The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-24 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 18th inst.
A Cabinet Council was held the evening before,
under the presidency of the Qlicell ; but it does not

Erown, and is 2d to 2s 4d for ord small and shrivelled.
Pepper is firm.
COTTON.—This article has been at steady rates, but not

active.

TEA.—The market is heavy. Ord to good old Congou
is about is to is 4d, mid is Id to is 2d, good ord to mid
Souchong is 1d to is 11, good ord Hyson 104 d to ls, mid
to good mid do 2s to 2s 4d, and Gunpowder is 6d to 3s 6d.
SALTPETRE.—This article keeps steady. Bengal has
been taken in at 12s to 13s for mid and good mid. The
business done is limited.

TALLOW.—P.Y.C. on the spot is up to 66s per cwt.
Helfr.—Russian clean has touched 6S(. and 701.

GREEN FRUIT.—The demand for oranges, both in Lon-
don and at.the outports continue good, and this combined
with limited arrivals, tends to sustain the prices, three
cargoes of St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at pub-
lic sale, went freely at the advanced figure obtained of
late. Seville Sours scarce, Lemons improved 2s per case.
A better inquiry for nuts, but the high price asked checks
all speculation in the article.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, March 24.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.E. ;
strong breeze, and cloudy weather.
FALMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, E., moderate. Arrived
—Sarah Prinsep, from Rio Grande, for Liverpool ; Ceros,
Drain.

PORTSMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Earl
of Shaftesbury, for Malta.
DOVER, March 23.—Arrived—H.M.S. Boscawin, for the

PLYMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—War
Hawk, for London.
BRISTOL, March 23. —Wind, N.E. Sailed—Glenelg,
for Demerara ; Ann, Alicante ; Phillyra, do. ; Maria,
Ba rbadoes.

LOWESTOFT, Mani 23.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—
Lightnh?g._

SCILLY, -March 21.—Arrived—Anne' from Marseilles,
fur London ; Gazelle, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh.
ELSINORE, March 20- An English war steamer (paddle-
wheel) arrived from the North Sea yesterday afternoon,
and passed through the Sound ; she was barque rigged.
WEXFORD, March 21.—The Star, from Liverpool to
Waterford, laden with salt, came ashore on the rocks East
of Camsore Point last night, is full of water, her hull
covered at high tide, and she is likely to go to pieces on
the first change of wind in a southerly direction; the ma-
terials are expected to be saved.
SHIELDS, March 22.—The Britannia has been stranded
near Carril, in a bad position, and was covered at high
water; crew supposed to be drowned.
LYMINGTON, March 21—The null, from Poole to Ports-
mouth, ran on the mud, waterlogged.
BRIDLINGTON, March 22.—There have been picked up
in this neighbourhood a quantity of small wood, apparently
cabin ceiling, and some deck plank; the stern of a boat, a
writing-case, broken ; a bible, written inside of which is,
" This book belongs to the barque Josephine of Wisbeach ;"
a Wesleyan hymn-book, Robert Grain of Lynn supposed
written in it, the book scarcely wet; and 11b. of candles ;
but no bodies or vessel. In the writing desk are the in-
dentures of three boys, all dated 15th Jan., 1854, each
bound for five years, and to have 451. each. Names :
James Moss, Francis Dalmella, and Alfred Blandford.
Bound to Robert Hogg Buckham ; Charles Collis, 3.14,
Buckingham-street, Middlesex, broker.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10 a.m.
Wind, N.E. ; moderate, and fine
Arrived—Star, from Buenos Ayres and Queenstown,
with loss of foremast, &c. ; Sidney and Jane, Malta.
QUEENSTOWN, March 22.

Wind, variable and calm.
Arrived—Amazon, from London, for Bermuda, with
convicts ; Gleam, Leghorn, for Liverpool ; Saucy Jack,
Ardrosssn, for Marseilles; Exhibition, Fowey, for Liver-
pool.

Sailed—Canada, for New York ; Eliza Keith, Cadiz.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.55 a.m.
Arrived, 23d—Fredrika Christiana, from Fohr ; Hortia,
Sunderland.

Arrived, 24th Superb, from Uddewalla ; Jeanette and
Mary, Stettin; Wilhehnina, Hamburgh ; Emanuel, Copen-
hagen ; Adonis (a), Bremen.
Sailed—Elbe (e), for Humburgh ; Earl of Mulgrave,
Galatz ; Alipore, Malta ; Deslaudes, West Coast of Africa.

THE LATE FIRE IN FLEET-STREET.—Yesterday after-
noon Mr. Payne, the city coroner, resumed, at the Por-
tugal Hotel, Fleet-street, the inquiry respecting the
circumstances attending the fire which destroyed the
premises of Mr. Hall, beershop-keeper, 158, Fleet-street,
on the 28th of February last. Several witnesses were
examined, and the inquiry_ lasted nearly five hours, but
the evidence did not substantiate a charge against any
one. The jury found a verdict, that "The premises,
No. 158, Fleet-street, were wilfully set on fire, but there
is not sufficient evidence to show by whom."
N(MRIS'S RAILWAY-CLIAIR PATENT.—The mighty and
elaborate railway system is likely to obtain an accession
of strength and value from application of Mr. Norris's
patent chair, which guarantees the most perfect con-
tinuity to the metals, without disturbing the necessary
provision for their expansion. With the desire, of sti-
mu ating and satisfying the laudable curiosity of scien-
tific men, several series of experiments have been made
on the permanent way at Walsall, Suuth Staffordshire,
with the most unqualified success. The process,
although by description apparently complicated and
technical, is in practice simple and economical ; and it
is far from improbable that it will find its beneficial way
over most of our new line's of rail, as well as upon those
whose repairs are needed. There is nothing in the
practice that prevents its ready adaptation to any exist-
ing railway, and there are in it so many obvious advan-
tages, that it may be fairly ranked as one of the boldest
practical agencies towards a successfully secure develop-
ment of our railway oconowy.---Moritiv parr.