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Ey SAMUEL LA'MERT, •
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INDIA.

We have received from Marseilles our letters and
papers in anticipation of the overland mail which
left- Bombay on the 22.1 of May. According to re-
gular course this mail would only have been dis-
patched on the 3d inst. It .was sent thus early in
consequence of the approach of the monsoon and its
accompanying gales.
During the ten days which had elapsed since the
departure of the last mail no event of importance had
occurred.
A steamer from Rangoon
Was overdu at Calcutta.
‘Ve subjoin the summary of intelligence from the
Bombay Times of the 22d of May :--
" The three mails of May are proverbial for their
follow dulness; they not only
each other in such rapid
e
succession, that even in stirring timea the events of a
week in India could scarcely form a chapter in history,
but they are dispatched at a season of proverbial life-
lessness and inactivity, when with a vertical sun the
• thermometer rarely registered short of three figures,
and an impending deluge, a state of semi-somnolent in-
activity is almost universal. From the end of April to
the beginning of August there is next to nothing to
write about save the heat and the rain, next to
no disposition to write were
topics as abundant as
they are scarce. It is now generally understood that
nothing more will be attempted in Burmah till after tbe
rains; that, contrary to the original expectation, the
whole force will remain in the country for the asiost
part in all likelihood on board the shipping, and that the
war will be resumed with doubled
the season vigour the moment
permits. Amidst the aPprehensions experi-
enced of the unhealthiness of the Delta of the IrrawadtlY)
and the melancholy recollections of our former losses
from disease, it must be remember l. that the. position
in which matters now stand isnea yas unlike as pOB.
sible to what it was in 1825, and that it by no means
follows from the mortality which then occurred that our
troops in Rangoon should suffer snore daring the ap-
proaching rains than they usually do during the wet
season anywhere in new or inappropriate quarters.
Should it prove otherwise, and pestilence begin to
threaten us, the fleet which bore the army to Rangoon
could in a few days carry it beyond the reach of ma'
laria. The demand for the immediate dispatch of ord-
nance stores and supplies has -been so heavy as
to "over-tax the resources of Calcutta, and Ma-
dras has been applied to. Bombay will, it is said,
be called on to provide some 5,000 men, and
our soldiers are eager for the fray, if the same de-
termination of. purpose and energy of spirit which
now actuate our councils remaina there
is every reason
to believe that three months after the renewal of hostili-
ties the war will be concluded, and a treaty dictated by
us signed by the Golden-footed Monarch in his capital,
seceding from the Crown of Burtnah for ever an amyl®
slice of his dominions. The calamity of the annexation
of of the whole peninsula from Chittagong
to Penaug, had
we but a just claim and fought in an honest quarrel
such as now, seems a much less calamitous and greatly
less unhappy accident than it appears to be considered
at home. An increase of five or six millions clear to our
revenue—of probably twice as much more
to the value of
our commerce—of eight or ton millions to the number of
our subjects, and a Toth or sixth to the arc-s of our do-
minions—is one of those misfortunes Englishmen in the
East could submit to with patriotic fortitude and Chris-
tian resignation, especially in the case of a country with
a magnificent seacoast and line of
shipping ports all
that can be imagined. We sneak) of course, of
around, and one of the moat defensible
such a. possibility only in the event of our
' law and justice on our havingside; should it be found
frontiers
that our dominions were becoming too
extensive) we
of Sinde, which
(imriagwra tfreounir r eunsd
he ra 1
ft hae
mbi
lul
ironni n ga
year,plains
for the peninsula
bounded by the hills of Assam and Straits of Malacca,
presenting the advantages enumerated. ats
, e have had
no intelligence from the seat of war tor the last fort-
night, and we in reality look for none, Admiral
Austin left Calcutta on the 3d instant in the new screw
steamer Rattler, after a sojourn of a fortnight at the
capital.

