The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3 1845,

second day after this, before our fire had opened, the
ahiefs 01 t;10 insurgents curoe into cernp ; the tenor
of the arrangements made with them did not tran-
spire, but they left the same evening (that of the 10th),
attended by a company of the Madros Rifles, and two
of the 23d Madras N. 1., meant to occupy the fortress.
On arriving at the gate, our troops were kept waiting
for nearly four hours before admission could be ob-
tained. The delay appears to have been occaioned by
Babajee Wurrekur, the refractory Kolapore Sirdar, with
300 of his re: lowers. A light detachment of cavalry
and infantry was sent in pursuit of the fugitives, but
apparently without effect. The fort was found to be of
great strength, the walls being built in a scarp rock,
varying in altitude from 30 to 60 feet. Nine guns and
two tumbrils, well stored with grape, were found in the
fort. The rapid progress of our troops, connected with
the conciliatory system of Colonel Outram, are said to
have occasioned the surrender of the fort, which might,
with the ample resources the enemy had at hand, have
been maintained against us for a very considerable time.
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Kolapore territory, which was, it is said, intended to be
placed permanently under the supervision of the Sat-
tarah agency. Colonel Ovens, on proceeding to
the scene of his future exertions, was waylaid on
the 17th, and made prisoner by the insurgents. He
was conveyed to a very strong fort near Kolapce
where he still remains, respectfully and kindly
treated, but in captivity. General Delamotte's force left
Batherghud on the 19th, on its way to Kolapore. A
light detachment was sent out towards Pannalguud,
with a view of obtaining the liberation of Colonel Ovens.
The Kolapore territory lies chiefly above the range of
hills which divide the Concan or lowlands along the sea
shore from the table land of the Deccan. It consists of
a great plain, skirted on the western side by the moun-
tains, and studded with hills of that singular character
which gives such picturesqueness to the western ghauts,
and such military strength to the countries where they
abound. They rise, in general, suddenly from the
plains, attaining an altitude of 400 or 500 feet : they
are precipitous towards the summit, only the base being
covered with debris or detritus, and sloping gradually.
At the top they are suddenly cut off, and exhibit a large
expanse of perfectly smooth grass-covered summit, often
many square miles in extent. The view from one of
these plateaux presents the singular spectacle of a mul-
titude of islands sprung up from the plain, all similarly
sliced off; and presenting precisely the same appearance
at nearly equal elevations. The lower rock, where this
exists, is for the most part trap, and the upper are in-
variably laterite—a formation little known to European
geologists—which overspreads the greater part of the
mountains from the extreme south-west of India fur ten
degrees north.* Bordering with Kolapore on the west is
the small territory of Sawunt Warree, in the province of
lioejapore. It is about 40 miles in length, extending
from the Portuguese settlement at Goa, on the south, to
the British possessions of Malwan on the north, and in-
land about 25 miles from the mountains. The general
appearance of its surface is rocky and barren. The
people are barbarous, fierce, and warlike, noted as rob-
, hers and pirates from time immemorial. In 1838 we
found ourselves compelled, for the fourth time within
twenty years, to interfere in its affairs, so as to protect
the chief from the insubordination of his subjects. At
this time some of the disappointed having found refuge
in the state of Goa, repeatedly made incursions into
their native territory, and at one time got possession of
the fort of Hunwuntghur, at another of Warree itself,
blockading the passes, plundering travellers, and raising
revenue on their owls account. These disturbances were
got under by the temperate and judicious management of
Mr. Spooner, whose removal was unfortunately brought
about in 1.40 in consequence of some blundering in the
execution of his orders, which occasioned such a loss of lives
under such circumstances as to occasion a long and pain-
ful inquiry, which not only caused the suspension of the
political officer, but the dismissal of Lieutenant Gib-
hard from the service. Since then Mr. Courtenay has
been resident—a man of ability, but less successful in
maintaining peace than his predecessor. Soon after the
Kolapore insurrection came to a head, reports of dis-
contents in the Sawunt Warree country just described,
began to gain currency. There seems to have been little
in common betwixt the two countries further than this,
that rebellion is often infectious ; and the disappointed,
who may have few grievances to complain of, rise in
arms in one country when they find their neighbours
seeking redress in the field. But little cordiality ap-
pears to have existed between the occupant and heir of
the throne. Phonde Savant, a chief who had in 1838
occasioned us much annoyance, having received some
affront, real or imaginary, and taken umbrage at the
proceedings of the court, raised his followers, and pro-
ceeded to plunder the country. He managed to get the
young Prince, who had also taken offence at something
or another, into his hands, wishing to make it appear
that he was acting with, and not against, the Govern-
ment, and merely wanted to get a larger share of the ad-
ministration for the ruler's son. The lad, it is said,
already heartily repents having given countenance to
treason, and would willingly come in and do penance,
but that he is afraid of punishment. Intelligence of
these things having reached Bombay, a wing of the
Second Queen's Royals quartered at Colabah were
immediately dispatched for the scene of action on board
the Akbar steamer. One half of them had, shortly
before, been in hospital : the moment it was an-
nounced to Colonel Carruthers that the wing was
about to proceed on service, every man able to quit his
cot volunteered. Many were found unfit—and some were
allowed to proceed who were scarcely able to bear arms,
in hopes that the sea air and change of scene might
revive them. They will probably be left behind on the
coast at Vingorla. Meanwhile, some small detachments
of Sepoys had been attacked and roughly handled by the
insurgents, some five or six having been killed and
fifteen or twenty wounded. A treasure party about to
proceed from Vingorla to Belgaum was stopped, all the
escort that could be afforded being considered insufficient
for its protection. Some companies of the 23d Bengal
N.I. were directed to return from Belgaum to Vingorla ;
and Mr. Shaw, C. S. proceeded from Dharwar on pur-
pose to accompany the force. Major Benbow and Capt.
Price, with 35Q men of the Sawuut Warree local corps,
made a forced march, with a view of surprising the in-
surgents----the result has not yet reached us. The 7th
Bombay N. I. reached Vingorla from the Presidency
on the 15th of November. There were now nearly
8,000 men of all arms in the disaffected country ; but
more troops were still considered to be required.
The Bombay army could supply no more ; her Ma-
jesty's 13th, on the eve of their departure for England,
were ordered from Kurrachee to do garrison duty at Fort
George. The Madras Government directed the 3d
cavalry and 4th N.I. to move on Kolapore by Hurryhur
and Dharwar. The former left Bangalore on the 18th;
the latter started on the 25th. Unfortunately cholera
prevails in most of the villages on their route. The
lines of the 35th M. N.I. are infested with it at Hurryhur,
and considerable loss has been sustained from it amongst
the European troops at. Kolapore. Captain Mundell
and Ensign Weld, of her Majesty's 22d, are the only
officers that have as yet been carried off. There is
scarcely more prospect at present, so far as we can see,
of a speedy termination to these disturbances, than
therre was tw, months since. The case, in fact, is one
on which our information is exceedingly defective and
incomplete. It is said, however, that the insurgents have
on the present occasion few real grievances, save those
of innovation, to complain of—innovation, not only well
intended, but actually advantageous to them. The Raja
of Sattarah, whose loyalty was at one time questioned
by the ill-informed, has throughout acted with the
%most zeal and fidelity in our cause.

