The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-11 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money abundant. EscLange, 114 t. Gold, 31
per cent. premium. Stocks buoyant. Cotton
slightly firmer.

MEXICO.
NEW YORK, JUNE 1.
(Per Great Eastern, via Liverpool.)

The New York papers publish Mexican news,
via San Francisco, to May 8, according to which the
French had commenced retreating from Puebla
towards Amesa.

An official despatch from Ignacio Megia to
Juarez, dated Puebla, May 8, announces the retreat
of the French.

PARIS, JUNE 11.

The Moniteur of to-day announces that the Turks,
after having taken the entrenchments at Ostrog,
advanced on Abiu.

ROME, JUNE 9.

The Pope, at a Consistory held this morning,
pronounced an allocution in which he deplored the
errors spread by the revolutionary spirit against the
authority of the Catholic Church as well as against
divine and human laws.

His Holiness further regretted the oppression
exercised against the Church in Italy, and the war
declared against his temporal power. He urged
the Bishops to redouble their zeal in combating and
;11.re-sting the diffusion of those errors.

After the allocution Cardinal Mattel read an ad-
dress from the Bishops to the Pope.
All the Bishops dived with the Pope in the
library of the Vatican.

ROME, JUNE 10.
The bishops, in their address to the Pope, deplore
the oppression of the Church, and declare that the
temporal power is necessary for tho independence
of the Pope. They approve all that the Pope has
done in defence of the rights of the Holy See.
They condemn the errors which have already been

condemned by the Pope ; and exhort his Holiness
to continue firm in his resistance.
The address is signed by 21 cardinals and 244

bishops,

WARSAW, JUNE 10.
The first sitting of the Council of State took

place to-day.

The sittings will in future be presided over by
the Marquis Wielopolski and the Grand Duke
Constantine, who are both expected to arrive
here in July.

CORFU, JUNE 10.

According to advises received here from Athens
to the 7th inst., General Colocotroni has formed a
provisional Ministry, with the mission of intro-
ducing bills for the formation of a National Guard
and an electoral law.

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 11.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta, Captain Woodgate, with the heavy portion
of the above mails, has arrived here.

She brings 101 passengers, £2,274 in specie, and
1,076 packages of cargo. She left Gibraltar on the
6th, and spoke the steamers Union on the 7th and
Ripon on the Bth.

Her Majesty's ship Intrepid left Gibraltar for
England on the 3d.

Intelligence received from Barbary says that the
tribes that were in revolt had submitted to the
Sultan's authority. -
The Viceroy Prince Muley Abbas was about to
return to Marquinez.
The money to pay the interest for the last six
months on the loan contracted in London was fast
coming forward. A considerable portion had
already been received in Gibraltar and invested in
treasury bills for transmission to London.

The Gibraltar Chronicle says :—" English Com-
missioners have been, or will be, appointed at all
the ports of Moroc2o to watch over the interests of
holders of the loan in the collection of the Customs."
Exchange and freights unaltered.

The Australian papers do not bring any news of
special interest. The colony is flourishing.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, June 10.—The market opened firm, and
in spite of the arrival of the English funds with
lower quotations, a fair amount of business was
done at an advance on the closing rates of yester,
day. Later in the day stock became offered, and
prices again receded. Threes, for the Account,
which had been done at 69f 15c, are now at 6915 c.
The Railway Sharp Market quiet. The market
continued heavy to the close, and left off as follows:

41 per per Cents 97 10
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 95
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier 865
Do. end month 857 60'
RAIL 1

Bank Shares —
Credit Foncier 1635
Belgian 41 —
Piedmontes( Fives 73 15
Italian Loan 72 SO
Austrian

Spanish Threes
Home Debt

-AYS.
Cash. Account.
Orlean4

Northern 1067 60 :, 1067 50

New ditto - • • •
Lyons and Mediterranean 1115 .. 1115
Geneva 367 50 .. 370

Southern
858 75 .. 857 50
Western
Eastern

Sardinian
380 „. 387 50
Austrian
Lombard 622 50 .. 621 25

INDIA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA.

