The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-01 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived at New York.—The Franklin from Cowes—
the De Witt Clinton, from Liverpool----the Prince Oscar,
from Marseilles—the Elise, from Bremen—the Gra-
ziadio, from Marseilles—the Nord ()lien, from Limerick
—the Johanna Louise, from Bremen--the Stella, from
Cadiz—the Triton, from Hamburg—the Princeton, the
Columbia, and the Balmoral, from Liverpool—the
Florida, from Havre—the Queen of the West, the
Johann Lange, and the Greenfield, from Liverpool—
the William Willmet. from Sunderland—the Adonis, the
Johanna, and the Juno, from Bremen—the Sophia, from
Waterford—the Balticus, from Bremen—the Chesterolm,
from Bristol—the Vieger Marie, from Antwerp— the
Reindeer from Newport—the New York Packet and the
J. W. Buddecke, from Bremen.
Arrived at Boston.—The Cobequid, the Actress, and
the Volunteer, from Glasgow—the Perthshire, and the
Terrell, from Liverpool—the Calcutta, from London---
the Eutah, from Rotterdam—the Minorria, from Gotten-
burg--the Panama, and the Martha Wellington, from
Palermo—and the Mathilde Helena, from Antwerp.
The Courier, from Cardiff, hab arrived at New Orleans.
The Briseis and the Westmoreland, from Liverpool,,
have arrived at Philadelphia.
Arrived at Quebec.—The Arthur, the Broom, the
Drysdale, and the Dauntless, from Liverpool—the Hans
Thorwald, from London—and the Brown, from Sunder-
land.
The Camilla, from Liverpool, has arrived at Shediac,
New Brunswick.
The Ocean, from Queenstown, has arrived at St.
John's, New Brunswick.
The Susannah, from Newpprt, has arrived at Wil-
mington.

NEW COLLEGE IN,WESTMORELAND.—The new college
of St. Mary, Windermere, situate near the terminus of
the Kendal and Windermere Railway,' is to be opened
on Thursday, September 1, under the patronage of the
Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Carlisle, ,the Earl of Bur-
lington, the Earl of Bradford, the Bishop of Carlisle, the
Bishop of St. Andrews, Alderman Thotnpson, M.P., Sir
G. Musgrave, Bart., Sir Richard Fleming, Bart., Dr.
Jackson (chancellor of Carlisle), the master of St. Peter's
College, Cambridge, and other gentlemen of influence
residing in the neighbourhood. The following gentle-
men have been appointed officers in the college:—War-
den—The Rev. J. Aspinal Addison, M.A., of St. John's
College, Cambridge, incumbent of Berthwaite, near
Kendal. Fellows—Mr. John Martland, 8.A., Bridg-
man exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford, late head
classical master of the Royal Grammar-school, Marlbo-
rough ; Mr. Frederick Smith, 8.A., of Trinity College,
•
Dublin, late master at Bishop's College, Clifton ; Mr.
Richard Dowson, 8.A., scholar of Queen's College,
Cambridge. Choir master and organist—Mr. Bliss, of
t St. Mark's College, London.

commanailig the Padre' "Steam
Navigation Company's ship Bogota, reports to us,
under date Panama, 3d of July, the commence-
ment of hostilities between Bolivia and Peru, and
that when his ship called off Cobija on the 19th of
June it was found that the Peruvians had taken
possession of the town several days previously.
The French brig of war Obligado was lying there,
together with the Peruvian war steamer Rimac and
brig Guise. The Peruvian admiral's secretary in-
formed Captain Hall that the town was not under
blockade, and that imports were allowed as for-
merly.
From Jamaica our usual files of journals, as on the
occasion of the arrival of the Orinoco, have entirely
miscarried, apparently through the neglect of the per-
sons on board the intercolonial packets at St. Tho-
mas to transfer them. We are informed that the
yellow fever had considerably abated, with little
sickness in the island. Rain was much wanted. A
testimonial signed by most of the merchants of
Kingston had been presented to Commander Reid,
R.N., late in command of the Imaum, on his leav-
ing for England, as an acknowledgment of the
valuable services rendered by him while on the Ja-
maica station. Commander Reid had been re-
cently instrumental in getting off the American
mail steamer Ohio when she ran ashore. The po-
litical situation was unchanged. A new associa-
tion, called the Kingston Commercial Rooms, and
Chamber of Commerce, had been formed. Mining
operations were active, and progressing favourably.
Among the deaths by yellow fever, was Lieuten-
ant Gill, Royal Marines.
This packet brings further accounts of the pro-
gress of the insurrectionary movements in Vene-
zuela. The latest advices state that the city of
Maturin had been taken from the insurgents, or,
rather, that General Sotillo, with 700 cavalry, and
Colonel Antonio, Thomaso ojas, with a division of
infantry, having made their appearance in the
neighbourhood of Maturin, the insurgents had no
alternative but to retire before so overwhelming a
force. This news was confirmed by the arrival at
Trinidad of Senor Nunez, a member of the Provi-
sional Government, who reported that when he left
Maturin the insurgents in that place had given up
all hope of a successful resistance. General Mona-
gas, with 3,000 men, was marching on Cumana,
to which point the forces under General Sotillo and
Colonel Rojas were also ultimately destined. The
inhabitants of Cumana, who first originated the
revolution, had so thoroughly compromised them-
selves that they had no alternative but to fight it
out or lose all their property. A sanguinary
struggle was therefore immediately inevitable.
Lord Harris, the Governor of Trinidad, had con-
sidered it desirable, under the present aspect of
affairs at La Guyara, which town was in possession
of the insurgents, who hourly expected an attack
from the Government authorities, to send a vessel,
specially hired for the purpose (the Pigwidgeon),
with the view of affording to all British subjects
residing in La Guyara or its environs a safe pas-
sage to Trinidad till the violence of the revolu-
tionary storm should have blown over. The Pig-
widgeon arrived at Port of Spain on the sth of
July with a number of British residents, chiefly
women, and reported that everything was quiet at
La Guyara, the town being still in possession of
the insurgents. General Monagas had reached
Barcelona with 3,000 men, and was expecting
fur-
ther reinforcements prior to advancing upon Cu-
mans.
The Demerara Royal Gazette thus alludes to the
insurrectionary movements in Venezuela :
" The family of the Monagas,
most patriotic of Venezuelian Republican, Paez, have,
who overthrow the
which this was
it seems, ever since that revolution
olfuthe Government
accomplished, maintained
possessiontr.rno another. other. The
—one brother on retiring nominating
of a family. The
coun-
try has consequently been the p
allegations against the membdeta-s of the Monagas family
scription. They are re-
are of the most aggravated .
sort of corruption.
presented collectively as being
purse, of the public
purse, and the authors 0
Place has been made the rewardyof the most vicious
servility ; virtue
has been outraged ; firmness of cha-
racter persecuted.
It is im for us, of course, to
say whether or not chargesi of this serious nature are
true or not. Although our relations with Venezuela
are intimate, our knowledge of its political parties is
somewhat extremely limited. The insurrection, however,
has assumed a formidable shape, extending from the
centre to the distant portions of the country, and, as
a necessary consequence, rendering property valueless
and life unsafe."
Our accounts from Trinidad are of the 10th of
July. At a meeting of the Legislative Council on
the let, Lord Harris delivered a statement of the
method he proposed to adopt for providing the ne-
cessary funds for immigration. After observing
that there were two ways of providing the needful
supplies—one by a loan, to be gradually repaid, and
the other by at once providing the necessary funds
to pay off the annual expenditure, and that he pre-
ferred the latter course,—his Excellency submitted
a scheme, the principal provisions of which propose
that in future the employers of indentured immi-