the fear of the Affghans on the one side, and the Eng-
lish on the ether. tlle Seik II chiefs, wearied vlith ut-.1,11,
two years of almost incessant bloodshed and intestine
quarrel, may feel desirous of endeavouring to preserve
the peace. Sir Henry Hardinge exhibits no disposition
to attack any of our neighbours without provocation—
or to cocquer new countries without justification. Our
home contemporaries, who boast of the pre-eminent ex-
cellency of their information, and the vast value of their
vaticinations, and who, ever since the ri-si•rve army as-
sembled in Sirhind, have been a,:suring us that in a few
months more the flag of England would wave on the
citadel of the Seikh capital—will find that they have,still
to bide their time. Let them not despair : if they pro-
phecy long enough they are sure to bt, right at last.
The Punjaub will some time or other be ours if we find
it worth taking, or are furnished with a Governor-Gene-
ral sufficiently warlike to overlook in the love of con-
quering the price or justice of a conquest.

AFFG HANISTAN.
News from Affghanistan continues confused and un-
certain. It seems evident that Dost Mahommed is
perfectly able to collect the revenues, and maintain the
government in peace—a state of matters which never
obtained fur a single month while the Shah Soojah had
five thousand British troops to help hica on. The Ameer
seems to have adopted " the silentsystem," which was
so anxiously and so ineffectually stiven after by a late
ruler in India. There had been some fighting in Kohis-
tan, in which Akrsiti Khan had been successful. The
Candahar Sirdars are still, it is said, apprehensive of
the presence of our armies in Sinde—not apparently
aware that our occupati,n of their country more
injurious to us than to them. The history of the period
from 1839 to 1842 must have become forgotten by the
time a British army seeks again to ascend the Bolan or
the Khyber Pass. Nothing had been heard at Caubul
from Dr. Wolff, though it was known that ho had long
since left Bokhara. It seems generally believed that
there is some sort of communication in progress be-
tween our Government and the Caubul Sirdar, and that
should any misunderstanding occur with the Seikhs,
such as to lead to our advance on the Punjaub, Dost
Mahammed would gladly lend us his aid on the side of
Peshawur.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
NORTH-WEST PROVINCES.
We learn that Major-General Sir John M'Caskill,
K.C.8., will shortly succeed to the command of the sta-
tion of Cawnpore, on the departure of that gallant and
esteemed officer, Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell,
K.C.8., who is about to proceed on leave. Major-Ge-
neral Sir Robert Dick, K.C.8., has arrived at Meerut
on his way to assume command of the Cawnpore divi-
sion.—Delhi Gazette, Nor. 22.

FUTTEGHUR, Nov. 18.—" You will be sorry to hear
that the locusts are still hovering about us, paying us
almost daily visits. The natives say that Ghansya, the
dacoit, ha 3 crossed the Ganges."—lbid.

MISCELLANEOUS.
BoxsAY.---The followingis a list of the deaths amongst
the officers of the three Presidencies, reported since the
dispatch of last mail ;
HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Assistant-Surr.on G. W.
Barnes, M.D., 86th Foot ; Capt. S. G. Mundell and
Ensign G. Weld, 22d Foot ; Capt. C. W. James, 50th
Foot ; Capt. A. W. Browne, 7sth Highlanders.
BOMEAY.—Lieut.-Col. C. Davies, 2d European L. I. ;
Capt. J. H. Chalmers, 4th N. I. ; Lieut. A. Austin,
Bth N.L

BENGAL.—Capt R. N. Maclean, 2d Grdrs. N. 1.; Capt.
C. Mellish, 10th L. C. ; Capt. F. E. Manning, 18th
Grdrs. ; Capt. R. P. Alcock, 46th N. I.
MADRAS.—Major-General M. Riddell ; Cornet W.
Leslie, 6th L. C. ; Captain E. L. Durant, 3d N. L. I.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Davies, of the 2d Eu-
ropean L. 1., died Oct. 1, of injuries sustained by the
bursting of both barrels of his fowling-piece. He had
that morning written home to announce his intention of
retiring from the service.
The steam frigate Semiramis, which arrived on
Thursday, left Kurrachee on the forenoon of Sunday
last. Owing to the scarcity of coal in Bombay. she, re-
ceived orders to sail down. She experienced nothing
but light baffling winds, which often dwindled down into
calms of many hours' duration. She got up her steam
on approaching Bombay, and on the whole has made a
most excellent passage. Yesterday forenoon the Semi-
ramis received orders to proceed once more to Kurra-
chee, and she starts, we understand, this morning, for
the purpose of bringing down a portion of her Majesty's
13th L. 1., which the Sesostris and Pluto may be unable
to accommodate.—Bombay Times, Nov. 30.
A notice was issued yesterday stating that no tenders
are required at present for the conveyance to England
of her Majesty's 13th Regiment, which is expected
from Kurrachee. The want of European troops hi
the garrison of Bombay is such, that after the de-
parture of the wing of the Queen's there was not a sutli
cient number to form guards for the Mint and Castle.
Luckily the company, of her Majesty's 17th Regiment,
which came from Ahmednuggur and, was destined for
Aden, arrived: their departure is not to take place by
the next steamer for the Red Sea, as it has been post-
poned until another opportunity. The Que,.ifs have
left upwards of 100 men sick at Colabab.—Gentleman's
Gazette, Nov. 29.

