The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

SANITARY 'IMPROVEMENT.

Lord MORPETII gave notice that on Thursday,
the 10th of February, he would ask for leave to
bring in a Bill for promoting the public health.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY.

Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that on Tuesday,
the Bth of February, he should move for certain re-
turns connected with the appointment and the retir-
ing pensions of Masters in Chancery.
Mr. G. TIIONIPSON begged to postpone until
Tuesday, the 15th of February, the motion which
stood in his name in the motion book for Thursday.

anions with the same number of relieving o racers as
other unions?
Sir GEORGE GREY said that the Poor-law
mraissioners would doubtless exercise a sound
wile-ration in the enforcement of the provisions of the

INACCURATE GOVERNMENT RETURNS.
Lord G. BENTINCK rose to call the attention of
the Rouse to a return for which he moved on the
23d November last. It was headed steam-vessels. A
return ordered of the number and tonnage of British
steam-vessels, and so forth, which had traded bet ween
Rolland, Belgium, and France, and also the number
of men by wkom e same were manned. Now, with
respect to every one of these matters the officers had
disobeyed the orders of the House. He was well
&Ware that this was no fault of Hon. Gentlemen who
sat opposite ; but the fact was, that the return was
altogether calculated to deceive the House. It failed
to give the number of ships, the number of men, and
the e amount of tonnage. He had himself added up
sne number of ships, the number of men, and the
tonnage and the result was 90 steam-vessels, manned
Y 1,369, and measuring 14,811 tons. But he had
kcidentally had his attention called to the circum-
stance that there were several vessels bearing the
same name, and on examining the return he found no
less than 1.5 vessels, eight of them being Govern-
fluent steamers and seven ordinary merchant steamers
entered twice. The tonnage was very nearly the,
same, and there could be no doubt that the ships bad
been entered twice over. There were three ships,
the Wilberforce, the Ocean, and the Sir William
IVallace, that had been entered three times, each
!glaring as three different ships. The numbers of
use crews were exactly alike in each case, but there
could be little doubt as to their being the same
LiiPs. So that instead of 90 ships there were only
ships ; and instead of the actual number of men
In this return being 1,369 it. was 1,123, and the ton-
11sge 12,459 instead of 14,811. Now, it was quite
etenr that it was impossible for that House to legis-
late with any truth or satisfaction if the returns were
to be so imperfect as he had shown that one to be.
The fact was, that he had moved for this return as a
correction of another return that had been pre-
sented, in which the protected trade and the
unprotected trade were exhibited, and to as-
certain the truth of Mr. Porter's etateme nt, that
'ne ,unprotected trade of France showed the
enormous increase of fi mu 82,650 tons in the
Year 1824, to 556,821 tons in last year. The re-
tOrus to which he alluded included all those little
steamers that were continually making short trips
across the Channel. There were 18 of these ships of
about 50 tons each. But, however, this return
Which he held in his hand, showed that 72 ships were
fanned by only 1,123 men, and were of an aggre-
gate tonnage of 12,459, and yet they figured in the
Board of Trade returns as representing 388,313
t°lls. He had.called for these returns in order that
the country might not be deceived when considering
the navigation-laws. Four of the steamers to which
no had alluded were manned by an aggregate number
of only 52 men, and those four vessels had made 548
trips across the Channel, upon which they figured in
the return as representing 61,444 tons in our foreign
bade; in fact, they were shown to be of more im-
Purtence than 60 great Indiamen of 1,000 tons each,
and manned by 30,000 men. He thought it but
right that he should call the attention of the .House
to this subjedt, as a warning to the officers who made
these returns.
Mr. PARKER said that the return did not show
the total number of vessels, as it was perfectly true
that there had been a duplication of some; but the
?sawn of this was, that if a vessel sailed from London
td:one period, and from Dover at another, that ,vessel
:•/411 entered twice. The total, therefore, could not
be shown on the return. There was no desire ca the
tut of the officer making the return to misrepresent.
teCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION RESIG-

