The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DE0.28.
The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince of
Leiningen, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent,
The Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs.
Phipps, Colonel McDouall, Commanding Officer 2d Life
Guards ; and Colonel Wood, Commanding Officer 3rd
Battalion Grenadier Guards.

Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening
and performed the following selection :

Overture, "Egmont"
Finale, Ist Act "Le Pre aux Cleres"

Beethoven.
. Herold.
Beethoven.
Auber. •

Serenata
Selection, Ballet, "Masaniello"

The Duche©s of Kent, accompanied by the Prince of
Leiningen, went from Frogmore this morning to Clare-
mont to visit the Countess de Neuilly.

The Rev. Henry Mildred Birch, one of her Majesty's
Chaplains, preached in the Chapel Royal, St. James's
Palace, on Sunday last.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France, accom-
panied by the Countess Walewski, left town on Monday
for Paris, en conge for three weeks. Previous to his
departure his Excellency had an interview with Lord
John Russell.

SUSPECTED LOSS OF Two PERTH VESSELS, WITH
THEIR CREWS.—We regret to announce the disappear-
ance, within the last two months, of two vessels belong-
ing to the port of Perth, viz., the Catherine and Ann,
and the Ocean's Bride. The former vessel (a schooner
of 73 tons) belonged to Mr. J. M'Gilliwie, coal mer-
chant, and was under the command of his son James at
the time of the supposed melancholy occurrence. From
what we have learned of the circumstances, we under-
stand that the Catherine and Ann sailed from a port in
the Baltic in September last, with a cargo of iron
for England, and had proceeded on her homeward
voyage till she was overtaken by a storm off the
coast of Norway, from which she sustained con-
siderable damage, and obliged her to take shelter
in fa port of that country. Arter the gale had
subsided, she ran out to sea, and has not been heard of
since. It is supposed that she must have foundered
after clearing the land, and every one on board to have
gone down with her. The other unfortunate vessel, the
Ocean's Bride, was a brig of 151 tons, belonging to
Messrs. Graham and M'Kay, and was under the charge
of Capt. Thomas Bruce. In August last she left New-
port in Wales, with a cargo of coals for Valetta, in the
Island of Malta. She arrived there in safety, and after
discharging her cargo, she cleared out for Palermo, in
Sicily, from whence to take on board a cargo of sulphur,
and return to England. The distance between Valetta
and Palermo may be roughly guessed to be about three
hundred miles, and with average weather, might be
run down in the course of a week. But notwithstand-
ing all this, neither Capt. Bruce nor his brig have yet
arrived at Palermo, and we believe the owners despair
of their safety.—Caledonian

