The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

The brig Ferret was commis3icned by Cornmasu"
Phelps, t;n Su .day.

AiiIIs:RICAN IN Ps WS.
The accounts from New York this week contallie
nothing of material importance. The recent riot'
the rate of exchange had not been fully
raaintaiaen
and the shipment of specie, which bad see%ee
about to recommence, had consequently again beef
checked. Money was more abundant than el:
and 4 per cent. was now the highest rate to °
tamped for loans at call. The stock market, never;
theless, was on the average a shade lower, he dg
partly influenced by the flood of railway bel.
which still continued to be poured upon it. 3;1
better descriptions of these bonds were ress'io
taken, but the necessity for caution, with resat All
the majority, was daily becoming more evident•
sorts of petty towns and counties were piedgisi
their faith for the pay ment of the interest, 8.
already the constitutionality of some of their PO,
ceedinga had become a matter of dispute and litle
tion. The increasing demand for channels ot Wei
ment was likely, however, to overcome all other e,vo
siderations, and the mere sound of a "guarantTitee
matter how worthless, serves in the United "70
as on this side, to entrap many who would he bol
to enter into the most legitimate enterprises thatore
nothing but their intrinsic goodness to rig bees
mend them. During the week there bauiejei
two failures of mercantile firms, the P'ool
being Dunscomb, Cook, and Co., of New oelti,ts
Johnson and Travers, of Baltimore, both in the
American and West India trade. There was tltb
later from California, but an arrival wq.'etsef
expected shortly, and if it should bring a 'tie.' set
large supply of gold the stimulus to the money Info to
would be very great. Meanwhile, the tra ors
San. Francisco was undiminished, and the N(Ltpse
sLeight had lately sailed for Nicaragua with 9'''sfitil
April. They
From Mexico the advices were to the 9,
They confirmed the rejection of the dif
huantepecp treaty, and stated that on the in. esti
following the vote on that question,e
whadMilneifstterthefrom
the ne
capital, in o the enteruri
order t° as
States,
Congress nothing like
•
upon his duties at Washington. in I
the
kindmove
seemed practicable. It was business nohe st Mn
ofw ealure: I Tea,- t.il e4alit
the basis of some reform in the thought,
might P°lsl
be arranged, although the removal of the poit
bitory duties woald be refused. The Senateso
appears, are favourable to a general reduction nos
per cent. The foreign representatives in Aieiree
were still in communication with Senor Bartseit
the Minister of Relations, on the subject the
protest against the exceptional lowering O's tleo
tariff at the port of Matamoras, to the injury nims~
importing merchants at Tampico and Vera vio
They bad notified to the Minister their intes,ms
to persist in demanding an equalization, and 7s.
they would not put up with delay. If their fps
sentations were longer neglected serious dif6o, the
might therefore arise, while, on the other bana'ose
the position of the Government was a perplezitigbt
since, if the duties were raised to their former the
at Matamoras, the revolutionary attempts .° celor
frontier would forthwith be recommended as :rat Se
for smuggling, while on the other hand 0 geteveetts'
duction would at once create alarm for the 'tier, the
With regard to the existing state of the fr°l3iai
accounts were far from satisfactory.. Carvetteritiees
was lately arrested by the United States' atiL 0011
and put through the ceremony of givinsg, 'ol*rotjscsta,
now reported to be again reorganizing n's 'OS
of invasion. According to some 800
of
had gone up the Rio Grande with the rem, ains
forces to form a junction with " Cols stas'so
from the interior of Testae" and 30°, ri",eie
Meanwhile he is said to have sold his isnieserisev;
neighbourhood of the frontier to "an
Company" for 200,000 dolls. Numerous nth-cotior
cations also show that operations will long :de& Isa:
to be carried on similar to those which Pt cans tea
annexation of Texas. The lawless MeseinsbisetP;
liate by crossing the border and committingierr ftts'
and murders, professing to act under oru 00 to
their own authorities; and the Americ_ans, offea
other hand, resort to Lynch law, and hang t"ecsti 1u
ere, or suspected offenders, whenever tnelsegetri
caught. The object on both aides is to elhirog ths
every individual case of violence into sonet,, they
shall provoke a determined war, and in Insfesigr
of course aided by both the Texan and
newspapers.

