The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

THE UNI FED STATES

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
By the Pacific, Captain Nye, which arrived air
Liverpool at three o'clock this morning, we have
received the following
NEW YORK, MARCH 19.
Strong debates have taken place in the Senate
on Central America and the Monroe doctrine.
Senator Douglass was nobly replied to by Senator
Butler (Democrat).
A Cabinet Council has been held.
An explanation is to be demanded of England
with regard to Honduras, &c., and the Secretary
of the Navy is to report what efficient naval force
he has fit for action.

A treaty to liquidate mutual claims between the
British and American Governments has been rati-
fied by the Senate.

Several districts of Mexico have voted for Santa
Anna as president.
The fortnightly steamers from California (seven
in number) have brought about four millions and
a half of dollars in gold.
There is an active war between Honduras and
Guatemala, the cause being a disputed boundary.
The Pacific brought ninety-three passengers, but
no specie.

MARKETS.
Money is still tight—from 7to 18 per cent. The
panic is not quite over, but stocks, having re-
covered, are active. Sterling exchange not active,
but rules from 109 to 1091.
Flour dull, and sales moderate, but no further
decline.

Cotton very, active, with a rising tendency. Six
thousand bales in one day in this market. Cotton
more active at New Orleans; middling, 9i to 9i.
The spring trade very brisk.

BOOKS, &c., TO NEW SOUTH WALES.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, AND INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL

POSTMASTERS.

GRNERAL POST-OFFICE, MARCH, 1853.—0 n and from
the Ist April next, printed books, magazines, reviews,
and pamphlets (whether British, colonial, or foreign)
may be transmitted by the post between the United
Kingdom and New South Wales, by the direct Packet,
vi 4 Plymouth ; or, by the Overland Mail, vid South-
ampton and Singapore, rA., the following reduced rates of
postage, viz. :

For each packet not exceeding lb. in weight......... Os. 6d.
Ditto exceeding Ail). and not exceeding 11b. ls. Od.
Ditto ditto lib. ditto 2lbs. 2s. Od.
Ditto ditto 2lbs. ditto 3lbs. 3s. Od.
beyond which weight no packet can be sent. Provided,
however, that the following conditions be carefully ob-
served .-Ist. Every such packet must be sent without a
cover, .-r in a cover open at the sides or ends. 2d. It
must ,-)ntain a single volume only (whether printed
book, magazine, review, or pamphlet), the several sheets
or parts thereof, when there are more than one, being
sewed or bound together. 3d. It must not exceed two
feet in length, breadth, width, or depth. 4th. It must
not exceed three pounds in weight. sth. It must have
no writing or marks upon the cover or its con
tents, except the name and address of the person
to whom it may be sent. 6th. The postage must
be pre-paid in full, by affixing outside the packet
or its cover the proper number of stamps, If
any of the above conditions be violated, the packet
must be charged as a letter, and treated as such in all
respects. To prevent any obstacles to the regular trans-
mission of letters, any officer of the Post-office may
delay the transmission of any such packet for a period
not exceeding twenty-four hours, from the time at which
the same would otherwise have been forwarded by him.
These instructions are not to extend to or interfere with
the transmission of printed votes and proceedings of
Parliament, or of printed papers allowed to pass by the
Post under the newspaper privilege, all of which must
continue subject to the existing regulations.

THE CANADA COMPANY.

The annual meeting of this company was held yester-
day, when the chairman (Mr. C. Franks) was re-elected
governor for three years. Sir J. Easthope, Mr. J. W.
Freshfield, and Mr. Wilson were also re-elected direc-
tors for the same period. Mr. Gillespie, the retiring
auditor, was re-elected. A statement was laid before
the meeting relative to the sales and leases of land for
the past year, from which it appeared that 24,686 acres
had been sold, and 56,941 acres let on lease. The re-
ceipts in Canada had been 56,750/. currency. The cost
of management in London bad been 3,2731., and in
Canada 5,1221., and the entire cost had been 13,6161.
A comparative statement of sales, leases, and receipts,
from the Ist Jan. to the 11th March, shows the follow-
ing results :

180. 1253.
Acres, Acres.
Land sold 4,769 ......... 16,627
Leased 9,824 ......... 4,056

14,597 20,683
The amount realised per acre in 1852 was 16s. Bd.,
and 18s. 3d. in 1853. The receipts for the above period
in 1852 were 14,9451. 16s. 10d., and in 1853, 27,8101.
1.45. 2d. The lands converted into freehold during the
same period in 1852 amounted to 4,055 acres, which pro-
duced 2,7201. lls. Bd., and in 1853 to 16,444 acres,
which realised 12,0531. ss.

The " general statement" of the company's affairs, as
they stood on the 31st DeceMber last, exhibits on the
debtor side the sum of 432,7231. including capital re-
ceived from the proprietors (289,7371.), amount raised
on debentures (109,7001.), sundry debts (26,7471.), &c.
The credit side of the account shows the property in
London, Y.:Z.—cash at bankers', loan at interest, and
short bills, to be 13,51 C ; while the cash in the bank at
Canada, and sundry do' a due there to them, are put
down at 19,1041. To these sums are added 82,2081. for
bills receivable, bearing interest at 6 per cent., and se-
cured by mortgage on the land, with the improvements;
60,6001. for interest thereon ; 64,2111. for land leased
for 12 years at present value, with the arrear ; 36,3951.
for arrears of rent on land leased for ten years ; and
16,719 j. expended on G-oderich harbour and pier—
togencr, 248,0701. There is also added to this the sum
of 453,2371. for 617,782 acres of land, leased for 10
years at an annual rental of 24,7391., and which the
lessees are at liberty to purchase on payment of the
above sum ; and 280,700/. as the value of 668,334 acres
of undisposed of land—that is valuing it at 9s. 4d. per
acre. The result, therefore, gives an estimated surplus
of 562,9201. in favour of the company. The amount
paid by the company's lessee settlers in advance of the
term of lease for the purchase of the freeholds of the
land occupied by them has been 35,801/. on 52,778
acres. Of this sum 13,8791. was so paid, in the year
1852, on 19,993 acres. A retiring allowance of 4001.
per annum was voted to Mr. T. M. Jones, the com-
pany's Commissioner in Canada. This gentleman, whose
salary was 7001. per annum, had been in the company's
service for 24 years. The retiring allowance is to he
paid as long as the directors think fit. A strong com-
plaint was made by one 9f the proprietors that sufficient
publicity had not been given to the proceedings of the
periodical meetings of the company.

THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT STOCKPORT.--The
inquest on the body of John Jackson, who was killed by
the late boiler explosion at Messrs. Fernley and Brad-
ley's, at Stockport, was resumed on Monday afternoon.
It had been adjourned in order to procure the opinion of
Mr. Nasmyth, as to the cause of the explosion ; but that
gentlemi.n being from home, the coroner had called in
Mr. Roberts, of the late firm of Sharpe and Roberts, of
Manchester, who had made a careful examination of the
boiler. Mr. Roberts said some weights taken from
the safety-valve of the exploded boiler, together
with
sure oche spindle and valve, would cause a pres-
-444 lbs. to tlie inch, and with those weights
on the safety-valve would blow off at a pressure of 44 lbs.
to 451b5., and no less. He thought the cause of the ex-
plosion was a want of sufficient water in the boiler. He
was of opinion that the boiler was quite safe at a pres-
sure of 451b5., and that it would not have burst at double
that pressure if the flues were covered with water. The
coroner, in summing up, remarked on the unsatisfactory
nature of the evidence, as to the manner in which the
safety-valve bad been weighted, and also pointed out
the conflicting nature of the evidence of Mr. Holcroft
and Mr. Roberts, as the explosion being caused by a
scarcity of water in the boiler. The jury found a ver-
dict of accidental death, and that the accident had been
caused by a scarcity of water in the boiler.
ANOTHER STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.—
On Monday last the agricultural labourers of Chipping-
warden, a village near Banbury, shuck work, and re-
fused to aenede to the wishes of their employers. The
men have bsen paid Bs. per week for working from 7
to half-past 5 o'clock. The masters required them from
Monday last to work from half-past 6to a quarter to 6,
for which they proposed to pay them 9s. per week, being
an advance of is. The men refused the terms. They
had a meeting, and determined to hold out in a body.
HOAXING THE YEOMANRY.—The following hoax was
played off on the Weston Zoyland troop of Somerset-
shire Yeomanry, the beginning of last week. Some
would-be-wit transmitted to the members of the corps
the following circular :—" Bridgewater, March—Sir, -
The Bridgewater troop will meet to-morrow (Thursday)
morning, et half-past ter, when it is particularly
re-
quested that every man will punctually attend in full
marching order. There would have been in
given, hut the news only reached Bridgewateraotrhti icsneovtene-
ing that Napoleon and his troops are alredYe:ln.,_ she.
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THE ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL,

HAVERSTOOK-HILL.

Yesterday, the 95th anniversary festival of this charity
was held at the London Tavern, and was very fully at-
tended. The Lord Mayor was in the chair.
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, his Lord-
ship proposed " Prosperity to the Orphan Working
School ;" and, in the course of a very earnest address on
behalf of the charity, took occasion to state that the
charity was founded in May, 1758, for the support of 20
boys, to whom were soon added 20 girls._ In 1773 a
new school was opened in the City-road for 70 children,
and continued there until 1847, when the present build-
ing at Haverstock-hill was opened, and received 153
children. The present number of recipients of the
charity was 241, and 25 are to be elected next month,
making a total of 266. He also stated that children were
received from all denominations, and from every part
of the United Kingdom. Children were now in the
schools born in the South Seas, Jamaica, Scotland, Ire-
land, Wales, and in nearly every part of the United
Kingdom. It was never asked of what religious deno-
mination were their parents, but simply were the child-
ren orphans ? Were they objects of compassion ? Child-
ren were received from 7 until 11 years of age. They
remained until 14 or 15, and then, as far as was prac-
ticable, they were placed out as apprentices or servants,
with suitable outfits, to the boys of the value of 51., to
the girls of the value of 3/. 35., and for the seven fol-
lowing years they were encouraged by rewards of from
ss. to 215., if their employers .certified their conduct to
be satisfactory. The education was upon the plan of
the British and Foreign School Society, with such
improvements as were to be found in any or every
other system. The elder girls took their rotation in
the house and in the laundry to fit them for service. By
the fundamental rule of the charity the children must
attend a place of worship among protestant dissenters,
but beyond that there was nothing in the school or the
education by which you would understand anything of
sectarianism. No catechism of any denomination Wag
allowed to be used in the schools. The committee took
care to select pious and well qualified teachers. The
Bible was their companion and their catechism, and the
ruling was by love.

It -appeared that the receipts in the last year were
4,8111. 2s. 4d., and the expenditure 4,9911. 14s. 541,
leaving a deficiency of 1801. 12s. id. His lordship
stated that 1,0001. was wanted, and he hoped it would
be obtained on the present occasion.
The receipts amounted to about 7001., and the ear•
nestness with which the claims of the charity were advo-
cated by the several speakers who proposed or responded
to the different toasts, was fully reciprocated by the
company assembled.