The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-28 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA MARKET.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18.
The Bentinek, with the mail of the 9th of Septem-
ber, arrived •n the 14th inst.

Business after the Doorga Poojah holidays recom-
menced on the 9th instant, but up to the present date
many of the principal dealers have not yet returned to
Calcutta, and consequently but little activity has as yet
been experienced in our markets.
In produce but little has yet been done, but engage-
ments have been made for loading ships, which will pro•
bably lead to a fair amount of business, and which will
be helped by the lower freights, and the present favour.
able exchange.
In Indigo the accounts from the Dooab and Benares
tend rather to a reduction of the estimate of crop to
from 93,000 to 90,000 tads. Sugar is held at fall prices.
Saltpetre of fine quality is also firm. Rice, owing, to
low freights, is in demand for Great Britain, and good
table is slightly dearer; several ships have been taken up,
for Mauritius. Raw silk and silk-piece goods are un-
altered. Lac dye and shell lac have both advanced in
value. Linseed may be quoted 4 annas below the high-
est point. Jute is being contracted for of fair quality
at Re. 14.0 per bale ; the crop is likely to be large.
Hides are being taken as they arrive at fell prices with
reference to quality ; in other goods we hear of little
doing. The tenth opium sale of the season took place
on the 12th inst., and resulted in an average price of
Rs. 623.2-10 for Patna, and Rs. 615-44 for Benares—
a heavy decline from former rates, but which the state
of affairs in China led every one to anticipate.
The arrivals of shipping during the holidays and since
have been tolerably large, and freights have conse-
quently given way from 10s. to 15s. per ton. Some
large engagements have been made at about the follow-
ing rates for London :—Sugar, 4/. ss. to 41. 10s. ; salt-
petre, 4/. to 4/. ss. ; rice, 4/. ss. to 41. 10s. ; jute, Si.
10s. to Si. 15s. ; seeds, 61. 103. For Liverpool the
rates have been proportionately lower. Charters have
been made for London at Si. all round, Hamburg, ,
Melbourne, 51. 155., and for Mauritius at Rs. 2.4 tO
Re. 2-6 per bag.

CHINA.

HONG KONG, OCT. 11.

Tho 25th August mail has not arrived. Since our
last of the 27th ult. we have no change of moment
to note in political matter.

ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED OFFICERS.

The following wounded officers have arrived in Liver-
pool by the screw steamer Baalbec :—Lieut.-Colonel W.
Smith, 95th Regiment, wounded severely—Major Lind-
sey, 63d Regt., ditto—Captain Creagh, 41st Regt., ill—
Captain Pakenham, 3Stk Regiment, wounded severely—
Captain Fitzgerald, 33d Regt., ditto—Lieut. Philips,
Royal Artillery, ill—Lieut. Knight, 17th Lancers, ditto
—Lieut. Light, 68th Regt., ditto—Assistant-Surgeon
Elkins, 4th Regt., ditto—Lieut. Persse, 7th Regiment,
wounded severely—Lieut. Braybrooke, 95th Regiment,
ditto.
Left at Malta—. Colonel Laurenson, 17th Lancers, ill
—Captain Wethered, 95th Regt., ditto—Captain Fitz-
gerald, 7th Regt., wounded severely—Lieut.
.Lane, 50th
Regt., wounded—Lieut. Unett, 19th Regt., ill—Lieut.
Purcell, 13th Light Dragoons, wounded—Lieut. Philips,
47th Regt., wounded severely.
Left at Smyrna Assistant Commander-General
Strickland, ill; and five officers' servants, ill and
wounded.
Left at Gibraltar—Lieuteuant Bazalgette, 95th Regt.,
wounded severely.

COLLECTED WORKS OF LORD BROIIGHAM.—Aniong
other interesting reprints of the day, it is stated that
Messrs. Griffin, of Glasgow, have entered into arrange.
ments for publishing a complete edition, in a cheap and
uniform style, of the works of Lord Brougham, which
his lordship is at present engaged in revising and pre-
paring for the press at Cannes.
ACCIDENT IN TIM CEINNEL AND LOSS OF LIFE.—
LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—A letter from the Isle of Man,
received here this morning, announces that on the night
of the 20th inst., two sloops, the New Hope, TOW, mas-
ter, and the Miss Smith, Hughes, master, both bound
from Glasgow to P.uncorn, with cargoes of pig iron,while
endeavouring to avoid a large vessel off the Calf of Man,
came in collision with each other, causing considerable
damage to both vessels. The crows got into one boat,
abandoning the unfortunate crafts ; and, after being
tossed about in the channel for about 48 hours, were
picked tip in a gale of wind, about eight miles off Douglas
Head, by the brig Grace, of Harrington, and lauded in
Douglas harbour. One boy belonging to the abandoned
sloop died immediately after being taken on board the
Grace, from fatigue and over exertion.