The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CIILNA.—By the Antelope clipper we have received, since
our last, intelligence from China to the '24th of February.
The accounts received state that the Chinese new-year holi-
days had almost entirely put a stop to business, and few
transactions either in imports or exports had been effected.
Cotton was quoted at T..% to T. 7 for Bombay ; Bengal 6.2
to 8.6 ; Madras, 6.4 to 8 ; American, 6to 6.5. In the Cotton
piece goods market there was a good deal of activity. Prices
of opium were quite nominal, namely Malwa, 670 to 680,
and Patna, 595 to 600 dollars. Exchange on London, six
months' sight, 4s. 6d. With Bengal thirty days' sight, 224
rupees per 100 dollars. The Canton Press of the 13th of
January publishes a translation of the articles whereby the
new tariff is to be regulated at Macao, as published by the
Loyal Senate of Macao in the same volume with the original.
The Press says, "The duties that are now levied are gene-
rally either four or six per cent. on a fixed valuation of most
articles, although some, where the qualities are too\•arious,
and the difference is too great, are ad valorem." Trade at
Shanghai was extremely dull. The Spanish brig Campe-
chano, from Liverpool to Manilla, with a cargo of piece goods,
valued at from 30,0001. to 40,0001., was totally lost on the
sth of December, on the Monlufar shoal, in the Straits of
San Bernardino. _ _ _

There is little doing in the way of purchasing Black teas,
though considerable shipments of former purchases are going
on, in order to get ships off before the China new year. Of
Green teas the shipments have been large, and the stock is
much diminished. Export, since the Ist of October, of
Black tea, 25,502,970 lbs. ; Green do., 3,277,7271b5. ; Sorts
do., 35,0001bs.—total, 27,815,6971b5. Exchange upon Eng-
land, 4s. 6d. per dollar ; on Bengal, rupees 222 per 100
dollars ; on Bombay, rupees 222 per 100 dollars ; on Madras,
rupees 224 per 100 dollars ; Sycee silver, three per cent.
premium ; and Republican dollars, four per cent. discount.
Freights, to London and Liverpool, Si. per ton of fifty cubic
feet. Our latest arrivals from England have been the Em-
peror, Canopus, Fairlie, and Magnolia. From Bengal the
1:ob Roy. From Bombay the Antelope, Syed Khan, and
Gratitude. From Madras the Kestrel. Our opium market
is in a very depressed state. The nominal rates are Patna
DO dollars, Benares 500 dollars, and Malwa 670 dollars for
old, and 640 dollars for new. A further material decline in
prices is anticipated on the arrival of the new Bengal drug
from the Calcutta January sale, and of several vessels daily
expected from Bombay.
COTTON REPORT, JAN. 1, TO JAN. 31, 1844.
Bombay 17,180 bales. 73,523 bales.
Bengal
Madras
American

