CROSS, R. J. to Maria Antonia Fernandes, daughter of the late WHITFORD, T. to Mrs. Halfpenny, at St. Thomas's Cathedral, DEATHS. AYRTON, Lient. J. H. 10th N.I. at Warree, aged 28, July 7. MORIER, Dr. J. F. naval and port surgeon of Bombay, July 9. WATKINS, Elizabeth Annie, wife of Capt. J. 23rd N.I. aged 20, Ditto, 90.-In demand, at Rs. 1 3-16ths to Rs. 14 per lb.; market bare. Ditto, 100.-None of this number in the market; arrivals will fetch Rs. 1 to Rs. 14 per lb. LAC STICK.-Bengal, in demand, at Rs. 16 to 17 per Surat maund. DRY DATES.-None in the market. SUGAR.-No Bengal sugar in the market; of Siam and Manilla the stock is large. RICE. Of fine Bengal table there is only a small supply; with other descriptions our market is well supplied. GRAM.-Market ill-supplied; at the Bunder 20 to 22 Rs. per Bombay candy. OILMAN'S STORES.-Market overstocked. METALS.-Quantities of every description in first hands, particularly of Iron; of this latter there are scarcely any imports, nor, with the present demand for iron in England, can any be expected for a long time. Holders consequently demand very large advances, which they must eventually command. SPIRITS.-Of Brandy there is a sufficiency; the sales which we have quoted were from a parcel imported under the old rate of duty. Of Gin there is none really good in the market. Small parcels, imported under the new rate of duty, are nominally put down at 18 rs. per case of 15 squares, but can find no purchasers. Gin in wood may be quoted at 24 rs. per gallon. WINE.-Late importations have been of inferior quality. Market moderately supplied. BEER.-We cannot speak in praise of the Beer sent out this year. There is a very large quantity of all brands in first hands. OPIUM.-None of good quality in the market. No sales, and prices nearly nominal. DISTRIBUTION OF THE BOMBAY ARMY. Kirkee, near Poona. (Rs. 500).. Rs. 300 do. (,, 1000).. Rs. 400 to 410 do. Cavalry. Prices of Bullion. } Rs. 114 Rajcote. Bhooj. 226 to 227 Hyderabad. Deesa. Bank of England Notes, per £ Spanish Dollars, per 100 German Crowns, per 100 Gold Lead, per tola ..... London, 6 months' sight.. 30 days' sight 1st Company. FREIGHTS. To London and Liverpool, 31. 10s. to 31. 15s. 2nd Company 3rd Company Ahmednuggur. Ahmednuggur. 4th Company Kurrachee. 2nd Battalion.-Head Quarters In our present number we give a few items of both Eastern and Western produce, with our remarks, upon information carefully gleaned, as to the state of the Bombay market in reference to these particular articles. RAW COTTON.-Of all descriptions, and good quality, in abundance, but finds no purchasers; prices at our quotations. COTTON PIECE GOODS.-In demand for local consumption. M. O. PEARL SHELLS.-Market supplied. Prices of best quality 8 to 8 per cwt.; of middling 6 to 7; and inferior 5 to 54. HIDES AND HORNS.-Buffalo Hides, no shippers; 11 and 12 rs. Buffalo Horns. Small quantities are being shipped for per score. the English market at 6 and 7 rs. per cwt. CLOVES.-Market overstocked, and prices on the decline. MULE TWIST, No. 80.-None in the market, and in demand at Rs. 1 per lb. H. M. 2nd (Queen's Royal) Foot. Bombay. 1st Grenadier regt. N.I. 2nd Grenadier regt. N.I. 3rd regt. N.I. Ditto detachment Deesa. Belgaum. Native Infantry. SIR,-Since my last, we have the Calcutta portion of the December mail, and the January mail by Bombay arrived in the Mor on the 24th ult., outstripping the Sultanna with the December mail. Little do our kind friends in England know the inconveniences we endure for want of a regular means of transmitting letters by monthly steamers. This deficiency, we hear, will shortly be supplied. Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane has left us in the Agincourt for Singapore, and the Iris sloop of war has conveyed Major Gen. D'Aguilar, commander-in-chief, on a voyage of inspection of the troops stationed at the northern ports. The evacuation of Koolungsoo is completed, and the troops (18th regt.) are quartered at Hong Kong. Capt. Graham, of the Castor, commands in the admiral's absence. The Samarang, Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, has put in to Victoria to refit, previous to another season's surveying on the coast of China. The gallant captain has quite recovered of the wounds he received, when