The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

,t;11 - 31 a.t~Nc ;r0i) ,, • 4 N - . .:. 4 :i_ 1 .. - i , ' '. . ' ._..44 ~ 7.17-!.!!,': ,:! r•LtLi , ,:r Elf; t.12c. - ; 3nc'2 INDIA AND CHINA. (Frem the Poet.) 2t°413A4, Nov. 1, 1844. "17 °loath has been vele: defieint iet•-•r••st i I -.1 except the proceedings around lihelapore, in tile Southern Alahratta country. The port of Samunghur 434 at length fallen into our hands, after holding out 10e, than we supposed. The enemy are said to e lost between five and six hundred men, with as lea nY prisoners. We have—although the number of esstialties are very few—to regret the loss of three °fa ce rs Lie during the continuance of these operations— n'e...nants Shakspeare and Irvine, from wounds re telrtela' and C ap t a i n Sil ver , from cholera. Colonel firing has been appointed Political Resident , and ri ng succeeded in rescuing the young Raja, who is ,minor, from the hands of the two discontented par ties of • • his subjects, is about to set off in company kith Cot Outram, with the view, if possible, of re cel'ing grievan ces w hi c h have led to the insurrection. i°atram is at Kholapore. Troops and supplies of kii ii °ls continue pouring in. There are six other forts ! till to subdue, should the rebels hold oat. The Pun is said for a time to be saved from the anarchy : Pen ding over it, from the reported cementation of - "e differenees between Goolaub and his nephew tiee ra Singh, who had already, for the purpose of oP , Pesi ng his uncle, marched the majority o f his ti °°l4 on their way to Jumbo°. Goolaub is re- Pett ed t h ann have under his command at p resent men, with ample supplies of money, and is -411 Y for every contingency. The rumour of the law, • - *unation of Dewan Sawur Mull, Governor of hitan, has during this month been confirmed, and 11 : 41 appointed in his room. accounts from Sinde continue favourable "th the exception of those from Shikarpore-- : i i nost the whole of the brigade being laid up from tecikeeas• In all our other posts the troops were era rally healthy. The disturbances in Bundle d, th 1i ,,, 4 i t is to be hoped, are now finally at a n end ; e fed "a of Jeitpore Pareechut, with his l con etates, having been taken up. The intelligence a: tu , Alfghanistan can scarcely be depended on -11: it represents the Dost and his son Akbar as Le e ° ,: i fir nilY seated in their authority than they ecit 'oi a long time been. Gwalior continues dis h;_ncled under the supervision of Ram Roo t rst 'ea, who has not as yet found out the perpe smer or instigator to his attempted assassination,. hit the Tara Bhaee had conceived a marked die bee f ° l ' him. The chief subject of local interest r i o re has been the trial and conviction of the noto et li n ! 410 0 Paroo, for his participation in the villanies Blinder gang, and being deeply concerned e burning of the ship Belvidere, burnt in the e .. nf Singapore some considerable time ba ck. •:h a I, rs realised from his villainies no less than ara " ° l• sterli ng , b es ides property to a great h: te nt - --the whole of which has been con - di. and himself banished for life. An othere ease, which deserves a prominent place a yste " is that of a species of wanton and tuat ic cruelty perpetrated by the captain of the k si PsTe Pttine, from Liverpool. His name is Thomas ea d3 Waite. The cruelty referred to was exercised 4 11 1118 steward, and consisted of divers means of tttli tY• That exercised to his apprentice — a youth - Frenchman consisted in giving him 250 lashes. % I I I l ase has been tried before the police-court here , Pop has merely been mulcted in a paltry fine. The boy' s case h e w ill b e b roug ht before a jury. ta t e i ntelligence from China reaches to August 28, con tinues barren in interest. I e r he disturba nces f o r m erly stated to have arisen 4 a 1 1111 1, 4 Kholapore i n the Southern Mahratta coun tl;el h aving assumed a form much more formidable the Was anticipated, it may be as well to continue the narrative of operations froth the point at which 1 , 0 4 Were so abruptly broken off in my last. The h e . Under Colonel Wallace having occupied a % Pt directly in front of the fort of Samunghur, k e the guns having been placed in position, com hCeed to pl a y until the evening of the 12th, I lVarently with but little effect. The command thlugineer was therefore directed to reconnoitre th: t ur eaehes which had been made, who suggested th a t - the 'whole of the guns might be turned upon Re made ea a small tower to the right of the south ett; u astion of th e f or t, w hich being shortly after tia,,(lB considered practicable, while the other was ul,l Y so for esca l a d e , p re p a rations were accordingly r am die for attacking the fort at daylight the following el e t it tllti g. The troops under the command of Major lls. e •a j34, of the 20th Regiment Native Infantry , -g b een formed into two columns, were accord gg dir ected to he in readiness at four o'clock, the s te t Un der the command of Captain Jones and the Of % lid : 111(1 er Captain Gillanders ; other disposition s eft •Qrce s having been made with a view of cut tin g th ils th e retreat of the besieged. Everything being ili P ci° usly arranged, the storm i ng p arties corn co°Perationp., and within half an hour the fort itee entered and taken po , seee;on ot. But little annoy seerns to have been experienced from the enemy bee o efree ting the breach—a few shots only having N u . '" from th e bastions flanking the places where apiti W ere made ; and so completely were those • alto t aken by surprise, that our troops entered • to: - w ithout opposition. The enemy, however, seem gelZ e provided for every exigency in the event of our co ra -u €C an entrance ; the long rolls of cloth which t roa, Pns e thei r t ur b ans h av i ng been found suspended t ei - nnrnerous places around the walls, by which tlie„nl' tho ug h some manage d to esca p e f r om the fort, f tit. were all either secured by the reserve of our fat:letktioned a roun d the base of the hill, or ulti out off; while those who had been deprived Met h° t il m ln eans of escape, or were totally unable to th e " L ' e mselves of such, were taken prisoners, and to ge: redit of the Europeans portion of the force, it is s kt etal lY admitted that the life of every one was th e : 41 w hich could by possibility be so, even although e otiu ' rn 'recation given in some instances but slightly eate-,ea some of the enemy to such forbearance. On i itt, , - Lng the fort the scene presented is described as wh i n been heartrending in the extreme. Numbers whiL f i nu nd mortally wounded from several shots, t o the 'fne poor wretches were at the moment reduced last extreme from starvation. Several women 'tee t er f iaa °ll nd with children in their arms severely Parts ed, and one had thrown herself from the ram °Y which she had fractured both her thighs. la e houses were soon entered by the Sepoys and ritt rn e'follo wers, against whom, by the way, some Prefer p ref er h eavY char ges o f wan ton cruelty have been in e d -- -but nothing whatever, at all worth carry °ll; appears to have been found within the During hay b the operations against this fort, we rs _ B een depri ve d o f t h e serv i ces o f th re e m uch- Pe eted o f f i cers. Lieutenant Shakespeare, of the ZeEuropeans, fella victim to the deadly aim of the tioti rn Y's mark smen—having come out f rom a posi oth f c omparative s a f e ty t o assist in carrying off e body ° f fr° . a Sepoy who had been mortally wounded rri the "'lle quarter ; Lieutenant Irvine, another Silver, officer of th e M a d ras A rt ill ery, an d C a pt a in :_ u tb er o , _ h died of ch o l era . Aft e r the occupation T 1 ' fort by our troops, another body of the insur gent . 4. , 8 1 bet ween SOO and 600 strong, took up a posi eer,, - and la ch i s epne , ro , 'innei Outram- -who had arrived at the • - action the d a ta eseei, e ., t o th a e t ee ere ef the hairein a h ue f or te:, ~, . •::- with e - • „ in,urgent—eante up with til , nn, In - ';.,q• seep,..., thenconflict suceeedel in eompl , t,-ly punishing 1 " -- about 100 having been left dead on the ge ld, and ill about 20 0 h aving been taken prit.oners. " lus s oi s f the enemy during these proceedings stated to amount to between 500 and 600 with 11 ,lilrNnumber of prisoners, while our own es thetics " a " been, in Comparison, exceedingly iii mystery. 