The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-16 00:00:00

SPAIN.

According to advices from Madrid of the 11th,
the state of Catalonia continues to cause uneasi-
ness in the Government. Serious disturbances
had broken out at Tortosa, where the mob burst
into the Town-hall and massacred the secretary.
His mutilated corpse was afterwards dragged
through the streets and thrown into the river.
General Dulce has departed for Barcelona to re-
place General Manuel Concha as Captain-General.
Queen Christina still remains in the Palace.
The government is buying back the arms which
were in the hands of the civil population, and
already 2,500 muskets have been taken to the
arsenal.

The government has not yet decided in what
manner the elections for the Constituent Cortes
shall be made.

Advices from Madrid announce that the Spanish
Cortes have been convoked for the Bth November,
one deputy to be returned for every 35,000 souls.
For the elections the law of 1837 will be followed,
with a slight modification.
The Journal des Debats contains a long letter on
the state of affairs in Spain, and particularly in
what relates to the declaration of Marshal Espar-
tero, that " Queen-Christina should not be allowed
to leave the Spanish capital, either openly or
secretly, until the Cortes should have assigned to
her a place of residence." The Debats declares that
in making such a declaration as that just quoted,
Espartero has taken a part in a revoluntary act
which nothing can either justify or excuse, and the
responsibility of which, unless redeemed by some
subsequent act, he must bear in the page of history.
The Debats insists that the difficult circumstances
in which Espartero is placed cannot be alleged as
any excuse for his conduct, as he ought to have
made use of the popularity which he enjoys to ward
off the blow aimed at the Queen-Mother. The
"Mats goes the length of considering the coercive
measures adopted towards Queen Christina as an
indirect attack on the constitutional monarchy of
Spain, which, it says, the new Cortes certainly
will not for a moment think of overturning. " We
are convinced," says the _Mats, in conclusion,
" that the safety of Spain depends on the preser-
vation of that monarchy which is now so strongly
shaken ; and we take pleasure in persuading our-
selves that the Duke do la Victoria, who has
achieved his renown in the service of Queen
Isabella, will be anxious to attach his name to the
restoration of her throne, by surrounding it with
liberal and monarchical institutions ; but we must
say, at the same time, that if such are his inten-
tions, he is strangely mistaken in his conduct to-
wards Queen Christina, Let him then retrace hie

footsteps ; there is still time. True emcees; the
only legitimate and honourable service is at thAt
price."

TIIE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 15.
The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata,
Capt. C. G. Weller, arrived this afternoon, at two
o'clock, from the West Indies, with 73 passengers,
270,000 dollars in gold and silver, and the usual
mails, in charge of Lieut. Poole, Admiralty agent.
On her homeward voyage La Plata experienced
fine weather and light winds. The latest dates
brought by La Plata are—Santa Martha, July
26 ; Grey-town, July 22 ; Chagres, 24 ; Deme-
rara, 25 ; Carthagena, 26 ; Jamaica, 27 ; Grenada,
26 ; Barbadoes, 27 ; Jacmel, 28 ; Antigua, 29 ;
St. Kitts, 29 ; Nevis, 29 ; Montserrat, 28 ; Porto
Rico, 30 ; and St. Thomas, Aug. 2.
The news from Jamaica is to the 27th instant.
The Royal Mail steamer Dee arrived at Jamaica,
on the evening of the 18th ult., with despatches to
the Governor, announcing the bombardment and
total destruction of Grey-town, by the American
sloop-of-war Cyane, 26 guns, on the 13th inst. ,
This intelligence had occasioned great sensation in
Kingston ; many of the merchants being sufferers
to the amount of 30,000 doilars. Great anxiety is
evinced to learn the steps likely to be taken by the
home Government. A subscription had been
raised by the inhabitants of Kingston in aid of the
sufferers.

