The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-20 00:00:00

TRALIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 20.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ceylon, Captain Evans, with the heavy por•
tion of the above mails, has arrived.

She brings 193 passengers, 1,164 packages cargo,
two boxes speoie, jewellery (70,000), precious
stones value 3,500 rupees, rubies 350 rupees, musk
4,236 rupees, and a diamond value £9,053 rupees.
Her Majesty's ships Liffey, Scourge, Terrible,
London, and Medina were at Malta; at Gibraltar
the Racoon and St. Jean d'Acre.

Her Majesty's ship Argus left Gibraltar for Eng-
and on the 12th inst.

Intelligence from Tan gier states that the difficulty
between Spain and Morocco had not been arranged.

The Moorish Alcaid of Tetuan, who lately went

to Madrid, has been appointed Spanish Vice-Consul
at Tetuan, not only as a recompense for his ser
vices, but also to protect him against the resent-
ment of his country men on the evacuation of that
city by the Spaniards.
The British ships—brig Diana, 16 days from
Swansea; steamer Meander, 5 days from Liver-
pool ; steamer Newburn, 17 days from London ;
schooner Mischief, 10 days from Swansea ; barque
Julia,l9 days from Liverpool ; brigantine Catherine,
13 days from Cardiff; schooner Nancy, 13 days
from Swansea ; schooner Margaret, 18 days from

Newcastle ; schooner Valga, 11 days from Tyne-
mouth ; schooner Laxey Mines, 15 days from Swan-
sea ; schooner Sarah, 8 days from Liverpool ;
schooner Margaret, 10 days from Cardiff; schooner
Zephyr, 11 days from Liverpool; steamer Bceotia,
51 days from Liverpool ; steamer Manly Hill, 8
days from Newport ; schooner William Henry, 12
days from Liverpool; and steamers Syrian and
Orontes, 6 days from Liverpool—had severally
arrived out at Gibraltar.
Gibraltar exchanges and freight, on the 14th
inst., remained without alteration.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

131TERIA.L WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 53s 9d,
barley, 348 3d ; oats, 25s 2d ; rye, 41s 2d ; beans, 44s
3d ; and peas, 41s h.
THE SIIC. WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 54s 8d ;
barley, 34s 9d ; oats, 25s 4d ; rye, 34s ld ; beaus, 44s 6d ;
peas, 40s sd,
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST EEK.—Wheat, 65,560 ;
barley, 2,955 ; oats, 5,674 ; rye W , 6; beans, 2,828 ; peas,
74 quarters.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
Although only a moderate supply of beasts were on offer
here to-day, all kinds moved off somewhat heavily at Mon-
day's currency. With sheep we were fairly supplied. The
best Downs and half-breds were steady, otherwise the mut-
ton trade was very inactive at late rates. We have to re-
port a dull inquiry for lambs at about stationary prices,
viz., from ss. 6d, to 6s. 4d. per 81b. The supply of calves
being extensive, the veal trade ruled heavy atfa further
decline in the:quotations of 4d. per 81b. The top price was
4s. Bd. per Blbs. Pigs and milch cows moved off slowly at 1
barely late rates.
Per 81b. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf.beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 4 4 1G
Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 0 5 2
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Large orse. calves 3 6 4 0
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Large hogs 4 0 4 6
Second quality do. 3 10 4 0 Small porkers .... 4 8 4 10
Lambs, 5s 6d to 6s 4d.
Suckling calves, 20s to 30s ; and quarter-old store pigs,
22s to 29a.
TOTAL SUPPLY
Beasts
Sheep and lambs.. .. 9,540
Calves
Pigs 440

Japan, the Amoor, and the Pacific. By Henry A.
Tilley. With eight illustrations. Smith and
Elder.

