The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

SOVEREIGNS.—In fair request, and prices range from
10.4 to 10.5 rupees each.

BILLS ON ENGLAND.—No change has yet taken place,
and current rates may be quoted as before.
GOVERNMENT PAPERS.—Also without alteration, and
little doing therein. A sale of Tanjore paper has lately
been effected at 17 and 17i per cent. discount.
FREIGHT.—To London (at per ton of 50 cubic feet),
dead weight, 31., scarce ; light goods, 31. 15s. to ;
cotton, 31.

THE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the. Overland Price Currant, of Nov. 1.)
BOMBAY, Nov. I.—But a limited amount of business
in imports has been done since the departure of the last
mail, as compared with the transactions of the preced-
ing month.

This is in a great measure owing to the prevalence of
the Dussurah, and the approach of the Dewallee holy-
days, which are just about to commence, and until the
termination of which it is not likely that any activity will
prevail. In prices there is little alteration to notice.
METALS.—SaIes of sheet and sheathing copper have
been effected, it will be observed, at rates in advance
of those current at the date of our last number ; but for
most descriptions of metals the market remains dull, and
prices continue as before. I❑ English iron there hare
been very few transactions, holders being unwilling to
submit to further reduction in price, and dealers refusing
to purchase to any extent at the current rates. Stocks
aro large, and accumulate daily.
Corrox MANUFACTURES.—The demand for these ap-
pear to have been chiefly confined to grey and bleached
goods.

WOOLLENS.—The market for woollens is still dull.
A sale of 790 yards inferior scarlet cloth, at 1 rupee 7
annas per yard, and 500 yards at I rupee per yard, is all
that has come to our knowledge.
MARINE STORES.—There has been little done in any
of the articles under this head, and prices remain much
as before. We have heard of a sale of 100 barrels of
pitch at 71 rupees per barrel.
BEER.--The prices quoted in our last have been main-
tained during the month, but sales have been limited.
50 butts of Allsopp's, at 168 rupees per butt ; 25 casks
of Allsopp's, at 70 rupees per hogshead ; 112 hogsheads
of Tennent's, at 50 rupees per hogshead.
SPIRITS.--Little is doing in any variety of these. We
have heard of a sale of 40 hogsheads of brandy at Ir. 10as.
per gallon, but have no transactions to report in other
descriptions.

WINE.—Fifteen butts of sherry have been sold at
195 rs. per butt of 130 gallons.

EASTERN PRODUCE.
OPlUM.—There was a sale of 578 chests of Govern-
ment opium on the 21st ultimo, which averaged
618, 2,81 rs. per chest. The quality of the article was very
inferior, and the comparatively high price obtained for
it is attributable to the gambling transactions of the
native speculators. Good qualities may now be quoted
at 745r5. to 725r5. per chest. 1,280 chests have just
been shipped per Sir H. Compton.
FREIGHTS have not varied much during the month,
and may be quoted as under :—To London, 31. los. ;
Liverpool, 31. 15s. ,•
China, 16rs. to Macao.
There is no available tonnage for the Clyde.
THE MONEY MARKET.
There appears to have been no alteration whatever in
the prices of Government paper, and we therefore again
quote the rates of last month, viz. :-
5 per Cents. Transfer Loan, 108 rs. to 109 rs.
2d 5 per Cents. Loan, par to per cent. premium.
4 per Cents. Loan, 89rs.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON has risen slightly since our
last, and the rate of six months' bills may no' be quoted
at 4s. old. to sell, and 2s. op. to buy. The average of
remittance may be considered about 2s. Oid. ; 30 days'
sight bills are at ls.
CALCUTTA AND MADRAS.—Exchange has further de-
clined. The rates are at present 99rs. for bills on Cal-
cutta at 30 days, and 10Ors. to 100frs. for bills
on Madras.

CHINA.-210rs. to 212 rs. per 100 dollars appears to
be the rate of exchan6e OR China.
BANK SnAnEs.--Shares in the Bombay Bank remain
at 24 per cent. prem.

PRICE OF BllLLlON.—Sovereigns, each lOirs. to lOrs.
15as ; Bank of England notes, lOrs. to 10firs. per £.

TURKE Y.

Our accounts from Constantinople come down to the
7th ult.