NATION OF LORD ASHLEY.
Mr. HORSMAN wished to know whether it was
true that Lord Ashley had declined serving on the
eclesiastical,Comn3ission, and that the vacancy had
Nen filled up by Lord Sandon?
Sir GEORGE GREY said that, some time ago,
10. Noble Friend the Member for Bath intimated to
hies that his engagements prevented him giving that
Mfietition to the Ecclesiastical Commission that he
e° tllcl desire, and he therefore expressed a wish to re-
slgn, but, during the vacation, be (Sir George Grey)
Itl'ote to his Noble Friend, requesting him to suspend
resignation until he (Sir George Grey) had se-
toted a suitable person for the office. Since then
Lord Sandon has been appointed.
Mr. BOND CABBELL, pursuant to notice, asked
•t he President of the Board of Trade whether the
Board of Trade, on public grounds, concurs in and
-IPProves of the opinion and advice expressed in or
I,llth:flitted by the Commissioners of Railways in their
but letter of the 12th day of November last to him
(Mr. Bond Cabbell), which closed the correspondence
With them and the Board of Trade, whereby the
Commissioners of Railways state as follows :—" That
in acknowledging the receipt of his communication of
the 11th inst., and with reference thereto, and to his
communications of the Bth and 11th inst., addressed to
the Board of Trade, to inform him, that, after mature
consideration, they are- of opinion that no case has
been made out to call for a special reference to the
• Commissioners of Rail ways by the Crown
on the subject of the Berks and Hants
(meaning the Hungerford Extension) Railway,
Under the Act 9 and 10 Vict., c. 105, sec.
10; and that, at the same time, they acquainted
him that he was under a wrong impression in sup-
Posing that the case has been already referred by the
Board of Trade to the Commissioners of Railways
under the Act of Parliament above mentioned." And
Also asked the President of the Board of Trade
whether the Board of Trade intend to provide the
legislative redress for placing the town of Devizes on
the proposed main line of the Great Western Rail-
Wey from London to Exeter, by the Bill still pending
for the proposed Barks and Hants (Hungerford Ex-
tension) Railway to Westbury, with a branch to De-
lius, as prayed for by the inhabitants of the town of
°I-Devizes and its neighbourhood, in their memorial
And in their petitions, which are mentioned and re-
ferred to in the two notices on the Ist and 12th of
• July last, of the pending motions in the case ?
Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that the whole
Rail
would come under the consideration of the
nail way Board, which he reminded the Hon. Mem-
ber was now a totally distinct department from the
Board of Trade.
THE DUBLIN PETITION.

Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved the following re-
solution, which was agreed to :—" Consideration of
the petition of Edward Grogan, Esq., M.P. (presented
Dec.
17), complaining that the recognisance entered
lato by the petitioners against the return is not in the
f„°11711 prescribed by the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 103, and
mutt same be referred to the Committee to be appointed
,to inquire into the petition presented by Sir Wil-
'°llghby Jones, Bart., M.P."
COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGE.
On the motion of Sir G. GREY, the Committee of
Privilege was nominated.
NEW ZEALAND BILL.
~..The order of the day for the second reading of the
New Zealand Government Bill having been read,
Mr. LABOUCHERE (in reply to a question from
Mr. Gladstone) stated that all the information that
had been received up to the present date respecting
Waste lands in New Zealand had been laid before the
House.

After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY, who
eulogized the conduct of the settlers in that colony,
the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on liriday, February 4.
ASYLUM HARBOUR AT HOLYHEAD.

Mr. ANSTEY moved for " Copies of any printed
report forwarded to the Admiralty on the part of the
shipowners of Liverpool and others, in the course of
the present year, on the nature of the anchorage
ground of the proposed asylum harbour at Holyhead,
together with the plan annexed thereto—of a letter
addressed to Lord Auckland by Lieutenant-General
Sir Love Parry, K.G.H., in reference to the selection
nf.the officer and engineer appointed to examine the
anchorage ground of the said harbour in the year
1846—0 f the petitions of the shipowners of Liverpool
and the citizens of Dublin against the said asylum
harbour, which was presented to the House of Lords,
at the close of the last session of Parliament, and sub-
sequently referred to a Select Committee of their
Lordship's House, and of the report of the said Com-
mittee, and the minutes of the evidence taken before
them',
THE CHELTENHAM ELECTION.
Mr. WALI'OLE moved for the "nomination of
a Select Committee for consideration of petition of
Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., M.P.:—Mr. Walpole,
Mr. Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir
George Grey, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Sergeant Tal-
f,aurd Mr. George Turner, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Greene,
'lr. Wrightson, and Sir William Heathcote."
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House, at a Quartar past Nine o'clock, ad-
lnurned till Thursday, the 3d of February next.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.--Soule consterna-
„
"T 1 has been excited in the eastern border of this
county by un affair which has given occasion to
civ the(
ers of gossip to indulge in sundry speculations. I n
Saturday, the lady of a Baronet in that locality had a
Which gave h.r birth, not being easily cooled,
She left her husband's house, and took with her
.44. A. chosen servant to conduct her steps.
pu4t.Baronet, as soon a, he found his loss, hurried in
'fie off` .vid reached the metropolis, where he lost all
°' t'' fu ritive, and returned disconsolate to his
tiansion to sees, 'hilt solace in shooting which he had
V,t away from :it. On Wednesday, however, he ob-
ned further information, and started:once more in pur-
stst of his lady ; bit we have not yet heard with what
.cess.—Somersct County Herald.
L‘Uhe Bishop of Ttumania had an interview with
QreY yesterday, at ale Colonial-office.

