The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-28 00:00:00

CHINA AND THE INDIANISLANDS

Accounts from Hong-Kong of the 30th August
represent that colony as suffering dreadfully from
sickness, the prevailing disease being an aggravated
species of influenza.
It appears that serious differences have occurred at
Shanghae between some of the British merchants
there and Mr. ALCOCK, the Consul.

Accounts from Singapore of g-th September state
that Sir JAMES BROOKE and suite left that colony for
Labuan and Sarawak on the 29th August.

CEYLON.
Intelligence has been received from Colombo to the
15th September inclusive. The insurrection was
coynpletely at an end, the rebel KING had fled, and
1001. reward was offered for his apprehension, and
several of his followers had been tried by court-mar-
tial and shot. His MAJUSTT it appears served in 1645
in the police.
The- merchants, planters, and traders of Ceylon
have sent a memorial to Earl Guar detailing their
grievances.
The ICeylon Times announces the failure of the
oldest commercial firm in the island, Messrs. Giusorf,
READ, DAVIDSON, and Co. Their liabilities are said
to exceed 100,0001.

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NATIONAL GUARDS OF FRANCE.
TO THE ED.17011 OF THE SUN.
Sia,—Nothing, I am confident, will be more gratifying
to the feelings of every Englishman than to learn,
through the medium of your columns, that the kind and
welcome reception the National Guards of France have
received from all classes on their short visit to your
beautiful shores and city, has produced such impressions
of gratitude upon them, that I have been deputed by a
great number of them to express their thanks to your
nation as a memento of everlasting friendship, and the
greatest step towards the permanent union of the two
most powerful, enlightened, and civilioed countries is
the world.
With the highest consideration, I have the honour to
remain, Sir, your most obliged servant,
Oct. 27. SORER.

PUNCII'S POCKZT BOOK sox 1849.—0ur old
friend Punch is the first in the field this year, and,
like good wine, he grows more mellow as he grows
in age. " The Pocket Book for 1849" is the best that
has yet appeared. It is what a good pantomime
ought to be, a satirical commentary on the events of
the past year; and here we have them all humorously
illustrated from the frozen-out kings of February to
the thawed lawyers of November. The frontispiece,
Higgledy-Piggledy, or a Domestic Republic, is a
capital skit on the Republique Rouge. Leech was
never in happier mood than when he designed the
illustrations to the " Punch's Pocket Book for 1849 ;"
and the letter-press is worthy of the illustrations.

ROUSERT.•—•OII Monday night, between
ten and eleven o'clock, as Mr. Bentham, station-master
the ground,
of the Monkwearmouth wlansahrnalowcamyt
down Whit bhui
his
nh-land,
ao nl a
rtghee way to hie
ba g residence,
containinganda
money in silver, he suddenly heard
ccaornrsldinefa:bie sum tt:
the voice of a man exclaim
to four men rushed upon him and felled nit...
at the salllo time striking him severely on the ne.::! with
sticks. Mr. Bentham struggled hard, but was com-
pletely overpowered, one of the villains kicking him
severely in the groin. He retained hold of the bag,
however, till he contrived to raise himself up a little,
and throw it over the adjoining wall. Two of his
assailants immediately left him, and leaped over the
wall, and the remaining two kept struggling with him.
In a few moments a loud whistle was heard, and the two
latter, after giving Mr. Bentham several additional blows,
decamped, leaving Mr. Bentham lying on the ground
severely bruised. Shortly afterwards the alarm was
given to the police, Inspector Bailes hastened to the spot,
and examined the place were Mr. Bentham had thrown
the bag over, but it was gone. Next morning the foot-
marks of four men were traced distinctly from the place
of robbery to Cleadon-lene, and we understand strong
suspicions are entertained of certai❑ parties.—S'under-
lead Herald.

TILE GRIAT SEA SERPENT AGAIN.—A letter under
this head, signed " James Henderson, master, Bromie-
law, Berth No. 4," dated " Mary Ann, of Glasgow,
October 19," was copied into most of the papers. It
purported to be a confirmation of the story of the sea
monster having been seen by the captain of her Majesty's
ship Daedalus, between St. Helena, and the Cape. That
letter turns out, however, to be a hoax, as we suspected
it to be when we read it, and therefore did not give it a
place in our columns. Upon inquiry, we find that
there has been no such ship, with the master's name as
given, at the Broomielaw since the month of August.—
Nord British Mail,