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

SEPTEMBER 18, 185:2.

Chandernagore, in consequence of the French Go-
vernment not feeling disposed to come to any reason-
able terms. It appears that the enormous and un-
justifiable demand of two lacs of rupees has been
made for the appropriation of a space of ground not
exceeding 300 biggahs. The writer further adds,
that on making the necessary calculations, he finds
that 60,000 rupees will be the average cost of break-
ing up the line at the disputed point of ground, and
taking a circuitous turn round Chandernagore, to
join it at Ackra, a village in the neighbourhood of
Hooghly.

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
Pottinger, 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 Athenceum.)
MADRAS, AUG. 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 6th. 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 Hurkaru of Aug. 7.)
The steamer Hindosytn, with the London mails of the
24th of June, arrived in theinst.,
river on the 28th and
the letters were delivered i n the evening of that day.
By this opportunity the intelligence received is not ma-
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 full 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 were 9s. 6d.
to 109. per cwt. Lac dye was dull, especially in respect
to ordinary and low qualities. Shell lac, on the other
hand, commanded a fair market at pretty full prices.
Castor oil remained steady in value. 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 corahs 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. Lac 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 catch 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.
Behar 1920 1195 1175 1178 9 6 22,62,900
Benares 880 1195 1185 1190 6 44 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 season, 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., Benares 562.50 dolls., Malwa 515 dolls.
Company's accepted Bills 230 per 100 dolls. Bank Post
Bills 4a. 9id. to 4s. 10d. Baring's Credits 4s. 1 lid.
In our Money Market there is no change to note.
Both the European and native community innw are ap- '
pareutly wen u% <4..se in this respect. For all legitimate
purposes means to an a aspic 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.,
re. 6 0 0; New Fives, 6 0 0 to 64 0; Old Sieca 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, but there appears
to be few if any sellers. North-Western Bank Shares
are quoted at 300.
Our import market is :again without much alteration.
Fortunately what little ethange 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 that., 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 1 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 highe.r rates for copper, and speller
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. oil. Present quotations are as follow:—First-class
credits, 2s. Old. per rupee; ditto, documents, 2s. oid. to
2s. Id, per rupee.
Freights of late arrivals have been elceedingly light,
and the river at this season ht is seldom of late years been so
clear of shipping as it now is. Quotations to London are as
follow:—Sugar, 41. 15s. to 41 17s. 6d,; saltpetre, 41. 10s.;
rice, nominal; oilseeds, 4/. 12s. 6d.; hides, 31. 12s. 6d. to
3/. 17s. 6d.; jute, 3L 10s. to .11. 15s. To Mauritius, Co.'s
Rs. 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 and.
The accounts from the upper provinces continue good,
and the Thirhoot planters, it appears, will not be so
badly off as was expected. ln 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 the 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 whioh to found an
estimate 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 fact 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 ands. have been shipped.
We may, however, mention that the two extremes are
105,000 and 115,000 mds.
MONEY MARKET.
Bank Shares—Bengal Bank, Co.'s Rs. (4,000 prem.),
2,050; Agra and U. S. Bank (500), 520 to 525; North-
Western Bank (400), 300.
Bank of Bengal—Discount on private bills and notes
(3 months), 7 per cent.; on Government acceptances
(ditto), 4 per cent. Interest on deposit of Company's
paper, 5 per cent.; on open cash credit accounts, 5i per
cent.; on deposit of metals, &c., 6i per cent.
Rates of Exchange—Agency Bills at six months'
sight, 2 Oi to 2 1; Agency bills with documents at six
days' sight, 2 0; to 2 1; American bills under credit
ditto 2 of to 2 04; Treasury bille, thirty days' sight,
2 oto 2 0*; Navy bills, three days' sight, 20; Bank of
England Yost Bills, at sight, 2 0.
Government Securities—Transfer Stock Paper, five
per cent. prem., 6 oto6 8; Bombay Five per Cent., 3
rs. to 3 2 prem.; Old Sicca Five per Cent., according to
number, 3 rs, 3 2 prem.; New Company's Five per Cent.,
Prem., 6 8 to 6 9; Third Sicca Four per Cent. Disc.,
11 4to 11 8; New Company's Four per Cent., 9 4 to
9 8.

Price of Bullion, &c.—Sovereigns, 10 1 to 10 2; Ma-
dras gold mohurs, 16 to 16 3; old gold mohurs, 20 7 to
29 9 each. China gold bars, 15 10 to 16 2; gold dust,
13 to 13 3; Sycee Silver Company's Rs., 100, 104 6, to
104 12 per sa. wt. Spanish dollars, 220 12 to 221 4;
Mexican ditto, 220 6 to 220 12 per 100.

