The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

rej-cted the new Roa 1 Rill m eitioned by last Ada is, Commando' Co Tins, is in Callao, and will
pacl,:etashaving pass cl tte House f Ass • itibly . The p, ob em de th iin out
bill fur incorporating he Thidgetown Waterworks The re'v'olution has made business very dull at
Co.opany was pro...ressiug favourably in the II erso Liraa, but otherwise peop!e appeared to take little
of Assembly. The weather hid b:en for several days notice of it. The general impression was that the
oppressively close, and:scarcely a slower of rain had Vivanco party is use I lip, a ,e 1 that Castilla will
fallen during the past fortnight. Tee health of tne hive full sway before him.
island was generally good. There was gaat inac- The Boston dapper C,thedral, 2,100 tons, was
tivity in breadstuffs, and the market was over- lost off Cape Horn, on the 18th of February,, in
stocked with all sorts. Freights were dull. A lat. 19 14 long. 69 33. Captaiii U. H. Howard
schooner of 157 tons had been chartered to load a; and a large utimbir of the cew were drowned.
IDominica with sugar f r London, at 503. p r ten,
taking cargo free. Two barks and a beig kid
taken freights at 2s. for ports in the United King-
dom. With the powerful stimulus of a highly re-
munerative market operat'ng, and labour abund
everything possible had been done to pull crop
operations, awl the produce shipped to the let st
date was as follows :—Sugar, 6,239 hlids., 312
tierces, 817 barrels; molasses, 717 puncheon,, 21
hhds. ; cotton, 11 bales.
A fine change had taken place in the weather at
Grenada, all in favour of the sugar planters, and
more sugar had probably been turned out during
the fortnight than during the whole of the crop time
before. There had not been two wet days since the
departure of the previous mail, and there was every
appearance of a continuance of the same weather.
The yield of the cane this year was not up to a sa•
tisfactory average, but this was compensa ed for in
the quality of the sugar generally. Tra.le was brisk
in every department.
At Demerara the annual session of the Combined
Court opened on the 3d of April, and the Cow t
adjourned to the 27th. A new Militia Bill had been
introduced into the Court of Policy, and read a first
time •, it proposed to do away with the property
qualification, and to pay the non-cemmissioned
officers and men in the line companies for the time
they are on duty. Dr. Henery had resigned his
seat in the Court of Policy, and an thee vacancy
will be caused at the end of the financial session by
the retirement of the Hon. Thos. Porter. S. veral
sugar estates have recently changed hands at ye y
good prices. The Weather had been dry during
the fortnight, with occasional showers. Vegeti-
tion exhibited a marked improvement, and
the young canes were recovering from the
chilling effects of the previous weather. The cl;o-
-lera stll lingered in some of the rural districts ;
but it was evidently dying out. A praclama-
tion was issued by the Governor on the 7th inst.,
founded on the report of the Surgeon-Get oral,
the chairman of the Central Board of Health,
declaring that the cholera had ceased to exist in the
port and city of Georgetown. The exports from
the cJL,ny during the fortnight were as follows :
Sugar, 1,172 lihds. , 77 tierces, 488 barrels, 37
bags ; rum, 510 punch, oils, 111. Is., 35 barrels ;
molasses, 74 puncheons ; flour, 400 barrels ; meal,
108 barrels ; corn, 108 barrels ; old metal, 80
tons ; crackers, 198 barrels rice, 4,4071 bags ;
timber, 7,035 feet ; pork, 95 barrels ; cigars, 4,000 ;
cocoa nuts, 3,000.
Sugar making was being pushed on vigorously at
St. Vincent under a favourable change of weather.
Advices from St. Lucia are to the 11th of a pril.
The excessive wet weather had changed to bright
sunshine, arid the planters had commenced reaping
with all speed. This year's crop was expected to
be about an average one. The prices of colonial
produce were highly satisfactory. Molasses com-
manded in the local market 11d. to ls.
Sug ir found a ready sale at 20s. io 255. per cwt. ;
rum, 2s. per gallon prooi. Cocoa was bought up
at 4d. to sd. per lb. as soon as it could be brought
into town. Logwood fetched 325. per ton ; the
sale had not been as brisk since the last advices
from home. The supply of tonnage was abundant ;
freights to England, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per cwt. Some
matters of importance had been decided by the
Island Legislature. The Board had provided a
salary for the Deputy-Registrar of 2001. per annum,
and the question, raised for the first time in the
island, of granting a pension to a public servant,
had been decided in the affirmative. A majority
of the Coungil declared that any public officer who
serves the Government faithfully shall receive,
when incapacitated by old age or infirmity, one
half the salary to which he was entitled when in
the active discharge of his duties. The Board had
also received at the hands of Governor Hincks an
act of justice in discontinuing the payment for
extra clerkage in Barbadoes. The saving to the
colony under the new arrangement stands thus
The Registrar's salary £4oo 0 0
Clerk to the Registrar, ditto B4 0 0
Clerkage in Barbadoes 63 6 8

EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEURAPII.)

