The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-21 00:00:00

S FEBRUARY 21, 1851.

NICOL L'S REGISTERED PA, TOT.
This garment' exemplefies in its characteristics the general
excellence and moderate prices observed througlloo. JOWL
NICOLL'S establishment, where
DRESS for EVENING or MORNING WEAR has its-'allotted
space
UNIFORMS.—NavaI, Military, and Diplomatic, present, ilLtheir
department, the unusual aspect•of fair prices for cesh; alSts
ROBES.—Municipal, Clerical, &c., have separate rooms; and are
placed on the same footing with the above. '
BOY'S CLOTHING.—This is a new department, wherein provi-
Steil is also made for the display of much elegance and. economy.
TTIF, CITY ESTARLISIIME'NT corresponds with tha above, and
is at 22, CORNIIILL, the entrance to the Shipplag Department
being In Change-alley.

NICOLL'S TOGA can be used either as a cloak for the.shoulders,
or a wrapper for the knees ; it is registered 6 and 7 Viet.. ca, P. 65,
and can be had in London only of H. J. and D. NICOLL. MER-
CHANT CLOTHIERS, PALETOT PATENTEES, and VIAND-
FAC CURERS of CLOTS, REGENT—STREET (from 114 to 120
inclusive), and 22, CORNHILL.

CAUTION.—Many have assumed the use of the word "Yaletot,"
but Messrs. Nicoll are the sole patentees of the design andiaaterial
(in winter or summer substances) employed in the manttfadture of
this inexpensive and gentlemanly article of costume. \
ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. '‘

HERR SPRICHT MAN DEUTSCH.
QUI SI PARLA ITALIAN°.
AQUI lIIBLASE EL ESTANOT..

SMOKY CHIMNEYS.—NO CURE NO PAY. •
E. DOWSON, 123, Oxford•street , (five
CP A doors west of Regent-circus), sole manufacturer of
CUNDY'S PATENT REGISTER GRATE, begs to call attention to
it, as being the most elegant, inexpensive, and certain care for
nioky Chimneys. _ _

A prospectus forwarded upon application, post free.
J. E. DOWSON is also the sole manufacturer of CUNDY'S PA-
TENT HOT-AIR and 'VENTILATING STOVE, for Cl►nrches,
Warehouses, Shops, Entrance Halls, &c. Patronised by the Society
of Arts, in whose rooms, John• street,' Adelphi, it may be seen in con-
stant use ; and also at Messrs. Hitchcock's, St Paul's Church-
yard ; and at the Manufacturer's'as above. A prospectus way be
had free.

MARBLE CHIMNEY-PIECIiS, GRATES, ani FENDERS are
on view in the extensive Show Rooms, in great vtriety, and of the
most elegant description, at greatly reduced prim. Every. article
manufactured upon the most perfect principle.
J. E. DOWSON, 123, Oxford-street (live doOrs welt of Regent-
circus), London.

1851.—THE GREAT WONDER OF TEE DAT.
_OUTS BRAUN'S. REGLIZE,_
.Ne. VllLimutaV
One Cap will fit every head -Europe—the'
every age—the infant's will fit the eldest—it is elegant as a lady's
Riding Cap, and suited for all gentlemanly exercises, and an ever-
lasting School Cap—it is peculiar for its comfort in travelling, and
from its entire softness, is indispensable for the infant—it is made
with or without the peak, and in all materials. Can be had of all
respectable hatters, hosiers, and drapers in town or country, and at
all wholesale houses in London. Pattern Cards, with List of Prices,
sent to wholesale consumers, post iree.
Apply at Louis Braun's General Cap Warehouse, 65, Wood-street
Cheapside, London.

FRALIPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
Price Is. I%d. per belt.
This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common
symptoms of which are costiveness, flatulency, spasms, loss of appe-
tite, sick headache, giddiness, sense of fulness after meals, dizziness
of the eyes, drowsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels, : indi-
gestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and a consequent inac-
tivity of the bowels, causing a disorganisation of every function of
the frame, will, in this meet excellent preparation, by a little perse-
verance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince
the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain
its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will
rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun-
diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be the
quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac-
companying each box. . .

