The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-17 00:00:00

17,

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.

By the royal mail steamship Asia, Captain J. Juclkin,
which was telegraphed cff Holyhead at half-past cloven
o'clock this morning, and arrived in the Mersey about
five o'clock, after a remarkably fast passage of 10 days
45 m;nurc,s mean tinv, we have advices from New York
to the .5;1 instant. Shc brings 130,000 dolls. in specie
on freipht.
Tho Unitcd States' mail §t.-am ship Pacific arrived at
New York on the 2d.

On the 6-h instant the Asil spoke the royal mail
steam-;hip Europa.
The steam-ship Crescent City, with the California
mails of the sth ult., 1;840,000 dolls. on freight, and
600;000 dolls, in the hands of passengers, arrived at New
York on the 2d instant.. The mails had a narrow escape
in coming down the Chagres river. The boat in which
they were conveyed struck a sang and senk, with the
mails on board. Bad the accident occurred a few rods
further down the stream they woulil have been irre-
coverably lost. The passengers be the Crescent City
came over the Panama r,ilway from Buena Vista. Tile
r,:ed v'es about to be opened to Frijr)la, and in a few
weeks would be completed to San Pablo, six miles from
Gorgona.

In Congress no particular business had been trans-
acted. The Currency Bill, the passage of which was
considered expedient by the Administration, was about
to be taken up.
In our advices we find little political news. Six
w to ns in Erie county had elected 18 Fillmore delegates
to the Convention, and at Rome the Whigs, assisted bv
a portion of the Democrats, had carried the Charter
election there by a majority of 50 over the regular De-
mecrats, had carried the Charter election there by a
majority of 50 over the regular Democrats. ,At Rich-
mond, Virginia, nearly all the Democratic candidates
were in favour of Buchanan for the Presidency.
Our miscellaneous telvices mention the; lio&utb, find-
ing himself in comfortable quarters, still remained at
Boeton. In the %Vest a severe hurricane had been ex-
perienced, by which the town of Leavenworth, Indiana,
had been nearly destroyed. The officers of the Dutch
man-of.war Prince of Orange had been received with
much attention at Washington. The lake navigation
was completely free from ice.
The health of Mr. Henry Clay, one of the United
States' most able statesmen, which has for some time
been precarious, was pronounced hopeless. Accorclieg
to a telegraphic dispatoh of the 4th, from Washington,
he was staking fast,uad it was feared would not survive
the night. Though much reduced in strength, he was
perfectly conscious of his awful position, and seemed
(ally prepared to meet d'ath. President Fillmore had
visited him, and the interview is said to have been of a
most solemn and touching character.
Chevalier Bulseman, the Austrian Chargé d'Affairs,
left Washington on the 3d. Previously to his departure
he addressed an official note to the Secretary of State,
and communicated copies of it to the members of the
diplomatic corps; the contents had not, however, trans-
pired.
Since the departure of our last advices the New York
stock market had experienced but little change. Foreign
exchanges had become rather heavy, and buyers ap-
peared unwilling to meet the views of drawers. London,
109 to 1101; Paris, 515t0 5 171; Frankfort, 401 to
40,11; Bremen, 78-a- to 78i; Hemburgh, 36 to 36k. The
Cotton-market ou the 4th closed tamely, a necessary
consequefice of the previous excitement. The sale; of
foreign dry goods had been fair for the season of the
year. The demand for tobacco and iron was firm.
Breadstuffs had undergone no material change. In
freights engagements had been made at an advent*.
The California news contains little in addition to that
published last week. The Vigilance Committee, which
was recently resuscitated, had hung a Mexican for
murder. A duel was to take place at San Francisco on
the evening of the sth, between a member of the Assem-
bly and a naval officer. The population of the State was
increasing at a rate truly astonishing,. From the mines
the most encouraging accounts are published. All prac-
tical men concurred in the opinion that the yield of gold
for 1852 will be enormous. The San Francisco Herald
gives the following statement:—
Export of gold dust for the quarter terminating March
31, 1852 (as per ships' manifests).

January.

February.

March.

Total

Where to Dolls. Dolls. Dods. Dolls.
Panama.. .. 3,050,000 1,667,500 2,650,030 1,277,500
San Juan del S. 88,620 10,012 54,071 332,703
Hong-Kong .. 26,330 2,i,330
Manilla .. .. 49,850 49,150

Valparaiso
Costa Rica

20,549 20,519
4,000 4,000

Total .. .• .. 7,710,932
Add to the above the amount shipped in the Golan
Gate, and the estimated quantity taken by passengcrp,
and we have an aggregate, from January to April 5, of

nearly 14,000,000.
A lump of gold, valued at 1,200 dolls., and another
massive piece weighing 261 b., are reported to have been
found at San Andreas and Valecit. The value of a

puce, of gold picked up at KAsey's dry dig vines was
estimated at 4,000 dolls. Numerous instances arc given

of the discovery of lumps of gold weighing from lib. to
21b. Tunnelling was being extensively carricd out by
the mixers. At Duggan's Flat a party of 30 men were
engaged in tunnelling through the solid rock. They
had bored 100 feet, End expated to go 50 Let further
before finding gold. h the Sail Francisco markets
great zedvity continuul to prevail. Difficuliies
again broken out in the Indian districts, and a war of
extermination had been declared by the whites.
The intelligence from New Mexico is devoid of in-
terest. The party that went to the Gila for gold had
returned unsuccessful. The settlers had petitioned Con-

