The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

have no time for further remarks, tut the above may be depended
upon."

BY TUE GOVERNOR OP SINDE.
Head-quarters, Kurrachee, Friday, June 20.
Extract from General Orders.
By his Excellency Major.Genersl Sir Charles Napier, G.C.8.,
Governor of Sinde.
At a General Court-Martial holden at Kurrachee, on Tuesday,
the 17th of June, 1845, and of which Lieutenant-Colonel r
Derinzy,
K.H., her Majesty's 86th Regiment, is President; prisone, As-
sistant Apothecary and Steward Francis Lonsone, attached to the
2d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery, is brought to trial on the follow-
ing charge :
Charge.—For being drunk in his quarters in camp, near Kurra-
ekee, between the hours of 7 and 8, on or about the night of the
6th of June, 1845.
The above being to the prejudice of good order and military
disdpline.
A. ROWLAND, Captain Co mmanding 2d Troop H. B.
Kurrachee, June 7.
By order, E. GREEN, Major, Assistant-Adjt.-General.
Finding and Sentence.—The Court having maturely weighed
and considered the evidence before it, is of opinion that the pri.
soner, Assistant-Apothecary and Steward Francis Lonsone, at-
tached to the 2d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery, is guilty of the
charge preferred against him, and does therefore adjudge him, the
said Francis Lonsone, Assistant-Apothecary and Steward, attached
to the 2d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery, to be suspended from
rank and pay for a period of six months.
Surrachee, June 18, 1845.

B. V. DERINZY,
Lieutenant-Colonel 86th Regiment, President.
M. MURPHY,
Captain, Deputy Judge- Advocate. General.
Revised.—l am sorry to revise the proceedings, but I hope that
the Court will take into consideration the feelings of the troops when
they see a man so slightly punished for drunkenness—a man
who is intrusted with the compounding of medicine,
among which are deadly poisons—a man intrusted also
with administering those medicines to the soldiers.
The latter are not on the footing of officers who are able
to refuse the prescription or the medicine offered by a drunken
man, but the private soldiers are obliged by the necessary rules of
the service to receive what is ordered, and dare not refuse what is
given by one who has voluntarily deprived himself of reason. Will
the Court force back Into the hospital such a culprit, and place the
lives of brave men in his hands? Will the Court thus oblige the
soldiers to take the medicine or the poison offered, or rather, I
should say, forced upon him by this drunken culprit ? I ask the
members of the Court to place themselves in the position of the
families of soldiers, as well as in that of the men, and ask them-
selves what would be their feelings, if they saw those
nearest and dearest to them lying on the bed of sickness, and
a drunken person like the prisoner enter their bedroom to
prescribe, to compound, or to administer medicine? I can.
not believe that any member of the Court would in such a
ease consider six months' suspension an adequate punish-
ment. Let the members of the Court be apprised that the
soldier sees all those things clearly and reasons soundly upon
what he sees, If what I have said be true, will not tire Court
agree with me, that to leave such a culprit in the service is to
endanger the lives of the soldiers, and to shake their confidence
in the protection of their officers, the only protection they can
have against such criminals.

C. J. NAPIER,
June 18. Major-General, Governor of Sinde.
Revised Sentence.—The Court having most fully taken into
consideration the remarks submitted to it by his Excellency
Major-General Sir Charles Napier, G.C.8., does now adjudge the
prisoner, Francis Lonsone, Assistant Apothecary and Steward,
atta-;bed to the 2d treop Bombay Horse Artillery, to be discharged
the service.
Kurrachee, June 20, 1845.

B. V. DERINZY,
Lieutenant-Colonel, President.
R. M. HUGHES,
Captain, Deputy Judge.Advocate-General.
Confirmed and Approved.
C. J. NAPIER,
Major-General, Governor of Sinde.

Head-quarters, June 20.
Mem.—l have to express my approbation of the conduct of
sergeant-major Siddell and gunner Pitt. The sergeant-major acted
like a good soldier in putting the infamous culprit under arrest. I
have also observed the evidence given by John Burtwhistle, who
has sworn to a falsehood. I would bring John Burtwhistle to a
court.ioartial for perjury, but I conclude he was as drunken as his
companion, the infamous Lonsone. C. J. NAPIER,
Major-General, Governor of Sinde.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Overland Price Current, Aug. 7.)
Since oar last issue of the 9th ultimo, we have twice been put
In possession of further intelligence from home, in the first instance
by the mall via Bombay, the Government express of which came
In on the evening of the 18th, and brought London dates to the
7th June; and again by the Bentinck steamer, which arrived on
the 3d instant, and by which our advises are up to the 24th of
that month.

The accounts received by the former opportunity being rather
more favourable for one or two of our staple products than were
anticipated caused a good deal electivity in our bazaar, and these
being confirmed by the letters just received, transactions continue
on an extensive scale ; this, however, refers principally to the two
most important articles of this season—sugar and silk—the demand
on the increase ; in other produce, however, there has also been a fair
for berth of whist had previously been extremely languid, and stocks
amount of business done, although from the unfavourable tenor of
the *dykes from home in some instances, and from the continued
swareity of tonnage In others, prices of several have a downward
tendency.
In imports we have at last some Improvement to notice, the
dealers having within the past fortnight come forward much more
freely; still, however, though the business done has been exten-
sive, the heavy stocks have made importers too eager to realise to
admit of any material advance in prices being obtained, and the
general advises by this opportunity will, we think, be anything but
satisfactory to shippers.
A very large portion of late shipment has been sent forward
under advances from Government, the enormous difference between
their rate of exchange and that obtainable privately (nearly 5 per
sent.) being, in the opinion of most parties a sufficient counter-
balance for the large margin required, so that, with the exception
of those sent as direct returns, or against which shippers are
obliged to draw the full amount, almost the whole of those staples
en which the Government are willing to advance have gone through
the export warehouse ; this has necessarily caused a great scarcity
of bills with documents, and enabled the large drawers to obtain
somewhat better rates, those current throughout the month for
first rate 10 months' date bills baying been from Is. I Id. to Is. d.
per rupee.
Indigo—Annexed we give a statement of what we can glean
from the latest intelligence received from the various districts, but
still abstain from naming any figure, as opinions still vary con-
siderably en the subject—some parties being of opinion that the
crop will not exceed 1,05 to 1,10,000 =Linda, whilst many others
estimate it as high as 1,25 to 1,35,000. Next month will, bow.
ever, decide which is correct.
At the date of cur last there were numerous complaints of
damage done by too much rain, but finer weather was generally
looked for, which, even if it did not recover the injured plant,
would have saved quite enough to enable the planters to turn out
as much (or even more) than last year ; instead of this, however,
Incessant rain has been experienced throughout Bengal, which has
reduced the produce so much that many districts will not send
down more than two-thirds of what was previously calculated on
—we would quote Dacca, Idyraunsingh, Furreedpore, Jessore,
Rajeshaye, Pnbna, Rungpore, Dinagepore, and Purneah, as having
suffered most. On the banks of the Bhangerutty, where the
prospects were magnificent in the month of June, they will scarcely
turn out the half of what was then calculated on ; Kishnagur,
Ruddeab, Moorshedabad, Malda, and Bhaugulpore will still do
pretty well, although the latter district will fall far short of pre.
Mous expectations. Accounts from Tirhoot continue to vary con-
siderably, but a great deal still depends on the weather.
In the western provinces we hear that they have had rather too
mush rain, but the plant is still looking well ; they commenced
manufacture in some parts on the Ist, but others will not be able to
do so before the 10th. The outturn is still entirely dependant on
the weather they experience throughout this month, as the manu-
facture has been much delayed by continual rains.
On the whole we may safely say that prospects are now fully 5 to
10 per cent. worse than a month ago, and should the rainy weather
experienced here during the last five or six days have droved
general, the falling off will doubtless be even greater, as there will
be no chance of the produce improving ; an 1 the accounts sent
down are calculating on a favourable ch. ifiri la the weather.
Kxports from the let of November, I.A'at, up to date, are as
follows, viz.

