The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA. w e (Times) have received our private corre spondence and journals from Calcutta to the 22d of September, Bombay the 3d of October, and Hong Kong the 12th of September. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 22. This side of-India has this year been heavily afflicted. The work left undone by the cholera has been completed by the inundation, and from the Punjaub and every part of the Gangetic valley we have nothing but tales of suffering and loss. The pestilence broke out in Agra in May last, and in a few months slew upwards of 16,000 people. Thence it struck the native cities of Rajipootana, Bhurtpore in particular losing 50 men per diem. About July it began its march to the north-west, movin g along slowly and quietly to Kurnaul. Th e n it took a spring, missing Umbellate, but striking Feroze- ' pore, and finally concentrating its strength on the cantonment of Mean Meer. One third of the European artillery perished in a fortnight. It then turned on the city, but its fury was spent, and on its return march the mortality was much less and the disease not so fearfully rapid. At Mean Meer men died two hours after seizure. I can send you no certain statistics, but I have a very moderate calculation before me which gives the twal loss of life at upwards of 90,000 persons. It seems certain that the outburst was in many respects exceptional. Thus the .Mean Meer artillery barracks, where its ravages were most terrible, are notoriously the largest, best. ventilated, and best drained in India. Again, the disease everywhere appears to have spared the women, and most certainly did not attack European , females—a strange fact, which suggests the idea that bad, liquor may be a predis posing cause; The mere oost of the outbreak to the Comphny will exceed 60,0001. The surgeons universally 'behaved nobly, and the scourge, as usual, --brought out many acts of individual h ero i s m. A -young lieutenant, whose name it pains me to have forgotten, distinguished himself espe cially. For weeks he never qu itt e d th e M ean Meer Hospital, helping the surgeons, comforting the men,. reading to them, writing their wills, an d lending them the sympathy, the want of which we all in this country feel so bitterly. The seeond calamity was- even more widely dif fused. The rains this year have been universally severe. The downpour in Affghanistan was unpre cedented, and in August its effects began to be visi ble. The torrent- of water which at this season rolls down the water system of the Indus gradually increased, then overtopped the banks, and then burst on the plains with a force which swept whole towns from the face of the earth. The cantonment of Naoshera, only half built, was carried away. , The great cantonment of Debra- Ghazee Kahn was totally ruined, the sun burnt bricks- of the building melting in the flood. The hund, or dyke, which defends Leia burst, and Leia has disappeared. Tile loss of life has not been in proportion, 4,000 or 5,000 villagers not counting for much in India, but the destruction. of property is incalculable. There will be no re venue from the submerged districts, and the Public Works Department is grievously discredited. In Jtillundeur all- the bridges burst up. Meanwhile the. " Ganges system," as we call it, or the system of the Himalaya rivers, began also to swell. The storm in this case spent itself on Bengal. The country of Tirhoot, which is as large as Suffolk and Norfolk, wa.s partially under water. In the Moor shedabad Zillah the people ran for their lives to the few hillocks. Boats traversed every portion of the cultivated plain. The river still rose, and a few days since fears were entertained for the safety of Calcutta itself. The proprietors of houses on the strand erected low walls to save their property, but, though the"water crossed the road, the inundation was averted. -There .are no means of estimating the loss. of life; but it.must be very greati,land will be greater * the subsidence of the waterrbeing lowed.by the low.fever, against which the Benga lese cannot - contend. The rice, too, has been rotted in the fields, the crops will not be large, and the demand increases-apparently without cessation. Indeed, the export of rice is becoming a pheno menon altering- all social life., and deranging every scheme for public works, uc, e In 1853 54 the exPeittnaiis 142,255 tons. 1854-55 Ora ag5,208 „ 1g55-56 c'LaitraB2 The demand on the eentin e at still increases. The crops in China have beau, diminished by inun dations, our own crop will be emationcl rice is ris ing to,balf as much again , as its usual price. For months past labourers have been striking for wages, and it is not, too much .to say that the cost of labour throughout the metropolitan districts have increased a third. 14 Bengal, as I have pointed out before, a partially deficient crop benefits the cultivator. His difficulty is not to get enough grain, but enough specie to pay his rent in, and increased prices are better for him than an increased crop, which from our deficient communications he cannot sell. The dealers declare that the demand baffles all their calculations, seeming to extend in spite of-all ordinary drawbacks. The revenue account of the railway has been published," it stands thus : PAYMENTS. To maintenance of way and works . 61,478 1 it To locomotive department 87,711 9 10i To coaching axpenses To merchandise traffic expenses 8,943 8 01 To geteetil charges 206,951 10 10 RECEIPTS. ~ '. i By pasSitniei l s_ - By Parecakild passengers, luggage, live stocltS-earrib lesi and ex cess f ares By merchandise . 105,N3 15 2 By mineTale 4 .„, 114,288 13 7 By rent of Fefreshment ro oms , engine driters bnngalosis, demurrage, profst and boss account, and transfer fee ' R. A. P. 257,159 0 8 To al 2,306 1 5 4 Bati,nce 510,128 0 5 303,179 5 GA That is, the line, if it has cost, according to the popular estimate, 10,0001. a mile, is returning a dividend nearly 1 per cent. in excess of the guaran teed 5 per gent. It is understood, however, that •ihe cost will be more than this, or 11,0001. a-mile, which will reduce` the dividend to 4 per cent. Even that, however, is sufficient to prove the pay- • ing poweeof the line, which has only begun to at tract traffic. The shareholders, I fear, are still unaware nf:the-proifirs they will secure when the line is.open .to Benares, or they would not rest content with the present tardy system. lam afraid ~ to state my own belief on the subject, but there at all events, nothing to prevent their obtaining 10, per cent. The exp enses o f th e li ne f or thi s half year have amounted to only 42 per cent. on the: receipts—a.rate almost without precedent. Theathief political topic of discussion here is the expedition to Persia. Your Bombay correspondent will probably send you ample details, and I content myself ther e f ore w i th recording a few facts which I know to beeorxect. The expedition is to be aceom- i panied by .5.,000. troops--not 10,000, as some of the, papers have stated. The rendezvous is the island, of Barrack. Some Assistance is to be given —in, arms, I believe —to Dost Mahomed, and Persia is, to be compelled to surrender Herat. Beyond this fact I do not belierve that any human being out of the secret department • knows for certain any ona fact conneated with th e purpose of the expedition. Its future movement s must b e regulated by the Schab,• and it is b e li eve d here that the those will yield without hesitation. Ido not indivi-, dually entertain that imp ress i on, b ut it is that of all the best-informed officials. It is also considered that the selection of a General is unfortunate, Bri gadier Stalker being a blameless officer, but nothing more, and a little too old for such work. The Home Government has transmitt e d or d ers for a great extensionofthetotelethgerall, O L oo 3 a o lr °43 ead in miles of line are to be' added existence. One line from Mirzapor e to Bellary bisects India, occupy in g the position the ba c kb one doesin the human bo d y . Another, from Bellary to , Galle, will connect Ceylon with Calcutta. A thi r d froth Lahore to Kurrachee connects the Indian system with the point whenc_elieve, e the b .ut I do Anglo-Indiannot subinitrie l e line will spring. b I ZioW, that orders have bee n sent out to p re p are for the arrival of the cables which are to connect Bivi'sorah and Kurrachee. The project is regarded here withvery mixed feelings. Everbody is ready to lend the most active assistance, yet everybody doubts the result. The fear is lest the excessive delay which must intervene between the receipt of news by telegraph and the arrival of letters should make trade uncertain, and render the action