The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Jinx 13.
THE SPITHEAD FLEET.
A great and well-grounded cause of complaint among
all classes in the fleet exists in the fact of there being no
steam-tender attached to it to bring them to and fro
safely and free of expense, and this want has been more
keenly felt since two officers and two nten have lost their
lives in consequence of the inefficiency of the means em-
ployed to rejoin their ships in foul weather.
The Royal yacht Fairy, Master-Commander Welch,
returned from Holyhead at 8 o'clock last night. She
left Plymouth at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. It is
expected she will be required for the service of the Court
in a day or two.
The Victoria and Albert, Captain Crispin, returned
from Holyhead this evening, and came into harbour.
The Sphynx, 6 steam-sloop, Captain Hillyar, was in-
spected and her crew mustered this morning by the
Port Admiral, and Captain Chads, C.B„ of the Excel-
lent, put the men through the great-gun drill, &c., after
which she discharged her powder, and came into har-
bour to dismantle and be paid off. Her crew have been
in commission barely three years and a-half, and, now
they have become efficient seamen, will be turned adrift.
The Queen Charlotte, 104, hauled out of the fitting
basin to-day ready to return to " ordinary."
The masts and spars of the Grampus, 50, have been
got out, and are to be sent to Pembroke for the pur-
pose of jury-rigging the Cresar, 91, new screw line-of-
battle ship, which is to be brought to this port to be
fitted for commission.
The Sprightly steam-tender embarked a party of do-
vernment officials this morning from the town sallypoit,
and left with them for the westward. We believe they
were an Ordnance party about to inspect the fortificia-
tions on the Dorset coast.

WOOLWICH, JULY 13..
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants.—Charles G. M'Grigor (1846), additional
to the Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth ; Henry B. Han-
key (1845), to the Victory ; Grenville M. Temple (1853),
recently promoted from Mate of the Excellent gunnery-
ship, at Portsmouth, to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-
ship, tender to the Excellent, at Portsmouth ; Herbert
P. De Kantzow (1849), to the Imperieuse, 50, screw
steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; Henry Harvey (1847),
to the Terrible paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Wool-
wich ; Patrick C. C. M'Dougall (1849), to the Duke of
Wellington, 131, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
Mate.—Thomas 0. Kidd (1851), from the Excellent
to the Highflyer, 12, screw steam-frigate, at Ports-
mouth.
Naval Cadet.—H, M. Hippesley, to the Winchester,
50, flag-ship on the East India station.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

GLOUCESTER, Wednesday.—This being the first public
exhibition day, an immense accession to the temporary
population of Gloucester took place, and the three rail-
way companies having put on extra trains for the ac-
commodation of visitors, the stations were crowded with
throngs of travellers throughout the day, and the cal?
and omnibus proprietors took the opportunity offered to
them of reaping a golden harvest. All the omnibuses
and cabs that could be secured from the adjacent towns
were retained, and fares were doubled, the proprietorS
having the conscience to demand five shillings for a cab
from the station to the exhibition—distance a mile and
a half.

The implement yard was opened to the public at seven
o'clock this morning, and many chose an early hour for
visiting this department, in preference to waiting until it
became more crowded. Thenumber ofstands ofimplements
was 121, occupying two-thirds of the exhibition space, and
presenting
a magnificent illustration of the spirit, energy,
skill, and enterprise of the present day. The greatestadmiration and surprise expressed generally by the visi-
tors, and many persons who had attended these great
gatherings from the first period of their establishment,
pronounced that this was not one of the best, but the
very best, collection of agricultural implements and
machines ever brought together. Among the most
prominent names of the exhibitors were Garrett and
Sons, of Lerston Ironworks, near Saxmunden,
Suffolk ; Hussey, of Baltimore, the original inventor of
the American reaping machine ; Smith, of Kettering,
Northamptonshire ; Cresskill, of Beverley ; Ransomes
and Sims, of Ipswich ; Dray and Co., of Swan-lane, Lon-
don-bridge ; Batley, of Northampton ; Rev. S. Smith of
Lois Weedon, Towcester, who exhibited a set of imple-
ments for the purpose of illustrating the agriculture of
Lois Weedon ; Winton, of Dove Mills, Birmingham ;
Smith and Ashby, of Stamford ; Vick, saddler, of
Gloucester, who showed some improved gearing and
fastenings, which were sent to the Great Exhibtion;
Hornsby and Sons, of Grantham, Lincolnshire; Mapp-
lebat and Lowe, of Birmingham ; Cambridge, of the
Bristol Iron Works; Gillam, of Woodstock, who hal a
remarkably clever seed cleaner; Bell, of Scotland; Burgess
and Key, of 103, Newgate-street, London; Samuelson, of
Banbury ; Barrett, Ex 9.11, and Andrews, of Banbury ;
Cartwright, of Si,rewsbury; Fowler and Fry, of Bristol ;
Ferrubee, of the Phcenix Iron Works, Stroud ; Har-
man, of Gloucester; James, of Cheltenham ; Hill, of the
Brierly-hill Iron-works, Tipton, near Dudley ; Parsons
and Clyburn of West Lambourn, Somerset; Taxford
and Sons, Boston ; Webb, of Gloucester ; Adams, of
Oldbury, near Birmingham ; Gibson, Newcastle-on-
Tyne ; and, in the seal department, Chivers, of Chester,
the introducer of the orange jelly tarnip, showed.
samples of his famous turnip- seed for late planting, and
securing a crop after wheat harvest. His sheds are
occupied with seeds, and some beautiful botanical speci-
mens of grass are ranged in these sheds.
Catalogues of all the implements in the yard were
sold on the spot, and the exhibitors were found very
ready to give inquirers every information relative to the
articles which they exhibited at their stands.
About 3,000 persons had visited the exhibition up to
four o'clock. The show yard was open until six in the
evening.

