The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-27 00:00:00

driven on shore and burned. Mr. Brooke is on his
way to England, bringing with him the treaty which
he had concluded with the Sultan of Borneo.

The petty quarrel in the Goemsor country was
not ended, in consequence of the unwillingness of the
inhabitants to place reliance on the promises of the
English officers.
The Governor-General and the Commander-in-
Chief of India remained at Simla during the rainy
season, which is said to be longer this year than
during the other years, as the Hinthx,s count 13
months in 1847. _ _

The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Bombay Presidency were at Poona.
The monsoon, which in some places was rather dry
during the month of July, had again turned to rain in
August.
The China trade, especially in cotton, was paralysed ;
but the exportation for England was rather brisk in
consequence of the cheerful news received by the mails
of the 7th of July, which reached Bombay on the sth
of .august.
Our commercial Ravines from Bombay are more
gloomy even than before. The indigo crop is said to
have further extensively suffered in Bengal. Nor
have the houses in Bombay, with one remarkable ex-
ception, been sufficiently on the alert to avail them-
selves of the favourable prices for cotton, occurring
from the partial failure of the American crop. One
Bombay commission house, however, that adheres
steadily to its cotton exports, must this year have
realised, from its shipments of about 65,000 bales,
something like 12,0001. for per centage only. The
same house, it is said, cleared from 5,000 early bales
on speculation about 10,0001. Business in Bombay
was further unfavourably affected by the interruption
to the opium trade, and the unusually depressed prices
of the drug.
Our correspondent from Hong-Kong writes us,
under date July 20, " The Peninsular and Oriental
steamer rottinger arrived here on the evening of the
16th inst., bringing dates from London to the 24th of
May ; Calcutta, June 3 ; Bombay, June 5, and Sin-
gapore, the 9th inst.
" Since my last of 25th ultimo, there has been a
better feeling in Canton, And all has remained quiet,
the Honan question comparatively at rest, and con-
fidence returning. Hog. lane is now completely
stopped up, and several houses pulled down for the
site of tho church.

" Her Majesty's ship Vulture returned to this
harbour r being a few days at Whampoa. The
Scout left V,"'nampoa early this month for this har-
bour, and proceeded two days since to Amoy. The
Pluto steamer remains in the neighbourhood of Can-
ton, and there is some talk of withdrawing the small
military force from the factories. The Chinese, how-
ever, seem now to have more confidence, and feel
greater protection in their presence.
" Her Majesty's ship Daedalus, Captain M'Quhae,
arrived from Labuan on the 29th ult. The Vernon,
Admiral Inglefield, has also arrived. On the 25th
ult. we have had the arrival of four troop-ships, Mi-
nerva, Castle Eden, Romeo, and Isabella, with the
95th Regiment and Ceylon Rifles—the only matter
of local interest. The whole force now may be about
3,000 men. The 42d Native Infantry and her Ma-
jesty' 13th Royal Irish are to remain for further
orders, we hear.
" Trade is assuming a more healthy state with the
return of confidence."

STATE OF AFFAIRS AT CANTON.
(From the China Mail of July 24 )
Business at Canton has been improving during the
month ; but the consequences of the shortsightedness
and vicious system of making advances on goods
shipped on Chinese account are now severely felt. The
losses thus sustained have crippled native credit, and
destroyed the confidence with which foreigners were
wont to enter into large transactions with Chinese
merchants, who are now hard pressed for the means
of meeting their engagements. Amongst the brokers,
too, with whom foreign goods are warehoused, some
farther instances of embezzlement, unknown in former
times, have recently occurred, and one commission
house of some standing has discovered that no less
than 500 bales of cotton have been pawned.
It was to obviate the necessity of intrusting goods
to Chinamen, that arrangements were undertaken by
Government to have packhouses rented to the British
merchants, in which they could store their own
goods ; but, though suitable premises have been pro-
vided, and their description and price officially noti-
-110, there has been no. great alacrity shown on the
part of our countrymen to avail themselves of the
privilege,—the Canton British Chamber of Commerce
being in the sulks because it could not prevail on the
Government to stick to the Honan "paddy fields and
fishponds," which individually the members of the
chamber had previously pronounced to be especially
unsuitable, and which could only have been secured
at the expense of much ill-feeling and outrage, and
perhaps of military force.
In the meantime, however, the Americans are dis-
playing their usual acuteness, and one of the largest
and most commodious of the hongs advertised by
her Majesty's Consul has been secured by them.
The Canton British Chamber of Commerce appa-
rently conceives it to be one of its most important
functions to find fault with the Government, and
accede to nothing they propose; and, accordingly,
while the Chamber is disputing as to the mode in
which the joint shall be dressed and carved, the
knowing Yankees step in and help themselves to the
best slice.

