The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-28 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The H. von Gagern, hence, off New Orlean3.
The William Loper, from Plynynth, at Philadelphia.
The Thomas Jefferson, hence for Philadelphia, 100
miles off Sandy Houk, on the 11th inst.
The Utland and the General Berry, from Bremen ;
the Sir Isaac Newton from HaarbuT ; the Sir E. Pet-
tigrew and the George,
hence, at New Orleans. The Dix t B-11, of Liverpool, from Granada for Lou.
on, put into Sombrero, on
the 17th ult., leaking 6:: in.
per hour. Sno was lighten -cl and the leek stopped, and
proceeded next day on her voyage.
The J. R. Young, from Marseilles or New Y...-k, was
spoken, 6th. inst., in lat. 43 N , long. 65 \V. She had
been out 75 days, and was in a very leaky c,ndition.
She wa4 supplied with provisions.
The Casilda, which arrived at New York, passed, in
lat. 44 N., long. 54 W., a large lower ma-t partly burnt,
and great quiraities of charrei timber, apparently the
remain:, or some IhttEti. ,t,str ..fed by fire.
The Excelsior, the Edward D. Peters, and the New
World, hence; the Anna Decatur and the St. NicholaA,
from Havre; the Casilda, from Newcastle; the Johannes,
from Hamburg ; her Majesty's steam-yacht Syren, from
St. George's, Bermuda, at New York.
The Samuel French, which arrived at New York, saw,
April 30, in lat. 24 N., long. 80 W., a tar-.e number of
bales of cotton, and succeeded in picking up 23 of them.
The marks upon them oould. not be made out—the sea
having washed them off ; one of the bales had a spar
upon it.

SOUTHAMPTON, TuNE 27•

The screw steamship Hainmonia Capt. Sch wen-
sen, arrived this morning with advises from New
York to the 15th inst. She has no specie, but
brings 27 passengers for this port and 151 for Ham-
burg, whither she proceeded. Throughout the voy-
age she has had light variable winds and smooth sea,
and Iris made the passage in 11 days 12 hours.
Tue Arago, from Havre and Southampton, ar-
rived at New York on the af, ernoon of the 15th.
June 22d the Harrimonia spoke the English shin
Warwick, in lat. 47 N., long. 33 30 W. ; 23d, at
4 a.m., the Hamburg steamer Borussia, in lat. 47
49 N., long. 29 20 W., for New York ; 25th, an
American ship, showing 3d distinguishing pendant
No. 2,315, in lat. 49 N, long 14 W.
The news brought by the Hammonia is of the
same date as that received via Liverpool.

POSTAGE TO Amsttics.—By the last accounts from the
United States it was proposed in Congress that English
letters not conveyed by United States mail steamers
should.be liable to a postal rate 100 per cent. higher
than tha' chargeable on such letters by American packets.
P rtunately, the proposition was not acceded to ;
if it had been, there can be ❑o doubt that the British
Government would have raised the postal rate on Eng-
lish letters conveyed by United States mail steamers also
100 per cent, higher than it is at present, and the con-
sequence would have been that the postage on a single
letter between England and America would have been
two shilling'.
The bill for ex'ending the principle of limited liability
to banking companies which has this week been sent
from the 11,,use of Commons to the Lcrds has jest been
printed. It provides that any banking company now
existing, or that may hereafter be formed, shall bs at
liberty to register themselves with limited liability ; but
stipulates that in the case of eseablishments issuing notes
the liability of the shareholders as far as such notes are
concerned shall remain unlimited. Companies register-
ing themselves under the Act are to give notice to every
person having a banking account with them. They are
ii,(„ige conspicuously to exhibit at their place of busi-
ness a statement that the liability (f the shareholders is
limited, an° also to add to such notice particulars of the
amount of their capital, the number o: shares issued, the
OW wade, and the total paid up.