The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-26 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26.

The screw steamship Kangaroo has arrived with
the New York mails to the 12th, and 217,662 dols.
The Circassian, from Galway and St. John's,
arrived at New York om the 11th instant, after a
passage of 30 days. All her coal being expended,
she was compelled to burn her spare spars, &C.,
and arrived in tow of a steam-tug, having lost her
screw between St. John's and New York.

The Cuban question continued under discussion
in Congress.
The Queen's decision in favour of Ottawa as the
seat of Government of Canada was carried in the
Legislative Assembly by a majority of five.
The Moses Taylor had arrived at New York with
California mails and 1,304,865 dols. in specie.

The Cass-Yrisarri Treaty, as originally- arranged
by the American and Nicaraguan negotiators, has
been ratified by the Nicaraguan Government.
We have advices from Tampico to Jan. 18th, and
from Brownsville to the 26th. The garrison at the
former place were in a disaffected state, owing to
the stoppage of their pay.
Business was dull, the only prospect of improve-
ment depending upon the success of Miramon in
relieving San Luis Potosi and expelling the Liberals
from Tampico.
General Garza had taken the field, leaving the
Government ad interim in the hands of Don Andres
Trevino. The captain of the British frigate Alarm
had seized the Mexican war steamer Iturbide in
the port of Mazatlan, for interference with foreign
merchant vessels.

The Washington correspondence of the New
York Express says it is stated in well-informed
circles that the re-instatement by Miramon of
Zuloaga to the Presidency in Mexico was at the
instance of France.

At New York the banks, which for several
months had readily loaned on call at 4 to 5 per cent.,
now ask 6 to 7, with few transactions below the
latter rate.

The following were the latest quotations for
stocks :—New York Central, 781 ex div. ; New York
and Erie, 131 ; Haarlem, 13`1 ; Reading 470 ; Hudson
River, 3217 Michigan Central, 50 ; ditto, Southern,
181.; Panama, 1161; Baltimore and Ohio, 591;
Illinois Central, 661 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 31 ;
Chicago and Rock Island, 601 ; Milwaukie and
Mississippi, 131 ; Galena and Chicago, 981; La
Crosse, 11.
Sterling exchange, 1091 to 1091.
Cotton irregular. Middling uplands, 11-2-.
State and Western flour had declined. Canadian
inactive.

Mess pork 17 dols. 75c. to 18 dols. 65c. ;
.prime,
ditto, 13 dols. 62-1-c. to 13 dols. 80e. ; Scotch pig iron,
28 dols. for cash ; English bar, 57 dols. for six
months, from ship.
NEW ORLEANS.
Molasses, 40c. ; spirits of turpentine, 49ic. ; crude,
3 dols. 871 c.
Refining grades of sugar, lc. lower. Other sorts
well sustained.

Kentusky tobacco, 71c. to 11c.
Freights to Liverpool, rosin, 2s. ; to London, 225,
6d. for mess beef.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The Albatross, Monterey, and Intrinsic, hence.
The Norden, from Barcelona, and the ahi, from Genoa,
have arrived at Savannah.
The General Taylor, hence, has arrived at Boston.
The Rappahannoc has arrived at Norfolk, leaking badly.
The Union, from Bremen ; the Gelio and Glove, from
Palermo ; the A. D. Whiddan, from Marseilles ; the
Zurich, from Havre ; and the Arnold Boninger, from Rot-
terdam, have arrived at New York.
The bark Mimosa, from Smyrna for Boston, which left
in September last, is supposed to be lost, with all on
board.
The General Parkhill, hence, off Charleston.
The Medallion, hence, and the P. W. Brune, hence, at
Charleston.

The Eugene, from Dublin, had arrived at Mobile.
The Thorwaldsen and the Assyria, hence, and the
Robert Carter, from Havre, had arrived at New Orleans.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ripon, Captain D. G. Munro, arrived at
Southampton yesterday morning with the heavy
portion of the Bombay mails, having left Alexan-
dria on the 11th inst., Malta on the 15th, and Gib-
raltar on the 20th. On the outward voyage the
Ripon experienced south-west gales as far as Gib-
raltar, and thence to Alexandria strong north-east
gales ; homewards, from Alexandria to Malta,
south-west winds with heavy rains, Malta to
Gibraltar fine weather with light airs, and thence
to Southampton easterly gales.
The Ripon brought 69 passengers (of whom 26
were first-class and 12 children, seven second-class
and servants, and 24 deck), £1,210 in specie, 1,648
bales of silk, 12 cases of shawls, 32 boxes of oranges
arid sundries.

