The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

LONDON, Wi4I)NESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1856.

No. 19,8971

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received our advices from Bombay,
Calcutta, and Madras, of the dates given in the de-
spatch of our Trieste correspondent published last
Monday. The most important event reported by
this mail is the
ANNEXATION OF OUDE.

A territory the size of Scotland, and a third more
populous, has been transferred from a native to the
British Government without bloodsded or a blow.
Oude, the fairest province of Bengal, covers an area
of 24,000 square miles, and contains a population
of between three and five miliiona, with a reve-
nue of nearly a million. The Resident, General
Outram, having spent some time with Lord Dal-
housie, at Calcutta, in January, left on the 25th
of that month for Lucknow, to carry out the policy
with the execution of which ho was entrusted.
He reached Cawnpore ou the 28th, where a force
of 12,000 men had been established, and a bridge
of boats constructed to convey them across the
river. On the following day orders were issued
for two brigades to proceed to Lucknow. The
first, commanded by Colonel Wheeler, consisted
of her Majesty's 52d, two batteries with guns,
the Ist Light Cavalry, and 18th and 73d Native
Infantry. The second, of the sth Irregular
Cavalry, a battery of Artillery, and the 22d and
41st Native Infantry. These, having proceeded
to the capital, were in readiness to overawe
the malcontents, should any such present them-
selves, or put down disturbance should it threaten
to appear. But the King of his own accord had
on their approach dismantled his guns, disarmed
the garrison, and shut up the palace. General
Outrara's first interview with the sovereign oc-
curred on the 4th of February, when, accompanied
by Captain Hayes and Captain We3ton, members of
the mission, his Majesty was urged to sign a deed
of abdication. This he positively refused, saying
that he would appeal to England, and go in person
to London. Upon this Gen. Outram issued the pro-
clamation (given below) deposing his Majesty.
The general then ordered the minister to bring to
the residency all the chief officers of the state.
About mid-day the followine. attended :—The
Minister Ally Nucky Khan ; the Revenue Minis-
ter, Rajah Bal Kissen ; the Custom-house Da,ro-
gan, Shurf-ood-Dowlah ; the City Kotwal ; and all
other officers of the different branches of adminis-
tration. The Resident ordered the Revenue Minis-
ter to give in the whole accounts of amount of re-
venue and the details of Purgunnahs, which was at
once commenced upon. The Kotwal was directed
to furnish the list of Thannahs to Captain Wes-
ton, which he did. The Resident then placed
guards from Captain Magness's regiment over the
office of the revenne Minister and custom-house, di-
recting that all should be allowed to go on as usual,
but that no money nor papers were to be taken
away. The King has sent a circular to all zemin-
dars and amils, informing them that the company
have taken charge of the kingdom, and directing
them to pay all rent to the officer sent by the Resi-
dent to collect it., and ordering them to offer no
opposition. The King had closed the palace gates,
and declared that ho would never sign the razoe-
naatah. An allowance has been appointed to him
of 150,0001. a year.
According to the Bombay Times the future admi-
nistration will be conducted under Gen. Outram, as
chief commissioner, with 4 commissioners, Mr.
Wingfield and Mr. Christian, of the civil service, and
Col. Goldney and Major Banks, of the Bengalarmy.
Mr. Cooper, deputy secretary to Government, is
to bo secretary to the chief commissioner, and
Captain Hayes military secretary. The following
are spoken of as deputy commissioners :—Messrs.
Dennison, Forbes, Simpson, Boileau, Martin, Ben-
son, Pollock, J. B. Thornhill, C. W. Cunliffe, G.
Lawrence, Goune and Block. The above, with
Mr. M. R. Gubbins as financial, and Mr. Om-
maney as judicial commissioner, complete the list
up to the present time. A contingent of some
15,000 men is to be raised, 12,000 infantry, 3,000
cavalry, and four companies of artillery ; and this
will take the place of an army larger than that of
England itself on its peace establishment. The
following officers are named as having been ap-
pointed to the contingent :—Captain Gowan, Lieu-
tenant Miles, and Lieutenant Hawes, of the Ben-
gal army ; and Captain Daly, and Lieutenants
Black, Johnson, G. Grant, and H. Johnstone, of
the Bombay army.

