The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1855.

a:ICK CLOTHS, &c.—The whole of the canvass
_L used for covering the Pavilion erected in front of Guildha f.
on the occasion of the visit of the Emperor of the French, is suitable
for rick cloths, and will be sold second-hand. Poles, putties. and
lines complete, if required. An early application to Benjamin
Edgington, 2, Duke-street, London-bridge, will have immediate
attention.

VIAPPIN'S "SHILL'ING" RAZOR.
J. Sold everywhere. Wa*ranteci rood by the makers, JOSEPH
MA.PPIN and BROTHERS, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield; and
37, Moorgate-street, C:ty, London.

UAPPIN'S SUPERIOR TABLE KNIVES,
4. as made for the Crystal Palace, Sydenham ; handles cannot
Possibly become loose : the blades are all of the very first quality,
being their own Sheffield manufacture.
Buyers supplied at their London Warehouse, 37, Moorgate-stre:t,
City; and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield.

BARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.
" 1 am myself an admirer of Mi.: beverage, and my own ex-
perience enaWes me to recommend it, in accordance with the
opinion of ibe mot eminent English Physicians, as a vi ry agree-
able and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage both for the in-
valid and the robust.—Giessen, May 1."
ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE only Is bottled by HARRINGTON
PARKER & CO., beer, wine, and spirit merchants, 51, Pall Ma r
Impellal measure quarts, pints. and for luncheon half-pints ; also
In casks of 18 gallons and upwards.

JROM FRANQE, GERMANY, or in
_ENGL AND, the. best Manufacturing Talent is obtained and
employed In the construction of the following :
The EMPEROR'S REDINGOTE, the new' garment of the Season.
MCOLL'S PALETOT, One and Two Guineas each.
The ALLIED SLEEVE CAPE, One Guinea, Waterproof, yet
Evaporable.
NICOLL'S GUINEA TROUSERS and HALF-GUINEA.
WAISTCOATS.
ESTIMATES for MILITARY and other OUTFITS sent gratis.
Accredited Agents in all parts of the globe, who have the above
and other first-clVs garments prepared in regulated sizes, so that they
may invariably fI well.

West-end Address, H. J. and D. NTCOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120,
Regent-street; and In the City, 22. Cornhlll.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

By the arrival of the overland mail we have re-
ceived our private correspondence and 'journals
from Calcutta to March 24; Bombay, April 3 ;
and Hongkong, March 15.

7th ult. His lordship was far from well, and the
journey from Calicut had to be performed by easy
stages. Active preparations are making for the
extension of the electric 4elegraph from Bangalore
to Ootacamund. -

•
Trade is in a very depressed state, and money
increasingly scarce. The new Five per Cent.-Loan
is filling but slowiy, only two out of the 50 lacs
allotted to Bombay- having as yet been paid into
the Government treasury, while three weeks out of
the prescribed two months within which it was to
close have expired.

CHINA
11014'GKONG, MARcll 15•
The English mails of December 25 and January
9 were received on the 2d inst., and the first steamer
from Shanghai under the new mail contracts ar-
rived yesterday.. The 25th of November mail only
reached us on the 20th ult., the steamer Shanghai
having put into Manilla for coals.
Our last 'was dated the 15th ult., since wbell, we
have to report a considerable change in political
!affairs in this country.
!DEFEAT OF THE REBELS AT CANTON,—
: SUA.NGIIAI RETAKEN BY THE IMPE-
' RIALISTS,ANDFRIGHTFULSLA.UGHTER.
From Shanghai our advices are to the 9th inst.
The city was retaken by the Imperialists on the
night of the 17th ult. (Chinese New 'Year's-day).
They set fire to it at various points, and a large
portion of it was burnt. The rebels were killed or
dispersed, and the people are rebuilding in their
old quarters. The foreigners who were in the rebel
service made their escape to Woosung on the day
preceding the attack, and treachery on the part of
'rthe Canton men admitted the linperial troops.
Lew, the rebel chief ;has been beheaded, •but
Chin-a-ling has escaped. Less bloodshed than was
anticipated took place, and the Imperial general,
showed great forbearance and humanity towards
the people. There was a large supply of powders
&c., in the'city, but scarcely any food, and those
who were not fighting men were reduced to the
greatest straits.
The capture of the city has given universal satis-
faction. The marines of the French frigate- La.
Jeanne d'Arc assisted in keeping order and pre-
venting robbery. The troops which were encamped
around Shanghai have been sent with all speed to
operate against Nankin-and Chin-kiatig, where the
rebels are said to be losing ground, but we have no
authentic intelligence to rely on. Her Majesty's
Consul at Shanghai, by order of his Excellency Sir
John Bowring, returned the bonds for duties given
between the 7th of September, 1853, and the 9th
February, 1854. •
The United States' steamer Powbattan arrived
at Shanghai on the 2d inst., with intelliaenCe from
Japan to the 22d ult. The United Stales' treaty
was ratified on the 21st.

