The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

BUSY ALL THE YEA.t ABOUT.

AS MERCHANT TAILORS, CLOTHIERS,
HOSIERS, HATTERS, BOOT :ind SHOE MAKERS, ant
I o'ITTERS, on a larger seal. than any of er !louse in the world,
there i no fact so plain as that E. MOSES and SON must be "busy
all the year ab,ut "
Whoever undertakes to notice the care, diligence and talent E.
MOSES and SON exercise in providing the greatest novelties in every
article, and in securing to the public the most superi r iioods, at the
lowest prices, will understand how they are " busy all the year
about."
Whenever the seasons turn, and changing weather renders change
of dress of first importance to all classes, including sportsmen, business
men, mechanics, and ad others, then the amolest Stock, select in
materials and unequalled in workmanship, is presented by E. MOSES
arid SoN, who, for the completion of this purpose, are "busy all the
year about "
For Captains, Merchants, Shippers, and Emigrants, the gigantic
Wholesale Department of E. MosEs and SoN's Establishment is always
available for the selection of Goods, the superior quality of which is
well known in all parts of the world, and the low prices charged for
the un, at suitable articl s render them the most lucrative investments
to all pe,sons emigrating or trading to the Colonies, for whose lute-
rests E. OSES and Son are " busy all the year about."
The ship sailing mformation and full Lists of Outfits for Ladies
ant Gentlemen, may be had on application, or post tree.
CAUTION. —E. MOSE; slid SUN regret having to guard the
,uhlic against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like
alsehood of " Being connected with heir Establishment," or " It's
he same concern," has been resorted to in many Instances, and for
tivions reasons, they heg to state that they have
'it> CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City I;tablishinent, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
1,85 and 86, Ahlgate. opposite the Church, all communicating.
I,m;don West• end lirandi, 50,1.507, 508, New Oxford 'street, 1, 2
and 3, Ilart-street, all communicating.
Eradf-ed (York,.hire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
,hetilele. Branch, 36. . ar.ate
Colonial Branch, Melbou ne, AUStriVia.
Merchant tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, fosters, Boot and Shoe
ki a kers, and General Outfitters fort adies and Gentlemen.
I M Pi di, LAST —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be
etchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the to west
,nce, from which no alia,ement can he made.
The Establishments are clused from sunset Friday to sunset on
..attinlays, when busibess is resumed t• 11 12 o'clock.
A new " Th. Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists
nt r:SksYstem oi self measurement, facts r&ative to Ansi rails,
idvice to emigrants, &C., may be had on application, or post-free to
any part 01 the kingdom.
A hand.ome NM-ulnae for t e year ending 1853 can he had gratis,
in application.
lei l'on pArle Francais.i si parla Italians.
s. Q
,lien rirht man Anna se hal.ls F.snanol
several PoRTE BS Wanted. Apply any moniing from 10 to 12
o'clock.

MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.

