The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

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the midst of heavy anti unceasing rain. At the are :-31. 10s. for sugar, saltpetre, and rice ; 31. ss. for
former station the natives were the first to suffer seeds, 2/. for jute, 3/. to 3/. ss. for hides, and 4/. for
silk and indigo. For Liverpool the rates are about ss. '
—at the latter the Europeans. It is further de-
to 111 s lower. Country freights have assumed a down
serving of note that the cold season which preceded ward-tendency, the last engagements of rice for China
this terrible visitation was unusually warm and
having been made at 821 c. per bag ; and for Mauritius
free from the rains which ordinarily fall about
at 14 annas per bag, payable there. The amount of
Christmas in the plains of Upper India. , tonnage still disengaged in our port is rather large, and
The inundations in the Punjaub, of which I as vessels now arriving are not expected to load until the
wrote in my last, have subsided, not without leav- I Doorgapoojah holidays shall be over, about the middle
ing traces of their power. The cantonment of !of next month, and in the interval many arrivals will
Debra Ghazee Khan is annihilated, and great part : take place, there is not the slightest likelihood of any
of the town is gone also. Much of the damage is improvement in the rates.
ascribed—l know not how truly—to the failure of ' I3IDORTS.
a bund, or embankment, built by an officer of the BRITISH COTTON PIECE GOODS.
Punjaub Public Works Department expressly to Gray Shirtings—An active demand having prevailed
protect the lines from the sudden rushes of the throughout the fortnight for low and medium 39 and 40
mountain streams. For this purpose it proved in- inch cloths, holders h ,ve succeeded in effecting large
effectual, and the river rising simultaneously the sales at the advance quoted in our last. 45 inches goods
station was quickly submerged. The steady re- continue in moderate request, but 54 inches have been
sistance of the troops to this novel foe was un- i taken largely by dealers fur up country and north-west
ies.
availing, and at the close of the second day they
pr e Shirtings—Have attracted no attention, and
were beaten out of every post they had occupied,
the
unaltered
therefore have been on a very small scale, at
and were forced to evacuate the station. The ar-
tillery, infantry, and a portion of the cavalry took White Figured Shirtings and Brocades—A good busi-
refuge in the old fort of the town, the remainder ness has been in progress for both descriptions, and the
of the cavalry encamping on some neighbouring competition on the part of the dealers has led to an
sandhills. Admirable order seems to have been advance of one anna a-piece, at which large sales have
maintained. During the height of the deluge the taken place.
walls of the town gaol gave way, yet not a prisoner Grey Jaconets— We have had no alteration in those
escaped.- Every man was brought in to the fort. goods, 39-inch cloths continuing to sell freely at the last
Nor was any loss experienced of treasure or public advance of one anna a-piece, but for 45-inch we have
1 documents. had rather a limited demand.
Lord Harris and General Grant are both at White Jaconots—R- main in a depressed state, even
lo low prices
abelaingoiniao inducement to purchasers.
Madras. The former is about to proceed on a tour
yn c l
emuchare d
off favoured,
importers' an d
of inspection through the central portion of his
presidency, visiting the districts of Cuddapan, Bel- a large
,quantity has been lately
hands. 32 inch cloths, worth 1-13 r. to 1-14 r., have sold
lary, and Canara. An old officer of the Madras very freely at former prices ; but 34-inch ave been
army, Lieut.-General West., who entered the ser- taken at an advance of 2 annas a piece.
vice before the commencement of the century, and- White Madapollams.—Continue neglected, and small
had remained in India to an advanced age, died parcels occasionally taken for local consumption at a
lately at Madras, and was buried with the honours slight concessio on the part of d
holders.
due to his high military rank. White Cambr n iche deman has again fallen off,
and but a very small amount of business has been trans-
I mentioned in my last Colonel Jacob's rifle
shooting at Kurrachee and his blowing up ammu- acted during the fortnight at former prices.
nitiou-waggons at 1,200 yards. The feats I then White Twillr,—ln moderate request at 4r. to 48 a
piece. Finer cloths rather dull of sale
recorded have since been surpassed. The Colonel Lappets.—Have been placed to a fair extent at the ad-
was desirous of trying his rifle-shells at a greater vance last established, although we have not had much
distance, and accordingly 1,800 yards were marked activity on the part of dealers.
off from the object upon which their power was to Mull mu!ls.—Of late we have had little inquiry for
be tested. That object was a box 10 feet square. these goods, and prices of all kinds are lower by one
It was double throughout, a space of one inch be- anna apiece.
ing left between the outer and inner boards, each Book muslins remain unaltered, a fair amount of sales
of which was an inch and a quarter thick. This in- having taken place at the figures given in our lastmod . Perate ur-
tervening space was filled with gunpowder,and chaers for Butanah have ta a very
was found to contain a charge of more than 5001 b. quantity.
Turkey Red Goods.—We have had no further improve-
The box was placed against the butt, well tarred
ment in prices, but all descriptions have continued to
over, and the shooting-began. All shots were fired
sell freely, and the market at the present moment is in a
from the shoulder, no rests of any kind being used. healthy
Four rifles were at work—one a 32 gauge, two 24's, prints
p it ion
Chintzeson have been in active demand, both
and a 16. That used by the Colonel was one of for up country, north-west provinces and Bengal, and
the 24's. After the practice had gone on for some
considerable sales are reported at former prices.
time, and steadily improving, Col. Jacob's 21st Woollens.—An improved demand for low and medium
shell struck the box, and blew it up with a violent cloths has led to an advance of la. per yard, at which a
explosion. The morning was at first. dark and good business has been done, but finer kinds continue in
cloudy, but shortly after the firing began it grew mo lerate req
Yuest and without improveent in prices.
Coloured arns have attracted more attention lately,
clearer, and became ultimately very favourable as
and orange and green have been placed to a fair extent
regarded the light, though a fresh breeze blew
steadily across the range. at an advance of 0 pice per lb., but red continues un-
I
altered.
Mule Twist.—We have had a quiet market of late, and
moderate sales at former prices. Nos. 30 and 40 have,
however, slightly improved in demand, and dealers have
shown more inclination to operate.
EXPORTS.

