The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-07 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette, of the Ist, contains a royal
decree uniting in one administration the depart-
ments of the direct and indirect taxes, under the
title of " General Direction of Taxes," M. Pablo
de Cifuerites, president of the commission for
winding up the affairs of the credits of the Treasury
which are in arrear, is placed at the head of this
new department. The adjudication of the works
to be executed on the railway from Socuellanos to
Ciudad Real, took place on September 30. Only
two tenders were sent in, one from M. Antonio
Alvarez, and the other from M. de Salamanca,
who had arrived the night before from Paris. This
latter having proposed a diminution of 250,000
reals per league on the sum fixed by the Minister
of Public Works, that is to say, 2,350,000 reals in
place of 2,600,000 was declared to have obtained
the execution of the works.
The Count de Chambord is now at Brunnsee,
with the Duchess of Berri. The Count de Molina
(Don Carlos) is also there.
The Three per Cents. were done at 42 ; the New
Three per Cents., at 22f ; the Debt of the first
class, at 9-4 : and that of the second, at 5.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING.

By the United States Mail Steam-ship Franklin,
James A. Wotton, commander, which touched off
Cowes this evening on her way to Havre, we have
dates from New York to the 24th ult. The Frank-
lin has about 100 passengers, 19 of whom are for
Havre, and on freight for France 1,700 barrels of
flour, and specie valued at 300,000 dots.
The Africa arrived out on the 22d ult.

The yellow fever continued to rage with great
virulence on the plantations, and in the various
towns of Louisiana, Mississippi, tVc., but the epi-
demic was rapidly decreasing at New Orleans and
Mobile.

The accounts respecting the crops in Louisiana,
Texas, and the other Southern States, were very
favourable.

An immense and enthusiastic public meeting was
held at the Metropolitan-hall, New York, on the
22d ult., for the purpose of votinc, a testimonial to
Captain Ingraham, of the United° States sloop-of-
war St. Louis, in appreciation of his gallant con-
duct in rescuing the Hungarian, Kossta, from the
Austrian frigate in Smyrna harbour. The hall was
densely crowded. French, Italian, German, Hun-
garian, Swiss, and Cuban exiles gathered in im-
mense numbers, marshalled under their respective
revolutionary. banners. The speeches, delivered in
French, Spanish, German, and Slavonian, elicited
tremendous applause, and the demonstration was
of a most effective character.

Dates from Havannah to the 13th ult. announce
that, owing to the high price of freights, there were
no extensive operations in sugar, although the
article was in much demand.
Exchange on London was 111 to 114 premium.
The Cunard screw steam-ship Andes arrived at
Boston, from Liverpool, on the 22d ult. On the
11th ult. she encountered a tremendous hurricane,
during which Mr. John Maxwell, the second mate,
was washed overboard and drowned, and Captain
Hutchins was so badly injured that he died the
same afternoon.

Telegraphic dispatches from Washington state
that General Almoute, the Mexican Minister, had
received intelligence of large discoveries of gold on
the Rio Mescala, which is on the route of the
Mexican Ocean Mail and Inland Company. Thou-
sands of Mexicans were flocking thither.
Late news from New Mexico, 'via New Orleans,
states that five companies of United States' troops,
which left New York under General Garland, had
arrived at Santa Fe in good health. Governor
Mereweather had arrived out, and had been inau-
gurated.
A terrible encounter is reported to have taken
place in the mountains near El Paso between a
party of 14 Americans, and some 200 Apaches, in
which 11 of the Americans were killed. The
United States' Dragoons stationed near the spot
were too few in number to render any assistance
in repelling the Indians. The American Consul
at El Paso had asserted his belief that very little
resistance would be offered in the event of an at-
tack upon Mesilla Valley by General Garland and
his forces.

The last accounts from Texas deny the reports
of the hostile disposition and movements of the
Mexicans, and declare that more friendly feelings
never existed between the people of the two
countries.
Commodore Vanderbilt's steam-yacht the North
Star arrived at New York on the 23d from her
European trip. Since leaving New York the
North Star has steamed upwards of 15,000 miles,
and a full description of all the wonders Commo-
dore Vanderbilt saw and did in Europe during his
tour is published in ithe New York Herald in the
shape of a diary, which appears to have been kept
on board by some of the members of his pleasure
party. The Herald, in summing up the voyage,
says
" Since the 26th of August the Commodore and hie
friends touched at points of Asia, Africa, and Europe,
and when they landed in America they accomplished the
feat of visiting a part of the four quarters of the globe
in 26 days. During her absence the North Star
astonished John Bull, was admired by the Russian
Court, gazed at by the Sultan, and frightened the Pope,
which completes a series of incidents unequalled in the
history of even Yankee ships."
Telegraphic accounts from Washington of the
23d ult. state that.the reply of the Cabinet to the
Austrian protest on the Kossta affair would be
published in a few days, and would fully come up
to public expectation. Mr. Marcy, it is said, has
long since taken occasion to communicate to the
United States' Minister in London the President's
views on Lord John Russell's dispatch relating to
Cuba. The position of the Administration is de-
cided, and does not differ materially from the views
propounded by Mr. Everett, the late Secretary.
The European news received at New York by the
Africa had depressed the stock market of that city.
A greater stringency of the money market was by
some expected. Bankers' bills on London, at 60
days, were firm at 1094. The importation of dry
goods for the week ending the 24th ult. was in
amount twice as much as during the corresponding
period of last year, and exceeded anything ever
known in the trade, both in extent and value. The
flour and grain markets had advanced in conse-
quence of the news per the Africa, with an active
demand. Barrel flour advanced 12ic. to 18c. per
barrel, and wheat 2c. to 3c. per bushel ; corn was
held more firmly. Canadian flour steady; Southern
flour better ; rye flour firm. Cotton without mate-
rial change, the middling and higher qualities being
firmly held, while the lower qualities were more
freely offered. Scotch pig iron steady ; lead firm.
In provisions, pork rather firmer ; beef firm. In
wood rather more active. In freights, 40,000
bushels of wheat were taken to Liverpool at Bd. to
9d. ;to Glasgow, at 94d. A British ship was also
taken up for Falmouth, and orders, at 13d. for
wheat.

FREE PASSAGES TO AMERIOA.—On the occasion of the
last performance of Mr. Henry Russell's entertainment
at the Lyceum Theatre, on Saturday night, he came
forward after the conclusion of the first part, .andin-
formed the house, which was crowded to excess in every
part, even to the passages and lobbies, that it was his
intention, although it had not been publicly announced,
to make them a little present, as some acknowledgment
for the great patronage bestowed on him, which should,
at the choice of the audience, be either one free passage
to Australia or three free passages to America. The
verdict having been given in favour of the latter, the
prizes were awarded to the full satisfation of the audience.
at the close of the performance, to three working men
occupying seats in the pit and galery, one of whom, a
carpenter, is at ipresent at work at the new Crystal
Palace at Sydenham.