Captain James Henry Chalmers, of the Rifle Regi-
ment, Native Infantry, Commandant of the marine bat-
talion, died at Bombay, Nov. 23. He had served in
India twenty-six years.
THE LATE MR. BAINURIDGE.—We are deeply grieved
to notice the death of Charles Hardy Bainbridge, Esq.,
one of the solicitors of the Supreme Court. The de-
clining health of Mr. Bainbridge for many months, in
some measure prepared his friends for the melancholy
event, which took place on the evening of the lith inst.
Mr. B. enjoyed, for the last six years, a lucrative and
highly respectable practice, as a solicitor, in partnership
with the late Mr. Patch, and was followed to the grave,
on Tuesday evening, by a large number of both
branches of his profession, and of the principal mer-
chants of Bombay, his friends and clients.—Bombay
Courier.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY COMMERCIAL RETROSPECT.
BOMBAY, DEC, 2.
CMIN.L.-;We have received accounts from China to
the 10th Oct., by the Anonyms, which arrived here on
the evening of the 27th of November. Letters from
Calcutta give intelligence of two days later date. The
following extract from a letter of the 26th September
gives so clear an account of the state of the market as to
save us the trouble of any narrative of our own:—" Our
Opium Market has been in a gradually declining state
for some weeks, the legitimate demand has been limited,
and the speculative demand has entirely ceased in con-
sequence of the heavy loss incurred on the numerous
time bargains recently entered into, few of which were
contracted for at less than 800 dolls., or have been cleared
at less than 40 dolls. per chest. Our present prices are,
for New Patna, 745 dolls.; New Benares, 720 dolls.; and
Malwa, 740 dolls. The owasjee Family and Kelpie are
shortly expected, and we therefore cannot calculate upon
any material or permanent improvement in prices. In
Malwa, any rise in price must be wholly nominal, for there
is actually none good here, and the Chinamen have almost
ceased to attend to the article. The report here is that
the new crop of Malwa will not fall far short of 30,000
chests, and that some has been already contracted for at
1,200 and 1,300 rupees. If the crop is really so large, prices
must rule low even supposing the quality to be good.
The crop of Bengal is also, we hear, large ; and altoge-
ther we think that prices in China must present an ave-
rage for next season considerably lower than that of the
present year. The Cotton market is very flat. Old
staple will hardly find purchasers at any price. The
quotation for new Bombay is, taels 6. 5 at 7. 5 ; Bengal
taels, 6. Exchange on England, 4s. 3d. Freight to
England, 41." Intelligence from Canton bad been re-
ceived of anything but a pacific nature. Two European
firms had made arrangements for building f ictories on
the site of the old ones ; their intentions had been, how-
ever, frustrated by the threats of the Chinese. A party
connected with opium smuggling had been secured and
were taken in cages to the city. The smugglers are said
to have been well punished by one party ; while on the
other hand it is affirmed they were liberated, as the con-
tents of the chests were so metamorphosed that not an
ounce ot drug did they contain. An edict issued by
Keying, the Imperial Commissioner, respecting a native
of Tsing-yeen, who was shot dead by an American, is
worthy of perusal—it will be found amongst our extracts.
The American Ambassador was requested to deliver up
the murderer in order that he might be putd.bed by
death according to usage. There seems still to be a
great want of confidence on the part of the Chinese to-
wards their European mercantile brethren. Discontent
and insubordination are now as prevalent among the
Chinese in the city of Canton as they have ever been.
The tea-men of Canton have issued a circular to the
foreign merchants with - respect to prices for the present
year's crop. The circular is much too lengthy to be
given entire, but we sub'oin
d an extract or two :
" WhEreas the gran principles for conducting com-
