The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-22 00:00:00

No. 17,212.] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING

CONTRACTS for RUM, SUGAR, COCOA,
SOAP, WHEAT, and OATS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset.place, Nov. 18, 1847.
The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
notice, that on Tnoasoxr, the 25th instant, at One o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with such Peroons as may be willing to Contract
for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling stores at
Deptford, the undermentioned Artic:es, viz.:
When
The produce of the British Pos-
100,000
Gallons. t
RUM sessions and not less than half
to be the produce of the British
Possessions in the West Indies,
SUGAR (the produce of the British Pos-
sessions) .....

Tons.
100

to be delivered.

Half of each
in 3 Weeks,
and the re-
mainder in
3 Weeks af-
terwards.

COCOA ,
SOAP (Mottled) ...... •
Quarters.
WHEAT Red •• . ....... —. • 2,000
1,000
OATS (Scotch Potato) . .. 500 Within 10 days.
The Rum, Sugar, and Cocoa to be exempted from the Customs'
Duties.
Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 2 lbs ), and of the Wheat and
Oats (not less than two quarts of each) must be produced by the
parties tendering, and samples of the Sugar and Soap, together with
the conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the said Office.
No render will he received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him,
duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary, 0' the Admiralty,
and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and
must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Rum, Su-
gar, and Cocoa be accompanied by a letter signed by tyro responsible
persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in
the sum of 251. per cent, on the value for the due performance of
the Contracts.

GUILDHALL, Nov. 15, 1847.
THE COMAII I'TEE for LETTING the CITY'S
LANDS, will meet at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 2404 day
of November instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive tenders for
LETTING on BUILDING LEASES, for sixty-one years, from
Christmas next, a Piece of Ground, on the north side of Narrow-
street, at the corner of Cross-street, at Ratcliffe ; and a large plot of
Ground en the east side of Puddle Dock, on the south side of Upper
Thames-street, and on the north side of the River Thames. Also
to receive Tenders for Lettieg on Leases, for twenty-one years from
Chri,tmas next, a Home, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street,
buildings ; Nos. 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, on the north side of Bevis
Marks, St. Mary Axe ; Nos. 7 and 6, on the west side of Castle-street,
Houndsditch ; and Nos. 6,5, and 4, oa the north side of Crescent-
place, Illackfriars.

Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applyha,
at the Office of Works, Guildhall.

THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
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This Institution embraces important and substantial ativantages
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terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
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The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale.

PUBLICATIONS.

B 0 x N'S STANDARD LIBRARY, for
DECEMBER. Vol. '2B, price 3s. Gd.,
COXE'S MEMOIRS of the DUKE of MARLBOROUGH, with
his Original Correspondence. Complete in 3 vols. Vol. I.
At the same time will be published,
" AN ATLAS, containing Twenty-six Large MAPS and MILL-
ARY PLANS." Illustrating Marlborough's Campaigns, 410., price
only 10s. Gd,

INDIA, CHINA, AND
EGYPT,

(From the Times.)
We have received by express from Marseilles our
letters from India, China, and Egypt, in anticipation
of the Overland Mail of the 15th of October. The
dates are from Calcutta to the 3d, Madras to the Bth,
and Bombay to the 15th of October; from Shanghae
to the 12th, and from Hong-Kong to the 29th of Sep-
tember, and from Alexandria to the 9th inst.
The Governor-General of India had put off his de-
parture from the hills, and was not expected to
reach Calcutta until after the arrival of his successor.
If this information be correct—and we have it on
good authority—it is tantamount to an acknowledg-
ment that the arrangements said to have been con-
templated with regard to Oude will not for the pre-
sent be entered upon.
In Sinde the Commissioner had commenced his
duties. It is intended to retain intact the military
appointments in civil offices of administration made
by Sir Charles Napier. The Governor of Bombay
will not visit Sinde until about Christmas. A tender
had been made 16/ the,Superintendent of the India
Navy for the
Bs-nee of rnnil& 47 steam-
vessels three times in the month between Bombay
and Kurrachee during the fine season.
cow
There is nothing new from the north-west portion
of India. Mr. Lawrence had succeeded his brother
Colonel Lawrence, as Resident in the Punjaub. Our
authorities there were on the alert, in consequence
of the approaching festival of the Dussera, hitherto
a season of frightful disorder of the Seikhs, but every
precaution had been taken, and no fears were enter-
tained that the public peace would be endangered.
Another rapid travesty had taken place in the cha-
racters of the drama at Nepaul. The personage who,
within the last few months, had undertaken the
shifting parts of kingly pilgrim, invader of his former
dominions, and, more recently, of state prisoner, had
found means to out-manoeuvre his adversaries and
to resume his crown. The old Vizier had been con-
fined in a tiger's cage. These movements have not
altered our relations with Nepaul, or had any effect
beyond the mountain range which is the scene of
their action

