The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

CHINA.

HONGKONG, SEPT. 28.
The London mail of the 10th of August arrived
here on the 20th inst. per steamer Singapore, which
vessel leaves again at 2 p.m. to-day with the out-
ward mails.
No events of political importance have occurred
in the last fortnight.
The ratification of the American treaty has pro-
'Weed no change in commercial matters.
We learn that the Taku forts have been repaired
and strengthened, and the general bearing of the
Chinese leads to the belief that they contemplate
resistance.

His Excellency the Hon. Frederick Bruce remains
at Shanghai. Admiral Hope is still at Lookong.

The Hon. William Ward, American Minister,
has gone to Japan, where matters remain in an un-
settled state. Twelve Russian ships of war are at
Jeddo. Three men belonging to this force have
been murdered, and serious consequences are not
improbable.

In Cochin China fresh hostilities have been com-
menced by the Anamese, who attacked the French
intrenchments, and were repulsed with loss.
At Canton all remains quiet.
Colonel Cane returns to England by this mail.
Our dates from the coast are Shanghai, 20th inst.;
Foochow, 19th inst.; Am9y, 19th inst.

Our import market has been dull, but an improve-
ment is hoped for in consequence of the re-opening
of the tea-market in Canton. The following trans-
actior.s are reported. We give sales at both places
and Canton quotations, duty paid; cash, two
months :

Cotton has advanced 8 mace to 1 tael per picul.
Bombay, 5,550 bales sold; stock, 7,400 bales ; good
to fine, llt. 4m. to 12t. 2m. ; medium to good, 10t.
2m. to 1 lt. 2m. ; common, 9 taels to 10 taels.

Madras, 1,700 bales sold ; stock, 1,500 bales;
fine, 12 taels ; medium to good, 11 tads ; common,
10 taels.

Cotton yarn shows little change. Low numbers
neglected.
Shirtings--Greys are about 5 cents higher.
Sales, 9,500 pieces.
T-cloths—Sales, 27,500 pieces, at about former
rates.

Long-ells-2,700 pieces sold.
Metals—Lead has been inquired for for shipment
to Foochow.
Sugar—No transactions.
Canton Silk—A small quantity settled for India.
Prices much as before, but firm.

Tea—The market reopened on the 17th inst.,
and 28 chops have been settled. There is an average
decline of 4 to 5 tales on opening rates of the 9th
of August, and fully 7 tads on some of the finest
chops. Stock about 90 chops. Total settlements,
including contract teas arrived, amount to 57 chops.
A small business done in scented teas at rather
lower prices.
Two vessels have sailed for London, and, six
others are loading and on the berth for the same
port; also two for Liverpool.
Freights, £3 to £4.
Amoy letters are to the 19th inst. Settlements
of ning-yongs and capers had been made to a mo-
derate extent for America.

Cotton yarn was improving. Nos. 16-24 quoted
40 dols., duty paid.
Shirtings in heavy stock, and little inquiry.
Foochow advices are to the 19th inst. Increasing
supplies of tea and advices from England kept
buyers out of the market until within a few days of
the above date, when teamen showed anxiety to
realise, anti submitted to a reduction. Prices of
common congou are easier; fair common and
medium kinds, from 16 to 19 taels, show a decline
of 1 tad, and 20 to 24 tael teas are lt. sm. to 2 taels
lower than last mail's quotations. Oolongs in little

inquiry.
Stock.—Congou, 68,000 chests, mostly good coin-
mon and medium kinds ; none fine, and many mus-
ters of low ordinary and dusty. Souchong, 4,000
chests, chiefly medium, some fine. Oolong, 45,000
half-chests common cargo, and Fuhchau packed are
in large supply, the remainder being mostly fair
cargo kinds. Scented teas, 5,000 boxes.
Two vessels sailed for London and one for Cowes
for orders. Three are loading for London and three
for New York, at 13 and 12 dols. respectively.
Shanghai dates are to the 20th inst. A good
demand had existed for imports, and prices have an
upward tendency. Quotations are higher.
Silk has again advanced 15 taels for Tsatlee, and
5 to 10 taels for Taysaam, at which prices about
3,600 bales have been taken, and silkman now ask
another advance of 15 taels on all kinds.
Export of silk to Europe, 17,017 bale's, against
17,088 bales, or a decrease of 71 bales for 1859-60.
Tea.—A fair business was done shortly after last
mail left, but demand soon ceased, and teamen be-
came anxious to sell even at a considerable reduc-
tion. Buyers are scarce, however.
Exchanges.—ln Shanghai bank bills on London
6 months' sight, 6s. '7ld. ; credits, 6s. 71d. to Gs. 8d
On Bombay, 317 r. On Calcutta, 319 r. On Hong
Kong, 261 per cent. discount.
In Hong Kongrates show a decline. On England
banks have drawn sparingly at 4s. 10d. ; and first
class bills aro readily taken at 4s. 101 d., and few
offering. On Bombay and Calcutta, at three days'
sight, 230 r. to 231 r.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

At Hong Kong, Sept. 11.—The Algernon, from Shields;
the Carl and Augusta and the Ceres, from Cardiff. Sept.
20.—The Dora, from London.
At Shanghai, Sept. 12.—The Wynand, the Beeman.
Sept. 13.—The Australia, from Cardiff ; the Laughing
Water, from Liverpool; and the Flying Spray, from New.
castle. Sept. 15.—The llanover, from London. Sept. 18
—The 2Egean, from Newcastle.
DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN.

