The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-16 00:00:00

CALCUTTA.

Arrivals at Kedgeree. - August 18—The schooner
George Swinton, Maige, Arracan ; barque Steadfast,
Spencer ; ship Cressida, McFee, Clyden, 19—The
barque Thetis, Gregory, London ; barque Alfred, Flads-
reede, Mauritius ; ship Turenne, Dubarry, Bourbon ;
schooner John Hepburn, Galastaun, Rangoon. 20—
The ship Sultana, Rice, Mauritius ; barque Marquard
Family, Millar, Rangoon ; ship Henry Ware, Dridloy,
Liverpool ; schooner Plicenix, Mdrch, Castle ; ship
Henry Moore, McDougal, Port Philip. 21—The
barque Henry IV., Manblance, Reunion Island ;
barque Estelle, Gerard, Mauritius ; ship Diana,
Grant, Madras ; ship Clara Ann, Hatch, Lon-
don. 22 The ship John Haven Ricker,
from San Francisco ; barque Ayrshire, M`Pherson,
Madras ; ship Valparaiso, Landry, Reunion Island.
23—The barque Sophia, Segust, Sydney. 25—The ship
John Gilpin, King, San Francisco ; ship Rodolphe,
Gallerand, Bourbon. 26—The barque Sabina, Batter-
shell, Melbourne ; barque Min; Marshall, Tuticorin.
28—The barque General Godwin, Hicks, Penang ; steam-
ship Bombay, Paterson, Suez. 30—The ship Fleur de
Sud, Paterson, Sydney. 31—The steam-ship Paou
Shun, Burt, China and Singapore. Sept. I—Hon.
Company's ship Tuba! Cain, Mendham, Rangoon ;
barque Eugene, Pourgmer, Marseilles, Bourbon, and
Pondicherry ; barque Hamoody, M`Qmeen, Mauritius ;
ship Julius Caesar, Gachel, Bourbon ; barque Enfantes
Nantes, Bernier, Mauritius ; ship Glenorchy, Grey,
London. 2—The ship Thompson Hankey, jun., Thomp-
son, Mauritius and Madras ; ship Godavery, Mathren,
Mauritius and Pondicherry ; ship Cape Cod, Sears (port
not mentioned). 3—The ship William Miles, Creighton,
Liverpool ; ship Travancore, Voisin, Point de Galls ;
ships Atiet Rottman and Robert Barbour (particulars
not received).

CHIN A.
(Prom the Overland China Mail, Aug. 22.)
HONG KONG.

The number of sick in the military hospital yes-
terday morning was 87—viz., 59th Regiment, 72 ;
artillery, 8 ; gun lascars, 7, the prevailing diseases
being fever and dysentery. Two deaths had oc-
curred since our last overland, both in the 59th
Regiment.
The Rev. William Baxter, late rector of Fyfield,
has arrived in the colony, and his appointment has
been notified in the Government Gazette. We un-
derstand that the Bishop of Victoria has formally
signified to the local government his intention not
to license the reverend gentleman to the colonial
chaplaincy, nor to allow him to officiate in the
cathedral, at least until replies have been received
to certain communications with parties in England,
which may enable the bishop to form his final deci-
sion on the case.

The British. ship Lancastrian has been wrecked
below Fuh-chau, and we are told that Sir John
Bowring has applied for the Saracen to proceed im-
mediately to survey the entrance to the river Min.
The United States steam-frigate Susquehanna,
with his Excellency Mr. M‘Lane, the United States
commissioner, on board, arrived in the harbour on
10th August, having left Shanghai on the Ist, and
touched at Fuh-chau and Amoy.

Sir John Bowring arrived on the 20th, in the
Rattler, having left Shanghai on the 6th, and
visited Fuh-chau and Amoy on his way down the
coast.

We understand that the reception of his excel-
lency and his suite at Fuh-chau-fu on the 14th in-
stant was in every respect satisfactory; and this is
the more important, as our commercial relations
with that capital and its neighbourhood are de-
veloping themselves on a very large and promising
scale. It is said that more than 15,000,0001 b. of
tea have been contracted for and are likely to be
shipped during the present season from Fuh-chau.
Wang, the viceroy, has been hitherto most inimical
to foreigners, and has repudiated all intercourse
with them ; but as he is in direct communication
with the Emperor and the court of Pekin, the esta-
blishment of amicable relations between the British
plenipotentiary and his Chinese excellency is a fact
well worthy of record, and may lead to valuable
results. Many communications as to the forms of
reception, we are told, took place between the pre-
fect and other subordinate mandarins with the
British functionaries at the consulate ; and after
much discussion and some delay it was ultimately
arranged thatSirJ. Bowring should be received with
the highest honours, and treated in allrespects as the
equal of the viceroy. A long suite of chairs, bearing
Capt. Mellersh, of H.M.S. Rattler, Messrs. Lay and
Medhurst, Mr. Gingell, the acting consul, and other
functionaries, accompany the plenipotentiary, and
on reaching their viceregal Yarnun, a salvo of ar-
tillery welcomed their arrival. The grand cen-
tral doors were thrown open, and the Viceroy
advanced to the outer entrance to receive the Bri-
tish Minister. What passed within is, of course,
among the secrets of diplomacy, but we are in-
formed Sir John Bowring has expressed himself
well pleased with the results of the interview. A t
its close, the Viceroy accompanied Sir John Bowr-
ing to his chair, and a second salvo of artillery
announced his departure ; and in. the afternoon of
the same day, the Viceroy, in all the panoply of
state, returned at the consulate his Excellency's
visit. We augur well for the future from so pro-
pitious a commencement of diplomatic relations at
the capital of Fok'ien.
Sir John Bowrina's reception by the admiral
and the taoutae of Amoy, on the 18th, was no less
satisfactory.

THE NORTHERN PORTS.
The city of Shanghai, at the date of tho Rattler's
departure, still remained in possession of the Im-
perialists.
Samqua had been degraded, and was at Soochow,
with orders to proceed direct to Peking. Lau has
been appointed his successor.
Their Excellencies Sir John Bowring and Mr.
M`Lane had determined to postpone the settle-
ment of the duty question till after their return
from the south, expected in about six weeks,
though probably the state of Canton, may detain
them here much longer.
At Ningpo, Fuh-chau, and. Amoy everything
remained quiet.