The whole of the luggage and goods brought 14
the Dee, and intended to be landed at Greytowlit
was taken on to Jamaica and landed at Kingston/
in consequence of the demolition of the place.
It is expected that the House of Assembly Will
very shortly be called together, and probably be
dissolved ; it being unlikely that Sir Henry Barkly
will appoint the new Ministers without an appeal
to the country.
The island note panic still continues, and " red
checks" are at a discount of 7i per cent. Con-
siderable embarrassment was experienced by the
mercantile community in consequence.
The ruinous emigration to Panama is unabated)
and the estates are suffering much by this con-
tinual drain of their best labourers. • We regret to
say that the cholera still prevails in the agricul-
tural districts. The weather is considered favour'
able for the coming crops. His Excellency the
Governor had recovered from his recent iudisposi-
tion, and had again visited Kingston ; he continues
very popular.
_ _

At B-trbadoes cholera was rapidly declining,
deaths about 15,000.

At St. Lucia, cholera had appeared.
At Grenada, cholera also existed, and about
1,500 deaths had taken place. At one part of the
island they burned the bodies, the living being
either unable or unwilling to bury them. On soape
estates all had been carried off, from manager sou
family downwards. The cattle were eating the
growing crops for want of people to look after the

COMMERCIAL.
We note no improvement in the state of trade. Price;
generally are very fairly sustained, but operations sr"
confined, for the most part, to retail transactions. Pr°.
duce is unchanged.

We have not heard of any operations in freights.
The finer qualities of sugar command 16s. 6d. to jB%.
per 100 lb. Ordinary has been sold at 15s.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON. —COLONIAL AND JA3IO/1.
BANKS.-00 days, par ;60 days, one-half per cent. Pre
mium ; 30 days, one per cent. premium.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE STEA.M-SHIP
PACIFIC.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENINa•
The United States Mail steam-ship Pacific, Capt.
Ezra Nye, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon,
with advices from New York to the sth instant,
114 passengers, and 900,000 dollars on freight.
The Indiana, from Southampton and Havre'
arrived at New York to the 2d inst., and the serer
steamer Alps, hence on the 4th inst.
The Herrmann, from Bremen, arrived at NO
York on the 2d inst.
The Canadian reciprocity treaty was ratified by
the United States Senate on the 2d inst.
Those ,two important posts, the consulships a!
London and Havana, have been awarded. Generat
Campbell, formerly Consul at Havana, supersede!
George N. Sanders, at London. The Consulship at
Havana falls to Roger Barton, of Mississippi.
Mr. Mason, chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, presented a report on the United
States' relations with Spain. The report states that
full reparation for past outrages, and adequate
guarantees for the future will alone satisfy the ev
pectations of the country.
Up to the last accounts the House of Represents'
tives had refused to consider the Homestead Bill.
Congress did not adjourn on the 4th, but agreed
to extend the session until Monday mornino. fol
lowing. •
•
A meeting of the stockholders of the Harlem
Railroad was held on the Ist, at which a committee
of thirteen was appointed, with power to investi-
gate the books of the company, and the privilege
of suggesting some plan by which the present diffi-
culty may be settled.
''Pas
the morning of the 2d a horrible tragedy
enacted at the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, byt
which Colonel Charles Loring, of California, I°s6
life. It appears that an altercation took pl?,,r.e
between him and a gentleman named Robert oi
Graham, of New Orleans, who ran a sword cant.
through the body of the former, killing Win for
on right. Mr. Graham was examined at tile Tc°''s r
on the 3d, and was fully committed for trial .1°
murder.
There is no diminution in the number of chnlieg
victims throughout the diseased districts genere‘r
From Canada we learn that the elections a°
rs.
have resulted largely in favour of the reforraebi
Mr. Hincks_ has been returned to Parliament
two constituencies.

