The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-26 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL.

The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules
inactive, as follows
Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; veal,
4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 38 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs.

BOROUGH HOP.
New hops are in steady request, and prices are fairly sup
ported. Old qualities are a slow inquiry.

' THE VALUE OF DRURY -LANE THEATRE SHARES.
Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Mr. Robins offered to
public auction, in two lots, two renter's shares in theTheatre
Royal, Drury lane, originally entitled to 2s. 6d. per nizht
of performance, but now paying an annual dividend, which
last year was to the amount of £3 155., with a free admis-
sion, admitting upon all occasions and to every description
erday
of performance, and transferable or saleable annually—sold
at £5O Bs. per share. Also, in one lot, five £lOO joint stock,
or proprietors' shares, in the same theatre, paid in full, in-
cluding a personal life admission, admitting on all occasions
and to every description of performance--sold at £26 4s.
Fivee
ACCIDENTAT THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.
Yesterday shares, without free admission, sold for £9 9s.
FATALs similar
Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's
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life
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the
body
of William Churchill, aged 19, who
Exhibition building on Thursday last,
on him from the shoot used in tak-
ing down the scaffolding of the east dome. The battens
struck deceased on the back of the head whilst he was in a
Pposition below. William Irving Page, house
st
surgeon,stooping
said that he saw deceased wen admitted to the
hospital, on the 20th March. He was quite insensible
There
the
raetas a compound comminuted fracture a little to the
left of w
ft he vertex. There was an opening in the skull, and
thee died brain
and remained insensible until half-past four o'clock, when
h
After hearing a great deal of other evidence, the jury ulti-
mately returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."
of protruded,
fre
u lie was admitted at twelve o'clock,,
Nothing could be done for him.

CHINA AND THE TAEPING REBELS.

A crowded meeting of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society was held on Monday evening,
Lord Ashburton, President, in the chair. Mr.
Galton read the first paper, by Lieutenant Oliver,
R.A., giving a description of his travels to the west
of Canton. The President, in introducing Dr.
Barton, author of the next paper, observed that it
was of great geographical interest, as it was an ac-
count of the expedition which, under Colonel Sarel,
Captain Blakiston, and Dr. Barton endeavoured to
ascend the Yang-tse-kiang and to pass by 'Tibet
into India, but was prevented by the jealousy of
Chinese officials and the state of anarchy in the
country. The paper, however, gave an account of
Sechuan, on which no European foot had ever
trodden excepting that of the Jesuits. After the
reading of Dr. Barton's paper, the President said
it would be desirable to have more information re-
specting the Taepang rebellion, the causes of the
weakness of the Government, and the Jesuit estab-
lishments in the interior. Mr. Consul Parkes, who
was most mostly received by the crowded assembly,
said it was with no ordinary feelings that he had
seen Dr. Barton and his companions push off in
their little junk from the squadron under Admiral
Hope, on their expedition up the Yang-tse-kiang.
After alluding to the difficulties of travelling in
China, he said that, although some disappoint-
ment might be felt at the party not having reached
India, yet great service had been rendered
to commerce and science by their having traversed
the length of the river, and ascertained its navi-
gability as far as Ping-Shan. With respect to
the condition of the country, whole provinces had
been made desolate by the rebels, and cities which
at one time contained an immense population, and
were the entrepots of enormous commerce, were now
almost extinct or in ruins. The rebellion first broke
out in 1849, in one of the remotest provinces, and
after three or four years, having acquired sufficient
strength, the rebels made their way down to the 1
Yang-tse-kiang, and thence along it, course until
they reached Nankin, which, they seized and fixed
' upon as their head-quarters. From this point they
overran the neighbouring provinces, desolating a
region 60,000 square miles in extent, with a popu-
lation of 70,000,000 souls. At present they did not
hold more than 60 or 70 miles of country bordering
on that river, and, not possessing any flotilla, they
could not impede its navigation. As a proof of the
value of that river to commerce, he might mention
that during eight months of last year 152 foreign
vessels and 170 junks in foreign employ passed up
from Shanghai to Hankow, and it was estimated
that trade to the amount of £10,000,000 would be
done during the present year. He attributed the
gigantic proportions of the rebellion to the discon-
tent arising from the pressure of population upon
production, the absence of poor laws, and the inef-
ficiency of the police. The Government had been
accustomed to rule by moral suasion in the form of
proclamations on large sheets of paper, daubed over
with red ink. Adverting to the cultivation of the
poppy, Mr. Parkes remarked that the Chinese were
acquainted with the use of opium before we took it
to them, and that the quantity imported from
India bore but a small proportion to that raised in
China, but was preferred on account of its
superior quality. In reply to a question from the
President, Mr. Parkes said that, as far as words
went, the present Government of China gave some
hope of improvement, and that it was scarcely fair
to judge of them, as they had so recently come into
power. After some remarks with reference to the
Jesuit missionaries, he said that he had received a
letter from Dr. Lockhart, at Pekin, stating that he
was visited by the best classes for 'advice; and, in
his (Mr. Parkes's) opinion, hospitals would be found
a most efficient instrumentality in the hands of Pro-
testant missionaries. After a few remarks from
Captain Blakiston as to the possibility of effecting
a commercial communication between China and
India, thanks were passed to the authors of the
papers, and the meeting was adjourned to that day
fortnight, when papers on the Feji Islands will be
read. The papers were amply illustrated by several
views on the Yang-tse-kiang by Dr. Barton, and
numerous Chinese sketches by Lieut. Oliver, R.A.

