The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-07 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA

MAILS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reutcr's office in anticipation of the mail due
in London on the 14th December :
SHANGHAI, OCT. 21.

No political news.
Large sales of black tea. Green in limited re-
quest. Silk market well supplied. Tonnage plenti-
ful. Exchange on London at six months, 6s. Bd.

CANTON, OCT. 27.

The new customs rules do not work well. Mar-
kets quiet. Teas flat. Freight to London, £3:
HONG KONG, OCT. 29.
A destructive fire took place here on the 20th.
Property of the value of 100,000 dollars burnt.
The Yates Hartley steamer was lost on the rocks
eighty miles from this place. The crew and trea-
sure were saved. The ship Inkerman, of London,
has also been lost.

The exchange on London at six months has ad•
vanced to 4s. 10d.

MANILLA, OCT. 22.

Markets dull. Sugar and hemp unaltered. Ex-
change on London at six months, 4s. 3d. Freights
to England, £1 10s. to £2.

SINGAPORE, OCT. 5.

The steamer Ottawa, with the English mail of
the 26th Sept. in to•day, a week overdue. Market
for European goods quiet. 'roduce in good de-
mand. Exchange on London, at six months, 4s.
9d. Tonnage plentiful. Freights declined.

INDIA.

MADRAS, Nov. 14,

Exchange on Loudon—Bank bills j lower. Do-
cuments, 2s. lid. 54 per Cent. Government Secu-
rities, 41 discount.

Imports—Mule twist in good demand. Shirtings
inactive. Beer and porter, large stocks and small
demand. Wines and spirits limited inquiry.

Exports, only small transactions. Indigo, large
purchases of Kurpaht3, at 44 to 66 rupees. Sugar
active, 24 to 26 rupees per candy. Rice, nothing
doing. Freights, 255. to 30s.

LATER FROM INDIA AND CHINA.
CALCUTTA, Nov. 14,

[Per Indian telegraph, five days after the depar-
ture of the mail due in London via Marseilles on
14th December.]
The Buffs leave fer China to-morrow.
Imports inactive. Exchange on London, 2s. Old.
to 2s. Oid.

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BOMBAY, Nov. 15.
Imports active at full rates. Exchange on Lon
don, 2s. Oid. to 2s. Ifrd. Freights improving.

COLOMBO, Nov. 16.
The Chief Justice of Ceylon is dead. There is a
great scarcity of labour. Trade dull.

HONG KONG, OCT. 29.
A great fire broke out in the Queen's-road on the
19th inst.

A part of the 68th Regiment has arrived from
Calcutta.
The steamer James Hartley has been lost.
Freights flat. Exchange on London, 4s, 91d. to
4s. 10d.

CANTON, OCT. 28.
The new Anglo-Chinese Customs hare been
opened. The prices for imports have risen.

SHANGHAE, OCT. 21

Imports have been quiet, but without declining
in price. Operations in teas have been considerable:
Exports to England, 9,597,0871b5: Silk in demand:
Exports to Europe, 22,452 bales. Freights for tea,
£1 10s. to £2 ; for silk, £3 10s. Exchange on Lon-
don—Bank bills, 6s. 7d. to 6s. 71d. Imports—
Manufactured goods, quiet prices, nearly the same.
The United States Miiister has returned from
Japan.

THE AUSTRALIAN. MAIL.
MARSEILLES, TUESDAY.
The Valetta has arrived with the Australian
mail.

MELBOURNE, OCT. 17.

Parliament was opened on the 13th, and Mr.
Murphy was elected Speaker without opposition.
The want of confidence debate will commence on the
18th October, and a majority against the Ministers
is certain.

Trade is dull. Imports in excess of consumption.
Money tight. Exchange for 60 days, premium.
Government debentures are firm. The reveuue
shows an increase of £300,000 for the year. The
production of gold is 100,000 ounces less than last
year.

Departure of gold ships for London :—The
Lewchew, on September 20, with 28,000 ounces; on
September 30, the Norfolk, 68,000 ounces ; and on
October 17, the Anglesey, 70,000 ounces.
Flour has fallen 30 per cent. Wool in increased
demand, price ls. 10d. to 2s. per lb. Tallow de-
clined. Hides lower. The labour market is over-
stocked.