The New York stock market was firm, with an
upward tendency for Government stocks. Ex-
change on London was quoted firm at 1091 to 2 ;
Paris, 515 to 515-1 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411 ; Bre-
men, 79/ to 791. Cotton steady, sales for the
week 13,600 bales. Coffee, demand light, at full
prices. Flour was in good demand for export, and
the grain market active, but the supply was on the
increase. Metals firm and in good request. Rico
heavy. Sugar in moderate demand. The active
inquiry for tobacco continued, upwards of 1,400
hogsheads of Kentucky having changed hands at
advanced prices on speculation ; a speculative de-
mand for manufactured had also sprung up. The
advance in the price of teas was well maintained.
For wool the demand had slightly improved. In
freights, wheat had been shipped to Liverpool to a
considerable extent at Sid. in ships' bags ; flour at
ls. 9d. ; tobacco, 17s. 6d. to 20s. per hogshead ;
cotton, 5-32 d. ; grain, in bulk, sd. ; flour to Lon-
don, 2s. ; cotton to Havre, 3s. Bd.

BRAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The royal mail steam-ship Tay, Captain Revett,
has arrived with the usual Brazil and Rio La Plata
mails, and dates from Buenos Ayres June 2 ; Mon-
tevideo, 5 ' • Rio de Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 18 ; Per-
nambuco, 21 ; St. Vincent, Cape de Verd, 29 ;
Teneriffe, July 4 ; Madeira, 6 ; and Lisbon, 9.
The Tay brings 137 passengers to Southampton,
and has landed 51 at Lisbon, and on freight four
bags cochineal, 41 serons ipecacuanha, 215 half-
chests lemons, and sundry merchandise.
From Buenos Ayres there is nothing very new.
The army of General Urquiza had neither advanced
nor retreated. Blockade by the squadron was con-
stituted, and this rendered provisions gradually
scarcer. In fact, to starve the city now seems to be
his object. Our letters contain the following :—We
continue besieged by land and blockaded by water,
altogether in a deplorable, but not by any means a
desperate state. The besiegers decidedly lose
ground, and Urquiza, with his Gauchos and the old
cut-throats of Rosas, neither dares to make an as-
sault, nor will they await a general action when
Gen. Paz is ready, as we think he will soon be, to go
out and attack them. The sally would probably
have taken place on the night of the 27th and the
morning of the 28th ult., had not a heavy rain un-
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fortunarely interrupted the operations, and ren-
dered the roads unfit for the purpose for several
days. The weather has since been fine, and we
are now in expectation of a decisive movement. As
to the blockade, we refer to the published corre-
spondence, and need only add that the British
authorities are in as bad odour with the natives as
their own countrymen. We still think that the
mock blockade must be abandoned ; if so, a number
of foreigners will undoubtedly take up
settle matters in a different way. There is nothing/.
arms and
to be known from the negotiations of mediation,
but the actual Government is firmly seated, public
confidence buoyant, the National Guards decided,
and the regular troops and foreign legions conduct
themselves bravely.
In a sally this morning one of our most distin-
guishedbeen in a state of
officers was severely wounded , nothing
I great paralysation in consequence of a severe pres-
sure in the money market, arising from an over ex-
tension of business. First rate bills had with diffi-
cultyA project of the
! At Rio businheassas
Minister of Finance, to allow the banks to place in
circulation their paper currency •
against deposits of
esi, been particular
done
undoubted securities, redeemable within a fixed
time, was under discussion. ln coffee transactions
had been extremely limited, and prices experienced
a decline - shipments during the month 66,963
bales. Freights to the Englis Channel7os. to 755.
Five per Cent, stock was quoted 83 ; Six per Cent.
100 to 103.