'tit- have ctu r kug ataid 0:11 . e vie lin h sti.trt of freedem he thf!n f'xteresive ti , et 52nc:.= e.:et ore of Sainia . osbur ; and as are ii,l4 so often roBnl-FA; iltnf: on Lis return again to his occlipled by the in.:urgc , uis, far %- , 1!( - 1 hann'is, 4 .lie al•.tzrziritief; deemed ;_t best to secure 5t‘..c.;11,4,r :.:nd more ft indecslble than the. now him by force, while they had the opportunity. He the o,cupDnts of which have expressed the;v detertni- was secured by a native in the service of the Pre t • •ei Ow lest , b,-re bi: - -le r tl.'h.. 1 he of Ails,ch,tnyi;ai , .:;e xplatwion fu-th.r, than that it has arisen from the same source whence the ma jority of the disputes in India usually arise, via., an oppressed people against designing Ministers, who, to fill their own pockets during the continuance of a considerable minority, have imposed taxes on an al ready overburdened people—the one counting on the aid of a powerful ally, while the other party resort to the only alternative left them, of shutting up them selves and families within those mountain strong holds which are endeared to them, having been the safeguards of their ancestors against similar oppres sion, and out of which the fear of death will never dislodge them. Though Colonel Outram has now been appointed the Political Resident in this district, •and justly fames as he is for his ability and unexampled success in all pacificatory matters, he will certainly perform a feat of statemanship of no mean order, should he succeed in bringing about an adjustment of those dif ferences at present existing between the Ministers of the youthful Raja of Kholapore and his apparently desperate subjects. He has already released the Raja and his chief minister from the hands of the malcontents, and is stated as about to set off on a tour through the country, with the intention of re moving the grievances which had been the cause of the insurrection. In whatever manner these dif ferences may for the present be settled, it appears most probable that a contingent force will be raised and other necessary means resorted to for the future protection of the Raja and his Government. Though the intelligence from the Punjaub has, throughout the month, and up to within a day or so back, been as war-looking in its character as the imaginations of native newswriters about that quarter could possibly picture it to be, it is with pleasure that we find it in our power to contradict statements, or, at least, to curb for a time those spe culations which the perusal of the mass of Lahore. intelligence, appearing this month in the newspapers, would certainly create in the minds of the public at home, did it nut receive the additional check through the medium of the anticipatory letter s. The death of Dewan Sawur Mull, the Governor of Mooltan, is now confirmed, having met his death by the discharge of a pistol fired tit him by a crimi nal which be was examining. His death, .from a matter of policy, was for some time kept a secret, it is supposed by his son, who seems to have been yearning atter his father's office—to which he has since been appointed by Heerah Sing. The revenue he contributed to the Lahore treasury has been on an average half a million annually, while his own in come is said to have been as much. Up to this time the warlike preparations said to have been making between Goolaub Sing on the one hand, and his nephew, Heerah Sing, on the other, has naturally led to the most lively interest. And the startling statement, that the majority of the troops had already quitted Lahore, and were pretty well on their way for m eetin g those of Goolaub Sing, who was stated to have at present under his command an army of upwards of seventy thousand fighting men, with funds to the amount of 8,000,0001. sterling, independently of the support which he had at his nod, in the influence and wealth of his sister in-law, the widow of the late Soochet Sing. These, and numberless other statements of a similar nature, h a ve been at the eleventh hour, as it were, consider ably smoothed down by the reports that matters have: at length been amicably arranged betwixt these two dagger-drawn personages—a report that every one must feel happy in hearing fully confirmed. But there appear to be some doubts existing as to the actual truth of the report itself, which will of course require the next mail to clear up. The Pundit Jella—the bone of contention between the uncle and nephew, ap pears still to strut about Court—a circumstance which formerly so highly incensed the uncle ; while the reported departure of Jowahir Sing, the Minister's younger brother, to live under the roof of his uncle, at Jumboo, a coalition which Heerah himself had so often threatened to prevent at all hasards, renders the whole of the Lahore intelligence this month at best but very doubtful. The accounts from all parts of Sinde during the month continue extremely favourable, with the ex ception of Shikarpore, which presents a rather un favourable view as regards the health of the troops stationed there. Of the 69th Regiment N. 1., fifty file only could attend muster on Ist October, and the 7th Cavalry had only sixteen men fit for duty; while the majority of the force stationed there were suffering much, though not nearly to this extent. Deaths were becoming frequent, and the want of medical officers much telt. Much inconvenience was felt at 11yderabad from the excessive heat, and a con3ilerable diminution in the depth of the river apparently ohscrvatle• The troops at this place continue healthy. At Suk kur the utmost interest seems to attach to the pro jected assembling of the court-martial to be shortly holden here for the trial of Colonel Moseley, when twenty-one field officers are expected to be collected hither for that object ; the President of which, it is expected, will be General Simpson—Colonels Douglas and Woodburn had been ordered even fro:n Kurrachee, all the way, for the. purpose. A detachment of her Majesty's 78th Highlanders arrived on the 18th ult. Seventy-one men of the 64th had been discharged the service for their participation in the late mutiny. The troops were all healthy, though the heat during the day was very intense. Kurrachee has become the El Dorado of our Sinde possessions : what with the completion of broad, airy streets, capacious canton ments, the extension of the pier, the erection of spa cious buildings on the verge of the race-course, the adornment of the grounds with the choicest plants and shrubs, and the great addition lately made to the supply of excellent water, with numerous improve ments, it had now become the place alone entitled to be the Government head-quarters. The intelligence from Affghanistan seems on the whole to hold forth the prospects of Dost Mahomnied, and the members of his family, as in every way in the ascendant—at least so it is given out by those in , whose statements at no time ought implicit reliance to be placed. He is now said to be firmly- seated on his throne, with the most formidable of the other states exceedingly anxious to do him homage. The Dost and Akbar are said still to be within their capital, and that the Post had expressed himself anxious to proceed to the eastward of his dominion, on another expedition most likely. He was said to be particularly incensed at the Lahore Court, and the proof of this is drawn from the fact of his refusing to dispatch the ac customed nuzzurana or present expected by the latter at the advent of the Dusserah festival. The real cause of the rupture on this occasion, like most affairs pertaining to this distant. country, remains enveloped sideney. In Gwalior ma; t.er- eontinue..l much in the same conditif,n as formerly, paltry intrigues of every de s,:ripton being now and then carried on. Her High ness the young Dowager appears to have no very great liking towards her Minister, Ram Ras Phalkett, believing him to be striving his utmost with the Bri tish authorities, to effect her expulsion from the Lushkur—and a document, proved afterwards to have been forged, had been presented to Captain Shakespeare, as having been sent lay the Bhaee her self; and an individual had latterly confessed, he had wrote it at the instigation of the son-in-law of the Minister. The people generally would much rather prefer being governed by a person appointed by us than submit to the authority of Ram Ras Phalkea, and complaints are numerous against him, and con tinually in the mouth of every one in the Lushkur, as being in the habit of attaching the other Ministers to himself by presents of repeated bribes. Several important measures have lately been passed by the Durbur, viz.