“ Disturbances still continue along
the north-west
frontier, where warlike arrangements on
an extensive
scale are in progress, notwithstanding the near approab
of the season when out-of-door occupations of all kinds
cease. A force, consisting of Baldwin's Troop of
Horse Artillery, a detail of Foot Artillery with two
heavy howitzers, 600 rank and file of her Majho uresty-
's
32d Regiment, 600 rank and file of the 66th G
kas, and the 2d Irregular Cavalry, were under orders
to march to Nowshera on the morning of the 7th inst.
This was in addition to the troops already in the field;
they were to be provided with pontoons, to enable them
to cross the river, if necessary, or lesser streams swollen
by the melting of the snows. Various forts had been
attacked or captured in the Hezara country; opera-
tions were still in progress, and it was hoped that they
would in a week or two have closed ane x a*.
'have dates fterillifial*, inie;l3ur-
ne news of interest. Major Le G..,racobivas still at•the
station. Very heavy rain had fallen on the 10th, since
when the weather has been cool and agreeable, the ther-
mometer
having fallen nearly 40 degrees. The rumour
of our 112esident at Hyderabad having been instructed to
recommend to the Nizsm that a cession of territory
should be made to us, the revenues of which would be
sufficient to pay the contingent, has once more sprung
up, with the addition on the present occasion that the
Niz on is merely to be persuaded to agree to the propo-
sition. In the Calcutta Englishman we find the an-
nexed extract frcm a letter from the Deccan:—' I think
the Yawl will shuffle out of his difficulty. If he were
to be treated with common justice; it would be found
that he owes us nothing, During the last 50 years the
Madras Commissariat at Secunderabad has wrongfully
received and appropriated all the duties on liquors, &c.,
denominated the "abkarrY,” producing, one year with
another, a lac per annum, So we may get out of the
scrape, but the contingent will be reduced, horse, foot,
and excessive staff.' As our contemporary remarks, this
is certainly something new to us. If the 50 lacs of rupees
here stated to have been already received by us have in
reality been unjustly taken from the revenues of the
balance due to as
-
Nino], the balance due to us by his Highness will be re-
duced Very materially, if I-.
at all. there be any

" The vacant berth of resident in the rersian Gulf
has been conferred on the Assistant Resident, Captain
A. B. Kemball, who is, ; it
,-- is said, to be succeeded by
Lieutenant Disbrowe, of the
Ist Fusiliers. Sir H.
Leeke, Commodore and Commander-lite Chief of the
Indian navy, has been elected president of the Geogra-
phical Society; the Hen. Ala Ritmo, Colonel Holland,
and Dr. M‘Leunen, vice-presidents for the year. The
committees are very nearly the same as last year.
" The appointment of alr, A.
a X. Corfield as Postmes-
ter-General has been notified in the Government Gazette
of Thursday. .
" Tne Peninsular and Oriental
Singapore grounded in coming u-
I, the harbour on Tues-
day last, and was suspected to have been so much in-
She
red that it was deeme expea:
•ent to put her into dock.
arrived in port out he night of the 17th, and an-
twochored inside the inner llght vessel. Between one and
Company's steamer
the ship proceeded under steam to her moorings off
o'clock the pilot, Mr.
Mazagon. Shortly after starting the vassal struck with
some violence on the edge of te
'Rigy, went on board, and
--e middle ground, bending
several plates on the port bogs
.and
slackening several
rivets; she then went on all clear. The mischief to the
Singapore is believed to be trifling, but repairs to iron
ships are often tedious, and the Erin will require to
sent on to Gelle next month in her stead.
" The GoVernment of ' Madras
phe ay
late Major A. F.
s the following
graceful tribute to the memory 0f t
Oakes, of the Artillery, who, it
Will. lie remembered,
died of sunstroke before Rangoon
on theaath of April:
—`ln nominating a succeeder to
Major Oakes as Di-
rector of the Artillery Depot. the Right Honourable
the Governor in Council desires to express the deep
regret with which he has eeceived the report of that
officer's death. Major Oakes' whole Course of service
was distinguished by the singular
activity and unceasing
labour with-which he devoted himself to every subject
belonging to his profession, rendering
G. lois not -only to his immediate regiment, but to*the
service at large. Major Oakes died.,
aa he had lived,
in the energetic discharge of his duty; The late Major B
Oakes has been succeeded as Director of the Ar-
tillery Depot of Instruction by his .death a'
Brevet-Major G W.
Simpson.
." The Guicowar's treasury, is said to have run dry
He has applied for a loan of half a million sterling for
the payment of the arrears of his troops, but the
Bandit bankers have declined unless under the British
guarantee. Our Government .have at
their hands, and
resent rather-
more than enough of Baroda polities on
decline increasing the number of their responsibilities.
& memorial has just gone home from another British
subject, one Baba Furkey, on the subject of the tyranny
and oppression from which he has suffered through our'
means in connexion with Baroda; and it is hoped that
this will furnish an additional reason for making a full
and clear exposure of the whole atrocious system :that
has for a quarter of a century prevailed at this most
corrupt of capitals. Of course our-local government, in
this, as in most other matters—the filling up of ap-
pointments always excepted—stands still.
" The, weather for the, past three weeks has ibeen
about the most extraordinary ever experienced at this
season of the year. The winds in place of blowing from
N.W.. and E. alternately day and night, hive mostly
been from S.W., with"a cloudy instead of a oloudless
sky, lightning every evening,
a moist atmosphere, fre-
quent showers, and a constant threatening of the rains,
which scarcely ever sot in before the beginning
of June.
1 " The Governor-General continues at Barracapore,
near Calcutta; Sir H. Pottinger is at Madras; the Go-
vernor of Bombay has been for two months at the Ma-
habuleshwar hills, and will be from the Ist of June to
the middle of October either at Poona or the Hills back
g a ain, returning to Bombay.wh when the cool season sets
in, and probably remaining till his term of office expires,
bias, 5, 1853.. The military chiefs of all our armies are
at the bill stations of their respective presidencies. The
-Chief isgenerally expected nomination of Lord 'Frederick Fitzclarenoe to
the office of Commander-in popular,
the name of his Lorthhie being moat favourably known
to the e.rmy in general. We are sick of septuagenarians.
" We mentioned iu our last that the Government of
India had bestowed 4 donation a 20001, on pr,

