The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-04 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 2.—The Royal Mail steam-ship
Canadc, Captein Lang, orriN ed here today, at one
o'clock, from Bos'on and Halifax, having oa board
72 passengers, and 185,000 dollars in specie on freight.
The Canada left Boston at noon on the 23d ult., and
Halifax early in the morning of the 25th, bringing
direct advices from New York to the 22d, and per
telegraph to Halifax, commercial reports from the
same place to the 24th July inclusive.
The Royal Mail steam-ship America arrived out
at Halifax on the 22d ult., at half-past six P.M.
The United States steam-ship Pacific arrived on
Monday night, July 21, about nine o'clock. On the
17th, when she was eight days out, she broke a part
of one of her engines, which rendered it necessary to
stop and disconnect the two, causing a delay of three
hours. The re.,t of the passage was done with a single
engine.
The United States steam-ship Crescent City ar-
rived at New York on Sunday morning, July 20,
with 143 passengers and upwards of :,000,000 dolls.
worth of gold dust.
The steamer Cherokee, from New &Orleans, with
Havannah dates to the 17th ult., arrived at New
York on the evening of the 21st.
There was no later news at New York from the
gold districts, and the political intelligence by the
Canada is comparatively meagre.
The cholera is prevailing to a considerable extent
in several of the western states. A number of fatal
cases have occurred in various towns of Illinois, In-
diana, Missouri, and Ohio, and the pestilence appears
to be spreading with alarming rapidity.
The city of New York was visited on the night of
Saturday, the 19th ult., with a very severe thunder-
storm, which did considerable damage. Many deaths
from sun-stroke are also recorded in the papers.
REPEATED INSURRECTION IN Cur .--The report
is that there has been a conflict between five or six
hundred of the people of that place and the troops, in
which the latter were defeated. Treops were sent to
disperse them, but they were repulsed with the loss of
their commander, and 28 killed and wounded. The
insurgents had retired to the mountains and fortified
themselves. Other towns followed tLe lead, and in a
few days the whole eastern part of tie island will be
in a state of revolution. The Goverrment have been
sending troops to Matanzas the past week, but it
seems they did not call there, as something more ur-
gent presoed them eastward. The Havannah papers
say little on the subject, and it is understood the Go-
vernment are doing all in their power to prevent the
true state of things becoming known.
Our private letters state that the newspaper reports
are somewhat exaggerated.
In the Canadian Legislature the Church of Eng-
land University Bill has been so far modified that
the clause allowing the establishment of separate
common schools at the public cost for that denomina-
tion has been struck out. An unsuccessful motion
was made by Mr. Mackenzie to strike out the portion
repealing the statutes of mortmain in favour of the
Church of England. The Bill to abolish the right of
primogeniture in the succession to real estate has
passed to a second reading in the Assembly by a large
majority. The crops in Upper Canada are said to be
unusually good.
We have dates from Central America to July 4.
The state of affairs in San Juan de Nicaragua re-
mains unchanged, the new administration acting har-
moniously, and giving satisfaction to the inhabitants.
Oar latest advices from Rio Janeiro are to June 11.
There is nu news of importance. A steam tow-boat
had been seized by the British steamer Cormorant on
suspicion of having furnished supplies to vessels en-
gaged in the slave trade. She was taken outside the
harbour and blown up.
Major Hobbie, the Commissioner from the United
States Government, and late assistant postmaster-
general, who has been engaged for some time past in
effecting improved postal arrangements on the route
to California, returned home in the Crescent City.
Previous to the negotiation by Mr. Hobble no ar-
rangement has been made to enable letters mailed
either in this country, or in England, to pass through
Havannah without the intervention of a correspon-
dent at that place, and the same state of things
existed on the Isthmus. The party must write to a
correspondent at Havannah or at Panama, to get his
letter sent thence to its ultimate destination. The
Captain-General of Cuba declined to enter into any
agreement on the subject, but Mr. Hobbie succeeded
in effecting an understanding with the British Consul
at Havannah, by whom the American Consul there
is constituted a postal agent, and under certain regu-
lations for paying over the postage to the country
which may he entitled to it, letters can now pass
through Havannah as readily as from one state to
another.