acting against the pirates of Borneo. * A proclamation has been recently issued for fixing the currency of Hong Kong, and making English money a legal ten. der, which heretofore it has not been. It is difficult to say how this will work; the public generally object to it, as of course would be the case with any alteration; but there is no doubt the present currency of dollars and Chinese copper coin, called cash, is as inconvenient as can well be conceived. The value of the dollar is constantly changing, and no two dollars are of the same weight or value; the old Spanish dollar seems to be the most uniform, and the Chinese take them at 5 per cent. more than republican dollars, though the latter are in many instances intrinsically of greater value. It is usual for every merchant to mark the Spanish dollars that pass through his hands, and the chop dollars, as they are called, are usually seen covered with Chinese stamps. It would seem to be this additional means of verification that gives the Spanish dollar a higher value, and I have not the least doubt that if we could convince the Chinese of the accuracy of our coinage, the minute identity of every piece in weight and quality, our gold would take the place of the old Spanish silver (which by the bye is growing scarce and is not now coined), to the great convenience of all parties; and although the present proclamation, fixing the rupee at 1s. 10d. and the dollar at 4s. 2d. gives a fictitious value to the dollar, making all dollars alike, that will in itself tend to throw these cumbersome and inconvenient dollars out of circulation; nor must we neglect the political effect of shewing the Chinese that we possess a powerful sovereign, whose effigy graces our coin in the same way that they are accustomed to see the old Spanish Carolus, or the emblems of American Republics. Accounts from the northern ports continue favourable: several vessels have arrived at Shangai direct from England, and a good deal of business is doing there; the British residents continue to carry on their buildings with alacrity. MISCELLANEOUS. THE OPIUM REceiving Ships. We learn that the opium receiving ships have stationed themselves, during the typhoon season, in the Cumsingmoon, opposite Lintin, where the trade will be carried on by the Chinese, as was done some years ago, when the vessels lay at the latter anchorage. We are told that the native trade at Canton is likely to be conducted more openly than formerly; and if this proves to be the case, it tends to con. firm the opinion we have already expressed, that the Chinese authorities did not make it imperative that the ships should quit Whampoa. SHANGHAI. From Shanghai we learn that the Richard Cobden arrived on the 28th April. The Thomas Crisp sailed for Chusan on the 29th, and the Possidone on the 30th. The Thomas Worthington left for London on the 7th May. Upwards of 15,000 peculs of tea (about 2,000,000 lbs.), and 900 peculs of silk, have been exported since the 1st Jan, last. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS. AT HONG-KONG.-APRIL 17. Charles Jones, Clarkson, Shang. hae.-18. Yonge Queen, MacNally, Whampoa ; New Margaret, Ager, Whampoa; Vascongada, Macaida, Macao.-19. Louisa, Forgan, Macao.-21. Denia, Pruen, Whampoa; Privateer, Martell, Whampoa; Oriental, MacFee, Whampoa.-22. Mor, Baxter, Bonbay; Anna Eliza, Grainger, Bombay; Boxer, Woodberry, Macao; Eliza, Patterson, Whampoa.-23. Sil, Barrera, Manila; A. Apcar, Durham, Calcutta.-24. Aurora, Massie, Whampoa; Venice, Dunbery, Mauritius; Horatio, Wood, New York.-25. Gazelle, Chase, Chusan.-26. Cacique, Eldred, Whampoa; Dhur, Cumberland, Calcutta; Dart, Kennedy, Whampoa; Anne Jane, Rigby, London.27. Sarah Louisa, Oldham, Shanghae.-28. Caroline, Philps, Whampoa; Indianeren, Holn, Macao.-29. Yamchi, Steele, Boston; Rob Roy, White, Macao; William IV. Woodin, S. S. Is. Hobart Town; Hygeia, Huckton, Manila. Passengers-per Dhur, Mrs. Hason and family. At MACAO.-APRIL 15. Cometa, Pardo Ylocos; Tigre, Riconda, Ylocos.-16. Surat, Pierce, Manila.-18. Wigeon, Capes, Singapore; Amizade, Pina, Manila; Azia Feliz, Tayag, Pangasinan; San Benito, Gonzalez, Ylocos.-19. Anna Eliza, Grainger; Potentate, McKirdy, Singapore.-21. Indianeren, Holn, Whampoa.-24. Dansburg, Haberbuz, Hong Kong.