The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-19 00:00:00

CHINA.

The following is the letter of our correspondent at
Hong-Kong, dated August 24 :
" Tut, mai! :teamer arrived here on the Bth inst.,
and we have dates from England to the 24th June.
" Th-t only matter of importance to refer to this
month :s the fearful mortality among her Majesty's
59th European Regiment, wl:ich is only just begin-
ning to abate. We alluded to the subject in our last•
since then about 50 men have been carried to their
gray-s after a short illness. The regiment, since its
arrival in the colony, has lost 90 men-82 of fever,
and
chiefly within the last two months.
" After this fearful loss of life our authorities have
taken upon themselves the, reaponsibility of engaging

a vessel, to which 100 to 150 men have been removed.
With the experience of what occurred in 1848, it is
to be regretted that this measure was not resorted to
as soon as sickness appeared among the troops ; the
lives of very many fine soldiers would thereby have
been spared, and a loss to Great Britain of 10,000/.
to 12,0001. would have been avoided.
" As mentioned in our last, the sickness is confined
to the 59th Regiment ; among the Europeans be-
longing to the engineers and to the artillery, no
unusual siokness has prevailed, and the rest of the
community have been healthy. The mortality has,
therefore, to be attributed to peculiar causes. If
part of the barracks is unhealthy, let the men be
removed elsewhere. Give them the room abso-
lutely necessary in a hot climate. Let them be
fed and clothed in a suitable manner; afford
them the opportunities and means "of getting re-
creation and exercise, and, if necessary, under
cover, thereby breaking in upon the sameness of a
barrack life in an eastern climate ; and the 59th
Regiment or any other will suffer no more than the
rest of the community ; but so long as the Horse
Guards neglect those preservatives of health, which
experience has shown necessary, and so long as they
put restrictions upon those in command, so long will
they be the cause of loss of life and the loss of money.
" A small sum judiciously laid out would be the
means of saving a much larger amount. The advan-
tage in this cliamate of four or five months of cold
weather is what European soldiers do not enjoy in other
parts of *the East. This serious mortality ought not
therefore to exist. The Admiralty would do well to
send out for the use of the troops a couple of the old
frigates lying idle at home.
"Within the last few days the sickness has greatly
abated.

"There are some reports of a serious insurrection
in one of the adjoining provinces to Canton, its object
being to upset the present Chinese Tartar dynasty.
" MACAO.—AII quiet.
" CANTOL—The only thing of importance to report
is the opening of the tea market. The Americans
commenced on the 12th to purchase at high prices
the descriptions suitable for their market. Settle-
ments of fine Congous for England commenced on the
17th, and about 73 chops have found buyers at from
24 to 26} taels, being 2 to 3 taels higher than was
hoped for and expected. Eight or nine vessels will
leave immediately for England, of which number
three are American. _

‘SHANGIIAL—Dates from there are to the 12th
inst. 130 chops of tea had been settled. Silk con-
tinued to advance in price, the Chinese themselves
being large buyers.
"In harbour her Majesty's ship Amazon, her Ma-
jesty's screw-steamer Reynard, her Majesty's brig
Serpent; Hon. Company's steamer Phlegethon at
Canton ; her Majesty's brig Arab at Amoy ; and
Pilot at Shanghai.
" Admiral Austen is expected in the course of
next month in her Majesty's ship Hastings from the
Straits.
Latest dates from England, 24th of June ; Cal-
cutta, 4th of July ; Bombay, ISth of July ; Singa-
pore, '24 of August; Manila, 7th of August; and
Sydney, 15th of June.

CANTON MARKET REPORT.
HONG KONG, Atra. 24.

The business in our import market during the month
has been limited, but now that the tea market is opened,
we lock for a more active demand.