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's st:amer
Colombo, Captain J. S. Field, has arrived with the
East India and China mails.

She left Alexandria April 19th; Malta, 22d. ;
and Gibraltar' 23d.
The Colombo brings 122 passengers ; specie,
value 9,5001. ; 277 bales of silk, 18 cases of gum,
and 225 packages of general merchandise.
Mrs. Philps, passenger, from Malta, died of con-
sumption the day before reaching Southampton.
The Colombo spoke the Company's steamer Indus
on the. 25 b, at 7 a. no., in lat.-36.30 N., 3.10 W. ;
the Ru,sian barque Jenny Lind, on the 30th, is
ht. 45.33 N., 8.3 W. ; and the British ship 'Violet
on the Ist May, at 11 a.m., in lat. 49.36 N., 39 W.

At Alexandria.—Her Msjesty'd Rhip Tartarus.
At Malta.—Hibernia, Osprey, Vulture, Snake,
Wrangler, and Wanderer ; and the _Royal Albert
was expected on the 29th.
At Gibraltar.-11141acca, Spiteful, Curlew, Fancy
gunboat, and Wallace.
The Curlew, Capt. Horton, returned to Gibral-
tar on the n ght of the 25th, from a cruise to the
eastward ; five of her petty officers remained behind
in Malaga, where they were imprisoned by the
authorities for creating a disturbance.
The Indus, steamer, arrived at Gibraltar on the
25th at 2 p.m., and left the same evening for Malta
and Alexandria ; the Sultan also left for Southamp•

ton the same evening.
The Rhone, Captain Wakeham, arrived at Gib-
raltar on the morning of the 27th from the coast of
Sicily, for Liverpool ; and the Mmander, from Li-
verpool, for the Italian ports. Both were to leave
fur their destinations the same afternoon.
Gibraltar exchanges on the 25th were as folloW3
—London 90 days' date, 54 ; Paris, sf. 36c. ;
Marseilles, sf. 38c. ; Genoa, 51. 39c. ; Madrid, 8
days' sight, 11 dis.

MARKET NEWS.—(Thi::., Day.)

COVENT GARDEN.
The supplies of vegetables were considerably on the in•
cream, but those of fruit were limited. The trade ruled
steady, as follows:

Pineapples, per 113.750 d to 100
Colowa 1 do., ea Os Od to Os Od
Grapes, per 2s Od to 20s
Foreign do Os Od to Os Od
Melons, each Os'Od to Os Od
Peaches, p. Os to Os Od
Nectarines, do: Os Od to Os. Od
Apples, p. h. sv. 3s 6d to 8s 3d
Pears, per d0z....8s to 10s Oci
Oranges, per 100. 58 Od to 12s
Lemons, p. doz. Os 8d to is 8d
Apricots, p. doz. Os Od to Os Od
Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od

VE GE
Greens, p. doz. bun. Os to Oa Od
Cabbages, per doz. is to is 6d
Savoy do., p. do. Os Od to Os Gd
Cauliflowers, do. 030 d to Os Od
Brocoli, p. bun, is 0,1 to is Gd
Potatoes, per ton 110 s to 190 E
New do., per do Osto Os
Peas, per quart to Os Od
Turnips, per bunch 21 to 4 d
Carrots, per bunch Sc! to is Gd
Cucumbers, each 9d to Od
Garlic, per lb.. Od to Os Od
Sorrel, per sieve Od to 0,
Spinach, p. d0...1330d to is
Brussels sprouts, per
half do is Od to 2s Od
Onions, p. bush Os Od to Os Od
New do., per bunch 2d to 61
French beans, per
100. 2B Od to Os Od
Leeks, per do Od to Od

Deduct £547 6 &
Deputy Registrar's salary... £2OO
Pension to Mr. Fauchier 9O

290 .0 0

Net saving £257 6 8

These arrangements, however, had not been sanc-
tioned by competent authority, and had still to be
ratified and confirmed by the Legislative Council
when duly constituted. The assistant clerk in the
Government office, Mr. Delomel, was expected to
receive the appointment of Deputy Registrar, anti
the clerk to the Registrar, Mr. Dick (whose office
will be abolished), to be promoted to the assistant-
clerkship.
The Swedish sloop of war Lagerbjelke, 18 guns,
Captain Bratt, arrived at St. Thomas's on the
afternoon of the Bth of April, from St. Bartholo-
mew's, and exchanged salutes the following morn-
ing. She was expected to proceed to England.

per Ms., by the carease.

