The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

NG, OCTOBER 29, 1853.

determined onset, killed many of the rebels. The
latter retired into the city. At the same time the
Manchu forces from Suy-ygen-ching, in Shame)
stormed the north gate, and, in company with the
cavalry from the Amour, fought their way into the
city. On the south-west corner of the city wall
the troops also commenced a cannonade, and the
rebels, seeing that the soldiers were a hundred
times more fierce than they, ;opt out by the west
gate, losing by the Amour ca lry 500 or 6QO men.
Toh-min;-a again led on' the Manchus and
Chinese infantry, and killed ore than 1,000 of
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the rebels, who were pursued they escaped by
our cavalry ' • 400 or 500 fell ino the river and were
drowned. Altogether, more than 2,000 were
killed. More than 50 prisoners were taken, who
were immediately put to death. Two seals of
office were taken, a rebel general, a large yellow
and white banner, twenty-the large flags of
officers, and more than twenty smaller ones. The
spoils of bullets, powder, arms, and horses was
immense.

On the 3d August they commenced another fire
on the rebels from the southern bank. More than
100 were killed, and 10 or 20 long tailed men made
prisoners. At the hills and streams on the north-
west there remained no more rebels.

The Emperor, recapitulatini;;;;s it gives him
the most profound delight to pursue such a dis-
patch, and to find that one of his soldiers can
match a hundred of their adversaries. Toh-ming-a
is rewarded with a variegated feather, a white
jade feather case, &c. Seling-a, having still some
further faults to answer for, must wait till he has
obtained more victories, and then with Shen-luh
he shall share the imperial favoar. The generals
must take advantage of the military prestige they
have thus acquired to cross the river, and pursue
and overtake the remaining robbars, which will be
an easy task. Meritorious men and officers are to
be reported by Tehming-a, after ?roper inquiry, to
the Emperor, that they may be rewarded.--China
Herald, Aug. 27th.

SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS PROM GREAT BIITAIN.

At Hong Kong.—Aug. 24.—The.icasta, from Sun.
derland ; the Spirit of the North, from Grimsby. Aug.
25.—The Mary Ann, from Sunderland. Aug. 27.
The Petrus (Swedish), from Hartlepool. Aug. 30.
The M. Cornelia (Dutch), from Hartlepool. Sept. 3.
The Sorata, from Liverpool. Sept. 7.—The Secret,
from Shields.

At Shanghai.—Aug. 9.—The Preusische Adler (Prus-
sian), from Liverpool. Sept. 11.—The Crisis, from
Liverpool.

DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN.

From Whampoa.—Aug. 30.—The James Armstrong,
to Liverpool.
From Shanghai.—Aug. 23.—Tie Lancastrian, to
London. Aug. 24.—The Geffrard, to London.

be found in the fact that what we principally re-
quire is brute force. We are but in embryo as yet,
and the hewing and quarrying must precede the
plastering and finishing off. I would particularly
caution young men who have received a scientific
education against hastily emigrating to a colony
where there is little or no demand for their ser-
vices. A few engineers of first-rate ability would
find a field for exertion ; but young gentlemen
who have served their time' are utterly useless,
and their only resource is the bush or the diggings,
both about as melancholy a prospect for them as
can be conceived. Farmers' sons, and young
country gentlemen who are a burden to themselves
and their families, may do well. The m who
has nothing more than a college education is a fool
to come here, unless with well-defined and well-
studied objects to carry out. Clerks and lawyers
are at a woful discount. - Literary men for the
most part starve. To these three classes of people
may emphatically be applied the old proverb : 'A
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.'"

The following wholesale price-current contains
the last commercial news from Melbourne, of the
18th of July :
" Since our last summary, by the Chusan, at the be-
ginning of this month, we can scarcely quote any very
important alteration. We then noticed particularly the
great decline which had taken place in prices since our
former advices, and we have only to add that we cannot
quote any improvement.
"The accumulation of stock is a point of much im-
portance for the consideration of those at a distance,
and therefore we have taken the trouble to ascertain
how these stand, so far as bonded goods are concerned
—the only articles, of course, in which we can arrive at
anything like accurate data.

QUANTITY OF BONDED GOODS IN WAREHOUSE AND
ENTERED FOR WAREHOUSE, JULY 5, 1853.
SPIRITS.
Casks of all kinds. Cases.
In bond
Entered for do.

11,866 26,402
Equal to 652,636 gals., or upwards of 40 weeks' supply,

In bond
Entered for do

TOBACCO.

600,125
200,000

800,125
Equal to upwards of a twelvemonth's supply.
Wine and tea, small supply ; coffee, nil.
We do not profess to describe the quality of kinds,
either of the spirits or tobaCco ; but the quantity, we
believe, is rather under than over estimated, and there-
fore may be depended on.
The supply of other goods it is difficult to arrive at,
but the following note of our imports of flour, for the
year ending the 30th of June last, and the comparison
we give at the same time of the quantities imported for
the year ending the 30th of June, 1852, may be interest-
ing, as enabling people at a distance to calculate our
wants in this particular respect :--

Year ending Year ending
30th June, 30th June,
1853. 1852.