The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-31 00:00:00

THF, SUN, .LON DON, THURSDAY EVEI4INO, MAY 81, 1888.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

bring us further intelligence of the state of affairs
at Teheran. The naval forc.e on that station has
been strengthened by the sloop of war Falkland,
which sailed from the port of Bushire some ten
days since. There are vague rumours abroad of
the probable despatch of an expedition to the same
quarter, but they can hardly be said t 3 have yet
acquired consistency.
" On the north-western frontier fighting seems to
have lulled since the sharp skirmish I mentioned in
my last. Unsatisfactory as the results of that
expedition were, it is yet possible that both the
contending parties may have learnt something by
it. The mountaineers discover that cattle-lifting,
though a pleasant and exciting amusement, and
one not unattended with immediate profit, is yet
liable to be ultimately visited with severe retribu-
tion ; while the troops find that a strong position,
even when held by a wild mountain horde, is not
to be attacked without circumspection. However
this may be, the fire smoulders for a time ; but it ir,
fire, nevertheless.
" The Bth Bengal Irregular Cavalry has volun-
teered for service in the Crimea.

INDIA.

By the arrival of the Overland Mail we (Times)
have received our prix tte correspondence and jour-
nals from Calcutta to the 23d of April ; Bombay,
the Ist of May; and Hong Kong, the 15th of April.
Our Calcutta correspondent writes as follows :

"CALCUTTA, APRIL 23.
"The latest intelligence from Burmah is rather
unfavourable to the prospects of peace. Reports have
arrived at our frontier station from the capital of
the occurrence of another palace revolution, which
has terminated in unseating the King and elevating
the heir-apparent to the throne. The King was of
a meek and pacific disposition, anxious to cultivate
peaceful relations with his powerful British neigh-
bours, and to promote the interests of commerce.
While he continued in authority we were enabled
to feel confident that there would be no renewal of
hostilities with us, but the heir-apparent, who
bad placed himself at the head of the war party in
the Cabinet, has been thirsting to revenge himself
on those who had wrested the most productive pro-
vinces from his kingdom, and is most anxious to re-
gain possession of them. He was indignant at the
deputation of an embassy to Calcutta from the air-
iness Court, and was reported to have left the capi-
tal when the envoys were returning, placed them in
confinement, and taken possession of the presents
sent by the Governor-General. He is now said to
have succeeded in deposing his Sovereign, in the
hope of having an opportunity of carrying out his
hostile designs. He has the sympathy of the great
body of chiefs with him, and may be urged by the
force of circumstances, as well as by his own dis-
position, into acts of hostility. The arrival of the
adventurer D'Orgoni at Ava just at this juncture is
a misfortune. He will omit no occasion of inflam-
ing the spirit of animosity which prevails there
against us, and the false representations he will not
fail to make may tend to increase the arrogance of
the new King and his chiefs, and to hasten the
crisis. His own importance depends on the recur-
rence of hostilities in which he may take a promi-
nent part ; but we have at present nothing but
rumours, although they come from sources on which
considerable reliance can be placed. At the same
time that the report of the revolution reached
Promo, it was also announced that the war party
at the capital had determined to commence hosti-
lities by burning down our cantonments in succes-
sion ; and this rumour-received a degree of confir-
mation almost immediately by the conflagration
of the station at Prome. It has been three times
on fire within a few days ' • on the last occasion the
whole cantonment would have been entirely de-
stroyed, with immense loss of life, but for a pro-
vidential shifting of the wind, which carried the
flames away from the magazine and its vast
stores of powder and ammunition. A few days
will give us more definite information. The Go-
vernor-General will not engage in a war unless
it is absolutely impossible for him to avoid it.
But he will not—he cannot—tamely submit to
aggression ; if eur outposts are attacked, we must
repel the invaders, and there will in that case be
no alternative but to march to the capital and ex-
tinguish the dynasty. Of this, however, we may
be certain, that if Lord Dalhousie is constrained to
send an army to Ava he will never restore the capi-
tal to the Burmese, but annex the Upper Pro-
vinces likewise to the British dominions. This is
not a consummation to be desired, although we
shall find in the case of Burmah, as we did in the
case of the Punjaub, that the same military force
which was required to protect the frontier and
guard against hostile attacks from beyond it will
be sufficient to maintain our authority in the
enemy's provinces after they have been occupierl
by us, and that the extension of our power will
not entail a proportionate increase of our military
establishments.