O'Shaughnessy, in acknowledgment of his services in
the construction of the electric telegraph ; the Cal_
cutta Chamber of Commerce has followed with a
miler acknowledgment of more moderate amount ;
the Trade Association ha 4 led the way in doing jus-
tice to his merits. The officers of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company have presented
a handsome piece of plate to Mr. Piddington for the
invaluable service he has conferred on navigation as one
of the first cyclonelogists of the age. His merits in this
way have been fully recognised by the Admiralty at
home, and by most Governments and all meteorologists
throughout the world. Empty commendation has
hitherto been the sole reward of a man who, bad he re-
ceived a tithe of the property saved through 'his means,
would have had a princely fortune; Government never
bestow good appointments on men of merit—they seem
to think intelligence and excellence their own reward,
and that the good things of the State should be reserved
for those destitute of either. The case of Dr.
O'Shaughnessy is en exception, and a very rare one, to
a general rule almost uniformly adhered to. The Madras
Athena.= assures us • that the Madaulay Code will very
shortly become the law of the land, Mr. Peacock having
brought out the amended draught in his portmanteau.
But few of Mr. Bethune's additions will be retained it
is said. We shall be curious to see what success has
been achieved in the way of removing the objection made
to the code on its first appearance in the pages of the
Gazette.'

" A correspondent of the Bengal Hurkaru gives the
following string of rumours prevalent in the City of Pa-
laces on the 10th inst. There were various reports and
conjectures current in the bazaar yesterday. One was
to the effect that the five per cent. aiccas was to be paid
off instanter. The other that a new four per cent. Com-
pany's was to be opened, inviting subscriptions in half
cash and half in the four per cent. siccas, so as to con-
vert all Government securities into one denomination of
coin, namely, Company's rupees. The third was, that
the coffers of the Treasury have not been so full for
many, many years (with about fifteen crores), and spoke
volumes in favour of Lord Dalhousie's highly prosperous
administration, that there were more than ample funds
to provide egainst all contingencies of the Burmese war."
And the Burkaru of the 12th states that money was so
plentiful in the bazaar that loans ou the deposit of Com-
pany's paper, leaving a very moderate margin, might be
obtained trom respectable shroffs at the rate of 3i per
cent. per annum. At Calcutta the markets for imports
and country produce continue very dull. In the money-
market there was something like a glut. Not much
doing in exchange, which had an upward tendency. The
quotations for first-class credits at six months' sight
were 2s. to 2s. op. per rupee. Freights, sugar to Lon-
don, on first-class British vessels, 3/. 58. to 3/. 7s. 6d.; on
American bottoms, ss. to 10s. lower. Trade at Bombay
has been done at a moderate extent only, and the port
may now be considered closed for coasting vessels. The
money-market continues extremely uneasy.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Bombay Times.)
