The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

THE ,SUN, AAONDOI',
,TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1853,

THE OVERLAND MAIL•

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We have received by extraordinary express, in
anticipation of the Overland. Mail, our correspond-
ence and files of newspapers from India and China.
The dates are—Calcutta, Out. 18 ; 891111, ay, Out.
28 ; Madras, Oct. 22 ; and ),.t. 11.
The fullowitig i$ a list, of 'o2# CL.C.I 110 n.
Company's steamer Acbar to Suez and Bombay:—
Mrs. Glasse, Mrs. Trevelyan, and a child, and two
native servants ; his Highness, Meer Jaffer Ali Khan,
Bahadoor of Surat, and Mirza Ali Acbar Khan, Baha-
door, with seven native servants ; Mrs. Fuljarnes, and a
child of Mr. Stewart under five years, and a native ser-
vant ; Captain R. H. Fenwick, A. M. Murray, Esq.,
Brevet Captain C. F. North, Major and Mrs. Brooks,
Captain K. Jopp, J. G. Lumsden, Esq., and a na,tive
servant; and E. Elsam, Esq. Second class—Curnroodin.
Tu Aden—Joosub bin Abdool Khaluchk.

( From the Overland Bombay Times, Oct. 28.)
GENERAL SIMUNTARY.—We are in the receipt of
intelligence from Burmah up to the Bth instant,
and although there is not much in the shape of news
to be detailed, yet the atrocities by the Dacoits
had not diminished. It is supposed by those most
capable of forming a correct judgmern, that as
soon as the waters of the Irrawaddy fall, the Bur-
mese will take advantage of the subsidence, and
attack us in force. The real ruler at Ava is the
Prime Minister, the brother of the King ; and
neither he nor his party make, it is said, any dis-
guise of their hostile intentions. One of the causes
alleged for the immense increase of the dacoits in
the neighbourhood of Pegu is, that the last harvest
of the ryots was not gathered in in consequence of
our presence, and that therefore these poor people
have been driven ex necessitate to plunder ; it is a
pity if such be the case, but it is cheering to know
that next season will remedy it. The two Jesuits
who were assooiated with the Burmese commissioners
in the conferences held at Prome for the signing of
the treaty have arrived at Rangoon. Their state-
ments confirm all that has been hitherto alleged
regarding matters at Ava. The King is surrounded
with a war party, so powerful as to deprive him of
independent action, and a tacit consent has been
wrung from him to permit hostilities to be renewed
with 'us ; consequently warlike preparations are
being carried on extensively at Ava, and December
or January next is the period fixed upon to attack
us. The Ministers state that by that time the
Irrawaddy will be tto low to admit of large steamers
navigating it, and that without their aid the
British forces cannot cope with the Burmese.
Sir John Cheape will evidently soon have an oppor-
tunity of distinguishing himself. The French Cap-
tain d'Oorguny is still employed drilling the Bur-
mese. Latest accounts mention that a serious dis-
turbance has broken out in the gaol at Rangoon,
but particulars have not yet been received. The
murderer of Colonel Mackeson was hung at Pesha-
war on the Ist inst., and his body afterwards
burned, the ashes being thrown into a dirty water-
course. The natives did not attend the execution,
it being considered among them unholy to stand
tamely by and see a champion of the faith put to
death, and not attempt a rescue. The Ackhoon of
Swat, on hearing of the execution of his disciple,
and the indignity shown to his remains, made what
is called " Waz" in his mosque, reading from a
religious Mahomedan work a certain selection which
showed that all the faithful going to Mecca, whe-
ther perishing by shipwreck or by fire at sea, are
immediately received into Paradise, and so the
assassin of the Feringee Mackeson having been
put to death whilst engaged on a purer mis-
sion than a pilgrimage to Mecca, has been taken
to the abode of the faithful. It is also said
that the Ackhoou told his disciples that the ashes
of his martyred follower, although thrown into a
canal by us, will be turned into antimony and
used by the Ilouris in paradise. As for the mur-
derer himself, he remained silent, and has im-
plicated no one ; he laughed and joked with his
guards to the latest moment of his life, and passed
into the next world, sustained and buoyed up to
the last with all that false and fatal security which
the wretched doctrines of Islamism engender.
Matters on our North-West frontier still continue
portentous, and troops have been moved to Pesha-
wur ; there has, however, been as yet no open de-
monstration, but the want of organisation, and of
a leader whom they all can recognise, alone form
the grave objections to the hill tribes taking the
initiative. Reports of an intended disturbance
were rife at Rawul Pindee, and great fears seem
to have been entertained of an outbreak ; of
course the plunder of the cantonment was the
fons et origo of the intended incursion ; but
the capture of Nadir Khan, the leader of the
insurgents, reassured the timid and convinced
them that there was nothing to fear, and as
troops have since been withdrawn from the canton-
ments, we may reasonably conclude that all is
quiet, at least for the present. It is said, how-
ever, that the Governor General has expressed
himself very wannly regarding the measures
adopted in the north-west, which he considers to
have excited needless alarm, and that lie has ad-
ministered a " wigging" to the authorities at Pe-
shawur.

