The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-14 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING.
137 the royal Mail Steam-ship Africa, Harrison
commander, which arrived in the Mersey at ten
o'clock to-night, we have advices from. New York to
the 2d inst.
The Africa brings 408,374 dolls. in specie on
freight.
The United States Alai' steam-ship Arctic, Lace
commander, arrived at New York on the 30th ult.;
and the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Judkins com-
mander, on the 2d inst.
Our advices by this arrival are unusually devoid of
interesting intelligence. The Californian mails, which
were fully due at New. York, bad not a:rived when
the Africa left that port.
The proceedings in Congress are unworthy of no-
tice, the subjects under discussion being purely of a
domestic nature. Both branches of the Legislature
had adjoured fBr a few days to allow the members
an opportunity of attending to their engagements
in connexion with the forthcoming Presidential
election.

The National Democratic Convention assembled at
Baltimore on the Ist instant, and., amid great con-
fusion, proceeded to make the preliminary arrange-
ments. The Hon. R. M. Saunders, of North Caro-
lina, was appointed chairman.
It is stated that little further delay will occur in
carrying out the project of an interoceanic canal
through Nicaragua. Commissioners, accompanied
by Mr. Childs, were about to leave for London to
communicate the arrangement with the capitalists who
have agreed to undertake the matter, in co: j unction
with those of the United States. Mr. Childs esti-
mates the cost at from 16,000,000 dolls. to
20,000,000 dolls., and asserts that the difficulties of
construction have been much overrated. Since the
previous surveys were made he had discovered a more
advantageous route for the canal, and he states that
instead-of an elevation of 480 fect,there is only one of
48 feet. lie considers the greattt part of the river
San Juan to be navigable.
The convention held by the Roman Catholic clergy
of the United States at Baltimore was deliberating
with closed doors. It has been allowed to transpire,
however, that one of the principal topics of discussion
was a proposition to say mass in English, instead of
Latin. The result of the discussion was not known,
but it was thought very probable that, the decision
would be against the change. It is hinted that the
celibacy of the Roman Catholic clergy of the United
States is by no means beyond the probability of a
change.
The Irish citizens of New York were making
much of the convict Meagher. He bad been invited
to visit Albany and Boston, where arrangements
were being made to do him honour. On the 29th
ult. be held a levee, which was attended by a large
number of people, principally Irish. He appears
to meet with little sympathy from the American
people.
Kossuth has returned to New York.

Enormous quantities of ice have gone down the
Mississippi this spring, which have proved very
useftil iu cutting off and breaking to pieces the snags
in the river, and levelling the sandbars in the
river bed.
The St. John's, New Brunswick, papers give de-
tails of the disasters that have arisen from a fire,
which has been raging in the woods in the vicinity of
Bathurst and Frederickton for some days previously.
In the former town, three or four dwellings, with
their outhouses, were consumed, and at the latter, a
farm-house, with barns and all the live and dead
stock, were destroyed. The cathedral was at one
time threatened with destruction, as burning cinders
from the forest were falling thickly in the streets
a b
round it, ut a heavy shower happily checked the fire
in that quarter. f;
An extensive firm in San Francisco are importing
stone from China for the erection of a fire-proof
building. Chinese workmen are also employed in its
erection.
The Great Britain steam-ship was an object of
much attraction. A large company, assembled on
board on the 31st ult., on which occasion a rich col-
lation was served, with wine, toasts, and speeches in
abundance.
The boiler of a new steamer, the Eastern City,
exploded on the 29th tilt., killing two, men, and dan-
gltously, if not fatally, scalding three others. An
American arrival, without the account of a boiler
explosion or railway collision, would be a rarity.
Lola Montes was attracting full and enthusiastic
audiences at the Walnut-street Theatre, Philadelphia.
The New York .Herald and the Tribune give the
following Mexican intelligence, but do not mention
the source whence it is derived :
"We have dates from Mexico to the 1:3!h tilt. The
nee generally is unimportant, except a report that the
Chamber of I)sputics had passed a Bid granting the
right of way acroLts the Tehuantepec to Colonel A. G.
Sion, of New Orleans, by a vote of GO to 20L By the
arrival of Mr. Lewis Morris, United Stetcss' Consul, from
Campeachy, which port ho left on the 25th of April, we
are informed that General de la Vega, now in command
of the Yucatan army, has been appointed Minister of
War. The General was daily expected to arrive at Cam-
p-achy to take his departure for the capital. A courier
arrived at Campeachy on the 6th of April, bringing
the
news that a detachment of the army had penetrated the
Indian country to the banks of the Rio Honda, which
river divides the English possessions of Belize and Hon-
duras from Yucatan, where they fell in with and cap.
tured, after a short fight, an English schooner laden with
arms and munitions of war intended for the Indians.
Five or six Indian leaders were captured and imme-
diately shot, and the vessel burnt. By a late decree of
the Mexican Government the port of Laguna has been
opened, and is now a port of entry.
Vessels may pro-
ceed to Laguna direct, without touohing, as heretofore,
L at Campeachy, to pay tonnage duty."