SYDNEY, OCT. 15.

The quarter's revenue has increased £90,000.
Exehange for 60 days at par. The capital of the
Bank of New South Wales has been increased 60
per cent. Government debentures are easy.
A resolution against the separation of Moreton
Bay has been carried in Council.

Three Englishmen have been shot in New Cale
donia, being in arms against the Government.

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, Dec. 7 :

HOMEWARD MAILS.

The Ripon, with the heavy portion of the Bom.

bay and Australian mail, is expected at Malta on
the 4th inst. She may be looked for at Southamp-
ton on the 14th inst.

The Emeu arrived at Suez on the 28th ult., at
midnight. She passed the Columbia, with the out-
ward Australian mail, on the 13th ult., between
Aden and Mauritius.
OUTWARD MAILS.

The Ceylon arrived at Malta on the 29th ult., at
7 a.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria.
The Simla was to leave Aden for Calcutta on the
27th ult.

The Bengal arrived at Ceylon on the 7th ult., en
route to Calcutta.

The Hindostan left Suez for Calcutta, and the
Salsette for Australia, on the 29th ult.

The Panther arrived at Malta on the Ist inst., at
3 a.m., and left at 8 a.m.

The Alharnbra left Malta for Corfu at the same
Lme as the Panther.

JAPAN.
NAGASAKI, OCT. 21.
The Japanese embassy will leave for Washing.
:on by the Powhattan on the 22d February.
Trade is progressing.

JAVA.

BATAVIA, Ocr. 23.

The second expeditionary force for Boni left
yesterday. Great fears are entertained that the
natives of Java will rise ; every European is well
armed. Much excitement prevails among the
natives owing to their being forced on board ship
as coolies for Boni. A conspiracy has been detected
at Danda to murder the European residents.

BORNEO.

SARA WAK, OCT. 17.

The Datoo Patingi Gapoor has been seized for
plotting with the Dyak chiefs to murder the
Europeans. The Datoo is to be banished to Singa-

pore. Quiet restored.

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.

General Cousin de Montauban, Commander-in-
Chief of the troops to be employed in China, has
arrived in Paris from Toulon, where he was pre-
sent at the embarkation of the 101st and 102 d Re-
giments of Infantry, the 2d Rifles, and a detach-
ment of engineers, composing the greater part of
the expeditionary force. The frigate Dryade sailed
from Toulon on the Ist inst., for China, having on
board General Collineau, his staff, and the 102 d
regiment of the line. General Jamin and Colonel
O'Malley embarked at Toulon, on the 3d, for China,
on board the screw transport Garonne.
In consequence of the oyster fishermen of Cher-
bourg having struck work for higher wages, 200
fishing boats, equipped for the oyster fishery, and
capable of taking 500,000 oysters a day, are lyiug
idle. The fishermen demand 20f, a thousand for
taking the oysters, and they refuse to work until
their demands are complied with. The Cherbourg
oyster fishery has been established only two years.
A banquet was given on Monday at the Hotel de
Ville by the Prefect of the Seine on the conclusion
of the municipal labours of the present year. M.
Haussman, the Prefect, gave as a toast, " To the
Emperor Napoleon 111., victorious and pacific !"
THE BOURSE, Dee. 6.—The market has con-
tinued active, but large sales having been effected
for realisation, the upward tendency was checked.
Threes have been done at 71f. 45c. and 71f. 30c.;
Mobilier, 825 f. and 815 f.; Austrian, 567 f. 60e.
and 565f.'; Saragossa, 475 f. and 485 f. ; Orleans,
1,415 f. and 1,407 f. 60c. ; Lyons, 920 f. and 915 f. ;
Southern, 530 f. and 625 f.. The following were
the last quotations :-
41 per Cents. 96 50 Credit Fonder....
Do. end month_ 96 60 Belgian 41 .
3 per Cents 7l 10 Piedmontese (5) .. 85
Do. end month 7l 35 Roman B4
Bank Shares — Austrian —
Credit Mobilier .. 812 60 Spanish Threes
Do. Acceunt ..... 815 Home Debt 43 25