The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-30 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—The United SW°
mail steam. ship Atlantic, Captain West, arrived in. the
Mersey at two o'clock this afternoon, from New York, free
which port she sailed at noon on the 17th instant. The
lantic brings 125 passengers, and only about 1
specie on freight. At seven o'clock on the evening of leaving'
she passed the Arctic, going into New York. t
The weather at Halifax had been very unpleasan • hid
the 130 a, snow fell to the depth of a foot. The America 5e
been detained off the harbour for a considerable time, Oho
14th, owing to the thick and blustering no
weather. She
for Boston on the morning of the 15th, and arrived there -
the afternoon of the following day. ,000 dollars in
A correspondent of the New York Journal states that
prisoners at the Galapagos Islands (the Ecuadorian Prh
settlement), to the number of about 45, seized a whale-
lying Da
lying there, and after killing the governor of the island a
putting the captain and the crew of the vessel on chord
sailed for Tumbez, which is on the line, between Pera;ria
Ecuador. They there fell in with a small schooner, ir`_,,e"
party going to join General Flores' expedition, ag
Ecuador, and deliberately cut the throats of 23 of themt,' ea
Swedish frigate fell in with and captured them, and tbeY 'atis
been deivered up to Government. The writer state', 1,0
unless this frigate interferes, General Flores, who it iek,„7l3•
has 1,500 men under him in his expedition, will undonu"
take Guayaquil.
SIXTEEN DAYS' LATER ,INTELLIGENCE FROM Jaglar-very
The only thing agitating the public at this moment, and
naturally so, too, is the alarming distress of the eoun_tile:
The shoe has now begun to pinch every one—labourer, lite
chanic, planter, merchant—all alike are suffering frond or
same cause; and unless the protecting arm of Engu"'
some other friendly power, is stretched forth to raise Da! the
are indeed doomed. Some parties are in high feather et_ or
change of Ministry in England, which will, no doubtLeervo,
benefit to us, if they are able to retain their places. iu to
rials are being sent home from all quarters of the Conn
re_
and delegates will leave in the first English steams
_,r, ea
present our cause at home. The island is not as hey'.
might be desire.
We regret to learn that there will be a very serious f)
nag off in the sugar crop of this year.—Kingston (JsWill
Journal, April 5.' • d
NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 17.—The Picayune has received
le fight
advices from Havannah to the 17th instant. A terrib or
occurred near that place a few days since between some to
rican and English sailors. The military were called upo_
nd
interfere, but before order could be restored several pero
were killed.
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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. sod
Nsw YORK, APRIL 16.—Government Securme'osod.
State Stocks maintain their position and continue in Cle,,„,ste
The extreme abundance of money has a tendency tc!..
general confidence, and produce an inquiry fer go 9"
ritie s for investment. oar
The tendency to lower rates in Foreign Excharli— sod
firms confidence in the stability of present prosperOugh-
must have a great influence in the money market tlAr°
out the country.
„,(sitbs
The large exports of cotton during the last threl,'4oat
have been the prime cause of the improved condia°ll
foreign market.
0
NEw ORLEANS, APRIL 15. Cotton sales to-,..A 133 7a7.
‘c.
bales, at unchanged prices; strict middling is quot
CHARLESTON, APRIL 15.—Cotton sales, 1,800
market closing at 1-44 c.. thoe
CALIFORNIA.—The Sierra Nevada had arrived vri—
th
days' later news, and 400,000 dollars in gold dust.
NEWMARK kl
RACES'
(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII)*

The Newmarket Stakes.

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Father Thames... , •••
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ead.
Child of the Mist and Ilex also ran. Won by a -

Matches.
Sister to Caracara beat Altitude.
Sophistry teat Fernande.
Harpsichord boat Don John colt.
DERBY BETTING.
10 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble

THE 111AYNOOTH GRANT•

(From the Morning Advertiser.)
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A memorial, -signed by 150 clergymen of the 7"
Riding of Yorkshire, has just been presented to Psi,.ri
Cobden and Mr. Denison respectively, on the subject vi
the Maynooth grant. The memorial is simplY
follows
" Feeling deeply anxious on religious grounds tbat.itss
grant to the Roman Catholic College of liteynooth shop
soon as possible be wholly withdrawn, it would be a o'lo
faction to our minds to be informed by you whether (113°00
you represent the West Riding in the ensuing Parlisnleto,
we may depend upon your using every influence to eat
the withdrawal of so obnoxious a grant." ded
The following is Mr. Denison's answer, forma' ea,
the Rev. C. R. Alford, Incumbent of Christ Cbtl—
Doncaster :

