The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

prig s ITN, LONDON,_, WEDNESDAY
.EVENANG, MAY 12, 1847.

Sugars are rather heavy ; 350 hhds. Cuba Muscovado sold
at 6!,,c. to 7 r4c. • 400 boxes Brown Havannah Mc. to
714 c.; 129 bads. Porto" Rico 714 c. to 7•7:ic.; 100 lihds. New
Orieans 61ac. to 7.1/tc., four months.
Molasses continue to have a downward tendency ; 700
bhds. Cardenas and Llatanns sod at 19c. to 191/ic., with
some at 21c. _ .

Naval stores are in better demand, in consequence of the
reduction in freights. Several sales have been made on pri-
vate terms. Spirits of turpentine has been sold to a fair ex-
tent at 41c.; it is now held at 42c.

There has been a speculative movement in hops, the par•.
ticulars of which Lave not transpired.

FOR EIG N EXCHANGES.
106 to 106,4
5.10 to 5.1) t/2
39 to 39's
35 to
77% to 78

Bills on London..
„ Paris ..
„ Amsterdam ...
„ H amUurgla
„ Bremen
DOMESTIC EXCHANGES.

Boston... ... .. ••. ••• lAA' to dis.
I 7_
Philadelphia fs to -- „
Baltimore IA to i,..f „
Richmond ... ... ... 3'' to „
'Wilmington, N.C. • ••• ••• I (.1
28 to "
Charles, on •. 14 to % „
Savannrh ... ... 1, to , 70
Augusta ... ... ... ... % to „
Columbus ... ... ... ... 1/2 to ~
Apalachicola
Mobile ... ••• ••• ... par. to 2 P
New Orleans ... 14 to 14 pm.
Nashville .. ... ... ... 2 to 2i dis.
tit. Louis ... ... ... ... 1 to I% ~
Loui,ville ... •• ... 1 to 11/ „
Cincinnati ••• .. ... I-toVA ~
,

Pittsburgh „,. 3/1 to
Detroit .. to
13uflalo ••• to
Albany ... ... 14 to „
PIIII,ADEPHIA, APRIL 20, P. 211.
Stocks were heavy, especially at the first board of brokers,
and prices fell off: After, 1,000 dolls. United States' 6's,
1867, sold at 1054 ; 3,500 dolls. ditto 6's, 1856. at 1044 ;
5,000 dolls. Pennsylvania s's at 73% •, 500 dolls. United
States' Treasury Notes, s's, at 103; 1,000 dolls. United
States 6's, 1856, at 1044 ; 50 shares Pennsylvania Township
Bank at 32; 50 Vicksburg at 11%.
After Sales-1,000 dolls. Susquehanna Canal notes at 45;
2,000 dolls. Reading RR. Mortgage bonds at 71 ; 35 Susque-
hanna Canal, '65. at 13%; 350 Girard Bank at 114 ; United
States' Bank closed at 4' to 4%8 ; North America Bank, 113
offered; Pennsylvania Bank, 290; Philadelphia Bank, 123
to 125; Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, 531/4 offered ; Girard
Bank, 11% to ; Vicksburgh, 11 to 114 ; Reading RR.,
293;4 to 30; Pennsylvania s's, 734 to 73% ; Beading RR.
Bonds, 724 to 72 ; Morris Canal, 20% to 207 ; United
States' 6'B, 1856, 101 w to 104%; ditto, 1867, 105 to 105 5i ;
United States' Treasury Notes, 103 to 1034.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MAY- 10, 1847

Notice is hereby given, that no tickets to view the Royal
Pictures by Winterhalter, in St. James's Palace, will be
issued from this Oilice after Thursday next, thel3th instant;
ts
and that, on and after Monday next, the 17th instant,
tickets may be obtained, under the same regulation as the
order to view the State Apartments in Windsor Cas• ;le, upon
application to
Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, printsellers, So. 14,

Pall. mall East;
Mr. Moon, printseller, No. 20, Threadneedle-street;
Mr. Mitchell, libarian, No. 33, Old Bond-street;
Messrs. Ackermann and Co., No. 96. Strand.
Visitors with tickets issued up to Thursday nest, inclu-
sive, will be admitted to view the pictures, between two and
five o'clock, during the remainder of this week.
DOWNING- STREET, MAT 8, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Erancisr Corbet
Singleton, Esq., to be Auditor General of Accounts for the
been
province of South Australia.
olrlreirso3nl, E
Majesty has
i:tels()oluenein pleased to appoint Williamcl Surgeon for the isl and of
m
Hong-Kong.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. MAT' 8.

Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentletnen Cr.dets to be
Second Lieutenants—Henry Peel Yates, vice Anson, pro-
nioted ; Murray Fraser Ferre;-s, vice Gordon, eromoted ;
Henry Andrew Thrupp, vice Stubbs, promoted ; Charles
Edward Mainwaring, vice I.l3othbv, promoted; Alexander
Gordon, vice Lovell, promoted ; John
vice J. F. E. Travers, promoted; Charles Frederick Young,
vice Gage, promoted ; Sanford Freeling, vice 1123 ly, pro.
moted ' • Oliver Robert Stokes, vice Barstow, promoted; James
Farrell Pennyeuick, vice Leslie, promoted ; Walter John
Grimston, vice Archdall, promoted ; William Dalgiirns
Guille. vice Wright, promoted; Charles Edward Oldershaw,
vice Titling-. nrcanoted ; Nathaniel Octavius Simpson Turner,
vice W. M. King, promoted, May 2.
Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentlemen Cadets to Second
Lieutenants—Richard'Stotherd, vice Tilly, promoted;
William Hatt Noble, vice Stanton, promoted ; Henry Schaw,
vice Chesney, promoted ; Edward Nicholas Heygate, vice
De Moleyns, promoted ; George Hamilton Gordon, vice
Armit, promoted; Augustus Jonathan Cierke, vice Ewart,
promoted ; Charles Augustus Rice, vice Nugent, promoted;
Charles John Fowler, vice Behield, promoted, May 2.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Henry Bold
Williams, Esq., to be Captain, .11. sty 8.
Erratum in the Gazette of Marsh 23.
Comtnissionby the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire.
The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry—
Edward Hyde Greg, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Thornton, re-
signed, March 1 (and not March 5), 1847.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 4.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Henry Carr
Tate to be Captain; First Lieutenant George Colt Langley
to be Captain.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 6.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant William King
Shoveller to be Captain, vice Henry Bremer, retired on half-
pay ; Second Lieutenant James Splaine Dowman to be First
Lieutenant, vice Shoveller, promoted.
BANRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
Mary Deacon, carrier, Norwich.
Charles John Hubbard, hop merchant, Crotched-friars,
London.

Robert Heathcote, BonALKbußaUpProTpSrietor, Clapham-common,
to surrender May 26, at two, and June 24, at half-past one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings; Dolman, Jerrnyn-street.
Thomas George Webb, artificial flower manufacturer,
Wood-street, Cheapside, May 18, at half-past eleven, and
June 22, at eleven. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan,
official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Lambert, Ray..
mond- buildings.
James Willson Pearl, horse-dealer, Milton street, Dorset-
square, May 18, and June 22, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Robinson, Orchard-
street, Portman-square.
John Dymoke Elliott, chymist, Hemingford-place, Barns-
bury-road, Islington, May 18, at one, and June 12, at half-
past twelve, at the Ccurt of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Jenkinson and
Co., Lombard-street.
William Reynolds, bookseller, Eldon-street, Finsbury,
May 22, at two, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green. official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Fry,
Loxley, and Fry, Cheapside.
Daniel Syred, market gardener, Bloomfield-road, Padding-
ton, May 18, at half-past twelve, and June 22, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Holmes
and Co., Great dames-street, Bedford-row.
Edward May, ironmonger, Oxford-street, May 24, at half-
past twelve, and June 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers;
Fisher, Verulam-buildings.
Barris Watson, stove grate manufacturer, Wilson-street,
Finsbury, May 25, at eleven, and June 22, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street; Brown, Finsbury-place.
Joseph Bates, share broker, Leeds, May 25 and July 1, at
ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee,
Leeds; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row; Priest, Leeds.
Simon Lee Trotman, merchant, Liverpool, May 21 and
June 15, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool; Holme and Co., New Inn, Lon-
don ; Booker, Liverpool.
Henry William King, furniture dealer, Oldham, May 21
and June 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Spinks, Great James-
street, London, and Cobbett, Blanchester.
Thomas Levers, cooper, Charlestown, Cornwall, May 26
and June 16, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Her-
naman, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter.
John Thuell and William Jeffery, woollen manufacturers,
Buckfastleigh, Devon, May 27, at one, and June 23. at
eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official
assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon, Exeter.
Robert Reed, brewer, Bishop Middlcham, Durham, May 19,
at half-past ten, and June 22, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Crosby and Galloon, Church _court, Old Jewry

