The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-09 00:00:00

LATER BY TELEGRAPH TO PORTLAND.

NEW YORK, DEC. 28.
A suspension of specie payments by the banks is
considered probable.
Exchange—Bankers' bills, 1102.
LATEST BF TELEGRAPH TO PORTLAND.

NEW YORK, DEC. 28, 2 P.M.

The Trent affair has been amicably settled.
Messrs. Mason and Slidell are to be surrendered.

A long correspondence between Earl Russell and
Mr. Seward is now being published.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Exchange—Bankers' bills, 110/. Stocks buoyant;
New York Central, 781 ; Illinois, 6071 ; Erie, 301.
Cotton quiet ; middling Upland, 36c. Breadstuffs
steady, but quiet. Provisions steady.

NEW YORK, DEC. 27, EVENING.

(PER CITY OF WASHINGTON via QUEENSTOWN.)
An Associated Press Washington despatch says
it is reported and generally credited that the
Trent affair has been adjusted. The terms of the
adjustment are not, however, stated in this
despatch.

The New Fork Tames announces that it has
authority to state that the matter has been
adjusted.

The New York Ilera?cl argues that the Federal
Government gains no advantage in retaining Messrs.
Mason and Slidell, and that their surrender may
take away the pretext for English and French inter-
ference.

The New York _Herald continues, " The storm
may blow over, but it will leave a debt of abuse
from England to be repaid hereafter by America."

The New York limes thinks " that while Eng-
land regards the rebels as boll;gerents and America
regards them as rebels a pretext for war will event-
ually arise."
A false rumour of the release of !Messrs. Mason
and Slidell, which was set afloat yesterday, caused
rather a feeling of relief than indignation in the
popular mind at a settlement of the question.
The New York World is of opinion that people
will submit to the surrender of Messrs. Mason and
Slidell as a necessity of the present position, but
with the hope of avenging their surrender here-
after.

General Scott is still in New York. It is sup-
posed that he brought no official offer from
France.

The New York Herald urges the passing of a
tariff in favour of French goods, to the exclusion
of English manufactures.

The Government has announced that the new
tea, coffee, and sugar tariff came into force from the
25th of December, and applies to all goods in ware-
house and to current importations.

The Journal of Commerce says this announcemen t
has cause a feeling of wrong and injustice among
commercial classes, and trusts the Government
will reconsider its action. _ . _

The m:lin chann?l of Charleston harbour has ten
totally destroyed by sinking vessels.
The war excitement in Canada is unabated.

The steamers Amigo and Edinburgh have arrive.]
out.

NEW YORK, DEC. 28, MORNING.
Messrs. Mason and Slidell have been set at
liberty by the Federal Government.

The Icew ork ABsociated Press publish the fol-
lowing telegram :
" The surrender of Messrs. Mason and Slidell will

be better accepted as a political necessity on the
seaboard than in the interior and in the West.

" It is unquestionable that in the agricultural por-
tion of the Union the popular sentiment at this act
of the President will be profound and lasting.
" On the eastern rim of the Atlantic slope, his de-
claration that he could not have two wars at once
on his hands will be accepted as the justification of
his policy."

The harbour of Charleston has been destroyed,
16 whaling hulks filled with granite having been
sunk in three parallel lines of interval distances
across the channel.

The flow permitted to the water will prevent
the cutting of a new outlet, and the obstruction
will soon accumulate a triple line of sand banks
across the entrance.

A large and very carefully prepared naval expe-
dition, under General Burnside, will sail from Anna-
polis next week.

The land force will comprise 12,000 troops.
Complete success is anticipated from this enter-
prise, and results are expected to flow from it of
the greatest consequence, none less than in the
cutting off the enemy's most important line of rail.
road communication and in dividing the forces, in
front of General M'Clellan,

The great question of emancipation as a military
measure is discussed by the people and debated in
Congress.

It is believed that before Congress adjourns it
will pass an act declaring that the slaves of rebels
who join the Federal side shall be free.

Money easier. Exchange steady. Bankers bills,
1101 1101. Stocks firm and advancing; New York
Central, 78 ; Erie, 28 ; 581. Cotton dull ;
middling Upland, 36c. to 37c. Flour heavy.
Wheat unchanged. Corn inactive. Provizions
dull. Coffee steady. Sugar very firm. Molasses
quiet.

TWO MORE PASSENGERS TAKEN FROM

UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG.
NEW YORK, DEC. 27, EVENING.

The Federal steamer Santiago de Cuba has over-
hauled, on the coast of Texas, the schooner Eugenia
Smith. She found nothing contraband on board
the Eugenia Smith, but took from on board two
passengers, who, from the papers found upon them,
were supposed to be agents of the Confederate
States.

These passengers, Messrs. Zacchiri and Rogers,
have arrived at New York, and been confined in
Fort Lafayette.
The Key West correspondent of the New York
Herald says the Eugenia Smith was sailing under
British colours, between Matanzas and Havannah.
The .New York Herald thinks that the com-
mander of the Federal steamer must have known
what colours the Eugenia Smith sailed under, or
he would have taken her as a prize.
The New York Evening Post says—" The Eugenia
Smith sailed under British colours, but was be-
lieved to be an American ship, partly owned by
Messrs. Zacchiri and Rogers,"

PARIS, lAN 9.

The Moniteur of to-day contains a decree con-
vening the Senate and the Corps Legislatif for the
27th inst., and stating that the report on the state
of the Empire will, as in 1861, be submitted to the
Chambers on the day after the opening of the
Session.

MOSTAR, lAN. 7.

Omar Pasha yesterday sent a new proclamation
to the insurgents, promising a complete amnesty to
some and clemency to the others if they spontane-
ously surrendered.

Military operations will be suspended by the
Turks until the receipt of the reply of the
insurgents.

THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

The Massilia. and Indus, with the above mails,
left Alexandria on the 4th inst., at sunset, for Mar-
seilles and Southampton respectively.
The Candia brought the mails to Suez, arriving
there on the 3d.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAILS.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 9.
The African mail steamer Athenian, with the
above mails, has arrived here. \

Her dates are—Benin, Dec. 8 ; Fernando Po,
Nov. 30; Cameroons, 29th; Old Calabar, Dec. 3;
Brass River and Nun, 7th ; Bonny, 7th ; Lagos,
10th ; Accra, 12th ; Cape Coast Castle, 14th ; Cape
Palmas, 16th ; Sierra Leone, 21st ; Bathurst, 25th;
Teneriffe, 30; Madeira, Jan. 1. •

She brings 2,200 oz. of golddust and 25 pas-

sen gers.

Trade was rather brisk.
Dr. Baikie was left at the confluence of the Niger
in November last, quite well.
Considerable excitement prevailed at Lagos,
arising out of the recent cession of that place to
England. The native chiefs were discontented.
Serious disturbances had taken place in Quioh
territory, near Sierra Leone. All the troops and
native militia had gone to that place. Desperate
fighting was going on.

A native stockade at Madenka had been destroyed
by the British. Major Hill was mortally wounded.
Captains Jones and Williams, Sergeant Evans, and
23 privates, were also dangerously wounded.
Mr, Rees, Colonial Engineer, arrived at Bathurst
on the 24th of December.