-25. Rob Roy, White, Whampoa.-26. Gitano, Orfila, Pangasinan; Brigand, Almeida, Manila; Bilbaino, Villar, Ylocos; Elizabeth, Jansen, Manila; Aurora, Massie, Hong Kong. -27. Victoria, San Juan, Manila; Esperanza, Urbieta, Manila; Lark, Tibbits, Valpairaiso; Mariveles, Cordero, Ylocos; Clarendon, Stodart, Manila. At WHAMPOA.-APRIL 15. Constant, Hemery, Madras.-19. Gwalior, Edwards, Bombay; F. Warren, Pratt, Manila; Rob Roy, White, Hong Kong.-21. Driver (H.M. str.) Hayes, Hong Kong. -24. Potentate, McKirdy, Singapore; Tory, Johnstone, Hong Kong; Venice, Dunbery, Hong Kong.-MAY 9. Hesperus, Liverpool.-10. India, Clyde.-14. Bangalore, London; Midas steamer, New York.-16. Sappho, Boston.-17. Palmyra, London. - 18. Rainbow, New York.-20. Amiga, Liverpool. DEPARTURES. From HONG KONG.-APRIL 17. Louisa, Forgan, Macao.-18. Rob Roy, White, Whampoa.-19. New Margaret, Ager, London; Zephyr, Mann, East Coast: Charles Jones, Clarkson, London; Falcon, Oliver, Amoy.-21. Driver (H.M.S.) Hayes, Whampoa. -22. Dansbourg, Haberbuz; Balli Vascongada, Macaida, Manila; Tory, Johnstone, Whampoa; Denia, Pruen, Bombay.-23. Oriental, McFee, London; Red Rover, McMurdo, East Coast; Warlock, Jauncey, East Coast.-24. Eliza, Patterson, London.-25. Venice, Dunbery, Macao; Louisa, Forgan, Calcutta.-27. 4. Apear, Dur. ham, Macao; Matta Keeset, Cushman, Manila; Spec, Cole, Whampoa.-28. Boxer, Woodberry, Macao; Harlequin, Morris, Chusan; Vixen, Milne, West Coast; Anna Eliza, Grainger, Whampoa; Dart, Kennedy, Woosung.-29. Aurora, Massie.-30. Dhur, Cumberland, Macao; Cacique, Eldred, Amoy; Indianeren, Holn, Sing and Hamburgh. From MACAO, APRIL 15.-Poppy, Cole, Singapore and Calcutta; Chile, Bray, Java.-16. N. S. de Luz, Silva, Sooloo; Cabillito, Rico, Cagayan; Swallow, Dominis, Chusan.-17. Vascondaga, Macaida, Hong Kong.-18. F. Warren, Pratt, Whampoa.-19. Isabella, Gray, Liverpool.-22. Dart, Kennedy, Hong Kong; Potentate, McKirdy, Whampoa.-23. Tigre, Rionda, Ylocos.-24. Cometa, Pardo, Ylocos.-26. Azia Feliz, Tayag, Pangasinan; Indianeren, Holm, Singapore.-28. Dansbourg, Haberbuz, Java; Rob Roy, White, Hong Kong; Clarendon, Stodart, Whampoa; Aurora, Massey, Capsing Moon... From WHAMPOA, APRIL 13.-Louisa, Forgan, Hong Kong.14. Olympus, White, London; Areatus, Mugford, Boston.-15. Isabella, Gray, Liverpool; New Margaret, Ager, Liverpool.-19. Indianeren, Holm, Singapore; Emu, Smith, London; Oriental, McFee, London; Eliza, Patterson, London; Denia, Pruen, Bombay.-23. Cacique, Eldred, Hong Kong.-28. Rob Roy, White, Hong Kong.-MAY 3. Earl Grey, London.-13. Potentate, London.-15. Tory, London. London; Gwalior, COMMERCIAL. CANTON MARKET, MAY 22, 1845. IMPORT.-COTTON.-The clearances have continued upon a fair scale, especially of Tinivelly. There is no improvement to notice in price. Best Bombay 6 taels short nett, and Tinivelly 6 5. up to 7 2 for the best. Bengal is very scarce and wanted. LONG-CLOTHS.-An improved demand has manifested itself, but heavy stocks, with expected arrivals, have precluded all chance of an improvement in price. Large sales of Whites have also been made, but 3 dols. 10c. to 3 dols. 15c. long are the extreme quotations for both White and Grey. AMERICAN GOODS.-Domestics, 40 yards by 40 inches, dull at last quotation, but Drills of 30 yards by 30 inches are saleable at 2 dols. 75c. long. COTTON YARN is sale able at last quotations, say Nos. 18 to 24 at 25 dols. to 26 dols. long, and Nos. 26 to 42 at 32 dols. SPANISH STRIPES are even duller than they were; 1 dol. is the quotation for a good assortment. LONG ELLS continue to improve; an assortment of Scarlet, Black, Purple, and Mazarine Blue in equal proportion is worth 8 dols. 75c. to 9 dols. long. IRON has not improved further, but the stock is known to be much reduced. BETEL NUT.-None imported since our last, stock much reduced, and next arrivals should command a high figure. OPIUM.