25,073 117,053
(From the Overland Price Current, April 1.)
BOMBAY, APRIL I.—During the first week of the past
month the native dealers were occupied with the Hoolie
Holidays, and there was an almost entire suspension of busi-
ness. they hare since come into the market, and shown a
disposition to purchase pretty freely of some articles of import
at former prices, but not at the advanced rates demanded by
holders; and the advices by last mail from England have
produced but a slightly favourable effect upon imports gene-
; rally—the supplies on the way, to arrive before the next
rains set in, being considered by the dealers as amply suffi-
cient for their wants.
METAL.—Iron has been in limited request during the
month, and nearly all kinds are rather lower, as our quota-
tions will show. 'rile copper has declined about Ir, per cwt,
and sheathing rs to 1 rs, but hr. 21 3r's and raised bottoms
are unaltered, and South American has advanced 3 rs per
cwt. Spelter is nominal at 164 rs to 17 rs per cwt. Lead is
very dull of sale, particularly sheet, and only 104 rs for Pig,
and 11 rs to 114 re for sheet are now obtainable. Red Lead is
steady at 11 rs to 114 rs percwt. Tin Plates and Steel are
unaltered in value. We subjoin a list of the sales that have
been reported to us for publication :—Copper, 225 cwt.,
Sheathing, at 52 rs 12 as per cwt. ; 900 cwt. Tile, at-51 rs 12 as
per cwt. ; 145 cwt. do., at 52 rs ; and 14 cwt. do., at 52 re 2 as
per cwt. ; 450 cwt. Brazier's, at 56i rs per cwt ; 140 Ingots,
at 52 rs ; 100 cwt. Rods, at 544 rs ~and 150 cwt.2S2orsutthoA2m2 ers-
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Corms MAsurarrungs.—The !fabrics that have been in
the best demand have been grey and bleached jacconets, and
these have commanded an advance of about one or two anuas
per piece. Bleached longcloths and madapollams havelalso
been in fair request at former rates, but grey madapollams
and longcloths are rather steady, and only in moderate in-
quiry. Muslins are rather scarce, and wanted, as also Tur-
key red goods of all kinds, but prints have been in the most
limited request, and the prices obtained are extremely low,
and leave a heavy loss to importers. Zebra dresses are
nearly unsaleable, and appear to have gone almost out of
consumption.
YARNS.—There has been a fair demand during the month,
especially since the arrival of the mail, and the stocks in
first hands being small, prices have advanced *to anua
per pound.
ooLt.Exs--Continue in very limited demand, and the
prices are unremunerating to shippers. Flannels are quite
unsaleable.
MARINE STORES.—AII kinds of marine stores are dull of
sale, but no material alteration in their value can be noticed.
SAFFRON is scarce, and has advanced to 32 rs to 36
per lb.
CORKS.—We hear of no alteration in the prLe of corks, nor
have any sales been reported to us.
Borrucs have advanced to 1* rs per dozen, and a sale of
109 gross at that price has been reported to us.
BEEF.—Some new beer has arrived, but as ne sales are re-
ported, the quotations of last month are continued.
Smnrrs.—Brandy has still further advanced, and may now
be quoted at 2* rs per gallon.
EASTERN PRODUCE.
Corrox.—The advices from England by the last mail caused
considerable excitement in the market, and prices immedi-
ately advanced 10 rs to 12 rs per candy for the new crop,
and 4 rs to 6 rs. for the old, and a further advance of 2 rs. to
4 rs. has since taken place, and prices have still an upward
tendency as the quantity of the new crop yet arrived is un-
usually small, and the stock of the old is in moderate com-
pass : we may now quote them as below :
Broach and Surat, new Rs. 115 to 117 per candy.
Dollera, new „ 106 to 108 „
Omrawuttee, new „ 108 to 110 „
Barsee, new lf 102 to 104 „
Compta, old „ 86 to 90 „
COFFEE.—There is none in the market at present, and the
prices are nominal.
Orwm.—An advance of 50 rs to 60 rs per chest has taken
place in the price of opium since our last quotations—the pre-
sent being 1,250 ra to 1,270 rs.
PEPPER has bee•l in improved demand, and prices have
advanced about 2 rs per candy.
Woor..—Mekran has improved in price, but the other sorts
have remained nearly unchanged. The only transaction re-
ported to us is about 100 candies Khorassan, at 125 re.
FREIGHTS.
Freights have risen since our last, and may now be quoted
at 31 17s 6d to 41, for first-class ships to London and Liver-
pool ; and at 31 15s per ton, for second-class ships ; but there
is little cargo offering at present.
EXCHANGES.
Early in the month, bills on England, at six months' sight,
were sold at is 11H to is 111 d, but the present rate cannot
be quoted higher than is 101 d to is llid, and bills are very
scarce; 30 days' bills are at is 10d to is 10*d. Exchange
on Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, 1001 ra to 1001 rs ; at 30 days'
sight, 101* re to 101 i re. On ➢fadras at 60 days' sight,
991 rs ; and at 30 days' 100 rs to 100* ra. On China, 216 rs
per 100 dollars.

BANKS.
Bombay Bank Shares are at 44 t 3 45 per cent. premium,
and those of the Bank of Western India at 31 to 32 per cent.
THE MONEY MARKET.
FREIGHTS.

