The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-19 00:00:00

LONDON, "MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1855.

OFFICE OF THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY,
lIORSEFERRT-ROAD, WESTMINSTER, 17th April, 1858.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL COURT of the Proptietors
of this Company will be h. hi at the Company's Gas Works, Horse-
ferry-road, Westminster, on Friday, the 7th day of May next, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon. The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock
precisely.—By order.

C. BURLS, Secretary.

still 9 per cent. Orr the 16th ult., up 'to 2' p. 111:,
about 30,0001. ha.d.passed -in exchange, at quota-
tions :—London, 254 ; Paris, 376 to 385 pt. and
Hamburg, nominal. Market Closed firm.
At Bahia the prices of sugars had sustained them-
selves at former quotations of 3.000 per arroba for
browns and 3.800 for superior whites, with 100 to
200 rs. per arroba. abatement on inferior qualities.
The.demand had 'been: confined to sugars suitable
for Channel shipments, for returns, in ;consequence
of the low rates of -exchange. There had been no
supplies of coffee. }Ammer stock consisted of about
2,000 bags, of which:l,soo bags had been disposal
of at 4.300 per arroba. Olcacoa there had also b en
no arrivals, and inquiiy was leis brisk. Quotations
were nominal, _being those of List sales. Prices of
cotton, which the .-pievious month were 6.800 per
arroba for Maceios,.: gradually- rose to 7.000 and
7.200, btit in the beginning of March they suddenly
advanced to 7.800, at: which rate small stocks in
first hands were cleared off. There had been no
fresh arrivals latterlyi and consequently no sales had
been effected. Stocks iii hand on the-15th amounted
to 1;186 bags against-I;49l.bags on the Ist, mostly
in second hands. Salei of hides had been effected at
220 is. per pound for dry:: saltedi and 270 fa• du.
Stocks in first-hands 'were insignificant. Superior
quality_ tapioca continued to be:inquired after, but-
there were no supplies. Freights were in a state of
apathy ; a.snialhvessel. was chartered at 20s.- per
ton for the Channel, and another had received cargo
for New York at 153._ per ion. Since the Ist of
January about, 25 vessels had -left Bahia in ballast.
Considerable business had been done in exchange
at 23d., 90 and 60 days ; latterly 230.,, 90 days,
was offered .without finding takers, and 24d. was
spoken of, but no transaction was reported. Not
much doing in the import market. - •
•- Our correspondent at Pernambuco writes as fol-
lows_ on the 24th ult. : • -
" Our latest ad dices from Europe are to. the 9th ult.,
per the present conveyance, which arrived here on the
3d inst , and telegraphic news, vireLlsbon, to the 13th.
" Business during the monthlies been excessively dull.
The improved accounts of the money-markets at home
caused our exchange to advattce, and important trans-
actions were effected at 213,, 20 days' sight, but 'Lifer
receipt of news from Rio that exchange bad declined to
2211., our rate became flatter, and large 'amounts were
passed at 23&d. for 60 and -90 days' sight. Discounts
10 to 12 per ceet. per arrobe.
"In sugars little has bees done in consequence of the
high rates demanded by peckers, and -purchases hive
been confined to whites and selected yellows fn. exporta-
tion to Rio, River Plate. Portugal, and France. Stocks of
Muscovados are accumulating, and it is fully expected
packers will ultimately give way. • Our quotations are—
Muscovados, 2.700 to 3.200 per arroba, or 223. ld. to
255. 103. per cwt. free on board ex freight ; whites,
3,400 to 4,300 per arroba, or 28s, Id. to 34'. Bd. per
ewt., free on-board eY freight. The preseut crop, in the
three provinces of Pernambuco, Paraiba, and Maceios,
will tall very c trisiderably short of last year's, and the
deficiency, it is estimated, will reach 20,000 tons. The
crop at Bahia is also reporter' short.
"Cottons—Our qUotations for Pernsms at Bs2oo to
Bs3oo per arroba, equal tO 71d. to 7 11-32 i. per le. free
on board, ex freight. Mactiois, 83400 per arroba free on
"He s
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Channel. rein
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or
board, or 63d. per lb. Paraibas, 8000 per arroba
free on board, or 6 15-16 d per lb. The entries are very
sugarre freely e
ballast;e ly o ifs
small, and the crops are reported unusually short.
15-
163. to 6 7-32 d. per lb.
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to l' ‘od Fareaigth. Ptga.r—aiVbae.B2Bess. a
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per ccotton.
" Exchange.—The amount passed for this steamer
reacher' 100,0001. sterling at 24d., 90 days'sight for
cash
cash ,• 231 d., 60. and 90 days' credit.
"Mr. 11. A. Cowper, her Majesty's Consul at this
port, returns by this steamer, and probably, it is said,
will be appointed to another coesulate. The British
merchants, anxious to exoress their appreciation of Mr.
Cowper's services,.and at-the same time their regret at
the probable change that may take pace, unauinz aid)!
did so in a letter addressed to him. Mr. Cu.vper has
been far many yea, s her Maj esty's Consul at Pernambuco,
and his departure will bee sincerely regretted by the Eng-
lish community here.-
"A very extraordinary case of forgery has come to
light this month. Two bills, purporting to be drawn by
Messrs. N. 0. Bieber and Co., and accepted by Messrs.
J. Keller and Co., were discounted three months ago at
the Branch Bank of Brazils in this province. On the
date of their falling due the bills, one of 20,000 milreis,
and the other of 30,000 milreie (5,0001.), were presented
to Messrs. Keller, who declined payment, alleging them
to be forgeries. Messrs. Bieber refused on the same
plea. The' matter remains thus for the present, but the
remarkable part of the affair is the bank, usually very
cautious, having discounted bills- tea a person unknown,
and who gave into the bank at the time the transaction
was effected an altogether fictitious name. Tne bills, it
appears, are precise copies of bona fide bills which bad
previously been discouuted at the bank."

