The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-30 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

We learn by telegraph from St. Petersburg, 25th,
that the thermometer has fallen to eight degrees
below zero (16.25 Fahrenheit). The ice brought
down by the Neva has interrupted the navigation
as far as Cronstadt. At St. Petersburg the ice bears
sledges, and the wind has veered round to the east.

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ARRIVAL OP TIIE CANADA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
By, the arrival of the royal -mail steam ship
Canad'a Captain W. J. O. Lang, ive have advice&
from New York to the 17th, Boston to the 18th,
and Halifax to the 20th inst, The news to hand
is three days latter from New York than that by
the Arago.
In addition to the usual mails the Canada
brought 58 passengers and 10,704/. sterling in
specie.

The Harrnonsa, from Hamburg, and the Clyde,
from Glasgow, had arrived at New York. The
Niagara had arrived at Halifax, and the Arid
touched at Cape Race, lauding despatches, but
th-ir effect upon the New York and Boston markets
is known.

Tho City of Washington arrived at New York on
the 16th inst.

Cominmercial affairs at New York were still im-
proving. The .New York Herald states that the
fears previously entertained bad been groundless,
and henceforth no fears need be entertained.
The New Orleans banks have resumed payment.
The Adriatic made her trial up on the 16th, and
is stated to be the fastest steamship afloat.
The steamship St. Louis had arrived at New
York with the Californian mails, .and 1,176,086
dollars in specie.

The blockade of the San Juan river was still kept
up, and the Nicaraguans and Costa Ricans were
busily preparing for war.
Havana advices to the 10th inst. announce that
preparations were being made for a grand military
camp, in which, it was said, the troops destined
to aid against Mexico woLld be manoeuvred.
193,000 boxes of sugar were on hand in Havana
and at Matanzas. Some of the joint-stock specu-
lation concerns in Havana had been wound up
under executive order. Trade had improved.,'Tho
weather was fine, and money scarce..
Mexican advices to Oct. 24th report large ship•
ments of specie to Europe.
The Minister of Justice in Mexico had issued -1k
decree declaring all ecclesiastical decisions in civil
or criminal c .:es void.

The money market at New York had improved,
and stocks were more buoyant at an advance in
prices. In Bank stocks the demand was good,
and quotations improving.
In foreign exchange a moderate business as
doing, at rates rather in favour of buyers, at
107 to 1071. Rates on Paris were very dull.
The cotton market was quiet, and prices, in
the absence of sales, were nominal.
Flour closed generally at an advance of about
sc. per barrel ; wheat and corn were in light
stock, and prices were firmer, closing at 80c. and
8 tic. for Western mixed.
Pork sold at 19 dols. 50c. and 19 dols. 621 e.
for mess, and at 17 dols. for prime.
In freights the engagements were moderate,
and at the current rates of Saturday less buoyant.

SPORTING NOTES.

THE INTERREGNUM.

There is no news from training quarters, and, in fact,
as the little boy said, "there's no sport, and so nothing."
Even the Derby beftng has been stopped, and as for
picking up a scrap of information relative to the horses,
that is at present an impossibility. My " promised "
gossip must therefore be postponed. The yard at the
Corner on Monday last was crowded, for the sale of
Mr. Jackson's horses being the attraction which drew
together a large and miscellaneous assemblage of sport-
ing characters. The proceedings, however, scarcely
excited so much interest as was expected, and the ma-
jority of the abimala "put up" will doubtless return to
their old quarters.
By the way, what a comment the return of the Chester
Cup - quotations is upon Lord Derby's proposed
resolution to make all bets on Handicaps prior to the
publication- of the weights null and void. "To
stem. a current's easy looking at it," and to
stay speculation with. Jockey-club rules and resolutions,
is as possible as Mrs. Partington'e efforts to mop up th•
sea with a brdom.

The only sporting "fixture" for the current year is a
_steeplechase meeting to take place under the manage•
meat of Mr, llibburd at Reading in December, The
locality is well adapted to cross country purposes, and
under Mr, Hibburd's direction there is little doubt of
things being conducted on the "square." Some excel-
lent sport may be anticipated.
From a table of statistics just published, Z sae that
Blink Bonny's winnings during the past season amount
to 10,196'., Leamington won 3,5901. and Fisheiman
with three times the work gained for his owner 3,2601.
The principal winners in stakes last season were Mr.
I'Anson, 10,9541, Messrs. Barber and Saxon 10,5501.
Mr. Merry 9,4591., Lord Zetland 9,9611. Mr. T. Parr
9,0181, and Mr. J. Scott 5,9191. Fordham scored 84
winning moments, Bray 82 and Challoner 65.

