The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-06 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, May 6.—Wind day at noon, N.E. ; mo,
Berate breeze.

The Glengarry, from Jamaica to London, out 50 days,
was spoken by the Albatross, arrived at Crookhaven from
Melbourne.

PLYMOUTH, May 5.--Wind S.E.—Arrived—Cape of
Good Hope (s. tpt. 229), from London, for the Black Sea.
Sailed—Antagonist, for Batavia.
PORTSMOUTH, May ' 5. Wind S. S.W. —Sailed—Jura
(s. tpt.), for 'Woolwich ; H.M.S.'s Vesuvius, Porcupine,
Hecla, and Lizard, the eastward.
FALMOUTH, May s.—Wind E., strong—Arrived—Queen
Victoria, from Callao and Mauritius.
BELFAST, May s.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Morning
Star, from New Orleans.

JERSEY, May 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Centurion,
for Pernambuco.

CARDIFF, May .s.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—E. T. L.
for New York.

OFF SCILLY. —Pantaloon, from Buenos Ayres, for Ant-
werp ; Cambrian, Jamaica.
NEWPORT, Hay s.—Wind N.E.— Arrived—Sutlej, from
London, for Hong Kong ; Golden Rule, from London, for
Callao, &c.

CUXHAVEN, May 3.—The Mary, of Bremen, from New-
castle to Bremerhaven, foundered near Heligoland, ater
being in contact with the Cecrops, from Batavia to Ham-
burg; crew saved by the latter.
LIVERPOOL, May 6. —A telegraphic message from Wa-
terford states that the American barque Lucy Ring, from
Monte Video, has arrived at Passage with her cargo on
fire. Surveyors recommended immediate scuttling, at
which men were at work, as she could not otherwise be
discharged.
ST. PETERSBURG, May I.—The ice drift in the Neva
has commenced.

(PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind S.E.
Arrived —Sister, from Mobile.
Sailed—Ellen Austin, for New York.
QUEENSTOWN, May 4.
Wind S.E.

Arrived—De Battesta, from Cassabianca; Bertha Hen-
drica, Ibrail; Exodus and Mindanao, Callao ; Pori, Tar-
sus; Holdina, Mangan; Virtu, Trieste; Maria Teresa,
Marseilles ; Marys, Bal tim ore.
Off.--Telegraph, from Callao, for London.
WATERFORD, May 4.
Wind S.S.E.
Arrived—Congress, from Moulmein.
Sailed—Lavinia, for St. John's, N.B.

(BY SUBMABINA ANb BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.10 a.m.
Wind N.E.; tide, one and a half hours' flood; weather
fine.

Sailed—Thomazen, for Riga.; Lady Gray, Syra.

DEAL, Tuesda,y Morning.
Wind Easterly, light.
Anchored—lsland, from Barbadoes for London ; Su-
parior, from Cadiz for London.
Passed—Vesuvius, with four mortar-vessels in tow; and
her Majesty's ship Porcupine, with threo mortar-boats in
tow—buth for Sheerness. _ _

Passed on the sth.—Kate, from London for Liverpool;
Guatemala, from London for Pugwash.
Report of ship Load Auckland. —Left Nov. 15, and St.
Helena, Feb. 14. Had six weeks' easterly wind, mostly
strong gales. Sptko March 18, British barque Dement,
from London to Jamaica, all well ' • March 21, let. 26.3 N.,
long. 40.41 W., the British brig Corgress' out 164 days,
from Moulmein for Maryport, all well ; March 20, let.
28.23 N., long. 39.11 W., aatnburc, vessel Grassebrook,
from Islay to Ham burg, 92 days out.

MARKER NE lATS.—( filis Day.)

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meado w hay, 3/ 15i to 5 115 s ' • clover do.,
4/ 15s to 6/ 103; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 11s per load.
A moderate demand.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ IS3 to 5/ 15s; clover do.,
41 15s to 6, 103; and straw, 11 6s to I/ 12s per load.
Trade steady.
WHITECITAPEL. Meadow hay, 3/ 14a to 51 12s ; clover
do., 4/ 153 to 61 12s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 11s per load.
A. moderate supply and a, sluggish demand.