mg. I quote a paragraph as a fair exposition of
the ideas of the most influential Anglo-Indians : t
" With all deference we would submit that the
whole of these objections may be removed, with-
out a revolutionary . measure, without an ex-
haustive act, and without any precip•tate altera
tion of existing, administrative form . by two
very simple expedients. We would at first change no-
thing in India. Local reforms always require conside-
ration on the spot, and are best made without any Par-
liamentary interference whatever. We would pass a
short declaratory act, transferring the whole power of
the EAst India Company—name and all if necessary—to
the Governor-General in Council. The remaining pa-
tronage of the Court would, of course, be transferred to
the Secretary of State for India, and the Court of Pro-
prietors would exist only for its dividends. The Indian
Government would thus at once occupy the position of
direct responsibility to the Minister in England. No-
thing would be changed. The army would remain the
Company's army as before, obedient not to the Horse
Guards, but to the Government and Secretary for India.
All matters of finance, foreign diplomacy, and external
administration would remain unaffected, to be gradually
improved, as time, circumstances, or public opinion
might, demand. The Court of Directors would simply
be eliminated, without violence, and without those
changes in matters of detail from which English states-
men appear to shrink. It is not necessary even to abo•
lisp the Court of Proprietors. It might be inconvenient
to pay them off. They are already deprived of the last
vestige of political power, and a short clause prohibiting
motions unless three-fourths of the entire body were pre
sent would reduce them to permanent silence. They
would exist till the sinking-fund had accumulated to an
amount sufficient to permit of their being paid off. No
existing interests would be affected.

