The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-26 00:00:00

BILLINGSGATE MARKET.

Supplies to a fair extent and the demand good. Tur.
bot, 7s. to 10s. 208. and 255. ; Cod, 2s. to Ss. 10s. and
12s. ; Soles, 6d. to W.. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s.
each; Salmon, ls. 93. to 2s. 63. per lb. ; Whitirg, 4d.
t.o 6d. nod 103. per pair.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK
Arrivals this morning—French mail ; also front Malta
a,ld Alexandria, sailed -hat. 26; Beyrout, Jan. 20 ; Malta,
Feb. 7 ; Corfu, Feb. 2 ; Gibraltar, Feb 14 ;
Feb. 18 ; Vigo, Feb. 20.
LivEkr,oi,t, COTTON MARKET, FEB. 25.—We have again
to report a moderate inquiry for cotton, without any change
prices. The sales 3.000 bags, chiefly American.
We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 15t1; Feb.
Messrs. Hill and Raven, the contractors, with the Bom-
bay Steam-fund, for the carriage conveyance across
;he Isthmus of Suez, would by the middle of
January have finally organized and established their
line, the delay in this affair has been occasioned by
the bad faith of the various Arab sheiks and camel owners.
On the 17th of January the contractors would have two
carriages in readiness, one at Cairo, to convey English pas-
sengers thence to Suez, the other at Suez for the same
purpose to Cairo ; the trip between the two places will be
performed in twenty-four hours, the distance being ninety
miles.

The weather throughout Egypt during the whole of De-
cember and beginning of January has been very bad, at
Cairo particularly cold.
We have received Smyrna Papers to the 10th January.
They do not contain any news of importance.
Calcutta Papers to the 13th December, and Bombay to
the Ist January, have been received; but their contents
have been anticipated by the overland express from India,
via Marseilles, some days since.
The Malta Papers, received to the 7th Februarv, con-
tain the following ;—" On Wednesday last her Majesty
the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the greater part of
her suite, drove out to the Inquisitor's Palace, the country
residence of Mr. Greig, Chief Secretary to the Govern-
ment, where her Majesty was received by his Excellency
the Governor, and Mr. Greig."
The last advices from Alexandria, of the 28th,
state that the Nile steam-ship was returned from
Syria, leaving Ibraham Pacha in that country. This
indefatigable Commander had during the worst weather
kept up a series of attacks against the insurgent mountain-
ears, at a time when the roads were impassable. Mehe-
met Ali continues adding to his naval force, and extending
improvements of navigation. A steam vessel, lately
finished in the Arsenal at Alexandria, has been sent in
pieces across the Desert to Sues, for the service of the
Red Sea.

The number of passengers who passed through Egypt
during the last year, tin their route to and from India, have
been double to what it was in previous years. According
to the Bombay papers, received to the end of January, the
movement of the troops towards the north of that frontier
was continued. The Governor-General himself was in
these provinces, and had a most flattering and friendly
interview with Runjeet Singh at Ferozepoer Attended by
all the splendour of the East.
Our chief arrivals this morning are mails from Lisbon
and Alexandria. The former bring no news.