The following summary of Indian intelligence
is collated from that of the Bombay Times of
Feb. 16 :•-•;.
benous approuu Will/113 are outoLualuati. vl ticarcny,
in consequence of the scantiness both of the sum-
mer mid winter rains. At Bombay the wells are
rapidly drying up, and very great distress amongst
the people for want of water begins to be experi-
enced, and must be increased as the season ad-
vances.

The Sonthal distri?As are, we regret to say, again
becoming disturbed and uneasy, and deeds of vio-
lence are being resumed.
There have been some slight disturbances on the
Punjaub frontier ; that which has attracted most
attention being an attempt, luckily unsuccessful,
on the life of Major Nicholson by an assassin. On
the 9th a party of fifty mountain robbers burst
from their fastnesses on the peaceable district of
Sunnaee, and amongst other plunder carried away
a couple of women and a boy, who were afterwards
rescued from them by the villagers. A. similar
attempt by a branch of the same tribe
having been made at Yagheebund, the villagers
turned out and drove back their assailants, of
whom one was captured. Robberies on a smaller
scale continue to be of daily occurrence, nor can
we expect, for many years to come, to free our
advanced frontier of the character of insecurity at
all times attaching to a mountain border.
We have scarcely any news from British Burma%
The electric telegraph has been completed betwixt
Henzada and Rangoon, and by this time it will
have been extended to Meeaday, aad so on to
Shouygeen and Tounghoo. Much sickness prevailed
amongst the troops near the new settlement of
Dalhousie, but was confined to this portion of the
province.
Lord Dalhousie has declined interfering with the
affairs at Hyderabad, leaving the great Deccan ar-
rangements to inaugurate the accession of his suc-
cessor tooffice. The resident is said to have proposed
to borrow four millions to pay off all claims against
the Nizam's Government. The Arab troops and
their followers presently employed by the Nizam
are to be sent to their own country, those of an
elder race to remain under the supervision of the
military, their forts and strongholds to be destroyed.
The Nizam is to be asked to cede territory yielding
a revenue of three hundred thousand a-year to meet
the interest of the loan and the charges of an army
of 30,000 men, to be for a short time employed
from Bombay and Madras, in equal numbers, to
bring the refractory to their senses. The force ulti-
. mately to be maintained in the Hyderabad domi-
nions to be reduced from 40,000 to 25,000, and
these to be disciplined and commanded by Com-
pany's officers. The contingent of about 10,000
men to continue as at present.
The Governor-General and Lady Canning left
Bombay for Madras and Calcutta on the 6th, and
arrived at Madras on the 14th of February.

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PROCLAMATION TO THE NATIVES OF
°UDE.

The following is the proclamation issued by
General Outram, at Lucknow, on the 7th of Feb-
ruary :
By a treaty concluded in the year 1801, the Hon.
East India Company engaged to protect the Sovereign
of Oude against every foreign and domestic enemy,
while the Sovereign of Oude, upon his part, bound him-
self to establish " euch a system of administration, to
be carried into effect by his own officers, as should be
conducive to the prosperity of his subjects. and calcu-
lated to secure the lives and properties of the inhabi-
tants."
The obligations which the treaty imposed upon the
Honourable East India Company have been observed
by it for more than half a century, faithfully, constantly,
and completely.
In all that time, though the British Government has
itself been engaged in frequent wars, no foreign foe has
TRIESEMAR, No. 1, ever ret his toot on the soil of Oude; no rebellion has
9 a renicy fcr Relaxation, SPennatorrhcea, and all the distressing even threatened the stability of its throne. British troops
consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are em- have been stationed in close proximity to the King's
cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t • those persons whonedveefiredb.een withheld whenever
are prevented entering the married state front the results of early
arors it is invaluable.
TRIE9EMAR, No. 2, his Person,
co
powera e t andbe
wottahhsee their aid
effe:tually, In the short space of three days, completely and entirelyhaai ciswrongfully
dh,osne chief and vital stipulation of
aradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebs
have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
establishmentsecuresthheould
sive ruler of Oude ; and .
the treaty has been wholly
the dpilsergea-rdwehdiebhy
wea.ov every
vsouoccfeosr-
he :Is t rpeopleati o n as
I a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEMAR, No. 3,
is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
the of
llives
suchos
an
and properties
system ofadomf the
suitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the to last been deliberately ands ystematieallY violated.
Oude, and be conducive to their prosperity, has from first
sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove. By reason of this violation of the compact made, the
TRIESEMAR, Nca. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid oftaste or smell,
and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet to l: British Government might long since have justly de-
without their use beirie suspected Glared the treaty void, and might have withdrawn its
TIZIESEItTAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are sold in tin cases, price Ils.,
or protection from the rulers of Oude. But it has hitherto
tour cases in one for 335., which saves
lie. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby been reluctant to have recourse to measures which
there is a saving of 11. I 2s. ; divide,. Ince ssparato doses, as adnairds- would befatal tothe power and authority
of a royal race,
tercet by Valpeau Lallemand, Roux, &c., &e.
To be had Wholesale; and Re:ail in Louden of Johnston, 65, who, whatever their faults towards their own subjects,
Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str et; and Sanger,so, Os- have ever been faithful and true to their friendship with
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tl. Bradbury, bookseller, Deantgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 32,
Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, i Nevertheless, the British Government has not failed
Dublin ; Willildlib9oloollCr,ll4ll73tfeet, Birmingham* to labour, during all that time, earnestly and porn.