merce are sincerity, truth, and justice, and the necessary
and important requisites for preparing tea all depend on
the seasons of heaven and human strength, the product
depending upon whether the season has been favourable
or adverse, and the price, whether high or low, being
ruled by the state ot the market ; this is what each and
all quietly made their account for, and it is unnecessary
to dilate upon it. Of late years, in selecting Woo-e teat
for your honourable countries, you have not only chosen
the very finest sorts of spring leaf, small leaf, and tender
leaf, but you have still more desired the Ho-lcau and
Woo-ning teas, each one striving with another who
should be the first to contract for them. Hence the
Chinese merchants have hurried with their baggage to
the hills, and the people o those places have seen them
crowding thither like bees. This is the reason why the
price of tea is so exorbitantly high. The hardships and
difficulties endured by the Chinese merchants in thus
redoubling their haste in bringing forward the teas, and
in their hurried journeys to assist and urge on its trans-
ports, have all been disregarded by them. Formerly the
Woose teas began to arrive' successively in the 9th and
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10th month, but now they have at length come to arrive
in the sth and 6th month, each one following another
like a string of fish. This is all owing to the Sovereigns, each
universal desire for gain. How could we know Bank of England notes, per e ....- 11 to Il rupees.
THE PUNJAUB. that all you honourable merchants should change • FREIGHTS.
Something lik tranquillity has at length made its ap- your former way, and become so crafty and deceitful, The current rates noted below, but there is not much cargo
pearance in the Punjaub. heT heads of the rival fac- merely choosing a few tens of chops of the most ,cl",ffoering either for Great Britain or China.
tions have become permanently reconciled ; Goolab • superior Woo-mng teas, and forthwith desisting (from To
i,London .... . 3l. 10s.
al
31. 7s. 6d.
Singh, the Lord of Jumbos, with eight millions sterling purchasing), causing people to feel the most anxious and To Cly6dret)(x
opponent of Government. The country is comparatively 1
tldhoadtgwh i l asl corner of the walls and who sigh after panted prunes. To ditto . ' .............
:
Canton,Ditto, at sight
of accumulated wealth in his treasury, is no longer the painful suspense—the misery of those who look to the To China
thyaett
fierce democracy,"
, opium per clipper to 4 dry.
has appeared ' How is it that tea which has been ' fixed ' when ',tiered
in case of for delivery has beep rtßjected and all at once pronounced London, 6 months, ExellAIIM2l.
figtuie"tloanwdie
fresh discontents arising, it is not improbable that, with I unequal to the muster, rejecting it without any proof, Ditto, 80 days' sight
sight
Is. 9id. to Is. 10d.
------
I and forcing it back? Your minds are solely bent on your Calcutta, 60 days' sight
name of this singular and very abundant for- , own advantage, and therefore you desire to injure others.
illation is omitted in the indexes of 'Lyell, De la Beche, &c. Ditto, 30 days' sight
* The very
We consider that the tea called ' Sparrow's tongue ' has Ila(iras, 60 days' ,fight
It is minutely described in various papers by Dr. Clarke, Mr.
a tongue indeed,but it cannot speak for use ; that the
• k • lf, , lOl do.
Cole, and others, in the Madras Literary Transactions as
' under leaf, ' Living Fragrance,' has indeed a fragrance29l 1
60 days' sight.,,,,, , , . , t.o.
also in the ASiatie Society's Journal, &c. It is' considered
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the most important and valuable- of our iron ores. It is which i • d's does not reih ' s ush • ,pera go !Dent . l-li4l you 4 Iti —..
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1 thousand hills and ten thousand- waters, where' a wtoek at the date o t s. latest intelligence was esti-
ochery brown, soft when lint dug, and full of hematite.you mated at 150,000 bales. Prices were quite nominal. 1

