The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

SHIPPING NEWS.

Movements ofl7eri;je7iti'sshiPs :—April 16, at
Greytown, the Pioneer despatch vessel. April 25, at
Carthagena, the Orion, 90 (senior officer), the Ba.ilisk, 6,
and the Intrepid, despatch; off Carthagena, the Cossack,
21, these ships were awaiting the arrival of the Com-
mander-in-Chief. The Tartar, 21, bad gone to, New
Orleans with Fillibusters. April 23.—Sailed from Port
Royal, Jamaica, the Termagant, 24, Commander Kel-
lock, C. 8., for Carthagena, ; and the troopship Perse
verance, 6, Commander Al‘Donald, for the Windward
Islands. Arrived at Port Royal on the 23c1 the Arab,
12, Commander Pelisser, from a cruise ; 24th, the
Archer, 15, from Greytown, and was to sail on the 27th
for England ; 27th, the Victor despatch vessel, April
27.—The Brilliant, 22, and the Atalanta, 16, left Bar-
badoes on a cruise. April 29.—The Perseverance
troopship passed Martinique, steering south-east.
Stations of the Royal Mail Company's steamships :
The Clyde, Captain Heenan, at St. Thomas's from Ja-
maica;. the Conway, Captain Lewis, at St. Thconas'e,
from the Windward Islands ; Dee, Captain Woolcott,
on the Spanish. Main route • the Derwent, Captain
Reeks, at Barbadoes ; the Eagle, Captain Hole, at Ja-
maica ; the Solent, Captain Baynton, on the Gulf of
Mexica route ; the Thames, Capt. Woolford, at St.
Thomas's, from the Spanish Alain ; the Trent, Capt.
Leeds, at St. Thomas's, awaiting the arrival of her main
shaft ; the Wye, Capt. Gillies, at St. Thomas's, to sail
for England in two or three days.
On May 15, in lat. 47 deg. 39 min., long. 12 deg. 23
min., the Orinoco passed the American ship Glance,
steering westward ; on the 16th, in lat. 49 deg. 34 min.,
long. 6 deg. 17 min., passed the English brigantine
Sarah King, and a number of other vessels.
The brig Sarah Birkett, of Whitehaven, Capt. Saw-
ley, was wrecked on her voyage from Cayenne to Deme-
rara for a cargo of timber. She sprang a leak during a
heavy gale and stranded on the coast near the Doren-
tyne, wbeie she- WM abandoned. Tbe.master and crew
took to the boats andlendeavoured to reach Surinam,
but were unable to do so, and after drifting about for
several days they one morning discovered a vessel in
sight, and on getting near it found that it was the brig
which they bad deserted. They went on board and
got a further supply of provisions and returning to the
boat they made for Berbice, which after some difficulty
they succeeded in reaching. They were unable to save
anything, and were in a destitute .condition when they
landed at New Amsterdam."

THE PACIFIC.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 17.

By tha Orinoco steamer, which arrived this morn-
ing from the West Indies, we are in posession of
files of Panama papers to the .23d ult. The Pacific
Steam Navigation Company's steamer New Gra-
nada, from Callao, April 12, arrived at. Panama on
the 21st, with 63 passengers, and 261,984 dollars
in specie, for England.
Dates from Chili are to March 31. The trial of
the political prisoners iu Santiago was not over.
On'the 30th-the Fiscal demanded that sentence of
death be passed on Garfias, Larrain, and Merino.
The public were still kept in the dark relative to
this affair, and it was not generally believed that
any public conspiracy existed.
Her Britannic Majesty's frigate President sailed
on the 28th for England, via Rio Janeiro, for which
place she took 300,000 dollars in specie.
During the fortnight ending March 31 the mar-
ket had been animated, sales having been made for
the Northern and Southern markets, and for Boli-
via, bnt the scarcity of specie still affected the mar-
ket. In cottons English gray shirtings and Ameri-
can goods were scarce, woollens dull, linens in de-
mand. Silks—stocks full and prices steady. Metals
—Swedish steel scarce, and In demand ; English
iron, full stocks ; tin plates, no stocks in first
hands. Liquors, stock regular and sales moderate.
Coals offered at $ll afloat, but no sales.
Chili Produce—Copper in bars, $23 to $24 per
quintal. Hides, $l9 per quintal, and in demand.
The steamship John L. Stephen., from San Fran-
cisco, April 6, arrived at Panama on the 19th, but
her news has been anticipated via New York.

THE MEETING OP THE FRIENDS OF
POLAND.

(From the Daily News.)

The annual meeting of the friends of Poland
took place on Saturday. There was a respectable
muster of noble names. The Marquis Townthend
was in the chair ; Lord Harrington, Lord Kin-
naird, Lord Raynham, and Mr. Fox Strangways,
came forward with the expression of most noble
and generous sentiments. But there was little
room for congratulation, and what was uttered in
the way of encouragement and hope was, we regret
to say, of a very shadowy nature.
A great European war has just taken place ; it
has called forth the energies, has taken a large pull
out" of the pockets of the English people, and has
been brought to what is called a satisfactory close.
The belligerents in that war were Russia on the
one aide, France and England on the other. And
yet the latter Powers, neither by effort in war nor
by voice in council, evinced even a consciousness
that there was or had been such a country as
Poland. _ _ _ _ _

The cause of this flagrant dereliction lay no doubt
in the belief, which seemed to actuate the Cabinets
of England and of France, that their countries,
however first-rate, were unable to contend effectu-
ally with Russia, unless Austria at least, if not
Prussia also, "should lend their aid. And as Austria
is one of the arch-robbers, who not only partitioned
Poland in the last century, but who swallowed up
Cracow in this, against the express stipulations of
treaties, the word Poland could not be mentioned
without instant offence and alarm to Austrian
ears.
The noble marquis who presided at the meeting
of the Polish Association, as well as Mr. Fox
Strangways, seemed to consider the rescue of the
Moldo•Wallacbians from Russia, and the prcF.ont
inquiry going on with respect to their future con-
dition and establishment, as circumstances favour-
able to the Polish cause. And no doubt they were
right in declaring the affinity that exists between
all the oppressed races of the East of Europe, of
which oue cannot assert or develop “Ft nationality
without aiding and encouraging the other.
But, with respect to Moldo-Wallachia, we regret
that we, cannot share in the generous hopes of Mr.
Fox Strangways. For the truth is, that the Bri-
tish Government have now adopted towards the
Principalities the same policy which lcd to their
neutralisation while the war lasted. These Princi-
palities could have furnished a gallant and efficient
army during the war, as the Poles could have done,
if allowed to organise from the first. But no ;
Austria must not be of or offended. And so
the lVfoldo-Wallachs were kept disarmed throughout
the war, In ae manner the Moldo.Wallach% are