COMMERCIAL. 5, 7
NEW YORIC, A"'„,tho
The stringency in the money market for some r°,-,-„ege
past has produced more caution on the part ei •17-0".
°ruttier
numbers of our merchants. The foreign imp
are becoming less, and, consequently, the cash PA
merits at the Custom-house. gores
The stock-market for the week closes heavily of
few shares have advanced, but there is a Ia king
operators, while there is abundant capital 56- •
permanent investments. t st
Exchange on London, Bankers' Bills, is abun-llys.
91 to 9,1; Commercial Bills, 8i to 91, at 60 '
These rates for first class bills would preclude aril
00105 w
necessity for shipping coin to Europe, e
parties are inclined to be their own underwrite' 615;
quote—London,
st er tn,
4i to 4
108 to ;
n
t 109aa,n•
IbPu:rirgibs: 5124 t° 3§i ;
An
Bremen, 781 to 79 ; Frankfort, 41i to 41i. t
Cotton—The market during the three days r"-:
been steady. The stock unsold is reduced t° or, '
thousand bales, and as no arrivals of conseque°,eidera
looked for during the next thirty or sixty days, '
are indifferent about selling, and firm in their d 81331,, te
Good grades, ranging from " strict middling rad°
" middling fair," are lc. dearer, while the lower
below middling are dull at our quotations. a light
Flour—With a comparatively small stock 042 better
supplies there is an active demand for all theist the
36/ to
grades of State and Ohio, for home use, 11113.. t are
/
lower descriptions not being wanted for
exP
lower and difficult of sale. ect
her°
Grain—The decline in England has had nn
on the price of wheat, as our supplies ref ,mabllcb °llf
particularly of the better grades of white,
quotations are almost nominal. There is 13°•ity the
for export, but for milling in-our immediate vicl-
„
demand continues. s IoA os
Freights continue to decline, and are now. been
they have been for years.
'To'Liverpoo, fitir T,-Asnd°,l2:
taken at Bc. to is. ; cotton 33. per bale. -1-° 2"•
the rates are is. 9cl. to 2s. for flour; 175. ,4• i°
per hhd. for tobacco.

13E1G11131 —T—h—e National Bank of Belgi"1 "Yee;t: .
duced their rate of discount to 2i per cent. 1.,11,15 j'anll-
-
ai nr gy ratelast,
cenAtt
j. wwhsen3
ipterhacdenbte.,eutofuwrhsiuchmeittNiVmaSe raasitavrians 2 per
gpeonsietriaolnlyo.f t
smA.--Telegraphic accounts from Vienna 9.Bo6trbe
day. indicated. a further remarkable improvement 10
favourable movementGh73
vAe
ruusmtr
ei Austrian
of
securitiesf u2n3/4ds and _
haveth e
advancer nt ho n egy ic cill3;.,:erop 0 re,
cent., while in the rate of exchange there has melon
per cent., e be pre'
having gone back to 11.42. It may thereforebee, re
sumed
ere
e
that some satisfactory intelligence has ev
of
ceived either of the progress of the new loan or
connected with the war. mii rfurldßil
Tan TuRKISH LOAN.—The proposals for .----, .I.Q. er
loan have not yet been issued, but they are clail, f
to ; its
pected. The prospects of its reception appeal-
vourable, the applications for it already having' I
understood, been extremely numerous. burg
peters so.
Sr. PETERSBURG.—The advices from St•
are to the Bth inst., when the rate of exchange it
Scarcely any business was in progress, owir'g' „iit --
130,4
to the want of horses for land carriage. one —elvisb
is mentioned as having above 1,000 casks of tallow -..,
rea,80+00•01
at Tver, which he was unable to move for that
RAILWAY LIIGGAGE.—The Judge of the LiveirePpot
County Court has decided that a railway nerePanLi-ger,
liableuu for luggage taken into a carriage by a Pas—,-iiere
a porter
te r h deliveredad tworuan
wrongfully
yr
taken
eput
theinto i
utghgeagteraiontift c)f :Is.
carriage at a station refreshment room, Vil'ere ori- al
sengers are invited to stop. There was no 1114-
against that decision.
says:
NEWSPAPERS AT DEVNA.—In a letter from a FL.ririt:
"When a man
soldier, published in the Sunderland News, the v_suij
laugh to see the crowd gather a
newspaper 91. 71110
gather round him, s 11_',1;10
were Ping to eat him, all are so anxious to her "
_
newo '
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ffOLVERHAMPTON RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
WROTTESLEY STAKES.
13 ole Star
Five ran.
ARRIVED—Louisa, Czarina.

