The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-27 00:00:00

*LIVEAPO9L, SArtntnry.
The Asia, Captain Lott, has arrived with adviees
from New York to the 14th inst., and $125,179 en,
freight.
The America had'arrived out at Boston.
The stearn-ship Empire City had arrived at New
York with $904,480 worth of Californian golddust.
The John L. Stephens had sailed from , San F'ranr
cisco with.. upward of $1,000;000 in apecie on'
freight.
Intelligence has been received of the loss of the
ship Erimmesia on a reef west of New Caledonia,
.sh. had on board -650 --noolieer-from-Chiwaliti •
crew of 50 men, all of whom perished except sevelli
who were saved in a boat.
Five men had been' drowned in Niagara Falls.
They were rowing a bOat; when one of the oars
snapped, leaving them helpless. The boat was
carried down the stream into the whirlpool and
broken to pieces.
Respecting the affairs of Mexico the New York •
Herald says :
"General Wheat, a passenger by Saturday's steamer
from the Isthmus, reports that the insurgents in Mexico
were carrying everything before them. We have heard
as much from other sources ; but the General, who has
filled a station of responsibility in the revolutionary
Party, bears a testimony of new and convincing-weight. •
According to his accounts, the reports we have received
of the successes of the insurgents in the north have ra-
ther been less than the truth than beyond it ; the whole
of the northern States have fallen into theirhands, and •
in all the country north of the mountains Ss.nta.A.nnee
has not a single adherent. From the north they have'
spread to the west, and overrun Zacatecas and Genesi-
uato as well a Jalicco and Michoacan. The roads
through these Stites are so completely under their eon- •
trol that the new of the capture of Monterey by the
rebels of the north was brought straight through to
Acapulco by a courier in the ordinary course of post. .
The only places which still hold out for Santa Anna are
the capital and a few towns in the eastern and southern
States. '.
The advises from the city of Mexico are to the
sth of August. It was rumoured. that..tha-Clon.
difeta, for Vera Cruz, which left -this city •cm•the
18th of July, with $1,500,00, had_ been seized by
the partizana of Alvarez. Forty of the Government
troops were killed, and of the remainder 300 -bad
joined the revolutionists. It was also reported that
the revolutionists were within four miles of Vera
Cruz, and that Guaxnauato was in their hands.
Another account states that General Blanco had
been in pursuit of the rebels, and had returned in
triumph to the capital. It is also stated that
Blanco had gone to meet Comonfort, the revolu-
tionist ; but a further account represents that
Comonfort was routed by General Masgues near
Tarnazenla. Michoacan was represented as being
quiet. A baud of revolutionists is said to have
been attacked and routed near Morino. Severe
damage had been occasioned at Tampico by a
" norther." In the city of Mexico numerous ar-
rests were made daily. A conspiracy had been
discovered, in which some priests were concerned.
The town of Saltello had been captured by Colonel
Vidauri, after an engagement of two days. The
Government force was 2,000 strong, with five
pieces of artillery ; of the force, two-thirds
were killed. The revolutionists lost 38—killed,
wounded and prisoners. At the last accounts the
victors were in pursuit of the retreating force:
General Woll had reinforced Matamoros by troops
from Tampico. He had demolished the suburbs.
Accounts from Porto Rico, received in Havannah
reported the deaths of 15,000 (?) persons.
Advices from Havannah to the Bth mention that
all Creoles who had become citizens of the United
States had received a notice to quit the island.
At New York exchange on Europe had a down-
ward tendency, brought about by the foreign de-
mand for breadstuffs and cotton, and a more libe-
ral supply of bills from New Orleans, Mobile, Sa-
vannah, and Charleston. The quotation on Lon-
don was 100 to 1091. '6O days' sight ; Paris, 60
5121 to 5114. In the stock market there was a
marked change, with a tendency to greater specu-
lation for deliveries at 30 to 60 days. Cotton was
firm at previous rates, but the transactions had
been only to a moderate extent. Holders declined
selling at current rates. The demand for flour
was moderate, . without any material change in
price. Freights to Liverpool for cotton were
quoted at 5.32 to 3.16 ; flour per barrel is.
(LATEST VIA HALIFAX.)
BOSTON, AUG. 15.—The screw steamer Lebanon,
from Liverpool, arrived at New York this morn-
ing at 7 o'clock.
NEW YORK, AUG. 16.—The European news, per
America, at Halifax, was published here this fore-
noon.
Exchange on London has advanced 1 to 1.
Corn and wheat :are dearer. Cotton is dull ;
sales of the last three days, 3,000 bales ; the
money-market to-day is easy ; fancy stocks lively:
NEW ORLEANS, Aua. 15 —The Lebanon's ad-
vices have been received. Cotton is unchanged ;
sales to day 500 bales.

