The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1857,

lYtiks NEws.— (Tin:: Day.)

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 14.
The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plat ~
Ca,pt. C. G. Weller, arrived this morning, at four
o'clock, with the West India and PAcific mail,, in
charge of Lieut. Charlton, R.N., Admiralty agent.
She has experienced tine weather during the home-
ward.voyage, with strong- westerly winds fram t'.,e
Western Llanda. La Plata's dates are :
BZze (Honduras) May 17 Bridgetown (Bar-
Santa Martha - 23 haloes)
Greytnwn (Nloa. Gr.maria . — 26
, (lotto)
Ca,rthagena
Colon
KingfAo3,.Tamaica 27 Guadalupe
Jacm-1 (Hayti) ... 28 Dominique — 23
San Juan (Porto : Ant.gua — 29
• Rico) - - 29
Berbice
Georgetown (De- St. Kitt's
merara)
7,bago
Port of Spain (Tri-
"P. St. Thomas... — 31

Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but
moderately supplied with wheat, and the demsnd for all
kinds was steady, at full prices. Barley was very scarce,
and quite as dca-. All other spring corn realised extreme
rates, and the flour trade was firm.
On the Continent about an average business is doing in
grain generally fur shipment to England. The value of
pryluce in the Udited States continues to fluctuate:
Only moderate supplies of English grain were received
up to our market last week. The imports were limited,
viz., 5,131 quarters of wheat, 2,625 barley, 11,722 'oats,
122 beans, 70 ,eas, 6,748 linseed, 6,330 rapeseA, 70 mus-
tard seed, '251 sacks and 75 b Irrels of flour.
Fresh up to-day frcm Essex, Kent. &c., the arrivals of
wheat were on a very moderate scale, and as a good clear-
vanes of the stan is was effected on Friday, the show of
samples was rather limited. The attendance of both town
and c .untry millers was on the increase, and the demand
for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled brisk, not-
withstanding the unfavourable accounts respecting the
crops, at an advance in the quotation realised on Monday
last of from 2s to 3s per quarter. At that amount of im-
provement the supply was speedily cleared off. The bulk
of the arrivals, however, went into very few hands.
The show of foreign wheat was seasonably good ; yet, as
there was some inquiry for export—believed to be on ac-
count of the French Government—an improved business
was passing in most kinds, and prices were 2s per quarter
higher than on this day se'nnight.
There was a moderate supply of oats in the market. The
tr •de ruled very firm, on 1 prices were well supported.
The few beans on offer changed hauls slowly, at barely
late rates.

Peas wore rather dull, but no actual change took place
in their value.

We h:ol an improved &man I for flour, and prices ad-
vanced 2s per sack. The top price of town made rose to
54 per VOlbs.
Floating cargoes of grain were in batterrequest, and held
for more money.'
The show of barley was limi
bands freely, at very full pric,
less active.
For malt the demand was
terms.

ited. Fine samples changed
;es ; but inferior parcels were

n a sluggish state, on former

CURRENCY PER
Wheat—Essex t Kent,
Rod •• •• new 539 to 65s
Ditto•• • • old —s -s
Ditto, White rieW 55a 80a
Ditto...• .... old —s —s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Rod, odd —s —3
Ditto new 62. , 66,C
lire—Old .......... , • , —8
Now .... Its 36s
Barley—Grinding.— •• 26s 32s
Waiting ......... 4.0 s
Chevaiier— . . . 429 46s
malt—Suffolkand Nor-
folk •• • • ...... 67s 77s
Brown •.... 62s 638
Kingston and Ware 691 78s

