The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

U \I 30 1851.

AM E RICAN NE WS.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.
By th 3 United States mail steam-ship B1:!tic, Cap-
tab Comstock, which arrived off the Bar shortly
alter four o'clock, we have received advices from New
York to the 19th inst. She brings 700,000 dolls. in
specie on freight.
The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Cap-
tain Nye, from Liverpool, was passed at 5 o'clock
on the afternoon of the 19th, about 60 miles from
New York.

The royal mail steam-ship Conway had arrived
at Kingston, and the Graat Western was looked for
on the 13th from Vera Cruz.
The screw steam-ship City of Glasgow left Phila-
delphia on the 17th l'or Liverpool, with 15,000 dolls.
in specie.
By the arrival of the Brother Jonathan at New
York we have advices from San Francisco to the 14th
of June. She had in the hands of the passengers
465,000 dolls. in gold dust. The steam-ship Califor-
nia, at Panama, had. specie on freight to the amount
of 1,420,000 dolls. The Isthmus was generally healthy.
assuming a habitable
San Francisco was rapidly
condition. Lynch. law was in operation to a
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great extent. Terence Bellew APlNlanus one of
the Irish convicts, succeeded in escapin from
Launceston, Australia, and arrived in San Francisco
on the sth, about the same time Smith O'Brien,
O'Donoghue, and Doherty attempted to escape.
The
sum of 6001. had bean put in the hands of an English-
man to purchase a brig, which was done, and after
landing and clearing at the Custom-house a concerted
signal was to be given, when a boat was to be sent
on shore from the brig. The Government officers,
however, were informed of the project during the
day, and as soon as the signal was given for the boat
the convicts were secured by the officers and carried
back.

The Indians being very troublesome in the
southern section of the State, crime was fearfully on
the increase, so much so that volunteer committees of
citizens had been formed for protection. Reports
from the " placers" were generally favourable ; agri-
cultural prospects are good. The market reports
state that since the departure of the previous mail a
general stagnation in business has been experienced,
prices having generally declined ; large quantities of
goods had been forced on the market. The prospects
for the future were not encouraging. Such was the
unsettled state of affairs consequent upon the fire, no
regular rate of exchange could b 3 stated.
From Kingston, Jamaica, we have advices to the
11th instant. Several vessels were loaded for England,
amongst them several foreign ones. A large quantity
of sugar would be shipped this season. Business was
dull.

We have Porto Rico advices to the 3d inst. Sugar
was scarce, owing to the heavy rains.
At New York the demand for money had been
active, but without producing any effect upon the
market. The exportation of specie for the week had
been upwards of two million dollars. Exchange was
without alteration. Sterling was 10+ to 10g. The
Independence, of London, had 122,000 dolls. of specie
on freight.
The cotton market had been exceedingly depressed
throughout the week, closing without spirit at
decline on the low grades, and lc. to Vic. on the better.
Sales for the week, 7,100 bales.
The dry goods trade was dull. The flour market
had a downward tendency. The iron market was
steady. No particular alterations had occurred in
tobacco.

There was little doing in freights to Liverpool.
Cotton was taken at d, to 5-32 d.; dead weight, 15s.
To London, oil cake at 2s. 3d. To Glasgow, oil at
255. A vessel was loading with deals, for London,
at 4/. 4s.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived at New York—E. Bulkeley and Henry Clay,
from Liverpool; Sir Robert Peel, from London; Primus,
from Galway; Duncan Ritchie, from Tralee; Statesman,
from Havre; and Howard, from Hamburgh. Arrived at
Philadelphia—Tuscarora, from Liverpool. Arrived at
Charleston—Margaret and Nomine, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Mobile—Stirlingahire, from Newport. Ar-
rived at San Francisco—Princess Royal, Abyssinia, and
John Brown, from London; Ann, from Havre; Alcyone,
from Marseilles; Malbra an Antoinette, from Bordeaux;
and British ships Java, Cadet, Ark, Martha, and Alert,
from Now South Wales; and steam-ship Conside, from
Havre. Arrived at Newbury Port—Latimer, from New-
port, Wales. Arrived at Portland—Caledonia, from
Londonderry. Arrived at Halifax—Rambler, from New-
port for New York, with loss of masts.
NEW YORK, JULY 19.—The British barque Royal
Mint, from Dundee for Quebec, was fallen in with on
the 21st ult. in a sinking condition by the Howard (ar-
rived), which vessel took off the captain and crew. The
Caledonia, Brander, from New Orleans, arrived here, re-
ports that on the sth inst., in lat. 25, long. 84,she picked
up a boat containing six men belonginn• to the barque
Mary Ann, of Sunderland, from New Orleans, tor Liver-
pool, which vessel was abandoned in a sicking state.
The captain, officers, and remainder of the crew left in
the lung-boat, and parted company in the night, and
were not afterwards seen.