A FRESH MAN.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EASTERN COUNTIES.

This company will apply to Parliament in the ensuing
session for power to abandon a portion of the Newmarket
and Cbesterford line, and also of the railway from the
North Woolwich line to the Thames.

WELLS AND FAKENHAM.
The arrangements are progressing for opening this
line, and it is expected to be in operation in the course
of the ensuing month.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.
This company have given notices of intended appli-
cation to Parliament in the ensuing session for power
to raise further capital on new shares and stock
and to borrow a further sum of money. Also for
power to purchase or take on lease the East Grin-
stead Railway, the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway,
and the Lewes and Uekfield Railway respectively,
or to amalgamate those undertakings, or either of
them, vcith that of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company ; and to sanction and give
effect to contracts and arrangements made or to be
made with those companies in reference to the construc-
tion, maintenance, working, and uses by the Brighton
Company of the respective railways and works ; to autho-
, rizs the company to run their engines and carriages of
every description over the Epsom and J...eatherhead Rail-
way, and to use their stations, watering-planes, machi-
nery, and works ; also to contribute funds and subscribe
towards the undertaking, and to hold shares in the
capital of the Mid-Sussex Railway Company, and to ad-
vance money on mortgage or bond, and to guarantee in-
terest or dividend upon all or any of the shares in the
Mid-S asses Rail way Company. The Brighton Company
also propose to ask for power to make a railway from
Shoreham to Ilenfield, and to ifin the Mid-Sussex Rail-
way at Itchingfield and Billingshurst, and to raise money
for the purposes of the intended railways and works.

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THE OVERLAND MAIL.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re-
ceived our private correspondence and files of
papers, from Calcutta to the 22d of Oct., and from
Bombay to the 3d of Nov. Our letters are as
follows
" CALCUTTA, OCT. 22.
:
" With this mail you will probably receive Gen.
Wilson's account of the capture of the Palace and
the King of Delhi. It has been suppressed in this i
country, and will not be published till after the 1
departure of the mail. The object of this proceed-
ing is, doubtless, to secure to the Cabinet the ear-
liest information. The practice, however, is in-
jurions, and should be stopped by the President of
the Board. It creates a feeling of uneasiness, as no
merchant is able to calculate the probable effect of
despatches he has not seen. Trade is sufficiently
embarrassed already without the addition of arti-
ficial uncertainties. For the rest, the information
before the public is decidedly satisfactory. The
Golden Fleece, the Thebes, and the Columbia have
arrived, and the remainder are expected daily. A
great depot of Europeans is to be formed at Bar-
rackpore. Five thousand men will be encamped
on the Calcutta maiden (plain), and about that
number at Raneegunge. As soon as these arrange-
ments are completed security will be re-estab-
lished in the metropolitan counties. Travelling
up the Grand Trunk Road, we find that order has
been re-established at Hazareebagh and through-
out the greater portion of Chota, Nagpore. Bands,
rather of Dacoits than rebels, however, still harass
the valley of the Soane, and, strange to say, a por-
tioa of another regiment, after all hope of success
had disappeared, mutinied and murdered its officers.
Two companies of the 32d were stationed at Doog-
hur, in the Santhal district. They ware believed to
be faithful, and retained their arms. On the 9th
of September, however, Lieutenant Cooper, then in
command, was shot at on parade. Lieutenant
Cooper, Mr. Ronald (the Deputy Commissioner),
Lieut. Rannie, and perhaps one Sepoy fled into a
house. The house was immediately set on fire, its
inmates driven out and murdered, under a shower
of balls. Lieut. Rannie, however, was asved by a
havildar, who was wounded in his defence, and is
now safe at Bbaugulpore. The body of Lieut.
Cooper was then chopped up, the treasury plun-
dered, and the mutineers set off for the Grand
Trunk Rc ad. It is believed they will be met by
her Majesty's 13th, just sent up by railway. Lieut.
Cooper was remarkable for his attachment to his
men, in whose sports he often shared, offering
prizes to the successful. The fact increases the
horror of the event, but in truth the power of feel-
ing horror has died out of us. After hearing of an
English girl found hanging by the hair in Nana
Sahib's palace, with her flesh sliced from her bones
by swords,. the murder of an officer seems almost
nothing. In truth, it excites no feeling whatever,
all sympathies being swallowed up in a craving,
burning thirst for vengeance. In Behar the position
of affairs remains as before, the scattered parties of
mutineers pressing slowly northward, evidently to
reach districts where the population are more sym-
pathetic. Ameer Ali, the Mussulman appointed by
Mr. Halliday, with the sanction of the Government
of India, to put down the Mussulman movement in
Patna, has, it is said, resigned. Another Mussul-
man will probably be appointed as a " measure of
conciliation." It is impossible to describe to you the
feelings with which these appointments are received
by Europeans, official and non-official. Still pro-
ceeding northward, we find Benares still safe under
the protection of some Europeans and a Madras re-
giment. Her Majesty's 53d, or rather a wing of
that corps, is clearing the road thence to Allahabad.
A more important movement is, however, in pro-
gress, to describe which I must carry you further
northward.