COLONIAL.
TRA.--The market has exhibited a rather heavy appear-
ance, but in middling cengou a fair amount of business has
been done for borne consumption ; young hyson, good com-
mon to fine, 10d to is 6d ; common congou, Sid per lb.
SuGAlc.—lhe sales have been of a limited character,
holders demanding high sates. Previous prices have been
readily obtained for most descriptions. Several large pub-
lic sales are announced. The refined market rules dull,
the det 'sand for home consumption being very limited.
COPS 'EE.—Full rates have been realised for both native
and pla station Ceylon, particularly the finer sorts, which
are notuth wanted. There has also been a good demand for
Mocha, at fully previous rates.
Ric E.—The demand has been extremely limited, and
previous prices have barely been sustained.
Rug'.—The market rules firm, but business generally is
inactsv e. Bengal sold for 2s 1,1 per proof gallon.
TALT:OW.—The market is again inactive, and prices have
declined to spot, 45Q, and last three mouths.

TALMOT/S DIVORCE.—House of Monday.—Mr.
Sergeant Wraogham having concluded his address, Mr.
Sergeant Byres proceeded to sum up the whole case, on
behalf of the petitioner, and their lordships adjourned.
THIF PROPOSED MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CONSTA/ITI-
NOPLI meeting of the leading inhabitants of Liver-
pool : old the district was held at the Town-hall on Friday,
the mayor (Mr. John Stewart) presiding, at which it
was unanimously resolved to give the inhabitants of
Live rpool an opportunity of contributing towards the
erec lion and endowment of a church at Constantinople
to .the memory of our gaFant countrymen who fought
and died in thn late war.

IHE IRISH SPIRIT TRADE.—A bill introduced by Mr.
Brady, Mr. H. Berkeley, and Mr. P. O'Brien, repeals
p ato,:s of the acts 3d and 4th William IV., c. 68, 6th and
7 th William IV.. c. 88, Bth and 9th Victoria, c. 64 and
1 7th and 18th Victoria, 3, 89. Retailers of beer, cider,
)irits, and wine are prohibited to open or keep open
ti ieir houses at any time between 12 p.m. and ti
week days, or b9fore. 2 p.m. or it‘t,:r 11 p.m. on
Sti mdayg, or before 5 ado. on the morning following
Sc oiday.

VALUATIONS INIRELA.rD.—It appears that in 26 of
the' :Irish counties the tenement valuation has been crim-
ple to d under the act. la 7 the valuation is in progress,
and in 7it has not yet commenced. The apparent dis-'
crep: they of these num bers((there being only 32 'counties '
prof ,er in Ireland) is. explained by the fact that there are
several "counties of cities." The tenement valuation'of
the counties. the valuation of which is not yet corn-
fmei 1 ced, m
ay probably be finished in two years from
the receir,t of the revised 0, dnance maps.
j RFAT. II OF THE WIDOW OF HENRY BELL.—On Thurs-
oar la'
,t, the Ist of May, Mrs. Bell, widow of Henry
Bell, the man who firstipropelled a vessel by steam iu
Draft ih waters, died at the Baths Hotel, Helensburgh,
" 1 .e Clyde, at the advanced age of 86. She had sur-
Vi'm 1 her celebrated husband for upwards of 25 years,
:Sell having died on the 14th of November, 1830, having
'oeeu born in the county of Linlithgow in 1767. Mr.
Bell• 's life was not a prosperous one, and before his death
his c my real dependence was an annuity of 501. per an-
num, granted by the Clyde Trustees, which was not only
conti a cued to his widow, but increased to 100/. The
cloe'Lch • days of the old lady, therefore, were peactful
and ~,DI dforlable. Sh 3 had been connected with the
Bath.; 11 Rite), at lioleniburgh, fox tlatlong period of 49
years—

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C °Ritmo-IAL INTELLIGENO'