W. F. Lang, coal master, Glasgow, May 15 and June 8,
SMtraaytble4rnanaL JDunoueglilq,s,aGtltawlsgeotw-e,. at the chambers of Messrs.
at twelve, at the George Hotel, Glasgme.

CULTIVATION OF THE TEA
PLANT IN INDIA.
Are we far wrong in asserting that the experiments
which have been made, during the last three or four
years, in respect to the cultivation of tea in the hills, and
in the Dhoon of Dhera, are the most important of their
kind which the Government of India have ever under-
taken ? The results which have already followed those
experiments, and the eagerness which has already been
displayed to share in the anticipated profits, are ample
proofs of the truth of this assertion. Indeed it is now
shown that there are no limits to the extension of the
cultivation of this great and important staple. A cor
respondent has given, in a late number of the Delhi
Gazette, a trust, encouraging account of the plantations
in the Dhoon, and we learn from other sources that such
is the anxiety manifested by Government to improve on
the various methods hitherto adopted for rendering suc-
cess still less doubtful, that they have departed from
their usual niggardly views, and authorised an increase
of cultivation to the extent of one thousand acres. A
tea manufactory is to be permanently established at
Paoree, in Gurhwal, and another sit Merl in the Dhoon.
Europt an overseers are to be appointed to each division,
and a proper native establishment is to be authorized, in
order to carry out the proposed extension. The build-
ing of houses for the tea manufacturers has been ranc-
tioned at Dhera and at Paoree, and there the Chinamen
are to be permanently stationed. While these measures
are being severally carried out, the different plantations
are to be increased as follows:—Dhera in the Dhoon to
400 acres, Paoree in Eastern Gurhwal 200 acres,
I3heemtal district 200 acres, and Alrnorah district 200
acres, making the above-mentioned total of 1,000 acres,
and this measure will afford all that is requisite, in point
of extent, for the immediate develepment of the experi-
ments. The next thing will be to carry them on west-
ward into the Sirmoor district (about Nahun), which
we should think specially adapted to tea cultivation—
and why not across the Sutlej ? for we learn from a
friend well qualified to form an accurate opinion, that he
has seen land in the Mundee districts perfectly well
suited to tea plantation, of which there will consequently
be "no end" in the course of the next ten years. The
most important point, and the one which the Govern-
ment ought to keep steadily in view is, that the exten
sion of the tea culture, in the ciirection which it has now
taken, will render districts, in fact, whole provinces,
which at present yield a most insignificant revenue, as
valuable, if not more so, than any in the plains of Hin-
dostan, and we would therefore most strongly advise
perseverance in the liberal course of which we have given
an outline above. Such alone can yield the hoped-for
results. The Court of Directors are evidently deeply
interested in the issue of the experiments, and we look
to their success with the anxiety which longs to see that
fair play given to the resources of this country which
has hitherto been denied them.—Delhi Gazette.

BURNING OF THE EXPERIMENT
STEAMER-SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.

