The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-02 00:00:00

-WE'ST IN,DIA • AND P_ACIFIO MAILS

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The royal mail_ steame_r__Purana_ artivedl-_at
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Southampton Saturday,'with thei usual mails
i,nozl/?.,8(4Q,7-1.0 in specie; She left "St,., :Thomas
Qn `the kihrinstant.
I 1114'iSlands.were generally healthy'.. •.;
1 The brig Rosalie, of this port, arrived at Aspin-
wall on the 25th Feb.
IThe advices from Peru state that no traces had
been diScoveredof the murderers of Captainlam-
hert,of the,Bitish navy. ,
Eighty ships _ were loading at _ the _Chines'
Islands. . • -,•.

At 'Callao the exchange. was 401 premium :
English gold: 20 per cent premium.
Peru was again on the verge of,vkar.
Several ships had sailed from Barbadoes with
eargoes.of raw sugar. `The Icield had been unsa-
tisfactory, but the quality was 'superior. Sugar
quoted; P. to .sit.
At 'Denierara sugar Was easier, and freights
improving:, • •

Business was dull at Jamaica: The sUgat'crop
was expected, to he good. ~The supply of :Coffee'
was small: 'Exchange on London, 90 days, 1 per
cent 7 merchants', bills, 90 days, prem. to par.

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AMERICA.
J 11.1: :SOUTHAMPTON, March 30.
The-N6rtli German, Lloyd's mail steamer, from
New York, Captain• Von Sarten, has arrived off
Cowes on her way for Bremen,' with New York
advices of the 17th instant. She brings 40
passengers for England and Havre, and
,102 for
Bremen, and on freight $128,000 for England.
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Her news is antieipated by the North American.

ARRIVAL OF THE i AMERICA AT •
QI.TEENSTOWN-.
Qu'EENsTowN, April 1:
• The royal mail-.steam-ship America. arrived, at
noon; with' dates to the 22nd ult. She brings 50
passengers, and. X 4,000 in specie. ~:Landed the
Irish mails, and steamed out again for Liverpool,
with a delay of only twenty minutes. On the
23rd she passed the Canada north of SambrO
Light, bound for Halifax ; and on the 2tith the
Kangaroo; bound out. The Fulton arrived out
on the 9th. '
The United States Senate had a short exeutive
session yesterday, and took preliminary measures
with the;ivicisi of resuscitating, the -Nicaraguan
treaty, which was recently rejected. There are
indications 'of its being ratified.
'The''stearner Eastern Queen was totally de-.
stroyed by ,fire at Wineasset. The hull and ruins
sunk at the wharf, Mexico.
On the .night-of the 7th 'an attack iwas made.
in force; but Was soon repulsed by the Liberals,
who are 'confident of success.
CAPTURE OF MIRAMON's WAR STEAMERS BY THE
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. AMERICAN SQUADRON.
On the.. 6th„twa steamers, the General Mira-
Mon and Marques, appeared before the city, and
refused to :show, their colours. iCaptain
Jarvisx
therefore, ,ordered 'the United States war sloop
Saratoga, with a detaChrnent from-Savannah, and,
Freeple, in the . steamers Indianoli and Wave, to
proceedto the anchorage arid ascertain the character,
of the two strange steamers. As the Saratoga, towed
by the Indianoli, approached them they tried to
escape, but were too late., Captain Turner sent a
boat with t 1 flag ,to, the nationality of the
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strangers, when the boat was fired .upon twice,
whereupon the Saratoga fired a.ll•ooside into the,
General Miramon, and the action
,became general,'
Both steamers now hoisted the Spatiish.flag, and
after a 'sptited engagement.: surrendered, and he
himself 'and most of • his ' men taken prisoners.
American ..lossf• three wounded-..--one mortally.
Mexican 1055,.. 15 killed, and.. from 20, to 30
wounded. Great excitement at. Vera Cruz., The
French and Spanish residents were very bitter in
their .denunciation of the affair.
,Lieut. Chapman
is bearer of
,despatches to. Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Mr. INleLain carries
explicit and emphatic instructions to Vera Cruz,
to land troops for protection -of the AMerican
consulate, and citizens , and, • 'property. He
refused to return upon discretionary or general
orders; knowing that the administration would
put the responsibility :-upon him, in. case of a
serious turn. in events He is 'also instructed to
disregard the blockade that Miramon may make
byvesSels from Havannah, upon 'the ground that
it is an obstruction to Commerce. - •
NEW YORK, March. 20.—Flour unchanged.
Corn less .active. . Provisions quiet.' -Sugar dull
at $5 16c.- Cotton dull : sales; 1,000 bales at 11c.
in for middling Uplands. Freight! Cotton,
5-16. Grain and 'Dour nominal. •
CHARLESTON, March 19.—Sales to-day 2,000
middling .Uplands. Sales, three days, 7,000
bales. '
• 'ORLEAN-:, March 19.—Sales' today 9,500 bales
at 10',2,c. to 11c. -
BAI.TpIOBE, March 20.1--Flour quiet.
M4rph" 20. —Flour unchanged.

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