having bean received during the fortnight, while
the retailers were previously well supplied, Very
little doing in exports. The colony was remarkably
healthy. A great loss had been sustained by the
sinking of the ferry steamer Lady Smith at her
moorings alongside the wharf on the 10th ult. The
accident was occasioned by the engineer having
neglicted to shut a cock which admitted the water
into the boiler.
Everybody was occupied with crop operations at
Barbarities. Several fires had occurred on the dif-
ferent estates from the dryness of the weather.
Notwithstanding the shortness of rain, sugar making
was more favourable than during the corresponding
period of last year. Up to the 24 March the quan-
tity of sugar shipped was 8,540 hhds., 539 tierce4,
1,645 brls., against 3,542 !Aids., 539 tierces, 1,645
brls. to same date labt year. The Mercantile
intel-

ligencer of the 24th says :
" There is a fair demand for breadstuffs and provi-
sions. Toe market is moderately supplied, and, with an
improved local consumption, cornmeal bad advanced in
value 500. to 75c. per barrel, similar rates having been
refined for a lot to arrive. Flour is in request for
shipment, and prices are wittnout change, choice brands
of 'surerfine' and Ohio extra' being freely taken
at 7 dollars D.P. Bag bread is commanding mare
attention, but crackers are without inquiry. Both
articles are held at figures above the views of
the trade. Corn is saleable. Good B. E. peas are
wanted. There is little doing in salted meats—late im-
portations have been stored. Lard is dull. Butter of
realy good quality would find buyers at full rates. C
od
fish is in ample supply, and scarcely realises quotation.
Large quantities have been received from Newfound-
land aid the French colonies. Alewives and herrings
are in good supply. Salmon and mackerel are wanted.
Sugar, per 1.00,b., a few barrels of new at market, at 3
and 31 dole.; only a few barrels sold ; prices nominal.
Molasses, ner gallon, 13 o.; quite nominal. Planters
bolting. Rum, per gallon, 30 c. in bond.
In the Grenada Legislative Assembly strong op-
position had been offered to the progress of a mea-
sure for constituting a salaried " Executive Com-
mittee" every successive division being decided by
the casting vote of the chairman, and at length a
motion was agreed to to report progress and ask
leave to sit again, after which the house adjourned
till the 13th of July next. His Excellency, Mr.
Kortright, bad asked for leave of absence, and would
shortly leave for Europe. Planters were availing
themselves of the fine weather to push manufac-
turing operations, and with a very few exceptions
the sugar crop would be a large increa, e over that
of last year. Two vessels had been despatched
with cargoes of produce, and others were loaded
ready to follow. The health of the island contiuutd

