The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-20 00:00:00

OUDE.

From Oude we have scarcely any intelligence.
There are still believed to be some sixty or seventy
thousand in arms in that district against us, with
sixty guns in their hands. But the number alone
seems formidable ; they are expected to vanish like
smoke on the first burst of the opening campaign.
Sir Hope Grant continues atLSultanpore, from
which the enemy have retired, awaiting the de-
velopment of the plans of the Commander-in-Chief.
General Berkeley will, it is believed,"proceed from
Allahabad with a force northward, while a massy
wall of troops will leave the insurgents no alterna-
tive but surrender or destruction among the moun-
tains of Nepaul. The landholders are flocking to
Lucknow tendering their submission, and, once
re-established in their estates, will form our most
efficient allies. Captain Browne, with a small
party, but without guns, defeated a thousand of the
enemy with four guns near Bareilly, cutting off
one-half their number, while Lieut. Finch per-
formed a similar feat on a larger scale in Saugor.

Trade is now brisk, but freights low.—We have
had a fall of nearly a foot and a half of rain within
the past fortnight.. The Governor-General and
Commander-in-Chief continue at Allahabad.—There
was a meeting of Council on Tuesday, supposed to
have had the royal proclamation before it, the docu-
ment having, it is understood, been for some time
in the secretariat.—The Governors and Commis-
sioners-in-Chief of Madras and Bombay are in the
Neilgherries and the Deccan.

DEATHS.—Lieut—Col. Alexander Cameron, 42d
Highlanders, at Bareilly, Aug. 9; Surgeon W. H.
Pigou, Bombay medical service, at Poona, Sept.
10 ; Lieut. W. T. Anderson, 25th Bombay N. 1., at
Gwalior, Aug. 24; Lieut. W. B. Cowburn, 71st
Highlanders, at Gwalior, Aug. 31-; Lieutenant
W. M. Males, Bombay Fusiliers, killed at Mooltan
Aug. 31; Major H. S. Mills, sth Bengal Native In-
fantry, at Murree, Sept. 3 ; and David M'Culloch,
Esq., at Bombay, Sept. 12.—Bombay Times.
In an " extra" of the Bombay Standard we find
the following paragraphs :

•
" The Ottawa, with the Bombay mails, has
broken down, her main shaft having sustained
injury."

"We have been assured on the best authority
that the report of the death of Col. Ainslie is un-
founded. When last heard of he was on his way
to Gwalior"

It is understood that Brigadier Douglas will
open the campaign in October, with 3,000 Euro-
peans and 2,000 Sikhs, and sweep the jungles from
Patna to Mirzapore. At the same time opera-
tions will commence in earnest in Oude. Sir
Hope Grant now holds Sultanpore and both banks
of the Goomtee--the enemy opposed to him,
17,000 strong they say, being forced well back
to the eastward. 'At Sultanpore, Sir Hope
will remain until Brigadier Berkeley, who has ad-
vanced from Soraon and taken Wrtaubghur joins
him, and thus completes a semi-circle, in which the
rebels will be enclosed. When this junction is
effected, Lord Clyde will be at Lucknow, and
columns everywhere in motion. The chiefs are
only waiting for a pretext to surrender. Those
who own lands round Sultanpore have already
surrendered.

COMMERCIAL.
BOMBAY, SEPT. 23.
•
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship
Cadiz, with the English mails of the 27th August, reached
Bombay on-the morning of the 9th inst.
The money market continues easy, and we have no ma-
terial change to notice.
IMPORTS.

Cotton Piece Goods.—Our import market has been less

active than during the preceding fortnight, and business has
been transacted to a moderate extent. Grey shirtings of all
descriptions are more or less steady, with a slight improve-
ment. Grey Madapollams are not so steady as before ' • and
grey j. cloths and domestics have declined. Grey long-
cloths have improved slightly.
Bleached and Fancy Goods.—Bleached Madapollams,
jacconets, and shirtings, excepting the fine qualities, are
steady. Lappets have declined. , Lappet scarfs and co-
loured dhoties are also steady.
Cotton Yarns.—Both mule and water twist are in fair
inquiry, and the prices are steady. Turkey red and orange
yarn have slightly improved in value and demand. Green
yarn is dull.
EXPORTS.

