The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

FRIDAY

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT.
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, OCT. 7.
The United States' mail steam-ship Humboldt,
Captain J. D. Lines, arrived off Cowes just before
noon to• day, and, having landed the English mails
and passengers, proceeded on her voyage to Havre.
The Humboldt left New York on the 25th ult., and
passed the following ships going into that port, viz.,
the Isaac Webb, Frances P. Sage, Winchester, and
Huguenot. On the 29th ult., cif Cape Pine, at three
P.M., she saw the United States' nisi' steamer Atlan-
tic, from Liverpool, bound to New York.
The Humboldt has 105 passengers for Havre and
15 for Southampton ; on freight 100,000 dolls. in
American gold for London, and 220,000 dolls, for
Havre.
Tha screw steamer City of Glasgow arrived at
Philadelphia on the 22d ult. from Liverpool, in less
than 14 days.
The New York papers are chiefly occupied with
questions of domestic politics, the war of General Scott
and the approaching preaiden!ial contest.
The liThig State Convention at Syracuse has re-
nominated Washington Hunt for Governor, and
Judge Kent for Lieutenant-Governor.
The yellow lever prevailed extensively at
Charleston.
The .A'ational Intelliqencer of Sep ernher 24th
gives the following account of the official reception
of the new Peruvian Minister by President Fill-
more. The reply of the President to the speech of
the Peruvian Minister affords an additional proof that
the friedly relations existing between the two Re-
publics will not be disturbed :
"We learn that Senor Don Joaquim Jose de Irma
was yesterday introduced to the President by Mr. Con-
rad, the Acting Secretary of State, and presented his
credentials us Envoy Extraordinary and Miuise r Pleni-
potentiary of the Republic of Peru, , and made the fol-
lowing remarks ou the occasion :
" Str,--The President of Peru has been pleased to ap-
point me his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to your Government, and, in delivering into
your bands the letter which accredits me in that cha-
racter, I am directed to express the sincere wishes which
animate the Government and people of Peru to preserve
undisturbed the friendly relations which have existed
since the declaration of her independence between that
republic and the United States, and the confidence they
feel that any difficulty which might appear to jeopardize
them will be removed when examined with the impar-
tiality and wisdom which distinguish your Government,
,and with the elevation arid integrity of your personal
character, which the whole world acknowledges, and
which place you in a prominent position among the suc-
cessors of the illustrious Washington. For my own part,
I will not spare any means to maintain the good under-
standing between both Governments; and, having had
on a former occasion the honour to fill hare the same
station which I now come to occupy, I will only endea-
vour to deserve from your Government the same con-
siderations which were then dispensed to me, and which
have deeply impressed me with feelings of gratitude,
of high esteem for your country, and of profound admi-
ration for your institutions."
To which the President replied as follows :
" lam happy, Sir, to welcome you back to Wash-
ington as the envoy of the Peruvian Government. The
favourable impression which you made during your pre-
vious mission, both upon our citizens and upon this Go-
vernment, makes your present visit the more acceptable.
We have long cherished a lively regard for our sister
republics in South America, and for none do we enter-
tain a higher appreciation than for Peru; and I trust
there is nothing in the present relations of the two
countries calculated to disturb that harmony which has
hitherto existed between them. The maxim of this
Government is, universal and exact justice to all, and it
will never knowingly do any act by which the rights of
another nation, and particularly those of a sister re-
public, will be invaded. Believing that no serious and
lasting difference of opinion can exist between two
countries both of which only seek to do right, I bail
your advent among us as furnishing a renewed assur-
ance that the time is far distant when the friendly rela•
lions between Peru and the United States can be dis-
turbed.. lam gratified to perceive by your letter of
credence that you are fully authorized by your Govern-
ment to negotiate in reference to all matters of difference
between the two countries. Anxious only to establish
such relations as may be mutually beneficial, I cannot
doubt that any negotiation must result in the adoption
of measures calculated to promote the harmony and in-
crease the commercial intercourse between the two re-
publics."'
On the occasion of this interview, the New York
Herald drily remarks :
The speech of the new diplomatist indicates that
There will be no difficulty in settling the guano dispute
to the satisfaction of everybody, except those who
have already gone to fill their vessels with it free of
expense.'
Commander Francisco Ignacio do Carvalho Mo-
reira, the newly-accredited Brazidan Minister, also
had audience of the President on the 21st ult., to
present his credentials, upon which occasion, after the
usual complimentary address from the Minister, the
President replied as follows :
" I am happy, Sir, to receive you, as the Represen-
tative of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. The very
high character which your illustrious Sovereign has
been pleased to give you in his letter of credence in-
spires a confidence that makes you a welcome addition
to the diplomatic body accredited to this Government.