-Boats are shortly to be despatched for Peking, for which about 400 chests good Malwa will be required, and as the bulk of the stock is bad, the price for good has advanced, and 775 dolls. may be readily procured for cash, with 800 dolls. for one month. During the early part of the week, the symptoms of a decline in Bengaldrug continued, and many time bargains falling due, New Patna fell to 70 dolls. cash, with no buyers. Yesterday it suddenly rallied, with a strong disposition to buy Patna upon time. There will be orders in the market in a day or two for the purchase of about 100 chests, but the brokers hold immense stocks upon time, and there can be small doubt that the excitement now existing is caused by speculation, in the hope of restoring confidence in the market, to Quotations, enable present holders to get clear of their stocks. New Patna, 725 dolls. cash, 745 dolls. 1 month. Old Patna, 735 dolls. cash. New Benares, 700 dolls. cash. Old Benares, no demand. Turkey, 560 dolls. RICE.-Without alteration, rather disposed to decline. EXPORTS.-TEA.-During the early part of the week, several chops of Congou were settled for shipment to Great Britain, but the arrival of the mail, with dates up to 23rd February, announcing that Sir Robert Peel had brought forward his budget, and that among its multifarious contents was not to be found any reduction of the duty on tea, immediately stopped further operations in this description. Current prices of the sorts now in market being much too high to be remunerative, compared with the price to which like qualities had receded at the date of last advices, prices may be quoted at 13 taels on board for common ordinary but sound Congou; good ordinary 14 to 15; superior Congou, Souchong kind, 17 to 21 taels. For greens the transactions have been very limited and prices the same as last week, that is, lower rates are accepted for such country young hysons as yet remain, the holders, mostly native speculators, being desirous to realize at this advanced season. SILK. We hear of no transactions, and should imagine that late advices from England would stop further operations for some time to come. CASSIA. No transactions. The new crop will cost high, but none are willing to contract for delivery upon its arrival. QUICKSILVER has fallen to 33 dols.; but VERMILLION keeps at 62 dols. 50 cents. RHUBARB.-No transactions. SUGAR has somewhat risen, and is likely to go much higher as tonnage available for Bombay arrives. Soft, 5 dols. to 6 dols. Canton sugar-candy, 7 dols. 75 cents. Chinchew, none. FREIGHTS AND EXCHANGES. The advices per 20th February quite put a stop to the upward tendency that previously manifested itself in rates of freight and exchange. Most parties were very sanguine of a reduction in duty upon teas, and now, feeling much disappointed at its not having taken place, there is rather a panic in the export market, with an evident disinclination to ship. As many vessels will shortly be here, we cannot suppose the present rate of freight (47. 10s.) will be maintained, nor, on the other hand, can a serious decline well take place in the face of the advices from India and the Straits. As for exchange, the difficulty of making returns for the next few months will be extreme, and there can be no chance of the rate on London ruling at over 4s. 3d.; nor can we suppose it will fall much below that, as in three months more the new teas and silk will be at market. There are Co.'s accepted bills for sale at 224. MANILLA, MAY 3. (From the New Weekly General Price Current.) IMPORTS.-Cotton Goods, Long Cloths-35 in. by 40 yards middling good, per piece, 3 dolls. 5 rs. to: 4. dolls. GREY SHIRTINGS. 37 to 39 in. by 40 yards per piece, 3 dolls. 2 rs. to 3 dolls. 4 rs. GREY DOMESTICS.-36 to 38 in. by 40 yards per piece, 3 dolls. 3 rs. to 3 dols. 5 rs. AMERICAN.-Unbleached Drills, 30 in. by 32 yards per piece, 3 dolls. 4 rs. to 3 dolls. 4 rs. 9 gs. AMERICAN DOMESTICS. 37 in. by 40 yards, 3 dolls. 5 rs. 6 gs. Remarks on the market. COTTON GOODS.-The demand both for plain and coloured goods.. continues very limited, the shopkeepers being afraid to make large purchases out of the heavy supplies that have been received during the last month, especially of shirtings, and the Carolina being daily looked for from Liverpool with a large cargo of piece goods. The demand for American Domestics and. Drills has been likewise very much reduced for the same reasons, and on account of the late considerable importations, both direct and from China, which leave. an abundant stock on hand, and make sales difficult, unless at low rates. 4,200 pieces of white Shirtings have been sold at 3 dols. 2 rs. 6 gs. EXCHANGE.