The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-08 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

The stream of emigration still flows across the
atlantic as copiously as ever. Last week ten
steamers carried nearly 7,800 persons from Liverpool
to the United States and to Cann.da, and this week
promises to keep the emigration agents still further
employed. The societies are meanwhile publishing
appeals for more money. These are not apparently
responded to very liberally by the public, and several
associations which want to encourage wholesale
exportation of British workmen find themselves
unable to pursue their operations from want of fund%

(From the Anglo-American Time:.)
NEW YORK, May 22.

Governor Ildftnan is not looking so well as when
he.was Mayor, and I fear he is being led a miser-
able life at Albany. He stopped two or three days
in this eity,and a strong pressure was in vain brought
to bear on him to divulge his course regarding the
Scrip and Consolidation Bills. He has signed the
bill authorising a consolidation of the Great Cen-
tral line of Railway wi:h connecting roads; also the
80 per cent. stock—watering of the Central Road,
(Commo lore Vanderbilt's little pet scrip dividend of
last winter), as well as that excluding the terms of
the present directors of the Erie, Hudson, Harlem,
and Central Railroads, so that one-fifth serve five;
another fifth, four ; another, three; another, two
yearstinstead of all being elected one year as hitherto.
Although Wall-street knew by some means flat
these bills would be signed, the positive assurance
s?nt the stocks of these roads up from 1 to 3 per cent.
Bad as this is, the Governor's fully has been fitly
capped by his giving his reasons. - The total num-
ber of bills vetoel at Albany during the session,
and of those returned sines, not approved, is 62.
The total nu.nber of bills signed is _920. You can
scarcely compreheA the atmosphere the Governor
has been compelled to breathe,and his whole ap-
pearance shows the stru
glewith himself, ere he sane-
tional what I feel assur, d his honest judgment must
condemn. Another bill provides for the closing of
Born • streets now opening on Fourth Avenue, called
the Depot Bill. The• Governor says our city, in rail-
way dk.pot v. ceoimmodation,is behind all the great c.fties
of the world. The convenience and interest of the
city and country alike.demand a great. central depot
for all roads t'ertninatin4 in New York, and it can-
not be built unless this bill becomes a law. Hence
the law approoiating a por: ion of our streets, which
may t li'.6temain a to he seen.
The Waya.and Means Congressional Committee
appointed to inquire into the business of the Cus-
tom-house, in order to 'revise the tariff, are about
to proceed to Philadelphia, at the invitation of some
leading manufacturers. Tiny will there get into
a Protection hot-bed, which, perhaps, thEy may
find too warm and comfortable to vacate. They
paid a visit to the Gold Room and Stock Exchange,
and then went to. the banking-houses of Jay Cooke
-an.4 C 0.., and Henry -Clews and CO. They have
examined Mr. Thomas WElrath, of the Appraiser's
Department, and Mr. Pratt, who looks after the

