The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE C A.NAD A..
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21.
B)..he Royal mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Har-
ri4o,,, we have advices from New York to the Bth,
.1-%) • to the 9th, and Halifax to the 10th inst. She
briug, 130 passengers.
Our accounts from New York by the Canada,
extended to the Bth instant (the usual tele-
graphic dispatch via Halifax not having been re-
ceived), are of unusual interest, bringing a large
variety of intelligence from the West Indies, South
America, &c.
Letters from New York report, with respect to the
domf2stic affairs of the United States, that political
matters remain quite.
No further disturbances had occurred at Boston
touching the fugitive slave arrested there on the
eve of the Franklin's departure. Large meetings of
the populace were being held, and the Rev. Theodore
Parker and other speakers urged violent resistance
to the laws, but the prisoners were safely guarded
by the military, &c., and no rising occurred on the
7th. Judge Shaw refused a writ of habeas corpus
applied for on the petition of Thomas Simms, the
fugitive slave.

Fugitive slaves were discovered by the commis-
sioners living upon the flesh of their dead companions.
Letters from Washington, in the New York Journal
of Commerce, express a probability that a Deficit
Bill for 12,000,000 dolls. will be presented on the re-
assembling of Congress. C. M. Ingersoll, Demo-
crat and Unionist, had been elected to Congress for
Connecticut. It is announced, also, that the Mexican
n
Boundary Commission had arranged the chili
11
with the Mexican Commission,
point was fixed on the Rio Grand and that an initiale.
u
Our New York files announce the launch of the
steam-ship Pioneer, of 2,700 tons, on Exposition.
sth, intended
to carry passen
gers to Europe to the
Several new and somewhat threatening crevasses
had occurred on the Mississippi.
From Texas we learn that the Hungarian colonists
had met a most favourable reception._
Our mercantile letters from New York state that
owing to the influx of gold from California, &c., the
threatened decline in sterling exchange had not been
realized.
Our letters from San Francisco extend to the sth
of March, being 16 days later than our last accounts.
Great excitement has been caused by the threatened
lynching in San Francisco of two men suspected of
almost murdering a merchant named Jansen, in
his store, and robbing him of 2,000 dollars. Ulti-
mately the jury disagreed, and the people, after
tremendous excitement, quietly dispersed. Political
affairs were also in an excited condition, arising
horn the struggle to elect a senator to the United
Stc-4es. From the mines we learn that dry weather
cantinued to be experienced, and from the lack of
rain apprehensions were entertained in many new
quarters; locations had, however, been explored which
promised to yield largely, and froni the general
tenor of the accounts it was expected that unusually
large receipts of dust would be received during the
spring, the miners having adopted plans
,to meet
the difficulty. Gold dust was already arriving
somewhat more freely at San Francisco, and the
assayers were fully employed. Quartz rock mining
and crushing by machinery was being prosecuted
with great activity. On the 21of March two steamers
were destroyed by fire at San Francisco. Our
accounts state, in regard to mercantile affairs, that
since the departure of the previous mail business
operations had been light. Goods had been offered
freely for sale at auction,„ and lower prices accepted.
Drafts on England at sight, 48d. to 50d. one dollar ;
ditto, 60 days, 491. to 501 do. France, sight, sf. to
par. Ilanaburgb, sight. 43 to 44 for one dollar ;
ditto, 60 days, 44 to 44i ditto ; Valparaiso, 30 days,
6 per cent. premium. Mexico, 30 days, par to 1 per
cent. premium. Gold dust, 16 dolls. 50c. ; quick-
silver, 15 dolls. 50c. ; doubloons, 16 dolls. ; sove-
reigns, 4 dolls. 85c.; 10 guilder pieces, 4 dolls.; 201.
pieces at Custom-house, 3 dolls. 85c. Money was
rather more easy, end first-class paper was going at
6 to 8 per cent. per month.
The Pacific Mail Company had raised their rate of
freight on dust to 1 per cent. from San Francisco to
Panama.

