The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-04 00:00:00

DOONGHUR SINGH.

(From the Delhi Gazette.)
AUGUST 4.—A report having reached Delhi from
Rhotuk on Friday night or Saturday morning last
that the town of Bhawanie, a place of great mercan-
tile importance on the line of road into the Sheka-
watee country, had been threatened by Doonghur
Singh, two companies of the 42d Light Infan-
try, under Brevet Captain Knox, with three other
officers, and two Ressalas of Major Forster's Cavalry,
under a native officer, were, on the requisition of the
agent and commissioner, ordered to hold themselves
in readiness to march immediately, and left Delhi on
Sunday morning in the direction of the threatened
town. We strongly suspect the demonstration has
only been a ruse of Mr. Doonghur Singh to divert
attention from some other point of attack, though if
he really meditated this plan, he will have carried it
out, and left Bhawanie one hundred miles in his rear
before any assistance can possibly have reached the
place from this. It must also be remembered in sup-
port of our doubts, that the chief must have heard of
the march, on Tuesday last, of Major Tait's Irregulars
towards Nusseerabad, and it is hardly probable he
would venture to attack a place not far out of the
line of mach of this corps. Major Tait would at the
time of his suspected attempt be at or near Rewaree
on his right, the station of Hansee as far on his left,
so that an attacw on Bhawanie would have placed him
between two fires—a contingency to which it is hardly
probable he would have run the risk of exposing him-
self. The Nawab of Jujjur and other Jaghirdars
have been required to send their quotas to assist in
repelling the threatened inroad.
AUG. 7.—The most contradictory reports cotinue
to be received respecting the whereabouts of Doon-
ghur Singh. It is pretty clear now that the threat-
ened attack on Bhawanie was not even the ruse for
which we gave the man credit, and was merely ap-
prehended by Major Dixon, at Ajmeer, on some
vague information. Nothing in reality is absolutely
known of the movements of the Chief, beyond the
fact that he had, when last heard of, only six horse
and two camel men with him, that he was beginning
to get alarmed at the measures adopted for his appre
hension, and was therefore constantly on the qui vice,
scarcly halting at any resting-place more than a
couple of hours, sometimes only one, in the 24, anti
then his horses and camels were never unsaddled. A
number of small parties of sufficient strength are out
in all directions, and under the immediate eye of
Major Ludlow, who was, when last heard of, at a
place named Magloona, or Mnglona, a point at which,
according to the map, the states of Beekaneer, Mar-
war, and Seekur abut each others as nearly as pos-
sible. It is to be hoped that the measures now
adopted will be successful, and put a period to the
very dangerous state of anxiety which has brought
the trade of that part of the country almost, if not en-
tirely, to a stand-still.