-On England, London Treasury and Bank. Bills 30 dolls. 4s. 24d. to 4s. 2d. Private bills at 6 months, 3s. 6d..to 4s. 3d. China, 30 dolls. par. 4,500l. have been purchased during the week at 4s. 34d. for 6 months' bills on England, but there being large amounts to remit and few bills to be disposed of, the tendency is to improve. SCINDE. MISCELLANEOUS. It is with unfeigned regret we have to announce, in continuation of the accounts given in our issue of the 25th ult., that the ravages of cholera have increased to such a degree in Sukkur, that the bazars are being deserted, and the natives flying in every direction to escape the attacks of the dreaded malady. Shikarpoor-where, fortunately, no symptoms had manifested themselves on the 21st (the date of our letter from Sukkur), was the chief place of refuge. On the 20th June, the deaths at Sukkur were thirty-eight natives; four Europeans had also been carried off. We do not remember any period at which this frightful malady has manifested itself at so many points at once. Madras, Bombay, many subordinate stations of both presidencies, and numberless towns in the Bengal and Agra provinces, have all suffered this year, more or less. These may all be looked upon as sporadic outbreaks of the malady, while its appearance along the Sutlej and the Indus bears every sign of connection with the frightful migratory form in which it has stalked from Central Asia to Affghanistan, and thence across the Punjab to our own N. W. frontier. The following table of the disposition of the troops in Upper Scinde will be useful, and may be relied on. Troops at Sukkur: 4th troop 1st batt. horse artillery. 3rd comp. 6th batt. foot artillery, with No. 5 horse field battery. 2nd European regiment. 4th N. I. and 69th N.I. A detachment of cavalry, Bundelkund legion. "SUKKUR, 22nd June.-Although you must have many subscribers at this station, I seldom see any correspondence in your valuable journal from this place. Cholera, I am sorry to tell you, has broken out to an alarming extent in the Sudder Bazar, and curious to say the old city of Sukkur and the town of Roree are perfectly free from it as yet; however the inhabitants of the bazar have taken flight and have fled to the number of some 4,000 to Roree, Shikarpore, and the surrounding villages. Every means has been taken to prevent its spreading, and as yet only a few cases have occurred amongst the troops. It is of a most malignant character, the same, I fancy, that has been raging so fearfully at Lahore. A report prevailed some time ago that the Europeans were to be taken down immediately to Kurrachee in steamers, but it is now generally thought they will proceed towards Ferozepore in September to avoid the unhealthy season here; certain it is, if they remain here, that the malaria that produced the fever which annihilated the unfortunate Highlanders last year, will do its work this, and cost the government another regiment, and the sight described by Sir Charles in his corrected speech will be seen again by those who are left to witness it. Stir the matter, Mr. Editor, in your valuable paper, for if our troops are to go into the Punjaub, the Government can ill afford the loss of an European corps, or so disabled from sickness, it cannot move. The correspondent of the Englishman made a sad mistake, when he said the pontoon-boats were being taken by steamers towards Ferozepore. No steamer this year has been farther up than Bahawulpore, and the boats are all here at present. The frontier is all quiet. The Beloochees seem to have been taught a lesson, and will not venture to come within our reach again. The Indus is rising fast, and the country will now soon be all overflowed. You are now enjoying the delightful rains; we have now winds and dust, and no other prospect for many months. Balls and theatricals have taken place lately. The men of the Europeans have performed several times, and with great credit. Several officers have left on sick leave to Kurrachee, and fever is on the increase. If you think this worth a place in your paper, I shall send you occasionally the news of Upper Scinde, and I hope '46 will see this place garrisoned with Bombay troops, and we back again in our own provinces.-Yours very truly, HorSPUR."-Ibid. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The frontier papers represent the affairs on the N. E. Boundary as in a fair way of settlement. The emigrants seem to be peaceably awaiting the arrival of the governor, and the decision of the government about the pending differences. With such a disposition, there cannot exist any doubt of a speedy and satisfactory arrangement. Private letters from Beaufort mention that his Excellency and his suite had left that place on the 4th instant. N.E. BOUNDARY.-Every thing at Colesberg and across the N.E. Boundary was quiet. A communication before us, dated May 31st, states :—“ Nothing has transpired since the date of my last worth communicating. Col. Richardson, with the troops, is still encamped at Touw Fontein, awaiting the governor's arrival; 1,300 head of cattle had been sent in by the boers, and who were perfectly tranquil, manifesting every disposition to remain passive, and to abide by any determination which might be made by the colonial authorities in reference to that country. The cold is dreadfully severe, the river frozen, and the troops are suffering a good deal from want of shelter, and of necessaries suited to the winter season." Lieut. Owen, R. E., accompanied by Mr. Bain, the traveller, had visited a camp of the emigrant farmers on the Modder River. It is said that a considerable number were assembled here, but that there was little or no demonstration of a hostile character exhibited in their arrangements. On the contrary, they stated that it was not their intention to resist the British troops, should they be moved forwards; but that it was their firm resolve never voluntarily to submit to, or place themselves under, the jurisdiction of the British government; that they would retire before the British force, and would rather continue their wanderings till they reached, were it possible, the other extremity of Africa, than place themselves again under British domination.-G. T. Journal, June 5. Graham's Town was visited, in the course of Friday night, with a severe snow-storm, and the hills around the town presented, on Saturday morning, the singular spectacle of a white covering, instead of the usual carpeting of green. The weather had been intensely cold for several days preceding the storm, which was accompanied with showers of rain and hail, and the wind had blown violently from the N. W. The snow had not quite disappeared on the mountains on Sunday morning, and some of it was yet visible in the valleys of Graham's Town in the afternoon of that day. This is only the second fall of snow at Graham's Town within the recollection of the oldest settler. There was a fall of snow in May, 1829, but not so heavy as the last, and the snow upon that occasion did not remain on the ground above two hours.-Zuid Afrikann, June 12. A similar heavy fall of snow had also occurred at GraaffReinet during Friday night. The streets were covered with snow. STORM AT SOMERSET.-From a correspondent, received this morning, June 4th.-We have had a tremendous fall of snow in this part of the country, such as has not been witnessed for the last twenty years. On Monday the mountains above the village were one mass of snow, and the village and surrounding country presented a most interesting sight, one continued white mass. In Zwager's Hoek the fall of snow has been very heavy, in many parts three and four feet deep.-G. T. Journal, June 5. As a proof of the extreme severity of the weather on Friday, it may be mentioned that Mr. Scott, of the Orduance Department, had like to have lost his life from the effects of the cold. He was returning, it seems, from Port Elizabeth, and was coming over the hill leading to the Drostdy, Graham's Town, when he suddenly became almost insensible from cold. He contrived, however, to dismount, and to grope his way to the Cape Corps Barracks, where he knocked for admittance at a house; but being late, the inmates having gone to bed, and taking him for a person in liquor, did not open the door. At this time he was speechless, and soon afterwards becoming almost insensible he sank down upon the ground. Fortunately about this time one of the guard going round to see that the lights were put out in the camp, discovered Mr. Scott on the ground, who he at first thought was a drunken man; but he soon recognised him, and putting him in his own bed, used every effort in his power to revive him, in which he at last happily succeeded.