of Government. still •more dependent upon England. The internal telegraph will facilitate every kind of improvement, but it is not vet cheap enough. It is the cheapest Haeju the world, but we want it to be cheaper still, and to make it as far as possible supersede the post. I underatand that the Government of Bengal will reject the petition of the missionaries for an inquiry into- the social condition of the people, but will refer it to the Government of India. It may there meet with a different reception. Should it be :again rejected, it will be submitted to Parliament, backed, perhaps, by more facts than the home authorities will at all approve. The missionaries would probably address the Court first, but the dislike of. the cunibrous double system extends rapidly, and men. advised - to appl there d ec l are that they are only defeated, without being able to fix any responsibility. The Friend of / 7 ,44 1, , ways the stanch defender of the Court as an able and upright governing body, confesses that its ?resent position is convenient, as well as hunailiat- THE SUN. LONDON, THURSO A Y EVENING, OC !OBER so, 1856 ing. I quote a paragraph as a fair exposition of , the ideas of the most influential Anglo-Indians : " With all deference we would submit that the whole of these objections may be removed, with out a revolutionary measure, without an ex haustive act, and without any precipitate altera tion of existing administrative forms, by two very simple expedients. We would at. first change no thing in India. Local reforms always require conside ration on the spot, and are beat made without any Par liamentary interference whatever. We would pass a short declaratory act, transferring the whole power of the East India Company—name and all if necessary—to the G-overnor , General in Council. The remaining pa tronage of the Court would, of course, be transferred to the Secretary of State for India, and the Court of Pro prietors would exist only for its dividends. The Indian Gbvernment would thus at once occupy the position of direct responsibility to the Minister in England. No thing would be changed. The army would remain the Cbmpany's army as before, obedient not to the Hone Guards, but to the Government and Secretary for India. All matters of finance, foreign diplomacy, and external administration would remain unaffected, to be gradually improved, as time, circumstances, or public opinion might. demaed. The Court of Directors would simply be eliminated, without violence, and without those changes in matters of detail from which English states men appear to shrink. It is not necessary even to abo lish the Court . of Proprietors. It might be inconvenient t t pay them off. 'They are already deprived of the last ve.-tige of political pnwor, an a short clause prohibiting morons unless three-fourths of the entire body were pre• sent would reduce them to permanent silence. They would exist till the sinking-fund had accumulated to an amount sufficient to permit of their being paid off. No existing interests would be affected. BOMBAY, Ocr. 3. The preparations for the contemplated expedi tion to the Persian-Gulf continue to be vigorously maintained. I have before explained to you that the question being one entirely between the Home Government and the Schah, the authorities in India are merely acting under orders, and it is im possible to say with certainty whether the flotilla will ever leave the harbour of Bombay. But in anticipation that the final instructions from England, which may possibly be brought by the mail that is due in a day or two, but are rather looked for three weeks hence, will be of a warlike character, the departments, military and naval, have been, and are still, actively employed. The Com mander-iu Chief, the Quartermaster-General, and the Adjutants-General of the Queen's and Com pany's forces all came down last week from the headquarters of the army at Poonah for conference with the Governor and ropection of arrangements. The regiments to compose the force are not yet in orders, but'it is understood that the corps I men tioned in my last, or the majority of them have been selected, - and that they will number in all 5,000 men. The ships taken up for the transport Service at 14 per ton, a-month now amount to 20, with an aggregate of 16 ; 000 tons, and ranging indi vidually from 1,400 to 600. Several of these are rapidly fitting for horses, after the model of one which, having been prepared for the inspection of the Commander-in-Chief, was highly approved by him in a visit be paid to her some evenings ago. One steamer—the Feroze—has already been des patched to the Gulf with officers of the Quarter master-General's and Commissariat Departments on board. She is expected, however, to return Shortly, nor, is it easy to perceive for what reason, ether than to spy out the nakedness of the land; her officers were sent up. Arrangements at Kar rack for the quartering and victualling of the arma ment on its arrival are, however, the ostensible cause, and if the Persian authorities are amicable suck arrangements may possibly be feasible. Having writtenthus much of the preparations for coercing the court of Teheran, I believe I have well nigh exhausted the intelligence of the fortnight, so tranquil ie all upon this 'side of the Indus, so dark and silent all upon the other. Thus from Cabul the Delhi Gazettehas no correspondence of later date than the Ist of September, and that, like every thing that has come of late from the same quarter, gives but vague rumours of the state of affairs at Herat. A frontier journal, expecting reliable infor mation, learns that its. messenger has been mur 'dered in the Affghan territory to punish and to 'prevent correspondence with the infidel. Such a .proceeding may be credited perhaps on the part of the mountain tribes, and possibly, in the absence of his master, even the Governor of Cabul might in stigate or ignore it. But itseems highly improbable that the Dost himself, whatever may have been his views at former junctures, would now desire to conceal any movement of his Persian enemies from his English allies. Doubtless, however, the people ' 'at large have not yet learnt to trust us. They have much to forget—our armed interference in their quarrels—our first successes--their .own revenge, 'so signal and so sweet—and our final devastating 'advance and unarmed withdrawal. But when, as will now shortly be the case, British gold and British powder and ball find their way into the Affghan valleys, we may hope to meat with much confidence and with a fuller belief in the sincerity of our present friendly professions. Such as the reports were at Cabul at the date I have mentioned I may shortly give their purport. That Herat had fallen to the Persian army wasstill asserted loudly, but was contradicted no lessstoutly by the Court and the majority of the citizens. In deed, the question appears to have become one of party politics, the leaders of the Kuzzilbash tribes, who are opposed to the Dost, spreading, if not originating, the rumours of Persian success, and the Ameer'sfriends denouncingthem as altogether false, and as concocted merely to endanger the authority and popularity of their chief. Nor (pursues the Court party, parrying and returning) would the Kuzzilbashes have been content could they havehad their will with such feeble attempts at creating dis union. With the Dost away at Candahar and the Persians before Herat they would infallibly have got up a very serious insurrection but for the alli ance of his Highness with the English and the threatened position of the powerful British force at Peshawur. This vigorous riposte and stout asser tion of the wisdom of the Ameer's policy seems to l i have silenced the malcontents for a time. The Dost was still at Candahar, no longer thwarted by his brother and nephews, but still losing men by desertion, and still finding supplies scarce and dear. An envoy from Morad Mirza, the Schah's uncle, who had joined the Persian army with reinforcements, had visited him—the person, probably, of whose reported summary dismissal I wrote in my last. In the north the views of the King of Bukhara upon the Affghau province of Balkh were again said to be developing themselves in the shape of a large invading army, of whose coming Afzul Khan had certified his perplexed father by express through Cabal to Candahar. Within the British frontier, on the extreme verge of our territory, it appears doubtful whether a force shortly to be as3emoled is intended for real or fir mimic warfare. Brigadier Cotton, commanding the Peshawur Division, is about bu proceed into the hills with a very considerable force of exercise, con sisting of the 87th Fusidlrs, two regiments