veringly, for the deliverance of the people of Oude from
the grievous oppression and misrule which they have
suffered.

Many years have passed since the Governor-General,
Lnrd Wm. Bentii,cl:, perceiving that every previous en-
deavour to ameliorate the condition of the people of Oude
had been thwarted or evaded, made formal declaration
to the Court of Lucknow that it would become necessary
that he should proceed to assume the direct management
of the Onde territories. _ _

The words and the menace which were employed by
Lord Win. Bentinck were eight years ago repeated in per-
son by Lord Hardinge to the King. The Sovereign of
Oude was on that day solemnly bid remember that, what-
ever might now happen, " it would be manifest to all
the world that be had received a friendly and a timely
warning."
But the friendly intentions of the British Government
have been wholly defeated by the obstinacy, or incapa-
city, or apathy of the viziers and kings of Oude. Disinte-
rested counsel and indignantcensure,talternating through
more than fifty years with repeated warning, remon-
strance, and threats, have all proved ineffectual and vain.
The chief condition of the treaty remains unfulfilled ; the
promises of the king re-t unperformed ; and the people
of Oude ars still the victims of incompetency, corrup-
tions, and tyranny, without remedy or hope of relief.
It is notorious throughout the land that the King,
like most of his predecessors, takes no real share in the
direction of public affairs.
The powers of government throughout his dominions
are, for the most part, abandoned to worthless favourites
of the court, or to violent and corrupt men, unfit for
their duties and unworthy of trust.

The c, Pectors of the revenue hold sway over their
districts with uncontrolled authority ; extorting the ut-
most payment from the people, without reference to
past or present engsgenients.
The King's troops, with rare exceptions, undisciplined
and disorganised, and defrauded of tbir pay by those to
whom it is entrusted, are pertatted to plunder the vil-
lages for their own support ; so that they have become
a lasting scourge to the country they are employed to
protect.
Gangs of freebooters invest the districts. Law and
justice are unknown, armed ♦ielence and bloodshed are
daily events, and life and property are nowhere secure
for an hour.

The time has come when the British Government can
no longer tolerate in Oude these evils and abuses ; while
its position under the treaty serves indirectly to sustain
or continue to the Sovereign that protection which alone
upholds the power whereby such evils are inflicted.
Fifty years of sad experience have proved that the
treaty of 1801 has wholly failed to secure the happiness
and prosperity of Oule, and have conclusively shown
that no effectual security can be had for the release of
the people of that country from the grievous oppression
they have long endured, unless the exclusive administra-
tion of the territories of Oude shall be permanently
transferred to the British Government.

To that end it has been declared, by the special autho-
rity and consent of the Hon, the Court of Directors, that
the treaty of 1801, disregarded and violated by each suc-
ceeding sovereign of Oude, is henceforth wholly null and
void.

His Majesty Wajid Ali Shah was invited to enter into
a new engagement, whereby the government of the ter-
ritories of Oude should be vested exclusively and for ever
in the Hon. East India Company ; while ample provision
should be made for the dignity, afildence, and honour of
the King and of hie family.