THE PACIFIC.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 1

By the Magdalena steamer, art ived from the
West Indies, we have advices from Panama to the
7th of April. The steamer -Bogota, from Lima,
March 26 with the semi-monthly Pacific mad, ar-
rived at Panama on the morning of the 6th. She
had 32 pa-sengers, among them Senor Goni,
Minister from Spain to Chili, on his return to
Madrid, and the crew of the American ship Cathe-
dral, lost off Cape Horn on their way home.
Dates from Valparaiso are to March 15. The
most important news is the arrest of Senors Garfias,
Larrain, and others, by order of the Government,
charged with attempting to get up a revolutionary
movement. It was generally supposed that there
existed no foundation for this course on the part of
the Government, and public opinion was strongly
against the Government fir its action in this mat-
t-r as calculated to produce unnecessary alarm and
disturb public tranquillity. The British Govern-
ment has presente I Captain Cavassa, of the Chi ran
ship Oriente, with a gold medal, for having saved
the lives of the crew of the British ship Enterprise.
The Consular Convention between Chili and Ecu-
ador has ben promulgated. Don Cayetano,Asta-
hursuaga, it was said, had been appointed Minister
from Chili-to Costa Rica, and would shor ly leave
for Punta Arenas in a vessel of war.
Business at Valparaiso for the fortnight ending
on the 15th had bean steady, but not so active as at
date of last report. The scarcity of specie had oc-
casioned some difficulty in meeting payments, and a
few small failures and suspensions had taken place,
but the city commerce was not much affected there-
by. The market was generally well stocked, and
the importations eluting the fortnight had not been
la Nine vessels; of 5,770 tons, were loading at the
Chincha Islands, by permit flora General Vivanco ;
several vessels had already. sailed with cargoes ob-
tained by his order.
Admiral Bruce, on hearing of the attack made
on the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer-
New Granada by the Peruvian revolutionary ships
Loa and Tumbes, sent her Majesty's ship Pearl to
seize them, and the Bogota on her way up to Pana-
ma met the Pearl, with the Loa and Tomb a, under
steam, on their way to Callao. It appears from a
letter from the Lima correspondent of the Panama
Star and Herald, dated the 26th of March, that
the captain of the Lima steamer learned the fact of
the New Grenada's seizure in time to avoid falling
into a similar trap which was laid for him. The
writer says :
" We had a large amount .of specie on board,
which the captain was fearful might be seized by.
the Vivanco party on enteting Paita, so he deter-
mined to prepare for re,istance, and, having some
20 stand of arms on board, he mastered the crew
and stationed them on the main deck on entering
the port, much to the indignation of el senor cap,-
tan de/puerto, who left highly insulted at the pro-
cedure. No attempt was made there, however, to
pillage the ship, and we were permitted to proc, ed
peaceably to Lamb tyeque,. on approaching which
port we perceived the war s earners Loa and Tumbes
bearing down for us. Captain Bloomfield took the
hint in time, and instead of proceeding to his an-
chorage, put about and continued his course south-
ward, very much to the chagrin of those ou board
the vessels-of-war, evidently, as they pursued us
for several miles under a full head of steam, and
finally, being unable to overhaul us, discharged a
shot-W(1 gun after us, which, however, took no effect.
In this instance the old adage of one pair of heels
being worth two pair of hands' was fully verified.
Touching at Castua and Huacho we reached Callao
on the evening of the 24th itts.ant, ju.,t nine days
from Panama. Immediately after our arrival
Admiral Bruce was informed. of the outrages per-
petrated on the steameri New Granada and Lima,
and ye•terday at 1 p.m. he despatched the steam-
corvette Peat]. to Lamitaytque, with the object of
seizing the Loa and Tumbes, so that these vessels
will probably be brought back here as prizes in a
few days. At present there is no British ve=sel of
war in port, the Tribune having sailed for ,China ;
the Monarch is expected soon. Admiral Bruce
has for the present hoisted his flagon the store-ship
Naiad. The United States' sloop-of-war John

