The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

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, HONG KONG, MAuctk9. ri- -g
heixleavour to condense into a brief space alr
the news of importance. Sir Hope Graut arrived in
the Fiery. Cross.. The Sampson gunboat, which
wintered in the. north, where she was engaged in
surveying, was the next arrival. She contradicted
the Chinese report relative to the capture of the
Algerine and Dove gunboats. The Pearl arrived.
on the 15th inst., with the Cressy in tow, conveying
la this port the left wing of-the 44th Regiment. On
OA, day following the men encamped at CO‘N41.001),
the - mainland opposite. The Government have
taken op the Glendower, the Gamecock, the Tas-
mania, the Clannsberry, the Stately, the Miles 13 ar-
ton,.and the Albe:l Edward at 225. a ton per men-
sem. The French 'Government have purchased the ~
Peilin, one of Dent and Co.'s fast steamers. The
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gunboat Starling, whiCh was wellnigh lost in the
attack on the Tali u forts, i nearly ready for sea:.
Her Majesty's steam:,r,s'imPsoa, the Magicienne,l .
and the Enryleft this port on the 21st inst. for b'in
;;afore, and the fine clipper steamer Thunder arriN•cd
on the same day. The French gunboat Dragon re-
ported
on the 22d inst. that the Simoom was to have
left Manilla, where she put in to coal, upon the 21st.
_Bysome extraordinary blunder the Scout, which was •
left at Singapore On purpose to take a ship in tow,
arelyed without one, and the Simoom was left to tow
three transports—the Mars, Octavia, and Walmcr
Castle, containing the 99th Regt, 1,000 strong, which
she was compelled to cast off, on account of the
weather, in lat. 12 N, The Durance, French screw
transport, has arrived from Manilla.
The expedition to the north will commence early
in April. I 'am told that the 3d Buffs and 56th
Regiment will be left to garrison Canton, and. that
the 67th and 99th Regiments will he the first corps
despatched northwards. The Ist Royals (2d bat-
talion) has been reported to be sickly, and so it is
doubtfulif the regiment will take any active part
in the coming expedition. The Government adver-
tise for the hire Of ships, of not less than 1,200 tons
I.;egistered burden, for the transport of troops and
stores. There are few such ships in Chinese waters.
The 457th Regiment goes north in the Tasmania,
towed by the Scout, which has coaled, and was
ready for sea on the 24th inst. The Adventure,
with some Oappers and the left wing of the batta-
lion of Royal Marines and Marine Artillery, ar-
rived from Whampoa on the evening of the 22d
inst. The Assistance, with head-quarters, must be-
fore this have feached Shanghai. Military news is
kept so secret that little beyond conjectures as to
the plan of the expedition appear in the daily
papers ; but there is little doubt that Captain Os-
bane's scheme, which appeared in your columns, is
moat practicable, and will be carried out as far as
pogsf,hle. Canton is in a rather excited state, and
this ho affected trade in some measure: Bands .of
- rebels are making their way to the
town, headed.
badly artnCd-
hy Ho-aluk, who was one of the chief
leaders of the oNnosition in the,rising of 1854. The
Commander-in-Chiefof the expedition has paid a .
visit to Canton, and hecould not have been other-
wise
than pleased with the soldier-like appearance
Of the men in garrison.

CHINA.

The Government have offered a rize of 1,000
dols. for the best plan of supplying Vllltoria with
water. •It has been awarded to Mr. Raw:in, one of
three competitors. Mr. Tarrant's reduced period
'of imprisonment has expired. His fine of £s(i has
been peid by subscription, and he is now removed
from the common gaol to the debtors' prison, as he
is unable to py costs. The printing-presses and.
type, &c., of the Friend of China have been sold by
auction.

Dr. Murray, the colonial surgeon's, annual report
on the sanitary condition of the colony during the
year 1859 has just appeared. The year was emi-
nently health. There was no Asiatic cholera, the
ravages of smallpox were confined to the native
population ; ophthalmia, which originated in the
gaol, was mild in character, and yielded to the
simplest treatment; two cases of diphtheria were
fatal, and the cases of diarrhoea, dysenteq, and
intermittent fever were by no means so numerous
or fatal as in 1858. The report is exceedingly
brief, and the most valuable part of it consists of
the tables of statistics appended to it.

From general orders this day (24th) it appears
that on the departure of the Gith Regiment front
Canton the troops will be formed into one brigade,
under the command of Brigadier Corficld, and Et
provisional battalion will be organised, upon the
embarkation of the expedition to the north, to gar-
rison Hong Kong„ consisting of detachments of
various Europeans corps, under command of Lieut.
Colonel Sargent (3d Buffs.) The Simoom, Octavia,
Mars, and Walmer Castle, and the English mail,
not due before the 25th, arrived to-day. Sergeant
"tendon, 99th Regiment, died on board the Mars;
and Private Thornton, of the same corps, on board
the Walmer Castle, fell overboard and was lost near
Singapore. The battalion of Military Train have
been turned over to the Princess Charlotte, and will
remain here until the commencement of the mili-
tary operations in the north. The Rev. R. M'Ghee,
chaplain to the Forces at the Curragh, arrived by
the last nisqil, and proceeds to Shanghai with Sir
Hope Grant and his staff on the 31st. The 67th
and 99th Regfoents and a battalion of Royal Ma-
rines will form a
right Brigade, under the com-
mand of Colonel Kee yesi 99th Regiment. They
start on the 29th (mail iti,v) with the Royal Artil-
lery, and proceeded via Shanghai to Chusan. The
Assaye, and Earl of Clare in tow", with the right
wing of the 31st Regiment, arrived on the 25th
from Bombay.