The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-15 00:00:00

CHINA.

The following is from the Shanghai lilarkei
Report, August 18:

"The Taiping rebels are again threatening to
disturb the country within the prescribed boundary
of 30 miles, and we fear that as the cold weather
sets in they will cause us much annoyance, and
check the inland trade, which was just being re-
covered. The disciplined Chinese, under Ward
having been doing good service during the past
month against the rebels. Kinsang, Leohu, Tsing-
poo, and Yu Yao having in succession been attacked,
and either captured or destroyed.
" In the early part of July, Kinsang was taken
by a body of his men, 1,200 strong, accompanied
by a battery of 12-pounder howitzers, together
with 32-pounders. The day previous to the as-
sault on the city the Imperialists attacked an out-
post, and were repulsed with severe loss; after
which they retired to a respectful distance, and
awaited—as has been their custom in all of these
actions for Ward's men to do the fighting. The
latter, after two or three smart skirmishes—the
whole affair scarcely occupying six hours—drove
the enemy within the walls, but not before
the shell, and a sharp fire of musketry
and rifles had severely cut them up. Dis-
couraged by the disasters of the day, or un-
willing again to face the fire of shell, for which
they seem to entertain a wholesome fear, the rebels,
said to number some 5,000, under cover of the night,
left the city, and it was handed over to the Impe-
rial troops by General Ward on the following day.
" Leohu, a village on the Yangtsze, strongly for-
tified, and held by 800 Canton pirates and 2,000
Chaugmaous, was attacked on the 25th of last
month. Over 100 vessels, that these marauders
had captured, were taken ; 70 of them were sent to
Shanghae, and the remainder burned.
"On the sth instant Ward advanced against
Tsing-poo with a force of 1,200 men, two batteries
of 12-pounder howitzers, two siege guns of 32-
pound calibre, and one 32-pounder Dahigren gun
mounted on a small steamer. At the time
of attack the city was defended by 6,000 men.
On the 9th inst., at six p.m., the fire opened from a
32-pound gun at the distance of 350 yards off, and
an effective breach was made in about one hour and
a half. Under cover of a sharp fire of shell on the
breech and neighbouring parapets, the head of the
column rushed up the way, and the storming party
entered the city, driving away the rebels—who,
conscious that the day was lost, fled precipitately
from the place. The loss of Ward's force in this
affair was not over 110 killed and wounded.
" The last place taken was Yu-Yao, that has been
wrested from the rebels with a loss, as officially re-
ported, of 98 men and one officer."
The Overland China Mail says :

" Cholera continues to ravage the city with great
severity. The mortality is estimated at 1,000 a day.
" We learn upon official authority that Tsing-poo
was recaptured from the Taiping rebels on Satur-
day, the 9th inst., by the disciplined troops under
General Ward, who effected an entrance into the
city by the South Gate."
The Shanghai _Daily Shipping Ltst says :
" Official information has been received through
the Chinese authorities, that the expedition against
rebels at Yu-yao up the Min river has been success.
ful, under the command of Captain Roderick Dew,
of her Majesty's ship Encounter. That city was
attacked by a detachment of Ward's regiment of
disciplined Chinese, and captured, with great
slaughter on both sides."

AUSTRALIA.
The Sydney Morning Herald, of August 21

says: --

"It is rumoured that Sir Harry Young, late Go•
vernor of Tasmania, is to succeed Sir Henry Barkty
as Governor of Victoria.

"A table showing the amounts of gold delivered
by the escorts from the western, southern, and
northern gold fields during the first seven months
of the years 1861 and 1862, proves that there is an
increase of 142,580 ounces, or 194 per cent., on the
quantity of gold received from the western gold
fields, and an increase of 17,587 ounces, or 14 per
cent., on the southern, On the northern, however,
there is a decrease of 4,300 ounces, or 30 per cent."