The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Capt. Leitch,
which Failed from Boston on the 12th instant, and
touched at Halifax, N.S., during the night of the
13th, arrived in the Mersey at three o'clock this
morning. She brings 50 passengers and $BOO,OOO
in specie, $500,000 of which are for Liverpool, and
$300;000 for Havre.
A Washington despatch says that Lord Napier
had informally sounded the administration with
regard 'to the re-appointment of Consul Barclay.
A letter from the late Vice-Consul Schedel had
been filed, Ahich goes to show that there was false
testiniony, as to Mr. Barclay's participation in the
recruiting business. The Government replied that
it could not take the initiative in restoring Mr.
Barclay to the position which he has lost.
A dispatch from Mr. Mason states that the
French Government signed a convention with.
Honduras on the Bth of July, Which guarantees
neutrality with regard to the railroad routes.

Captain Armstrong reports that an apology had
been made by Sir William Hosts, commanding
H. B. A.l. ship Spartan, for the insult offered the
American government by pulling down the Ame-
rican colours on board the American barque Hen-
rietta Maria. , The injury is yet a matter for con-
sideration by the two governments.'
General Herran had spent another day with
Secretary Cass, and had had rather a boisterous
discussion of the details of settlement of the
Panama difficulties.

The Indian outrages in Minnesota territory are
reported to have ceased.

-Advices from Kansas state that Governor Walker
evacuated Lawrence on the 3d inst.. The vote in
Lawrence in favour of the Topeka constitution was
652, only two votes were cast against it. The Free
State ticket for minor offices was elected.

The Boston Traveller of the 12th says :
" Governor Walker is reported to have marched
back to Lawrence with his troops—Fort Riley not
being in so much danger from the Indians as he ex-
pected, feared, or hoped. Probably he has got the
laugh upon him from both ends of the route."
The various election returns are still favourable
to the Democrats.

ARRIVAL OF THE CIRCASSIAN.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

The screw steam-ship Circassian, C. Powell,
commander, belonging to the North Atlantic Steam
Navigation Company, arrived in the Mersey last
night. She left Portland August 6th, Halifax 11th,
and Newfoundland 14th inst. The news from
Portland and Halifax has been anticipated, and
that from Newfoundland is unimportant. She has
brought fifty passengers.
There is no commercial news.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental CoMpany's steam
ship Euxine, Capt. Weeks, arrived this day, with
the usual Peuin.sults. mail, 40 pa,mengerb, 2,0901.
in specie, 14 boxes of eggs, 2 casks of wine, 274
half chests of lemons, 5 baskets of onions, 110
boxes of tomatoes, 15 packages of drugs, and 7
packages of sundries.
The latest dates wee—Gibraltar, Aug. 15 ;
Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oport9, 20 ; Vigo, 21.
She reports the usual Portuguese squadron at
Lisbon, also three Dutch frigates and a corvette.
The Euxine spoke the. Sultan with the outward
mails.

THE LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S TROOP
STEAM-SIZIP TRANSIT.

It will be seen by the telegraphic message from
India, received by the Earl of Clarendon on Fri-
day evening, that her Majesty's screw (troop) steam
shill Transit, Commander Chambers, has been
totally lost in the Straits of Sunda, while on her
way to China with troops. Probably there never
wee; a vessel in her Majesty's navy that had as
quired such an unenviable notoriety as this un-
lucky ship, and it is not a little singular that the
forebodings which had been so often expressed in
the House of Commons as to her probable fate
should have been so completely realised.
The Transit was an iron built vessel of 2,000 tons
burden, sister vessel to the Perseverance, another
unlucky vessel, which capsized iu Woolwich Dock-
yard. She was constructed by Mr. Mare, of Black-
wall, and was purchased by the Government to be
used as a troop ship and transport steamer.. One
of her first mishaps, which got her into bad re-
pute, was ;the occasion of the last great naval
review at Spithead. She was appropriated to the
use of her Majesty's, peers, but, owing to a defi-
ciency of steam or some other defect she did not get
out to the fleet until the review was nearly over,
and on returning to port it was discovered that she
had sprung a leak ; and en the appointment being
noticed in the House of Lords, it was remarked by
Lord Campbell that but for a bishop and one of his
learned brothers (the late Baron Alderson) lending
a hand at the pumps the most deplorable conse-
quences might have occurred to them all. It was
stated in the house that she was unfit for Govern-
ment service. However, the Admiralty thought
different, and in the course of last spring
she was appointed to take our troops to Hong
Kong for service in China. She underwent
a thorough overhaul, and all her old imperfect ions
were considered to be overceme. She shipped on
board about 800 officers and m-n belonging to the
59th and 90th Regiments, and left Spithead on the
7th of April. On the following day she put back
in 'a sinking state. It appeared that after leaving
Spithead she encountered a dense fog, and brought
up at anchor near Hurst •Castle, in five fathoms.
The troops turned iu and all seemed comfort tble,
but at daylight it was reported the ship was making
water last, and that five feet was already in her
hold. On her anchor being weighed it came up
with half the stock off, and it then became ap-
parent that the ship had been driven on her own
anchor, and had knocked a hole in her bottom.
After some days delay in repairing her, she again
started on the voyage. It was stated that she had
put into Carunna, and some mention was made of
the report in the House of Commons. The next
that is heard of her, as st ,tecl in the message, is
her total loss in the Straits of Sunda, but that all
her troops, which bad been countermanded for
service in India, and her crew were saved.
Her loSs will involve a loss of upwards of
100,0001. She was about four years old.

A SHOPKEEPER STABBED IN THE HAMPSTEAD ROAD.
—Yesterday morning a costerrnonger named Ambrose,
with his wife and one or two other persons, entered
a ginger-beer shop, 117, Hampstead-road, in which a
ycung Frenchman, named Galaud, was serving. After
partaking of some cakes and ginger-beer, Ambrose fed
asleep in the shop, and upon Galaud's waking him, as it
was time to close the shop, he refused to leave. Galand
then pushed him out of the shop, and a minute after-
wards appeared at the door, when Ambrose stabbed him
in the abdomen with a long knife. Galaud was taken
to University Codege Hospital, where he lies iu a
dangerous state. This morning the prisoner was placed
at the bar of the Marylebone police-court, and a certi-
ficate having been handed in, which stated that the
wounded man was unable to leave the hospital, he was
remanded for a week.
SAVINGS-BINKS.—On the 20% of November, 1856,
there were 1,341,054 depositors in savings-banks, of
whom 1,317,444 were individual ones to the amount of
34,934,854/. The amount of
principal money received
from and interest paid and credited to the trustees of
savings-banks and friendly societies, including the inte-
rest due on the 20th of November, was 74,801,6121,,
and the amount of principal and interest paid to the
trusties 37,729,6911. The amount due to the trustees
by the commissioners on the said 20th of November was
37,071,921/., and the value of the securities held by
the commissioners was 82, 750,6344