The subjoined are some additional particulars relat-
ing to the destruction of the Experiment :
This steamer left Sunderland on Wednesday after-
noon, the 28th ult., with seventy passengers and a
cargo of general merchandise, amongst which was
about 200 tons of coals which lay at the bottom of her
hold, extending fore and aft her engine room.
The other portion of the cargo was stowed over
them. For the first sixteen hours she encountered very
trying weather. It then moderated, and the steamer
proceeded on her ordinary easy way till about half•past
eight o'clock on the following (Thursday) evening, when
an alarm was raised that smoke was issuing from the
hatchways aft, and it was feared that she was on fire
below. An examination being made, such proved to be
the case, but the precise part where it existed could not
be ascertained. She was then off Orfurdness, W. .W.,
distant three miles. The captain resolved to make for the
first port, but something giving way connected with the
shafting, the engines were rendered useless, and the wind
b:.ing exceedingly light. the vessel came almost to a stand-
still. The anchor was dropped and the jolly- boat
lowered, when three men were sent off in her to speak
to some vessel and otrain some assistance. By this
period the smoke had considerably increased, and the
affrighted passengers, most of whom were females, were
compelled to reek refuge from suffocation on deck. A
vigorous effort Kas made to get at the fire, and the
hatchwas were removed, and the crew commenced un-
loading,-her, many of the passengers assisting. This
occupied until near 12 o'clock, when they got to the coals.
Here it was impossible to proceed further, for although
the force pumps were in active operation, and water was
being bailed into the hold from all quarters, the smoke
and heat increased to such an extent as to prevent the
men continuing below.
Sh4,rtly after one o'clock a steamer was observed bear-
ing down to their assistance, which proved to be the -
Crarence, from Leith, which had been spoken with by
the men in the jollyboat. The passengers having been
taken on board stood on the poop, and so dense was the
smoke about them that at times they could not discern
the stern.

The Clarence took the burning vessel in tow, Mr. Ross,
the captain, and his crew, endeavouring if possible, to
subdue the fire; but on arriving off Bolton on the Naze,
they were compelled to leave her. She burnt for hours
and when seen by a Harwick revet.ne cutter, later in
the day, was riding at anchor between the Gunileet
sands and the Heaps, whfre she sank in eleven fathoms
water. Unforunately for the passengerA, a great many
lot their luggage, and the crew most of their clothes.
It is almost certain that the tire resulted from spon-
taneous ignition of a quantity of coals stowed on her
hold. It appears that they were of a superior descrip-
tic,n to those in ordinary use, and were shipped with in-
ferior coals under and above them in the hold, and
which it is considered led to their combusion. They
were highly charged with gas, and on Mr. Ross opening
a hatch after the alarm, which looked into the hold of
the after cabin, it exploded with much force. Her lois..
it is stated will exceed 20,000/. -

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal, and the Prince of Leinin-
gen, arrived at Buckingham Palace at ten minutes before
six o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Osborne House, Isle of
Wight. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desert,
the lion. C. B. Phipps, Ca
lion. Miss Dawson, Msijor-General Bowles, Lieut.-Colonel
Dr. Meyer.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at the
Palace by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Stanley.
the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, Lord Waterpark,
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, and Captain Francis Sey-
ptain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, and
MOM.

The august party left Osborne at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, crossed in the Fairy to Gosport, and travelled to
town by a special train on the South Western Railway, pro'
ceeding from the terminus at Nine Elms, in three carriages
and four, escorted by a party of Lancers.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Leiningen, honoured the Royal Italian Opera House with
their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted
of the Countess of Desart, lion. Miss Stanley, Lord Water-
park, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Cap-
tain the Hon. A. H. Gordon.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a car-
riage and four, yesterday.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Cambridge, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their pre-
sence yesterday evening. The Queen Dowager was attended
by the Viscountess Barrington and the Earl Howe. The
Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce,
Baroness de Speth, and Sir
George Couper, and the Duchess
of Cambridge was attended by Mr. Edmond Mildrnay, and
.
Sir William Davison.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Among the visitors yesterday to inspect the Royal pictures
in St. James's Palace, were the Earl of Moreton, the Earl of
Desart, Lady F. Cole, Lady Selsey, Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot,
Hon. Fred. Byng, and the lion. Captain Lindsay.
A deputation respecting the Scotch Poor-law, consisting of
Mr. Hastie, Provost Murray, Mr. Barr, Mr. Melvin, and Mr.
Wilson, had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at
the Home Office.

