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

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CALCUTTA, Nov. 23.—Our produce market has shown
no great change during the lait fortnight, although sup-
plies of the principal staples have been on the increase,
great cauti.m has been shown in operations since the re-
ceipt of advices by the last mail. In indig few private
sales have taken place. In silk scarcely any transactions
have taken pisca. 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 LIICKNOW.
(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 men. 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 and accomplished his object,
though it is believed that the force of rebels and
mutineers assembled at Lucknow is so great that
he will not he 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 iu 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-Chief's success is
highly important, and will greatly discourage the
insurgents, it must not be hastily conclude that
the w irk 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 heir that the Rajah of Pachete has been ar-
rested under orders from the government of India,
and is now a close prisoner at Rughoonathpore,
where 5 companies of the Shekavl'attee battalion are
encamped, they having come down from Poorulia
for the express purpose of carrying out the orders of
government, as it was surm d that resistance
might be offered. Instead of this, however, the
Rajah, we are told, on hearing of the arrival of Mr.
Lushington, the Commiasionar of Burdwan, who
was entrusted with carrying out the orders of Go-
vernment, went forward to meet him, evinci▪
ng
thereby anything but hostility to the constituted
authorities. This he did before the arrival of the
troops, or before any one 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 connected 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 searchi▪
ng
investigation of its contents. An inventory was
made of them, and after being duly sealed, they
were 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 ba.equiP an effi-
cient body of men. Nothing of the sort, however,
was found except about 16 or 2d firelocks, a few
spears and swords, and about 40 pounds of gun-
powder.--Calcutta Inghshman, Nov. 13.

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

Tons.
gggate
Ships of war ... ... . All rel3,69oburden.
Peninsular and Orilntal Com•
pany's steamers ... ... 3 3,679
Commercial steamers ... ... 16 11,454
English vessels ••• ..• 64,636
American ditto •••
... 28,834
French ditto ... ... ... 18 8,292
Arabian ditto ... ... ... 17 9,397
Sardinian ditto ••• ... 718
Norwegian ditto ••• ... 332
Belgian ditto ... ... ... 1 302
Haan burgh ditto ••• ... 1 346

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 detaohments of the 23d, 82d, and 93d Regi-
ments ; John Bell (ss), with 38th Regiment ; Vic-
toria (ss), with 82d Regiment. 16. Alnwick
Castle, with 19th Regiment ; Adventure, with de-
tachments of the 19th and 42d, and 60th Rifles ;
Octavia, with detachments of the 32d and 75th.
with detachments of the 10th
ion of the Seas, with detachments
eilit9.anedre3ssdy,Battalion Rifle
alBnd. am with
detach-
se), with detachments of
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the 3d Battalion 60th Mlles and 79th Highlander;
transhipped at 'Gallo, from the Ballarat ; William
Hammond, with detachments of the 29th, 53d, and
60th ; James Bathes, with detachments of the 42d
and 071 h. 21. Carthage (ss), with detachment of
the 38th. 23. Ellenborougb, with detachments of
the 35th and 600.
The steamer Robert Lowe, with part of the Ist
Battalion Ist Royals, off Point de Galle, Oct. 26,
for Cannmore, was sent back to Masulipatam. The
38th Regiment, except the headquarters, was sent