The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-13 00:00:00

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.
The United States'mail steamer, Fulton, Captain
Wotton, has arrived from New York with mails of
the 30th ult. She brings 100,556 dole. in specie
for England, and 1,100,523 dole. for France, 33
passengers for Southampton, and 166 for Havre.
New York cotton market was quiet, sales having
been confined to about 300 bales; too small in
amount to authorise' reliable quotations, although
they were not reported at any further decline.
A telegraphic despatch received from New
Orleans by a respectable house in New York re-
ported the occurrence of an injurious frost in Texas
on the 25th ult., and letters were also received by
houses in the corn trade stating that the overflow
of the Mississippi was greater than it was last year,
and that about one-third moreland was submerged.
The flour market was less active, the firmness of
holders of good brands checking sales, while prices
of such brands were better; inferior qualities were
neglected and unchanged, with limited sales at full
prices. Corn firm, with fair sales.
Pork heavy and lower, but more active at the
concession. Prime mess and clean mess sustained,
while the heaviest decline was in new mess,
which sold at 16 dole. 25c., and prime at 12 dole.
75c. Sugars active, especially for refining sorts ;
the sales embraced about 2,200 hhds., including
Cuba, Porto Rico, and New Orleans. Coffee firm,
with sales of Rio at 12c., and of St. Domingo at
private terms. Freight engagements moderate,
and rates heavy.
The money market was rather easier, and the
amounts offered at 4 per cent. larger than usual.
The supply of paper offered at the Bank was very
small, and among the brokers there was no demand
for money.
Exchange on Europe continues high. We quote
bankers' sterling at 1091 to 110*, and francs at 5.10
to 5.111, at which figures a moderate business was
done for the Fulton. Stocks closed firm at the fol-
lowing quotations :—Missouri, 87 to 1 ; Virginias,
98 to 981 • New York Central, 711 to 711 ; Erie,
71 to 8 ; Haarlem, 111 to 12 • Hudson River, 311
to 32 ; Reading, 501 to 551 ; Michigan Central, 501
to 501 ; Michigan Southern, 91 to 10; ditto, pre-
ferred, 321 to '321 ; Panama, 122 to 1221 ; Illinois
Central, 65 to 66 • Galena and Chicago, 641 to 641;
Cleveland and ioledo, 24.1 to 24* ; Chicago and
Rock Island, 581 to 581 ; Illinois Central Bonds, 88
to 881 ; Pacific Mail, to 791 to 80.
(BY TELEGRAPH FROM NEW ORLEANS.)
Important news was received from Mexico.
Miramon had penetrated the lines of the Liberal
forces on the 11th ult. ; he had commenced the
indiscriminate murder of peaceable foreigners, and
issued a formal protest against the recognition of
the Juarez Government by the United States, and
had banished Mr. Black, the American Consul-
General, from the country.
Havannah dates are to the 25th. Sugars were
in good demand for Spain, at 81 to 8* teals per
arroba. No change in freights. Exchange on
New York from par to per cent. premium.
The mail steamer Africa, from Liverpool, arrived
at New York on the 28th ult. M. Mate, the new
Mexican Minister, was formally received by the
President, at Washington, on the 28th. On the
same day the Nicaraguan Minister had a long in-
terview with the President in reference to the new
treaty. The President informed him he had not
decided what course to pursue, but the next arrival
from Nicaragua would probably settle the matter.
Despatches from Utah confirm the statement
that there was a conflict between the federal and
judicial officers.

Mr. Johnsoa had accepted the Havre Consulate,
and was to leave in a few days for his post.