The recent volumes of the Standard library are-27. " Ranke's
History of the Popes. Vol. 1.-26. " Lainartine's History of the
Girondists." V 01.2 —25. " Schlegel's Philosophy of Life, and Phi-
losophy •f Language."-24. "Machiavelli's History of Florence, and
Prince."-23. " Lanzi's History of Painting." Vol 3.-22. " Coxe's
House cf Austria." Vo!. 3.

B 0 H N'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY,
Volume for DECEMBER, uniform with the "Standard
Library," price ss.
SIX OLD ENGLISH CHRONICLES, viz. :—Ethelmere, Asser's
Life of Alfred, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Gildas, Nenntus, and Richard
of Cirencester. Edited by Dr. GILES. Portrait of Alfred.

The former volumes are—" William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of
the Kings of England."—"llett's Northern Antiquities." By
E:s'op Percy.—" Bede's Ecclesiastical History and the Anglo-Saxon
Ch onicle."
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TIIE ROMAN EMBASSY—Second Edition, price Is.
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M.P., by CHARLES DE LA PRYME, M.A., of Trinity
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James Ridgway, Piccadilly ; and all Booksellers.

TOM MOORE and ALEXANDER LEE.
The Irish and National Melodies sung and illustrated by Ta-
bleaux Tivans every Evening, in the Great Lecture-hall attached to
the GARRICK'S HEAD, in Bow-street—all by Ladit s, under the di-
rection of Mr. Alexander Lee, who presides at the Pianoforte.
This Evening, and during the Week, the fair British Minstrels will
make their debut. Them aceomplished young ladies will sing Eng-
lish, Irish, Swiss, and Ethiopian Songs, Choruses, &c. Doors open
at half-past Six o'clock, commence at Seven precisely. Admission
to t'►e body of the Hall, Is. ; Reserved Seats, Is. Gd ; Gallery, id.
Gentlemen dining or supping in the Coffee-room of the Hotel are en-
tided to admission gratis.

The Judge and Jury Society every night, except Saturday, at half-
past Nine o'clock. Saturday night, at the same hour, theSlock Par-
liament, with the wonderful imitation of O'Connell.

A R R I A G E.
m- One half the world are desolately single, and the other
supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
kilter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the p'ea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
comprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice densand that health should form an item
In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
eened, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
ay misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, bat
(or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by anqualifled authors, which alone or
together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
little publications claim your attention (same price is. each,
by post Is. 6d.) calleu " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxims he would inculcate—t 3 do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet •street ; Mann,
39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other-
wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally,
.r.crnings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; and all
Booksellers.