EGIIAIVI RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
MAGNA CHARTA STAKES.

Sa .neebox..
GI enstrae..

Three ran.
-ZvToisette has returned, and runs in Town Plate.

NEONEY MA RKET

AND

GOMMEECIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CI. TWO O'
'.The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterdayCLOCK. were
est imated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 Amer--
ma I taken for export. The market was flat, with-
°a t change in prices. The sales comprised 4,000
Is t aerican, 100 Egyptian at 62d. to 103., 800
lu rat :it 3id. to 3d., and 100 Sea bland at 10}d.
0 1F.,. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet.
7.L'he letters and papers from the West Indies,
'erc night by the Royal Mail Steamer La Plata, are
stil mainly occupied with melancholy details of
_thf ) ravages of the cholera, more especially in
-1.16 a rbadoes, which was most grievously afflicted
wi th that scourge. The dates from the varicus
isl ands come down to the close of last month.
:ade and cultivation were materially affected by
tl le prevailing epidemic, and in Jamaica by the
sr ;amity of labourers, whose continued emigration
r a numbers to Panama was the cause of much
complaint and embarrassment. The destruction
of Greytown on the coast of Nicaragua, bombarded
by the United States sloop of war on the 13th ult.,
had inflicted heavy losses on the merchants of
-Kingston, who had property there to the value of
• 30)000 dollars. The paper money or note panic
was 'still the occasion of much inconvenience and
108'3 in general dealings, and the notes would only
33e) accepted at. various heavy rates of discount.
The New York papers received by the Pacific
'steamer to the 6th inst. contain a loosely worded,
but apparently certified report, that a revolution
had broken out in Cuba. No particulars are given
further than that General Pezuela, the governor
• of the island, had issued a proclamation, imploring
' the. Population to "keep cool under the present
excitement." As a strong party of creole Cubauos
is known to have long existed in favour of separa-
tion from the metropolitan country, it is not im-
probable that advantage may be taken of the recent
change of government and the existing troubles in
Spain, to make a declaration of independence. As
• a strong force of Spanish regular troops garrisoned
Rava-na and other of the chief places in the island,
the issue of a contest must be doubtful in the
midst of a numerous slave population, unless the
.American Government should interfere in favour
Vf the creoles upon a compact for the substitution
vDf annexation for independence.
The Arctic steamer, it is stated, was to leave
New York on the day the last papers are
• dated, and is now therefore due, having upwards
• of half a million of dollars on board.
The stock market in New York had experienced
a slight improvement so far as cash dealings, which
was attributed to a temporary scarcity of stock,
owing to the bear speculators having oversold
themselves. Speculation for the fall was however
still active in time bargains, and the business quo-
tations for account were lower than for money.
The Mexican Envoy had notified the banks where
the first payment of the indemnity money was
lodged, which was contracted to be paid to Mexico
by the Gadsden treaty, that, at the expiration of
ten days, the three millions of dollars in specie so
deposited, would be required. The fall business
in foreign imported fabrics and products had set
in favourably, and dealers from the interior had'
purchased freely at fair prices. The stocks of
goods on hand were reported to be far from heavy,
a merchants had imported cautiously in face of
the money pressure experienced for some time
past.

