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

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,

Grey Shit ting-40 45 in. All descriptions very
du:l, with ch.t exception of 66 to 72 reeds, of the former
former for which there exists some demand.
Madapoliams—The market is overstocked, and little
or no inquiry exists.
Long Cloth--In consequence of the injudicious forc-
ing of several sales, we havo to notice the decline in
value of about 4 annas per piece.
T. Cloth—A smaller demand exists than at the date
of our last, and on 61bs. and upwards prices have receded
2 to 3 annas per piece.
Domestic—For coarse and heavy 40-inch wide there
exists a moderate inquiry; the finer fabrics are less
asked for.
Bleached Goods—For shirting upwards of 66 reeds
there exists a slight inquiry; from 60 downwards, very
dull.

Jacconet—The medium and finer qualities are some-
times asked for, the lower sorts are very dull.
Twills meet with small inquiry.
Satin Spots ditto.
Turkey Red—Plain and twill very dull of sale ;
mull► i❑ slight inquiry at a reduction of 2 to 3 annas
per piece.
Cotton Yarn—A farther declination in price has oc-
curred, in consequence of the large supply which has
been sent into the market, and the anxiety displayed on
the part of importers to realise.
Dyed—Orange in moderate request; Turkey red in
small inquiry.
Woollens show no improvement ; 7,000 yards
flannel sold at 13 annas; and 3,500 yards printed
flannel at 14 annas. _

Metals—English and Swedish bar iron are dull, and
prices have receded; the same may be said of sheet iron
and nail-rod, both round and square; a slight inquiry
exists for hoops, and for Swedish steel in tubs there
also is some request ; in faggot it is dull; spelter is not
asked after, and has slightly fallen in price; lead, both
pig and sheet, without change. Copper—Braziers' and
sheting, as well as tiles, rather dull ; nails slightly
advanced; South American dull.
Cochineal very dull ; prices have receded one anna
per lb. 2001bs. cochineal, Rs. 1 10 0 per lb.
Saffron—A large supply has just been received, and
prices have fallen to Rs. 18.
Beer—Allsopp is steady at our last quotations, and
about 100 hhds have been disposed of. The nominal
wholesale price of Bass having been reduced to Rs. 60,
200 hhds. of that brand have also sold, leaving only
about 50 hhds. in stock. Of other brands 220 hhds.
appear to have sold at various prices, as detailed in our
report.
Spirits—Brandy in wood in request, in bottle dull,
gin dull in both wood and bottle. 50 hhds. brandy, in-
terior quality, Rs. 2 per gallon ; 5 qr casks Dunbar's
ditto, Rs. 3 per gallon.
Wine—We hear of the following sale-10 qr. casks
and 2 Mids. sherry wine, of 130 gallons, Re. 275 0 0
per cask.
Marine Stores—Canvas, both bleached and brown, in
slight inquiry, but the prices quoted are no better than
before; cordage in good request, and linseed oil also in
demand; spirits of turpentine dull, as is also twine.
Paint of the best quality in request.
Bottles—Quarts scarce, 1 6-16th per dozen, and pints
1 1-16th—of the latter 40 gross sold at quotation. 60
gross empty pint bottles, Rs. 1 10 per gross.
Cotton Wool—Market dull, and prices inclined to fall.
We have heard of no purchases having been made for
the English market. For China the natives continue
buying, •and most :of the holders export to China on
their own account. Since our last report scarcely any
variation in price has occurred. 200 bales Broach and
Juaiboosur, Rs. 95 per candy.
Opium—Nothing has been doing in the market since
the departure of the steamer for China. Prices seem in-
clined to Lill, and our present quotations are nominal.
Freight—The rates to England are slightly higher;
for London and Liverpool our, quotations are 21. 10s. to
21. 12s. 6d.; to China the rate has receded to Rs. 153-
per candy.
Exchange is without alteration; the rate of the day is
2s. Old. to 2s. Op. for six months' sight, inclined to ad-
vance—on Calcutta, 1 per cent. prem.; on China, its.
222 per 100 dollars.

