The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

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LINIRED ASTATBS, C 2VA AUNTRA-
LIAN, AND AFRICA Y MAILS.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

The screw seam-ship Circassian, Captain Powell,
sails this afternoon for St. John's, Newfoundland,
Halifax, and Portland, with a considerage number
of passengers and a full cargo. The steamer only
arrived on Sunday morning, and since then has dis-
charged and taken on board a full cargo—a proof of
the facilities this port affords for shipping.
The screwsteam-ship City of Manchester Captain
Petrie, sails to-morrow forenoon," for New York,
with cargo and passengers. She will carry a ship
letter-lug, letters for which must be posted at nine
a.m., or with late fees before half-past nine a.m.
to-morrow.
The Royal mail screw steam-ship Anglo-Saxon,
Captain M'Master, will also sail to-morrow fore-
noon for Quebec and Montreal, with the Canadian
mails, passengers, and cargo. Letters must be
posted before eight a.m., with late fees until nine
a.m., and at the landing-stage until ten a.m., to-
morrow.
The weekly mails for the United States and
British North American provinces will be carried
out by the Niagara, Captain Wickman, on Satur-
day next. Letters must be posted here before eight
a.m., with late fees until nine a.m., and at the
landing stage on Saturday morning up to ten

o'clock.
The next mails from the United States may be ex-
pected by the screw steam-ship Canadian, captaiu
Ballantyne, which would leave Po►tland on the
25th ult. _ . __ •

Mails will be made up here on Thursday next,
the 7th instant, for Melbourne, for conveyance by
the Black Ball clipper Commodore Perry, CAptain
Wehb. (It may e added that the Commodore
Perry will carry out 650 passengers and 2,000 tons
of cargo)

A mail wag made up here to-day for Fernanlo

Po, for conveyance by the new &crew steam-ship
Diy Spring, Capt. Gr.tnt, built at Birkenhead by
Mr. Laird, and intended for the Niger expedition.

SIR JOHN BOWRING AND THE CHINESE
BARBARIANS.

(From the Western Times.)
At the beginning of this month we published a
letter received from Sir J. Bowring by a gentleman
in this city. We have since observed the following
letter of Sir John's addressed to a gentleman in the
Isle of M tn, written several days after the letter
above alluded to :

" Hong Kong, Feb. 24.

"My dear Sir,—l doubt not that it will be a
gratification to many friends to hear from the best
authority that we are all recovered from the effects
of the poison of which several hundred persons par-
took on the 15th January. About 101bs. of arsenic
had been mixed with a batch of bre td issued from
the largest Chinese bakery in the colony, and the
excess of the quantity led to immediate alarm—
application of emetics, and speedy ejection of 'the
perilous stuff.' It left its effects for some days
in racking headaches, pains in the limbs and
bowels, &c. Iu my family, my wife, daughters, 3
guests, my private secretary, and myself, besides
several servants, ate of the poisoned bread. Lady
Bowring's has been a bad case, as it was thought
some of the arsenic had got into the lungs, but
danger is now over. This mode of warfare is hard
to deal with, and will, I am sur.-t, excite a general
sympathy and indignation. Large premiums have
been offered by the Mandarinsto any one whoshall
set fire to our houses, kidnap or murder us, and
many unfortunate wretches of all nations (as the
hatted of the Chinese is indiscriminating) havebeen
seized, decapitated, and their heads have been ex-
posed on the walls of Canton, their assassins hav-
ing been largely rewarded ; they have even torn up
the bodies of Christian men from their graves, in
order to decapitate themandexpose their mittilated
skuds to the public gaze. All this sufficiently
horrible, but I doubt not the results will be most
beneficial, for certainly we small exact indemnities
for the past, and obtain securities for the future.
We shall not crouch before assassination and in-
cendiarism, you may be assured. I did all that
depended upon me to promote conciliation
and establish peace. This was obviously my
duty, but every effort I matte was treated
with scorn and repulsion. The forbearance
with which the Chinese have been treated has been
wholly misnnderstood by them, and attributed to
our apprehensions of their great power and awe of
the majesty of the Son of Heaven.' So they have
disrn;ardedthe most solemn engagements oftreaties,
and koked upon us as barbarians, who, in a mo-
ment of success, imposed conditions from which
they were to escape, when occasion offered, and
when they could, (in their judgment) safely do so.
I doubt not that, Government, Parliament, anti
public opin;on will go with us in this great s'riggle,
and pray that my life may have been preserved for
• the real and enduring benefit of my country and
mankind.—Ever faithfully yours,

JOHN .DOWitING,
W. Kelly, Esq., Thnglas, Isle of Man."

Sporting Intelligence.

CHESTER SPRING MEETING-TUESDAY.

The Grosvenor Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50
added, for 3-yr-oldi and upwards ; certain winners
extra. Grosvenor Course (one mils and a quarter).
Twelve subs.