THE PUNJAUB.
(From the Delhi Gazette, July 81.)
LAHORE.—A letter regarding the alleged conspi
racies at Lahore was handed to us some days ago
the writer of which assured us in the strongest pos
sible terms that such conspiracies did exist, that there
was every reason to believe that his Highness Maha-
raja Ghoolab Singh was at:the bottom of the whole of
them, and that our situation was by no means so
enviable at Lahore as the authorities and their friends
wished to make us believe. It was our intention to
have published this letter, especially as it came from
one wishing to do us a service, and who would, we
are convinced, not have written what he did not be•
lieve to be true. By some accident, however, his
letter has been mislaid, and we have been compelled
to give only the substance thereof; we are not the
less obliged to our friend for his good intentions,
but would take the opportunity of assuring him
that he has been misinformed, and that really and
truly there is no ground for his allegations. The
nature and extent of such conspiracy as did exist,
the Prema conspiracy, hatched and discovered in
February, and most unlikely to have created the
least alarm in the minds of those most concerned, we
gave a faithful account of some six weeks ago. It is
possible that the fellow and his confederates may
know more than has been hitherto revealed by them,
but whatever that may be, it cannot be of any great
importance, as although the mem apprehended and
imprisoned have already done their very best to im-
plicate almost all the Sirdars in their plot, they have
signally failed in producing the slightest evidence
that would be received as convincing in the most
credulous court of justice in the world. The only
name that has, we are told, never been mentioned by
any of them was that of Sirdar :Tej Singh, and one
only of the band has named Dewan Deena Nath
and Lena Singh, Majeeteea, and yet it has been
the object of certain parties, well known, however,
to the authorities, to endeavour to persuade the
public that Tej Singh and Deena Nath were in
deep conspiracy with the Ranee, with Maharaja
Ghoolab Singh, with Bhaie Maharaj Singh and
Dherea Khan, who escaped from Govindghur. In•
deed, a friend on whose judgment we can place the
utmost confidence, says that " Colonel Lawrence
makes no mystery at this place (Lahore) of the fact,
that there was not a tittle of evidence Ito convict a
single chief, and that Prema could not have been ap-
prehended but for Ghoolab Singh, as the said Prema
had taken refuge in a sanctuary, which a much less
clever fellow than the arch-fiend of Cashmere could
have declared it was impossible to violate." Our co,r-
spondent alluded, inter alia, to Futteh Khan, la-
wana, but whether as an accomplice or an ill-used
man, we do not exactly remember. All we know of
him is, that he is a revenue defaulter, and still in
prison on account of his fiscal misdeeds, and if he
escape he would do so at the intercession of our autho-
rities, who may think it useless to keep him, as he
has neither the power nor the means of being mis-
chievous in any other way, in- lengthened confine-
ment. We are perfectly satisfied of the correctness
of our information, and of the vigilance of those in
authority, and have the greatest confidence in the
regime prevalent at Lahore.

Charles Napier for the purpose pf conveying himself
and family direct from Kurrachee to Suez. The se-
vere indisposition of Lady Napier was stated to be the
primary and most prominent ground of the arrange-
me.' : her ladyship recovered so far as that a delay
till at_ ber was spoken of; a relal se has now made

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the rapid arrangements desirable. Nearly
the whole members of the Sinde staff propose, it is
said, to retire with their chief. The Moo-

