The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDA,Y EVENING, APRIL 28, 1854.

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MALTON RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.)
TWO YEAR OLD STAKES.

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MALTON HANDICAP.
Captain Cornish

Five ran.

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

AMERICA.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
LIVERPOOL, Friday.—This afternoon, about three
o'clock, the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic,
Captain West, arrived in the Mersey with the usual
mails from the United States and British North
America. She sailed from New York on the 16th
inst., and has brought besides the mails, 180 pas-
sengers and $700,000 in specie on freight.
The Arctic, from hence on the29th inst., arrived
at New York on the same date the Atlantic left
that port, and the America, from hence, arrived
at Boston on the 14th.

At the departure of the steamer nothing had
been heard of the City of Glasgow, screw-steamer,
which left on the Ist of March for Philadelphia.
The Herman, from Southampton on 29th inst.,
arrived at New York on the 14th inst.
The Money Market was light, but Stocks were
steady.

The news brought by- the America had caused
great excitement in the market.
Market for breadstuf rs which caused a rise in
flour of 60 cents per bar rel, and wheat 10 cents.
Provisions rather brisk, and prices firm.
The cotton market was dull, and prices weak.
Freights advancing.
Exchange on London 109.} to 1091.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(Tais EVENING.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.
Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that, on Monday the Bth
of May, he would inov the second reading of the bill to
prevent unauthorised intercourse with foreign countries.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS---(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the ch kir at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were re iui a third time and !lassie :
Abemavenny Improvement; Buckingham and, Towcester
Road; Guild of Literature 'rid Art ; Rossall •Sea Wal ;
South Staffordshire Railway;; West Hartlepool Improve-
ment.

The following bills Cvere c nsidered, and ordered to lie
on the table :—Ayr and May-bole Junction Railway ; Hors-
monden and Marden Roads ; Saint Mawes Port, Harbour,
and Pier ; South Shields Roads.
The Cornwall Railway BilL was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed.
PETIVIONS.
Petitions were presented 1,y7 Mr. Corbally, from New
Ross, against the inspection of nunneries; by Sir J.
Walmsley, from Leicester, against public-houses being
opened on the Lord's day; a] so a petition praying that the
universities may be thrown open to all classes of her Ma-
jesty's subjects ; by Mr. D. Seymour, of Hull, complain-
ine• of prosecutions by the ii tamp-office against a paper
published by him, and prayinrg for the repeal of the Stamp
Act ; by Mr. Pollard Urquihart, from Westmeath and
Longford, against the inspection of nunneries ; by Lord D.
Stuart, from the inhabitan- Is of Carnarvon, expressing
satisfaction at the energy displayed by her Majesty's Gover-
nment in respect of the.war; by Sir J. Trollope, from the
Board of Guardians of Boston, against any alteration in
the law of settlement; by Colonel Blair from various
places in Ayr, against the Scotch Education Bill; by the
Lord Advocate from the Free Synod of Stirling and va-
rious other places in Scotland, in favour of the Scotch
Education Bill ; by Sir A. J. Cockburn in favour of the
Bribery at Elections Bill, arid( a petition from the Town
Council of Cambridge with a similar prayer; by Mr. W.
Patten from Lancaster, against any alteration in the law
of settlement, as regards Irish and Scotch paupers; by Mr.
Blackett from Newcastle-on-Tyne, praying for the admis-
sion of Dissenters to the universities ;• by Mr. J. Ball, 2
petitions from the county and borough bf Carlow, against
any inspection of nunneries.
TRANSPORT OF THE FORCES.
Sir J. WALSH wished to ask whether, considering that
the combined action of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, is
essential in modern warfare, and that the period required
for the transport of the two latter arms is the measure of
time of all effective military operations, her Majesty's Go-
vernment are prepared to adopt. any plan by which steam
power may be generally applied to the conveyance by sea
of these two branches of the service.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he thought his best course, in
answering the hon. baronet, was to state to the house
what the Government had accomplished since the Bth
February by the means, such as they were, at the dis-
posal of the Government. They had sent' to Turkey,
since the Bth of February, 830 officers, 21,119 men, 2,259
horses. They had sent in addition 2,300 lbs. of provisions,
and of commissariat and ordnance stores, 8,300 tons. They
employedhad
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sandconsidering
had to be moved, and the short time, as already stated,
within which the work had been accomplished, and the
transports,te distance 2f.) steamers, and 70 sailing
which this force
vessels
number of men and horses that had been moved, he was
confident that at no former period of the history of this
country, had the same amount of work been performed in
so short a time. (Cheers.)
METROPOLITAN LETTER CARRIERS.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked why the report of the com-
missioners appointed last year by the Treasury to investi-
gate the complaints of the district letter carriers of the me-
tropolis has not been laid upon the table ; and whether any-
thing has been, or is likely to be, done towards the removal
of the grievances of which they have so long complained ?
Mr. HAYTER said no commission had been appointed
to inquire into the complaints uf the letter carriers, but a
commissionbeen appointed to inquire generally into
the subject of the delivery of letters in the metropolis, and
the report of that commission would shortly be laid on the
table.