From 'Hong Kong, Sept. 14.—The Chapman, for London.
From Foochow, Sept. B.—The Spirit of the Deep, for
London ; and the Ravensworth, for Cowes, for orders.
Sept. 10.—The Anglo-Saxon, for London.
From Shanghai, Sept. 4.—The Stornoway, for London.
Sept. 9.—The Ballarat, for London. Sept. 13.—The Cam
balee, for London.

SHIPS OP WAR.

At Hong Kong.—The British frigate Cambrian ; the
steamers Fury, Furious, Assistance, and Nimrod ; the gun•
boats Firm, Opossum, and Slaney. The French steamers
Gironde, Rose, and Norzagary ; the gunboat Mitraille.
The American steamers Mississippi and the Tooywan.
At Macao.—The Portuguese brig Mondego and the
lorcha Amazona.
In Canton River.— The British brig Bittern, the steamer

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Delta, Captain T. Black, arrived at Southamp-
ton yesterday, with the heavy portion of the
abovenamed mails, in charge of Messrs. Fisher and
Douglas, of the General Post-office. She left
Alexandria on the 29th of October, Malta the Ist
of November, and Gibraltar the 6th. On the out-
ward voyage the Delta experienced generally fine
weather, except on the coast of Portugal, where she
had strong south-south-west winds, with heavy
rain. On the homeward passage, between Alex-
andria and Malta, the wind was ahead, but mode-
rate, with find weather. Between Malta and
Gibraltar the wind was variable, and off Cape de
Gatte it blew strong from the westward, with a
heavy head sea; along the coast of Portugal mode-
rate north-east winds, with a heavy swell from the
north-west; across the Bay moderate north-east
winds; and up Channel a strong easterly gale, with
smooth water.

The Delta brought 91 passengers, including Colo-
nel Swanson, Major Hutton, Major Miles, Captain
Bassett, Mr. Cox, &c. ; and on freight £12,000 in
specie, £3,000 in gold dust, 2,088 bales of silk, 780
barrels of dates, 15 packages of coffee, 28 packages
of tusks, 35 cases of gum, 35 cases of shawls, and
20 packages sundries.
Rear-Admiral Mundy's squadron sailed from
Malta on the Ist., it was supposed for Corfu, con-
sisting of her Majesty's ships Hannibal, London,
and St. Jean d'Acre. The Cressy was at Naples.
the Exmouth at Palermo, the Brunswick and
Renown at Cagliari, the Liffey and Wan
deror at Athens, the Argus at Parma, the Osprey
and Racoon at Corfu, the Euryalus cruising in the
Archipelago, the Intrepid at Constantinople, the
Terrible, Leghorn, and Medina surveying the Gre-
cian hies.

lier Majesty's ships Marlborough (flag of Vice.
Admiral Fanshawe), Agamemnon, Caesar, Centu-
rion, Neptune, Orion, Victor Emmanuel, Edgar,
James Watt, Scylla, Conqueror, Cadmus, and two
gun-boats, were at Gibraltar.
Exchanges were quoted at Gibraltar as follow
on the sth inst. :—London, 90 days' date, 51 3-16 d.:
Paris, 90 days' date, sf. 32c ; Marseilles, 90 days'
date, 5f 33e ; Genoa, 90 days' date, 5f 37c ; Madrid,
eight days' sight, -7, dis ; Cadiz, eight days' sight,
dis ; Malaga, eight days' sight, par ; Seville,
eight days' sight, 71- dis ; Alicante, eight days' sight,
dis ; Valencia, eight days' sight,l,- dis ; Barcelona,
eight days' sight, par. Spanish pillared dollars, 3
per cent. prem. ; none, and no demand.
Freights to Brazil and the River Plate, 12 dols.
per ton and 10 per cent. ; to the Gulf of Mexico
and Havannah, 12 dols. per ton and 10 per cent.;
to Malta, Leghorn, Genoa, and Marseilles, 4 dols.
to 5 dais. per ton and 5 per cent. ; lead at less.
The Peninsular and Criental Company's steamer
Orissa, from Southampton, Oct. 27, arrived at
Gibraltar on the morning of the 2d inst., and pro-
ceeded to Malta and Alexandria.