zuffer is understood to be the vessel in question;
she will quit this place some days hence, and it
is probable the party she conveys will endeavour so
t 4 arrange matters as to join the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company's vessel either at
Aden or Alexandria, in which case they may be looked
for in England about the end of October. That the
system of politico-military government he endea-
voured to work out has completely failed, is admitted
by all parties—by none more emphatically than by
some of his most ardent admirers. The fault has
been that of the system, not of the man. Sir C.
Napier has himself laboured with the utmost energy
and zeal to work out the plans he had laid down. It
is now understood to have been the decision of Lord
Ellenborough and himself to try the experiment of
dispensing with the services of civilians, and to en-
trust to officers of the army, without previous expe-
rience or instruction, the duties of collecting the
revenue and administering the law, in preference to
those whose profession it was to attend to such
things, and who had from the beginning been trained
in view to these employments. When the adminis
tration of the law is spoken of, the phrase must be
taken with great allowances where every tribunal was
a law unto itself—half a dozen of conflicting codes
being referred to, or more frequently set aside, to
attain the ends of concise and summary government.
The whole scheme of the judicial and executive,
which could only endure in the hand of its designer
while he was allowed to work his pleasure—and even
then for a few years only—must be broken up and
re-constructed on his retirement. We have now been
nearly two months without hearing anything more
of steam communication betwixt Kurrachee and
Femzepore ; and from the silence maintained on the
subject compared with the alacrity usually mani-
fested in the publication of agreeable intelligence, we
may assume the experiment to have been less satis-
factory than could have been desired. Besides the
question of the possibility of maintaining steam com-
munication on the river such as will, even in the
hands of the Government, compete with camels or
common boats, the next question that arises is, will it
pay the steamers ? Whatever Government may con-
sider expedient in the matter of starting the scheme,
or showing what may be done, assuredly they will
never be so unwise as permanently to constitute them-
selves, at a loss, carriers of goods. For a steamer of
80-horse power, and 200 tons burden—the most can-
venient size for the river—the expense of each voyage
of 800 miles is estimated at 2501.
KURRACHEE, AUG. 13.—1 see it occasionally stated
in the Bombay papers that the weather at Kurrachlie
is delightful, and the Europeans healthy. The wea-
ther certainly has been much cooler and more agree-
able than last year, and generally cloudy ; but as to
health, if we except that awful visitation of cholera,
I much fear that our hospital books will give a diffe-
rent result. Although there have been fewer cases
in hospital of all classes, yet the cases of &Se-me at-
tributable to the climate have been mare numerous
and more fatal than last year. During the last fort-
night, I believe 1 may say hardly a day has passed
without one or more funerals among the European
troops ; and this is producing its effect on minds and
bodies already depressed and enervated by the deadly
effects of this most insidious climate. The last hope
to which they clung—viz., a change to the Presi-
dency, it seems now pretty generally understood here
will be withdrawn from them by the final announce-
ment that one certainly, and most probably both, the
European corps, and probably the artillery (Row-
land's troop) will be detained here another year. Let
the medical officers of those troops be asked if they can
trace the effects of climate more distinctly during
the present (healthy) than daring the last (unhealthy)
season ? Let them be asked, further, are these symp-
toms beyond a doubt yet on the increase ? And,
again, let them be asked whether the observations
which they have made on the various cases that have
come under their notice, induce them to believe that
these symptoms will be both multiplied and aggra-
vated by a further detention in Sinde ? And
whether, on the contrary, they are not unanimously
of opinion that a removal to India will check the
spread of these diseases, and render these same men,
after a time,- again fit for service in Sinde ? Why,
then, keep them to die here, rather than afford them
a chance of recovery in India ? But to another
Foint. The Rifles are strong in numbers, the
usiliers weak. If a dread of Sinde does not pre-
vent them, the former will probably be increased by
volunteers from her Majesty's 28th, and they have a
very large re-inforcement expected from England.
Should any regiment be sent from the Presidency it
is believed that it will be her Majesty's 22d (also a
strong
.corps) ; should either of the two European
corps in Sinde be relieved, it must be the Fusiliers,
who first came to the country. Thus, then, we
shall have a considerable increase of Europeans
if any relief takes place The present force
can hardly be accommodated even by occu-
pying barracks pronounced by the executive engi-
neer to be unsafe. How, then, is it proposed to ac-
commodate yet larger numbers ? The answer is
clear. A large military hospital has been built at
Hyderabad; and people have long asked cui bow 1'
A reply will be given by sending there all the
Europeans who cannot be accommodated here.
Verily, Government acted with unusual foresight in
building the hospital first ; for that all who go to
Hyderabad will be its tenants during nine months
out of the twelve, is of course perfectly understood.
Another question is asked here—viz., why, if a relief
be intended, should her Majesty's 22d be selected in
preference to her Majesty's Bth, who have not as yet
had an opportunity of detailing to their friends in
England all. the delights of Sinde ? But, leaving
that to be settled below, why should any, and still
more, why should two European corps be required in
a country which its present governor (no bad judge)
officially, or, at any rate, publicly declares would be
sufficiently garrisoned by its present police force ? I
fear I have already trespassed on your patience, but if
you are polite enough to think otherwise, you will
probably hear again from—MEMPHIS:'

NEPAUL.