of native infantry, three squadrons of horse, some Sappers and Miners, and several guns. According to the Delhi Gazette, the object of the Brigadier is merely to exercise the troops in the various opera tions of irregular mountain warfare; and for this purpose the localitychosen is, according to the same authority, the range of hills inhabited by the powerful Eusofzye tribe,—a race which, martial and turbulent under the Sikh dominion, has shown itself undeviatingly faithful and peace ful in its relations with us. Their country lies just across the Cabul river, to the north of the, entrance to the Khyber. Other accounts , however, , speak of an ill feeling existing towards e British. in quite the opposite direction from Peshawur namely, in the Meeranzye Valley, which you may remember was made the scene of a martial prome nade last year by Major Coke, with, for a time at least, the happiest effects. Now, however, it is said, the anarchical spirit of the tribes of the valley has broken out again, and a certain chief has fallen a victim to it and to his notorious attachment to the English. If this be true, it may be that the Brigadier intends his force for work more serious than skirmishing with blank cartridge amon g the Eusofzye hills. At the date of the latest accounts from the Pun , j a b the cholera was fast abating at the great majority of the station's, as at Mean Meer, where it had been so very severe, and at Ferozepore. At Lahore the day, but, o n deaths still ranged as hi g h as an average of 100 a the whol e , the disorder is disappear ing. Its ravages have been • very terrible, and are . confirmatory of a theory which has been broached, that places in which, as in the • cities and stations of the north-west i provinces, zuffermo .the disease y never endemic appear t o occasional visitation s . I t is yett severely from fr t o o m its conl pute with even an approximation to exactness the number of persons who have fallen before it since first, in the middle of May, it broke out at Agra. But it is said that in that city alone 16,000 natives, or a fifth of the population, perished. Of the losses incurred by the purely native cities of northern Rajpootana and elsewhere we have no means of judging, but they were undoubtedly very great. The mortality among Europeans is assumed by the Friend of India, in the absence of specific data, to amount to 500 for the months of July and A ugust. The same journal traces the progress of the disease from Agra westward, "as regularly as if it had travelled by day. ' The station of Umballah, however, at first escaped, the disorder • appearing to leap over it to Lahore. There, how_ ever, it doubled upon its own track, and was next leArd. of at Umballah: Its appearance a . t . different tally differe stations was accompanied by o tat at mospherical conditions. To Agra it came at the height of an unusually dry season—to Lahore in COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CALCUTTA MARKET. (Prom, the Calcutta Englishman of Sept. 22.) The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Bentinck, with the London mails of the 10th ult., arrived at her moorings on the 16th inst., and her packets were distributed the same afternoon. On the 19th inst. the electric telegraph from Bombay put - us in possession of London advices -to the 26th ult., and we regret to observe that the commercial intelligence is not of such a nature as to cause a reaction in our produce market, which has con tinued without animation since the despatch of the last mail, and, with perhaps' one or two exceptions-, our staple articles have attracted littleattention. Raw silk has again been dealt in largely, and we areat present bare of stocks. In silk piece goods hardlyanything has been done worthy of note. Sugar is in but moderate demand at declining prices. Saltpetre in general demand. Jute has only been bought by the dealers to fulfil their contracts. Oil seeds in less request, and value lower. Of rice, table sorts have not undergone any alteration, but the exten sive demand for Ballam and Moanghy has reduced stocks considerably and enhanced the value. All other articles .ontinue in much the same position as at the date of our last report. In our import market no alterations of any conse quence have taken place. The operations during the port fortnight have been satisfactory, as oonsequent Ca the near approach of the Doorgapoojah holidays, which commence on the 4th prox. Dealers have been actively engaged in getting their requirements supplied, and the sales of grey goods, Turkey red goods, prints and chintres and woollens, have been to a very fair extent at the advance quoted in our last, although we have not experienced further improvements in prices, except in one or two instances - . Bleached , continues, as before, ne glected, and the purchases have been only for local pur chases. Mule twist has remained inactive, but a very moderate quantity having been taken since our last. On the whole, we might have had greater activity in this branch of our trade but for the unusually heavy rains, which have inundated the whole country and thus curtailed the orders from the Upper Provinces. In metals we have had a quiet fortnight, iron alone having been rather firm, and value slightly lower. Money Market.—The position of this market has re mained as satisfactory as could be wished, notwithstand ing the 42 per cent. Government loan which we an nounced in our last, and the subscriptions to which as yet have been more limited than those who highly dis approved of such a measure 'on the part of our Gov,trn ment could have anticipated. While money is, abundant and the market is almost in a glutted state; so much so that the capitalists are at a loss to find employment for their funds, and are willing to operate on most moderate terms, the loan, from its unpopularity and uncertainty as to the future course of the Government financiers, at tracts no subscriptions. Three weeks have now elapsed ice it was announced, and we hear scarcely 10,000 r. ,have been paid into the Calcutta Treasury, and of this amount a good portion is by Government officials. In the Bazaar 3 per cent. per annum seems to be the general rate on advances on deposit of Company's paper and ,other equally goad securities. We have had no alteration in the rates of the Bank of Bengal, and the last weekly statement of its liabilities and assets, ending on the 17th inst., we give below for the information of our sub scribers : Proprietors' capital Reserve fund 3,97,662 2 0 Current account Cash Credits, undrawn 15,99,616 2 8 Other claims 1,05,953 5 10 Banknotes and post bills Total Co.'s R 5......... 3,57,20,380 3 1 ASSETS. Government securities 17,23,868 9 6 Dins from Government • 52,710 9 11 Mint certificates, undue Cash Loans on deposit of securities 1,17,41,022 7 6 Accounts of credit on ditto 20,20,519 6 5 Government bills discounted 2,25,112 10 4 Mercantile bills ditto Dead stock Total Co.'s Rs ... . . 3,57,20,380 3 1 Shares.—Bank Of Bengal shares continue without im• provement. At the last meeting of the Calcutta Steam Tug Company a dividend at the rate of 14 per cent., or equal to 70r. per share, was declared, and the shares are still held at 1,150 r. Bengal Coal Company's shares have improved further, sales having lately been made at 1,400 r. each. The capital of this company has been in• creased by a lac of rupees by the issue of 100 new shares, which the old shareholders are entitled to take up at par, in the proportion of one new share to every 15 old shares. East India Railway Company's shares paid in full are now held at 232 r., or at 12r. prem., exclusive of interest. Government securities have depreciated slight!y, Company's 4 per Cents. having beau sold to some extent at 13 per cent. In Sicca Fours large transactions huve taken place at 14r. Ban., dealers preferring these papers in the expectation that Government will be constrained ultimately to receive subscriptions to the 41 per Cent. Loan, half in cash and the other half in 4 per Cent papers. This mode has been suggested by the public, but whether .the authorities will find it expedient to adopt it retrains to be seen. The chances of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan being filled up, judging from the progress it bas made, seem to be very remote, and it is expected that even a Five per Cent. Loan in the present state of public feeling would not meet with much favour, especi ally as the exports of specie for the purchase of rico in the Akyab market will commence shortly, when money usually becomes less abundant. The fact of capitalists preferring to make advances on securities at 3 per cent. .9nly, when Government are offering 4? per cent., and when four per cent. securities could be bad at a dis count of 13 per cent. and Five per Cents. at 3 per cent. pr4mium, is a sufficient evidence of the distrust with ivhich the financial working of the State is viewed by the public. Exchange.