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

OVERLAND MAIL

We have received our usual telegraphic dispatch
from Trieste. The Adria had arrived there on the 28th
inst.; her dates from Bombay are to the 3d of April.
The Burmese expedition, under General Godwin, bad
set sail, and was expected to arrive at Moulmein on the
4th of the present month. There was a considerable
naval force there, and the Admiral was on his way with
a vessel of war and another steamboat. The 38th Ben-
gl had refused to embark for Burmah. The sth
Madras L.I. had been substituted.
A second expedition of 2,500 men, under Sir C.
Campbell, marched against the mountain tribes to the
north of Peshawur on the 11th of March. On the 20th
they repulsed an attack made upon them by the enemy:
after a conflict of three hours. Sir Colin had demand ea
additional forces.

The state of the Nizlm is in articulo mortis; the irre-
gularities of Baroda were increasing, and the real Dt
Lord Falkland was anticipated.
The import market was firm.
• The cotton market active, and prices rising.
Money not so abundant.
Exchange on London, Is. 114 d.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. —The United States
mail steam. ship Atlantic, Captain West, arrived in the
Mersey at two o'clock this afternoon, from New York, from
which port she sailed at noon on the 17th instant. The pt'
lantic brings 125 passengers, and only about I,COO dollars in
specie on freight. At seven o'clock on the evening of leavings
she passed the Arctic, going into New York.
The weather at Halifax had been very unpleasant. ,00c,
the 13th, snow fell to the depth of a foot. The America 1e
been detained off the harbour for a considerable time, "left
14th, owing to the thick and blustering weather. She
for Boston on the morning of the 15th, and arrived there
the afternoon of the following day.
A correspondent of the New York Journal states that thl
prisoners at the Galapagos Islands (the Ecuadorian Pena
settlement), to the number of about 45, seized a whale-101Pa
lying there, and after killing the governor of the island are
putting the captain and the crew of the vessel oa
sailed for Tumbez, which is on the line, between Per_liab a
Ecuador. They there fell in with a small schooner, r"."43,5t
party going to join General Flores' expedition ag—
A
Ecuador, and deliberately cut the throats of 23 of them'
Swedish frigate fell in wiih and captured them, and they "eii At
keen delivered up to Government. The writer states, bßid
unless this frigate interferes, General Flores, who it is satyr
has 1,500 men under him in his expedition, will undobte
take Guayaquil.
SIXTEEN DAYS' LATER INTELLIGENCE FROM JAVAI'lry
The only thing agitating the public at this moment, and I.c,
naturally so, too, is the alarming distress of the CO
The shoe has now begun to pinch every one—labourer, Pi
chanic, planter, merchant—all alike are suffering frora
same cause; and unless the protecting arm of Englatid'we
some other friendly power, is stretched forth to raise as,
are indeed doomed. Some parties are in high feather at rof
change of Ministry in England, which will, no doubt. 1;„.
benefit to us, if they are able to retain their places. ble
rials are being sent home from all quarters of the couna.
and delegates will leave in the first English o
steamer, t
present our cause at home. The island is not as healthy '—
might be desired.
We regret to learn that there will be a very serious
iag off in the sugar crop of this year.—Kingston 041°1
Journal, April 5.
.NEw ORLEANS, APRIL 17.—The Picayune has recelTea
advices from Havannah to the 17th instant. A terrible rige
occurred near that place a few days since between same l'Ecito
rican and English sailors. The military were called uPertas
interfere, but before order could be restored several pera°
were killed.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Nsw YoRK, Aram 16.—Government Securities
_.aeri4
State Stocks maintain their position and continue in denoqo
The extreme abundance of money has a tendency to ctir.
general confidence, and produce an inquiry for good Sec
rities for investment.
The tendency to lower rates in Foreign Exchanges COlrs
firms confidence in the stability of present prosperity, sl3i,
must hive a great influence in the money market throng
out tho country.
The large exports of cotton during the last three month's
have been the prime cause of the improved condition of oat
foreign market.
NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 15. Cotton sales to-day, 7P01:1
bales, at unchanged prices; strict middling
is quoted 7el;e
CHARLESTON, APRIL 15.—Cotton sales, 1,800 bales—
market closing at ',Re.,
ith three
CALIFORNIA.—The Sierra Nevada had arrived W
days' later news, and 400,000 dollars in gold dust.
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NEWMARKET RACE

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)"
The Newmarket Stakes.

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

THE IVIAYNOOTH GRANT.
(From the Morning Advertiser.) vo' eat
A memorial, signed by 150 clergymen of the
Riding of Yorkshire, has just been presented to
Cobden and Mr. Denison respectively, on the subject
the Maynooth grant. The memorial is simply is
follows :
" Feeling deeply anxious on religious grounds that thef
grant to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth should!"
soon as possible be wholly withdrawn, it would be a satlti
faction to our minds to be informed by you whether (silou.l,
you represent the West Riding in the ensuing Parliarneuw!,,
we may depend upon your using every influence to ova'
the withdrawal of so obnoxious a grant.
The following is Mr. Denison's answer, forwarded e°
the Rev. C. R. Alford, Incumbent of Christ Church,'
Doncaster :