AS a pleasant, safe, easy apperient, they unite the recommenda-
tion of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require
no restraint of diet or confinement during their nee ; and for elderly
people they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hi-
therto prepared. •
Sold by T. Front, 2-29. Strand, London. Price is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d.
per box; also by the Vendors of Medicines geterally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Front, 229 Strand, London," on the
Government Stamp

THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION.
CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREYENTION OF

DISEASE.
Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
A New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d.
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6(1. in postage stamps,
rilizlE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
ex,effaive Indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of
merqury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,
followed by observations on the Married State, and the disqualifica-
tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 ColOured Engravings, and
by the detail of cases. By R. and L. rtiacr and CO.,Consulting
Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxrord-street, London. üblished by
the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay,
63, and Sanger, 150, Oxt4rd-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-
treet, London.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs., and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
Pe AT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
inlg mice, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing
me'ltal and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
eART 111. treats of the diseases-resulting from imection, either in
rite primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Ungr avings.

l'Arr Id. contains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a
simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
Flits important part the Work should not escape tho reader's
notice.

PAsT V.lB devoted to the eonsideration of marriage, and its dn-
ice. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
Ntolo subject critically and phllOsOhlctilly Intaired into., , t-
TRW Comm. liaXat ettcluatvilf ea4ee7nd
treating nerved* and se rag deatt
Par bottle. The Concentrated. 0%
remedy, for purifyiag the ldaed4ii take. et inf r dary

symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ils. and 338. per
bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. sd , 4s. 6d., and I Is,
per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and
.Ibronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
11. A minute detail of the 'case is required: age, habits, and posi-
tion in society. 11. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Este-
colskment only by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry,
Aurenns. are in sttendance daily at 1.9, Ilerners-street, Oxford-
street, London, from Eleven ill Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sun-
day llom Eleven to One.

The Oberon and Pike steamers were taken into the
steam-basinito-day.
WOOLWICH, FEB. 20.—Lieutenant James Hosken
(1828) hoisted his pendant yesterday in the Banshee
mail steam-packet, commissioned for service on the Me-
diterranean station. All her engineers have been ap-
pointed, and the requisite number of stokers have beta
supplied from the Fisgard. The Banshee went down
the river to-day to try the working of her engines, by
John Penn and Son, and although she has only two
boilers now to make room: for stowing a greater quan-
tity of coals, instead of four boilers, the number she had
formerly, sbe made a speed of over 13 knots per hour.
Oue of the' side rods was broken during the trial, but it
was removed in a quarter of an hour, and each cylinder
being fitted with two sides perfectly independent of each
other, as is invariably the practice of Mr., Pent in large
oscillating engines, she started again with no perceptible
diff-rence in the working of the engines.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle visited Woolwich Dock-
yard to-day. His eon, Commander Graham Ogle (1846)
is.at present studying steam at the Factory at Woolwich
Dockyard.