In our last we gave particulars of the
bloodless
,deposition of the Maharaja of Nepaul,
who, after the massacre of last year, had proceeded
on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Benares, to
expiate his offences. He had at that date
written to his Ministers to send certain of their
number to him under an escort, that they might be
dealt with according to their demerits. The Council
of Administration, who had acted in his absence,
looked on his conduct as that of one who must needs
be insane ; they proceeded accordingly to depose him
in form from the throne, and invest a sovereign to
rule in his stead. An account of what had occurred
was thereupon written hiqi ; he was reproached with
having abandoned his kingdom, and desired the blood
of innocent men; but assured at the same time that
he was at liberty to return to his country as a subject
or to remain in India, in either case receiving an al-
lowance and consideration becoming the rank of a
prince of the blood now no longer ruler. The latter
course he preferred, and remained encamped near
Sergowlie, with a large crowd
.of refugees and mal-
contents in his train. It being obvious that the ar-
rangement just made at the capital was one that met
with general approval and promised to be conducive
to the welfare of the people, the elected
Monarch was recognised by our Government,
our resident remaining in the capital. The offers
and the latitude allowed him were so ample that it
was belived the ex-Sovereign would take advantage
is host. anHde
at of them, and abandon all thoughts of attempting to
regain authority. He was meanwhile encamped close
to our frontier, where, suddenly, arms and ammuni-
tion allaernggethreinforce-•
meet
of men were
for the borders of his own dominions, and entered
secretlyadded
to collected,h
them on the 23d ult., at the head of about 3,000 men,
partly Nepaulese, partly Aff h h
g ans, e tlatter being
pronounced as more expert marksmen, and more
likely to prove serviceable in the destruction of the
usurper. He had been led to believe that discontent
was already general throughout the country ; that
the army would to a man be found in his favour so
soon as he appeared in their presence, and that the
troops on their march to oppose him were most likely
to cross over and join his service. These last con-
sisted of five regiments of regular soldiers, nominally
under the command of the second son of the ex-
King ; in reality led by General Bum Bahadoor,
eldest brother of the new monarch, who, having just
before acted as chief justice in the Court of Right,
had quitted the bench for the saddle, and laid aside
the statute book to assume the sword. An address
was read to the troops on the parade-ground just be-
fore they marched. They were desired to 'Pare
the exiled Sovereign if possible, and to fire blank
cartridge.the first round; if this did not intimidate
his followers, they were then to attack them in
earnest. The armies met on the 28th of July. The
hopes held out of aid, and the rumoured attachment
of the troops, proved to have been contrivances of his
adversaries to lure him on to his fate. No one joined
him—none bid him welcome. The army, under his
son, took the invaders by surprise, and attacked them
fiercely. After a deadly volley had been discharged,
the Nepaulese soldiers drew their swords, and fell
furiously on the foe. One hundred were left dead on
the spot (the correspondent of the Bengal Hurkar,
says three hundred), the rest scattered in all
direc-
tions : the Chief of Gopal was amongst the slain.
The ex-King was taken prisoner, and remains in the
hands of the General, awaiting orders from Kat.
mandoo. From the indifference with which hit
situation seemed to have been viewed, and the cold.