" After the fall of Delhi Gen. Wilson despatched
a column under Col. Greathel in pursuit of the
fugitives. Marching rapidly southward, on Oct.
sth he came across the Gwalior mutineers, then me-
nacing Agra. He cut them up, inflicting a loss of
500 men and 11 guns. On the 10th he reached Ap.a,
and was attacked again by the mutineers, reinforced
by the Delhi fugitives, but the enemy were repul-
sed with immense slaughter, and driven headlong
as far as the Kharee. Few particulars have reached
us, but it is presumed that this victory has finally
relieved Agra. A second body of fugitives made for
Oude, as I reported last mail, but their arrival at
Bithoor was notified to the British at Cawnpore.
.The officer in command, Col. Wilson, sallied out
with a very small force, attacked and routel the
enemy, but was unable to attempt a pursuit. In
all these engagements the want of European cavalry
is bitterly felt. The mutineers display the pol-
troonery which might be expected from their cruel-
ties, but they march fast, and in this war slaughter,
not mere dispersion, is our main object. They are
as dangerous in small parties as in great b 'dies,
and in this country no man forgets that the scoun-
drels are murderers running from the gallows.
Cawnpore itself is believed to be safe, and, strange
to say, the road between that place and Lucknow
seems to be open. At all events, a great convoy
of provisions, guarded by only 250 men, reached
the Alum bagh in ssfety. Gen. Havelock, with about
1,000 men, and all the women and children, is be-
lieved to be with or near (for accounts differ)
General Outram, who, with 1,500 men, is in
Lucknow itself. Sinister rumours of all kinds
are floating about, but I believe they are wholly
without foundation. Gen. Outram can hold Luck-
now, though he is fearfully outmatched, and he
has received provisions and ammunition. I ques-
tion if there is a force in Oude which will attack
this party while Gen. Havelock is alive, but an
accident to him might alter the position of affairs.
The Sepoys, like all other Asiatic; hold the de ith
of a leader a signal for ♦ictory, and invent all kinds
of rumours to that effect. You will very likely hear
many such, but they were up to the latest accounts
mere falsehoods. Even the story of General Have-
lock's sickness rests apparently on native talk.
There is a statement circulated that General Have-
lock is cut off from communication with General
Outram, but this appears improbable. All that is
certain is, that Outram waits eagerly the advance
of Colonel Greathed's column. General Wilson
remains still in Delhi, but he has appointed Colon,l
Burn Military Governor, and another officer Go-
vernor of the Palace. I can give you no news from
the Punjab, as my intelligence comes via Bombay,
and your Bombay correspondent will anticipate
me. Indeed, he ought to have the latest from the
North-West, as the roads to Western India ate open
and the post still travels ; our post does not, ex
cept on Government account, and Government wil
give no detailed information to any one.

