The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-08 00:00:00

EASTERN PRODUCE.

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Cotton—Prices have advanced inconsequence of large
purchases for the. China markets, shipments to which
have been made to a „,crreater extent than the accounts we
have received would seem to justify. More recently
transactions have been fewer, but, as the stocks are not
large, holders do not yet seem disposed to accept lower
rates. Surat and Broach may now be quoted at 106 a
112 per candy, Dollera and Gogo a 101 a 103, and Own-
rawattee a 106 a 108. "Within the last week 300 candies
of Compta have been purchased at 99 a 101 rupees, and
100 bales of Gogo at 103 rupees.
Opium—Prices have given way slightly since our
last, and the best qualities may now be obtained at
718 a 720 rupees per chest. The receipt of the China
news has had little effect in the market for this drug.
We subjoin the official returns :

Impo;•ted—Balance of former year's importation,
2,000 chests.

Imported from 3d to the 23d inst., 331 chests.—Tota
2,331.

Exported—From 27th Oct. to 23i Nov., 1841, 785.
Stock—Chests, 1,546.
Coffee—Both Mocha and Berbera have been purchased
to some exter.t, the former at 111 rs, and the latter at
12f rs per maund, ungarbled ; wry high prices consider-
ing the state of markets at home.
Wool—About 100 candies of different sorts have
changed hands, at rates varying from 75 rs a 110 rs per
candy.

Freights—During the month there has been scarce
any variation from the rates quoted in our last number
for London and Liverpool. Vessels for the Clyde have
been weighed at 3/. 155., but at present there is no ship
on the berth. The rate to China has fluctuated between
17 rs a 18 rs, and may now be put down at the former.—
To London, 3/. 10s. ; Liverpool; 31. 15s. ; China, 17 rs
to Macao.

MOR STING SUN

MALTA,
DEC. 29.—The Montrose (substituted for the Great
Liverpool) arrived here this morning, bringing the India
mail from Alexandria.
The British troops employed in Syria, consisting of
officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, &c., arrived
on the 23d inst., on board her Maj,sty's ship Thunderer,
from Beyrout.
The Russian schooner of war, Jonetz sailed .on the 22d
for Leghorn ; and the Hecate war-steamer, Commander
Ward, for Tunis, on the 26th inst.
The Peninsula and Oriental ethiiPany's steamer
Iberia, Lieutenant G. Green, RN., in charge of the
mails, arrived from Patras and the lonian ',lands on
the 28th at noon ; she left Corfu on the 24th, and has
experienced most dreadful wind, the wind on'the 25th
and 26th blowing almost a hurricane, right in her teeth;-
notwithstanding the passage was made in four: days,
proving the excellence of the boat.
On the 28th the Locust steam tender, Lieut. Lunn,
Commander, which sailed the day before, it is said, for

Tile Alecto will sail for Marseilles this evening at five
o'clock, with the overland India mail brought by the
Montrose, arrived at noon from Alexandria.
It is reported that a Commission is sitting in Loudon
to assimilate as nearly as possible the position of Pursers
of the Royal Navy to that of Commissaries of the Amy,
with similar allowances and designations.
From England we learn of AO naval movements' of
importance, with the exception of the depaeture of se-
veral transports with troops for China.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—Dec. 23
—Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Ariel, C. B. Blaydst
from Messina ; her Majesty's ship Thunderer, Captain
D. Pring, from Beyrout. Dec. 24—French steam-packet
Scamandre, Lieut. P. Dupare, from the Levant. Dee-
25—Her ajesty's steam-frigate Devastation, Cony
mander G. J. Gordon, from Gibraltar. Jan. 27—French
steam-packet Sesostris, Lieut. P. Cosnier, from Italy 'and
Marseilles. Dec. 28—The Oriental and Peninsular Com-
pany's steamer Iberia, W. D. Evans, Esq., from the
lonian Islands.

DEPARTURE OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.--
Dec. 22.—Russian schooner Jonetz, J. Endueyourof-
Dec. 26.—French steam-packet Rhameses, Lieut. Gour-
dan, for Italy and Marseilles ; her Majesty's steamer
Hecate, Commander Ward, for Tunis.
IN PORT.—The. Howe, 120 (bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir F. Mason, 1C.C.8.) ; Ceylcn, 6 (hearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.) ; Impreg-
nable, 104 ; Ganges, 84 ; Vanguard, 84 ; Monarch, 84 ;
Thunderer, 74 ; Wasp, 18 ; Weazel, 10 ; Magpie
steamers Locust, Alecto, Polyphemus, Devastation
French steamers Tancrede, Scamandre, and Sesostris ;
and the Oriental and Peninsular Company's steamer
Iberia.