But' his Majesty the King refused to enter int• the
amicable agreement which was offered for his acceptance.
Inasmuch, then, as his Majesty Wajid Ali Shah, in
common with all his predecessor', has refused, or evaded,
or neglected to fulfil the obligations of the treaty of
1801, whereby he was bound to establish within his do-
minions such a system of administration as should be
conducive to the prosperity and happiness of his sub-
jects ; and inasmuch as the treaty he thereby violated
has been declared to be null and void ; and inasmuch as
his Majesty has refused to enter into other agreements
which were offered to him in lieu of such treaty ; and in-
mama as the terms of that treaty, if it bad been main-
tained in force, forbade the employment of British offi-
cers in Ouds, without which no efficient system of admi-
nistration could be established there ; it is manifest to
all that the British Government had but one alternative
before it.

Either it must altogether desert the people of Oude,
and deliver them up helpless to oppression and tyranny,
which, acting under the restrictions of treaty, it has
already too long appeared to countenance ; or it must
put forth its owu great power on behalf of a people for
whose happiness it more than fifty years ago ea waged
to interpose, and must at once assume to itself the ex-
clusive and permanent administration of the territories
of Oude.
The British Government has had no hesitation in
choosing the latter alternative.
Wherefore proclamation is hereby made that the Go-
vernment of the territories of Oude is henceforth vested
exclusively and for ever in the Honourable East India
Company.
All alnils, nazims, chuokeelars, and other servants of
the Durbar, all officers civ!'i and sniiif-vy, the soldiers of
pivln.§.l4g_tvacitu
.ktibabi4oteaf....c scare required to
yam' eltu. Al • - -
the officers of the British Government.
- -

of the press. The PerZans are moving on Herat,
as they were this time 20 years ago. Whether they
will get on faster than they did in 1836, or do more
when there than they chain 1838, remains to be seen.
The matter need in no way whatever concern us.
Profound tranquillity seems to reign around all
the shores of the Gulf. The British residents in;Bu-
sh ire, so far frofn being likely to seek refu,,e on board
the Ajdaha or Victoria, sent for their deliverance,
enjoy the special protection of the Persian govern-
ment, considering it anything but a kindness to be
compelled to leave. Bushire itself, which the
Friend of India seems to consider too formidable
for a landing-place for the grand army in contem-
plation, is a miserable mud-built, unwalled town,
which might be battered to pieces from our gun-
boats, and which our seamen could burn down in
six hours'_ time without the slightest risk of danger
or fear of resistance. There seems not the smallest
ground for associating the late misunderstanding
with the fall of Kars, Russian interposition or any-
thing connected. with the policy of the West. The
facts already related by us seem perfectly sufficient
to explain the whole quarrel, based as it is
on the arrogant assumptions of Sir John Mal-
colm's treaties and the indiscretions of Mr.
Murray. The lights under which we speak aro,
we readily allow, apt to fluctuate and vary ; we
at present most certainly can see no ground
whatever of apprehending a rupture with Persia.
Were the Shah to force a quarrel upon us,
Teheran would be garrisoned by Bombay troops
within a month of the sailing of the first transport
from our harbour. But then, though •we might
inflict an infinitude of mischief on Pers'ia, we could
do no good whatever to ourselves. :Five or six