Fiturr.
Filberts, per lb 0s to Os oa
Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to —, A
Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os uu,
Walnuts, per 100 Od too s Ilan,
Figs, per doz Os to Os IN
Strawberries, per
ounce Bd to 14
Gooseberries, per
half sieve . . Os Od to Os Od
Currants, p. do. 030 d to Os Oa
Plums,:per do. Os Od to Os OA
Green gages, do. Os Od to Os Oa
Raspberries, p. potl. Od to o
'ABLE.
Shallots, per lb Oa to Oa
Horseraddish, p. bun. Os 000
Parsley ,'per do. 3d to 6a
Celery, per do Os 9d to is 9a
Beet, per doz. Os Od to Oi cli
Parsnips, per do. Os to Os ot2,
Small salad, p. pun. Od to r,
Ilushrooins,p.ptl.lsOdtolso'
Artichokes, each od to °II3
Lettuces, per score , 6cl to 9
Endive, per score is Od to 1;
Radishes, p.doz.bun. 2d to en°A
' Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. Os to Os'
Walnuts per 100...0s Od to
Id
Chillies, per 100 Os Od to Os no
Capsicums, per 100 03 Od VIA
Rhubarb, p. bun. 3d to 1"42;
Asparagus, per 100 4s Od to
Seakail,perpun.ls 3d to 25
Turnip greens, per
bush Os Od to 06 °3

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Geste,
Turkeys, 5s Od to 7s Od ; Poults, 5s 6d to 7s Od,
Os Od to Os Od each ; Goslings, sed to 9s Od ;Deb;
Hugs, 3s 01 to 4s bd ; tame rabbits, is 041 to 2s Od ea
..4
wild do., 9d to is 03 ; Pigeons, 9,1 to is each ; 161‘.
Surrey Fowls, 8s to 12; ; barn-door do., 4s Od to Os; Culcs,
ens, 6s Od to 9s Od per couple; Capons, Os Od to Os; gal,
C-; 01 to Os Od; Grouse, Os Oil to 0; Od each ; Pheasonoj
Os to Os 03 ; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; Woodcocks, °.,g41(1
to Os Od ; Snipes, Od to Os Od; Teal, Os Od to Os Od
Ducks, Os 01 to 0; Od; Widgeons, ts to Os 03; Plovers, "' OS
to Os Od each ; Guinea Fowls, 4s to 7s 6d ; Roasting pieba ;
Od to 9s Od each. Ostend fresh butter' —s to fie
English do., Is ld to is 4d per lb. ; English egg%to,
6d to 7s 6d; French do., 5s 9d to 6s 03 per 120 ; Lee%
3s Od to 3s 6d each.
NEWPORT. loOt
Beef, from 3s 4d to 486 d ; mutton, 3s 4(1 to 4s 8d; ,
48 01 to 63 Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; pork, 4s Od to
per Blbs., by the carcase.

H. r,
Beef from 3s 4d too s 6ITd ; mutt ECHAPELon, 3s dd to 4s 8d 315501
4,110 d to 6s o{l ; veal, 3s 6,1 to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to

BILLINGSGATE. r
6,1
Turbots, 2s fid to 15s ; Brills, I s to 7s each; Sao
Is 3d to 18 €d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 5s each ; 5°11;0
to 3s Od per pair ; Trout, ls to Os Od per lb ; Lobsterstiop;
33 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 33 Od to 10s per 70.;
Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, f,Os to —s pOl clop!
Mackerel, 35s to —s per 100; Smelts, s6dtoOs Od peLion
Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od Per
peg
to Os 04 to Os 0.1 per 100 ; Fresh Her
to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 6s Od to Os pet
bushel; Doreys, 2s Od to 103 each; Haddocks, 5s to 1,...,04
doz.; Pike, Od. ; Sturgeon, Oil per lb ; Prawns, 6s 04 rob
Mullets, 6d to Is 6d each ; Plaice, Od to Os each ; 0;111011'
04 per 13 ;_Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz.; 10'

04 per lb ; Eels, 84 tols.
BREAD. . if°
The prices of wheaten brea,l in the metropolis sr!,
81 to BAd ; of household ditto, 64 to 744 per 4 lb 10'''
HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 5616 to 6416, sid to —d ; 6416 to 70A;
to 61; 721 b to.Bolb, 64 to 644 ; 801 b to 881 b, Cid t'° 01"
3816 to 9616, sia to 6id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 6t:l to 7d'
to 1121 b, 04 to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; hors° .
108 04 to Os 04 ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Od;.,fetit°'
full, 9a 64 to Os 04 ; Polled Sheep, —s 04 to s Od ,„„J'o,l°
Os 04 to Os Od; Half-breds, 8s 6d to 10s 01; Downs, 106,1.
78 tid ; Shearliogs, is 54 to is 6d ; Lispabs, 2s 3d to 3s

