The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES

ARRIVAL OF TILL AMERICA.
LIVERPOOL. Moshvv.
The British and North American Royal Mail
steam-ship America arrived in the Mersey at noun
to-day, from Boston and Halifax, with the usual
mails from the United States and British North
America. The America left Boston on the -Rh, aid
on going up Halifax Harbour, grounded, but h 0
slightly, that her doing so wus scarcely perceived.
She goes into Graving Dock to-morrow, and sill
sail at her appointed hour on Saturday. The Am,
rica carried sixty passengers and 152,000 dollar;
on freight.
The steamer Hermann arrived out at New York
lon the morning of the :lrd. The America passed the
Niagara on the sth, and the Asia at 10 a.m. yte-
ter&.
They special correspondent of the New Fork Ileral4
at Washington City, repeats his assertion that Minis-
ter Letcher will return from Mexico, simply tia. the
reason that that government has refused to hold any
further intercourse with him.

The excitement regarding the threatened fishery
dispute with England was list dying away.
Two other American fishing vessels hud been cap-
tured by the English cutters, one at Sable Island and
another at Charlotte Town. Various other vessels
were warned olf, and had taken their departure ac-
cordingly.
The American schooner Coral, condemned fcr a
breach of the fishery treaty, was sold here to-day.
The burning of the Henry Clay steamer still con-
tinues to excite a good deal of attention. The LA-
lowing is a short analysis of the persons killed:—
Bodies found and recognised
Not identified, at Yonkers
Not identified, at Bellevue

Total number of hodiec found
/Easing, known to hare perishtd

Total 75
The following is the alleged cause of the lire in the
Henry Clay :
It has been stated by an old North River fireman, who is
practically familiar with the construction and arrangements
of the engine and fire departments, on board of the .'cam.
boat Henry Clay, recently destroyed by fire, that he believe-1
the disaster of that vessel to be in a great measure, if not
chiefly, attributable to the very imperfeil connexion be.
tween the furnaces and the dampers, which rendered the
operation of " shining the fine," or raking out the cinders,
hazardous in the extreme. Ile has known her to take tin
in this way ou three or four diffennt occasions; although
but little or no excitement prevailed in tither instance, and
therefore the fires were subdued without any considerable
damage being sustained. It was scarce ly possible, he says,
thr the operation of sluicing to be performed, without haul.
log more or leas of the red bot cinders ou the wood work of
the fire room. The engineer was cognisant of the difficulty
and danger attached to that peculiar form of the furnace,
and it was certainly incumbent uoon him to adopt and
execute some plan for removing the evil.
In the Senate on the 2nd, a message was received
from the President, in answer to Mr. Mason's reso-
lution calling for information respecting the fisheries,
transmitting a report of the acting Secretary of
State, and stating that Commander Perry, with the
steam-frigate Mississippi, had been despatched
there to protect American rights. Mr. Cass moved
its reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The greater part of the correspondence acconipanj-
ing the message has been printed heretofore. as it
embraces all that has token place on the subject
since 1823, a large part of which was sent to the
Senate in February, 1843. The following letter is,
however, interesting: