The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-16 00:00:00

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, 10, P.:`,S.
The new steamship Vanderbilt, Captain Wilcox,
arrive.! at Cowes this evening with three days' later
advicet from New York ; she sailed on the after-
noon of the sth, and has thus accomplished the

voyage in less than tm days. She brings mails,
201 passengers and $400,000 in specie for South-
hampton and Havre. She encountered very
foggy weather from New York to the S.E., ed-r

of the banks of Newf.,amdland, And strong gales
from N.W. to N.E., with lii h scai thence tai the

longitude of 11 degrees. .Pase.l a large iceberg in
ht. 43.45, long. 43. The Vanderbilt sails. from
Cowes for Havre at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning.
In tat. 48, long. 10.30, she passed. the British East
Indiaman Princess Royal.
The steamship Indian, from Liverpool, arrived at
Quebec on the 4th.
The trial of Mrs. Cunningham for the murder
of Mr. Burdall commenced on the 4th inst„ and
will last several days. She was on. her trial alone,
she and Eckel having been charged on separate in-
dictment s.

News from Mexico was to the 18th of March.
The Archbishop of Mexico and several priests had
been arrested on a charge of being implicated in a
late attempt at insurrection, and the Archbishop
sentenced to banishment.

A despatch from Washington of the 4th says that
the ,rumour of the rejection by Great Britain of the
Dallas-Clarendon treaty was confirmed by the re-
ceipt of a letter from Mr. Dallas to the President.
Lord Napier was expected shortly to communicate
the fact officially to the Government, when the
subject would be considered by the Cabinet of
Washington.
Advices from Fort des Moines, lowa, to the 27th
ult., received at. St. Louis, state that a band of 500
or 600 Indians had crossed the river near Foit
George. An attack on the fort, which was very
weak, was feared.
The recent heavy rains had caused most destruc-

five freshets in th© Delaware and Lehiu,rh livers.
The Delaware andEaston had risen 23& feet, and
were still slowly rising, causing a great destruction
of property. - • a
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The disturbances on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad were newly over.
Instructions have been issued by the navy
squadron to the East India squadron to proceed to
Formosa and investigate the circumstances attend-
ing ihe wreck of the American ship Highflyer and

the supposed murder of her crew.
At' New York, on the 4th, the stock-market
opened and dosed heavy. The tendency of prices
was downwards, and at the close lower rates
ruled througiout: At the first beard La Crosse
and Milwaukee' declined A per cent. ; New
York Central Railroad, ; Erie, ; Reading, ;
Michigan, Southern, 1 ; Michigan, Central, ;
Panama, -A ; Illinois Central Railroad, 4 ; Cleve-
land and Pittsburg' 1 ; Galena arid Chicago, ;
Cleveland and Toledo, 1; Chicago and Rock Island,
At the recond bard lower prices ruled all
round. Reading fa' off I per cent., Cleveland and.
Toledo, 1 ; New Ycrk Central, 4 ; Erie' ; Michi-
gan, Southern, 1. After the board a 'further de-
cline was realized, and the market closed very
heavy.
The cotton-market was rather quiet on the 4th,
attributed in part to the inclemency of the weather,
while sales were confined to about 1,000 bales,
without change in prices.
A private telegraphic despatch, dated New Or-
leans, May 2, gave receipts at 10,000 bales ; sales,
19,000: defieiency of receipts at all the Southern
ports, 446,000 ; middling, at 14c.
Market firm and crop amounts unfavourable.
Flour was firm, especially the higher grades,
though the marke.; was less naive without change
of moment in prices. Wheat was firm without sales
of moment.
Corn was firm with moderate sales. Pork was
unchanged with sales of mess at $23 50c., and corn;
mon utunspected. at $22 75c. The rainy weather
checked sales of sugar, which were limited, while
prices continued firm ; coffee was in good demand,
and embraced 1,800 bags Brazil, and 1,300 di to
St. Domingo on private terms. Freights exhibited
more tone, while engagements were moderate.
NEW ORLEANS, MAY 1.
Cotton unchanged. Sales to-day 2,000 bales, at
14c. for middling ; sales of the week 19,000 bales,
receipts of the week 8,500 bales, stock in 'poit
160,000 bales ; decreased receipts; as compared with
the same time last year, 198,000 bales.
Decreased receipts at all Southern ports,
4511000 doll. Sugar active at 11c. ; flour advanc-
ing ; yellow corn 750. ; white di.to 80e. Pork
steady ; lard firm. Freights stagnant. _ _ _

MAY 2.