" The quarrel in Cashmere, between Gholab Singh
and his nephew, to which I alluded in my last,
will probably end in the overthrow of the latter,
who has lost to his uncle all his possessions but one
fort, which, by the last accounts, was likely shortly
to surrender. Of the probability of British inter-
ference we, of course, hear surmises, but, at pre-
sent, nothing more ; nor do we know what is the
cause of dispute between these august relatives.
" Your old acquaintance Jung Bahadoor is re-
ported to have taken the field at the bead of the
forces of Nepaul for an expedition against Thibet.
"The 14th Light Dragoons arrived at their can-
tonments at Kirkee, near Poonan, on the morning
of the 21st of April, mustering upwards of 700
sabres. The men apparently had suffered little
from their long march, but the horses were a good
deal knocked up. A partial remount has already
been ordered by Government.
" Sixteen more miles of the Bombay Railway,
making in all 50, have been completed, and the
contractor, a Parsse, invited a large party yester-
day to go down the line and visit the works. On
the new portion of the line three viaducts have
been constructed, two of 15 and one of 12 arches.
It will not be opened to the public before the rains.
" Lord Dalhousie's health is said to be benefitted
by the air of the Neilgherries. Sir William and
Lady Gomm, it is said, are expected there, and
also the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
Madras, Lord Harris, and Sir George Anson.
"I can report no material improvement in the
state of trade, though the approach of the close of
the season has had a slightly favourable effect.
The money-market has undergone no variation."

THE MEERANZAIE EXPEDITION.
The Delhi Gazette publishes the following from camp
in the Meeranzaie Valley : . .

"14th April, 1855.

•
"Of course you will be glad to know what we are doing
out here. Well, then, you must know that although we do
not see the promise of a lively campaign yet, that our 'first
shot' has been fired. We started from Sohat on the 4th in
the following order: A Sapper company; Bruce's battery
and Sladen's Pop Guns,' yclept the Mountain Train ;
66th Goorkahs, a wing ; let Panjaub Infantry, Coke's
Rifles ; 3d ditto ; Scinde Rifles ; 4th Ponjaub Cavalry ;
Elephant brigade (No. 6), the latter said to be intended
to hoist the guns over the river Koorm. The artillery-
men before starting had a few evenings' practice at un-
limbering and placing the guns in position on the ele-
phants' backs. The Goorkhas led off with a very
un-
Oriental shout, and we made a short march out of Can-
tonment, just to shake usinto our place,' as the Brigade
order said. On the Bth, we sat down beside the first
village in Meeranzaie proper, called Togue, and on the
11th moved on to the second place, called Kyee, where
we still are, but expect to break ground to-morrow for
Nureeab.

" Major Edwardes joined the camp at our first
ground, and issued a manifesto to the tribes, which said,
' Come in and shake hands, and we'll be friends ; or
stop away. and see what you'll get !' and a lot more
to this effect. His peroration was grand ;it said,
' 1 have come with 50,000 men and 100 guns, and
although you can't muster half this force, if you dare
to show fight, I'll wipe down all your beards as I
did those of Moolraj's men at ' little Waterloo !' The
Mullicks of the surrounding villages met here, and held
a jirgah or council. They were told that they must pay
up all back revenue, and settle down in future into
'good men and true.' It is hinted, too, that they were
told that all their walled fortifications must be felled.
But the jirgah broke up, and the Mullicks dispersed,
without anything satisfactory being done ; and it was
whispered that Major Edwardes wouldn't find it so easy
work as his bloodless campaign in the Bunnoo Valley.
This place Kyee is strongly fortified, and we understand
that the other villages are equally strong. Some shots
were fired at a cavalry picket on the night of the 12th,
and again last night. And there has been a smart
' skrimmage 'at a place higher up, called Towree. The
Dullund men came down and attacked Khoja Ma-
homeci's camp, hoping for plunder. But our ally thrashed
them soundly, and sent fourteen heads and a live wig on
a prisoner's shoulders to Coke, as trophies of his victory I
Khoja Mahomed lost only one suwar, and a horse slain I
The news is that the Governor-General won't consent
to our crossing the Koorm, and that this river will
be our western boundary. And it is rumoured that the
people of the next village on our route have made off.
We shall see to-morrow. The climate of this valley is
delicious—the mercury stands at 75 degrees io a small
tent at m (!day, and the mornings are stinging cold.
Our brigadier is a stern soldier on service and not an
easy going one in quarters. He is a penetrating, practi-
cal man, and if he has a chance, will add to his brave
reputation. Personally, he is a fine bold-looking man, ,
and he is a gallant horseman."

" The peace of the north-west frontier beyond
Peshawur has been again disturbed by the rest-
less and predatory tribes, whose hereditary voca-
tion is plunder. Six months ago we flattered our-
selves that they were disposed to live in peace
with their neighbours, but the habits of twenty
centuries are not so easily eradicated.
i Govern-
ment is taunted with having indulged n prema-
ture congratulations on the pacification of those
valleys ; but eighteen months of freedom from out-
rage might well excuse the indulgence of sanguine
hopes. At all events, those hopes have not led to ,
any relaxation of vigilance. We knew that we
were in an enemy's country, that the slightest cir-
cumstance would be sufficient to rouse the tribes,
and that nothing was so likely to provoke hostilities
as the supposition that we were not prepared to re-
pel them. On a recent occasion a small force was sent
to chastise the Busee Keil Afredees, but they effected
nothing except the burning of some stacks of wood
intended for the Peshawur market. Another
expedition has just started for the Meerauzie
valley, consisting of 2,000 or 3,000 horse and
foot, light Punjaubee troops, accustomed to
mountain warfare, with a good complement of
artillery. Major Edwardes, the political agent,
accompanies the expedition, which is under the
command of Brigadier Chamberlain, one of the
heroes who bas been trained to generalship at an
early age in the wars in which we have been en-
gaged for the last 15 years.
" The traffic on the rail continues to increase, ex-
cept in regard to the number of passengers, which
is stationary. Between Burdwan and the collieries,
the population is exceedingly scanty. Indeed, but
for the north-west passengers on the great trunk
road, who are happy to avail themselves of the faci-
lities of the rail, the carriagesbetween Burdwan and
Raneegunge would be comparatively empty. Our
average receipts are at the rate of about 60,0001. a
year. We shall require double that amount to afford
a clear dividend of 5 per cent. There can be little-
doubt, however, that this increase will be obtained
as soon as sufficient facilities are available for the
conveyance of the coal. The largest quantity of
that mineral which has yet been conveyed by the
rail does not exceed 200 tons a-week ; but the mines
yield 100,000 tons a-year ; we have therefore as yet
the means of conveying only one-tenth the supply.
We have now sufficient data for determining with
certainty the fact that the gross returns on the col-
liery line of 120 miles, supposing it to have cost at
the rate of 10,0001. a mile, will be equal to 10 per
cent. on the outlay. From this sum it, will be
necessary to deduct working expenses. The expe-
rience which has been obtained at successive stages
of development during the last eight months proves
clearly that the Gangette line will yield a clear re-
turn of 5 per cent. dividend as soon as the rail is
opened, and that it will soon rise to 6 and 7, and
possibly 8 per cent. The railway engineer in the
north 'west provinces, Mr. Purser, has completed
his survey from Agra to Lahore, and recommendi
that the rail from Agra to Delhi should run on the
left bank of the Jumna, and it is to be hoped that
this extension of the line will be sanctioned without
loss of time.

