The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-18 00:00:00

Chandernagore, in consequence of the French Go-
vernment not feeling disposed to C6IIIO to any reason-
able terms. It appears that the enormous and un-
justifiable demand of two lees of rupees has been
made for the eppropriatioo of a space of ground not
Exceeding 300 biggahl. The writer further adds,
that on making the necessary calculations, he finds
that 60,000 rupees will be the average cost of bnak •
lug up the line at the disputed point of ground, and
taking a circuitous turn round Chand;,!rnagore, to
join it at Ackra, a village in the neighbourhood of
Hoogbly.

QUARTER TO FIVE, P.M.
P.S. A sailing vessel, with the London mail of the
6th of July, has just been signalled ; but as this
leaves in 15 minutes by express to Madras, and thence
by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Potting,r, I cannot keep the packet a minute longer
open. I may, as stated above, be able to write to you
again on the 11th of August.

(From the Madras Atheneum)
MADRAS, Aua. 14.—The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Pottinger arrived from Calcutta
last evening. The Governor-General returned to the
seat of Government from Rangoon on the Gth. The
precise object of his visit remains a secret. It seems
to be expected that an onward move by the river will
be made on Prome, and possibly Ava, immediately
after the arrival of the re-inforements.

CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL REPORT
(From the Bengal Barham of Aug. 7.)
The steamer llindostan, with the London mails of the
24th of June, arrived In the river on the 28th inst. and
the letters were delivered in the evening of that day.
By this opportunity the intelligence received is not nia:
terially different from that by the last two mails. The
London produce markets continued in a healthy state,
and business to a considerable extent was in progress.'
Sugar was rather quiet, and, excepting for particular
sorts, prices have shown some little tendency down.
wards. Good to fine yellow was quoted at 375. to 41s.
per cwt. Saltpetre was selling at tull prices; 7i to 11
per cent. refraction had sold at 255. per cwt. Rice con-
tinued in a fair position. The stocks were small as
compared with the previous year, whilst consumption
was increasing. Prices quoted for Bengal wore 93. Cd.
to 10s. per cwt. Lac dye was dull, especially in respect
to ordinary and low qualities. Shell lac, on the other
hand, commanded a lair market at pretty full prices.
Castor oil remained steady in vale. In catch nothing
appears to have been doing, and prices were nominally
as before. The indigo market was quiet, in anticipa-
tion of the approaching public sales. Arrivals of the
dye just before the departure of the mail had been
extensive.

Money continued plentiful and very cheap in all parts
of Great Britain.
In Manchester only a moderate amount of business in
piece goods and yarns were in progress for this quarter.
Prices being too high with reference to the rates obtain-
able here.

Here matters remain much as they were at the date of
our last Overland report. Sugar has been largely
shipped, 1,86,112 mds. having gone forward in July.
There is still a good deal of business in progress.
Prices since the fall in Exchange have been stiffer. Raw
silk continues in good favour amongst shippers; the ex-
ports of the month of July being to Great Britain 2,042
mds. In torahs and tossers not much has been done.
For choppahs there has been a good demand. There is
scarcely anything doing in salpetre for any quarter.
Rice shipments may be said to be confined to Mauritius
and Bourbon. For shell lac a good demand has pre-
vailed for shipment to Great Britain. Lao dye is in
moderate request for Great Britain and North America.
Safflower continues to be shipped almost exclu-
sively to Great Britain; the exports during July were
3,170 mds. Hides have been largely shipped to Eng-
land, and a fair supply has likewise been sent to the
United States. Oilseeds continue in fair request. In
castor oil there is rather more doing. Jute is attracting
a little more attention, but quantity shipped is small. No
fresh shipments in cut& are reported. Exports of rum
have been chiefly confined to Genoa and Sydney.
The seventh Government opium sale of the season
was held on the 12th ult. The following was the re.
sult:—

Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceeds.
1920 1195 1175 1178 9 6 22,62,900

