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

INDIA AND CHINA.

We have received, via Trieste, in anticipation of
the mail, files of papers from Calcutta to the 22d of
November, and from Hong Kong to the 15th of

November.

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 sisse our report of a fort-
night since. In exports there is almost literally
teething 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 instant 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.

THE VICEROY'S PROGRESS.

The following is from Cawnpore, dated the 56.
of November :
" The Governor-General left us this morning. Kis
Excellency now moves towards Futtyghur, and after a
short stay there proceeds to Agra, Delhi, Meerut, Laho,,e
and Peshawur. He returns thence to Umballah, wherethe
Governor-General's camp is to be broken up, and wheks a
great portion of the staff accompanies his lordship to the
hills of Simla.
" There have been grand doings here. On the ad a
public Durbar was held, which came off with great rant.
From twelve o'clock to two the principal street op
the
camp was filled with one continued procession of elephants,
horsemen, and magnificent equipages, the native chiefs
sprkling in gold brocade and jewels, and others of Minor
importance dressed up in silks and shawls of every one
of
the rainbow, all accompanied by spearmen,
,arers,
and chobdars, the whole forming a scene of no ordiNty 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 goldeil
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 u,
-Norm of
artillery and the cavalry, admirably relieved by 'lsm
and
there a black coat, formed no mean contrast to
the purely
Oriental magnificence the opposite side Presented!' The
natives are passionately fond of 'display and ostentation,
and
they did not lose the opportunity of indulging k them on
this occasion ; pearls, emeralds, rubies, diamonds, some
of
wonderful size, glittered on many a sable neeksr
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 No
d barbaric
splendour of native chiefs armed with sword andl34„,_,
scarcely less remarkable. The Durbar was well4uer were
attended.
Profound silence reigned throughout the asserzbiy. At a
little after 2 o'clock the National Anthem,
played by an ex-
cellent band, proclaimed the Governor-Generals approach,
preceded by Secretaries of State in uniform,
elr. Beadon,
General Mansfield, General Birch,
Sir H.Shakespeare,
and other high officials, who as the procession advanced,
ranged themselvs on either side. Lore Cantlkg
and Lord
Clyde took their rests amid a Royal salute of 11 guns.
"' The native chiefs now, presented by
Beadon,
offered their nuzzers, consisting mostly ofgold mohurs,
shawls, and sweetmeats, some of them carried by
ing coolies, a striking contrast to the Governor! dirtylook-
General' s do -
niestics in theirneat liveries. The prosentatie4s lasted above
an hour. Then came the investiture of the
visitors, some
with khiiluts, jagheers, and pensions, none e
without at least
some marks of having been in the presence.
The Governor-
General's presents, all of them costly and n
--Ppropriate were
many of them accompanied with a few
traceful words,
which Lord Canning certainly knows how to deliver with
ease and dignity. One chief was by him
particular
G°lre
notice of Lord Clyde, the introduced to the
ttor-General ex-
pressing a hope that every British ()freer would, should he
ever have occasion to assist the t' chi° not fail to show
his regard and his appreciation of b:
Ns services to us
dUring the late war, the Rajah not only giving us
succour, but, besieged in his own tort, resisting all
attempts to deliver up the refugees who had found
a shelter under his roof. Another
°4l 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 on his back, afforded us Do little amusement,
He was rather awkward, and Lord Caring remarked to him
he had rather a large sword, but he hoped he knew how to
use if. He brandished it at once,
and 411antly replied that,
wherever the Government required
A4is services there he
would employ it in its defence, The manner was, how-