To London
To Liverpool }XS 17s. 6d. to £4.
To Clyde
To China
To ditto Opium., per Clipper
EXCHANGES.
London, 6 months' sight
„ 30 days' Fight
Calcutta, 60 days' sight Rs. 10011 to 1001
Madras, 60 days' sight 99'12 ans.
„ 30 days' sight... „ 100 to 1001
Canton, 60 days' sight , 216 per 100 Sp. drs.
PRICES OF BULLION.

Sovereigns, each
Bank of England Notes, per X
i
Spanish Dollars, per 100 220 to 221
German Crowns, per 100
Sycee Silver, per 100 tolas 10.3 to 103.14 ans.
Gold Leaf, per tela l7 to 17i
BANK SHARES
Bombay Bank (Rs 1,000 ...Rs 440 to 450 pm. per sh.
Bank of Western India ( „ 300)...Rs 155 to 160 do do
Agra Bank (~ 500)...Rs 110 to 200 do do
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Transfer Loans Rs 115 to 116
Five per Cent. Loan, 1825-26
Four per Cent. Loan, 1832-33
Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36
Five per Cent. Loan, 1841-42
COMPANY'S EXCHANGE IN LONDON, FEB. 6, 1844.
With Bengal and Madras, 60 day's sight is 11d•
On Bombay, 60 days' sight is llid

SAVINGS' BANKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—That alteration in savings' banks had, long ago, be-
come necessary, is beyond doubt ; the Government have at
length taken the subject up. The proposed scale is not the
least too low, but admits of further reduction.
There should be one set of rules applicable to every 'natl..
tution, and not varied as they now are. One rule should
provide that, where a party makes deposit as trustee for
another party, he should (subject to penalty for untrue de-
claration) declare in writing that the account opened was the
bond fide money of the person or persons deposited for; that
would prevent trickery which now exists In this respect.
Managers ought to be very cautious as to the description
of parties when first they deposit, as improper individuals
(those well situated in life) avail themselves of these laudable
institutions.—Your obedient servant,
May 6. A MANAGER.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.-Mr. C. Baker, late stage
manager at this establishment, takes a benefit there this
evening. The merits of this gentleman are too well-
known to require to be particularised, but his politeness
and gentlemanly deportment on all occasions cannot be
too warmly commended. After having sustained a long
and severe illness, we hope the public will not overlook
his claims to kindness and sympathy. The performances
announced are not only ample, but highly attractive,
embracing a combination and variety of talent seldom
witnessed on the same boards on the same evening.

The members of the Nulli Secundus Club, consist-
ing of officers who have served in the brigade of Foot Guards,
gave their anniversary dinner on Saturday evening at the
Clarendon Hotel, when his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, Colonel-in-Chief of the Coldstream Guards,
honoured the company with his presence. •
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A FATHER AND HIS SON
—On Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, the
following appalling accident took place on board the Ann
barge, of Faversham, lying off Belvedere timber-wharf, Lam-
beth. The master of the vessel, William Terry, and his son,
Robert Terry, were assisting in unloading her of a cargo of
timber, when, just as an immense block had been raised
about nine feet from the deck, the iron claws by which it
was sustained suddenly gave way, and the timber fell upon
the unfortunate persons beneath it. They were extricated
as speedily as possible, and conveyed to Westminster Hoe
pital in a state of insensibility. The sufferers were alive last
evening, but were not expected to survive many hours.
Major-General Lord Saltoun, the late Commander
of the Forces in China, is daily expected to arrive at his
mansion in Great Cumberland-place, via the overland route,
from Hong-Kong, where Major-General D'Aguilar, C. 8., has
assumed the command.

