The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-28 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

Lrvnaroor., TUESDAX.--The British and North
American Royal Mail steam-ship Canada has
just
arriv,ed in cur , harbour. As she sailed from Baston
on the 14th instant, the news received. by her is
brought down four days' later in date than any pre-
viously reedvt.d. T:, . Canada made the usual fort •
nightly call At Halifax, on the 16thinat., t0..1p4,qn(1.
receive: the
n1f4i131311 pas euger eci3ll},VUF,eii,Tiok the;
Norsk--American 7colonit--g. She -biirivi 2.3 ;ppangl.'rit.:
. . ~. .. to thin-couufry, - *_.., . - _
...

A trislt arrival from Californ;a brought 1,000,000
Boils. in gold dust to New yorl- -; and dates to March
17. Sacramento City was inundated, caused by a
freshet. Damage done Alot extensive.. A flood was
expected. Business in California had been somewhat
interrupted by the rains, but was improving.
Th'' Canada passed the America 011 the 16111 inst.
ourwArds to 13ostoaz '

_ .
ANor:UEIi I?REG-111.114TL STEAM-B-OAT DISA.S-
-11(IN DIM]) LIVEi
Alisou.al, APRIL 4,--The' 8'4.-)4616
laths, ti(,ilticl for Council Moth. ex,plodell ber boilors at
this place• had oil boacl,
sengers, a• large number of viormon im'iligeauts:-.An the
calk:erg of the,,boat were killiA.eXt3llPt fike-lirayekirk4ifid
mate. About 100 itVP.4 iiri?-11W?POSed to have been
The boat is a total wrte.l.-; -hev boilers have been iu
several years. _

6-3.ZkrIAT PULE arr SAVANNAH'
SAVANNAH, 41-ML tiro WaS discoveredat. five
o'cl, ek this (Sunday) morning, in Lau as cotton
sheds, and_ the wind being
high, the filmes spread with
great rapidity.
L ,s warehouse contained several pressei d from
4,000 to 5,000 bales of cotton, which were enlir6lY"l". aimed.
The ships Jane Hammond and IsabAla were aground
at-the wharf, end: could not be removed.
The former was *early
of cotton on board. The Isabella also sustained much
injury. Lawar's shed and presses coat 50,000 dollars.
Insured only. for 20,000 dolts,
Messrs, Allen and Ball lost 10000 bales of ootton—ia"
,
Surttd. Consumed with a large qtraitity

G. W. Garland and Co., lost 800. bales.
Messrs. E. Molyneux, A. LOW and-Co., William Bat-
teraby, and seven other firms lost different quantities
of euttou. They were all insured.
Lamar's gouds alit: papers ju au iron safe were en-
tirely destroyed.. Ile also, lost a horse valued at 1,500
dollars. The total luss is estimated at 300,000 dollars.

CO3tyIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Commercial matters were favourably reported.
Money easy: Stocks and securities in good demand.
Little bad been doing in breadstuff, prices receding.
Westerla,Canal flour 4 dolls. 50c. to 4.-dells.-62ic., barely
supported; Geenessee prime wheat, 1 doll. 8 cents. to
1 doll. 10 cents. per COlb.; southern wheat, 98c. to 1 doll.
per 601 h.; Indian cotn, round yellow, 64c. to 660.
per bushel.
Cotton quiet, busines miiderate, and prices steaciy.
New Orle um and Mobile, middling fair to fair, 9gc. to
9i-c. per lb.; Uplands,. 81(% to 00. Excess receipts,
500,000 bales.
Frights unchanged. _
Provisions firm. New mess pork, 17:1.
Exchange on London 109 to 1091. •

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
11:1E DUKE OP NORTILUMBERLANIA LEVE,E,—The
following officers attended his Grace's levee yesterday:—
Captains Sir E. Stanhdpe, W. Carleton; H. J. Douglas,
J. J. OnsloW R. B. Watson, E. H. Delsfo'ao, W. Lor-
ing, IL Duudas, A. Fat quhail Commanders IL Harvey,
.J. B. West, C. Gayton, H. B. Mason, W. Morris, G.
Rntnertottl, M. De Courey, P. Craycroft, R. Lloyd;
Lieutenants W. R. Davies, H. Trollope, W. Greet H.
B.
R. B.
L.
~.Pu.
laclloper.
e,G0.8. Waterhouse, SmYthe,
DEvoNPORT, TUESDAY.---The Britomart, Commander
tiesbeltine, was towed into the Sound yesterday by the
Confiance steamer, and will sail in a few days for the
coast of Africa.

