The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

he latest haws from British
tar
,mi oieTtsy
theq,id
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his 1)(111. 90 4:50.olio chds., wiihout
allowing for the dust in private hauot, amongst the
pa-eengtrs.
On board the barque Henrietta, with about 80
passengers from Port Douglas, a theft had be en
'committed—one of the inimers haying lost his purse
with about LOO dols. worth of gold dust. A starch
was instituted, and all nit board w requ..sted to
show their treasure. This was coniplied with, and
the result was that about 60,000 dols. in gold dust
was laid open to inspection.
ot
ol I at else.
no'he amountlu'ris3yls,tthhoi.ee of
xeparnegold dust shipper? to Sat
Fran-
cisco,
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eThbecelpitn•ogg seswosf\f'riocrtnotrethi(lairneeliePsl3(:lliniu)
iiiaefer'sasti.erdl
;priltr.,'-iohlti'ie)gi ith‘;
laiinnidiimer
is
herd in all directions from early morn till late at
nigin, on the buildings now going up, bath stone
and brick. Real estate has also t.. ken a rise, and
sales have taken place at least 20 per cent. above
prices asked a few wonths since. This colony is
most prosperous. -The great boon of a free port has
been kept intact. The laud s3-stent has undergone
great reform for the better, with few or hardly any
taxes ; public, buildings have gone up, and an
efficient police kept on foot.
The New Westminster limes is a wcel ly paper,
well got up and conducted with considerrble ability.
Its editor is a gentleman of education, who advo-
cates reforms without stooping to vu.gar personal
abuse, The cold was so intense that the water in
the top of a stove which had a fire in it up to
ten n `" was frozen into a solid mass at eight a.m.,
"2_ .40„rnoln—and- -the -water in
the swci,'••l -r7...-as.tri a room irrwhieh a fire .vitas
kept alt tn, was comaletely frozen ini the morn-
ing, having ice two inches thick on it—yet it has
been much colder in New York.

A Canadian gentleman holding an official situa-
tion at New Westminster, arriving here. on the
16th by the steamer Northerner, reports that every
returning miner is in possession of a considerable
quantity of gold dust, many with 4.000 to 5,000
dollars' worth—their reward for a year's labour in
the mines of British Co:umbia. The contractor for
the construction of a wharf at New Westminster
offered from 20 to 30 of these miners one dollar ptr
hour if they would aid him in finishing his under-
taking, but was only responded to by most derisive
laugt, ter from the whole of the people assembled.

TILE RECENT 110STILITIEv IN CIII N 4.

The correspondence between Mr. Bruce, her Ma-
jesty's Envoy Extraordinary to China. and tbe Fo-
reign Office, relating to therecent hostilities in China,
was published yesterday in the shape of a Parlia-
mentary return. The substance of the most im-
portaut letters have already been made public.
Mr. Bruce, however, in a letter dated Shanghai,
Sept. 20, encloses an extract of interest from the
Pekin Gazette, describing the action at the Peiho.
It is an Imperial decree, and must have been i.sued
in June :

"Sung so-lin-sin ant his colleagues have pre-
sented their report of certain details of the (late)
action, as .scertained by them on inquiry to be
true.

tEhn?i
rOl fhatyhein2 barbarians,tthheof rv‘it‘h,.ieleor, moonwanoud ido
pitc)l:.l:
drivoeasastitetrlesen actinonotitmor
the reasonable commands issued to them, forced
troops, which the !atter returned. The barbarian
vessels, though injured, would not, withdraw, and
contined the action with their infantry, until the
forces of Government had killed several hundreds,
and had taken two of them alive. The rest then
fled and slunk back to their ships. The barbarians'
vessels that entered the river were thirteen in all,
and but one escaped across the bar; the rest had
suffered such damage that they were unserviceable.
The barbarian leader Li (?) was also se severely
wounded in the thigh that he could not move.
" The English barbarians, violent, rebellious,
and unreasonable as they are, have on this occasion
received such a chastisement as will not fail to make
them aware of the danger (lit., difficulty) of offend-
ing the military dignity of China. The officers and
men, who with a common purpose and united
strength achieved this great victory, have certainly
shown a more than ordinary courage ; and we
command Sung Ko-lin-sin to ascertain the names
of all who exerted themselves on the occasion, and
to recommend their, to our favourable consideration.
e, at the same tine, authorise him to distribute
among them 5,000 taels, which he may take out of
the subscription fund. Shih Tung chun, Comman-
der-in-Chief of the Chinese army of Chih-li, and the
Brigadiers Lung Ju-yu-en, Commandant of Takoo,
heading the fight in person, so valiant that they dis-
regarded their own safety, and were kil led in the bom-
bardment, are indeed to be deplored. Let their
names be handed to the proper board, that posthu-
mous honours may be liberally awarded them, and
let shrines be raised to them in Tien twin, and at
their respective homes. Let the Major Tsitanpu,
with Takshia, Subaltern of Musketeers, in the Plain
White Banner Corps, the Lieutenant Wang Shi-
yany, and the Ensign Chang Wanping, who fell at
the same time, be awarded:each one the posthumous
honours to which he is by regulation entitled ; that
their loyal spirits may be comforted.
"Respect this !"

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The weekly meeting of the bortrd was held yes-
terday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall—Mr. J.
Thwaites in the chair.

The financial statement showed a total cash
balance of £98,716 17s. Payments were ordered
on account of the main drainage to the amount of
£321 18. Id.