AiNIE,RICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN.
SOUTHAMPTON, er—HiJBEDAY, FEB. 20.
The United States' Mail steam-ship Franklin, Captain
J. A.-Wootton, arrived off Cowell, Isle of Wight, at 3
o'clock this afternoon, and after vtr.nnsferring the mails
for England to a small steamer, proceeded on her voyage
to Havre.
The Franklin sailed from New York at 3 P.M.. on the
Bth inst., and her voyage has occupied 12 days, less five
hours, the difference in longitude. She has 47 passen-
gers, four only of whom landed at Southampton, and on
freight 40 packages specie, value 300,000 dolls., 500
bales cotton, and sundry cargo—all for Havre.
By this steamer we have accounts from the United
States of three days later date than received by the
cd States' mail steamer Pacific.
tliteam-ship Empire City agrive4 atjtow,Zork on
the 7th inst. with the California mails, 750,000 dells. In
gold dust on freight, and 300,000 dolls. in the hands of
passengers.
We have a fortnight's later news from California by
the Franklin—the dates from San Francisco are to the
31st of December.
The accounts from California are not so encouraging
as formerly. The mines were yielding less than during
the past season, but preparations were being made to
work the quartz mines during the coming spring and
summer with great energy, by the aid of machinery and
steam. The Indians in the Mariposa country had com-
menced depredations, but efforts were being made to con
ciliate them. Crime was prevalent in San Francisco and
throughout the country, and it was supposed that an or-
ganized band existed, composed of convicts and reckless
adventurers, whose sole business was plunder. The cho-
lera had entirely disappeared, and the health of the city
was generally good. The general news is of little in-
terest. The Legislature was to meet on the 6th of
January at San Jose, but an effort would probably be
made to remove the seat of Government to San Fran-
ciscO. The operations of the Government it was thought
would be considerably embarrassed for want of funds,
and a loan was unavoidable unless Congress afforded
some relief. The Alta' California announces the
arrival at San Francisco of a portion of
Captain French's company ; they had suffered
terribly. The Pacific News of January 1, in a long
.1
article on the state and prospects of California, gives the
offiaial list of shipments of gold-dust in 1850, ending
Dedember 31. The aggregate amount is 29,441,583
dolls., or nearly 6,000,0001. sterling; the largest amount
was shipped in the month of August, when the exports
amounted to 5,282,880 dolls. Besides this it is estimated
that 12,000,000 dolls, have gone forward in private
hands, and 6,000,000 dolls, have been retained for cir-
culation, making the total yield of the mines for 1850
48,000,000 dolls., or between 9,000,0001. and 10,000,000 k
sterling. The San Francisco Herald gives the particulars
of damage done to shipping daring severe gales on the
15th and 16th of December. Respecting the Indian
hostilities, the Stockton Journal states that the Indians
are. in open warfare with the whites. The California
Courier announces the loss of the British ship Mersey
in the Bay of San Francisco. The following letter from
San Francisco, dated the 31st of December; in the New
York Courier and Enquirer, embraces the principal
iteins of intelligence :-
I'l am sorry I have no better news to offer you this
Ner Year's Eve, and no further accounts to render than
the extremely discouraging news which the enclosed
postscript affords. Even these quotations, low as they
may seem, are for most articles, from 25e. to 50e. above
what the goods will bring if sales are forced. The
prices named are nominal nearly, as there is positively no
demand for goods of any description, unless it be the
single article of tea=, for which large orders have already
been forwarded to China.

" The rainy season having set in, prices have suddenly
and rapidly declined, and the supply is far larger than
can'be taken up in the course of trade for a long, long
while.

" Comparatively few vessels from the States have ar-
rived since my last, and I hope that shipments have for
the present ceased from yoar port.
" Goods are daily sold by our commission merchants
for freight and charges, which often exceed the value of
the goods, themselves . I know of many parcels which
have been received for more than a year, the final roattlt
of which must be very disastrous to the shipper. When
freight and storage equal the value of the goods, they aro
sold, the only gainers being the owners of favourite
warehouses. Add to this the great risk of total loss by
fire and you will see the danger of dealing with so un-
certain a market.

" Shippers Rot in the regular trade meet constant
losses, as their goods are usually forced off at auction
for what they will bring.
" Accounts from Sacramento city and Stockton
show even a duller market than our own, and ac-
counts from Oregon offer no greater inducements to
shippers."