Mead) - es,
On freight she brings-aced-lust,. value 377,650
dols. ; specie in silver, i 326,656 doll. ; silver in
liars, 114,621 dols. ; gold in bars, 222,385 dale ;
pla tine' 16,422 dole. ;-total value in dol la. s,
1,057,734 ; or, say, 211,546 e sterle-.s.
Our advices from Jamaica are to the 26th ule
Duffle the previous fertnight the question of the
Wage 4 of agricultural labourers had been warmly
agi.ated. The Falmouth Post and the Watchman
argue that, as the labourers cheerfullysnbnuittel to
a to lecton of their wages when smear was selling
at from 101. to 121., they are entitled to an increase
now that the price has risen to 301. pre Idyl. The
Daily Advertiser cone.ders such a mode of argu-
ment to be mischievous, as tending to sow the
seeds of discord I e•ween'employer and employer],
and eoniendsthat, ae the planter hal been a loser for
some years past, he is j ust.fied in t eking advantage of
the pt e,en t rise in the price of produce. The Morning
Journal prefers neutrality on the question, con-
ceiving.that the matter couceres only those who
are directly interested. - The Williatn Hammond
troopship, with, ark achment of the 41st Regiment,
having smallpox on board, had been admitted to.
pratique. The sick were landed at the Apostles'
Battery, and the remainder, landed at Kingston,
were marched up to Newcastle. Precautions had
been taken to prevent the spread of contagion, and
no case of smallpox having broken out in the island
had been heard of up to the la.est dates. The de-
tachment of the 2d West India Regiment, which
was sent- to Belize, Honduras, had been sent back
in consequence of smallpox being prevalent at that
place. The "May seasons" had fairly set in, and
heavy rains had fallen for the last two or three
days, completely flooding the streets. The public
health continued good.
• De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer quotes
Cr ffee as worth 455. per 1001 b. for ordinary. New
corn was wanted. 1,200 barrels of floor sold at
395. per barrel, and the market was firm at that
price. Hams were very plentiful, and dull of sale,
Bd. had been accepted for some recent lots. Sales
of mess pork had been made at 1265. to 128 s. per
barrel. No pimento at market. For soap there
was no demand at all. Alewives were worth 245.
per barrel. Late receipts of corn meal had sold at
225. to 235. Exchanges at Jamaica and colonial
banks, on London, were quo.ed-90 days, i per
cent. pm. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 30 days, li
per cent pm.; private bills, at par. On New York,
merchants- bills, 1-i per cent. pm.
Files of Demerara papers are to the 23d of May.
The Combined Court had been constantly sitting
since the departure of the last packet. Mr. Porter,
at the last meeting of the Court after the mail had
left, took the earliest opportunity to express the
gratification he felt at seeing the satisfactory letter
of Mr. Thomas H. Gladstone in the Times, in re-
ference to the condition of immigrants in the British
West India colonies. The proposition of Messrs.
Davies, Son, Campbell, and Co., of London, solici-
tors to the holders of tee bonds of the Demerara
Railway, to take over the line, to extend it, and
put is in crimplete working order, and also to pay
off the-45,000/. dile to the colony, on condition that
the colony guaranteed the payment of interest not
exceeding 6 per cent. for the sum of 150,0001., un-
derwent considerable discussion. Several resolu-
tions were ultimately agreed to, in effect sanction-
ing the proposed arrangement, under certain con-
ditions, which were set forth at length in the reso-
lutions. The Court had voted the sum of $35,000
for payment of bounty on Portuguese immigrants
American LIVERPOOL, JUNE 14.
Thesteamship British
Niagara, and
North
Wykeman coerariam
from Madeira and the Wes'eru Islands, to be free -
commander, Royal
of indentures on their arrival and at liberty to
arrived
choose choose their own employers. The whole question
of immigration had been brought forward, and re- this morning from Bos on, via Halifax, with dates
solutions adopted,, setting forth the great want of from New York of the 2d, Boston the 3d, and
continuous labpur in the colony as the only draw.- Halifax the sth instant ; via Halifax the dates by
back to its advancement and prosperity and the
.
telegraph are to the 4 h instant. She brought
development of its resources, and making a strong 1,220,108 dole in specie and 152 passengers.
appeal to her Majeety's Government for the entire
removal of all restrictions against the introduction The mail. steam-ship Ariel, and the Indiana, from
by private enterprise of immigrants from all Bremen and Southampton, and the Glasgow, from
parts of China and the adjacent islands. The
aGrlrasgeodwa,thNadewaryriovrekd,amt
tNheewnlYortnrriku.g
of the 2d Meet'
Court had resolved to vote the sum of $40,000 The screw steam-ship City of Washington, hen
;er annum for steam communication between iv
Georgetown and Berbice and Lieergetown and The screw steam-ship- Canadian, hence for Queb.s-c,
Essequibo, and for steam feriage across the had gone ashore at the Pillars, 40 miles below that
rivers Berbice and Demerara, on the under- city, on the Ist inst.
standing that a spare steamer should be provided A serious riot had occurred at the election in
for sea service, and that none of the above services Washington on the Ist inst. between the citizens
be ever performed except by steam vessels. Capt. and a large number of Baltimore " rowdies." The
Sproston had offered to undertake tee sea service, rioters were well armed, and took possession of a
with the Tyne, at prevent under repair, for piece of artillery, with which they threatened their
26,000 dols. • per annum ; and in the course of 15 opponents. Two companies of marines, placed at
months to put on a second reserve steamer of from the disposal of the mayor by the President, were
ordered to fire upon the mob ; the result was that
80 to 100 horse power, on condition of the colony
lending him 12,000 dols. on the arrival of time five or six persons were reported as killed, and a
steamer, which would be given as security for the number of others wounded. The city was in the
repayment of the money. The two steamers to be most feverish state of excitement, and the marines
put en for 33,000 d ls. He also offered to take over coutiuu din reserve at the Cr y-hall.
the Deme ary ferry on the exptrat.on of the present Mr. Reed, the new Minister to China from the
contract and on the same terms. The stun of 45,000 United States, bad received his instructions, and
dole. had been voted for the cholera expenses, and would leave in about a fortnight.
15,000 dole. were placed on the estimate for tire Great Rejoicing had taken place at Costa Rica,
purpose of establishing dispensaries in the rural dis- and the Republic had made arrangements to send
tricts. Communications had been laid before the the defeated Filibusters to the United States. Pre-
Court from Mr. G. Fielding, of Guernsey, and Mr. sident Mora had issued a proclamation announcing
W. S. Lindsay, of London, fer direct steam com- the close, of the war, and counselled integrity and
munication, monthly, between-Demerara and Great union among themselves. It is understood that a
Britain, via Barbadoes and Madeira, in reference treaty has been concluded between Costa Rica and
to which the Royal Gazette observes :-" We have Nicaragua, providing for the speedy resumption of
no hesitatiOu in saying that such a communice.ion trade over the transit. The Pr, sident had appointed
would be profitable to the promoters, provided they Mr. J. Wright, of Indiana, Minister to Berlin ;H.
put on ships of sufficient power to perform the dis- C. Murphy, of New York, Minister to the Neter-
tance in a shorter time than the present mail lands ; W. A. Richardson, Governor of Nebraska ;
steamers, and of capacity to bring a general cargo 1. B. Dinar, Consul at Bremen • W. Thomson,
at moderate rates. If the steamers went hence di- Consul at Southampton ;G.
G-. Fleurot, Consul-at
rect to England they would always be sure of get- Bordeaux.
ting a large number of the passengers who now go Governer Walker bad reached Lecompton and
home or come out by sailing vessels for the sake issued his inaugural address, in which he declared
of economy, and they would also get a consider- that the laws of the territory would be maintained
able share of merchandise and small packages. by the entire force of the Government.
The object of the psomo ers should be to carry The Leavenworth Herald of the 13th ult. learns
passengers and merchand se at moderate rates. If that great excitement
wettedexist among the Mormons,
they do that they will be well supported." and many outrages oit by them.
The Merchantman, from Calcutta, arrived at Brigham Young was driving all the Gentiles away.
Demerara on the 13th May, after a voyage of 90 Judge Stiles, the United States' Marshal, and the
days, with 260 coolies. Tire mortality on board had Surveyor-General, with their families, together with
been fearful, 113 having died during the passage, a large number of emigrants, had already left, and
and of 60 who were conveyed to the hospital -on others were hum ing_awa.y,
their arrival five died while being landed, and In the New York market money was becoming
several others subsequentlet expired in the hospital. more abundant, and was freely offered at 6to 7 per
." It appears from the investigation," says the - cent. obank statement wasni first-class securitieuniform s on call.
Royal !Gazette, " That the coolies selected were a The . .
•
set of sickly, emaciated creatures, the refuse of the Stocks were influenced by the aspect of money
immigrants collected for the Mauritius and other affairs and became more buoyant.
•
places, and when put on board were more fit to In exchange foreign bills were •
very scarce, and
have been sent to a hospital than on a long sea voy- the transact ions extremely limited, while rates ruled
age. Many died of cholera duringthe passage down 1 firm with an upward tendency. Bankers' draughts,
the HooghlY, and many morelot dysentery and di-
60 days' sight, 109 to 1091 on London •; 5 17i to
fever 516 on Paris . 5 174 to 5 16e on Antwerp ; and
then broke out with fearful virulence, and the whole 79i to 79i on
arrlesea before they reached the Cape. Ship
1 Bremen.
ship became a sort of general hospital, in which The cotton market was dull and heavy, and on
the sick and the healthy wereindiscriminately hud-receipt of the Arabia's advices holders,became
died up together. The arrangements of the ship, more disposed to realise.
f the emigration authori- Flour was 10c. to 15c. lower Canadian, 10c. to
made under the orders o
ties iu Calcutta were injudiciously made. The plat- 15c. lower ; wheat, 2c. to 3c. lower and plentiful,
forms erected around the ship obstructed the yen- at 51c. for cash.
tilation ; the privies, too, were an. intolerable nui- Rosin quiet, but firm, at $1 87-lec. to $1 90c.
sance and the changes which have been made in the Tar inactive.
dietary tables, by time substitution of better food It on lower ; sales, 200 tons. Scotch pig, $3l,
than the immigrants have been accustomed to, has six months.
been found productive of injurious effects. These Lead dull and heavy.
and several other cartees combined have led to the Tobacco quiet.
don- -Flour, Is. to
most sevele mortalaty that has ever occurred on - Freights.-To Liverpool, firm. Cotten, 3s. per
board a.nyimmigraut ship coming to this colony. It bale ; flour, 6d. To Lon
To Hayse,-Cotton, 41C. tO iO. per lb.;
is but due to the captain and surgeon to say that : per baerel.
they did all they could to prevent the progress of ! flour, 25c.
the disease, and to ameliorate the condition of these
pork firm ; mess, $23 80c. to $23 92 ts. ;
unfortuna-e people." lower •
14 dole. to 15 dole • 35c.repacked Chi-
Oars lower, and closed dull ; corn lc. to lic.
I 'l9 .dols 2ec. to 19 dole. Beef firm ;
The weather at Denierara had been very wet prime, -
. 50c. to 17 dols. Lard at 13 c.
during the last fortnight, •.and the rainy season was countrylsrndesosis,
fully set in. The exports .were small. Trade was chago,
Bacon, hams, and shoulders firm,
• to 14 quiet. But-
dull, tonnage abundant, and freights scarce. 1
At Grenada the legislative session had prema- Spirits of turpentine quiet at 30c
.ceeidmpYts for the week, 4,000 bales, against 4,500
per lsarrel.
turely terminated by an adjournment moved by NEW ORLEANS, MAY 30.
the leading member of the Execut:ve Council. The ,
.a.ket firm, at 14c. for middling. Ex t
Char-Coal Tax having been found to work oppres- ,
al.same week last year ; sales for the week 12,000
table
o f
date at tle i sam
sively the inhabitents petitiesned for its repo 'bales.ternset
The House of Assembly went e eto committee on thepor
in to hand, 114,000 bales. The receipts* pouOrnt
sarteo
petrtious, andrepertedavecomen.endation that their for the wa ek to Liverpool, 3,000 bales. Stock on
prayer be granted, and a 8,11 was
tea yb! 10 230,5 t .0 bales less than
d the total deficit by our
to the some date last year,
. .
give it effect. This report NO's a' op
Bth of 524,000 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 5-16. Very
a rolortg the tax, a and e
votes to 9. As an expedient t P broughtii
fi,esese till the
proposition to adjourn the
arried by 10 to 8, dull.
September was then made, and e• .
haying acceded, the Exchange on London, 10 per cent.
and, the Lieutenant-Governor
1 Tutee
vac an- NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 1.
Y•
house stands adjourned according. ,
cies had b -en declared in the Hoe
-tee of Assembly, No sales of cotton to-day. Receipts, 650 bales.
abe en issued, and Floor has advanced.
for the supply of which writs had . ,
as soon as these elections are made, it Frei h
was thought g ‘B."-COtturl, to Liverpool, 5-16.
probable that the Lieutenant-Governose would call MOBILE, MAY 30.
the Leg Eecei is - r
Legislative together by prociaaxatian in order p fur the week, 750 bales,
against 2,93

