The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL:

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Our usual file of Jamaica papers have come to
hand, but there is little of interest or importance to
communicate, with the exception of the wretched
condition of a large portion of the inhabitants of
the colony. Families of the highest distinction are
now beginning to feel the destruction that awaits
them.
By this mail we have letters from Lima to the 13th
.of September, from Valparaiso to the 28th of August,
and. from Quito, (Equador) to the 11th of September.
From Lima the accounts
,show the old determination
on the part of the Peru Vin Government to tire out
their creditors in this country by endleis shuffles. It
will be remembered that 'about the year 1845 the
bondholders, at the suggestion of the Peruvian Go-
vernment, commissioned Messrs. Maclean, Rowe, and
Co., of Lima, to act as agents for their claims ; that
upon this the Peruvian Government, to get rid of any
direct negotiation, referred the matter back to their
Minister in London, Senor Yturregui ; that Senor
Yturregui then instructed 'the bondholders that they
must send a special ,representative to Lima; that upon
compliance being refused, this Minister, at a subse-
quent period, entered into an arrangement for a pro
vision for the creditors'eut of the Government guano
contracts; and, finally, that so soon as this was
settled it was repudiated in Peru on the ground
that he had acted without authority. The next step
of the foiled bondholders was to instruct M`Lean,
Rowe, and CO.. to renew negotiations, and this eli-
cited a proposition which for effrontery was almost
without precedent, and which was rejected summarily
in July last at a meeting of the creditors at 'the
London Tavern. At this stage it was understood that
Mr. Pitt Adams, the English Minister at Lima,
would receive instructions to insist upon the claims
of the bondholders being adjusted without further
prevarication, and we have now the news of the re-
ception of the strong resolutions of the creditors by
the Peruvian Government, and of the course they have
taken in consequence. Finding that plain terms only
will now be listened to, and that it would be difficult
to escape the necessity of a definite, answer, to Mr.
Adams, they have again intimated that instead
-of going into the matter On the spot, they
intend sending by their new Minister, about
to depart for London, full instructions for its
settlement. That this fresh evasion will only
terminate in a new reference to Lima, and again
from Liffia to London, and so on for ever, may
plainly be seen, unless the Home Government shall
deem it fit to send, or shall have already sent, such
simple instructions to Mr. Pitt Adams as will pre-
vent all possibility of escape. It was strongly be-
lieved at the meeting in July that such instructions
had been dispatched, and it would now seem de-
sirable for the bondholders that some statement
should be obtained regarding the intentions of the
Foreign-office in their behalf.

At :Valparaiso it is said business in imports was
brisk, and the merchants were without sufficient

al
goods to supply the demand. The exchange on
London at 90 days was 43fd. Freight for copper
ores to Swansea was 4/. 12s. 6d. and 5 per cent., and
to Liverpool 4/. ss. and 5 per cent.; light goods,
6/. 10s. and 5 per cent. The Railway Bill has passed
the Chamber of Deputies, and a proposal was under
discussion to apply 60,000 dolls, to the purposes of
immigration. The last news from Otaheite was, that
intelligence had been received there of the establish..
ment of the French Republic, and had created great
excitement, strong hopes being entertained that the
islands would be given up. -