---
DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, '
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University or
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Ball, London, ace., &c.
MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
luced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience
in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist
once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
Debility, various (corms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri-
ages. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he removed.
and how the evil and its con equenc es may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to whicli the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, reaarclless
of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
tree. In selecting thi4 department of practice, he has been amply
rev arded by the great success, that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care 01 unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith In their pretensions.
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medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address.
It 13 desirahle that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT
Should first obtain a copy of his work on
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We (Times) have received by express from Mar-
seilles our dispatches from India and China, in
1 anticipation of the Overland Mail, which left Bom-
bay on the 30th of July, and Calcutta on the sth
of August.
The following is the letter of our correspondent
in Bombay :
The Bombay monsoon is now at its height, and,
as is usual at the time of year, everything is as
dull as the weather. Lord Falkland and the Com-
mander-in-Chief are at Poonah, with their re-
spective staffs. The Burmese war is over, the
English mails do not arrive, and there is nothing
talked about but table-turning.
On this subject there is quite a mania. It is
said that at the last meeting of Council the mem-
bers, having no more important business before
them, and being obliged for appearance sake to re-
main a certain time in the Council Chamber,
amused themselves with trying to send the tables
round. The Hindoo servants are lost in astmall-
ment at seeing their masters and mistresses stand-
ing in circles round hats and tables,
and fancy that
it is some magical incantation for prolonging the
rule of the Company Bahadoor. I think. that
among the English here there are more believers
than sceptics ; many have been converted
.by suc-
cessful experiments being made with natives, by
setting round a table Sepoys and others who have
never heard of the process and have no idea of
what is to happen, and who-are beside themselves
with fright when the tables begin to move. I
have heard of several such cases from those who
have witnessed them, but have not as yet seen any
of them myself.
The Burmese war is said to be over, but the
present state of affairs appears to be generally.c.on-
sidered little more than a suspension of hostilities.
Staff officers, whom the war had called to their re-
giments are not allowed to leave them, and Euro-
pean women are restricted to Rangoon, on the
ground that they would not be safe anywhere else.
The Englishman (the leading Opposition journal),
says, that we are in a state of armed neutrality,
which will cut out work for Lord Dalhousie's suc-
cessor, and even the Ministerial Friend of India
has an article entitled, 'ls it peace ? ' The former
paper remarks that, if it is the want of provisions
in Burmah Proper that has alone induced a pacific
disposition on the part of the Court of Ava, it is a
pity that the advice of those was not earlier
followed who, at the commencement of hostilities,
recommended the seizure of Prome and the block-
ade of the river. The accounts received respecting
our new acquisitions are somewhat contradictory,
but the general impression regarding their capabi-
lities is more favourable here than those entertained.
in England. The following is from the English-
man :

" We observe that the English papers are beginning
to find fault with the acquisition of Pegu, because likely
to be a losing concern. The value of the frontier pro-
vinces of a great empire cannot be estimated by the
Treasury balance-sheet. The question is, whether they
contribute to the security and good order of the whole.
Pegu we consider a very important acquisition for rea-
sons which we have frequently stated, and we have no
doubt that under any other management than that of
the East India Company it could be made to produce a
revenue far greater than its expenses."
The Friend of India is much more exultant :
We have obtained possession of another of those
great Asiatic deltas which teem with the luxuriant fer-
tility of the tropics, and have opened to our traders an-
other river, which may well be compared, in its own
size, and the richness of the tracts through which it
flows, with the Ganges or the Indus. . . . We still be-
lieve, as we have always believed, that a third Burmese
war is ultimately inevitable, and that our frontier to the
eastward will shortly be Western China. . . . The
Ministry did not desire the war, the Court of Directors
regretted it, the public were scarcely reconciled to it,
and it was denounced, from the first, by the English
press as a quarrel about a swamp. Yet, in spite of press,
Parliament, and people of the Board of Control, the
Court of Directors, and the Government of India, the
red line, the mark of the British dominion, surrounds
Pegu. We have quitted the peninsula and are fairly
embarked in the affairs of Indo-Chinese Asia, and, if any
one imagines the red line will remain at the 96th degree
of east longitude, he has studied the history of India to
exceedingly little purpose.
Saadut Khan, the Momund chief whose terri-
tories extend along the northern margin of the
lower portion of the Khyber Pass, is again astir
and troublesome. It is believed that, in conjunc-
tion with some allied chiefs to the south, he is pre-
paring for an attack on our frontier villages and
posts, and the former, it is said, are liable to be
plundered and burnt before any efficient aid could
reach them. At the last accounts the Kohat Pass
had been closed some days, and it was remarked
that "it was a very derogatory affair that a hand-
ful of scoundrels should take up a position on our
side of the defile, and allow no one to pass, and yet
that we did not, would not, or could not, drive
them off."

