The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-13 00:00:00

CHINA.

There is no news of importance from Pekin.
From Tientsin, we hear that all is quiet, the
Nyenfei having been driven beyond the "boundary."
From Hankow, we learn that a body of marauders
had caused much consternation among the native
tra.ers, by approaching to within ten miles of the
city, after repulsing a force sent against them.
Later accounts say they had retired and that the
alarm had somewhat subsided. At Kinkiang, the
British settlement is being rapidly improved by a
" municipal council," and also by the erection of a
bund, or prava, which will be not only a protection
against flooding in the river, but a great facility fur
the landing and shipment of goods. At Shanghai
matters are reported as in a favourable state. Foo-
shan has at length yielded to an attack by the
Anglo-Chinese contingent under Major Gordon,
and the siege of Chiang-zu has been raised. Taitsan
also had surrendered, and its garrison declared for
the imperial cause. Major Gordon is said to be
preparing for further operations.
General Burgevine has returned from Pekin, and
it is said has been reinstated in the command of the
Sunkiang force. This would appear to be a mis-
take, as Major Gordon was duly appointed by the
authorities at the capital.

Affairs at Ningpo are, it is said, in a bad state,
owing to the license allowed to the Franco-Chinese
force in looting and oppressing the people. &Eton-
shan, a city about twenty miles beyond Shaouh-
sing, had been evacuated by the rebels. From
the ports of Fuhchau, Amoy, and Swatow there is
no news.

JAPAN.
From Japan we learn that her Majesty's
d'Affaires had addressed the Tycoon
foreigners, viz., the
of the two last outrages On° tiYh'eB Chargesubject
upon
on the 20th of June
attack upon the British
Legation
from her Majesty's
last, when two
Richardson on the Tokaido last September.
's Charge d'Affaires,
ofrnntlirdegred ; and the assassination
ofsh imp Rr.enard were
reparation. The full details
Col. Neale,
For these outrages
de mandhserMajesty
of his demands have not been made public, but the
principal material clauses of the ultimatum comprise
"the trial and capital execution of the murderers
of Arr. Richardson, a heavy pecuniary pinalty on
Japan for that offence, and a considerable compen-
sation for the sufferers or their surviving relatives?'
Should Col. Neale's demands not be complied with
in the precise terms laid down in this ultimatum,
he reserves to himself the right of adopting coercive
measures of a nature and duration " proportioned
to the degree of ill-advieed obstinacy or resistance
which the Japanese Government may assume." In
order to give weight to these demands on the part
of the English authorities, a fleet was stationed in
the harbour at Yokohama, under the command of
Admiral Kuper, consisting of the Euryalus, Pearl,
Argus, Centaur, Rattler, and Racehorse, with gun-
boats Havoc and Kestrel; these were shortly to be
' joined by her Majesty's ships Ringdove, Encounter,
Scout, and Coromandel, along with the gunboat
ITesper, with coals and stores. Two Dutch and

fro French vessels of war were also present with.
the English flee:..-
The Perseus and Leopard were
in Hong Kong Hai`bourt
and would probably join.
the admiral's fleet as so',lll as they could be got ready.
The ultimatum was sent A'la on the 6th of April, and
27 days allowed for its beiog• satisfactorily replied
to. The latest dates from yokoh,qma are to the 15th
of April, up to which time no reply
had been re-
ceived. The Tycoon, however, had previously left
for Miako (March 23), and the ultimata:in had been
sent after him to the capital. The Mayor of ,Kana-
gawa is said to have expressed himself, in a L'onl-
munication to the admiral, to the effect that the
Tycoon's Government was not strong enough to'
arrest and punish Shimadzoo Saburo, father of
Prince Sat unit,---this was one of the murderers of
Richardson, and it will be recollected that the Ty-
coon then expressed his comparative helplessness is
the case. In the present emergency it is alleged that
the Mayor of Kanagawa has suggested that satis-
fiction should be taken from the Prince of Satsuma
himself, by the seizure of the Loo Choo Islands,
which are his property, and yield a revenue of half
a million sterling per annum.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

SPORT ,NG INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

CITY BETTING--TIIIS DAY.
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
Bto 1 agst Marigold (taken)
10 to 1 agst Brighton (taken)
10 to 1 agsi Caller Oa (taken)
10 to 1 agst Pilot (taken)
12 to 1 agat Bohemian (taken),
14 to 1 agat Monk (taken)
14 to 1 agst Stanton (taken)

GOODWOOD STAKES.
100 to 6 agst Evenhand (taken)
100 to 6 agst Knutsford (taken)
25 to 1 agst Catch 'am Alive (taken)
GOLD CUP.
3to 1 agst Backstone (taken)
sto 1 bar one (offered)

The Murder and Attempted Suicide in
Marylebone.

Last evening Dr. Lankester, coroner for Central
Middlesex, held an inquest at the Buffalo's Head
Tavern, Marylebone-road, on the body of Charles A.
Payne, aged two years and three months, the child
of Mary Anne Payne, of 6, Allsopp-place, who is
in custody, and stands charged with murdering it
by cutting its throat on the night of Wednesday,
and with attempting also to commit suicide.
The evidence given before the coroner was pre-
cisely that given before Mr. Mansfield at Maryle-
bone Police-court, on Thursday, namely, that an,
Wednesday evening,' about eight o'clock, the in-.
mates of the house in which Mrs. Payne resided
heard a loud crash in the back, and on going there
found the accused, with nothing on but her night-
clothes, lying insensible on the flags. she having
precipitated herself from the second floor back win-
dow. Mr. Sedgwick, surgeon, of Park place, was
called in and found the woman in an insensible
stair, and sent her husband and sister, who had
then arrived, to get a blanket to wrap her in, and
on entering the bedroom to do so they discovered to
their horror the body of her child with its head
nearly severed from its body, and the large table-
knife with which the wound had been inflicted near
it. On recovering her senses, the accused confessed
having committed the act, and also attempting, in
the first place, to commit suicide by taking poison,
and subsequently attempting to cut her own throat,
and throwing herself from the window.
The only cause which could be assigned was that
she is enceinte, and has been for some time past
labouring under a religious monomania.
The accused was not present at the inquest, bat

The jury, after hearing the evidence, unhesitat-
ingly returned a verdict of " Wilful murder"
against Mary Ann Payne, for whose committal to
Newgate on the charge the coroner made out his
warrant.