"In my last communication I alluded to the in-
troduction of the canal question into the Legislative
Council, and the proposal made by the Legislative
member to appoint a select committee to report on
the propriety of tinkering the old Canal Act. It
was thrown out by the votes of the majority. The
evil which was complained of has now been reme-
died by a simple order of the Lieutenant-Governor,
to whose province the question belonged, and the
tedious aid of the Legislature was unnecessary.
He has officially declared that the levying demur-
rage on boats, detained involuntarily in the canals,
is an act of injustice which ought not to be allowed.
He has left it to the Revenue Board to provide for
the immediate correction of the abuse, and stated
that if there be no other mode of removing the
grievance he will abolish demurrage altogther.
The Legislative Council is working with the great-
est diligence and assiduity in its vocation. New
laws for the redress of all sorts of grievances, and
for lubricating the administration are coming up
rapidly for consideration, some of which will create
no small stir in the community. We are to have
a stringent Riot Act, and an act for the establish-
ment of a kind of county courts throughout the
interior. The Executive Governments are also
employed with the most laudable zeal in introduc-
ing improvements, and it may now, I think, be
said with more propriety than at any former time
that India is governed in India ; and that all we
require from the Court of Directors is their con•
currence, and from the board that it shall neither
delay nor obstruct.

" The progress of the public works loan is
Zur itrtist, supposing
Slow. It is said that the natives avoid it from
that the loan is intended not
material improvements, but for the current
expenditure of Government, and that they have
only
cen
to hold back to force Government to open a
6 per t. lean
Our Bomba_ _
:
"The fortnight that h
Y correspondent says
"BOMBAY, MAY 1.
has not been marked by bas
epassed since I last wrote
indeed—supposing
of any event
of public importance • not,
moment that such stibjects could be
finwdbhleoiec_al occurrences
of any interest
to
of y
knictrivtlo tell you.
to you—could I very readily
to be so
or topics of conversation
wboiremain be
Never, as I hear, was Bombs
empty, or the hills so ft4ll. Those
hind have, or fancy they have, little to talk about-
but the one stern and uncompromising f
the
heat. After an unusually pleasant roonthaeoft—A
April
we have it at last, and the ground on the esplanade
and on the hills is so burnt and brown that One
would think the very roots of the grass must be
obliterated. A month hence, when you read this,
Yon will feel how unpleasantly such a prospect must
c.'ltras t with reminiscences of the green luxuriance
c... an
1 early English summer.
N° vessel has arrived from the Fenian Gulf to

