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

CANTON MARKET REPORT.

Although the southern part of the empire remains
comparatively quiet, and the Government of Canton
shows no signs of weakness, still the events which are
taking place in other parts continue to have a most de-
pressing effect upon the markets.

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
ould 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, Rs. 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

FREIGHTS.—To Great Britain, 2/. 10s. to 31.

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. j

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.
ALEXANDRIA, 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 expottation 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 allowed 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 the 18,000 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 SUICIDE 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 time, 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.—Ye3terJay
afternoon information was forwarded to the various po -
lice stations of the discovery of a man iu 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.

AUSTRALIA-7GOVERNO_RSHIP OF THE

COLONY OF VICTORIA.

We are enabled to state, upon authority which
we believe may be implicitly relied upon, that the
important appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of
the colony of Victoria, in Australia, has been
offered to Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., an officer
no less distinguished in the annals of the naval
profession than by his successes in the diplomatic
service of this country.
A higher, or more deserved mark of confidence
on the part of the Government could scarcely be
offered to any individual than that which has thus
been extended to Sir Charles Hotham, so imme-
diately after his return to England, by the Secre-
tary for the Colonies ; and we are happy to be able
to express our belief that Sir Charles Hotham, with
that high sense of public duty which has distin -
guished him through life, only now awaits the
Royal command to enter upon duties as responsible
and important as any within the colonial service of
the Crown.

Hitherto, we believe that Sir Charles Gotham
has been unconnected in any way with the Colonial
department—but it will be seen by the following
extract that he has long been earning his pre-
sent elevation in other branches of public employ-
ment :

" Sir Charles Hotham was midshipman of her Ma-
jesty's ship Naiad, and assisted at the destruction of an
Algerine brig of war, under the batteries of Bona, in
1824 ; and of her Majesty's ship Cambrian, serving in
the boats at the capture of two piratical vessels in 1825.
Commanded the British naval forces at the defeat of
Rosas, on the Parana, 1845, and at defence of a largo
convoy at San Lorenzo in 1846. Commander-in-ch;ef
of the west coast of Africa from 1846 to 1849."—F—As
Allen's Navy List.

Besides these services recorded in Allen.; 117
List, the gallant officer was senior lieutenant • f,
his Majesty's ship Terror, when she was wreckt,,,
on the coast of Portugal in 1828, and captain of
her Majesty's ship Gorgon, in 1845, when she was
rescued from the beach of Monte Video, after five
months' labour, day and night.
In 1852, Sir Charles was charged with a special
mission to the states bordered by the river Plate,
and concluded a treaty of commerce with the Re-
public of Paraguay, and a treaty of navigation with
the Argentine Confederation, which opened for
ever the rivers Parana and Uruguay to vessels of
all nations. The very marked success attending
this mission obtained for Sir Charles Hotham the
entire approbation of the Government, and has been
attended by results of the greatest importance to
trade and commerce.

In no instance have that discernment and that
strict sense of justice to the colonies which have
marked the Ministerial career of the Duke of New-
castle been more strongly exemplified than in the
selection which he has now made ; and whilst Sir
Charles Hotham will thus receive a new mark of
distinction, and obtain a wide field for the exertion
of his talents, we feel justified in congratulating our
distant fellow-countrymen in the colony of Victoria
on the expected services of a goVernor who unites
within himself a rare combination of enterprise,
zeal, and discretion—qualifications which will be
highly prized in a community which has risen, both
in numbers and wealth, with unexampled rapidity,
and which has become second in importance to none
of her Majesty's colonial possessions.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.

A full average business was transacted in fruit and ve-
getables at our quotations.
FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s Od to 6s Od each ;
ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each ;.hot-house grapes,
is Od to 3s 6d; foreign ditto, Gd to is per lb; apples,
4s to 8s per bush.; pears, is to 3s per half sieve ; lemons,
is Od to 2s Od ; oranges, 2s to 3s per doz. ; almonds, 2s
to 3s perlb.; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 120 s to
140 s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; filberts,
95s to 110 s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100;
peaches, is to 5s ; nectarines, 2s to 7s ; apricots, is to
3s per dozen ; figs, is to 2s per dozen • damsons, 2s 6d to
3s 6d per half sieve ; melons, la to 3s dd. each.
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VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 9d to is Od ; Brussels sprouts,
is 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, Os to Os ; greens.
is 6d to 3s Od per dozen bunches; red cabbages, 2s to
5s Od per dozen ; potatoes, 120 s to 180 s per ton ;
turnips, 2s Od to 3s Od. • carrots, 4s Od to 6s Od per dozen
bunches ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each ; celery, 8d t°
is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is Od to is 6d per sieve;
onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel • Spanish ditto, is to as
' per doz. • leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d ;
garlic, 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Od per score_
small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s Od
per bundle ; mushrooms, is Od to 2s 6d per pottle; parsley.
is 6d to 3s Od per dozen bunches ; beet, is Od to
is 6d per dozen - radishes, Os Od to Os Od per dozen
hands ; artichokes, 3s to 6s per dozen ; sorrel, 6d to 15
per lublf sieve.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Geese, 5s to 6s 6d ; Turkeys, 38 6d to 5s 6d each ; Ducks
is 8d to 2s 9d; tame Rabbits, 10d to is 6d ; wild ditto,
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to is ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, Os Od to Os Od
each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to Os Od ; ditto Chickens, Os
to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 3s Oct per 001.1151 v:
Capons, :3s to 4s 6d : Chickens, is 6d to 2s Od per couple
Pheasants, 3s Oct to 3s 9d; Partridges, le 6d to is 8d; Hares;
2s 6d to 3s 6cl; Leverets, 3s Od to 5s Od; Woodcocks, 2861
to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal,
6d to 9(1; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d to
is Od; and Plovers, 6(1 to is each. English Eggs, 8s 6d to
9s Od; French ditto, 5s 9cl to 7s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh
Butter lls 6d to 12s, and English lls 6d to 14s per 12 lbs.