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

LI ITE Rri_o IL, .THOltsDAY-
clThe scree s`earris: io Nr.o th Auwrica.;
Gr4lntieMersey.arrived in the Meey this.eveniny
adVies
frorn Portland to the 30th Ulf.; and ' "dol.:, in apec'e on freight. • •- On t;e sth ins:, 84 passed.a sfeuner supposed Nl-7 '
to be the North Star,
TiThis riiprfing, flts hslf past LiNlQek,. l'etween
Rkar. .and 'Holt Mad, tire North ..tirafricA cams
into •;01!js,ioli with ihe.: Ani:7l.;ean7 "bar44,4.4f!,-t, rider,
v '4:4 'rrop
,tiris port for New Orkai6 a
ftz),-.gtr.)l.zirig her= oii tifezfts:rioard. Ahle ; the -;
~staitt went down ;n about five initri:fe4 :•frer-
•A• I 11,,; nice
,tneir ai,J. the ettptai;i's 'Fife were
.1- ovvued ; seven. nren jumped on bomrd the
five were picked tip by her b•-atq. The
ate North
e rA, nledr cap lost bowsprit, dic.

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

At Havannah on the 25th of January snvir was
unchanged ; molasses -were declining. Exchange
on London, 16 per cent. premium.
The New Orleans Picayune has- adfiees from
Melico-cityto-the-18th-of-January, announcing the
-bombardment= -of the capital by opponents. of Co-
arimfort, and a desperate conflict, which 'coil-tinned
fortseveral- days; resulting in the loss of over 1.00
lives and .the. wounding of a large; number more. -
Thepefpions who were in possession of the citadel
and Convents of San'Domingo, and 'San Augustine
-were the partisans of Santa Anna, whose recal to
the-Presidency--was loudly demanded. On the 17th
a truce for 24-hours-between the opposing parties
' had been agreed to. At the last motnent intelli-
gence was received that the coalition were' march-
ing on the city, and that civil war had fairly begun.
Ailvices from Port-au-Prince report that a-I:trge
inimbei of vessels Were in port, the stocks of pollee
and wood were larger, but were held at high rates
without buyers. Money was scarce.
A t Now York on the evening of the 29th the fol-
lewing -were the latest quotations for stocks :
Missouri Sixes, 84k ' • lodiana 83i ; Ohio
Sixes of 1861,-84i ; North Carolina Sixes, 93i ;
New -York Sixes of 1873, 114 and ; Illinois Cen-
tral Bonds, 944; Illinois Central Railway, 90 ;
MiChigan 'Central. Sinking Fund, 911 ; Michigan
Cenfr~- 'Railroad,.sol ; New York Central
Railroad, 81i- ; Enid, 221; La .. Crosse and
Milwankie, •' 114 ; Harlem; 74.; Panama, 90k ;
G ilena 'and Chicago, 76 ; Cleveland and Toledo,
42i ; Chicago and; ock Island, 67: _
The supply of money was liberal, and rates ware
c.nsy st 5 to 7 per cent en call; Sterling exeling,e,
to 110.

The gold receivel;by the California stea.trterha d
bcen-mo4ly taken' up for the export. demand, awl
the Europa was expected to take a large amount .of

specie.

•
Ashos firm. ' • ,
Cotton firmer. Uplande were-quoted at tlOl.
Flour was also firmer.

Wheat dull and heavy.
Situ. and molams•Eitieagy at slightly higher
•

Freights quieter.