—On London.—turing the past fortnight our market has not presented any new feature. The supply of paper has continued on a moderate scale, and just kept pace with the demand, quotations remaining unchanged—i. e., for first class credits 2.1 i to buy, and 2.1 i per rupee to sell, and for document paper 2.1 to 2.14- per rupee. For some choice paper of the latter de scription 21.1 was paid, but this is an extreme quotation. TheAincrican houses here have been; and are very much inconvenienced by the non-arrival of the United States mails by the last two steamers, and consequently the non-receipt of the letters of credit which were to supply funds for the purchase of cargoes yet to be laden. It is surmised that some alteration in the regulations as to payment of postage has caused this irreg ularity. We hope, however, that the next steamer, the Nubia, due here on the 26th inst., may bring the mails that are in arrear, and thus release our American neighbours from an embarrassing position. For next mail, which may be considered closing for all business transactions on the 3d of October (the holidays commencing the following day), Ifvfew sales have been made of bank bills at 2.1,1, and A.unerican credits at 2.18 per rupee. Freights. With numerous arrivals from different [ PartA of the world, and with little inducement to shippers to Great Britain, the rates to England have not experi enced any material reduction, and the engagements of tonnage duri ng the fortnight under review have been on ' the whole very moderate. For Lon don our quotations the midst of heavy and unceasing rain. At the are :-31. 103. for sugar, saltpetre, and rice ; 31. se. for former station the natives were the first to suffer seeds, 21. for jute, 3/. to 31. ss. for hides, and 4/. for —at the latter the Europeans. It is further de- silk and indigo. For Liverpool the rates are about ss. serving of note that the cold season which preceded to lie lower. Country freights have assumed a down this terrible visitation was unusually warm and - ward tendency, the last engagements of rice for China free from the rains which ordinaril fall about having been made at 821 c. per bag ; and for Mauritius y at 14 annas per bag, payable there. The amount of Christmas in the plains of Upper India. tonnage still disengaged in our port is rather large, and The inundations in the Punjaub, of which I as vessels now arriving are not expected to load until the wrote in ray last, have subsided, not without leav- Doorgapoojah holidays shall be over, about the middle iiig traces of their power. The cantonment of of next month, and in the interval many arrivals will Dehra Ghazee Khan is annihilated, and great part take place, there is not the slightest likelihood of any of the town is gone also. Much of the damage is improvement in the rates. ascribed—l know not how truly—to the failure of IMPORTS. a bund, or embankment, built by an officer of the j BRITISH COTTON PIECE Goons. Punjaub Public Works Department expressly to Gray Shirtings—An active demand having prevailed protect the lines from the sudden rushes of the throughout the fortnight for low and medium 39 and 40 mountain streams. For this purpose it proved in- inch cloths, holders h lye succeeded in effecting large effectual, and the river rising simultaneously the sales at the advance quoted in our last. 45 inches goods station was quickly submerged. The steady re- continue in moderate request, but 54 inches have been sistance of the troops to this novel foe was un - taken largely by dealers for upcountry and north-west availing, and at the close of the second day they provinces. White Shirtings—Have attracted no attention, and were beaten out of every post they had occupied, the sales therefore have been on a very small scale, at mid were forced to evacuate the station. The ar- unaltered tillery, infantry, and a portion of the cavalry took White Figured rices Shirtings and Brocades—A. good busi refuge in the old fort of the town, the remainder ness has been in progress for both descriptions, and the of the cavalry encamping on some neighbouring competition on the part of the dealers has led to an sandhills. Admirable order seems to have been advance of one anna a-piece, at which large sales have maintained. During the height of the deluge the taken place. walls of the town gaol gave way, yet not a prisoner Grey Jaconets— We have had no alteration in those escaped. Every man was brought in to the fort, goods, atik-inch cloths continuing to sell freely at the last Nor was any loss experienced of treasure or public advance of one anna a-piece, but for 45-inch we have documents. . had rather a limited demand. Lord Harris and General Grant are both at White Jaconots—R-main in a depressed state, even Madras. The former is about to proceed on a tour low prices being no inducement to purchasers. of inspection through the central portion of his Grey Maiapoilams—Have been much favoured, and a large quantity has been lately cleared off importers' presidency, visiting the districts of Cuddapan, Bel- hands. 32 inch cloths, worth 1-13 r. to 1.14 r., have sold lary, and Canara. An old officer of the Madras ver y f ree ly a t former prices ; but 34-inch have been army, Lieut.-General West, who entered the ser- taken at an advance of 2 annas a piece. vice before the commencement of the century, and White Madapollams.—Continue neglected, and small had remained in India to an advanced age, died parcels occasionally taken for local consumption at a lately at Madras, and was buried with the honours slight concession on the part of holders. due to his high military rank. White Cambrics.—The demand has again fallen off, and but a very small amount of business has been trans- I mentioned in my last Colonel Jacob's rifle shooting at Kurrachee and his blowing up ammu- acted during the fortnight at former prices. nition-waggons at 1,200 yards. The feats I then White Twillf.—ln moderate request at 4r. to 48 a recorded have since been surpassed. The Colonel piece. Finer cloths rather dull of sale. La ets Have been placed to a fair extent at the ad was desirous of trying his rifle-shells at a greater 139 '— vance last established, although we have not had much distance, and accordingly 1,800 yards were marked activity on the part of dealers. off from the object upon which their power was to Mull mulls.-01 late we have had little inquiry for be tested. That object was a box 10 feet square. these goads, and prices of all kinds are lower by one It was double throughout, a space of one inch be- anna a-piece. ing left between the outer and inner boards, each Book muslins remain unaltered, a fair amount of sales of which was an inch and a quarter thick. This in- having taken place at the figures given in our last. Fur tervening space was filled with gunpowder, and chasers for Burmah have taken but a very moderate was found to contain a charge of more than 500 lb. quantity. The box was placed against the butt, well tarred Turkey Red Goods.—We have had no further improve over, and the shooting began. All shots were fired ment in prices, but all descriptions have continued to sell freely, and the market at the present moment is in a from the shoulder, no rests of any kind being used. healthy position. Four rifles were at work—one a 32 gauge, two 24'5,.. Prints and Chintzes have been in active demand, both and a 16. That used by the Colonel was one of for up country, north-west provinces and Bengal, and the 24's. After the practice had gone on for some considerable sales are reported at former prices. time, and steadily improving, Col. Jacob's 21st Woollens.—An improved demand for lew and medium shell struck the box, and blew it up with a violent cloths has led to an advance of la. per yard, at which a explosion. The morning was at first dark and good business has been done, but finer kinds continue in cloudy, but shortly after the firing began it grew moderate request and without improvement in prices. clearer, and became ultimately very favourable as Coloured Yarns have attracted more attention lately, regarded the light, though a fresh breeze blew a nd orange and green have been placed to a fair extent steadily across the range. at an advance of 3 pice per lb., but red continues un altered. Mule Twist.—We have had a quiet market of late, and moderate sales at former prices. Nos. 30 and 40 have, however, slightly improved in demand, and dealers have shown more inclination to operate. . EXPORTS. Indigo.