The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

New York advices to the 16th inst. have arrived by
the Baltic steamer.
The fishery dispute seems at length to be finally
settled. The Washington Union of the 14th contains
a proclamation by the President of the United States,
setting forth that a convention between the United
States and Great Britain has been concluded and
signed, whereby the time for the settlement of out-
standing claims, by a mixed commission, limited
by the convention of February 8, 1853, has been
extended for a period not exceeding four months
from the 15th September instant, it being agreed,
however, that the time originally fixed for the pre-
sentation of claims shall in nowise be altered. The
same paper publishes the official ratifications of the
reciprocity treaty, exchanged at Washington on the
9th instant, and which, by the declaration of the
President, has at once come into operation. It also
announces that orders have been received for the
withdrawal of the British fleet in the Gulf of St. Law-
rence, and to throw open the prohibited fishing
grounds to Americans.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald asserts that he has reason to believe that
Cuba has been already purchased by the United
States.
A bloody riot at New Orleans is reported between
large parties of Americans and Irishmen. Firearms
were freely used on both sides; a great many were
wounded and several killed. The military were
ordered out, and the mob dispersed.
The business portion of the town of Belize, in
Honduras, was destroyed by fire on August 12, in.
volving the loss of merchandise to the amount of
half a million dollars and one hundred buildings, in-
cluding the gaol and poorhouse.
The yellow fever at Savannah continues with un-
mitigated force. The city was being rapidly depopu•
lated. Nearly every place of business was closed.
There were not hands enough to bury the dead, and
on one day ten bodies remained uncovered. The
condition of affairs was horrible.

A letter from St. Louis announces the receipt of
intelligence from Fort Laramie of a melanchcly cha-
racter. It seems that a Sioux Indian stole an ox from
an emigrant. The chief of the tribe offered to de•
lives the offender to the commander of the fort; and
accordingly Lieut. Grattan, Sergeant Favor, Corporal
M'Nulty, and twenty privates, accompanied by an
interpreter, set out for the camp of the Sioux, where
the entire party were massacred. It was reported
that the chief of the Sioux was also killed. No other
particulars of this terrible deed of blood are received.
Reinforcements have been despatched to the fort.
The Indians are represented as very hostile.
The annexation of the Sandwich Islands to
America has been confirmed by the King of those
islands.
A combined fleet of eight English and French
men-of•war were at the Sandwich Islands in July,
whence they sailed on the 29th of that month. They
were on the look-out for Russian ships, and probably
intended a descent upon the Russian possessions
northward.

CANADA.
A Ministerial crisis has occurred at Quebec. The
Canadian Parliament opened its session on the sth,
and in the course of the first three days' debates the
Hincks Ministry sustained several discomfitures.
They were defeated by an adverse majority of two on
the Speakership ; and two or three divisions went
badly against them on an election case in which
there was an irregular return. They, therefore, sent
in their resignations even before the question of
parties was tried on the address. Sir Allan M‘Nab
was then sent for by the Governor, and undertook
the formation of a new Ministry. Sir Allan is a
Conservative, but is said to have consented to make
the secularisation of the clergy reserves a Government
measure.
The following is given as the list of members form-
ing the new Ministry :
tipper Canadians.—Sir Allan M'Nah, President of the
Council; William Cayley, Inspector-General; John A.
Macdonald, Attorney-General, west; Henry Smith, Solici-
tor• General, west; Robert Spence, Postmaster General;
John Ross, Speaker, Legislative Council.
Lower Canadians.—N. A. Morin, Commissioner of
Crown Lands; E. P. Tache, Receiver-General; Jean
Chabot, Commissioner of Public Works ; L.T. Drummond,
Attorney-General; P. J. 0. Chaveau, Provincial Secretary ;
Dunbar Ross, Secretary.
English capitalists, it is stated, need not fear the
effect of these changes upon their loans to Canada,
for the honour of the province will, in any event, be
sacredly kept, and its ability to meet all its liabilities
is undoubted.
The wheat harvest in Upper Canada is large, but
continued dry weather has injured other crops.

SATURDAT4

The arrival of Sir E. Head, to take the place of
Lord Elgin, as Colonial Governor, was daily expected
at Quebec at the dates of the latest despatches.