The zemindary of Goomsoor is still partially in
rebellion, in consequence of the measures of Govern-
ment to suppress the diabolical ceremonies practised
there. The matted jungles and pestilential atmos-
phere of that district are found more formidable than
an army or a line of fortresses; and the refusal of
the Government to consent to a system of razzias ne-
cessarily entails a protracted and difficult course of
operations.
The statement we received by a former mail of the
capture of Doonghur Singh was incorrect. Sur-
rounded in the mountains of Rajpootana, he had
ordered his adherents to disperse, and they were suc-
cessively captured ; but the Dacoit chief himself was
still at large.
The foundation-stone was about to be laid of a
church at Bombay, to be erected in memory of the
officers and men who perished in Affghanistan.
Trade had, it appears, somewhat improved in the
presidencies.
Another disaster had befallen the Indian navy.
The steamer Indus left Bombay for Kurrachee on the
sth of October, and on the 7th she struck on some
rocks thirty miles from Diu-head. A large hole was
made in her bottom. The crew and passengers are
safe. The crew were busy in removing the boilers
from the wreck when the news left. Mr. J.
Galbraith was the acting master in command of the
Indus.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
TWO LECTURES by Dr. RACIIHOFFNER—one on
the Laws of Nature, in reference to the important sub-
ject of SANITARY MEASURES; the other on the various
modes of VENTILATION, in which the PHYSICAL PRO-
PERTIES of a JET of ,TEAM will be exhibited, with Novel and
highly Interesting ExperimenA, daily at Two and Half-past Three
o'clock. These Lectures will be given alternately in the Evenings, at
Eight o'clock, except on Saturdays. The ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPHS worked. The WORKING MODELS, explained. An
entirely New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. DIVING SELL and
DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS for CONVERSING
ander WATER, &c. &c.

Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

The following casualtitairby death in the armies of
India had been reported since the departure of the
mail of the Ist of October :

Her Majesty's Troops.— Lieutenant R. Heaton,
50th Foot, at Fort William, Calcutta, on the 28th of
September.

Bombay—Lieutenant W. Hodgson, Native Vete-
ran Battalion, off Hurnee, on voyage to Bombay, on
the 29th of September. Lieutenant C. F. G. Church,
2d European Regiment, at Aden, on the 26th of Sep-
tember.
Madras.—Captain W. Isacke, 51st Regiment, at
the Presidency, on the 27th of September. Lieute-
nant-General D. C. Kenny, in England, on the 24th
of August. Assistant-Surgeon W. Moorhead, Ni-
zam's army, at Hyderabad, on the 29th of September.
Royal Navy.—Surgeon J. Patrick, of the sloop
Cruizer, in the Persian Gulf, on the 7th of Sep-
tember.

Our dates from Hong-Kong are to the 29th of Sep,
tember.

The state of affairs in Canton appeared more satis-
factory, and general quiet prevailed ; confidence
seemed in a great measure restored,—money was
more easy, with greater activity in trade. The prices
in some articles had improved, but in general im-
ports were low. The Colonial Government seemed
to think well of the posture of affairs, for tenders had
been advertised for ships to convey the 42d Native
Regiment to Madras, and the 18th Royal Irish to
Calcutta, leaving the colony with a part only of the
95th and the Ceylon Rifles, which may be considered
a small garrison.

The French men-of-war, La Gloire and La Victo-
rieuse, reported by the last mail to have sailed north,
were both wrecked off the Island ho-koon-to, off
Corea, in lat. 35.47, long. 126.21, on the 10th of
August, about 300 miles from Shanghae, to which
place two boats were dispatched. Her Majesty's ship
Espiegle, then at Woosung, sailed immediately to
communicate the sad disaster to Captain Peter
M'Quhae, senior officer of her Majesty's ship Dwdalust
then fortunately at Chusan, who, with the Espiegle,
Captain Thompson, and the Childers, Captain Pit-
man, sailed immediately, on the 30th of August, to
the island, to assist and relieve Commodore La
Pierre, his officers, and men, who had succeeded in
landing provisions, and sufficient firearms for protec-
tion.

Captain M'Quhae, in the Dwdalus, arrived at
Hong-Kong on the 25th September, with Commodore
La Pierre, 12 officers, and 296 men. The Espigle
and Childers sailed for Shanghae with the remainder
of the crew, where a vessel bad been chartered to take
them to Macao.

During the month of September a fair business
had been done at Canton. About 22,000 bales of raw
cotton had been sold at rather better prices; about
80,000 pieces of long-cloths disposed of; grays from
2 dolls. 20 cents, to 2 dolls. 65 cents. ; white, 2 dolls.
40 cents. to 2 dolls. 90 cents. The ;prices of yarn
had declined, and the stock was heavy. Exchange
on England was 4s. W. to 4s. 4d.; East India Com-
pany's bills accepted, 214. Freights, 51. to 41. 155.,
with plenty of tonnage.

