The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-01 00:00:00

EASTERN PRODUCE.

Cinnamon. at Ceylon, 31st Aug. Ist sort, 4 rix doll. 2p. per
lb. ; •2d ditto G rix doll. Bp. ; 3d do. 2 rix doll. 10p. Cloves,
Bourdon, N a 9 pap. per maund of 23Ibs. Cotton, Jenevelly,
22 a3O pags. per candy, in unscrewed bales. Indigo, fine
Madras (scarce), 4 a 4Jrs. per lb.; good, 3 a 3irs. per lb.—
l'ieee i;oods, 12 a 14 pungums, 53 a 34 pags. per canny; 16 a
18 do.. 60 a 65 do. ; White Salampores, 16 a 18 do. 30 a 32i ;
blue do. 7, ;;, and 9, kell, 29, 31i, and 33 do. Sumatra Pepper,
CO a B.srs. per candy.

(INDIA SAILS—LONDON.)
.Last week came on the Company's sale of in..
digo, and that article has never been known to sell so high since
the opening of the free trade, and but rarely prior to that period.
One lot of blue sold as high as 16s. and many at 15s. 6d.
Violet blue. from 13s. 9d. to 14s. 6(1. Fine violet, from 13s. GI
to 14s. 3d. Some very line Madras, from 1 ls. to 13s. Gd. ; and
line Java, from 12s. (hi. to 133. 7d.
Comparing these prices with the Company's sales of October
laSt, the best Bengals have gone for from Is. 6d. to 23. Gd.
higher. Middling and inferior qualities, from Is. 6d. to is. 9d.
Madras, from Is. 2d. to Is. 6d.; though this can hardly be
quoted, as there was no very fine Madras lots at the former sale,
and Oudes have improved from 9d. to Is. sd. The number of
chests exposed were 4,4313. of which 2,893 were Bengal, 1,371
Oude, 163 Madras, and 11 .Java. Of these about 900 were
bought in by the proprietors. The stock of good indigo in the
market is very small, so that the reports we hear of the quantity
are deceptions, inasmuch as the greater part of the nominal
stock is unsaleable rubbish. It is calculated, therefore, that a
good average crop this year will in no way injure the market.
The following may be quoted as the prices at the close of the
sales :
Bennal Fine Blue -15 s. Od. 163. Od.
Blue and Purple. - 14 6 15 0
Fine Purple - - 14 0 14 6
Purple and Violet - 14 0 14 6
Fine Red Violet - 13 6 14 0
Good and middling Violet 12 9 13 0
Fine Copper - - 12 6 13 0
Good and middling Copper 11 9 12 6
Ordinary Copper - 10 3 11 6
Oude Fine - - - 16 6 12 0
. Good and middling - 7 0 9 6 .
'- • . . ( )rdiistiry - • - .s":e -6 6
Very ordinary - - 3' 6 i 0
Madras Fine - - 11 9 13 1
Good and Middling - 10 0 11 6
Ordinary - 7 0 9 0
Java Fine - - - 12 6 'l3 7
Pondicherry - - 6 4 7 U

'l'l►e following is an extract from a letter, dated
St. pet ershurgli, January s:

_
6, A s?ries of successful experiments have just been made at
Cronstadt with a nautical compass, protected by block-tin,
which go to !chew the capability of that useful instrument's re-
maining wholly uninfluenced by the iron guns, and other iron-
work, on board ships of war. The Imperial Government deem
the discovery to be one of the very first importance to the Ma-
xine; and under this impression have commanded that these
newly-invented compasses be universally used throughout the
Navv.
" -The Governor-General of the War Department, General
Miloradowitsch, (whose great exertions during the late fright-
ful inundation of this capital were beyond praise), has had
the honour to receive from the Emperor an extra gratification
of 50,000 silver rubles. Colonel Tschikatschew, the head of
the Police, has had presented to him a very valuable diamond
ring, ornamented with the Imperial cypher. The Military
Commandant of St. Petersburgh, General Bashutzki, and Ad-
miral Moller, Chief of the Manue Staff, have each received
from the Emperor the ribbon of the Order of St. Alexander
Newasky, the most distinguished Order. of Knighthood in
Russia.

" Accounts from Asiatic Russia state, that the armed great
mercantile caravan set out from Orenburg for Buchara on the
14th Nov.mnber last. It consists of 1,000 camels, accompanied
by 100 Cassacs of the Uurai Mountains, and 100 Orenburg
Cassacs, 260 foot soldiers, and 40 artillerists with two field
pieces. The commerce of the Russians with India seems evi-
dently to be on the increase."