—the total abolition of the traffic in slaves, and a prohibition against the public sale of opium and other injurious drugs, without a special license from those entitled to grant them—a measure which it is hoped will tend to put an effectual stop page to the numerous murders and suicides, lately of common occurrence, from such incitements. There is nothing of moment from other parts of India. - _ The fli*turlyanceA, if such they can he called, which have for such a I-ngth of .time afflicted Bundlekund, • and regarding which so much dif f..renee of opinion has been expressed, have been happily termin-Ated by the seiture of rareechut, the tx-liajoh of deetpore, and the accomplices in hi.: marauding expfslitioni. It was rumoured about the departure of last mail that he bad voluntarily come in with his fellows in guilt, in order to take advantege of the offer lately made him by Govern ment of two hundred rupees a month, provided he resided within the Company's territories,. but having ee far cel the way with this view, be is said to 4 ., ~.2 0 E $ trti',, 1.4:' ,, fN *i - :- ()It, Tll 'TR Sfl .A. V INMORNING, DECEMgE Ft 5, 1344. at 41. per ton of 50 tr-et ; to Amoy, 6 dolls, per ton of 40 feet: to ports north of Amoy, 8 dolls. per 40 feet. For grey cotton goods there was rather an ac tive demand; buy for bleached qualities there was no inquiry. The importations of both description had been very large. White shirtings, 40. inch: 3.50 dolls. to 3.80 dolls. per piece; grey ditto, 40-inch, 2.90 dolls. to 3.40 dolls. per piece. The stock of yarn+ was very heavy, and there appears to be no improvement in prices. Nos. 18 to 30 ar- qu.)ted 24 dolls. to 26.50 dolls. per picul. Nos. 38 to 42, 29 dolls. to 30 dolls, per picul. The heavy importations of opium, and the knowledge that large shipments were on the way, had caused a-de cline in the various qualities of the drug. Prices were merely nominal A few ch es t s o f P a t na we re sold at 760 dolls.—some circulars q uo t e t h e ra t e 765 to 810. Malwa is quoted at 750 dolls. At Ch usan , Patna was quoted at 810 dolls., and Mal wa 840. T ur key drug at Hong-Kong was selling at 380—the l a tt er i s increasing in consumption in consequence of the inferiority cf Malwa. On the above prices no rise is anticipated. All the Hong-Kong merchants were summoned into the city of Canton on - August the 12th, when the authorities de manded a further payment of 5,000,000 of dollars as their portion of the Canton ransom money. The Hongs refuse to pay, and the general impression is, that they will be imprisoned. Meanwhile Howqua, Sanqua, and some of the more wealthy of the Hongs, have left their Hongs. It is understood that Mr. Cushing, the Ame rican Minister to China, is shortly to return to the United States. CALCUTTA. (From the Calcutta Englishman.) The Government express of the August mail, with in telligence up to the 7th of that month, reached us on the evening of the 18th ult., by which opportunity the bulk of English commercial correspondence came to hand, allowing sufficient tinge for parties here to reply by the Government express which left for Bombay on the 21st. Notwithstanding that the Honourable Company have lowered their rate of exchange on advances to Is. lid. per rupee, and reduced the margin required to 25 per per cent., we do not at present see much probability of its being taken advantage of to any extent, owing to the abundance of money in the hands of commercial houses, for remittance, causing them to take bills with documents on much more liberal terms. The following details show the present state of our market for imports and exports, in which however no very material change has taken place since our last INDIGO.—At the date of our last monthly circular, manufacturing had been brought to a close throughout Bengal,and the result led us to anticipate that the total out turn of the season would prove between 135,000 to 145,000 mds. In this calculation, however, we allowed for more favourable weather during the second cuttings in Tir hoot than has been experienced, they having been im peded by constant and heavy rain ; but this again has proved beneficial to other districts, and some exceeded our estimate. The districts which have suffered most this year are Dacca, Rungpore, Kishnag - ,ur, Hoogly, Burdwan, and Midnapore ; Tirhoof, although turning out considerably less than last year will still give 26,000 mds., which is equal to the largest crop known previously. Factories situated in the western part of Tirhoof and thence up to Allahabad were fortunate in having season able rains, and also fine weather during manufacture, and many of them will send down double the quantity they did last year, but such is not the case with respect to the upper provinces, where some concerns will scarcely yield one-third of their average outturn. On the whole we are of opinion that although some districts have been fortunate, this has been counterba lanced by the falling off in others, and we see no reason to alter the estimate we, gave in our last,; e viz., 135,000 to 145,000 mnds. Some small parcels of last year's indigo barn changed hands at the prices paid for them in December last, and have been taken for an American ship on the point of starting. A small lot has also been shipped to France on the only vessel at present loading for that part, and which is advertised to leave in a few days. The Americans will, we think, be early in the market this year, as they have had several ships waiting here for some time past, and are apparently unable to find any produce at priceslikely to pay, which will we think induce them to give last year's prices, considering the very favourable- rate at which they are now able to dispose of their credits. We are given - to understand that the last mail brought several extensive orders, authorising parties here to give last year's rates, but we are not aware of a single in stance in which such offers have been accepted by the planters, nor whether those limits were unqualified or dependent on the out-turn of the season. We expect the indigo down this year, as very fine drying weather has been experienced since the conclu sion of the manufacture. SUGAR.—The last accounts from England, although not particularly favourable, being rather more so than was anticipated, have caused a steady demand for this staple throughout the month, and owing to the great scarcity of fine white Benares, the few parcels of that description which have been offered for sale have been readily taken at a slight advance; the bulk of transac tions have, however, been in good and fair second quality Benares, and Bhagas (the latter description having this year proved very superior), which have in most instances been taken at about last month's rates. In low browns and Khaurs there has been scarcely anything doing, the high ruling of freights having prevented operations in these descriptions. Under this head we may notice, that owing to the very favourable results of one or two factories established by Europeans in Mb"; th e manu f a cture of sugar in that district has been very c on s iderably increased , t he greater number_ of indigo factories carrying it on to a greater or less extent, and we therefore look forward to receiving next year a larger supply of sugar, of very su perior quality, from that part. SALTPETRE.