OVER LA ND MAIL

INDIA, CHINA, AND

EG Y PT.

(From the Times.)

We have received by express from Marseilles our
dispatches in anticipation of the Bombay mails of the
15th of November. The intelligence is not of excit-
ing interest, the Moozuffer steamer, the news by
which we had already received, having been dis-
patched only three days before the mail started, for
the purpose of conveying the Earl of Dalhousie from
Suez to Calcutta.

India was tranquil. From Lahore we learn that
the Dussera festival had passed over in quiet. Sir P.
Carrie was named to succeed Colonel Lawrence on
the departure of the latter from the Punjaub, where he
had performed the duties of British Plenipotentiary.
The Seikh soldiers wore behaving well under the
guidance of the British, and had defeated a refractory
tribe in the mountainous districts near Peshawur, who
refused to pay their regular tribute. The councillors
at the capital had begun to quarrel amongst them-
selves from jealousy of each other, and Tej Singh had
expressed fears that he would be exiled, like his pre-
decessor, Lall Singh. Sir F. Currie knows the cha-
racter of the intriguers, and would, it was expected,
effectually control them.
From Affghanistan we hear that Dhost Mahomed
was eager to have heavy guns, and had enticed some
of the gun-founders from Peshawar to gratify his
wishes. With heavy guns the passes of the moun-
tains would, it is said, be rendered impregnable.
From Sinde, there is no news of interest. The Go•
vernor of Bombay was expected there in December,
and will, it is stated, traverse the whole of that coun-
try. The only sickness complained of on the banks
of the Indus is the small-pox.
The Governor-General Lord Hardinge arrived at
Meerut on the Ist of November, and proceeded to
Cawnpore on the 2d of that month. His Lordship
was to remain at Cawnpore some days, and to
proceed thence to Lucknow, where the King of Oude
was making preparatious for his reception. A num-
ber of robbers had collected under a native Raja,
and were about to plunder the Oude districts ; but
they were routed by Captain Magness, with some of
the native forces.

A private letter, published in the Delhi Gazette,
states that the British Resident at Oude had waited
on the King, and told him that his eunuchs and fa.
vourites should not be allowed to oppress the country,
and to ruin the inhabitants. Tile sixth article of
the treaty between his Government and the British
authorised the latter to interfere, and they were pre-
pared todo so, unless the King adopted other courses.
Hopes were entertained that the interviews between
the Governor• General and the King would produce an
alteration in his system of government, and cause
good Ministers to be chosen.
The Nizam's country continued in its usual dis-
turbed state. The Prime Minister had tendered his
resignation in consequence of his inability to govern,
while the Sovereign was labouring to paralyse all
the efforts made to arrange the finances. A strange
act of cruelty is related of the Nizam's brother.
Having detected his wife in some crime, he caused
her to be enclosed in a room built up around her,
and seven of her slave girls to be locked up in
another apartment, having only eyelet holes through
which he could witness their dying agonies. The re-
latives of the wife interfered, but in vain ; they were
obliged to obtain troops to attack the house, when
she was released, nearly dead, from the horrible

dungeon.
The Goomsoor districts remained in their former
unsettled state. The Raja of Ungool bad not yet
made his submission. The line of conduct ordered
to be adopted towards those refractory districts had
not yet been carried into effect.
Large quantities of rain had fallen in the south
and west of India, which bad produced flushes in the
rivers. The late crops would derive considerable
benefit from the rains.