By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have
received our private correspondence and files of
papers from Calcutta to May 8; Madras, May 14;
Hong Kong, April 26 ; Melbourne, April 25 ; and
Sydney, April 19.

INDIA.
CALCUTTA, MAY 8.

The little war in the Jyntea hills, in Eastern
Bengal, is nearly at an end. The wisdom of en-
trusting General Showers with full civil and mili
tary power is seen in the submission of some of the
ringleaders. At Raliong Major Richardson was
surrounded by a party of some 200, a few of whom
he killed before they could escape. This war will
prove the greatest blessing if it directs the atten-
tion of Government to Assam.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta _Englishman of May 8.)

Freights.—Our freight market has improved since last
mail, and fair transactions are being entered into for all
ports. Up-country produce is beginning to make its appear-
ance in the market, and n.eets with ready purchasers.
Charters fixed since last mail—Blue Jacket, 986 tons, to
Madras, 1-2 per bag rice ; and Peerless 841 tons, to Bom-
bay, 18 rupees a ton.

Government Securities.—There is very little to report as
regards Government securities, the transactions are not
large, and present prices are slight ly in advance of last quo-
tations, Five-and-a-Halfs having been done at 10-12 p.m.
Money-Market. —A large amcunt of money remains un-
employed in the hands of the banks and other capitalists,
who are offering it freely on loan at much below the Bank
of Bengal rates.

CHINA.

HONGKONG, APRIL 27.

In public affairs the chief interest of all foreigners
still centres in the continued operations of the
Allied Forces against the rebels in the neighbour-
hood of Shanghai. Another expedition, on an in-
creasing scale (the combatants on the Imperial side
numbering some 2,400 men, of whom fully one-
half were British), was made on the 17th inst. to
the town of Chao-poo, about 18 miles from Shang-
hai, on the east bank of the river Wengpoo. The
fortifications of the rebels proved to be unusually
strong and well planned, but well served artil-
lery seen drove the enemy out, and they suffered
severely, while the casualties in the attacking force
were trifling. It is quite clear that the rebels, as well
as the Imperialists, have the benefit of foreign intel-
ligence and knowledge. In the field they are quite
a match for their countrymen, trained or untrained,
who would find it very difficult indeed to dislodge
them if unassisted by Europeans. The Imperialists
have been collecting in force on the bank of the
river opposite Nankin, but the rebels there are
reported to have been strengthened by the arrival
of a large army, stated at 300,000 men.
By the mail just received it is learnt that her
Majesty's Government have declared their inten-
tion of protecting all the treaty ports, and much
anxiety is felt to know the precise nature and extent
of the instructions given.
The right of British subjects to visit Pekin when
provided with consular passports is also now allowed
by Mr. Bruce,
Neither from Japan nor Saignon is there any in-
telligence of importance. _ _

The steamer Orissa leaves to-day at 2 p.m. with
the outward mails, having delivered on the 24th
inst. those from London of March 12.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
In imports a moderate business has been done during the
fortnight at Hongkong, and prices show little alteration,
At Canton within the last few days there has been an in-
creased demand, and price: arc rather firmer. The follow-
ing are the sales at both places, and quotations at Canton.
Duty paid, cash two months :
Cotton—Boint,ay, 183 bales sold. Madras, 343 bales sold.
Quotations as before. •

M. THALBERG'S MATINEES.-41. Thalberg has
again, after a very long absence, delighted an English
audience with an exhibition of his wondrous powers. The
rendering of his brilliant compositions gays great satisfac-

tion.
THE NEW FOREIGN-OFFICE, WIIITEHALL.—
Yesterday the works commenced for the extension of the
Government offices and the erection of the new Foreign-
office on the ground recently cleared of the houses between
Downing-street and Charles-street, and St. Jr.mes's-park
and King-street, Weitmiuster, and a number of workmen
were engaged Lying the foundations ; the demolition of
her Majesty's State Paper-office in St. James's-park is
now being proceeded with to nuke way for the new
puitdiAge,

THE NA VY.