news shown him on his return to his country, it seems
unlikely that his adherents will again make any
attempt in his favour. So long, indeed, as he con-
tinues a prisoner, and his family remain at the court
of his rival, it does not appear what attempt could be
made to advance his interests, or where his friends
would find a leader.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
POONAH, AUG. 26.
General Sir Charles Napier has just repeated, but
in a more urgent manner, his former request for a
steamer to convey Lady Napier from India, coupling
that request, I believe, with a formal resignation of
the Government of Sinde, and no doubt, therefore,
the regular steamer, which leaves Bombay in the
middle of next month (September) will be directed
to pass by Kurrechee, and General Napier will avail
himself of that occasion to proceed to England. I
have already stated as much on former occasions. It
is not yet, I believe, quite arranged in what manner
Sir Charles Napier will be replaced. The July mail
is said to have brought instructions from home to the
Governor-General, directing his Excellency to report
on the necessary measures and appointments for
Sinde. It appears prett-; certain that the Lower
Indus will ultimately be merged in the Bombay pre-
sidency, and that its military, revenue, and judicial
departments will be administered under separate heads.
General Farquharson, formerly Colonel commanding
the brigade at Kurrachee, Hill, it is thought, be sent
from England for the military command. But other
measures will probably be adopted at the moment upon
General Napier's departure, since he seems deter-
mined upon proceeding at once to England. General
Napier intends, I believe, to quit India on the staff
leave of absence, to which he is entitled. Meer Khan
Mahomed, who commanded a division of the Beloo-
chee army at the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad,
will, it is said, accompany him to England.
Colonel Grant, head of the engineer department of
this division of the army, has received orders from the
Governor-General to meet his Excellency at Aden,
on his way home, in January, with instructions to
report on the progress of the works ordered by his
Lordship to be completed. He will probably also
form an opinion on the nature of the differences which
Lave arisen between the Commandant of Aden and
the other officers at the station. The step in ques-
tion, from the character of the officer charged with
the duty, and Lord Hardinge's practical acquaintance
with Aden by inspection of the station on his way
out, must insure some decisive arrangements for the
benefit of Aden, as well in its military as its civil
organization, and which, from all accounts, is at pre-
sent much wanting. It will be the last act of Lord
Hardinge in person at the outposts of our Indian
empire, and a fit termination to the completeness and
the practical character of his Lordship's administra-
tion in India.
In some observations which I lately offered on the
subject of the overland route to India, I ventured to
suggest that great advantages would accrue to the
public service generally were the Honourable India
Company to establish a line of war packets from Suez
along the coasts of India, instead of leaving the means
Df communication entirely in the hands of a trading
company, inasmuch as the employment of an efficient
class of war steamers such as the largest of those
belonging to the French Government in the Medi-
terranean would prove a means of strengthening and
organizing the only important branch of Indian ma-
rine. I was not then aware that
_opinions somewhat
similar were entertained by others. Some observa-
tions which I have since seen in the Friend of India,
although not in reference to such a project, bear on
the arguments in its favour, and on the statements I
have before made. The following is the paragraph;
at once succinct and pointed in its illustrations :
" The Bombay Times proposes that Government
should give up its steam flotilla and Indian navy, and
entrust the packet service to the Peninsular Com-
pany. This would probably produce a considerable
saving ; but we must think twice before we thus cut
off an important arm of the public service. As the
paramount power in Asia, we cannot maintain our
proper influence among those independent powers
whose dominions lie on the sea coast without an es-
tablishment of war steamers. We must possess fa-
cilities for rapidly presenting ourselves on their coasts
and before their ports in such force as to command
respect and obedience. The most vulnerable points in
the countries to the eastward can fortunately be most
speedily approached and most effectually attacked
from the sea. Rangoon, in the kingdom of Burmah,
Bankok, the capital of Siam, Hue, the chief city of Co-
chin, and all the principal seats of commerce in the
Chinese empire, are thus within reach of our steamers,
and the appearance of three or four of them, fully
equipped would be sufficient to keep up that salutary
dread of our power which is the best security for
pace. The same may be said with regard to the
coasts of Arabia and Persia. Now that steam navi-
gation has been brought to such perfection, the Go-
vernment of India would be guilty of a dereliction of
duty if it were to neglect to provide a powerful and
efficient steam nary to meet any sudden emergency.
To cite one example—it is the knowledge that we are
possessed of war steamers which can reach the Bur-
mese dominions in about a week's time that keeps the
Burmese in check, and enables us to withdraw so
large a number of troops from Moulmein without risk.
Any war in which England might be involved with
a European Power would, of course, induce the home
authorities to send out a fleet of steamers and vessels
of war to protect the national interests in the East ;
but the Government of this country must have a
goodly number of steam-vessels at its command to be
prepared for any unforeseen contingency. 300,0001.
sterling, which is set down as the present cost of the
marine establishments, would hardly be too great a
sum for such an object, in such an empire as ours,
but for this amount we ought certainly to have a
larger and more efficient navy than we now possess."
The locality whence I write is a scene of festivities
—of balls, races, and private entertainments—in a
climate where at noon the thermometer indicates only
80 deg. The vast plateau round Poonah is clothed
in rich tints of grassy verdure ; everywhere it is in•
terspersed with wooded foliage and a varied outline
of heights. Around are country houses as remarkable
for rural elegance as the " boxes " of the Isle of
Wight. Tandems, curricles, and phaetons—the most
approved as to particulars that Long-acre can supply
—with ladies equestrian, and horsemen, frequent the
drives. Th ex-Ameers of Sinde attend the race-
course in a barouche, with a retinue of Sindian rag-
gamut-bus elegantly mounted (they at least have, 1
should think, good reason for not regretting any
recent changes). The worthy Governor and his offi•
vials are here, and the greatest portion of that class
who go under the name of " everybody." Nor is
there anything, in short, to mar the satisfaction of
the scene, except it be the reflection that there are
still too many of our brave countrymen soldiers on
the fevered plains below who might be detached to
the hills at an annual cost not greater than the sala-
ries of half a dozen fat officials.

