The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-08 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The United States' mail steamship Hermann,
Captain E. Higgins, arrived off Southampton last
night, and, after coaling, will proceed to Bremen.
She left New York on the 22d ult., and brings 215
passengers, 138 of whom are for Bremen, and on
freight specie value 700,000, a portion of which is
for the Continent.
At 3 p.m. on the 6th, off the Start, the Hermann
passed the transport barque No. 38 standing to the
south. On the 27th ult., in lat. 40 15, long. 50 15,
spoke the ship Mary Glover, bound west ; and on
the 2d inst., the English ship Faside, of Glasgow,
for Quebec.
The British and North American mail steamer
Asia, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the
20th ult.

This steamer brings little news of importance.
Ad vices from Mexico, in the New York Herald,
state that Santa Anna and Alvarez had ceased hos-
tilities, the former having made concessions to the
latter. The Herald says :

" Our despatches from Washington bring us some de-
tails concerning the melancholy dissolution of the Gads-
den treaty. It appears that the most strenuous efforts
were made by the Administration to save this joint-
stock compact with Santa Anna and his American allies
in the job. It seems that the President, as a last des-
perate expedient to enforce ratification, threatened, if
the treaty were rejected, to occupy the Mesilla Valley
with a military force, and thus get us into a war with
Mexico, as if the war in Europe were not large enough
for our warlike Administration. To be sure, it is a
fearful thing to contemplate the danger of a war with
Santa Anna, especially as he has neither money nor
means to sustain himself at home, unless supplied from
our Treasury. The treaty, however, has gone by the
board, and we shall wait patiently to see whether Gene-
ral Gadsden or General Cushing is sent down to make a
new treaty, or whether General Scott is sent down again
with 10,000 men at his back, for another march to the
Balls of the Montezumas. But we are very much afraid
that in a war with Mexico the Administration will fail
as signally as it has failed in everything else. It is stated
that the probabilities are in favour of the adoption of
the Sloo amendment to the Gadsden treaty by the Senate,
and the confirmation of the treaty itself."
The New York papers contain distressing particu-
lars of the wreck of the ship Powhattan at Barne-
gat, which was attended with the loss of nearly 250
lives, and the total destruction of the ship and cargo.
The circumstances of the wreck were of the most
melancholy and harrowing character. The packet-
ship Underwriter, from Liverpool, had not been got
off, but remained at Squan Beach at the date of the
last accounts. She would come off, it was hoped,
the next fine weather. All her passengers had been
landed in safety. The ship Saxony, from Boston,
bound to Matanzas, went ashore on the Bth of
April on the coast of Florida, to the southward of
Jupiter Inlet, and was left with 12 feet of water in
her hold.

. A telegraphic despatch (in the New York Herald;
from Washington, of the 21st ult., contains the fol.
lowing in reference to the difficulties with Cuba :

" Commodore Newton, commanding the home squad-
ron, arrived here to-day, and had an interview with the
President and Secretary of the Navy. We understand
his conduct in refusing to salute the Spanish flag at
Ilavannah wkile a misunderstanding existed between his
Government and that of Spain has met with the full ap-
proval of the President.
" The joyful feeling among the Cubans at the thought
that there may be a difficulty between the United States
and Spain which will lead to the annihilation of Spanish
power in the island is represented as being universal.
This feeling is attempted to be kept down by the Spa-
niards, who fill every office in Cuba, but it is, neverthe-
less, apparent to the most careless observer.
" Mr. Dean's resolutions to abrogate our neutrality
laws excited the liveliest hope.
" The despatch which Lord John Russell said he had
sent here on the subject of the Black Warrior has not
yet been received at the State department. No des-
patches of any importance have yet been received from
Mr. Buchanan.

" Commodore Newton came to Hampton Roads in
his flagship, the Columbia. The Government have
ordered him to remain in readiness till they receive the
reply from Spain relative to the Black Warrior. The
commodore leaves for New York to-morrow morning, on
a visit to his family. Commodore Newton communi-
cated to the Government the important fact, which had
come to his knowledge at Havannah from a source he
deemed perfectly reliable, that the Captain-General has
in his possession a Royal decree, authorizing him at any
moment he may deem proper to emancipate all the slaves
in the island. This is the measure of defence which has
been hinted at by English and French papers, and is in-
tended to carry out the threat that Cuba must be Spanish
or else a second Hayti."
Accounts from Nova Scotia state that the Pro-
vincial Legislature, previous to its adjournment,
had adopted addresses to the Queen, expressive of
its warm attachment to the British Crown, and
pledging the militia to guard the province and pro-
tect the public works from public attack. The
Lieutenant-Governor is authorized to call out the
militia in case of necessity.
In the New York markets ashes was in moderate
request. The market for breadstuffs unsettled, the
common sorts having declined in consequence of au
absence of export demand, while the medium and
finer sorts were in good request at rather firmer
rates. Wheat more inquired for. Corn tending
upward. Cotton firm, at f cent advance. Freights
without material alteration. Provisions were less
active. The navigation of Lake Erie was reported
to be unobstructed by ice. The New York stock-
market was unchanged. Exchange on London,
109 to 1091.