The Morning Advertiser has the following state-
ment on the forthcoming Turkish loan
The new Turkish Loan has not yet been publicly
brought out, but the capitalists are already sending in
letters of subscription. The price is 80 for a 6 per cent.
Stock redeemable at par in 18 years, and by annual
drawings. The instalments will be 15 per cent. on allot-
ment, 15 per cent, one month after the issue of scrip,
20 per cent, at the end of two months, 15 per cent. at
the end of three, and 15 per cent, at the end of four
months. The nominal price is 2i to 3} premium,
but actual dealings have taken place at 3 premium
for the coming out. It is to be hoped that the offi-
cial notification of this loan will not be much
longer delayed, or the public will be disposed
to credit the rumours now in circulation that some diffi-
culty exists as to the guarantee proposed for the pay-
Inent of interest and amortisation of the capital."
From information derived from quarters entitled
to credit, there is reason to believe that this state-
ment is entitled to belief, and that there really
does exist some difficulty, although neither formi-
dable nor insuperable, about the guarantee pro-
posed of the Egyptian tribute to be assigned for
payment of interest and redemption of the principal.
It is believed, however, that within a day or two
all the necessary arrangements will be finally and
satisfactorily concluded.
An improving tendency may be noted to-day in
Public securities, and without any particular fea-
ture, or advance in the quotations, the market has
been fairly supported. We quote Consols 931 both
for transfer and to-morrow, rather buyers. Re-
duced Threes, 931 to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per
Ceuta., 941 to Long Annuities, 4 11-16. Ex-
chequer-bills, large, ls. discount to 2s. premium ;
Small bills, ls. to 3s. premium. Exchequer-bonds,
1859, at 98.
In Foreign Stocks a limited business is doing,
and prices are without much variation. Mexican
are dull at 24k, Spanish 3 per Cents. at 38i to
an the New Deferred at 18k, and the Committees'
Certificate at 4i to 5. Dutch 21 per Cents. are
Zrked 611, and the 4 per Cents. 931, being
stady.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61)- ; Mexi-
can, 241 to 241 9 • Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; Ditto 3 per
Cants., 51 to 53; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to
42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 93 to 100 ; Ditto 4 per
18 Cents., 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, to
;, Ditto 3 per Cents., 38i to 39 ; Ditto Certifi-
cates, 4g to 44 ; Ditto Passive, 31 to 4.
In the Railway market the dealers were chiefly
Occupied with the operations of pay-day on the
settlement of account. Shares are in rather more
favour, although they opened heavily, and prices
have slightly rallied since the morning, Eastern. •Countiea declined one per cent., the dividend de-
clared having disappointed expectation, being only
'one-half the tate paid the preceding half-year. The
'Great Western, North-Western, and most of the
'principal lines, are still in decline upon yesterday's
quotations, although with a partial recovery upon
the morning's depression.
In Mines, Joint-Stock Banks, and Land Shares
very little has been done.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Oticial List. )

Finminese done.
'Bank Stock . .. 2lO 8i
3 per Cont. Reduced Annuities 93g 4
3 per Cent Consols Annuities
3i per Cent. Annuities . 94A 4 $
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
.Consols for Account 17th August ' 93i
Exchequer Bills, 2id.
£IOOO
2500
Small
Exchequer Bonds Scrip
Ditto 1859
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
kexican 3 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto for the Account 38.) i
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lB t
' Ditto for the Account lBl

QPanish Dividends on the payable In London
Committee Cert.above of Coup. not fun. 4i 5
'ltch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil ..... Gli
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

Consols ...

HALF•PAST TWO.
931 i

„ -I:ALLOW.—The consumptive demand of tallow, from
Inc extremely high price, has fallen off 25 percent. since
• the first of June last, which decrease will in all proba-
notty continue throughout the year, should hostilities
be brought to a close with Russia ; but, judging
from the active measures now brought against that
aggressive power we may expect a speedy settlement.
The home production must be reckoned to increase 20
Per cent., from the very fine ap p earance
ea of the face of
. the country, the large number
of bsts and sheep known
to be in the graziers' hands, and the price of the raw
fat approximating so nearly that of the meat, induces
the butchers to put aside a much greater quantity for
the welter.
COST OF THE CENSUS.—It appears from a Parlia-
mentary paper that the expenses of taking the census in
1851 were 125,487/. lls. ld. which sum is within the
ainlunt voted by Parliament 'by 10,512/. Bs. 11d. Of
these expenses, the chatge for postage was
32,355/. 9s. 11d. The cost per thoumid in 1851 was
ale to. • in 1841, 61. oN,

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