MILITARY OBITUARY.
The folowing are the casualties by death in the
armies of India, repotted since the departure of the
mail of the 19th of July :
Her Majesty's Troops—Major Charles Douglas,
61st Foot, at Umballa, on the 30th of July. Captain
W. J. Darling, 63d Foot, on board the Larkins, on
her voyage to Europe, on the 2d of June. Captain
Walter Kirby, 29th Foot, at Kussowlee, on the 14th
of August.

Bombay--Lieutenant A. A. Nash, Engineers, in
England, on the 16th of June. Major-General A.
Roberson, in England, on the 9th of June. :Major
L. W. Hart, 22d Regiment, in England. Capt'iin C.
F. Sorell, 17th Regiment, in England, on the
Lieutenant James Miles, 29th Regiment, at the Pre-
sidency, on the 13th of August. Brevet Major J.
Parsons, 11th Regiment, commanding the Marine
Battalion, at the Presidency, on the 19th of August.
ISladras—Captain S. I. Corigeld, 30th Regiment, at
_0
oor, on the 11th of July. Lieutenant Colonel
T. Stockwell, 25th Regiment,j at Jaulnah, on the
14th of July. Lieutenant B. Mortimer, 34th
Regiment, on board the nst steamer Hangto, near_
Point de Galle, on the 12th of
Cheetham, 48th Regiment, tJhuly.
.Lieutenant E.
6th of August. Major Wlrry Re
.i.esidency, on the
Veteran Battalion, in Europe, :„ atts, 2d Native
the 4th of May.
Captain J. M. M'Donald, Ist CavalrY, at Arcot, on
the 7th of August.
Bengal—Assistant Surgeon W. 11,
11
llahabad, on the 15th of July. Major T. A
ai, at
48th Regiment, in Afsam, on the 27th of July. Lieu'_
tenant Colonel Pereira, Artillery, at Calcutta, on the
9th of August. Major J. D. D. Bean, 23d Regi_
mint, at Lucknow, on the Bth of August.
Indian Navy—Acting Second Master Tyler, Indus
Flotilla, at Kurrachee, on the 27th of July. Mr.
Pringle, Master of the steamer Assiria, near Sukkur,
on the 7th of August.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the Bombay Times of Aug. 31.)
MOMDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK, AUG. 30.

Since the departure of the overland mail of the 19th
ult. up to the 25th of this month, the business trans-
acted in our import market WAS not to that extent
that the favourable accounts from the agricultural
districts encouraged us to look for, and that usually
takes place on the approach of the fine season. The
local dealers had been moving about and inquiring for
most of the staple articles of import from Europe, the
-which gave a semblance of briskness to the market,
but owing to the absence of orders from Sinde and
other subordinate marts, their offers, although in
most instances exhibiting an advance upon the prices
current last May, prior to the setting in of the rains,
were, with few exceptions, without spirit, while im-
porters were much firmer holders than they were at
the period mentioned. Since the celebration, how-
ever, of Cocoanut-day on the 25th of this month,
when the natives consider the ho'.sterous weather to
lave terminated, there has been an improved feeling I

