The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-16 00:00:00

THZ MEDITERRANEAN.

By SOUTHAMPTON, Arum 15.
adding ton
e oPe:iinsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Captain E. Cooper, we have accounts from
April‘, 1 nnstantinople, March 22 ; Smyrna, March 26 ; Malta,
Gibraltar, April 7.
w The Raddington experienced fine weather on the out-
i_4ll Passage, but homewards encountered a heavy gale
In the Mediterranean, and strong easterly winds since
leaving Cape Finisterre. She brings 13 passengers, and
0-Iflcf!'eight 5 packages of specie value 5,2361., 1 package
lanionds 93 bags of galls, 40 bags of yellowberries,
il2 boxes and 1,064 barrels of raisins, 80 drums of figs,
99 barrels of currants, 3 cases of succades, 148 cases of
Eo4lf)."ges, 68 cases of opium, 119 cases of gum, 67 bales
2-q car Pets, 170 ilk bags of hemseed, 439 bags of cumata,
i 7 bales of ss, 459 bales p
of goats' hair, 66 bales of
Sheep's wool, 777 bags valonia, 39 bales of madder-root,
7 bags of orange-peel, 26 bags of squills, 3 cases of
.„4414,131, 6 cases of otto of roses, 7 bales of skins, and 88
eacKages of general merchandise.
On the 29th ult., at 1 p.m., in lat. 36.1 N., long 18.40
the Haddington passed the French fleet, consisting
of seven ships of the line, and one steam-frigate, run-
ning to the eastward.
The British freight-ship Progress, 32 days from Corfu,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 4th inst., having on board
the head-quarters of her Majesty's 30th Regiment of
Foot, consisting of 10 officers, 18 sergeants, 6 drummers,
and 315 rank and file, under the command of Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Cavan.

Our accounts from Gibraltar aretciaothh, 10 e7:hdaysro
instiinm-
elusive. The screw steam-ship
Alexandria and 6 from Malta, touched Grecian,
at Gibraltar
the 2d inst., on her way toLiverpool.Thescreown
steamer Balbec, 6 days from Liverpool,sm
l'aine day, and proceeded for. Malta, yarriniav,eadndonCothne-
stantinople. The Royal Yachtd Squadron schooner Con-
days from Lisbon,
Btarlee, 23 days from Cowes an .
arrived on the 3d. The insular And Oriental
,f3rnParly's steam-ship City of London, 5 days from
,2,llthatapton, reached Gibraltar on the Ist inst., and
vceeded for Malta and Constantinople. The Royal
jet'ria "Yacht Club cutter Span owhawk sailed for Cadiz
afin.onitbejsst. The
. Swedish. corvette Najaden, 36 days
.
her
ivr:atta, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th, and, with
colloo.iteoa:ty;as
rsteamers Furious and Antelope, was an-
, , d i.n the bay when the Haddington left.
exchanges were quoted as follows :—At
51. 333'8', 15e London 51 • Paris, sf. 31c. ; Marseilles,
disco ; elle'ai f.'37e '.
at 8 ays' sight, on Madrid,
",14,,11,11naaltiee7„re,:i.lal,a.g2'ai and Seville, par ;
S'-ilishte'll°' dollsiscount • Valencia, 1 discount ,
Alicante
.
all the wintribY Wind per to proceed °and vessels in Gibraltar-bay were
The screwOa their res • opnretmheiuinstant,
voyages.
Bth 84. pective voya,, •
and chinstew sthm
enabled
on the
gth . a niaiL,,
Iv ..iiia Bengal, withßtandedoinuetwoanrd India
~ Inet tl, ' as Passed by the
v incent. a ri, v P.m , about 22 miles south of .
Mated -4- have-th run. of this vessel to that position
oims esti-
ill 1111de; four Sdliae
Needier e occupie
apd only y
3 days 10 hours fr the
o
YS.
will r b bl have arrived at Gibraltar