Cotton.—Almost all descriptions of this staple have ad-
vanced one rupee in value; and in some instances transac-
tions have been made on European account.
Oil Seeds.—This market has assumed an active tone, and
the prices of the articles have advanced.
Opium.—The inquiry for this drug has lessened during
the fortnight, and we quote the rate of the day at Rs. 1,310
per chest. The steamer Singapore, which lately left for
the Chinese and other ports, took 1,200 chests on board.
Tonnage.—No improvement has taken place in the rates
of freights, the rates of the day being £1 to Ll 10s. for
Liverpool and London; and for Rs. 5 per candy.
Exchange.—We quote London credits, at six months'
sight, at 2s. ; documents, at 2s. Old. ; and bank rates,
at ls. llfd. On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, Rs. 99i ; on
Madras, at 30 days' sight, Rs. 99k; and on China, at 60
days' sight, Rs. 215 per 100 dols.

TILE TASMANIAN. SUBMARINE CABLE.

The Government of Tasmania has taken the
lead among our colonies in procuring for itself the
meal's of submarine communication. It has entered
into a contract with Messrs. M'Naughton and Co.,
of Launceston, Tasmania, to construct and lay
down 240 miles of cable, so as to connect the Island
of Tasmania with Victoria in Australia. From the
George Town Heads, the entrance into the port of
Launceston, the cable will be stretched across the
ocean to King's Island, and from this island across
the sea again to Cape Otway. Victoria and Laun-
ceston will thus be brought into telegraphic com-
munication.

The manufacture of the cable has just been com-
pleted by Mr. W. T. Henley, at his manufactory
at Greenwich. In diameter, it is about equal to
the Atlantic cable, 'but differ§ from it in its con-
struction. The copper conductor consists of a
single solid wire of No. 16 gauge, instead of a
strand composed of seven small wires twisted
together. This single solid conductor is covered
with gutta percha, in two distinct layers. The
gutta percha covered wire is then surrounded with
a covering of Russia hemp saturated with a mixture
of Stockholm tar, linseed oil, and Russia tallow.
Around the hemp covering an outer one of iron
wire has been spun by Mr. Henley. This iron
sheathing consists of ten solid iron wires of No. 8
size. In the Atlantic cable the outer covering of
iron wire was composed of eighteen wires, these
wires not being solid, but each composed of a
strand of seven smaller ones.

The new cable seems ,sufficiently elastic for all
useful purposes : it weighs two tons to the statute
mile. It has been manufactured simultaneously in
two lengths, and as each length was drawn out of
the room where it received its iron sheathing it was
passed through a bath of tar, to preserve it from
rust; it was then immersed in a tank of water. The
value of this last process was shown by a flaw in
the cable•being detected, which 'allowed an escape
of electricity from the conductor. This escape did
not manifest itself until the cable had been in the
water tank four days. Without the application of
this test the escape might not have been discovered
till after the submersion of the cable in the ocean.
The construction of the Tasmanian cable ha&been
superintended by M. Latimer Clarke (the engineer
of the Electric and International Company of Eng-
land) and Mr. W. H. Butcher, of Hobart Town. It
has been tested by an extremely sensitive galvano-
meter. This galvanometer shows a deflection of
50 degrees for a current of electricity generated
only by a pair of plates, after passing through the
whole 240 miles of cable and the earth. So perfect
is the insulation of the cable, that when it is charged
by a powerful current of electricity, its extremity
not being in contact with the earth, this delicate
galvanometer scarcely indicates any deflection.
We understand that the O'Meor screw steamer is
expected to arrive in the Thames on Friday, the
22d inst., to ship the cable. The submergence will
be entrusted to the care of Mr. W. H. Butcher.