Mr. John Colvin, late judge of the Sadder
Adawlut, and commissioner for the Tenassarim
Provinces, &c., has been appointed Lieutenant
Governor of the North-West Provinces, in the
place of the late Mr. Thomason. This appoint-
ment appears to have given general satisfaction,
and we make no doubt of his realising the high
hopes entertained of him. Some disturbances have
taken place in Allygurh, Moradabad, attended
with slight loss of life, but such are always to
be expected during the Mussulman Mohurrum,
and the outbreaks, or rather fights we allude to,
were all in honour of Hassein and Hoossein. In
Lucknow matters are precisely in the same state
as they were at the date of our last summary, the
only item of intelligence to record being that Colonel
Sleeman had been fired at, providentially without
effect, by some religious bigot during the Mohurrum,
who has escaped. No details have yet transpired,
but it is generally thoughtthat a mere outburst of
fanaticism, consequent on the celebration of the
Mohurrum, occasioned the attempt. It is with
deep regret that we announce the death by drown-
ing of the family of Mr. Arthur Malet, the chief
secretary to the Bombay Government. Mr. Malet
left Bombay to join the rinht honourable the
Governor at Mahabuleshwur, in the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamer Achilles,
which conveyed him en route as far as the
entrance of the River Mhar, where he re-em-
barked in a native boat manned with the syrang,
and a part of the crew of the commodore's barge
sent out for his accommodation. It was supposed
that these men were well acquainted with the
navigation of the river, but unfortunately the boat
struck on a rock at the entrance of the bar, at
seven in the evening, and became a total wreck.
Melancholy to relate, Mrs. Malet, her daughter,
and two native servants were drowned, together
with most of the crew. Mr. Malet himself seems
to have been saved by a miracle, being washed
to the shore with one of the planks of the wrecked
boat, to which he had clung. This melancholy
catastrophe has cast a gloom over society, as a
more sudden severance from life and all its joys
has seldom been witnessed. The intelligence of
the death of Sir Charles Napier has been received
with general sorrow in India, although from
previous reports all were prepared for the sad an-
nouncement ; a special meeting has been held in
Kurrachee, presided over by Mr. Fere, the commis-
sioner in Scinde, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the best means, of recording the esti-
mation in which the late general was held. The
expected advent of Lord Elphinstone as Governor
in Bombay is hailed with delight ; any change in
the presidentship of the Bombay Council would at
the present moment prove acceptable, but the
name of Elphinstone has many charms for the in-
habitants of Western India. 'We have but little
more to detail ; her Majesty's Bth Regiment has
been transferred to the Bengal establishment and
ordered to proceed to Agra. The troops of the
horse Artillery have been ordered to stand fast
until
~ next year, so that the relief ordered by Lord
Frederick Fitzclarence will not take place in this
Particular branch of the service. There is also a
l'unitnir that her Majesty's 64th Foot is to proceed
to Poiha
cam
000
war. His Excellency holds his military
p at p
a la Chobham, next month. The
new Mercantileee future
gets on flourishingly, and if
one
may deduce from its present success it
will prove
an
extremely
A committee happy speculation.
assembled yesterday on board the
steamer Ajdaha, and
expected that she will
be condemned, havin't 1,33
rotten fore and aft. Ai
g eeree
Jager,
found on inspection
son-in-
law of the late Mawab of Surat,affer, Ali Khan
this day, to support his c goes to England
against
unjust division of the property of the late Nawab
an alleged
of Surat. Trade is slack, but the money market
is easy,
•