-The shipments of this article to Great Britain, which have of late fallen off very considerably, have, since the arrival of th e ma il, b e en on the increase , n otwithstanding the high rate o f freight ; and exports since the date of our last excee d 45,000 'minds. Our bazaar has consequently been more active, and prices are rather firmer, although we cannot quote any mate- .vial advance. The demand for America as noticed in our last, con , tinues steady, and exports from Ist to 13th instant have been 5,239 maunds. For France there has been nothing doing for some time past. Rum.— We have not heard of a single sale in this market during the month, but shipments go forward on about the usual scale, being from Ist instant up to date 24,514 gallons. RAW SlLK.—O wing to the damage done to the silk districts by the heavy inundations, and the probable falling off in the supply ; n at i ve h o lders in this bazaar were disposed to stand out f or hi g h er p r ices, but ,ac counts from home not being of a nature to warrant shippers in submitting to this, transactions during the latter part of last month were very limited. SILK PIECE GOODS.—A continued and active demand has been experienced throughout the month for all de scriptions of Corahs, and parcels as they arrive are readily purchased at for common native manufactured Cossimbazar goods from 133 r. to; 135 r. per surge all round, whilst well-known makes have been sold as high as 143 r. to 145 r. Our market throughout the month having been bare of choppas and bandannas, except of very inferior de scriptions, transactions have been very limited. We no tice, however, a few small shipments of superior choppas on manufacturer's account. Exports to Great Britain from the let instant up to date have been as follows, viz.: — OPlUM.—During the latter part of last month a mo derate business was done in the drug at about our former quotations. and a large contract to the extent of 1,000 chests of Patna, was, we understand, entered into at the high figure of 1,600 rupees ; since then, however, there has been little doing, and the market gradually declined to 1,550 for Patna, and 1,440 for Benares ; when on the arrival of the Water Witch from Hong-Kong, bringing unfavourable accounts, a further fall took place in this bazaar of about 100 rupees, and the market is in a very unsettled state. The stock in the Company's godovrns on the evening of the 13th was, 1,169 chests Patna, and 300 chests of Benares. rod (round) still maintains the quoted rate, and is much ample in telling them. Her tale was received with th wanted. greatest interest by those present. WOOLLENS.—These have continued in a depressed The following resolutions were unanimously carried:-- Resolved, Ist. ni T e h t at to we m , the ake labourers at this meeting known our u will r distress m eet and the state during the past month ; some trifling sales have assembled, Reso been made, but at remunerative rates. The stock on our wants. trusting that our statements hand is large, but as the cold weather approaches there public eye, and reach the hearts of our legislators, 'to will, doubtless, be a reaction. The importations have the end that they may pass such measures as shall been heavy, but have fallen off during the latter part of secure to industry its full and fair reward, and thus im prove the condition of ourselves and jour fellow-coun the month. trymen. MARINE STORES.—The demand has not been to any 2nd. That we meet not to ask for charity, but for great extent, and most of the sales effected have been justice, in the shape of profitable and independent at lower rates than reported in the former month. Of labour—so that we may supply ourselves and our such transactions as have taken place, the following have families with the comforts and necessaries of life, been reported es :-120 bolts of bleached canvas, at 16 which we find at present to be utterly impossible, in c lo o w ns n e e q s u s e:fe wa o o f es the scarcity of employment, and the rup per bolt ; 80 bolts at 15 rupees •; 100 cwt. of red lead, at 111 rupees per cwt. ; and a later sale of 200 3rd. That we firmly believe the restrictions imposed cwt. at 114 rupees per cwt. The imports from the 27th upon industry by the corn and provision laws are a of September to the 24th of October were not remarkable, principal cause of our destitute condition, inasmuch as WINE AND SPIRITS.—These continue in moderate re- scarcity, dearness, and uncertainty are the result of tam quest, and the market is well supplied with most de. rervien if those with l the aw p s e w o p e lree'sabfooolidLda,nrdemthuanteNrvaetifvuerethmeprlobe scriptions. Good brandy is rather scarce and is in in- men t w o u ld be more abundant, competition for labZr quiry, owing to the large importations some time back of less severe, the farmer rendered more secure, by steadi inferior French distillation. ness of price and fair rentals, and the happiness and GINGHAM UMBRELLAS.—These hive been in mode- prosperity of all classes of society materially and per rate request, but do not realise good prices, a sale was manently advanced. reported towards the middle of last month:of 1,200 dozen at 11 rupees 8 annas per dozen; at the end of the month sales were effected at - 80 dozen at twelve rupees, and 70 dozen at 12 rupees .8 annas per dozen, with wooden sticks, and 16 rupees with brass rods. SAFFRON.—In moderate request ; there is little on hand, the importations being chiefly disposed of on ar , rival. At the beginning of the month a sale was ef fected of 501 b. low quality at 22i rupees per lb ; at the end of the month 1121 b. of good quality at 30 rupees per lb., and 100 lb. inferior at '22 rupees S annas were disposed of, also 2001 b. at 9 rupees per lb., 501 b. at 22 rupees 8 annas, and 501 b. at 22 rupees per lb. BOTTLES.—Bottles are in good request, and the mar ket is but thinly supplied. PERFUMERY.—The market is overstocked. NILLLINERY.—Some recent sales have been effected at remunerative rates, but there is still plenty on hand. QUICKSILVER.—In improved demand, at an advance on former rates. The importations have been very trifling. EXCIIANGE.—Money is abundant, but the rates of ex change are very unsatisfactory. The principal transac tions on London by the present mail, have been made at Is. 90. to is. lod. at six months, and Is. 9id. at 30 days' sight. The former rate is lower than by the last mail, the latter without alteration. TURN-OUT of the LANCASHIRE and CHESHIRE COAL-MINERS. WIGAN, TUESDAY MORNING.—Very great excite ment prevails at present amongst the colliers of this part of the country. Meetings are holding every week, in various parts of the district, at which resolutions are always adopted unanimously, to the effect that their labour is not sufficiently rewarded, and that it is desirable to join the union, and collect funds to enable them to stand a strike in the event of its being necessary. Mr. W. P. Roberts, solicitor, from New port, commonly called the " Miners' Attorney-Gene ral," has taken offices in Manchester, with a view, it is said, of being on the spot to give such legal advice as may seem necessary. Delegate meetings have also been held in various places, but their proceed ings, as far as the press is concerned, are kept private. Matters now seem to be fast arriving at a climax. On Saturday last the workmen in every pit in Lan cashire and• Cheshire, except the St. Helen's district, sent in to their masters a written application demand ing an advance of twopence upon each shilling they now earn. Should their demand be refused the result will, of course, be a general strike. Yes terday several meetings were held, and, as far as it was possible to ascertain, there was not a coal-mine at work in the whole district. Two of the most im portant of these meetings were those held at a place called Bardsley, between Oldham and Ashton, and the other in the village of Lumberton-green, about two miles from this place. At Lamberton-green a delegate meeting was also held,: at which delegates were present from every coal-pit in the two counties, except those in the neighbourhood of St. Helen's, The public meeting at Lamberton-green was at tended by about 3,000 persons. George Ramsey, of Marsden, near Colne, was called on to preside. The Chairman, Charles Parkinson, from Durham, Benjamin Emberton, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and James Price, one of the secretaries to the delegate meeting, spoke at some length, and urged the necessity of a firm and determined union among themselves, in order to carry out their object effectually. Mr. W. P. ROBERTS, solicitor, was next called upon by the Chairman. He said he was there that day to offer his advice and counsel to the men who were engaged in that most mighty movement. He was there for the purpose ,of encouraging them to persevere in their good cause. Their motto was " Peace, law, and order." They sought to accomplish nothing by means of physical force. They utterly repudiated that doctrine, and sought only to obtain their object by legal and con stitutional means. The proceeding lasted upwards of two hours and a half. At the close of the business the chairman again urged them to stand firm, after which they separated. FREIGHTS.