The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-17 00:00:00

Stitt' PIN G INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived at Nei York—The State Rights, from Liver-
pool; Reliance, from Galway; Herald from Gretiock;
Queen,ofthe Ocean, from Bristol; and W. B. ,Layton
and Richmond train Calais.

Arristed at Baltimore---The Adler, from Bremen.
Arrived at New Orleans—Tne Leibnitz, from Ham•
burgh; Naomi, ,from Bremen; Globe, from Havre;
Bhurtooor, from. Liverpool; and General Burry, froth
Cardiff.
Arrived at Boston—Thq Plato, from *mina; Swift,
from Cork; Sun, from Sunderland; and Alpha, from

Arrived at Portland—Tbe Trial, from London.

ARRIVAL OF- THE HUMBOLDT.
SOUTHAMPTON; WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
The United Statei" mail Steam-ship Humboldt, Cap-
D.., Lines, has arrived...ld Cowes, after a passage of
eleven days from New Yurk, the quickest yet. made by
this line. She brings-- specie value 400,000 dolls, for
Havre, and 306,600 dolls, for London; 143 passengers
for Havre.and a few for Southampton. The Great Bri-
tain sailed, fry m New York on the sth'inst., the same
day as the-Humboldt:.
The Denim** Convention had been in session for
four days at IWtitnere, but no noMinatiou had yet been
made; -33 ballotinge,had also taken piece. General Cass
'was thought to-6yd' theArst chance.
The advices from Guayaquil to the let of May state
that General Flores)iad not yet attacked Ecuador, but.
was preparing Weeretnenee active operations. The Go-
vernment had made extensive preparations to repel the
attack, and the issue was, very doubtful. It is stated,
that 'Selene of Flores' men were deserting him. Ono,
British and tone Auieriean ship-of-war were at Guaya-
quite and had, offered their services to the Ecuador Go-
vernment.. Ecuador was in a disturbed Mate, and war
was likely to be &Glared against' Pere, the. President.
declaring in a proclamation that.after defeating Flores
ho would march to inflict exemplary- punishment on
Peru.
• Theesteam-ship Lima arrived at Panama on the 18th,
nit., with 600,000 dense in.specie, destined for England.
The steam-ship United States and others had arrived.
at New York, with 18'days' later news froth California,
and 1,500,000 dolls. in gold dust. •
" Dates frOm San Francisco arnto,the 6th of May. The
total shipments of gold in the nionth'of April were close
upon 3,500,000 delle. In. Mardi rather over 2,500,000
dolls. were Shipped.' s
The Californian news- is not of much importance.
Mining was being carried on With energy and with is
creasing success. The-Herald states that affairs were
beginning to be more settled andSubstantialeand'w,MeB
approximating more:closely to the rates currentin the.
Atlantic States. Atilt-0 exchide the. Chinese had-ex-
Cited great discussion in the Legislature, The aerivals
of persons from all parts of the World at San Francisco
were et the ascertained rate of 84,000 per annum; 2,500
had:- afriveil-frona China in April: Some miners at
Marysville .had met and, passed resolutions that no
Chinese should hold any mining
claim after the let
Pf
At ew York theee were.. no material alterations in
the awnef4" .6t°.(l kets: Good stocks were.in re-
(rest for investment by home and European capitalists,
but speculative stocks ware neglected. There was agood
demand for sterling exchanges, the quotations being
110 to 1101, with soles at 114; Paris, sf. 15c. to st.
17c. Money on corn had been placed te. 3k per cent.
The cotton market was unsettled, and further depressed
by the accounts from this side received by the Asia.
Quotations for this etaplo are generally ie. to ie. below
the last advicee. . . • -
Mai ket fee breeilitnife-wiklieut tench variceier.
Telegraphic accounts irone New•thleans of the 4th
inst. state th&t cotton hid-declined. to the
Asia's not having areyeteY.s.
Au etieinpi, to sere:este...large quantity ef California
cold dust, brought by the steamer Winfield .Scott.to
Panama, was, made needle 22d alt When the boat
containing the treasure landed at the mole a party: of
natives surrounded it ,heel- endeaVeured to eecurn.the
gold. A severe struggle ensued, but the marauders
were ultimately beatenutf.- A trunk containing' 2,000
dollars was • afterwards -:stoien hetween Panama and
Cruces,
of importance. --- • . •
Dates from males: to the 291 ult. contain no news
and south actiee. Buyers from the north
that business was pretty
Accounts from Valparaiso to the 26th of April state
trade had been
made cousidera,ble purchases, and fair
provinces find, appeared is the. market end
done for Bolivia.
The accounts from the milling
distriots wore extremely
flittering.