Two o'CloOsed
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday el°
firmly, and prices of American and Surat to
rather higher. All other kinds were witstl
change. The sales were 1,000 to 10,000 be,,`-i;
comprising 120 Pernam and Maranham,
500 Egyptian, 61d. to Bid ; and 1,500 Sllo'll7Bl
to sd, per lb. The Liverpool Share A111.7,-,
was quiet, and prices were a shade better than
Saturday.
The following information upon the Liveirti
timber trade is from Mr. Edward ebei°ller
circular :
" The arrivals during last month from gitDd
io
America consisted of three vessels, 3,872 ton 3, art,
five vessels, 6,167 tons, in the month of April last
The auction sales of mahogany on the 25th jefiti'°.4ol
hausted the stock of all kinds in this market ill -0
hands. Of City St. Domingo—The cargo per je1,900
Hunt, sold at an average of 18 7 32d per foot, the 'to
ranging at from 8,111 to 68 ld, averaging 160, foot,
curls at from 14d to 63 Bd, averaging 22 1-32 d Per 41
Of St. Domingo—Toe cargo per Streoneshalb ever oi
10d per foot, the logs ranging at from 7d to 535c1'
the curls at from 9d to 161 d per foot ; and the °./
per Reaper, to arrive, chiefly small size, at an ayer,46ol
8 9-32.1 per foot, the logs ranging at from 7d to 9°, to
the curls at froin 1311 to 14d per foot. Of gen:l:gel
The cargo per Romance, from Belize, ee,e,9l
8 29 32d per foot, the logs ranging at from 50 I:,
and the curls at from (-,;(1 to 12i i per foot, alf,e'„;gyfot
respectivelyB27-32d and 101 32d per foot. Of LeL":001.
22 logs and curls, per Magician, at from 5d to Per 0
From St. John, several cargoes spruce have heel from'
from the yard at about 81.17 e 6d per standard, er:'; 19hi
the quay one at 81. 15s, one said to be at about Si.;/ pet
one to arrive at 8/. 173 6d, and a small parcel ef,r
standard ; by auction, first quality pine at iv(' $/,
second quality at 91. 12e Gd to 12/ , third qualitlelo,
lOs to 81. 15s, and fourth quality at' 81. 12e 6d Pet 12'
dard. From St. Stephen's, a cargo arled at an"; fol
6,1 per standard ; from Bathurst, a cargoy at 81. 1",;110
spruce, 101. for second quality, and 81. for third cl"
yellow."
The public sales of colonial wool coranielle",oth
morrow evening, and as the manufacturers
withPoot
here and on the Continent are generally ig
stocks a considerable attendance of WY° fot
expected. The high prices now ruling
cotton as well as wool are exercieiljgoe
powerful influence upon the state of
tlr
markets in the textile manufacturing distr-tDo
where business is, in some cases, alleged to be to
" reverse of remunerative." There appears t 3
al
a general expectation that higher quotati°Ph,4 ti
least for wool, will prevail, and there is liig,selotil
be great competition at the auctions, at 3

140,000 bales will be offered.
nlbad
Advices from Martinique to the 11th API.I r
come to hand, stating that the arrivals and ueltlie
tures of vessels during that month were 511017„eof,
average, and a brisk trade was doing in 5750
Notwithstanding an advance in prices of 21.°. Pe;vel
kilos. on rates of the present month, the deraort•
was animated after the arrival of the packet rerfor
ing favourably upon the European markets', oSf,
good qualities the prices paid ranged from 26f'„161,
per 50 kilos., and for ordinary sorts, 23f' LW,
Other articles of export ruled as follows :---`1- cle•
not in request, and prices nominal ; cocoa 111 par
mand at 90c. per kilo. ; tafia steady at 50f. 10
hectolitre, and campeche 48f. per 500 klL°s;not
imported merchandise the market Was 3'.--
el/
glutted, chiefly from Marseilles, which had OIL of
a sensible fall in the prices of the differentarticiss of
consumption, especiallyin flour. A large quantitike
French flour which had arrived was found °fol.
caked, and was sold by public auction at a c° the
derable reduction, which assisted in lowering 0
price ; while the small stock of American flour
hand has to submit to the low rates of French to
By a decree of the 2Gth April the duties °pi,
levied on imported cocoa into France are a° f,
lows :-75f. per 100 kilos. in foreign ships, and the
per do. in French vessels. Another decree of d
same date fixes the duty on imported iron Pi2e.45 I
all diameters at 30f. per 100 kilos. There i 5 r 3
demand at present in this article in Francef,l3:iy
prices are advancing upon English pig and barlto
The recent advance in the English_Stock gsfdil
is fully maintained, and the tendency of prics'o
upwards, but there is very little speculation, s'i 0
the real purchases are limited. Consols are 0,131
931 for money, 93 to 1 for the Bth inst., and
,o
i for June, being firm. The New 3 per Cents. `4,:io
brought 92f it, and the Reduced Annwd
911 to 92. Bank Stock has been 210 i to 211 it f'd
India Stock 229. The June Exchequer Billsriil,
7s. to 3s. discount, and the India Bonds 3°. -o'4
The Foreign Securities are generally at cullt4'llot
quotations. Turkish 6 per Cents. are ito 4,:e3
cent. higher, viz., 98 to 934, and the Guaraew f,
4 per Cents. are 1011, to i—being also 6ftei
Spanish 3 per Cents. are marked 45.Spanis11',
Deferred, 241 ; the Passive, 7g. ; and the Cal, ;
cates, 52. L Spanish Bonds rule steady °t (I,:i.
Mexican at 221 a. ; Chilian 6 per Cents. at 1:b ;
and Brazilian 5 per Cents, at 99 to 99g. Vu'cl
per Cents. aro 93'41 to 94. i°
The following are the nominal prices of f°rft%i•
stocks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62- 71 ; 3etg,,
can, 224 --; Peruvian, 77 79 ; Ditto 3 per Cevrja-5,
54 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; j't--5
sian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; Ditto 41 per 0°13.6;
94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 5 ; Ditt°v-0
ferred, 241 5; Ditto Certificates, 54 i ; Ditto .)--