The island of Niphon was visited on the 23d of
December with a most severe earthquake, whereby
the towns of Ohosaca and Simoda were destroyed,
and Jeddo much injured.
The Russian frigate Diana, which was at Japan
with Admiral Pontiatin, on a diplomatic mission,
was totally wrecked, but all hands saved.
At Canton the Imperialists have gained a com
plete victory over a large rebel fleet, and the river
traffic is again open to native craft, and large sup-
plies of the necessaries of life are thus conveyed to
the Canton market. Previously great distress was
felt by the poorer classes,, prices being ruinously
high. The insurgents have been driven from
their head-quarters near Whampoa, the greater
part of their fleet taken or destroyed, the town of
Sanchow burnt, and Blenheim Fort recaptured.
This took place on the 7th inst., the Mandarins
having been strengthened by the adherence of many
influential villages, whose " braves" acted on shore
and ,-a.ve no quarter to the rebels who fell into their
hands..' This success, if promptly and energetically
followed up, may be productive of, much ultimate
good ; but it must be remembered that, although
this one body of rebels has been destroyed, there
are many other bands which must be subdued ere
trade can be re-established on any secure basis. As
yet there is no improvement.
The rebel chiefs have escaped with a portion of
their fleet, and will doubtless go to increase the
number of pirates who swarm at the entrance and
on the river.

Her Majesty's ship Comus remains at Canton,
and the Spartan, at Whampoa.
The business in imports and exports at Canton
has been very limited. Freights nominal, at 5/. ss.
At Shanghai the demand for imp,,rts had been
stick, but improvement was looked for. The pur-
chases of tea had been to a fair extent. Silk was
slightly cheaper. Freights 4/.
At Foochow and Anioy there has been nothing
of importance to notice. The vessels Tom Bowline
(British) and the, Living Age (American) have
been wrecked on the Pratas Shoal ; both vessels
tea laden, the former bound from .Foochow for
London, the latter from Shanghai for New York.
The captains and crews have reached this, with the
exception of the second officer and two men of the
Torn Bowline, who were lost.
His Excellency Sir John Bowring, accompanied
by Messrs. H. S. Parker, G. W. Caine, and J. C.
Bowring, left for Siam in her• Majesty's steamer
Rattler on the 12th instant. Her Majesty's brig
Grecian accompanies the Rattler.
His Excellency Sir James Stirling is at present
here, but it is stated that he leaves in her Majes-
ty's ship Winchester, for Japan, at the end of this
Month, to. ratify' the treaty previously entered into.
Her Majesty's ship Sybil arrived from Singa-
pore on the 4th, and her Majesty's steamer Hornet
yesterday. The former we hear is to join the Pa-
cific squadron, and also her Majesty's steamer Bar-
racouta, which left this for Shanghai on the 12th
inst.

His Imperial French Majesty's ship Sybille, 52,
arrived here on the sth inst. ; 100 of her crew
have been lost from dysentery.
Our latest dates are, from England, January 9 ;
Calcutta, February 20 ; Bombay, February 2 ;
Singapore, March 2 ; Manilla, March 9 ; Sydney,
January 14 ; Shanghai, March 9.
Exchange on England, at Canton, 4s. 84d. ; at
Shanghai, 6s. 41d. ; on India, at Canton, 227-228;
at Shanghai, 304-306.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Bostbay Times.)

REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY
MARKETS FROM MARCH 10 TO APRIL 1.

