The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA MAIL.

(1 portion of the following. appeared in our late edition of
Saturday evening
Wo ha►e received our advices frcm Calcutta to
Oct. 8, and Madras Oct. 14.

In the Bengal Hurkaru, of Oct. 8, we read :
" No sooner was the good news at Delhi received
in Calcutta than it was followed up by good news
from Lucknow. It had been known some days be-
fore that General Havelock's force had again crossed
the Ganges, and advanced into Oudo. It was ac-
companied by Sir J. Outram, who upon this occa-
sion waived his superior rank, with a magnanimity
which does him high honour, and left to Gene-
ral Havelock the command of the expedition and
the glory of the achievement. Sir James accom-
panied the force in his civil capacity, as CHU
Commissioner of Ouile, and served as a volunteer.
In this character he did good service with the
Volunteer Cavalry, and charged the enemy in a
preliminary engagement, with a dash and daring
worthy of his best days. On the 25th the relief of
Lucknow was accomplished. The telegraphic de-
spatches are very obscurely worded, but the main
facts are apparent enough. Baleeguard was first
relieved by General Outram, and advances were
then steadily made against the city ; seven guns
were captured, and the right quarter was in our
possession. On the same day the force under Gen.
Havelock, consisting of 2,000 men of all arms, the
remainder being in occupation of Alambagh, forced
their way into the city under serious opposition,
skirting it to the right, to avoid the enemy's de-
fence. The road to the residency was also much
opposed,' but this place, where the brave garrison
ha 1 so long held out with danger and endurance
which have yet to be fully described, was reached in
the evening—just in time, so says the despatch ;
for it appeared that two mines, all ready for
loading, had been run far under the chief works,
which, if sprung, must have placed the garrison at
the mercy of the rebels. The loss on our side, as at
Delhi, is described as severe. As at Delhi, it in-
cluded one who could ba least spared ; the gallant
General Neill is among the fallen.
" A great deal of discontent has been expressed
at an order of government for the removal of all
women and children from the Central Provinces,
aid the bringing them down to Calcutta. It was
directed that the magistrates of the respective dis-
tricts should sea the order enforced, and if neces-
sary should do so by the aid of the military autho-
rity. This would have been a very excellent mea-
sure some months ago, and would have saved many
lives. Now it is too late, and there has been a
g •neral disposition to resist its operation. Most-of
the persons concerned are in poor circumstances and
could not be supported by their families away from
their homes, and in Calcutta they would have but a
doubtful claim upon the fund which is intended for
r2fugees in actual distress—even if the fund wore
sufficient to provide for them all. The government
have at last abandoned the scheme.

" There has been an important meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, a large majority of the mem-
bers of which has decided in favour of supporting
the petition to Parliament sent home by Mr. Meade.
The chairman and members of the committee in
consequence resigned, with the exception of one
gentleman. This decided declaration of opinion has
given great satisfaction to the non-official class of
Europeans, of which the Chamb.A. of Commerce
contains so many influential members.
" The following are the Bank rates :
Closing rates, at 6 mouths' sight
90 days' sight .. 2s. 2a.
for best Credit and Bank Bills,"

The Calcutta Englishman, of Oct. 8, says :--
"It is feared that a considerable portion of those
so long shut up in the Residency have perished
either by accident or disease. It is also stated that
General Havelock's orders being to retain Luck-
/io w, he has been unable to bring away the sur-
viving non-combatants, as the number of insurgents
i+ so great that a large force is required either for
moving from the city or holding it.
A correspondent of the Hurkara writes as follows
from the entrenched camp at Cawnpore

SEPT. 30.

"By mid-day of the 22d, the " tail "of an army
—and I can assure you the tail of an army
of 3,000 Europeans is a long one—had disappeared.
tiince that day no vestige of news from them has
reached us. They ploughed away through the tide
of rebellion which overflows Oude, but the waves
have closed again and we have no means of
hearing from them or commnnicatino, with
them. Yesterday 100 men, natives sent to hold
Oonao and keep the Lucknow road open, were cut
tip by the rebels almost to a man. To-day our COB-
--Ith have returned with no news !' We have
heard heavy firing, and it is rumoured that they
have reached Lucknow—but nothing is certain.
Yesterday the superintendent of police at Bithoor
was murdered by the rebels and several of our po-
lice also slaughtered. Will our rulers dare still to
talk of mercy ? More to-morrow.