There appears to be some hitch about the Sudder
judge's appointment. The vacancy created by Mr.
Warden's promotion to Council, which took place
nearly three weeks ago, is not yet filled up, whereas
in the ordinary course of proceeding the new judge
would have been appointed within the week. Mr.
Le Geyt has demanded to be reinstated, and Go-
vernment cannot with reason resist the demand,
for by appointing him to the bench of the conti-
nental capital of the western Presidency, they
ipso facto admitted that he had done nothing that
disqualified him for the exercise of judicial func-
tions, and, if this be admitted, his removal from
the Sudder bench was an unwarrantable attack on
its independence, and a mistake that ought to be
rectified without loss of time. But Governments
are always slow in acknowledging themselves in the
wrong.
Much anxiety is felt regarding the safety of the
English mails.* They are more than a fortnight
overdue, and it is feared that the small schooner
that was to have brought them from the Red Sea
must have met with some accident during the
recent heavy gales. The way that Bombay is
treated with respect to mail communication is
scandalous. The Court of Directors insist on re-
taining the carriage of the mails in their own hands,
and will not let the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany have anything to do with them. Mr. Mel-
AN ANCIENT PENSIONER.—Died at Fishguard on the
vill admits that, such being the case, the Indian
12th inst., aged 88 years, Mary Williams, better known
Government are bound to provide their western
as Matty Carham. On the French landing near this
place in February, 1797, she was maltreated by one of P
ca ital with packets equal to
the soldiers, being then far advanced in pregnancy. Her FR! ar and
.Company, and yet they do pro-
case was represented by but
the late Lord Cawdor (to whom vide nothingschooners and colliers for our
1 Oriental those of the Penin-
the French troops surrendered, amounting to about alternate mails during the monsoon.
1,400 men) to his Majesty George 111., who granted I mentioned in my last that the Governor of
her a pension by sign manual of 101. per annum, which Shanghai was hiring and organizing a fleet at Can-
she has received for 56 years. ton, with which to attempt the recovery of the
DEATH OF ONE OF THE GAOL WARDERS OF BIRMING- mouths of the Grand Canal. The attempt has since
HAM.—Mr. Cotterill, jun., one of the warders at this been made, and, as was expected, without a chance
gaol, died last Sunday week. It will be remembered
of success. Amoy was in a state of considerable
that, during the first week of the inquiry, the commis-
alarm. A large Imperialist force, mustering 10,000
sinners demanded that he should be brought before them,
strong, had assembled under arms at Tong-wa, a
seeing that, according to the testimony of some of the
place at a short
distance from Amoy, and was to
witnesses, he had taken a very prominent and ill-advised
course in the system carried out in the gaol. It was at attempt to retake the city on the 19th of June.
once stated by the gaol surgeon that he was in such a The rebels were very much pressed for funds, and,
state of nervous debility and excitement, produced by a besides prohibiting the conveyance of rice to any of
knowledge of the institution of the commission of in- the neighbouring towns, had commenced extorting
quiry, that it was unsafe for him then to make his al3' considerable sums from those reported to be weal-
pearance before the commissioners, who, perhaps, having thy.
It is said that the alarm and discontent caused
no great faith in the surgeon's representation, ordered by
theseproceedings on the part of the rebels, added
that the should be produced with as little delay as pus- to distrust of each other, rendered the opportunity
sible. It is supposed the terrible character of the ordeal
a ver favourable one for the Mandarins to retake
through which he would have had to pass, as exhibited the lace. lace According to the Friend of China, the
in the report of the first week's proceedings, was suffi- P • . •
cient to overpower what energy and nerve remained in Chief of the insurgents in possession of Amoy,
in the issues
him, and be therefore sunk under the pressure of disease manifestoes as Generalissimoand, in
army of the
and mental suffering. restored dynasty of Ming ; and, quarters where
PROPOSAL TO CONFER THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF we have been accustomed to look for authentic in-
PERTH
ON LORD PALMERSTON.—The Perthshire Courier formation, we have been confidently assured that li
says :—" In reference to the proposal to confer the free- Tien-teh is no myth, and that he only waits for the
dam of the city on Lord Palmerston on the occasion of rising to be more general to come forward and take
his passing through Perth to attend upon her Majesty at his position as lawful Sovereign of the empire.
Bahnoral, we understand his lordship has agreed—in the Accounts from Ning-Po extend to the 13th of
event of his being in the locality, which, however, is June. All was then quiet there, but
alarm was
still uncertain—to accept the compliment proposed for
felt retarding
rumours of rebel movements in the
him. . .
him. We feel assured that upon this subject but one
prevails in the city of Perth, and that it will • bbourhood The opium vessels, which hereto-
opinionneig .
fore had never been allowed to go up to the •
afford the very highest gratification to every citizen— city,
should circumstances permit it—to have Lord Palmer- were now encouraged ~
bv the Mandarins
to come as
ston's name inscribed in our books as an honorary fellow close as possible, and the present state of things
citizen. We are also glad to be able to say that, should rendered opium virtually a free article of commerce.
his lordship he in Perth, there is some reason to believe Accounts from Shanghai extend to the 9th of
that he may be prevailed upon to accept of some more June. The unsettled state of the interior and con-
popular demonstration of the high esteem in which he is sequent difficulty of transit were seriously clitai..
held by all classes of the community." nishing the demand and price of opium.
THE HEALTH OF THE BISHOP OF DuRHAm.—A Her Majesty's steamer Hermes arrived from
paragraph has been going the round of the papers to Hong Kong and Amoy on the 7th. The Taoutae
this effect :—" The Bishop of Durham, who manifested
of this place, for the purpose
unmistakeable signs of the effects of age and infirmity and of manning his fleet,
has adopted very active pressing measures to
in his recent visitation tour continues to be in a very
precarious state of health. At the confirmations about get men away from the various ships in port.
to take place in different partS of the diocese, the Among others, a marine and eight of the crew of
Bishop of Manchester will officiate for the venerable her Majesty's steamer Salamander deserted, and
prelate." We have authority for stating that the above 1 Captain Fishbourne, of the Hermes, has given a
is almost entirely without foundation. The bishop is I very efficient caution to the Sir Herbert Compton,
now residing at Auckland Castle, and is, we are glad ' Eliza, and two Lorchas, not to move from their
I
to state, in the enjoyment of as good health as can be
anchorage until these men are brought back. The
expected at his venerable age. As a proof of which his'muchembarrassed
lordship has appointed Tuesday next for the consecra- 1 Taoutae has been
..
by this very
tion of the new church at Ferryhill. Some time ago, I stringent measure, which, .it is hoped, will also
when the health of his lordship was very indifferent, it
' have the good effect of partially, if not entirely,
was arranged that the Bishop of Manchester should as- '
* Iwill be remembered that intelligence has reached us
iof silt him with the confirmations, and that arrangement, It
the lois of this mail shortly after it was dispatched from
we believe, still continues in force.—Durham Advertiser. Aden.

