The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-18 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 51 0. ; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 13s to 215 s ar load.
A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 5s ; clover
,itto, 4! Os to 6' Os; and straw, 11 18s to 216 s per load.
Trade steady, at our quotations.

WFIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 14s to 5/ Os; clover
ditto, 3/ 15-i t., ,;/ Os ; and straw. it 184 to 2/ 4s per load.
Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.

LLOYD'S SHIPPI NG.-(TIIIS D AY.

LONDON, March 18.—Wind This day at Noon, N.W. ;
light breeze, and fine weather. The Mercury has slightly
fallen, but still continues high.
The Sydney (s), from Sydney, N.S.W., has arrived in
the Do Nns, but it is probable that her mails will not be
delivered to the public until Monday.
The India and China mail has arrived at Dover, and
was despatched to London by the 2 p.m. train, and will
arrive in London at 6 this evening. The letters, Sz.c , will
be delivered to the public early on Monday morning.
RAMSGATE, March 17.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Africa,
for Melbourne.

PORTSMOUTH, March 17.—Wind. N.E. Arrived—Ame-
rican Congress, from London, and sa. led for New York.
COWES, March 17.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived--Anna
Charlotte, from Batavia, for Hamburgh.
FALMOUTH, March 17.—Wind, variable. Arrived—
Paqueto, from Porto Rico, for Altoua. Sailed —Heath,
for Port Natal. Off Port—Mary, from the Mauritius.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.30 a.m.
Wind, N.W., fresh breeze and tine.

Arrived—Anne Cropper. from Calcutta ; Walton, Val
paraiso ; Kent, Alexandria; Lancefield, Lisbon; Liver.
pool, New York.
_

There is no intelligence of the mail steamer Baltic, now
14 days out from New York.
Off the Port Director, ship, inward bound.
The Acastus, of London, from Newport for New York,
was fallen in with in a sinking state on the Ist March, in
lat. 41. long. 37. Crew taken off by the Liverpool, arrived
here from New York.

Wind, W.N.W., fresh. QUEENSTOWN, March 16.
Arrived—Daniel Dyor, from Odessa ; King Oscar, Mar-
seilles ; Bellairs, Mauritius, for Bristol ; Bowling, Callao
for Leith ; lanthe, Malta; John A. Pritchard, Marseilles.
Off—Albion and Elizabeth, from Mauritius.

(ET SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.58 a.m.
Wind, W.N.W ; tide, last hour's ebb ; fine.
Arrived—Wilberforce (s), from Ha Luburgh.
Sailed—Panther (s), for Ostend ; James, Bermuda ;
Diana, Copenhagen.

DEAL, Saturday, 9.28 a.m.

Wind, calm.

Passed in tow—Kenilworth, from Mauritius, for Lon-
don ; Alida Margaretna, Seville, for London (anchored),
Passed—Jane Clark, from Amsterdam, for Trieste ;
Adlar, Odessa, for Bremen ; Lucy, London, for Trinidad ;
Staghound, London, for Falmouth ; Eliza Thornton Lon-
don, for Singapore. ,
Her Majesty's ships Neptune, Monarch, Bulldog, and
Vulture sailed for the Baltic at 11 last night.
Remains—Catherine Pemberton, for Launceston.

UNIVERSITY REFORM.— It appears that the party who
are favourable to the opening of the Universities to the
public, without the distinction of sect or creed, are
bent on making a vigorous effort to secure their object
by means of the Ministerial bill or bills, by which the
question is necessarily raised. A memorial, signed by
more than 100 members of the House of Commons,
including both Churchmen and Dissenters, has bet;n
presented to Lord John Russell, pressing the matter
upon htiti, and it is understood that the support to be
given to Ministers, by at least some of the subscribers
to this document, will depend on the course taken by
the Government The members who have thus
moved are likely to be well supported out of doors,
the Executive Committee of the Society for the Libe-
ration of Religion from State-Patronage and Control
having sounded the key-note, by passing resolutions,
urging the Dissenting bodies throut,hout the country, and
Dissenters generally, to unite in bringing to bear upon
the Government and the House of Commons all the in-
fluence they can command for the attainment of their
object. They assert that the exclusion in question vio-
lates the principle of religious liberty, and operates to
the serious injury of Dissenters, who are thereby de-
prived of valuable educational facilities, are disqualified
for the occupancy of many public posts, and are shut out
from many social advantages. Parliament being ab :nut
,
to legislate with a view to a more complete development
of the educational resources of the Universities, and
their adaptation to the present wants of the people, the
time has come when, in their judgment, therenoval of
this grievance should be imperatively demanded.
THE SCREW-SHIP HIMALAYA.—From what we ha Ve
heard of the circumstances attending the collisionbe-
tween the Himalaya and a sailing-vessel near Gibraltar,
no blame is attributable to the screw-ship.
towards Tne Hima-
laya,h seeing the sailing-vessel corning down,,
took the proper nrecaution of i?orting Lebo. but tebr,
unfortunate ',;aihog-vei6,l put her helm starlJoarti in-
stead of following the Himalaya's example. The conse-
quence was inevitable'