2'IIE ARMY.

The following information is promulgated by Col.
Charles Bingham, Deputy Adjutant-General, in a
. general regimental order of the Royal Artillery,
dated the 22d inst. The undernamed officers have
been appointed lieutenants of companies of gentle.
men cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Wool-
wich :—Lieut. 0. H. Goodenough, Lieut. H. C.
Farrell, Lieut. H. C. Lewes, Lieut. E, W. Sandys,
Lieut. H. Munro (Bengal Artillery), and Lieut.
T. P. Berthon (Bombay Artillery). Second Capt.
H. Thornhill' to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice
Markham, appointed Adjutant. The undermen-
tioned officers have been raised to increased pay—
viz., Lieut.-Col. Robert Talbot, 2d Brigade, to lieu-
tenant-colonel's pay ; Lieut. Thomas Mulrenan, 2d
Brigade, vice Bazalgette ; Lieut. Charles John
Deshon, 3d Brigade, vice Bevan ; Lieut. Francis C.
H. Hallet, Ist Brigade, vice Glasgow, resigned.
Major E. A. Williams is posted to No. 1 Battery,
14th Brigade, vice Thring, appointed to the cadet
company at Woolwich; Second Capt. Bazalgette
to the Depot Brigade ; and Second Capt. Elton to
the C Battery, 9th Brigade. The following ex-
changes have been sanctioned, viz.—Between Capt.
and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. the Hu, E. T. Gage, of the
6th Brigade, and Capt. G. Coleclough, of the
9th Brigade; between Capt. and Brevet-Major
Spurway and Capt. and Brevet-Major Milward,
of the 6th Brigade ; between Second Capt. W.
B. Ellis and Second Capt. W. Rooke, 13th Brigade.
The undermentioned officers are to be attached for
duty until further orders, as follows :—Lieut.-Col.
Du Plat to the Depot Brigade at Woolivich ; Major
Williams, of the 14th Brigade, to the Depot Brigade
at Woolwich ; Capt. Denne, of the 11th Brigade, to
N 0.3 Battery, 14th Brigade, at Woolwich. -Quarter -
Sergeant Shields, of the 9th Brigade, has been ap-
pointed Master Gunner at Shoreham, vice Renham.
His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief has approved the following appointments, to
take effect from April 1, 1862 :—Major Reginald
Curtis to be Capt. Instructor at the School of Gun-
nery, Shoeburyness. To be Instructors in Gunnery:
—Lieut. Bell, let Brigade ; Lieut. Barlow, 2d Bri-
gade ; Lieut. Nicholson, sth Brigade ;Lieut. Greig,
Bth Brigade; Capt. C. W. Wilson, 9th Brigade;
and Lieut. Phipps, Depot Brigade, for Sheerness.
To be Assistant. Instructors in Gunnery :—Sergeants
Higgs, Horse Brigade; Burridge, 3d Brigade;
Gusterson, 6th Brigade; Baily, 6th Brigade; Frost,
Bth Brigade; Page, Barry, and Broadhurst, Depot
Brigade, for Shoeburyness.

The Albuera, No. 5, sailing transport, Captain
Elmslie, arrived at Spithead during the night of
Tuesday from China, bringing the following officers
and troops from Hong Kong :—Military Train--
Major Grey, commanding detachments on board,
Capts. Williams and Jarvis, Lieuts. Sewell and
Bruce, Quartermaster Lambert, Adjt. Bryan, Vete-
rinary-Surg. Fleming, and Ensigns Mackenzie and
M'Mann, and 216 non-commissioned officers and
men. Royal Engineers—Capt. Malcolm, Lieut.
Hine, Staff Surg. M‘Nab, and 83 non-commissioned
officers and men. Royal Artillery—Lieut. Morgan,
two men of the Military Train, one man belonging
to the 99th Regiment, and one civilian died on the
passage home. The Albuera sailed from Hong
Kong on the 30th Nov., and arrived at the Cape on
the 23d Jan., sailing again thence on the Ist Feb.
She arrived at St. Helena on the 11th Feb., sailing
again on the 12th, sighting the Star Light at 9 p.m.
the same day, and passing Ascension on 18th Feb.
Fine weather was experienced the whole passage
home. On the 13th Jan., in lat. 31 24, long. 38 56
E., exchanged signals with the barque Constance,
on
from Manilla, bound for London, 54 days out ;
the 17th, in lat. 33 50, long. 28 57 E., the ship Com-
modore, from Moulmein for London ; on the 14th
February, in lat. 8 35, long. 13 54 W., the ship
Northumberland, for Liverpool. The Albuera has
a large cargo of Government stores on board, which
she will discharge at Deptford. The troops on
board will disembark at Portsmouth this morning,
and be forwarded to their destinations by railway.
We learn by the Albnera that the portion of the
60th Rifles landed at Hongkong from her Majesty's
ship Siwoon, prior to her leaving for England,