"News is now coming in of new insurrectious in all
parts of the empire, and the fall of the old dynasty is
become hardly a matter of doubt. With a body of reli-
gious enthusiasts, part of whose creed is war to the
death, in the heart of the country, and engaging all the
feeble energies of the Government, and insurrections
under other banners in nearly every province south of the
Yellow River, it cannot long survive. The ultimate re-
sult is a question only to be decided by time, but the
superior organization, poor as it is, of the Christian rebels,
and their more determined spirit, may justly give us
some hope that in the end they may prevail over their
competitors for empire. They still remain in position at
Nanking and Chinkiangfoo, and, beyond some skir-
mishes with the Chinese foreign ships, in which they are
uniformly successful, nothing new has occurred. It is
much to be feared that the country is rapidly approach-
ing a state of anarchy, a condition of things moat detri-
mental to trade ; and we are obliged, further, to confirm
our previous remarks upon the prospects for business.
Imports will be to a great extent unsaleable, and the
amount of produce brought to market must be largely
curtailed."

Lord Falkland expects to be relieved in October
next. It is believed that he will be succeeded by
Lord Elphinstone.

CHINA.

Our advices from Hong Kong direct are to the
23d of July, at which date our correspondent
writes as follows

We have nothing very interesting or new to
report of the rebellion, and affairs are much in the
same state.

The advices from Shanghai, down to the 11th
inst., state that the insurgents were marching a
large force to the west and to the north, and have
taken one or two cities in those directions, and it
was said it was their intention at once to proceed
to Pekin ; but there is much uncertainty in all
reports as to their movements. No important re-
sult had been obtained by the Imperialists or in-
surgents. The former force appears to be in a
most inactive state, and making no demonstration
in any way.
Mr. Meadows, the interpreter, who was allowed
by the Taoutae to go up the Yang-tse-kiang with
an officer of her Majesty's steamer Hermes in
search of deserters, appears by the journals to
confirm the apparent indifference of the Impe-
rialists, and the energy shown by General Loo and
the insurgent force.
At Ningpo all remains quiet. From Foochow
advices of the 29th ult., report the city in a state
of riot and confusion, and martial law strictly en-
forced. A mob collected and commenced pulling
down the banking-houses, and the Tartar troops
were called out, and several of the ringleaders
were beheaded in the main thoroughfare. A pro-
clamation is out, leaving any person at liberty to
kill another found committing theft.
At Yen-ping-foo there was fighting going on,
and all communication was stopped, and it is dif-
ficult to arrive at the truth of the various reports
flying about. Two ships, chartered by an eminent
American firm here, were lying at anchor below the
city of Foochow waiting for teas from the interior,
but the troubles had hitherto prevented any com-
ing down. _ _ _