(Prom the Overland Beilqa" Iluplcciru, Oct. )
Public attention, which has hitherto been
absorbed by the affairs of Burmah, has „-T
denly been drawn towards another quart:
the North-West. The intelligence which has
been received during the last ten days is ex_
ceedingly unsatisfactory, for although it appears
that the alarm created by the movements
the hill bill tribes has needlessly been exaggerated still
it shows that something is brewing and that we
cannot keep too watchful an eye over the proceed-
ings of those troublesome hordes, who already have
given us a great deal of annoyance, and whom
nothing but a decisive blow will bring into submis-
sion. It has been supposed that Colonel Macke-
son's murder was only the prelude to more tragical

events, indeed some of our North-Western con-
temporaries looked upon it as the sign of a general
rise aniung}liil-trioez.-, and supposed a con-
spiracy to have been spreading among the Punja-
bees in connection with the people of Affghauistan.
Whatever may be the true state of affairs, there
does not appear at present sufficient cause for
such gloomy prognostication, but nevertheless
we iudiue to the opinion that there is quite
sufficient in the present aspect of affairs to call
forth our utmost vigilance so as to be prepared
for the crisis, towards which we have reason to
fear matters in the north-west are ripening
from day to day. The movements of our '
roops near the frontier, and the concentration f
a force near Peshanur, sufficiently indicate that
Government are fully prepared to meet every con-
tingency ; in fact, should we ix the course of the
ensuing cold ;.eason be forced into another cam-
Pazn we shall not be taken by surprise, nor can
there 'be much doubt that the very first battle we
should have to tight would prove decisive.
The following letter from our correspondent gives
a true version cf the events which have taken place,
and which have been the cause of the alarm
"The storm has blown over for the present, but the
danger is not, I fear, yet passed. An extensive con-
spiracy has been detected here, and all the inhabitants
of the frontier villages are in league with the hill tribes
against us. An attack was expected last night, and time
ladies were placed in the theatre for security, but all re-
mained quiet. The guns were in readiness, and this,
together -with the arrest of oe of the chiefs, by name
Jatlur Khan, who was secured and placed in irons at
one p.m., yesterday, probably deterred the insur-
gents, but it is still feared they will strike a blow at
Pindee.

" Murree is in great peril. It was to have been as-
sailed last night by a body of a thousand men, but I
think they must have been disappointed at finding it un-
defended, as Captain Miller, with 40 sowars, was off like
a shot yesterday morning, and three companies of the
Khelat-i-Ghilzie, under Campbell, of the 47th, were sent
to succour the plaile with all despatch.
"This storm hat long been brewing. About six
months back several people were convicted of insurrec-
tion, and sentenced to imprisonment for life, and about
a month ago a fukeer, who gives himself out to be
Peshora Singh (who was murdered some eleven years
since) risen from the dead, and come to restore the
Sikh faith, came to Rawul Pindee, and commenced to
hold meetings, feeding the multitudes that assembled,
and distributing large gifts among them. He obtained
such an influence over the people, that he was joined by
all the influential men of Rawul Pindee, and they
entered into an agreement that when a certain Sahub at
Peshawur (poor Mackeson, I presume) should have been
murdered, and the troops pushed forward to Peshawur,
as they presumed they then would be, they would
rise and attack the Treasury and the artillery guns,
which latter they heard were only guarded by nine
sentries while another party was to have surprised
Murree. Everythinr, was managed so well, and con-
ducted with so much secresy—even to the concealing
of large bodies of men in the neighbouring ravines—that
nothing could, I think, have saved us had there not
been a split among the conspirators. Rawul Pindee
was nearly denuded of troops, the chief part of the
force having marched for Peshawur ; and as by follow.
ing the ravines our enemies could have crept close up to
the station, I do not see how our weak garrison could
have escaped had not the rogues fallen out.
" I have just heard that all is right at Murree, so the
rascals have been disappointed of their prey there also.
Christie's Irregulars are expected in to-day from Jhelum.
They have been instructed to spread themselves over the
country as they advance, and destroy all parties of armed
men they may meet with, particularly to search the
ravines, and cut up such as they may find lurking in
them."

The writer of the letter from which the above is
extracted is far too old a soldier to be easily
alarmed ; and he concludes thus—" You shall hear
again if there is anything stirring, and I am not
murdered."

