The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-30 00:00:00

CHINA.

• HONG KONG, MAY 5.
The steamer Pottin.ir arrived on the 24th ult.,
and brought on the English mails of Feb. 25 and
March 9. The steamer leaves to-day with the out-
ward mail.

We have advices from Shanghai to the 27th ult.
Nothing had been heard of the Plenipotentiaries
since their departure thence for the North. The
Chinese steatner. Confucius had just arrived from
the Gulf of Pecheli, and reports having seen some
foreign ships of war there.
The state of matters at Canton does not appear
to have improved. Much distrust prevails on the
part of the inhabitants, who have been leaving the
city. Peh-kwei, it is said, -wishes to be relieved
from the duties cf the office he holds, and to retire
into the country. His resignation, however, has not
been accepted. The Hoppo, with some ocher offi-
cials, are iu custody for some political matter. The
seizure of the Hoppo temporarily checked the trade
in exports, but business has again been resumed.
Large holies of braves are being collected in the
vicinity of Canton, and we have received informa-
tion that attempts are being made to induce thu
Tartars, and the Keeha, or naturalised Tartars, in
Canton, who together number about 20,000 fight-
ing men, to be prepared to rise against the allies.
A high Tartar officer in Canton, writing to an ac-
quaintance, gives it as his theory of the matter
tnat the Tartars are bring stirred up by agents of
the rebels and thieves, vho wish to it-jure the ban-
nermen and plunder the people as they remove
their valuables from the city ; and he expresses an
anxious wish that " the great general who is in
K woon-yam-sham "—General S:raubmize—should
adopt instant measures to prevent the Tartars being
The explanation may not be worth any-

AChinese who attempted to kill a European
policeman in Canton has been executed.
Tito English and French consuls have .taken up
their residence on the Florian side of the river.
The flags of their respective nations were hoisted
under the usual salutes.
From the North we have received* no conflrma-
tirn of the report of the taking of Nankin by the
Imperialists. The rebels, it would appear, are
again causing disturbances in the North, and seve-
ral towns are reported to have been taken by them.
At Ningpo some excitement existed, as it was said
the rebels were marching on Hangchow, in that
neighbourhood. The state of the country stopped
communication with the sea districts, and pre-
vented the usual arrangements for sending fonds
into the intcriir for the purchase of teas being
cAiried out. In the tea di.,:itrios which supply the
Fcwhov.• maika it is said the rank or maraude:s
have 4.1.0 n appeared in great

CA.LUU
Exports. --Sites the former date there has been a falling
off iu shipments, and a limited busine:s has been done in
produce tor Great Britain. Present stocks in the marke•
are very small, anil holders have been induc#l to show
ii..eat firmness in prices. The Americana have icsumetl
business, but the effect cf the advicas from America lrA4
been such as to cause a great degree of caution in their
operat ion. . .

. -
Imports.— We reported a fortnight ago that our market
was unsettled consequent on the. simultaneous heavy ar-
Hyatt; of twist and piece goods from home. Some favour-
able accounts being shortly after received from Fur-
rac!tabad and Mirzapore have caused an animation in our
market especially ror grey shirtiugs and madapohams,
which have bawl sold at a considerable improvement.
Mule twist was in active inq dry for Lower Bengal and
Macias; but the requirement having bean completEd, the

market during the last three or four days has been rather
dull and prices have receded 1 to 2 pie per morah. In
metals the market for copper continues dull in the absence
of buyers. Iron has been cold to a fair extent, but at
rather lower prices: In 'a'.l other. metals there is little
doing.

Tha
Money market continuos as easy as before, without
much demand for accommodation. The Bank's rates re-
main unchanged. •
Government securities have fluctuated a little ; they
are not so easily obtainable is consequence of the almost
daily transfer of the 4's into tie new loan.
Exchange on London.—A moderate business has been
dono for this mail. Some Treasury bills at 30 days' sight
havo been sold at 2e. o:2d. to 2a, H., and Barings and other
first class credits at •2s. ld. We have heard of but few
transactions in document bills ; they are at 2s. lid.

THE CHINA MARKETS.
(From the China Mail of May 5.)
Our dates from Shanghai come down to the 2Gth inst.,
and report a very inactive market indeed for all descrip-
tions of imports. There has been no arrivals from Eng-
land at Shanghae.