. BOMBAY, OCT. 3.
The preparations for the contemplated exped
tion to the Persian Gulf continue to be vigorously
Maintained. I have before explained to you that
the question being one entirely between the Home
Government. and_ the Schah, the authorities in
India are merely acting under orders, and it is im-
possible to say with certainty whether the flotilla
will ever leave the harbour of Bombay. But in
anticipation that the final instructions from
England, which may possibly be brought by the
mail that is due in a day or two, but are rather
looked for three weeks hence, will be of a warlike
character, the departments, military and. naval, have
been, and are still, actively employed. The Com-
mander-in Chief, the Quartermaster-General, and
the Adjutants-General of the Queen's and Com-
pany's forces all came down last week from the
headquarters. of the army at Poonah for conference
with the Governor and inspection of arrangements.
The regiments to compose the force are not yet
in orders, but it is understood that the corps I men-
tioned in my last, or the majority of them have
been selected, and that they will number in all
5,000 men. The ships taken up for the transport
service at 1/. per ton &month now amount to 20,
with an aggregate of 16,000 tons, and ranging indi-
vidually from 1,400 to 600. Several of these are
rapidly fitting for horses, after the model of one
which, having been prepared for the inspection of
the Commander-in-Chief; was highly approved by
him in a visit he paid to her some evenings ago.
One steamer—the Feroze—has already been des-
patched to the Gulf with officers of the Quarter-
master-General's and Commissariat Departments
on board. She is expected, however, to return
shortly, nor, is it easy to perceive for what reason,
other than to spy out the nakedness of the land,
her officers were sent up. Arrangements at Kar-
rack for the quartering and victualling of the arma-
ment on its arrival are, however, the ostensible
cause, and if the Persian authorities are amicable
suck arrangements may possibly be feasible.
Having writtenthusmuch ot the preparations for
coercing the court of Teheran, I believe I have well
nigh exhausted the intelligence of the fortnight, so
tranquil is all upon this side of the Indus, so dark
and silent all upon the other. Thus from Cabul
the Delhi Gazette has no correspondence of later date
than theist of September, and that, like every-
thing that has come of late from the same quarter,
gives but vague rumours of the state of affairs at
Herat. A frontier journal, expecting reliable infor-
mation, learns that its messenger has been mur-
dered in the Affghan territory to punish and to
prevent correspondence with the infidel. Such a
proceeding may be credited perhaps on the part of
the mountain tribes, and possibly, in the absence ot
his master, even the Governor of Cabul might in-
stigate or ignore it. But it seems highly improbable
that the Dost himself, whatever may have been his
views at former junctures, would now desire to
conceal any movement of his Persian enemies from
his English allies. Doubtless, however, the people
at large have not yet learnt to trust us. They have
much to forget—our armed interference in their
quarrels—our first successes--their own revenge,
so signal and so sweet—and our final devastating
advance and unarmed withdrawal. But when, as
will now shortly he the case, British gold and
British powder and ball find their way into the
Affghan valleys, we may hope to meet with much
confidence and with a fuller belief in the sincerity
of our present friendly professions.
Such as the reports were at Cabul at the date I
have mentioned I may shortly give their purport.
That Herat had fallento the Persian army wasstill
asserted loudly, but was contradicted no lessstoutly
by the Court and the majority of the citizens. In-
deed, the question appears to have become ono of
party politics, the leaders of the Kuzzilbash tribes,
who are opposed to the Dost, spreading, if not
originating, the rumours of Persian success, and the
Ameer's friends denouncing them as altogether false,
and as concocted merely to endanger the authority
and popularity of their chief. Nor (pursues the
Court party, parrying and returning) would the
Kuzzil bashes have ben content could they have had
their will with such feeble attempts at creating dis-
union. With the Dost away at Candahar and the
Persians before Herat they would infallibly have
got up a very serious insurrection but for the alli-
ance of his Highness with the English and the
threatened position of the powerful British force at
Peshawur. This vigorous riposte and stout asser-
tion of the wisdom of the A.ineer's policy seems to
have silenced the malcontents for a time.
The Dost was still at Candahar, no longer
thwarted by his brother and nephews, but still
losing men by desertf on, and still finding supplies
scarce and dear. An envoy from Morad Mirza,
the Schah's uncle, who had joined the Persian army
with reinforcements, had visited him—the person,
probably, of whose reported summary dismissal I
wrote in my last. Iu the north the views of the
King of Bukhara upon the Affghan province of
Balkh were again said to be developing themselves
in the shape of a large invading army, of whose
coming Afzul Khan had certified his perplexed
father by express through Cabul to Candahar.
Within the British frontier, on the extreme verge
of our territory, it appears doubtful whether a force
shortly to be as3em bled is intended for real or fpr
mimic warfare. Brigadier Cotton, commanding the
Peshawur Division, is about to proceed into the
hills with a very considerable force of exercise, con-
sisting of the 87th Fusiliers, two regiments of
native infantry, three squadrons of horse, some
Sappers and Miners, and several guns. According
to the Delhi Gazette, the object of the Brigadier is
merely to exercise the troops in the various opera-
tions of irregular mountain warfare; and for this
purpose the locality chosen is, according to the same
authority, the range of hills inhabited by the
powerful Eusofzye tribe,—a race which, martial
and turbulent under the Sikh dominion, has
shown itself undeviatingly faithful and peace-
ful in its relations with us. Their country lies
just across the Cabul river, to the north of the
entrance to the Khyber. Other accounts, however,
speak of an ill feeling existing towards e British
in quite the opposite direction from Peshawur—
namely, in the Meeranzye Valley, which you may
remember was made the scene of a martial prome-
nade last year by Major Coke, with, for a time at
least, the happiest effects. Now, however, it is
said, the anarchical spirit of the tribes of the valley
has broken out again, and a certain chief has fallen
a victim to it and to his notorious attachment to
the English. If this be true, it may be that the
Brigadier intends his force for work more serious
than skirmishing with blank cartridge among the
Eusofzye
At the date of the latest accounts from the Pun-
jab the.cholera was fast abating at the great majority
odfeatttiheastssateitiviloenrresiaagsneddat Mean Meer, where it had been
so very
whole,
Fhe rgohz eaps. o
ar en
averageAt Lahore the
day, but, of 100 a
on the the disorder is disappear-
ing. Its ravages have been very terrible, and are
that
plconfirmatoryacesinof
which,a theory
e oars n y whichth e haseicities
ebeen n
d broached,stations
of the north-west provinces, the disease is never
endemic appear to suffer most'
severely from its
occasional visitations. It is yet too soon to com-
pute with even au approximation to exactness the
number of persons who have fallen before it since
first, in the middle of May, it broke out at Agra.
But it is said. that in that city alone 16,000 natives,
or a fifth of the population, perished. Of the
losses incurred by the purely native cities of
northern Rajpootana and elsewhere we have uo
means of judging, but they were undoubtedly very
great. The mortality among Europeans is assumed
by the Friend of India, in the absence of specific
data, to amount to 500 for the months of July and
August. The same journal traces the progress of
the disease from Agra westward, "as regularly
as if it had travelled by day." The station of
Linaballah, however, at first escaped, the disorder
appearing to leap over it to Lahore. There, how-
ever,
it doubled upon its own track, and was next
heard of at Uniballah. Its appearance at different
stations was accompanied by totally different at-
mospherical conditions. To Agra it came ore he
height of an unusually dry season—to Lahore in

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE CALCUTTA MARKET.
(From the Calcutta Englishman, of Sept. 22.)
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship
Bentinck, with the London mails of the 10th nit., arrived
at her moorings on the 16th inst., and her packets were
distributed the same afternoon. On the 19th inst. the
electric telegraph from Bombay put us in possession of
London advises to the 26th ult., and we regret to observe
thatthe cammercial intelligence is not of such a nature as
to cause a reaction in our produce market, which has con-
tinued without animation since the despatch of the last
mail, and, with perhaps one or two exceptions, ourstaple
articles have attracted littleattention. Raw silk has again
been dealt in largely, and we are at present bare of stocks.
In silk piece goods hardlyanything has been done worthy
of note. Sugar is in but moderate demand at declining
prices. Saltpetre in general demand. Jute has only
been bought by the dealers to fulfil their contracts. Oil
seeds in less request, and value lower. Of rice, table
sorts have not undergone any alteration, but the exten-
sive demand for Ballam and Moonghy has reduced stocks
considerably and enhanced the value. All other articles
continue in much the same position as at the date of our
last report.
In our import market. no alterations of any conse-
quence have taken place... The operations during the
pent fortnight have been. satisfactory, as consequent OIL
the near approach of the Doorgapoojah holidays, which
commence on the 4th pros. Dealers .have been actively
engaged in getting their requirements supplied, and the
sales of grey goods, Turkey red goods, prints and
chintzes and woollens, have been to a very fair extent at
the advance quoted in our last, although we have not
experienced further improvements in prices, except in one
or two instances. Bleached continues, as before, ne-
glected, and the purchases have been only for local pur-
chases. Mule twist has remained inactive, but a very
moderate quantity having been taken since our last.
On the whole, we might have had greater activity in
this branch of our trade but for the unusually heavy
rains, which have inundated the whole country and thus
curtailed the orders from the Upper Provinces. In
metals we have had a quiet fortnight, iron alone having
been rather firm, and value slightly lower.
Money Market.—The position of this market has re-
mained as satisfactory as could be wished, notwithstand-
ing the per cent. Government loan which we an-
nounced in our last, and the subscriptions to which as
yet have been more limited than those who highly dis-
approved of such a measure on the part of our Govern•
ment could have anticipated. While money is abundant
and the market is almost in a glutted state, so much so
that the capitalists are at a loss to find employment for
their funds, and are willing to operate on most moderate
terms, the loan, from its unpopularity and uncertainty
as to the future course of the Government financiers, at-
tracts no subscriptions. Three weeks have now elapsed
since it was announced, and we hear scarcely 10,000 r.
have been paid into the Calcutta Treasury, and of this
amount a good portion is by Government officials. In
the Bazaar 3 per cent. per annum seems to be the general
rate on advances on deposit of Company's paper and
other equally good securities. We have had no alteration
in the rates of the Bank of Bengal, and the last weekly
statement of its liabilities and assets, ending on the 17th
inst., we give below for the information of our sub-
scribers :

Indigo.—ln our last we gate a corrected statement of
the total out-turn of the season, aggregating about
98,000 mds. Since then nothing further has transpired
to render any alteration in the estimate necessary.
Exports from the Ist of Nov., 1855, to the 18th o
Sept., 1856 :

Chests. Fy. maunds
To Great Britain
France
Hamburg
North America 2,426 9,378
Suez and Mediterranean 1,064 4,603
Red Sea, Bombay, and
Persian Gulf

679 2,592

Total 33,730 127,432

REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKET FROM
THE 13TH SEPT. TO THE 3D OCT.
The Overland Mail from London of the 26th of Aug.
reaohed Bombay on the night of the 18th of Sept., per
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Cadiz, in the unprece-
dentedly short period of 22 days and 21 hours.
Since last report our money-market has become more
settled, and money for legitimate purposes can be ob-
tained in abundance on easy terms, but, as produce may
now be expected to arrive:from up-country in large quan-
tities, money will be more in demand, and we do hot
therefore anticipate lower rates of interest to prevail at
the banks, viz., from 4 to 6 per cent.
The amount paid into the new 4.!: per cent. loan is so
trifling that it may now be considered a nonentity, and,
if Government are really in want of funds, there can be
very little doubt but that a 5 per cent. loan must be
opened, and even then it is questionable if the public
will subscribe to any considerable extent, as the duplicity
practised on holders of Fives in 1855 is not yet quite
forgotten.
Government and other securities are languid, and
quotations are a shade lower than those last reported.
The fall of rain throughout the Presidency has been
ample, and the most favourable accounts continue to be
received of the state of the crops. We are now in the
midst of our Elephanta storms, which may be fairly ex-
pected to blow over in the course of the next week, when
our rainy season may be considered fairly over, and traf-
fic along the coast and else where will then be fully
opened.

