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

MISCELLANEOUS.

BostnAY.—The followingis a list of the deaths amongst
the officers .of the three Presidencies, reported since the
dispatch of last mail :-
11 ER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Assistant-Surgeon G. W.
Barnes, 86th Foot ; Capt. S. G. Mundell and
Ensign G. Weld, 22d Foot ; Capt. C. W. James, 50th
Foot ; Capt. A. W. Browne, 78th Highlanders.
Bosuwe.—Lieut.-Col. C. Davies, 2d European L. I. ;
Capt. j.' 11. 'Chalmers; 4th N.' I. ; Lieut. A. Austin,
Bth N.L

BENGAL.--Capt It N. Bfaclean, 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, ; 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. Ile had
that morning written home to announce his intention of
retiring from the service. '
The steam frigate Semiramis, which arrived on
Thnrsday, 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, tor
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 convey ance to England
of her Majesty's 13th Regiment, which is expected
from Kurrachee. The want of European tr.ops in
the garrison of Bombay is such, that after the de-
parture of the wing of the-Queen's there was not a suffi
cieht 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 Queen's have
left upwards of 100 men sick at Colabah.—Gentieman'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. BAINBRIDGE.—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 11th 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.—Bontbay
Courier.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY COMMERCIAL RETROSPECT.
BOMBAY, DEC, 2.
CHINI.—We have received accounts from China to
the 10th Oct., by the Anonyma, 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 Septeralser
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 hal been in a gradually•declining state
for adme 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
iMalwa, 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 solarge, 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
atapla 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 had been re-
ceived of anything but a pacific nature. Two European
firms had made arrangements for building f Letories 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 i while on the
other hand it is affirmed they were liberated, as the con.
tents of the cheats were so metamorphosed that not an
ounce of drug did they contain. An edict issued by
I,c.cy_ing, the Imperial Commissioner, respecting a native
of Tsing.yeen, who trisi shut 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 ii order that he might be punished 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
Chineae in the city of Canton as they have' ever been.
The tea-men of Uanten have issued ft circular to the
foreign merchants with respect to prices for the present
year's crop. . Thp 'circular is tench too lengthy to be
given entire, but.we 'subjoin an extract or two
" Whi teas the grand principles for conducting Com-
merce are sincerity, truth, and justice; and the necessary
and important requisites for preparing tea all depend on
Mf'f)fla of heaven and human strength, the product
depending upon
.whether the keonn has loeu 4,1'f:1144111c
or adverse, and the pricer whether. high ,or low, being
ruled by the, state of the market ;
,this is what each and
all quietlY made their account for, and it is unnecessary
to dilato upon it, Of late years,-in selecting Woo-e teas
for your honourable countries, you have not only chohett
the very finest sorts of spring lea, small leaf, and tender
leaf, but you have still more desired the Ho-kau 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
eriiwding thithor like hBPS: This is the rt4s(ln why the
price of tea is so exorbitantly 'high. The hardships and
difficulties endured by the Chinese merchants in thus
FeLiPubling their haste in bringing forward the teas, and
to thpiF hutripd Journeys to assist and urge on its trans-
ports, have been disrpgpfelpd by them/ Formerly the
Wome teas began to arrive angcOsively hi the ath And
10th month, but now they have at length conic to arrive
in the sth and 6th month, each one following another
like a string of fish. This is all owing to the
universal desire for gain. How could we know
ang v 39 honourable merchants should, change
you form6r way, and beco me uritty and
eaeitfu
merely c noosing Itissy tens of chops of the most
superior Woo-ning teas, and forthwith desisting (from
purchasing), causing people to feel the most anxious and
painful LIOI3PFIV-I,pp tufSery of those who lopit to the
Oorner of the walla and. who' atglf after paiuttal mines.
How la it that tea which has been 'fixed t when offered
for delivery has peon relieptpd and all ati onee pronounced
unequal to the muster, fejgtatiqg it without any proof,
and forcing it back? Your minds are 5010 Y bfht.oll roar
own advantage, and therefore you desire to injure others.
We consider that the tea called `Sparrow's tongue' haa
a tongue indeed,. but it cannot speak for itselfi that the
under leaf, s Living Fragrance,' has indeed a fr4vallge
which does not relish such disparagement. Bad you a
thousand hills' and ten thousand waters, where you.