to Major General. Ist Grenadier Regiment N.l.
Major W. C. Stalker, Captain R. W. D'Arcy, and
Lieut. J. Gordon, to rank from Nov. 28, 1854, vice
Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel W. Wyllie, C. 8.,
promoted to Major-General. N.B.—This cancels the
promotion by brevet of Lieut. R. W. D'Arcy, published
in G. G. 0. No. 840, of 30th December, 1854. Major
A. Hammerton, to be Lieut.-Colonel, from 28th Nov.,
1854, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet Colonel
W. J. Brown, C.B , promoted to Major-General. 15th
Regiment N.l.—Captain Brevet Major H. S. Watkin,
to be Major, and Lieut. Webster, to be Captain of
a Company, from the 28th November, 1854, in sue-
cession to Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet Colonel W. J.
Brown, C. 8., promoted to Major-General ; Lieutenant
Bushe to rank from Nov. 28, 1854, vice Lieutenant
Webster, promoted to captain ; Lieutenant J. Barras,
to rank from March 7, 1855, vice Lieutenant Fraser, in-
valided ; Ensign Harrison to be lieutenant from March
7, 1855, vice Lieutenant Wainwright, invalided ; Ma-
j Maughan to be lieutenant-colonel from Nov. 23,
1354, in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-
Colonel J. Outram, C. 8.. promoted to major-general.
12th Regiment N.l.—Captain and Brevet Major J.
Holmes to be major, Lieutenant J. M. Soppitt to be
captain of a company, and Ensign Macredy to be lieu-
tenant, from Nov. 28, 1854, in succession to Lieutenant
and Brevet Colonel J. Outram, C. 8., promoted to ma-
jor-general ; Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel B.
Crispin to be lieutenant-colonel from Dec. 25, 1854,
vice Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Hallett, C. 8., deceased.
16th Regiment N.l.—Captain and Brevet Major Munro
to be major, Lieutenant R. P. Warden to be captain of
a company, and Ensign F. L. Yonge to be lieutenant,
from Dec. 25, 1854, vice Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Hal-
lett, C. 8., deceased.
FURLOUGH TO EUROPE.—Lieutenant Robinson, of the
21 European Regiment L. 1., is allowed a furlough to
Europe for 3 years, on medical certificate, under the old
furlough regulations ; Assistant-Surgeon Murray is al-
lowed a furlough to Europe for 18 months, on medical
certificate, under the new furlougk regulations. Capt.
Mackechani, of the sth Regiment N.L.1., is allowed a
furlough to Europe for 3 years, on private affairs, from
the date of the departure of the first mail steamer in
May next. Lieut. Cotes, of the Horse Artillery, is al-
lowed a furlough to Europe for 18 months, on medical
certificate, under the new furlough regulations. Capt.
(Brevet Major) Preedy, of the 25th Regiment N. 1., col-
lector of Kurrachee, is allowed a furlough to Europe for
6 months, on private affairs, under the new furlough re-
gulations. The following appointments are made :
Lieut.-Colonel Commandant J. Sinclair, of the artillery,
is permitted to return to Europe on furlough agreeably
to the regulations. Lieut. Pritchard, quartermaster and
interpreter of the 15th Regiment of Bengal Native In-
fantry, is allowed a furlough to Europe for 15 months, on
medical certificate under the new furlough regulations.
Lieut. Creagh, of the 19th Regiment Native Infantry,
is allowed a furlough to Europe for three years, on
private affairs, under the old furlough regulations.
Brevet Major W. Kendall, of the Engineers, com-
manding sappers and miners, is allowed a furlough
t Europe for three years, on medical certificate, under
the old furlough regulations. Assistant-Surgeon J. F.
Steinhauser, civil surgeon at Aden, is allowed a furlough
to Europe for 15 months, under the new regulations,
from the date of his departure from that station. Captain
R. Bainbrigge, of the 23d Regiment N.L.1., second in
command of the Sawunt Warree Local Corps, is allowed
a furlough to Europe for six months, on private affairs,
under the new regulations.
ADMITTED TO THE SERVlCE.—Artillery : Mr. Henry
Tanfield Vachell, date of arrival at Bombay, April 6,
1855 ; Mr. Edward Henry Baker, date of arrival at Bom-
bay, April 6, 1855. Mr. James Cock de Neufville Lu-
cas, date of arrival at Bombay, April 6, 1855.—Infantry :
Ranked and Posted to the 17th Regiment N. 1., in
G. G. 0. Feb. 27, 1855 ; Mr. George Ernest Blew, date
of rank, April 6, 1855 ; Mr. o.smond Barnes, date of
rank April 6, 1855.
RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE.—Major J. Estridge, of
the corps of Engineers, is permitted to retire from the
Hon. Company's service from the 10th prox., upon the
pension of his rank, under the provisions of rule 32 of
the revised new furlough regulations.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Superintending Surgeon S. S.
Cahill is allowed leave of absence for three months, to
proceed to the Mauritius, on medical certificate, under
the new furlough regulations.
APPOINTMENTS CANCELLED.—Infantry : Cadets David
Charles Bell and Edward Bell having failed to fulfil the
conditions of their appointments, their names are with-
drawn from the list of cadets, No. 1 of 1855, and their
promotion to ensign, announced in General Order No.
251, of the 21st ult., is cancelled. Infantry Cadet Thos.
Stanley Clayhaving failed to pass the prescribed examina-
tion, his name is withdrawn from the list of cadets, No.
2 of 1855.