Letters from the Gulf of Mexico received in New
York announced, in relation to the Tehuantepec
Railroad Company's operations on the Isthmus, that
the engineers had discovered two deep, well sheltered,
and spacious harbours on the Pacific shores, a few
miles south-east of the town of Tehuantepec.
From Chagres we have accounts to the 29th, and
from Panama to the 26th ult. On the 25th a de-
slructive fire took place on the island of Tobago, at
Panama, from which tee storehou-es and property of
the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company were barely
saved. Some 30 houses were destroyed. On the
28th the men who murdered eight persons on the
Chagres river were to be shot.
Letters from I-lay:mith of the 3d inst. received at
New York state that political affairs had been quiet,
although vague rumours of a revolutionary attempt
had prevailed at New Orleans.
On mercantile afEtirs we learn that freights, owing
to numerous arrivals, had receded :—Co wes, and a
market, 21. 10s. to 21. 15s. ; Baltic, 21 12s Gd. to 2/. is.
61 ; Mediterranean, 21. 12s. 6d. to 31. Exchange on
London, 7 per cent., and in some cases a trifle more.
Sugar exportations had been light during the week,
but buyers were numerous; white regular, 8 to 8i
Coff,-, dull at 7.1 to Bf. Oth-r letters state that on
the 26i) ult. a serious fire occurred at San Diegos
de Los Banosi ; six houses were consumed. Henry
Cinv remained in the city. _ _

Valparaiso accounts of February 25 state that the
C ,piapo railroad was making satisfactory progress,
aro the survey of the route to Santiago had been
(14:•riecl fifty miles with favourable results. _ _

r Majesty's ship Dmialus had been ordered to
k- ,n board 20 months' provisions in order to carry
to the PlOyer and other ships searching for
.1. Franklin.
r Majesty's ship Portland arrived out on the Bth.
l'Aitical affairs were tranquil, and little doubt
xi:;ted, that in March Moritt would be elected Pre-

•v 1 .e.cantile affairs had improved, large sales had
le made, and the houses appeared satisfied.
ee British steamer Vulcan has been purchased
to rin to the southern ports. We learn that the Bri-
tish Orig Brutus had been lost in the bay of St. quell-
tino, with all on board but two.
Fr.,111 Oregon we have accounts to Feb. 22, but
they ere unimportant.
From the Sandwich Islands, under date Jan. 28th,
we learn that a terrible gale bad been experienced;
several vessels were much damaged. The difficulties
with the French were expected to be amicabl v set-
tled. Business was dull. Letters from Hong-Kong
had been received only seventeen days after their de-
parture from Chin
Letters from 11.
Peru s
sidentiel elect* state that the result of the Pre-
had been nn had excited no disturbances. Troops
dispatched to quell a rising of slaves in
Truxilio.
son was still Letterslecturing
from
there on slavery. Some signs
The
postal e annexation movement are noted.
establishmentm had been handed over to the
Provincial Govern on the sth, and the rates
throughout Canada Government
we
From St. John's,
6,h, re
New 5 cents.
Brunswick, we learn, un-
der date of April that the Legislature opened
His Excellency, on the 25th ult.
which existed
in his address,
referred to the dispute vvic
existed between his pre-
decessors and the Assembly, ane announced that he
;‘ was prepared to introducerm ;
responsible Government
into the colony in a modifi..d form and also to
revenues
sur-
render the disposal of her Majesty's Crown
to
when the Legislature shall have agreed
con-
ditions required on the part of the Crown, certain
From Jamaica we have files of journals to the 31st
ult. (being 14 days later), announcing that the R
Trent, Clarke commander,
nciet
daer, arrived
left
tyoaln
Mail steam-ship
on the `)sth, with eight passengers,
the 26th for Vera Cruz.
Her Majesty's ship Alarm, 26, and Persian, 16,
left Port Royal on the 27th for Havannah and B„r_
mode;, and her Majesty's steamer Alban on the 31st
for Grey Town and Bermuda.
Our files report a variety of cases of cholera as
r
having -e-appeared in the Lenidas Bale district.
Numerous deaths are reported.
His Excellency the Governor had transmitted to
the House of A
dispatch from Earl
"
Grey on the labour
embl a long •
supply quest' , 'on on which sub-
ject much discussion was expected.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The exchange market -
Sterling is 10 to 10-1 w.ish not active, but is very firm.
r ye above the lower 'ratelt. but little disposition to ope-
:., .5 !oils. 31c.; FrancsAm,terdara are dull, at 5 dolls. 10c.
794. Hatnburgh, 361 to 37.
. 41i to 41i; Bremen, 79 to
'Pie money-market is without .h4ae
mot, ,y is plenty, at 6 to 7 per ece ' ...9 to note. On call
which are not plenty, go at 7 to nat.'. First-clsss bills,
(let( : Tee export of specie still .Per Cent. for short
. continue ,
-,lcl .q has 50,000 dolls. already enga :* rilt French
e • Tee
of
,specie since the Ist of January export
.-i 311 965 dolls. The stock market has been""unta to
activ® since
the last steamer, and generally the
quotations ahoy an
tad. :noes especially the new dividend paying stocks.
Calton—Messrs. Taicott, Brotheri, in truir circular..
ray—" Our last accounts were made up for the Arctic
on the let instant. On the 23,1.000 bales were saldat
fit;- rates on the basis of I lic. for middling uplands. On
t-.. ,;d, a feelirg of anejety prevailed with regard to the
alvi:ea per Baltic then looked for, and sales were forced
3; 4,:. to P. reduction. On the morning of the 4th her
accounts were published, and being much more favour..
able wan were anticipated, were followed by active de-
mand for export, resulting in sales of 8,000 bales at fully
ic. improvement. On Saturday, the sth instant, the
demand continued active at gradually hardening prices.
the sales reaching 6,000 bales. To-day the transactions
reported on 'Change amounted to 4,000 bales, at fully
fc. advance on strict middling and good middling de-
scriptions, the market closing with au upward tendency

