The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

to piece goods. Prices of twist have. gone a shade in
favour of sellers of late, and the range of 404 has been
3 annas 91 pie to 4 annas 5 pie, but this last is a soli-
tary instance ; 4-2 to 4-3 being the rate of the best sorts
of 40s in the market. In Turkey red yarns a fair ex-
tent of business at former rates or thereabouts has been
done. Orange and green, especially the latter, have
realised improved prices.
Not much can be said respecting metals, excepting
that most sorts, and iron in particular, are held for
higher prices. The sales of late are trifling, including
all kinds.

The money market continues easy, but a great deal of
specie is being exported to the eastward, to Ceylon, and
Mauritius. Quotations of Government securities are—
Transfer Five per Cent. Its. 7 to 78 ; New Fives, 3 8
to 4 ; Old Sicca ditto, 3 4 to 3 8 ; and Company's Rs.,
Four per Cent. 4 8 to 4 12 pm,

The share market stands as follows :- Bank of Bengal
Shares, Company's Rs. 6,275 to 6,300 ; Agra and U.S.
Bank, 660 to 685 ; North Western Bank. 300 to 305 ;
Indian General Steam, 550 to 600 ; Bengal Coal Com-
pany, 1,000 ; Bonded Warehouse, 245 to 250 ; Calcutta
Steam Tug Association, 500 to 550 each.
Exchange—lt is difficult to give correct quotations,
as a somewhat heavy and sudden fall is said to have
taken place in the holidays, which only terminated yes.
terday. We, however, quote as follows. which will pro-
bably he near the mark :—First Class Credits, 2s. Oid.
to 2s. ld. per rupee ; do. Documents, 2s. IZd. to 2S.
ld. per rupee ; on China, Rs. 247 to 250 per $lOO.
Freights—Quoted rate: are as follow :—To London,
sugar nominal ; saltpetre, 31. 10s. ; rice, 41. ; jute, 4/.
15s. • hides, 51. to 51. ss. ; oilseeds, 4/. 10s. to 4/. 15s.
To Mauritius; Co.'s Rs. 2/. 2s. per bag, payable there
at .50 cents.

Indigo—There have been very few shipments during
the last month, and of course but little will be done nn-
til intelligence of the London October sales reaches us.
The new dye is now arriving pretty freely.

- _
._ CHINA.
PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS OF THE
INSURGENTS.
(From the China Mail of Oct. 27.)
There is no intelligence of recent date from
Shanghai, and, as the passage in this monsoon is
short,
we may fairly infer from the non-arrival of
any vessel thence, that nothing of importance has
occurred.
But from Lo-chau, on the northern coast of
Shan-tung province [the province of Shan-tung lies
between Kiang-nan of which Nanking is the capi-
tal], we have some
intelligence to the 4th of Octo-
ber, in itself not much, but from which a good
deal may be inferred. From this source we learn
that all the province of Shan-tung is
quiet, the
people being in no great apprehension about the
approach of the rebels, and not having heard of
. rice was about the same
price
an invincible force crossing the Yellow River, and
higher Now thLaon.
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ti is, w
Canton. as as usual—very little
estimate, about 200 miles
south-east of Pekin, and both places import all the
rice they consume, thereby of course augmenting
its price. But as, nevertheless, it is to be had at
Lo-chau at a moderate rate, we may infer that at
Pekin, with sea and inland communication uninter-
rupted, it is not at a famine price. When the rebels
took Nanking, it was asserted, with a confidence
that would not be questioned, that having thus pos-
sessed themselves of "the key to the grand arteries
of intercourse," supplies for Pekin and the North
would be cut off, and the country reduced, if
not to submission to a state of famine. Nan-
king has been in the hands of the rebels for more
than six months, comprising the season of im-
ports to the north, and we now learn that it has
not been starved, or even suffered any unusual pri-
vation. Another fact is worthy of notice, especially
of those who are calculating on the speedy over-
throw of the Manchu Government by the insur-
gents now arrayed against it, and the general and
peaceful acceptance by the people of a new dynasty,
or, as many profess to believe, the restoration of
an old one purely Chinese :—Nanking, as its name
imports, the southern metropolis of the empire, is
about 700 miles from Peking, the northern metro-
polis and seat of government for upwards of four
centuries • but, besides capitals, there are 267 de-
partmental cities in the 18 provinces of China, of
which the insurgents are in possession of only six
(exclusive of Nanking),—namely, Chin-kiang fu,
and Yang-chau fu, in Kiang-su •' Chichau fu, and
Lu-chau fu, in Nganhwui ; Kiu-kiang fu, in
Kiang-si ; and Kwei-teh fu, in Ho-nan.
So little progress in subduing the country, or
even in crippling the Government of Peking, does
not promise so speedy a termination of the passive
struggle as people here with a craze have been
making the Home Government and home folks
believe ; and the restoration of tranquillity, under
a purely Chinese dynasty, is an event which we
fear few of our age are likely to witness.