The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA,

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
13y the' arrival last night of the Cunard Royal
Mail steamer Africa, Captain W. Harrison, we have
advices from New York to the 27th; Boston, 28th ;
and Halifax, 29th ult.
She brings 158 passengers, and $678,715 07c.
and 12,0121. in specie.
She reports the arrival at New York, on the 27th,
of the Atlantic ; and at Halifax, on the 29th, of the
Asia—both from this port.
The George Law (steam-ship) arrived at New
sBoold dust.
York on the 24th ult., with the Californian mails
(T
of
Tthhee N4thetoe irfMerak jirch,eraanid of the 0027inih makes refer-
enced
to proceedings taken in New York for or by
the British Government for the procuring of re-
cruits for the British army. A. Mr.
Angus
W.Donald advertises that he is prepared to forward
men willing to serve to Nova Scotia :
"It is to be presumed (says the Herald) that Mr. A.
M'Donald and the parties who are connected with the
Chatham-street recruiting depot act in ignorance of
the law, which renders any such proceedings as theirs
a misdemeanour at,law, and punishable under the United
States statute. Neither the British Government nor
any one on its behalf has a right to recruit soldiers within
the' United States ; and any and all proceedings taken
with that aim fall clearly within the provision of the
statute, and call for the interference of the district attor-
ney. It behoves Mr. M'Keon to see that residents of
New York are not entrapped or seduced to serve in
foreign armies."
The advices from California are to the Ist ult.
The papers are occupied with farther particulars
of the great financial crash, of which the announce-
ment was made by the steamer of last week. The
house of Wells, Fargo, and Co., after a full meeting
of their creditors, who agreed to wait upon them
is for thirty or sixty days, had resumed business, and
now in active operation. Adams and Co. had
applied for the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and
.it was thought would be able to pay but a small
percentage on their liabilities. It was supposed
that Page, Bacon, and Co. were still solvent, but
not having control of their resources would defer
the resumption of payments until a future time.
The appearance of the long-wished-for rains at the
mines had brightened the prospects in that quarter,
and it was anticipated that a greater amount of
gold would be realised during the month of March
than had been taken for the same space of time
since the discovery of the mines. The election of
a United States senator had not again been formally
called up in the Legislature, but a democratic
caucus was to be held at Sacramento, to establish
a compromise in favour of Gwin.

CANADA.
The bill ietroduced into the Canadian Parliament
by Mr. Cauchon, the commissioner of Crown lands,
to render the Legislative Council elective, the
organisation of a party to insist upon the extension
of the same principle to the governor generalship,
the judiciary, and the magistracy, and the profound
feelings of discontent created by the Militia Bill,
are (according to the New York prints) significant
and unmistakeable evidences of the growing deter-
mination of the Canadians to assert their inde-
pendence. The fact of the existence and rapid
extension of secret political societies throughout
the two provinces is confirmed.
The Canada Militia Bill passed the second read-
ing in the Legislative Assembly by a large majo-
rity. This seems to place the carrying of the
measure beyond a doubt.