The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

(From the Times.)

From Calcutta the chiefs news relates to the quiet
proceedings of Sir Henry Hardinge, who appears
now to be studying the politics of India. His
only public acts have been directed towards extend-
ing the blessings of education.
The Madras Government was, like that of Bombay,
busy in regulating troops for the Kolapore country.
Among the death's is mentioned that of Dr. Lane,
private secretary to the Marquis of Tweedale ; he
has been succeeded by Mr. Conway, son of Colonel
Conway, formerly Adjutant-General in that presi-
dency.

From Bombay the chief points are the conviction
of the infamous Aloo Paroo, for being implicated in
burning the merchant- ship Belvidere in Singapore
harbour. This scoundrel appears to have made a
practice of burning ships which he had insured,
and of which five or six were destroyed within four
years.

Another subject of interest in Bombay arose from
the commitment for trial at the December criminal
sessions of Thomas Braithwaite, the muter of the
ship Neptune, from. Liverpool. Ile, it appears,
treated the steward with great cruelty, and actually
gave upwards of 200 lashes to a French lad on board
for some supposed offence.
The cue of this boy was brought forward by a
French merchant, named Roussae, who • received
every assistance from the magistrates. The French
Consular Agent is a mere nonentity, having been
born and educated at Aleppo. The trial of Braith-
waite, for his cruelty, was loudly demanded by the
public of that presidency.
From China the intelligence comes down to the
end of August. The American Ambassador had
negotiated a treaty such as that sanctioned with the
British, with....the addition of some clauses explana-
tory of it. ':-'he French Ambassador arrived at
Macao on the lLlh of August, in order to begin ne-
gotiations about his treaty.
The Governor of Hong-Kong, Mr. Davis, Was
about to proceed to the northern ports in order to ob-
serve how the Chinese authorities were Conducting
themselves towards the new traders.
From Singapore we learn that an English expedi-
tion had been sent to attack the piratical tribes on the
north-west coast of Borneo! It consisted chiefly
of her Majesty's ship DidO, Captain Keppel, and the
Hon. Company's steamer Phlegethon, which went up
the river Sukarran. The boats were at first repulsed ;
but, being reinforced, they returned and demolished
the fortifications, and took above 60 guns.
Mr. Wade, first lieutenant of the Dido, was killed
while leading his men to attack a fort, 'and Mr.
Steward and several men belonging to the same ship
were slain by the pirates. Her Majesty's ship Sama-
rsng was not far distant from the scene of action.
The Dutch had also sent an expdition to Borneo is
earcli of a musing ship, the Charles. The King of
Kuti, who murdered the Hon. F. Murray, having re-
Msed all satisfaction, had his town destroyed.
The ship Ceylon, D. Ferguson master, from Lon-
don to Bomb ty, was totally lost on the Ist of October
on the northernmost reef of the Laccadirees, which
even on the best charts is marked 18 miles too much
to the eastward. The captain and crew arrived safe
in Bombay. No blame is attributable to them. The
ship Brilliant, from Calcutta to Bombay, was lost on
the 16th of October, on the point of Saugur Sands—
crew saved.

The monsoon had terminated. The fall of rain in
Bombay was under sixty-six inches, and fears were
entertained of the want of water next spring. In the
interior of the country the fall, though not great, was
seasonable,-so that no apprehension was entertained
of that most dreadful scourge—a famine, which is
periodical in India.
The latest news from Kolapore is, that all hopes of
a pacification by negotiation are at an end.
Her Majesty's 22d Regiment marched on Wednes-
day from Sattara for the disturbed districts, where
there will be soon 13,000 men assembled.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CIIINA.
Our intelligence since our last comes down to the 30th
of August. At Canton several heavy purchases of silk
had been made. The prices quoted are, for Tsatlee, 520
dollars to 550 dollars per picul. Of Taysaam there was
none in the market. Canton was quoted 280 dollars to
350 dollars. The new crop was arriving slowly. Of
1,250 bales which had come to market, 1,100 bales were
bought at, for No. 1, 540 dollars; No. 2, 520 dollars. The
silk is reported to be of an ordinary quality of Tsatlee.
It appears that the quantity of silk offered for
sale between the 7th and 14th of August, was
about one-half of the entire shipments of the
year 1843. The teas which had been brought to
market were all bought up at prices varying from
39 to 43 taels. The following are the prices at which
purchases have been made :—Congou old, 12 dollars to
16 dollars ; new ditto, 39 dollars to 43 dollars ; Caper
new, 19 dollars to 27 dollars ; souchong old, 15 dollars
to 20 dollars ; souchong new, 30 to 50 dollars ; orange
pekoe- new, 27 to 34 dollars ; orange, file scented, 30 to
70 dollar► ; twankay, 14 to 24 dollars ; young hyson, 50
to 56 dollars ; hyson skin, 15 to 32 dollars ; gunpowder,
43 to 70 dollars; imperial, 40 to 67 dollars. The follow
ing is a copy of the cotton report from Ist to 31st July
Bales. Deliveries. Stock.
Twist
American (not reported)
Bombay 21,594
ngal

... 78,396
.., 16,256

65 ... 17,007

Ma4ras

Total
inclu-ivc of importations by the ship Fattel Mobarick.
The market was dull for ali descriptions of cotton. Since
the receipt of last advices (on the Ist of August) a little
more had been done in Bombay qualities, but at
no advance in prices. In fact cotton was altogether
unsaleable, except in barter for teas. The quota-
tions were-4or Bombay,. old, 4.5 to 5.5 dollars ;
new, 6.5 to 7.8 dollars. For Madras qualities there
was no demand, and no quotations are giVen. Ben-
gal was quoted 6.8 to 8.5 dollars. Bills on London
at six months' sight, 4s. 3d.; Navy Bills, three days'
I *gbti 41' to 40, 11 Yreigbte to Finland were quoted