The activity in silk noticed in our last had continued,
and the settlements since the despatch of the previous
mail had been upon: very large scale.
Prices had declined 20 taels. Purchases during the
month 6,000 biles. Of old silk a. large stock is still in the
country. The new crop of silk is reported favourably of.
Transactions in exchange had been limited, but rates
were very firm, although no actual advance could be
quoted. Bank bilis had been done at 6s. ld. ; first-class
credits Gs. 2d. ; and documentary paper at 63. 3d. On
Bombay the rate was Its. 292. Bullion remains without
change. _ _

The tea business since the departure of the last mail had
been very limited, as buyers were deterred by the ample
figure at which it is now evident the export for the pre-
sent season will close.

At Carlton, notwithstanding the alarm which existed at
the date of our last issue, business has continued steady,
and some articles of import, such as cotton and long ells,
have been in good demand, at improving rates. Neverthe-
less, some alarm has of late been again excited by the pre-
sent very unsatisfactory condition of affairs, and although
business relations endure, their basis is very insecure.
Buyers of tea have not been less active than formerly
during the past fortnight ; only one chop of new congou
remains on market, with 65 chops of old tea, and as these
latter are of unusually small size, it may be estimated that
the real quantity available for purchase does not exceed 45
to 50 full chops. Arrivals of new season's congou are this
year expected later than usual at Canton—say, in two or
three months from the present time in consequence of the
•-•-• ,!7-d (),,PI7PI unable to forward their
remittances up-country- at so
At Hong Kong, the only arrival from England has been
the Taymouth Castle. Exchange has ruled as before ;
Bank bills having been down MAL Sid., and the rates for
other paper renia.inirg uncWanged. On Indian the rate is
221. Bar silver is quoted per cent, premium.
Opium lits been very quiet since our last advices, the
fluctuations not exceeding 5 dols. tolo dols.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY.
The Emperor left St. Cloud this morning at ten
o'clock for Plombieres.

Baron de Hubner, the Austrian Ambassador, had
an audience of the mperor yesterday at Sr. Cloud,
and presented to his Majesty the Duke de Melzi,
honorary chamberlain to the Archduke Ferdinand
Maximilian, charged to present from his Imperial
Highness an autoaraph letter to the Emperor.
The Momiteur contains an Imperial decree ap-
pointing Count de Moray to be President of the
Legislative Body for the present year, MM. Schnei-
der and Revell, Vice-Presidents, and General
Baron, M. Vast-Vimeux, and M. Hebert, Ques-
tors.

M. Blanche, Councillor of State and Secretary-
C-eneralof the Ministry of State, has been appointed
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Algeria and
the Colonies, and is replaced by M. Jules Pelletier,
councillor refercndary .first class at the Court of
Accounts.

Au Imperial decree appoints M. Gaulot, Procu-
reur-General at the Imperial Court of Grenoble, to
succeed M. Devienne as Procureur-General at the
Court of Lyons. M. Gaulot is replaced at Gre-
noble by M. Bonafous, first Advocate-General at
the imperial Court of Toulouse.
BOURSE, June 29.—The following were the closing
quotations :

,4. per Cents 9l 20 Credit Fonder
Do. end month - Belgian 4tl
3 per Cent. .... ... 68 Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month 6B 20 Roman 9l
Bank Shares 2980 Austrian
Credit Mobilier ... 625 -- Spanish Threes
Do. Account 630 Horne Debt 39

RAILWAYS.--FUR CASH.
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto — Eastern
Lyon and Mediteran.. 765 Gram./ Central —
New Ditto — Sardinian
Geneva

SARDINIA.
TURIN, JUNE 27.
The Movimento, Genoese paper, concludes its
account of the restitution of the Cagliari to the
Rubattino Company with the following para-
graphs :
"The Administration accepted the restitution of
its steamer, formally declaring that it received it
as an act of justice, and reserving all its rights of
claim for the forced inaction of the vessel (loss of
her use), btfd ilition in which she
was restored, for the alterations which might
be shown by the comparison of the inventories made
at the period of the delivering up at Naples with
those made at the time of her departure from Genoa
in June, 1857, for the consequences that might
arise therefrom, as well as for the indemnities
that should be due to the crew.