at the quotations. Subsequently 2,000 bales were sold,
making the sales of the day 6,000 bales. On the subject
of the crops there is nothing new to communicate, the
general opinion centring on 2,200,000 bales."
Iron-25 tons of Coltness pig sold at 21 dolls. 50c., at
six months. The market is inactive.

Ashes—Pots are steady, at 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 6ic.;
and pearls, at 5 dolls. 75c, to 5 dolls. 81-Ic.
Naval Stores—Sales of spirits of turpentine were made
to-day at 35c. cash. Rough turpentine is held at 2 dolls.
8 tic. to 2 dolls. 87ic. Common resin, 1 doll. 10c. to
1 doll. 20c.
Flour, &c.—Eastern Canal flour has been in good de-
mand, and prices are firmer.
Wheat is in fair demand for milling. Sales of Ohio
have been made at 1 doll., and of white Virginia at 10
dolls. 3c. Corn is heavy and prices lower. Sales of
yellow have been made at 67ic-
A parcel of Jersey sold at 3 duds. Corn meal is steady.
Provisions—The upward tendency in pork continues,
particularly in new. 500 barrels mess sold at 14 dolls.
500. Beef is in fair demand at 9 dolls. to 11 dolts. 50e.
for mess. Pickled meats are buoyant and in good de-
mand. Sales of 500 barrels and tierces plain hams at
sic.; and 90,0001 b. sugar cured ditto, at Bic.; and good
snoulders at 61c. Lard is inactive, and prices favour
the buyer. About 150 barrels sold at 81e. to 817. for
fair to prime. Butter is very dull, and pricPs'are now
quite nominal. Cheese is steady at Sic. to 71c., with a
lair demand.
Tobacco—There is not mach activity, with no change
in the rates.
Freights—Grain, 4d.; naval stores, Is. 33. To Lon-
don--Tobacco, 32g. 6d.; fl our. Is. 6d.; naval stores,
Havre.—Cotton,2s. To Havre.—Cotton, -i-30 ashes, rice, &e., 5 dolls to
6 dolls.