"The moral effect of the fall of Delhi has been
great, but we are still too few to strike great blows.
No great body of troops can be available for another
month, and even then there will be great difficulty
in finding carriage. The Government ii adopting
every expedient in its power to collect means of
transport. The zeminda.rs have been reque tad to
furnish elephants,and bullock carriages are building
in Calcutta. This will, however, be the great (Ili-
ytand it ought to be supplel from England. It
is not too late even now.
We want a dozen little
a tearaers, regular Thames ferry-boats, and 5, 000 light
vans, with covers, and wheels of iron withcut tires.
It is difficult in places to mend tired wheel.. A
few thousand tents, too, would be -very much in
place, if sent in swift steamers. It has been su, -
Bested that Government might seize all private ca'r-
riages, and compel every zemindar to give up his
elephants ; but all revolutionary energy is wanting.
The Press Law is still in active operation. Tile
Calcutta papers have been warned for roptthli,4hine
articles from the Press, and the Friend of India
was compelled to expurgate t: e Times (f the 31 t
August. It contained a suppo:ition religi( n
might be at the bottom of the Sepoy cruelties, which
is strictly the truth, but is calculated to interfere
with religious prejudices. The Government is on
this point strangely sensitive. You are aware that
by law the publication of a Bible is now a penal
offence, punishable by seizure of the presses. Of
course the law i 4 not eufcrced in such eases, but it
exists, to the contempt of the natives. No native

journal has been warned, much less suppressed, and
I enclose a copy of the Hindoo Patriot, a native
journal, whose railing against the English is not
even noticed. lam told, but Ido not personally
know, that the Christians of Krishnaghur recently
offered to supply coolies for the army, who are
much wanted. Their petition was rejected because
they applied not as subjects, but as Christiana. I
enclose my authority for the story. No ono here
believes that religion had anything to do with the
revolt, and this is perhaps the place to give you the
belief of the community on that point.
"The revolt is in their opinion a great Mussulman
conspiracy, organised by - (I give the name
privately). This individual, partly by working on
their religious feelings, partly by large bribes and
larger promises, secured the principal Mussulmans
of most regiments. They industriously spread the
report that Lord Canning intended to convert the
Hindoos, and that the Enfield cartridges were in-
tended to break the caste, and so render further
measures easy. Having succeeded in obtaining
the support of the influential Hindoos, they pro-
ceeded to plan the massacre of the Europeans.
Every European in Bengal was to have perished
on the night of the centenary of Plassey. The pre-
parations were nearly complete, when Gen. Hewett's
blunders at Meerut saved the empire. But for the
mutineers' success at Meerut not a European could
have survived to tell the tale. By the mercy of
God the telegraph was in existence, and in a few
hours the danger was understood from Peshawur
to Travancore. You know the rest, but I must
also record the universal belief that unless the ven-
geance of England is as mighty as the crime our
Sicilian vespers may yet be repeated.
" The Government, I believe, is still of opinion
that the movement has been a sudden and unintel-
ligible burst of fanaticism. In that case two cir-
cumstances remained unexplained. First, the
juncture of Mussulmans and Hindoos ; secondly,
that the native Christians, except at Delhi, have sot
suffered. The people of Jaunpore, moreover, have
offered voluntarily to rebuild the missionchurch and
schools, and in no proclamation issued by natives is
there any mention whatever of the missionaries.
" No plan whatever has yet been announced here
for the reorganisation of the army. Tt is not be-
lieved, however, that Government will object to
the English' plan, or will attempt to rehabilitate
the Sepoy force. The great difficulty will be the
pressure of class interests upon Government, and
the existence of a desperate conflict of opinion
among its officers. The result will be inaction, un-
less orders are issued from England so clear as to
require obedience instead of discussion.
" At present public opinion is concentrated on
the question of vengeance. The following sentences
from the I riend of India are understood to repre-
sent the universal idea
" 1. That in districts under martial and durinu
actual warfare, the loss of life and property should be
regulated by military necessities alone.
" '2. That every mutineer who has taken up arms or
quitted hie ranks should die.

" ' 3. That every rebel who has taken up arms should

" 4. That in every village where a European hag
been murdered, a tele;raph out, or a dak stolen, a swift
tribunal should exercise summary justice.
" 5. That every village in which a European fegitive
has been insulted or refused aid should be heavily fined.'