The English mail, with dates to the 25th of Feb.,
reached on the morning of Sunday, the 25th.
In our last we noticed the opening of a Five per Cent.
Loan by Government, but we were unable to state the
termsg en which it was opened. These have now reached
us
, and, with the exception that this is styled " Public
Worksan Loan," there appears to be nothing different in
this loan from that paid off last year. The subject has
been much discussed during the fortnight, and we ob-
serve that at the other presidencies as well as here the
opinion finds very general acceptance that from some
unknown cause the Government of India must be em-
barrassed in their finances, and that the loan is the re-
sult of this emergency. Money continues in improved
demand, and we do not look for an easier market for
some time. Government securities and joint-stock
shares are in little request, and our quotations generally
show lower figures.
In the general position of our inport market there is
little to be remarked since our last circular ; the de-
pression we then had occasion to notice has in no way
been alleviated ; on the contrary, the dealers have shown
less desire to emtead their liabilities, consequently the
market has been very dull, and prices of cotton fabrics
we quote. qlu4ot ae. 2tre. 14r2.a. ; 71b. 56
; w
hi
le
in
have further retrograded, the very favourable rate of
exchange on London being the inducement to press
sales, but without leading to any extent of business.
Gray skirtings 40 yards 38-inch are very heavy to move,
and most descriptions are again easier iti price, about
reed,2a. per3 r.psi piece ;
e ;
45-inch there is less alteration in value, 91b. and up-
wards being in moderate request at former quotation,
861 b. ib.
6052 ree reed
l at
but lighter qualities are dell.
Freight—To Great Britain had a very dull appearance
at one time, and little was shipping at 3/. 10s. per ton
of 50 feet, but as produce is in greater quantity now,
and tonnage moderate, rates of freight have a hardening
tendency. Seeds are shipping at 3/. 17s. 6d. ; oil,
41. 17s. 6d. to 51. per ton of 210 Imperial gallons.
It;) Exchange—Since our last we have to report a fur-
ther advance in the rate on England, and the business
done may be quoted 2s. 181. to 2s. lid. for credits, and
24. lad. to 2s. I'd. for documents, with a limited busi-
ness doing •• this afternoon, however, the tendency of
the rate is 'downwards, bank and credit bills
being
sight, at 2s. 14d. On Ca'cutta we
e now quote par at
sight, and rupees 98i at 60 days' sight. On Madras
rupees 98 at eight. On China rupees 214
sight. at 60 days'

THE CALCUTTA MARKET.
(From fhe Englishman.)
THURSDAY, March 22.—The Oriental is at hand, but
her letters will be delivered too late to affect our markets
for this mail ; by electric telegrap from Bombay we
have London news to the 9th of Febrh uary, Which se ems
to hold out still less hopes of peace than before c
existed
but uncertainty is the pervading feeling, and conse-
quently matters have not improved.
The state of the money-market, as well as an advance
in both . freight and exchange, bay kept' all produce
operations upon a very low scale ; the total of onr ex-
ports, in money value, is fast AOW that

bulk of the indigo has been shipped. Rice, seeds, and
jute do not amount to much, and our cargoes are now
mainly composed of these articles.
The hopes we indulged in at the date of our last as to
more active business in piece goods have not been rea-
lized.; at first some little distrust with regard to one or
two extensive dealers and the occurrence of native holy-
days disturbed business ; and in the following week the
complete upset the money-market sustained paralyzed
all operations, for, as no one'could- tell who might be
affected, current orders were placed in abeyance, arri
literally everything stands still ; holden, desirous of re-
mitting to their constituent; are pledging goods (in the
bonded warehouse) to the banks fir bills on Landon,
paying interest at 12 per cent. per annum and a com-
mission besides ; bow these goods can ever bear the bur-
den remains to be seen ; but, the course, after all, is pro-
bably the best the parties can follow under so perfect a
state of stagnation.
Exchange—At the close of our last the tendency ap-
peared rather to be downward, but the rates for this
mail, owing to the extreme tigbtness of the money-
market keeping buyers back, opened rather higher, and
those requiring to draW were obliged to do so at ad-
vanced rates. Credits were early done at 2s. 11d., and
document bills at 2s. 10. The Oriental. Bank drew at six
months' sight at 28.1 d. We hear that parties who con-
sidered this rise as merely temporary took a !oan on de-
posit of their credit bills with a bank, at 12 per cent. inte-
rest and a commission on the transaction. It is SA difficult
to get in money from the piece goods men that there are
few buyers in the market, and the banks consequently,
have it all their own way ; we believe the bulk of the
transactions for this mail have been at 2s. 11d. to lid. for
credits and 2s. 11d. to lid. for document bills at six
months' sight, although at closing the rates .may be a
trifle. dearer. Treasury and Bank Post Bills are quoted
at 2s. Ad. to 2s. 4d. On China the rate is 212 r. per 100

