The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation
Company have received the following :
A despatch from Washington intimates that
General Floyd, Secretary of War, will succeed Mr.
Mason in Paris.

A fearful insurrection was reported to-day at
Harper's Ferry. The negroes seized the United
States' Arsenal, and were sending cartloads of
muskets into Maryland and elsewhere.
The express train was stopped last night. One
employe was shot dead, and the conductor, being
threatened, was forced to hold back until to-day.
The object of the outbreak is unknown; the de-
tails very confused. All the telegraph wires lead-
ing to Harper's Ferry were cut. Later dated de-
spatches say that all the railroad trains are stopped.
The insurrectionists number from 500 to 700.

Several companies of marines leave Washington
this evening for the scene of conflict.
Cotton dull and unchanged. Breadstuffs
tending upwards.
Sterling Exchange firm. The Active steamer
on Saturday took out upwards of a million dollars.
NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 15.
Cotton stiff; sales to-day, 16,500.
Africa's advices had no effect.

Freights firm.
The returns from the State elections indicate
Republican gain.

GALWAY, OCT. 28.

The Royal Mail steamer Circassian, Campbell,
commander, arrived last night at 11 p.m. with
300 passengers, a fair cargo, and news from New
York, via St. John's, to the 17th inst. The Cir-
cassian left St. John's at midnight of the 18th inst.,
and encountered strong N.E. gales during the
voyage.

NEW YORK, OCT. 17.

The Ariel, City of Washington, Africa, North
Briton, and Star of the West have arrived, with
two days' later news than per Hungarian.
The Aspinwall arrived yesterday with nearly
two millions of dollars.

Advices from Hayti represent Port-au-Prince as
still being in a state of siege, but the excitement
has somewhat subsided. The leader in the latest
insurrection had escaped from Hayti, but large
numbers imprisoned would probably be shot or
banished.

A despatch from Washington states that General
Floyd, Secretary of War, will succeed Mr. Mason
as Ambassador at Paris.

A fearful insurrection is reported to-day at
Harper's Ferry. The negroes have seized the
United States arsenal, and were sending cart-loads
of muskets into Maryland and elsewhere. The
express train, through road, was stopped last night.
One employe was shot dead, and the conductor
threatened and forced to hold back until to-day.
Utah troops, Virginia, are ordered out, and also the
Government troops from several points. The
object of the outbreak is unknown, and details are
very confined. All telegraphic wires leading to
Harper's Ferry have been cut. Later dated
despatches say :—" All railway trains are stopped.
The insurrectionists number from 500 to 700.
Great excitement prevails." Several companies of
marines leave Washington this evening for the
scene of the conflict.

Cotton dull and unchanged. Breadstuffs tending
upwards. Sterling exchange firm and active.
The steamer of Saturday took out upwards of a
million of dollars.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 15.--Cotton stiff, and sales
to-day 6,500 bales. The advices of the Africa pro-
duced no effect. Freights firm. The election re-
turns from this State indicate a Republican gain.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 28.

The screw steamer Hungarian, Capt. Jones, has
arrived with the Canadian mails of the 15th inst.
Notwithstanding the boisterous weather during the

passage, she has made an excellent run. The City
of Washington had arrived at New York.
The Washington Correspondence of the 12th of
October contains the following :
"It is not true, as stated in the despatch to the Herald,
that England has demanded an explanation from our Go-
vernment with reference to the course pursued by General
Harney; on the contrary, the paper submitted by Lord
Lyons was a proposition for a settlement of the dispute, as
the treaty provides no remedy in case of a disagreement be-
tween Boundary Commissioners. The treaty being thus ex-
hausted, the parties are thrown back on first principles, and
England now submits a programme for an adjustment of
the difficulty, in which she claims the island of San Juan.
Secretary Cass has returned his reply to this preposi-
tion, declining in the most positive terms to recognize so
much as the shadow of title on the part of England to the
disputed island. This is the present condition of the ques-
tion, and it remainsfor England to take the next step, as we
hold possession. This turn in affairs is regarded as very
serious by our Government, and the result, whether it be
peace or war, depends entirely upon the tenacity with which
Great Britain holds to her pretended claim."

A later despatch to the same journal says :
" No action has yet been taken in response to a communi-
cation which may have recently been received from the
British Government on the subject of the San Juan Island
difficulty."