—The current rates are noted in our quota tions, but owing to the low state of the export market freights are not easily obtained. To China nothing is doing. DREADFUL MURDERS IN THE KING'S COUNTY. (From the Dublin Pilot of Monday.) TUI.LANORE, DEC. 1.-With feelings of poignant re gret I have to announce to you the shocking murders of two human beings, brothers, named Thomas and William Sheppard, on the lands of Coolfin, barony of Ballyboy, in this county, about two miles on the mountain side of Frankford. The particulars of the sad circumstance, as gathered from the evidence of a surviving brother at the inquest held yesterday upon the scene of the catastrophe, are in substance as follow: A family named Daly heretofore held a small farm, about twenty-four acres, on the lands of Coolfin, but, getting into arrear, they were ejected for non payment of rent, when Ambrose, Thomas, and William Sheppard (three brothers), got into treaty with the sub-agent, Mr. Fawcett, near Tullamore, for the farm. The negotiation getting publicity, a threatening notice was served at their then residence, Derrycooly, near Radian, in this county. The Sheppards, no way daunted, got into the occupation in the latter end of Au gust last, when another notice was also served at the said place, vowing death and destruction to them should they persevere. They still treated these notices with indiffer ence, at the same time using, as they thought, all due caution (having the house on the lands on which they then livedat Coolfin well fortified against danger, ha,ving plenty of fire-arms, with a supply of ammenition, and a fire-proof room erected therein, in which they nightly lay). Things latterly seeming to wear a friendly aspect, Ambrose weak ened the garrison - by quitting the place a few days ago for Derrycooly, to bring up his wife, family, and furni ture, and on his return on Friday evening last, seeing their horse walking about the place with his tackling on him, and neither of his brothers appearing, he was much astonished, and going to the door he found it partly shut; he pushed in the doer and called his brothers, from neither of whom he received an answer. He immediately ran into Frankford to alarm the police, who quickly repaired to the spot with him, and, on searching the house insid they found Thomas dead, with his head broken int o pieces, and the brain escaping ! They then made a search about the place for William, but it proved a fruit less one, owing to the darkness of the night. They stopped there till morning, and when the daylight ap peared they found William lying in a field, near the house, with his head equally broken, and the brain also escaping ! No other evidence calculated to throw fur ther light on the dreadful occurrence was obtained. It is supposed that the unfortunate men were murdered while at their work on Friday morning, as, from the caution they observed at night, it could not have occurred then without loss of life to the assailants; besides the horse being tackled, is another proof of the deed having been done in the day; and it is supposed that Thomas, on the attack, ran towards the house for the arms, and that William's retreat was cut off from it. No alarm was made until the brother's return, and the farm, too, is in an elevated position. THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE CWM AVON COLLIERIES. ADERAVON, DEc. 2.—We are happy to inform our readers that the account of this fatal explosion, taken from a 'Monmouthshire paper, has been much exaggerated, only four lives have been sacrificed by it. The tollowing aro the particulars of this lamentable accident :—At a little after eight o'clock, two of the unfortunate men who were killed went into their stall to work, taking a safety lamp with them ; but another man, Thlmas Williams, who was also killed, incautiously entered his cell, close ad joining the other cell, to work with a naked candle, and had scarcely entered it before the fire-damp ignited, the explosion took place, and the two men who had the safety lamp, as well as himself, were instantly killed, their bodies being hurled out of the stalls in which they were into the horse .way, in a dreadfully mutilated condition. There were two other men,who were at work very near them FREIGHTS. To London To Liverp00l To Clyde No ship. To China No quotation. To ditto Opium, per Clipper Dollars 3to 4. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3.—The Oriental steam-ship, Captain Soy, left the docks this day, at three P.M. for Alexandria, having on board the mails for the East Indies and China; also a full cargo of bale goods and 120 passengers; among the latter, Sir Robert and Lady Sale and family. The Oriental Company's steam-ship the Queen ar rived in the docks at ten P.N., last night, from Gibraltar, which place she left on the 24th ult.; Cadiz, 25th; Lis bon, 27th; Oporto, 28th; and Vigo, 29th. The Queen landed the Peninsula and Mediterranean mails, which were forwarded to London by the two A.M. train this morning; she brought ten passengers and a small fruit cargo. The Queen saw the Lady Mary Wood, at noon, on the 30th of November; and at three o'clock raa., the Pacha. The Royal West India mail-packet, the Teviot, left our river yesterday at three PAL, outward bound for the West Indies, with the South American and West India mails ; also 67 passengers, 1,350 bottles of quicksilver, and 15,000 L in specie. The Fear-not arrived in the docks, at six P.M. yester day, from St. Michael's, with a full cargo of oranges, which are now landing, and will be forwarded this day by railway to London. She left St. Michael's on the 19th of November, on which day the Countess of Liver pool left the same place for London, for the purpose of proving which port,, this or London, is most advanta geous 'for the importation of fruit. The amount of tonnage at the present time, in steamers alone, trading between this port and foreign parts, is above 19,000 tons, and equal to 7,226-horse power. BANQUET TO SIR ROBERT SAL , little difficulty. This healthy state of things promised to continue. However, shortly after the departure of the steamer, the rains were interrupted and the crops lan guished, and even the Government Revenue Commis sioner publicly notified his conviction that the very favourable reports which had been furnished by the subordinate officers of Government were open to a sus picion—a surmise which was confirmed by subsequent investigation. Whether the object of such reports was to run down the price of all descriptions of grain in the market, in order to purchase at low rates the stock on hand, and then to dispose of it at an advanced rate on the discovery of the illusion, we will not presume to determine ; but certain it is that the flattering state ment contained in official reports furnished to the officers of Government were not borne out on full and subse quent inquiry. The consequence of such erroneous re presentations were immediate in their effects on the market, and the import trade, which up to that period had worn so cheerful an aspect, became depressed. Sales were subsequently and have since been effected with difficulty. This unhealthy state of the market will in all probability continue until the harvest is completed ; for so long as the crops continue in a condition liable to damage for lack of water, the native merchants will not be induced to purchase largely. The rains are now over, and recourse must be had to artificial irrigation. The harvest, we believe, will be equal to the average of former years ; but, so long as the crops are on the ground, our market will continue to be dull. The Dewallee holidays occur about the middle of the present month, and will not tend to improve the condition of the market. In some parts of the Deccan the crops are drawing close to the period of maturition ; should they be gathered towards the end of the month or the begin ning of December a reaction of a satisfactory nature will doubtless take place, and the Bombay market will again wear a favourable aspect. In the meantime holders must continue to maintain stocks with firmness, as it is probable that if goo ds are offered even at a much lower rate than is now obtained by strained sales, pur chasers will not in the present state of the crops be tempted to extend their dealings or indulge in specula tive investments. COTTON AND PIECE GOODS.