BOMBAY MARKETS FROM THE 12TH TO THE 22D OF MAY
INCLUSIVE.
The Money Market—As the season draws to a close
money in the bazaar appears rather less scarce. In
European quarters it continues, as it has done all the
year, most abundant. The share and Government secu-
rity markets are much the same as when we last wrote,
and current quotations may be given as follows:
Transfer Loan ... at 113
Sicca Fives at 107* to 108
Sicca Fours at 94
New Fives ... at 105
Co's Fours ... at 91

Oriental Bank Corporation
Shares ..

at 27i per cent. prem.

Bank of Bombay Shares ... at 15 per cent. prem.
Bank of Madras Shares ... at 15 per cent. prem.
Agra Batik Shares at 10 per cent. prem.
Commercial Bank Shares ... at par.
The Shares of the Bank of Madras seem to be about
10 per cent. lower since the Governor in Council of the
benighted Presidency wrote that mischievous minute on
its affairs, and recommended to the Court of Directors
the withdrawal of its charter. It is truly lamentable to
think that the collective wisdom of the Government of a
vast Presidency should be so destitute of something
useful to employ themselves with that they are reduced
to writing minutes on banking, the only visible effect
of which is depreciation the property of the share-
holders by 10 per cent.
Tonnage—The arrivals have been heavy of late, in
consequence of which the rates for Liverpool have de-
clined to 31.25. 6d. to 3/. 55.; for London, 31.55.; and for
Greenock. 3/.75. 6d. To China the rate has declined to
14r. to 14ir. per candy.
Exchange—On the arrival of the China mail the rate
of exchange on England advanced to 2s. ld. for credit,
and 2s. 111 for document bills, and since yesterday it
has receded to 2s. Oid.'to 2s. 0 13-16 d. for credit bills,
which we quote as the rate of the day, and for document
Lrbills_2s; to 2s. lid.; .on Calcutta, 99fr. for 60 days;
and on China, 212 r. to fbl3r. of the same usance.
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21.
EXCHANGES.

On London—at [bills.
Six months' sight, per r., 2s. ld. to 2s. lid. for document
Six months' sight, per r., 2s. Oid. for credit bills.

On Caloutta—at
60 days' sight, per 100 rs. 99i
30 days' sight, per do. ... 100
:at sight, per do. ... 1004
On Madras—at
30 days' sight, per do. 994
at sight, per do. 100
BANK AND OTHER SHARES.

On China, at 60 days' sight, per 100 dolls., 212 r. to 213 r.
Bank of Bombay I,ooor.eachl,ooo 15 per ct. pm.
Oriental Bank Cor. 250 r. 250 27i- per ct. pm. ex d.
Commercial Bank I,ooor. 500 par, sales.
Agra Bank soor. 500 10 per cent. pm.
Bank of Madras I,ooor. 1,000 15i per cent. pm.
Apollo PressCom.l2,soor. —12,500 17,400, sales.
ColabaPreesCom. 7,000 r. 7,000 18,000.
ColabaLandCom. 10,000 r. —60,000 7,000.
Bombay S.N.Com. 510 r. 400 68 per cent. die.
Gr.lnd.P.R.Com. 50r. —46 r. 5-10 paid.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
5 per Cent. Transfer Loan ... 113 r.
5 per Cent. Loan, 1825-26 ... 108 r. per 100 gees.
5 per Cent. Loan, 1829 30 ... 1081 e. per 100 sicca.
5 per Cent. Loan, 1841-42 ... 105 r.
4 per Cent. Loan, 1832 33 ... 94r. per 100 sicca, sales.
4 per Cent. Loan, 1835-36 ... 90tr. per 120 Co.'s.
4 per Cent. Loan, 1842-43 ... 90.4 r. per 100 Co.'s.

