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

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 15.
ir By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
:-,1-
tan 41(11cgton, Captain E. Cooper, we have accounts from
uonstinople March 22 ; Smyrna, March 26 ; Malta,
Pril 1 ; Gibraltar, April 7.
vvThe Haddington experienced fine weather on the out-
.riard p
a, assage, but homewards encountered heavy gale
the e Mediterranean, and strong easterly winds since
'-'ving Cape Finisterre. She brings 13 passengers, and
?1,1
die freight 5 packages of specie value 5,2361., 1 package
us 93 bags of galls, 40 bags of yellowberries, 712 boxes and 1,064 barrels of raisins, 80 drums of figs, 99 barrels of currants, 3 cases of suczades, 148 cases of
BPporiges, 68 cases of opium, 119 cases of gum, 67 balel
~e't carpets, 170 bags of herbpseed, 439 bags of cumata,
437 bales of silks, 459 bales of goats' hair, 66 bales of
sheep's wool, 777 bags valonia, 39 bales of madder-root,
.:17 bags of orange-peel, 26 bags of squills, 3 cases of
JalaP, 6 cases of otto of roses, 7 bales of skins, and 88
Packages of general merchandise.
On the 29th ult., at 1 p.m., in lat. 36.1 N., long 18.40
ofthe Haddington passed the French fleet, consisting
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
Poot, 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 are to the 7th inst. in-
clusive. The screw steam-ship Grecian, 10i days from
Alexandria and 6 from Malta, touched at Gibraltar on
the 2d inst., on her way to Liverpool. The screw
steamer Balbec, 6 days from Liverpool, arrived on the
same day, and proceeded for Malta, Smyrna, and Con-
tantinople. The Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Con-
stance, 23 days from Cowes and 2 days from Lisbon,
arrived on the 3d. The Peninsular and Oriental
::•'•°lllPany's steam-ship City of London, 5 days from
koeuthampton, reached Gibraltar on the Ist inst., and
r.cceeded for Malta and Constantinople. The Royal
the Ist,
Club cutter Sparrowhawk sailed for Cadiz
from Malta The Swedish corvette Najaden, 36 days
ra, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th, and, with
r alajesty's at
-'l)(lred in earners Furious and Antelope, was an-
the bay when the Haddington left.
raltar exch
nn'a, on Lo don,gs were quoted as follows :—At
if.are• ; Gen: L. 51 ; Paris, sf. 31c. ; Marseilles,
i,hPc'ent • 37c. ; at 8 days' eight, on Madrid,
ta,ree'ionViz, Malaga, and Seville, par ; Alicante
Spanish Pillar a
discount ; Valencia, discount ;
all tll'_easteri3,7w."l-lare, 24- per cent. premium.
to pr" wiodbolionld having sprung up on the sth instant,
Th:e:ed their essels in Gibraltar-bay were enabled
and %I rew steal r,e!Pective voyages.
Bth in Mails .8'.111) Bengal, with the outward India
v. ins at 10 Was passed by the Haddington on the
lucent P•M
Mated t e run
• The about 22 miles south of CP pe St
Need! 0 have A of this vessel to that position is esti-
riY 0, e on y ays
-e8
cenPi d 3 d 10 hours from the
under s "e Probably have arrived at Gibraltar
ear da3,B.

‘-,OTTON
caenFichh!osztlelr:hell°4 Hugh Fleming, of the
°lninercial Association, has received ad-
-1;4"Y, that Aei Secretary to the Hon. East India Con-
-"ructed, to f I.*W Rathbone, of Liverpool, is in-
-122 whole
4Drward to him, for disposal in Manchester,
Nies% and two half bales of cotton, received per the
"I'B have beep Bombay, and that Messrs. Setley and
Nrpeee een directed to forward to him for the same
fortyl6ll2i2PPbeadlefsr°ln bales produced from New Orleans seed,
Cochin to London, per the Rubicon. The
%lea, consist of thirty-two grown Belgium, from New
a ~ S seed ;
Btufferent eighteen of the same description, but with
elgium mark ; and seventy-three and half of the
the ee tn. growth from indigenous seed, all the produce of
ted Su ilterED STATES EXPEDITION TO JAVA.—The
s steamer Mississippi arrived at Mauritius
G 11
a e on htu of February, and was to touch at Point de
er way
410dore p to join the Japan expedition. Corn-
, MAerg/TWltraason board the Mississipi.
—Accounts have been received from
e'hilea_slauritius to the 25th of February. The rate of ex-
unte for document bills was about 31 per cent. dis-
co n
were The shipments of sugar up to the 19th of Feb.
porky, ?8,285,8501b. against 102,808,5161 b. at the same
aienaterru'"ast year Oxen were very scarce, owing to the
ption to ihe trade with the coast of Madagascar,
the retail price of beef averaged from is. to ls. 3d.
wh'l4 No material alteration had taken place in the
eatf rice, although the stock had slightly diminished.
and flour showed a tendency to improvement.
WAGES MOVEMENT AT LIVERPOOL.—There have
O!_e various meetings this week by the members of
liferent 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 concessions
made by the master pilots, in reference to towing ves-
sels by steam, and also to discuss certain grievances
alleged to exist in 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. _,_a y, of East
Boston, is building a ship 320 feet long, and t 5 feet
beam, to measure 4,000 tons, for California ; to be
Propelled by the screw, and to have Mr. Forbes' new
Mg of intermediate topsails. Two other ships—one of
1,500 tons, and another of 1,200—for the same tade.
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 sad."
FATAL ACCIDENT AT COIITTS'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. Sufficien
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
discovering him with his neck jammed between the sash-
lines and the stile (upright) of the window, with his feet
resting on the ground. He was extricated, but fouqd
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 ARTlLLERY.—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
be 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
an accident under any circumstances. This measure is
now necessary in every case of accident before the soldier
can pass a medical board, to insure by a course of inquiry
that__ the circumstances were really accidental. Captain
-[.efiham's company, 11th Battalion, left Woolwich on
Thursday for Eastbourne, to be stationed, Captain
t:liillpott's proceeds to Portsmouth on Monday, to re-
lieve Captain Levinge's company, 11th Battalion, and
the will join head-quarters here on the same day.
rTherei are several non-commissioned officers of the Royal
xn t)lery to be appointed adjutants of Militia Artillery
the districts where it is intended to instruct the militia
" the duties of artillerymen.