Advices of the 9th inst from Amoy give an ac-
count of a naval engagement between the Tartar
and rebel fleet. No important result took place,
and the former retired. The rebels, elated with
their success, seem to have a firmer hold of the
city. They are reported to number 15,000 men,
and the Imperialists about 8,000. The former are
iu want of money, and heavy exactions continue to
be made. The shops are closed and streets deserted,
and there is no prospect of any business being
done there for some time to come.

ships to remain, and claiming against those who are re-
sponsible for the heavy losses incurred, which, by a mo-
derate calculation for demurrage alone, would amount to
300'. per diem.
Under these circumstances, we trust your Excellency
will demand of the Chinese Government that payment of
import duties on cash may be deferred until trade is re-
vived, and free us from that risk, responsibility, and per-
sonal loss which must follow unless some relief is afforded.
We are, Sir, your most obedient servants,
WATSONSMITH,HLGR EKAav
tEnNdsN
CEa Dno Y.d
C 9
011 d CO.
BIRLEY, WORTHINGTON, and Co.
TURNER and Co.
Per pro. HOLLIDAY, WISE, and Co.,
CRAKES WATERS.
REISS and Co.
DIROM, GRAY, and CO.
Ginn, LrVINGSTONE, and Co.
Per pro. JAMES MACDONALD,
GEO. J. BENNETTS.
SILLAR BROTHERS.
MACKENZIE BROTHERS and CO.
SMITH, KING, and Co.

Superintendency of Hong Bong, July 20, 1853.
Gentlemen,—your official communication of the 7th
inst., on the subject of the payment of duties on imports,
has been received and laid before her Majesty's Plenipo-
tentiary, and I sm now instructed by his Excellency to
give you the following reply.
His Excellency learns with deep regret the continued
stagnation of trade at Shanghae, and the consequent
difficulty experienced by the importers of British manu-
factures of realising the amount of duties payable on
imports. On the whole, it must be admitted that the
statements contained in the first four paragraphs of your
letter are clear and explicit, and, I may add, incontes-
table.

But with regard to the fifth statement, it seems to his
Excellency that, taking the facts stated as they now
stand, it would only have been prudent that shippers in
Lancashire and elsewhere should have had timely ad-
vice of the coming events in this country, which, for
many months previous to the stoppage of trade at
Shanghae, had not been unexpected. Had such advice
been given, it is probable that the difficulties of which
you complain might, to a certain extent, have been
avoided.

