The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-19 00:00:00

nix'''. 'Si

....lore was no political news of iraporzenutiel
Lisbon. Several secret sessions of the jjArfOre
had taken place, but the subjects disensw"
only of local interest.

THE UNITED STATES'

LIVERPOOL, Me"—hsti if
The United States mail steamer Baltic, Oa
rived with advices from New York t• the 7th
and 1,137,360 dols. specie on freight. d DiPl6'
The Senate had struck out of the Civil an ,•,ie
matic Appropriation Bill that portion relto_l_ had
tatire; tbs
the tariff. The House of Represen
agreed to the addition of four regimen
army. The House had also agreed to the pro° prir
amendment to the Civil and Diplomatic APP by
tion Bill, striking out the Tariff Bill there/re ,
a vote of 79 against 66. (I*r/oos
cr
Private advices from San Juan de Sud
ragua) of the 21st ult., state that the Cheinc artl
party in an engagement with the Castillianor
a
had been victorious, and were coming down,'olol
Juan. They demanded of the American L's
in the most outrageous manner to give uP bare
soner who was not in his house or under his bore
French, English, and American residents wisr,
had placed themselves under the protection
Priest, the American Consul, who it is repot!s will
since been arrested. Further particulaniteri.
doubtless shortly reach us explaining the °Y.:, the
Senor from Havannah to the 25th
3tantenee`b
Senor Estrampes and Mr. Felix had been "he latter tO
the former to death by the garotte, and thing
ten years to the chain gang in Africa. te veganish.
wore a gloomy aspect at Havannah, end
ed. Th."
meat and disarming of Creoles cont-"r. Garcia
were three British ships of war inP° .„ointed
Monroe and Conde de Carnigo has' Deen, Gan'
oak
respectively to the Military and Civil " isoak
ship of liavannah. The blockade recently P got
upon liarannah by the Captain-General Se
against merchant vessels, but relates only to e`"-oet,
ships. The inhabitants were regaining confideudiy
and beginning to think that the ostentatious ete
plays for the defence of the island were little Ow
than a sham. Among the latest acts was th•
pressment of seamen in the island. BAI
By an arrival at New Orleans we have later
from the Rio Grande. There were Filibuster enfr.
prises against Mexico, and it was reported thas,,E7o
ties at Brownsville and Monterey had raised atro
sum of money to fit out an expedition under
command of Caravajal. ors'
Later advices from Honduras mention tueka
valence of rumours of Filibuster expeditionsnito
the United States for the invasion of the g°79,' tO
country, and of the design of General Carraedat,
subdue and annex the State of Honduras to
mala.
,alo°
Another demonstration on Greytown
apprehended. The reports had caused an nu
excitement among the Hondurians.
The Washington correspondent of the NW, ed
Herald states that the President had reeefitos'
friendly autograph from the late Emperor o'
sia, communicating intelligence received fr;?,aitea,
secret agents of an organisation against the ‘iati of
States by England and France. Both fle,T-eler
Congress had adjourned. At the municipal 000
tions the " Know-nothings" had been we
successful.
f, lifer
The Star of the West had arrived with tile 100
nian mails, and nearly $700,000. Lynch lain. 10
prevailing to an extent hitherto unknown; the
State. As many as 20 men had been hunt lied
mob since the Ist of January. A new Bel" tole
to be formed, consisting at first of ten States' of tbe
to be comprised within the present limits °f
state of California ; three in Oregon tew
two in Washington territory • and two o
western portions of Utah and New Mexico. tuts
siderable quantities of gold have been foundhcere.
„,
Kern River Mines. People were flocking t"eP
The official documents relating to the Office
Conference are published. England and, resals
come in for considerable denunciation. The re'
of the Conference was the following decisiw-
specting Cuba :
u, for
" After we shall have offered a price for C °is" tr
beyond its present value, and this shall have I,etioe,
fused, it will then be time to consider the nue':,. oar
Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, endaensbe
internal peace, and the existence of our c'le
Union."
And then they add--
,Th.tastiti
"Should this question be answered in the a.--
then by every law, human and divine we shell be o SP"
titled in wresting it from Spain if wee shall pegs"-
g
power."
b°
The Now York trade generally was quieviaoge'
stock market remains without any material CA" fere
Money was abundant, and the rates quote,. apex.
from 6 to 8 per cent, on prime 60 to 90 days
In exchange the business had not been too
owing to the scarcity of bills. The closia6.l2P
were on London 9f to 91 ;on France 5.15 t, per
Flour had again advanced 25c. to 312"•
barrel, and wheat sc. to 10c.
Cotton, with a good demand, was firm.
Provisions were without change.
Scotch pig iron continues dull at $3O to 432 ill
large and small parcels. in
Freights easier. The supply of tonnage .°
excess of the demand.

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LIVERPOOL E LECTIO N. —The Radicals, disapr°lnt sac'
n • 00
their application to Mr. Brocklebank have 0,1 lasTOE.Pb
ceeded in getting out a candidate in th'e person of otisis
Christopher Ewarr, Esq., who at last general elFgoid
was defeated along with Mr. Cardwell. He 11110
his address.
Lott,LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The British and North /AO,
rican royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain E. 11" and
sailed from the Mersey this forenoon for Bostoe
Halifax, with the usual mails for the United State
British possessions in North America, 121 pa,!s,,ev Deo
and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. netober.S
screw steam-ship C,ty of Baltimore, Captain d pbr
Leitch (built at Dumbarton, for the Liverpool a the
ladelphia Stea-u Company) arrived to-day fr°°3od iA
Clyde. She a new and beautiful screw-vessel, °, to
to be fitted up for the conveyance of French troops
the rimea.
ARCT-UNION OF LONDON.—This society
bas,, and
issued a large plate, entitled "The Water Party,' both
a volume of the illustrations of " Childe Harald,
„titled
of which every member of the current year is
to. "The Water Party "is engraved by ''asses;'
A.R.A., from a picture by Claude, in the P
sion of A. E. Chalon, Esq. It is a very elegant OVii,
aition, and displays a scene of great animation and goAceo
It has been engraved with considerable care, but gate
to want tho,e delicately-expressed atmospheri3O e siot•
which constitute the peculiar charm of Claude s I?,not
?rigs. These lx,,auties, however, are very difficult, if
impossible, ret tin in a'copy consisting simply Q.;„ Aro
mil white. The illustrations of " Childe Har°l" wood
30 in number, and are very finely engraved in.„,_;oo
from original drawings made expressly for the Ai
of London. They consist of compositions of h 8 of
landscape:3, and views, all from the pencils of artiste
reputation. Such carts of the poem
.as have. r !Igo
to the plates are given. This serie4 of tllustrittlQ"
an elegant and pleasing volume.