The preceding week had been entirely occupied with
the religious ceremonies performed at the close of
the Ramazan, anti the solemnities of the Bairam.
The ceremony of the Kadirghedjessi, which pre-
cedes the latter by four days, was celebrated with the
usual pomp in the Mosque of Topkhane, during
the night of the 11th. Pious Mussulmans believe that it
is on that holy night the Prophet reveals to the angels,
charged with their execution, the decrees of Providence
for the ensuing year. The Sultan repaired thither by
water, in great state, escorted by the whole Court and a
number of the principal functionaries of the various ad-
ministrations. On his landing he was saluted by rounds
of artillery, and fireworks illumined the march of the
cortege to the mosque. During the prayers the square
of Topkhane, in which an immense crowd had assembled,
was also lighted' in the same brilliant manner. On his
departure from the mosque the Sultan was conveyed back
with the same ceremonial. The weather was extremely
favourable, and no accident occurred, although an im-
mense concourse of people encumbered the square of
Topkhane and the adjoining streets.
On the 12th the Sultan attended prayer in the Mosque
of Yeni-Djami, and on the 14th ult. at two o'clock in
the afternoon, and towards sunset, the land batteries and
the ships in the arsenal announced the opening on the
following day of the feasts of the Bairam, which were
celebrated with the usual solemnity. The three days
devoted to them were spent in the customary visits of
ceremony, and all business was consequently suspended.
The affairs of Greece continued to perplex the Divan,
and two three-deckers and eight frigates, then ready for
sea, were believed to be intended to make a demonstra-
tion on the coast of that country.
The Tahiri Bahri steamer sailed on the 15th for
Candia, with 800 men on board. ,

The Count de Pontois embarked at Constantinople on
the lath instant on board of the French steamer Veloce,
direct for Toulon, according to the Impartial, whilst
L'Echo de L' Orient states he would perform his quaran-
tine at Malta, but, not having made his appearance, the
former is most probably correct.
The French Government steamer Acheron, which ar-
rived at Smyrna on the 18th instant from Beyrout,
brought intelligence from thence of the 15th that the
situation of affairs in Syria remained the . same, and
that the hostilities between the Druses and Maronites
still continued, and were in favour of the former. The
Porte has sent an officer to Syria for the purpose of
endeavouring to put an end to this religious war be-
tween the two sects.

The Daphne and Beacon arrived at Smyrna on the
16th instant, the former from Vourla.

The Austrian frigate Venere, bearing the flag of Ad-
miral Bandeira, sailed on the 16th instant from Smyrna,
for Constantinople, where she will undergo repair in the
arsenal. r.

The Nile, Egyptian steameri-was to leave Constanti-
nople for Alexandria on the 18th or 19th instant.
Very boisterous weather had prevailed in the Bos-
phorus, no less than five vessels had gone on shore
in the Dardanelles, one of them an lonian braceira,
Madonna di Agrili (the Captain and crew having
been suspected of making away with part of her
cargo, had been put into prison), was totally lost
at the entrance of the Straits, and but very little
expected to be recovered from her. The Austrian
vessel Marianizsa, Captain Tuppar, from Malta, laden
with stones and other goods, bound to Constantinople,
went on shore at Barber's Point, but owing to the skil-
fulness of the Captain, and throwing all the stones over-
board, she got off again, and had arrived at Constanti-
nople. Then followed an English brig (name not stated),
but she got off during the night. After this the Helen,
of Liverpool, laden with a cargo of bale goods, which
hove broadside on the beach, where she remained for 36
hours bumping away,' and the sea washing clear over her;
but, notwithstanding, she had not made any water, she
would have to discharge her •entire cargo before she
could get afloat again. Lastly, the English schooner
Admiral Nelson, laden with oil from Leghorn, went on
shore in the bay of the Dardanelles, but she got off
again by assistance from the Consulate.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 23.

Egypt has been unusually dull in politics, and every-
thing else, for the last six weeks. Surmises have been
made by some as to probable changes and new introduc-
tions in the government of the country ; hopes were en-
tertained by others that free trade would be shortly in-
troduced, and consequently a great impulse given to
commerce ; but all has been going on in the usual way,
the old routine of business has been adhered to, and, if
any change should take place, it will probably not be be-
fore many months have elapsed.
The Ramazan is over, and the festival of the Bairam
began on the 16th instant. Said Pacha, in the absence
of his father, held the usual levee at the citadel of Cairo,
and all the officers of the State paid him their respects in,
the Nizam dress, and not in the Turkish uniform, as'had
been confidently foretold by many. Mehemet Ali is still
in the upper country, where he is superintending the
gathering and the despatching to Alexandria 'of the crops
of the year, and the sowing of seed for the nett sea-
son. Ibrahim Pacha, is in the Delta for the 'same
iu-K1 find Pleha is atCairo, cnioviri, himself a diet! v.
Boghos Bey some time ago issued a notice that, for
the encouragement of trade, any person might build
boats on the Mahmoudieh canal or on the Nile, under the
following conditions, viz :

1. Third the captain and crew of the boats should be
all Egyptian. _

2. 'Nat the flag carried by the boats should be that
of the country, and that they should pay the established
tonnage duty.
The Oriental having brought advices from Europe of
the advance in prices of grain and pulse, Boghos Bey has
suspended all sales of comestibles for the present, and, it
is supposed he will not sell his produce until the rise has
been confirmed, and that then he will demand higher
rates. In the absence of the Paella, his Excellency has
it all his own way, and makes and suspends sales at
pleasure.