millions might be thrown away in the most inglo-
rious, because the worst risist_ed,„.9f inTasions, but.,
then the country is not worth keeping. We have
already more than territory enough ; we want no
more certainly to the westward of the Indus until
that which we already possess at least meets half
its charges.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY MARKETS.
From the 3d to the 16th of February.
(From the Bombay Times of February 16.)
The Overland Mail of the 10th of January only
reached Bombay yesterday.
There is no change in our money-market during the
fortnight ; even at 1! per cent. it is impossible to bor-
row on Government securities. Improved quotations
comieg from Calcutta Company's paper look a little up.
Fives being now saleable at 90jr., and Fours at 84r.
In Joint-Stock shares there is little doing.
Cotton Piece Goods.—A fair amount of business has
been transacted during the past fortnight, but the prices
realised have not for the most part been remunerative,
holders selling at present quotations both for goods on
the spot and for those to arrive.
Grey Shirtings.-40 in. up to 51b. are dull ; 61b. have
improved, and 71b. aro iu very good demand. There is
a fair inquiry for all descriptions of 45 in.
Grey jaconets are dull.
Grey Madapollams of all descriptions are in good de-
mand.
Grey longcloth and domestics of all kinds are little
sought after.
Grey T.cloth from (lb. and upwards in very good de-
mand.
Bleached skirtings in moderate inquiry for middling
quality, all others are little cared far.
Bleached Madapollams.—Vary low in good inquiry,
middling and upwards not in demand.
Satin spots have advanced, there being some inquiry
for them.
Bleached Twills.—Low to middling in fair inquiry—
fine dull.
Bleached jaconets of all descriptions very dull of sale.
Fancy Goods.—Blescbed and gray dhooties and lap-
pets of middling quality in fair inquiry—all ether de-
scriptions dull.
Yarns.—Both water and mule have declined, except-
ing Nos. 90 and 100 of mule ; dyed orange of blown
quality in good demand—Turkey red in moderate in-
quiry.
Metals.—English bar-iron is in demand. Swedish bars
have declined. There is no change in spelter. Copper
sheathing maintains its last value. Quicksilver, red and
white lead, are in fair request.
EXPORTS.
Cotton WOOL—The market is dull, and prices have
declined. Of the new crop a very small supply has been
received from Brooch, and realised 98r.—Further arri-
vals are not expected till March, and purchases have
been made for delivery in April at 92r. For Dhollera
new, to be delivered on the Ist April, 85r. are asked.
Opium had declined to 1,000 fr., but within the last
few days has slightly risen, consequent upon China in-
telligence received by electric telegraph from Palcutta.
Hemp has declined.
Sheep's wool has advanced, and is in good demand.
Cochineal has declined. thern_heina little or no in-
- J
Saffron maintains former rates, and is iiidemand.
Coffee.—No Mocha in the market ; Malabar arriving
6i to 6i per mauad.
Pepper.—For Bhntcole we quote 87 to 88 ; and Tel-
licherry, 82.
Oil Seeds.—Present rates are for linseed from Scinde
4-12 r. ; and for Candeish, 4-14 r. ; teel is in good de-
mand, 25r. to 2*. ; Niger, 17r. ; and rape, 4r.
Exchange since last mail has advanced about t, first-
class credits having sold at 2s. 2id. to 2s. 21d., and do-
cuments at 2s. 2i I. to 2s. 2id, Oa Calcutta, 60 days'
sight, 07r. Madras, 33 days' sight, 99r. China, 60
days' sight, 216 r.
Freight for cotton to England may he quoted at 41.
per ton, nearly all the available tonnage having been
taken up. To China little is doing, and the freights are
nominal at 16 to 18r.