The following is the amount of export of tea from
China to Great Britain, from the Ist of July to the
date of our advices

Black
Green

••. 10,794,410
.•• 904,160

11,698,570
About 4,000 bales of silk were estimated to be
shipped from Shanghae and Canton for England.
The latest dates received at Canton were—from
London, July 24; Calcutta, August 16 ; Bombay,
August 12 ; Singapore, September 7; and Manilla,
the 17th.

Our dates from Shanghae are to the 12th of
September. Long-cloths had declined, the stock
being large. In teas there were limited purchases—
none fine. In silk a brisk demand ; prices had ad-
vanced about 12 per cent. from the favourable re-
ports by the June mail ; but fine was not procurable;
for the best Tsatlee, 410 dolls. to 420 dolls. offered ;
Taysaam, 280 dolls. to 290 dolls. Freights, 6/. 10s.
to 71. The Confucius and Francis Burn were ready
for sea, and the Achilles was to sail about the 20th of
September. _ _ _

We have also dates from Amoy to the24th. Markets
were generally steady, with a fair supply of goods.
From Egypt we learn that the trade of Alexandria
has been quite paralysed by the bad accounts received
by the last mails from England, and the numerous

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failures that have occurred there. The merchants no
longer knew whom to trust. Prices of produce were
quite nominal, as the holders preferred waiting to
submitting to a reduction. In cotton nothing had
been done, but there was no doubt that prices would
rule low. The exchanges were getting up, and
foreign coins, especially sovereigns, were in :great
request.

The largest vessel that ever entered the port of
Alexandria—the Alfred, of 1,100 tons—had arrived
from Liverpool, having brought new boilers and ma-
chinery for the Viceroy's steam-frigate, the Nile.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the Bombay Times.)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOCK, OCT. 14.
The general tenor of our markets has been pretty
much the same during the past as in the preceding
fortnight; in that for imports a little more animation
has been exhibited with a partial tendency to improve-
ment in prices, whilst the export one is without
change.
Cotton Manufactures—A good and rather general
inquiry has prevailed for piece goods, and the same
having been met by importers, the sales, it will be
observed, are large, particularly of shirting, mada-
pollam, jacconet, and domestic in the grey, the three
first-named descriptions, with long cloth suited to
dyers, being those most sought after. '?rices are
without change, except of low to middling madapol-
lam, and jacconet from middling quality upwards,
which have been the qualities most run upon, and
are from one to two annas per piece in advance of last
month. For long-cloth, as above, higher prices would
also be paid, the same being scarce; but shirting and
low jacconet are scarcely so firm as they were, the large
sales made having for the present satisfied the de-
mand. 40 inch width in the former has been the
only kind wanted, 45 being neglected ; as are also
all kinds of domestic, except coarse and heavy makes
in 40-inch widths. In bleached goods there have
been transactions to a moderate extent in shirting,
madapollam, and jacconet; the low qualities of the
last are, however, alone in request, but the prices
ruling are low, and not in proportion to what are
paying for the same cloth in the grey. Of Scotch
fancy goods some trifling sales are reported at former
prices. Dyed cloth and prints continue as before, the
sales noted showing the depression under which both
continue to labour.
Cotton Yarn—A good inquiry exists for current
qualities in the_grey, and some importers having been
freer sellers, a fair amount of business has been done
at our quotations, which for 20 and 40 mule are
slightly advanced. The following sales have come to
cur knowledge :
Mule-138,9001b. No. 20 at annas 6i- to 7 per lb.
30 do. do. 7-' do.
40 do. do. 7i to 8 do.
50 do. do. 9- do.
54 bales, of 2001 b. and 3001 b. each.
No. 20 annas 61 per lb.
30 do. 7 do.
40 do. it do.
Water-54,1001b. No. 20 at annas 7 per lb.
30 do. do. 8 to 841- do.
20,0001 b. No. 20, 22, 24, 26, do. 71 do.
30 do. do. 8-1 do.
225 bales, of 200 lb. and 3001 b. each.
No. 20 at annas 7i per lb.
30 do. do. 8 do.
40 (inferior) do. Si do.
Dyed, as before reported, both in demand and price.
Turkey red continuing to labour under the same
great depression it has done now for some time past,
our quotation for it is purely nominal. In it or in
orange no sales have transpired.
Cotton Thread—A sale of 2,0001 b., 20 to GO, is re-
ported at 15 annas per lb.
Woollens—The same indifference to purchase con-
tinues to prevail, and the sales made partake in their
nature more of forced transactions than caused by le
gitimate demand.
The following are reported :

