The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

AMERICA,

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.
By the Royal Mail steamer America we have ad-
vices from New York to the 3d, Boston to the 4th,
and telegraphic accounts from New York, via
Halifax to the evening of the sth inst. The Ame-
rio has brought $145,433 in specie.
The Royal Mail steamer Africa arrived at New
York on the 30th ult., and the screw steamer Alps
at Boston on the 30th, both from Liverpool.
The Secretary of the TrA-3§nry 110 given notice
that he would redeem' ttr6o the .44: of June
$7,000,000 of United States' Stocks on the follow-
ing terms :

1-'l. The par value of amount specified in each cer-
ificate.

" 2. A premium on the stock of the loan authorised
by the act of July, 1846, redeemable Nov. 12, 1856, of
6 per cent. ; on the stock of the loan authorised by the
act of 1842, of 15 per cent. ; on the stock of the loans
authorised by the acts of 1847 and 1848 of 21 per cent. ;
and on the stock of the loan authorised by the act of
1850, commonly called the Texan indemnity, of 10 per
cent.

"3. Interest on the par of each certificate from Ist
of January, 1854, to the date of the receipt and settle-
ment at the Treasury, with an allowance of one day's
interest in addition.'

By this steamer we have very brief accounts of
the loss of the Liverpool and New York packetship
Staffordshire on Bland Rock, south of Sea Island,
on the 30th ult. The first and second mates and
17 seamen reached Cape Sable. The third mate,
boatswain, and 12 others were picked up and
landed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Capt. Richard-
son and the remainder (about 180 persons) went
down in the wreck immediately after striking.
The Staffordshire was built by MlK:ay in June,
1851, for Enoch Train and Co's line of Liverpool
and Boston packets. She was a noble ship of
1,817 tons, and one of the finest vessels of the line.
The loss to the underwriters will be heavy. The
number of passengers on board was 146, children
included, all of whom were lost. The Staffordshire
is insured, as near as we can find out, for between
$90,000 and $lOO,OOO in Boston and New York.
Her cargo was very large, and is estimated to have
been worth over $300,000. A large portion of it
was on Canadian account, and was probably in-
sure 3 in England.
All the Germans who were arrested for an in-
tended attack upon M. Bedini at Cincinnati had
been released, the conduct of the police having
been considered outrageous.
Advices from Boston report great disasters to
shipping on the east coast, owing to very severe
weather. A large number of vessels had been
either wrecked completely or dismasted and driven
ashore. The most melancholy portion of this sad
intelligence is that a great number of lives are
known to have been lost, and it is believed that
some vessels had gone down with all on board. A
letter dated Halifax, the 3d inst., says,--
"A violent gale prevailed here on the 22d ult., and
morning of the 23d, sinking and destroying a number of
vessels at the wharves in the harbour. The loss is com-
puted at 20,0001. On the 26th arrived the steamer Mer-
lin, from New York, with the loss of boats. Saw a
large ship south-west of Sambro, dismasted, her deck
being even with the water."
The steamship California had arrived at New
Orleans, with advices from San Francisco to the 6th
ult., and $1,167,000 on specie and freight. Mining
accounts were favourable. The Utah Indians were
committing depredations on the southern parts of
the State. The market, since the sailing of the last
steamer, had been quite active and purchases for
the interior heavy. Rates generally remained un-
changed. The steamer Illinois, with the mails and
treasure, had sailed for New York with $1,250,000
in gold.

At Venezuela yellow fever prevailed with great
fatality among the shipping. The new crop of
coffee was more than usually abundant. Sales
were made at llic. Hides, 14c. per lb. -
We have late advices from Havannah, but they
are without interest. The following is a decree in
relation to the suppression of the slave trade, from
the Captain-General to the Governors and Lieu-
tenant-Governors of the island :
" AS in the transfer of command from ono authority
to another, those engaged in the African slave trade
will take advantage of this circumstance of doubt and
perplexity which exists among the inferior authorities as
to whether the new supreme authority will adopt mea-
sures more or less rigorous than others with regard to
the suppression of this traffic, it is my duty to inform
you that I shall observe the laws in relation thereto, and
shall exercise them upon any person who may engage
in this prohibited trade. I shall continue them in
force, and charge their observance upon you, as
also all other instructions that my worthy prede-
cessors have enjoyed—the treaties of Spain, of the
23d of September, 1817, and the 28th of June, 1835,
relating to the slave traffic, and the observance both in
the spirit and the letter of the penal law of the 4th of
March, 1845. But, as the total extinction of a traffic is
difficult along these vast coasts, that is supported by the
strength and vigour of interested parties, and as we have
seen the inefficacy of the employes of our faithful and
powerful ally, in its numerous cruisers, and of our own,
and as recent returns have shown a great mortality
among slaves, it seems to us indispensable that some
substitute should be introduced. I therefore authorise
the introduction of free Indian labourers, Asiatics, at d
Spaniards, since it is the will of the Government that,
without exception, but, at the same time, without any
privilege, all the undertakings and contracts that are
under the guardianship of the Government, should be
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favoured.,f
The New York stock market was firm, with a
strong tendency upwards. New York Central
Bonds were quoted at 931 ; Michigan Southern,
97A ; Nicaragua Transit, 28 ; Reading, 792- ; and
Erie, 79k. Money was easy and in good demand,
at 9to 12 per cent. Exchange on London 9f to
9t, premium. The cotton market continued d.ull,
and prices declined *to cent per pound on the
week for middlings and grades below middling.
The Africa's advices had no effect on the market.
The sales for the week ending December 31
amounted to 6,596 bales, of which 1,355 were for
export, 556 on speculation, and 2,567 in transit.

LATER BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK, JAN. 5.
Arrivals of specie from California since Tuesday,
3d, $1,250,000.
News per steamer, via Ralifax, was published at
New York on Wednesday, the 4th, at three o'clock

p.m.
The last news at New Orleans from Europe was
per Canada, on Wednesday evening,
the 4th.
Dates from
New Orleans at New York were to
Tuesday,
Receipts 10,000 ; middling
was quoted at 91. , 540,000 decrease.
Freights to Liverpool, lc.
The statement in the New York Herald relative
to the Mexican treaty concluded by Mr. Gadsden
is utterly unfounded.
General Cass's resolutions On the Clayton and
Eulwer treaty were to be brought up in the Senate
on Tuesday, the 10th, when a fierce debate was
expected.
The Governer gives a good account of the finan-
cial condition of Pennsylvania, the funded and
floating debts being both reduced, and $500,000
paid to the sinking fund. He is opposod to the
proposed sale of public works.
The steamer Empire City, from Havannah and
New Orleans, went ashore on the coast of New
Jersey.
Arrived—Steamers Wardell and Alps.; ships
and Orient, from Liverpool.
Patrick Henry

NAPLES.—Letters from Naples yesterday state the
suspension of the mercantile firm of G. and G. Buono,
jun. Their liabilities are supposed to amount to about
40,0001., and the event has caused one or two small
failures in London. The failure of an exchange dealer
was also announced, but only for a small sum, princi-
pally in connexion with transactions in French stocks
and shares,