The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-26 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS

The following are extracts from the New York
weekly Herald, brought by the Niagara, which arrived
at Liverpool yesterday morning :
CHARLESTON, JUNE 11.—The Isabel arrived at this
pert from Havannah this morning, having left there on
the 7th inst. The Falcon had arrived at Havannab,
and the Isthmus being in port, it was proposed to trans-
fer seine of the passengers of the former to the Isthmus.
Thi3 was remonstrated against, and some of the passen-
gers having arms, they determined to use them in re-
sistance, if necessary. The matter was finally adjusted
by the interference of the American Consul.
In the markets there has been considerable activity,
"'with large sales for Germany. White Sugars were
quoted at 10 to 11 ; yellow, 6 to 7; brown, 51. to 5:-t, and
uscovades, 4i to 6. The whole stock of Muscovado mo-
lasses had been purchased for England at four rials. In
• daYed molesses there had also been considerable busi-
ness done for the same destination, at 21. rials, and from
the coast at 2 rials. Rice, 9 to 9,4. Freights were dull.
Exchange, 10 per cent on London, and on New York par
to 1 per cent premium.
• TERRIBLE STORM.—LOUISVILLE, JUNE 12, 6 P.M.—
A severe storm occurred near the village of Metropolis,
Illinois, on the Ohio river, on Friday last. Both chim-
neys of the steamboat Fey tons were blown overboard,
and two or three coal boats in tow of the Belle of
Nashville, and as many in tow of the Superb, were
Stink: The steamer Memphis encountered a severe
• ple near Medina, and the pilot's house and the roof of
'VIC cabin were blown off. The chimneys were also blown
down. Three pilots with the carpenter were thrown
- overboard and drowned, together with some thirteen
others. The captain was blown from the hurricane deck
to the forecastle, and seriously hurt. The books and
papers; and almost everything else. were lost; also the
greater portion of the cabin furniture. Those who re-
Ruined in the cabin escaped uninjured. The boat was
badly shattered, and one man almost torn to atoms.
• DREADFUL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION AND Loss OF
LIFE.—LOUISVILLE, JUNE 12.—The steamboat Embassy
'collapsed both flues of her starboard boiler, below Green
• River, on Saturday morning last, and a number of the
' crew and deck passengers were killed and blown over-
' board by the violence of the concussion; twenty-eight
'others were severely scalded, some of them, it is feared,
so seriously that they will not recover.
• The killed and wounded were chiefly deck passengers,
though some of the cabin passengers were also injured.
"The number of killed has not yet been ascertained.
•' 'The cook was blown overboard and drowned, and the
• 'second engineer badly scalded.
• The boat was much shattered, and shortly after the
limentable disaster was towed to Evansville, Indiana.
• The scene on board was of the most heartrending
• • description. The Embassy was from Pittsburgh, bound
' to St. Louis.
' 'Louisa-nix, JUNE 12.—8 y the explosion on board
• the Embassy, thirteen deaths occurred, and five are still
inissing. The first engineer has since died, and near
=" thirty persons were injured and scalded.
BOSTON, JUNE 12.—J. G. Palfrey, free soil, has been
defeated for Congress. There is no choice by thepeople.
CINCINNATI, JUNE 12.—The Nashville papers of Sa-
ttirtis; say that ex-President Polk was still lying dan-
gerously ill. He is suffering from an attack of the diar-
` ' rhota, and not of the cholera, as previously reported.
' BALTIMORE, JUNE 12.—The steam- frigate Mississippi
• left her anchorage on Thursday, and made the run to
Cape Henry, a distance of forty miles, in the space of
• three hours and a hale.
• The steamer Waterwitch, bound for the Gulf of
Mexico, returned and anchored in Hampton Roads on
• Saturday night, having five cases of cholera on board.
The putients were sent to the naval hospital.
The steamer Wave has been sunk near Guyandotte,
Virginia, having on board 400 bbls. of salt, No lives
were lost. It is thought that she will be raised.
BALTIMORE, JUNE 12.—We have New Orleans papers
to the sth ult. A iale of Government steamers took
place the day before; at which the following were dis-
posen of:—The Alabama, for 23,000 dolls.; the New
I, Orleans, for 31,000 dolls.; and the propeller Thompson,
• for 23,000 dolls. The original cost of the two former
• was 130,000 dolls.
ST. LOUIS, JUNE 11.—The number of deaths by cho-
lera since Saturday reaches 70; from other diseases, 13.
• 'The weather was quite sultry, and the Mississippi river
very high.

