The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-31 00:00:00

ME UNITED STATES

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
By the Pacific, Captain Nye, which arrived at
Liverpool at three o'clock this morning, we have
received the following :

NEW YORK, MARCH 19.
Strong debates have taken place in the Senate
on Central America and the Monroe doctrine.
Senator Douglass was nobly replied to by Senator
Butler (Democrat).
•
A Cabinet Council has been held.
An explanation is to be demanded of England
with regard to Honduras, &To., and the Secretary
of the Navy is to report what efficient naval force
he has fit for action.

A treaty to liquidate mutual claims between the
British and American Governments has been rati-
fied by the Senate.

Several districts of Mexico have voted for Santa
Anna as president.
The fortnightly steamers from California (seven
in number) have brought about four millions and
a half of dollars in gold.
There is an active war between Honduras and
Guatemala, the cause being a disputed boundary.
The Pacific brought ninety-three passengers, but
no specie.

MARKETS.
Money is still tight—from 7to 18 per cent. The
panic is not quite over, but stocks, having re-
covered, are active. Sterling exchange not active,
but rules from 109 to 1091.
Flour dull, and sales moderate, but no further
decline.

Cotton very active, with a rising tendency. Six
thousand bales in one day in this market. Cotton
more active at New Orleans; middling, 9i to 92.
The spring trade very brisk.

BOOKS, &c., TO NEW SOUTH WALES.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, AND INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL

POSTMASTERS.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, MARCH, 1853.—0 n and from
the Ist April next, printed books, magazines, reviews,
and pamphlets (whether British, colonial, or foreign)
may be transmitted by the post between the United
Kingdom and New South Wales, by the direct Packet,
via Plymouth ; or, by the Overland Mail, vid South-
ampton and Singapore, at the following reduced 'rates of
postage, viz. :

For each packet not exceeding lb. in weight......... Os. 6d.
Ditto exceeding 111 b. and not exceeding 11b. Is. Od.
Ditto ditto ilb. ditto 21bs. 2s. Od.
Ditto ditto 21bs. ditto 3lbs. 3s. Od.
beyond which weight no packet can be sent. Provided,
however, that the following conditions be carefully ob-
served :-Ist. Every such packet must be sent without a
cover, or in a cover open at the sides or ends. 2d. It
must contain a single volume only (whether printed
book, magazine, review, or pamphlet), the several sheets
or parts thereof, when there are more than one, being
sewed or bound together. 3d. It must not exceed two
feet in length, breadth, width, or depth. 4th. It must
not exceed three pounds in weight. sth. It must have
no writing or marks upon the cover or its con-
tents, except the name and address of the person
to whom it may be sent. 6th. The postage must
be pre-paid in full, by affixing outside the packet
or its cover the proper number of stamps. If
any of the above conditions be violated, the packet
must be charged as a letter, and treated as such in all
respects. To prevent any obstacles to the regular trans-
mission of letters, any officer of the Post-office may
delay the transmission of any such packet for a period
not exceeding twenty-four hours; from the time at which
the same would otherwise have been forwarded by him.
These instructions are not to extend to or interfere with
the transmission of printed votes and proceedings of
Parliament, or of printed papers allowed to pass by the
Post under the newspaper privilege, all of which must
continue subject to the existing regulations.

THE CANADA COMPANY.

The annual meeting of this company was held yester-
day, when the chairman (Mr. C. Franks) was re-elected
governor for three years. Sir J. Easthope, Mr. J. W.
Freshfield, and Mr. Wilson were also re-elected direc-
tors for the same period. Mr. Gillespie, the retiring
auditor, was re-elected. A statement was laid before
the meeting relative to the sales and leases of land for
the past year, from which it appeared that 24,686 acres
had been sold, and 56,941 acres let on lease. The re-
ceipts in Canada had been 56,750/. currency. The cost
of management in London had been 3,2731., and in
Canada 5,1221., and the entire cost had been 13,6161.
A- comparative statement of sales, leases, and receipts,
from the Ist Jan. to the 11th March, shows the follow-
ing, results :

1852. 1853.
Acres. Acres.
Land sold
Leased 9,824 ...... 4,056

14,597 20,683
The amount realised per acre in 1852 was 16s. Bd.,
and 18s. 3d. in 1853. The receipts for the above period
in 1852 were 14,9451. 16s. 10d., and in 1853, 27,8101.
14s. 2d. The lands converted into freehold during the
same period in 1852 amounted to 4,055 acres, which pro-
duced 2,7201. 11s. Bd., and in 1853 to 16,444 acres,
which realised 12,053/. ss.