(From the Overland Madras Athenceum, Oct. 22.)
Our presidency is just now in deep mourning,
and never were " veils of woe" literal or figurative,
worn with more sincerity. Scarcely had the tidings
of the lamented death of Mr. Thomason, the lieu-
tenant-governor of the North-West Provinces
reached Madras, than the mail of the Bth Septem-
ber arrived in the roads with the news of Mr.
Thomason's appointment to the governorship of
Madras, vice' Sir H. Pottinger, retired. Never
could painter have had so various an array of
blank faces to choose from as were that day visible
in Madras. There were blank faces at the club, blank
faces on the beach, blank faces in the shops, blank faces
at the band ; every visage, white, black, and grey did
" cream and mantle" with the unwholesome expres-
sion of bitter disappointment. If there was a man
who had it in his power to retrieve the broken for-
tunes of this presidency Mr. Thomason was felt to
be that man ; but it required firm faith in the com-
pensatory arrangements of Providence to believe
that so valuable a political prize was really in store
for us. To know, then, that he was ours at the
same moment that we knel,v he was no more more,
inflicted a shock that has left us scarcely capable
of another wish on the subject. Some grievous
unrepented sin, or some heavy fatality casts its
dark shadow over this presidency, that we
should be thus doomed to the continued chas-
tisements of Heaven, as severely punitive in
what it gives as in what it takes away. As an
ample notice of Mr. Thomason was given in our
last number, we need add nothing more here. We
must now wait at least three months before we can
learn how our heavy loss is to be supplied ; report
goes that Sir Henry Pottinger leaves at an early
date, and that the fortunes of Madras will be placed
pro tempore under the superintendence of the Hon.
Mr. D. Eliott. _ _

The following intelligence of the loss of the
Catherine Mitchell has been received at Madras
"WRECK OF THE CATHERINE MITCHELL.—The ship
on the Armeghon Reef proves to be the Catherine Mit-
chell, of 850 tons. She left Munscorcottah on the 13th
instant with a cargo of sugar and rice, and with a fair
wind ran aground at 2.30 p.m. on the 17th March ;
cargo has been thrown overboard, before the captain
and crew left this fine aew ship on the 19th, when she
had five feet water in her hold. No hopes are enter-
tained of getting her off or saving any of her cargo.
" Master Attendant's Office, Madras, Oct. 22, 1853."

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.

APPOINTMENTS.—Major-General W. Stavely, C. 8., to
serve upon the staff of the army at Madras, with the local
rank of Lieutenant-General in succession to Lieutenant-
General Sir Richard Armstrong, K.C.8., why has r_signed
the command of the troops in that presidency. Assistant-
Surgeon W. S. J. H. Munro, M.D., 83d Regiment, to the
medical charge of the depot of her Majesty's troops at
Kurrachee.

______.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.-15th Hussars. Lieutenant G.
B. Price, from the 26th October, 1853, until his services
shall be required. 98th Foot—Lieutenant W. Crocker, to
Cashmere and Bombay, for six months from October 15,
1853 ; and to England, for two years from date of em-
barkation.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA MARKETS, OCT. 18.

