The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING,
The United States mail steam-ship Fulton is just
telegraphed off Hurst Castle, with the mails, and
dates from New York to the 26th ult. Her mails
are expeCted to reach Southampton about noon.

General Falcon, who has already arrived in France,
has chosen Touri for his place of re-idence.
We hear by -telegraph, from St. Petersburg, of the
sth inst:—"Gen. Mouravieff, atihis own request, is about
to resign the superior command of the circle of the Can-
cum, and to become 'a member of the Senate of the
empire. He is to be replaced in his comnirnd by Lieut.-
Gen,,ral Princ Bar y atinsky.
SOUTH-WESTERN= STEAM PACKET COMPANY,—The,or-
dinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this com-
pany took place yesterday, immediately after the South-
Western Railway meeting at Waterloo station, when
the usual dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum
was declared. ,

THE CHINESE TEA CROPS. —The present season is
admitted on all sides as most favous able to the crops
of native produce. We have seen that silk is in full
' average supply, and we learn. from all those who
are best informed on the subject that the crop of tea
1 is not likely to be less than au average one, although
the usual rumours are in circulation among a certain
&ass of interested natives that the supply will be short.
In "short crops" of tea, however, we think that
none of our ! readers are likely to place much confi-
dence ; and while we continue to pay such prices as have
ruled everywhere in China duriog the !season which is now
drawing to a close (and which season will show in:its
usual statistics an export to all parts of the. West con-
siderably in excess of the demand) "we need -not fear a
! dearth of the article, even should the crops be deficient.
From Fuhchau_ we learn that the opeuihg pricei -for the
' new crop of congoir are 3 to 4 Wl's' higher than'those'of
last season, and from 1-4 Kliow and other black tea*dis-
tricts the opening rites are , quoted higher, while from
' • the WOO. Y 114.9,01110,110) and -.Tai Ping green tea dis-
tricts wertire informed that 15 to. 20 per cent. more is
being paid than.;,:;,last season; And several natives who
have left this city for the purpose ,of buying green teas
have, ils conseqaenee Of the 'high rates, abandoned the
idea. In the ,Ping Stiey districts also the advance' is
about 15 per shit , but the entire production of !the lat-
ter is smailoosupp,red with; other districts;-and will not
perhaps eideed'llo,ooo or /0,000 packaleethis year, so
far as we are able to
-learn., 'With these ,reports, which
come direct tel the tea men, it is not surprising (if they
themselves belteve thdip) that they
,should hold '.the
old stock (wEijoli ia now i estimated' at shoat-. 40,000
packages of black and 45,000 zof .green) for higher
prices than are offered. Yet we find at the end of
almost every season *., large ...goantity of tea held
-overfor-rates-vilifel—are—Tablier obtained; iiia which'
is eventually
.iOld'' he dakeifotisirliiices, and reaches;
juraeitiaTioii-.7out 6rondition. Siich.will tuidsubt-
edly be theitase,this year also ; but it is much to here-
gretted that shipments 'of such refuse crop, which is
chiefly of themost trashy kind, are sent forward, ae they
too frequently Are, on Chinese account, to markets where'
good qualities, are sold
they come into competition with
at anything they will realiae,'and ever afterwards 'be;
come a drug in, the market; 'swelling 'the statistics of
stocks • while it is notorious, both in England and Athe-
rica, that no inconsiderable portion of the-stock consists
of trash calletirtea, and which, is wholly unfit for use.,
In our last issue we elluded.tothe movement of the in-
surgents in' Kiang-Si (which .istformatiou has since been
confirmecl.),,and it may hence. be argued that they Willi
seriously ,Interfere With- the 'preparation of tea ; but,
while we are kviiling to adinit that in that particular pro .
vince such may possibly' be the case, we would warn our
readers-at" distance to place no reliance on the old Cry'
of " Seed crop of tea," and, when .such an event should
occur, to bear in mind that any deficieney needed to .be
supplied, for foreign export would,not be long its forth-
coming from: the quantity prepared for the home con
gumption of 350,000,000 of people, who, on 'the lowest
estimate, consume 41b. of tea per annum, or equal to •
1,400,00010001b.' 5 per Cent, of which would at any time
increase our total foreign exports snore than 50 per cent.
,--North Ch,i7ia Herald, May. 31.
GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending uIY •37, 1856
Correspondin wSek last, year
i
r TtiANCASHI E,..AND YORROHIRE RAILWAY. -Traffic re-
turn fopthe week ending Aug. 3,1350 .... . . R. 25,905 19 6
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