—At the commencement of the month a brisk business was doing in grey madam pollams, jacconets and longcloths, also in white mulls and lappets, at moderately favourable rates ; but to wards the middle of the month business fell off. Sales were effected, but in some instances at low and un remunerative prices. Ginghams, cambrics, and domestics have been in less inquiry than during the former month. Turkey red plains are neglected; thelast sales were effected at rather lower rates. Of Turkey prints there are none in the markets, and are wanted. Other descriptions of prints are somewhat dull. Shirtings go off less freely. The last sales of gray goods were unremunerative, and effected probably to close accounts before the departure of the mail. The Dewallee holidays will commence on the Bth of the current month, when business will be wholly suspended for several days. The importations since our last monthly issue have been wry heavy, espe cially of grey jacconets and madapollams, white jacco nets and mulls, Turkey red plains, and lappets. If heavy shipments of the above are continued it cannot be ex pected even under favourable circumstances that good prices will be obtainable. TWIST AND YARN.—At the beginning and towards the end of the past month, a trifling amount of business was transacted at the then current rates ; prices, however, were steady, and promised some improve ment. At the middle of the month there was some activity. This, however, was arrested by the Dassera holidays and the causes above noticed; business has fallen off, but rates continue firm in the face of large im portations. The sales for the month were below the average; the chief transactions being in middling num bers of raw mule and water. In orange and Turkey red yarns not a single transaction is recorded. Al though rates are firm, they cannot be maintained, un less the exportations at home decrease, as our recent imports have been heavy, and stocks are accumulating. The amount of twist imported during the past month was much above the average, being 046,6781 b.; and 4,1221 b. of sewing thread, or 337,1651 b. raw mule ; 90,0731'0. orange mule ; 1,6001 b. green mule ; 7,5001 b. grey mule ; 449,9401 b. water ; 5,4001 b. orange water.; 4,6001 b. green water ; 36,6001 b. grey water ; and 14,8001 b. of Turkey red yarn. METALS.—In metals there has been a steady business doing at our quotations. Towards the close of the past auosr copper acti botto m s ousbec a and les tiles, s,witha theses slight b t altera tion a month of the pri tr ansactions f little higher, and Swedish and British bar iron a trifle lower. Some few sales of spelter have been made, but although at a little improvement on the former month's sales, the market has not been affected; the current offers are far too low, and holders appear resolved not to part with stocks unless-at improved prices. Tin plates have ine4 ready neglected, and p*.eli ;to lower. Iron nail COTTON.—The heavy stock in this bazaar, and rather low prices, have induced more extensive shipments to China than are customary at this season of the year ; prices, however, are now somewhat higher, and wehave not heard of any tratkactions lately. Shipments from the first instant up to this date amount to 5,836 rnaunds. RlCE.—Qvving to the favourable accounts of this articla received by the last mail, and the low price at which it is obtainable in our bazaar compared with other staples, buyers have been induced to come forward freely, and business to a very large extent has been done, shipments since our last having amounted to about 75,000 mounds. We, however, have no improvement to natice in prices, they being checked by the high rate of freight.. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. BRITISH COTTON PIECE GOODS. The general inactivity in all fabrics under this head as noticed in our last, continued until within the last week or ten days, when the near appraach of the Doorgah Poojela holidays (in consequence of which all business will be at a etendetill for twelve dere) oblig•d some of . G.C.B. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3.—lmmediately upon its be coming known that Sir Robert and Lady Sale were on a visit to this county, a deputation from the Borough Council of this town, consisting of the Mayor, Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Henry Wooldridge, Esq., and Charles Deacon, Esq., town clerk, waited upon Sir Robert Sale on Saturday last, at the seat of Major Portman, near Christchurch, and invited him to a public banquet at the Audit-house on Monday. The deputation were most kindly received by the gal lant General, who readily and cheerfully accepted the invitation. Sir Robert and Lady Sale returned to the Royal Hotel on Sunday last, and the banquet came off yesterday. The Audit-house was most tastefully deco rated with flags, laurels, &c., and in great abundance. At six o'clock General Sale entered the room, accom panied by the Mayor, Sir W. Richardson, Col. Hunt, Major Doherty, Captain Pitt, the Rev. C. Fanshaw, Captain Keele: Martin Maddison, Esq., N. Atherly, Esq., J. Edwards, Esq., collector of the customs, &c. The Mayor presided. The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal toasts drank, The MAYOR proposed the health of the Gallant Gene ral, " Sir Robert Sale," to which the General responded with his usual feeling and ability. Sir Robert retired, with the whole party, at half-past nine o'clock, to the theatre, where Lady Sale and party . had been during the evening. Sir Robert and Lady Sale embarked this afternoon in the Oriental steam-packet for the seat of their former exploits, amidst the cheers of hundreds of the inhabi tants ; the whole of the spacious quays of the docks being literally crowded with elegantly-dressed parties. As the splendid vessel went out of dock a salute was fired from the platform, in honour of her gallant pas sengers. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. MEETING OF THE WORKING CLASSES. (Abridged from the Wiltshire Independent.) Another of those meetings—several of which we have noticed during the summer—important from the start ling facts connected with them, as well as from the cir cumstance that they are the spontaneous emanations of the humblest of the working classes—got up by them selves, managed by themselves, and themselves being the principal and, generally, the only speakers, and in teresting, from the good and orderly cunduct of those who attended them, was held on the evening of Monday last, at the Independent Chapel, Godacre, in the parish of Hillmarton. The time of meeting was seven o'clock, and by that hour every inch of available space in the chapel was closely packed with the labourers of the neighbourhood, many of whom were attended by their wives and grown-up children. Had the building been twice as large it would still have been full to overflowing; for in addition to the crowds who hung round the door and windows, unable to wedge themselves in, swarms of these honest industrious workers were obliged to go home, from sheer inability either to get in or sufficiently near the door or windows to hear the speakers. Mr. Read, the minister of the chapel, was unanimously called to the chair. —one within six or eight feet, but who moat p roviden- Several working men and women addressed the meet- tially escaped, and one man, who was just going from ins. The following are two out of several speeches : the horse-road to his stall, heard the voice of one of the CHARLES GINGELL, of Preston, in the parish of unfortunate men call out " Clear," which is a signal of Lyneham—He said he felt great distress and grievances, warning, and almost instantly one of the dead bodies was but could scarcely find words to express himself. For hurled past him into the horse-road. The man in the last twelve months his wages had amounted t o stantly threw himself upon his face, and was thus for -191. 