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The Royal. Sovereign shield ship, at Portsmouth,
is receiving her under layer of 3-inch diagom'l
planking outside her original planking, extending.
15 feet below her plank-sheer. This layer of dia-
gonal planking will be covered by another of 4-inch
the upper edges of both being rabbeted into the
plank-sheer, and their lower edges being let into a
smaller piece of timber, the latter backed up by
diminishing planking stepped into the planking
proper of the ship, about 4 feet below the lower
edge of the diagonal planking and 51-inch armour
plates. This diagonal planking will give increased
strength and substance at the back of the armour-
plates; but it certainly does appear that a continua-
tion of the planking over the entire outer surface of
of the vessel's hull, instead of merely carrying it
some 15 feet below the plank sheer, would not only
have greatly added to the strength of the ship, but
would also have increased her displacement and
lessened her draught of water.

The Shannon screw frigate, Capt. Wainwright,
resumed her experimental screw trials at Ports-
mouth yesterday by repeating her former trial with
the common or Admiralty screw. An increase of
speed was anticipated, but owing to different condi,
tions of the tide or some other equally u".;:ontiol-
able cause, the result was a loss RS compared with
her former trial with the same screw. The ship
drew 20ft tin of water forward and 21ft Bin aft.
Six runs were made at the mile, with results as to
speed as follows :—First run 11.501 knots ; second
run, 10.557 knots ; third run, 11.726 knots ; fourth
run, 9 625 knots; fifth run, 12,727 knots; sixth
run, 9.424. The first means were 11.029, 11141,
10675, 11.173, and 10.072 knots; the second means
were 10.086, 10907, 10924, and 11122 knots; the
mean speed of the whole was 11.009 knots. The
revolutions of the engines ranged from 57 to 58k.
In making the circles the ship, with the helm
pressed hard aport, made the first half circle in 3
minutes and 43 seconds, and the full circle in 7
minutes and 50 seconds. With the helm hard a
starboard, the first half circle was made in '3
min.
10 seconds, and the full circle in 7 minutes 20
seconds. In the first the revolutions of the engines
were 57, in the latter 56.

The Prometheus, 5, paddle, Commander Beding-
field, sailed from Spithead at 7 p.m. on Monday for
Woolwich, to dismantle and be paid out of commis-

sion.

The Russian screw frigate Swetland, 50, sailed
from Spithead at daylight yesterday morning for
Cronstadt.

The Royal yachts Fairy and Elfin have been un-
docked at Portsmouth, and .have tested machinery
in readiness for future service on the arrival of her
Majesty at Cronstadt.

Mr. Edwards, principal storekeeper of Ports-
mouth Dockyard, has been superannuated on £6OO
a year, and is succeeded in his office by Mr. Burr,
late store-receiver of the yard. Mr. Richards, who
has lately returned from Hongkong, takes the post
of store-receiver vacated by Mr. Burr.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander Charles Tre-
lawney Jago, to the Rapid; Lieut. Sidney R.
Streat field to the Rapid; John R. Petch, master
additional to the Indus ; Wm. F. Rowe, master, to
the Rapid; Donald G. Pendrith, surgeon, to the
Rapid ; Richard Eustice, promoted to surgeon, and
appointed to the Cozmorant ; Edward Foster, pay-
master, to the Rapid ; Wtn. Harvey, acting-assist.-
suzgeon, to the Rapid; James Campbell, acting
second class assist.-engineer, to the Victory for the
Sprightly; George Weight, acting-second-class-
assist-engineer, to the Victory for the Fire Queen ;
Thomas Penton, acting.secon-class•assist.•'engineer,
to the Cumberland for the Wildfire : Jas. Murray,
acting-assist-second-class engineer, to the Asia ;
James Belgrave and Thos. Combes, acting-second-
class-assist-engineers, to the Cumberland, John
James 'White, actin g- second -class-assist.-engineer,
to the Asia for the Echo ; and P. M. Sims, clerk, to
the Rapid.

