The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

INDIA.

By his Majesty's ship Leander, from India,
the following intelligence has been received :-
Extract from a private letter, dated Calcutta, June 28 :-
" During the last month the quantity of indigo in the market
has been very trifling, and the general selling price has been
for the fine purple and violet indigo 205 to 2.40 rupees per
maund. The indigo crop this season bids fair to be a very good
one, and is estimated at 90,000 maunds. But little business
has been done recently in this article of commerce ; in fact,
with the exception of the Arabs and Portuguese, the buyers in
the market have been scarce. A few of our late quota-
tions are handed herewith ; as well of indigo, as of some other
articles which have been most in request. The request for
cotton has been very limited lately. Some has, however, been
disposed of at Murzapore, the average sales of which brought
in about 15. 2 per local ineund, but in some other parts of the
country it has suffered a decline, and at Bogovongolah has
been sold as low as 11. 8. a 11. 12. Both these quotations
apply to that description called new Contchera. What sales
have been effected at these places are for country consumptien,
any scarce and for speculation. In opium, nothing worth no-
ticing has of late been done, but lac dye is in tolerably good
demand, some of the finest qualities having obtained as high a
price as 95 rupees per maund. At the beginning of the last
month spelter was in considerable demand, but towards the
close it somewhat declined, and the price has suffered a little ;
saltpetre has been somewhat sought after at 3. 4. a. 5. 4. and
buyers of sugar have been tolerably active at 6 rupees to 9. 4.
In Eastern produce the sales of pepper have been rather
large, which has had some . little effect on the prices of this'
article. Grain has been in very good demand ; Patna and
Moongy rice have advanced a trifle-say about one anna per
maund, and the speculations at the advance have been con.
siderable. Piece-goods are rather heavy, and, with the excep-
tion of the Portuguese, who are the only purchasers, the
market is bare of buyers to any extent worth noting. Freights
to London are rising, and may be quoted. from 5. a 9. 5. pt r
ton. The following are late quotations :-Indigo, fine purple
or violet, 235 a 240r5.; ordinary, 20.5 a 215 rs. ; strong c( pper,
200 a 210 rs. ; ordinary, 160 a Mrs. ; ordinary Oude, 145 a
155 rs. Scarce any of the fine Oude is in the market, very little
having appeared during the whole of the last month. Opium
may be quoted 4,310 a 4,340r5., this of course is Patna ; and
Benares opium is from 2,220 a 2,235r5. Raw silk, of the Bom-
bay market, Ist number, is 11. 8. a 12. 2. ; and the 2d number
about firs. ; Bengal, wound, is about Ors. ; but none of very
fine sort is in our market. Malda (('ompany's)` is about 11. 8.
a 13. 0.: and the native bears about 11. 0. a 11. 8. The Com-
pany's Baleauh is from 12. a 13. ; and the native 11. 8. a 11.
9.; the Company's Radanaghon is the same as last voted ;
and the Company's Cosinbazu is 13. a 14. ; the ordinary To-
haus is at 2. 12., and the best at Ors. - Tumeric of inferior qua-
lity is at 3.4., thebetter descriptions at 4rs. Your Europeanlarticles
are heavy in comparison ; beer is 115 a 120 rs. ; cochineal 33 a
36rs. ; iron, flat, (English), is 4 4. a 5., and the square 3. 12.
a 3. 14. ; sheet copper is 38. 0. a 33. 8., and the old a trifle un-
der the first price; Liverpool refined salt is from 6. 4. a 6. 8. ;
brandy is 1. 12. a 2. 4. ; and Ilollands 1. 6. a 1. 16., with little
doing. The present rate of discount of the Bank of Bengal is,
for private and Government bills 12 per cent, the same rate ap-
plies to loans which bear that interest."
CALCUTTA, JULY 2.-SURVEY OF SIRGOOJAII.-Orders
have lately been given for the institution of a survey of Sirgoo_
jah. This country is almost unknown to us, but individuals
who have visited it represent it to contain al lofty table land,
called Myn Pat, besides the sources of several considerable
rivers, among which the Hudsoo is the most important. The
province in question is said also to contain many beautiful and
romantic valleys, while to the Myn Pat above described, is
given almost every variety of soil and climate. The district of
Mohree, a part of Sirgoojah, is impo:tant in a military point
of view, as commanding the only pass (called the Pushtoo),
into the Company's provinces in that direction. Capt. Fer-
gusson of the 4th Native Infantry, has been appointed to con-
duct this survey.
FORT WILLIAm, JUNE 29.-Government has revised the
statute respecting pecuniary rewards to Civil Students in the
College of Fort William, with the following modification and
addition. Every student who may be reported by the Exa-
miner, to have attained high proficiency in any of the languages
taught in the College, shall receive a certificate, under the sig-
nature of the Members of the College Council, of his having
done so, and shall further be entitled to a donation of eight
hundred sicca rupees. In cases of extraordinary proficiency in
any of the languages taught in the College, a diploma will
be granted in testimony of the same, to be denominated a de-
gree of honour, under the signature of the visitor for such ex-
traordinary proficiency, and. the student obtaining such dis-
tinction will receive a reward of one thousand six hundred
sicca rupees.

No B;udent will receive two pecuniary rewards on account
of the same language ; but any student, who after receiving a
' certificate of high proficiency, may become entitled to a degree
of honour for extraordinary proficiency, will be entitled to the
difference between the rewards attached to the two degrees of
proficiency.
Earthquake at Commillah, Zillah, Tipperah. At a quarter
past ten o'clock at night,wben the moon was particularly bright,
and the sky remarkably serene and clear, we had a slight shock
of earthquake here, passing from cast to west. It lasted one
minute and forty seconds, and did no other damage, than
occasioning great sickness to all persons within its influence.
SINGULAR CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA. CAWNPORE,
JUNE I.—We have to record a singular case of hydrophobia,
on the death of a sepoy, subsequent to a severe bite from a leo- '
pard. The poor fellow hail been attacked and severely wound-
ed by the animal in the hand and arm ; the wounds, however,
healed, and he had ceased to suffer any inconvenionce from the
accident, when, about two months from the time of its oc-
currence, he was seized with all the symptoms of hydrophobia,
and died in great horror after two or three days' suffering,

The requisition for a County Meeting on
Reform, hi Devonshire, has received the signa-
tures of many of the principal land-owners in
this County. Copies are now sent to different
parts of the County, to receive additional signa-
tures.—(Devonshire Freehotder.)

DIED.
On Saturday, the 14th inst., Mary, wife of Apsley Pellatt,
Esq., of Camberwell, eldest daughter of Stephen Maherly,
Esq., of Reading, Berks.
On Thursday, the 12th inst., in Sloane-street, in the BJth year
of her age, Mrs. Mary Richter.
On the 10th inst., Mrs. Jones, wife of W. T. Jones, Esq.,
of Aberystwith, and eldest daughter of the late Henry Tickell,
Dsq., of London.
Last week, at Bromley, in Kent, Joseph Henderson, Esq.,
merchant, of Great St. Helen's.