The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, Wrcransn
The British and North American Royal the
steam-ship America, Captain Small, arrived in .0,
river this morning, from Boston and Halifax, 01;
the usual mails, 50 passengers, a full cargo,
spece. She left Boston at 10 a.m., on the- 29,r
and Halifax at 1.25, on the 31st ult. The Arau.fill
from this port, was at Halifax on the 29111, 711
the Arago, from Havre, at New York, on the 2°'
ult.
Owing to the severity of the weather, 1.13e2,ge
bour of Boston Was covered with ice and a 13,'"Tott
had to be cut through it for a distance 01 eAO
miles before the America could proceed to sea. I'4o
ice was two feet thick, and employed 300 Perf°4Blll
to make the channel. A number of steam-
were were also engaged. The merchants of Boston's r
at the expense of the operation. The Amettilig
pears to have suffered considerable damage, r, 'ad
a large quantity of copper torn from her ilmu ;ay.
many of her paddle-floats broken and carried aitWO
It was just 13 years before when a passage °-,,bip
miles had to be cut for the Britannia 00
of the same line to enable her to proceed to
from Boston harbour. 1. wed
The Hon. Preston S. Brookes, of Sollll' ecl
Una, the senator who, it will be recollected, IA-00
Mr. Sumner, died at Washington on the 27..therieg
had been confined to his bed for two days, en- be
from a severe cold. Ha was telling his frien‘•:'der.
had passed the crisis of his illness'and felt celeelvotb
ably improved in health, when he was seized {ter
the croup, and died in about ten minutes

wards. His end was intensely painful. 27th
In the House of Representatives, on the .ito
ult., Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the Cenllll/,triijl.
of Ways and Means, reported a modified tair.u,
It embraced the following features :—Scheerfew
10 and 15 per cent. of the act of 1846, wit 40
exceptions, are transferred to the free ;
per cent. schedule, principally spices, is also, les
the exception of a few items, carried to t,,Anhe 000
list, which reduces the revenue about P"...v:4 is
dollars ; the 100 per cent, schedule, elne'sa,
brought down one-half, and sugar, molasses, of
salt, wool, and hemp are put at 10 per centlrop,
ducing the revenue about 7,000,000 dollars. ~.,'•001
cotton, woollen, and silk manufactures are re'schr
as now. The old 20, 25, and 30 per cent' ago.
dules are not materially changed, but some i4'",-ect
in them are carried to the free list. The 'hp" 01
reduction of the revenue annually will be nrr
13,000,000 dollars, which it is supposed will nos
creased some millions by the effects M the
in substituting home manufactures for those

ported. aripe
In the House of Representatives the Subs_,beett
(European and American) Telegraph Bill-Ilau
referred to a committee of ways and means• f fur
The Post-office Committee of the Hound,° of
presentatives had reported in favour of 'l°ool
Inert.
and steamers between New York, West illitot•
and Brazils, New York and Gluckstadt, via
terdam, and Panama and Valparaiso.

CALIFORNIA.
at the
The steam-ship California Illinois arrived the
York on the 28th, with Californian dates to
sth, and 1,170,000 dots. There was nothillgoa,
citing from San Francisco. Business was extreb et.
dull. Rates were unchanged. The arnica bst
gold-dust from tie interior were increasiesf and
were scarce. Messrs. Cook, Folger, and Co.,
A. J. Downer had failed.
at Car
Revolutionary measures are in progress ,00,0
thagena and Bogota, the object being to ' die
Federal Government, and upset the Orsine A
nistraticn. tbst
i
The Panama Herald notices the arrival ncoot
city of Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the
rthe
India Royal Mail Steamship Company/ for
purpose of making the preliminary arrane
for opening an Australian steamship line 01
nexion with that company.
The British steamer Thames arrived At go
wall, January, 19, from Greytown, bringing„..iner
Walker's men, who wore transferred to the step to
Grenada, which left immediately for Greytio
oes
receive the Fillibusters brought out by the Nett
and James Adger, and convey them to
Orleans. t St;
Walker had evacuated Rivas, and wart °pea
him
George'ms, surrounded by the allies, who boo froes
terms of surrender, and as he was cut 0;10g
his supplies, it was hourly expected that be 1'
surrender. aci°
It was reported that the steamer Sierra Islel
had been captured by the Costa Ricans. Tole
Advices from Callao are to Dec. 26, an... bee
raiso, Dec. 16. The Consular ConventicaL.
tween Chili and the United States had been str
by the representatives of the two countries. Aga
Two Ministers from Costa Rica were LeliFettio
in Chili, to organise, jointly with Chili and Too'
in opposition to Fillibustero invasion. Thebai"
lution had become general, General Vivanc"„„
ing obtained possession of every port on therii2.3o
except Callao. He had issued a
proclateat'e"
Supreme Chief of Peru, annulling- the deoleot
President Castilla, which suspended the pq-
of interest on the national debt.
Several Fillibusters were arrested at New 's:iefl
on the 28th, including Colonel Fabens, Alezath
Lawrence the Nicaraguan colonisation agenPibtrOf
of whom were ordered to find bail in 3000 don
and on their refusal were committed to prison.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, Jo• h tor
Money is in increased supply, and rates, thoug 0,0
changed, tend downwards. The stock market de
-o„bsep,
lower with only a moderate business done. J'',;„'"Asy.l
on Europe quiet, and rates nominal. London (Dv
108 i to 108 i. Paris 5.21 t to 5.24 Pee rl'
Ashes heavy. Pots 3 dols. 371 c. to 7 dole. 500.
7 dole. 62c. to 7 dols. 70c.
Cotton dull and heavy. Sales 900 bales.
..„roos
Breadstuffs.—Flour Sc. lower on common ' °°`-obio
to straight state, 6 dole. 30c. to 6 dole. t'
extra, 6 dole. 750. to 7 dols. Wheat steady, bUt d 'l3leoll
Southtrn red, 1 dol. 50c. for common. Indian c
lower ; mixed, 70e. to 710. 001
Provisions.—Pork better ; old mess, 20 dole. ;
21 dole. 25c. Beef firm, and lard buoyant.
Iron firm. Scotch pig, 30 dole. for 6 months. siv,
Freights steady. To Liverpool—cotton, gr
7d, to 70,
to•CIA,
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27.—Cotton.—Sales
12,000 hales, at ut changed rates.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 27.—Cotton.—Market depresecal
and prices weak. Saks, 13,000 bales.