—ln our last we gave a corrected statement of the total outkurn of the season, aggregating about 98,000 mds. Since then nothing urther has transpired to render any alteration in the estimate necessary. Exports from the let of Nov., 1855, to the 18th of Sept., 1856 : . _ Chests. Fy. maunds. To Great Britain France Hamburg 5 20 North America 2,426 9,378 Suez and Mediterranean 1,064 4,603 Red Sea, Bombay, and Persian Gulf 679 2,592 Total.. 33,730 127,432 REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKEN PROM THE 13TH SEPT. TO THE 3D OCT. The Overland Mail from London of the 26th of Aug. reanhed Bombay on the night of the 18th of Sept., per Peninsular and Oriental steamer Cadiz, in the unpreee dentedly short period of 22 days and 21 hours. Since last report our money-market has become more settled, and money for legitimate purposes can be ob tained in abundance on easy terms, but, as produce may now be expected to arrive!from up-country in large quan tities, money will be more in demand, and we 4o not therefore anticipate lower rates of interest to prevail at the banks, viz., from 4 to 6 per cent. The amount paid into the new 41 per cent, loan is so trifling that it may now be considered a nonentity, and, it Government are really in want of funds, there can be very little doubt but that a 5 per cent. loan must be ' opened, and even then it is questionable if the public will subscribe to any considerable extent, as the duplicity practised on holders of Fives in 1855 is not yet quite forgotten. Government and other securities are languid, and quotations are a shade lower than those last reported. The fall of rain throughout the Presidency has been ample, and the most favourable accounts continue to be received of the state of the crops. We are now in the midst of our Elephanta storms, which may be fairly ex pected to blow over in the course of the next week, when our rainy season maybe considered fairly over, and traf fic along the coast and elsewhere will then be fully opened. says he has not. This is the second attack on the 1,680 pieces at 16c. to 19c. Black, 338 pieces at 13c. i fleet, his first having been unsuccessful. to 131 c. The Great Britain liniu g ht 2,282 pieces. Long Eiis.- A few hundred pieces dispiise.d of. sceriet are qu ted $5O 90. The China Mail, Sept. 10, says :-" There is Carn'ets. -Wit bout inquiry, and prices niiminal. scarcely anything of note in or about Canton. The Woollens.-About 900 pieces Spanish stripes have examiners, who it was thought must have fallen changed hands ; prices 70c. to 80c., according to colour into the hands of the rebels or other outlaws, did and quality. Medium cloths, $1 30. arrive on the 4th, having traversed the east of the 1 Metals-Lead is again lower, and in no demand, no province, which is known to be in a very disturbed minal price $5 79. Nail rod iron, $3 25 tr 3 50. Pin, state. One of the latest placards received purports Strain, $l4 to $l5 ; Banee and China, $22 to $2B ; about 2,500 plants have arrived and been disposed ~f . Best to be au invitation of some of the literati to their , quality continues in good demand. brethren in general to join them in an appeal to the Opium.-Mal wa is quoted $330 to $333, and Patna high authorities on the subject. The district of 5273 to $275. The deliveries during the month had been Poh-10, in awui-chau Fu, is particularised, and : 2,599 Malwa and 980 Patna, leaving 2,310 and 1,372 its magistrate denounced for his supineness. The ' chests in stock. banditti there are mentioned as having proceeded OOMPARATIVE IMPORTS FROM JAN. ITO SEPT. 5 DURING from brigandage to rebellion, had been once put THE YEARS down, and had now risen again. It is doubtless 5,094 - Long cloths, white p cs . 14,468 83,689 1854. 1835. with an ey , , e to the inconvenience of encountering ... „ such folk that Pihkwei, the governor, whose recallgrey dyed 800 9,583 to Pekin was noticed some time since, has chosen a Twills, white ..., - westerly route. He started on the 24th of August ~ grey ~ 420 - 32,25 (after delivering himself of a valedictory effusion in Chintzes and fcy cottons „ ],416 68,972 87,5 63 - _ 7 verse), with an escort of 1,000 hired braves, intend- Handkerchiefs dpoz. e 5, a- 700 10,440 3,990,0 ins, it is said, to pass through Hu Nan, Ha Peh, Long Ells Camlets ,, 1,153 6,388 3,490 and Ho Nan. The comparatively free passage of Spanish stripes teas through Hu Nan to Canton would lead us to Velvets and Velveteens „ 208 5,424 21,873 infer that the east side of that province may be Iron pls. 2,370 13,434 15,t21 crossed without much hindrance. On the common Lead Sandal-wood ,, 3,570 4,111. 7,003 borders of Kwang Si and Kwang Tung disorder „ 11,921 8,938 11,175 Rattans continues. The city of Wu-chau, admitted by the Sugar „ 46,213 274,309 220,565 Imperialists to be surrounded by 40,000 rebels, is Teas-Congous, of the old crop about 18 chops have without doubt no longer in the hands of the Go- been taken at from 91 to 11 taels, leaving a stock of about vernment, and other places higher up the river are 10 chops, the bulk of which are oat of condition. Of the mentioned as being overrun by gangs who may or new crop but little bas arrived, and great reluctance to may not have a share in the Vaeping movement. operate has been apparent throughout the month ; teamen From the vicinity of Canton itself come ceaseless demand extra prices, while the high rates of exchange complaints of the ruinous effects of the inunda- prevent buyers from meeting their views; 12 chops have tions. The rains have done no small damage within found purchasers, say, 4 chops pekoe, 6 souehong, and the city itself. • 2 Leesan congou. Quotations are-Good ordinary to but middling and Ho How kinds, 12 to 14 taels ; flavoury kinds and Kaisawa, market not opened ; Ning chows, old, 91 to 11 ; Monings and Oapacks' none in market ; souchongs, arrivals 8 chops ; sales, 6 chops, at 13 to 15 for fair, and 16 to 18 for good ; flowery pekoes, arrivals 1,300 packages ; sales, 700 at 15 to 22 taels ; Ning Yongs and Oolongs, no arrivals. Total arrivals, 2d chops ; sales, 12 ; stock, 12-against last year, 210 chops ; sales, 90 ; stocks, 117. Greens.-About 5,000 packages of the old crops have been taken at from 1 to 2 taels reduction on previous rates, leaving a stock of 10,000 packages. Of the new crop about 8,000 pack ages have been settled, principally Pingsuey and Hoo chow kinds for the English market. (Correspondent of the China Mail, August 13.) The mail closes this afternoon, and the steamer starts in the morning for Hong Kong. Our har bour has a large amount of shipping, and more is coming in ; commercial business, however, lags and drags heavily for the present. The drought has been so long and extensive, that in many places there is not water sufficient to fill the canals, and the forthcoming of the teas is delayed. The northern cavalry proves to be mere moon shine ; and it is now " authenticated" that its brave leader, Tsangkihlinsin, is still close by the side of his Imperial master, at Pekin, and that not one of his 20,00') horse has come down upon the plains of Kiangnan. It is said he will not and dare not come. Be that as it may, it is now certain that the old doughty hero, Hiang Yung—already full six years in the field against the rebels, has lost ground, lost favour, lost honours, and is in danger of being com pletely cut up. The details are too many for your crowded columns or even for this brief note. But there has been, within the current month, since the Ist of August, some rather hard fighting, and very serious disasters to the Emperor's cause. Whilst the Im perialist ranks have been thinned, 30,000 men, from the regions south of Chinkiang, have been enrolled under the banner of T'aeping Wang. General Chang, Hiang Yung's mainstay, is reported among the wounded. All the civil and military functionaries of Kin tan, Li-yang, Kau-shan, Li-shui had fled, and the gentry were in communication with the rebel chiefs. Yang, the Fastern King, with a long train of attendants, had entered the city of Ku-yung ; and the people throughout these regions are said, by these refugees, to have sustained no harm, while they had come forward, and paid their taxes to the ?wing officers, and are' also letting their hair grow long in token of submission. We learn from Bangkok that the first ship which has departed for the west under Sir John Bowr ing's treaty is neither bound for Great Britain nor the United States, but for France. The Par Sang had left Siam with a cargo of Siamese produce for Nantes From Shanghai we have advices to the 6th inst. In silk a large business has been done, and pricer were $l5 to $2O higher than last month. Arrivals of new silk were 34,000 bales, and settlements 33,000 bales. In tea the transactions had been very limited. A short supply' of black tea is again spoken of, not only in the North, but also at Foochow and Can ton. Imports'passed off to some extent in barter. Prom Ningo• we learn that the Dutch ship Sara Johann, conveying presents from the King of Hol land to the E thperor of Japan, has been totally lost. Captainland crew saved. Her Majesty's steamer Encounter was at Shang hai ; also the 'United States steamer Levant, with the American Commissioner. From Foochow we have intelligence to the 2d inst. The tea market had been active during the month, and the remaining stock was small. Two vessels had sailed for Great Britain, and five were on the berth. Freights 1/. 