SECOND DISPATCH—ST. LOUIS, JUNE 11, P.M.—The
' cholera continues to rage in our city. We have had
seventy deaths by that disease during the last two days.
.The weather is very hot.
TRIM) DISPATCH—ST. LOUIS, JUNE 12, A.m.—Six-
teen cemeteries report 98 burials on Saturday, Sunday,
f - and Monday; 61 of which were deaths by cholera.
•CrNaNNATI, JUNE 12.—There have been eight deaths
from cholera since yesterday. The weather is cloudy.
11- - The produce markets are unchanged.
''rt BALTIMORE, JUNE 12. The Board of Health at
Richmond report six new cases of cholera, and two deaths,
for the forty-eight hours ending Monday evening.
• PurLADELPara JUNE 12.—Two cases of cholera, and
""''m=ane death, have been reported in our city to-day.
ALBANY, JuNE.,1.2.--The Board of Health report one
-Pi new and fatal ease of cholera. Two of the cases pre-
' • viously reported have since proved fatal.
PRIZE FIGHT AT ST. LOUIS, &c.—ST. LOUIS JUNE
11:-Two river boatmen fbnght a prize fight on Sunday,'
during which ono of the combatants lost an eye. Several
• • hundred persons were present, and witnessed the brutal
t.scene. Bill Crirtis, a noted character, was stabbed
mortally
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AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, JUNE 9.—The Wiener Zeitung of this
day contains the official appointment of Baron Von
Haynau to the command in chief of the Imperial
troops in Hungary, in the Grand Duchy of Transyl-
vania, - and consigns to him the government of those
Crown lands which are now in a state of war and of
siege.
All the officials and public functionaries are en-
. joined to render implicit obedience and assistance.
The document is signed by the Emperor, counter-
' Signed by Prince Schwarzenberg.
The Wiener Zeitung says, " That on the 16th the
Magyar insurgents made a general attack on the
Imperial army standing in the island of Schutte and
the lower Waag, wbich was victoriously repelled at
every point. The Imperialists took eight 12-
pounders, 1,000 prisoners, and 60 horses. About
70 Hussars were left dead on the field. In this
engagement a Uhland of the Kaiser regiment,
who was pursuing an officer of Hussars, threw his
lance with such force and precision at a distance of 12
feet at his fugitive enemy, that the officer was pierced
through, and fell from his horse. The corps that was
attacked was the brigade under the command of
Field-Marshal von Riesbach.

RUSSIA AND POLAND.
ST. PETERSBURGII, JUNE 13.—The official journal
of this day states that, in consequence of a command
received from his Majesty, public prayers will be
offered in all the churches of the metropolis on
the 13th of June, on occasion of the speedy com-
mencement of the operations of the army.
Letters from Kalisch, of the 10th, say that the
cholera is raging fearfully in the Russian camp at
that place, and that from 30 to 50 men die of it daily.

ASSAULT or ARMS.—On Saturday an assault of
arms took place at Willis's Rooms, under the patronage
of Colonel John Hall and the officers of the Ist Regment
of Life Guards. There was a large and highly respect-
able attendance of visitors present, who appeared to take
a warm interest in the proceedings. The exhibition
comprised swordsmanship, stick-play, sparring, and other
amusements, and was commenced by Messrs. Arnold and
Sherry taking the foils. They were followed by Messrs.
Bushman, jun., and Jackson, Sergeant Tuohy and Mr.
A. Sherry, Sergeant Collins and Me. Winterbottom,
each pair of whom showed the moat surprising mastery
of their weapons, and the due combination of elegance
with dexterity. This part of the performance was suc-
ceeded by a sabre encounter between Mr. Bushman and
Sergeant Tuohy, in which the latter, notwithstanding his
marvellous rapidity and audacity of manner, was obliged
to succumb to the calm and well-directed skill of the
former. A still more interesting exhibition was the
opposition of the bayonet to the sword, for the pur-
pose of testing which is the most effective weapon.
The musket, with spring bayonet attached, was wielded
.by Sergeant Tuohy in the first instance, Mr. Bushman
taking the sword. After a time the former, getting
rather the worst of it, the different weapons were
changed, and in the hands of Mr. Bushman the victory,
which seemed at first to rest in favour of the sword, was,
eventually decided for the bayonet. Nothing could be
more satisfactory than the proof which Saturday's ex-
hibition supplied, that in resolute hands the bayonet is
one of the most effective of all our weapons of war. After
this part of the performances had terminated, Mr. Bush-
man_
performed the feat of cutting through a large leg of
mutton with one sweep of the sabre. He also severed a
thin handkerchief, previously placed on his sword's edge,
and handed round the large bar of lead which he had cut
in two, two days previously before her Majesty in Holland
Park. After some very clever stick play, young Keene,
the well known pugilist, put on the gloves with Mr.
Arnold, the beneficiare, and some sparring commenced,
which excited a very lively interest, in none more so,
judging by appearances, than in Sir R. Peel, who, with
two of his sons, was present.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. WANSTEAD, SATURDAY
EVENlNG.—Between one and two o'clock this day a fire
broke out in a hay stack on the premises of Mr. Richard
Plaxton, known as Cann Hall Farm. Every assistance
that could be obtained was speedily brought to bear,
but all efforts proving ineffectual, a communication was
made by electric telegraph to the London fire brigade,
which immediately started for the scene of the confla-
gration. On the firemen reaching Mr. Plaxton's they
found four large stacks of hay in one body of flame, and
their principal exertions were' therefore directed to
the safety of the house, granaries, and other surrounding
buildings, upon which the engines were playing up to
a late hour. The four ricks of hay were completely
destroyed. The origin of the fire has not been as-
certained.

FOREIGN HORsEs.—The importation of horses from
the Continent appears now to have become a feature in
the regular supplies from abroad. The following arrivals
of horses have taken place lately in the metropolis from
the continental states of Europe:—The Columbine, from
Havre, has brought 7, consigned to one party; the Tri-
ton, from Ostend, 14, similarly consigned ; the Lion,
from Harlingen, 6, consigned to order; the Triton, from
Ostend, 21., consigned to two separate parties; the Tri-
dent, from liamburgh, 7, consigned to a west-end dealer;
the Antwerpen, from Antwerp, 13, consigned to two
eminent dealers in the metropolis, with numerous other
importations of a similar nature, within these few days,
from the same places.