20 at 34
Turkey Red Yarn
40 to 50

Bottles retain last month's-prices; 300 gross of quarts have
been sold at 1i rs. per dozen, and 1,146 dozens of pints at
14 annas ; 55i gross of the latter have also been disposed of
at 13i annas.
Beer.--We have no transactions to record, and but little
can be done till the arrival of the October brew, the stocks
on hand being extremely small. We requote last month's
rates for all brands.
Spirits.—A sale of 28,111tils. of brandy at 2i rs. per gallon
has been reported ; also one of 100 gallons of gin at 2 rs. 14
an. pergallon. Stocks continue light.

EASTERN PRODUCE.
Cotton.—Prices have further given way since the depar-
ture of the last mail. Broach and Surat being 7 rs. to 9 rs. ;
Dollera, 1 r. to 2 ; Oomrawattee. 3 rs. to 5 ; Barsee, 5 rs.,
and Compla, 3 rs, lower than before. We have been ap.
prised of purchases of 1,000 bales of Broach at 81 rs., and
300 bales of Surat at 82b rs.: per candy. The unfavourable
state of both the English and China markets has produced
this reduction, and the nature of our latest advices from the
last-named quarter gives reason to expect a still further de-

Coffee.—There is no alteration to notice in theprice of any
variety.

Elephants' Teeth.—We repeat last month's quotations,
with the exception of that for large teeth, 140 maunds of
which have been purchased at rates varying from 87 rs. to
88i per maund.