The intelligence of the numerous failures in
Europe during the months of August, September,
and October had produced much alarm in India.
The Calcutta Star, on the receipt of the mails to the
24th of September, asserted that 30 lacs (300,0001.)
of bills had been returned to that city, in conse-
quence of the failure of Reid, Irving, and Co. ; but
it subsequently mentioned that only a very small
amount had come back accepted by that firm, and
that though a considerable amount would be returned
within the next ten months, confident hopes were
entertained that no material loss would eventually
fall on Calcutta. The alarm in Bombay continued,
in consequence of more failures in England being
apprehended.
The Sinde prize money was expected to be paid
as soon as orders came from the Supreme Govern-
ment for the purpose. The Government had re-
turned part of the prize property as belonging to the
Ameers' private estate, to the amount of three lacs ;
but that sum was paid to the prize fund, by order of
the Court of Directors, so that no diminution is to
take place in the payments.
The following casualties by death in the armies of
India since the departure of the mail of the Ist of
N ovenaber are reported in the Indian papers :
Her Majesty's Troops—Ensign Mcßeath, 25th
Foot, at Cananore, on the 23d of October.
Bengal—Lieutenant J. Edwardes, 30th Regiment
Adjutant of the 2d Regiment Frontier Brigade, a
Kangra, on the 20th of October; Lieutenant J. M.
Swinton, 53d Regiment, at Chunar, on the 28th of
October ; Surgeon R. M'lntosh, 42d Regiment, at
Delhi, on the 31st of October.

Our advices from Hong-Kong are to the 30th of
October. The Pensinsular and Oriental steamer
Lady Wood had arrived late on the 17th of
that month, glary
with the mail of the 24th of August, from
London,

At Canton all remained quiet. Sir John Davis
had left Hong-Kong in her Majesty's steamer Vul-
ture, on the 6th instant, for Cochin China, on a
special misAion to that Court, accompanied by her
Majesty's ship Ringdove, and only returned just
before the departure of the mail. Sir John had not
succeeded in obtaining an interview with the King
of Cochin China, or admission to the capital, Hue
(about 11 miles up the river) ; 1)11 nothing could
exceed the civility and attention, amounting almost
to servility, shown to him by all the high authorities.
They were evidently under great alarm, the cruel
treatment of the French in April last being fresh in
their recollection.

llis Excellency spent 17 days in endeavouring to
open negotiations. It must be observed, however,
that it was the wet season on that coast, the country
around was inundated, and during the whole of the
time the rain continued excessive. On the 23d a
typhoon was experienced, and Sir John and Captain
Macdougal were driven on shore in their boats, which
afforded an opportunity to the mandarins for re-
newing their attentions and supplying them with
every means of accommodation on shore.
Rear-Admiral Inglefieldlhad sailed from Hong-
Kong in her Majesty's ship Vernon, on the 20th
of October, for Manilla and the Straits. The old
garrison, the 18th Royal Irish, and the 42d Madras
Native Infantry, were to embark early in November
for India.

The markets for imports had been dull at Canton
during the month of October, and the prices of most
of the staple articles had either receded or were quite
nominal, from the difficulty of effecting sales, except
in barter. Money was becoming scarce, and the rate
of interest high. Teas had advanced in price during
the month about two taels on congous. Green teas
were arriving, and high prices paid in consequence of
a short supply. Several ships had left since the
20th of October. The export of teas from China
to Great Britain ft-cm the Ist of July to the date
of the mail was—black, 18,227,7101 b.; green,
1,136,9601 b•; total, 19,364,6701 b. The export of
silk would amount to 10,500 bales on the 30th ; but
it must be borne in mind that nearly all the fine silk
will have been shipped off from Shanghae, whilst at
the same time last year there remained a large supply.
The Canton market was bare, and none was expected
there from the interior.
Exchange on London was 4s. 41 to 4s. 4id., at
six months' sight ; East India Company's bills
cc-
cepted, 214 to 0141. Freights, 51.. with plenty of
tonnage.
Our latest date from Shanghae is the lath of Oc•

tober. The markets for imports was depressed.
Freights were q. 10s. for tea, 71. for silk.
From Amoy we have dates to the 22d of October.
The intelligence was much to the same effect. The
market was depressed, and prices had given way.