Behar

Benares 880 1195 1185 1190 6 4i 10,47,550
These are very high prices and show an advance of
about 225 rupees per chest above the prices realised in
the July sale of 1851. Gambling has been going on to
a considerable extent in the Bazaar for some time past,
and there is no saying how prices may rule in the
eighth sale of the seasoli, which will be held on the 10th
inst. Prices in the Bazaar yesterday were very high
but quite nominal.
From China we have news done to July 12th per
Shanghae steamer, which arrived on the 29th ultimo.
At Canton quotations of the drug at that time were
Patna 555 dolls., Bananas 562.50 dolls., Malwa 515 dolls.
Company's accepted Bills 230 per 100 dolls. Bank Post
Bills 4s. 91d. to 4s. 10d. Bariug's Credits 4s. Hid.
In our Money Market there is no change to note.
Both the European and native community now are ap-
parently well at ease in this respect. For all legitimate
purposes means to an ample extent are available, though
there is now less capital seeking investment than there
was a few months back. Government Securities are
steady of value and demand at our previous quotations,
which are as follows.:—Transfer Five per Cent.,
rs. 6 0 0; New Fives, 6 0 0 to 64 0; Old Sicca ditto,
2 12 oto3 0 0 prem.; Co.'s Rs., Four per Cent., 8 12 0
to 9 0 0 dia.

The Share Market remains without much change.
Bank of Bengal Shares are selling at Co.'s Rs. 6,000 to
6,050. Agra Bank are wanted at 525, bat there appears
to be few if any sellers. North-Western Bank Shares
are quoted at 300.
Our import market is &gain without much alteration.
Fortunately what little change has taken place is all in
favour of sellers. Somewhat higher rates have been ob-
tained for grey shirtings and mule twist, as well as some
other goods. Holders can now get on with sales to a
considerable extent, still there does not appear to be
much, if any, prospect of a further enhancement, nor is
it at all certain that the present advantage will be main-
tained. Low white jaconets are in good demand, and rea-
lise rather more favourable rates. Several styles of prints,
too, are more valuable than before. Books, mulls, and
lappets are all overdone in stock, and not in demand.
Turkey red goods are still dull of sale, even at ruling
low rates.

The twist market has undergone some slight improve-
ment since the beginning of this month. Prices are
higher by about I pi per morah, and 30's to 60's find
buyers without difficulty. 70's to 100's appear to be in
better demand. Turkey red yarns are dull of sale.
Orange and green sell to a moderate extent at previous
rates. In metals very little business has been done.
Holders are asking higher rates for copper, and spelter
is quoted at Co's Rs. 65 0 per factory md. For iron
there is very few buyers.
Exchange declined considerably after the departure of
last mail, but has again rallied a little. A good deal has
been done in bills. Banks have sold rather largely at
2s. Op. Present quotations are as follow:—First-class
credits, 2s. Old. per rupee; ditto, documents, 2s. 0:11 to
2s. ld. per rupee.
Freights of late arrivals have been exceedingly light,
and the river at this season has seldom of late years been so
clear of shipping as it now is. Quotations to London are as
follow:—Sugar, 4/. 15s. to 41. 17s. 6d.; saltpetre, 4/. 108.;
rice, nominal; oilseeds, 41. 12s. 6d.; hides, 31. 12s. 6d. to
31. 17s. 6d.; jute, 31. 10s. to 31. 15s. To Mauritius, Co.'s
Es. 11. 14s. to 11. 15s. per bag, payable there at 50 cents.
per !rupee. _

Indigo—A small public sale took place on the 19th
ult., which went off with considerable spirit. Futtyghur
indigo sold at an advance of 25 to 30 rupees per md.
The accounts from the upper provinces continue good,
and the Thirhoot planters, it appears, will not be so
badly off as was expected. In the lower provinces, how-
ever, although reports are somewhat contradictory,
there appears no reason to doubt that the ultimate out-
turn will be very far short of what was fully calculated
on in tho early part of the season. The weather in
Bengal has continued very rainy, and all the factories
have suffered severely from inundation. There is no
sufficient data in our possession on which to found an
stimate of the crop, and we refrain therefore from com-
mitting ourselves to figures, which would probably end
in our being very wide of the mark, as in tact we were
only last year. We then gave an estimate of 95,000 to
102,500 by the August steamer. A table of exports
shows that 131,583 factory mds. have been shipped.
We may, however, me❑tion that the two extremes are
105,000 and 115,000 mdP.