[PRICE SD.

There was no alteration of moment in the New York
stock-market. Speculative stocks bed been rather
neglected. Money continued abundant, and loans on
call ranged at from 4 to 5 E.:er ceut., and discount for
shortl. paper at from 4to 6 per cent. The deposits of
e 4
fornia gold at the Mint in Philadelphia during.
the month of may
The export f 1,957,000
dolls. ; sh ? specie for the same Pe:j9d
2343000 vvng
anamounted to 4,300,000 dolls.
dolls. Theamount of specie held by the
banks and the New '
excess of receipts ever exports of,
are pled. Oa the26tlh'ork aSgligbi:elrg.raateaS wasUrY w16796116n,07:10-
dollarr, of which '13,090 the
don were quoted at 110 to
Foreign exchange was ino
fair demand. Bills on Lon-,
ITdooil_lrs were in the banks.
Amsterdam, 401- to 41 ,
Bremen, 79 to
,79i ; and Paris 5 10i to 515 ;
demand,
401- to 401.
-Tburgh, 30 to 36-1-;
Flour had been in good
accumulation of stocks, and pridesancl2 remained as 10t•I
preventing any ,
quoted. The supplies of wheat were
sales somewhat restricted; .good deresec moderate, and
Pions would
bring higher prices; Indian corn had
idnedsciietona could
veral cents per buihel, and the best declined ,e.
be obtained at from 61c. to 63c.
sold at 3 dolls. 12i-c. to 3 dolls: 25c. for Jeresberyn;n4aertaar
3 dolls. 50c. to 3 dolls. 561-0. for brandywine. - ' ---''
In cotton a fair amount of business Lad been trans-
acted, at prices i to 4- cent above the previous qucita_-
tions. The advices from Liverpool per Arctic beltig
less encouraging than ln;,d been anticipated, he
market became languid, and ;the advance could not be
maintained. Middling fair was quoted at 11-c. per
lb. The sales amounted to 4,300 bales:
The iron market showed an improving tendency.
Freights to London were rather better. The rates
for flour were quoted at is. 9d. to 25., and measure-
fnent goods at lls. 9d. to 30s. per ton. "
1

!BM-MING 4NTAL*I,Ia4NPE. t r.
Arrived at New York—The -Arctic steamers, fjkortr
Liverpool, the 30th ult. ; the Parsee, from Liverpool
the Charles Crocker, from Havre ; the Columbus, from
Antwerp; the Highland Mary, from Bremen; the lowa,
from Livcrnool; the Ontario, from Havre; the RiVer-
dale, from Livci'pool; the Frauciska, from Rotterdam;
the Arabian, from Belfast; the Eugenie, from Ham-
burgh, the Oriana, from Gibraltar; the lenrietta !So-
phia,from Bordeaux; the Sisters, from Charente; the
Millman, from Sunderland; the Don Quixotte, from
Bremen; the Meridian, frem Liverpool; the Ai
mooka, ditto; and the Hampden' from Havre.
Arrived at Alexandria—The Thetis, from Newl
Arrived at Boston—The Plato, from Messina;
Sun, from Sunderland ; the Swift, from Cork;
_

Garland, from Londonderry ; and the Eos, from Legh
Arrived at Baltimore—The A. Cheeseborough,
Liverpool.
Arrived at Charleston—The Micmac, from Was;
Arrived at Mobile—The Pandora and the Asia,
Liverpool.
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trom

ow.
rom

, Atiired at Montreal—The Margaret Thompson, from
Leith; the Susan Wylie and Mary Shearer, from Glas-
gow; the Star, from Bordeaux.