AUSTRALIA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.
The Black Ball clipper ship Ocean Chief arrived
in the Mersey this morning from Sydney with
15,0000 z. of gold and 30,000 sovereigns on freight,
the whole being of the value of 90,0001.
She left Sydney on the 23d of June, on which
day the Scotia was to sail for London. On the 6th
of June the Boomerang was to leave Melbourne for
this port, with the mails which had been despatched
from Sydney.

There was a further improvement in almost every
description of imports, and in many instances brisk
sales at the advanced rates. Confidence seemed to
be gradually returning. Bills on London were
quoted at 30 days' sight. Bank buying rate Ito 2
premium ; selling ditto, 3to 4 premium. The dis-
count on bills under three months was 6 per cent.
per annum ; ditto, four months,. 7 per cent. Pro-
visions were in good demand, and for some kinds
famine prices were being readily paid. Beef was
firm, the heavy stooks having been materially de-
creased. A great dulness prevailed in the demand
for wine. Spirits were less firm. Drapery was
dull, owing to stocks falling. Ironmongery had
improved. Domestic servants' wages were a little
lower.

The screw steamer Bosphorus was to sail from
Melbourne on or about the 20th of June for Point
de Galle.

The wages of seamen had an upward tendency,
owing to their scarcity. Wages ruled at 71. per
month.

The supply of flour from the rural districts being
almost entirely exhausted, an advance had taken
place in the price of fine imported flour and wheat.
Little or no change had occurred in the gold-
market from the Ist of January to the Ist of June ;
the receipts of gold by the southern and western
esccrts were 37,7100 z.
At the Mint the progress of coining was progress-
in g rapidly, and Australian sovereigns would shortly
be in circulation.

This disposition of some of the Sydney banks to
raise the rate of exchange on London from 3 to 4
per cent. seemed to have caused much inquirT f°r
wool as a remittance, and improvement in prices
for that staple was anticipated.

THE TRANSPORT COTTINGHIM.—The following is
extract of a private letter received in town tram !le,a
gen-
tleman, a native of Cork, belonging
ship Beßeale. It is dated August the Bth
the Cottin
to .12r:_f16,.11.1,wyss
ordered from the Belleisle to go on board g-
We allloanceg,siichaanrdgeoonf
sluOn9.
ham transport, to assist' Dr.
sick and invalided.
evening at 7 o'clock, having been thorn Saturdayyl .b 1 W.
it blew
got in there on Friday evening,;a
We left FaroeeSdoaunsdooonarTuesdway
is amusin
too hard for any vessel to
past 1
night shirts out of their
o'clock on Wednesday morning
.happezed
the time, having turned •
day the people would not cwoomrk.
we
sttuacbkrtlhalf-
to be dressed at
he
shook. in on the
g—all the
cushions, and
pcolauilnd_hnalret
was
wokeplace in by
the cabin • To describe the
rnpk
gerfe perfectly calm. In fact, I cannot law
. On going on deck we could see
in their
pecasensaengte
ratuonso_di.
cabins. land quitaelose
little further
with •
too, starboardtohuorright, side, a lighthouse a
cehryathninagccgidueintet
occurred,ogforawade
the land about half a mile distant, o a bit of
_,. 8
Not the least blame
can in any way be attached to the captain (a more care-
ful and cautious man I never saw). The fellow at the
cgoinualclbsoewe everything
wheel must have gone to sleep, for, on going round the
vessel in the mo •
ruing we found one of the fans of the
screw broken os, and it could not be seen in any direc-
tion ; therefore it must have come in contact with a rock
some time before. She struck on the reef and he never
missed it. He certainly should have felt the shock if
awake. The vessel being divided into compartments, the
water is confined to one of them. She is quite anew ship,
only one year old, about 500 tons, and very quick ; we
Were going about 11 miles an hour when we struck, which
was on the eastern extremity of Gothland. Immediately
on striking we got ready to land the sick, the water being
as smooth as glass, and not a breath of air, and it was
very fortunate that this was the case ; I went on shore
with the first boat load, and we had scarcely moved on
20 yards when the boat began to fill so quickly that be-
fore we got on shore all the beds and hammocks were
thoroughly wet. Another source of danger was the tre-
mendous rocks, which came nearly to the surface of the
water, and on which we used ocoasienallyto bump ; but,
thank God, we got all the sick safely on shore, and we
are engaged now in erecting tents for them. I expect
we shall stay here three or four days, until a steamer
comes, either to take us to Yarmouth, where we were
going, or back to Faro Sound, to the hospital which is
erected there,"

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