THE WEST INDIES.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Dee, Capt.
Woolcott, has arrived home for repairs. She left
St. Thomas's on the 24th ult., and has had favour-
able weather. The Magdalena, with the outward
mails, arrived at St. Thomas's
.on the 21st.
May 5, in lat. 41 deg. 57 mm. N., long. 35 deg.
36 min. W., the Dee signalled the English. schooner
Alkmaar, standing to the south-west ; on the 9th,
lat. 46 deg. 52 nun. N., long. 17 deg. 2 min. W.,
the English brig Queen Margaret. standing to the
eastward, the English barque De Salaberry, from
Callao to Cork, 135 days out, and the English brig
Corporation of London, from the coast of Guinea;
on the 10th, lat. 47 deg. 58 min. N., long. 12 deg.
15 min. W., the French barque Marie, from
Gonaives to Havre, laden witn timber, 129 days
out.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AND ROME.

The following Imperial decree was proclaimed
by order of the Emperor Napoleon I. at Rome on
the 10th of June, 1809; fifty years ago next
month :

"Rome June 10, 1809.
" This morning, at ten o'clock, the following Imperial
decree, dated Vienna, the 17th of March, 1809, was pro-
claimed in all the public squares and market-places of the
city, accompanied by the firing of cannon from the Castle
of St. Angelo :
" Napoleon, Emperor of the French, &c., taking into
conside, ation that when Charlemagne, Emperor of the
French, and our sublime predecessor, endowed the Bishop
of Rome with various lands, they were given as fiefs to
maintain the peace of his subjects, and that Rome did not
therefore cease to form a part of his empire ; considering
further, that since that time the union of spiritual and tem-
poral power has been, and still is, the source of dissension;
that the Popes have but too frequently availed themselves
of the one to support their pretensions to the other, and that
with spiritual concerns, which are in their nature immuta-
ble, have been confounded worldly affairs, which change
with the circumstances and politics of the times; consider-
ing, finally, that it is in vain to attempt to reconcile with
the temporal pretensions of the Pope all that we have con-
certed for the security of our army, the repose and prosperity
of the nations over whom we reign, and the dignity and in-
violability of our empire, we have decreed and do decree as
follows
"`Art 1. The Papal territory .is united with the French
empire.
" '2. The city of Rome—illustrious for the recollection
it recalls, and for the monuments which it contains--is de-
clared to be a free and imperial city; its government and
administration shall be fixed by a particular decree.
" 3. The monuments of Roman greatness shall be main-
tained and preserved at the expense of our treasury.
" '4. The public debt is declared to be the debt of the
empire.
___

5. The revenue of the Pope shall be fixed at 2,000,000 f.
free from all charges and contributions.
" 6. The property and palaces of his Holiness shall be
subject to no imposition, jurisdiction, or visitation, and
shall besides_enjey special prerogatives.
" An extraordinary consulta shall take possession in our
name of the Papal dominions, and adopt measures that on
the Ist of January, 1810, the constitutional governmen
take effect. " NAPOLEON.' "

The horses, carriages, and baggage waggons of
his Majesty were sent off on Sunday by a special train, as
were the carriages of Prince Napoleon. The riding and
other horses of the Emperor were 200 in number.
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS
FATTlER.—Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon considerable
excitement was caused in Holbeck, by the attempted mur-
der of an infant, five months old, by its father. The facts
of the case, so far as we were able to ascertain up to the
time of going to press last night, were briefly these:—A
man named Joseph Reed, a shoemaker by trade, lives with
his wife and family in that part of Holbeck known as the
Town-gate ; though a cripple, having only one leg, he has
conducted himself in a very disreputable way for some
years. He has been several times before the justices, and
summarily punished for assaults. On Tuesday he seized
his youngest child and bit one of its arms in a very brutal
manner; and yesterday between four and five o'clock he
took it by the heels and dashed its head against the wall,
apparently with the intention of dashing out its brains.
He was prevented from repeating the inhuman act, but the
child was thrown into convulsions, and we believe it is
doubtful whether it will recover from the injuries thus in-
flicted. The neighbourhood was immediately raised ; 400
or 500 men, women, and children assembled round the
house, and vowed vengeance against the father. Fortu-
nately, however, the chief constable (Mr. English) drove
up at the time, and prevented any actual disturbance. He
took thp mau into custody, and had him removed with
some difficulty to the central police-office at thezown-ha
'hoa-0 he atilt remaiztee—lde ifrofriA