Brazil covers a large extent of territory in South Ame-
rica, and wo have, and are always likely to have, com-
mercial relations with her of great and increasing im-
portance. I receive, therefore, with peculiar satisfaction
the kind and fraternal expressions of friendship which
your august Sovereign has been pleased to express
towards me and my country, and I can assure you that
hie sentiments are by D3O most cordially and unree
servedly reciprocated. This Government can bo ani-
mated by no other desire towards your country than
that of maintaing the most amicable commercial rela-
tions, mutually beneficial to the inhabitants of both; and
I feel the fullest confidence that you will co-operate with
me in the promotion of all measures calculated to main-
tain peace and harmony between the two countries, and
to promote their common welfare."
• The Herald gives the subjoined in reference to
later news which has been received from Havannah
:
"Intelligence from Ilavannah, to the 19th inst., pur-
porting to come by telegraph from New Orleans, was
made public yesterday. This news differs but little in
its main features from that hitherto brought to this city
by the steamer Crescent City. The New Orleans
dispatch states tbat a council of war was to be held
on the 23d, for the trial of the eleven persons con-
cerned in the publication of the Voice oft' the
People.' Now, according to our previous information,,
these persons were tried, convicted, and sentenced on
the.l3th. Three of them were to be garotted—two of
whom, very fortunately for themselves, had escaped and
were beyond the reach of the Spanish authorities—and
the other eight were to bo banished to the island of
Ceuta. It is likewise reported that 1,200 stand of arms
had been landed by the revolutionists, 200 of which were
seized by the Government, and the remainder were
secreted in the mountains by the country people.
Troops had been stationed in all parts of the island;
arrests were daily being made of every person suspected
of, entertaining filibustero sentiments; all American
newspapers, without exception, were prohibited, and the
moat vigorous exertions were still making to suppress
any attempt at insurrection. The war steamer Pizarro,
which got aground in chasing a suspicious vessel, had
proved a total loss. It is also stated that the officers of
the Empire City, which vessel brought this rews, were
very politely treated by the Spanish authorities—the
latter having very probably learned a little wisdom from
the late intercourse with Captain Porter, whose purser
they attempted to place under the surveillance of their
police. We shall doubtless have full particulars in a
day or two."
Mr. Thomas Baring was entertained at a public
dirmer at Boston on the 22d ult. In his speech he
formally disclaimed any connexion between his visit '
to jhe United States and political affairs. The mer-
chants of New York were getting up a subscription
for the purpose of giving a public banquet in his
honour.
In the New York Herald we fiad:tbe: following de-
scription of the United- States' 'steam-frigate Pow-,
hattan "
This vessel, which lately arrived here from Norfolk,'
en route for the Mediterranean, is a now ene, having
just been completed at Norfolk, Virginia; The Susque-'
henna, now in the East Indies, and•herself have sitnilari
external dimensions 'of hulls, areas of midihip trections,
diameter of cylinders, areas of fire surfaCes, &c. Their
models, however, in heir lines and the details of their
engines and boilers, are very different. A reference to
the following dimensions will show them to b© the
largest naval aide-wheel frigates yet built in any country:
Feet. In.
Length between perpendiculars ... ... 250 0
Extreme length from billet to taffrail ... 270 6
Breadth of beam ... •.• ... 45
Depth of hold ... 26 6
Draught of water at load line 18 6
Tonnage ... ... 2,419 22 45
Displacement of hull at load line ... 3,535 tons.
Cylinders-2 of 70 inches in diameter by 10 feet stroke
of piston.
Wheels-31 feet in diameter.
Boilers-4, of copper.
Engines—inclined, with iron frames and airpumps, set
vertically.
" The contractor is Mr.'A. Mehaffey, of the Gosport
Ironworks, Virginia. The hull was designed by Naval
Constructor Mr. Francis Grice, and the engines and boil-
ers were designed and drawn by chief engineer Charles
H. Haswell.'
In noticing naval affairs, the Courier and Enquirer
states that—
" The line-of battle ship Pennsylvania, which cost
800,000 dollars, launched at Philadelphia in 1837, we
learn from the Norfolk papers, is now lying at the navy-
yard at that place, and has recently been converted into
a ball-room for the entertainment of the officers in that
station. She is the largest and most costly ship of the
line in our navy, carrying 140 guns, and the only voyageA
she ever made was from Philadelphia to Nora)lh
correspondent of the Utica Gazette, writinge.hfromNor-
folk, Sept. 10, says that the narrow inlet, • eh is her
present quarters, not allowing her to swing at anchor
with the tide, and exposing constantly the same side to
the sun, her timbers have decayed, and would require an
immense outlay to replace. The sand. has formed bars
around
rid fastened her to the bottom; and if she ever moves
gain it will be done by carrying the country with her."