SUN, LONDON, THURSDA-Y -EVENING, OCTOBER, 30, 1856

(Correspondent of the China Mail, August 13.)
The mail closes this afternoon, and the steamer
starts in the morning for Hong Kong. Our har-
bour has a large amount of shipping, and more
is coming in ; commercial business, however, lags
and drags heavily for the present. The drought
has been so long and extensive, that in many places
there is not water sufficient to fill the canals, and
the forthcoming of tL'e teas is delayed.
The northern cavalry proves to be mere moon-
shine ; and it is now 'authenticated" that its
brave leader, Tsangkihlinsin, is still close by the
side of his Imperial master, at Pekin, and that not
one of his 20,00 J horse has come down upon the
plains of Kiangnau. It is said he will not and dare
not come.
Be that as it may, it is now certain that the old
doughty hero, Hiang Yung—already full six years
in the field against the rebels, has lost ground, lost
favour, lost honours, and is in danger of being com-
pletely cut up.
The details are too many for your crowded
columns or even for this brief note. But there has
been, within the current month, since the Ist of
August, some rather hard fighting, and very serious
disasters to the Emperor's cause. Whilst the Im-
perialist ranks have been thinned, 30,000 men,
from the regions south of Chinkiang, have been
enrolled under the banner of T'aeping Wang.
General Chang, Hiang Yung's mainstay, is reported
among the wounded.
All the civil and military functionaries of Kin-
tan, Li-yang, Kau-shan, Li-shui had fled, and the
gentry were in communication with the rebel
chiefs. Yang, the Eastern King, with a long train
of attendants, had entered the city of Ku-yung ;
and the people throughout these regions are sail,
by these refugees, to have sustained no harm, while
they had come forward, and paid their taxes to the
T'aeping officers, and are also letting their hair
grow long in token of submission.
We learn from Bangkok that the first ship which
has departed for the west under Sir John Bowr-
ing's treaty is neither bound for Great Britain nor
the United States, but for France. The Pur Sang
had left Siam with a cargo of Siamese produce for
Nantes
From Shanghai we have advices to the 6th inst.
In silk a large business has been done, and prices
were $l5 to $2O higher than last month. Arrivals
of new silk were 34,000 bales; and settlements
33,000 bales.
In tea the transactions had been very limited.
A short supply of black tea is again spoken of, not
only in the North, but also at Foochow and Can-
ton. Imports passed off to some extent in barter.
From Ningo we learn that the Dutch ship Sara
Johann, conveying presents from the King of Hol-
land to the Emperor of Japan, has been totally
lost. Captain and crew saved.
Her Majesty's steamer Encounter was at Shang-
hai ; also the United States steamer Levant, with
the American Commissioner.
From Foochow we .have intelligence to the 2d
inst. The tea market had been active during the
month, and the remaining stock was small. Two
vessels had sailed for Great Britain, and five were
on the berth. Freights 1/. 10s. to 2/.
Among dates are to the Bth inst. A fair busi-
ness had been done in yarn and shirtings, but other
descriptions of imports were dull. The ship Emi-
grant struck ou a rock in the harbour and went
down fully laden ; all hands saved.
Manilla letters of the 6th inst. have reached us.
Exchange on London was quoted 4s. 4d. per $1 for
six months' prompt bills.
Our latest dates are from London, July 26 ;
Calcutta, Aug. 23 ; Bombay, Aug. 9 ; Singapore,
Sept. 1 ; Manilla, Sept. 6 ; Sydney, July 5 ;
Melbourne, July 28 ; Shanghai, Sept. 6.

CANTON MARKET REPORT.
HONG KONG, Sept. 13.

At Canton during the past month the demand for im-
ports has not been active, except for cot ton yarn, of
n—Tohrn:r
salesci
el ote s l as
had
amadroeulwno amount
declinedteor floBr
,50ot mostoo6b
a descriptions.mleas.c ev
buetqhave
e
which there have been fair sales, and prices have ad-
vanced.
rallied. t L
t
Bombay, Its. 1 to Its. 8 ; Bengal, 6ts. 6 to Its 2 ;
Madras, Its. 1 to Its. 9.
Cotton Yarn-1.400 bales sold. Quotations are, for
Nos. 16 to 24, S23A to $261 ; Nos. 28 to 32, $2B to 301;
Nos. 38 to 42, $304 to $35.
Longcloth—Sales have been 26,000 pieces in all.
Light at d heavy greys have declined sc. to Bc., and
whites from 15c. to 25c. Greys qu tted $1 65 to $2 54 ;
whites, $1 85 to $2 80.
Amoy a 'vices are to the Btb inst. There had been im
proved demand for cotton yarn and shirtings ; for the
former at advanced rates.
Woollens—Spanish stripes, assorted, $1 to $1 12; long
ells, assorted, $7 25 to $8 20.
Metals.—lron—Nail rod, $3 60 to $3 80; bar squrarroe,
$3 to $3 30; flat, $3 60 to $3 90; round, $3 50ito
Iron wire, $7 to $9. Tin plate-t, $ll to $ll. Lead,
$B3 to $8 80.
Rice is lower.

Turkey opium, $390.
Tea—A fair amount of business has been done during
the month in tea, the transactions being chiefly in con
gous and scented teas. The actual settlements of new
congous have been 59 chops. Oonams realised 17 to 21
taels ; oopalks, 22 to 25. taels. Five chops of old
oonams bought at 12 to 15i taels. The remaining (pan.
tities of scented of good quality are held for high rates.
In country greens little has been done.
Foochow advices are to the 2d inst. The price of tea
was maintained, and the settlements continued good.
Export from Canton from July 1, 1856, to Sept. lbs.
11, 1:56
Do. Shanghai, from July 1, 1855, to Sept. 6.1856 900,000
Do. Foochow, from July 1, 1856, to Sept. 2, 1856 4,700000

Total
1)o. Canton, from July 1, 1855, to Sept. 11, 1855 6,200,000
Do. Shanghai, from July 1, 1855, to Sept. 6, 1855 2,600,000
Do. Foochow, from July 1, 18 ,5, to Sept. 2, 1855 7,800,000

