The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-19 00:00:00

AMERICA.

-The United States' steamer Fulton, Capt. Wol-
ion, arrived at Southampton on Saturday with
.the
United States' mails. She left New York on the
3d hist. She brought over about 120 passengers,
106 of whoni were for Havre. The Fulton passed
the mail steamer Africa on the 10th inst., steering
west. On the 16th sheexchanged signals with the
ship Roseborn.
, The United States' House of Representatives, at
Washington, on the 2d, decided, by a majority of
eight, that the Lecompton Constitution should be
submitted to the vote of the people of Kansas, and
that the State should be admitted under it only
the event of its receiving their approval. The Se-
juateb 11 was taken up, and the question was taken
;upon its simple rejection, without any attempt at
amendment. This vote was 105t,,95
.to 137, the
;Republicans alone voting in its favour. Mr.. Quit-
man then offered a substitute, which was the same
as the Senate bill, except that it omitted the quasi
recognition which that bill contains of the right of
the people of Kansas to change their Constitution
at pleasure. This was lost by the decisive vote of
)172 to 160. Then Mr. Montgomery offered the Crir-
.tenden amendment, which submits the Constitu-
tion to the popular vote, and this was adopted :
Ayes, 120 • Nays, 112. The bill thus amended
,now goes back to the Senate, where the amendment
will probably be t ejected as it has already been
once rejected by a majority of that body. It will
then go back to the house, where the question will
be—Shall the house recede from its amendment ?
'Hopes are expressed in some quarto s that the
house will recede, and pass the bill as the Senate
insist on having it. The New York Times sees no
reason to believe that this will be done.
The New York Herald reports the following hor-
rible and mysterious occurrence on the 2d in that
City : "The mutilated remains of an unknown man
were found packed up in a whisky barrel by the
freight agent of-the Hudson River Railroad Com-
pany, at the foot of Canal-street. The barrel had
been sent to this city via the Great Western, and
New York Central Railroads, and was directed to
W. T. Jennings, No. 185, Leon Ird-street ; but it
!was ascertained that there was neither such an
individual, nor such a number in that street."
Judge Hall, in the United States Circuit Court,
has made .a decision denying the motion on the
part of the government for an injunction to prevent
the sale of the Collins steamship ; and on the Ist
of April the Atlantic, Baltic, and Adriatic, were
sold by the sheriff on the pier near which they
were moored. There was only one bidthr, Mr.
Dudley B. Fuller, and they were knocked down
to him, with all their tackle ready for sea, at
50,000 dollars. The New York Herald says
"Mr. Fuller proved to be a member of the firm
of Fuller, Lord, and Co , iron merchants, corner of
Cedar and Greenwich-streets. There seemed to
be some curiosity to find out for whom he pur-
chased the steamships. No one thought that •te
bought them for his own firm. The . general im-
pression was that they were bought in for James
Brown, one of the present company. At all events,
the purchaser got a dedided bargain. All the
claims against these ships amount only to 657,000
dols., which, added to the 50,000 dis. p tid for
them—supposing all the liens to hold good—makes
the price of the three fine steamships Baltic,
Atlantic, and Adriatic, 707,000 dols. The Adri-
atic alone cost over a million, so that the value of
the three cannot fall short of two millions and a

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, April 3.

The foreign bill drawers, under the ease in money,
are getting a further advance on sterling, and the bad-
ness for the Fulton was at 108 k to 1081 per cent. ; some
Fading parties holding far 109 per cent. at the close.
Francs are 5 181 to 5.16 k.
The sates of cotton yesterday were about 1,000 bales,
cloning quiet, while prices were without quotable change.
Flour was without change in quotations, while the mar-
ket exhibited more animation and with rather more
doing both in the local and eastern trade and for export.
Wheat was firm for prime lots, while small sales of white
Michigan were made a' $1 30e.. prime red Southern at
$1 200., and damaged do. at 93c. Corn was in good de-
mand, with free sales of yellow and white at 69e. to
to 694 c., and a lot of prime white do. at 71e. Perk
WAS firmer, with sales of mess at $l6 85c. to $l6 90e.,
end prime at $l2 75c. Sugars were firm, wi.h tales of
600 to 700 hhds., and 475 boxes at rates given in another
column. Molasses was active and firmer. Coffee was
comparatively quiet ; the chief sales consisted of St.
Domiago, at prices given in another place. Freights to
English ports were to a fair extent, and at easier rates
fur grain, while other articles were unchanged.