Opium—Has declined very considerably since our last, the
present price being only 1,175 rs. per chest, while last
month's rates were 1,410 re. to 1,420.
Pepper.—There is still no bhutcoll in the market, and the
price of Malabar is a trifle lower than before.
Wool.—The high rate mentioned in our last is still main-
tained, and purchases have been made to some extent. A
considerable quantity was seized in the early part of the
month at the Custom-house, and on being put up to sale by
auction realised the high prices of 145 rs. per candy.
FREIGHTS.
Freights have risen since our last, and may now be quoted
at 31. 10s. to London, and 31. 7s. 6d. to Liverpool. To China
the rate is re. 15 to 16 per candy. Tenders were a few days
since invited for the conveyance to England of her Majesty's
13th Regiment, but the exigencies of the public service ren-
dering it necessary that the corps should remain for the pre-
sent in India, the vessels which had. tendered were left to seek
other employment. This caused freights, which had mean-
while advanced, to decline again to a trifling extent.
MONEI MARKET.
There is no change whatever to notice in the prices of the
different Government securities, which may still be quoted
as under :
Five per Cent. Loan of 1825.26 ... 109 to 110 rs.
Four per Cent. Loan of 1832-33 ... 105 106
Four per Cent. Loan of 1835-36 ... 994-100
Five per Cent. Loan of 1841-42 110 —110 fr
Four per Cent. Loan of 1842-43 ... 99i —lOO
EXCHANGE.
Exchange on England has altered but little since our last,
the present rates being, for six months' bills, at ls. 9id. to
Is. 90., and for 30 days' bill Is. 9id. to ls. 94d. A few
transactions in the former, however, have taken place at
Is. 10d. On Calcutta exchange is at 994, and on Madras
99 14 0 at 60 days' sight.

BANKS.
The shares of the Bombay Bank have risen a little in va-
lue, the present quotation being 53 per cent. premium.
Shares of the Bank of Western India are quoted at 43 per
cent.

S!..T LIJON.

might seleet your teas, we j'e't fear you would not find
and that each successive season would
wiincss delivery to you by the dehlk,ro of gui:ds that
had been previously settled for. The former tea (you
would say) was better then, and you would not take it,
and would for your own convenience return what had
been already agreed upon. It is difficult to submit
voluntarily to things of this nature. Besides the Woo-
fling sorts of teas surpass six hundred in limber, hut
you would not be satisfied with myriads. You 'blow
upon rho hair of tit,. skin to look ;Or sore,:,' and
what fault is there tor which you may not frame
a pretence ? In former years among all the Woo-e
tees there were but a tew chops usually rejected ;
the former dealers and preparers of tea possessed sin-
cerity and good faith, and that in no small measure.
How, Jet us ask, can the price of the Ning teas
be reduced so much ? You are all joined in making
this the custom, and habitually practise it, which we
think is inconsistent with all reason, and will not be
agreed to. Formerly the price was fixed when the tea
was shown to the merchant ; they did not point to a
deer and say it was a horse,' they had not the slightest
tinge of such principles. How could they d.ceive them
by giving them a fish's eye for a pearl,' or a streaked
pebble fur a precious stone ? And how is it that the
Chinese merchants were formerly so simple and are now
become so knowing ?'"
The Government of Macao are said to be literally in-
solvent. The troops who garrison the city have been
unpaid since 'April last. The Friend of China of the
31st August notices the total wreck of the American
ship Convoy, on the island of Lucouia, on the Ist Aug.
The schooner Osprey, arrived at Hong-Kong en the 24th
Sept., reports having fallen in, on the sth of July, with
an extensive reef, in lat. 31 N., long. 144 50 E. The
London Mail of the Bth August reached Hong-Kong
on the Bth October— two months between London and
Victoria.

DEATH OF CAPT. SCOTT, LATE OF THE SHIP EARL OF
CLARE.—Accounts received this week from China, we
regret to say, announce the death, after a short illness,
of Captain James Scott, of the ship Earl of Clare, at the
Blenheim Reach, on the 3d of October. Captain Scott,
who stood first on the list of country captains, had been
24 years in the service. He was well known and very
much respected here by all engaged in the China trade,
and in private life greatly esteemed. His family, who
were with him in China, are now on their return, in the
ship Buckinghamshire, to Bombay.

