The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon, N. to
N.W. ; fresh and squally, with snow and sunshine inter-
vening.
PLYMOUTH, Aprills.—Wind W.—Arrived—Mary Ann,
from London for Havannah.
CLYDE, April 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bessie, from
Geelong.
FALMOUTH, April 15.—Wind NW.—Arrived—James
Armstrong, from London for Madras—the crew refusing
duty.
LEITH, April 16.—Sailed—Forth, steamer, for Aus-
tralia.
SHIELDS, April 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Nep-
tune's Bride, from Ceylon.
SUNDERLAND, April 15.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Lotus,
for Mauritius.
TORBAY, April 14.—Wind. N.W., blowing hard.—Ar-
rived—Witch of the Sea, from London for Cape Town ; her
Majesty's ship Termagant.
LIMERICK, April 14.—Sailed—Earl of Selkirk, for
Quebec.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON; Saturday Morning.

Wind N.W.

Arrived—Princess Charlotte, steamer, from Portsmouth;
Danube, from Newport ; Bartholomew, Dios, and Sagres,
Portuguese war steamers, from Lisbon, Dispatch, steamer,
from Jersey; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Argyll,
steamer, from Carentan; Ondine, steamer, from Dublin.
Sailed—Windermere, steamer, for Newport; La Poule,
Georges, and Le Coq, for Cherbourg; Wonder, steamer, fur
Havre; Courier, steamer, for Jersey.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind N., fresh.
Arrived, April 15.—Sea, from Rio Hache ; Defthaven,
from New Orleans ; Louisiana, from Savannah ; Flora,
from Odessa ; Fordenskiold, from Smyrna, Fernand Raoul,
from Nantes.
Arrived, April 16—Eva, from Porto Rico; Sebastian,
from Cardenas; Lady Sale, from New Orleans; Mary, from
Nantes.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind W.N.W. ; tide four hour's flood; cloudy, with
sleet snow.
Arrived, April 15—Mary, from Aarhuus ; Christiana,
from Gothenberg.
Arrived, 16—Lippe 'Vise; and Mentor, from Worcum.
Sailed, April 15—Sir Chas. Napier, for Kurrachee ; Zet-
land, for Quebec • Petrel, for Rio Janeiro ; Izamada,
steamer, for Constantinople; East Anglian, steamer, for
Gothenberg.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Wind N.W., moderate.
Passed, April ls—Eliza Corry, from Adelaide, for Lon-
don.
Passed, April 16.—Tally-ho, brig, foom the north, for
westward ; William, from Berbice ; Lisbonia, from Cape
Coast, Africa; Vere, from Jamaica ; Ariel from Mauritius ;
Margaret Campbell, from Rio Grande ; Florist, from St.
Vincent; Grecian barque, from Jamaica; Plantagenet,
from Demerara; Maria Soames, from St. John's—all for
London.
Off Dungeness.—Julie, from Pisaque for London.
Passed.—Beaver, for New York; City of Perth, for
Glasgow—both for London.
Anchored.—Spirit of the Age, from London, for Liver-
pool ; Mederic, from Dunkirk, for Brest.
Passing.—Catherine Elizabeth, from St. Kitt's, for
London.

The accounts from St. Petersburg yesterdayindicato
that the success of the new loan is deemed very problema-
tical, the quotation of exchange having experienced a fur-
ther decline.
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METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The weekly
meeting of the board was held yesterday in No. 1 Commit-
tee-room, Guildhall. Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The
financial statement showed a total balance of the current
account of £56,639 19s. ld., and on the deposit account of
£285,000, making a grand total of £341,636 19s. Id. The
board proceeded further to consider the memorial from the
Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, dated 24th
March, 1859, stating that they have had under their con-
sideration the improvement of Great Tower-street, by laying
into the public way some of the ground in front of No. 61
in that street; that the cost is estimated at £6OO, and pray-
ing the board to contribute towards the same. Mr. Lowman
Taylor moved that the matter be referred to the considera-
tion of the works committee, which, after some discussion,
was carried. A report was received from the finance com-
mittee, stating their proceedings with reference to the claims
for compensation by parties interested in the property re-
quired for the new streets in Southwark and near Covent-
garden, submitting a list of the claims dealt with up to the
25th March last. In respect to the Southwark and West-
minster communication, claims to the amount of £143,116
lls. 10d. had been settled at £111,855 14s. Bd. With regard
to Covent-garden, claims amounting to £143,116 118. 10d.
had been settled at the sum of £111,854 14s. Bd. After some
further business had been disposed of the board adjourned.
THE NEW COINAGE FOR CANADA.—The coinage
of bronze one cent pieces for Canada, ;ow nearly if not
quite completed at her Majesty's Mint, has not, we think,
obtained sufficient notice either in the scientific world or
among the general public. It is in many respects remark-
able, and might form a model upon which to base a new
issue of money for home circulation. The artistic character
of this coinage was described in our pages (and then trans-
ferred to the daily newspapers) a few weeks since, as was the
composition of the metal used in it. But, as we have said,
there are other points about it which call for remark. The
new Canadian one cent is not only a representation of value
but of measure and weight. In value it is precisely the
100th part of the American dollar, or 1-24th of the
English shilling. Its weight is the 100th of a pound avoir-
dupois, and its diameter is exactly, mathematically, one
inch, or 1-12th of a foot. It is easy to see the value of
these arrangements. On many occasions the coins might
be used in heu of avoirdupois weights, or as substitutes for
the carpenters' rule and compasses, as well as for the circu-
lating medium. It is, perhaps, the most scientifically con-
trived coinage, therefore, in existence. It is chaste in ap-
pearance, well engraved, and being much harder than cop-
, per will wear well. More praise than this could scarcely
be given, but the one cent decimal piece for Canada deserves
it all. Twenty tons of these unique coins have been, we
believe, despatched to our flourishing colonies, Upper and
Lower Canada, and it is to be wished that some arrange-
ment might be come to for circulating in England as light,
graceful, and convenient ametallic currency. Our inferior
coinage of copper is heavy, ungraceful, and inconvenient ;
the reverse of that we have described. But we are slow
in making improvements ; and Lord Overstone, by
objecting with all the might of his authority
to the introduction of the decimal system, as he has done
very recently, may be said to have delayed improvement
in this particular direction sine die. The Decimal Coinage
Commission has done much to enlighten the public as to
the practicability of the decimal system of weights,. me a-
sures, and notation, but apparently much moro reraama to
be done,—//techatave garl4i"'