The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-01 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The latest news from Constantinople, by the
Sinai, is to the 20th March. At that date the
fears which had been excited by the outbreak of
sickneSs iu our army had begun to wear away.
For some days past the number of the sick had
sensibly dirnitri4ied. The construction upon the
plateau, hitherto unoccupied by the troops, of
thoroughly ventilated huts, placed a good distance
aparrt,-had enabled the soldiers whose state rc'quired
especial care
.to be placed under the most f=vour-
able hygienic' conditions. The distribution of fi e4h
vegetabres and preserved meats, with whioli the
army is alwiiYs well provided, was regularly made,
and everything inspired the hope that the return
of ;the fine. weather would completely dissipate the
unfa4ourable influences to which our army had
latterly been. subjected.

THE BALTIC.
KIEL, March 28.—The Firefly arrived here last
night, with despatches from C tptaia Watson, and
is now._waiting for orders, which are expected to
be received from England, to regulate the pro-
ceedings of:the advanced squadron in the Gulf of
Finland., She left Faro Sound on Tuesday, and
had a gOod.run here. When she left the frost was
severe, and she had to cut her way into the har-
bour for coals at Faro.. On her arrival here she was
a pet feet sheet of ice. Here the weather is cold,
but nothing like ice is at all to be seen in any part
of the hay.
The Majfstic and: Cesar are still in the harbour,
! and the Sanipson. is daily looked, for, so that we
have quite a _squadron here waiting the result.of
the conferences at Paris.

A letter from Odessa, of the 14th March, in the
Austrian Correspondence, says :—" The typhus
fever continues its ravages, and has lately carried
off several medical men, among others Dr. Arpa,
physician to the Quarantine. General Engelhardt
has also, fallen a victim to the malady. It is
affirmed that the disease is still more violent at
Nicolaieff, and it is even said that the army of the
South is losing 1,000 men a day, but this is m( s;
likely an exaggeration. The military authorities
do everything is their power to stop the contagion

by affording more room in the hospitals, but no
very great results have bees obtained. Out of 300
sick militiamen who were sent off to this place from
ftchakoff, 20 died on the road, and 30 soon after
their arrival."

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st March
says—

" Business transactions have been very unimportant
during the last fortnight, owing to the pauses h; vi g
again become fr, Zen up. The goods sent from Sweden
to Finland and vice versa have to be conveyed on
sledges. The Grand Duchess C Lthi-rine and her hus-
band, Duke George of Mecklentiur,, are shortly expected
id this city, and. whe❑ they arrive the Imperial family
will be complete."

TRIESTE, March 29.—A despatch from. Alexan-
dria, dated March 23, states that the Viceroy bas
received orders to restore the Turkish iitiform in
the army, and to demolish the forts of Alexandria.

TRIESTE, March 30.—Many of the Japanese no-
bles perished in the late earthquake at Jeddo. The
Emperor was saved.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

SUN:HAMPTON, MONDAY NIGHT.
By the Royal Mail Coinpny's steamer La Plata,
Oaptain Weller, with the West Indian, Mexican,
and Pacific mails, we have dates—Vera Cruz,
March 9 ; Havannah, 9 ; Jamaica, 12 ; Demerara
and Trinidad, 10 ; Barbadoes, 13 ; and St.
Thomas's, 18.

The 'Plata brings about 70 passengers, and on
freight 2,839,000 dollars in specie, 45,000 dollars
of account of the Mexican dividends, and the
usual cargo.
The Atrato arrived at St. Thomas's on the 16th
inst.