This is a lively and pleasant volume of travels
which by no means restricts itself to a description
of the Japanese Empire. The author was on board a
Russian ship of war which was bound on a voyage
of circumnavigation, and accordingly he transports
us from Rio Janeiro to Cape Town, from Singapore
to Manilla, and, after quitting Japan, to the Russian
settlements at the mouth of the Amoor, where he
was the first Englishman who had landed. After-
wards we visit in his company California, the
Sandwich Islands, and Tahiti, from whence he brings
us once more by South America to the shores of
Europe. Of course his account of many of these
places is only slight and superficial, but
the volume has something of the effect
of a panorama, showing us in rapid succession the
manners and customs of very different races in very
different localities. The large uncultivated tracts
of fertile land in Brazil with its scanty and lazy
population, form a striking contrast to the over-
crowded districts of China, where every inch of
ground is carefully made the most of. Of Cape
Town we have an agreeable description. The
feeling towards the English does not seem to be
very friendly, most of the Dutch inhabitants obsti-
nately refusing to speak a word of the language.
The traveller describes the old Dutch landowners
as possessing more than the usual amount of na-
tional stolidity. While he was there, however,
they made up their minds to have a railway, after
much exertion on the part of the more energetic in
beating the idea into the heads of their neighbours.
A comparatively short time will therefore see Cape
Town in direct communication with the interior,
a fact which will, as the writer justly
observes, from an epoch in the history of the colony.
Of Japan and its people he gives much the same
account as other recent travellers, adding a succinct
outline of what is known of its history and connec-
tion with Europe. Of its internal government he
speaks as follows :—" A description of what is
known of the political state of Japan can be given
in a few words. It is about the most absolute des-
potism that exists or has ever existed, yet tempered
by ancient customs having all the force of laws.
The policy which has ruled this nation surpasses
all that Machiavelli, Metternich, or Talleyrand ever
dreamed of ; Fouche would have been a demigod
could he have had such a police and such spies."
At present, he remarks, little is really known of the
internal policy of the empire, and he advises that all
communications professing confident explanations
should be received with caution. The people, he
describes as intelligent and eager for information.
During the residence of the Dutch in Desima he
considers that the Japanese were the chief gainers
11 by the intercourse. They obtained information
from Europe on politics, science, and litetature, and
translated many books, especially those on Medi-
cine. In the study of this art they are peculiarly
interested, and very skilful. The European doctor
who accompanied our author, visited a patient whose
severe wounds had been dressed by a Japanese sur-
geon,and declared that he could not have been better
treated in any European hospital. The Japanese
seem also to have possessed notions of science
for many ages, and are now giving great attention
to European machinery, railroads, and fire-arms.
They are very painstaking in their study of lan-
guage—" Some of the officials whom I met in Japan
had acquired one or two European languages
merely from visiting English, American, or other
ships, learning a few words at a time in their
intercourse with officers and men, and carefully writ-
ing down such words in Japanese for future use.
In Kanagawa and Hakodadi many of the shop-
keepers had learned so much Russian as to make
themselves intelligible to the Russian sailors." In
industrial arts and manufactures, they equal, if not
excel the Chinese, while in painting and drawing
they are much more advanced. They
are remarkable for the neatness and finish of all
their manufactures, and possess, as a nation, both
taste and skill. Their mirrors are of bronze, the
reflecting surface being silvered and polished, and
the back ornamented with various devices. Mr.
Tilley informs us that, since his return, he has seen
some Etruscan mirrors precisely similar to those in
use in Japan. The old adage, which tells us that
cleanliness is next to godliness, is not verified in
Japan, where the continual ablutions of the
people, often performed in public, secure their
scrupulous cleanliness, but the national religion is
at a very low ebb. The writer expresses an earnest
hope that if auy attempt is made to establish mis-
sions among them, only one denomination of
Christians will engage in it. The establishment of
rival missions has alivays proved a great drawback
to the successful propagation Of Christianity
but in Japan " where all classes except the lowest
may be said to have no religion at all, and where
all are educated, sceptical, and sarcastic, any
rivalry between those who attempt to introduce
a new religion will at once preclude whatever
chance there possibly might be of conversion."
The Japanese are quick witted and full of curiosity.
They have large public libraries, and books are as
widely circulated as in Germany, and much
cheaper. The author considers them a much
finer people than the Chinese, although both be-
long to the Mongolian race. Of course, in his long
voyage, Mr. Tilley met with many adventures, and
encountered some of the sudden and terrific statulo
of tropical latitudes. One melancholy event east
a gloom over his visit to Japan. A young
Russian officer and a sailor, belonging to the ship
he sailed in, were murdered by some Japanese,
without, as it seemed, any provocation. Various
causes were suggested, many of them political, and
as the criminals were never discovered official
collusion appears probable. He gives us a lively
description of San Francisco and Californian ways,
which do not seem to have impressed him very'
favourably. Of the Sandwich Isands, which
are rising in importance, we have an
animated account, and also of Tahiti, which
occasioned so much discussion some years
ago: His narrative of his visit to the Russian
colonies of the Amoor will also attract the reader
from its novelty. Altogether it is a pleasant and
unaffected record of extended travel in which the
author wisely makes the narrative of what he ha;
seen more prominent than his own opinions and
reflections. These are a little tinged with Russian
views, but are, on the whole, straight forward and
moderate. We commend his work to the attention
of the general reader who seeks information, cool'
bined with entertainment.

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