The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-11 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males

... 640

Females ... ••• ... ... ... 607

Total ...
*ln this number are included 20 by Scarlatina, 35
by Typhus Fever, 40 by Diarrhoea, and 1 by Cholera.

qualities
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STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHEsTER, TUESDAY.—The buyers of yarns have
manifested an increased disposition for business to-day,
and would evidently have operated very freely, could i
they have done so at the prices of last week. The
spinners, however, have again raised their quotations,
and maintained them with the utmost firmness. We
may state the realised advance, as compared with this
day week, at id. per lb., in all qualities of mule and
water, from No. 40's downwards, whether in the bundle,
the warp, or the cop. For No. 60's and upwards,
both single and double, higher prices are also re-
quired. Although this rise has curtailed the day's
transactions, still their aggregate amount has been con-
siderable. The continu.-d upward tendency in this de-
p, itzr.t, ra
thee n tgorfo
woitinrge
omarketnv
iconviction
t ii
os
n tha t attributablecotton to
wi
lwill several
causes.range high
for some time to come; the lightness of stocks both at
home and abroad; and the augmented demand which
the full employment of the vast weaving power of the
th. districtseitrh s
terms.has
printers, latterly Some.
improvement
of good and Theis s
hmoawkisfirgs
itselfo f long i n
cloths, T cloths, andoecciasioned.
and
uoplesrtdiscsmfeadrieumstill hardening in
hv ea r: i for
also in 9-Bths 60's
40-inchsales o6isthehsi: prices
andare bleach-
ing.
qinugir.edF. orThevarious articles
are likewise. re-
extent, on the whole; but low 7-Bths
still neglected, as are also light 40.1:nreinhtiyi cloths. are
both, however, there is greater firmness. In rtthings—in
the ware-
houses of the dealers there has been an acti •
ve demand
for printed and finished goods.
ROCHDALE, MoNDAY.—We have had a good demand
for flannels to-day, and the manufacturers are wanting
rather better prices. The wool market is better, and the
1 dealers are asking higher prices for English wools. Co-
lonial wool is much the same as it was on the previous
Monday.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have to report a
quiet market fur goods generally, buyers and sellers hold-
ing back, the latter for prices somewhat in propor-
tion t) the present cost of raw material ; and as there
seems every probability of things remaining very firm,
we think ere long buyets will Dialfoe-up 111Lx aligclo to

GAS-LIGHT AND CONE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
—_____
_________,
14. 8. d. A. e. d.
B:itish ••••••• • • • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto FrOVIIICiaI• •• • 11. tia. 20 00 00 20 0 0 18
51. 20
Brighton • • • • • • • • • ' ••
City of London •• •• • • 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0
UentinentalConsolidat. 94a. 75 0 0 31 5 0
Equitable .•••-• • • • • • • 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28
Imperial
Independent ... ••• • • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48
London ••.. . • —' 50 0 0 50 0 0
• • • • • • • •
50 0 0 50 0 0
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0
4%1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29
Ratcliff ...• •..•• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General ••• • • • 3L 50 0 0 47
11. 50 0 0 60 0 0 154
Westminster Chartered
Ditto, New •••• -• • • 128. 50 0 0 10 0 0 94
I'hcenix . • • .. • • • • • • • •