At Bahia the weather was very wet and cold.
Business in imports was dull ; sugar market active ;
freights declining. Fever was very prevalent, the,
natives suffering as much as foreigners. In coffee
the supply from the interior had been trifling.
Exchange was firm at 29d., discounts 9 to 12 per
cent.

At Pernambuco the supply of sugar was limited
owing to the continued prevalence of rain, prices.
had ruled exceedingly high ; the exports showed
an excess of 18,000 tons over the last crop ; the
next crop promises well. Freights nominal. Ex-
change closed firm at 29d., discounts 8 to 10 per cent.
From Lisbon our accounts are to the 9th inst. ;
the Tay left that city at 3 p.m. on the 9th, four
hour after the departure of the Peninsular mails
vessels of. war in the
for Southampton by the Iberia steamer; which
calls at Oporto and Vigo.
at Lisbon had been
shipforeign eruiser .having sailed for
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Gibraltar on the 6th.
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No alteration was noted in
the quotations, but bills on London were scarce at
541, for three months, before the arrival of the
limTihteed efxorchtahnigs
mail from Brazil, which was expected to supply
The Deputies had voted nearly all the
expenditure for 1853 or 1854, and we:e
particular novelty in Portuguese
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discussing the marine department--the last of the.
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The English system of prepaying letters by
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stamps commenced in Portugal on the ist of July.
Letters under three-eighths of an ounce are de-
livered in any part of Portugal and in the Azores
for 25 reis, or about 11d. each, and tho3e to or
from the ultramarine possessions at 40 reis, or 2d.
each. The stamps are neatly got up with the
Queen's effigy, and the system seemed likely to
work well, being a great improvement upon the
old one. ntoheem
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The Tay spoke her Majesty's screw lin 3-of-battle
ship Duke of Ofr Byrn itith this
mianiug.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 13.
The United States' mail steam-ship Humboldt,
Captain J. D. Lines, arrived off Cowes at 2 p.m.
to-day, and after landing the English passengers
and mails proceeded on her voyage to Havre.
The Humboldt left New York on the 2d inst.
She brings on freight specie value $900,000, in
American gold, a portion of which is for London,
and 191 passengers, among whom are Messrs. A.
Borg, Charles Pillschody, and Julius Aroni, bearers
of dispatches respectively to France, Switzerland,
and Prussia.
The Africa arrived out on the 30th ult.,
The Humboldt left at anchor, ready for sea, the
ships Mercury, for Havre, and Robert Kelly, for
Liverpool. Passed at Sandy Hook, ship Isaac Webb,
for Liverpool ; July 4, lat. 42.10, long. 62.40, saw
American ships Westmoreland and Java, bound
west. July 13, off Start Point, passed
merican
ship St. John, bound up Channel.
Accounts from St. Thomas to the 10th of June
state that the yellow fever was raging fearfully
there among the shipping.
Dates from Havannalc are to the 22d of June.
The correspondent of the New York Herald
writes :
"There is a tremendous panic among the slavetrader7,
Julian Zulueta, their recognised chief, was arrested yes-
terday morning, and is at this moment taking his coffee
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ago, when, after Antonio Capo bad comfortably effected
the landing of about 1,100 slaves near Cardenas, Messrs.
Suaznavar and the other owners of that expedition were
arrested and confined for a few days in their own houses
at Matanzas, and then set at liberty, receiving back, as
a sort of compensation for the little inconvenience they
may have been put to by being compelled to stay at
home for a short time, the 300 slaves which had been
seized by order of General Canedo, but which were now
commanded by his Excellency to be returned to their
original owners, under the name of Emancipados, a de-
scription of servitude a thousand times worse than any
slavery.
"Of course you are well aware that the natives of
Cuba have long since set their hearts against the intro-
duction of more slavery from Africa, an that the pro-
motion of the diabolical traffic is-altogether confined to
the actual traders, who are generally a ' set of low
Spaniards, principally from the province of Cataluna,
and the needy officials who are sent out from Spain to
better their ruined fortunes. These few worthless
wretches have the business entirely in their own hands.
" The clamours of the people here, but, above all,
the threatening tone assumed in The Times of the 25th
and 31st of May, following so soon upon the recent
warnings in the New Ye,* Herald, is really the cause
which has induced Canedo to arrest the chief of the
slavetraders and owner of the Lady Suffolk, Julian
Zulueta. But I hope you will point out that this step
was not taken by his Excellency General Canedo until
after the arrival of the European mail per Empire City
on the 19th inst., notwithstanding that long previously
all the circumstances connected with the arrival and dis-
embarkation of slaves from the Lady Suffolk and the
other vessels was as notorious as the sun at noonday,
and was, and is still, the common topic of conversation
at every place of public resort in this city. In the mean-
time, until the public indignation is appeased, Mr. Zu-
lueta has very comfortable lodgings in the airy and coal
castle of the Cabana—Tacon's Palace (the gaol) was not
good enough for such a respectable individual ; besides
he is very rich—where he has his servants, and every
luxury he may require, allowed. Ile is under no restraint
whatever, being permitted to promenade, whenever he
thinks proper, the whole length of that vast fort. His
intimate friends—Forcade, Sama, Barris, &c.—visit him
at all hours, and, as I have known it to be the practice
in similar cases where plenty of money has been at com-
mand, I would not at all be surprised were I to encounter
any evening after dark Mr. Zulueta, the supposed pri-
soner, taking his drive through the streets of Havan-
nab."