Cheats. fit. mds.
To great Britain
France •.. 10,359 ... 36,183

North Anseriea .
Fpreign Europe
Red Sea, Bombay, and Gulphs
All other parts

859 .-
12 _.
1,967 -.
9 ...

2,230
48
6,352
20

Total ............ 38,871 ... 1,40,669
Sugar—On receipt of the mail aid Bombay, the demand for this
staple became general and purchases very extensive; the enor-
mous stock, however, which had accumulated in the bazaar pro.
vented any advance in prices being then obtained ; but when the
letters received by the Bentinck were found to confirm the pre-
vious accounts, and purchasers again came forward freely, they
!band stocks so greatly reduced that all the finer descriptions were
'today taken at an advance of 4 to 8 annas per maund, and
really
first quality sugars ; inferior descriptions also are getting light in
Mock, and sell freely at about an advance of 4a. ; of these latter,
however, arrivals continue to come to hand freely, and from the dif-
ficulty experienced in effecting shipments we do not look for any
further raaterial advance. Exports to Great Britain from the let
inst. up to date araount to 62,259 mounds.
Seltpetro—The continued unfavourable accounts from home,
combined with the high• ruling of frelghta,have completely checked
all operations for Great Britain, especially as the large purchases
which continue to be made for America have prevented any equi-
valent decline in prices.

A few parcels of the finest descriptions continue to be occa-
sionally taken for China; but there is ne general demand at pre.
sent except for the descriptions imitable for the American market.
Exports from let inst. to North America are 4,729 maunds.
Itaw Silk—The somewhat favourable accounts lately received of
the home market for this staple have caused considerably snore
nativity here, and as holders have shown themselves disposed to
meet the views of purchasers, a fair amount of business has been
done at prices rather in advance of those obtainable at the date of
our last for similar qualities.
The finer descriptions are most wanted, but the stock of these
being light, there has not been much done in them, whilst in low
leash/pore and Bauleah sort transactions have been very exten-
sive ' • late accounts from the Mofussil state the holders there had
at last been induced to accept lower rates, and we may therefore
look_ for rather a large supply coming to band shortly, as stocks had
been . accumulating for some time past. The rainy bund may also
Lie looted for by the middle of this month, and should the native
merchants continue moderate in their demands (as we think pro-
bable) *large business wilt doubtless be done in the course of the
next two months.
Exports to Great Britain from the Ist inst. up to date amount to
414 maunds.
Silk Piece Gooda---In en rahs a large businrss has been done, in
consequence of holders having &
submitted to a very considerable -
eine en their previous de
home vere again unfavouraleandts but as the last accounts from
,we do not think prices here have
even as yet seen their lowest. In some of the parcels now coming
to hand a very marked improvement is discernable, and as buyers
seem determined to take nothing but
twell made cloths (except at
wie,eyth
,urers have already found it
a very low figure),
more attention quality than they
worth their while to
have hitherto done, and therefore look forward to
the
superior desealption of goods
in
the
market
toriward to seeing a very
few months. n the course of the next
A few parcels of Choppas and Bandannas of low middling
lily occasionally offer, bet very few of a description suitable qua.to the
English market, and shipments, which are to a fair extent, con-
tissue, with few exceptions, on printers' account.
Exports from the lst inst. up to this date are as folio's :—To
Great Britain—Corrahs, 17,349 pieces; Choppas and Bandannas,
658 pieces.
Rice—Notwithstanding the favourable result of late shipments of
table, there has been nothing doing in this market for Great Britain
during the past month, the high ruling of freights having in the
first instance put a stop to shipments, whilst now that some parties
Would be disposed to resume them, they find the stock so light that
all of good quality is held for an advance on former rates. So that
oaths new crop cannot be looked for for five or six months, we see no
Probability of shipments going forward to any extent for some time
to come. The extensive demand prevailing at the date of our last
fbr meenghy and ballam continued for some time, and prices were
folly maintained, but of late there has not been quite so much
doing.
Seeds7:Writh the exception of occasional shipments of
mustard seed as broken stOwAsie, there is nothing doing in these seeds