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

SHIPS OP WAR.

At Hong Kong—H.M.S. Calcutta, Sybille, and the
steamer Coromandel ; the French frigate Sibylle, the
United States sloop Portsmouth, and the Spanish
steamers Jorge Juan and Reyna de Castilla.

At MacaoL-The Portuguese brig Mondego.
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, Oar. 18.

Three smart shocks of earthquake were expe-
rienced in Alexandria at three a.m. on Sunda', the
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
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. The inhabi tan ts
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 Sunday 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 p4th of September, and ar-
rived here on the 13th inst., experienced the shoek
at Sea 320 miles on this side of Malta. The crewn
imagined that the ship had struck on a rock, and
some of the female passengers and children were
thrown from their berths. They distinctly felt
three
in the French me
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morning. Accounts by the Austrian Lloyd's
steamer Bombay, which arrived here on Friday,
state that the earthquake had caused serious da-
mage at Corfu.
The establishment of a national bank in Al,exan-
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 in profitable invest-
ments, it must produce an enormous effect on the
prosperity of the country in general. In a political
point of view it will raise the British name and in-
fluence among the population, for the fellahs are
already heard to say, " What honest people those
English bankers are, and how much more satisfac-
tory are their payments than those we have hitherto
been accustomed to." I have heaird 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 Cmsul 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
tho 18th inst., and the Bombay mail on the morn-
ing of the 19th. They will leave to-day for MAr-
seines and Southampton in the Valetta and Para.
The outward-bound India mails leave Suez to-day.
His Highness the Viceroy arrived here from 0,1,ir0
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-
like habits to assist him in effecting the improve-
ment. of which the country stands so much in
need ; among them Abderahman Bey, 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 ne ffspaper 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 tile, corn
market. There has even been a decline during the

last three days. Contracts have been made to a
coniderab2e amount for the delivery of corn at a
future pet-bid, su, jeer, to a penalty if nit completed.
The followi.ug is a return of the estimated sales
of produoe

Quarters.

7,300

Wheat, Said Pasha's produce, ready stuff, ab out
41s to 45s Gd per quarter, free on board --
Wheat, private trade, ditto, 43s Gd to 44s Gd pea.
quarter, free on board
Wheat, ditto, contracts for delivery in October,
November, December, and January, 39s 6,1 to
44s per quarter, free on board
Wheat, Beheireh Pasha's produce, ready stuff, 42s
to 43s 6(1 per quarter, free on board 7,400
Wheat, ditto, private trade, ditto, 41s 6d to 42s
6d per quarter, free on board
Beans, Said Pasha's produce, ready stuff, about
33s Gd per quarter, free on board
Beans, ditto, private trade, 32s to 32s Gd per
quarter, free on board lO,OOO
Beans, ditto, for future delivery, 31s to 32s 6(1
per quarter, free on board
Beans, Beheireh Pasha's ditto, ready stuff, 288 9d
to 31s 6d per quarter, free on board
Barley, Pasha's produce, ready stuff, 27s 6d per
quarter, free on board
Barley, private trade, 25s 61 to 27s 6d per quar-
ter, free on board
Indian corn—No stocks.
Linseed, ready stuff, 40e to 53s per quarter, free
on board
Linseed, for future delivery (screened), 51s 6d to
53s 6(1 per quartet, free on board
Cotton seed, ready stuff, 118 Gd to 12s 6d per
quarter, free on board BOO
Cotton—A fee- bales have arrived a the new crops of
this staple, but in general mixed with old cotton. The tone
of the market, however, is firm, but with a very poor sup-
ply. Sales amounted to only 2,000 cantars; private pro•
duce at from about 51d to 7d per lb., free on board.
Freights may be quoted at 3s 6d to 4s per quarter for
beans to a direct port; 4s 6d to 58 3d for orders, and other
grain in proportion. Cotton to Liverpool, id in full to id
and 5 per' cent. ; with ballast of grain, 3s to 2s 6d, The
general tendency of the freight market is at this moment
towards rather higher rates. There are 23 British vessels
in port seeking.
Exchanges have declined, owing to the scarcity of money.
Paper on Lorldma at three months is quoted at 99p. per
pound ; Marseilles, 5.10 f. to 5.11 f. per dollar of 20p.

110,C00

10,600

3,000

k SHIPMEITTS FROM THE 4TH TO THE 19TH INST.
Great Britain. France. Austria. flat/.
Wheat, quarters 29,292; 19,626 1,336 6,933
Beans „ 7,175 756 625
Barley , 5,353 640
Cotton seed, qrs. 2,125 3,626
Cotton, bales 1,615 604
Wool ~ 235 31
Gum Arabic

Country Markets,

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EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET—
OCT. 28.
Supplies of all kinds these last six days moderate.
Oat straw, from 12s Od to les Od per kemple of ' 6 stones
tron; wheat do., 12s Od to les Od; barley do., lOs 6d. to 148
Od. Hay from 10d to is. ld.

EDrNBURGII MEAL—OcT. 28.
There were in the market to-day 13 sacks oatmeal, each
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 46..

DALKEITH ME. L MARKET-00T. 27.
There were in the market to-day 16 bags of oatmeal, lof ,"
barleymeal, and 0 pot barley • Sales dull.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bm I First. Second. Third.
imperial
LS
Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —a Od ,—s
Od
Peasemeal, per ditto
Flour, new, per ditto...
Od
Pot-barley, new, per ditto i —s Od Od

—Oar. 29.

the close of the market.
I Wallsend, tze.

ih cl.
RussellT Hetton
South Raton 19 °
Braddyll lB 2
Framwellgate ..... „. , lB
Lambton l9 0
°
Montague 18
Cassop . 19 0
••19 9
iletton
Eleugh HIM lB 2
Whitworth ...............•i9 ',
Teem','
em ......................1 v
..
.18 9

Hartlepool ................ -
Soutb Kelloe ..............•19
Cowndon Tees ............14
9
Bell's Primrose ........... 0
Stewart's .................. 17
Eden Main ............... 18

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