PRICES OP BULLION.

Sovereigns, each Rs. 10 5-16ths nominal.
Bank of England notes
Spanish dollars „ 232 233 per 100.
Republican dollars
German crowns
Sycee silver
Gold leaf (range of quality)
Gold ingots, according to touch
for 97 touch
FREIGHTS.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKETS.
REPORT ON THE STATE OF BOMBAY MARKETS FROM THE
17TH APRIL TO THE IST MAY.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Erin,
with the London mail of the 26th March, arrived on the
21st ult.

Our money market has remained quiet during the fort-
night, and although no reduction has taken place in the
rates of interest, yet money can be obtained on much
easier terms, and we therefore think a fall must take
place soon. Transactions in Government securities have
been limited, and we have no marked difference to report
from our last quotations.
We have little alteration to notice in the position of
our import market, which shows no improvement ; and
although the business transacted has been to a fair ex-
tent in cotton fabrics and yarns, dealers have evinced as
little desire to operate to any extent as in the first half
of the month, notwithstanding fresh supplies have been
freely offered by importers, who have been anxious to
avail themselves of the favourable rate of exchange for
remittances. Prices have, however, on the whole been
steady, and we trust they have seen their lowest.
In exports there has been more activity, and consider-
able purchases of cotton wool and seeds have been made
since receipt of the mail, at advanced prices. Hemp,
however, continues as neglected as ever.
GREY COTTON GOODS.—The bulk of the business has
been done within the last week at about previous quo-
tations, but the demand has been without animation,
and which seems likely to be its character up to the end
of the season, now fast drawing to a close. Shirting,
40 inch, has changed hands to the extent of 41,600
pieces at our last quotations, except for Bilbs. and up-
wards, which being scarce and wanted, have improved
in value 2 annas per piece ; 45 inch up to Sibs. are only
in moderate inquiry, but heavier are scarce, and in de-
mand. Maddapolaw, 32 inch 24 yards, have been in
steady inquiry, as have also the better class of jacconet
and T cloth, of 61bs. and upwards ; but low and mid-
dling quality of each description are heavy of sale, and
remain as last quoted. Long cloth and domestic have
ceased almost to be inquired after, and we only hear of
one small sale in the former.
BLEACHED AND FANCY GOODS.—For these there has
been less inquiry, as the sales reported below show, and
we may enumerate as in some request, middling quali-
ties of shirting, jacconet and low Maddapolam, satin
spots have further declined in value, and twills continue
as dull as at our last ; grey and bleached dhoties, mulls
of middling quality, and fine lappets are in demand ;
while low lappets, lappet scarves, book muslin, dyed
Maddapolatus, and mulls, are all very dull.
TURKEY RED GOODS continue depressed, and the
only sale reported is ono of 4,300 pieces 24 inch 28
yard, at R. 4. 5 6 annas per piece.
COTTON YARN.—The market has continued steady,
but without life, yet the sales reported are to a fair ex-
tent in mule, 50's and upwards having improved in
value, as also in 20's water. Dyed orange and Turkey
red we hear of no sales, and both are heavy of sale.
WOOLLENS.—There is no change for the better to
notice in this article, and the demand is very languid.
METALS.—Iron.—The market continues as inactive
as at our last, and we have again to notice a further de-
preciation in the value of British bar, square and nail
rod, as also in sheet and hoop. Steel, in tubs and fag-
gots, are steady, and the latter rather firmer in price.
Speiter lo xer, and dull, as also pig lead. Capper.—We
again raise our quotations, but we hear of no sales, and
the market is very firm. Nails, however, are rather
dull, and slightly easier in value.
COCHINEAL and SAFFRON are very firm, and for ge-
nuine quality which is now only inquired for, we im-
prove our quotations. 3001 b. saffron, Re. 14 per lb.
SPIRITS.—The inquiry is still very dull, and the fol-
lowing are the sales advised :-20 boxes English
brandy, to arrive, rs. 3.4 per gallon ; 113 boxes French
brandy, re. 10.12 per gallon. •
BEER.'—We hear of very little stirring in this article,
but Allsopp and Bass's brews continue to move at rs. 80
per hbd. In other brands there is nothing doing of
moment.
MARINE STORES.—There is no change to report in
any of the articles in this market; all descriptions remain
as last advised. A sale of 120 bolts canvas, Nos. 1 to 6,
of good quality, is reported at pi, 174 per bolt.
SUNDRIES.—The is verAlittle moving under his head.
EXPORTS.