GENERAL COURT MARTIAL.—STRIKING A NON-
COMMISSIONED Oiriczn.—On Saturday last an inquiry took
place at Portman-street barrack, of which Colonel Lascelles,
of the Grenadier Guards, was president, touching the con-
duct of Thomas Hopkins, aged 21, who, without the least
provocation, deliberately struck Sergeant and Drum-Major
Caldwell, of the Coldstream Guards, whilst on duty. It ap-
peared from the statement of witnesses, that Hopkins,
on Friday evening parade, assembled with others of the
drums and fifes, and after the usual customary inspection, he
suddenly left the ranks, and struck Caldwell a violent blow
under the left jaw. Of course he was instantly placed in
custody, when a court-martial, consisting of 15 infantry offi-
cers, assembled in the adjutant's room of the barracks. The
prisoner,it appeared, had been drinking, and when called on
fur his defence pleaded guilty. The sentence of the court-
martial was that he be transported for seven years ; but it is
hoped that some mitigatory circumstances may save him
from the sentence being fully carried into effect.
DEATH OF THE How. R. B. WILBRAHAM, M.P.
—lt is with regret we have to announce the death of the
above Hon. Gentleman, whe expired yesterday afternoon at
five minutes to one o'clock, at Lord Skelmersdale's, in Port-
land-place. We understand that the deceased had been un-
well for some days previous ; but his illness was considered
merely an attack of influenza, and, consequently, not
the least danger was apprehended either by his me-
dical attendant or relatives. The deceased was
the eldest son of Lord Skelmersdale and brother
of Lady Stanley. He was born the 27th of
October, 1801, and married the 22d of May, 1832; Miss
Jessey Brooke, third daughter of Sir Richard Brooke,
Bart., by whom he leaves several children. Lord Skelmers •
dale, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord Alvanley, Mr. T. and
Lady Charlotte Egerton, and other families of rank are
placed in mourning by the demise of the Hon. Gentleman.
In 1835 he was returned to the House of Commons for South
Lancashire, which county he has successively represented in
Parliament in conjunction with Lord Francis Egerton. By
his death a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons for that
county district.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Sunday, about noon, an so.
cident of a most heart -rending description occurred to a fina
child, named John Winter, eon of the Bishop of Norwich's
coachman. It appears that the unfortunate child, who was
only one year and a quarter old, had, unobserved, crept to a
trap-door in a room immediately over his Lordship's stables,
and fell through, into one of the stalls, under one of the
horse's feet. The father hearing the horse plunge in an un-
usual manner, went to him. when he perceived his child en-
tangled in the animal's feet. He instantly rushed to he
rescue, but, before that was accomplished, he himself received
several severe kicks. The poor infant was at once conveyed
to St. George's Hospital, where it breathed its last about
three o'clock.

THE Cann:cu. LowniEn.—We are glad to be
enabled to state, that a final order has, at length, been ra
ceived from the Secretary of State's office, to the effect that
the man Lowther, who was convicted at the last assist:a of
the murder of the Marquis of Normanby's gamekeeper, and
sentenced to be executed, is to be transported for life.—
Yorkshireman.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone is to preside at
the anniversary festival of the Noblemsn and Gentlemen
educated at Eton College, on Saturday, the 18th inst., at the
Thatched House Tavern.
CARRYING COALS TO NEWCASTLB.--011 Saturday
morning the Frith of Forth presented a very animated scene
—upwards of thirty light colliers were seen beating up to
the various coal ports on the coast, to load coal for the
London market, in consequence of the " strike" among the
English pitmen; and, what is not a little curious, a large
vessel is at present loading Scotch coal for Newcastle.—
Durham Advertiser.

THE MONSTER BELL.—Subscriptions amounting
to about 800 L have been received towards the great bell
at York, which is to be christened the Great Peter Bell.
It is to weigh ten tons and not eight, as at first intended.
A gentleman subscriber has offered an additional sub-
scription of 11. for every cwt. above eight tons, con-
sequently by this alteration he will have 401. more to
pay.—Leeds Times. _ _

singular case of bigamy has been discovered in
Liverpool. A married woman, named Margaret M'Neal,
living with her husband, got married with his consent,
about three years ago, to their lodger, named Michael De-
vinne, and they have since lived happily all together. The
Woman when taken into custody had a child in her arum