Cotton—Consequent on the comparatively high
prices ruling, the transactions have been limited. The
quotations are for Bombay, ts. 7 4 to ts. 8 4 ; Bengal, ts.
8 to 84 ; Madras, ts. Bto ts. 85. The sales are about
12,000 bales. Stock, 33,500 bales against 84,000 bales
last'year.
Cotton Yarn—Prices have advanced, and quotation
are Nos. 16-26, 25 dolls. to 27 dolls.; Nos. 28-32, 27i
dolls: 16'29 dO118?:: Nos. 38.42, 28 dolls. to 30} dulls.
Shlitifig4B:Slcieridre firm. We quote grays 2 dolls.
to 2 dolls.'nc.;''ivhite; 2'dolls. to 2 dolls. 95c. The
!sales are reported at 25,000 piee,ep gray, and 20,0000
pieces white.
Woollens-sp. StriPes'are dull of sale. Quotations
are for ati 'aiSortninf,'"Ysc. to 1
.doll. 10c. Long ells,
assorted, quoted *7 dill's: 306.; Scarlet, 7 dolls. 90c.
Sales reported at 3,000 pieces assorted, and 1,500 pieces
scarlet. ,CarnietS'Etiglisti, 21 'dab's. to 22 dolli.; Dutch,,
16 dolls; to 21 'dolls.
Iroin-=St6ck 'moderate, Quotation are-liir nail. rod,
,2 dolls. 6dd. tb 3 dots'. 106.';' bar, 2 dolls. 15e. th dolls.
700. ; small round, 4 dolls. 30c. to 59a, ;'hOOp,,
2 dolls. 90d. to 3 ddlls'3oe.
Tih Plates-9 dolts. "54. to 9'dolls. 10c.
Tui'key Opinni-:-Noininal, 4SO dolls. • •
COchineal-110 dolls. to 135 doll's.

Tea--:The market for:hew Con-gous opened on the 17th
inst. About 74 chops have been settled for to date at
prices ranging between ts. 24 to 26f. The tea men are
very firm, and it is anticipated there will be some diffi-
culty in fixing the price of the ordinary description of
teas. Souchong is held for ts. 40 and upwards. Settle-
ments of Pekoe have been made at ts. 47 to 52. The
transactions in Plain Cuper have been principally for
shipment to the Cape at ts. 18 to 19i. The Americans
made large purchases of Ningyons at ts. 21 to 26.
Black. Green. Total.

Export from Canton from
July 1, 1550, to Aug. 19,
1850 ... ... 124,100 599,600 722,700
Export from Shanghai from
July I, 1650, to Aug. 5, 1850 1,901,700 6,700 1,903,400

2,025,800 605,3,0 2,631,100

Export from Canton from
July 1, 1849, to Aug. 20,
1849 ' 6,939,200 376,700 7,355,909
Ex port from Shanghai from
July 1, 1849 to Aug. 13,
1849 1,236,600 4,600 1,241,460

8,196,000 381,300 8,577,300

. _
Exchange on England, 4s. _lid. to 4s. Bd. Some
American credits have
.been done at 4s. 80. to 4s. 9d.
On India Company's accepted paper, rs. 222.
Freights—The first three or four vessels leaving with
the new teas will get 41., •but a decline is then likely to
take place.
From Shanghai we have dates to the 12th inst. The
amount of business done in the import marke', had been
considerable, but the transactions wero chiefly in barter
for produce.

Tea—The settlement of new Congous were 130 chops.
Mouings of second and third crop were held for 15 to
16 taels. Of Souchong some 10 chops had been pur-
chased at 18 to 25 taels; and of Pekoe about 12 chops,
at 20 to 38 taels. No green teas had arrived.
Silk—There had been a large business done in this
article. Prices were advancing; No. 1 and 2 Tsaltee
quoted 440 dolls. to 460 dolls.; No. 3, 370 dolls. to 400
dolls.; Tsysaam, 280 dolls. to 330 dolls. The quantity
received was larger than in any former year at so early
a period of the season, but it was not expected that the
export would much exceed that of last year. Export
frcm Ist July to 13th inst. was 3,481 bales against
2,595 bales last year.
Shirtings—Prices were somewhat lower, and quoted
for gray 1 doll. 90c. to 2 dolls. 75e.; whites, 2 dolls. to
2 dolls. 60c. The deliveries were estimated at 140,000
pieces._ _