Cotton quiet, awaiting steamer's advicei ; sales
to day 1,000 bale{ , receipts 950 bales. Ohio flour
is selling for 6 dols. 87c. ; coffee quiet, at 111 e.
for priwe "Rio ; sales of the week 1,600 bags, stock
in port 81,000 bags.

—PHILADELPHIA, MAY 4.
Stocks dull. Pennsylvania Fives, 85 ; Long
Island Railroad, 121 ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 48i;
Morris Canal, 15 ; Reading Railroad, 401,

DEATH OF GENERAL Sltc JAMES MAC-

DOEBLL, G.C.B.

We regret to announce the demise of General
Sir James Ma,cdonell, who expired last evening
shortly before 8 o'clock, after a protracted illuette.
The gallant general entered the army in 1796, and
was appointed Lieutenant in the 101st Foot. He
afterwards entered the Coldstream Guards, _and
saw much active service with that gallant corps—
fact it wa; while serving in that regiment that he
derived his greatest honours. He first took part
iu the expedition to Nap e; and Calabria in 1805-6,
and after entering the Guards pursued a brilliant
career in Portugal, Spain, France, and Flanders.
It was at the Battle of Waterloo, however, that he
chiefly distinguished himself, being then a Lieut.-
Colonel in the Guards. tie was in the 24 brigade
of the Ist division under General Sir J. Byng (now
Field Marshal the Earl of Strafford), and on the
evening prior to the memorable 18th of June it was
decided that Lieut.-Col. Macdonell, with the 2d
battalion of the Coldstream Guards, should have
charge of the building of Hougoumont, while
the late Lord Saltouu should hold the orchard
and the wood. It is a matter of history how
the gallant officer held his position against the
impetuous and almost overwhelming force of the
French, and how w.th his int:epid body of guards
he successfully withstood the repeated artacks of
the enemy on that important point. He was
applauded by the Duke of Wellington, for his emi-
nent services on that occasion. The gallant general
was decorated with the order of tit-3 Bath, and,
after taking the intermediate grade of K.C.B.
1838, was, in 1855. created a Grand OzOFS of that
military order of knighthdod.. In 1837 he was
made a Knight Commander of the Hanoverian
order of the Gaelphs. In addition to the Waterloo
medal, he had received the gold medal for Maida,
also the silver war medal and four clasps for Sala-
manca, Vittoria, Nivetle, and the Nive. He was
decorated with the order of Maria Theresa, and
• was a Knight (4th class) of St. Vladimir. In Feb-
ruary, 1849,• he was appointed Colonel of the 71st
(Highland) Regiment of Foot. His commissions
bore da'e as annexed—Ensign, Jahuaty, 1706 ;
Lieutenant, 2d of Feb., 1796 ; Captain,loth Sept.,
1803 ; Major, 17th April, 1804 ' • Lieutenant-
Colonel, 7th Sept., 1809 ; Colonel, 12th August,
'llBl9 ; Major-General,- 224 July, 1830.; Lieuten-
ant-General, 23d November, 1841 ; and General,
20th June, 1.854. The late General was third son
of Mr. Duncan Macdonell, of Glengarry, and was
born at the family seat in Inverness-shire.

THE SANITARY COMMISSION BREAD
COMPANY.

(From the Lancet.)
Although Parliament may neglect to legislate for
preventing the 'atrocious practice of adulterating
the Bread of the People, yet it was impossible that
the disclosures of the Analytical Commission, con-
firmed as they were by the labours of a Committee
of the House of Commons, could remain unproduc-
tive of important results. Accordingly, in this in-
stance, as in many other, while the legislature
remains passive, privata capital, energy, sagacity,
and enterprise promptly advance for tile protection
ofthe public health and interests. The half-poisoned
inhabio ants of this metropolis will rejoice to learn that
a new and powerful company has been formed, under
the Limited Liability Act, for the manufacture and
sale of perfectly genuine flour and bread. A mill
of enorunous capability has been already secured in
an admirable situation, and the disgusting and. un-
cleanly practice of kneading the dough by hand
will be entirely obviated bj the inttoduclion of a
beautiful system of machinery, exposed to public
view while in full operatiOn. The new in,ticu ion
is entitled the Sanitary Commission Bread Com-
pany. All the analytical arrangements will be
under. the immed:ate personal supervision of Dr.
Hassall, who is one of the directors. A capitalist,
an experienced miller, is so confident of the com-
mercial i;uccess of the company, that he has engaged
to embark iu it no less a sum than 50,000/.