The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-19 00:00:00

A MERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 18.
The United States' mail steamship St. Louis,
Captain Wotton, arrived off Southampton this
afternoon on her way to Havre, with dates from
New York to the sth inst., 30 passengers for Eng-
land, and 61 for Havre.
The liquor excitement was increasing rapidly
throughout the United States, ani in all the cities
and large towns the liquor dealers were organising
associations to test the legality of the prohibitory
law.

Mr. Fabens, one of the chief promoters Of the
Kinney Nicaragua Expedition, was arrested in
Washington on the 2d instant for an alleged at-
tempt to violate the neutrality laws. He was
bound over in the sum of $lO,OOO to answer the
charge.
A correspondent of the New Orleans Bee, writ-
ing from Mexico, states that Santa Anna was so
seriously ill that he was not expected to live.
In the Boston Legislature, Governor Gardner's
veto of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad
Bill was sustained.

All vessels loading, guano at no islands of the
Mexican Republic are prohibited from shooting
birds on them, under a penalty of $5O for each
offence.

A new bridge recently erected over the Passaic
river fell while being tested. There were about 30
persons on, the bridge at the time it gave way, the
most of whom were precipitated into the water.
Two persons were somewhat injured, and others are
missing.
The mayors of several cities in Maine had issued
proclamations, directing the rigid enforcement of
the liquor law.
The United States' mail steam-ship Black
Warrior, with advices from Havannah to the 28th
ult., arrived at New York on the 3d inst.'. The
corresponlent of the New York Herald states that
General Concha had carried his feelings of vin-
dictiveness towards the memory of the late-Ramon
Pinto so far as to refuse the request of the family
of the deceased to permit his remains to be depo-
sited in one of the niches of the Campo Santo.
Four persons named Renny, Cromrey, Parkins,
and Schumacher have been arrested at New York
for enlisting soldiers for the Crimea. They were
committed for examinaticn.

Several fires had taken place in various towns in
America ; among others, property valued at
$40,000 had been destroyed at New York.
The St. Louis Intelligencer contains an article
expressing a full belief in the existence cf abundant
gold deposits at the source of the Arkansas river.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the New York Courier and Inquirer.)
NEW YORK, May 4.--We do not futd any unfavour-
able effect produced upon our ()lin market by the infor-
mation that the public debt of England is to be increased
23 millions sterling. The stock market for the week
shows no serious decline. The leading fancies are well
sustained. State loans are in better demand at a slight
advance.

Foreign exchange is dull. We quota London 100 to
1001 ; Paris, 5.111 to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 41i to 41i ;
Hamburg, 36' to 37 ; Bremen, 79i to 79/.
COTTON.—The market has been firm during the week,
with sales up to last evening of 15.000 bales. The sates
to-day amounted to about 2,000 bays, sold chiefly before
receipt of the Atlantic's advices. Spinners, who are
generally bare of stock, bought the principal part of
what was sold. Good qualities are very scarce and daily
dearer. The business to-day was at 9ic. for middling
uplands, and 10c. for Mobile.
FLOUR.—The trade are in light stock, and, as we are
now so near the commencement of canal navigation, they
purchase ohly for immediate wants.

GRAIN.—For wheat there is a fair inquiry, but millers
are unwilling to purchage at present rates, and the mar-
ket is inactive, and prices a few cents lower.

MARSEILLES, MAY 17.---One hundred pieces of the
battering train ordered to be shipped for the Crimea, are
collected at the artillery ground near the port of the
Joliette. They consist of heavy cannon and huge mor-
tars. A telegraphic despatch has further commanded
that 25,000,000 ball cartridges he forthwith despatched
to the army before Sebastopol, being 250 rounds for
100,000 men. Several ambulance carriages of very
superior construction have arrived here for embarkation
for the Crimea.
A hogshead of hardware, in which revolvers and
pistols were concealed, was seized by the authorities at
llull on Wednesday. It was at the Humber Dock,
ready for shipment in the Hamburg :steamer. The
quantity was small.—Hu4 packet,