Here business has been at a stand-still, or very near it,
ever since the evening of the 6th instant, owing to the
Doorgah Poejah holidays ; and it was only resumed gene-
rally this morning. Our last overland issue bears date the
4th of the present month, and it will be seen, therefore,
that we can have little or nothing to report upon, either in
exports or imports.
It may not, however, be amiss to state briefly that the
produce market here closed with considerable animation.
There was a good demand for raw silk and silk piece
goods, for rice and saltpetre, and for nearly all descrip-
tions of seeds, while minor articles, suited to the wants
of the coast, of the straits, and of the colonies, were all in
good request at full prices. The American houses, too.
are doing a good deal. There is every reason to suppose
that the market will open with similar spirit to that which
prevailed at its close.
Regarding imports, we can scarcely add a word to what
our last issue contained. The reported sales of the last two
days just btehfaotr e
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of goods were very- firm, and hopeful of a
better market after the holidays ; dealers at the same
time, not seeming to doubt that such would be the case ;
but as many of the principal men had large quantities of
goods for transmission to the upper provinces, it was found
were busy in clearing and forwardinc, thill), and
time of
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pifreisnsdweeedeVces
they
yheir attention only in a slight degree to fresh trans-
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BOMBAY MARKETS.
FROM OCT. 13 to OCT. 27, 1853.
We have little change to notice in the state of our Money
Market since the date of our last report. Money still con-
tinues easy, and the accounts received from China by the
last mail have for the present given a check to the large
shipments of bullion that have been going forward to that
market during the last two or three months. In Joint
Stock Shares and Government Securities few transactions
are taking place; the near approach of the Dewallee holi-
days interering with business. Present quotations are as
under :—Government 5 per cent. Loan of 1841-42, Rs.
103 L per 100 ; ditto 4 per cent. 1832-3, 1081 per 100 siceaq ;
ditto 4 per cent. ditto, 1835-30,102 k to per 100: ditto 4
per cant. (+Aro, 1842-43, 102 k to r. per 100 ; Bank of Bom-
bay Shares, 3'4 to 40 per cent. pm. ; Oriental Bank Cor-
poration, 93 to 91 per cent. pm. ; Commercial Bank, 31 to
32 per cent. pm. ; and Agra Bank, 48 to 52 per cent. pm.
bince the date of our last report the business done has
been extreAlely limited. After the Dewallee holidays,
whicli occur immediately, it is confidently expected that
hero will, however, be a greater activity developet. 1 thanhas of late existed.
Cotton has at length given way in price, owing to the
discouraging accounts received of its value, both in the
China and English markets, and purchases have been made
oßfs B.
9r3or
to
9co.stiton. at Rs. 100 to 101 ; and of Dholerah, at
decline, although candy
livery of new Dholerah
to 954 per candy. with prospect of a still greater
contracts have been made for the de-
Irah cotton, in April next, at Rs. 944
at 2/. 15s. to 2/.
nothing doing. n other produce we hear of little or
Freights have been pretty
days, when the arrival of seetrw6aaldld. maintainedhf
ret9olmaLiver-
pool,t
few
steadily
le within
vessels t
Aus-
tralia gave a check, so thatv
2/. 12s. for vessels commenced cannotl quote higher than
ton for vessels nearly ready for. seaoenT Liverpool and 21' 15s, per
--verPool and Lou.

don. To. China there is nothing doing ; the rate is nomi-
nally rs. per candy.
ffxch-vnge on Ei:gland has ruled pretty steadily at
2i. lid. per rupeo, at six months' sight for the best bills ;
lately an attempt has been made to reduce the rates for
Baring Br others' credits to 2s. 14d., at which some sales
were effeci>ed, but the banks refused to purchase any paper
under 28.1 5-16 d., which may be considered as the rate
for the beFst local papeT on England at six months' sight.
On China, exchange es nominal, at rupees 242 to 243 per
100 dolls! s,. at sixty days' sight. On Calcutta, at sixty
days' sight,, rupees 99 10-16 per 100 rupees.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

BOMBAY.

Arrivals.--Oct. 14.-The bark British Queen, from
Melbourne, July 4. 18.-The bark Elizabeth, from Mel-
bourne, Aug. 12. The ship Atrevdia, from London, July
6 ; on the 23d of August, in lat. 31, long. 26.4 W., spoke
the ship Isabella Harcus, of Glasgow, from London, bound
for Sydney ; in lat. 385., long. 2.11 E., spoke the ship
Grey Friar, from London for Sydney. 19.-The bark
Bolton, from Sydney, Aug. 5. The bark Delhi, from
Glasgow, June 1. 22.-The ship John Knox, from Mel-
bourne' July 27;
Departures.-Oct, 11.-The ship Orixa, for Liverpool.
The ship Swarthmore, for Calcutta and Port Philip.
' The American ship Delhi, for Calcutta. 13th.-The ship
John Moore, for Liverpool. 19th.-The brig Cicely, for
London. 22d.-The ship Jane Greene, for Colombo. The
shin Good Success, for Port Philip. 23d.-The American
ship J. L. Bogert, for Liverpool. 24th.-The ship Royal
Lily, for London. The ship Mohussar, for Calcutta.
MADRAS.
Arrivals.-Oct. 3.-The barque Paragon, from Rangoon,
left the Pilot, Sept. 20. 4.-The French ship Victor Emile,
from Pondicherry, 3d inst. The barque Melanie, from Port
Louis, Sept. 13, and Pondicherry, Oct. 4. The Russian
barque Vesta, from Geelong, Aug. 19, and Cocoa Island,
Sept. 26. 10.-The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navi-
gation Company's screw steamer Bentinek, from Calcutta,
Oct. 5. 11.-The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company's screw steamer Bombay, from Suez, Sept.
21; Aden, Sept. 27 ; and Galle, the Bth inst. 12.-The
brig Harsingar, from Masulipatam, the 6th inst. 15.-The
ship John Brightman, from Rangoon, Sept. 21 ; and Maul-
main, Oct. 2. 16. -The brig Erin, from Calcutta, Sept.
22, and Sand Heads, Oct. 2. The French barque Noe,
from Coringa, the 12th inst.
Departures.-Sept. 30.-The brig Amaury, for Colombo.
The barque Marion, for Coringa, Tranquebar, and London.
Oct. 3.-The ship Forfarshire, for Colombo. Oct. 5.-The
ship Diadem, for the Mauritius. Oct. 8.-The barque
Paragon, for Eskapilley. The American ship Niobe, for
Calcutta. The Russian barque Vesta, for Birolipatam and
London. Oct. 11.-The barque Nepaul, for Demerara.
The ship Royal Albert, for London. The Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer Bom-
bay, for Calcutta. Oct. 12. - The ship. Hampshire, for
Cannanore and Aden. The barque Bride, for London.
Oct. 13.-The barque Amelia, for Rangoon and Moulmein.
Oct. 15.-The barque Honduras, for London. The ship
Calliope, for London.