CALCUTTA MARKETS, OCT. 7.
(From the Calcutta Star.)
MONEY MARKET.—Though all our subscribers and
readers in this country are well aware that the past week
or ten days have been a holiday, and that the date of
our present issue falls in the midst of the idleness, as far
as business is concerned, and the gaieties and festivities
of our longest annual vacation, yet the circumstance
may not readily occur to our home subscribers, and an
India mail coming in without the usual copy of the Cal-
cutta Commercial Review might induce the conclusion
that we had discontinued its publication, or some other
surmise equally unfavourable. We take, therefore, these
circumstances into consideration, and not wishing to risk
the loss of the valuable support our paper enjoys, we
have determined on issuing a few lines explanatory of '
the reasons of our not giving the usual comprehensive
Summary of Commercial Intelligence. The fact is, we
have nothing to report, and think we can hardly do
better than extract from the commercial columns of
the Calcutta Morning Chronicle of Saturday last, the
4th instant, what that paper gave for its usual
weekly Commercial Report. The last mail from
England has caused some little uneasiness here.
In addition to the report of the failure of one mer-
cantile firm in London, whose name is given, it is
reported that there are others, and that an extensive
failure was reported for the amount of 500,0001. We
have no failures here to report, but we greatly fear
this happy inability on our part will not continue long.
The holidays are drawing to their close, and doubtless
next mail hence will take out more disastrous intelli-
gence. During the vacation several arrivals have been
announced, and it is feared that when business re-opens,
the position of the import market will be found by no
means to have improved. We take from the Chronicle
the following :
" CALCUTTA, OCT. 4, 1851.--We can hardly be ex-
pected to give a report of the commercial doings of the
week ; the period since our last report has been
absorbed in complete inactivity as regards commercial
matters, and the goddess Doorgah has engrossed the
greatest share of the time, attention, and, as regards
the natives, the means of commercial and non-commer-
cial people of this great city. The whole week has been
absorbed in holidays—counting-houses have been
closed, offices shut, and even the little peddling shops
have bad their locks to their gates. Calcutta is
out of town, and the wheels of business have
not been heard to creak. Holiday-making,
holiday- taking, and holiday-enjoying have been
the order of the day, although we must con-
fess we never remember circumstances being so unfa-
vourable to the full enjoyment of a holiday feeling. The
mail of 25th August has come in, and the intelligence it
conveys is far from satisfactory. Things have been gra-
dually becoming worse, and now we learn the natural
consequence, in the shape of failures and rumours of
failures. We take the following from an evening con-
temporary, which gives a correct idea of the position and
prosp, eta of things when business was suspended this
day week :
" ' Business closed on Saturday with a very gloomy
aspect; portentous clouds had for some time before hung
upon the commercial horizon, and the general expecta-
tion was, that they would break in a deluge of mischief
even before the commencement of the Doorgall Poojahs.
Several wealthy natives in the Bazaar had suspended,
and rumour began to be busy with the names of more
than one European house. The latest business hour
however, closed without anything like a crash, and con-
jecture is left to busy itself with what the resumption of
business on the 11th instant is likely to develope.'
" Some of our oldest merchants in Calcutta state they
have never seen the markets so unsettled, disturbed, and
unsatisfactory.
" Accounts from the Indigo districts continue of a
favourable tenor, and estimates are gradually rising.
From all we have heard, we calculate the crop at
1,15,000 mds. We can hardly hold out prospects of good
prices to our Indigo friends. That last year's figures
will not be approached is the general impression."

CHINA.
(From the Overland Friend of China, of Sept. 29.)
The 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-chap-fu, in the south-west of
the Kang-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 Kou-chau, and immediately
futi,mthese capital,reportedt,heis tnaokwingsupopfowsehdichtohbaes
on the borders of Kwang-si.
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indeed in the possession of the rebels. We have a
letter from a Kwang-'si-man, stating it is a fact that
the place has fallen, and that Tien-teh is gathering
forces together with the view of falling on Fuh-san,
a short distance from Canton, where Colonel Chesney
and others were assulted some years back ; but the
Canton merchants (the cry of " Wolf" havingibeen
raised so many times without any apparent result)
are much less fearful now than they were a year ago.
One whole page of our supplement is filled with
papers having reference to certain frightening pla-
cards that were posted about the walls at Shanghae,
at which total extermination was threatened to the
" hateful barbarians." The fears to which the ap-
pearance of these placards gave rise are now appa-
rently subsiding, the last numbers of the North China
ld, and private letters, being silent on the matter

his Majesty's attendants, who lost his arm in warding
off the blow. Eighteen high mandarins were impli-
cated in the matter, and, together with the whole of
their families, were immediately decapitated. Sus-
pinion had also fallen on same of the Emperor's uncles,
on several court eunuchs, and on Keying and Muh-
chaugab.