PORTSMOUTH, TuEsnlY.--.The Sampson steam-fri-
gate, that had bee❑ sent to the back of the island to look

.- for the Queen, returned about two o'clock yesterday,
and remaided at St. Helen's till dark, when she came up
to Spithead.
This moi ning the Queen, 116, Captain C. Wise, with
the flag of Admiral Sir William Parker flying, in com-
pany with the Hercules, made her appearance off Bebridge Ledge, the wiedbeilig light and baffling. The
rn-
Avon steam-vessel, havi.ug her steam pp, went down to
her, and having spoke the Queen proceeded Oa for Ply-
mouth. The Sampson was also ordered down to her, and
as soon as she could get up her steam went,to her, The
Sprightly also, after putting Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs
on board the Rodney, went out to the Queen. The
Sampson having taken the Queen in tow see anchored
at Spithead soon after twelve o'clock, having previously
saluted the flag of Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs with 17
guns, which was returned with a like number by the
Victory.
Rear. Admiral Prericott, in the afternoon, proceeded to
Spitheed td the Portsmouth yacht, and paid his rezpects
to Sir Wm. Parker.
The gallant Admiral Sir William Parker, attended by
Captain Wise and flag lieutenant, landed at the Dock-
yard at about four o'clock, and proceeded to the resi-
deuce of Achieiral Sir Thomas Briggs, the latter being
the senior officer. Miss Parker, the Admiral's young-
est daughter,
also lauded, thu two others remaining on
board.