CAN./ilia.
.1 I
Names of 1I 4 .Dividendl Price. Names of t; Dividend
Companies. A per ' 1 Companies.la per
sc Annan.
100 21. 105. 50
4 Annuli. Price.
in
_ _ ---- -..- ________
kshtn &OM 193 71. 113 Macclesfield .4-
161. 340
Barnsley.. • • ,160 121. 180 Neat .... •
'4rlank&Abrgllso 51 85 Oxford.... • I°l
Birmingham 40 41 8514 Peak Forest...
2:28 Sittegffreeln&l"o.re 1314930 61:248c• 4-801.
CGorvaenndtsruyr.
r•
e•
y• 78131. 18s. 70
100 , 201. 185
Ellsmre&Ch•;ll33 565. ' 41 Somrset Co 1
Derby •• . ,1001 61. 63 Rochdale...• 2-5- . Os. 5034
50 71.4110.5. 130
;rand.runctnlloo 4/. 7934 Do.LkFdslat 11-
,11:0 221.501.5.
;rand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Shrewsbury„
lrantham .. - _ " 145 201. 125 151. -
i
- Stourbridge ' 250
Kennt Avis' 39 75. 6d. 5 Severa and
~
it
Lancaster .1100 41
• 32 Wye Rail. t 26 21. Os. 24
r_•ec.is& Livrploo 241. 300 Warwlc.k& I
'Aicester .... 100 51. 66 lairming. I 100 41. 6434
eicstr &Nth 83 41. 4854 Warwick&)
Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton...S 100 31. 42
oionmouthshlloo 81. -- Worcatr & 78
Nintg.mrysk 100 -- - Birming.J 3l. 43
Aeltn.Mwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brka -14 s. 73;
LIST Or SCOTTISH' COMPANIES'
PRICES
Dividend AmotusC---
Name of Company. per of
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
........ .........1 • .................. ...............
£ ...........
s. d. 1 ,4 i. d
Bank of Scotland ...•• 71. per cont. 100 0 0 1100 0 0
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 180
193
;aledonlan Bank
City of Glasgow Bank
Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 134
Commercial Bank •• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 1100 0 0 170
Eastern Bank .• •• -•• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9%
Edlnb.&olasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51. 5,,
Exehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 9%
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 _
National Bank g% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15
North of Scotland Bank 41• Per cent. 20 0 0 50 0 334
North British Bank - - - -
Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1334,
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85"`
Western Bank 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 , 2034
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 8 010 0 -
dritish Guarantee Ins. 47. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 15j Od
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
Colonial Life ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 11. 33.
City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 101
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20
East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 , ....
Eng. & Scot, Law Life , 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 , 234
aercules Insurance Ce.l 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I -
Incur. Co. of Scetlnd 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I -
Life kssoc. of Scetland I 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 18s
Stercantile Life
National Fire and Life 1 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 223.6 d
North British Insur 6pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 2534
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and Guar. --20 0 0 011 0 -
Scot. Mas. and Oen. Life - 0 0 015 0 1 -
r cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 :239.0d
Scottish Union Inarace. 61;i1. p
standard Life •• -.. • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 , 9%
United Dep. Assurance 1
Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 jlss 96
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- ------, --___
£. s. d. £. s. d.
knetion Mart •••••• •• 27. ss. 50 0 0 - 25
lustrallan Agriculturl 1/. 100 00130 0 0 is
0 0 -
t nglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 103. 10 0 0 10
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0
Canada ... ••••.. • • .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 32
- Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent.
Pity Navigation .... - - 91
c.kbe,2/ 100 0
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. - 89
0 0
0 100
94
Equitable Reversioary 5/. pr cent. 100 0 100 0 0 106
(lea. Steam Navigation 11.83. 15 0 0 14 0 0 26
-
London Instltution ... _ 78 15 0 -
26 5 0 -
Russell Institution.... - - I
Peninslr& Orient.Stra, 8/. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 7934
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4141. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 90
Royal Mail Steam.. .• 61 18. 4• p• c. 100 0 0 160 0 0 I 58%
0 25 0 0 South Australian ll. per share. 25 0
29 I
19
Van Dieman's Land., 10(1 0 0 0 0 l%
-

_
CITY OF GLASGOW BANKING COMPAPIY.--alliS
banking establishment held their annual meeting on Thurs-
day. The report entered fully into the transactions of the
company for the last year, and declared the usual dividend
of six per cent. The est now amounts to upwards of
120,0001.

20th inst., is now fixed for the
DINNER TO LORD PALMERSTON.—Saturifiy, the
Club, ia honour of mu Pallamt92'
grand dinner at the Rayne