COTTON WOOL.—The activity noticed in our last cir-
cular in this staple has continued, and since receipt of
the home accounts the market has been more animated,
the amount of purchases reaching close upon 9,000 bales,
the bulk being taken by European houses, and prices
have advanced fully Rs. 2 per candy. Broach and Surat
we quote to-day at Rs. 90 to 91 ; llhollera. Rs. 82 ;
Oomrawuttee, Rs. 75 to 76 ; and Khandeish, Rs. 65 per
candy, with still an upward tendency, and as supplies
come forward very slowly as yet, in consequence of the
long prevalence of southerly winds„ which are unusual
at this time, and the fair season now fast approaching a
close, we are not likely to have any very large stock
stored during the rains, and a high range of prices we
think not at all improbable during the monsoon. For
China there is some little business doing, and shipments
are still on a limited scale.
SHEEP'S WOOL. There is a steady inquiry, chiefly
by natives, and prices of some qualities are again higher.
11E10.—We again reduce our quotations, and can
hear of nothing doing for the English market.
OIL SEEDS.—The inquiry has been more animated
since the advices by the English mail came to hand, and
considerable purchases have been made in linseed at
Rs. 4 per cwt., but Re. 4.1 anna is now asked, and in
other descriptions there is also some firmness, Teel being
still in active demand and scarce at Rs. 23 to 24 per
candy,
adcy,rday.
s also Niger at au advance, say Rs. 15 to 151
per
PEPPER.—We have again to notice a very dull mar-
e
ket,
have received Theetiiiewhi?tvhvya. further declinei idn vnae:uleateorn
dßirheuettcoal:viacneds
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fCraolnicuCtthainwae
which reached us when our last report
was
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and, notwithstanding Malwa drug had further declined,
and was difficult to place, holders have got
up prices
here to Rs. 885 for hest Diundleisir, and Indore Rs. 870

To London £3 7 6t023 10 per ton.
To Liverpool
To Calcutta
To China Rs. 7 to 8 per candy.

