The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-30 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAID•

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SOUTHAMPTON, Ana. 291
The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Allla'
commanded by Captain Woolley, arrived this Si
about twelve o'clock, with the usual mails, WIT
the charge of Lieut. Charleton, Admiralty agent'
The passengers by the Atrato number 75. „t
On freight, the Atrato brings specie to the amoll'"
of 1,615,614 dollars, 161 serous of cochineal, 11
barrels of coffee, 57 cases of cigars, 293 bales
tobacco, 9 packages of beeswax, 4 cases of s=oo°
and about 63 packages of sundries.
At St. Thomas, H.M.S. Devastation, and ILI°
French steamer Ardente.
At Grey Town, 11.111. schooner Bermuda. 11l
Espiegle had sailed for Grey Town but had ll°
arrived.
H.M.S. Arab on her way io Turks ' Island, sna
Argus to Halifax.
The Atrato passed the ships Louisa and St. A--1111,1;
August 26. lat. 48.12, long 15.00 W., and on
bro
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27th, in lat. 49.14, long. 8.4 W., the Oste, fr°.,
Gibraltar ; also No. 41 transport, and the off
Verbena. She also passed H.M.S. BOSOftWent
The Conway was at St. Thomas, from the Wlt
ward Islands. She was infected with cholera, Oa
therefore, not allowed to enter the harbour.'
on board, except the mails, were left for the 1100
ship.
There is little news to report by this arrival. 0
Jamaica cholera was rapidly disappearing, an(1;005
other respects, the island was healthy. Bug? ae
was dull ; in short, no change had taken places Top,
the last arrival. Exchange was quoted 012
for bills at 90 days' date, par GO ; 4 per cent. Pre
30 1 ditto.

CALIFORNIA.
I the
By the arrival at Southampton yesterday bare
Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Altrato vre,;ree
dates from California to the 15th of July fr
t,•arful fires had broken out—one at Colunleitilor
flourishing mining town in Tuolumne cennt4l;ati
which property to the amount of half a 011,-"hjo
dollars was destroyed, and the larger portion n'i;jo,
town laid in ashes. Immediately following, t,j3tl
at San Francisco, three blocks were buree,'''and
propertyb of the value of $200,000 destroyeais
~;
aout two days afterwards Sacramento " de-
flames, and twelve blocks of the city have bee
arty'
stroyed, amounting to $400,000 worth of ROrresto
During the past fortnight the mining 111'100
of the country have gone forward with the,Aooo,!
prosperity in older and well-known mining r%d
whilst authentic information has been reeely„cieng
the further discovery of rich deposits of the 13,rjoiThieS
metal. In addition to this the discoveries 010004
of coal of immense extent have been o°llksilvst
and some partially opened. A mine of quic_,ed
of surpassing richness has also been rep
being discovered in the interior of the state'
OSS,
THE BATEMANS AND THE stre% ts the
We had a slight disturbance in the berti
other day, which curiously illustrates the t'opotti
of the press in this free country. gr. Wig°
the father of the two little actresses, Wei. yntif
for the precocity of their talents, and.,°/4.,°
had in England soree time ago, offerea a bre':
$l,OOO for a drama to be enacted by the
There were 21 competitors, but all the e°
tions were rejected on the ground that tivall tell
not suit the children's talents, and a (I.,,,ribejiatt`
produced which carried off the prize. le3`"oo6ef"".
after the award, it was discovered that the • th;
ful piece was written by Mrs. Batehr toh
mother, and she confessed that she of ""„e
in an incredibly short time. The ea"-viell,o°''
California Chronicle, an exeeedinglY °I;
ducted paper, in a sharp criticism, easily
W it
counted for the facility and despatch WI: thst
the prize drama was produced by the:flo, or ;
was plagiarised—taken wholesale from theta play 00.4
farce written for the stage some time bac'diseefe"
the scene was laid in California. This deter
created a great Aensation, and Mr. 13,'1,,nitt several
the
mined to take his revenge, " accoral 00,000
manner of the country." e waited, with estlL
of his friends in the street, until the ea' ois
by, when he attacked him with
the proved testimony as given bymy
" A friend parried the blow. I drew en 1:14
(he had been warned, and armed Ouse
way to his office), and at the instant vre'litottn
from behind, and my arms pinioned by a St:d
an accessory to this attempted murder 410 0
thrown upon my knees in the struggle t° ree
weapon, one of Bateman's friends held Icill 9 cliff;
Bateman fired at me twice from bebin 0
ere
110
where he had shielded himself." A geills
his
tr
hereupon took place, and, as the ore°
eons
.crowded, and 10 shots were fired, it stter
miracle that no one was killed. The 113,50- raari
investigated before the Recorder (the,peoe_ floe
trate), and he punished the offence by, 11.
g fro;
$3OO imposed upon Mr. Bateman. Juanglat tsifeof
the Recorder's reasoning, had the firing lives
place iu the public streets, where the tbeThe
women and children" were put in dellg,e—r'e,
001'
sailaut would have been let off scot
editors of this country are in contintual scrrloo. .
several of theta have P.m allot for
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MAIIKE