`On the 21st of February; at 4.30 p.m., passed the
Sultan steamer, off Mafra, bound for Lisbon; and
on the 22d, at 4.30 p.m., passed the Ceylon, off
Cape Finisterre.
On her outward passage the Ripon was steamed
round to adjust her compasses by Mr. Finhey's
corrector, the inventor being attached to this ship
as chief officer. The errors of three compasses were
taken on 32 points, the ship being out of sight of
land ; the time occupied was 55 minutes. The
Ripon has been navigated from Malta to Alexan-
dria, and back to Southampton, by these errors,
and the landfalls made have been exact as steered
for.

The United States' frigate Macedonian was at
Alexandria.
At Malta were her Majesty's ships Marlborough
Conqueror, Centurion, Hibernia, Recruit, Medina,
Tartarus, Boxer, and Hearty; and the Russian
three-decker Cesarewitch.
Her Majesty's steamer Quail and Argus were at
Gibraltar, and also the A a.striait frigate Archduke
Ferdinand. The latter ship had returned from her
cruise to the eastward, and was awaiting instruc-
tions by telegraph from the Austrian Government
whether to sail or steam back to Trieste. Captain
Teguetoff in this cruise communicated with Ceuta,
Tetuan, Penon de Velez, Alhucemas, Melilla, and
the Chafferine Islands, on the coast of Morocco, and
afterwards sailed to Malaga, whence she returned
to Gibraltar. Nothing worthy of communication
was observed on the Riff coast.

Her Majesty's steam troopship Perseverance,
Commander Power, with the left wing of the 23d
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from Portsmouth, arrived
at Gibraltar on the night of the 12th inst., and,
having coaled, left for Malta on the 14th, at 6 p.m.
Dr. John Forrest, C. 8., late principal medical
officer at Gibraltar, took passage in the Persever-
ance, accompanied by his family, to assume the
duties of Inspector-General of Hospitals at Malta.
The Vulture, steam frigate, Captain Campbell,
also left Gibraltar for Malta, where it is understood
she is to be docked for the purpose of repairing
damages sustained some time ago on the coast of
Barbary.
The troopship Urgent, Captain M'Donald, arrived
at Gibraltar during the night of the 18th with the
head-quarter division of the 23d Fusiliers,nsider the
command of Lieut.-Col. Bell, and was to leave for
Malta immediately after coaling. The Urgent had
a good passage out from Plymouth, where she was
detained until the 14th by the Admiralty.
The following British merchant steamers had
arrived out at Gibraltar :—Feb. 15, the Thalia,
Captain Young, from London; 17th, the Taurus,
Captain R. Inglis, from Liverpool, with general
cargo for Genoa and Leghorn ; same day, the
Behar, Captain Field, from Southampton, with
mails, &c., for Malta and Alexandria; same
day, the Demetrius, Captain Young, from
Liverpool, with general cargo for Malta ;
18th, the Temora, Captain H. Jay, from Lon-
don, Havre, and Plymouth, with general cargo for
Malta, Constantinople, and Odessa.
The British barque Canrobert, Capt. Tucker, 14
days from Girgenti, with a cargo of sulphur for
Newcastle, put in at Gibraltar on the 18th, leaky.
The Spanish schooner Francoli, Captain A. Prats,
three days from Cadiz with a general cargo for
Almeria and Tarragona, put into the bay on the
13th with damages, having been in collision with
an unkiown barque off Marbella at 3 30 a.m. on the
previous day.; a man was hurt by the collision.
The Sardinianbrig Alfieri, E. Gallo, master, which
arrived at Gibraltar from Buenos Ayres on the 14th,
reports having met, on the 29th of December, in lat.
20.5 S., long. 28.14 E., meridian of Paris, the Bri-
tish transport Colgrain, Captain William Gardiner,
with troops from London for Madras. Capt. Gallo
received two parcels of letters from the transport
to be forwarded to England.
The Dutch steam sauadron, under the command
of Rear-Admiral Hoeft, for some time past refitting
in La Caraca Docks at Cadiz, left on the 9th inst.
for Madeira. _

Exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted as under—
London, 90 days' date, 501 ; Paris, ditto, sf. 26c. ;
Marseilles, ditto, sf. 28c. ; Genoa, ditto, sf. 29e. ;
Madrid, eight days' sight, par ; Cadiz, ditto, par ;
Malaga, ditto, par; Seville, ditto, k dis. ; Alicante,
dis. ; Valencia, par ; Barcelona, pm. Spanish
pillared dollars, 3 per cent. premium, none, and no
demand.

MADLLE. VICTOIRE BALFE.—So great has been
the success of our charming young prima donna at the
Grand Teatro Reggio, Turin, that she has been obliged
to repeat her artistic performance every evening to houses
crowded to the ceiling, amidst showers of bouquets, repeated
calls before the curtain, and applause the most enthusiastic,
that spontaneous heart-stirring applause which the Italians
(when they are pleased) only can give. The foreign
papers are teeming with the praises of the daughter of our
popular composer, Balfe, and the correspondents of the
London papers are unanimous in recording the triumphant
success of the charming Victoire Ballo.