The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-29 00:00:00

a'; their command faciliti,s largely availed of by other
members of the coramuni y fir removing their propery,
if they think it is exposed to risk, to places of undoubted
security.

HARRY S. PARKES,
H. B. M Consul Officiating at C tnton.
To the British Comitunity at Canton.
The China Mail says :
We hear this day of or,e terrible conequence of the
present condition of Canton. Yell, it seems, has been
concentrating there all the troops ordivarly distributed
through the surrounding country, and some of the dis-
tricts from which the garrisons have been withdrawn
have been consequently overrun by thousands of Hak-ka
men. Within the last three weeks the magisterial dis-
tricts of Sin-hwui, S:n-ning, and Hoh-shao,
have suffered fearfully. Some fifty towns and villages
are said to have been sacked aed burned ; the inhabi-
tants massacred without distinction of age or sex ; and
it is computed that some 5€1,000 people have been turned
out of house and home. Many are stated to have
reached Macao, and some even this island. Makin..
due allowance for Chinese amplification there appears
to be little doubt of the main facts. The account, fur-
nished by a Chinese, is more than usually detailed, so
far as the specification of the localities afflicted is con-
cerned. At Hop-shah the magistrate was among the
slain, and the Hak-kas, styled rebels of course, were in
possession of the city. What the title of their body
may be, if they have assumed any, is not known.

ARRIVALS —Dec. 15, Herculean, Bell, from Liver.
pool, sth August ; Brothers, Stubbs, from Ascension
Island, 25th November ; Maria Carlota, Pereira, from
Surabaya, Ist October ; Siamese Crown, Valentine,
Swato,v, h December.

DEPARTURES.— Dec. 15, Mermaid, for Bangkok ; 12,
Girni-lia, for Singapore ; 15, Rosita, for Singapore ; 12,
Acacia, for Manila ; 15, Bus'aire Lli-rchant, for Macao ;
15, Norna, str., for P. de Galle, at 12 p.m.

Messrs. Robaud, Lloyd's agents at Marseilles,
have received a despatch, dated Manilla, Dec. 9,
stating that tht Brirish barque Coromandel, Capt.
Savage, has been lost in the China Sea.

CHINA. MARKETS.
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.—Hung Kong, Dec. 13.
Oriental Bank Corporat on on London at aix months
sight, 4, On India, 215 Rs. Gold, nominal. Can-
ton Syoee, nominal. Other bills on London at six
months' sight, 4, Bto 4, 84. On India, 215 Rs. Shang-
hai, Dec 6.—On London, 7, 0. India three days'
sight, 326 Rs. Drafts on Canton and Hong Kong, 33
per ,-ent. discount Manilla, Nov. 21.-0. London, 6
months' sight, 4, 24 ; 30 days' sight, 4 11. On Canon
and Hong Kong, 16 per cent. premium. On Amoy, 18
to 20 oer ctn,, pr,oiumn. Silvrr, dollars, Spanish and
South American, unchopped, 13 per cent. premium.
OPIUM.—Hong Kong, Dec. 13.—Patna, 460 dols. ;
Benares, 460 dols, ; Malwa, 5221 dols. Macao, Dec.
12. Patna, 458 dole. ; Benares, 462 dole. Canton, no
market. Shanghai, Dec. 6.—Malwa, 362 dole,: Patna,
304 dole.
FREIGHTS AND TONNAGE.—Canton, none. Shanghai
to London, 21. 10,. to 3/. for tea, and 51. to 61. for
To New Yolk, 7 dole. per 40 feet. Manilla to
London, 2/. 10e.: sugar, hemp, Ste , 3/ 103. To United
States, 8 dole. to 9 dole. To Australia (all chartered).