The following young gentlemen successfully
passed their examinations and qualified at the Royal
Naval College, Portsmouth, yesterday, at the June
quarterly examination, in the order as they stand,
for naval cadets :

1: A. G. H. Hervey, son of Lord Alfred Hervey, W. J.
Moore, 41'.1. S. Hamilton, G. Trower, E. H. Clarke, A.
H. Taylor, G. M. Bethel], *G. A. Gifford, C.
Macpherson, J. R. Sandilands, A. Baring, C. H. P. Jones,
G. R. Divett, J. W. C. Campbell, tH. J. Wickham, *H.
G. S. Baker, tH. S. Goodridge, J. R. Prickett, F. H.
Cantwell, G. O'Connor, A. G. Hall, :LH. M. Moore, R. 3,
Barton, W. H. G. Goodlake, W. Hoghton, D. L.
Dickson, J. Mordaunt, I.G. E. Cornwall, C. W. Last,
F. R. Robinson, *J. A. Homer, C. E. Huggins, W.
S. P. Graves, *H. J. Archer, A. Gwyn, W. H. C.
Pooke, *M. de S. Edye, 1:C. S. Fuller, Hon. H. de B.
Devereux, W. B. Atkinson, H. N. Dudding, J. D. Kirk-
ness, A. C. Allen, R. W. White, and E. H. Arden; 26
were turned back. For Masters' Assistants.—to. B.
Clarke, *R. W. E. Middleton, G. S. Ralph, F. C. Gandell,
G. C. Hammond, J. D. D. Barnes, 1-A.. F Carroll, F. E.
Thompson, *F. A. Symes, E. W. G. Hilliard, P. Wood,
*E. E. Greaves, J. F. Foot, W. J. Bullmore, tB. Van
Homrigh, J. 11. Woolward. For Marine Cadets.—W. P.
Wright, H. A. Peake, E. A. Ford, C. S. P. Fegan, R. E.
Montgomery, H. Lradley, A. R. Maechnie, tG. S.
Walker, G. E. C. Westbrooke, Q. Fortescue, W. T. Allen,
*L. H. G. Cross, and E. H. Parker.

* Passed from North Grove-house, Southsea.
Passed from Eastman's Naval Academy, Southsea.
Passed from St. Mary's Hall, Southsea.

NEW MUSIC,

'Twos Evening in the Summer Time.
Oh, JVak& those Tones no more on Me.

Marion' 8 Song.

Three very sweet compositions. The first two
are ballads of a plaintive character—the former is
in the key of F, and the latter D--and, that which
is now somewhat of a rarity, the words, by Mr. I.
W. King, are worthy of the music of Mr. Hutchin-
son, who bids fair to become one of our best ballad
music composers. " Marion's Song" is an anony-
mous production ; the words are by " J. F." and
the music, which is well calculated for a baritone,
by " Claribel." Although it differs from the two
before mentioned, it is evidently the work of a
thorough musician, and, as such, will be sure to
become a favourite. These latest additions to our
English ballads are published by the Messrs. Hale,
of Cheltenham, which is a sufficient guarantee for
their admission to the collection of the admirers of
English melody.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

MARK LANE.

Very limited supplies of English wheat were received
fresh up to this morning's market, and the demand for all
good
and fine parcels ruled steady at full currencies.
There was a fair show of foreign wheat on offer. In most
descriptions a moderate retail business was transacted, and
though by no
meanst h
Fe Iquotationsr
ogwor eee rqs euowef
request,
lr
aaSupported.
moderate,
oe
Grinding and distilling barley met a steady sale, and the
quotations ruled firm.
Malt changed hands to a very moderate extent, on
former terms.
Fine oats steadily supported previous rates; otherwise
the trade was inactive, at previous currencies.
Beans and peas ruled firm at extreme quotations. The
show of samples was very small.
In flour a fair business was transacted, and prices were
steadily maintained.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
gng115h....... 230 i 10 ) L 770 i 120 190 sacks.
Irish.. ... : ; 1,170
Foreign.......
5,510 1,900 1 8,061 5,910 bls.