sugar hardly anything has been
done for Great Britain.

The money market is improving gradually, and the
last published report of the Bank of Bengal shows an
increase of cash balance which may lead to an early re-
duction in rates.

THE FALL OF LTJCKNOW.
(From the Calcutta Englishman )
From private sources we learn that the loss in
this very serious engagement has been small, and
that of the enemy very great, being estimated at
7,000 mon. The Commander-in-Chief did not fol-
low the example of Generals Outram and Have-
lock, who endeavoured to force their way through
the narrow streets of this large city, where every
house is said to be loopholed an filled with armed
men. This they only accomplished with a loss which
totally crippled their small force, and reduced them
to the condition of the garrison, having been ever
since besieged in the Residency. Sir Colin Camp-
bell, as will be seen by the map, avoided the town,
and by making a circuit through the suburbs has
spared his troops nod accomplished his object,
though it is believed that the force of rebels and
mutineers assembled at Lucknow is so great that
he will not be able to subdue or disperse them
without considerable reinforcements. These are
now fast pouring in, and every day is adding to the
strength of the British troops in all the intermedi-
ate stations. It ought not to be omitted that
Generals Outram and Havelock had no time for de-
liberation ; had they waited another day or two the
garrison in Lucknow would have been destroyed.
Although the Commander-in-Chiet's success is
highly important, and will greatly discourage the
insurgents, it must not be hastily conclude that
the work is done. The whole of Oude is in arms,
and the adjoining district of Rohilcund is also dis-
affected and disturbed so that even if no large body
should still contend for Lucknow, or concentrate
themselves elsewhere, it will require a considerable
time to put down all resistance, to punish marau-
ders and plunderers, and to restore obedience.

THE ARREST OF THE RAJAH OF
PACHET E.
We hear that the Rajah of Machete has been ar-
rested under orders from the government of India,
and is now a close prisoner at Rughoooathpore,
Where 5 companies of the Shekawattee battalion are
encamped, they having come down from Pooruha
for the express purpose of carrying out the orders of
government, as it was surmis- d that resistance
might be offered. Instead of this, however, the
Rajah, we are told, on hearing of the arrival of Mr.
Lushington, the Commissioner of Burdwan, who
was entrusted with carrying out the orders of Go-
vernment, went forward to meet him, evincing
thereby anything but hostility to the constituted
authorities. This ho did before the arrival of the
troops, or before any ono knew of their coming.
The precise nature of the charges against the Rajah
has not transpired, though there can be no doubt
that suspicion of some kind conuectod with the pre-
sent revolt rests upon him. On Sunday, the 15th
inst., the palace of the Rajah was surrounded by
the troops, when Mr. Lushington made a searching
investigation of its contents. An inventory was
made of thew, and after being duly sealed, they
wore
placed in charge of the local police. The Ra-
jah had, as was currently reported and as generally
believed, a large body of armed retainers, intend-
ing to employ them iu acting against the Govern-
ment; and the object of the seam!), so far as we can
learn, was to ascertain the accuracy of this report,
for had there been truth in it, there would doubt-
less have been discovered a large quantity of arms
and ammunition, sufficiently large to equip an effi-
cient body of men. Nothing of the sort, however,
was found except about 16 or 20 firelocks, a few
spears and swords, and about 40 pounds of gun-
powder.—Calcutta Englishman, Nov. 13.

THE HARBOUR IN CALCUTTA.
The port of Calcutta at present exhibit a magnificent
sight, there being not leis than 192 vessels in the harbour.
On referring to last Saturday's shipping list, we find that
there are,•

Tone.
Aggregate burden.
Ships of war ... ... 11 13,690
Peninsular and Orintal Com•
pany's steamers 3 3,679
Commercial steamers
... 16 11,451
English vessels 64,636
American ditto 28,834
French ditto 18 8,292

Arabian ditto : : :i7
Sardinian ditto
Norwegian ditto ••• •••
Belgian ditto •••
•••
...
... 1
Hamburgh ditto

6,167
718
:332
302
346

Total
... .. 192 141,680

TROOP SHIPS ARRIVED AT CALCUTTA.
Nov.ll. Barham, with Rifle Brigade. 13. Nubia,
with Royal Engineers. 14. H.M.S. Melville,
with detachments of the 23d, 82d, and 93d Regi-
with 38th Regiment • Vic-
d Regiment. 16. Ainwick
Regiment ; Adventure, with de-
tachmentsnooaersintatl se
,;(
slvs)ji Johnoh
of the
it9Bthhtlehel
8 (,th 2s
and 42d, and 60th Rifles ;
Octavia, with detachments of the 32d and 75th.
18. Agamemnon, with detachments of the 10th
and 84th ; Champion of the Seas, with detachments
of the 20th and 42d. 19. Cressy, with detach-
ments of the Bth Regiment and 3d Battalion Rifle
Brigade. 20. Simoom (88), with detachments of
the 3d Battalion 60th Rifles and 79th Highlanders,
transhipped at Galle, from the Ballarat ; William
Hammond, with detachments of the 29th, 53d, and
60th ; Javes Bathes, with clotaclunents of the 42d
and 97(h. 21. Carthage (es), with detachment of
the 38th. 23. Elleniough, with detachments of
the 35th and 60th,

The steamer Robert Lowe, with part of the Ist
Battalion Ist Royals, off Point de Galle, Oct. 26,
for Ca.nnmore, was sent back to Masulipatam. The
38th Regiment, except tha headquarters, was sent