The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-18 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CANTON.—Business during the month has again been
more than ordinarily brisk, sales of manufactured goods
having been effected at improved rates, and purchases
of tea and other produce (which have been shipped
freely), on whet aro considt•red easy terHie. A peculiar
feature as regards the tea market is the excess of this
season's shipments over the amount shipped at same
period last year, being from Canton alone 1,700,000 lbs,
extra.

SIIANGHAE.—This mail will take home the market re-
ports of two months. Eleven days of strong southerly
winds kept the Island Qoeen out of port with the Shang •
hae mails until the day af.er the Malta left. Business
appears to have been pretty goad there throughout the
whole of the long period, pikes for imparts, however,
being generally r than former quotations. Excess
of tea shipments over last year, at same period,
4,600,0001b5.

ANOY.—There has been a fair demand for manufac-
tures at quotations named.
Exchange, Canton—Oriental Bank commenced draw-
ing ❑ominally at 4 81, but this rite, as might have been
expected from the continued high rates ruling at Shang-
hae, and the largo operations in (produce here, soon ran
up to 4 11 and 4 11 it for clean credits, at six months'
sight, and to 4 10i and 411 for short sight. On Bom-
bay and Calcutta, 22Q rupees; East India Company's
accepted 225 to 226; Sycee, 2 9 per cent. premium;
Gold, 100 touch 22 10 dolls, per tael; Mexicans, 6 70
per cent. discount. _ _

- Exchange, Shanghae—On London, six months' sight
under credits, 4s. 11d. to 53. per dollar; Oriental Bank,
4s. 11d.; Bank post bills, 4s. 94d. to 4s. 91d.; ditto, with
documents, ss. to ss. ld.; East India Company's bills
accepted, 226 to 227 rupees per 100 dollars; Drafts on
Canton, 1 per cent. prem.; Sycee, 144 dolls. per 100
taels; Gold, bars, 208 dolls. per 9t. 7m. 3c.
Freights—Canton—May be quoted steady at 31. both
to London and to Liverpool. Shanghae—To England,
3L to 31. 105. for tea, 31. 103. for silk; tonnage plentiful.

ARRANGEMEN Ts for iIiOSSIITH'S
DE. PAR'EURE FOIL AMERICA.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company have placed one of their splendid steamers
at the service of Kossuth, to convey him down South-
ampton Water to emable him to embark on board the
Ocean steamer Humboldt in Cowes Roads. Kossuth
is expected at Southampton at ten o'clock on Thurs-
day. morning. He will proceed from the railway
station to the residence of the American Consul, J.
R. Croskey, Esq. After a short stay at the American
consulate, the illustrious Magyar will proceed to the
docks, and embark on board the steamer placed at bis
disposal, where a splendid dejeiiner will be provided
for him and his friends, which will be partaken of
while the vessel is proceeding down Southampton
Water. Other steamers will run from Southampton
to Cowes in the middle of the day on Thursday,
to convey persons to see the Hungarian patriot
embark on board the Humboldt. The scene and
proceedings in the Southampton Docks on Thurs-
day will be most interesting and exciting,
owing to the great concourse of persons which is
likely to be assembled there, a concourse which, it is
expected, will not be inferior in magnitude to that
which greeted Kossuth when he arrived in this cow).
try. At the same time that Kossuth will leave the
docks the Bentinck steamer will leave the same spot
with the Indian M.lll. Captain Killock, the com-
mander of the Bentinck, which is one of the largest
steamers belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental
Company, would have conveyed Kossuth to Cowes,
but owing to the immense number of passengers for
India she will have on board, she would be unable to
accommodate the large number of friends who are
anxious to accompany the Magyar hero, to see him
safely on board the Humbolt. Immense preparations
are making at Southampton to celebrate the departure
of Kossuth from England on his mission to the United
States. The corporation of Southampton meet to-
day to make arrangements to conduct those prepara-
tions, and to give them official sanction and guidance.
The Mayor of Southampton has returned from Lon-
don, and is indefatigable in devising measures calcu-
lated to render the reception of Kossuth in Southamp-
ton on the day of his departure of the most cordial
and splendid description.