REVIEW OF MARKETS.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
After our last issue the dulness which we have had to
deplore for some time past continues to exist, but within
the last two days-some little activity has been manifested
in the market for bread stuffs. We are justified in re-
porting that there is at present a slightly upward ten-
dency. in business generally. This is attributable to
various causes. In the first place the reappearance of
the destruetive aphides in the potatoes at home has given
a little impetus to speculation, and the next fortnight is
expected to be comparatively lively in Port Royal-
' Another cause of this looked for change is the
that few persons haVing laid in larger stock than
would suffice tor immediate demand, they now find them-
selves wanting supplies, and are coming forward to pur-
chase.
We beg that shippers will fully understand that by
the above
paragraph we du not mean to advise the
send-
ing on of any large shipments. The very trifling ten-
dency to improvement which we notice is nothing more
than a temporary activity caused as we have stated
above. It is extremely trifling, and we fear will soon
subside.
The seasons have been excellent this year, for although
we have not yet had the regular. October rains, occa-
sional showers have visited all parts of the island, and
have been of great benefit.
Flour—The stock of flour is ample, but prices have an
upward tendency, owing to the re-appearginee of the
potato disease at home.
Rum is at 3s. 8d to 3s. 9d.:for proof 21, equal to 2s. 2d.
to 2s. 3d. for exportation.
Sugar—There is a decline in the value of this article.
Our last Intelligencer named its limits at ss. 6d. to 20s.
We now quote 15s. to 19s. per 100 lbs.
Freights are very dull as under:—Sugar, 31. to 31. 10s.
per ton. Rum, 41 per gallon.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.-:-Colonial Bank-90 days,
1 per cent. pm.; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm.; 30 days, 2
per cent. pm. Jamaica Bank-90 days, 1 pm.;

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The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town yes.
terday, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts.

•No doubt the people of the south division of Eng-
land will, in due time (and no matter how soon) cry
aloud in disgust against the most infamous grasp, and
Kat the same time say, "It is enough ! We have seen,
we have seen ! Railways might be a blessing to the
land—ought ; but abused by misconduct, and enor-
mous amount of money thrown away, owners seek to
saddle the public with the loss, and they become
pestilential."

- Let the people therefore pray the Legislature next
session to take every line of railway into holy keeping,
in the management and direction •of Government, as
national property, at a fair and just market price, for
the eyes of all must now be opened. Why have we
already had so much of amalgamation and purchase
of canals, &c.? Horrible, horrible, most horrible I
A WARWICKSHIRE LAD.

Nov. 7, 1848.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WRDNESDAY.—The Myrtle steam-
vessel, Master-Commander Alfred Balliston, left to-day
for St. Helier's, Jersey, taking Dr. Bradford, surgeon to
the Blenheim, to render additional assistance to the
crew of the Seaflower cutter, Commander Dumaresq, ou
board which it is reported Asiatic cholera has made its
appearance. Mr. Balliston had his steam up, and was
ready to start in less than an hour after ordered—a
most praiseworthy exhibition of alacrity on the part of
that offit,er.
The Plumper steam-vessel, to which Commander Nol-
loth was appointed on Monday, had not hoisted the pen-
dant up to this time-4 P.M-
Captain Austin, C. 8., commanding the reserve steam
squadron at this port, is ordered to superintend the
forthcoming trial between the Sharpshooter (iron) and
Rifleman (wood) screw-vessels, the former of 202 and
the latter of 100 horse power. Sir Charles Napier
wishedlto have had this trial under his immediate orders,
hut it appears the Admiralty have willed it otherwise.
• The Ajax screw block-ship is ordered for trial on Fri-
day. She is to leave the harbour at half past eight
and will remain at Spithead until Saturday. A nume-
rous party of scientific officers, including some members
of thi. AdiniraltY,Ure expected to be_,on board during
the trials.
, The. Blenheim screw block-ship, Captain Horatio
Auitin, C. 8., was visited to-day by Captain the Hon. M.
F. F. Berkely, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admit ally,
Captain Chath, C. 13., of the Exdellent, and Colonel Cot-
quhoun, • of Woolwich, to decide on the alterations for
the benefit of that ship proposed iby Captain Chads.,
The Harlequin, 12, Commander Moore, sailed from
Malta for Messina on the 22d ult.
The Dil.gence, naval transport, sailed this morning for
Plymou. h

