The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-02 00:00:00

FREIGHTS.

Freights have not fluctuated much during the month.
The present rates may be quoted at 31. to London, 21. 10s.
to 31. for Liverpool, and rs. 12 to 12i to China.
MONEY MARKET.

There is scarcely any alteration in the Government
securities. The present quotations are-
-5 per cent. Loan of 1825-26 rs. 109 at 110

4 „ „ do. of 1832-33 105 at 106
4 „ „ do. of 1835-36 99i at 100
5 „ „ do. of 1841-42 110 at 1101
4 „ „ do. of 1842-43 99} at 100
Exchange on England has slightly declined since
our last quotations. The present rates are—for 6
months' Bills, Is. 10Id. ; and for Bills at 30 days'
sight, Is. 934 d. per rupee. On Calcutta, at 60 days'
sight, rs. 100-14 as. On Madras, at 60 days', rs. 1004 ;
and on China, at 60 day's sight, rs. 217 per 100 dollars.
BANKS.—The shares of the Bank of Bombay are at
present at 52 per cent. premium. The Bank of Western
India has declared a dividend of 7 per cent. The shares
are at present quoted, old without dividend, and new, at
55 to 60 per cent. premium.
PRICE OF BULLION.

Sovereigns, each
Bank Notes, per

Is. 11 2as.
11 2as.

LEVANT NEWS.
ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 21, 1844.
The Geyser sailed hence early yesterday morning
for Malta, having on board Lord Ellenborough. The
Berenice, from Bombay, arrived at Vienna on the
17th inst., with the mails and 25 passengers, amongst
whom is Sir Henry Pottinger, who proceeds this day
to England by the Great Liverpool.
Lieutenant-Colonel Powell, of the Ist Bombay Eu-
ropean Regiment, Adjutant-General of the Bombay
army, died of dropsy, off Jedda, on the 13th instant,
on board of the Berenice. This officer, who was
about 54 years of age, had just retired from service.
M. Bourne is in constant communication with the
Egyptian Government to complete the arrangements
for the transit through Egypt of the India mails, but
it appears that he is progressing very slowly, and up
to this time nothing decisive has been done.

MALTA. WEDNESDAY, SEFT. 25.—The Alecto,
from Corfu, has just arrived, 10 A.M.
The Great Liverpool, with mails from India, ar-
rived this morning after one of the most rapid pas-
sages she has ever performed. She passed the Geyser
steam-frigate at 8 A.M. on Monday, in lat. 34 35 N.,
long. 20 17 E. This vessel, with his Excellency
Lord Ellenborough on board, has just moored in the
great harbour. I have not been able to ascertain if
his Lordship will perform his quarantine here or not.
Her Majesty's ship Formidable, bound to this place,
had quitted Gibraltar before the departure of the Sy-'
deßham, which brought us back our Commander-
in-Chief of the naval forces in the Mediterranean
yesterday.
Lieutenant Franklin will not now be sent for trial
to Gibraltar. His court-martial will take place here.
Commodore Smith, with the United States squa-
dron, is still here.

The Tanus is expected to-morrow from the Levant.
The Acheron's mail will close at 1 r M. this morn-
ing, and the Great Liverpool will leave port at 9 A.m.
to-morrow.

NEWS FROM PORTUGAL
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 2.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Liverpool, Captain F. Meehan, arrived this day, at
forty-five minutes past three o'clock, A.M., from
Gibraltar, bringing the following mails :—Gibraltar,
Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo.
Her dates of departure are as follow :—From Gib-
raltar, 22d; Cadiz, 23d; Lisbon, 25th ; Oporto, 26th ;
and Vigo, 27th ult.

Ships-Of-War lying at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's
ships Albion and Warspite (the Polyphemus sailed
on the 21st for Malta) ; the Danish steamer Hecla
and brig Mercurius ; the Norwegian corvette Nordj-
stein ; the Austrian corvette Adira ; and the Prussian
corvette Amazon.

At Cadiz—Two French line of battle ships and the
Belle Poule frigate.

LISBON, SEPT. 25.
The downfal of the Cabral Administration is ap-
parently close at hand. The uncompromising hos-
tility of the Chamber of Peers—at least of its great
majority—to the present Ministers, rendering it ne-
cessary that some coup d' dal should be ventured on
to neutralise it. Cabral, it appears, drew up a list
of 10 persons, all of them of course in his interest,
and having caused the decrees nominating them
severally to the peerage to be made out ready cut and
dry, proceeded on Sunday last to the palace for the
purpose of urging the measure upon the Queen as one
of vital necessity. The Duke do Palmella, however,
who was aware of his intention, had been there before
him, and just as stonctly recommended her Majesty
not to do anything of tle sort, as it would be esta-
blishing a precedent which other Ministries in their
turn would act upon, and which would eventually lead
to the complete swamping of that Chamber ; and as,
moreover, the maintenance of Cabral and his colleagues
in power was by no means an object of such import-
ance as they themselves would make it appear, the
consequence of this was, that when Costa Cabral pro-
posed the measure to the Queen, and, in full confiden ca
of her assent to it, laid the decrees before her for sig-
nature, she coolly replied that the matter was of too
serious a nature to be decided upon without further
deliberation, and that she would therefore submit it
to the consideration of her Council of State. This
was the same as pronouncing his doom at once; fbr
as the Council of State and the Ministers have been at
open strife for a long time past, he has evidently no
chance of favour from that quarter. Immediately
after this interview had taken place, the Queen,
it is said, sent the Duke of Palmella to treat
with Viscount Sada Bandeira about the for-
mation of a new administration, which he did ;
and the result of their conference was, that a coalition
Cabinet, composed in equal proportions of Chartists