CHINA.
( From the Overland Friend of China of Oct. 11.)
GENERAL SUMMARY.

During the half month elapsed since the last
Overland despatch we have not heard of any notable
occurrence in connection with movements in the
interior of China. Of the hero of the rebellion
and his army, excepting now and then a report of
some point having been reached, or some town
taken, we are in total ignorance ; and the same has
to be said of the old Court of , Peking, from which
there has not been any reliable information for a
considerable period ; a good many of the so-called
latest Peking Gazettes having been fabricated at
Soochow (a town midway between Canton and
Peking, now in the hands of a body of independent
insurgents.)
At Shanghai the aspect of affairs is very bad.
We printed a communication in our last Overland
Summary in which we were informed that on the
eighth day after the capture of the place the rebel
leader hoisted the flag of the Nanking dynasty, and
it was supposed that "the leader had been wait-
ing for permission from Nanking" before so hoist-
ing it. Since then, however, it has become known
that the Nanking rulers will not promise to accord
to the party in possession of Shanghai any kind of sup-
port, and have intimated that, as they have acted
hitherto on their own responsibility, so must they
continue to do, and be prepared to give up pos-
session (if able to keep it) directly the Tae-ping
Wang resolves on its occupation by his officers.
This having become known to the general com-
manding t;.e large body of Imperialist troops en-
camped between Chin-keang-foo and Nanking, he
has valiantly resolved on doing his best to get
Shanghai again under the control of his Royal
master. If money can be raised it is not improba-
ble that he will attempt to buy such possession ;
but money is a scarce commodity with the Impe-
rialists, and it is more than likely that there will
be some fighting, and, in the prospect of an evacua-
tion, a ransack, before Shanghai's custom-house is
again superintended by the Taoutae Woo. Al-
ready there have been several encounters, in one
of which, at but short distance from the walls,
the rebels were worsted and driven in. This took
place within tight of several foreigners, who had a
pointed opportunity for observing the total want
of faith exercised by the Imperialists. After firing
away at one another for some time, the chief of the
rebel party was seen to give his sword to his fol-
lowers, and to walk forward, making gestures indi-
cative of a desire for a parley. But his good in ten-
tion met no similar response , a party of the Impe-
rialists rushing on, seizing, and cutting him in
pieces before the e 3 es of his comrades, who did
their utmost to revenge his death with but little
effect.

From Ningpo, the next consular port south of
Shanghai, the news is very threatening ; the
country all around, by advices to the 20th ult.,
being in a disturbed state, and a rising daily
expected.
Amoy is still in possession of the rebels, and
likely to remain so, although their ill-equipped
fleet, it is probable, will be destroyed in detail by
their opponents. The possession of the water
frontage, however, is not in possession of the town,
and there are but few prospects of an early re-
sumption of the usual trade of the place.
The island of Formosa is also the theatre of an
insurrection. Her Majesty's steam-ship Hermes,
en route from Madjicosimahs to Amoy, called
at Tai-wau-fu, and found the inhabitants battling
with the soldiery ; Captain Fishbourne being
begged most earnestly to supply some gunpowder,
This request was refused, but only on handing
them eighteen cartridges was he allowed to take
some coals he had requested might be furnished to
him.