The "general statement" of the company's affairs, as
they stood on the 31st December last, exhibits on the
debtor side the sum of 432,7231., including capital re-
ceived from the proprietors (289,7371.), amount raised
on debentures (109,7001.), sundry debts (26,747/.), &c.
The credit side of the account shows the property in
London, viz.—cash at bankers', loan at interest, and
short bills, to be 13,5861. ; while the cash in the bank at
Canada, and sundry debts due there to them, are put
down at 19,104/. To these sums are added 82,2081. for
bills receivable, bearing interest at 6 per cent., and se-
cured by mortgage on the land, with the improvements ;
50,6001. for interest thereon ; 64,211/. for land leased
for 12 years at present value, with the arrear ; 36,395/.
for arrears of rent on land leased for ten years ; and
16,719/. expended on Goderich harbour and pier—
together 248,0701. There is also added to this the sum
of 453,2871. for 617,782 acres of land, leased for 10
years at an annual rental of 24,7391., and which the
lessees are at liberty to purchase on payment of the
above sum ; and 280,700/. as the value of 668,334 acres
of undisposed of land—that is valuing it at 9s. 4d. per
acre. The result, therefore, gives an estimated surplus
of 562,9201. in favour of the company. The amount
paid by the company's lessee settlers in advance of the
term of lease for the purchase of the freeholds of the
land occupied by them has been 35,801/. on 52,778
acres. Of this sum 13,8791. was so paid, in the year
1852, on 19,993 acres. A retiring allowance of 4001.
per annum was voted to Mr. T. M. Jones, the com-
pany's Commissioner in Canada. This gentleman, whose
salary was 7001. per annum, had been in the company's
service for 24 years. The retiring allowance is to be
paid as long as the directors think fit. A strong com-
plaint was made by one of the proprietors that sufficient
publicity had not been given to the proceedings of the
periodical meetings of the company.

THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT STOCKPORT.—The
inquest on the body of John Jackson, who was killed by
the late boiler explosion at Messrs. Fernley and Brad-
ley's, at Stockport, was. resumed on Monday afternoon. It had been adjourned in order to procure the opinion of
Mr. Nasmyth, as to the cause of the explosion ; but that
gentleman being from home, the coroner had called in
Mr. Roberts, of the late firnr of Sharpe and Roberts, of
Manchester, who had made a careful examination of the
boiler. Mr. Roberts said some weights taken from
the safety-valve of the exploded boiler, together
with the spindle and valve, would cause a pres-
sure of 44i lbs. to the inch, and with those weights
on the safety-valve would blow off at a pressure of 44 lbs.
to 451b5., and no less. lie thought the cause of the ex-
plosion was a want of sufficient water in the boiler. He
was of opinion that the boiler was quite safe at a pres-
sure of 451b5., and that it would not have burst at double
that pressure if the flues were covered with water. The
coroner, in summing up, remarked on the unsatisfactory
nature of the evidence, as to the manner in which the
safety-valve had been weighted, and also pointed out
the conflicting nature of the evidence of Mr. Holcroft
and Mr. Roberts, as the explosion being caused by a
scarcity of water in the boiler. The jury found a ver-
dict of accidental death, and that the accident had been
caused by a scarcity of water in the boiler.
ANOTHER STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.—
On Monday last the agricultural labourers of Chipping-
warden, a village near Banbury, struck work, and re-
fused to accede to the wishes of their employers. The
men have been paid Bs. per week for working from 7
to half-past 5 o'clock. The masters required them from
Monday last to work from half-past to a quarter to 6,
for which they proposed to pay them 9s. per week, being
an advance of is. The men refused the terms. They
had a meeting, and determined to hold out in a body.
HOAXING THE YEOMANRY.—The following hoax was
played off on the Weston Zoyland troop of Somerset
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shire Yeomanry, the beginning of last week. Some
would-be-wit transmitted to the members of the
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the following circular :—" Bridgewater, Marc S
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morning, at half-past ten, when it is partic(ulaiinly
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Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.