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, T\ 0 o'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were I s,
estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including
2,000 American taken for export and on specu-
lation. The market was firm but tame, without
alteration in prices. The sales comprised 140 -
Pernam and Maranham, at sd. to 6id., 100
Egyptian at Md. to 61d., 300 Surat at 3d. to
3d., and the remainder American. Railway
Shares were firm at higher prices.

The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon for 2
three months' bills were rather weaker. Paris,
however, ruled firm at 25 271 to 30. Amsterdam,
11 17 to 17± ; Hamburg, 13 54 to G; Frankfort, E
1181 to 118/ ; and Trieste, 11 32 to 36.
The Atlantic has arrived from New York with
700,000 dollars on board. Her accounts are to
the 19th inst. Money was still easy. Flour had I
advanced 1 dollar per bushel.
The intelligence from the West India Islands by
the Atrato, Royal Mail steamer presents few fea-
tures of interest. From Jamaica to the 11th of
August we have a repetition of the complaints
respecting the scarcity of labour, chiefly attri-
butable to the extensive emigration of the negro
labourers to Panama, where work on the rail-
way was paid so much higher than could be
afforded on the plantations or even in the towns
by the planters and merchants. How to re-
medy .F
the evil, which was an admitted
obstruction to the increase of cultivation and the
prosperity of the island, was a question of anxious ,
discussion. Various experiments, involving con- E
siderable cost, have been resorted to since eman- s
cipatiou was disposed of to meet the urgency, not
only without success, but with an absolute 1
failure and loss. Those efforts were made, how-
ever, to supply the want of adequate labour I
occasioned by the natural repugnance of the eman-
cipated negro population to submit to the same
continuous drudgery on the estates as was exacted 1
from them in the state of slavery. The introduc-
tion of free labour was attempted from Europe and E
Asia, but without effect. The Coolies brought from
India returned on the completion of their hiring.
The European white element either could not with-
stand the climate of the plains, or emigrated to the
-United States. The free black immigrants alone
from the coast of Africa were found serviceable,
and had readily amalgamated with and became a
part of the population. But these could only be
attracted or procured in very insufficient numbers,
and, meanwhile, the native inhabitants had been
ti
swept away by thousands yearly by the plagues
and pestilence of small-pox, scarlatina, and cholera.
Under these circumstances the proposition for
permitting the introduction of a particular and
select class of convicts from the mother country
was obtaining more and more a favourable conside-
ration. It was observed that the objection to the
unsuitableness of the European constitution for
field labour in the plains was of local application
only. "Of the salubrity of the mountain ranges"
in the interior of the island there neither was nor
could be any doubt. They are habitually the re-
sort of sufferers from disease and convalescents,
both native and from the United States, in the
sultry heats of summer. In such salubrious locali-
ties it is proposed the convict immigrants should
be exclusively located, there to remain under
proper regulations and surveillance of appointed
authorities. A portion of the produce of their
labour would be their own, and at the end of their
time they would be induced to settle and become
part of the people, as small proprietors or free
labourers, and thus promote the great end in view,
of increasing the population without reference to
favouring the cultivation of the plantations, which
hitherto had been the prime object in view. It
was the free range of the towns, and free access to
the grog-shops which had been the bane of former
European immigration.
The English Stock market again presents an
animated appearance. The splendid harvest
weather, the largeness of the expected yield, the
favourable foreign news, and the easy money market,
all tending to force up the prices of the Funds.
Consols are now to / per cent. higher than at
this time yesterday, the rates for money being 95#
to 95k, and for account 95i and have so been
done. Bank Stock is firm at 208 to 2101,
and India Stock 226. Exchequer Bills are
par to 2s. premium, and the Bonds of 1859 are
quoted 98k. The New 31 per Cents. have ranged
from 95i to 96, and the 3 per Cents. from 95 to
95k.
Foreign Stocks are at enhanced values generally.
Mexican have improved to 24i to 25. It is under-
stood that the Committee have received powers to
draw against the Messila Valley indemnity money
such a sum as will be sufficient, together with
the amount now in hand here, to liqui-
date one of the dividends in arrear.
Chi-
lian Bonds, Six peil Cents., are 104, and the
Three per Cents. 73. Sardinian Bonds are rather
flatter, being Bn. Spanish Three per Cents. have
risen to 371 to 38, and the New Deferred to 18i /.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 62. The
Turkish Scrip, which closed yesterday at 54 g, has
rallied to-day to 61 and 61. It is believed that the
difficulties which have arisen between Messrs.
Trouve, Chauvel, and Stanley, on the one part,
and the promoters of the loan on the other, are in
course of arrangement.