Custom-house business of A. T. Stewart and Co.,
and will leave the Continental Hotel on Monday for
Philadelphia, thence to Situ Francisco, returning to
New York in August. We have . had an exciting
time in Wall-street. The suspension of Messrs
Shepeler and Co. was so unexpected that when
first it was rumoured it was regarded as a dodge to
affect the market. They had carried on their busi-
ness as German bankers and exporters of petroleum
and provisions since 1835 with great credit, and had
earned a high business reputation. Of late, besides
this legitimate business, they have speculated largely
in gold, operating for a fall, trusting to the effect of
the Treasury saes and other favourable iefluences.
When gold recently began to rise, the Messrs. She-
p‘ler speculated further to ewer their losses. Som
time since they agreed to fureish $10,000,00) gold
at to certain price, and they continue I to fulfil their
contract till, having to pay 7 and S per ceet. for it,
they. loan 1 themselves aground, and cenfesse 1 their
inability to continue the contutc'. Their Ea bilities
ate is inaed at $1,500,000. The •rs. Barney,
large prodica met chants at Montreal, have sus-
pei.ded with !Winkles of $l-25,0t10. Th ju dor
In tuber of the isms of 1) .via and Atkin, a is,lll("ng
Lo .se in 13.-oad-st ki,,appeare lonF. i lay, taking
v i..ii Ilia. $211,125 in certified checks and 6t ,Ck Cer-
tificates. A Ineeseni,er of the Corn Exchange Bank
di appeared 11rednesdmy, with V 5,000 belonging
to the bank. Clifford E. Crane was charged with
prt seating a forge] check for $3OO at the Importers'
and Traders' Bank. Ile is a clink in the Erie Rail-
way Company. William Muir and William Her-
rick are iu custody for having pa: chased three
stolen Pacific Railway Beads of $3,000. The City
National Bank will lose $6,000 of the $119,000 sup-
posed to have been abstracted by Aikin. The
Spanish Minister, Senor Roberts, is at present in New
York, and is a cause of uneasiness to the Cuban
patriots. It seems now to be ascertained that the
A rago sailed to Peru, but the destination of thsi
Pierrot is not so certain as that she is gone. Minis-
t. r Motley arrived on Monday, and was entertained
V Collector Grinnell on Tuesday. He embarked in
the Cuba on the 19th, and ere this reaches you he
will, I presume, be in London with Gen. Badeau, who
accompanied him. On Wednesday the German
Republican General Committee gave a farewell
banquet to Dr. F. Schuetz, our Consul a- It Ater-
dam. The dinner was well attende 1, and the most
cordial feeling prevailed. The Emigration Com-
mizeioners severely censure the British emigration
authorities in their report on the fever ship James
Posfer (Junior). They earnestly appeal to ship-
owners to exercise greater care in their selection of
officers, but they look mainly for reform to the dis-
continuance of sailing vessels and the employment
of steamers only in the passenger traffic. The shad
fishermen of the North River have been ordered to
remove their poles and nets, which interfered with
sailing vessels, but offered no great impediment to
steamers. A good deal of money is invested in the
business, and the men are in despair at the crier
of the Harbour Commissioners. The granddaughter
of Commodore and daughter of Capt. J. Vanderbilt
is to be married on June 8 to Mr.M'Namee; the cere-
mony will tike; place at the Episcopalian Church of
St. John, Clifton. Rufus L. Lord died at New York
on Saturday. Though he was the victim of the
celebrated Lord bond robbery, his estate is valued
at $5,000,000. There is a rumour that Mr. Crow-
ley is to be counsel to the new board of Tex Commis-
sioners. He has always denied that he would leave
Lockport to reside in New York as an office-holder,
but the salary is $7,500 a year—a sum not to be
despised. Wednesday was a cold, rainy, stormy
day, and although it did not prevent, it spoiled the
Patterson races, where the course was under water.
Gerald, however, beat Egotist, although the betting
was 5 to 1 against Gerald. The weather was better
on Thursday, and the attendance at the races large.
The Hurdle Race was won by Toompson's bay horse.
2d race—Sweepstakes, mile and a quarter, won by
Onyx; awe, 2.271. 3d race—Clifton Plate, $3OO,
sweepstakes, won by M'llaniers horse;
4th race—Consolation Purse, $l5O handicap, won
by Egotist ; Mtne, 1.59 g. The coal retailers put up
the price from a quarter to half a dollar per ton on
hearing of the strike at the mines is Pennsylvania,
but the public declined t:) purchase, and they will
have to come down. The miners fixed the price at
$.5 per ton for us, and it was attempted to be shown
that if the duty were repealed, Nova Scotia could
supply it cheaper,but this is proved to be a in'stake.
The six seamen brought from Java charg sl with
the murder of J. W. Jones, mate of the 7arca, 11,
11-1170 undergone an ex unination, w:ticli went to
prove that Jones lest his life in a melee. The rtfl-
lion dinars of gold offered by the Secreta'y of the
Treasury on Thursday was applied for to the amount
of $2,100,000. The following are the awards :
$BOO,OOO to Henry Clews and Co., at 113 77 to 143
85 ; $lOO,OOO to W. F. Livermore and Co., 143 80
to 143 81 ; $lOO,OOO to Lewis, Daniel, and Co.,
143 91.