saki
The Queen has been 20 days from the Rock, the last
in company with the 1.10- knocking
under:tad
eorf about t
close-reefw bieh bhee di:sib:2: been
net,
.ce es, egainst easterly
winds. On Friday -and Saturday. last she was
the east.
We hear the Queen has ' a strong hgealeefhraonm.
about her rudder, which will occasion defects, particularly
occasion her being docked.
If she then on examinationl
her, we hope to see leer, ea trienuire3 much to be doe° to
over to the Neptune et-p P atn, officers, and crew turned
at Plymouth. ortemouth, or to the St. George
The , Queen saw nothing
frigute, which vessel is • of Ole Retribution, steam-
the Channel relieving thsouPPosed to be at the Chops of
The reason the liereeieu°lnetirard• bound trade.
that the Ceylon, when ' 3 has returned from Malta is,
such good coudition, tjelx,arniued, was, found. to. be in
eeiving-ship. - . --- . t elle remains there as re-
The Encounter, fiteam.
taken into -the angle corvette, Captain Gordon, was
examined._ : a(:'ek to .have •her screw-shaft
The Eurydice; 25, in r• , . ' • 1
sea-stores in the dockerdiv,eg Per anchors and heavy
will be commissioned stela base t. at Portsmouth, and
.We arnsorry to report-.•Y' • •
scientific and talented thet •John Mitcham, Esq., the
dockyard, has,- from minhaster-builder of Portsmouth',
his resignation, and that thealth, been obliged to tender
count accepted the menu,. • 'il Admiralty have on that se-
able and faithful servant . Mr, Finohnni has been a most
50 years., Without intern. the Crown for upwards of
the top of his protessiou ,:t'' ho hus worked hie way to
ledge and perseverance; It; his superior practical know-
of his scientific attaintnon -41 We hove now a specimen
tainly the finest, ship of I;" in that superior, and cer-
put, now lying off the tiff elassin the navy, the Arro-
regret that so few vessel iug's-stairs. We only have to
signed and built by this are in the naval service de-
'rile Sprightly cteam.:vesev" and practical builder.
Master-Curateanding, toot' Mr. George Allen, Acting-
Brigge this morning to ii.,7 Mt
Admiral Sir Thomas
Chaves Graeae), 0,13., —Peet the Roduf,y, 92, Captain
C. 8.,, of the Excellent, aell,t Shithead.. Captain Chula,
Chief, and exercised theLriPauied the Comeaander-in.
Tee 1/"11(337 will be fetid iP'o company ill gunnery.
on Thuratay, as at present "vauee to-morrow, and sail
The Sprightly, aftc,,, 1 °Qatemplated.
board thu Rodney,. Wer.t eetlviog -she Port-Admiral on
Queen, and attend 0pen7.1..!...5 to Sr. Helen's to meet the
Parker, whom, she broekht iota9Admirl Sir . William
about lour o'clock, secooma harbour this afternoon,
who most hospitably e '
utertu'lecias by Sir Themes Briggs,
miral at his officio' mansion This gallant brother Ad-
- this e •
Apijouvr veiling.
WOOLWICEI, APRIL 27, leltNT.
the WniehOster, 50, at Ports,. "thPoliter Richard Bate to
-sou
Paoasorlo •
Assistant-Engineers of the rird Class—John Sear,
•
serving in the Magicienne, 16, b
gate, of 400•h'.rao power, et ,paddlewheel steam-fri-
man, serving in -the Penelope ""evonporteSlee-
frigate, of 650-horse power, fi 16, paddlewheel steam-
Coast of Africa etation; atickeheAtTallire on the West
in the Megtera iron screw steam .tr" 11-. Sergeant, serving
power—to be Assistant-Eoginftree°P-ohip, of 350•Itorse
The Comte d'Aquila. acoompen9l the Second.ClaS9.
nor of his Mejesty the King of theirej by the Ambaseae
Deptford Dockyard, Greenwich I:" Sieilies, visited
quently Woolwich Dockyard, to_den'''°sPiltil, and subse-
at the latter naval port by Com IL, and-was received
Flag-Lieutenant E. K. Gore, and aevedrore Henry Eden,
the departments, who accompanied hia:d of the heads of
to the Agamemnon, 90, non ready fo during his visit
afterwards to witness the working of is; launching, and
mere, the .sawemills, and the Warrior "Illt" home
convict- h.
8 IP. The
Comte d'Aquila then went afloat in the
barge to visit the Fisgard fisg•ship; oe Commodore's
he visited the. Royal Albert, 120, and the zain landing
construction and repair of steam-engine,, hetory for the
on his return to town. - The Lightning before leaving
Master-Commander Henry William Allee,a!ealo-vessel,
ders to attend the Comte d'Aquila to.merio Under or.
to the flag-ship at Sheerness; and, eeeorde'veton visit
arrangements, the. Comte will proceed byg..t: present
Kent Railway to Gravesend, and thence in e North
the Ligh
ning to Sheerness. -
The Vivid, Dover mail packet, eeptei_ e, ,
went down the river at eight o'clock 4.7 it II
tozauthett,
speed, after being refitted- with new boilers, thrYd' her
board Captain Sinittiett, former commander of-rth a-
on
shoe mail packet when en the Holyhead. statie-, Ban-
shoe
gentlenseue-and Mr. Triekett, assistant w-t..
to the
chief engineer at Woolwich dockyard. On arriving 'at
the measured mile at.Leng Reach, the Vivid madel
three
runs down and three runs up; and on the average
six runs her speed was found to -be 14;716 -knots
15 of_ the
F hour, her engines,, of 160• horse Power, by Job Per
111 F, enn
and Son, making .34 revolutions per , minute,. The
draught- of- waterwee 7 feet . 1 inch' forward and 7
feet
6 inches aft, about an average of three inches more than
her ealculaied immersion, Zilch was occasioned by-tale.
ink' round to . Dover a large quantity of Beare gear and
other articles, to be ready for use should they be re-
' quired. When the:et:are put on shore and the packet
commences. her regular duties, it is expected she will
• make .a speed of 15 knots per hour on the average—.the
Limo speed she accomplished when . first
employed
lin 1848. -

MENAI STEAIT3 NAVIGATiON.-4t is the intention
of GoVerninent to propose thit a; slim of 4,0001. be voted in
tin MICUt year on aeQ9UUtof the I#ienai StrAIN ngYigatign.