gross for protection from the Indians.
From Mexico we have telegraphic advices to the
19th ult. Great excitement continued to prevail with
regard to the tariff. The Fcreign Minister had addressed
another letter to the G09811102012t, demanding the estab-
lishment of the tariff drawn up by General Avaios. The
reported rejection of the Tehuantepec treaty by Congress
is confirmed. It was proposed to extirpate all foreigners
who were found conspiring to disturb the peace.
We have intelligence from Havannah to the 29th ult.
The sugar market continued active, and exchange had
slightly improved.
In the news from Bogota we find an announcement
of the retirement of General Herrera, Governor of
Panama, and his departure for Paste, an extreme
southern province, where he had gone to command the
national forces for the suppression of the revolution
which still existed in that district.
From Valparaiso we have advices to the 26th March,
and from Guayaquil to-the 13th of April. The British
mail steamer Santiago arrived at Panama on the 19th
April from Valparaiso. This steamer left Guayaquil on
the 13th, and reported that General Flores' expedition
was still at the mouth of the river, and that ho had
not made any further advances towards taking the city.
When the Santiago went up the river a gun was fired
over her from one of Flores' vessels. The captain die
not return it, but patting on more steam pasEed up
to the city. It was supposed Guayaquil mail.
ail. I
that t
wasthe reportedobjectorthat
this was
to obtain the Guayqthaes
British Admiral of the Pacific squadron, with his entire
force, was at Callao, and had determined to run up to
Guayaquil. The success of Flores was highly probable.
According to the Diario de Valparaiso his force
amounted to 5385 men, as infantry, cavalry, and artil-
lery, with twelve cannon. His squadron consisted of
two steamers, two eqaare-rigged voesels, and twelve
small craft, Of this force, embracing Europeans, North
Americans, Chilians, and Peruvians, is a corps of ninety
American rifLmen, under the command of Captain
Jackson. The fair of Flores' friends was that the
Swedish frigate at Guayaquil would interfere and prevent
the landing of the expedition, but it appears that the
Captain intended only to protest.
Oar New Granada advices do not contain any particu-
lar news. The reported assassination of General Car-
mona at Cieneja is confirmed.
THE NICARAGUAN QUESTION.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY s.—lt is understood at Wiashng-
ton that the British Consul-General will shortly repair
with an American agent, and in au American vessel of
war, to Nicaragua, there to arrange all the San Juan
difficulties, as between Great Britain and the United
the Isthmus at
States. Nicaragua and Costa Rica have settled their
boundaries—mostly, it is said, to the advantage oefstNeridealy-
hefeeroeeincpeautoy thefor treaty confirming
positively
rejected
je greatcte d
Flores is likely to be
to an Afeirtihcar
Tehuantepec, the Southern telegraph of
He has 5300 men
tihryotuhgehtminetxeilolaignesnceenatthea.t
Aitlsheadalbeteen
in mi Ilacni ud
e'lri Ilogf t9hoe APalarifiriceasng'
successful in his invasion of Ecuador.
under
rifle-
men. Thehg Britishcommand, co
is reported to have sailed for Gaye u'lthe town is expected to attack. Commodoreq i , town which
Swedish man-of-war, has -- Virgin, of a
t%otested to Flores egainst his
proceedings.
Paels.ma.—A line of American
established between Paueoa steamers is soon to ho
at all the ports, large and asmall,and Callao ; and to touch
Ecua-
dor, and New Granada. The steamer
in Peru, Bolivia,
California, the pioneerof
the
line,steamer Quickstep, of
for the purpose, and by this time . has been purchased
to
.Panama. from San Francisco. is
Probably on her way
facilitate the early receptions of. This enterprise will
Pacific coast, and the interior ° . news from the lower
on that seaboard. cities of South America

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived at New York—The Colonist, from Liverpool;
Lesmahagon, from Tralee; Western World, from Havre;
Rebecca, from Bremen; John, from Plymouth; Ganges'
from Dublin; Graf von Brandenburg, from Newcastle;
Heinrich, and Nancy
and Emma, from Bremen; Pacific
(steamer), from Liverpool, 2d inst.; Ashburton, from
Liverpool; Howard, from liamburgh• New Hampshire'
from Antwerp; Centurion, from Antwerp; New
William Hitchcock, and Indian Ocean, from Liverpool;
Urgent, from Belfast; Middleton, from Liverpool; 11;.
mine. Magdalene, and Data Gruner, from BremeAlert,
D. Sewell, Malabar, and Persian, from Liverpool; .
•
if. Bluiss,
from Waterford; Charles Tottle, from Car
,
from Palermo; Minna, from Bremen.
Shields;
Arrived at Boston—Tho Ambassador, from Worlp
Sabine, from Liverpool.
A
rrived.at Charleston—The Franchise, from Liver-
pool. Arrived at City Poito, Virginia—Th e Yorkshire, from
Newport.
Arrived at New Haven—Tho Vicla,
Sunderland: Curl Joba:.n, from Newcastle. from Li-
Arrived at Portsmouth—The Jenny
verpc6l.
Brunswick—The Sir
ale. Dalston, from
Arrived at St. John's, vf
Harry Smith, from London
Facide, from London; Ant, --Ann, from Londonderry ;
from Grangemouth;
'Marlbria, from Liverpool.
yLipveorrpohooelr;,
Alfred, from Shields; CaTfne Wilson, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Savannah— ;NfroAerniciltell;frHomenr
f Arrived at Wilmington—The Muskingum and Mecca,
from Liverpool.
The British barque Opyx, from Grangemouth, for

Boston, was abandoned en the 14th tilt., and the crew
taken off, and arrived at Halifax on the 20th. Ber cargo
consisted of 100 tons of pig iron and 100 tons of coals.
NASSAU, N.P., APRIL 21.
The British ship Duke, for Liverpool, was lost on the
14A2 on the west end of thel Graad Bahamas. She had
3,912 bales of cotton on board, about 2,090 of which
had bun caved. A British ship from Jamaica, for
London or Liverpool, was also ashore near the same
place.