THE NEW MAIL SERVICE TO THE
WEST INDIES.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 6.—Oa the 6th of May we
announced that the Lords of the Admiralty had con-
cluded an arrangement for the re-organization of the
contract mail service between England and the West
Indies and Central America.
We have on previous occasions fully explained and
developed the necessities for a speedy alteration in the
routes of the royal mail steamers—a change impera-
tive both in the interests of British commerce and for
enabling the English steamers to meet their American
rivals in the steam carrying trade of the Great West
on more equal terms.
Having been favoured with an official table of the
routes now to be pursued, we subjoin for the infor-
mation of a numerous class of our readers interested
in this question, an exact statement of the arrange-
ments which have been ordered to be at once put in
force by the Lords of the Admiralty.
It is definitively fixed that the new arrangements
(so far as concerns the routes) shall come into opera-
non on the 2,1 of August. The steamer leaving
Southampton on that day will, therefore, proceed di-
rect to St. Thomas and the Isthmus of Panama, in-
.te.d of taking the course to Bermuda and the Gulf of
Mexico, as heretofore.
We must, however, premise that the arrangements
for traversing these revised routes must merely be
considered as preliminary to the more rapid system of
steam communication which will he consummated
when the new and powerful steam-ships about to be
constructed have been placed upon the main line be-
tween Southampton and Chagres.
The immediate change of routes thus comtemplated,
and which are to be performed by the existing
steamers, it will be 'seen, will have the effect of
greatly improving the communications to and from
the many important parts of the world comprised in
this scheme ; but it will not be till steamers of much
greater power and speed have been completed, and
nave actually performed the through voyages, that
.the great and ultimate acceleration of communication
ean be experienced.
Some little modifications in the originally pro-
posed scheme and of minor points of detail, with re-
ference to stopping places, have been sanctioned by
;heir Lordships. In affording accommodation, we
believe, the utmost attention has been paid to the in-
terests of the various colonies and ports, according
to their position and relative political and mercantile
importance.
From the 2d of August next there will be a semi-
monthly communication opened with the isthmus of
Panama and Spanish Main, instead of monthly
is heretofore, and the packets will leave on the
2d and 17th of every month for Chagres,
`eking their course to St. Thomas, Santa,
Martha, Carthagena, Chagres, and Greytown (Mos-
quito). Homeward the route will be precisely the
same, excepting that the call at Santa Martha will
be omitted. The time to be occupied on the
voyage to Chagres is fixed at 23 days and 23 hours,
including all stoppages. Homeward a similar period
will be occupied. The time allowed at Chagres for
preparing return mails, transferring and receiving
_largo, inclusive of the time necessary for the packet's
trip to Grey Town, will be 14 days 8 hours, making
he course of post between Southampton and Chagres
621 days. The voyages to Chagres have hitherto ex-
tended over a space of 35 to 37 days, and the course
if post has been about 80 days, so that at least 10 or
12 days will be the saving in time both on the out
Ind home trip, and the course of post will in conse-
quence be diminished about 20 days.
The tables of routes are calculated upon a sup-
position of an average speed of nine knots for
he main line steamers, and a nearly equal rate
Jf steaming for the branch and intercolonial
ackets. The stoppages are to be curtailed where
practicable, in the event of a necessity arising by
season of decreased speed on the voyages, bad
weather, or other causes. It remains to be seen
whether all the vessels of the Royal Mail Company
will be enabled to maintain the proposed average
peed required to enable tbem to fulfil the work set
Town.
The mails for the Gulf of Mexico are to be dis•
Jatched on the 2d of every month from Southampton,
mud, after arrival at St. Thomas, will be conveyed, rid
Jamaica, by a branch steamer, calling at San Juan
t['orto Rico), Kingston (Jamaica), Vera Cruz, and
Tampico. The same route returning. The time
,ut to Vera Cruz will be 26 days 16 hours ' • home, 26
lays 18 hours ; time for preparing replies, eight
ley s 20 hours—making the course of post 621 days.
In case of late arrivals outwards, or detention at
Tampico, the stoppage at Vera Cruz is to be cur-
ailed, so that the ship may leave precisely at the
mppointed time. A saving over the old plan of the
Mexican mail service is here exhibited of at least ten
lays both out and home ; and the course of post is
liminished about 18 or 20 days.
On the 17th of each month the mails for
flavannah will be dispatched, and are to be conveyed
From St. Thomas' by a packet calling at Porto
Rico, Jacmel (Hayti), Jamaica, Havannah,
