The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
LIVERPOOL, Mog.DAY.
The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Capt. Sut hallB*
non, arrived in the Mersey this evening al
o'clock, with the usual mails from the United'. SI;
and British North America.. The Europa. 834
from New York on the 14th inst., and hasblosecoit
besides the mails, 65 passengers and nearly IL

dollars in specie
The United States Mail steam-ship Arca' 111
hence, arrived out at New York on the 11th
The Brothers Harper, the well-known and Most
sive New York publishers, have suffered g
severe loss in having their publishing houses :ia7t,
city destroyed by fire. The amount of Pr 3Pehaf
destroyed is estimated at no less than one and s
million dollars. Very unfortunately for thi e Pr'ti
prietors the amount of their stock and proPe
insured was but to a limited extent.
Authentic intelligence has been received ofthetei
movements of the filibustering expedition that saP,,ea
recently from San Francisco. They have suo( ;eetof
in capturing the town of La Paz, in the disc ri 'cß
Lower California. The proclamation of aao IT
public followed the capture. • the
A marked improvement had taken place • Or the
New York money market since the sailing '3' ore
Baltic, and business in general was decided';
active. Stocks, however, were flat, and clef( ou4—
in value.
The cotton market at New York is re.P°.rtedees
brisk, with a good average amount of 11110
doing. Prices have slightly advanced, as no
seen by the following quotations :—New
tJ
and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 1120. to 121 c-of to
lands, I.lc. to 11gc. Decreasing receipts

various ports will ‘account for this rise. essA
Compared with the same period of last 8,,,,00
the receipts show a decrease of over 40"
bales. 064
In the market for breadstuffs prices had
way, owing to the advices by the previous si 47,0
being looked up i
on as unfavourable. Thel'altia
little disposition to purchase at the foil .006
prices :—Western Canal flour, 6 dols. 62P ,i3essee
dols. 75c. per barrel barely supported ; Gen-I "v.;
prime wheat, 1 dol. 72c. to 1 dol. 740. per 61 po
Southern wheat, 1 dol. 68c. to 1 dol. 7°,,C6,,,
601bs. ; Indian corn, round and yellow, c 4,5.10
78c. per bushel, steady ; Indian meal, 4 u•I
4 dols. 12/c.
Provisions do not show any change from A-,4 is,
tatious, old mess pork being quoted at 13g "I° nef
13i dols. ; prime from 11 dols. to 114 dols. .; 1.1
mess, 14k dols. to 14i dols. ; and nevr
dols. Good Western brands of mess beef fo,,''dols,
dols. to 131- dols. ; more ordinary brands! 1-'10;
to 12i dols. ; State mess, 8 dols. to 10 15
prime, 5 dols. to 5i dols. ; beef hams, 5t3a015.;
dols. to 13i dols. ; western, 14 dols. to 15i, .0,
tr
lard, strictly good, Sic. to 10ic. ; keg, J." is
114 c. ; cheese, Ohio, 74c. to *. ; State
81c. to 10c. per lb. 41 dr
Freights remained much the same as at bes
parture of the last steamer ; the asking rat'et,tili.,el
—To London : tobacco, 60s. per hhd. ; turPt— 10'
ss. der 2801bs. ; flour, 4s. 9d. per brl ; gralf"001:
per bushel ; beef, Bs. per tierce. To Lilt 1015'
flour, 3s. to 3s. 3d. per brl. ; grain, 11,i'
per bushel ; cotton, 3-16 d to id. per lb. ,1R
Exchange on London was quoted at 1091 1! VI;
with but few sales. On Paris, 5.11 i to u'
Bremen, 804 to 81. ; Hamburg, 37 to 37i-•