A similar arrangement has been concluded with the
British Consul at Panama, affording every facility
for correspondence with persons in the Southern
Pacific as well as in California. Mr. Hobbie also re-
organized a portion of the mail service in California.
Daily mails have been established between San Fran-
cisco and Sacramento, San Francisco and San Jose,
and Sacramento and Nevada. •
A banquet was given on the 21st ult. to Dr
Hughes, R. C. Archbishop of New York, in celebra-
tion of his return from Europe. Nearly 200 of the
principal Roman Catholics of New York were present
at the Astor-house on the occasion. The first toast,
as at the entertainment in Liverpool to the same per-
sonage, was " The health of the Pope. The Hims:
Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, proposed as a
toast, "Religious toleration and charity:' The fes-
tivities were kept up till an early hour in the
morning.
Another fugitive slave case had recently occurred.
A negro named Daniel Hawkins was arrested at
Lancaster, and on being taken before the United
States Commissioner, was ordered to be sent back to
his owner in Maryland. Great excitement existed,
but no violence was offered in opposition to the law.
The following particulars of the accident to one of
the engines of the steam-ship Pacific, above alluded
to, are furnished by:an eye-witness :—":On Thursday
morning last an unusual vibrating motion was felt in
the ship, and which was almost immediately followed
by the breaking of that part of one of the engines
(the port engine) called the cross-tail,' which se-
vered in the centre ; and at the same time its con-
necting rod snapped off about two feet from the end.
The starboard engine made some three or four revolu-
tions after the accident, which wielded the broken rod so
that it came into contact with a beam supporting two
pillars, and broke it. The piston-rod of the damaged
engine having been deprived of its assisting power,
fell heavily on the cylinder top and crushed it. The
swinging about of the mutilated machinery came also
in contact with the feed pipe, which broke it; and in
a moment the whole of the engine department was,
filled with boiling hot steam, tho density of which
was such as to render it impossible to discover what
damage had been done for some time. The firemen,
however, alive to the probable danger, and energetic
to prevent it—although compelled, in detachments,
fainting and almost overcome, to grope their way on
to deck to breathe the air—immediately, on tempo-
rarily recovering, hastened down again, to aid if
possible in the reparation ; and in a space of time to
me inconceivable, succeeded in raking out all the
immense tires (32), and thus all was safe. Soon after
this the steam cleared off, and within three and a half
hours from the time of the accident, the starboard
engine was at work, and we were steaming it at eight
miles per hour."

COMMERCIAL NEWS.
STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 22.—There is a better feel-
ing in the market to-day, though the transactions are
very few.
The demand for money continues active, and rates are
without change.
Foreign exchange was very dull to-day, though it is
steamer day for remittance by Canada, which sails to-
morrow from Boston. The rates, however, are very firm.
Sterling, 10 to 10i per cent. premium; France, 5.10 to
6.034.
In freight there is less doing, but the rates are steady
for wheat and flour. There is no corn of moment offer-
ing. A vessel was taken up to Dundee at Is. 11d. for
flour, and one for Glasgow at the previous rate. To St.
Petersburgh measurement goods aro taken at 395., and
sarsaparilla at lie. To California there is but little
going forward, and the rates are about the same.
The amount received at the sub-treasury is 122,074
dolls. Paid, 46,310 dolls. Balance, 1,856,535 dolls.

NEW YORK MARKETS.
NEW YORK, JULY 22.

Ashes—A steady market, with a fair demand for pots,
at dolls. 5 25; pearls are quiet, at dolls. 5 50.
Cotton—The market is very much depressed, and
prices continue to droop, and are very unsettled.
Flour, &e.—There is rather a better demand for low
grades of State and Western flour, and the market
favouring the seller. The inferior and better grades are
firm, but quiet, at the decline of yesterday. The supply
afloat is moderate, especially of State. Canadian is not
plenty, and the demand is limited, at dolls. 4 12i to 4 25.
The sales of domostic are 4,000 brls. at dolls. 4 12i for
State; dolls. 4 16 to 4 184 for Michigan and Indiana;
and dolls. 4 18? i to 4 314 tor pure Genes2eo and Ohio.
Southern is heavy; holders are disposed to meet buyers
freely, there being more now offering. The demand is
fair for export and the trade; sales of 1,800 brls. at dolls.
4 31 to dolls. 4 44 for mixed to good straight brands.
Itye flour and corn raeal are steady.
Grain—There is a fair demand for wheat for milling
and for export, but at prices below the views of holders,
and the tendency is in favour of the buyer. Rye is
quiet at the decline. Sales of 10,000 hushas at 70c. in
store.

BY TELEGRAPH FROM NEW YORK TO
HALIFAX.

The following is a copy of the telegraphic dispatch
brought by the Canada, vice Halifax :
" NEW YORK, JULY 24.

" More doing yesterday on receipt of American
news. Western Canal sold freely at 4i dolls. ; Ohio