THE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.)
BOMBAY, DEC. 2.—The celebration of the Dewallee holi-
days during the early part of the past month, put a stop,
as usual, to all active commercial operations, and when busi-
ness about the loth ult. was again resumed, the dealers
evinced no inclination to make extensive purchases. Cer-
tain transactions--noticed more particularly below—exer-
cised a most prejudicial effect on the market for piece goods,
while twist, metals, and almost every description of imports,
were dull of sale, and with few exceptions declined in value.
Business has latterly been done to some extent, but prices
have not rallied, and still continue, generally speaking, ex-
tremely low. It is to be hoped, however, that as the depres-
sion, in the principal instances, has been o wing to a temporary
cause, trade will soon exhibit a more promising aspect.
Metals.—Transactions have been limited, and fresh impor-
tations having taken place, prices have in one or two cases
suffered still further reduction. We quote one small sale of
sheathing copper at 52 rupees per cwt., but nothing else has
been done at so high a rate, and 49f rupees is now the best
price that can be obtained for the article. South American
has also been disposed of at 40 rupees, but 45 and 46 rupees
is the present rate. Tile, however, has improved in value,
481 rupees per cwt. having been refused for it. In iron,
British tar and nail rod are both lower than before. Quick-
silver has declined somewhat ; but lead, steel, speller, and tin
plates, remain without alteration. We subjoin a few sales :
Copper 9O cwt. sheathing
100 ditto
101 ditto
300 South American... at 49
Iron 9O tons Swedish bar ...... at 481 per candy.
200 tons English bar ...... at 22
420 cwt. ,quare nail rod.., at 30
461 bundles sheet at 6 per cwt.
300 cwt. hoop
Spelter 5OO cwt. at 15
Tin Plates —lOO boxes
Orsidue
We have also been apprised of sales of 3,064 cwt.
Iron.—Bar and bundle, at 24 rupees per candy, and 3,000
cwt. sheet (damaged) at 4 rupees per cwt.
Cotton Manufactures.—Soon after the termination of the
holidays, and resumption of business, rumours gained ground
that a partial failure of the grain crops had taken place in
Malwa, and that Calcutta piece goods, newly imported
there, were underselling those from Bombay; and it was
also stated that, owing to this state of affairs, orders which
had been sent here had been withdrawn or greatly contracted
in extent. Influenced, it is supposed, by these reports, one
or two extensive holders forced their goods suddenly on the
market—a course which necessarily occasioned a consider-
able reduction in the prices of many fabrics, and which, had
not the major part of the importers kept firm, must have
been attended with even more serious effects. Grey Mada-
pollams and long-cloths of fine qualities are at present in
fair demand, at about previous rates, but the low and mid
dling descriptions are cheaper. Grey domestics have been
sold to a limited extent; but jaconets are quite neglected,
and sales of them to any amount are impracticable, even at
a serious reduction. All sorts of bleached goods are in very
limited demand, and have declined in value. For Turkey
red goods there has been some demand, and transactions in
them have taken place at fair rates. Prints are in rather bet-
ter request, but the prices obtainable are still extremely low.
Yarns.—The market has been dull throughout the month,
and prices of most numbers, both of mule and water, have
given way, as will be perceived by a reference to our quota-
tions. Turkey red yarn has been sold at 1-6-3 at 1-9-0 rs.,
and we note a sale of orange so low as 10f annas per lb.
Mule Twist, No 20 ... 10,4001 b. at 6f to 6i as,
15,200 ... 6f
2,000 ...
30 ... 15,200 ... 7f
38 ... 600 ... 8f
- 40 ... 29,600 ... 8f
22,000 ... 81 to 81 as.
- 50 ... 12,300 ... 10
6,400 ... 9f
- 60 ... 3,000 ... 12
70 ... 500 ... 14
Water Twist, N 0.20 ... 15,200 ... 6
2,400 ... 6
30 ... 15,200 ... 8
45,200 ... 8f
16,000 ... Elf
6,600 ... 8f
•• • 4,000 ... 1 6 3 re.
•• • 3,200 ... 1 9 0
Orange •• • ••• 10,000 ... .. 010 6
Sewing thread ... 1,000 330 pr grow.
Woollens have been in moderate request, but lower rates
have, nevertheless, been accepted by holders. A sale of
986 f yards, at 1-6-0 rs. per yard, has been reported to us
for publication.
Marine Stores are still without demand, and prices, with
the exception of those of pitch and coal tar, which have
both receded, remain as they were at the date of our last
publication.
Cochineal is in request, and the market firm. We have
been informed of a sale of 3,0991 b. at 21rs. per lb., and 2-13 rs.
has, we hear, been since refused.
Saffron is in better request than last month. The following
transactions have taken place :
.
1 case at 28} rupees.
2401 b. at 23f to 24f rupees.