'From the Overland Friend of China, of Sept. 29.)
1/4The rebellion in the south of China has now been
of such long duration, and the means of obtaining
correct reports of its progress are so meagre, that we
confess to being fairly tired at having to furnish,
month after month, details of such a vague nature re-
garding it. We write on the subject, moreover,
under a difficulty; for, whilst there are some who,
having for a long time endeavoured to throw dis-
credit on the report, that there was any rebellion at
all, are now desirous of making it appear that the
long-continued troubles are simply the ravages of a
band of freebooters, whose return to peaceful habits,
together with that of their leader, the renowned
Tien-teh, will eventually be purchased with appoint-
ments to office, and other emoluments, there are others
who object to the reporting of any information of
what is going on, on the simple ground that Chinese
reporters are so generally untruthful that to publish
anything they furnish is sheer folly. As we cannot fall
in with the latter course (and there are perhaps very few
of our readers who would wish us to do so) we exercise
a continual endeavour to obtain every possible infor-
mation, selecting from the mass those parts which
bear the appearance of truth. Governor-General
Seu is now at Kou-chan-fu, in the south-west of
the Fang-tung province, from whence he has ordered
out more troops, and a body of several hundreds of
Tung-kwang district men passed up the Canton river
on the 20th instant, bound to Lo-ting-chau, about a
degree and a half north of liou-chau, and immediately
on the borders of Kwang-si.
Kwei-lin-fu, the capital, the taking of which has
been several times reported, is now supposed to be
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. indeed in the possession of the rebels. We have a
REPORT ON THE STATE OF TUE BOMBAY letter from a twang-si-man, stating it is a fact that
MARKETS. I the place has fallen, and that Tien-teh is gathering
forces together with the view of falling onlluh-san,
FROM THE 3D TO THE 16TH OF OCTOBER INCLUSIVE.
Money continues abundant, and rates of int,re,t re- a short distance from Canton, where Colonel Chesney
main unaltered, although the tightness prevalent ill
and others were assulted some years back ; but the
Madras and Calcutta may probably affect our market
ere 1-)tig. The following are the current quotations fee
Canton merchants (the cry of " Wolf" havingSbeen
Government Securities and Bunk Share s• Sicea Fist, s, raised so many times without any apparent result)
SirenlS 25 26, l
Fours,o7 t 8
3t 02 -
33. ,
9N7lew;are much less fearful now than they were a year ago.
One whole page of our supplement is filled with
1842-43, 92; Company's 1' is, 1 8411:04u2r,s 105 t 0 ;
papers having reference to certain frightenirg pla-
Shares, :15 per cent. prem.; Oriental Bank Shames, 5 per i cards
Transfer Loan, 1151; 80mba1y83151,,,311
that were pasted about the walls at Shatighee,
cent. prem.; Commercial Bank Shares, 5 per Cent. dis' . at which total extermination was threatened to the
count; Agra Bank Shares, par,
The Oriental Bank his declared e, dividend at the rate ' " hateful barbarians." The fears to which the ap-
of seven per cent. per annum payable on and after ti ,e pearance of these placards gave rise are now appa-
rently subsiding, the last numbers of the North China
18th instant.
Berald,:and private letters, being silent on the matter.
Cotton Piece Goods—A large amour t ofbusiness has
la en done in these since ale date of our' ias, We are informed that souse time during the sixth
in consclu,lace of the large supplies a t, but -__
hichreaPr°er di.ily month (in July last) an attempt was made to assassi- The sum of 2,300/. has already been subscribed
coming into the market, no improvement has taken place , nate Yihcou (or, according to the designation of his 1 towards the intended Sailors' Home at Glasgow, but at
in price, which still continues low. - 1 dynasty, Illenfung), which was frustrated by one of . least three times that amount will be required.

SHAKSPERE AND KOSSUTH,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.
Sir,—lt is written in the brief history made known
to us of Kossuth, that in an Austrian prison he was
taught English by the words of the teacher Shaks-
p9re. An Englishman's blood glows with the thought
that, from the quiver of the immortal Saxon, Kossuth
has furnished himself with those arrowy words that
kindle as they fly—words that are weapons, as
Austria will know.
Would it not be a graceful tribute to the genius of
the man who has stirred our nation's heart, to pre•
sent to him a copy of Sh:dispere ? To do this, I
would propose a penny subscription. The large
amount of money obtained by these means, the cost
of the work itself being small, might be expended on
the binding of the volumes, and on a casket to con-
tain thorn.
There are hundreds of thousands of Englishmen
who would rejoice thus to endeavour to manifest
their gratitude to Kossuth for the glorious words he
has uttered among us, words that have been as pulses
to the nation.
I remain, your obedient servant,
DOUGLAS JERROLD.
West Lodge, Putney common, Nov. 17.