The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-23 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ERICSSON.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.
This evening the United States mail steamship
Ericsson, Captain Lowber, arrived in the Mersey,
with the usual mails from the United States and
British North America, with 40 passengers, but no
specie. _ _

She sailed from New York on the 9th inst.
The New York arrived at that port on the sth,
and the Leopold First on the 7th.
A private despatch, dated Washington, May 9,
says the President has declined a proposition of
Lord Napier's for the opening of new negotiations
with reference to the Central American affairs,
which were to be based upon the conditional acqui-
escence of Honduras.

Upon this subject the Washington correspondent
of the /Vete York Herald, writing on the 7th inst.,
states that Lord Napier had a long interview to-
day with the President on the subject of the Dallas-
Clarendon treaty, which is said to have been of a
very amicable and satisfactory character, and on
the Bth that there was a Cabinet meeting to-clay,
and it is reported that the rejection of the Dallas-
Clarendon Treaty was under consideration, and
that the Cabinet are said to be in unison on the
important subject. They believe that the state-
ment of the British Government is correct as to
Ruatan, but do not esteem it a sufficient reason for
the rejection of the treaty.
It is stated that Lord Napier deeply regrets the
altered state of things.
There had baen heavy rains at Louisiana and
Alabama, which it was feared would cause great in-
jury to the crop":
several extensive failure3had occurred at Boston
in the dry goods business, the total amount of
which would exceed 1,000,000 dollars.
Later advices have also been received from
Mexico and. Havana, but their contents are unim-
portant.
The money market at New York is slightly im-
proved ; stock generally higher. Exchange on Lon-
don and Paris unchanged.
More doing in cotton at previous rates.
Flour in good speculative and local demand ;
prices advanced 25 cents. Wheat tends upwards.
Indian corn firmer.

Provisions are steady but freights are dull, there
no engagements of moment.
being
This morning the North Atlantic Steam Naviga-
tion Company's steamship Khersonese, Commander
W. H. Thompson, arrived in the Mersey. She left
Newfoundland May 19. No news of importance.

ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.—The admissions on
Thursday were 3,727 by season tickets, and 3,375 by
half crown payments; total 7,102. The weather was
exceedingly wet and unfavourat.le.
A letter from Pesth of the 18th says :—" The Em-
peror was occupied with business the whole of yesterday,
and to-day he has gone by steamer to Adony to shoot
wild fowl. The Princess Gisella has nearly recovered,
and the Princess Sophia is better."
MINES.—Money is easier, and mere abundant, and
there seems to be an impression abroad that the Baik
will ere long reduce the rate of discount. Be this as
it may, the past week has been one of great activity
in the mining market, and everything looks fair for a
continuance of a good business in dividend and pro-
mising progressive mines. The rise in several shares
only shows that however flat a mine may be for a time,
a discovery soon causes a demand, as well as a great rise
in shares. The lode at Great South Tolgus is said to
be one of the richest in Cornwall, and as the ore.
is very pure and requires little dressing, it can be
worked at comparatively trifling cost ; shares have re-
tnained firm, at 19 to 20. As the lode runs towards
Tebidy, the adjoining mine, a very large number of
shares have been purchased in the latter,and they rose from
21 to 21, 3 ; the mine is a good pecuniary position, and
it is hoped the Great South Tolgus,lode will be cut be-
fore any further call is required. Wheal Margaret
have remained at 66 to 671, and as the quarterly divi-
dend on Tuesday will be Si., the shares would seem to be
very cheap.—Mining Journal of this day.
NEW SYSTEM OF FRAUD.—An application was made
at the Mansion-house yesterday, by a woman of re-
spectable appearance, who had advertised for the
situation of a housekeeper, and received in reply a
circular purporting to be from the "Society for Diffu-
sion of Useful Knowledge" offering to send a list of
40 vacant places on the receipt of 13 stamps. The
woman was induced to come to London, but could
find no such society. It appeared, however, from
in-
quiries now made, that the person who signed his
name as secretary to the society, "S. Montefiori,"
had had numerous letters addressed to him, which be
bad sent for to the Post-office, from which it may be
implied that the fraud had been extensively and sue-
cessfuily carried on.
THE LATE CATASTROPHE IN TOTTENHAM COURT•ROAD.
—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Brent, the deputy-coroner,
resumed, at Lawson's-rooms, Upper Gower-etreet, for
the fourth time, the inquiry into the above accident. The
evidence given yesterday was chiefly of a technical cha-
racter connected with the various stages.of building ope-
rations, and several witnesses were examined upon the
definition of clauses in the specification for the recon-
struction of that portion of the premises, which was mprogress at the time of the accident. The deputy-coroner
endeavoured to get the opinion of each witness as to the
cause of the accident, and the general result was that
the weakening of the front wali of 147, Mr. Maples'
for the purpose of put,ing wt,at is called a
" bryssamer," or beam, supporting that part of the
building immediately over the shop, was the main cause
of the mischief. The coroner, after a three hours' sitting,
again adjourned the proceedings until Tuesday next,