The t rwrisfoic of Port of Spain were all set agog
by the news of the gold discovery. A ves• el lit zirally
filled with pickaxes, crowbars, sledge hammers,
spad,s, and other digging tools, ordered of the
Trinidad mer haws, - was despatched for Bolivar
two hours aft r he receipt of the intelligence.
At Trinidad the wea'her continue 1 most propi-
tious for ru,ricul'ural prospects. Many estates had
taken off the r crop, but others had canes sufficient
to continue sugar in rk•ng gill the middle of June.
Nearly all the su,g tr already mauutictured or in
course of manufacturing being fore.talled by pur-
chasers, Viet() would be little more for sale this
season,; for that lidle high prices, were expected;
6 dols 50c to 6 dols 750 for sugar, and 35c to 36c for
molasses, were the ruling prices. No great quantity
of ruin had been exported th,s season, and the ware•
houses were getting filled ; some sales had lively
been made at 700, per gallon (0.p.), The cocoa croo
Was ore-, and only small quantities-occasionally
Offered for sale. Ibe island was healthy, add every-
thing wore a cheerful aspect.
The ne;v- Governor of St. Lucia, Mr. Henry H.
Breen, F.S. A., assumed the administration of the
Government on the 21st May. A salute of 14 guns
was fired from Mount Fortune during the cerern ny
of swearing him in ; addresses were presented, the
militia band serenaded the Governor, and a draw-
ing room, numerously attended, was held. Mr.
Breen has ent-red upon the duties of his office with
the good wishes of the entire community. A smart
shock of earthquake was felt at St. Lucia on the
22d about half-past 9 a.m.
His Excellency Mr. J. V. Drysdale left St. Lucia
on tie 20th of May iu the steamer for Tobago to as-
sume the duties of Governor of that colony.
The St. Thomas's Tidende of the 23d ult. contains
*he prospectus of the contemplated railroad between
Caraccas and La Guayra, which project promises to
be highly remunerative to the company.

