The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-09 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

We have just received a file of Bombay papers to the
lath of July. The Gazette of the Ist contains the follow-
ing letter from Goa, which gives a fearful description of
the state of affairs in that settlement :
" You must have heard of the occurrences here, and of
the declaration of the Fort of Tyracol in favour of the Pre-
fect. The unfortunate defenders of the Fort, seeing no
assistance, which they expected by the arrival of the expe-
dition, defended themselves with great courage against the
troops that went from Goa to attack the Fort, headed by
the Military Govemor. After some hard fighting, and no
impression having been made by the troops on the Fort,
the Military Governor ordered a retreat, but soon there-
after, finding the expedition bad not arrived, and knowing
that the besieged had little or no powder or provisions
he sent an intimation to these unfortunate men to sur-
render, -promising them their lives. Under this assurance
they surrendered, when the troops entered into the fort,
and slew the first four of the leaders of the prisoners on
the spot. Other three of the leaders were seized. Two
of them were spared, through the intercession of Colonel
A. Lopes, while the leaders of the rebels disputed as to the
manner in which the third (a Mr. Rocha) should be dis-
posed of. Colonel Lopes was anxious that his life, as well
as the lives of all should be spared, on account of the
pledge given before they had surrendered. M. Atmarama
voted that Rocha should be skinned alive, when Fortunato
de Mello, coming up at the time, and taking a musket
from a soldier who stood near him, shot Rocha through
the body, saying " These doubts end thus"—thus violating
the faith of a soldier, and butchering in cold blood one of
the principal inhabitants of Goa. The person who bore
the flag of truce to the besieged, and pledged the honour
of the Government for their safety, was promoted to the
rank of ensign for his. dexterity in duping them. All the
private soldiers found within he Fort were put to death.
The heads of these men were borne in triumph along the
road to and through the streets of Goa, and afterwards
sent to their wives and families that they might kiss and
curse the traitors ! and to make the example more signal,
the head of each individual was stuck on the top of a post
in front of the house wherein his family resided I"
Advice§ received from Canton to the 6th July state that
the GoveinnrTindlay-lißd.ratatgned. fa.Lintitdeam the-east-
coast, with the adventurous party which left Canton in the
attempt to penetrate to the Bohea hills of Fuhkun. They
had, however, failed in their attempt, having been, while in
the Min river, attacked from both banks by a fire of match-
locks 'and several guns, which destroyed the gunwale of the
boat, and wounded Mr. Gordon's (the head of the expedi-
tion) servant, and one of the boat's crew. A British float-
ing hospital was about to be established at Whampoa for
the reception of any of his Majesty's subjects, either seamen
or others, who needed medical care and relief. The com-
mercial intelligence conveyed by these advices state that
the stock of cotton was much reduced, and did not exceed'
31,000 bales. The purchasers of European piece goods,
in consequence of the late arrivals from England, and the
fear of the market being overstocked, had observed caution,
but still there was some inquiry for white cloth. For cotton
yarn the demand was daily improving, the supply being
very moderate. Woollens were dull sale. In the export
market, very little raw Nankin silk could be procured, and
very high prices were demanded. Syccee silver was at
present more plentiful. The stock of tea was reduced to a
very small quantity, and very little choice was offered for
sale. No alteration had taken place in the exchange either
upon England or India.

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ELECTION OF ALDERMEN.

BASSISHAW WARDS

Yesterday the polling commenced at half-past ten, and
concluded at three, at which hour the numbers were, for
White, 35 ; for Tegg, 24. Several of the votes were dis-
puted, and one was lost because the voter, being a Dissen-
ter, did not pay the church-rate, but got over the obliga-
tion-by an arrangement. Although the numbers arc so
decidedly in favour of White, the other candidde calcu-
lates upon the majority of good votes, and it is believed
that a scrutiny will certainly take place.