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

CANTON COTTON' MARKET.

HONG-KONG,' MARall 15.
On business being resumed after the. China mew 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 beefi 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 bates Nos. 28-32 sold at 281 'dols.
- -Shirtings—The sales have Wen about 12,000 pieces.
Greye, 1 75 dole. to 225 dole.; whites; 1 95 dots, to
2 60xiols.

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
sales.
Rice had been as high as 2 80 dols. to 3 60 dole., but
has given way to 2 40 dols. to 3 20 dols.
Turkey opium 485 dols.
Tea—The transactions have been very trivial, corn.
Orised of three chops of Oonam congou at 19 taels to
221 taels. Two vessels on the berth for England are
filling up s;owly. From Foochow two vessel's had been
despatched, and one was loaded ready to leave: '
Export from Canton from July 1, 1854, to. lb. ' -
March 13, 1855. ' 1,600,000
PP Shanghai, from JUIY 1, 1854,
to March 6, 1855
~ Foochow, from July 1, 1854,, •
to February 13, 1855

. • • 64, 300, 000
Export from Canton from July 1, 1853, to, lb.
March 13, 1854
„ Shanghai, from July 1, 1853,
to March 6, 1854
Foochow, from July 1, 1853,.
to March 6, 1854
. •
•
641700,000
Exchange—On England, for six months', sight bills,
4s. 80. to 4s. 84d. ; on India, ,Company's accepted.
paper, 227 r. to 228 r. per 100 dols.
Freights to 'England, 51. ss. •
From Shanghai our adyices are to the ,9th inst. The
buAiness 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 Imperialists. •
Lortgclothe4The deliveries had been about 34,000
pieces in all. Greys quoted 1 dol. 30c. to 1 dol. 90c.;
whites, 1 dol. 25c. to 1 dol. 90c.
Woollens—No transactions. and prices nominal ;70
to 90 for Sp. stripes ; and long ells, 5 dole. 20 cents to
to 5 dol. 40 cents assorted.
Tea—Since the 31st of January the settlements had
been 74 chops of congou, at 91ts. to 184ta.; 3 chops
souchong, at Sits. to lOts.; and 35,000 packages of
green tea at full rates.

1 - Silk—The market had been quiet, and arrivals from
the country small. Quotations were:—No, 1 and 2
Tsatlee, 315 dots. to 320 dots.; No. 3 good, 275 dots.
to 280 dots. ; inferior, 230 dots, to 250 dols.; Taysaam
good and fair, 230 dots, to 240 dols. • common, 170 dots.
to 210 dots. The total export of silk from China since
the Ist of July is estimated at 39,900 bales.
Exchange on England for 6 months' sight bills, 6s.
4d. to 6s. 5d.; on India, Company's accepted paper,
305 r. to 306 r. per $lOO,
Freights to England, 4/. for tea.

CHINA SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

At Hong Bong.—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 Boa Pere (French) from
Cardiff.

At Shanghai.—Feb. 7, the Countess of Seafield, from
London ; Feb. 10, the Daniel Grant, 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 Dugdale, 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 Mary Montague,
for London ; March 9, the Rapid (American), for
London.

SHIPS Or 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 L
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—Her 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 he 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 here from 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. M. de Bouree was expecting a French
steamer to arrive at Suez to convey him to the
Persian Gulf, but she has not made her appearance.
The 12th Lancers left Cairo on the 17th inst.,
and are expected to arrive here about the 30th
inst., when they will embark for the Crimea in
steamers which are to come here for the purpose of
conveying them to the seat of war.
The last detachment of the 10th Hussars, cum:
prising 9 officers, 168 troopers, and 224 horses/
left Alexandria in the Trent on the 12th
which sailed2th inst. The
entire regiment of the 10th Hussars,
from Alexandria in the Etna,
troopers, and 804 horses.
Himalaya, and Trent,
consisted of 27 officers, 7
Lieutenant Aston,who was
witho an attack of fever, died
6f
7 the Himalaya,
landed here very
the European hospital.
on the 13th inst.
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