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYJILLRICET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnekstonp.
THIS EVENING, JULY 14,

Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. Supported by Messrs.
Bucketone, Farrell, Howe ; Mrs. L. S, Buckingham, &c.
To be followea by MR. EITCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT
PARNASSUS.
To be followed by RAPPINGS AND TABLE movnias.
To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, Jura 14,
Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup-
ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy.
After which, will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of SAE-
DANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Characters by
Meseta. Harley, J. Vining. Chester, and Everett ; Mrs. W. Lacy,
Misses Daly and C. Leclercq.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, Juiy 14,

Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben.
Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parselle, Paul Bedford,
Cullenferd, Woolgar, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Madame Celeste
and Mrs. Keeley.
To be followed by THE CAMP AT CFIOBHAM.
After which, NORMA.
To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
Great success of the New Burlesque.
THIS EVENING, JULY 14,
Will be performed LOVE AND AVARICE. Characters by Messrs.
IL Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Ander-
ton and Bartlett.
After which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd,
Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE
PRESERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson.
To conclude with THE RAILROAD STATION. Sampson Jones,
Mr. F. Robson.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Lessee anal Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.

This popular Theatre is nightly crowded to witness its combined and
unequalled adractlons. The Grand Military Spectacle of The
Battle of Waterloo, with all its original effects—introducing Exer-
cises as at the Camp at Chobham. The incomparable Scenes in
the Circle, in which that charming Artiste, Miss Emily Cooke, the
wonder of the world, is received with whirlwinds of applause, and
the Sporting Hippo Drama of The Chase, form an Entertainment
unprecedented in the annals of this Theatre.
THIS EVENING, Jinx 14,

And during the week, the Performances will commence with the
grand national Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
To be followed by M. Parische on the CORDS DE VOLANTE,
and succeeded by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the Arena, introducing
Miss Emily Cooke in her unapproachable Feat of Leaping through
16 balloons, both forward and backward.
To conclude with (for the 54th time) the successful Hippo Drama
of THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF.
Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W West.
N.B.—Glorious Preparations are in progress for Circle Entertain-
ments.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
THIS EVENING, JULY 14,
CIIUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS.

Splendid MENAGERIE, containing many hundred interesting
Specimens of Natural History. GODFREY'S unrivalled MILITARY
BAND. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by Miss
Cicely Nott. Solo, Clarionet, by Mons. Wuille. The whole con-
cluding with the most extraordinary spectacle ever exhibited, " The
Feast of Lanters" and explosion of Chinese Fireships. Brilliant dis-
play of Fireworks by Southby.

N.B.—A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT TO-MORROW. The emi-
nent Vocalist Miss POOLE will make her First Appearance here.
Extra dirplay of Fireworks, Flight of 500 Rockets, and brilliant

Admission on this occasion, 2s. O.

IGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tots DA7 —Morning 17 min. after 7 I Evening 44 min .aft. 7
To-Moaaow—Morning 13 min. after S 1 Evening 47 min.aft. 6

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JULY 14.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

71—highest since noon yesterday.
58—lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 29.33.

The barometer has fallen 60 points since yesterday, and
is still falling.
WIND, S.E.—Continuous rain all last night and this
morning.

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