" OCT. 1.

" While I write, the cannon from the ramparts
of our entrenched camp are making the banks
of the Ganges reverberate with a salute in honour
fall of the of Delhi, and its miscreant royalty.
No sooner was it known that the salute announced
the fall of that Mussulman stronghold, than
the soldiers, the convalescents, and the in-
Lumerable natives congregated within the
camp assembled, and three rattling cheers
were given, and mutual congratulations were
exchanged on both sides. I hear that our loss was
very heavy-1,400 men, it is said—but whether
that includes the wounded or not, I am unable to
learn. When the cossid left Delhi our officers were
taking their breakfast in the Dewan khass, or Hall
of Audience, and the soldiers were feasting in the
rooms below. The king and the Shahazadehs are in
(,ur hands, and it is to be hoped that a right royal
hanging match will soon teach the Deleites that
the British raj is not quite gone. Scarcely was the
ink dry with which I wrote the foregoing paragraph
than a second salute announced that Lucknow was
is our hands. It seems that although many cossids
Lave been despatched from Gen. Havelock's camp,
the enemy have kept up such a strict blockade in
t ie rear of hisforce that topass was impos-ible. Even
ow they are in great force at Oonao or Baeratjunj,
aad we expect to move out to-night with 300 men
and tiro guns to escort provisions intended to
meet them on the road. We fear the force must be
running short, as they took with them only fifteen
days' provisions, and ten days have already elapsed.
Under the able superintendence of Captain Impey
our fortificatons are fast progressing towards corn-
ieetion. We have a large number of guns mounted
and ammunition galore, and we are training some
of our aptest infantry men as gunners, that being
branch of the service in which we are short of
Lands. Our sick are very rapidly decreasing, and
daily our strength numerically is increasing ; and,
'though we know that the rebels are gathering in
hordes in the rear of Bithoor and the surrounding
illages, still we feel almost as secure from attack as
nu do in Calcutta. The day after to-morrow I ex-
Feet we shall welcome our brave fellows and long-
eeffering countrymen from Lucknow. Bat it has
eoet us dear, very dear, for the odds against us
were tremendous. The moment I can obtain de-
tails you shall have them."
The despatches describing the relief of Lucknow,
pelelished by the Calcutta papers, are those pub-
-1 shed with the intelligence from Bombay.

COMMERCIAL.
CALCUTTA, OCT. 8.
Since the annual Hindoo holidays we have not heard
of any transactions in indigo. Nothing doing in sugar
tho English markets, and value lower. Saltpetre
dull, with declining pi No change in rice. Very
tte doing in silk, and nothing in silk piece goods. Oil
rather easier. Shell lac remains unaltered. L,:c
d‘ FA depressed. Jute has declined, °wine to large sup-
p•ies. Castor oil in good request. No szfibwer or cutch
its the market.
In our import market there has been some demand
jfor British cotton piers goods, especially grey shirting's,
aeouets, and tuadapollams.
in metal; scarcely anything has been done, value of
almost till descriptions being nominal.
The position of the money market is as, if not more,
u_lavourable than at the date of our last.
Exchange—On Loudon. Since the ream:notion of
business few transactions have taken place but at slightly I
to :ter rates. We glete first-class six months' might ere-
d at 26 21d to 2s 2.1, and docuraenni at 2-34 d to 2-3'd
pir rupee.
iereights—The rates, though lower, have not declined
to the extent that was anticipated at the close of the last.
wad. F.,r London and Liverpool we have little dead
w ,gbt offering, but ships have experienced no want of
~
:•1 and seedy, which have been freely offering at Cl. 2s
to 31 5d for London.