CHINA.
(From the Overland Friend of China, July 23.)
Defeated in every encounter, uy to
carry on the contest, its prestige inbroken! and from
within and from without altogether wanting that
affection and sympathy which alone form substantial
support to a throne—the days of the Tartar dynasty
appear fast drawing to a close. Choo, or Tsou, the
several times
Prince of the old Ming family, who has
made known to his countrymen that be is anxiously
watching the progress of events, still remains in the
back ground; cautiously, perhaps, anticipating the
time when, the country from end to end being in a
state of anarchy, the throne will revert to his posses-
sion an easy prize. In our last summary it was
stated that the insurgents having attacked
lin-foo, the capital of KWitngsi, proceeded
towards

the borders of the adjoining province of Hunan.
Dividing, it would appear, into two parties,
one body attacked and captured the town Tsiuen at
the north, the other crossed the. border and took the
township Tau ; and another smaller place which we
do not find in the map of Hunan, called Keem-wha.
Keem-wha, at last advice 9, was held to a ransom of
thirty thousand taels. In Hunan large gangs im-
mediately joined the insurgents, as a distinguishinrx
mark wearing blue caps or turbans—the Kwanipi
men red.

The information given in our last, that Commis-
sioner Seu bad formed a coalition with Saishangah
at Kwei-lin-foo, has not proved correct. Saishangah
is said to be still at that place; but Seu has had to
fight a hard battle, and has been terribly defeated.
This engagement has been described as follows :
" The rebels of Lo-king-ahan, belonging to Kaou-
chow, had encamped on the top of a high mountain, by
a dangerous pass. On the 19th of June Seu resolved on
dislodging them, and, leading a body of four thousand
men, proceeded directly to the rear of the mountain
where the rebels were. But, anticipating this movement,
the insurgents had undermined the ground, dug pits, and
thrown up various obstacles. The mines being sprung,
fire, arrows, and stones were hurled down on the unfor-
tunate army, and fully the half of the whole body were
killed or seriously wounded. Among the latter, mor-
tally, were the military Keujin Wei-tso-pang and
Hwang-yu-kee, spoken of as talented officers."
Yeh, Governor of Canton, has not got any further
than Lo-ting, in this (the Kwang-tung) province.
Seu has fallen back on Wuchau, but a short way from
the borders.

The body of the deceased Wulantai having lain in
state within the city of Canton for some time, was
the other day taken away to Pekin. It is a singular
fact, that of ten Tartar officers who formed the staff
of the old General when he left Canton, in June last
year, only two are now alive—four having died from
wounds received in battle, and four from sickness
consequent on the unusual exposure, harrass, and
anxiety to which they were subjected.

HONG KONG.
In looking over the monthly file of local papers for
materials to weave a summary of extraordinary events,
we find but very little recorded. The month, on the
whole, has been a very quiet one—the weather and
reports of shipping disasters being the occurrences of
most stirring import. On the 3d, and again on the
6th instant, the great fall of mercury gave sure token
that bad weather was somewhere near to us ; and we
now learn that over wide spaces there have been fear-
ful cyclonic gales, of the effects of which we have not
yet, perhaps, heard the worst. The American ship
Courser experienced the heaviest weight of one of
these gales on the sth instant, in about 18 lat. N.,
128 long ; the Invincible on the 6th, in about 20 lat.
N., 119 long. E ; the W. Watson (dismasted) on the
6th, in N. lat. 20, E. long. 122 30; the .Osceola
(totally wrecked on Caro Babuan) on the 6th, say in
lat. 19 36 N., long. 122 E.; the Eliza and others on
the 7th, off the Lamocks, say in lat. 23 17 N., long.
117 21 E.; and by the Waldemar on the sth and 6th
inst., in the vicinity of the Bashees. Since last report
we have had rain on 14 out of 30 days; the pluvio-
meter showing a total depth of 18/ inches nearly.
Last month we gave the total number of sick in
garrison as 75 ; this month shows an increase to 90
(against 105 at same period last year). NVe have as
many as thirteen deaths, too, to tell of—viz., four of
the Ceylon Rifle Corps and five Gun Lascars (all of
Beri-beri), two of H.M.'s 59th, and two in the Ar-
tillery Corps. The hospital list stood yesterday as
follows :—H.M.'s 59th Regiment,6l ; Ordnance De-
partment, 16 ; Ceylon Rifles, 13.
We are told that the etiology of Beri-beri (so fatal
to the Asiatic soldier) is not known.
The first symtoms of this singular disease are pains
and slight swelling in the feet and ancles, with an
unsteady motion in walking—death occurring very
suddenly—the patient only a few minutes before dis-
solution, it may be, being in a cheerful conversation
with those around him.