~.-Yreighta.,—The rise. which -wit advised in•our
commencing continued during the following week, and
the telegraph from Bombay reporting rice as up to 18s.
created an immense demand for tonnage, which for a
day or two. forced rates up probably, equal. to 11. per
ton on some articles, but the value of money told
against business, and rates declined again ; and at clos-
ing we think are" scarcely so firm. We quote for Len-
don—Sugar, 41. 10s. to 4/. 15s. ; saltpetre, nominal ;
rice, 51. to 51. 2s. 6d. ; seeds, 61. to 61. ss. ; jute, 41. to
4/. 4s. ; hides, Si. ss, ;, silk and indigo, 61. ; other goods
in like proportion. For Liverpdol :—Rice, 4/. 155.,.;
jute, 41. ; seeds, 61. ; other goods nominal. For Mau-
ritius, 20r. per bag.

CANTON COTTON MARKET.
HONGKONG, Milieu 15.
On business being resumed after the China new year
(the 17th ult.) there was , a better disposition evinced
among dealers to make purchases, but the transactions
in imports for the past month have still been on a very
limited scale. The late success of the Imperialists near
Canton we trust will have a beneficial effect for trade.
Cotton—No sales reported ; stock about 67,000 bales.
Cotton Yarn-40 bales Nos. 28-32 sold at 28i dole.
Shirtings—The sales have been about 12,000 pieces.
Greys, 1 75 dole, to 225 dole ; whites, 1 95 dofs. to
2 60 dole.

Amoy dates are to the 26th ult., when business had
scarcely been resumed since the holidays. The stocks
of imports were large.
Metals—Lead, 500 peculs sold at 8 50 dols. ; iron no
saleß.

Rice bad been as high as 2 80 dols. to 3 60 dole., but
has given way to 2 40 dole, to 3 20 dole.
Turkey opium 485 dole.
Tea—The transactions have been very trivial, com-
prised ,of three chops of Oonam congou at 19 taels to
22/ taels. Two vessels on the berth for England are
filling up s:owly. From Foochow two vessels had been
despatched, and one was loaded ready to leave.
Export from Canton from July 1, 1854, to lb.
March 13, 1855 ...
„ Shanghai, from July 1,1854,
to March 6, 1855
Pf Foochow, from July'l, 1854, •
to February 13,1835

64,300,003
Export from Canton fromly 1, 1853, to lb.
March 13, 1854 , .36,300,000
~ Shanghai, from July 1, 1553,
to March 6, 1854
„ Foochow, from July 1, 1853,
to March 6, 1854

64,700,000

Exchange—On England, for six mouths' sight bills,
4s. 81c1. to 4s. 84d. ; on India, Company's accepted
paper, 227 r. to 228 r. per 100 dols.
Freights to England, 51. 53.
From Shanghai our advices are to the oth inst. The
business imports and exports had-not been large, trade
being temporarily affected by the interruptions ,of the
Chinese new year holidays and the recapture of the
city by the Impeiialistp,

Longchitbs—Tho dclir!•ries had been about 54,000
pieces in all: Grepi quoted 1 dol. 30c. to 1 dot. 90c.;
white', 1 dol. 25c. to 1 dol. 90c.

Woollens—No transactions, and prices n,,minal ; 70
to 90 for Sp. stripes; and long ells, 5 doh'. 20 cents to
to S dol. 40 cents aqsorted.

Tea,—Since the 31st of January the settlements bad
been 74 chops of congon, at D.Lts. to 181 ts.; 3 chops
souchong, at to lOts.; arid 35,000 packages of
green tea at full ratep.