The following is General Harney's reply to the
note of Governor Douglas, dated Aug. 19 :

" The explanation which your Excellency has advanced,
while it serves to remove the impression at first created of
a direct action on the part of the British authorities of Van-
couver's Island in the recent occurrences on San Juan Is-
land against the rights of our citizens, does not expose any
evidence of a preventive nature to a repetition of the acts
which have caused so serious a misunderstanding in the
minds of the American people of San Juan Island, nor has
the course which events have taken since the occupation of
the island by the troops under my command been such as
to re-assure these people, could the contents of your despatch
ba announced to them. From what has taken place Ido
not feel myself qualified to withdraw the present command
from San Juan Island until the pleasure of the President of
the United States has been made known on the subject ; I
can, however, frankly assure your Excellency that the
same motives whichhave induced the to listen to the appeals
of my own countrymen will be exerted in causing the
rights of her Majesty's subjects in San Juan to be held in-
violate.—l have the honour to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
" W. S. HARNEY, Brigadier-General Commanding."
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The cricket match had resulted in the success of
the All Englanders, with only three down in the
second innings. Parr was unable to play, owing
to a blow on his arm. The All Englanders had
promised to revisit America next summer.
Advices from Port-au-Prince to the 22d ult. re-
port that the conspiracy was more extensive than
anticipated, and the place declared in a state of
siege. Fifty conspirators had been arrested, and
were being tried. Business was entirely suspended
at Havannah on the Bth. Sugar was dull, and
business limited, at previous prices. Melasses were
firmer. Sterling exchange, 15 to 17 per cent.
premium.
NEW YORK, OCT. 15, EVENING.
The cotton market is unchanged. The sales to-
day amount to 700 bales, and of the last three days
to 1,500 bales, and middling uplands is quoted
at 1.1f,c.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 14.

A cricket match was commenced this morning
between the North of England and South of Eng-
land, assisted by 13 Americans on each side. The
play was stopped this afternoon in consequence of
rain. There were about 2,000 persons present on
the ground, and the North of England played
splendidly. The English cricketers will leave to-
morrow for Niagara. A grand banquet in honour
of them will take place this evening at the Guard-
house.

BOSTON, OCT. 14,
By an arrival at this port we have received ad-
vioes from Gonaives, Hayti, to the 23d of Sep•
tember, and from Cape Haytien to the 26th. We
learn that arrests continued to be made in all parts
of the island, excepting the south, of those persons
who were engaged in the late conspiracy ; many of
them were those who aided in the overthrow of
the Emperor Souloque. It was not believed that
any great number of them would be condemned to
death.

THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL CRAMER.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

The report of the loss of the screw steamship Royal
Charter, Captain Taylor, already published in the Sun, has
proved too true. The information received is, however, of
the most meagre description. It is subjoined

LETTER FROM THE CARPENTER TO HIS WIFE.
'• Moelfre, Red Wharf Bay, Oct. 26.
"My dear Wife,—l am sorry to inform you that tho ship
is a complete wreck. She has gone to pieces this morning
about 5 o'clock. There are only about 26 to 30 of us saved
out of about 400 souls.

4' Dear wife, gig e my love to the children, and tell them
I shall be home almost as soon as the letter.

" Remember me to Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers, and all in-
quiring friends. I shall tell you all about it when I come
home. So no more at present from your affectionate hus-
band, " WILLIAM FOSTER."
LETTER FROM THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE TO HIS WIFE.
" Moelfre, Anglesea, Oct. 26.
*' My dear Wife,—l have the most melancholy news to
send you. The ship was wrecked last night in a terrific
gale from the N.N.E. All hands lost, except, in my judg-
ment, about 25, and, thank God, I am one of the saved.
The captain and all the officers are lost. The carpenter and
I are the only two saved belonging to the officers' depart-
ment.

" Go to the office and tell this, and ask them if Captain
Martin is coming down to us, for the carpenter and I won't
leave here until he either comes or sends us directions to
go by.
" All of us have been very hospitably received and re-
lieved by the inhabitants of this village, and the coast-
guard officers have provided us a place to lodge in until
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., or Lloyd's agent take us
away from this.—Your affectionate husband,
" GEORGE &WAGER."

The steamer Druid, which arrived this afternoon at
Bangor and Beaumaris, reports that the vessel had broken
up, and that the country people were plundering. The
military had been telegraphed for.
Several steamers have been despatched to the wreck, and
it is probable that Captain Mends, of her Majesty's steamer
Hastings, may send a detachment of Marines down to pro-
tect the property.
Red Wharf Bay is an out-of-the-way place, about six
miles from Beaumaris, in .Anglesea ; the nearest telegraph
station is at Bangor, on the Cuxhaven side of the Strait.
The Royal Charter was built at Sandycroft, near Chester,
from designs by Mr. Grinrod of Liverpool, and was ori-
ginally intended for a sailing vessel; but having been pur-
chased while on the stocks by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and
Co., she was transformed into a screw steamer. She was
an iron vessel of 2,749 tons register, and furnished with
engines of 300-horse power. Her length was 320 feet, and
her breadth of beam 41 feet 6 inches. An attempt was
made to launch her on the 31st of July, 1855, but she did
not reach the water till the 30th of August.
Mr. Gardener states that as he passed through Holyhead
yesterday he noticed that a portion of the breakwater had
been washed away. It was rumoured there that a vessel
had fouled the Great Eastern, but the big ship was lying
safely at anchor without any perceptible damage.
Communication with Holyhead, which had been inter-
rupted by the blowing down of the wires, has been resumed.