NDIA.—Mr. Hugh Fleming, of the
\leen from
134nY, that uchesterCornmercial Association, has received ad-
be Secretary to the Hon. East India Corn-
kructed t Mr' Wan- Rathbone, of Liverpool, is in-
-122 0 forward to him, for disposal in Manchester,
So glen and two half bales of cotton, received per the
Sots hejv' frena Bombay, and that Messrs. Ketley and
Purpose been directed to forward to him for the same
131h2i2Ptedalefsrl°PY bales produced from New Orleans seed,
In Cochin to London, per the Rubicon. The
Orleans consist seed of thirty-two grown Belgium, from New
differ ; eighteen of the same description, but with
Bel 'different mark ; and seventy-three and half of the
thoin growth from indigenous seed, all the produce of
,sea Son
-r-T-
-trn:e uNITED 1850-1.
STATES EXPEDITION TO JAVA.--The
; cl States
Feb
Mississippi arrived at Mauritius
InonairsoeolnBhtherovff
aybruary, and was to touch at Point de
to join the Japan expedition. Com-
Tare Perry was on board the Mississipi.
the
MAURlYlus.—Accounts have been received from
el; Mauritius to the 25th of February. The rate of ex-
ceAnge for document bills was about 3k per cent. dis-
welirnet- The shipments of sugar up to the 19th of Feb.
I,erie.4lo 8,285,8501 b. against 102,808,5161 b. at the same
int,, last year. Oxen were very scarce, owing to the
an frUption to the trade with the coast of _Madagascar,
.h(4 the retail price of beef averaged from is. to is. 3d.
cer, lb• No material alteration had taken place in the
Wheat
of rice, although the stock bad slightly diminished.
neat and flour showed a tendency to improvement.
1.,
ee Tait WAGES MOVEMENT AT LIVERPOOL.—There have
un various meetings this week by the members of
different trades, with the view of obtaining an increase
of wages. On Monday, the journeymen boot and shoe-
Makers held a meeting in the Concert-hall. On Tuesday,
there was a meeting of tailors at the Circus-street
School-room. On Wednesday evening, the journeymen
painters met in the same place. The corn-porters
Met on Tuesday evening, in the Tabernacle, Bisp
ham-street. At all these meetings resolutions in
favour of an increase was adopted. On Tuesday, a
number of the journeymen pilots met at Westbrook's,
Merchant's Coffee-house Old Church-yard, for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration. the recent
made by the master pilots, in reference to teoniceg"ions
and also to discuss certain towing
eels by
alleged tsoteaLtin the pilot service, as at present ma-
naged. After some discussion the meeting broke up, it
being understood that another meeting will be called,' at
'which matters brought under discussion would receive
further consideration, by the men employed in the pilot
service.—Liverpool Chronicle.
SHIPBUILDING IN AMERICA.—Mr. M`Kay, of East
Bostonand t 5 feet
is building a ship 320 feet long,
beam, to measure 4,000 tons, for Cillrif.orFnoiarb;os
t, o be
Propelled by the screw, and to have
rig of intermediate topsails. Two other ships—one newo
of
1,500 tons, and another of I,2oo—for the same trade.
A correspondent says :—" The seamen are so scarce,
and so bad, that we must soon come to a steam-engine
for making and taking in sail."
FATAL ACCIDENT AT COUTTS'S BANK.—A lad named
William Jones, aged 14 years, son of a painter, was on
Thursday employed with his father painting the interior
of Messrs. Coutts' premises, and was engaged by him-
self in a room preparing the window sashes. Sufficient
time having elapsed for him to complete his work, the
foreman, John Archer, and William Jones, the father of
the lad, entered the room, and were horror-struck at
iliseovering him with his neck jammed between the sash-
"nes and the stile (upright) of the window, with his feet
resting on the ground. He was extricated, but found
to be quite dead. it is supposed that in cleaning the
slide-where the sash traverses, he got his head under-
neath the sash-line and let it go with a jerk, when the
Weight drew the cord so tight as to strangle him.
ROYAL ARTlLLERT.—Considerable misapprehension
has occurred, and surprise expressed, at the statement of
gunner J. Haveland, who was severely hurt at the recent
fire in Holborn, that he would be sent to Woolwich to
e tried by court-martial. It ought, therefore, to be
known that .by a recent order it is indispensable to bring
every soldier before a court-martial who may meet with
'lll, accident under any circumstances. This measure is
jnew necessary in every case of accident before the soldier
, Pass a medical board, to insure by a course of inquiry
the circumstances were really accidental. Captain
stlohara's company, 11th Battalion, left Woolwich on
fiitit.sday for Eastbourne, to be stationed. Captain
vilpott's proceeds to Portsmouth on Monday, to re-
:tee e Captain Levinge's company, 11th Battalion, and
There
will join head-quarters here on the same day.
4e are several non-commissioned officers of the Royal
111e7 to be appointed adjutants of Militia
Artillery
ill the districts instruct the militia
eta where it is intended to
duties of artillerymen.