that public business may be resumed. The weather bales same week last year. Middling, 132 c. to 131 e.
continued fair, and the sugar estates were still per lb. Market firm.
pushing hard with the crop. i LATER BY TELEGRAPH, VIA- HALIFAX.
From Barbadoes there is very little of interest NEW YORK, JUNE 4.
in ref( rence to legislative and general news. The A telegraPhic despatch from New Orleans of this
Rowe of Ass mbly had one meeting on the 12th day's date says :
ult., when some of the &wises of the Bridgetown "We have dates from Mexico to the 26th ult.
Wa-erworks Bill were agreed to in committee. The election returns were generally favouraltle for
During the fortnight the weather had been highly j President Comonfort. There had been very heavy
favourable for sugar-making, and planters had made rains, and the inhabitants of the city of Mexico
the in ,st of it, not much of the crop remaining to were alarmed at the prospect of an inundation.
b t :ken in Except in the produce-market trade " The fate of Colonel Crabbe and his party of
was dull.. Sugar was worth from VI to $8 ; mu- Filibusters in Sonora was still in doubt."
lases, 44e. ;,and rum 50e. to 55c., and planters On the New York Corn-Exchange, on the 4th of
were expectiog a turner rise; The health of the June, a dull tone prevailed, and prices of bread•
island continued good. stuffs were rather lower and irregular..
In r?ferenee to the goldfields recently discovered The dt &lie in wheat was equal to sc. per bushel,
in Venezuela this mail gives us no addi ional in'el- A and corn hal given way to a similar extent. The
ligence. The Trinidad &ntinel of the 21st ult, money market was slightly easier. ' -
ssys :—" Tne steamer Orinoco ail-ire:l here last Our usual cotton reports from New York and
night from St. Thomas's. -Her arrival excited a New Orleans have not come to hand by this tele.
little stir among those who desire to viSit the land l graph.
of gold, as it, was supposed she came from Angos-
tura. It was not so, however; she brought the
new.e of the arrival of the English mail at St.
Thoma-,'s. She left for B. livarimmediately after
b takin.- provisions, efr,c. We hear of a colnpa:iy
beingforrned here for the land of gold, and which
only waits further informvion to depart."