PRICES OF BULLION.
Sovereigns, each 101 r.
Bank of England Notes ... 10Ir. per £.
Spanish Dollars 222 r, per 100
German Crowns ... 211 r. per 100
Sycee Silver ... 103 i. to 104 r. per
100 tls.
Gold Leaf (range of quality) ... 16r. to 16k per tole.
Guld Ingots, according to touch ... 15tr. per tola, for
97 touch.

FREIGHTS.

To London ...
To Liverpool
To China ...

... ... ... Si. 10s. per ton.
... ... 31. ss. per ton.
... ... ... 14r. per candy.

(From the Calcutta Overland Price Currant, May 11.)
The short period of time which has again intervened
between the dispatch of the last and the present mails,
coupled with an unusually dull market, has limited the
amount of transactions which we have to record, and
our remarks thereon must, consequently, be unavoidably
brief. ►
Our export market has remained inanimate and dull,
and the business done has generally been on a restricted
scale. In sugar the transactions have been very mode-
rate, with drooping prices, which, nevertheless, still ex-
ceed' those of the London market, as quoted in our last
advises. Raw silk has only been in moderate demand.
Silk piece goods have been quiet, and on the descending
scale. Saltpetre has been in good inquiry, although the
amount of business recorded has not been great. The
exports of rice are proceeding on a fair scale to Great
Britain and the Mauritius. Lac dye and shellac are,
also, in fair inquiry. The market for safflower is ani-
mated. Hides still in very moderate request. Oil seeds
continue to attract attention. Jute is comparatively
neglected.
Our import market has underkone no improvement,
and still remains depressed. The accounts from the
upper provinces are of a discouraging tenonr, and the
business in progress here is chiefly intended for local re-
quirements. The demand has been principally directed
to 39 and 40-inch gray shirtings and gray jaconets, and
also to the low and medium qualities of white jaconets.
for all of which a moderate demand exists. With the
exception of diagonal lappets and Japan spots, for which
some little inquiry exists, all sorts of Glasgow fabrics
are neglected. Mule twist has been selling more freely,
bat at unimproved prices. The sales of red twist have
been wholly confined to Germans, no British yarn
having been sold for some time
Iron has advanced 1 to
2 arenas per md.
The demand for bills has been very small, and the
rate of exchange has, consequently, been tending up-
wards; at going to press we could scarcely call it fixed
for the mail, but credit bills could be got at 25,, and do-
cuments ito higher.
No alteration worth mentioning has occurred in the
rates of freight, which remain much about our last
quotations.
The money market is very plentifully supplied. Loans
are offered at from 4 to 5 per cent. on good securities,
and the rate of interest is likely to go lower, as capita-
lists cannot find full employment for their funds. Bank
of Bengal Shares have realized 6,700 each, and all good
joint-stock shares are firm.
FREIGHTS.

Very attic alteration has oceurrcd in the rates of
freight, which remain nearly at our last quotations:—
To Lqndon. To Liverpool.
£s. d. £s. d. £a. d. .£ s. O.
Saltpetre— 3 0 0 ... Nominal.
Sugar ... 3 2 6to 3 7 6 ... .
Woe ... 3 5 0 ... 3 2 6 _

alseeds ... 3. 5 oto 3 10 0 ... 3 5 oto 3 7 6
Bides ... 3 5 0 .., 217 6to 3 0 0

Jute ... 2 5 oto 2 10 0 ... 2 5 0
Re/ 4 0 0 Nominal,

[PRICE SD.