A deputationfrom the St. Marylebone Protection Associ-
ation, consistin,. of Mr. Robert Evre Todd, Mr. G. R. Wales,
Mr. William Collins, Mr. Joseph Angell, Mr. James Russell,
Mr. Thomas Dickinson, and Mr. Charles Firreh, .had •an
interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday at the office of
her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests in White-
hall-place.
Mr. Morrison, ALP., had an interview with the Right
lion. Edward Strutt, yesterday, at the office of the Cominis-
sioners of Railways, in Great George-street.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

lir.-Paris hid an interview with Sir George Grey yester.
day ; Mr. Bracebridge had also an interview with the Right
Hon. Baronet, at the Home-office..

had an interview with Viscount
Xll
tihne-
The Right Hon. E. Strutt had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
A deputation from the "UnitesdmKitihn,gßdo.Nm. Artesian Water
astabli.rthTdha3e7,
coantuTihmuyrsd,aa,
',Apt. Graham,
Clip orot. nrßpp
aeaat 7: ,
yesterday.
ncdo ,an s
ri s.
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J.
nsg r oa fp Edwardf ard,
Sir George Grey, her Majesty .'s principal Secretary of State
for the Home Department, basysstled invitations for a grand
dude the' whole of the Queen's Judges, the Lord Mayor, and
the principal Civic Functionaries. The guests will appear in
full dress.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer will give a Nil-dress
2d7intnhe;lianvh, eantetuhreet ltahreenlotineeHn-
dinner to a numerous party on Thursday the 27th of Ilev,
in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at his
oMcial resi-
dence in Downing-street.

IlaGn:trnoberts, " the
appeared LIGHT.
At
Cain-
At the Royal Polytechnic Institution on Monday last,
Dr. Bachholfner gave a most admirable and intellectual
lecture on the above-named subject. The Learned Gen-
LECTURES
to the eye of
dazzling purity and brilliancy. In its construction the
inventor has adhered closely to the only true principle,
gpt I
hee
mimn
,ae"n
lamp,
the
he introducedlighte a called
efdrfobomyr thethweh
iicnhv firste
ant
namely, that of argand, with such additii.nal arts for the
heric air necessary for
combust
s .
.Obtaining perfect
t Thes
on of the spirt . _
of e, however, are of so
simple a nature, that instead the complexity, u Lich has
always been a great drawback to the use of these lamps,
this, on the contrary, is trimmed like any common lamp
for burning oil ; added to which,
,its construction entirely
prevents
that intolerable nuisance of soot and smell so
with very many
commonly experienced . lamps sold under
the name of camphine.

theaild Isiog, thienycluding have—nearly two
the leading aria-
CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.—
The festival of this valuable charity takes
place on the 31st
instant. An advertisement some time since promised that
the patrons of the dinner should, in rank and number ex-
hun-
dredcaed namesan y f former
rmer
distinguisheffort,
tocracy of the country, worthy the illustrious Prince, the
Duke of Cambridge, who is to preside.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
TATTERSALL'S—TUESDAY.
The room was opened yesterday afternoon, but to little
purpose; very few subscribers were present, and business so
flat, as scarcely to warrant a quotation. A slight improve-
ment in Oxonian was the only change from the prices last
quoted. DEBBY.,
7 to 4 agst John Day's lot—take 2 to 1
7 to 1 agst Kent's lot—taken
10 to 1 agat Forth's lot—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken to 2001. and
afterwards offered
5 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conynfbam—tak. 11 to 2
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—offered
15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—offered
20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—offered
20 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—take 25 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle
1000 to 35 agat Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier—taken
33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart
33 to 1 agat Lord E.Russell's Nottingham—taken
4000 to 50 agst Mr. Osbaldesfon's Retort colt—taken
3000 to 30 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken.
OARS.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina
11 to 2 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter
12 to 1 agst Capt. Ilarcourt's Ellertlale—taken.
22 to 1 ag,t Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell
TILE MANCIIESTEK CUr.—We are requested to state, that
St. Lawrence's weight for this Handicap, is Bst 51b, not Bst
10Ib, as incorrectly giyen in a weekly contemporary.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Conyngham sto 1 agst Cossack,
6to 1 agst Van Tromp (taken freely), 15 to I agst Planet,
20 to 1 agst Mr. Martin (“ffered ), 25 to 1 ag,t Mont-
pensier, 25 to 1 agst Mathematician, 30 to 1 ag.st Oxonian,
50 to 1 agst Halo ( t), 50 to 1 agst Good Coin ( t ).
OAKS.-5 to 1 agat The Farmer's Daughter, sto 1 agat
Clementina, 14 to 1 agst Lady Lift, 16 to 1 agst Ellerdale,
20 to 1 agst Maid of Motherwell.