The Sun. — 1859-08-01 (London, England)

CHINA.  The following is from the Overland China Mail of June 4 :  After delaying, day by day, longer in Hong Kong than they at first intended, the English and French plenipotentiaries have at last proceeded northwards with the ratified treaties, and it will soon be seen whether the Chinese Government is inclined to throw any obstacles in the way relinquish twhT po of st haerier prepareda dvance toto Pekin,reln ehet righter theof embaesrtseyils* spermanentont o residencebelieve that thatt the capital.British ssoinmed doubt tas to the propriety of relinquishings wheatlast-mentionedassembalnndou. need es wmillthbee before anda la large importantnav a I forces privilege. being Gulf of Pecheleo, and both the minister accompanied to Peking by strong body-guards. A report came down here, via Canton, that the members of the Russian embassy at Pekin had all been murdered by the Chinese, but no credit is attached to this report, it being evidently a mere attempt at intimidation. The latest intelligence of the movements of the Russians is of a less startling, but more probable and important kind. They are said to have made offers to the Imperial Government at Pekin to assist in putting down the rebellion, and have furnished some hundreds of cannon in return for the territory which was ceded to them on the banks of the Amour. There is a feeling in certain quarters that the Imperial Government should be assisted in putting down the rebels, because they devastate the country and apparently interfere with trade; but even for the interests of trade it would be a narrow and short-sighted policy for the foreign Powers to interfere in suppressing insurrection, which is the safeguard of a country, and has been the preservation of China from immemorial times. The rebels' have been making great progress of late in the neighbourhood of Yang-tsze-kiang, and two or three cities east' of the Grand Canal are now in their possession. It is now ascertained that some way up the river from Nankin the Imperialists have been defeated with very heavy loss. Their commander was compelled to raise the siege of Nankin by the devastating excursions orrebels in its neighbourhood ; at first the enemy retreated before him, but after he had crossed the river, with bag and baggage, they fell upon his army and defeated it with great slaughter. with great The remains rsrespect eonft andYh e havewere ebaereenf ;pei net du pa ft rCantontrans_ moffii sesiiaolns onorthwards,ftheproviniene,presenceof mdomstnoefhthe respecthih and affection for the deceased. T occasion has proved that the stubborn front which still showed conductadmired ob n y this his he showed to foreigners was in accordance with compatriots. _ _  Alcock, the consul general of Japan, has reached Shanghae, on his way to that country, with the ratified treaty, and along with the members of the consular staff; and has made a present from her Majesty the Queen to Mr. Townshend Harris, the American official to whose exertions the opening up of Japan was chiefly attributable. A quarter for foreigners has already been fixed upon by the governor of Nagasaki, at which port several of the principal foreign mercantile houses in China have already got representatives. The American ship Vancouver, from New York, was totally wrecked on the 16th May within a short distance from Shanghae, and only a small portion of her cargo recovered, in a damaged state. The captain and crew were saved.  The drought continues in the south of China, and the prospects of the rice crops are very had. Here, in Hong-Kong, there has hardly been any rain for eight months, and for oeveril weeks the