The Earl of Lonsdale steamer, which left Gibral-
tar on the morning of the 2d inst. for Tangier, to take
in a slpply of cattle, returned the same night. It ap-
pears that on nearing the bay of Tangier a gun was
fired from a Spanish man-of-war cruiser as a warn-
ing to her not to enter ; c3nsequently, the steamer
tacked about and ran alongside the man-of-war
cruiser. A boat was lowered and proceeded to the
Spanish cruiser, the commander of which informed
the master of the Earl of Lonsdale that, as a strict
blockade was established, he would not be permitted
to enter with his vessel. He was at perfect liberty to
take his passengers on board her Majesty's steamer
Vulture in his longboat, but on no account was he
to communicate with the shore. The passengcre
were, therefore, taken on board the Vulture, and
the Earl of Lonsdale returned.

The Venetian steamer, Capt. A. Bruce, six days
from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 30th
ult., with a general cargo for that place, Palermo,
and Trieste.

Tho American ship William Patten, of Richmond,
which arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist inst., from
Trapani, was in collision off Cape do Gatta, with
the American ship Pelican State, Capt. Morse. The
William Patten had her bowsprit and jibboom car-
ried away, and would have to repair before pro-
ceeding to the United States.
Cadiz papers announce the arrival at that port,
on the 30th ult„ of her Majesty's screw gunboat
Snake, 4, Commander Harvey, from Portsmouth
and Lisbon. The Swedish sailing corvette Lajerb-
jelke, Capt. Oscar Trove, sailed on the same day
for the Mediterranean.

General Serrano y Dominguez, the newly ap-
pointed Captain-General of the Isle of Cuba, family
and suite, embarked at Cadiz on the 31st, and left
the same day, in the war steamer San Francisco de
Borja, for the Havannah.

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10.
The Royal Mail steamship Armenian, Captain J
Walker, arrived this morning with the mails and
£9,684 12s. 6d. in specie and golddast. She expe-
rienced strong north-west winds and gales from
Madeira, with heavy westerly swell.
Her dates are—Fernando Po, Sept. 28 ; Cama-
roons, Oct. 1 ; Old Calabar, 3; Brass, 6; Boning, 8;
Benin, 9 ; Lagos, 10 ; Badagoy, 10 ; Whydah, 10 ;
Accra, 12 ; Cape Coast, 14 ; Liberia, •16 ; Sierra
Leone, 21 ; Bathurst, 25 ; and Tenerife, to the 31st
Oct. ; Madeira to the 2d inst.
Mr. Stewart, the purser, furnishes the following
summary of intelligence :
"BONNY.—Ships healthy. Trade dull. Arrivals—The
Earl Derby, Sept. 30th; the Empress, 26th; Mary,
27th; the Woodman, Oct. 4. Sailing—The Livingstone,
Oct. 4, and the Paragon, sth. Vessels in the river—The
Ferozepore, the Ellen Grant, the Woodman, the Fanny, the
Mary, the Mississippi, the Dauntless, the Thornhill, the
Valleyfield, the Empress, the Albre, and the Royal Arch.
"NEW CALABAR.—Vessels in the river—The Juverna,
the Earl Derby, the Elizabeth. the Adventure, and the
Coquette.
"OLD CA.LABAR.—Trade dull. Ships healthy. Vessels
in the river—The William Owens, the Rhoderick Dhu, the
Tapley, and the Africa.
" BENlN.—Trade very dull. Rains very heavy. Vessels
in the roads—The Austin and Ellen, and the Seaflower.
" BRAM—Vessels healthy, but trade dull. Arriv ed—
The Express, Oct. 4. Vessels in the river—The Birdfra,
the Runnymede, the Severn, the Orient, the Arabian, the
Selina, and the Florence Nightingale.
" CAMAROONS —Trado dull. Colony healthy. Appre-
hensions were entertained of a disturbance between some of
the native kings. The barque Moselle was off the bar, and
was to sail on the 3d of October for Bristol.
"FERNANDO Po.—The now Governor, who had recently'
arrived, had in hand £75,000 to lay out for the improve-
ment of the islands. He had sent to the windward coast
for 500 Kromer/ as labourers for that purpose. The
European residents were very sanguine as to the ultimate-
great increase of trade, &c. Heavy rains prevailed, but the
colony was healthy. Vessels in the bay—Her Majesty's
ship Vesuvius, Commander Wise, to sail for Ascension on
the 2d of October; her Majesty's ship Buffalo, five Spanish
men-of-war, and the British barque Lucetta.
"SIERRA LEONE.—The yellow fever and smallpox had
entirely disappeared from the colony, and business was
gradually improving. Vessels in the harbour—Her Ma-•
jesty's ships Surprise and Sharpshooter.
"LAGOS.—The weather was fine, and the bar unusually
smooth, but trade was dull. Vessels in the roads—Her
Majesty's ship Medusa, and several Hamburg ships. Her
Majesty's ship Brune was inside of the bar. A slaver was
reported in the river Niger.
WHYDAL—Her Majesty's ship Spitfire had taken itA