THE COUNTRY 111AR1--grrToo-111
LIVERPOOL, MAY 25.--The arrivals since last wbeil
very moderate. A fair attendance at market to•ce'd. 5P144,,,,
and flour held firm, and last week's prices realise 'nustw,
corn in fair demand, at an advance of 6d Per IsA:
Arrivals, Ireland and coastwise—Wheat, 25, s.;Abarrellir;
118; malt, 160; oats, 2.047; flour, 144 sacks and gout, 1,1
beans, 150. Foreign wheat, 2 soats, 785; m"- Al
sacks, &c.; beans, 56. ' 36
; k t ":,
Lunns, MAY 25.—Trade not very active but war v.
steady at Friday's rates. Barley nominal:
nolf
dear. Oats and other articles as before. oh_The sero
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY .an-
of beasts was confined to 760 head ; demand
andactive, Doll
sold at full rates of currency Number ef abeeP .„a Pell
5,212. The mutton trade ;as in an active state, •.- se. ,
all were disposed of. Lambs met with a good inqUITSt"
BUBO fu u
to en Pe
a total clearance was effected.—Beef, 5s 4d
mutton, 4d to 51/1d lambs, 7d to 8d per lb. vo, h&j
NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MAY 25.-7' e - ar 42;4
arrivals of wheat, as well as good deliveries from eb-nsir,
farmers. Prices rather firmer, with a little more sesfr
done. Barley difficult to quit. Peas were still very force
and brought full prices. Oats a slow sale, particutarisore,°
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 25.—Thef weiglll
the meal market to-day ro sacks oatmeal, eaeu, ill ii
2801bs. imperial, which sold thus :-4 at 1' I/ los:
and 6 at 1/ 10s Od • average price of the viliole 2 st9l;
9-12ths. 3 sacks pot-barley, whereof 1 sold at 256 1"2 2.5,"
..... ' 3i.a ,gi
EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAKE"—, es T.,- ,
Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 9s Od per kentple of
wheat ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od ; barley 16415t0n 7° gl
ditto, 6°
i$
Hay, from 9d to 1 I d per stone.
_There were
DALEEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 24. „at. 11,
2 of harler°_ooo!
the market to-day 78 bags of oatmeal,
3of pot-barley ; there was no peasemeal or flour in llitiep
sales brisk. Oatmeal the same as last week for all Vs
barleys& 6d per bag cheaper. ,kirti,
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second 0
~:
imperial .. ... ... 30s 6d 305 Od 'P: Od
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 23s Od —s Od "7; 00,
T
Peasemeal ... ... ... --3 Od —s Od "—_, 00,
Flour ... ... ... ... —9 Od —a Od 0°
Pot barley ... ... ... 26s Od —s Od •--

RAILWAY SHARE IVIARKOr'
BRISTOL, MAY 26.
tic
STOCK EXCHANGE.—We had a very quiet market
The only sales reported were—Bristol and Exeter'
Great Western, 901 A.
'
LIVERPOOL, MAY 26. nerd
. and
STC,CIC EXCHANGE. —We have no improvement od pri
to-day. The transactions have been very limited, a, the leo
varied little from those which have been quoted filo/ibis
few days. The sales reported were as folio -
Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Chester and Birkenbe eerj,
—Caledonian, 19—Eastern Counties, 8 %—EdinbiliverPerop
and Dundee, s—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71 yQest
Crosby,and Southport, 20%—.London and Nort'4.
122—Ditto, New Quarters, 5 p.—Midland, ,7
rn
cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 32—South-D'''d P"
Dover, 20y2 South Staffordshire, 1 dis.—York
Midland, 2338.
STOCK EXCE:ciA._I7I
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Junction, IN dis.—Caledonian, /9—East Lanc.,nl4o-1
ters, 16 13.16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71.—A"'"
—South-Eastern and Dover, 20%.

:115 COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR '4311' c .1)41
ABERDARE, MAY 26.—The 3
investigation into
A .0p
therecent dreadful explosion at -Middle
which so many lives were lost, was concluded this blereAper
Mackworth, the Government inspector, read an a the Pepe
in which he remarked that the loss of 159 iives 0/ Old
dare Valley by explosions, all of them arising 740 'Ol
culiarly dangerous state of the fire damp in the_ entire tlig
and the overlying strata, urgently demanded °
cep enitatiA,A
elusion of naked lights and the ordinary furri,entser.
adoption of strictly enforced rules and a larger jecgte,
'
The Coroner having summed up, the jury, afters
the
deliberation, returned the following verdict : 4610
011 I
Thomas Prichard we find a verdict of Acciderivissat bet
and we are of opinion that the Middle Daffryn Pi,,,trnoseet;,d
time in a good state of ventilation for ordinary I)js tO
that a fall in No. 2 cross heading to the dip Pr°ua OP' re:i
discharge of gas that passed along the return•l;,. "blob
the flue, there ignited, and caused the explosien sfe $
suited in such a great sacrifice of human life. A.",.ened te,,
opinion that there is no neglect or culpability 0,1'7001 the
of the agents or men in their employ, notwitus 50.0.
much regret that the recommendations of the :k.a.r''ecasi: Ati
suggestions of Mrel.anußdoltackwell, in his report on tu•n, : se',lor
the last explosion, had not been complied
enjoin the
to toll
fhavtenthtielaptiroonp,rieet:prolelejnitc the "
Mr.errn eßsitalyekrwecenmp
drift."

BinTirs. ono,
On the 21st inst., at Castle Car
ow. Carriek..oo•ll A d the wife of William Peyton, Esq., j.P. 2v4011 Oa the 23d inst., at Tollington-park, /1"115
Edward Sharwood.

the
OF • DAUGHTV.
On the 25th inst , at Green-street,E
Grosvenor-Eq"1,1%,
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wife of Edward Colston, E,q.
wifOen,4eha2rsltehs
Barry,inst Liq
at.:.il,iuben suirn
r!•road, Sydenb