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The Railway Share Market is also firmer'
the dealings are not of an extensive charac't
oecl
Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, flcii
Lincolnshire, are at advanced prices. The Fre'ray
and Belgian lines are rather higher, and the C'/'
dian are well maintained.
a Ili
Banking and miscellaneous shares are gen-fi
steady.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING r-
RIO'
(From the Oicsal List. I
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red-used anunitiss. , . ...
•291311;74:1°::,:115.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 a 2h 0
N -,- :1 ocr Cent. !innnities - ' 92i g 0 i
Newt per Cent. Annuities 75 ,
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 3 3-16 1
DR..° 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 1-16 A
India Stock
En.tiN lioilds, £lOOO
Consols ‘'or Account .
E who:IT:or hills, 21d.' March. Jun' d
1100 .
••••••
37
'e.500
4reall 32 d 1 --
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 9711 Sh
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS MAI'
P.rAzilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9l 9
Ditto Small
Chiliau Bonds, 6 por Cent 1044
quador Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent 22a i
Ditto Account
Russian Eonds, 1522, Y., St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto 4z3 per Cent.
Sardinian BorOs, 5 per Cent. ..... .....
15;) • , i !*,ads. 3 per Vent 45
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
t itto Passive
SpLaish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5l i p o

l'iirkib,h i.:onds, 6 per cent
Ditto Account 93 f
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent,
Ditto Account lOll i
,),,,,i,,,t, on the above .ayable in London.
Austrian Bonds, 10 Gull., £, 5 per Cent. 84. E
Dutch Exchange, 2it, per Cent., 12 Guilders 64
Ditto 4 per Cent. certificate
THREE O'CLOCK'
Console for Money
921 3
Ditto Account (Bth May) :... 92& 3

KENSINGTON GARDENS AND REGENT'S PARS.---5
official statement sent to us shows that on Sunday
65,545 persons entered Kensington Gardens, and BV-0
entered the enclosure of the Regent's Park, makl
total of 147,352 persons. 0,
POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. —The Pfr,
Mr. Dunn, from Van Diemen's Land, and the 110 n. 'lf
Furlong, from Melbourne, have arrived in London e.
the purpose of entering into arrangements for the in311./ts
diate formation of a steam postal communication °I

Australia.
ANOTHER AMATEUR PANTOMIME.—The gentlemo,
who had the honour of perfoi ruing their amateur Pi/ne
tomime before her Majesty last season, at Drurrirof
Theatre, intend giving another performance on the 2"
June at the Lyceum. "William Tell will this tlO
furnish the plot of the pantomime.
;NI
THE MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE.—The following " —,rbe
extract from the Malta Vines of the 22d ult.:—
Right lion, the Marq4is of Dalhousie took his deprtut
from this island on Sunday afternoon last, on board bb'
Majesty's steam frigate Tribune, for England, 0761 G 1
raltar. The noble marquis was assisted on board In
chair by Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, the vefiE"
manning yards in complement to his lordship."

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