The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

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Grange, arrived in the Mertierthi4 Ovenin6l4t4"'
advices from Portland to the3Oticult., and 24 VO
I 1k
dots, in specie on freight. t.
On the oth inst. she passed a steamer auppoted
to be the North Star.
This morning, at half-past 1 o'clock, between
Tuskar and Efolsheaa, the North America came
into collision with the AineriCan barque ;Leander,
hich sailed from. this port for New Orleans a few
dstriking her on the starboard side • the
as ado,barquem.ent dow nin about live minutes after:
wards; nine men and the captain's wife were
drowned ; seven men jumped on board the
steamer, and five were picked up by her boats. The
North America lost bowsprit, &c.

The Canada bad arrived at Halifar. The steam-
boat Fanny Fern had been blown up near Cincins
nati ; numbers of lives were lost ; among them an
English gentleman named Wilson.
On the 27th the shipping at Boston had their
col,;urs half-mast high, in memory of Havelock.
It is stated that a despatch has been received
from England, announcing that Ottawa city (late
Bytown) hail been decided on as the permanent .
seat of the Canadian Government.

At Havanna') on the 25!h of January sugar tan _
unc'tiing, d ; Molasses' were declining. achange
on London, -16 per cent. premium.
The New OrteanW Picayune has advices from
Mexico c;ty to thelBth ofJanuary, annranicing tint
bombardment of the capital by- opponents- of eo-
mrafort, and a desperate conflict, which continued'
for several days, resulting in the loss or Ovt.r 100
lives and the wounding of a large numir r more.
The persons who were -in possession cf the
,chadel.
and Cutivents of San Domingo, and San Augustine
wtre the partisans of Santa Anna, whose recal to
the. Presidency was loudly demanded. On the 1711 a.
a truce for 24 hours between the opposing partied
had-been-agreed to. -At the last moment intelli-
gence- was received that the coalition were march.,
ing on the city, and that c warhsd fairly begins.
civil
fi one Port-au-Prince report that stisree
number of vessels were in port,.the stocks of coffee
and wood were larger, but were held'at. high rates,
Without Without buyers. Money was scarce.- -
At New York on the evening of -the 29th the-to;
loling were the latest quotations for .slioeixs:
oissou ri Sixes, 84# ; Indiana Fivetr, 844 Ohio'
Sixes of 1861, 84q ; North Carolina Sixes, 93k ;
Nuw York Sixes of 1873, 114-and ; Illinois Cen-
tral Bonds, 941 ; Illinois Central Railway; 96 ;
Michigan Central Sinking Fund, 941; Michiga
Central Railroad, 561 ; New York ••Centra
Railro.d, 81g ; Erid, 22i ; La • Crosse an
Milwankie, 14 ; Harlem, Ti-;Panama, 90f;
Galena and Chicago, 76 ; Cleveland and Toledo,
42i ; Chicago and Rock Island, 67.
The supply of money was liberal, and rates were
easy at 5 to 7 per cent. on call ; Werling exchange,
109 to 110.

The gold received by the California steamer had
been mostly taken up for the export demand, and
the Europa was expected to take a large amount of
pecie.
Ashes firm.
•
Cotton firmer. Uplands were quoted at $lO4.
Flour was also firmer.
Wheat dull and heavy.
Sugar awl molasses steady at slightly higher
pr:c. s.
Freights quieter.

THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Avon,
Captain R. Revett, has arrived with the mails.
Her dates are, Buenos Ayres, January 2, Monte-
Video, 5, Rio 14, Bahia 18, Pernambuco 21, St.
Vincent's 30, Teneriff.., February 2, Macliera- -5,
Liston 7. • •

On freight she has 277,3151. in specio-(of which
5,6821. is in silver, and the rest in gold) ' • diamonds,
value 3,6001. ; 500 barrels tapioca, 277 serous of
cochineal, 1 case of cigars, 12 casks of wine, and
93 pact:ages of sundries. The ship Indus, of Liver-
p(ml arrived at Monte Video January 5.
The British Packet and Argentine News of Jan.
2, under the head of " Oriental Republic," says.—
"Strange to say, we are still in a darknees that may
be felt as to the real state of affairs in the neighbouring
capital, tire revolutionary party asserting that the State
is in a blaze from north to south and from east to west,
w•ole the partisans of the Government maintain with
equal pertinacity that the revolt of Riveira has nowhere
found an echo, and must necessarily succumb frou
ins.r.ition. Without positive data to guide our judgMent
we incline to the latter version, for we find parties here
who would not be here, or should not be here, ware a
hope't 1 revolution in. favoir Cribeir—Cituse fairly
initiated ; meanwhile, ail business is at a stand, and it
would be ridiculous to speculate on the prospects."

There is no political news from -Buenos Ayres.
In commercial matters, the demand for dry goods
for the local markets had been extremely limited.
Most articles of daily oonsuniption were in large
st9ck.

Our papers and deapatehes make no mention of
the revolution in the River Plate announced in the
telegram from Lisbon published in The Sun of
Monday, but we understAnd from a passenger by
the Avon that it broke out after the mails were all
made up, and none of the details were known.
Prices of coffee had given way about 70G reit
since the last report, but business had been re-
stricted, owing to the disturbed slate of credit in
Europe and the difficulty of negotiating draughts.
Since the Ist Jan. there had been rather more
inquiry, chiefly by dry goods houses, for remit-
tances, and supplies recently having stopped nearly
altogether, present rates causing heavy losses to the
planter, a better feeling had begun to show itself,
as was evinced by heavy holders refusing to sell.
Hence it wa.s generally believed that prices had
seen their lowest. . s
Business at Pernambuco had continued very
dull.

The Portuguese arrested on suspicion of being
the assa'sin of the late Mr. Golan, at Pernambuco,
had been acquitted, but die Public Prosecutor had
appealed fur a new trial.