The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-04 00:00:00

THE BALTIC FLEET.

DANTZIC, JUNE 1.
The Princess Alice, despatch boat, Lieutenant
Underwood, arrived here yesterday afternoon, with
the weekly mails, which she brought on from Faro
Sound, the Firefly, Captain Otter, having carried
them to that place from the fleet.
The news is this week of a very scanty nature.
The whole of the fleet, with the eiception of the
Ajax, left the island of Nargen last Saturday, the
26th ult., and, after a few days' cruise, anchored
again about 16 miles below Cronstadt.

As the Firefly was on the way to Faro Sound,
with the mails frbm the fleet, she met the French
squadron, consisting of three line-of-battle ships
and one corvette, off Dagerof, the extreme north-
west point of the island of Dago, situate near the
entrance to the Gulf of Finland.b

The Magicienne and Merlin have taken several
prizes at a place called Biorko Sound, to the north-
west of Cronstadt.

The general state of health in the fleet continues
to be satisfactory ; during the last 10 days there
has only been, one fresh case of small-pox. The
patients in the hospitals on Faro Island, also ap-
pear to be progressing favourably ; about 20 aro so
far recovered as to be able to rejoin their respec-
tive ships ; only four cases have as yet terminated
fatally. Lieutenant Hannant, first lieutenant %it'
the Duke of Wellington, has, however, fallen a
victim to the disease.

The Orion, Captain Erskine, was sent up on the
29th to reconnoitre Cronstadt. He saw six very
large line-of-battle ships, all ready equipped for
sea.

Commander Marten, R.N., of her Majesty's ship
Exmouth, came down in the Princess Alice yester-
day, on his way to England, having been appointed
to the Royal Albert, flag ship of Admiral Sir
Edmund Lyons, in the Black Sea.

ROUTE OF FRENCH TROOPS TO THE
BALTIC.

HANOVER, May 29.—Great sensation has been
caused by the demand of Count Reculot, the
French Envoy at this, Court, for permission to
march a body of Imperiai troops through the Hano-
verian territory. It appears that considerable in-
convenience was felt and delay occasioned last year
by sending the French army of co-operation to
the Baltic ,by sea, although on board such
splendid ships as the squadron under Commodore
Grey in the Hannibal, and it has now been decided
to send the expedition by the railroad through the
North of Germany to 'Lubeck, where steamer;
will be waiting to take the troops up to the
point where they are wanted, and which of
necessity, remains a secret for the present. Be-
sides, the expedition will be Much more nume-
rou-s than the last. The number of Frenc'
troops conveyed to the Baltic last bummer, and
employed at the reduction of Bomarsund, was
not more than eight or tea thousand men, whereas
the Army of the North destined for service in the
Baltic musters nearly 80,030 men, about one-half
of whom have received orders to hold themselves
in readiness to move, and the other Irtif will form
the reserve. Although the Elnoverian Govei
ment has not given a decided answer, there is
little reason to doubt that it will be a favourable
one, -particularly as the request is supported
most enorget:cally by the British Government, who
have sent instructions to that effect to Mr. Bligh,
her Majesty's representative here. A similar re-
quest has bc,,ea made by the Marquis de Moustier
at Berlin to the Prussian Government, and steps
have been also taken by France to obtain the con-
sent of the Senate of Lubeck for the embarkation
of the French troops at Travemunde.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

The British and North American royal mail
steamer Asia, Captain Lott, arrived in the Mersey
at 9 p.m. (after a detention of two hours at the
bar for water), and by her we have advices from
New York to the 22d, Boston 23d, and Halifax to
the 24th ult. inclusive.

The Asia sailed from Boston at 12.30 p.m. on the
23d, and at 4 p.m. on the 24th passed the roni
mail steamer America hence for Boston • "same day
at 9.48 p.m. arrived at Halifax, where she remainetl
au hour and a quarter. On the Ist at 8 p.m. passd
Cape Clear.

Tile Asia brought 196 passengers and 933,575
dols. in specie. ,
The Baltic, United states steamer hence, at
New York on the 18tii
The case of Colonel Kinney came up in the Dis-
trict Court in Philadelphia on the 21st ult., and
was postponed till the 4th of June.
The steam ship Hermann left New York on the
19th ult. for Southampton and Bremen, with 250
passengers, but in consequence of the violence of
the easterly storm then prevailing was forced to
come to anchor off Qaarantine, from whence she
took her final departure at seven o'clock in the
morning of the 20th ult. The Ariel, for Havre,
with 190 passengers, also sailed at noon. These
two steamers took out only about 234,030 dollar.;
in specie. A bag of letters addressed to the United
States Consul at Paris, sealed with the " Depart-
ment of State, U. S. A.," clandestinely put in
charge of a passenger per Ariel, was seized and
sent on to the Department at Washington, from
which it purports to come. The steamer United
States left on the 19th for San Juan, Nicaragua,
with passengers for California.
The Northern Light hat+ arrived from California.
A proposition was pending in the legislature to
divide the present territory of California into three
distinct States, to be called California, Colorado,
and Shasta, neither one of which, it was said, if
the division should be accomplished, will permit
the introduction of slavery. The business of San
Francisco had taken no turn for th& better, but the
prospect was evidently brightening.
A despatch in the Boston Clo.onicle of the 23d
ult., dated from Washington, May 22, says :—" It
is said that R. W. Cameron, of New York, now in
England, has obtained the contract for the convey-
ance of the mails from Europe to Australia (via
Panama), once a month, at the rate of 7,0001. the
round trip. Two first-class steam-ships are to be,
built in this country and two in England for the•
use of this line."

