The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

TURKEY.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, N0v.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-
tertsCthed 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-
fure 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 next sea-
son.. Ibrahim Pacha is in the Delta for the same pur-
pose, and Said Pacha is at Cairo, enjoying himself quietly,
studying languages, &c.

Bogh;.)s 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. That the captain and crew of the boats should be
all Egyptian.
2. That 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 co:nestibles for the present, and, it
is supposed he will not sell i'.4.produce until the rise has
been confirmed, and that t 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.

OF SYRIA .
SYRIA FRONTIERS
TioN 0,,,,..05. 7BETRouT.—CESSA-
H.M.S. HECATE, NOV. 27 IlLhi !US.
]eft listen to write a few
lines, to inform you that we.
. eYroit on Saturday
evening last, the 2oth instant, bearing
dispatches from
Colonel Itose,.Btc., the senior navalilig
the Syrian afiiiirs. For the past imo ?thcer, respecting
beennthiaue,„oliitig dread_
of our departure, the Dr uses have, up the time
fal havoc amongst the Christians,
all directions, and burning a great 6 ten"
them in
pZiaachele,e,butnd intended
villages to the south of Be~•rout, number of their
their ravages as far north as :Yextended
cileighbo.ur-
making a descent upon that
e
its,
and, indeed
04h troops had taken up a position in the til Turk-
hood, and their presence no doubt saved
Art present there is a cessation of hostilities
is ,113•Rdeed,
it is to be hoped that this nefarious warfare
the mostrs
to a close, as the Druses were re!urning to their houses.
The town of Beyrout is swarming with mountains:.
who have taken refuge, and more. especially. of
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/.ante, the
Medea was under orders to go in earcli 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
ended from Corfu for Malta on the 21st instant, though
ft was repotted at Corfu that the Magicienne would be
her relief.
ller Majesty's steam-packet Alecto arrived from Gi-
braltar yesterday moreiew eith 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-
hangs, 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

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 11. Compton.
FREIGHTS have not varied much during the month,
and may be quoted as under :—To London, 3/. 10s. ;
Liverpool, 3L 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, 10Srs. to 109 rs.
2d 5 per Cents. Loan, par to 4 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 nob be quoted
at 4s. Old. to sell, and 2s. 00. to buy. The average of
remittance may be considered about 2s. ; 30 days'
sight bills are at ls. 1 lid.
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 100-Ars. for bills
on Madras.
CHINA.-210rs. to 212 rs. per 100 dollars appears to
be the rate of exchange on China.
BANK SHARES.—Shares in the Bombay Bank remain
at 24 per cent. prem.
PRICE of BUl.LioN.—Sovereigns, each lOirs. to lOrs.
15as ; Bank of England notes, lOrs. to 104 rs. per .C.

Our accounts from Constantinople come down to the
17th ult.
The preceding week had been entirely occupied with
the religious ceremonies performed at the close of
the Ramazan, and 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
Ibr 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 strainer sailed on the 15th for
Candia, with 800 men on board.
The Count de Pontois embarked at Constantinople on
the-13th 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.
The Nile, Egyptian steamer, 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 Marianizza, Captain Tuppar, from Malta, laden
with stones and other goods, bound to Constantinople,
went on shore at Barber's Point, but owing to the ski]-
hiltless of the Captain, and throwing all the stones over-
board, she got off again, and had arrived at Constanti-
nwle. 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
woqld 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 die bay of the Dardanelles, but she got off
again by assistance from the Consulate.

Actual Deb money, Bills,
t. 2% Per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per ceAt.
Amort Syndic, 4% per cent il 01%
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cont 7e 7014
Commercial Company, 4;.', per cent..,„ ISSU 155% Ditto (1n35 end 1837) a per cent. ......
Loan 1837, 5 per cent...—. .............. %
07%
... 97
Exchange on London, One month... -
Two months .....
Hamburgh, One month
TWO months 35 75
Dutch Papers, Dec. 4.
BEL(3IAN t UNDS—Biwasne, Dec. 2. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent......... ......... 33
Rothschild's Loan. 5 per Cent ...... ..... lOl%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.... ..... 92
----

Thirty.seve».

;ent.••.-"----.:

10~ ll3
Loan of City, N 32, 4 per(Cent. 101)i
Society of Commerce 4 % per Cent
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74
National Society. ...
Exchange on Londe, (short) ......
......
—Brussels Papers, Dee.:2...
AUSTRIAN FUND3.—Vismea, Nov.N.
five per Cents. Idetalliques
100 Fop r per Cents. ••••••••••••• ....... ••••••••••••••••• ....... ea" 9% Three per Cents. .•••••••••••••••••• ..... ••••••••••••••••
Hank Shares ........ .......... 1598
.....Allgemeine &I:uric Nov. 30,
COURT CIRCULAR.