2s. He was 34 weeks working for 7s. a week; and tunately preserved from accident. After a minute or 18 weeks for Bs. per week. This gave an average of so he got up, and, with another man, ran to the other about 7s. 4d. a week. Out of these great wages he had parts of the level, to where the other the C h er to maintain himself, his wife, and six children.—(Hear, 1 working (who had become aware of the explosion by the hear.) If he could spend all that sum for food he would sudden and violent concussion of the air) for assistance, no t grumble, but there were many other things to be which was of course immediately given. The alarm was paid for; 3/. a year rent; the shoe bill of the famil y he spread, medical aid was sent for, and thed a scene of whole neigh could not put at less than Is. per week, and Is. a week bourhood, as may be supposed, presente for firing, reducing the sum to about 4s. a week, or 6d. ; fearful consternation and excitement. The surviving per head for food per week; to say n othing of ' workmen then mad e instant exertions to recover the tea, sugar, butter, soap, candles, &c. He wished to pay bodies of their unfortunate companions. The air within everybody their own, but he could net do it.—(Hear, the level was, however, so foul and sulphurous, that hear.) It was high time some remedy was provided to upon entering it their lights were instantly extinguished, alter the condition of the labourer; and he thought if and it was several hours ere they could recover the dead they could once got free trade, the condition of the people bodies, during which period another victim, William would altogether alter and improve. Eighteen years Jones, was unfortunately added to the fatal list. Hurry ago he married a wife from the manufacturing districts, in gto the aid of his brother-workmen, he unfortunately and women at that time were earning 12s. a week. At fell senseless from the effect of the foul air, and was suf that rate his family would earn 265. a week, while his focated. The bodies were, however, at last recovered, wages from the land would increase. Was not free and it is needless to say, that although two surgeons had tried*, then, des S , yes, and cheers.) remained in attendance from the first moment, their MARY FERRIS, Of Chalellt, then stood up to speak ; services were entirely unavailing. The four men who and, in language such as only a woman and a mother were killed were — could use, addressed the meeting. She said the fathers Thomas Williams, who has left a widow and one child did not know all the distress which was endured. When to deplore his loss. her husband was at work her children were frequently John Thomas, William Gregory, and William Jones, crying for food. Last year her husband earned eight who fret all single. shillings a week. The rich knew nothing of the misery An qest has been held upon the bodies, and a ver their funerals which they endured. They thought if they saw the la- diet of " Accidental death" returned. The remains of bourers with a decent smock frock on, that there was no the poor fellows were buried yesterday, distress among them. She had often gone to bed, and being followed by almost the entire body of the inhabi laid awake for hours with the stomach-ache for want of tants, over whom this unfortunate and lamentable occur food. She had three children, one thirteen years old, recce has cast a universal gloom. who ought to earn fivepence a-day ; another ten years Deoersn FLAYS I N PARIS.—A considerable addi -- old, ought to earn fourpence a-da y ; and the third, tion has been Inad_e . to __My. Mit clia_ll's cur . ps dramatique, eight years old, ought to earn threepence. This would in . th e person of , a p l o i e s t s . ChTairiiliott)eouMnittliraidn; has a t s al f e o n r te: o z.; add six shillings a-week to her income, and then they e ve been a favourite at the prineip provincial theatres, time of the late would not complain of being badly off. If the factories were now open, as they were thirty year s a g o, the elder and will be a very effectual support to Miss H. Faucit. THE LATE NCENDIART ; c hildren would have employment in the m, leaving the 1 I FIRES AT GREAT SAXHABL younger to fill their places on the fa rm. Now ,her hus- I Government has offered a reward of 751., and W. "1 r ye often Mills, —( M Esq., a further reward of the same amount , mak so f wit food, 1 band frequently had "the tremble s " that he could hardly do his wo rk. :- had the trembles too.") Her children were dirty and ing a total of 150/., for the apprehension of the ragged ;for • for she could neither buy soap nor firing to ants who recently set fire to two stacks of wheat and one wash them or their clothes properly. This woman gave \of straw, belonging to Mr. Samuel Silverston ; and 'to a many other affecting details respecting their sufftrings, , barn and cottage belonging to Mr. Mills, and to a quan and called earnestly on other mothers to follow het. ex- i tity of core belonging to Mr. Coekerill. • . . the native merchants to come forward and execute up cuuntry orders, which has caused a slight improvement in the demand for some descriptions of long cloths and shirting, which previously were extremely difficult of sale, and the transactions of the past week in both gray and white have been to- a fair extent, the former at a slight advance, and the latter at former rates. Jacconets, which have for some time past been in pretty fair de mand (at for the finer description remunerating rates), have of late been less inquired for, and coarser kinds are difficult of sale, except at a very low figure. Madda polams have been in very limited request for some time past, and the only sales reported have been of a few hundred pieces at from 2rs. to 3 Brs. per piece, Mulls have sold to a fair extent, the principal demand having been for middling and fine descriptions, and low quali ties in moderate inquiry. Cambrics have been but little inquired after, and any sales which have been effected have been at a low figure. PRINTED ♦ND COLOURED GOODS.—Au improved de mand has been experienced for all goods under this head ; chintz, which at the date of our last was almost unsaleable, having changed hands at rather better prices for some descriptions, especially blue, purple, and green, which have realised from 7to 8 rupees per piece. Red cambrics have continued to command attention ; and tweeds, of which the stock has been much reduced, are a shade higher. WOOLLENS.—The slight improvement noticed in our last has not been maintained, and all descriptions are nearly unsaleable, except at very low prices, and stocks are fast accumulating. WHITE MULE TWlST.—Large sales continued to be effected at about the quotations given in cur last until within the last ten or twelve days, when the demand fell off considerably, and prices have rather a downward tendency. COLOURED YARN.—Turkey red has been in good de mand, and prices have slightly advanced ; other colours have sold at former quotations. COPPER.—In our former issue we noticed a decline in this metal of about 8 annas per md., since which, al though the demand has been fair, prices have again gra dually declined from 8 annas to 1 rupee. hm—Our market has not manifested the least im provement, and prices are much the same as last month; sales of flat bar and bolt are reported to some extent, but consist, we believe, of more or less damaged parcels. BEER.