10s. to 2/. Among dates are to the Bth inst. A fair busi ness had been done in yarn and shirtings, but other descriptions of imports were dull. The ship Emi grant struck ou a rock in the harbour and went down fully laden ; all hands saved. II II Manilla letters of the 6th inst. have reached us. Exchange on London was quoted 4s. 4d. per $1 for Rix mouths' prompt bills. Our latest dates are from London, July 26 ; Calcutta, Aug. 23 ; Bombay, Aug. 9 ; Singapore, Sept. 1 ; Manilla, Sept. 6 ; Sydney, July 5 ; Melbourne, July 28 ; Shanghai, Sept. 6. CANTON MARKET REPORT. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS 'ROM GREAT BRITAIN. 1856. 121,053 791,347 8,342 HONG KONG, Sept. 13. At Canton during the past month the demand for im ports has not been active, except for cotton yarn, of which there have been fair sales, and prices have ad vanced. Longcloths are lower for most descriptions. Cotton—Prices had declined 5 to 6 mace, but have rallied. The sales amount to 18,000 bales. We quote Bombay, Its. 1 to Its. 8 ; Bengal, 6ts. 6 to Its 2 ; Madras, Its. 1 to Its. 9. At Hong Kong4Aug. 13, the Venilia, from London ; Aug. 14, the Magpie, from London ; Aug. 15, the Me teor, from London ; Aug. 17, the Stad Fiel, from Car diff ; Aug. 25, the Challenge and the Pride of the Ocean, from London ; Aug. 28, the Testimonial, from the Downs ; Sept. 4, the Kelso, from Sunderland ; Sept. 5, the Mahratta, from Sunderland, and the Sir James, from London ; Sept. 9, H. :11.S. Calcutta, from Plymouth, and the Hollandstron, from Hartlepool ; Aug. 11, the Aerolite, from London. At Shanghai—Aug. 7, the Saxon King, from Cardiff; Aug. 11, the Assyrian, from London ; Aug. 19, the Great Britain, from Liverpool. Cotton Yarn-1,400 bales sold. Quotations are, for Nos. 16 to 24, $23. to $261 ; Nos. 28 to 32, $2B to 301; Nos. 33 to 42, $3Ol to $35. Longcloth , —Sales have been 26,000 pieces in all. Light ar.d heavy greys have declined sc. to 80., and whites from 15c. to 25c. Greys quated $1 65 to $2 54 ; whites, $1 85 to $2 80. Amoy advices are to the Btb inst. There had been im proved demand fur cotton yarn and shirtings ; for the former at advanced rates. Woollens—Spanish stripes, assorted, $1 to $112; long ells, assorted, $7 25 to $8 20. Metals.—lron—Nail rod, $3 60 to $3 80; bar square, $3 to $3 30; flat, $3 60 to $3 90; round, $3 50 to $5 50. Iron wire, $7 to $9. Tin plate 4, $ll to $lll. Lead, $Bl to $8 80. Rice is lower. Turkey opium, $390. Tea—A fair amount of business has been done during the month in tea, the transactions being chiefly in con gous and scented teas. The actual settlements of new congous have been 59 chops. Oonams realised 17 to 21 taels ; oopasks, 22 to 25i taels. Five chops of old oonams bought at 121 to 15i taels. The remaining quan tities of scented of good quality are held for high rates. In country greens little has been done. Foochow advices are to the 2d inst. The price of tea was maintained, and the settlements continued good. Export from Canton from July 1, 1856, to Sept. lbs. 11, 146 9,700,000 Do. Shanghai, from July 1, 1855, to Sept. 6,1856 900,000 Do. Foochow, from July 1,1856, to Sept. 2, 1856 4,700,000 Total 15,300,000 Do. Canton, from July 1, 1855, to S?pt. 11, 1855 6,200,000 Do. Shanghai,from July 1, 1855, to Sept. 6, 1855 2,600,000 Do. Foochow, from July 1, 18 5, to Sept. 2, 1855 7,800,000 Total Freights to England-2Z. to 2/. 10s. Exchange on England—For 6 months' sight bills, 4s 10d to 4s 104 d ; on India the closing rate was 226r5. per $lOO. Bar Silver-11 per cent. premium. Shanghai advices are to Sept. 6. Long clothshad been taken to some extent in barter for silk. The settlements of the latter were very large. Dollars were scarce. Tea—Arrivals of new congou had been small, and business had been restricted almost to ol.d congous, of which 24 chops were taken, at 10 taels to 14 taels. Of greens about 12,000 pavkages wore settled. Silk—A. large business had been done, and at prices $l5 to $2O higher than last month. The arrivals were 34,000 bales, of which 33,000 found buyers. Exchange on England,' for 6 months' sight bills, '7,3 6d to 7s 7d. Exchange on India, 350 r. per $lOO. Freights to England—ll. 10s to 21. for tea, and 51. to 61. for silk. IMPORTS. Cotton Piece Goods—During the past three weeks the market has been steady, and business has been done to a considerable extent, holders freely meeting all demands. Grey shirtings from silb. 81b. are in fair request ;up to 71b. and 7ilb. prices have advanced ; for the higher numbers there has been less inquiry. Grey Madapollams of all descriptions are in very good demand, and prices have slightly risen. For grey jaconets, which are scarce, there is tolerable inquiry. Grey longcloths of all descrip tions are in demand, and at advanced prices. T-cloths — prices rule as before, but all descriptions are in very fair inquiry. Domestics have declined, and are dull of sale. Bleached and Fancy Goods—The inquiry generally continues fair. Shirtings of low quality are in demand ; middling and upward are in moderate inquiry. Mada pollams, low, are in inquiry, others are dull of sale ; as sve jaconets of high quality, while for the low and mid dling there is some demand. Spots are in fair request, and twills are in moderate inquiry. Turkey red--plain and mulls are slightly sought after ; twills of good qua lity are in demand. Of fancy goods, book muslins of low quality are scarce, and in demand; others are less in quired for. Bleached mulls are in moderate inquiry. Lappets are in fair inquiry, principally of low quality. Dyed Madapollarns and mulls are both dull. Dhoties grey and bleached are in inquiry. Cotton Yarns—The market has been steady both for mule and water ; 30's and 40's of the former have some what advanced. Dyed Turkey red in fair inquiry. Metals—Without any change in value. English bar —nail rod, both square and round, and sheet and hoop iron, are all in fair request ; Swedish bar, which has ad vanced, is in good demand. Steel in tubs has declined, and is dull of sale. We have no change to note in the value of fagots. Lead, both pig and sheet, is in inquiry at last prices, as are also tin plates. Spelter has ad vanced, and is in good demand. Copper, braziers', sheathing, and bottoms, are all in good demand, and have advanced. Tiles, nails, and rods remain without change. South America has none in the market. Red and white leads of good quality are bottin good demand. Woollens—The market steady, but the inquiry quiet. Marine Stores—Canvass of good quality is scarce and in demand. For middling and lower there is only a moderate inquiry. Patent cordage is very dull, as are also paints of all kinds. Oil of linseed is scarce and in demand. Spirits of turpentine is difficult of sale, the market being overstocked, owing to recent heavy im portations from America. Twine has advanced to 10 and 11 an. per lb., is scarce, and in demand. Coal, Stockholm tar, and pitch are vety dull of sale. Cochineal continues to remain in fair inquiry. EXPORTS., Cotton wool continues scarce, as owing to the late fall of rain arrivals were impeded. The weather is, how ever, clearing up, and immediately after the termination of the Elephanta we look forward to larger supplies, zontracts for arrivals being daily made. Prices of all descriptions have risen. Sheep's Wool—Prices have declined, the stocks in the market beit,g of very inferior quality. Opium has been in good demand, and prices had ad vanced for Mundleseer to 1,115 r. and Wore co 1,110 r., but they have since declined to I,loBr. and I,llor. per chest respectively. Coffee—Malabar is scarce. Mocha stock moderate and in fair inquiry. Oil Seeds—Linseed is scarce. Contracts to arrive can be made at 4 6 16th, delivery between the Ist and 31st of December. Of rape there is little in the market of Scinde, and of Guzerat none. Contracts can be made or the latter at 4,1 to arrive in all December. Small supplies of Teel and Niger are coming in. Tonnage—Freights have been steady, and kept firm owing to frequent reports of Government requiring ton nage for transport to the Per•ian Gulf. For present shipment to London and Liverpool we quote 21. 