The following are the notifications published by
Government, and some papers issued by the Chinese,
during thr month:—
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that the term fur which the
license bas been granted to the present holder of the
opium farm will expire on the 31st of this month, and
licenses for the sale and consumption of opium for the
text 12 months, at the following rates, are to be ob-
tained at the office of the chief magistrate:—
For keeping a shop solely for
smoking opium
For preparing and selling pre-

10 dolls. per mensem

pared opium.. _ 2O „ It
For selling raw opium below
the amount of one chest
By order,
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial-office, Victoria, Hong-kong, July 5.

The annexed translation of a public notice from
the Prefect and district officers of Canton has been
received from her Majesty's Consul.

By order,

A. It. JOHNSTON.
Victoria, Hong-Kong, June 28.
4, Wang, Prefect of. Kwang-chow, with his subor-
dinates, Chang, district magistrate of Nan-hae, and
Lo, district magistrate of P wan:yii, hereby issue,
with fervent earnestness, a notification in repetition :
" Whereas, we-, as servants of the Emperor in this
province, regard the people subject to our authority
as all our own Children, and settle all local affairs,
no matter whether great or small, in accordance with
the principles of common reason, with the view of
maintaining general peace; how should we be willing
to harbour the slightest degree of selfishness tending
to partiality and oppression ?
"Now the foreign merchants who cross the seas
from a distance to come to Kwang-tung to carry on
trade are certainly not so unreasonable as to desire
to have difficulties with the natives, and thereby
hinder their business. Hence, as they, when they
land to wander about for amusement, or go along the
sides of the river in boats, do not make any dis-
turbance, you, if you would display equity and justice,
ought on such occasions all to attend quietly to your
ewn duties.

"Vie, the district magistrates of Nan-hae and
Pwan-
yu, having some time age jointly issued a per-
spicuous proclamation on this subject, the merchants,
people, and literati have recently come to perceive in
some measure the reason of it ; and we learn that the
intelligent literary gentry of the surrounding country
have laid down rules with reference to this matter,
and given injunctions to their sons and younger
brothers accordingly ; in consequence of‘which there
bas for a month past been great quiet and no trouble.
'This conduct adequately records the high purpose of
the high authorities to cherish and show kindness to
gil alike. But in the mid-t of quiet we ought still
more to look forward to a perpetual absence of sus.
pielon and jealousy, in order to attain (continual)
peace : and it is therefore proper that we issue, with
ferverc earnestness, a notification in repetition.
" For this reason we hereby issue a proclamation
to the people within our jurisdiction for their full
infomation. Hereafter, when it occurs that foreign-
ors wl;rider quietly about for amusement, it is abso-
lutely aeces,ary that you treat them in accordance
with the principles of common reason. Let fathers
lay their injunctions on their sons, and elder brothers
admonish the younger, and quiet will exist for a length
of time. Shouii it happen that ignorant people assail
the foreigners with bricks or stones, or make use of
bad language towards them, the Te. paou (constables),
:lee., must exert themselves sincerely in remonstrating
'with and stopping them, with the view of avoiding
he provocation of disturbances, and the mutual in-
fliction of injuries, and of removing for ever the line
of distin,ction•
of universal
gat oil may enjoy the blessings

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