OVERLAND IV
TO,
sPre
We have received by extraordinary e ;vat
anticipation of the overland mail, our Piro'
respondence and papers from Bombay
and Calcutta, Nov. 22. rear]
The English mail of the Bth October
d3ecl
Agra via' Bombay, on the 10th, Delhi kin colb
on the 11th, and Lahore on the 14th Jl° bay;
The mail of the 25th October reached Beln
the 24th ult., by the steamer Victoria. erylii
Since the steamer of the 17th ult. left/ 'irt fa,
of importance has occurred through°
which may be said to be worthy of nntieeihe
Rangoon letters have been received uP to
'Nov., but they contain little or no nows;-tod
thing is in statu quo, but what General Uf t
is
waiting for does not appear at all clear. I
ported and believed, at Calcutta and tittea
India, that the Governor-General has "..oel
General Godwin in such terms as will oe!,
officer to tender his resignation of the coA7
the British forces serving to the eastwar'in
very,evident that so long as the General,r,,e
command at Rang° on, no military operatiZot .
to be called so will be attempted. When st
tern left an expedition was on the point °'is„,,rJ
from Rangoon for the town of Pegue, on 71-id,,
steamers Bentinck, Nerbudda, Damooda, ce
hanudy, together with a barge, a Pill D'a
cutters, and a paddle-box boat of the rol
the whole to be under the command of fr'
Godwin himself. The troops which were
pose the force consisted of 300 of the 15",
Fusiliers (Europeans), 300 of the Ist Ben
l-th
liers (also Europeans), 350 of the Madras,744ol
tive Infantry, 30 artillerymen, with two
howitzers, and 60 sappers. This town (:61e.
was captured on the 30th of May last, by
ment from on board the Phlegethon
which
according to that strange system wait, 'Ol,
Godwin alone practises, it was, like Pra,T,o-' erlt4.
diately afterwards abandoned. Two detach
the 40th Bengal Native Infantry had 4.0- 01:
Prome when the last steamer came awaY,-,,dt,j°
seat of war, and a pretty sharp encounter had t"'
place at a village called Henyadah, close t31:1
river, where 3,000 Burmese were reporteu.th co
assembled. A number of boats, laden wlt.illsBl
missariat stores, had anchored opposite the eaciA
and 120 men were landed, and drove till, lA°,
before them, with the loss of thirty or forty Angiul
or wounded ; but, like so many of these to
Burmese fights, our casualties amounted
„ati,
man slightly wounded, and none killed. 417,,,L1
of the 4th Sikh Regiment had arrived at -Ljt'
in the transport Sagoff. A detachment in
Barughur Irregular Cavalry had also arrived
ntf,e
Shah-Alum, without having lost a single ',lie
the passage. Private letters state that
mese are getting bolder every day, is
showing themselves more in our vicinity ero
quarters where we have troops or detail)
On the north-west frontier of the Puni
sil'e ili,
turbances are anticipated during this colds,,g
The Board of Administration at Lahore, Lijtj
Major Abbott, the political agent on the
have issued a summons to Said Zaman •
refractory chief of Khangua, on the Ellaa'-oftice'
tier, to appear personally before the above land submit to our rule. The mandate Op
disobeyed; at the time the last letters left re,is to
it was believed that force would be resorted
order to compel the chief to yield obedience'
last letters received in Bombay from Pesh4",
dated the 18th of November, and they strjfil'
the sick in the Peshawur garrison amount t°
men, out of a force of about 3,800 strong. ,
From Scinde, letters have been received'
the 24th of November. Very great sickness
prevalent at Kurrachee and in the vicinity
Majesty's 83d Regiment, at the latter statiolp
a wing of her Majesty's 64th Regiment at
of
abad, are very unhealthy indeed, two-fifths
former corps and nearly two-fifths of Oft!, :1
being in hospital. The province is tranquil t° )-e
out, and seems to be greatly improving in
wa
In
"og cij
the Nizam's territories matters are elorie
as badly as, if not worse than, ever. flen-gritr
pondent of the Bombay Telegraph and vi;as
wrote to that journal that General Fraser, -01
signed the appointment of Resident at tlieojor
of Hyderabad, and that Colonel Outram, or to
Low, was the person named as most likelYd )P,'
ceed the general. From north to south an of f!'"
east to west the country under the dominion, oP,
Highness the Nizam is the scene of anarchy,
rule, and misgovernment. l(f
From Calcutta, the latest date is the 24t11L,
vember. News of general interest there ariPriciiit
be none. The Governor-General is at
Sir W. Gomm is amusing himself somewhere frod
interior of the Himalayas, at a short distan`l
Simla, but a very long way from the seat the
The Governor of Bombay has returned to
presidency, after an absence of eight months )rode'
Deccan and the Mahablishwar Hills. Lord
rick Fitzclarence arrived here on the 24th fiio°,
vember, and is already gaining the good elT,s iot{t
every one, from the manner in which he 1001 0`
everything himself—sees with his own
hears with his own ears.
In commercial matters there is not much
tion since the last mail left ; transactionsooll
however, taken place to a fair extent at f
prices for most descriptions of piece goods)of
the exception of grey shirtings of 40 inches, antes
per 71bs., which show an improvement of l'eloPe"
per piece, and are much wanted, the heavier V
being very saleable at former quotations'
sales amount to 10,400 pieces, at Rs. 3 13 7, m 0111;
6 2, the last for a cloth of 91bs. ; those of 400.
are also in good demand, particularly for ,
Bilb. cloths. The transactions are 3,900 Pied
Rs. 4 14i- to Rs. 6s, and 250 pieces of 50 -
and 121bs. at Rs. 62 per piece.
or
The price of cotton continued as last quoted

