The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-17 00:00:00

LATER INTELLIGENCE.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.)
Our advices are extended two days later by means
of the telegraph which has been lately opened to llali-
fax. We are thus in posses3ion of intelligence from
New York to the 9th inst.

The Georgia and Cherokee steamers had arrived the
previous day in New York from California with three
million dollars in gold dust.
The prospect of produce in the mines appears to be
most gratifying.

The Cotton 'Market at New York on the Bth was
somewhat inactive. Cotton declined ie.
Nothing else in the markets worthy of notice.

THE COUILT.—Her Majesty and the Prince Con-
sort, with the Princess Helena and the royal suite, arrived
at Portsmouth yesterday noon from London, en route to the
1 Isle of Wight. The royal party was received at the victual-
ling-yard, Gosport, by the Port-Admiral, tha Governor, Ad-
miral-Superintendent, and all the usual officials, and a guard
of honour of Royal Marines, commanded by Colonel Men-
zies, K.H. The Fairy steam-yacht embarked the illustrious
circle, and steamed with them to Cowes.
VISIT OF lIER MAJESTY TO BELGIUM.—On Tues-
day next, as at present arranged, her Majesty and Prince
Albert will take a cruise in the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert to Belgium, making for the port of Ostend. Ills
Majesty the King of the Belgians will dine on board the
yacht, which will return on the following day to Cowes.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—Horse boxes
for her Majesty's horses are to be furnished from Woolwich
yard to the Earl of Aberdeen steamer, in time to leave the
river by the 24th inst. _

GRAND SWIMMING MATCII.—Last evening one of
the best.contested swimming matches which have taken
place for a series of years past came off at the National
Baths, High Holborn. The race was eight lengths of these
magnificent and capacious baths, and for two massive silver
Leander medals, the gifts of the Holborn Swimming Club.
The fi,viz., and consisted of the best amateur
Messrs. Grant, Davenport, swim entrieserm s
of wtehree
day,
Han-
sard, Evans Evans, and Whale. The umpires for the occa-
sion were Messrs. Pewters (the champion of England), and
Stiles, and the referee, Dr. Jones, chairman of the Holborn
Swimming Club. There was a great deal of betting between
the several competitors, each candidate being certain of suc-
cess, to equally were they all matched.
Mr. Grant, how-
ever, seemed to be the favourite. After an excellent start,
Whale took the lead, Davenport and Hansard following
closely in his wake. In this position they remained until
the third length, when Grant in the most gallant style shot
ahead, and remained first until lie reached the goal, coming
in an easy winner, and half the length of the bath. The
place was nurnerowly attended by a very respectable com-
pany, who were afterwards highly amused with Pewters and
D. Yourg's extraordinary swimming
powers.
NATIONAL it EroEzt As SOCIAT 10N.....At a very
numerous meeting of the Council, held on Thursday last, at
the King's Head Tavern, in the Poultry, by adjournment
from the office, in consequence of inadequacy of accommoda-
tion, John Williams, Esq., the respected M.P. for Maccles-
fieH, was unanimously elected to fill the important office of
treasurer of the National Reform Association.
COUNTRY MILK MARKETS IN LONDON.—The
London and North-Western Railway Company are erect-
ing a milk market on their station in Lime-street, Liver-
p willooi:f bronel coveredci
e 5513317 Mr. Woods, one of the engineers.
It an iron roof, by Mr. Turner, of Dub-
lin. Such milk markets erected near the metropolitan ter-
mini of the various lines would be of vital importance to the
Londoners, who would have an unequivocal interest in up-
holding them, if based, as they doubtless will be, on a more
substantial foundatLn than the old "London chalk."—The
Builder.

--IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT PRONUNCIATION.--A
German, on being asked how old he was when he got mar-
' tied, replied,l " was dirty when I married, and my wife was
dirty-two."
EXHIBITION OF 1851.--We understand that her
Majesty's Commissioners, at. their meeting on Thursday' de-
cided that the last day for receiving demands for space in the
building from local committees in the United Kingdom and
Channel Islands should be the 31st of October. Parties
failing to give such notice as their nearest local committee
may require cannot be assured that their claims for space
will receive any consideration. Though the 31st of October
is fixed, it is obvious that it will materially forward the ar-
rangements of the Exhibition if immediate notice is given to
the nearest local committee.
latßterucp:lcNeGalindAMlsSliHlßE RAILWAY.—The works are
going on actively between Claydon and Bicester and the
month
DIRECT the whole line may be opened
by the middle of nextp
DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND DEVONPORT
RAILWAY.—The call of 1141. on each of the provisional com-
mittee placed upon the list of contributories has been post-
poned until November.
STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE RAILWAY.—The
Government Inspector is about to go over this company's
line of seventeen miles, between Dunfermline and Alloa, and
it will be opened by the beginning of September.
MIDLAND RAILwAr.--THz DIVIDEND.—We un-
derstand that the surplus ticon the traffic for the half-year,
and applicable foi ordinary dividend, is 59,513/. 18s. 10d.,
I
inth rma t e
and °f
and that the dividend to be recommended by the directors
will be Hs. on the consolidated stock—tbat .s equal to I/. 12s.
4pae.r
ficden. tp.epr
annum
will abneddtehcal
at
raedlon
dtehned
Ba tremgehar
Derby.
NEW STEAM ROUTE.—The London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company have made arrangements for
running a steamer twice a. week" in conjunction with the
railway between Shoreham and Newhaven (according to
tide, wind, and other circumstances) and the Channel Islands.
The only communication hitherto between these islands and
vtai
ay)ofSotitbampton. The new
rtohuisteeowuanstroy h p
enaesa been
on
Tb
s ~ when the Collier, Captain
Henderson, left Shoreham fur Jersey with a large number of
passengers.
The Bishop of London has licensed the following
gentlemen to curacies within
of is
diocese :—The Rev. Wi
hl-
am George Tupper, 1:1.A.,
the
the curacy of All Saints Church, Trinity College, Oxford, to
Knight.,,bridge ; the Rev.
George Stewart Whitlock, 8.A., of Brasenose College, Ox-
ford, to the curacy of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury;
the Rev. Patron de Patron, 8.A., of Pembroke College, Ox-
ford, to the curacy of Trinity Church, Tottenham ; the Rev.
White, 8.A., of Clare llall, Cambridge, to the curacy
of Bromley Leonard's ; the Rev. William Norman, 8.A.,
of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, to the curacy of Christ Church,
St. Pancras; the Rev. Robert Pennington Stanley, 8.A., of
Emanuel College, Cambridge, to the curacy of St. Alphage,
Greenwich.

MONEY and
.COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, 7'tVO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales at previous rates.—The market for
Railway Shares improved, and higher prices were
obtained.

The following were the Stocks of Coffee at the prin
capal ports on the Ist of August :

1850 1849 1848
Great Britain
Holland
Antwerp

llambuigh and Bremen 7,400 6,500 9,300
France (Havre, Bor-
deaux, Marseilles)... 3,000' 3,170 5,849
Italian Ports (Genoa,
1., Leghorn, Trieste)...

Tot al Tons 73,690