Our dates from Alexandria are to the 9th instant.
Her Majesty's steam frigate Sidon, Captain IV.
Henderson, C. 8., had arrived there on the 4th,
having on board the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie.
Lord Dalhousie and suite left for Cairo on the fol-
lowing day in one of the Pacha's steamers, accompa-
nied by Artim Bey, the Prime Minister, who was to
attend upon him by orders of Mehemet Ali. His
Excellency was to make a short stay at Cairo to see
Mehemet Ali, and was then to proceed to Suez,
where he was expected to embark on the 10th on
board of the steamer Meozuffer for India. Apart-
ments had been prepared for Lord Dalhousie in Me-
hemet Ali's palace at Ras•el-teen, but he preferred
sleeping on board the Sidon during the night that he
was in Alexandria. At Cairo also he was to have
apartments in one of the Viceroy's palaces.
Mehemet Ali intended proceeding on a tour to the
Upper 'Country.

Trade continued dull in Alexandria. In cotton and
flax there had been absolutely nothing done. Beans
and linseed were the only two articles in demand.
Exchange on London was still high, and is quoted at
100 piastres per 11. sterling. Sovereigns were still
in demand for England.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
INDIA.

(From the Overland Bengal Hurharn Price Current.)

CALCUTTA, Nov. 6.—Two mails have been received
from England since the date of our last issue, the inter-
vention of the long Doorga holidays having rendered it
unnecessary to publish any report for the dispatch of the
19th of October. The mail of the 7th of Septeraber,:via
Bombay, came in on the 17th of October, the Bentinck,
with that of the 24th of September, arrived on the 3d,
and the letters were delivered on the 4th inst.

The tenor of advices by the former was altogether
bad. The continuance of failures, and their extension
beyond the limits of the corn trade—a general and fe-
verish uceasiness in the money market, seemed to point
to further impending commercial disasters. During the
interval between the arrival of this and the following
mail many rumours were prevalent, and the failure of
Messrs. tteid, Irving and Co., was confidently spoken
of. The advent of the 24th of September mail was con•
sequently looked for with intense anxiety, and its in-
telligence has almost realised the worst forebodings.
How these disastrous eventa will affect mercantile inte-
rests in this city, the recent arrival of the mail does not
at present allow us to report.
Our markets closed on the lath of October, and were
re-opened for business on the 25th. In exports business
was resumed with less animation in the demand for
England than had been shown before the holidays. Ex-
change had a tendency to rise, freights were higher, and
the tenor of the home news afforded little encourage-
ment. There has, consequently, been less doing for the
home markets, but this has in some degree been com-
pensated by the continuance of a large amount of trans-
actions in all staples suited for America, with which
quarters a brisk business continues in progress.
Sugar opened without much briskness, and, except for
fine white, •demand has been without animation. Of
silk, the market was cleared before the holidays, and
subsequent arrivals have not induced any buyers to come
forward. Corahs have been dull of sale. Saltpetre
continues in good request from all quarters. Rice, of
anything except ordinary descriptions, is now scarce ;
but shipments have continued to be made. Jute is in
good demand at rather higher rates. Shellac is without
inquiry; but in lac dye a large business for America has
been in progress. Linseed, ginger, hides, and all Ame-
rican exports are in free request.
The stock of opium was reduced to 143 chests before
the holidays, and nothing has consequently been doing
in the drug.
The import trade has opened with much promise, and
increased activity in alriost all its branches. In cotton
goods the chief movement has been in the more useful
Manchester plain cloths, such as shirtings and Mada•
pollams, which have rapidly advanced to higher rates
than have been witnessed for a long period. Where
supplies have been in excess of consumption, as in most
Glasgow muslins, there is still a good deal of depres-
sion, but even in some of these a dawn of improvement
is visible. Woollens are selling well. Mule twist is
tshtiel
rl
emainly kept
has also
up by t
a little t
le
morefirmness
spirit of
inimporters;the
demand,but
and a slight advance in some of the numbers. In metals
the general lightness of stocks has told most strongly.
Copper, spelter, iron, arid lead are all in animated de-
mand at advanced and profitable.rates. The advance
since. the date of our last in sheathing copper has been
6 rupees per matted.
The money market, since the holidays, has been
without much alteration. For short periods accommo-
dation has been obtainable in the bazaar on undoubted
security at about previous rates. The only alteration in
the Bank of Bengal terms of business has been the re-
duction of the rate of interest for loans on deposit of
company's paper by I per cent., 8 per cent. per annum
beirg now charged.
Exchange had an advancing tendency immediately
previous to the holidays, first class 10 months' paper
went up to ls. nil, and some document bills were sold
as high as 2s. When the markets opened on the
25th, rates were for a few days unsettled, and appeared
for the moment likely to advance, but this was not
maintained. Business has since been done in the first
class paper at the following:—
On Lundon...lom. d. is. llid. to is. 'lid. per rupee.
6m„s. ls. 114 d. „ ls. 11d.
Yesterday the rates were again unsettled, and we
hear of transactions in first-rate paper, 10 months date,
at Is. Hid. to 2s. per rupee.
Freights had a drooping tendency before the holidays,
but have since been well maintained, by the compara-
tively small amount of tonnage which has been avail-
able, arrivals having been returned by the setting in of
the north-east monsoon. The most recent transactions
in sugar to Great Britain have been at 61. 15s. per ton;
and at this moment there is but little tonnage disen-
gaged. To the Mauritius, Company's rupees 2. 8 to
2. 10 have been given for rice.