', Doncaster, April 24, 1852.
.
reply to the question xt to me b,_.l
represent the West
Whether I would vote
i
for the withdrawal of the grant to illaynooth College, ia_
yourself on behalf of at least. 1.50. clergymen, en, Presiding i_ut'
itidingthe .
the next Parliament,' I have to say, that I opposed n-
Nestcase‘‘ lllly should Ridingdear re,toviz..
S of
re' —Y oi:returnedlkshl
grant when it was proposed by Sir Robert Peel's GoVer,,.
ment—that the grant has avowedly disappointed the
,h had
of those who voted for it, and I feel convinced that if it ut
now to be proposed as a new measure, it could not be ca':
ried in the House of Commons. lam also confident that,
Lord Derby would not bring it forward or support It; boll,
repealing the Act is quite another proposition. I, f „,
Government should propose the repeal, I shall with ple,a_sfid
support them. If any influential section of the House she
propose the repeal, I should also support them—but lcli
not promise, at all hazards, to support the repeal of , the;
j,
grant without duly considering by whom such a proposal ,
made. " I remain, dear Sir, yours very truly,
_,
a EDBID. DENISOr•

" Rev. C. R. Alford, Doncaster."
Mr. Cobden has promised to give a written reply
few days.

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ROYAL SOCIETY OP .LITERATURE.—YeSterdiT,
being the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society of Lite-
rature, the Earl of Carlisle, as president, took the chair,
Janf;
ported by the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Colborne, Sir 0i "
Doratt, Mr. Hallam, Rev. Dr. Spry, &c., vice-presidenta•
The Earl of Carlisle, in delivering his customary address
president, alluded, in beautiful and feeling terms, to solve
of those members who had died during the last year. Among
them were the Earl of Clare, the contemporary at achog;
and subsequent friend of Lord Byron ; Mr. Cullimore, o
was well known for his "Researches into the Antiquities 0
lßeanbdyloTn,h"eaEndartlheofßceavr.lisDler. Lavlinegaarsdh,ortht ebuhtisltuorciiadnekoeftEchn
the lives of these gentlemen g the 8 0"
ciety of those
excellent qualities by which they were
og guished during their lives. On the conclusion of the addr .s 1;
Mr. Hallam moved, and Sir John Doratt seconded, a v *Ztt;B
e oquently reminding
of thanks to the president for his admirable address, set
names of the new officers, elected by ballot, having beau all
disti ir•
flounced from the chair, the meeting separated.
IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN THE MAIL
steam-packets
--It is in contemplation to make the foreign steam-P
now sailing from the port of Southampton touch at Ply-
mouth_
to land and embark mails and passengers,
saving at least sixteen hours in the delivery of letters is
London and Liverpool, time in such matters being nt.„lo
utmost importance to the commercial community as well
to Government. This alteration cannot fail to
satisfaction to the public, as well as to the large steam en',o.
panies, thereby lessening the risk of accidents by collision ,
and otherwise running up channel in thick weather. The
Great Western Railway Company have come forward in theds
moat handsome way by undertaking the conveyance of goods r
4tween London and Plymouth upon the same terms as 4
dEarged by the South-Western Railway Company, and '„!
coupled with the great saving in the cost of fuel, the silPr
there
being entirely from Wales, will be a great boon to the e_
large companies, where their expenditure is so enornio a..;
In addition to this, stock and provisions of all kinds eau ea
obtained cheayer at Plymouth. Amongst nautical men Lb era
can be but one opinion as to the advantage
Southampton.—Morning Herald. of Plymouth ewer

ri!G

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
On the 27th inst., at Great Dunmow, Essex, Mrs. WVilll
Randall.
At Clapham, on the 27th inst., the wife of J. Straith, Efq.
On the 26th inst., at Lower Clapton, Mrs. T. T. CLlrWell•
F A R.
On the 23d inst., at Hitchin,DAUGH
HerTEtfordshire the wife Of
Charles Edward Prime, Esq. ,
At St. Mark's.crescent, Regent's-park, on the 26th lust"
the wife of the Rev. W. B. Galloway.

On the 28th inst., at St. Paul's, a Knightsbridge,
AI-ARK/E
Henl/
llanrner Leycester, Esq., second sort of the late George I
Leycester,of
Esq., White-Place, Berks, to Clara Priscilla,
youngest daughter of J. F. Norris, Esq., of Wilton-crescent-

lED
On the 25th inst., the B D
ev. J. Gaskin, M.A. rector of
St. Cuthbert's, Bedford, and incumbent of Elstow,'Beds.
On the 26th inst., aged 69, William Jessop, Esq., of But-
ter:ey-liall, Derbyshire.
On the 27th inst., at Lower Clapton, the wife of J.
Ballance,
On the 27th inst.. at Campbell's North British Hotel,
Edinburgh, Mr. Air, aged 73.
On the 26th inst., at Queen's-road, Bayswater, John K•
Sutcliffe, Esq., aged 57.
On the 24th inst., at St. llelier's, Jersey, Eliza, relict o
the late Charles I'. Parker, Esq.
On the 25th inst., at Lynton, Devon, Isabella, relict
G. Cowell, Esq., formerly of Fitzroy-square, aged 79.

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