good.
At Trinidad the weather was unusually wet for
the season. Sugar-making was, nevertheless, being
vigorously prosecuted, and a good deal was finding
its way on shipped, although the average was small,
owing, probably , to two causes—the crop was be-
gun late and prices were not on a scale to induce
the planters to be in any hurry to ship, three dol-
lars per cwt. being the quotation.
A disturbance of a most serious character took
place at Antigua on the 22d of March, and the
cause appears to have been a quarrel between
Thomas Barnard, a native of Barbuda and Henry
Jarvii, .a native of that island, arising, it is said,
from a preference shown by certain masters of ves-
sels to employ the former person with his party of
Barbuda people to load vessels. Whatever the cause
of quarrel, however, it appears that Barnard and
Jarvis had• an encounter, in which the latter re-
ceived injury by, it is alleged, a concealed imple-
ment in the hands of the former, who, it is said,
boasted of his victory in a style which aroused a
feeling of national antagonism among the friends of
Jarvis, and impelled them to wreak vengeance en
not only this hero of the affray, but on every Bar-
buda man, woman, and child that could be found,
and in the course of the first. day several f the
latter people were severely handled. On Tuesday.
at an early hour of the day, a large troop assembled
in front of Barnard'a house and romaine I there
during the day, the police endeavouring to disperse
them without effect. In the afternoon of the same
day the mob became more mischievous and pro-
ceeded to storm Barnard's house, when the exhar-
tations of the Superintendent of Police and Mr.
Justice Loring seemed to have the effect of mode•
rating them a tittle, and several of the rioters re-
tired. Later in the evening the crowd assembled in
considerable force, and about half-past 10 a body of
about 300 assembled in front of Barnard's house,
and divided into two parties, and made an indis-
criminate attack on the premises of every poor per-
son who was supposed to have given shelter to a
Barbudian, breaking down fences forcing entry into
houses, destroying furniture, and placing the occu-
pants ingreat alarm. The Superintendent of Police
then armed half-a-dozen' men of the small force at
his disp sal ; the men were ordered to load, and
charging the mob cleared the spot for a short time,
after which they again assembled and attacked the
police with stones ; they again charged the mob,
when four of them were wounded with the bayonet,
and at 12 o'clock at night the Superintendent and
Mr. Justice Loring again repaired to the Scene of
riot, when, on attempting to read the Riot 'Act.
the latter gentleman was assailed by a shower
of stones, twice knocked down, and with some dif-
ficulty managed to escape; on the next day, Thurs-
day, the evident symptoms of weakness on the part
of the authorities seemed to have its full effect in
emboldening the rioters to more audacious mea-
sures, and it being known to them that Barnard
bad taken refuge in the police office, the resolve
seems to have been arrived at to force the station
and take him away ; they then paraded the streets
in large numbers and demolished several houses.
At this stage of the proceedings special constables
were sworn in. In the evening the mob assembled
in front of the police building, declaring their de-
termination to storm it. With the force at hand it
was apparently impossible to clear the spot without
resorting to extreme measures. Accordingly the po-
lice were kept inside the building with loaded arms,
but with instructions not to fire without special
orders, but soon the mob assailed the building with
stones, every window was quickly demolished, and
some of the police struck. The police then charged
the mob, which' resulted in their killing five and
wounding more than that number. At 9 p.m. mes-
senger was despatched by the police magistrate to
the Governor, Who was residing at Clarenc..-house,
12 miles from St. John's, and at 1 a.m. his Excel-
lency arrived- on horseback at the police-station.
About 4 in the morning the mob assembled and
attacked the police station. They then forced a
temporary entrance into the building, when the
police and constables charged resolute y, and fired
two or three- volleys, killing three pi rsons and
wounding a few more. After this martial law
was proclaimed, two field-pieces were loaded and
placed in position to sweep the approaches to the
station,. and mounted patrols (by this time 11
o'clock), had, according to summons, begun to ar-
rive from all quarters ; during the night stations
were taken up in all quarters, and four parties of
mounted police patrolled the streets, bringing in
several prisoners. The city was-perfectly quiet at
latest date. On Sunday morning the Frenchsteamer
Cocy e, with2oo men, arrived at St. John's harbour
from Guadeloupe, but on Monday morning, when
the report left Antigua, it had not been considered
necessary to disembark the troops. As soon as the
news reached St. Thomas's, her Majesty's consul
sent a despatch to Captain Dunlop, of the Tartar
frigate, which was then at Santa Cruz, and this fine
ship sailed immediately for Antigua. The number
of casualties reported to the latest date was—
killed, 8 • severely wounded, 13.
General Santa Anna, ex-President of Mexico,
with his suite, arrived at St. Thomas's in the mail
steamer Clyde on the 17th ult. from Carthagena,
and was to have left on the 19th for Havannah in
the mail steamer Dee, but the non-arrival of the
Solent from the Gulf at the moment of the Dee's
departure seems to have changed his intentions, as
he still remained in the island at last accounts.
The news from the Pacific is anticipated via the
United Stites.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Her Majesty's ships Indus (with the flag of Admiral
Sir H. Stewart), Leopard, Basilisk, Imautn, i3uzzard,
and Devastation were at Port Royal, Jamaica. The
Brunswick, C,pt. Ommanney, sailed for Portsmouth on
the 17th ult. The Tartar was at Santa Cruz, the Havan-
nab at Panama, the Gauges and Retribution at Callao.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Clyde, Captain
Reeks, was at St. Thurnas'a' from Jamaica ; the Con-
way, Captain Lewis, at St. Thomas's from the Islands ;
the Dee, Captain Woolcott, down the Gulf ; the Der-
went, Captain Heenan, at Barbadoes ; the Eagle, Capt.
Hole, at Jamaica, from Honduras ; the Solent, Captain
Woolward, at St. Thomas's, from the Gulf ; the Thames,
Captain Gillies, at St. Thomas's, from the Spanish Main;
and the Trent, Capt. Leeds, on the Spanish Main route.
The Solvent arrived at,St. Thomas's on the morning of
the 21st ult., at six a.m., from the Gulf, her late arrival
haviggbeen occasioned by unusually tempestuous weather
during the entire 7oyage. On the let, at 2.20 p.m..
Mg a vii,lent north gale in the Gulf, the boats wain and
ni
men were washed overboard, while in theact of scouring
the jib, which had blown adrift. Of these neve
eavel
ono was washed on hoard again, and three were
volunteer crew, corn-
by the mail boat, manned
tzl lel Stewart (third
G. Wilkins (second officer), (crf officer), Clsarlee
posed of Messrs. Jobn Deverbeyox: