Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-29 00:00:00

weather. It rains more or less almost every. day... This
(Monday) morning we had a real benefit—enough for a
month, but it has no appearance of stopping. We believe
the health continues good—some casesof chill and fever
—no very serious cases—at least not many. 1-v-
-some talk of boll-- - find

~-worms, and the continued. rains, a
being very injurious to the cotton) which opens lattrthi
-Tallahassee Sentinel; 9th-.

is (Yallabasha riblican sa

region

The corn crap, we imagine, is now beyond

the cotton, if damp, cloudy
kill Ix

contingency

Savannah, 16th -Rep;—Reprts from the country
state that the rains are doing immense. damages causing
the shedding of the plant and the generating. of boil=

CHINA COMMERCIAL. LNTELLIGENCE

We have been favoured by a correspondent
with the following remarks front China, via Mar-

seilles

HONG KONG, July

In CANTON, business has been a]

two of. the disper4on of the rebelswith considerable loss,
confidence is being restored again, and a fair demand for
imports it 4 looked for shortly.

lie past

fair extent, and there still exists a good-demand for
some articles—say light and heavy grey shirtiugs, 66.
and 72 reed, white shirtings, T cloths, and 28-32 and

38-42 yarns

Brocades, spot shirting,s,

the other hand, are not inquired for, and Blbs. 40z., to
Blbs. Boz. grey. shirtin?s are difficult to place.
. TRAS.—CANTON.-1 he less favourable advices from
England, together with the commencement of hos-
tilities on the Continezt,_ hare
.caused buyers to.

purchasers

fortnight haw

consequently been

_
routes to the Oonam and Ooopack tea districts having
been re-opened by the dispersion of the rebels, muster
chests of new Congous are expected in about ten days,
and some entire chops in a fortnight, but to what extent

ented Orange Pekoes ; 12,000 boxes
Old Country,

12,000

Capers ; uncertain of greens
packages. Also in stock, 5,000 packag
SILK.—CANTON.—Of the first crop the market is
dearer. The second crop is expected shortly.
EXCHANGE.—Bank bills on London at six months,
4s. 9id. to 4s. 9d. Undoubted credits, 4s. 10c1. and 4s.
91d.
FREIGHTS to England,-£2 and £3 per 50 cubic feet.
BuLLioN.—The receipts from the Ist January, 1859,
to dates from England and elsewhere amount to
7,560,568 dollars, against 3,134,060 dollars for the same
period last year.
OPIUM REPORT.—Business is very limited, and prices
are lower. The stocks are estimated at 1,000 chests
Patna, 200 chests Benares, and 2,231 chests Alalwa.

Messrs. Berley and Co., Foochow, in their
circular of the 29th of June, give the following
report as to Tea :
An active business has been doing in new Congous
the. past fortnight, at a further reduction of about
1. the greatest decline beimg nn me_

dium am

maintained their value, and as there are now few re-
maining, and but few more looked for, such qualities
are hardly likely to recede.
Continued free arrivals, coupled with the receipt of
unfavnnrnhl 4,, I no, Rin v. frnm thn h Aim _

may cause prices' to droop. - Much, however, must
depend upon the advices we shall shortly receive as to
the prospects of business in Canton and Shanghai.
Second crop Teas are now coming down, the quality of
which, so far, is poor, and, in relation, value and class
compare very unfavourably with tho first crop.
In Oolongs nothing is yet doing on American
account. Prices are three taeLs lower.
Souchongs command full prices ; the quality, how,
over, of some few crops is unusually flue.