amongst the dealers; and increased offers have been
made for many articles, and a considerable amount of
business has taken place in cotton manufactures.
The accounts of the crops are in general favourable
from the agricultural districts, but in some parts,
particularly in Guzerat, the fall of rain had been
scanty, and a further supply was anxiously looked
forasr
is plentiful,equisitetoi andnsur theeana banksbund h
abundant yield.ave
Money
lately re-
duced their rates of discount I per cent. Upon the
whole, we
,h of activity
considersease that the prospects
;and when
are
ourgoodcom-
munication
fo
r
the opening
with the coast is freely re-established, and
the inland traders appear in the market, we expect to
witness an extension of business and improved prices
for imports.
Cotton Piece Goods—For these there has been a
very general inquiry, but dealers having been very
chary of their offers in the absence of a demand from
the interior, transactions have been restricted. Within
the last four days, however, dealers have evinced more
spirit, and an improved business has been done, par-
ticularly in gray goods. Gray shirtings and mada-
pellams of low quality, and middling and low jacco-
nets, have been the kinds most sought after, and have
all experienced an advance in price. The prices for
shirtings are up to what they were in April last, and
some kinds are 2a. to 3a. higher. The advance upon
low jacconets is about 4a. on the extremely low prices
of last season ; few sales of these goods have been re-
ported to us. In domestics there have been some ex-
tensive sales, but the quality in request is a low make
for dyeing, which has realised about the closing rates
of last season, and for which la. advance is now
obtainable.
In bleached goods, the principal inquiry has been
for shirtings, middling to fine, and for jacconets up
to middling quality; the former have improved
4 to 6 annas per piece, and the latter about 2 annas.
In Scotch goods, lappets of all styles, low quality,
have been inquired for, but the higher kinds are dull
of sale, as are also mull mulls, and the prices of all
are similar to those of last season. Zebra and
pine dresses continue neglected. Jacconet and
mull stripes, low to middling qualities, are in some
request.
Dyed Goods—Turkey red plain cloth and prints
are inquired for, but at very low prices, which have
prevented transactions. We have heard only of a
sale of the first named, 1,000 pieces, 24 inches, 28
yards, at rupees 8.31 per piece; and of a trifling sale
of 200 pieces Turkey red chintz, 28 inches, 28 yards,
at 10,1 per piece. If there are a continuance of the
present disposition of dealers, and of firmness in
holders, a further general advance may be looked for.
Cotton Yarn—The transactions done in grey since
the 18th of last month consist of about 1,348 bales of
mule and water. The article has been more in fair
request, but more extensive sales have been prevented
by the unwillingness of the principal holders to part
with their stocks unless at an advance upon the cur-
rent rates of last month, and which they have suc-
ceeded in establishing to the extent of a quarter of an
anna per lb. upon water, Nos. 20 and 30. The prices
realised are as follows :—Mule, No. 20, 64- annas ;
30, 7 ; 40, 7-i-; 50, 9i; 60, 94 annas per lb. Water
No. 20, annas 71 to 71 ; No. 30, annas 8i to 84.
In Dyed Yarn there has been a brisk speculative
demand for orange, of which about 75,0001 b. have
changed hands at prices varying from 91a. to 1201 a.
per pound, according to quality and weight of the
bundles ; the former price being for average No. 40
in bundles of 111 b., of objectionable shape, and the
latter having been obtained for a first-rate well-known
uality of 40, 50, and 60, in 711 b bundles. Turkey
red has not yet recovered from the depression occa•
sioned by tha extensive forced sale of 50 bales of very
best quality, in bundles weighing 128 b., at rupees
1-9-6 per pound; the same quality sold last season at
11 per pound at auction.
Woollens continue without any change, being still
quite neglected.
Metals—There has been some movement in our
iron market. English bar has continued in good
request. In the early part of this month 300 candies
were sold at 35 rupees per candy, and we hear that
37 rupees have been lately refused. In Swedish bar
nothing has been done. For sheet iron there has been
a good demand on speculation, and various parcels
have changed hands at prices progressing from 71-
rupses up to 74 rupees per cwt., the latter having
been given for a choice parcel, and establishes an
advance of one rupee per cwt. on the price of last
month. Square nail rod has also improved in
value. 5,100 bundles were sold about the
middle of the month at 431 rupees and 43f rupees
per candy, but since Cocoanut-day 800 bundles
have realised 44 rupees, and 1,600 bundles 45 rupees
per candy. The last figure shows an improvement in
price of 3 rupees per candy since the 18th of July.
We have not heard of any transaction in round nail
rod, but its value is likewise improving. In hoop
iron there appears to have been nothing done beyond
a sale of 1,035 bundles sea-water damaged, at 5i
rupees per cwt. Copper is in less request, and its
value has slightly receded ; 400 cwt. of braziers and
sheathing having been disposed of at 69 rupees,
and 200 cwt. of tile at 53 rupees per cwt.
Pig lead is in demand, and its value is
quoted at 10i rupees per cwt. Swedish steel has
been sold to the extent of 1,000 tubs at 9h- rupees per
cwt. We are not aware of any change having taken
place in other metals, and no sales have transpired.
Cochineal-2,6201b. of silver were sold in the early
part of this month at 41 rupees per lb., and 4,0001 b.
to arrive were disposed of at rupees 3 13-16 per lb.,
but recently a large supply has been imported,
15,0001 b. of which are said to have beon sold in one
parcel at 4i rupees per lb. We are not positive, how-
ever, as to the price.
Saffron—We look for an inquiry for this article
after the final close of the monsoon.
Beer—Within the last fortnight the dealers have
cleared off the stocks of Allsopp and Bass in im-
porters' hands, consisting of about 1,600 hogsheads of
65 rupees per hogshead. Allsopp's continues to be
much wanted, and we quote its present value nomi-
nally at 70 rupees. In the absence of the two above-
named brands from the market, 85 hogsheads of
lfodgson's ale have sold at 65r., and 50 hogsheads of
Tennent's at 52r. per hogshead. We are informed
also of a sale of 50 hogsheads of porter at 47r. per
hogshead.