10d. per ton ; to China dull at 7rs. Ban. per candy. Exchange—A good amount of business has been done for this steamer at rates varying from 2s. 11.1. to 2s. Calcutta, 60 days' sight, 99r. ; Madras, 30 days' sight, 99 r. ; China, 60 days' sight, 227 Ar. CHINA• The Overland China Mail, of Sept. 13th, says:— We are told that Lee Mmg Mo, formerly an actor at, and afterwards notcrious for his share in the plundering of, Fah Shan, succeeded, on the 24th of last month, in burning the Imperial fleet at the city of Wu-chau district, on the eastern bor der of Kwang Si. One of tha Imperialist officers in command escaped into the city, but the other is missing, and is supposed to have shared the fate of a considerable number of his men, who were drowned. _ We are not aware =that Lee Ming‘Mo has any connection whatever with T'aeping Wang. Report SHANGHAI MARKET, SEPT. 6. Cottons.—Long Cloth—The importations per Storno way, Assyrian, and Great Britain amount to 58,000 pieces grey, and 18,000 pieces white. There has been a fair demand for suitable qualities, chiefly 61 catties goods, but the bulk of the deli , eries are against silk. Our quotations remain the same as last month. American Goods.—Drills.—From the Florence and Haidee sales have been 26,000 pieces at $2 40 to $2.35, leaving in stock 25,000 pieces. To-day's quotations $2 20 to $2 25 ; 30 yards $1 65. The demand is not equal to the supply for the moment, but we hope for an im provement. Sheeticgs—Sales light, 5,000 pieces at $2 05, and in demand ; heavy quoted $2 25. Jeans— None here, quoted $2 75 to $2 05 for 40 to 30 yards. English Twills.—Nothing doing. Grey T Cloths.—Deliveries are 2,100 pieces 24 yards at $1 30. Spotted Shirtings.--White, sales have been made at $1 70 to $1 69, being a reduction of 5 cents on our last quotations. Deliveries 8,600 pieces. Dyed, a small quantity sold, at $2 40 to $2 60. Importations, 15,000 pieces white and 3,500 pieces dyed. Chintzes.—No transactions reported. Velvets,—Blue have been placed to the extent of DEIPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN. From Hong Kong—Aug. 29, the Fort William, for London ; Sept. li, the Southern Cross, for London. From Whampoa—Aug. 10, the Lorenzo, for London ; Aug. 16, the Rolling Wave, for Liverpool ; Aug. 18, the Celestial, for London ; Aug. 21, the Spirit of the Age, for London ; Aug. 30, the Tartar, for Liverpool ; Sept. 5, the Nortbfleet, for London ; Sept. 9, the Aden, for Liverpool ; Sept. 10, the Beverley, for London. From Foochow—July 1, the Congo, for London ; July 4, the Sea Witch, for London ; July 12, the Vi sion, for Liverpool ; July 17, the Kangaroo, for Lon don ; Aug. 12, the Fiery Cross, for London. Shani.;hai—Aug. 6, the Julia, for London ; Aug. 22, the Agra, for London. SHIPS OP WAR. At Hong Kong—H.M.S. Calcutta, Sybille, and the steamer Coromandel ; the French frigate Sibylle, the United States sloop Portsmouth, and the Spanish steamers Jorge Juan and Reyna de Castilla. At MacaoL-The Portuguese brig Mondego. At Whampoa—H.M. brig Bittern. At Foochow—H.M. sloop Racehorse. At Shanghai--H.M. steamers Encounter and Hor net, and the United States sloop Levant. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Oar. 18. Three smart shocks of earthquake were expe rienced in Alexandria at three a.m. on Sunda ' , the 12th. The oscillations were from north to south. The second shock is said by those who carefully marked the time to have lasted 55 seconds. The dogs which infest the streets howled fearfully, fled, and were seen no more that night. The European inhabitants abandoned their houses, and assembled in the great square, the men in dressing-gowns and the ladies in their nightclothes. Among those who wept bitterly were Mademoiselle Rachel and her sister. The earthquake was preceded by a noise like that of distant thunder, the sky was bright and starlight, and the sea perfectly calm, but the air was excessively hot and oppressive. The inhabi tan ts having remained more than an hour in the square, and finding no repetition of the shock, returned to their dwellings. Fearing a return of the visitation several of the inhabitants slept on Sunday night on board ships in the harbour, and others lodged themselves under tents in the great square. All the mischief done in Alexandria by the earthquake is confined to the walls of several houses rent, and to a quantity of china and glass broken. Ac counts from Cairo state that four houses were thrown down by the shock, and 134 damaged ; six persons were killed and ten wounded. Houses were levelled at Fantah and other villages, which is not surprising when one considers the flimsy materials of which the houses were composed. The English steamer St. Andrew, which sailed from Liverpool on the p4th of September, and ar rived here on the 13th inst., experienced the s hoek at Sea 320 miles on this side of Malta. The crew n imagined that the ship had struck on a rock, and some of the female passengers and children were thrown from their berths. They distinctly felt three in the French me eshocks. Travellers a w te h a o rJo arrived ndn ra h i ereon Thursday state t o h e i a v t o a d v a e t r y feebleßoyro s n t h a o n c d k o a f t a ti n e e r a us r t a h l e q m u a k n e n w s s pe Sunday ndary morning. Accounts by the Austrian Lloyd's steamer Bombay, which arrived here on Friday, state that the earthquake had caused serious da mage at Corfu. The establishment of a national bank in Al,exan dria, under the title of Bank of Egypt, has already, though not in operation much more than three months, commenced a revolution in the ideas of the fellahs or cultivators of the soil with respect to money matters. It is well known that the fellahs have hitherto hoarded or buried the cash they have received for their produce. Since they have been paid by draughts on the Bank of Egypt, and they find the mode in which those draughts are cashed is so satisfactory, some of the more wealthy have opened accounts with the bank, and deposited their savings there for safe keeping. Should this prac tice become general, and the many millions which are known to be hoarded by the fellahs be brought into circulation and laid out in profitable invest ments, it must produce an enormous effect on the prosperity of the country in general. In a political point of view it will raise the British name and in fluence among the population, for the fellahs are already heard to say, " What honest people those English bankers are, and how much more satisfac tory are their payments than those we have hitherto been accustomed to." I have heaird an eminent broker say that the fellahs now ask how they are to be paid, and, when told by draughts on the Bank of Egypt, they make a difference of from 1 to 2 per cent. between that and any other mode of pay men t. There is an interesting experiment at present un der trial in the cultivation of rice. Mr. Lattis, a Ve netian, has undertaken to produce two crops of rice in the year in the place of one. The Viceroy has placed a certain quantity of land and a sufficient, number of labourers at his command. Lord Can ning having heard of the experiment on his passage through Egypt to India, and perceiving the enor mous advantage that might be derived in our Indian possessions from the experiment if successful, re quested our Cmsul here to watch the result. Mr. Lattis brought his first crop to maturity in July last, and I understand he has been equally successful with his second crop. The British Consul will pre pare a full report on the subject, and forward it to his Government. OCT. 21. The Calcutta mail arrived at Suez on the night of tho 18th inst., and the Bombay mail on the morn ing of the 19th. They will leave to-day for MAr seines and Southampton in the Valetta and Para. The outward-bound India mails leave Suez to-day. His Highness the Viceroy arrived here from 0,1,ir0 on Saturday afternoon. He will leave again to morrow. His Highness has resolved to give a more regular form to his government, and, as a com mencement, he has appointed at Cairo a Grand Council of State, composed of 24 of , the most ex perienced statesmen in Egypt. He is further bringing nearer to his person men of great business like habits to assist him in effecting the improve ment. of which the country stands so much in need ; among them Abderahman B e y, Mi n ister of C o mmerce, a man of great practical experience and undoubted integrity. It was he who ten years since removed the impediments to the free trans mission of ne ffspaper despatches through Egypt. There has been a serious rise in the corn market within the last 15 days, but holders now show a disposition to realise. Purchasers, on the other hand, are becoming cautious, and this feeling, com bined with a growing tightness in the money market, has given a , more quiet tone to tile, corn market. There has even been a decline during the last three days. Contracts have been made to a coniderab2e amount for the delivery of corn at a future pet-bid, su , jeer, to a penalty if nit completed. The followi.ug is a return of the estimated sales of produoe Quarters. 