The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-19 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING-..--WO have re-
ceived adv ices of the 4th instant from New York by the
steam ship Canada, which entered the Mersey at six
o'clock, with the usual mail The Niagara, hence, was
at Halifax on the sth, and proceeded to Boston. There
are no political accounts from the United States. Reve-
lations touching the Cuba annexation scheme had becu
made.

The Cabinet is stated to have taken opposition views
to the Free Soil party on the Wilmot questior.
The commercial advices are important. Exchange
had again largely declined, and many bills are offering
at 34 to 4 per cent.
There were anticipations of a considerable ims
port of bullion and large purchases of excharge for
remittances to London for return in specie. The money
market was tight. Importations were large.
The New York dividends were being paid.
From Canada we learn that the assent or dissent of
the Governor bad not been signified in regard to the In-
demnity Bill.
A continual ferment was being maintained in order to
deter his Excellency from signing the Bill. On the
instant in the Assembly Sir Allan M'Nab moved au
address to his Excellency, calling for copies of all peti-
tions received in regard to giving his sanction to the re-
solutions on the payment of the rebellion losses. An
exceedingly sharp and bitter discussion ensued, and the
motion was lost. Ayes, 16; Noes, 39.
The Ministerial measure fur the payment of the ex-
rebelsoof 1837 and 1838 bad resulted in a serious riot at
Toronto. On the evening of March 22, Messrs. Bald-
win and Mackenzie were burned in effigy; they were
carried through several streets elevated upon long poles,
passing from the residence of Mr. Baldwin to the resi-
dence of Mr. Blake, and then returning to Mr. B.'a. The
effigies of the two were then burned.
The mob, to the number of some thousands, then pro-
ceeded to the house of Mrs. Macintosh. where Mr.
M'Kerzie was stopping, where his effigy was burnt, and
the house assailed with atones and all manner of missiles,
completely riddling the windows.
The gas lights in the vicinity were put out, and the
police resisted. The house of Mr. Montgomery, which
is situate opposite, was attacked, and the windows much
damaged. Mr. H. Price, son of the Hon. J. H. Price,
was severely beaten, and on being conveyed to the resi-
dence of Dr. Rolphe, that gentleman's house was assailed
by the mob and slightly damaged.
The residence of Mr. Brown, of the Globe, was also
injured.
Montreal letters of the 24th ult. say that there have
been no fresh disturbances. In Toronto the troops
paraeb d the streets, and rumours were current of
an outbreak at St. Catherine's, but they are not to be
credited.

Affairs on the whole were more serious.
An investigation was going on at Toronto in regard to
the late riots at the place.
From California advises to the 7th February had been
received, via Mexico, when settlers were providing s. Go-
vernment. There had been severe weather, but the fine
season had set in.

There are no estimates of probable yield of the
number of mines. Some disturbances with the Indians
had occurred.
The spring freshets would wash out the gold in large
quantities.
It was anticipated the American steamer California,
would be delayed on her return ♦oyage for want of coal.
The accounts also state that the price of gold had
risen, in consequence of large arrivals of specie from
San Bias, Valparaiso, &c., for investments. Seven mi•
ners were at San Francisco. Many cargoes of gold
seekers were arriving, even from New South \Vales.
The Lexington lett on the 25th January, with 400,000
dollars on board.
The British war ship Calypso would leave shortly
for England, with a freight estimated at 2,000,000
dollars.

Official accounts, dated the 23d, are in the Washing•
ton official journals.
Over 200,000 dollars of Californian gold had been
received in tho United States.

From Chagres the dates are to the sth of March,
800 persons were waiting passage. The steamer Cali-
fornia was expected from San Francisco at Panama
about the 16th.

Havannah accounts of the 21st of March, state that
sugar and molasses had advanced considerably, on ac-
count of the increased continental dcmaud and the
short crop. Clayed sugars were 7t09t0 10 for brown,
yellow, and white.
Sterling Exchange, 10 per cent.; freight to Cowes
and Falmouth, 31. 10s. to 31. 155.; and 31. ss. to 31. 7s. 6d.
for near continental ports.
There was no quarantine against vessels from the
United States, but the regulations in regard to those
from infected ports in England and places within 150
miles—these from say 15 and 8 days—unaltered.
The steamer Great Western arrived at Mobile on tliti
23d ulr., with Vera Cruz advices to the 19th, and sailed
the same day for Ilavannah; her specie freights are not
announced.
A Government scheme for a railway from Vera
Cruz to Acapulco had been introduced into the Loser
House. The Moniteur of Mexico published, on the 4th
ultimo, a long communication from Messrs. Manning
and Macintosh, setting forth elaborately the superior
advantages of the Tehuantepec route over that of Pa-
nama. They state they have employed all the labourers
who could be procured to construct a public road
across Tehuantepec, who are now daily at work, that
the ob tructions will be removed from the river Coat-
zaccates, and the harbour of the North of San Dionisio
improved by machinery, so that by the middle of April
the entire route will be completed ready fur transport-
ing passengers and merchandize.
Valparaiso dates of February 6, announce the arrival,
on the sth, of two ships from California with 150,000
dollars in gold.