—There is still a fair demand for Allsop's and Bass's, and sales continue to be effected at 59r. to 60r. for the former, and 58r. to 59r. for the latter ; considerable quantities of other brands have been sold by auction, but at very low prices. EXCHANGE.—In the early part of the month agency bills without documFnts were obtainable at Is. lOid. per rupee, but latterly most parties have evinced a disincli nation to draw at that rate, and good bills with docu ments are not now obtainable on better terms than to Is. 100. to Is. 1014. MONEY MARKET. A superabundance of money continues, and bank shares and Government securities have consequently again advanced, as will be seen from the following quo tations, at which they are in demand : CURRENT VALUE OF GOVHRNMENT SECURITIES, BANK STOCK, &C. Rs.' A. Rs. A. Transfer, 5 per cent Second ditto, according to Nos 5 0 to 8 0 ditto. Third ditto 7 8 to 8 0 ditto. New ditto 4 per cent. (sicca rs.) 0 10 to 0 14 disct. Ditto (Co.'s rs.) 0 14 to 1 1 ditto. Bank of Bengal Shares (Company's rupees 4,000 each), premium 2,850 rupees to 2,950 rupees. Union Bank (Company's rupees, 1,000 each), premium 290 rupees to 300 rupees. Agra Bank (Company's rupees 500 each), premium 250 rupees to 260 rupees. Mussoorie Bank (Company's rupees 500 each); Bank of Western India (Company's rupees 300 each). No sales have been reported in this stock lately. BOMBAY. (From the Overland Commercial Price Current.) BOMBAY, Nov. I.—The report of the state of the im port market sent home by the last mail was of a most encouraging nature, and such as the circumstances of the case appeared to warrant ; but unhappily the intel• . ligence we have to communicate on this occasion is rather unsatisfactory, and to be accounted for thus. Up to the departure of the steamer to the Ist of October the reported state of the crops was most encouraging, and buyers evinced considerable anxiety to make purchases. The then current prices were easily obtained, and in some instances an advance of rates was effected with (From the Times.) From Calcutta the chiefs news relates to the quiet proceedings of Sir Henry Hardinge, who appears now to be studying the politics of India. His only public acts have been directed towards extend ing the blessings of education. The Madras Government was, like that of Bombay, busy in regulating troops for the Kolapore country. Among the death's is mentioned that of Dr. Lane, private secretary to the Marquis of Tweedale ; he has been succeeded by Mr. Conway, son of Colonel Conway, formerly Adjutant-General in that presi dency. From Bombay the chief points are the conviction of the infamous Aloo Paroo, for being implicated in burning the merchant- ship Belvidere in Singapore harbour. This scoundrel appears to have made a practice of burning ships which he had insured, and of which five or six were destroyed within four years. Another subject of interest in Bombay arose from the commitment for trial at the December criminal sessions of Thomas Braithwaite, the muter of the ship Neptune, from. Liverpool. Ile, it appears, treated the steward with great cruelty, and actually gave upwards of 200 lashes to a French lad on board for some supposed offence. The cue of this boy was brought forward by a French merchant, named Roussae, who • received every assistance from the magistrates. The French Consular Agent is a mere nonentity, having been born and educated at Aleppo. The trial of Braith waite, for his cruelty, was loudly demanded by the public of that presidency. From China the intelligence comes down to the end of August. The American Ambassador had negotiated a treaty such as that sanctioned with the British, with....the addition of some clauses explana tory of it. ':-'he French Ambassador arrived at Macao on the lLlh of August, in order to begin ne gotiations about his treaty. The Governor of Hong-Kong, Mr. Davis, Was about to proceed to the northern ports in order to ob serve how the Chinese authorities were Conducting themselves towards the new traders. From Singapore we learn that an English expedi tion had been sent to attack the piratical tribes on the north-west coast of Borneo! It consisted chiefly of her Majesty's ship DidO, Captain Keppel, and the Hon. Company's steamer Phlegethon, which went up the river Sukarran. The boats were at first repulsed ; but, being reinforced, they returned and demolished the fortifications, and took above 60 guns. Mr. Wade, first lieutenant of the Dido, was killed while leading his men to attack a fort, 'and Mr. Steward and several men belonging to the same ship were slain by the pirates. Her Majesty's ship Sama rsng was not far distant from the scene of action. The Dutch had also sent an expdition to Borneo is earcli of a musing ship, the Charles. The King of Kuti, who murdered the Hon. F. Murray, having re- Msed all satisfaction, had his town destroyed. The ship Ceylon, D. Ferguson master, from Lon don to Bomb ty, was totally lost on the Ist of October on the northernmost reef of the Laccadirees, which even on the best charts is marked 18 miles too much to the eastward. The captain and crew arrived safe in Bombay. No blame is attributable to them. The ship Brilliant, from Calcutta to Bombay, was lost on the 16th of October, on the point of Saugur Sands — crew saved. The monsoon had terminated. The fall of rain in Bombay was under sixty-six inches, and fears were entertained of the want of water next spring. In the interior of the country the fall, though not great, was seasonable, - so that no apprehension was entertained of that most dreadful scourge—a famine, which is periodical in India. The latest news from Kolapore is, that all hopes of a pacification by negotiation are at an end. Her Majesty's 22d Regiment marched on Wednes day from Sattara for the disturbed districts, where there will be soon 13,000 men assembled. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CIIINA. Our intelligence since our last comes down to the 30th of August. At Canton several heavy purchases of silk had been made. The prices quoted are, for Tsatlee, 520 dollars to 550 dollars per picul. Of Taysaam there was none in the market. Canton was quoted 280 dollars to 350 dollars. The new crop was arriving slowly. Of 1,250 bales which had come to market, 1,100 bales were bought at, for No. 1, 540 dollars; No. 2, 520 dollars. The silk is reported to be of an ordinary quality of Tsatlee. It appears that the quantity of silk offered for sale between the 7th and 14th of August, was about one-half of the entire shipments of the year 1843. The teas which had been brought to market were all bought up at prices varying from 39 to 43 taels. The following are the prices at which purchases have been made :—Congou old, 12 dollars to 16 dollars ; new ditto, 39 dollars to 43 dollars ; Caper new, 19 dollars to 27 dollars ; souchong old, 15 dollars to 20 dollars ; souchong new, 30 to 50 dollars ; orange pekoe - new, 27 to 34 dollars ; orange, file scented, 30 to 70 dollar► ; twankay, 14 to 24 dollars ; young hyson, 50 to 56 dollars ; hyson skin, 15 to 32 dollars ; gunpowder, 43 to 70 dollars; imperial, 40 to 67 dollars. The follow ing is a copy of the cotton report from Ist to 31st July Bales. Deliveries. Stock. Twist American (not reported) Bombay 21,594 ngal ... 78,396 .., 16,256 65 ... 17,007 Ma4ras Total inclu-ivc of importations by the ship Fattel Mobarick. The market was dull for ali descriptions of cotton. Si nce the receipt of last advices (on the Ist of August) a little more had been done in Bombay qualities, but at no advance in prices. In fact cotton was altogether unsaleable, except in barter for teas. The quota tions were-4or Bombay,. old, 4.5 to 5 . 5 dollars ; new, 6.5 to 7 . 8 dollars. For Madras qualities there was no demand, and no quotations are giVen. Ben gal was quoted 6.8 to 8.5 dollars. Bills on London at six months' sight, 4s. 3d.; Navy Bills, three days' I *gbti 41 ' to 40, 11 Yreigbte to Finland were quoted na ast ►a• 0 1 $ sbf 1)0 tlf Pa 4)t sr. esC