-C. F. Times, June 5. [For continuation see Supplement.] LONDON:-Printed by CHARLES WYMAN, of 49, Cumming Street, Pentonville, in the County of Middlesex, Printer, at the Printing-Office of J. & H. Cox, Brothers, 74 & 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, in the Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, in the same County; and published by LAUNCELOT WILD, at No. 13, Catherine Street, Strand, in the Parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, in the said County.-Tuesday, September 2, 1815. ΤΟ ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL. No. 36.] LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1845. [Continued from p. 528.] SINGAPORE. THE SIGNAL STATION.-The preparations for removing the signal station from Blakan Mati to Tulloh Blangah Hill are advancing rapidly to completion, the latter having been cleared ―a convenient road to the top constructed, and huts for the accommodation of the convicts erected. It is a very good station, commanding an extensive prospect seaward, as well as landward, and would form a desirable site for a bungalow. One of the reasons, and if we mistake not the chief one, assigned by medical men for the unhealthiness of Blakan Mati, was its being covered with pine-apples, the miasma arising from the decaying leaves of which was thought to be of a very injurious nature, yet the same cause is likely to render the Tulloh Blangah station as unhealthy, since the range along which the road runs, and till within a short distance of the site of the intended flagstaff, is thickly planted with young pine-apples! We dare say the Tomungong, who is the proprietor of the ground, would be easily induced to substitute some less obnoxious cultivation, were the reasons for objecting to the cultivation of pine-apples on that spot explained to him.-Free Press, May 29. SAILING DIRECTIONS. FROM ST. PIERRES TO BORNEO PROPER. St. Pierres, Lat. 1 58 N., Long. 108 54 E. In sailing from the westward during the S. W. monsoon make St. Fierres to the E. N.E. and do not pass to the southward at a less distance than four miles, to avoid a dangerous lock which bears S. S. W. from it; and then steer E. N. E. and pass between Tanjong Apee and Pulo Morundam, or Low Island, which can. not be seen above nine miles distant from the deck of a moderately-sized vessel. In passing Tanjong Apee do not sight the sandy beach, and be careful not to bring the bluff point of Tanjong Datu to bear to the northward of E. by N. Tanjong Apee is low, having a slightly raised point, which cannot be seen from the deck further than 15 miles; a shoal runs off about two miles and a half, which is rocky in various parts. Great care ought to be observed in rounding this point at night, having first had a sight of St. Pierres. Tanjong Apee is in long. 109 22 Ě. lat. 1 67 N. Pulo Morundam or Low Island is a small low island slightly elevated in its centre, a reef runs nearly 2 miles W.N. W. of it, and to the northward many shoals and coral patches are said to exist. In running past the island (being south of it), give a good mile's berth, and never attempt to pass to the northward, as the Katharine Steward Forbes grounded on a coral patch in its vicinity, to the N. N.E. The channel between this island and Apee has depths from 15 to 7 fathoms; in its centre to 8 and 9 as you approach either side; Morundam is in long. 109 42 30 E., lat. 2 07 N. Having passed Tanjong Apee, steer E. N. E. to round Tanjong Datu at 5 miles distant, as a rocky patch, having only 3 fathoms, exists off that point. I took the following bearings at the time I was on it:Tanjong Datu, south. Talong Talong, Major, S. E. by S. S. Double Peak of Santebong, S. E. by E. E. I have passed Datu many times in a strong N. E. monsoon with a heavy swell, yet never saw a break on the shoal, yet, probably that may occur in some seasons. Tanjong Datu is a high bluff point, having rocks visible half a mile off it; it is in lat. 2 7 N. long. 109 42 E. When round Datu, if bound to Sarawak, steer E. by S. S. to pass Lepang at 4 miles distant, as a rock with only 2 feet water on it bears N. by W. 3 miles from the point. Lepang