7,300 Wheat, Said Pasha's produce, ready stuff, ab out 41s to 45s Gd per quarter, free on board -- Wheat, private trade, ditto, 43s Gd to 44s Gd pea. quarter, free on board Wheat, ditto, contracts for delivery in October, November, December, and January, 39s 6 , 1 to 44s per quarter, free on board Wheat, Beheireh Pasha's produce, ready stuff, 42s to 43s 6(1 per quarter, free on board 7,400 Wheat, ditto, private trade, ditto, 41s 6d to 42s 6d per quarter, free on board Beans, Said Pasha's produce, ready stuff, about 33s Gd per quarter, free on board Beans, ditto, private trade, 32s to 32s Gd per quarter, free on board lO,OOO Beans, ditto, for future delivery, 31s to 32s 6(1 per quarter, free on board Beans, Beheireh Pasha's ditto, ready stuff, 288 9d to 31s 6d per quarter, free on board Barley, Pasha's produce, ready stuff, 27s 6d per quarter, free on board Barley, private trade, 25s 61 to 27s 6d per quar ter, free on board Indian corn—No stocks. Linseed, ready stuff, 40e to 53s per quarter, free on board Linseed, for future delivery (screened), 51s 6d to 53s 6(1 per quartet, free on board Cotton seed, ready stuff, 118 Gd to 12s 6d per quarter, free on board BOO Cotton—A fee- bales have arrived a the new crops of this staple, but in general mixed with old cotton. The tone of the market, however, is firm, but with a very poor sup ply. Sales amounted to only 2,000 cantars; private pro• duce at from about 51d to 7d per lb., free on board. Freights may be quoted at 3s 6d to 4s per quarter for beans to a direct port; 4s 6d to 58 3d for orders, and other grain in proportion. Cotton to Liverpool, id in full to id and 5 per' cent. ; with ballast of grain, 3s to 2s 6d, The general tendency of the freight market is at this moment towards rather higher rates. There are 23 British vessels in port seeking. Exchanges have declined, owing to the scarcity of money. Paper on Lorldma at three months is quoted at 99p. per pound ; Marseilles, 5.10 f. to 5.11 f. per dollar of 20p. 110,C00 10,600 3,000 k SHIPMEITTS FROM THE 4TH TO THE 19TH INST. Great Britain. France. Austria. flat/. Wheat, quarters 29,292; 19,626 1,336 6,93 3 Beans „ 7,175 756 625 Barley , 5,353 640 Cotton seed, qrs. 2,125 3,626 Cotton, bales 1,615 604 Wool ~ 235 31 Gum Arabic Country Markets, ....... EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— OCT. 28. Supplies of all kinds these last six days moderate. Oat straw, from 12s Od to les Od per kemple of ' 6 stones tron; wheat do., 12s Od to les Od; barley do., lOs 6d. to 148 Od. Hay from 10d to is. ld. EDrNBURGII MEAL—OcT. 28. There were in the market to-day 13 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 46.. DALKEITH ME. L MARKET-00T. 27. There were in the market to-day 16 bags of oatmeal, lof ," barleymeal, and 0 pot barley • Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bm I First. Second. Third. imperial LS Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —a Od ,—s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto... Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto i —s Od Od —Oar. 29. the close of the market. I Wallsend, tze. ih cl. RussellT Hetton South Raton 19 ° Braddyll lB 2 Framwellgate ..... „. , lB Lambton l9 0 ° Montague 18 Cassop . 19 0 •• 19 9 iletton Eleugh HIM lB 2 Whitworth ...............• i9 ', Teem ',' em ......................1 v .. .18 9 Hartlepool ................ - Soutb Kelloe ..............• 19 Cowndon Tees ............1 4 9 Bell's Primrose ........... 0 Stewart's .................. 17 Eden Main ............... 18 Sold GOAL MARK Davison's West Hartley Byass's West Hartley Howard's West Hartle' Netherton Tanfield Moor Taufield Moor Butes Hastings' Hartley Longridge's Wst Hartle3 golywell . . Budale W. Hartley ...., Bates's West Hartley . Htl'pool West Hartley. k noes of Coal per ton at a. d. 16 9 ~16 6 iy ~16 9 .16 0 .16 9 06 6 ..17 6' ..17 0 ,16 6 _l7 0 Wallsend, Gosforth l7 6 Hadley 17 6 Leverson l7 0 Northumberland . 17 0 jZiddell l7 6 Belmont 18 3 Ships at market... 66 BO RNB MA I LB. signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet-office the night—and M by the morning--despsteh•) 4Jay when asade up !rem who' ; When 001.711Tit.Dat. ia General Poo:.- Per: due in . Office, London: * ...........Dis,-%ttche England. ..... America (by United Sts N Every 3'rlda t - ..., Liverpool ... Weekly imerica(byllrit.pack)N ..... Every Tuesday SOlithaMplol3 Weekly ..... - .Paecrkiccat)(by km U. Stat‘t packet) .>r •.. Liverpoo. ••• . • . tustralia (via Liver- vrfic e pool) ic ..,.. Dover - ••• .• JIM) (via Marseilles) N ............,51 4th and lath Liverpool' .. T . litto (via Cape of Goof 12th On " tam ... t t Tri o .....•••••• Hope) ..., •• •• •• ... .. N OP nun . Pblllo , .. 601 o 3.frica (West Coast). • N 1 3,1 01 , rt -20 tit of moi. Sontearn,..i. 4 &Ili kJ exandria .. .... - - ..N A.leandria - .... ••• • 34 i" •-b i r the month Beath 1 r 16th 3a tams ........... PA 17-4 0 - • II L'lnt , e . _ Varfotl3 pops 15 .1. :, 2 1 9 : 10th & 26th ot .. o. D_ over - ....od .!- call /.1 Daily.. • • • • •• •• - • Dover ...... ..116 ,, Y 3elgium ......... • sit 9th of the mouth Sontham 'to' 1 ". 1h l uen c " - Y res- '' .... i t., 1,11 Oi t' th . e m ;Onth 3°4than")4 ' Uncertain " f Good Hope • .lapoo N Uncertain Cape of Good Rope 'S ni .t..utt ,,, • l ' 16 ." o ' - Ceylon (see India) • [oth and 26th 4 th & 21SI •-• ion ••••• • • is 4th and 20M pa Th.tta t • TO. 16th , . - • • ':hill._ .• .., .. "10 1(lt 17111 of month Souttiamp oi I and lb„ and 2v China ..... • • 4th and 10th ... Constantinople .. N 10th and 26th.... C:htttt: seeds Is as, . 11 .., .. . IN and 1 9 Dover - .. 2 . yi,,,.,,, ce,..,.,.,1cri,, Sou thamp n • _ - Cont. of Europe hi .4..: N Twice dail!, Constantinople .... - 4th t 10th of n O , Bouthilm, 'i ,, 1 and 2t., . ~ Dyer o ... .... rwicedalg Egypt (see Tndia) France ........ Ms: ,• Twice flatly . . . Dover .. _ eirl.v --A41 .6 'libraltar .., „„ ~. m i i, L 17,20, 27 . rm. g 0 , 1 0,,,,m, , 1,1, 7, 24, • lreece (see India) 16 lreytown ......... at tud & 17th of mon. Suttt:t-. (I . - , . ist and lamburgh „.., ,„ ....N Daily . London ..... ''•' j a ilavannah „ ..„ ,_. , st And of the moot' Southan.pr Daffy In :Tolland . .•......... m Daily .• -• • ...... Dover .. •, Honduras ~........ AI 17t1 of the month. Southam ):o ' : 1 i a nd 21 In ndia(viaSouthampt.)M 4th .. 20th of moo, 0, tt 29 In India (via Maraeilles)M 10th& 26th of mothlDover .. .• .• lonian Wee (see India) .... .... 'Dover... •• • Inland .., ......M St N Twice daily illoiyhea .l ••• copies , .. . .. - Lisbon.... •• .• .• .• -t 2d i' 0.. Southamp. ` o' ~, la Indoira .......... M )t! , of :1111 ,,, .... I,llouthampteh 0 ."- ladeira ........ ', 23 .1 (-, month • , Liverpool ...• %fait% (see India) Malts, - ........., 16th 1, 10, 20, and 26 Dover .... 4 . ' 15 •. 2 1 Mauritius (see initial 2 A inritius . . 4th an d , ~ , • ..;, •): the 1,0(1.;ti 20 - - - 11rexico 3l ~, i , if the mon( , ..ISontnampt-n Ist Dai1y............ .Dover ...• ' and le Yew , Granada . . ~. 24 & 17th 'f month'Southampton alst •7.Tew Zealand.. v....... 4th and 19th moth' Various port . l r ip '' apal titato ~ , .N Daily - •••• ••• • .. Dover ...... 4 ' ley-- Peninsula „ .. - M Otitflatript. I Peru .•. „. „,. . V ' , I it 17th of moo., 3outhamp t , 1 Ist I t l 6t1I " Port 'Asti' . ..... . N sth of month .. •• i Various po - _ ~,,,, Sicily , • ......, ......N livery Saturday..,Dover ••••: IY""' Tuscany ..•••••• •• •• ••N Dai1y.. .... •, •• • •I,Dover .... Venezuela ..........N 2d & 17th ofraonth'ionthame,;n. 1 & 16 10 can Dlemen'sL.nd (en( Australia) ~ „ ~, lth and 18th of iSouthamptonil and _......„ m.. ImonthlY 1,1 West Indies . .. 16 - , Imontlill )11 ands ifiontbAmpton Whenany of those dates fall on a Snnday, the malls will be d „it spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India t h •lonthampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despatched w" preceding day. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and ril b % Extraordinary Cure of a Disease of the Skin of 19 yea r , standing. —Edgar Martin, of Luton, Bedfordshire, 0, 1 . 1 %; fared for 19 years with a frightful disease of the skin, or body being covered with painful eruptions of a scorbutic nature. 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