As respects the sixth paragraph of your letter, Sir
George Bonham has simply to express his surprise that,
labouring under the impressions set forth therein, steps
should st p 2
should not already have been taken by you to remove
the valuable property stored in Shanghae, by transferring
the same either to Hong Kong or to some other place
of safety. This measure would no doubt have led to
considerable expense, but that expense would be but a
trifling item when considered with reference to the very
serious results anticipated and feared by you. His Ex•
cellency makes no remarks respecting " loss of market"
to which such removal might by some parties be sup-
posed to lead ; because, from your statement, which is
but too correct, imports are unfortunately altogether un-
saleable at present, and are likely to remain so for some
time longer.
But, be that as it may, the propositions adverted to
in the last two paragraphs of your communication being
the most important, have now to be considered, and,
if they have been correctly understood, they amount to
this, —That because a contest is now being carried on
between the Emperor of China and a small rebellious
portion of his subjects, and the proximity of that con-
test to Shanghae has affected the interests of British
merchants at that port, those merchants should be ex-
empted from the payment of legal duties to the Emperor,
so long as that contest should be prolonged and its la-
mentable effects upon trade continue to be felt.
Sir George Bonham cannot concur in the above theory.
He cannot admit that because a contest, or whatever
else it may be called, is carried on between a Sovereign
in treaty with Great Britain and his subjects, by which
British trade suffers, British subjects have any right to
demand the abrogation of one of the most important of
the stipulations of the treaty existing between the Sove-
reign in whose kingdom such dissensions occur and the
British Government. He thinks, on the contrary, that
the remedy for the present difficulties lies in a great
measure in the hands of the British merchants them-
selves,
and this remedy consists in abstaining from fur-
ther importations of goods, so long as the present dis-
organised state of the country should continue.
From the above remarks you will therefore understand
that her Majesty's Plenipotentiary does not consider that
he possesses the power of relieving you from the pay-
ment of the duties due to the Chinese Government in
conformity with the existing treaty. He would be over-
stepping the limits of his powers if, by any act on his
part, he sanctioned such a measure, unless the full con-
sent of the Chinese Government were in the first in-
stance obtained ; a concession -which, as you yourselves
must be aware, is very improbable, if we may judge
from the refusal on this very subject lately given by
the Shanghae Taoutae to Mr. Consul Alcock, who,
I learnt, had exerted himself to obtain the Taou-
tae's sanction to a deferred payment of duties on im-
ported merchandise.
His Excellency further desires me to add, that the
names of many influential British firms at Shanghae are
not attached to your letter ; from which it is to be in-
ferred, that either those firms do not agree with you in
your representation, or that they have had the fore-
thought of already making the necessary arrangements
to meet the present monetary crisis. His Excellency
has already stated that, on other grounds, he does not
conceive he possesses the power of insisting that the
Chinese Government shall forego its undoubted right of
collecting its Customs' dues ; but even waving that part
of the question, his Excellency would, were he so to
insist, injure the parties whose name do not appear in
your letter, and commit an act of which those parties
would have good cause of complaint.
Sir George Bonham, moreover, is of opinion that you
would not obtain much relief by being allowed to land
goods, without paying duties, from ships now in Shang-
hae, or from those expected to arrive there shortly ; for,
taking the average rate of duty at 15 per cent., and as•
sumirig that the state of things at Shanghae is such that
merchants are unable to discharge their Customs' dues,
it follows of course that those merchants are equally
unable to buy produce and load their ships with return
cargoes. At least such a conclusion is naturally to be
inferred, for it would be monstrous to see British vessels,
the consignees of which had failed to pay the customary
duties on imports, leaving the port laden with valuable
export cargoes, let the shippers of such cargoes be who
they may.
In clusing this communication his Excellency would
remind you that he is not aware that the citizens
of America, or the subjects of any other foreign
State, have obtained any particular aid to meet the
difficulties of which you complain. Political con-
vulsions, such as those now pressing upon the Go-
vernment of China, must inevitably interfere with the
trade, not only of the country in which such convulsions
exist, but likewise, with the interests of foreign coun-
tries trading with it. These are, howcker, evils by which
commerce in all parts ofthe globe may at any moment
be impeded and entirely checked, and these evils are as
much beyond the control of her Majesty's Plenipoten-
tiary in China as he believes them to be beyond that of
the British or any other foreign Government.
Copies of your representation and of this reply will be
forwarded to her Mejesty's Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs by the mail which is expected to leave
Hong Kong on the 23d inst.
I am, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant,
FREDERICK HARVEY,
Secretary to her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c.
in China.
Messrs. Smith, Kennedy, and Co., Hargreaves
and Co., and others, Shanghae.
True copies,
FREDERICK HARVEY.

