The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-18 00:00:00

CENTRAL AM iTRICA.

Mr. Wyld, geographer to the Queen, seems
determined to be geographer also to the nation.
During the entire progress of the war, map after
map issuing from his establishment threw light on
each successive movement of friend or foe ; and
now that a serious difficulty has arisen with the
United States, we have a map of Central America,
equally well executed with its predecessors. On
this admirable production the reader will find the
different lines of Atlantic and Pacific communica-
tion, and the boundaries and points of dispute in
Honduras, the Mosquito territory, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, and Guatemala, distinctly marked out
and in different shades of colour, so as the more
readily to catch the eye. Those who are desirous
of understanding the matter in dispute will scarcely
be able to do so without the assistance of this map,
with the aid of which everything is clear and intel-
ligible.

MOVEMENTS OF THE WEST INDIA
SQUADRON.

BERIECIDA, May 30.—The
Admiral (Fanshawe) o f
the North American and West India station is now
here in the Boscawen, and will probably leave for Hali-
fax and Quebec about the tenth of June ; also the
Pembroke and Cornwallis blockships, and her Majesty's
brig Arab, Commander Ogle. The two former are said
to be in good order, the crews quite up to their work
from constant practice at their heavy guns. These
ships expect to be relieved shortly by frigates from
England.
It is believed that Captain Seymour, C.D., of the
Pembroke, will be his father's Flag Captain at Ports-
mouth. The Arab sails in a day or two for Halifax.
The four vessels above-named are near Ireland Island.
Off St. George's at the east end of the group is the
Powerful, a splendid lins-of battle ship. She arrived
about a fortnight since from the Savannah, where she
bas been lying all the winter. The Powerful it is said
will soon go to Halifax.
Our Governor, Colonel Freeman Murray, gave a
grand ball at Mount Langton last night, in honour of
her Majesty's birthday. Notwithstanding the very un-
favourable state of the weather, it was attended by the
principal persons of these islands.

TEE RECRUITING QUESTION WITH

TIIE UNITE') STATES.

Mr. Baillie's notice of a resolution to be moved in the
House of Commons to-morrow evening, was altered
again yesterday, after Lord Palmerston's explanations,
and is new framed as follows :—" That this house has
heard with satisfaction that her Majesty has not found
it necessary to suspend diplomatic relations with
the United States, but at the same time feels bound
to express its regret that the conduct of her Ma-
jesty's late Envoy at Washington, directed and sanc-
tioned by her Majesty's Government, has led to his
dismissal by the President of the United States ;" on
which Mr. Baxter has given notice of an amendment,
to leave out all the words after "United States," to ti •
end, in order to insert the following words, "and an:
proving of the moderate and conciliatory spirit in which
the correspondence on the subject has been conducted
by the Ministry of this country, but without feeling
itself called upon in the present posture of affairs to ex-
press any opininn as to the difficult and delicate ques-
tions which have been under discussion, begs to assure
her Majesty of its sincere desire to maintain a good
understanding with the United States of America, and
of its earnest hope that her Majesty's Government will
be able, with due regard to the rights and dignity of the
Crown, to bring the questions pending between the two
Governineuts to a peaceful and satisfactory issue."

S'r George Duckett, Bart., who died on the 15th inst ,
in Gloucester-gardens, in his seventy-nint's year, was the
son of Sir George Jackson, Bart., formerly secretary to
the Admiralty and Judge Advocate, and many years
M.Y. for C .Ichester and Weymouth. He assumed the
name of DuckeA in 1797 after his maternal grandfather,
G. Duckett, Esq., of Harthatn-house, Wilts. The late
baronet, who succeeded to his f►ther's title in 1822, and
represented Lyrnington from 1807 to 1812, was a deputy
lieutenant for Hertfordshire, and at one time commanded
the West Essex Militia as Colonel. He was said to be
able to trace his descent in the female line up to Gun-
dreda, daughter of King William the Conqueror, and
wife of the Earl Warren. He was twice married ; first,
in 1810, to Isabella, daughter of Stainbank Floyd, E,ci
and second, in 1840, to Charlotte, daughter of E. Sey-
mour, Esq., of Crowood-park, Wilts. He is succeeded
in the title by his son, Ge^rge Floyd, now third baronet,
a major in the army, who is married to a daughter of
General Sir Lionel Smith, G.O 8., and is well known in
the world of letters as the author of a "Technological
Dictionary of military terms in English, French, and
German, for which he received gold medals from the
Emperors of Austria and France, and tlio King of
Prussia.

LATEST NE WS.

THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED
STATES.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

We have received from a private source intelli-
gence that the Democratic Convention at Cincin-
nati has nominated James Buchanan, President ;
and J. C. Breckenridge, Vice-President.

ELSINORE, JUNE 17.

The Treaty of Commerce between Denmark and
the United States having expired on the 14th
inst., the first American vessel that has appeared

in the Sound since that event is the Sarah Bryant,
Captain Gellerson, which arrived this day, bound
from' Cronstadt to New York, with a cargo of
Russian produce. She paid the Sound Dues, but
under protest.

THE EAST INDIA MAILS.
SOUTRAMPTON,
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steam-ship Pera, Capt. Soy, with the India and
Mediterranean mails, passed Hurst Castle, for this

port, at half-past nine this morning.

MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, JUNE 17.

The Indus has arrived, with advices from Con
stantinople of the 9th, and from the Crimea of

le 7th inst.

Lord Gough arrived in the Crimea on the 4th.
The Coldstream Guards left on the same day,
on board the Agamemnon.

The 2d battalion of the Royals left on Thurs.

day, the sth, with part of the 31st Regiment.
On Friday, the 6th, Lord Gough invested Mar-
shal Pelissier and the French and English Gene-

rals with the Order of the Bath.

Lord Rokeby and Generals Barnard and Dacres

have left for England.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

A Council of Ministers was In yesterday fore-
noon at St. Cloud, at which the Emperor presided.
Count de Persigny, French Ambassador at Lon-
don, has been raised, by decree dated June 16, to
the dignity of grand cross of the Legion of Honour.

• The oniteur, in mentioning a donation of
5,024 francs from Geneva, to the fund for the
benefit of the sufferers by the floods, states that
the sum previously received, from various sources,
amounted to 1,591,388 f. 30c.
The transit of passengers has been resumed on
the railroad from Tarascon to Avignon. This pro-
visional lino was thoroughly tested yesterday by
the conveyance of goods, and the service was as
complete as formerly.
The Rhone subsides, but slowly. The canals are
blocked up with mud.
An application was yesterday made to the Tri-
bunal of Commerce by M. H. Place to have the
fiat of bankruptcy declared against him by julg-
ment of the 31st ult., on the ground that he had
stopped payment and taken to flight, set aside.
The Tribunal declared that " there was no interest
in maintaining the bankruptcy," and it ordered
the judgiment of the 31st May to be set aside.
THE BOURSE, June 17.—The following were the
closing quotations : •
Cash. fr. e. End of!.fonth.
4i per Cents P3 —f.
3 per Cents 7O 70 71 5
New Loan 7O 80

Bank Shares 4,050 Roman
Credit Mohitier 1,750 Austrian
Belgian Five 5...,,.„ 97 Spanish Threes
Viedmontese (5) . 92 50 Home Debt ... ..

RAILWAY-B'OS CAB%

Cr. c. fr. c.
Orleans ......,.
Northern
Lyons ..... 1,482 50 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,695 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva 7Bi Teste
Cette 765 • Austrian Com. ...... 8.93 75