,
HASIVIARKEfT `THEATRE.
Mr. Buckstone's benefit--last- evening was signalised
•
by the production of a. five act comedy from his own
pen, entitled The Foundlings, and
pertly compiled from
a French drama, ;'which egain was founded on Marpeitt's
well-known novel, " Japhdt-in Search of aFoither. '. The
plot is brit fly
and Timothy Dixon
—, flannel' together ia a basket, grow
up very different:individuals—the first becoming a hard-
scapegrace, whose only pursuit is attculting'
thi's:—Two -foundlings, Edward 4acksion
working barristrr, the' second. an- idle, good-hearted
,"lne-perentege of his friend the barrister, whom he looks
preciation,to Iliad out
upon as a brother, but still, in a comicepirit of self-de-
stolen heir of a lerd—a.whileteis indignant at the notion
of such good hick falling to bilself. At length,
is quite cattain. of finding him out to be the
by means of an adyertisement,' hi? gains a clue
in an intidduetion "to ati admirably conceived
parsonage, MeleSkin, eifia is . a returned and
reformed convict,! h"n
looking philoaephicaLly,at ita.ho finds it does not fitly,
and who tells the stay iiof his own villanies as if they
4—g rascality, because,
given up .
'were the most:praiseworthy-actions in the world. This
Moleskin, for a bribe—the sum-to bo obtained by Dixon
by submitticg his: leg to the bite of:A mad dog iti order
to test the specific of a medical enthuiast---reveala to
Dixon that he is the eteleri heir of a 'noble house, While
the barrister-is merely-'the silo" of anigneble accomplice
of his own. Dixon- is herrified at the news of his eleva-
tion, and engages Moleskin to give hisevidence in favour .
of the barrister instead of him. , Now the former is be-
trothed to
:Estheraithe apparent niece of. Mrs. Armitage,
one of his elieate. .The real relationship between tne
ladies, however—that of ,mather and daughter—is only
revealed upon the diiieovery of a long-lost-marriage Cer—
tificate, which enables the mamma to proclaiin it. - The
barrister's pretended noble-birth is revealed at the
same time, and the. pair are horrified at finding
themselves half , brother and sister. Now comes
Dixoit'a display .of devotion.: Rather than that
his companfore of tha basket -should be condemned
to celibacy, he calla upon Mole kin to proclaim the truth,
and magnanimously consents to be a lord in the cause of
friendship::- All:thit'i+abii slight Mid-bare encitigh;but
it comes out very effectively in the acting. The doctor,
withliitt mad dog, makes no little fun, and there is some
good' eifuiveque when Beyltstone mysteriously interro-
giteii the mother of the quasi Aline ,upon, the birth of
the lateen-the gentleman all the .while thinking of the
barrister, the lady or: her daughter. The character of
Moleskin, too, is richly comic, and Keeley did it full
justice. His costume of rusty black, with high-lows
brushed to the extreme of polish, and baggy but decent '
gloves, and the snuffle and- twang with which 'he ad-
dresses.his " oho: rietian friiiid,," wereall perfect; nor leis :
so Was the,: stolid, unctuous impudence with which
the 'rokiie, who is hypocrite and no Itypcctite, given
, ,ea,cd,.
the tale of his sins
~and their putdsbment with
the resigned pathos of martyr. art Yr. Mr. Buckstone also
achieved a finishing individuality its Dixon. - A light
hearted,;. -:
hooest, eaaeless scapegrace, all fidget and
, 'd. developed never better represented. Between
theythffeuati°n' was
eossesed.tbe entire crock of character of the
piece, teed in their hinds it- was
wmirtlilhoi:Zun;fi
ml 116".luilrig4t,-indut;t; ions bartroisttebre,tiptlmayosetd.
he could with the ,mincing and
Mr. Leigh Murray did all
rakes. Mrs. ;Fitz iliii:iliciin4 empty-headed Oreat
and
selle the theorising Lord was milliner, and Mr:Par-
patron of needl .ewerner and the friend the philosophical
Leigh Murray, Miss Amelia V"
friend of the ,I?oor. Mrs
ming, ;iris, S.'
Buck-
ingham, and ptir. Lembert sustained th 8. le S. T
he liaise en scene was 'all that could ebother character&
'piece was *Rived with immense io desired. The
crowded h-otiae, and Mr. .I.luckstonaePVuee bY
a v"Y
as called be
'the curtain On its termination amidst
trem do
enusfore
-clamations. ac-

•
• : HOP INTELLIGENCE.-E-Abollt Maidstone the. pines
Are still progressing most favourably, and there is .o per-
ceptible increase of fly: The lops in Mereworth bear a most
:luxuriant appearance. They have,,however, had a tre-
mendous soaking, and dry hot weather ins now indispensably
required. We have still a few flies. Generally speaking,
the blue cOntieues growing very fitet,—Soutli-Eastern
Gazette/ •., • . . .