By way of New Orleans Advices from Havhna to
the 15th ult. had been received. It reported
that the blockade of the ports will be raised on the
return of Gen. Concha from Matanzas and Carde-
nas, whither he had gone to inspect thetroops. Two
extensive commercial failures had taken place—
one that of Arreta Brothers, the other that of Mr.
Solomons. Sugar remained without change in price.
The frigate Fulton left for Key Weston on the
14th. The frigate Constitution was spoken on the
Bth, bound into Havana. She was from the coast
of Africa, bound to Portsmouth.
From Great Salt Lake it was learned that Col.
Steptoe had failed in bringing to punishment the
Indian murderers of Captain Gunnison and party,
solely through the duplicity of the Mormons, who,
it appears, take every opportunity to impress upon
the minds of the savages the idea that the Mor-
mons and Americans are two distinct people. This
is done with the ulterior design of forming a league
against the United States authorities, in case of
any attempt by the government to abridge the
power of the Mormon leaders. It is reported that
Colonel Steptoe has declined the governorship_ of
Utah territory, and that Chief Justice Kinney has
been offered the appointment.
The United States' packot Hermann arrived at
Cowes yesterday, on her way to Bremen. She left
New York on the 19th ult.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, MAT 22.
There are abundant hidicatious of lather MN ILA the

money market. 'Very little paper of the first character
finds its way to the brokers, and there the rates range
from 6to 7 per cent. For inferior paper the rates are
nominal,-varying according to the needs of the borrower
and the capacity of the lender. The western markets
are better supplied with capital.
COTTON.—The sales of the five days past amount to
13,500 bales, of which about 7,000 bales were in transit
(including a cargo of 2,200 bales for Liverpool and one
of 1,500 for Havre), the market closing on the bases of
I.oc. to 10ic. for middling uplands, 10Ic. for Mobile,
and 10ic. to 11c. for Orleans. These rates establish an
improvement of slc. to ic. on our quotations of 15th inst.
per 'Atlantic, and the tendency is towards further ad-
-Vance.

FLOUR, &c.-Holders_cf common brands of flour were
firm to-day, and in some instances a slight improvemen t
was obtained. State flour sold at 9 dots. 871 c. to 10
dols. 25c. for common to favourite brands, and 10 dots.
75c. to 12 dots. 75c. for Genessee ; Michigan, Indiana,
and Ohio 10 dots. to 10 dols. 25c.; fancy brands, 10 dole.
31/c. to 10 dots. 374-c. ; extra ditt6, 10 dole. 50c. to 12
dots. Southern flour was firm at 11 dole. 25c. to 11
dols. 37-Ic. for common to favourite brands, and 11 dols.
50c. to 12 dole. 50c. for extra. Canada flour was in
good request at 10 dols. 25c. to 11 dots. Rye flour is
without alteration-sales were made at 7 dols. 25c. to
8 dole. 37-Ic. Jersey meal, 5 dots. 181 c. to 5 dole. 25c.
3,000 bushels of Canada wheat sold on private terms.
Corn was rather dull. Sales of white were made at
115 c. to 116 c., and of mixed and yellow at 117 c. ; 5,000
bushels of mixed Western, for delivery in June, sold at
105, and 10,000 bushels, to be delivered in July and
...ligust, at 1051. Oats are in fair request, 70c. to 80c.
f )r State and .'Western, and 55c. to 58c. for Southern.
PuovisioNs.-The market was rather quiet to-day,
yet we do not observe any quotable change in prices.
Sales of old mess pork were made at. 16 dole. 62ic. to
16 doh. 75c. ; new, 17 dole. 75c. ; and new prime at
14'dols. 50c. Cut meats were in favour of the buyer-
hams sold at 9/c. to 91c. ; shoulders, 7/c. to 7Ac. Sales
of 350 boxes bacon, short middles, rib in, sold at 9c. to
9/c. Lard in fair request at 10/c. to 101 c. ; prime is
bold at Die. Beef is in steady demand-repacked
Western and Chicago, 14 dole. 75c. to 15 dole. 50c. ;
extra, 16 dots. to 16 dols. 50c. ; Vermont, 13 dole. 75c. ;

country mess, 9 dols. 75c. to 12 dols. ; country prime,
3 dols. to 9 dole.; city, 9 dole, to 9 dole. 50c; beef hams,
17 dole. 50c. to 21 dole., including State and best
Western and Chicago.
FREIGHTS.—There is a moderate amount offering,
arid the packets fill at the following rates :—To Liver-
pool—Cotton, square bales, per pound, 5.32 d. to 8-16 L ;
ilour, is.