, cp.
pilA
Broach and Surat, of which scarcely any 3„ijefv,,l
and that not of good quality, at Rs. 108 ;
and Oomrawutty, at Rs. 106 to Rs. 107'
Comptah, at Rs. 98-1- to Rs. 100 per o'llsol
equal to, free on board, with freight and ins' ft',
4 7-10, 4 6-10, and 4 3-10 per lb. The elit,
cotton to Great Britain since the 16th
13,431 bales. ffr

Exchange has been exceedingly unsteadY'.o7;
having been made of Baring Brothers' Crenet
2s. lid. to 2s. lfd., the rate of the daY„,,iiior
2s. 1-id. to 2s. 1 3-16 d., and Document Pficlot!'
1,
2s. 10. per rupee, at six months' sight on
,°it,,v
The rate on Calcutta, at thirty days' sir,
Rs. 99t1 per Rs. 100, and on China, at Rs.
Rs. 218 per 100 dollars.
The tonnage in the harbour has been prettirrool
taken up for London at 31. 10s., and for Lilre49o
at 31. ss. to 3/.los. per ton, these rates being'
at the present moment.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES or INDO;
THE DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL ON THE 16TH 5° bet
s
Her Majesty's Troops.—Lieutenant Macquee!i'in
Majesty's 60th Royal Rifles, on his way to 3
Jullunder. coe;
„
Bengal Army.-38th Regiment of Native Ira
Lieutenant and Adjutant W. B. Castle, on t".c,i
November, at Dacca ; 69th ditto, Captain w•
nell, on the 17th of November.
the 1 Madras Invalids.—Captain E. D. Roper, one
of November.

COMMERCIAL.
etijg
(From the Overland Bengal Surkaru Price Curt 1,40
CALCUTTA, Nov. 22.—The Government AP
Express, via Bombay, arrived on the 13th i 111.101:
the bulk of the mail was received on the 15th and Aor
By this opportunity our London intelligence comes sole
to the Bth of October. The commercial news is,„,'');,ev
what more favourable. The London Produce NjeteCi
were` more encouraging. Sugar was again quoted '';o4"
and consumption progressed everywhere. Saltpetrad
saleable without much change in value. Rice 110,11e`
proved in demand, and sales are reported at 6d.
than the reduced quotations of the previous mail- 0110
dye of good quality was in demand, and so was itliet
lac, but' there was not much doing it appears in :0006
article. Cutch was selling at 20s. 6d. per cwt., but
parcels were held for higher rates. - ee)
The October indigo sales were going on, having
fel;

on the 6th of the month. The quantity brought - -,„
amounted to 20,958 chests. Prices realised show an v
vance of 6d. to 9d. per lb. on the July rates, go 10'
some instances where parcels were really fine, 9d'repre'
per lb. Of these fine sorts the London market is
sented to be comparatively bare.
Amount of bills drawn on this presidency 108 v
Hon. East India olm9sp.asndy.,fraotm2s2.4ithd. Speeprtruempbeeeraeris
manufacturing districts the greatest Prt:;
sOeceitmnosbtethio.e , 0,0
,3
" prevail. The whole available power ePr:ve°l:l,
be fully employed, and new mills on a most exteosiete t
costly scale, it is said, are to be immediately ervel'
The home trade is so good that manufacturers
mark
P3ll
little present occasion to look abroad for rear'n;cuts
r:ci
ticularly to the eastward. To this port ship
cotton goods and twist were very light as c"
oraa
d
with those of the year 1851.
reg
Here we have nothing of importance to note
to exports. .1,0
The indigo market is not yet fairly °rue"'
Lond 19
it he till the accounts of the termination of the ea oei
October sales reach us. Sugar has been shiPPin
on the most moderate scale so far this month• fe eft,
silk there has not been much done, but COral's Se;eB
tainly attracting more attention than they
petre continues in good demand for Great 13_,,r"9:03tics
has been sent forward to Great Britain and ivi,e civav
a fair scale. Shell lac and lac dye are in fair
but there is not much going forward so far tbl ~,- t
Hides are in moderate request. Oilseeds sho
esforP"
siderable falling off in shipments as compared Wi c120",'
mouths. este'f I:3v
Prices of opium as quoted in the bazaar/ Y. 1, .0
s 118'
were Patna, Co.'s Rs. 1,067 • Benares, Co.
per chest. The Erin steamer left on the 201