The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-02 00:00:00

6IARTERS.

For Bombay.--The Tartar and William Prouse, the for-
mer at 13 and the latter at 11 rupees per ton, half dead
weight and half light goods ; half the freight payable here
and the other moietypayable in Bombay ; gunnies at newt.
to the ton or 100 feet measurement.

For Mauritius.—The Liverpool and Clasmerden at 37rs.
ahead for emigrants:
For Hongkong.—The West Derby at 30c. a bag; if orr
dered to Shanghai 20c. a bac,. extra.
For Philadelphia.—The Swartmore' at 81 dols. a ton.
For New York and Boston.--The Amos Lawrence at 01
dols. partly, and 7 dols. the balance ; the Champion and
John o' Gaunt at 7 dols. a ton ; and the North Atlantic at
7 dols. a ton in retail.
For Melbourne.--=The Ardville for £l,lOO for 500 tons.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. •
Sun.s OF WAR.
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i•• t Hong Kong.—The British frigate Nankin; the steamer
TI• r ; the gunboat Algerine ; the American steamer 11Iis-
,-:pi ; the Dutch steamer Balli ; the Austrian frigate
Navarra.

At Macao.—The Portuguese lorcha Amazona.
At Canton River.—The British sloop Actaeon ; the fri-
gates Amethyst and Cambrian; the brigs Bittern and
Camilla ; the steamers Esk, Hornet, Sanspariel, Tribune,
and Volcano ;- the gunboats Clown, Drake, Forester,
Haughty, Janus, Kestrel, Plover, Starling, Watchful, and
Woodcock ; -the French frigate Capricieuse ; the steamers
Catinet, Dordogne, Lily, and Marseau.
At Amoy.—The British brig Elk, and the steamer In-
flexible.

At Foochow.—The British brig Acorn ; and the Portu-
guese brig Mendego.
At Shanghai.—The British steamer Highflyer ; and the
French steamers Phlegethon and La Place.
At the Gulf of Pecheli.—The British ship Calcutta the
frigate Pique ; the steamers Coromandel, Cruiser' Furious,
Fury, Retribution, and Sampson ; the gunboats Banterer,
Bustard, Cormorant, Firm, Lee, Leven, Nimrod, Opossum,
Slaney, Staunch, and Surprise. The French frigate Ne-
mesis ; the steamers Audacieuse, Alarm, Durance,
Gironde, Meurthe, Preguet, and Primauget ; the gunboats
Avalanche, Dragonne, Fusee, and Metraile ; the American
steamers Minnesota, Towhattan, and Antelope ; the Rus-
sian frigate Ascold, and the steamer America.

ARRIVALS PROM GREAT BRITAIN.
At Hong Kong..—June 26, the Meteor, from Cardiff;
June 30, her Majesty's ship Cambrian, from Plymouth ;
July 4, the Aden, from Liverpool.
At Shanghai.—July 23, the Challenger, from London,
and the Stornoway, from Liverpool.
DEPARTURE TO GREAT BRITAIN.

From Foochow—June 27, the Fiery Cross, for London.

CEYLON.

By the arrival of the Calcutta, mail we have re-
ceived files of papers from Colombo to the 28th of
July.

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We take the following from his Excellency's
address :

" Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,
" I. esteem myself most fortunate, at the close of my third
year in Ceylon, notwithstanding a financial crisis in Eu-
rope, and the disturbances that have agitated the neigh-
bouring continent, in being enabled to submit to you proofs
of the growing prosperity of this island, and of the success
of those measures which your co-operation has enabled the
Government to adopt for its improvement.
" The revenue for the year ending Dec. 31, 1858, was
£578,028 6s. 21d. The revenue for 18.56 was £504,174 18s.
40., so that there was a net increase of £73,853 7s. 10Id. in
1857. And this is but one in a series of increase. The re-
venue of 1856 exceeded by. £27,901 9s. sd. the revenue of
1855 ; and that of 18:55 by £68,231 18s. 6d. the revenub of
1854; so that in fouur years the receipts of the colony have
risen from £408,041 10s. 41d. in 1854 to £578,028 6s. 21d.
in 1857, with every prospect that they will exceed £620,000
during the current year, and may reach £650,000. The ex-
penditure has risen during the same period from £393,267
in 1854 to £535,803 in 1857, exclusive of £17,656 12s. qd.
spent under the surplus fund ordinances, which are not in-
cluded under the returns of ordinary expenditure. This
gives £553,459 as the aggregate expenditure of the colony
during the past year, of which £161,174 were spent upon
works of acknowledged public utility. lam the more par-
licalar in dwelling upon this fact because there is, in my
judgment, the moat intimate connection between the one
increase and the other; and I wish the Council to feel with
me that we are labouring upon a grateful soil—that trade
and agriculture respond to every measure favourable to their
development, and that when the outlay is well considered
the effect upon the revenue is as rapid as it is remarkable.
" The electric telegraph is open as far as Kandy, and will
reach Manaar by the end of October. The cable which is
to connect Ceylon with India, and' to make. Galle the port
of call for vessels engaged in the Indian trade, is already
deposited at the Paumben Straits, and ready to be carried
across them so soon as the weather will permit. The sur-
vey of Galle harbour is rapidly advancing, and I hope to be
able to communicate to you the results in the course of the
session.
"The pearl fishery, under the able superintendence of
Mr. Vane, has again afforded a most seasonable addition to
the ordinary resources of the colony, the receipts being
£24,120, after 18 days' fishing, which. produced 16,485,254
oysters.
" Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,
"The facts which it has been my pleasing duty to submit
to you must, I think, be accepted as proofs that this colony
is in a healthy and thriving condition. For five consecu-
tive years the revenue has increased. The colony has no
debt. It is executing large works out of its own surplus
funds ; and those works, tis soon as completed, increase
the resources out of which they spring. During the last
critical year the public tranquillity has' been maintained
without even a shadow of an interruption, and that tran-
quillity is due less to the presence of a superior force than
to the general contentedness of the population. All classes
are gainers by the changes now In progress. All know
that the maintenance of order is the condition of their
continuance.
"To these happy results you have yourselves largely
contributed by the impartial spirit that has guided you in
the distribution of the public resources. If the demands of
the European settlers have been liberally met, the irriga-
tion votes show that native wants have not been neglected.
And, having now seen more of this island than any one
man in it, and having had large opportunities of studying
Its natural capabilities and the disposition of its inhabitants,
I beg to record my conviction that it is by a steady adhe-
rence to this policy that the interests of all classes will be
most effectually promoted. For not only is there no incom-
patibility between them, and no lack of means to do justice
to both, but in many respects they are completely identified'
" The vast properties which British energy and capital
are creating in the interior furnish the readiest market for
every article that the industry of the low country can
supply. What is wanted is a more intimate knowledge of
the field upon which we have to work, improved means of
communication, greater familiarity with the wants and pro-
ducing powers of each separate locality. And in urging
upon you, as I have done upon the Queen's Government,
the necessity of increased expenditure in the Survey De-
partment—in roads and bridges, and irrigation works—l
feel that I am but adding fresh links to that chain which
will bind all classes of her Majesty's subjects most firmly to
by the ties of a common interest rightly under-
the Crown
stood."