Our advices from Washington aro to the 7:h inst. In
the Senate the California Land Title Bill was ordered to
bo engrossed. In the House of Representatives the pro-
position to establish a branch mint in Now York was
negatived. General C 485 had been re-elected to the
Senate by the Legislature of Michigan. In the House
of Representatives Mr. Gilbert gave notice of a Bill to
establish a branch mint in California. The Naval Com-
mittee of the Senate had put sheir veto upon the ex-
tension of any new steam lines of communication across
the Atlantic, under the patronage of Government,
for the present session, by a formal vote, assuming
that in the few remaining weeks of the session there is
not sufficient time to examine the projects which have
been presented, and that the application for increased
compensation from the proprietors of Collins's line
(between New York and Liverpool) demands an inquiry
into the whole system, and forbids any additional en-
gagements._ until it is thoroughly understood. There
was a favourable disposition on the part of the committee
towards the establishment of a line of steamers between
San Francisco and Shanghai, upon the basis of the re-
commendation of the Secretary of the Navy.
From the Isthmus of Panama we have dates to the
27th of December. Gorgona was partly destroyed by
fire on the 25th ult., SO houses being burnt. Loss not
ascertained. The royal mail steamer Medway sailed
for Southampton, vial Carthagena and St. Thomas's, on
the 25th of December.

Jenny Lind and suite arrived at New Orleans, from
Havannah, on the 7th inst. The telegraphic reports
state that the city was wild with excitement.
General Quitman had arrived at New Orleans in cus-
tody of a United States' marshal to stand his trial on the
charge of being connected with the Cuban invasion.
We have dates from Rio de Janeiro to the 21st of De-
cember. The political news is without interest, and
mentions nothing relative to the expected war between
Brasil and Buenos Ayres. At the latest dates a kind of
epidemic, having all the appearance of fever, was raging
in the city of Campos. The war steamer A ffonso ar-
rived at Rio on the 13th of December, with the 4th bat-
talion of Artillery and 400 soldiers.
Accounts from Kingston, Jamaica, state that cholera
was fast disappearing from the colony, and the only
parish now afflicted to any extent is Lucia. A serious
riot had occurred in the parish of St. David during an
election for a Member of the House of Assembly. A
hired band of ruffians was in attendance, and a fearful
riot ensued. The Court-house was almost entirely de-
molished, the police and other persons cut and wounded,
some of whom would not survive. Mr. M'Lean, the co-
roner of the parish, was killed, and the sheriff, Mr.
Lyons, obliged to fly for his life. A detachment of
troops had been sent to the district, and some of the
ringleaders arrested on a charge of wilful murder.

We are in possession of accounts from the Sandwich
Islands and files of the Polynesian to the 14th of Dec.,
but they contain no news. The French corvette Se-
rieuse, 30, arrived on the 13th of December from San
Francisco, having on board M. Perrin, the new French
Consul-General.

The latest advices from Oregon extend to the 20th of
December, received by the Goldhunter at San Francisco.
The territory continued prosperous.
The Oregon Spectator contaios the message of Governor
Gaines to the Legislature. It advocates a liberal policy
on the part of the General Government in the donation
of lands to actual settlers, urges the immediate construc-
tion of roads, and advocates a liberal system of educa-
tion.

Cotton—The' sales to-day have rather otee'ededil,Boo
bales, and at . prices about per cent. better than 'cur-
rently accepted 'during the panic of yesterday. 'The
change of sentiment is owing, as we believe, to.the fact
that the intelligent cotton merchants of this city were
:electrified this morning by a proclamation .liona a very
:extensive anti shrewd cotton office, defining the,precise
causes of .the decline. at Liverpool, which, if not, very
clear to the merchants of that city at the period of
making up their correspondence for the steamer Carada,
is at least so to the writer, who is devoid of any peraohal
feeling in the matter.; We do not think that it was the
intention of the Writer 'to avail himrelf- of the convenient
opportunity to 'bear the. market here and at, the. south;
but, if such was • his' intention, it has signally-fated, at
this point at least. • Tho line of prices to-day. was I2ic.
to 1240. for midland upland; and laic to 1312.. for fair.
Holders for the best description of Gulf's declined offer-
ing at proportionate rates.
Provisions—Pork,-Smce our last there has been but
little variation in the market for old Ohio pork, while the
demand was fair.