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The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 toll, Mexi-
can 24i to 7g, Peruvian 71 to 73, ditto 3 per
Cents. 52 to 54, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 40 to 42,
Russian 5 per Cents. 99 to 101, ditto 4i per Cents.
86 to 88, Spanish New Deferred 183 to 181, ditto
3 per Cents. 37 to 37k, ditto Certificates 42 to 5,
ditto Passive 31 to 4.

The Railway Share Market has shown further
symptoms of improvement to-day, but the business
done is chiefly in connection with the settlement.
The generally unfavourable reports from the various
companies, and the expectation that the meetings
for the, most part would be unsatisfactory, have
caused the Bears to preponderate. The rise in
prices is about 1 per cent. on the heavy lines. The
French lines are quiet but buoyant.
Mines are inactive, and in Joint-stock Banks
and Land Companies the dealings are limited.

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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'uLOcti

(Prom the c fficial List. )

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Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 951 5 0
3 per Cent..Consols Annuities 95 h 44 54
34 per Cent. Annuities -,5i A 6 54
New 24 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 4li
India Stock 226
Consols for Account 13tH Sept.
Exchequer Bills, 2! d.
21000
2500 par 2 pat
Small 3 1 pm
Faxchequer Bends 1858, 34 per Cent. —
Ditto 1859, „
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent • .. .. 10 t
Ditto 3 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.— 874
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 370 i 8
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ......
Turkish Scrip ,
Dividends on lb. 4hove rolvahle in Loudon.
Dntoh Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull 62
lIA LF-P AST T WO.
Consols - 95A
Ditto September 95,4
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CLARENDON MINING COMPANY OF JAMAICA.—This
company has issued a report of the progress of operations
since April, at the various localities on their property,
.which it was agreed should be tested. According to
this, the indications at two places, called Stamford-hill
and Mount Pleasant, offer a prospect. of remunerative
returns for the labour employed, and the cost of which,
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up to the present time, has been limited to 2,7001. The
present current expenses are about 300/. per month,
which the directors consider sufficient until the success-
ful yielding of the mines now in course of advancement
shall encourage a further extension.
A in,stership in St. Paul's Grammar School has be-
come rtcant by the death of the Rev. Charles Colell Roberts, M. A. The rev. gentleman visis also cura' eof
St. cm five's Jewry, in the city of London.
EN oissous SHEET OF PAPER.—
Messrs. Evans and Arrowsmith, of Bristol, received at
their establishment a sheet of paper weighing 3 cwt.,
and measuring 2,784 feet in length, or more than half a
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