The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

INDIA.

By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re-
ceived advices from Calcutta to Nov. 8. The papers
are much taken up with Lord Canning's tour
through Oude and the Upper Provinces. Accounts
of his visit to Lucknow reached us by the Bombay
Mail. On Oct. 29 the Governor-General and the
Commander-in-Chief departed for Cawnpore. The
show and ceremonial of the week are stated to have
been successful, but it is said that they had given
great offence to Europeans at Lucknow. Regarding
troops for China nothing further had occurred. The
Overland Friend of India says :--" A month ago
her Majesty's 67th were at Singapore on their way
to Hong Kong. Volunteers for the war have been
asked from Madras, Bombay, and Kurrachee, but
the results, though not yet known, cannot be
doubtfel. The details,' promised without delay'
in a General Order eighteen days ago, have not yet
been published. The 42 volunteers from the Aln-
wick Castle at Kedgeree were returned afterhaving
been pat on board ship to in brought back to Cal-
cutta. They were found to be a bad set, of whom
the homeward-bound officers were only too glad to
be rid. Few in England can understand the in-
tense craving for home
-that has seized every soldier
in India, local and line alike. The men with whom
we have spoken, from the intelligent and well edu-
cated non-commissioned officer to the most boorish
lout of a raw recruit, describe life here as intense
misery. Action would attract them. Volunteering
for the campaign merely would have secured half
the force at least now on its way home. But to ask
men in a careless way to re-enlist for ten years,
with all past service and all past services ignored,
and for £5 bounty, with no manifestation of tact,
no alluring appeal, no encouraging words, is to
court a refusal in any circumstances. In her Ma-
jesty's regiments alone, now that the order prohi-
biting the purchase of discharge is withdrawn,
forty-six men of all classes up to the sergeant-
major, and of all terms of service, have lately paid
sums ranging from £5 to £3O, and amounting in all
to £BOO, for their discharge." _ _

Brigade commands have been abolished- For the
future the senior officer in a station will command
the brigade without allowances.
The rules for compensation to sufferers by the
mutiny have been issued. The loss, in support of
which prima facie evidence was laid before the com-
missioners, amounts to Rs. 2,07,83,214, and there aro
further claims to the extent of Rs. 32,67,783 which
are doubtful. To meet this it is expected the sum of
Rs. 10,00,000 will be sufficient, but on no account is
more than a million sterling to be given, which sum
is to be remitted to India in the course of this
cold season. A distinction is made between real
and personal property. In the case of real pro-
perty, where the amount of the admitted loss shall
not exceed Rs. 2,000, one-half shall be awarded and
where the loss exceeds that sum, Re. 1,000 shall be
given and one third of the surplus. Losers of per-
sonal property are to receive one-third of the ad-
mitted loss, but in no case shall more than Rs. 5,000
be granted. Compensation commissioners have
been appointed in Bengal, the North-West, the
Punjaub, Oude, Rajpootana, and Central India, to
conduct the necessary inquiries. Not later than two
months after closing the inquiries the amount
conceded will be paid. Insurance companies re-
ceive nothing. No question of the loss of profits
can be entertained. A bank will receive only a
third of the value of its buildings. If the full
million is really given, it is believed, with such
important exceptions as these, most of the claims
will be met.
Of the Waghers there is little further to record.
The assault on Beyt seems to have been sadly mis-

managed. One account says there were only 130
men in the fort. But the whole strength of the
pirates is centred in D warka, and there the struggle
is expected to be deadly. The force landed on the
20th of October. Up to the 24th, beyond the cap-
ture of a small fort, nothing had been done. War
stores had been sent for from Bombay and Kur-
rachee.

The campaign in Bundlecund has begun. Fe-
roze Shah, Furzund Ali, and Rummust Singh are
in a dense jungle on a bend of the Cane river, which
runs in a north-easterly direction from the frontier
of the Sanger and Nerbudda territory to the Sumna,
between Chutterpore, and Punnah. By the last
intelligence Brigadier Wheeler and his staff had
arrived at Nagode and assumed command of the
head-quarters column, consisting of the 2d Sikhs,
two companies of her Majesty's 43d, and the Bij-
nour Raj poot Levy. The plan for scouring the
jungles is likely to be successful. From the south
and west three columns, under Colonel Primrose,
her Majesty's 43d; Colonel Oakes, 12th Royal
Lancers; and Colonel Nott, 19th Madras Native
Infantry, are marching on them. From Sanger
Colonel Ross advances with his Camel Corps, and
From Banda, Colonel Turner, of the 97th. Alex-
ander's Horse guards the road from Ghysabod to
lluttah. Preparations are being made for a cam-
paign on the Oudo frontier. Most circumstantial
accounts of the death of Nana Sahib again abound.
On the Ist of November a large meeting was held
in Calcutta to inaugurate a literary and scientific
institution. It was at first designed for tradesmen
and their assistants, but Sir Mordaunt Wells having
joined the committee exerted himself to extend its
benefits to all classes of the community, and met
with much success. Sir Mordaunt presided at the
meeting, and Dr. Duff delivered the inaugural ad-
dress.

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Bentinck,
with the mail of the 27th September, did not reach
Calcutta till the sth inst.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA MARKET, Nov. 8.

On the 27th ult. the telegram from Galle brought us
London intelligence of the 27th Sept. Letters and papers
of this date were brought by the steamer Bentinck on the
sth inst. The telegraphic news of the 3d of October reached
us via Bombay on the 29th ult. Letters and papers of this
date were brought in by express on the 6th inst.
Import Market—For the last 10 or 12 days our import-
market for piece goods and yarn has assumed a quiet and
daily increasing
dulness. Generally the accounts from the
up-country markets present a considerable decrease in the
consumption and a fall in prices. The demand for the
Bombay market is at an end, and the exports for the coast
parts are going on upon a very limited scale. All these