orints.shall pay the Government, in lieu of the pre-
s°Ant'rates, '2/. the' first year, and 31. for every subse-
'quent year. When immigrants change their em-
ployers, 51. to be ' charged the first year, .an d. 4/. for
every.subsequent year. The Excise duty one rum,
and the import duties on. brandy and all other spirits,
and on all bnt the cheaper kinds of wine, to
be dolibled ;' the increase from which source of
. .
revenue is 'estimated at 16,0001. per annum. The
`iMport' duties on flour, rice, salt fish, beef, pork,
and other. articles of primary necessity, to be
gradually done away with, beginning with a reduc-
tion of 2,000/. in 1854, and extending to a reduc-
tion Of 15,0001. in 1861 and every subsequent year.
The "scheme of Lord HarriS for increasing the sup-
plies of labour provides for the importation of 1,000
coolies at 15/. per head during the years 1855 to
1862, and for the return passages of the same
number from 1863 to 1870 ; and the calculations
explanatory of the scheme showed a balance in 1870
in favour of the Government of 19,0001. on these
financial operations. The project was opposed by
Mr. Rennie and by the Attorney-General, after
which the Council passed to the order of the day.
On the motion of Mr. Rennie, it was resolved that,
in addition to 1,000 Indian immigrants to be im;
ported into the colony in 1854, 300 Chinese should
also be introduced. The yellow fever was not en-
tirely extinct in Trinidad.
The West Indies generally were more healthy,
and. the yellow fever was apparently quitting the
westivittrislandt; At St. Thomas the foyer had
assumed a. much milder type.
From British Guiana,we have advices to the 1011 i
of July. Since the last packet a continuance of
rainy weather had been experienced. The most
promising hopes were therefore entertained of the
next year's crop. The general trade of the colony
was by no means in a healthy state. Country pro-
visions were scarce and dear, and salt fish in limited
supply. There is no political news, the Court of
Policy having adjourned. The refusal of the home
authorities to allow the Immigration Bill, which
had been passed by the Combined Court, had caused
dissatisfaction to the colonists, and was expected to
be embarassing to the local Government.
The barque Apolline had arrived from Calcutta
with 192 coolies. Two fires had taken place upon
the Anna Catherina and Thomas estates on the
coast.
Surinam papers give the following returns of
shipments of produce from that colony during the
first quarter of the present year
"To Holland-5,315,9831b. sugar, 552,8071 b. coffee,
117,6751 b. cotton, 1,9451 b. arrowroot, and 800 pieces of
assorted timber.
"To the United States and other ports-3,067,2241b.
sugar, 194,234 gallons molasses, 18,041 gallons rum,
31,3351 b. cocoa, 70,0901 b. cotton, besides yarns, timber
of various sorts, hides, old copper, and comfitures."
The erection of a quarantine hospital has been
commenced at the Dutch island of Caracao. The
foundation stone was laid on the 4th of March.

The Barbadoes journals state that the weather

had been very seasonable, and that frequent showers
had fallen. The country looked beautifully green;
and the young cane crops were promising. Little
had, however, been done in the way of planting
provisions, and in many districts labour was scarce
—the peasantry staying away from the estates, as
the wet season begins, to cultivate their own
several spots of land. The quantity of rain for
the past month was about five inches.
The quantity of produce shipped is as follows :-
31,074 hhds. of sugar, 270 packages of arrowroot;
13 packages of ginger, 46 bales of cotton, 443
gourds of aloes.
The first quarter's revenue under the New Trade
Act amounted to a sum much in excess of the
Customs duties received during the same quarter
in former years. Several fires had occurred in thei
rural districts.