R. A. P.
6,310 yards of scarlet save list cloth, at 2 4 0 per yard.
2,870 do. 1 8 0 do.
5,030 do. do. 1 2 6 do.
1,440 do. do 1 8 0 do.
Frannel—Neglected.
]t .etals.—lron—A. small lot of Swtdibh bar was.
sold on the eve of last mail's departure at 48r. per
candy, since when nothing has been done in it; but
in British a large transaction has recently transpired,
said to be 900 tons of a good assortment, at 40r. per
candy, to a native speculator. 825 bundles of hoop,
partially rusted, is also reported, sold at 7r. per cwt.
In sheet or nail rod nothing has been done. In
copper the only sales that have come to our know-
ledge are 300 cwt. Braziers at the advanced price
of 63r., and 200 cwt. raised bottoms at 634 r. per cwt.,
the same having been made about the time of the
dispatch of our last mail. Of pig lead 500 cwt.
have been sold at 11r., and 800 cwt. at and of
spelter 800 cwt. at 131 r. per cwt. ; the former article
showing an improvement, and the latter a slight de-
cline, on the respective prices per last mail. In sheet
lead or Swedish steel no sales reported.
Cochineal—The demand for this article has again
revived, aad for silver we advance our quotation to
4ar. per pound, which is to-day obtainable. No
wiles are reported, there being none of the articles in
first hands.

Saffron—Sales to the extent of 17.51 b. have been
made at from 10r. to 131 r. per pound, and the latter
must now be considered the price of best quality.
Beer—Continues in limited inquiry, but the price
of Allsopp and Bass, the only two brands at market,
is firmly supported, with trifling sales.
Spirits—Brandy and gin are both rather neglected.
No sales have transpired in the fortnight—quotations
for both nominal.
Marine Stores—The only article under this head
in which we have heard of sales is canvass, and of it
we have to report 300 bolts, bleached (No. 1 to 5), at
16r. per bolt, and 166 bolts, brown (No. 1 to 5), at
15r. per bolt.

EXPORTS.
Cotton Wool—The month opened with a good deal
of animation in the market, which led to a general
improvement in prices, and which feeling was main-
tained up to the arrival of the Overland Mail on the
Bth inst., 105 r. having in the interim been paid for
Broach; 104 r. for Dollera, 92r. to 95r. for Manga-
lore, and 93 r. per candy for Compta, the latter being
an advance at once of sr. per candy. Since the
arrival of the mail, however, the market has become
quiet, and supplies coining forward freely, prices have
taken a turn, and have now a tendency downwards,
but as yet cannot be considered under our quotation.
At the moment very little is doing.
Sheeps' Wool—Several small parcels of Mekran
have arrived since our last, and have been sold at
from 80r. to 85r. per candy, the quality being in-
ferior. Of Catch we have also had a little, which
has realised 80r. to 95r. per candy, according to
quality. These are the only two qualities that we
have as yet had any receipts of, so that there is little
doing.

Opium—Without change, and little or nothing
doing in it.

Freights—The rate to Great Britain is slightly in
advance of our last quotation-61. 12s. 6d. to 6/. 15s.
per ton having been paid to Liverpool, and 6/. to
6/. ss. to London, the higher rate being upon small
parcels of produce only : these quotations may be
considered the rate of the day to the ports named, and
17r. per candy that for China.
Exchange—The rate on London has further slightly
declined, is. lOad. to Is. 11d., being to-day's rate for
six months' sight, and at which transactions to some
amount have had effect.

[PRICE SD.

transactions in this branch of trade generally have
fallen considerably short of what usually take place
at this season of the year. Nevertheless, a fair busi-
ness has been done in some descriptions of British
cotton piece goods and woollens. Copper and speller
have been in good inquiry; the former at advanced
prices.

The money market has continued easy, but latterly
some indications of a diminished supply have been
evinced by a less disposition on the part of the shroiL
in the bazaar to do business at the rates which have
lately prevailed, and by declining to renew loans
forcing borrowers to resort to the banks, which con-
tinue to find ample employment for their funds at
their former rates.

Government Securities have declined a little in
value, owing to money being less free in the bazaar.
Exchange has remained without any material altera-
tion. A good amount of bills changed hands at
Is. 11d. to ls. 110. six months' sight, and ls. 114 d.
ten months' date, during the first ten days after the
departure of the mail, but during the last week no-
thing has been done of any importance. The abund-
ance of tonnage in the port has caused freights to give
way, and the downward tendency formerly noticed
has been confirmed, transactions having taken place
at 6/. to 6/. 15s. for saltpetre, sugar, and rice. There
is not much probability of any further decline for the
present.

- Indigo—There is little to add to the last report on
the prospects of the indigo crop. Of the districts
which had not completed their manufacturing, Be-
nares,Mirzapore, Ghazeepore, Juanpore, and A zinghur
have not improved. The second cuttings in Tirhoot
have proved a failure, and that district will, it is esti •
mated, send down about 18,000 maunds. Kishnaghur
has closed more unsatisfactorily than was expected, and
Shahabad will do badly.
There is no reason to hope that the crop will now
reach 115,000 maunds, and in estimating about
113,000 maunds as the probable result the culcula-
tion will perhaps not be found far from correct.
The following is a statement of the expected pro-
duce from the different divisions :
Jessor, Furreedpore, and Dacca ... ... 21,000
24-Pergunnahs, Baraset, Hooghly, and
Kishnaghur •.• •• ... 18,000
Midpiapore and neighbourhood ... 2,000
Burdwan and Moorshedabad
.. 10,000
Mymunsing, Rajshye, and Boograh ... 4,000
Pubna and Malda
.. 3,000
Bhaugulpore and Monghyr 4,700
Rungpore, Dinagepore, and Purneah .. 9,000
Tirhoot and Chuprah ... 21,000
Mirsapore, Allahabad, Benares, and Doab 20,0000

Mds. •112,700
Exports from the Ist of November, 1846, up to date
are—

Chests. Fy. mds.
To Great Britain .. ... 21,355 81,221 12 8
France ... ... ... ... 6,011 22,105 27 2A
North America ... ... 1,076 3,587 30 101
Foreign Europe ~. .. 10 35 36 1*
Red Sea, Bombay, and Gulph 1,198 4,148 3 15t

Total ... 29,650 111,098 30 6
Sugar—The transactions in this article have been
extensive at full prices, which are now likely to be
maintained. The reduction in freight, the prevailing
rates of exchange, and the readiness of native holders
to meet the demand, have caused an animation which
for some months past had not been felt in the sugar
market. Nothing has been done in Khaurs for
Great Britain. The result of operations in most of
the recently-established sugar plantations in Tirhoot
have as yet, from various unfortunate contingencies,
fallen considerably short of the expectations of the
enterprising proprietors. The cane in the ground
has suffered from the continued heavy rain and Inun-
dation, but nevertheless, from the increased culti-
vation, it is expected that the crop of sugar of Eu-
ropean manufacture from that district will be larger
than it was last season. The native plantations in
Benares give promise of an abundant crop.
Exports for the month of September :
To Great Britain
And from the Ist up to the 4th inst. 21,412 „
Saltpetre—Extensive transactions have taken place
in this article at extreme prices, chiefly for the Ame-
rican and English markets.
Exports for the month of September To Great Britain .. .. • 24,839 mds.'
North America ... 20,887 „
France •.• ••• ••• 5,814 „
Singapore and China ... 6,106 „
And from Ist to 4th instant:—
To Great Britain ••• ••• 5,405 „
North America ••• ••• 3,653 „
Singapore and China .. • • 1,133 „
Rice—There have been no transactions worthy of
notice in rice for the English market, but a good
business has been done in Moonghy and 13allarn for
the Mauritius.
Exports for the month of September:—
To Great Britain .. ... 133,800 mds.
France 500 „
• • ••• •••
Mauritius 155,430 „
Bourbon ••• 13,848 „
And from Ist to 4th inst.:—
To Great Britain ... , 11,096 „
Mauritius ..• • • 23,450 „
Bourbon 6,000 „
Raw Silk—Owing to the failure of the " Rainy
Bund, stocks in the market are very small, and con-
sist chiefly of Hurripaul. The business transacted
has consequently not been large, and there is no al-
teration in prices..
Exports for the month of September :
To Great Br itain
And from I:st. to 4th inst... none.