Ind;go and
Picco
Goods 3 10 oto 4 0 0 ditto.
Shellac ... 2 5 oto 2 10 0 ditto.
Lac Dye ... 3 0 oto 3 2 6 ditto.
Rutn ... 3 0 0 ditto.
Castor Oil 2 10 0 ditto.
To Mauritius.
Rice. Jr. 4 to Jr. 6s. per bag, payable thero at 50c.
Coolies, 38r. to 40r. per head.
To China.
▪ 7 dolls. to 8 dolls. per chest.
•- • 2 dolls. 25c. to 2 dolls. 50c. per bale,

Opium
Cotton

C)NEY .
This market is M
superAbundantlyMAßKET supplied, and loans
are offered for Government securities at from 4 to 5
per cent, per annum interest. All good joint-stock
shares are firm.
CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNSCENT SECURITIES, BANK
STOCK, &c„
Transfer Five per Cents. ...Rs. 109 Bto 110 0 per 100
•• 103 4to 105 8 di).
siNioccwa'd' •
ditto
••• 102 Bto 102 12 do.
Co.'s Rs. Four per Cents... 91 oto9l 8 do.
Sim/ Rs. ditto ... ... 89 otoB9 8 do.
Bank of Bengal Shares, Co.'s Rs. 6,700 each.
Agra Bank, paid up, 500 do., 510.
New Oriental Life Insurance, 250 paid, 260 rs. •

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY.
Arrivals—May the 12th, P. and 0. Company's steam_
ship Erin, from Calcutta on the 2d of May, and toucltud
at Gaffe on the 7th of May; B. S. N. Company's steamer
Victoria, from Surat yesterday; H. C. brig Euphrates,
from survey. 13th, steamer G. R. Clerk, from Surat
yesterday. 14th, steamer Sir J. Jejeebboy, from Surat
yesterday; ship Futtee Salem, from Port Louis on the
28th of March. 14th, steamer Sir J. R. Caruso, from
Surat yesterday. 15th, steamer Lowjee Family, from
Surat yesterday; ship Marion Macintire, from Liverpool
on the 16th of December. 16th, B. S. N. Company's
steamer Bombay, from Kurraehee on the 13th of May,
at 6 30 P.M.; B.S.N. Company's steamer Dwarka, from
Surat yesterday; ship Catherine, from Liverpool on the
14th of December. 17th, ship Ganges, from London on
the 12th of February; steamer Phlox, from Surat yester-
day; ship Robins, from Aden on the 23d of April; ship
Loch Lomond, from Liverpool on the sth of January;
ship Poictiers, from London on the 24th of December,
and Cape of Good Hope on the 26th of March. 18th, brig
Suffinatool, Nacoda Woomerbhoy Ameerbhoy, from the
Mauritius on the 16th of April; American bark Ante-
lope. from Hong Kong on the Ist, and Java on the 22d
of April; ship Regina, from the Mauritius on the 28th of
April; ship Elizabeth, from Liverpool on the 29th of
December; ship John Hlmilton, from Liverpool on the
13th of January; March 17th spoke the Ocean Mo-
narch, in lat. 36 deg. 45 min. S., long. 6 deg. 44 min.
W., from croon, bound to Aden; P. and 0. Co.'s
steamer Singapore, from Hong Kong on the 24th of
April, Singaporo the Ist, Penang the 3d, and Galle the
13th of May; barque Hyperion, from London on the 21st
of December; barque Allier, from Liverpool on the 25th ,
of December.

Departures—May the 12th. ship Lord Dufferin, to
Liverpool; ship Zdtus, to London; ship John Knox, to
Liverpool; H. C. steamer Queen, to Suez; P. and 0.
Co.'s steam-ship Achilles, to Suez and Southampton.
13th, steamer Phlox, to Surat; ship Charles Grant, to
Canton, in China ; ship Alert, to Sourabaya; schooner
Royal Family. Nacoda, to Colombo. 14th, B. S. N.
Co.'s steamer Victoria, to Kurrachee. May 15th, ship
Ben Lomond, to Liverpool; steamer Sir J. Jejeebhoy, to
Surat; steamer Stribley, to Surat. 16th, ship Earl of
Clare, to Whampos, in China. 17th, ship Orleans, to
Liverpool; P. and 0. Co.'s steamer Ganges, to Galle,
Penang, Singapore, and Hung-Kong; B. S. N. Co.'s
steamer Dwarka, to Surat; steamer Sir J. R. Came,
to Surat; B. S. N, Co 's steamer Bombay, to Kurraehee.