The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-18 00:00:00

HONG-KONG.

Although during the month now ending it is haowil
that there has been a considerable amount of turbu-
lent weather in our immediate vicinity, causing seve-
ral vessels to put in for repairs, we have not in Hong-
Kong experienced anything particularly remarkable.
Ou the 2d the wind, which for four days previously
had been blowing from the north, sometimes veering
a little to the east, at others from the west, came on
quite fresh from the last mentioned quarter (NAV.),
the barometer from 29.51 (thermometer 83) descend-
ing at midnight to 29.42 (thermometer 82) the gale
at about 10 P.M. blowing in furious gusts from the
eastward, having come round by the north; it mode-
rated, however, the next morning at E.S.E. It blew
fresh also again on the Bth, on the 21st and 22d, and
the 26th instant, principally from the eastward. Al-
though rain has fallen on 18 days of the month (monthly
averages) it has not been in considerable quantities—
say 6 inches only (half the average). The barometer
has weaned a range of 29.70 (against 29.71) ; ther-
mometer 81.5 (against 83).
The health of the troops in garrison is but indif-
ferent. Yesterday the number of sick amounted to

127, viz , of the 59th Regiment, 93 ; of the Ceyloa
Rifles, 17 ; and of the Ordnance, 17 ; the prevailing
disease among the Europeans being ague and bowel
complaint. The former is doubtless induced by weak•
ness after summer fever, the latter we fear from the
bad quality of the bread reported as again being sup
plied by the commissariat contractor, all the good
flour obtainable by Chinese having been exported from
the colony to meet the sudden demand for breadstuffs
in New South Wales. Altogether there have been
seven deaths since our last report, namely, four of the
59th Regiment (besides that of Dr. Powell), one o'
the Ceylon Rifles, and two gun lascars. This is just
half the number of deaths in the month of September
last year. On board the Minden there are about
130 convalescents, those from fever being said to re-
cover rapidly. On the whole there is an improve-
ment in the general health as compared with that of
last month, the average dally sick having been 103
only, against (in August) 123. Since the departure
of the Malta on the 24th ult. llong-Kong news-
mongers have been quite at a loss for something to
talk and write about. The Peninsula and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Pekin ar-
rived with the mails on the 10th instant, bringing on
reports of the debate on the estimates, which have
furnished our local contemporaries with the means of
filling up several columns with long leading articles
i❑ two successive issues, promising to run on into a
third each.

The Spanish brig Brilliante is reported to have
been destroyed by pirates, off Linting, an island
within sight of vessels anchored in the western part of
our harbour. The Brilliante left here on the 10th
July, having, beside the mails from Europe, a large
amount of specie on board. The Flash and Aurora,
which left China on the Same day as the Brilliante,
both reached Manilla, after long passages, previous to
the dispatch of the Auckland schooner Lightning,
which came in on the 23d inst., reporting the Tiempo
and Philomela as having left before her. The last-
mentioned vessel has not yet arrived.
NAVAL.—Admiral Moresby embarked yesterday
morning at ten o'clock A.M. He was accompanied to
his gig by her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,
the Kuhina Nui, and the King's Ministers, Mr. Judd
and Mr. Wyllie. The frigate proceeded to sea at
twelve o'clock, bound to Valparaiso. The gallant
Admiral and his officers have left a most favourable
impression upon all classes in this community.
CASUALTIES IN CHINA.--Died, at Woosung, OD
the 11th ult., Mr. J. Bidder; second officer of the ship
Folkstone ; at Victoria, Hong-Kong, on the 22d ult.,
Captain Wm. Treacy, commander of the British ship
Lord Hardinge • at Victoria, Hong-Kong, on the
31st ult., Mr. Eliezer Rodgers, second officer of the
barque Antelope ; at Shanghae, Stephen Elliott, in-
fant son of the Right Rev. Dr. Boone. aged 19
months and 23 days ; at Macao, on the 211 ißstant,
the Rev. John Barton, M.A., British chaplain, Can-
ton; at Victoria, Hong-Kong, on the 9th inst.,
George Wm. Powell, Esq., M.D., of her Majesty's
59th Regiment, for several years past on the military
medical staff in this garrison.