At Canton there have been fewer reports than
usual during the month about the insurrection.
The city and vicinity continue quiet, but insurgents
are known to be in the neighbourhood. The cap-
ture of Nanchang, the principal city in the Kiangsi
province, there appears to be no doubt of, and this
is also reported from Shanghai. The insurgents
were moving south, and would pass through the
principal tea districts. This southerly movement
seems to indicate an approach on Canton.
Trade is becoming daily more depressed, and
money extremely scarce, with an unheard of high
exchange. There has been much activity in ship-
Ments of tea at advanced rates since the arrival of
tho 24th of May mail, but the supply from the in-
terior does not now come forward so freely.
' At Shanghai sales of goods were impracticable,
and the accumulation was excessive. The stock
and shipments to arrive exceeded a year's supply.
The settlement of the new Congous had been
limited, owing to the difficulty of procuring the
means for payment, and the market had opened at
16i- to 17 taels for Monings, allowing for exchange
about 20 per cent. higher than last year. About
700 bales of the new silk have gone forward, and
2,000 contracted for, which will probably be shipped
during the month. Exchange had advanced to 6s.
6d. and 6s. Bd. per dollar, and money was scarce.
An extraordinary memorial has been presented
by some of the British merchants to the Plenipo-
tentiary and Superintendent of Trade for the sus-
pension of payment of duties during the present
troubled times ; but his Excellency, in his reply,
does not take the same view of the case. We sub-
join the address, and his Excellency's reply.
The mail of the 24th of May arrived on the 13th
inst., and that of the Bth of June last evening.
The health of the garrison is reported favourably
I of, and the weather has cleared up from the late
continuous and heavy rain.
We have little to say of the Japan expedition.
Commodore Perry had gone to the eastward of
Loochoo, and touched at an island called Bonian,
on which were some European settlers. It is said
the Commodore has purchased a piece of ground
there for a coal depot.
The Russian frigate Pallas and screw steamer
Vostock left this on the 6th inst. to join the Japan
expedition, as is reported.

In Harbour.—Her Majesty's ship Spartan. At
Canton—Her Majesty's brig Rapid. At Macao—
The French corvette Capricieuse and steamer Cas-
sini. At Amoy—Her Majesty's steamer Rattler.
At Shanghae—Her Majesty's steamers Hermes and
Salamander.

The Admiral is expected hourly, accompanied by
the Bittern and Styx steamers.
Our latest dates are—from England, Bth June ;
Calcutta, 29th June ; Bombay, 15th June ; Sin-
gapore, 11th July ; Melbourne, 7th June ;
12th July ; Shanghae, 11th July.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and
Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., is
pleased to give publicity to the subjoined correspondence
on the subject of the payments of import duties at the
port of Shanghae.
(By order) FREDERICK HARVEY, Secretary to
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c.
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hong Kong,
July 21, 1853.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA.
(From the Star, August 5.)

The Hindostan steamer, which arrived off Garden
Reach yesterday morning, brought on the London mail
of the 25th of June. The commercial news is unimpor-
tant, the state of the markets have undergone no mate-
rial change since the last mail left. Owing to the ap-
proaching quarterly sales and the warlike appearances on
the continent, there was no speculative demand for
indigo, and the deliveries were limited to the con-
sumption by the trade. Saltpetre, rice, and silk were
in better request, and of the latter the public sales
began on the 24th, the quantity declared of Eastern
produce being only 2,000 bales of China and 1,000 bales
Bengal silk. Sugar was improving, but there was some
slackness in hides. Money remained firm, and is likely
to be so as long as the large exportation of silver
continues. The Southampton brings out 15 lacs of ru-
pees in dollars, on freight to Calcutta. The East India
Company had again altered its rates of exchange on
India, notice having been given that cash would be re-
ceived at the India-house for bills on Calcutta and
Madras at the rate of 25., and on Bombay at 2s. Old.
per rupee. The total amount of bills drawn on India
from the 7th of January to the 3d of June was
1,089,5821. 16s. 11d. The sum required during the
commercial year of 1853-4 was 3,500,0001., the whole
of which was expected to be realised by the sale of bills
on India.