THE CURRENCY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--I have long regarde i with interest your
opinions respecting the "currency"—with which
(though it be no compliment to you to say so) I en-
tirely concur. _ _ _

Can it be maintained that the internal commerce
of this coun.ry can only be carried on. by gold as
the medium of exchange ? Commerce is but a sys-
tem of exchanging oue set of art.c!es-for another,
but as the articles themselves cannot be conve-
niently carried about for that purpolse, money of
some kind has been adopted as a sub•titu'e.
Suppose (as at one time appeared possible) the
supply of gold to this country to be exhausted—and
yet that au abundant quantity of every requisite
in life for every inhabitant were produced here
stall, but lay in diff-rent hands, •as it always ems,
waiting to be distribu'ed, the farm. r ready to ex-
change his surplus corn and stock for what he did
ntt produce, bu did require, with others who pro-
duced the goods he want,.d, it be.son-
tended that no means of barter or exchange as a
subs, itute f,,r gold-could be found ? that the Whole
industry of the country must-be paralysed, and, in
the midst of plenty, nis or any other country so
situated must starve for want of it'? I cannot be-

lieve it. Lycurgus, you are aviareouffered nothing
but iron to pass in exch:inge for every commodity,
and though enforced for a dderent object yet it
did its office, and L.4cedmonians• did not Starve,
though large capitalists did not flourish. •
Carmartheushire, June, 1857. 'C.

THE DIVORCE BILL.