-, •
If any officer of the Durbar, Jageerdar, zemindar,
or other person shall refuse to render such obedience, if
he shall withhold the payment of revenue or shall other-
wise dispate or defy the authority of the British Govern-
ment, he shall be declared a rebel, his person shall be
seized, and his jageers or lands shall bo confiscated to
the state.
To those who shall immediately and quietly submit
themselves to the authority of the British Government,
whether amils, public officers, jageerlars, zenaindars, or
other inhabitants of Oude, full assurance is hereby given
of protection, consideration, and favour.
The revenue of the districts shall be determined on a
fair and settled basis.
The gradual improvement of the Gude territories shall
be steadily pursued.
Justice shall be measured out with an equal hand.
Protection shall be given to life and property ; and
every man shall enjoy henceforth his just rights, with-
out fear of molestation.
By order of the Most Noble the Governor-General of
India in Council.
(Signed) G. F. EDUONSTONE,
Secretary to the Government of India.

CALCUTTA MARKETS.
(Front the Calcutta Star• of Feb. 8.)
Since the date of our last report nothing of any conse-
quence has transpired in the position of our export mar-
ket. Operations under the influence of last advices re-
ceived from home have been conducted on a ♦cry mode-
rate scale ; a great want of spirit is observable on the
part of shippers, which has resulted in a more contracted
folio of business than usual. The value of some of our
staples has been detrimentally affected, while, with the
exception of indigo, hardly a single article can be pro-
nounced as exhibiting firmness, much less an advancing
tendency. In our last we gave a precis of the home in-
telligence as regards commercial matters received by the
last English mail. Indigo has continued to command
much attention, and in sonic few instances a shade of
alvance bas been obtained for come favourite marks.
Business has been doing on the usual active scale,
which must very soon bring the reason's operations to
a termination. Shipments have already reached about
34,000 =sleds. Sugar manifests no disposition to
rally, but is completely neglected, value, as a matter of
course, suffering materially under such general neglect.
Ia saltpetre a moderate amount of business has been
done, brought about by the concession in terms submit-
tel to by holders, without which it appeared impossible
to effect any sales. In rice there has also bees a decline
of price, but yet a ♦ery good scale of business appears to
have been done Exports amount to 6 lace in all. No
material alteration has taken place in raw silk. A mode-
rate scale of business has been on foot at the reduction
mentioned before. European filatures have improved a
shade ; torahs have been going forward rather extensively
having been sold to a very fair extent, at a reduction on
former figures. Linseed has gone still lower down in
value. Rapeseed remains as before, not moving away
but for local consumption. Jute indicates improvement
i❑ prices, particularly for the finer deecriptiens ; a fair
business appears to be doing. Nothing on foot in saf-
flower. In laciye we have not heard of anything doing
either. Shellac maintains its position, both as to demand
and value, and moves away very moderately. Demand'
has improved for castor oil, but, the seed being scarce,
prices have advanced to 12e. Bd. Cutch has been
placed at Br. Ba. Opium remains steady, without any
fluctuation.
The Import Market.—A progressive improvement
has been apparent in the position of this branch of our
report for some little time pant. Decidedly a better
feeling prevails among the natives, which has led to a
more extended scale of operations. Demand for steam
tonnage to the upper provinces has greatly increased,
aided, no doubt, by the late rains, which have impeded
the transit by country carts, and the fresh outbreak of
the Sonthals, which has pub a stop to the Government
transit for a while. These have caused the demand for
tonnage at the steam office to amount to very like impor-
tunity. 'We are glad to find the companies have ample
means of meeting this and greater demands. The ludian
General Company has advertised a vessel per week for the
present month. In the scale of prices we are unable to
report any improvement, but a rise cannot but take
place under the influence of improving demand. Ac-
counts from the up-country marts are promising, and
upon the whole sufficient to justify the expectation of a
better position of things before long.
The Money Market— We said before that a shade of
improvement was beginning to manifest itself in regard
to monetary matters ; this has continued and altogether
we may say the feeling is better now than it has been
for some time past. More confidence appears to pre-
vail, and in the Bazaar accommodation is more readily
practicable, and rates are easier. We must, however,
pay that we have no expectation that this improvement
will prove rapidly progressive.
Under this improved feeling the value of Government
securities has slightly advanced, and we are enabled to
quote as follows :—Sicca Four per Cents. 14r. 12a. to
15r.: and Company's Fives, 1 to per cent. discount.
In the share market we have heard of no business.
India General Steam Navigation Company's shares in-
dicate improvement, which we calculate will be progres-
sive. Even under unfavourable circumstances that corn.
pany appears to have done well for the last six months
of the past year, having earned 359,000 r, during that
period. Operations of the present half-year promise
even a more favourable result. We hear the Gang-s
Company have likewise 400 well, BO that it i 3 quite

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manifest that the field is ample enough for both, even
with extended fleets.

Exchange—We have not had much business doing for
despatch by the ensuing outgoing mail. Rates, how-
ever, indicate a decline from previous figures. We may
quote the following as ruling :

s. d. s. d.
First-class credit six months' sight
Document bills, ditto
Treasury and post bills, ditto
The figures ruling for China are 217 r. per $lOO.
PRICE OF BULLION.

Spanish dollars
Mexican dollars
Australian gold
Guilders

.221 0 oto 222 0 0 per 100
.220 0 oto 221 0 0 ditto
. 15 2 oto 15 6 0 p. s. wt
. 81 0 oto
_0 0 0 per 100

Bank of England notes 10 9 oto 10 8 0 each
Sovereigns
China gold, in bars
Syce silver lO4 4 oto 104 12 0 p. 100

Freights—The tendency of home rates has been
ta-
wards a decline in consequence of some heavy arrivals
and a falling off in demand to tonnage. London and
Liverpool we quote as bad, a decline rather expected
than established. Mauritius fig,ures remain unchanged,
at 112 rs. per hag of rice. There has been a little
business done for China, at 65 cents for rico. Cotton is
nominal at present, only $3l per bag offering.