The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

EXPORTS.

The business which has been done in tea during the
past fortnight has been exceedingly small. The high
exchange and the high value put upon tea by the teamen
partly account for this. It would have been supposed
that under the present position of affairs much anxiety
would be shown by the teamen to realise—the reverse,
however, has been the case.
ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.
EXCHANGE.—On London, 6 months' sight, 5-4 ; on
Bombay, 3 days' sight, Its. 280 per $lOO ; on Calcutta,
3 days' sight, Rs. 280 per $lOO.

RATES -OF EXCHANGE AND PRICES OF BULLION IN
CANTON.—On England, 6 months' sight, 5 8 to 5 9 per
dollar.

FREIGHTS.—To Great Britain, 2/. 10s. to 3/.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrivals from Great Britain.
At Hong Kong.—Sept. 18—K. der Nederlanden
(Dutch), from Hartlepool. 22—Maria Sophia (Dutch),
Newcastle.
At Shanghai.—Aug. 28—James Scott, from Liver-
pool. Sept. 13—Mencius, Liverpool. 14—Panic, Li-
verpool. ij
Departures to Great Britain.
From Hong Kong.—None.
From Shanghai—Sept. 2—Eclipse, to London. 3
Ashburton, London. 4—Norma, London. 9—Nerbudda,
Cork. 13—Cherokee, London. 14—Monarch, Cork.
19—Torrent (American), London.

EGYPT.
• ALEX ANDRIA, Nov. 3.
Abbas Pasha returned to Cairo on the 31st of
October, from his journey to the coast of the Red
Sea and Akaba, after an absence of about six weeks.
He seems to be much displeased with his Ministers,
principally, it is believed, on account of the uncer-
tain and contradictory orders issued about the
prohibition of the exportation of grain, as, although
the instructions he left at his departure must have
been precise, it is not at all known just now when
and for how long the prohibition is to take place,
and his Highness will have to answer the nume-
rous protests and expostulations of the several
Consuls for the unsettled and unsatisfactory state
of trade resulting from the Government orders be-
ing so indefinite.
The last order issued was that 250,000 quarters
of grain were to be exported and no more, with-
out stating from what period the reckoning is to be
made, and the Custom-house authorities are not
certain whether they are to calculate from the be-
ginning of the new crop in September last, or from
the day on which the order was issued, or whether
any distinction at all is to be made between the old
and new crops. Meanwhile the merchants are
shipping off as much as they possibly can, and ves-
sels are eagerly taken up as they arrive, at from
15s. to 16s. per quarter for freight.
The present condition and prospects of Egypt are
far from satisfactory. The late extraordinary rise of
the Nile has damaged a large portion of the Indian
corn crops, on which the natives depend for their
sustenance at this season of the year ; prices of all
articles are exceedingly high, and the constant
seizure of men for the army depopulates the towns
and villages not only of those who are actually
taken, but also of those who abandon their homes
and conceal themselves, in order to escape being
made into soldiers, so that the cultivation of the
land is not attended to, and the next year's crops
will be short.

For a few days all trade in corn in Cairo and its
vicinity was stopped, and no one was allo wed to
make purchases, the Government alone taking
possession of all that came down the river from the
Upper Country.
It appears that the French Consul has expressed
his determination to prevent the prohibition on the
plea that France wants corn and that she must have
it without reference to the wants of Egypt.
It is by some supposed that there is no fear of
actual scarcity of corn in Egypt, and that the recent
measures have been taken merely to put obstacles
in the way of free trade, in order that the Viceroy
may have a monopoly ; while others believe that if
the exportation be allowed there will not remain a
sufficiency for the maintenance of the population.
If there be really a scarcity of corn, Abbas Pasha
might soon silence the Consuls by giving them an
account, as accurately as can be attained, of the
actual stock in the country (which is always care-
fully concealed from the knowledge of the public),
and stating the quantity that will be required for
the population. Unfortunately, Abbas Pasha has
no one about him in whom he places confidence,
and none who will give him good advice with re-
gard to the administration of affairs.
Abbas Pasha has given the appointment of
Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the
army to his son, Ll-Hamee Bey, who is only about
16 years of age, who will no doubt draw the large
salaries attached to his post, but can otherwise be
but of little use.

The Viceroy is preparing about 15,000 troops to
send to the Sultan, besides thelB,ooo sent some time
ago, to assist in fighting against the Russians, and
he has ordered his steamers to come down from
Constantinople to convey them. If his Highness
succeeds besides in inducing the Bedouins to send
some irregular cavalry towards the Black Sea, the
Sultan will have every reason to congratulate him-
self on having so devoted a tributary subject as
Abbas Pasha.

Nearly 50 consecutive miles of railway from
Alexandria are now in working condition ; and,
were it not for the troubles of the times, the works
would get on much more rapidly.
On the arrival of the last steamer from Constanti-
nople with the confirmation of the declaration of
war between Turkey and Russia, the Russian
Consul-General here struck his flag, removed the
Russian arms from over the entrance to his resi-
dence, and placed the archives and Russian sub-
jects in Egypt under the protection of the Swedish
Consul-General.

DESPERATE ATTEMPTS AT SIIICEDE BY A PRISONER.
—On Wednesday morning, about half-past one o'clock,
a woman, 27 years of age, .residing in High-cross-street,
Nottingham, and named Jane Alvey, was appre-
hended on a charge of wilfully breaking a square of
glass in the Milton's Head public-house. She was
immediately conveyed to the watch-house. Sergeant
Barwick, watch-house-keeper, placed the woman, who
was drunk in a cell, and shortly afterwards hearing
a strange noise, he opened the door of the prison in
order to ascertain the reason. He then saw the wo-
man hanging by her garter, and almost lifeless. The
officer instantly cut her down, and having applied
proper restoratives she soon recovered. The sergeant
removed everything from her reach by which he sup-
posed she could possibly renew the attempt upon her
life, and then went away. On returning a few
minutes afterwards, he was amazed at finding the wo-
man a second time suspended. He again rescued her
from her perilous situation, and discovered that her
second endeavour to commit suicide had been with a
sheet taken from the bed, and twisted in the form of a
rope. Effectual means were taken to prevent her try-
ing the experiment a third tiine, which would probably,
from her exhausted condition, have proved fatal. At
eleven o'clock the same morning she was placed before
the town magistrates at the police office, and by them
committed to prison for two months. The prisoner
had been in custody no less than thirteen times on
charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A MAN AND WOMAN.—Yesterilay
afternoon information was forwarded to the various pc•
lice stations of the discovery of a man in a state of
insensibility, when he was conveyed to Clerkenwell
Workhouse, and expired on his admission. The follow-
ing description has been issued :—Male, 32 years of age,
sft. 4in., whiskers sheared off, the letters A. M. on the
back of the right hand, dark cloth dress ; the body lies
at Clerkenwell Workhouse to be owned, The second
case is that of a female, at the Britannia Saloon, 45
years of age, sft. in height, lavender coloured dress,
black shawl. Medical assistance was sent for, and
every means were resorted to for the purpose of restoring
animation without effect.