The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

INDIA OVERLAND MAIL.

The Overland Mail has arrived, with dates—Bombay,
Aug. 30 ; Calcutta, Aug. 19 ; Singapore, Aug. 15 ; China;
Aug. 6; Australia, July 26.

The Bombay Times says :—The past month has been
singularly barren of intelligence ; such events as we have
to chronicle are peaceful and auspicious. The electric
telegraph betwixt Bombay and Calcutta, via the north-
west provinces, is now nearly completed; the line betwixt
this and Lahore is so altogether.
All hopes are now given up of the safety of the Lady
Nugent. She sailed from Madras May 11, for Rangoon'
with the head-quarters and a detachment of the 25th
Regiment Native Infantry ; Lieut.-Colonel Johnston,
Lieut. and Adjutant Daly, Lieut. and Quartermaster
King, Lieut. Bamford, and Assistant Surgeon Simpson fln
board, and she is supposed to have gone down durmg the
storms which prevailed betwixt the 24th and 27th of
May. Samples have been sent home by the present mail
of some varieties of hemp most plentiful in our bazaar—
viz., Rajpooree Bunn, £l6 a ton ; Deochur ditto, £lB a
ton ; Salsette, £l4 ; Ambarra, £9 ; and niecimens of our
other fibres, as well as larger supplies of those enume-
'4 will speedily follow by the Car,e. The Governor-
' ;vs ealcuV,a Lord ilarris

]Madras

posed, is expected to spend the remainder of the season at
the presidency. f he
CANTON, 6rit AUGUST.—Since our report ofg by
the insurrection near Canton has been:esteudit
constant successes of the insurgents,
being reinforced and not strong enough to Put 'tfeory
Fashan is in complete possession of the insurree the
party, and the Imperial forces have withdrawn forthree
protection of Canton. The rebel camp is within-wed
miles of the city, and the Tartar garrison must be rou
in numbers by the constant fighting close to the vbreiw.;
the govertur.leidto;
and there is no calculating how soon the city nignm.ted
possession of the Triad and rebel force, which i 9
the city
to be numerous. The natives continue. to leave
for places of greater security. The t trade is g
irepor the
pended, and the export of the tea remaining c'll,,ieg
market is made with difficulty, from the numerous 13°.`V
::15
of pirates in the river. There have been no late nirerr:ni
of new teas. Our dates from Shanghai are to tl et;
ult. The Imperialists were continuing their efforoA
retake the city, and the present feeling is that they ,'er7,
succeed. There is nothing of moment of the n°rtil

army.
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ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 22. —The return of co
the Viceroy, from his visit to the Sultan, has beeU
brated with much rejoicing. of the
Saturday next has been fixed for the readint,....
firman, naming him Grand Vizier, and the cereinolovvo
take place here, instead of at Cairo,. as has hitherto
the usae. e t°
Ten thousand men and thirty-eight. r
„pair
embarked forthwith to strengthen the EgyPt,3l3
gent in Turkey.
The Nile continues to rise, but no fears are'
of its being higher this year than usual. mid Nu'
Spite of the-abundant harvest in Engfam4 cror-
quent fall of prices, coupled with most P ,
here, the price of grain is still maintained. d
AusTRALIA.---Business was very depressed, 'ye Great
uncertainty 'prevailed in all commercial affairsY„l,yearl,
Nugget Vein Mining Company had held its lb- 604
meeting. The report is unfavourable. The niaato°
had only been at work a few days, and the am aii,— At $
were found defective: No dividend was declared;
th souvcde9
special general meeting of the Bank of New -0 pip
it was resolved to increase the capital from v;:t tho
£500,000. There is no intelligence of interest fru
gold mines.