"It is believed the Government measure will
fall short of this as regards the villagers, but not as
regards the mutineers. Thera is as yet no sign of
Lord Canning's intentions, but I do not believe that
upon this point he will be found wanting. It is,
however, impossible to tell, as the policy of Govern-
ment varies every week. The Disarming Act has
not been put in force. When it is, it is believed
that whole classes will be exempted from its opera-
tion. If they are the measure is nugatory. If any-
body can buy weapons except Europeans they wi I
soon be as common as at present. Who is to decide
how many revolvers a Bengalee Zetnindar ought to
have ?

" The greatest difficulty now pressing on Govern-
ment is the disposal of the disarmed mutineers.
There are more than 20,000 men in this position.
One party would put them to death as mutineers ;
another, and a much larger one, would send them
to the Andaman Isles ; a third talks of disband-
ment ; a fourth,'of reorganisation. The views of
Government are not kno 'ID, but it is most impro-
bable that these men will ever again be trusted.
One or two regiments may, but the remainder must
at least be dismissed. At present they are draw-
ing pay for detaining European troops in inconve-
nient positions. This, however, is not the fault of
the Administration. Government cannot issue its
decree until the European troops have arrived.
" P.S.—Sumbhulpore has been seized by a man
named Sunder Shah, a released convict, with 1,000
ruffians, not Sepoys. It is this disorganisation
which is so dangerous, more so even than mutiny.
There is a report that the troops of the Rajah of
Travancore have shown symptoms of disaffection,
but it requires confirmation. The precise number
of men slain and wounded at Delhi stands as fol-
lows :—During the assault, 1,170 men, 66 officers ;
during the siege and assault, 4,000 men, 220 officers.
The original force was only 3,000 men and 160
officers, and the number of officers never reached
400. This statement will enable you to perceive
how necessary incessant reinforcements have be-
come.

OCT. 23.

The latest intelligence received confirms the state-
ments given above. The two divisions of the Luck-
now force have, it seems certain, effected a junction,
and General Outram has now therefore some 2,300
men with him in the Residency. This force is strong
6nough to defy any native enemy, but it is doubtful
if it is sufficiently provisioned. A desperate attack
on the Queen's palace, headed by Outram himself,
seems to have been repulsed, and the British force
now rem ins for the moment inactive. Round
them lie immense bands of armed Sepoys and pea-
santry, numbering in the aggregate at least 40,000
men. With one exception, every landholder in
Southern Oude has declared against the British, not
from any dislike, for the same men saved British
officers ; but from a desire to share the spoils of a
failing dynasty. If General Outram has or can
obtain provisions he may hold out for any time ; if
not, he must cut his way to Cawnpore sword in
hand, with I fear frightful loss. Col. Greathed
has gone into Agra again. Thence he proceeds to
Alynpeorie, and so to Cawnpore. But he cannot
hope to reach Lucknow much before the end of
this month, and meanwhile men, soldiers esi_ e-
ciAlly, must eat. There is no force to send to Lis
aid, except this column, and the whole question
turns on its arriving in time.

" The Rewah Rajah, it is reported, though still
faithful, has fled from his palace to some fort. Tl.e
plitical agent, Lieut. Osborne, is therefore left
alone. His position and conduct are an excellent
illustration of the so nes taking place all over India.
He is a young Madras officer, and till this outbreak
but little known to any one. He is now living in
Rewah in a tent, without a single companion, with-
out a friwnd within a hundred miles. H e is so ill with
liver complaint that he cannot lie down, taking rest
only in a chair. He has no guard, no soldiers, sen-
tries, or reliable servants. Every day and night
the soldiery surround his tent, threatening to put
him to death by torture. He admits their power,
but tells them he can take at least six lives before
he dies. And so, day by day, there be lives, sick
almost unto death, all alone, and with murderers
all round, confident only that his duty is to remain at
his post, and that God is above him still. It is not
such men as these that sepoys can subdue. So
magical, indeed, is the influx nce of character, that
to this moment Lieut. Osborne, the sale European
alive in Rewah, is felt by the natives to be at least
a match for the regiment around him. To this
hour, therefore, they are willing, when not stopped
by force, to convey his messages and obey his com-
m ands.

" Two more companies of the 32d Native In-
antry have mutinied at Rampore Hat. Their
office's got away safely. The remaining companies
Bowses have demanded to be led against the
mutineers—a somewhat dangerous experiment.