STEAMERS.
Som%OrnerrEchiqtnNt?lar.EdNs?:ipowners connected with
Mexico and the West Indiese-esluiwaeevdeefipfenerateiytnis;enpeeicntiodthe Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer upon the dele . the- West
e
rlenedpinacinteitfirmNr w'hwosiethnaisiml
petition. they appear to us weeny the mostvae.r enreeadilleciteonvatebhrli
of her Majesty's subjects. Why, the
,n
by result they
they
Atreosratiersalat-ygar?vaamneoestvcoiguindalbe
rlioutg:pehd.ups
Is ity British
taeree-_ere steamships- in existence.w which. ron:triaxifeelebtioe:ptie'atre
Admiral
I 3: ofore;enrdVeatlihneg
teionlyaseoec.
their:
yarertivtatubieno.npioyrt
p
might
nie'dgrr
hdki
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b;nlw3: 7Aol
looked
1:1
dti spooh-poohoifderur
agtbroaaust tebsfsennyi
xicohmnwdan: theelor ns
aftereons tts shi
ob!
ecti
mchl achievement.cipeoae asntt:oieorofinor wfaolohuoooe:f
Majesty's steam-frigates were put upon the wsoswrekengsi.bhrseer
,aBtwiliered4r
ode.
a:
,:riien,td
41411:raneyriw. lgir
orsfsho.iorn
tuvt:ditoNihe Not', ife
healthy
yft hsethheilidpx, weeks
pumping in the middle of the Atlantic, with no griev-
aece in perticuler to cernelein of, except want of water
an;l provisioes, end a gcrisral nucertainty as to the re-
mote contiegene•es of their earth'y career. Oaly sixteen
days eveidue, ani ye: thno heartless camplahrs! The
apparition of any transport or eteanaship in-war at so
early a date in any of our ports—we beg pardon, near
any of our ports=--would fill tie deeleyard people with
the justest alarm. They would never be brought to be-
lieve that the ship had really arrived at her port of des-
tination, and completed the return voyage. The natural
suggestions that would arise to any one's mind would be,
that the Government ship had been baffled in her out-
ward voyage, and after two or three leaks, and two er
three breaks down, had been compelled to put back. It
is too bad to find the Royal Mail Company performing
their journeys with such astounding accuracy, and yet
exposed to the murmurs and complaints cf mere shore-
going merchants, who are clearly unacquainted with the
vicissitudes and uncertainties of a sea life. How is it,
with the recollections of the service between England
and the Cape during the last four months present
to their minds, that they can have the face to give ut-
terance to the following complaint? "So imperfectly
is the service performed, that the duplicate correspon-
dence has during, the last 21 months been performed by
another company, with two exceptions only, many days
in anticipation of the Royal Mail Company, whose ves-
sels have invariably arrived after their due date, in the
last instance sixteen days." There is a pretty specimen
of human gratitude! It' our worthy
,friends who have
signed the petition had only been for six months in the
hands of the Admiralty they would have known how to
appreciate punctuality when they met with a display of
that rarest of all qualities where a public Board. is con-
cersed.
There is the Conflict, now—an excellent Government
boat. What a lovely voyage she has made from Bahia!
She only overstayed her time a month, and yet that is
called, in the Admiralty language, rather better than a
good average passage. To be sure, she blew up
once and broke down too in the course of the passage;
but then accidents will happen, and machinery wasn't
made to last for ever, or what would become of the en-
gine makers? And then she was towed into port by
another Government ship; but then that is the usual
way in which Government steamers arrive in port. Was
there not the famous case of the Vulcan the other day,
which was bringing home dispatches from the Cape, but
overstayed her time two months, or some trifle of that
sort, which was taken in tow by another Government
steamer, which was taken in tow by a third, as her en-
•
gums, too, had broken down? A tow is all fair; but
tow and tow is too bad. Indeed, if we wished to put the
West India merchants to the blush, we need but reca-
pitulate to them the history of our communications with
the Cape during the last six months.
But we need not go to the wide Atlantic, and to the
long sea passage between England and the Cape. It
was only the other day that a crack steam-frigate—the
Horatio—one of our great pillars of defence—a chief
ship among Admiral Berkeley's invulnerables—ventured
upon the daring feat of making a trip from Sheerness to
Southend. Wood and iron could not stand so terrible a
strain. Long before our gallant defenders had reached
the. Essex coast the machinery gave way, and the great
defence of the Thames was adrift upon its waters. If
our ships sail and steam so well, bow will they fight?
We will venture to assert that if a French squadron were
to be signalled in sight they would put to sea without
water, like the Britannia—without powder even to make
a signal of distress, like a steamer which shall be name-
lesse—and with halls too big to enter any of the cannon,
as was the case the other day on the batteries at Malta
—when the alarm was given. Let us by all means get
out the Chelsea pensioners! —Times.