Silk Piece Goods—A considerable business has
been done in .lorahs of second quality, at prices
ranging from 105 r. to 115 r. per corge, accord-
ing to quality_ The native dealers have been
anxious sellers, hi consequence of the approach of the
holidays. The stock in hand is small and without
any first qualities remaining.
Exports for the month of September :
Corahs. Choppahs & Bandannoes.
To Great Britain 57,837 pcs. 1,100 pcs.
North America 870 „ none.
And from Ist bo 4th instant none.
Shell Lac and. Lac Dye—ln shell lac there has
been nothing dolt ig, and the inferior qualities of lac
dye are neglectees, but the finer qualities, were the
market not bare of them, would meet with a ready
sale at full prices.
Exports for tlik. month of September :
Shell lac. Lac dye.
To Great Brit ain... 934 mds. 546 mds.
North Am(u•ica... none. .. 71 „
And from Ist to 4th inst. :
To North lunerica
Safflower—Until the arrival of the new crop,
little will be do r.e in this dye, as the market at pre-
sent is nearly luxe. A few sales have been reported
at 28r. to 32r. 8 a . per maund.
Exports for Le month of September :
To Great L:. ritain...
And from Ist 'to 4th inst.:—
Franc e ...
Oil Seeds—rll ie demand for linseed for the Ame-
rican market c•ontinues unabated, but freights are
still too high to admit of orders to any extent being
executed for th London market. In rape seed there
is nothing doin g• except for local consumption.
Exports for .t !le munth of September :
Linseed.
To North America .. .
Franc a ..
And from 1 s' to 4th inst.:—
To Great liritain
North .Imerica
Jute—New . Tute is arriving freely, and is in good
demand for En g land and France.
Exports for ne month of September:—
Jute. Hemp.
To Great B. itain 21,759 inds. 1,531 mdi.
France _ . 7,609 ~ none
And from Ist to 4th inst.:—
To Great B; 7: stain .. 3,828 „
France ... 1,823 „
Hides—Thee e has not for some years been so much
languidness in the demand for the British market as
has been expe r ienced throughout the past month.
The few lots the it have been taken consisted of second
slaughtered eu id good Dacca Green at about
former prices. The Americans have been buying
largely all kin d s of cow and buffalo, excepting first-
class slaughter e d, and in many instances have given
an advance on former rates.
The French . have been in the market, but as cau-
tious buyers.
Such descrL r 'ions of hides as are suitable for the
American ri.r ket have an upward tendency, but
qualities requi red for the English and continental
markets are wit hout alteration.
Exports for i .he month of September :
To Great. Britain
North • America .. 53,689 pieces.
And from t;') ?. Ist to the •I.th :2'3" "
To Great, Britain ... ... 7,717 „
Nortl 1 America ... ... 3,271 „
Cotton—TI only operations going forward in this
article consist ( ,f shipments of parcels procured direct
from the interix
Exports for the month of September :
To Great 1",.4 itain ... 1,345 bales 4,904 mds.
China ..
6,292 „ 21,481 „