The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-28 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
The United States' mail-steamer Atlantic, West,
commander, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, bring-
ing, advices from New York to the 16th inst., 151
passengers, and $264,000 in specie on freight.
The screw-steamer Alps arrived at Boston on the
14th, and the Royal mail-steamer America on the
15th, both from Liverpool.
The United States' steam-ship Washington, from
Southampton, arrived at New York on the 15th
inst.

The news by this steamer is almost entirely de-
void of interest.

The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing on the 13th instant, says :

"The Cabinet were engaged for several hours yester-
day and to-day in the consideration of the Nicaragua
question and the recent occurrences at San Juan, but
have not yet come to any definite determination. It
is said some difference of opinion exists which may
lead to difficulty. It is certain, however, that the
President will insist upon such a course as to
effectually put a stop to the humbugging, thimble-
rigging policy, which has characterised the ealluct.
of England in relation to the affairs of Central America.
The President does not consider that the interferene3
of England in the affairs of the Central American States
is either proper or necessary ; and he believes that the
true position for the United States to assume is that of
perfect independence in our intercourse with other
countries, permitting no third power to become a party
to our arrangements, whatever they may be. Mr.
Buchanan, who is still here, has been consulted in
the matter."

Quebec advices of the 13th instant state that the
House of Assembly had adopted the Inspector-
General's changes in the tariff, as already reported,
with the following additions :
" Salt to be entirely free ; printing presses and
materials, except paper, 21 per cent. The produce of
the sea from Newfoundland and Labrador to come in at
the same rate as from Nova Scotia—virtually free.'

The yellow fever had made its appearance among
the shipping at Jamaica, and had in many cases
proved fatal. The captain of the ship William
Jardine, bound to India with Coolies, had died of
the disease.

General Santa Anna arrived on the Ist inst. at
Vera Cruz, where he was very coldly received.
He started immediately for his farm at Encerra,
near Jalapa. Carravajal was again on the move.
He, with 60 followers, lately recrossed the Rio
Grande into Mexico, and took possession of the
town of Reynosa. His men immediately seized
two alcades, and tortured them by hanging until
they had extorted $4,000 as a ransom for their
lives.

Late Mexican accounts state that the informa-
tion given by Mr. Falconnet to the English bond-
holders, that he had been compelled to pay $60,000
to buy some members of the Mexican Congress,
created great excitement in the capital. The press
has excited its indignation, and the members of
the late Congress affirm that they are innocent.
Messrs. Mariano Zavala, Pedro Celestino Perez,
and Ramon Andrade, accompanied by General
Mariano Martinez, called upon Mr. Falconnet to
ask him for an explanation, Mr. Falconnet an-
swered that he would give an explanation in the
papers. Yanez, Cuevas, Boyer, and others, in-
tended to institute a criminal prosecution against
Mr. Falconnet. Mr. Esparza, who was Minister
of Finance when the $2,500,000 were taken out,
addressed a note to the Ministry asking that the
matter should be at once inquired into. Two
members who had voted for the free exportation
of the $2,500,000, have declared that they had
voted in accordance with their consciences. It
seems President Lombardini was thinking of giving
Mr. Falconnet his passport, with an invitation to
leave the Republic. It is rumoured that the
Chamber of Deputies being thus exonerated, the
Government of Arista may have received the
$60,000, and inquiries are being made into th•
matter. On the other hand, it is stated that Mr.
Falconnet had formally denied the truth of the
statement. Writing to the Traits d' Union of the
16th ult. he says :

" I have read with as much surprise as indignation
the account of the proceedings which took place at the
general reunion of the Mexican bondholders held in
London last January ; and, for the satisfaction of the
members of the Chamber of Deputies, not less than for
the vindication of my own character, I declare that
everything which has been said on the subject of the
pretended manoeuvres resorted to to gain votes in the
said chaml3si6bnttecret,4olfto3.hretsahellipnurose of obtaining the free ex-
portation of $2,500,000 belonging to the foreign debt, is
entirely false. I declare besides, most solemnly, that in
all my correspondence nothing can be found which could
authorize so scandalous an assertion."
The Now York stock and money-markets were
gradually assuming a more favourable condition.
Prices of good dividend-paying securities had slightly
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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Eva,
Arrived at New York
.—The
George Washington, the ICatamanzoo, the William
Rathbone, the Yorkshire, the B. Z., the Universe, the
Conqueror, and the Constitution, from Liverpool ; tie
Henry Grinnell, from Newport ; the Douglas, from
Shields ; the Washington (steamer), from Bremen ; the
Northumberland and the American Congress, from Lon-
don ; the Helvetia, from _Havre ; the Huma, from Mar-
seilles ; and the Peter Hattrick, from Antwerp.
Arrived at Boston.—The Andes screw-steamer and
the America mail-steamer, from Liverpool ; the John
Bertram, from London.
Arrived at New Orleans.—The Denmark, from New-
pod
The bark Perota, arrived at Baltimore rom Brazil,
reports falling in, on the 6th inst., with the bark Her-
cules, from Liverpool, for Charleston, in a sinking con-
dition. dition. A portion of the erew were rescuedit li!gy,
of te N-rew
• rota, and the remainder by the bark Mot .
m Galveston.
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