Between Canton and Hong Kong there is still
continued fighting.
In Canton all is at present quiet. The period
for northerly winds and incendiary fires, however,
has commenced—that period which the peaceably-
disposed inhabitants have most reason to dread.
At Whampoa the British Vice-Consul Bird is
in some trouble. A Chinese female whom he
had in confinement jumped overboard in the night
and was found in the morning hanging on to a rope
alonside, dead. The friends of the deceased hav-
ing sent threats to Mr. Bird that his life should
pay the forfeit, he has been constrained in conse-
quence, it is reported, to apply for removal to some
other post in her Majesty's service.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CANTON MARKETS, OCT. 9.
IMPORTS.

Cottons.—Raw—The sales reported are, 6,200 bales
Bombay, at 4.6 to 6.0 ; 2,800 bales Bengal, at 4.10 to 5.9 ;
and 3,000 bales Madras, at 5.2 to 6.4. Stock of all kinds
81,000 bales, against 164,500 at same period last year.
Yarns-450 bales sold, at 16550 to 18$ for Nos. 16 to
24 ; 19$ to 21$ for Nos. 28 to 32, and 21$ to 23$ for Nos.
38 to 42.

Long Cloths—Sales, 4,500 pcs. grey, and 3,000 pcs.
white, at the following quotations—for greys, weighincr
to 54 catties, Isl 7 to 1527 ; 6to 6i catties, 1537 to 342 ;
6' to Gif catties, 1547 to 1557 ; 7/ to 74 catties, 2502 to
2t12 ; and whites, 1537 to 1547 for 54s to 58s ; 2502 to
2517 for 62s to 60s ; 2537 to 2552 for 68s to 725.
Cochineal—slo2 per picul.
Opium—To-day's (10th) quotations are :—Patna, $385;
Benares, $400; Malwa, $360 ; Turkey, $3lO.
EXPORTS.

Teas.—Considerable activity has been manifested during
the past fortnight, and settlements have been freely made
at full rates. Of Congous, sales are reported of eighty
chops at the last month's rates, viz. :—Hohnams, 18 to 21
taels ; Monings and Oopaclo, 21 to 27 taels ; Kaysows,
23.5 to 27 taels ; making total settlements about 800 chops,
and leaving musters of 1,04 in stock. Souchong, stock, 4
chops old and 6 new; no sales. Flowery, Pekoe, sales 500
chests new, at 45 to 60 taels for superior to good ; stock
500 new and 1,500 old. Orange Pekoe, sales 3,500 half-
chests (one-third for England), at 20.5 to 22 taels ; stock,
500 half-chests. Caper sales, 2,500 boxes at 18 taels ;
stock, 5,000 boxes. Ning Yong and Ankoi, nothing doing
The receipts are estimated at 60,000 half chests, making a
deficiency of about 80,000 on those of last season at same
period. Canton Teas.— Young Hyson, sales 5,000 half-
chests at 13.5 to 16 teals for cargo to good, and 18 to 22
teals for superior to good ; Gunpowder, sales 3,000 boxes
at 14 to 21 teals for cltrgo to superior ; Congou, sales equal
3 chops at 17 to 21 teals for good to superior ; scented
orange pekoe, sales 15,000 boxes at 17 to 20 teals for cargo
to good, and 24 to 30 teals superior to fine ; caper, sales
10,000 boxes at 15 to 19 teals for cargo to good.
Raw Silk.—The fifth crop is arriving.—Quotations—
Kurnchuch, Re-reeled No. 1 white $340, No. 1 yellow
$,330 ; Loongkong. No. 1 white $315, No. 1 yellow $305 ;
Kowkwong, No. 1 white $275, No. 1 yellow $265.
Exchanges and Bullion.—On London, a considerable
amount was done at ss. 4c1., but 55. 6d. is the present rate.
On India, after the departure of the Calcutta, steamer,
Co.'s accepted rose from 250 to 254 B. Mexican dollars 2
per coot. discount. Californian gold, $l7 7:ic. per teal.
Freights. —To England, 2/. ss. to 2/. 10s. To the United
States, $lO

HONG KONG, OCT. 10.

