The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-08 00:00:00

CHIN A.

SELECTIONS FROM THE PEKIN GAtETTES OF JUNE.
CASTING CANNON.—The Emperor, in a personal
interview with the high officers of the army in Che-
keang, has ordered them to make strenuous exertions,
for the erection of foundries and the casting of can-
non, at some eligible place, and that the guns be sent
with flying dispatch to Chekeang.
IMPERIAL PRESENT OF SHOES.—R has hitherto
been the usual custom for the Emperor annually to
present a handsome pair of shoes to all the high mili-
tary officers of Mantchow Tartary. This year his
Majesty publishes that only one half of the said offi-
cers will be thus distinguished.
THE LATE COMMISSIONER YUKEEN.—The imperial
will has been declared that the demise of Yukeen
having taken place, his son shall be rewarded with a
mandarin's cap button. No allusion is made to the
circumstances of Yukeen's death, nor is the precise
rank stated to which his son is promoted.
Tun CURRENCY.--Owing to the high price of
silver in Shan-se province the Emperor has forbidden
the further coining of copper cash in that province for
the period of one or two years.
REBELLION IN HOOPIII PROFINCB.—The result of
the rebellion in Hoopih five months ago was the get-
ting of entire possession by the insurgents of the
cities of Sung Yang and Tungshan, which are
situated in departments of the same name in the
north-west part of the province. A recent
gazette states that a large body of imperial troops had
just entered the disaffected districts, attacked the
rebels, routed them and recovered the cities. There
were several thousands of the insurgents, and a large
number was killed and wounded. Hoopih is one of
the central provinces of China, covers a large extent
of territory, isEdensely populated, and has long been
famed for its wealth and men of letters. It is bounded
on the north by the province of Honan, on the east
by Ganhwuy, on the west by Szechun, and on the
south by Hoonan.
l'Exm.—The governor of Chihle represents to the
Emperor the great importance of still larger appro-
priations being made for strengthening the fortifica-
tions both on the east and the west of the Imperial
province in order to check all advances of the (Yth
E) " rebellious barbarians."
CHEREANG.—The Governor lays before the Em-
peror a detailed statement of the number, &c., of all
the officers civil and military. who have served in
Chekeang, the seat of war, during the past year: he
notices Ist, those who had been newly put in office ;
2d, those who had been long employed ; 3d, those who
had left the province being either expelled or had left
to take office elsewhere ; and 4th, those who had died.
REBELLION.—Some of the wild tribes north of
Sze-Chuen province were excited to rebellion by cer-
tain " foreign barbarians," dwelling on the Chinese
frontiers. Being urged to throw off the Chinese
yoke, they arose and committed great depredations.
The Gazette states that an imperial force was
dispatched to the said region, and after putting forty
of the insurgent chiefs to death, brought all the dis-
affected to submission, among which was one " fo-
reign barbarian," who agreeing to yield to the im-
perial authority, was graciously permitted to remain
uninjured.
CANTON.--A physic store in Canton city was burned
down, consuming four persons in the flames. The
Emperor is indignant at such inexcusable careless-
ness, and orders the individual in charge of the dis.•
trict, a Mandarin of the sixth rank, to be forthwith
I disgraced from his office.
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CORN RETURNS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Newport, Oct. 31, 1842.
SIR—An old subscriber to your paper would be
obliged if you would publish in The Sun at your ear-
liest convenience (if you can do it without putting
you to any expense), the average price of wheat, bar-
ley, and oats for about the last six or seven years ; he
thinks it would be very useful to other parties as well
as himself in the purchase of landed property, as the
average price of grain would be a guide. By doing
so you will confer an obligation on
Sir, yours truly,
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.

[At the request of our Correspondent we give the
subjoined state of the averages for the last ten years,
according to a return made to Parliament by the In-
spector-General of Imports and Exports, previously
stating that the highest averages during the present
century were in the years 1800, 1801, 1810, 1812,
and 1613, when the prices of wheat were respectively
as follows :-113s. 10d., 119 s. 6d., 106 s. 5d., 1265.6 d
109 s. 9d.]
Year.

Wheat.

Barley.
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Oats.

1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841