CAPTURE OF CANTON.
We learn that the Queen haS been pleased to grant to
the forces employed at the capture of the, outworks of
Canton, out of the sums received, under the Convention,
a donation equal to one year's amount of the Indian
allowance known by the name of " Batta."
The- shares of Colonels will be 900/. each ; of Lieute-
nant-Colonels, 720/. ; 'of Majors, 5401. ; of Captains,
2161 ; of Lieutenants, 144/, &c.; the officers of the navy
sharing according to their relative rank with those of the
army. -

Those who were not present at the operations against
Canton, but who were engaged in other operations of the
war, such as the taking of Chusan, are to receive six
months' Batta.— Times.

THE BURMESE WAR.
Tho Governor-General has published an order from
the Court of Directors, authorising the payment of 0,
further portion of the booty captured in the last Bur-
mese war. The whole amount to be distributed is up-
wards of nine, lacs. Of this, rejecting fractions, the
naval and military Commanders-in-Chief get 28;570
rupees each ; general officers, 9.523 ; brigadiers, fi.eldl
officers. &c., 1,785 ; captains and surgeons, 255 ; subal-
terns and assistant-surgeons, 117 ; warrant officers, na-
tive commissioned officers, and sergeants, 26 ; rank' and
file, &c., 4 rupees. Officers and others on the staff of
the army, or belonging to her Majesty's or the Indieu
navy, share in the same proportion as the above, in re-
ference to their relative rank.—Bombay Courier.

AUSTRALIA:
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. —The following
counts are taken from the Adelaide Price • Current l---
Wheat per bushel, 14s. to 16s. ; barley, per ditto, sk.to
6s. ; wool, per lb, Is. to Is. 4d. ; whalebone, per' t'ou,
901. to 100/ ; soap, per ton, 481. ; tea, by son skin, per
chest, 141. ; coffee, per lb., lod. to Is. 6d. ; sugar
(Mauritius), per ton, 321. ; ditto (East India), per toe:
261. ; tobacco (in bond), per lb., is. 6d. to 2s. ;
oil
(sperm), per imperial tun, 701 ; ditto (black), per tan,
251. ; beef (salt), per cask, 41. ; ditto (fresh), per lb., ad.
to 6d. ; bread, 41b. loaf, Is. 2d.
.; butter-(lrish) per lb.,
10d. to Is. 3d. ; ditto (Colonial), Is. 3d. -to ls. 6d. ;
cigars, per 1,000, 31. Os. 10d. ; potatoes (Van Diemen's
:Land),- per ton, 161. to 211.; Colonial ditto, 161. to 241.--
Sydney Monitor, Aug.-23.
SYDNEY SHIP NEWS.—The Eleanor sailed from Cork
on the 18th of April, having on board 253 emigran.ts•
besides a number of cabin and intermediate passengers.
While in the Bay of Biscay, she fell in with a hear,'
gale, in which she lost several of her spars. The hatches
were compelled to be battened down during the.tive
the gale lasted, when the first case of fever was IVY
ticed. She afterwards put into Teneriffe for supplies
and repairs, and sailed again early in May. During
the passage, there were as many as eighty eases at
one time, but most of them of a trilling nature, the only
deaths being six adults and seven children. 'When she
arrived here, she was completely out of provisions and
medicine, there having been only four months' provi-
sions put on board, and the vessel being four months and,
three days on her passage. On her arrival at.this port;
there were only two eases of a .severe nature, and she
was placed in quarantine, fearing any fresh cases might
make their appearance. Since the vessel has been ID
'quarantine, we have not heard any account of the state'
of the emigrants.
SWAN RIVER SHIP' NEws.—The Trusty, CaptaiW
Elsdon, arrived at Swan River, from London, on the
31st of May 3 passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Stringer allti
two children, and Messrs. Hazlewood, Ray, and Pearce,
with seven in the steerage. The liilu3auns arrived from
Port Phillip on the 4th of June ; the Vixen, from Sou-
rabaya, on the 29th of May; and the True Love, frvia
Sydney, on the 24th of May. The following were also
lying there, viz.: —The Henry, from London .; Hero-
ine, from Rangoon ; the Union, from Tim•jur and the
William, from
.Sydney. •
The Elizabeth, from Liverpool, 29th of -April„-arriveci
yesterday evening with. 350 bounty immigrants, under
the superintendence of Dr. Fallon, and shipped "by ;the
house of A. B. Smith and Co., Liverpool. Two adults
and nine children died during the
L passage—=the rest *re
reported to be in good health. About one-half etthe
immigrants are from the towns of LiverpOol and Mail'
chester, the remaining portion from Cork and the kis-
cent country ; upwards of seventy young. 'children' are
included in the number.. , The Adam Lodge was to sail
With immigrants from Liverpool, for this port, three days
after the Elizabeth. She spoke no vessels connected with these colonies during the passage.

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