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

AMERICA.

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'LItRITA,I4. OF' THE AFRICA.
By ther;:lrt4"l;:,l ila4111:71'111igi2TI;E•oill PthTl:Cunr SA:4,**Y;al
:ail Stea.Mer Africa , Captain W. Harrison, vire have
advices from ITvwcYatk' tOthifa2lthißOfitc42Bth ;
and
-Halifax, 29th-ult. - • -
She bringq..4l3 pa sagas„. and 4678,715 07c.
and 12,0124, in specie... --- •
of Shet
he Ar etPl rnttsic,tlb..eanarrid ctalHatalibTfietw;tT're4horke,.2gton thh,eo2f7tthhe,
Asia-7)?qh.froro this port. -
" The leorge Law (steam-shipj ariNtl( -New
York on
'cifTliee4Nthetv6eYMolc-reicad .of the 27th makes refer-
th.e
' ence to proaeedingstaken in New York for or by
the'British-Gliierhaierit for the prOetiring of re-
cruits for the British 'army, A. Mr. Angus
IVP.Craiald advertises that lie is prepared to forward
men willing to serve to Nova Scotia,
It: is to be pieseriect. (rays the I/era/4 that Mr. A.
lgfPonald 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
:anyone on it 4 behalf hai aright to recruit soldiers within
the 'United States;' and any and all
proceedings taken
with that aim fail clearly within the provision of the
statnter;•and• call Tor the interfeVenee of the disirict attor-
ney. behoves.Mr: 11141C'eon' 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 further partieulars
of the great findleigcrash,.of,which,the announce-
ment was ina;d'e`by the steanier of last week. The
house of 'Tells, Fargo, and co.,aftei
of theli Crediteirs; who agreed o wait plpo them
is for thirty or siTtydusgbadresumed business, and .
now in active Operation. Adams and CO. had
for the benefit Of the Insolvent A'.et; and
it was thought would be able...to Ruh* a small
Per6eitagCo °4l..tliar wai.supposed
that rage, flacon, and Co. were still'aclvent, but
-not having control- of -their resources would defer
the resumptiontof paymerrtsiliitit a future time.
The appearance of the long-wished-for rains at the
mines had brightened, theprospects in that quarter,
and it was anticipated .that a greater amount of
gold would be iialisett the month; of Marchifh had been -taken for the same
since the discovery of-the mines. The election of
a United States senator had not main beep_ formally
called' up in the Legislature, but a democratic
caucus twas .i9.be held at Sacramento,. to establish
A compromise in faVour of Gwin.

CANA.D A.

The bill introduced 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 inagistracy,vand:the profoupd
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 limed 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