- Arrived at New Orleans—The Everhard and the Co-
lumbia, from Bremen; the John Currier, from London;
the Liebnitz, from flamburgh; the General Berry, from
Cardiff; the Bhurtpore end the Corinthian, from Liver-
pool; the Globe, from Havre.
Arrived at Portland—The Bowes, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Philadelphia—The Anne, froci Philadel-
phia; the Agnes Sophia, from Glasgow; the Raven, fram
Bordeaux.
Arrived at Quebec—The Countess of Arran and. the
George Smith, from Liverpool; the Marquis of Bate,
from Newport; the Hercules, from London; the Inde-
fatigable, from Glasgow; the Port Glasgow, from Ports-
mouth; the Salem, from Charente.
Arrived at St. John's, New Brunswick—The Glasgow,
from Liverpool.
Arrived at Wilmington—The Latimer, the ele-
graph, and the Diadem, from Cardiff; and the IJr nia,
from Newport.
The steam.ship South Carolina, which sailed from
Charleston for Liverpool, and afterwards put into this
port, has been thoroughly repaired, and was embarking
her caro on the 2d inst.
The ship Prentice, loading at Charleston for Havre,
and having upwards of 1,500 bales of cotton on board,
was discovered on fire on the 26th ult. The fire wlts,
however, soon subdued without the vessel having sus-
tained serious injury.
The ship Thomas Perkins, from New Orleans for
Liverpool, pup into Boston on the 29th ult. in distress
and leaky.
The Crusader, arrived at Boston, reports having
spoken the British ship Countess of Seafield, from
Hartlepool for the East Indies, slis,ht lots of heads of
lower masts, &a.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
MALTA, JUNE B.—The only steamer remaining in
port from the squadron is the Fory, and she will remain
yet some time, as she is.to undergo repairs.
The Growler steamer and Indefatigable frigate left cn
the sth inst., and the Terrible steam-frigate yesterday,
to rejoin the Admiral, the rendezvous being off Capp de
Gait, and their destination being Gibraltar.
The Madras, Peninsular and Oriental Company, ar-
rived yesterday, Laving been eight days sixteen cure
only under steam; sh.e pursued her route to Levant in