per chest, and the steamer on the 3d instant will take a i hai, April 7—Malwa, 328 dole. to 327 dols. per chest ;
full laden cargo—say about 1,200 chests. new Patna. 253 dole.; old Patna, 253 dols. per chest.
TONNAGE.--Rates of freight on Great Britain until i FREIGHTS AND TONNAGE.—Canton.--To Loudon, no-
within the last week were well maintained at 3/. 108.. to urinal, Si. for tea. Shanghai— To London, 1/. for tea,
3/. 12e. 6d. per ton of 50 cubic feet ; but further large 41. 10s. for silk.
arrivals from the colonies have shaken the rate, and SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
3/. 7s. 6d. to 3/. 10s. per ton is now the one current of ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
the day. Seeds are shipping at 3/. 12s. 6d. to 3/. 15e., At HongKong.—March 23, the Architect, from Lon-
and oil at 41. 128. to 4/. 15s. per ton of 210 imperial odon ; April 7, the Waverley, from Liverpool.
gallons. . At Shanghai.—March 18, the Skiddaw, from Liver-
EXCHANGE has remained firm at about our last pool.
quotations, and the business done may be quoted At Whampoa.—None.
2s. lid. to 2s. 1 7-16 d. China and first-class credits, DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN.
and 2s. lid. for documents, with a decided tendency From Hongkong.—None.
upwards this afternoon. On Calcutta we quote Its. From Whampoa.—March 27, the Land o' Cakes, for
99 at sight, Rs. 93 at 60 days' sight. On Madras, Rs. London ; April 11, the Wellington, for Liverpool.
981 at 30 days' sight. On China, Rs. 220 at 60 daysg From Foo-chow.--None.
sight, nominal. From Shanghai.—March 5, the Contest (American) ;
BOMBAY MONEY MARKET—APRIL 30,
March
gtihmeaoc a
st Marches,
all
1301 r,
Londonth the St a ;
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April
17, the Countess of Seafield ; March 24, the
Forest Queen and the Lord of the Isles ; March 30, the
EXCHANGE.
,
On London—At 6 months' sight, per re. 2s. IBd, for docu-
ment bills. (O,Arivretricaanncl);
Aprilthe Regime
' 4 the Juba, for Liverpool, and the Prince of Woron-
At 6 months sight, per rs. 2s. lid. for credit
bills. zoff, for. Cork.
On Calcutta—At 60 days' sight, 974 re.
At 30 days' sight, 934 rs.
At sight, 98 13-16ths rs.
On Madras —At 33 days' sight, 98i rs. nominal.
Atesight, 994 rs. nominal.
On China—At 60 days' sight, 220 rs.
BANK AND OTHER SHARES.
Bank of Bombay Rs. 1000 ... 27 per cent. prem.
Oriental Bank Corporation 250 ... 60 nominal.
Commercial Bank
Mercantile Bank 250 ... 200 paid, 4 dis.
London and Eastern Banking
Corporation lOOO ... 500 paid, 4 dis.
N. W. Bank of India, Rs. 400 each—nominal.
Agra Bank 5OO each, 40 per cent. pram.
Bank of Madras l,OOO „ 1,000 9 per cent.
Apollo P. Com. 12,500 „ 12,000 14,500
Colaba P. Coal.
Hydraulic P. Com paid up rs. 2,500 6,200
Cotton Spin. Com , paid up rs. 1,000 200 pm,
Colaba L. Coin. lO,OOO „ 8,000
Bom. S. N. Com.
'Gr. Ind. P. R. Com 54-8-9 paid in Bombay, or 51,
pin. in England.
Do. New Shares paid up, 10-14-7 at 1/. per share—fir. pm.
Old and New Shares together at par.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Four per Cent. Transfer Loan... Rs. 98 per 100 sicca.
Four per Cent. Loan of 1831-33, 92 to 93 per 100 sicca.
Ditto ditto 1835-36, 88} .. .. per-100 Co.'s.
Ditto ditto 184243, 88i per luo Co.'s.
New Five per Cent. loan—

SHIPS OF WAR.

At Hong Kong.—Her Majesty's ship Winchester and
cbooner Saracen, and the French frigate Sibylle.
At Macao.—The Portuguese corvette Dom Joao I.
At Canton.—Her Majesty's ship Cornus, and the
United States steamer J. P. Kennedy.
At Whampoa--The United States steamer Vandalia.
At Shanghai.—Her Majesty's steamers Barracouta,
Encounter, Racehorse, and Styx ; the United States
steamer Powhatan ; and the French frigates Jeanne
d'Arc and Constantine, and steamer Colbert.