SHANGHAE, JULY 7, 1853.
To H. E. Sir G. Bonham, Bart. Governor of Hong
Kong, her British Majesty's Chief Superintendent 0.
Trade, &c.
Sir,—The peculiarity of our position as consignees of
manufactured goods compels us to memorialize you on
the subject of the payment of duties on imports.
1. Since last February there has been a complete
stoppage of trade, and consequently it has been utterly
impossible by the sale of imports to realize the amount
of duties claimed by the Chinese Government.
2. That, up to the present time, we have paid all
duties that are due at a very considerable sacrifice to
importers.
3. That the continued stagnation has been followed
by the withdrawal of nearly all the native capital from
the trade, thus rendering bills on England only saleable
at an exorbitant rate and to a trifling amount.
4. That under these circumstances we are driven to
the importation of opium or bullion, the latter of which
may be impossible, and the former not generally im-
ported by those deeply interested in the Lancashire and
Yorkshire trade.
5. That this present disastrous state of trade entirely
arises from the inability of the present Chinese Govern-
ment to control its subjects, and, consequently, that
they, and not the importers, should suffer.
6. That the acknowledged weakness and incapacity of
the Chinese Government may prevent them from, saving
from destruction the large mass of property now stored
in Shanghai, amounting to nearly 1,000,000/, sterling,
and on which they have received /duties ; and that the
accumulation of imports to arrive within the next two
months will add another 1,000,0001. to the value of the
stock thus held.
7. That the stoppage of trade and insecurity of pro-
perty, arising as they do from the impotence of the Chi-
nese Government, place us in a position that was never
contemplated when the treaty of Nankin was framed,
and that, consequently, it is only just to defer payment
of duties in cash until some Government is formed with
an Executive sufficiently powerful to restore confidence,
and place trade in the position it was before the disturb-
ances commenced ; otherwise we shall have no alterna-
tive but to protest under the circumstances, allowing the

As far as our local trade is concerned, the past fort-
night has not been marked by much activity in our ex-
ports, though, on comparison with the same period of
preceding years, the sales very nearly come up to an
average. There has been very little done in sugar, of
which the quantity shipped during the past month is
uncommonly small, but consisting chiefly of better sorts,
inferior qualities having been neglected. Silk, too, has
gone forward in small parcels only, holders being still un-
willing to accept lower rates. We make, however, a
goodly show of corahs, which have been shipped very
freely but the demand does not extend to tussars and
choppahs. The English and Americans continue their
purchases of saltpetre with unabated vigour, the ex-
ports by the forme!. being 45,000 and by the latter
36,000 maunds during the past month. Shipments of
rice are moderate, Mauritius having taken only 43,000
maunds. Shellac has continued to attract the attention
of English shippers, but lac dye is in less demand. Of
safflower 4,800 maunds have been shipped to England,

is a very fair quantity. Rides continue in lively
both for England and the United States, and
in fully former quotations. All descriptions of oil-
ere in excellent request for all parts, and prices very
There has been less doing in jute, and castor oil
en somewhat neglected. Owing to a scarcity
of stocks, hardly anything done in cutch. Of raw
ootton about 8,500 maunds have been shipped to China ;
but only 2,800 maunds to Great Britain.
We are happy to report more activity in our import
trade, though we regret to say that no improvement has
taken place in our prices ; on the contrary, some of our
staple goods must be quoted somewhat lower. The
sales of the fortnight have been extensive, but this is the
case almost every year at the season when the river
navigation opens. Of grey shirtings 81,000 pieces
changed hands, consisting chiefly of 40-inch goods,
which sold from 3r. Sa. to sr. 2a. per piece. White
shirtings have likewise attracted more attention, and of
white figured shirtings nearly 81,000 pieces found pur-
chasers. Grey Madapollams have moved off freely, the
sales extending to 22,500 pieces. Jaconets, both white
and grey, have been much sought after. Of the former
the reported sales comprise nearly 53,500 pieces, and of
the latter 36,300. Nothing doing in grey drills and
sheetings. There was less demand for mull mulls • of
whites only about 500 pieces are stated to have been
sold ; of the latter about 3,000 pieces at former quota-
tions. Very little inquiry for book muslins, and prices
may be quoted a shade lower. A moderate business has
been done in lappets, at prices varying from 14 annas to
5 rupees pee piece. Prints and chintzes sold freely, and
Turkey red goods moved off in considerable quantities.
Of mule twist the sales extend to 1,600 bales, chiefly of
Nos. 30, 40, and 50, at prices ranging from 3a. 5p., to
sa. lip. per morah. Turkey red and other coloured
yarns have been very firm, with a fair demand. There
is hardly anything doing in metals. There have been
but few sales of iron, and prices of copper have declined.
No demand for spelter. The reported sales of salt during
the fortnight under review amount to 33,000 maunds,
and prices appear to be steady.
Freights are without much alteration, notwithstand-
ing a good number of arrivals during the past week.
We have no change to report in our Money-Market,
the supply being still fully equal to the requirements of
commerce.

Exchange may be quoted at 2s. id. to 20. id. per
rupee for six months' sight bills.

(From the Bombay Times.)