The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

INDIA.

We take the following from the Calcutta English•
man of the 22d of November :

The condition and prospects of commerce are
certainly not improved sinee our report of a fort-
night since. In exports there is almost literally
nothing doing, as will be seen in our Price Cur-
rent. The prices here of all leading produce
are too high to admit of speculation, nor do
reports from home give any hope of improvement
in a general way. On the 19th imstant the
Peninsular and Oriental steamship Nubia arrived
with passengers, being an extra steamer put on to
enable the company to bring out the number of
passengers in excess of the accommodation afforded
by the regular mail steamers. There has been bad
weather down the Bay of Bengal, so that we are
yet without the usual telegram advising the arrival
of the Nemesis at Galle, where she was due about
the 20th instant, so that we are yet without the
actual announcement of Mr. Wilson's advent, which
we expect by that ship.

TILE VICEROY'S PROGRESS.
The following is from Cawnpore, dated the sth
of November :
"' The Governor-General left us this morning. His
Excellency now moves towards Futtyghur, and after a
short stay there proceeds to Agra, Delhi, Meerut, Lahore,
and Pesha war. He returns thence to Umballah, where the
Governor-General's camp is to be broken up, and whence a
great portion of the stair accompanies his lordship to the
hills of Simla.
"'There have been grand doings here. On the 3d a
public Durbar was held, which came off with great eclat.
From twelve o'clock to two the principal street of the
camp was filled with one continued procession of elephants,
horsemen, and magnificent equipages, the native chiefs
sp srkling in gold brocade and jewels, and others of minor
importance dressed up in silks and shawls of every hue of
the rainbow, all accompanied by spearmen, mace:bearers,
and chobdars, the whole forming a scene of no ordinary in-
terest. The Durbar tent, large and commodious, was
densely crowded. In the middle were placed two thrones,
cushioned with red velvet, and supported by golden lions.
To the right of the entrance were the places occupied by the
Europeans, to the left those of the natives. The bright
uniforms of the former, the dazzling scarlet and gold of the
staff and infantry officers, the gold-laced blue uniform of
artillery and the cavalry, admirably relieved by here and
there a black coat, formed no mean contrast to the purely
Oriental magnificence the °mesa° side presented. The
natives aro passionately fond of ffigplay and ostentation, and
they did not lose the opportunity of indulging in them on
this occasion ; pearls, emeralds, rubies, diamonds, some of
wonderful size, glittered on many a sable neck or arm, or
adorned many a gold-brocaded turban. The Rajah of
Rewah and his Prime Minister seemed to be the stars among
the gorgeously-habited crowd, but others, in wild barbaric
splendour of native chiefs armed with sword and buckler, were
scarcely less remarkable. The Durbar was well attended.
Profound silence reigned throughout the assembly. At a
little after 2 o'clock the National Anthem, played by an ex-
cellent band, proclaimed the Governor-General's approach,
preceded by Secretaries of State in uniform, Mr. Beadon,
General Mansfield, General Birch, Sir R. Shakespeare,
and other high officials, who as the procession advanced,
ranged themselvs on either side. Loro Canning and Lord
Clyde took their seats amid a Royal salute of 31 guns.
"' The native chiefs now, presented by Mr. Beadon,
offered their nuzzers, consisting mostly of gold mohurs,
shawls, and sweetmeats, some of theta carried by dirtylook-
lug coolies, a strikingcontrast to the Governor-General's do-
mestics in their neat liveries. The presentations lasted above
an hour. Then came the investiture of the visitors, some
with khilluts, jagheers, and pensions, none without at least
some marks of havingbeen in the presence. The Governor-
General's presents, all of them costly and appropriate were
many of them accompanied with a few graceful words,
which Lord Canning certainly knows how to deliver with
ease and dignity. One chief was by him introduced to the
particular notice of Lord Clyde, the Governor-General ex-
pressing a hope that every British officer would, should he
ever have occasion to assist the chief, not fail to show
his regard and his appreciation of his services to us
dnriug the late war, the Rajah not only giving us
suce Jur, but, besieged in his own fort, resisting all
attempts to deliver up the refugees who had found
a shelter under his roof. Another old native gentle-
man, huge as Falstaff, yet apparently strong and muscu-
lar, armed with an immensely broad sword, swathed like
a babe in shawls, silks, and satins, a large, round, rhinoceros-
hide buckler oi,l his back, afforded us no little amusement.
He was rather awkward, and Lord Canning remarked to him
he had rather a large sword, but he hoped he knew how to
use it. He brandished it at once, and gallantly replied that,
wherever the Government required his services there he
would employ it in its defence. The manner was, how-

ever, so ludicrous that a titter ran throughout the assembly,
in which Lord Canning and the chief were not the last to

" At four the Durbar was over, and their lordships left
amidst a royal salute,' followed by all the native chiefs and
European officers. In the evening there was a dinner
party.'

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA, Nov. 22.
Imports.—The general position of the market continued
very dull and quiet during the last fortnight.
Exchange.—The rates on London have advanced since
the departure of the last mail £2 OZ to £2 04 ; for Bank
bills, £2 Oi to £2 ; for credits, £2 Itol2 11 for docu-
mentary. At these rates there is a fair demand, and, as
the supply is not large, there will not probably be much
change for the next mail. On China, sales have been made
at 224 for 100 dols.
Money-market.—Money is somewhat more in demand in
the Bazaar, but is sitill obtainable at the Banks upon Go-
vernment Securities at from 5 to 6 per cent. per annum.
Freight.—There has been considerable engagements in
retail for London and Liverpool, at rates fluctuating be-
tween £1 17s. 6d. and £2 for the former, and at £1 12s. 6d.
to £1 15s. for this latter all round.