HAY NI A ltK ETS. Dyi
SlurnFlELD.—Meadow hay, 2112 s to 4/ 4s 9 • eloce pr.
31 5s to 51 03; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 53 Per ,
A moderate supply, and a steady demand.
ole 4
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 41 60; os
ao., 31 5s to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s Pet
Supply rather limited, and trade firm. 014,
WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 4s ,
do., 315 s to 51 03 ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 98 Pf)r •
Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full prices.

•
The copper smelters have given, notice of a reapcti°:
of 91. per ton in the price of copper.
iv°
THE SILK MARKET.—The monthly circular
yesterday by Messrs. H. Waithman and Co. ren3Bl7,;ficei
We have to report a very active market in silk u;er
the past mcnth ; prices of Tsatlees have fully rece;os°
the decline named in our last circular, and Trtr" pec
have alio experienced au improvement of 6d. to lei,
lb. The continuance of severe weather, and the dart
entertained of another_ failure in the EuroP
m een 0,16
c pled with the adviees received from China es.6ov
smaltsettlements during the month (only 5q.:1.01
bales), and the great advance that had taken P of
prices there, has given encouragement to all cloe'st 0.
buyers ; and the consequence is, that a large
business has been done during the' latter p g
month. The China mail just delivered brings dolor
Stanghai to the 6th March. The settleureote-1054.'
month had amounted to 3 500 bale, giving "Hi' iroo'
tlement to ate of 74,000 bales. The shipinee-9 0
about 70,300 bales, in addition to which soTi‘e tia'le„°;
bales were on board ships ; unsold stock, I,6notieL,
Prices had advanded considerably, the latest cle:. of t,
being 40 to 50 dollars per picul higher than 03°,7 vio
previous mail. Excharge at Shanghai, 6s. 74,p.5.
81. The deliveries for the month are 5,624 he Joie
Bengal silk there has not been much businesegrrilo
owing to the smallness of the stock. Some fresh :ou,
are now coming to market, which will no doubt -heels
better assortment. In Italian silk -there hl t,:l,
little more doing the last few days. Persian
0,
imports for the month ar, 187 ballot
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND FROMOTIO-
tea
CIVIL SERVICE.—War Department—Mr. Greer! oiedr,
sistant military storekeeper, Purfieet, has beco,,Terl3„. :n0
assistant military storekeeper, Stirling Catle,'stirle'r,
T. A. G. Sated well, assistant military storekeePerjejosil d
C r3t e, has been appointed assistant military 8" Otto
Purfleet; Mr. Richardson, supernumerary cleric' od-el/
Store-office, Woolwich, has been appointed eecte.offieeol
in litary store clerk, Demerara. General ro oer
Mr. John Price has been appointed pool"130 C 0:
Bibligend, in the room of his brother, resigpe bas e'„l,
guard—Mr. John Ilelleck, Master, R.No
appointed to command Shoreham-statioo, v'e-bece
Winthrop. Customs--A tide-waitership btre
vacant at Kirkaldy, by the retirement of •e--"A a Uteri
Hill; Mr. Francis W. Brown has teen appointe
bye e,
in the London Docks ; Mr. Alfred Grease° t ,00c1,cl
arijopnodionnte;d a clerk in
,the Imports and EdlcfPr°olo:o'clett
Mr. W. Reeves has been promote ri
to first-class clerk in the London Docks; Mr' lefrate
has been promoted from third to second-ohtes„rcoe';"%ei
the London Docks ; Mr. W. Barnes has bee° „r Vow; of
from fourth to third-class clerk in the Loecl'-ocle'of
Mr. R. Davie has been promoted from oorersorfre
the harbour-cutter, Liverpool, to be second tioi;eep P
be
at Portsmouth ; Mr. Thomas W. Reader has l te,fo'
moted from locker third-cla,s at LiverPloo ride'
searcher at Preston ; Mr. Michael Breen bees be t (0'
muted from tide-surveyor at Grangemouth °bon 11 st
surveyor at Galway ; Mr. D. Stevenson
meted from tide-surveyor at Galway to to
Grangemouth,--Civil Service Gazate.