The ceremony of churching the Queen took place on
Saturday at 12 o'clock, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's,
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury •officiating, as-
sisted by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Sleath,
Sub-dean of the Chapel, and the Rev. Dr. Wesley.
There were present at the ceremony their Royal High-
nesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent., and the fol-
lowing Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite :—The
Countess of Gainsborough, Lady F. Howard, Lady Caro-
line Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Viscount Hawarden,
Lord George Lennox, Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore, Captain
Francis Seymour, and Sir Edward Bowater.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert afterwards returned to
Buckingham Palace, followed by the Royal suite, in three
carriages.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal suite,
attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Bucking..
ham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. E. S. Keppel, Deputy
Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, officiated.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday in
the garden of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived in town yesterday from his residence at Kew, and
visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Bucking-
ham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty on Saturday.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps-
thal visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel at Ken-
sington Palace. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on
her Royal Highness.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St.
James's.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday
from their residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses
returned to Kew in the evening.
His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
arrived in town on Saturday from Dean Park, North-
amptonshire.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps.. thal visited the Duchess of Kent on Saturday.
Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday for his resi-
dence, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
The Chevalier Bunsen, his Prussian Majesty's Minister
Plenipotentiary on a special mission, transacted business
at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
Sir D. Davies, M.D., arrived in town on Saturday from
attending her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Sudbury
Hall.

Despatches from the Governors of Malta and Gibral-
tar were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. The Lords present were Lord Brougham,
Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of
the Admiralty Court.
Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, and Dr. Addams, were
heard for the appellant, on an appeal from the Court of
First Instance of Civil jurisdiction in the Island of Tri-
nidad, the Right lion. Sir George Fitzgerald Hill,
Bart., v. Thomas Bigge and Edmond Waller Rundell.
Mr. Erle, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Merivale, were heard
for the respondents.
Their Lordships intimated that they would take time
to consider their judgment.
An appeal from Bengal was commenced, Sheikh Imdad
Ali v. Mussumat Kootby Begum. Mr. Miller, Queen's
Counsel, and Mr. Jackson, appeared for the appellant,
and Mr. Sergeant Spankie, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Edmund
Moore, for the respondent

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, DEC. 4.—The Professor of Political Eco-
nomy has signified his intention to deliver some supple-
mentary lectures on colonization on Monday next and
four following days, at the Clarendon, at two o'clock.
The following gentlemen have been elected scholars of
Jesus College :—L. C. Wood, J. Morgan, and R. P.
Williams, all of the same College. Messrs. E. K. Kars-
lake, of Christ Church, and R. R. W. Lingen, of Trinity
College, have been elected fellows of Balliol College.
The election of a fellow on the Michel foundathin of
Queen's College will be holden on Thursday next.
There were forty-eight candidates for University ho-
nours at the public examination just concluded ; of which
four are placed in the first class, seventeen in the second,
nine in the third, and nineteen in tho fourth. A few
appear in the latter, who, though they were not candi-
dates,
yet were judged to merit that distinction, and a
few were unsuccessful.
Lord Crewe's trustees have appointed the Rev. W.
Darnell, of CorpuS Christi College, to the perpetual
curacy of Bamburgh, Northumberland.
The Lord Bishop of Salisbury has instituted the Rev.
E. Prodgers, of Trinity College, to the rectory of Upton Lovell, Wiltshire, on the presentation of the Lord Chan-
cellor.
The Lord Bishop of Worcester has licensed the Rev.
H. R. Surtees, of St. Mary Hall, to the curacy of Henley-
in-Arden, Warwickshire.
The Rev. H. M. Barlow, of Wadham College, has been
licensed to Christ Church, in the parish of St. Clement,
Norwich,

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 2.—Yesterday afternoon, between
one and two o'clock, a fire broke out in the British Queen
steamer, lying in the. Little Basin at Antwerp, which was
happily extinguished without having done any damage
of consequence.
THE HAGUE, DEC. I.—Baron Van Kessel, Member
of the Council of State, died here yesterday, after a long
sickness, in the 74th year of his age. He was a highly
distinguished Statesman, and filled many important offices
in the time as well of the Empire under Napoleon as
under the King of the Netherlands, both before and since
the separation of Holland and Belgium. He is the author
of numerous and most esteemed works.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. I.—Aderording to our private let-
ters from Batavia, of the month of June, accounts had
been received from the Moluccas of a famine in the south
western islands, in which many persons had perished.
In the island of Kesser alone 237 persons had died. The
Government at Batavia had immediately taken measures
to send rice to the people.
The English ship Miranda, Captain Heryen, was
wrecked on the 25th of May, near the island of RecaS,
below Sumanap, and abandoned, in a sinking state by
the crew, who reached Soerabaya in the boats. It was
feared that the vessels sent by the Sultan of Sumanap to
save the cargo would not succeed, as the ship probably
went to pieces soon after it was abandoned.
BATAVIA, July 25.—Last month the water in the high
mountains cf the Freanger Regency was frozen. The
oldest people cannot remember that such a thing ever
happened in Java before ; and at Tjanjer (near which
the ice was found) nobody ever saw water converted into
a hard substance, and those who saw it hanging to the
sides of the rocks fancied it was glass.
ST. PETERSBURGH, NOV. 22. On Saturday last his
Excellency Lord Stuart de Rothsay, lately appointed
Ambassador to Her Britannic Majesty at this Court, had
the honour to deliver his credentials in a private audi-
ence to the Emperor.—Journal de St Petersburgh,Nov. 23.
BUTCH FUNDS.—AIIisuRDAm, Dee. 3.