The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-04 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

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SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 51 Os ; clover
Aitto, 31 15s to 61 Os ; and straw, 11 16s to 2/ 2s per load.
A. moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; clover
litto 3/ 153 to 61 Os • and straw, 1/ 18s to 21 4s per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.
WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 51 Os; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 6163 ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 23 per load.
Trade steady.

MEAT MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand
ruled steady at this market to-day, at very full prices.
Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4(1 to 4s 6(1 ;
Lamb, Gs 4d to 6s 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d
to 48 sa per 81bs, by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, May 3.—The supplies of fat stock here
to-day were tolerably good, yet the trade ruled firm, as
follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6cl ; Mutton, 3s 6(1 to
5, 01 ; Lamb, 6s Od to 68 10d ; Veal, 4s 0(1 to 5s 2d ;
Pork, 3s 6(1 to 4s 6d per Sibs, to sink the offals.
ROFORD, May 3.—Our market is very firm, as fol-
U lows : —Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s Gd
to 5s 2d ; Lamb, Gs Od to 7s Od; Veal, 4s Oil to 58 4d ;
Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d. per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs,
21s to 27s each.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(TELIS DAY•

LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at Noon,
light, pleasant breeze, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Port Philip,
for Geelong
TORBAY, May 3.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Cminthia,
for Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, W. to S.S.W. Arrived
—H.M.S. Fox, and sailed for the Downs. Sailed—H.M.S.
Tyne, Gladiator, and Stromboli, all for the Baltic; Gefion,
for Elsinore, having been liberated.
FALMOUTH, May 3.—Witid, W.S.W. Arrived—Arab,
from Porto Rico ; North Britain, from Southampton, for
Quebec.—The Black Hawk (American ship), from Liver-
pool, for New York, with 800 passengers, was totally dis-
masted. April 17 ; 128 passengers (three of whom have
since died) were taken out on the 20th, in lat. 47 N., 35
W., by the Caroline (barque), of and from Poole, for Que-
bec, arrived here to-day. The Good Intent, of Fowey, the
Diriga, of New York, and another American ship, were
taking off the remainder when the Caroline bore away for
the Channel, and it was supposed that the whole would be
saved.
SUNDERLAND, May 3.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Clara,
for Ceylon ; Forster, Newhaven, U.S. ; Thirteen, Quebec ;
Cockermouth Castle, do.
SHIELDS, May 3.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—Safeguard,
for Quebec.
SWANSEA, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Bentinck,
from Valparaiso ; Countess of Bective, St. Jago de Cuba.
QUEENSTOWN, May 2.—The Lizzie Lord, from Cardenas,
has arrived leaky, &c. The Antoinette, of Genoa, from
Buenos Ayres to Southampton, was abandoned in lat. 18
N., 52 W., her cargo of bones having set fire to the vessel ;
crew taken off by the Emigrant, arrived off here. The
Bullfinch, hence to Quebec, has put back leaky, after being
21 days out, with main mizenmasts cut away, and boats
stove.
TRIESTR, May 3.—The Mount Washington (American
barque), from New Orleans, was stranded off Pola, on the
Ist inst., in a dangerous position, and was full of water.
GIBRALTAR, April 25.—The Tiber (s), from Palermo to
Liverpool, put in here on the 18th inst., with main-shaft
broken, and will proceed under sails. The Gibraltar, from
Malaga to New York, has put.back to this port leaky, and
with damage, and part of cargo thrown overboard.
FIR XUS, April 20.—The Harriet, from Newcastle to
Valencia and Constantinople, was found on a reef off the
Island of Andros, on the 15th inst. ; supposed to have been
plundered by pirates, and the master and crew murdered,
or else that the crew bad risen against the master. H.M.'s
steamer Triton has gone to take possession of the vessel.
WICK-ON-JOUR, April 29.—The schooner Eagle, from
Bo'ness to Haneburg, was stranded last night between
Nordervoaeg and Sudervog, and now lies in 12 ft. of water.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.56 a.m.
Wind W.S.W. light, and fine ; tide three quarters ebb.
Arrived—Glaphyra, from St. Harlingen Guernsey ;
South Carolina, Cuba ; Kangaroo (g.) ; Flecha,
Ghent ; Elbe, Hamburg ; Baron Osy, Antwerp; Earl of
Auckland, Rotterdam.
Sailed—Paris and London, for Antwerp ; William
Joliff, Calais ; Admiral, AIItiVODTPEA L, Thursday, 9.16 a.m.

Wind S., light, and fine.
Passed—No. 42 Transport, from London, for Malta;
Her Majesty's steamer Miranda, to the westward, at
1 a.m.
Sailed—Lady McNaghten, for Malta ; Helen Baird, for
Sa
Sydney ; French war ship ge, for the Baltic.

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ELECTION OP AN ALDERMAN /OR QUEENIIITTIE WARD.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a wardmote, at the
Church of St. Michael, Queenhithe, for the election of
an Alderman in the room of Mr. Hooper, deceased. The
candidates were Mr. Croll, the late Sheriff, and Mr.
Rose, a member of the Court of Common Council and
an inhabitant of the ward. The numbers, upon the show
of hands, were declared to be in favour of Mr. Rose,
whereupon a poll was demanded upon the part of Mr.
Cron.
SYDNEY.—We understand that no less than 2,0001.
bas been subscribed by. the inhabitants of Sydney, for
the purpose of erecting in that'city a sista) of Mr. W.
C. Wentworth, one of the members for Sydney, in the
Legislative Assembly, in return for his great exertions
in procuring a legislative constitution for that colony.
Mr. Wentworth, we are informed, is at present on his
way to En
e, and is expected to arrive iu London on
important base early in the preovat month.
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