is in lat. 1 60 N., long. 110 22 30 E. Between Datu and Lepang in a deep bay are rivers Sumatra and Lundu, and the Santebong or western entrance to the Sarawak river; also several islands: Selang Selang or Turtle Island, Satang or Saddle Island, and little Satang or Sumpadien : [GRATIS. all these may be safely approached from the northward, but not passed to the southward, as several rocky patches exist off them, and a large sand-bank lines the bottom of the bay. Sepang is the point of an isthmus called Santebong, on which is a peak of 3,000 feet, and near the point are the remarkable horns of Santebong, the southern horn being the highest, which are visible at sixteen or seventeen leagues. Having cleared Sipang, steer E. S. E. for Tanjong Po. Po is a bluff point, having a reef half a mile from its extremity, bearing about N. N.E. from the point. Po is in lat. 145 10 N., long. 110 41 30 E. Having brought Po to bear about S.S. W., anchor within three or four miles, in nine fathoms, and wait for half-flood; then steer in south, bringing Po to bear W. one and half miles; steer then S. by E. for a patch of trees slightly raised, to pass the spit which runs to the eastward in the channel, and having brought Maratabers, a bluff point, to bear S. W. W. and the horns of Santebong open in a notch in the hills of Po, you are then off the spit, and may round in for the entrance of the river; with this method I have often carried in five fathoms the whole way. You may always be sure of the proximity of either bank by changing the soundings from mud to sand; keep mid channel in the river, rather towards the eastern shore, as in one place off a rocky point in the western side there is an eddy which, if you get in, will in all probability cause you to anchor. In the third reach you will come to the river Rhiam, opposite which is a hill; keep now rather on the starboard shore, as a bank exists nearly in the centre of the river, on which there is only 13 feet at low water spring tides. You may then proceed safely to the Fork of the Quarp, two reaches above the Rhiam, where you had better come to in five fathoms until you can procure a pilot from Sarawak. I have omitted the following observations in the directions for entering the channel from Tanjong Po: the channel is 1 miles broad, with regular soundings, rather shoaler near the spit, being the narrowest part. Never anchor in less than 18 feet above your draught of water, as the rise and fall during the springs is 16 feet, and during the N.E. monsoon a very heavy swell sets in from the China sea. At one time going out I saw it break in five fathoms during the strong ebb tides; therefore, before you attempt to leave the mouth of the river during the N. E. monsoon, ascertain whether the sea breaks in the channel outside the spit, as the swell does not reach the entrance. In leaving I would recommend getting under weigh immediately the flood slacks, if you have the wind at all fair for a start out, you may then run over the remaining tide, and you will have more water off the spit, and a rather shoal part, with Tanjong Po bearing W. S. Sarawak, Mr. Brook's settlement, extends from Tanjong Datu to the entrance of the Samarahan river to the eastward. The town called Kuchin is 18 miles from the mouth, off which H.M.'s ships Dido, Samarang, and Harlequin moored in seven fathoms; but I would strongly advise all commanders to proceed above the Quarp eight miles below Kuching, as the water is shoal in many places, and a reef of rocks exists one mile below the town, on which H.M.'s ship Samarang lay twelve days nearly on her beam ends, and was by dint of great strenuous exertions recovered. At Kuching good fresh water may be procured alongside at half-ebb, and poultry and pigs at reasonable prices; spars of any size and dimensions can be obtained, and a hard wood, called bilian, valuable for building purposes on account of its durability. Antimony ore is at present the chief article of commerce, but when the resources of the country are known and opened, I have no doubt many others will be found worth the attention of enterprising individuals. The climate is very healthy, and I found it much cooler than Singapore, even cold during the night. Kuching is in long. 110 23 30 E., lat. 1 32 30 N. |