Sp. Stripes, 95c. to 98c. assorted. Long ells assorted,
6 dolls. 50c. to 6 dolls. 80e.; scarlet, 7 dolls. 60c.
Exchange on England, 4s. Bid. to 4s. 9d.; on India
Company's accepted paper, 228 r. per 100 dolls.
Freights bad advanced to 41. to 41. 10s.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS FROM ENGLAND.
At Hong-Kong—August 4, Countess of Seafield,
from London; August 6, Astarte, from Liverpool;
August 16, Schah Jehan, from London; August 19,
Mohawk, from London.
At Woosung—July 8, Mencius, from Liverpool; July
24. Fanny Chapman, from Liverpool.
DEPARTURES TO ENGLAND.
From Hong-Kong, August 20, Reindeer, to Liverpool.
Whampoa, July 27, Neptune, to London; August 1,
Orion, to London. Shanghai, July 29, Stately, to
London; August 3, St. Abb's, to London; Patna, to
Liverpool.

STATE OF EGYPT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ALEXANDRIA, OCTOBER 9.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Oriental arrived at Suez on the 6th instant, with the
Calcutta mail of the 7th September, the Hong-Kong
mail of the 24th August, and 53 passengers, most of
whom proceed this day to Malta and Southampton by
the steamer Indus:

After having entirely disappeared from the country
for many days, the cholera has again broken out in
Alexandria, and yesterday four cases were reported.
It is attributed, however, to the excessively oppressive
weather we have bad, and the first shower of rain will
restore the town to its usual good health. No rain
has been seen here since March, and the first shower
is anxiously looked for to cool the air.
Abbas Pasha, the Viceroy, is at Cairo, where a
grand council is shortly to be held to settle the affairs
of the sons of the late Ibrahim Pasha. The three
sons of Ibrahim Pasha had, at their father's death,
divided equally among them the whole of the pro-
perty he left, but since then they have been in fre-
quent dispute with the Government about the nature
of the property so left.
Artin Bey, late Prime Minister of Egypt, has not,
as was expected, gone on to Constantinople, but he
has retired to the mountains of Lebanon, in Svria,
where he awaits the final result of the step he took in
flying from Egypt.
The Austrian steamer which arrived here direct
from Trieste on the 23 brought telegraphic intelli-
gence from Liverpool op to the 23d of September,
and advicea from New York up to the 13th, regard-
ing the cotton crop. The news thus reached Egyp*,
all the way from New York, in 19 days, and frotn
Liverpool in nine days.
A fire of considerable magnitude occurred on the
night of the 4th inst. in a cotton-store on the wharf.
Fortunately the weather was perfectly calm, and the
fire was not allowed to communicate with the adjacent
buildings.
The rise of the Nile this year is reported to be
below the average, and it is feared that next year's
crops will suffer from it. Owing to the scarcity of
shipping and ready money, trade has not been so
brisk during the past ten days, and prices of all

breadstuffs have a downward tendency. Cotton 13
dolls, per cantar. Exchange on London, 97 piastres
per X. sterling.

FRANCE.

The ()livers has the following from Rome, dated
the 10th :—" It appears that the French Government
has sent a French Commissioner to come to an un-
derstanding with the Papal Government on the ques-
tion of the army, which is to continue to keep gar-
rison at Rome. After several conferences, it appears
to have been decided that the effective strength shall
be 5,000 men."
It is stated that a letter has been very recently ad-
dressed by the Count of Chambord to a distinguished
member of the Legitimatist party in Paris, expressive
of his decided opposition to the prolongation of the
President's powers, and commanding his adherents
in the Assembly to vote against any proposition that
may be made to that effect.