Spirits—Brandy is in demind. Brown has been
sold at air. per gallon, and pale at 3 15-16 r.
Marine Stores—There is little to notice under this
head. The market continues very dull for canvas,
and we cannot quote above 15r. per bolt for bleached.
Cordage, 16r. per cwt. for the best. Of White lead,
400 cwt. have been sold at 141 r. per cwt. ; this article
is scarce, and worth at present 15 per cwt. No
sales are reported of Red lead. The stock of Paint
is greatly reduced, and prices are pretty firm as fol-
low :—White, 11r. ; green, 1 ; red, 10r.; black,
9r. In tar or pitch nothing has been done; the quo
tation for the former is Br., and for the latter 2ir. per
barrel. Stockholm tar 14r. per barrel.

EXPORTS.
The cotton market has been very firm since the re-
ceipt of accounts per the Overland Mail of the 7th of
July, and prices have advanced, 102 rupees per candy
having been paid for 500 bales of good Surat, and 98
rupees for ordinary Broach ; but transactions must
continue very limited until fresh supplies arrive, as
the small quantity on the spot is very inferior. To-
wards the close of next month we may expect to see a
considerable quantity come forward. Our present
quotations are—

Rs. per candy.
Broach and Surat ... 98 to 102
Dhollera and Gogo 95
Oomrawutty ... 93
Compta (to arrive) ... 83
Sheep's Wool—The only quality at market is
Marwar, consisting of about 500 candies of inferior,
for which 80 to 90 rupees per candy are the rates
quoted. Of the other descriptions we shall receive
supplies as soon as the trade with the coast and Sinde
is resumed.
Opium—There appears to be only an inferior qua-
lity at market, which is dull of sale.

FREIGHTS.
At one time in this month tonnage was very scarce
and wanted, and a vessel was taken up for Liverpool
at 71. 103. per ton ; but in consequence of some
arrivals of vessels, and the want of suitable cotton for
shipment, the rate has declined to 6/. 10s. which is,
however, nominal. We have now several' vessels in
port, for which there is not produce sufficient to
afford employment until fresh supplies of cotton come
forward.

EXCHANGE.
The rate on London has not varied much during
the month, although considerable operations have had
effect say from is. 11fd. to Is. 'lid. The mail
from China arrived to-day, and brought a further
supply of bills into the market, which have been
selling at 13. 110. to 13. 11 9-16 d.—the latter is the
present rate for tirst-class paper. For the rates on
Calcutta, Madras, and China, we refer to our quo-
tations.

CALCUTTATh MARKET.
wARKET.
CALCUTTA, AUG. 14.
that has passed
since the departure of the stearneeek
has not producedr
any material alteration in the position of mercantile
affairs in this city. The demand for
weighty articles of export fell off after the receipt of
of
the
the last intelligence from England, but freights
having given way a little, buyers of sugar have
come
forward, and the week's operations have been to a
fair extent in that article; transactions in other staple
exports have not been extensive, but particulars of
any that have taken place will be found under the
respective heads. In imports there has been a fair
amount of business doing, still the demand is not of
that active character which is generally experienced
at this season of the year, though the reported
transactions do not show any material falling off when
compared with the corresponding months of previous
seasons. A reference to the annexed table will show
the comparative statement of the principal articles of '