La Plata reports that on the 30th of January
the Chilian war steamer Cazador left Talcahuano.,
having on board 358 persons, 86 of whom were
soldiers, four officers, and the remainder women,
children, and tie crew. Shortly after leaving she
ran upon a rock and sank. Only 43 persons were
saved, one of that number being a woman, the
only survivor out of 148 women. The captain was
placed under arrest.
There is little intelligence of interest from Ja-
maica. The Legislature was prorogued on the 27th
of February.
Her Majesty's steamers Termagant and Malacca
had sailed for Port-au-Prince, Hayti having been
represented to be in z convulsed state, owing to
the repeated defects sustained by the Emperor
Soulouque.
It was rumoured that Sir Henry Barkly would
shortly leave Jamaica fpr England.
There is little change in the markets.
Exchange was quoted for 60 days at 11 per cent.
premium.
The disturbances at Demerara had ceased. A
Militia had been formed, the number of persons
already enrolled being upwards of 1,000.
At Grenada sugar-making was progressing ra-
pidly, and was materially assisted by the fine
weather ; the growing crops, however, were not in
so fine a condition, in consequence of the previous
heavy rains. There was no improvement in mer-
cantile transacticns, and high prices continued to
be demanded.
In Mexico it was rumoured that if Antonio
Hai° y Tamaris, who was occupying Puebla, and
who. is chief of the Conservative party, and sup-
ported by the clergy, should become President,
instead of Conionfort, the States of Jalisco,
Michoacan, and Sinaloa would probably form a
separate republic.
Colonel Kinney, who visited Grenada for the
purpose of paying his respects to General Walker.
was by the General's orders immediately arrested
and imprisoned ; but the people, thinking such an
order unjust, refused to obey it, and the Colonel
afterwards returned to Greytown ; since then a
proclamation has been issued declaring all Colonel
Kinney's estates to be confiscated.
The general health of the West India Islands is
good,. with the exception of Porto Rico, where the
cholera, still prevailed.
At Barbadoes the weather was favourable to
sugar-making, and the crop promised to be a large
one. The crop season was likewise favourable at
St. Vincent's.

In Peru :General Casilla was. about to dissolve
the session, in order to proclaim himself Dictator.
The National Convention was still' Ei ttitig, but
everything, remained in a most unsettled state ;
trade was paralysed, and business of all kinds very
dull.

At Costa Rica fears were entertained that Walker
would invade the territory, and seize upnn Punta
Arenas for the purpose of sacking and destroying it.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.

The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Shannon, com-
mander, has arrived with advices from New York
to the 19th ult., and $700,971 in specie.
On the 30th, at 7 p.m., she passed the Cambria,
hence for Boston.

The United States' mail steamer Hermann, from
SolithamptDn, had arrived out.
In the Senate, Mr. Douglas reported a bill, au-
thorising the people of Kansas to form a State
Government, preparatory to her admission into
the Union, when she shall have a requisite popu-
lation.

Mr. Clayton made a speech on the Claytms-
Bulwer Treaty. He alluded to the ceurse followed
by Great Britain in regard to it ; to the proposed
Pacific Railroad ; to the importance of an inter-
oceanic canal across the Isthmus of Panama ; to
the Transit Company's difficulty, to the Filibus-
tering, and General Walker. He expressed his
gratification at the extraordinary unanimity shown
during the discussion in the Senate with regarl to
the construction of that treaty, and saw that. all
gentlemen had agreed in repudiating as utterly
unworthy their regard the new construction put
Government. He entirely
upon it by the British
approVed the conduct of the Administration rela-
tive to the difficulties with England, and highly
eulogised the State p3Pers of Messrs. Marcy. and
Buchanan. He was also gratified at the energy
With which the Administration had put down the
Filibustering schemes, and he denounced General
Walker as a ruffian, buccanier, and pirate. He
was no partisan of the president, but when their
foreign relations were conducted with signal ability
he was willing to give the Administration due

In the House of Representatives
the discussion
of the Kansas electi°o
had been continued.
The •`ew York Iletald says :—" Our Washing-
ton correSpr,ndent states, upnn good authority,
that Mr. Cea.mpton will bo recalled. It is intimated
that he has incurred the censure of his Government
by the course he followed in the enlistment affair."
A Baltimore schoorter had been seized at New
York, under orders of the United States' district
attorney, charged with being fitted out as a slaver.
A destructive fire had occurred at Boston and
destroyed $56,000 Worth of property. •
A fearful accident had occurred on the Delaware
River. One of the Camden and Philadelphia
ferryboats took fire when in the middle of the
stream. The flame spread with great rapidity.
The boat became unmanageable. The passengers,
about 100 in number, panic-stricken, leapt into the
water, to escape a terrible death by burning. Many
of them were picked hp, but some 30 were drowned.
Tke sacrifice of life i 5 attributable to the ferryboat
being destitute of sniau boats and life-preservers.
Goverwir • Reeder was elected United States'
Senator of the first ballot for six years, and Gene-
ral Lane on the second, three years, by the Legis-
lattiie'of Kansas, which remained in session.

