The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-15 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 7 P.M.
The screw steam-ship City of Baltimore has ar-
rived with advices from New York to the 2d inst•
She brings no specie.
Respectinc; the Chinese question the Washington
correspondent of tho New York Herald says :
"The Cabinet still have under serious consideration
the Chinese difficulty. One thing is certain : our Go-
vernment will enter into no tripartite alliance with Eng'
land and France ; and, it the Administration have not
already informed Lord Napier and Count Sartiges of the
fact, they will shortly do so."
A number of persons were reported to have been
kille t by the explosion of a steamer's boilers at
Napoleon, near New Orleans.
In leading speculati, e stocks, Erie, Central,
Reading, Michigan, southern, and Toledo, the
transactions were large on the Ist instant, at a de'
cline for the two latter ; the supply of money oe
call was liberal, the Exchange being free lenders.
Cotton continued firm. Flour was lower. Wheat
quiet. Freights were rather firmer for grain.

THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE.--In anticipation
of the large numbers who annually frequent the British
Museum on Easter Monday, the National Sunday
League had provided a staff of men who, under the
direction of members of the committee, and provided
each with an apparatus, shield fe,hion, sought to obtain
the signatures of the visitors in favour of opening on
the Sunday afternoon. The experiment bad the appetit'
ance of perfect success, nearly 200 signatures being
speedily appended, but the novelty of the design, and
the eagerness of the crowds to sign caused what was
deemed by the police an obstruction (though the traffics
was by no means interfered with), and, at their request,
it was abandoned. We are informed that during the
summer other opportunities will be given to the work-
ing classes fur an expression of their opinion.
SUNDERLAND DOCKS —ln the important trial (special
jury case) between the Marchioness of Londonderry and
the Sunderland Dock Company, in which a verdict for
20,0001. damages was taken by consent at the Liverpool
assizes last week, subject to a reference to be made, 0.
rule o icourt has been finally arranged to the mutual
satisfaction of the noble plaintiff and the defendants,
through the persevering, conciliatory, and judicious exer-
tions of Mr. George Hudson, M.P., chairman of the
Sunderland Dock Company. It is understood that
Lady Londonderry gives up all claim for past damages
on condition that the Dock Company erect shipping
berths, and carry out other arrangements at the docks
in connection with the Sunderland and Seabam Railway
(the sole property of the Marchioness of Londonderry)
within a specified time, to enable her and other coal^
owners to ship their coals in the dock by means of the
Marchioness's railway. By this mode of adjusting large
conflicting interests, and settling a protracted and ex'
pensive proceeding before an arbitrator, the Sunderland
Dock Company escape being mulcted in heavy accruing
pecuniary damages fur neglecting to fulfil their agree-
ment with Lady Loedenderry to ship a given quantity
of cools annually from I:cr lac?yship's collierie,, and for
`chich rurptne Lady Loi,doi.derty ba,i provided abno.
dant;e of :.t"rn p.‘‘,,r; ard Ladwith every cor'
dition on her part ~tipuiated in the agn-eulent With the
Dock Company, The greatest satisfaction prevails that
this very important lawsuit has terminated in a mannar
satisfactory to all parties, and likely to be attended with
beneficial consequences to the coal trade of the district*

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