theeveniug.
The Banshee will leave to night for Marseilles; Me-
dusa, for Alexandria; and Medina, for Corfu, on arrival
of Caradoc from Marseilles.
Poanarotan, StreiDay.—The clipper-ship Vimiera,
Captiu, Neatey, arrived off the Wight on Saturday
evening
and by the pilot-beat landed a very heavy mail
and ten passengers from Sydney, New South Wales,
from whence she has had a rood passage of 94 days,
having left on the 10th March. She proceeded on to
London with a fair wind. The Vimiera has on board
about 15,000 cz. of gold from the diggings. The Black-
well, with 58,000 oz., end the General Hewett, with
18,000 oz., sailed from Sydney for London three days
before tho Vimiera. About 15,000 persons hal hit
Sydney and its vicinity for the diggings, consequently_
labourers were much in request. Seamen were to be
had, but at high prices; those that navigated the Vimiera
to England were to receive 71. per month for the run
home.
On Friday last the Vimiera passed her Majesty's slip
Herald, Captain Denham, and her tender Torch, en route
to the Pacifica:ma also the Nile, outward bound India-
nian. Amongst the passengers landed from the Vimiera
was' Mr. Fairfax, the editor of the Sydney Morning
Herald, who has come home for the purpose of pur-
chasing steam-printing; _ machinery, ,and engaging coma
potters, &c , for the service of tnat paper.
The Sampson, steam-frigate, Captain E. T. Jones,
embarked on Saturday the 11th company of Royal Sap.:
pas and Miners, under emir:land of Captain Ji,rvoi.e, or
the. Engineers, end she sailed at four P.M. for Alderney,
where the Suppers will be employed on the fortifications.
Lord Hard age, Master General of the Ordniseco, and a
board of officers are expe.ited at •Portsmouth this even-
ing. They Will ho joined by Colonel Sir Frederick
Smith, XI al Engineers, and prcced to.morrow to the
Channel Islands, to inspect the fortifications. We are
glad the officials are directing their attention to the
state of those islands, for in case of any war with
France, their first coup de main would be directed
egeinst them.
The Ediribtrrgh. 58, Captain Hewlett went out of ,
Portsmouth harbour on Saturday afternoon, and when
outside saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief with
17 guns, which the Victory returned with 7. The Edin-
burgh then proceeded to try her speed along the mea-
sured mile in Stokes Bay, and at about eight -o'clock
anchored at Spithead. She will proceed to sea, for a
short trial, return to Spithead,. and receive Captain Chads
and the gunnery officers of the Excellent, and sail again
for a summer cruise, of two or three months' duration.
The new revenue screw-steamer anchored at Spithead
this t
quarterly examination of officers on subjects
connected with the steam
engineasalead and received
at the Royal
Naval College, the following p the morning.
A
received certifi-
cafes:—Captain
---,
Commander Cap ts Sir
J. W.
EL'anwNdriLecnClas °en' Wharton;CaptaineLa toeri
and
SecondT. MatesB .
or.crefentheerAd-
miralty, Lieutenant
htenPearson,
Sanders,W Dawson,Roy Royal Marines._
The Duke of Northumberland, Firstn
is expected at this port next week.
F ert. Generala e a tFortifications),
eSsi)r,
Sir John
Jamesßu rg
Fox,cyn ea d
are Captain Sir Thomas
Hastings, of the Ordnance Boaredilm,(lbnasrl:tecie‘ expected at this
6 sites I
port to-morrow from London to
Sprightly
steam-tender, Mr. Allen, acting the
adjacent, with the view of adopting, an inspection of the defences of Ha
Viscount Hardirige, Master-General
Samreith re:absTalernander, for
aEnadgiCneoeloraneilaSolirisFgreardreirsiecek, or neawildwporlkrtss.
of the Ordnance,
offiCial party. also, cc
riae
:pat ric
tdeidn gt
ot heR
join°tYhael
is coaling sad otherwise nr,:tini;:bfu-rgt:
The Dautatkess screw &teem a i
theTAherrsogimano,e,amHiigrhefleyet.rro:C-r'ng for a trial cruise witn
arrived at Quebec With ' Encounter. e
The Resistance tree,
dayfor
Li.,imea.::.).:,,
istorleraeaSttho ult.:
op-trigate Captain laingaena ,
utCodaptain Halsted,
;let troops On the 2lst ult. _ _d_
shave, wa. at naiifax
oP'"i!), Master-Coratneq?rhforeaxt
"iblcoaurid.
port, from, he
Th iretat) te„ep.lstlit. tb" 4" Regimen tonr 'sal at this
'atter Megiera. en
.!'ebr.i
The Glaalater
be paid off at :G. steam-frigate, CaPtal
Tbt, lruican thisir port on Tuesday !:, :
pelGtosumander Von
31311°P'
is
fittinr tr"
5t4"1.5L., and six months'
Adaras, will
provieiotas and tIP 7'it,h "tdcrSedV"tiewpa'repere for the
Stores, eaaig.
echba:kr,,tion of n c'a
of the 40th Regimen. for
Atriti_et_ralia; these she et:kma`satnolciilelbourne; the remaining
d in some other ship for
Guru, stame...—cioy by
" umnpanles will he conveYe
Port Philip
Plaau ' ' , a uer Majesty's frigate Spartan
was ,a - William
commissioned yesterday
4_, A new foreVard Captain Sir -
Flute, Burt.
‘JaP4'in Wise- was towed out to her in the 6ound yes-
for her Majesty's ship Queen, 116,
ter day by the Pike steam vessel.
The mem ship Argus made , a
first experimental trip
round the Eddyetotie on Saturday.
A detachment
of 130 Marines, under command c. f
Captain TemPs°D, • •
wined the steam ship Sane Parell,
Captain Pores, on Friday.