'Total

Freights to England-21. to 2/. 10s,
Exchange on England—For 6 months' sight bills, 4s
10d to 4s 104 d ; on India the closing rate was 226r5.
per $lOO.
Bar Silver-11 per cent. premium.
Shanghai advices are to Sept. 6. Long clothshad been
taken to some extent in barter for silk. The settlements
of the latter were very large. Dollars were scarce.
Tea—Arrivals of new congou had been small, and
business had been restricted almost to old congous, of
which 24 chops wore taken, at 10 taels to 14 taels. Of
greens about 12,000 packages were settled.
Silk—A large business had been done, and at prices
$l5 to $2O higher than last month. The arrivals were
34,000 bales, of which 33,000 found buyers.
Exchange on England, for 6 months' sight bills, 7s 6d
to 7s 7d. Exchange on India, 350 r. per $lOO.
Freights to En&land-1/. 108 to 21. for tea, and 51. to
61. for silk.

p
says he has not. This is the second attack o lit for the delivery of corn at a,
n the 1,680 pieces at 16c: to 19c. Black, 338 pieces at 13c. I last three days. Contracts have been made to a.
fleet, his first having been unsuccessful. to 131‘:;. The Great Britain brou,lit 2.282 rrieces. considerable ann
'ct io to enalty if not complete .
Long 111.1-4.-A few hundred pieces disp,,se.d of. Hit future period, sul,k. a ,
scarlet are qu ted $5O 90. •Isales
The China Mail, Sept. 10, says :- -" Them is Cam,ets -Without inquiry, and prices
nominal. The following is a
lof produce -- return of. the estimate,.
scarcely anything of note in or about Canton. The Woollens.-About 900 pieces Spanish stripes have i '
examiners, who it was thought must :have fallen changed hands ; prices 70c. to 80c., according to colour ' asha's prodUce, ready stuff, abou
into the hands of the rebels or other otttlaws, did and quality. Medium cloths, $1 30. per quarter, free on board
arrive on the 4th, having traversed the oast of the Metals-Lead is again lower, and in no demand, no- trade, ditto, 43s 6d to 445 6d r
minal price $5 79. Nail rod iron, $3 25 to 3 50. Tin, on board
province, which is known to be in a very disturbed
Sts, $l4 to $l5 ; Ranee and China, $22 to $2B ; about :onttaets for delivery ia Octo'
state. One of the latest placards received l purports
2,500 piculs have arrived and been disposed of. Best freer, and January, 39s 6
to be au invitation of some of the titeratj to their
qualityo continues in good demand. er, n board .............. ..,
brethren in general to join them in an appeal to the
pium.-Mal wa is quoted $330 to $333, and Patna )b Pashati; produce, ready stuf
high authorities on the subject. Tae district of
X 273 to $275. The deliveries during the month had been quarter, i..-ee on board ...
Poh-10, in liwui-chau Fu, is particularif Jed, and 2,599 Malwa and 980 Patna, leaving 2,310 and 1,372 private .trac,!e, ditto, 41s 6tl
sr, free on boa.rd ....
its magistrate denounced for his supinenoss. The chests in stock, ssha's produce, ready stuf
banditti there are mentioned as having proceeded COMPARATIVE IMPORTS FROM JAN. ITO SEPT. 5 DURING LartAsr, free on board ,
from brigandage to rebelliont had been once put THE YEARS rrivat,e trade, 32s to 32
down, and had now risen again. It is doubtless 1854. 1855.
Long cloths, white pee. 14,468 • 83,689 on berazd
with an eye to the inconvenience of encountering n• future delivery, 31s
grey ••• ,, 201,165 649,191 free on board
such folk that Pihkwei, the governor, whose recall " dyed
to Pekin was noticed some time since, .has chosen a Twill's, white ...... -,, 5,094 - - quarter, tree on board
westerly route. He started on the 24th of August ~ grey ,, 420 - 32,25.5
Ch. tzes and fey cottons „ 1,416 68,972 87,563 i produces ready stuff
(after delivering himself of a valedictory effusion in on board .....,
Handkerchiefs doz. - 5,7A0
verse), with an escort of 1,000 hired braves, intend-- I trade, 215 s 6(2 to 27r
Long Ells Pea. 700 10,440 3,990
Mg, it is said, to pass through Hu Nan, Hu Peh, Camlets ,, 1,153 6,388 3,490 surd . ,
qo stocks.
and Ho Nan. The comparatively froe passage of Spanish stripes
stuff, 40a to 53s pe
teas through Hu Nan to Canton wontld lead us to Velvets and Velveteens , 208 5,424 21,873
infer that the east side of that province may be Lon PL. 2,370 13,414 15 921 iture delivery (serf
crossed without much hindrance. On the common Lead „ 1,272 17,283 12,9,7 carter, free on boa
Sandal-wood ,, 3,570 4,111 7,003 'eau stuff, lls I
borders of Kwang Si and Kwang Tung disorder Rattans „ 11,921 8,938 11,175
ion board
continues. The city of Wu-chau, admitted by the Sugar „ 46,213 274,309 220,565
ew bales have a
Imperialists to be surrounded by 40,000 rebels, is Teas-Congous, of the old crop about 18 chops have
t in general mix
without doubt no longer in the hands of the Go- been taken at from 92 to 11 taels, leaving a stock of about however, is fire
vernment, and other places higher up the river are 10 chops, the bulk of which are out of condition. Of the
iounted to
sbout Nd to 71 only
mentioned as being overrun by gangs who may or new crop but little has arrived, and great reluctance to
operate has been apparent throughout the m•rnth ; teamen
may not have a share in the T'aeping movement. y be quoted
From the vicinity of Canton itself come ceaseless demand extra prices, while the high rates of exchange act port; 4s 6
• prevent buyers from meeting their views •; 12 chops have ortion. Cott,
complaints of the ruinous effects of the in unda-
found purchasers, say, 4 chopspekoe, 6 souchong, and ;. ; with bat
tions. The rains have done no small damage within /icy of the ft
2 Leeman congou. Quotations are-G cod ordinary to
he city itself. but middling and Ho How kinds, 12 to 14 taels ; r higher ra
flavoury kinds and Kaiaowa, market not opened ; Ning• ha g•
ve de
ers i,
'
chows, old, 93/4 to 11 ; Monings and Oopacks none in don at ;the
market ; souchongs, arrivals 8 chops ; sales, 6 chops, at eilles, 5.1
13 to 15 for fair, and 16 to 18 for good ' • flowery pekoes, NTS FRO
arrivals 1,300 packages ; sales, 700 at 15 to 22 taels ; Great I
Ning Yongs and Oolongs, no arrivals. Total arrivals, ers 29,
2d chops ; sales, 12 ;
,stock, 12-against last year, 210
chops ; sales, 90 ; stocks, 117. Greens.-About 5,000
packages of the old crops have been taken at from 1 to 2 qrs.
taels reduction on previous rates, leaving a stock of
10,000 packages. Of the new crop about 8,000 pack-
ages have been settled, principally Pingsuey and Hoo
chow kinds for the English market.

1856.
121,053
791,347
8,342

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

Quarters.
Wheat, Said Pasha's proddoe, ready stuff, about
44s to 45s 6d per quarter, free ore board ....... .. 7,300
Wheat, private trade, ditto, 43s 6d to 44s 6d per
quartor, free on board
Wheat, .ditto, contracts for delivery in October,
November, DecemOer, and January, 398 6d to
44s per quarter, free on board .............. •••.
Wheat, „13eheireh Pasha'io produce, ready stuff, 424
to 43s 'd per quarter, t•-ee on board ... ..• ... 7,400
1-,
Wheat, ditto, private trac,!e, ditto, 41s 6d to 42s
6d per qua ter, free on boa.rd ..„. .
Be ms, Said l'ash3's produce, ready stuff, about
33s 6d per qu,artssr, free on board , . 4,500)
Beans, ditto, private trade, 32s to 32s 6d per
quarter, free on bOazd
Beans, ditto, for future delivery, 31s to 32s 6d
per quarter, free on b oard , 10,600
Beans, Beheireh Pasha's ditto, ready sta.fr, 28s 9d
to 31s 6d per quarter, free on board .......
Barley, Pasha's produced, ready stuff, 27s ,6d per
quarter, free on board .
Barley, private trade, 25s 6(..) to 27s 6d per qiisar-
ter, free on board .. .. ..... ......
Indian corn—No stocks.
Linseed, ready stuff, 40s to 53s per quarter, free

At Hot ig Kong—Aug. 13, the Venilia, from London ;
Aug. 14, t`te Magpie, from London ; Aug. 15, the Me-
teor, fooro London ; Aug. 17, the Stad Fiel, from Car-
diff ; Aug'. 25, the Chhllenge and the Pride of the Ocean,
from Lomion ; Aug. 28, the Testimonial, from the
Downs ; sep,',. 4, the Kelso, from Sunderland ; Sept. 5,
the Mabratta, . from Sunderland, and the Sir James, from
London ; Sept. 9, H.M.S. Calcutta, from Plymouth,
and the Hollow-is tron, from Hartlepool ; Aug. 11, the
Aerolite, from Lt..'nd"'
At Sh'anghai—A.Cg' 7,
Aug. 11, the Assi4. an, the Saxon King, from Cardiff ;
from London ; Aug. 19, the
Great Britain, from Livt.Tpool.
DEStRTURES T%
1 GREAT BRITAIN.
From Hong Kong--Aug. Aug, 29, the Fort William, for
London ; Sept. 1., the Sout:lern Cross, for London.
From Whampoa—Aug. 10, t::e LoreAzo, for London ;
Aug. 16, the Rolling Wave, for Z.!vero 00l ; Aug. 18,
the Celestial, for London ; Aug. 21, the •
Age, for London ; Aug. 30, the Tartar, i Spirit of the
etir Liverpool ;
Sept. 5, the Northfleet, for London ; Sept.
0, the Aden,
for Liverpool ; Sept. 10, the Beverley, for ..T.,ondon.
From Foochow—July 1, the Congo, for London ;
July 4, the Sea Witch, for London ; July 12 the Vi-
sion, for Liverpool ; July 17, the Kangaroo, I
don ; Aug. 12, the Fiery Cross, for London. or Lon.
tihanJoai—Aug. 6, the Julia, fur London ; AIL 22,
the Agra, for London.,
SIIII.S OF WAR.
At Hong Kong—H.M.S. Calcutta, Sybille, and , the
steamer Coromandel ; the French frigate Sibylle, O. 'e
United States sloop Portsmouth, and the Spanish
steamers Jorge Juan and Reyna de Castilla.
At Macao—The Portuguese brig Mondego. 1
At Whampoa— H M. brig Bittern.
At Foochow—H. M. sloop Racehorse.
At Shanghai—H. M. steamers Encounter and Hor•
net, and the United States sloop Levant.