103'
''Doncaster, April 24, .„a bi
"My dear Sir,—ln reply to the question put to "., the
yourself on behalf of at least 150 clergymen, residing Al-vote
West Riding of Yorkshire, viz. :—' Whether I wool' in
for the withdrawal of the grant to Maynooth Golfer; in
case I should be returned to represent the West Rid'utbe
the next Parliament,' I have to say, that I opposed
or
grant when it was proposed by Sir Robert Peel's Gtlve ea
ment—that the grant has avowedly disappointed the hotrizta
of those who voted for it, and I feel convinced that 1121
now to be proposed as a new measure, it could Pot haat
Lord Derby would not bring it forward or
car-
ried in the House of Commons. I am also confident t
repealing the Act is quite another proposition. I, f.„„re
Government should Fropose the repeal, I shall with P'1,70"-ta
support them. If any influential section of the House.sf"can-
propose the repeal, I should also support them—but "f the
not promise, at all hazards, to t the repeal oral is
P suppor
roposil` -
grant without duly considering
by whom such a p
made. I remain, dear Sir, yours very trilzlY, „g.
EP)ID. 1.1.0418'
support it ; btb:

" Alford, Doncasttero ." 10
Mr. Cobden has promised give a written reply
f©w days.

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Sir James Duke paired foe the retention 0 '
Crystal Palace with Mr. C. Lushington against. terdel,
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.--YeSof bite'
being the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society l ir or
rature, the Earl of Carlisle, as president, took the c iir',Jol3ll
ported by the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Colborne, oideets*
Doratt, Mr. Hallam, Rev. Dr. Spry, &c., vice-Prress 91
The Earl of Carlisle, in delivering his customary add ,o.sofe'
president, alluded, in beautiful and feeling terMs, 'A inorig
i',- I, of those members who had died during the last year' 510
them were the Earl of Clare, the contemporarY Lire efil.
and subsequent friend of Lord Byron ; Mr. Cellimlntiss °
was well known for his "Researches into the Antiq 0( 1:114;
Babylon," and the Rev. Dr. Lingard, the historian ~..etch o'
ciety of those excellent qualities by
land. The Earl of Carlisle gave a short but lucid olio so-
the lives of these gentlemen, eloquently remindinge distill;
guished during their lives. On the conclusion of the II! Tot
econded, . the
Mr. Hallam moved, and Sir John Doratt a
which they wer Jags
of thanks to the president for his admirable address,.. e,.„ sa-
names of the new officers, elected by ballot, having been
nounced from the chair, the meeting
MAIL 5 ~,k IS
IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN THE
team-Pr-14
—lt is in contemplation to make the foreign
touchs --
now sailing from the port of Southamptonassengers, herebyi,
mouth to land and embark mails.n and p
the delivery a lettelloe
saving at least sixteen hours.niseparated _
two.
l community as vie' ca
the commercial
gl
utmost importance to
London and Liverpool. time '
This alteration cannot fail to
oto.„
to Government. such matters being ef,i 04
as well as to the large steam,i;ioa
the risk of accidents by co The
p satisfactionao ios, thereby to the Peui!gc '
channel in thick weather. . the
Great Western Rail ~ ivrqvuCompany have come forward in od°
by undertakingthe conveyance
...0
ofg° vf
and Plymouth upon the same terms '"-A this,
moata nd
handsome otherwise
between London,
the South-Western Railway Compaq, an;uppli
great saving iu the coat of fuel, the those
from W ales, will be a great boon te.„.tons•
being entirely
where theirexpenditure is so (10'1— be
large companies, . call
addition to this, stock and provisions of allkindsthere
In
• l men • d cheaper at Plymouth. Amongst nautical ova
obtained
can be but one opinion as to the advantage of Plymouth'
coupledcharged wbyith the
Southampton —Morning Herald.