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FIRST DESPATCH.
30.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN.
.c.orl‘f
Arrived yesierday the steamers Arago, Newi..veci
Vigo, and Clyde. $1,200,000 have been recel
from California since Tuesday.
NEW ORLEANS EvENING 28:0
Sales of cotton to-day, 18,000 bales ; quotattoej
stiffer, but not altered.
12Lc. to 121 c. Middling Orleans (plot

Sales to-da NEW ORLEANS, EVENING 2t.9°; 0
y, 7,
Europe being per Arago. Market unchanged.
000 bales ; latest news -
SEOOND DESPATCH.
Money market to- d a y NEW
rather YORK,
ea si er r .11.
Etch 3„3°813.1 age
—Mew York on London, firmer 1081 to lv4,
the rate at New Orleans on London being iiiia,
This cotton market is active and buoyant. ~ to
dling Orleans, 131 c. • middling uplands, 12vity.
13c. Flour declined' sc. to 15c. as to (111-9'
Corn declined Ic. Wheat unchanged.

LIVERPOOL. The Liverpool and Philadelllbi
Company's screw-steamer sailed from the Me1:o:;
yesterday for New York direct, with a large and vain,
able cargo, and a fair compliment of passengers.
IMPORTANT TO BENEI'IT SOCIETIES.—At the -1-I,',orti
vency Court, yesterday, William Hawkes, late lanwet,
of the Old Mermaid Public House, in Church-4r'
woo
Hackney, applied under the Protection Act. 11'3_10
opposed by the trustees of the Staunch Britons Bno.d
Society. The complaint was, that the insolvent
been treasurer of the society which was held at his Lou of
and had appropriated to his own purposes the mulnibe
28/. 24. 7d., which was placed in his bands to pal
the
sick members. The Commissioners recommended
insolvent to make some arrangement with the socielvt
As the complaint in this case was for a breach of true
the final order must be adjourned tine die. The 1000
vent departed without protection.
f the
DISGUSTINd Cm:Tut —At the last meeting o.
county magistrates at horncastle North Lincolnshire'
Mrs. Martin, wife of Robert Martin, Handle-b°ll%
Coniageby ; their servant man, named John Groves'
and a farm lad, nanied Thomas Daft, were charged Wish
ilsttlraerstsin('ls.seervice since
an assault upon Eliza Tait, servant to the female defer'
hat lived in
the mistress
&tut, under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff
trifling fault,
Lad been subjected to continual ill-usae. On the ,e
uesday previous to the hearing, having committed 1(1"-j
tedthe man ac boy to take her into the Ireand beat her Vl"'-
washhouse eathey
they did in •an indecent manner, and for which 0, ~;vere rewarded with a pint of ale each. On the folio
,ba
May last,
ing Saturday
the girl, not having washed one of t
men'sbeaten shtps to her mistress's satisfaction, was 61;:.
with the Plop, and then beaten in the same o'f‘th
lar as before by the man and boy. Not satisfied d
this, they took her into and, b • triPPe the yard, awing s her
, the man held her on the grindstone while ',„
b'y turned the handle unt;l the skin was torn off to t'i"t
extent of four inches by two. The female defend:l,o
was present at the time, and laughed at the poor gir,oo shrieks under the torture. The latter ran home as saes
as she could get away, and was immediately put unu a
the hands of a doctor. The Bench warmly expreT.,
their disgust at the outrage, and fined the woman 6d,
the servant man 31, 15s. d. and the boy 1/. 58' cci
including costs. The indignation of the persons in 6
.4
around the court was so great that the female defennNe
had to be escorted to the lock-up by the police, to
people yelling and hooting after her, and threatening
duck her in the river.