EGYPT.
. ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 18.
Three smart shoCks of earthquake were expe-
rienced in Alexandria at three a.m. on Sunda),
12th. The oscillations were from north to south.
The second shock is said by those who carefully
marked the time to have lasted 55 seconds. The,

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16 0

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dogs which infest the streets howled fearfully, fled,
and were seen no' more that night. The European
inhabitants abandoned their houses, and assembled
in the great square; The men in dressing-gowns and
the ladies in their nightclothes. Among those who
wept bitterly were Mademoiselle Rachel and her
sister. The earthquake was preceded by a noise
like that of distant thunder, the sky was bright and
starlight, and the sea perfectly calm, but the air
was excessively hot and oppressive. Theinhabitants
having remained more than an hour in the square,
and finding no repetition of the shock, returned to
their dwellings. Fearing a return of the visitation
several of the inhabitants slept on aunclay night
on board ships in the harbour, and others lodged
themselves under tents in the great square. All
the mischief done in Alexandria by the earthquake
is confined to the walls of several houses rent, and
to a quantity of china and glass broken. Ac-
counts from Cairo state that four houses were
thrown down by the shock, and 134 damaged ;
six persons were killed and ten wounded. Houses
were levelled at Fantah and other villages, which
is not surprising when one considers the flimsy
materials of which the houses were composed.
The English steamer St. Andrew, which sailed
from Liverpool on the 24th of September, and ar-
rived here on the 13th inst., experienced the shockcra
at Sea 320 miles on this side of 111alta. Thew
rock,
and
imagined that the ship had struck ouch
aliren were
some of the female passengers and
They
distinctly felt
thrown from their berths.
arrived here on
three shocks. Travellers
swhteaomer Jourdain state
Thursday in the French
thatead vat et r yßfeeyerbol
ue
ts haohcdk_oa ft anti eer aurstahl
eq
mu a ko en was
npdeary
morning. -
Accounts b
which yarr the Austrian Lloyd's
steamer Bombay, arrived here on Friday,
state. tab:
ct
otrhfue. earthquake had caused serious da-
The establishment of a national bank in Alexan-
dria, under the title of Bank of Egypt, has already,
though not in operation much more than three
months, commenced a revolution in the ideas of the
fellahs or cultivators of the soil with respect to
money matters. It is well known that the fellahs
have hitherto hoarded or buried the cash they have
received for their produce. Since they have been
paid by draughts on the Bank of Egypt, and they
find the mode in which those draughts are cashed is
so satisfactory, some of the more wealthy have
opened accounts with the bank, and deposited their
savings there for safe keeping. Should this prac-
tice become general, and the many millions which
are known to be hoarded by the fellahs be brought
into circulation and laid out iu profitable invest-
ments, it must produce an enormous effect on the
in general. In a political
prosperity of the country
point of view it will raise the British name and in-
fluence among the population, for the fellahs' are
already beard to say,"Wh a t
much honest
mpoeroop,
sl
ae
tthose
.
English bankers are, and how
tory are their payments than those we have hitherto
been accustomed to." I have heard an eminent
broker say that the fellahs now ask how they are to
be paid, and, when told by draughts on the Bank of
Egypt, they make a difference of from 1 to 2 per
cent. between that and any other mode of pay men t.
There is an interesting experiment at present un-
der trial in the cultivation of rice. Mr. Lattis, a Ve-
netian, has undertaken to produce two crops of
rice in the year in the place of one. The Viceroy
has placed a certain quantity of land and a sufficient
number of labourers at his command. Lord Can-
ning having heard of the experiment on his passage
through Egypt to India, and perceiving the enor-
mous advantage that might be derived in our Indian
possessions from the experiment if successful, re-
quested our Consul here to watch the result. Mr.
Lattis brought his first crop to maturity in. July
last, and I understand he has been equally successful
with his second crop. The British Consul will pre-
pare a full report on the subject, and forward it to
his GoVernment.

OCT. 21.

The Calcutta mail arrived at Suez on the night of
the 18th inst., and the Bombay mail on the morn-
ing of the 19th. They will leave to-day for Mar-
seilles and Southampton in the Valetta and Pera.
The outward-bound India mails leave Suez to-day.
His Highness the Viceroy arrived here froinCairo
on Saturday
afternoon. He will leave again to-
morrow. His Highness has resolved to give a more
regular form to his government, and, as a com-
mencement, he has appointed at Cairo a Grand
Council of State, composed of 24 of the most ex-
perienced statesmen in Egypt. He is further
bringing nearer to his person men of great business-
likehablts to assist him in effecting the improve-
ments of which the country stands so much in
need ; among them, Abderahman Bsy, Minister of
Commerce, a man of great practical experience and
undoubted integrity. It was he who ten years
since removed the impediments to the free trans-
mission of newspaper despatches through Egypt.
There has been a serious rise in the corn market
within the last 15 days, but holders now show a
disposition to realise. Purchasers, on the other
hand, are becoming cautious, and this feeling, com-
bined with a growing tightness in the money
market, has given a more quiet tone to the corn
market. There.has eves been a decline during the