Arrivals from Great Britain. - At Hong Kong, Sept. 28,
ihe Crie Vrionden, from Swansea ; 29th, Menzic, from
Liverpool ; 30th, Princess Sophia, from Cardiff.
Departnre3 for Great Britain.—From Hong Kong, Sept.
28, Old Hickory, to London ; from Whawpoa, Sept. 29,
Centurion, to London ; 30th, Abergeldie, to London ;
Oct. 1, Aliporo and Charlotte, to London ; from Shanghai,
Sept, 24, the Crisis, to Liverpool.
EGYPT. _ _

According to our accounts from Alexandria of
the 19th of November, the question of the prohibi-
tion lof the exportation of corn from Egypt had
undergone a material change.
On the 9th, all shipments were stopped, but

numerous protests and threats having been made
by the Consuls and merchants, Abbas Pasha found
himself under the necessity of yielding ; and now
all the grain and pulse in Alexandria belonging to
the merchants may be exported, but no grain is to
be brought to Alexandria from the interior.
The Egyptian steamers expected from Constan-
tinople have not yet arrived to take the remainder
of the troops, about 7,500 men, which Abbas Pasha
had in readiness to join the Sultan's army against
Russia. The number of troops sent by the Pasha
will be about 25,000 in all, and it appears that his
Highness is not inclined to send any more men,
nor even to provide the Sultan with wheat, as he
now considers that he has done quite enough in
support of the cause.
Owing to the contradictory orders respecting
the exportation of produce prices of grain had
fallen and risen as much as from Bs. to 10s. per qr.
and they were on the rise in consequenoe of the
exportation being limited. Vessels are still in
demand, though freights had fallen to 13s. from
16s. 6d. per quarter. Exchange on London, 100
piasters per pound sterling.

THE SATE BENRY BEDFORD, THE COMEDIAN.

A benefit was given at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, on
Wednesday last, for the widow and family of the late
Henry Bedford, whose premature death has created a
sincere regret amongst those who knew him privately,
and awakened a public sympathy for those who have
been so untimely bereaved of his support. The house
was filled to overflowing, and the results, we apprehend,
will be equally satisfactory to those who have an imme-
diate interest in them.

Harry Bedford, for by that name he was more famili-
arly known, and will be the more kindly and tenaciously
remembered, was the eldest son of Mr. Henry Bedford,
and nephew to Paul Bedford, the father for several years
being a favourite singer on the Dublin stage. The early
boyhood of Harry was spent in Dublin, and such
were the indications of his theatrical genius that he
played, at seven years of age, in the farce of Old
and Young Stager, and played too, according to the
testimony of those who knew him well, with great promise
of future success. " The boy," in this instance, was
truly " father to the man," for as years expanded his
mental and physical powers, young Harry continued to
amuse, to instruct, and to delight those who had the
good fortune to be present at his dramatic delineations ;
and whether it were on the boards of a London, a Liver-
pool, or a Dublin stage, his fine impersonations of cha-
racter were instantly recognised and cordially greeted
by an ever-delighted audience. One look of Harry was
equal to a whole scene ; it mapped out the true spirit
of the piece, and was more graphic than any dialogue,
however tersely constructed. After going the rounds of
England, Harry settled down for a time in Dublin, where
he accepted in 1847 an engagement at the Queen's
Theatre, and became a great favourite with the public,
who extended their sympathy to him, even in the
hour of his infirmity, when that insidious disease,
consumption, would occasionally paralyse him in the
midst of his performance. After three years' sojourn in
the sister kingdom, Harry accepted an engagement with
Mr. Webster, for the same period of time, at the Hay-
market, where he remained his full term. His health,
however, gradually declining, he entertained an ardent
fancy for Dublin, under the alluring impression that he
might there recover himself ; but the disease which had
marked him Tor its victim had struck too deep into his
frame to be displaced, and it soon became painfully
evident to all who knew him, and even to the public,
that he was sinking to rally no more. After struggling
for a fortnight or so with the disease to which he fell a
victim, Harry Bedford quitted the stage, and in little
more than a week after that event he also quitted " life's
fitful scene" altogether, leaving behind him, however, a
name that will be ever honoured by those who can appre-
ciate a generous and upright heart, a kindly disposition,
and a never-swerving rectitude of action.