SOUTH AM ERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 3.

By the Madrid, with the Peninsular mails, we
learn that the Portuguese steamer Donna Maria
If. arrived at Lisbon on the 25th of May, with
dates from Buenos Ayres, April 7 ; Monte Video,
12 ; Rio de Janeiro, 28 ; Bahia, May 3 ; Pernam-
buco, 5 - St. Vincent's, 15 ; and Madeira, 22.
The Donna Maria had 300 passengers, princi-
pally third-class, for Lisbon, all of whom were sub.
ject to five days' quarantine.
Nothing of interest had taken place in the River
Plate since the advices per Avon. The General
Assembly convened by the Argentine Government
had not taken place on the 4th of April for want
of sufficient numbers. On the frontier 2,000
Indiana, headed by Calfucura and Catriel, had as-
sembled near Azul, with hostile intentions, and
Measures were being adopted to receive them. No
further news had been received of the Brazil squa-
dron or the progress of negotiations with Paraguay.
At Rio de Janeiro it was generally believed the
Prrana Cabinet would quit office as soon as the
Ministers could lay before the Chambers, which
were to assemble on the 3d of May, the reports of
the different departments ; but there was no cer-
tanty as to the party who would be intrusted with
the formation of a new Cabinet. Capitalists were
preparing to take shares in the new railroad pro-
jected to the interior, under Government guaran-
tee of 7 per cent., but it appeared probable the
different plans afloat for improvements in Brazil
would exceed the capital obtainable, and that some
of them were likely to receive a temporary check.
Viscount Ita,borahy, the founder of the Bank of
Brazil, had been appointed President of that esta-
blishment, which had contracted its circulation and
increased the tightness of the money market; The
exchange on London for 90 days' sight opened on
the 23d at 274. - . .

At Bahia holders of sugar attempted to maintain
h'gher rates, but were generally compelled to sell.
At.Pernambuco import and export business con-
tinued very dull. Sugars had come iri but slowly,
yid prices of the better grades of whites" and mus-
u?vadoes kept very high.
Exchange on London done at 27 to 27&.
Shippi-nri, News at Pernambuco.—On the 28th of
April t' ,3 Thomas and Joseph Crisp, from Launces-
ton to London, supplies,
called off for and proceeded
.on the 29th. 28th, bark Undaunted, from Lima,
called off for supplies, and proceeded to Liverpool.
29th, Amazon,:trom Melbourne, put in for supplies,
l'ound. for London. May 1, Jessie Burns, bark, from
with guano, put iu leaky for repairs, dis-
t-; part of her cargo. 2d, the Great Western
s 7. trier arrivA, with mails from Southampton,
n-)d left next day for Bahia and Rio. 4th, her
:.josty's steamer of war, Sharpshooter, from Para,
from Rio Janeiro.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, (TUNE 3.

By the Pcininsularand Oriental Company's steam-
ship Madrid, Captain Cook, with the Peninsular
nnils, in charge of Lieut. Purges, R.N., Admiralty
aLmit, we have dates from Gibraltar May 24, Cadiz
25, Lisbon 29, Oporto 30, Vigo 31.
Th© Madrid brings 84 passengers, among whom
are the Right Hon. Chief Baron Pigott, lady, and
family, Baron and Baroness Adelward, and seven
distressed seamen, 26 packages of specie, and a
cargo consisting of 290 chests of oranges,
97 pieces
of elephants' tusks, 28 cases of dates, 10 casks of
wine, two packages of jewellery, 51 boxes of eggs,
five baskets of onions, 100 boxes of potatoes, and
23 packages of general merchandise.
The Madrid br:r.:gs Lisbon dates to the 29th ult.
The French steamer Newton and the Spanish
schooner Cruz were the only foreign ships of war in
port. The Portuguese steam-packet Dorn Pedro
It. was to leaye Lisbon for the Brazils on the 30th
of May, and the Donna Maria 11. about the 20th
of JUDO.
It was understood at Lisbon that the Matra Rail-
road contract would be urged through the Cortes,
notwithstanding the municipal oppoSition which
claimed as city property, under an old grant, all
grcunds ,reclaimed from the banks of the Tagus,
where a pier is projected to carry the railroad from
Lisbon to Belem.

The Count de Thomar brought forward a vote of
censure on the 28th ult., affecting the government
of the ex-Covernor of Angola, Viscount Pinheiro,
which was rejected by 31 peers contreesix. -
At Gibraltar exchanges on London were quoted
for bills at 90 days' date, at 514 ; Paris ditto, sf.
36e. ; Marseilles, sf. 36c. ; Genoa, sf. 42c. Span-
ish Pillared Dollars, 51 per cent. 'prem.