SYRIA.

FRONTIERS OF SYRIA.-BEYROUT.-CESSA,

TION OF HOSTILITIES.
lIEcaTE, Nov. 27.—1 hasten to write a few
lines, to inform you that we left Beyrout on Saturday
evening last, the 20th instant, bearing dispatches from
Colonel Rose, &c., the senior naval officer, respecting
the Syrian affairs. For the past month, up to the time
of our departure, the Druses have been committing dread-
ful havoc amongst the Christians, slaughtering them in
all directions, and burning a great number of their
villages to the south of Beyrout. They extended
their ravages as far north as Zahlee, and intended
making a descent upon that place, but the Turk-
ish troops had taken up a position in the neighbour-
hood, and their presence no doubt saved its destruction.
At present there is a cessation of hostilities, and, indeed,
it is to be hoped that this nefarious warfare is brought
to a close, as the Druses were returning to their houses.
The town of Beyrout is swarming with mountaineers
who have taken refuge, and more especially of the most
peaceful portion of the community, consisting of the aged
and women and children. We left the Thunderer in St.
George's Bay, as also an Austrian corvette and a French
corvette. The Scout was on the coast to the south.
We have encountered very heavy weather for some
days past, wind right a-head, the fuel was all consumed,
and we were obliged to have recourse to all the wood
that could be rummaged out in the ship.

MALTA.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 28.

We have no other movement to notice than the arrival
late on Friday evening of the Iberia, contract steamer,
with the mails from the lonian Islands and Greece, after
an unusually long passage from Corfu of four days and
some hours, having encountered tremendously boisterous
weather and strong head winds ; indeed she had but a
few hours' supply of coals left when she reached our har-
bour. We are much gratified in being able to announce
that her Majesty's brig Weazle, touching whose safety
some fears were entertained, as she was supposed to have
long since left Corfu for Malta, and indeed had the Iberia
not brought intelligence of her being safe at Zante, the
Medea was under orders to go in search of tidings of
her. It appears she had sprung a leak, and the Medea
will leave early this morning for Zante to convey caulk-
ers to put her to rights. The Medea will perhaps con-
tinue on the lonian Islands station, the Vernon having
sailed from Corfu for Malta 'on the 21st instant, though
it was reported at Corfu that the Magicienne would be
her relief.

Her Majesty's steam-packet Alecto arrived from Gi-
braltar yesterday morning with the London mails of the
15th inst., announcing the glad tidings of her Majesty's
having given birth to a Prince of Wales.
The Alecto did not, either on her voyage to or from
Gibraltar, fall in with either of the four ships of the line
or the Acheron, which have lately left this for the west-
ward. She left on the 22d instant the Implacable, Has-
tings, and Lizard lying at Gibraltar.
The Oriental arrived from Alexandria at two o'clock
this morning, bringing the India mail. That portion of
the mail which is intended for the overland route will be
despatched to Marseilles at three o'clock to-day by the
Polyphemus steamer, which will convey thither Cap-
tain Williams, of the Stromboli, whose charges against
Mr. Erton, midshipman of the Cambridge, arising out of
a note written by the latter to the former, having been de-
clared proved before the Court-Martial held on Thurs-
day last, on board her Majesty's ship Monarch, and of
which Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis sat as Preshlent,
the youthful officer was sentenced to be dismissed from
her Majesty's.navat services--and to suffer an imprison-
ment besides of six months; to reckon from Ins arrival in
England. The CircaSsian yaoht, Captain W. Lyon, from
Malaga to Gibraltar, has arrived bringing Viscount Cas-
tlereagh.
PROMOTION.-Mr. Rushbrooke, Mate .of the Monarch,
to the rank of Lieutenant, and'appoin'ted. to the Calcutta.
The Hecate arrived yesterday with despatches from
Beyrout of the 20th instant, bringing intelligence that
the sanguinary warfare between the Druses and Maro-
nites still continued. Syria generally is hi a very un-
settled state, and trade at an end.
The French steam-packet from Marseilles of the 21st
instant, due yesterday, has not yet arrived.
The Medea steam-frigate left this morning with the
London mails of the 15th instant, brought by the Alecto,
for the lonian Islands and Greece.

SHIPS IN Powi.—The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, K.C.8.; Ceylon, 6,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.;
Impregnable, 104, Monarch, 84, Ganges, 84, Vanguard,
80, Cambridge, 78, Savage, 10 ; steam-frigate Medea ;
steam-packets Prometheus and Polyphemus ; steam
tender Locust, Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer
Iberia, French steam-packet Minos, and Leonidas.