The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-07 00:00:00

NORTHERN CONCAN.

A system of wholesale and lawless depredation has, for nearly a
twelvemonth put, been carrying on in the Northern Conran, whose
suppression has hitherto defied the efforts 'Of Government. The
name of the chief freebooter is Ragojee Bangria, who carries on his
operations over an area of some 500 square miles in the most
audacious and wholesale manner that can be imagine 4. His ac-
complices are chiefly drawn from the lowest and poorest portion
of the people—men who hold life very lightly; and who, besides
life, have little or nothing to lose. His plan is to send notice to the
wealthier men in the •illaies to have certain sums, for which be
will grant them a receipt, ready by a specified day ; when he will
call for it, and burn their houses, cut off their ears, and slit their
noses, if they fail to comply with his demands. He usually keeps
his word, and the amount of m4tila.ion that has in this
way been inflicted is perfectly frightful. The roads
everywhere are unsafe; travellers are waylaid and stripped
of all they possess, and mutilated it suspected of conceal-
ment. Many of the villages are almost deserted by their
inhabitants, who have betaken themselves' o the jungles, trusting
rather to the wild beasts of the forest than to the tender mercies of
Ragojee Bangrta. Detachments of troops, regular tenser here
and strong posss of police, have for nearly a twelvemonth been
continually in the field, but all to no purpose The mischief is one
policy of the last four years. We de
onuit led the tfhnetictsouof hnttrye wa
oftrroops at the very time we provoked discon.
tent, by screwing the last shilling we could get in the shape of re.
venue. Government, meanwhile, was too exclusively engrossed
by foreign war, to think of the domestic condition of its subjmta.
We had a victory and a proclamation, and what mattered it that a
reduced to destitution, and carcle,a of the neglec
w
district was in want, and ready for revolt'. The result has been
were treated, have betaken theinselv'et to robber
teehwbeic.til'hie'e;tPhiterhy'at the absence of troops from the country world se-
itnhia,tettr,
from punishment.
cure theist, at least, a temporary immunity

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Englishman, Jan. 20.)
No later dates from Europa having reached us since our last
issue for dispatch per Hindostan, and nothing of consequence
having occurred here that could materially afFect our markets for
either imports or exports, we have only to notice, on the whole
rather less activity, although transactions in the Bazaar still con-
tinue to a fair extent, and exports have gone forward on the usua
scale.

The large shipments of indigo which have had to be drawn
against having caused rather an abundant supply of bills, we hare
to quote a rise in exchange of about a farthing,

Opium—Prices hare not materially altered since the Govern_
ment sale, particulars of which we gave in our last ; out of the
5,800 chests sold, there only remain 2,550 to be shipped.

Cotton—We have not a single transaction or shipment to notice
since our last.

Rice—Notwithstanding the continued very high rate of freight.
we have no falling off to notice in shipments of this article, but
prices having slightly declined, shippers are enabled to lay it down
in England at about former rates. For the Mauritius a moderate
amount of business continues to be done, but shipments can only be
made at flirther advanced rates of freight.
Exports from the Ist inst. up to date to Great Britain, 62,437
=rinds, and to Mauritius, 33,768 maunds.

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Oil Seeds—Linseed continues in request for America at rather
higher prices, but present rates of freight have stopped transactions
for Grcat Britain.

EICII A NGE.

Bills with documents having been snore plentiful of late, we
hale to notice a rise in rates, but as most of the agency houses
who are. in Ow habit of drawing show a determination to resist,
we see no reason to expect that any further advance will take place,
Our present quotations are—f9r English 10 months' date bills,
IL 100. to Is. 11d. per rupee; and for French bills payable its
England, Is. I Id. to Is.
Some •1 the latter payable in France have also been negotiated
at from 2f. 47ic. to 2f. 50c.