" We learn that the behaviour of the iEnglish
to Captain Sitzia and his crew on the occasion of
conveying them kiln Salerno to the Cagliari was
most praiseworthy for its exquisite kindnesF.
We, on this account, return public thanks as well
to Mr. Barbar as to all those English officers who
thus paid homage to misfortune in the persons of
the unhappy crew of the Cagliari."
Mr. Barbar's departure from Turin was delayed
a little in order that he might be presented to
the King, who received him most graciously, and
thanked him for his exertions in behalf of Sar
nian subjects. He (Kr. Barbar) left Turin yester-
day afternoon, to return to the post at Naples,
which he appears, from all accounts, to have filled
with so much credit to himself and advantage to
the public service during recent difficult circum-
stances.

The Malta Times gives an account of the de-
parture of the Royal Albert, bearing the flag of
Admiral Lord Lyons, which took place with some
pomp, all the other vessels in the harbour manning
their yards and loudly cheering. At the entrance
of the port, H.M.'s steam gun-boat Vigilant fol-
lowed in the wake of the flag-ship, for the purpose
of returning to Malta in advance of the Marl-
borough ship-of•the-line, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Fansha,we to whom the command was to
be transferred at Gibraltar on the 25th.

A Vienna letter of 25th, in the Cologne Gazette,
says :—" Sir H. Eulwer, the English Ambassador
to Constantinople, who the day before yesterday
had a private audience of the Emperor, has since
his arrival in this capital had several conferences
with Count de Buol. The ambassador leaves this
evening for his post."

MARKET NEWS.—(rhis Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Scarcely any English wheat was on offer in our market
to-day. For all kinds there was a fair inquiry, and Mon.
day's advance in the quotations was supported.
There was a large show of foreign wheat. Holders,
however, were very firm in their demands, but wc have no
change to notice in prices.
Barley and malt moved off slowly, at barely late rates.
The show of foreign barley was good.
We were well supplied with oats, which changed hands
to some cstent, on former terms.
Beans, peas, and flour were firm, and quite as dear as on
Monday.

ARIIIVALS THIS WIIHM.
Wheat. Barley. Malt.
760 I 1,130

Irish

Flour.
410

Oats.
110
910 -
140 sk,.
15,500 brio

Foreign I 6,250 J 8,560

BOROUGH HOP.
We have to report a dull sale for all kinds of hops, at
barely stationary prices.

WHITEOHAPEL.

The trade generally ruled heavy, as follows :
Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Od ; mutton, 33 2d to 4s Cd;
limb, 5s 4d to 684 d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 41; pork, 38 Od to
4s Od per Sibs by the carcase.

The City of Glasgow Bank, which temporarily sus-
pet ded during the oriels in November last, but was able
subsequently to prove its solvency, has issued a state-
ment preparatory to the annual meeting of shareholders
oil tilt 7th of July. According to this more than 90 per
cent. of the capital is intact, its amount having been
745,4101., while there is now a balance of assets over
liabilities of 673,821/. The deficiency, thertfore, is only
71,5891., which it is proposed to make up by an appro-
prititnm of 2,),0001. a year out of future profits.
Curtious, PEESQUENON.—After the late thundersti r n
a deposit resembling sulphur was observed in several
rry, ;‘-i this neiahonrhoocl. At Freeburn it lay on
kb. e,- 1.• bO. l'C tU " '''+ll of nearly
half-an-inch. At Craigton-cottage, Lear Ktssocx, to,
deposit was obierved on the top of water cauzht in
a cask fr.ma the rcof of the house, like a thick
cream. The sulphurous sub,tance was skimmed
off and dried on a piece of flannel. When dry it
was a fine p.)wder, and when thrown into the
fire ignited exactly like gunpowder, making a slight
fizzing noise. Unfortunately none was preserved beyond
what was experimented on in this way. A boat at Craig-
ton was powdered all over with the carne substance ; a: d'
a countryman living on the height near Kilmuir says
that near his house, in the space of what an ordinary
washing tub would cover, he could lift the powder with
a spoon. The heavy rains have since washed it all away.
—lnverness 09uritr.