THE MASTER'S RANK AND SENIORITY.—A memorial
is now being handed round at Portsmouth for signature,
from the masters of the royal navy, addressed to the
Lords Commissioners, praying to be placed on the same
equality in rank and command with tho lieutenants of tho
navy, according to the dates of their several commis-
sions. Should their prayer be granted the masters in
nF arly all the larger, class of ships of war would take
command afth. the commanders, and before the senior
and other lieutenants, should the date of their commis-
sions `give them the seniority, which in must cases it
would-do.
Wind, N. by W., moderate breezes, and fine weather.
PLymourri, Nov. 7.—Her Majesty's sloop Heroine, 8,
Commander Charles Edmunds, arrived in the Sound last
night from the coast' of Africa; left St. Paul de Loando
on the 2d, and Ascension on the 14th of September; an-
chored at Sierra Leone on the 21st, and sailed on the
24th; arrived at Isle St. Vincent (Cape Verd) on the 3d,
and left on the_lBth of October.
OCT. 2.—Spoke an American barque, which reported
having been four days in company, and parted on the Ist
of October, with the Sydney packet Alert, outward
bound, 'partially dismasted in a hurricane two degrees
north of Cape Verd islands: The Heroine at the time
was in the vicinity
,of the hurricane, which is unusual in
that quarter. She only experienced a tremendous swell.
—Nov. 3, lat. 47 deg. 28 min. N., long. 12' d-g. 5 min:
W.,' blowing bard from the Nprth-east—exchanged
colours with the ship Jemima, outward bound, and
exhibiting the first distinguishing pennant over No.
6.024.

The Heroine has been three years and one month
absent from England; her officers and men are all
healthy. She has taken seven prizes and two halves,
making eight prizes in all. The slave trade is becoming
more active than ever; it is carried on chiefly by the
Brazilians, but the Spaniards have latterly taken a share
in the traffic.

The Commodore was at anchor at St. Paul de Loando
when the Heroine left on the 2d of September.
The Pantaloon sloop, 8, Commander L. T. Provost,
was at Sierra Leone on the 24th of September, bound to
the Gallinas. The Alert sloop, 8, Commander Hugh
Dunlop; the Bonetta brigantine, 3, Lieutenant-Com-
mander F. E. Forbes; and the Sealark sloop, 8, Com-
mander W. B. Monypenny, were at the Gallinas. The
Amphitrite, 24, Captain T. R. Eden; and the Firefly
steam-vessel, 3, Commander John Tudor, were at the
Bight of Benin, all very healthy. The Punjaub left for
England the day before the departure of the Heroine.
The Bonetta has made eight prizes. The Sealerk's
fourth prize, a large brig, capable of holding 1,000
slaves, was at Sierra Leone; and the Amphitrite's third
prize, a brigantine of 300 saves, arrived there on the
22d of September.
Her Majesty's sloop Ranger, 8, Commander Charles
F. Newland, which got ashore at St. Vincent (Cape de
Verd) on the 22d of July, was sunk on the Bth of
. .

I Septe-mber, in being hove down by the Pantaloon, but
was afloat when the Heroine arrived there. The James
Town, American Commodore, had rendered considerable
assistance to the Ranger. All the Ranger's keel, fore
foot, and butt ends are gone, and several of her timbers
are showing; it is doubtful if she can be repaired suffi-
ciently to enable her to come home.
The only vessels at Ascension were her Majesty's war-
sloop Tortoise, 12, Captain Frederick Hutton, and her
Majesty's sloop Wanderer, 12, Commander F. B. Mon-
tresor, re-fitting.
Her Majesty's brig Nautilus, 6, tender, came into
harbour yesterday; her crew, consisting of, seamen and
naval apprentices, will be transferred to her Majesty's
ship San Josef, 110, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland. The
Nautilus will have a new crew, consisting of seamen only.
The Admiralty Finance Committee yesterday, in com-
pany with Admiral Superintendent Sir John Louis, Mr.
Stigant, storekeeper, and other dockyard officers, visited
the store-house No. 1, and inspected the copper sheath-
ing, bolts, block shivers, canvas and fearnoughts; the
cordage in No. 2; iron boilers and hemp cables in N 0.3;
and the blocks, oakum, and various stores in Nos. 4,5,
and 8. Their Lordships subsequently examined other
departments in the yard.
Wind N.W., fresh breeze, dry.

Tux WEAT-HDR:SiDee our last, we have had
changeable weather, with a downward tendency in the
thermometer. Saturday morning the frost was keen,
with a cold N.W. wind, and the lowest temperature of
•the day was 26 degrees Fahrenheit. In the evening,
and during the night;, it continued frosty; and early on
Sunday morning the temperature was no higher than 27
degrees; but the weather had changed, and rain fell
during the forenoon and the rest of the day. On Mon-
day the temperature was higher, but the day was cloudy,
and rain fell in the afternoon. Yesterday was fine and
clear for the most part, and altogether an improvement
on the weather of the last two or three days.--Man-
chester Guardian.

MALIT AND GILL.—For a correct report of this
good pugilistic contest see Bell's Life in London of Sa-
turday, Nov. 11. The sale of Bell's Life exceeds 27,000,
and is regularly published in time for all the Saturday
mid-day railways.
How To ENLARGE VEGETABLES.--A vast increase
of food may be obtained by managing judiciously, and
systematically carrying out the principles of increase.
Take, for instance, a pea. Plant it in very rich ground;
allow_it to bear the first year, say a half-dozen pods only;
remove all others save the largest single pea of these.
Sow it the next year, and retain of the produce three
pods only; sow the largest the following year, and retain
one pod; again select the largest, and the next year the
sort will by this time have trebled its size and weight.
Ever afterwards sow the largest, and by these means
you will get peas, or anything else, of a bulk of which
we at present have no conception.—Boston Cultivator
(U. Sa. •

'RAILWAYS ! RAIL WAYS )
• • - THREE -GREAT RAILWAYS f
- WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE !
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Who can view the aspect of affairs between the
North-Western, . Great Western, and South-Western
'Companies, and not seem startled, not feel ala rmed,
and cry aloud, "Wonderful!" What! after the two
monster companies, the 'Great Western and Nora'.
Western, have been quarrelling so long and differing
over the bone (the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway) who should possess it, who should have the
!mastery and direction of it, at a cost so outrageous,
t:tghtful, and distressing to themselves, and ruinous
to mutual interests,—do they now seek to shake
hands :,:nd join, even soliciting the South-Western
Company to become a party and fall in the same
rank to amaigramate with them, become united, three
created in one ?
And what is to become of the public throui rdicut
the compass' of this vast portion of the empire ?
suppse even one-half of England will be under tLe
thumb, at the will of one man, one direction I
Will hooest John Bull sit down quietly and con-
tent, be reconciled and satisfied with such an awful
domination ? Isfo,: no I it cannot, must not, will not
be!' Think for a Moment of the horrible aoust- that
Wiat did the company seek
has already taken place.
by projecting the Birmingham
,and Oxford Jun.-lion
lice, in introaucing,their Bill to the notice of Parlia-
ment? I was present before the Committees on the
Bill, both in the Commons and Lords in 1845, and

the Bill was distinctly understood as a competing line
with the London and Birmingham line, and as such
the Act passed, and was considered right and neces-
sary for the good of the public. Who then will pre-
tend, or dare to say, that it was for the good of the
public that the said line should forthwith be sold to
the. Great Western, and now proposed to be united or
amalgamated with the North-Western ?—a line by
which the Act was granted to be in competition (or
opposition) with, as a matter of public right and just
principle. Surely, then, it becomes startling, fright-
tul, nay, alarming, to think of these things. And,
further, what will be the end thereof ?

I look upon it that every disinterested person will
cry aloud and petition against the proposed amalga-
mation—a great scheme (as I think) of the most
shameful, unjust; and diabolical character and intent,
fraught with nothing but base injustice and imposition
upon the public.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
Mana;er, Mr. MINN.
First Appea-ance of Mdlle. NISSEN.
THIS EVENING,
The Entertainments will cormr,,r ce with a Grand Opera, entitled
NORMA.

Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flsvius, Mr. Herberte ; Oreveso, Mr.
B prrani ; N 0771119, Mdl:e. Nissen ; Adalgisa, Mrs. D. King.
To co lie' ade with a ,Irand Ballet-Pantomime, entitled
THIS AMAZONS.

Josifa, .7.1,111 e. Louise; islda, Mdlle. Plunkett; Don Ethur, M.
p pa ; Don Oscar, Mr. W. H. Payne; supported by Mdlles. Celeste
Stet han, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, Horne,
Sophie, Annie Cushaie, Le Tete, Lowe, and Fenton; Messrs. Paul
Ind

Mr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of the
Roy al -Italian Opera, is e-4bled to avail himself of the vast resources of
that celebrated Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported
by a miss en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the
view of representing the Performances submitted to publio patronage
is an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal
Artistes with whom he has entered into engage vents

FOR GRAND OPERA.
SOPRANI AND CONTRALTI.—MdIIe. Nissen (principal singer from
the Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss Romer,
Miss Bassano, Miss Wallace (sister of the composer, her first appear-
ance), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage), Miss Messent,
and Madame Stotts (the renowned singer from the Grand Opera at
Paris).
BASSES ♦ND BARITONES.—Mr. Borrani, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bar-
dini, Mr. Pl. Corti (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, MAIM),
Mr. S. Jones, and Mr. 11. Phillips.
TENOql9.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Herberte (his first appearance on
the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves.
The Orchestra has been entirely re-arranged, and selected from
the first talent, on a greatly increased scale. Musical Director,
Signor :Schira.
The Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will com-
prise the best voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Land.
FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE.
Mdlles. Plunkett and Sophie niece (both from the Grand Opera
de la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdlle. Mencelet, Mdlle.
Gallia, and Mdlle. Arnal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris),
3fdlle. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse from the San
Carlos. Naples) ; M. Petipa. and M. Desplaces (both from the Theatre
de la Nation, Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at
Milan). M. Paul, Mr. W. IL Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cormack
(from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. Mazi-
tier (his first appearance these eight years), and the most renowned
Dancer now on the Continent, M. Durand ; with a mere numerous
and effective body of Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Proraeneases,
than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre.
A grand Opera, in threw acts, composed expressly for this Theatre
by Mr. W. V. Wallace.
" The First Wulpurgis Night" (tha Poem by Goethe, and the Mu-
sic by the late Dr. Mendelssohn), will be given in a dramatic form
by all the immense resources of the Theatre.
A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the first time by J. IF.
Planche) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the
magnitude of the subject will permit.
A new grand Opera, entitled " Kenilworth," by Signor Schira ; aid
a grand semi-seria Opera, composed expressly by Mr. W. Belle.
An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle.
Maywood.
Numerous treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer is
daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek.
Principal Scene-painters—Messrs. Grieve and Tells's'.
Property Maker—Mr. Blaraire.
Ballet Masters—MM. Barret and Mazilier.
Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett.
Stage Director—Mr. G. Ellis.
ENTRANCES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION.

Grand Entrance, Bow-street.—Grand Tier Boxes, 31. 3s. ; First
Tier Boxes, 21. 2s. and 1/. I Is. GI. ; Pit Boxes, 2/. 2s. ; Stalls, les.
6d, ; Single Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 7s.
Bow-street Entrance.—Pit, 3s. 6d.

Pirzza Entrance.—Publie Boxes, 55.; Gallery ♦mphitheatre,
?s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. _

llalf-prico to take place, as usual, at Nine.—To the Public Zoxes,
35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Gallery, Is. 6d, ; Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven.
The Box-office is open from Ten till Five, ander the direction of
Mr. John Parsons.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptou.
The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during
the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations, and the
whole re-decorated.

THIS ETEN INC
=Will be performed a new Tragedy called THE PATRICIAN'S
DAUGHTER.
Al ter which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED
LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden-
hod'; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Sayre our, and Mrs. Stanley.
To conclude with HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. Hudson

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.

Under the direction of Madame celeste.

During the Rece.33 this Theatre has been entirely re• decorated, the
original designs by Di;by Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A
new stage, Curtain, Act Dtop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
ad led to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable.