The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.

The first meeting for the session, which was very nu-
merously attended, was held on Saturday at the house
of the society, in Grafton-street, when, in the absence
of the Earl of Auckland, the chair was taken by General
Galloway. Amongst the ccmpany were Sir Henry Pot-
finger, Sir E. Colebrooke, Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm,
Sir Claude Wade, Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie, and se-
veral other distinguished members.
A letter was read from the Earl of Auckland, accom-
panying a communication from Dr. M'Clelland, on the
cultivation of cotton and on other native resources of
India. With regard to the former, the advantages had
so long been in favour of America, that notwithstanding
ail the care and patronage which Government could be-
stow upon it, the Indian would never be able to come
into succesful competition with the American markets.
At the same time the Ryots, more particularly. in the
Bengal Presidency, found it much more to their interest
to appropriate their land to the culture of sugar, in the
manufacture of which their great and growing establish-
ments were so successful that it was not possible to say
ghat would be the results for the country if they were
permitted to enter into fair competition with the West
Indian markets.

General BRIGGS, and some other members, spoke on
one cause of the failure of the cotton crop being owing
to the cultivation of varieties which were not suitable to
the Indian soil, the former giving an instance in which
some from Guzerat was lately sold at Liverpool as high
as ls. 6d. per lb.
The letter also communicated the discovery of fresh
mines of coal and iron in the Bengal Presidency, the
former of which would be found highly serviceable for
internal steam communication, whilst three samples of
the latter sent over for Assay to this country yielded re.
spectively 68.18, 51.38, and 38.13 of iron,,particularly
suitable for manufacturing purposes.
A communication was read from Sir John Davis, Go-
vernor of Hong-Kong, accompanying some details by the
Rev. Mr. Gutzlaff, of the present condition of that and
other parts of China. At Hong-Kong great improve-
ments were being made, the town being crowded with
Europeans amongst whom were adventurers of all na-
tions ; whilst at Chusan the English had left behind
them a character for integrity which could not fail to be
extremely beneficial in our future intercourse with that
people. The exertions of the missionaries were being
attended with great success; many Mandarins are now
amongst the inquirers, and Christianity was being taught
by many eloquent natives.
Amongst the presents announced was a volume of the
" Transactions of the Chinese Medico-Chirurgical So-
ciety," and some translations of various Turkish ac-
counts of Poland.

A.H,

_ORSEDEALER'S PRIEM,
occurred last week at Ostornell'aiP.c—omAm fatalison accident
stables.
Mr. Osborne had just sold
to be trimmed before he washcirse
purpose was handed over to, which was ordered
sent home, and for that
Will Wise, on old and
valued servant of thirty years'
hsitoafnding.
trimming, when
scarcely commenced the
striking
He had
the horse reared up, and,
one of his fore feet, fractured his skull! onAthe
me dlhead with
tleman who was present afforded immediatetts
:.al gen_
and Wise was conveyed to the hospital, but died on,
his arrival. Mr. Osborne, on learning the fatal result,n
expressed the deepest regret, and declared that he had
not only lost a servant, but a friend who had served him
faithfully for thirty years. On being asked if Wise had
left any family, he said, "He has left a wife and three
daughters, who are able to maintain their mother,and
, I
have already told her that as long as shei lives she shall
retain rent free the rooms her husband has so long
occu-
pied. She shall never want,'' he added, for as lon g a
Harry Osborne has a crust, she shall have half of it.'
Such conduct needs no comment.
BATHS IN MARYLEI3ONE.—On Saturday a special
vestry decided unanimously on the establishment, in the
above parish, of baths and washhouses for the labouring
classes, in pursuance of the 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 74. -
A NOVELTY IN THE STREETS OF LONDON.—Seats
are now being placed, similar to those in the parks, for
the use of the public, beneath a handsome row of
on the foot pavement in Piccadilly. trees,
An extra Gazette was published on Saturday, con-
taining an Order in Council respecting the admission of
goods into the port of Natal, and also a list of articles
which are prohibited from being imported. The prohi-
bitions extend to gunpowder, ammunition, and other
articles. This Gazette also contains a list of Railway
and other Bills, which it is intended to apply for in the
course of the next session.
A failure, supposed to have arisen out of that of
Messrs. Barman and Co., was announced on Saturday
afternoon of a house connected with the speller trade.
q
Its engagements are quite insignificant.
Tim MURDER AT PAGENHAM.---During the past
week circumstances have transpired which, it is hoped,
will lead to something being done with reference to
bringing the mystery which envelopes this murder to
light. Several of the witnesses have, it is said, been
sent for to Scotland-yard, and among them Mr. Collin,
the medical gentleman who made an examinatisn of the
body of the deceased Clarke, but the object of having
them up there has not been ascertained. The police-
constables are still under surveillance at Dagenham,
Wiener.