nd Honduras. Homeward by the same route.
fhe voyage out to Havannah will occupy 24 days 22
lours ; hame 25 days 16 hours ; and, with 11 days
Mowed for the return correspondence, during which
he packet will proceed to and return from Hon-
lures, the course of post will be 621 days. In the
Llavannah route no great saving appears at present to
be effected over the old plan.
Mails made up on the 2(1 and 17th of each month
for Jamaica will he delivered at that colony respec-
-ively in 201 days. This is a considerable improve •
merit on the old scheme, which never used to supply
Jamaica with its correspondence under 28 to 30 days.
The mails for St. Thomas, Tortola, St. Kitt's,
Montserrat, Nevis, Antigua, Guadalope, Dominique,
tlartinique, St. Lucia, Barbadoes, Demerara, Berbice,
French and Dutch Guiana, St. Vincent, Grenada,
Curagoa, Trinidad, and Tobago, will be made
up and dispatched on the 2d and 17th of every
month, and their conveyance from St. Thomas' will
oe accomplished by intercolonial packets especially
appointed for that service. The time occupied in
reaching Demerara (the extreme point of the route)
All be 21 days 21 hours, homeward in 22k days, a
Little over three days being allowed for replies, thus
making the course of post 471 days. Trinidad will be
'cached in 21 days 17 hours, while the homeward trip
will occupy 221 days, three days being allowed for
replies, thus making the course of post also 471
lays. The saving to the whole of these colonies
will be about a week each way, as well as shortening
he communication with Europe a whole packet. The
otermediate colonies between St. Thomas and
Guiana will, of course, receive and transmit their
nails in proportionately quicker time according
:o their respective geographical positions, and
will have a greater period allowed for their return
:orrespondence, while the course of post will remain
the same ; thus Barbadoea will be reached in 20 days,
St. Kitt's in 171, Antigua in 181, and so on.
For Nassau (Bahamas) a mail is to be made up on
:he 17th of each month ; the time occupied via St.
['homes being 24 days, and the course of post 621
lays.
It will be observed by the foregoing that to Vera
Cruz, Tampico, Havannah, Honduras, Hayti, and
Nassau there will be only one mail each month, while
o the whole of the remaining ports, including
Chigres, Grey Town, Carthagena, and Santa Martha,
formerly touched but once a month, a semi-monthly
mail will be maintained.
The homeward steamers will be due at Southamp-
-on at midnight on the 4th and 19th of every month.
The packets arriving on the 4th and 19th will bring
mails from Chagres, Grey Town, Carthagena, Santa
Martha, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Demerara, and all the
Windward and Leeward Nand?, while the mails
from Vera Cruz and Tampico will only be received
by the packets of the 4th ; and the mails from Hayti,
Honduras, Nassau, and Havannah, will reach Eng-
land by the packets of the 19th only.
It is provided that in the event of either of the sup-
plementary or intercolonial steamers bringing mails
from the Gulf of Mexico, Havannah, Demerara, &c.,
not reaching St. Thomas at the estimated time, the
homeward Atlantic steamer is to await the arrival of
the missing vessel seven clear days, if necessary,
after the hour appointed for her departure for
Southampton.
By the tables of routes it would appear that
Mobile, Bermuda, St. Jago de Cuba, La Guayrd,
Puerto Cabello, Madeira and Fayal, seven ports
hitherto touched by the royal mail steamers, have
been excluded as places of call under the new ar-
rangements.
There can be no doubt that the advantages thus
contemplated of a quickened communication to
and from the West India and Spanish American
ports will prove of vast benefit to the mercan-
tile community, not only of this country, but
of Europe generally. At the expiration of
a year, however, a further improvement will
be effected, by means of which the voyages to St.
Thomas, now to occupy 16 days 18 hours, will be
performed in 12 days, and the Isthmus of Panama
will be brought within 18 days of Southampton, in-
stead of 24 under the contemplated, and 35 days
under the old arrangements. Jamaica will then be
reached in 16 or 17 days, Vera Cruz in 20 days, and
all the ports embraced in the scheme will proportion-
ately be brought nearer to Europe.
The Pacific mails for the ports of New Grenada,
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chili, are, we believe, to
be made up in London and dispatched by the steamer
of the 17th of each month. The Valparaiso mails
will be landed at that port in about fifty-eight
days, instead of sixty-six days, as at present,
and the mails from the Pacific will be due at
Southampton by the packet of the 19th of each
month. From seven to eight days are at present al-
lowed for crossing the Isthmus, but eventually a much
shorter time will suffice when the Panama Railway
has been got into operation, and ultimately, when the
larger Atlantic steamers are placed on the station, the
voyage from Southampton to Valparaiso will be re.