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The George Law had arrived from Aspinwall
with the California mails and late news from the
West Coast and SidueY, Australia ; she had
$1,2t9,053 in treasure. An omnibus line in con-
junction with the railway was about to be started
at Panama. The project was well supported by the
people. The railroad depot was completely filled
by.the Edropean and American merchandise wait-
ing for transport to South America and California.
Tile State 'debt,._ amounting to $lO,OOO, due to
Senor Calvo, had.bten paid.
Congress had alaerobled and was organised at
Bogota. The Death Penalty Bill had been
abolished. The
-Vice-President's Message gave, a
gratifying report of the state of the country.
We learn from quatetnala that General
rrera
had returned to the ci
was v a
being tour
ebsed.
pital after in the in-
a
terior provinces. Th e L.,
is ltie
Assembly
had
dissolved, and the Carnival
A general utieasi rve
tless existed in the public mind
with regard to the prospect of a Walker-Rivas in-
vasion. Th° cochineal crop was damaged by a
sudden full of volcanic
feug o ashes, which entered
the ground for 40 leagues.
The Panama
papers state that Honduras was
marching a force of 5,000 men against 'Walker.
Trade. at San Jima was very dull. The French
frigat6 TiAnOliscade bad reached Punta Arenas
with strict Urgers to put down any Filibustering
expedition sheinight fall in with on the high seas.
Twe valuable coal mines had been discovered at
Talcahuano. Flour had WA in Valparaiso from
10 dols. to 8 dots. 25c.
In San Salvador, Don R. Campos had been
inaugurated as President. He affixed his first
official seal to a contract with the Pan Lim Railway
Company's agent for the authorising of the steam
communicatibuispok,,, of before. Coffee was being
largely cultivated. The Costa Ricans were deter-
mint d to resist the threats of the rejected Nicara-
giia envoys.
From Ilexicoi via Savannah, In learn that
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Puell t was besieged ly 7,000 troops, and was e%
petted soon to surrender. The road to Mexico vies
unsafe for travelling.
From Vera Cruz we learn, via New Orleans,
that General Comonfort left the capital on the 29th
ult., to put himself at the head of the troops to
besiege Puebla ; he would have 12,000 troops and
48 pieces of artillery. The officers who led the
revolt at the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa had been
sentenced to be shot.

The departure of Nicaragua Filibusters from
New Orleans was openly proclaimed in the papers.
Havannah advices are to the 13th inst. Sugar
was slightly declining, and freights improving.
Thera had been a grand reception at Mr. Craw.'
ford's, of Havannah, to which all the British ofa*
cers in port were invited. Some of them got ire
toxica.ed and insulted two Philadelphia ladies. An
apology was tendered next day, and the affair was
amicably arranged.
Under date of the 10th inst. it is stated that the
British ship of war Powerful had arrived on the
Ist with orders to unite there all the English and
French forces stationed in the Mexican Gulf, and
to start immediately for Nicaragua.
Australian markets were dull, and provisions
heavy. At Sydney flour had fallen in price, being
down to 251. per ton, with very heavy stocks on
hand. In Melbourne no less than 8,000 tons of
flour and wheat had been stored for want of del,
awl several cargoes were on the way, so that there
was no prospect of famine.
From Bermuda advices are to the 3d of Mara*
The Governor had issued a proclamation dissolving
the Parliament which bad been in existence for the
usual period of six years. Writs for the election
of new members had been issued. Her Britannic
Majesty's ships Pembroke and Cornwallis were still
at the island.