The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

CHINA.

HONG KONG, OCT. 30.
By the arrival of the Ganges on the 26th inst. we
received the London mail of the 10th of Septem-
ber. The steamer Ottawa with the outward raail
leaves today.
Lord Elgin is here, and it is probable he will not
leave the place till the results of the demonstrations
against Canton are known. . _ _

—We understand as soon as the whole force of
Marines arrive operations will commence. The
first detachment arrived on the 28th inst. in the
Ammer Imperador.
The despatch gunboat Cormorant and gunboat
Banterer arrived from Manilla yesterday.
An expedition under Commodore Elliot, consist-
ing of the gunboats Plover, Opossum, and Staunch,
with some ship's boats, left Tiger Island ou the 14th
inst. After a cruise of several days they came out
near the junction of the great west and north rivers,
and arrived at Macao on the 19th inst. During
the cruise several Mandarin junks and some forts
were destroyed, but private property was not inter-
fered with. The people of the towns which were
passed willingly assisted in pointing out the Man-
darin boats, understanding, apparently, the object
of the expedition.
I regret to have to report another accident on
board ship arising from Chinese treachery. The
schooner Neva left this on the 17th inst. with a
valuable cargo of treasure and merchandise bound
to Foochow. The following evening some Chinese
passengers, assisted by the carpenter of the ship,
killed the captain and a couple of the seamen who
were on deck. The mate esoaped up the rigging,
where he remained till the Chinese left the vessel,
which they did after two or three hours, taking
with them 22,000 dole. worth of treasure. When
the vessel was taken possession of she was steered
into Mit s Bay, close to this, whence she was brought
back by the mate on the morning of the 19th inst.
Rewards are offered for the apprehension of the
perpetrators of this act, but no clue has been got of
them as yet.
The British ship Cathaya, which left this on the
14th inst. for Foochow, was lost on the Prate shoal
on the 20th inst. The captain and crew arrived
here in the ship's boats, and brought with them
about 10,000 dols worth of the treasure which was
on board the ship.
The French Minister, Baron Le Gros, visited his
Excellency Sir John Bowring ou the 16th inst.
His Excellency was received here with the usual
salutes and a guard of honour.
At Hongkong all r: mains quiet. There is little
change to notice in imports, the market being
almost clear of stocks.

Cotton—Bombay firm, at 16 doll. 50c. to 17 dols.
Cotton Yarn.—Stocks light, No. IG-24, 31 dols. ;
No. 28-32, 35 dole.; No. 38-42, 45 dolls. Shirtings.
—No sales, and pricesunaltered. Grays, 2 dols. 25c •
to
_3 dols. ; whites, 2 dols. 40c. to 3 dols. 15c.

Woollens are inquired for, but quotations show
no change. Rice is hardly inquired for by Chinese.
Bengal. 20 dols. sc. to 2 dols. 30c. Canton Silk.—
No settlements reported at Macao for England.
Bnllion—Sycee silver 61 per cent. premium ;
bar silver 7 per cent, premium ; gold leaf 22 dols.
70c.

Exchange on England closed at 4s. 11d, ; on
Bombay, 226 to 228 r., at 15 days' sight ; and on
Calcutta, 220 r., at three days' sight.
Tonnage is abundant.
From Amoy our dates are to the 22d inst.
Cotton iu fair demand ; 17 dots. asked for
Bombay.
Cotton Yarn—Llwer ; numbers 16-21, quoted
at 28 dols. 75c. to 29 dols.
Shirtings— Small sales.
Grays-51 catties to 6f coffins, 2 dols. 30e. to
2 dols. 70c.