Silk—The market had been quiet, and arrivals from
the country small. Quotations were:—No. 1 and 2
Tsatlee, 315 dole. to 320 dots.; No. 3 good, 275 dots.
to 230 do!i4. ; inferior, 230 dole. to 250 dot:.; Taysaam
good and fair, 230 dole. l;o 240 dole.; common, 170 dole.
to 210 dole. The total export of silk from China since
the let of July is estimated at 30,900 bales.
Exchange on England for 6 months' sight bills, 6F.
4d. to 6s. 5d.; on India, Company's accepted paper,
305 r. to 306 r. per $lOO.
Freights to England, 41. for tea:

CHINA SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
At Hong Kong.—Feb. 20, the Flying Childers, from
London ; Feb. 24, the Gundreda, from London ; Feb.
25, the Alverton, from London ; Feb. 25, the Nile, from
Liverpool ; March 3, the Bon Pere (French) from
Cardiff.
At Shanghai.—Feb. 7, the Countess of Seafield, from
London ; Feb. 10, the Daniel Gralit, from Liverpool ;
Feb. 11, the Regina, from Cardiff ; Feb. 24, the Tala-
vera, from Liverpool ; March 1, the Lochnagar, from
London ; March 5, the John Dugdal je from London.
DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN. •
Whampoa,, Feb. 13.—The Achilles, for London.
Foochow, Jan. 27.—The Lady Agnes Duff, for the
Clyde ; and the Martin Friederich (Prussian), for
London.
Shanghai.—Jan. 31, the Fortitude and the Joseph
Fletcher, for London ; Feb. 8, the Ann, Port Jackson,
and the Star of the East, for London • Feb. 9, the
Nightingale (American), for London ; 'Feb. 13, the
Skimmer of the• Seas, for London ; Feb. 14; the Wild
Flower, for Liverpool ; March 1, the Niary Montague,
for London ; March 9, the Rapid (American), for
London.

SHIPS OF WAR.
At Hong Kong.—Her Majesty's ships the Winches-
ter and the Sybille ; her Majesty's steamers the Race-
horse, the Hornet, and the Styx ; French frigate the
Sybille ; United States' frigate the Macedonian ; United
States' steamers the Vincennes and the John Hancock ;
and the United States' schooner the Fenimore Cooper.
At Macao.—Portuguese corvette Dom Joas I.
At Whampoa.—Her Majesty's ship the Spartan.
At Canton.—Her Majesty's ship Comus ; United
States steamers the Queen and the J. P. Kennedy.
At Foochow—Har Majesty's brig the Bittern.
At Shanghai—Her Majesty's steamers the. Encounter
and the Barracouta ; French steamers the Jeanne d'Arc
and the Colbert; United States' steamer the Vandalia.

EGYPT. •
ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 21.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Bengal arrived at Suez from Calcutta on the 18th
inst., with 186 passengers, who proceed this day to
Europe by two English steamers, one French, and
one Austrian steamer.
Said Pacha, the Viceroy, is still marching about
the country with a large number of troops, who
create great distress at some of the towns by arriv-
ing there before preparations have been made for
provisioning them., His Highness is now on his
way to Mariout, a small place to the westward of
Alexandria, to which be is proceeding by the desert
to the south of Lake Mareotis. The Sultan
having made a fresh demand upon Said Pacha for
troops and money for the war with Russia, the poor
inhabitants are to be subjected to further taxes and
levies of men.
Sir Henry Ward, the new Governor of Ceylon,
arrived hereefrora Corfu on the 16th, and proceeds
to his post from Suez by the Bengal on the 22d,
The French Ambassador to Persia, M.de Bouree,
having obtained the necessary sanction, left Suez
for Bushire in the Persian Gulf, on the 13th inst.,
in the Hon. East India Company's steamer Vic-
toria.h M. de Bouree was expecting
a French
steamer to arrive at Suez to convey him to therenc
Persian Gulf, but she has not made her appearance.
17th The 12th Lancers left Cairo on
and are expected to arrive here
about
the 30th
inst., when they w f
ill embark thee
inst.,
steamers, which are to come here for the Crimea in
the purpose of
conveying them to the seat of war.
The last detachment of the 10th Hussars, com-
prising 9 officers , 16Srtreonotpeefist,hae 12th inst. The
and 224 horses,
left Alexandria in the Trent
Hussars, which sailed
from Alexandria in
entire regiment of the
the
Etna,
Himalaya, and Trent,
consisted of 27 officers, 677 troopers, and 804 horses.
Lieutenant Aston, of the Himalaya, who was
landed here very
With an 'attack of fever, died
on the 13th inst. in the European hospital.
The Bishop of Jerlisalem, accompanied by the
:Key, 111.4 j3owpa arrayed hen o 4 the 29th, end