Indigo—The season of manufacture being over, or on
the point of closing, even in the latest districts, there is
but little to report at present. In Aziwghur and the
adjoining district there was an extensive inundation
about the middle of the past month, causing some loss.
In Shahabad at the date of our last the manufacturing
was not quite closed, but promised to result but indif-
ferently, the cold nights being very injurious to the pro-
cess of manufacture. There is little probability of the
out• turn exceeding 1,140,000 mounds.
Sugar—The demand since the holidays has only been
moderate, except for good and fine white Benares, which
now becomes scarce, as usual at this season. For these
qualities some advance has been obtainable—viz , 9.6 to
9.12 Company's rupees per maund; but the great bulk
of the pres,rit stock remains without alteration in value.
In other descriptions of sugar there has been.little done
for shipment, and the refiners have only been in the
market at low rates.
Raw Silk—The silk at market since business was re-
sumed has been confined to a few small parcels, and no
transactions in these have ccme to our knowledge. There
are no buyers at previous rates.
Silk Goods—Coralis are supplied freely, but the long
continued depression that has existed in the home market
has taken away any desire to purchase that previously
was manifest. There have been no sales of any import-
ance, although the result of the London September sales
has been quite as favourable as could have been expected
under the circumstances. In choppahs some transactions
for America have been effected.
Saltpetre—The demand for saltpetre has continued
good, and considerable sales have been made at full
prices.

Rice—The shipments to Great Britain during October
have again been large, amounting to 55,000 bags, and
though there was some desire to operate on receipt of the
mail of the 7th of September, the subsequent advance in
freights and scarcity of any except the ordinary cargo
kinds, have prevented the transaction of any business of

importance.
Shell Lac—There is little demand for this staple, nor
have we heard of any sales of importance.
Lac Dye—Ordinary qualities have been in good re-
quest for America, and a fair amount of sales have been
wade, prices being fully supported.
Linseed—Continues to be in demand at previous rates.
Company's rupees 1.15 to 2.1 per maund for fair cleaned.
Jute—Has been supplied more freely, and sells readily
at fully previous rates ; Company's rupees 12 to 12.8 fur
fair quality, with a few picked lots at Company's rupees
13 per bale.

Hides—There is little change to report, descriptions
suitable for America going forward freely.
Cotton—Shipments to England have bee❑ continued,
and nearly 3,700 bales have been dispatched during
October. No transactions of importance have occurred
on the spot.

Opium—The stock comprises only 118 chests, and
business in the drug has consequently been almost at a
stand. The nominal price of Patna has been 1,225
Company's rupees per chest. For delivery from the sale
of the 29th instant the bazaar price is about 1,150 Com-
pany's rupees per chest for Patna.
Exports as above, China, 25 chests.
Freights—At the date of our last the rates of freight
for homeward tonnage had a drooping tendency, and
they closed even less firmly for the holidays, Arrivals
during the period of closed markets, and, subsequently,
have been so few as compared with the general expecta-
tion, that some advance has taken place, and previous
to the arrival of the mail of September 24, they were
very stiff.

MONEY MARKET.
BANK OF BENGAL.
Discount on Government acceptances (five
months)
Ditto, on private bills and notes (three
months)
Interest, on deposit of Company's paper 8
Ditto, on cash credit accounts...
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Transfer Stock Paper Five per
Cent prem. 7 0 to 8 0
Bombay Five per Cent.
Old Sicca Five Ditto, according
to numbers
" 2 8 to 3 8
New Company's Five per Cent. " 0 Bto 1 0
Third Four Sicca
New Company's Four Ditto " 11} oto 12i o