The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

RAILWAYS-FOR CASH.

Orleans 1,380 --
Northern 945 --
Lyons 1,367 50
Mediterranean 1,765 --
Lyons Geneva -
Cate 755 --

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Western
Strasburg
New Ditto ... 770
Grand Central
Teste

Austrian Com. me,. 773 75

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
The screw steam-ship City of Baltimore, Captain
Robert Leitch, belonging to the Liverpool and
Philadelphia Steam• Ship Company, arrived off
Holyhead at 11.30 a.m., and entered the Mersey
this afternoon, after a very good run (considering
the season) from the Delaware.

She left 'Philadelphia on the Ist instant, and has
brought 81 passengers and a large cargo of bread.
stuffs on freight. _ _

At the time of the departure of the City of Bal-
timore there was a good deal of floating ice iu the
Delaware, although the navigation was fres.
The advices to hand are three days from Phila.
delphia, and two days from the other towns of the
Union, later than brought by the Canada.
She encountered very heavy weather. Passed
the Royal mail steamer Asia hence on the 7th.
The Kangaroo arrived at Philadelphia on the Ist ;
the Fulton at New York, on the 31st ult.
Mr. Sumner has recovered sufficiently to return
to his duties at Washington. Several fires and
accidents are reported.

Despatches received at Louisville state that the
reports of the negro insurrection are mere humbugs.
It is said that President Comonfort had proposed
an alliance with the United States in order to
strengthen his posiVon in Mexico.
Money at New York on the 31st opened stringent,
but became a little easier. Stocks were firm.
Exchange quiet on London, 108 to ; Paris, 520
to 5 23g.
Cotton continued firm, with moderate sales. The
English news caused a decline ix the breadstuff
market.

Provisions unchanged. Freights steady.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. I.—Stocks steady and firm,
without much movement. Flour dull and settled.
Not much wheat offering; millers holding off for
lower prices. Little doing.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31.—There was a moderate
business doing in cotton, without a quotable change
in prices.

Breadstuff market very full. Provisions quiet.
Exchange on London, 107 A.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUT
The Royal Mail Comps
Capt. C. G. Weller, arri.
the mails from the West
charge of Lieut. Dennehy
dates are—

'HAMPTON, JAN. 15.
lay's steamship La Plata,
tved this afternoon with
E Indies and Mexico, in
r, Admiralty agent. Her

Nassau Deo, 13
Belize
Santa Martha..
2
Martha.. 240
Greytown
Carthagenaolon 2
... 2 264
Colon
Jamaica ..... ....... 26
Jacmel ............. 28
Porto Rico ......... 31
Berbice ........... 05
Demerara -
Tobago ......... . • 25
......... —• ' 24
Trinidad ............. —• 6
This steamer brings 27 passengers, among whom
are the Rev. A. Finlay, from Jamaica, and Cadi
Espana, Secretary of the Spanish Legation to Cen-
tral America, and on freight gold-dust value
$377,711, British coin (copper) $B9O, specie $156,869,
gold bars $54,453, silver bars $286,011, platapina
$15,425 ; pearls, s2,soo—total, $893,859. The
cargo comprises 382 serons of cochineal, 214 serous
of indigo, 79 bales of tobacco, 614 bags of cocoa,
ono package of vanilla, 22 cases of suocades, 163
bales of bark, two bales of hats, 28 kegs of arrow-.
root, 58 packages of merchandise, and 56 packages
of sundries.

Barbadoes Dec. 2S
Grenada ..... 27
St. Vincent ......... 28
St. Lucia 29
Martinique — 29
Guadaloupe — 30
Dominique — 20
Antigua
Montserrat - 27
Nevis
St. Kitt's — 31
St. Thomas Jan. 1

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the .
the homeward
12th inst. a fearful hurricane from W.N.w.
and
Plata experienced
voyage,
nsdt strong gthewem
N.W., during which the vessel had to round to
for 12 hours. During the latter part of the voyage
the wind was northerly, with fine weather.
On the outward voyage, at noon on Fridasyt,rotohke
sth of December, during a fresh gale, a sea
the ship forward and washed two men overboard
—George
Brinsby and
fifth
officer,William
having put on a
Watts. Mr.
May, supernumerary
life buoy, leaped overboard with
another to one of
the men. A fearful sea was running
nning at the time,
but he succeeded in placing the life buoy over
Brinsby. The starboard cutter (manned by the
chief officer, fourth officer, carpenter, boatswain,
and three men who volunteered)' was lowered, and
succeeded in picking up Mr. May and George
Brinsby, but Watts was not to be seen.
Messrs. Joseph
and Archibald Tre • goningt two
gentlemen from Cornwall connected with mining
in Centi:al America,
have returned in this steamer
from that country. During their stay there they the celebrated ruined city of C
scribed by Stephens in his " Travels ino Cue' ntdreaal America. They have collected from these ruins
various specimens of sculpture, which they bring
with them.
Jamaica advices are to the 26th ult., but they
contain nothing of interest. The Hous o.r bly continued in session, and the financia Assem-
-1 state-
ment for the year, presented by Mr. %sack, was
considered very satisfactory.
From De Cordovas's Mercantile At
elligencer we
learn that sales of pimento had be made at 2d,
but little was offering
. For coffee 404 was being
1
paid. Sugar sold at 218 to 235, according to
quality. Irish butter, in 8
14d, and American was dull mall
parcels, gold at
of sale at lld. In corn
a sale of Savanilla had taken...place at 3s, and Awe-
rican was held at 7s 6d.
bare of hams • sales had xhe market was quite
American, and is 3d to 1 been made at 104 d for
on London were quoted, s 4cl for York. Exchanges
banks, 90 days, 4 per for Jamaica and colonial
cent. pm. • 30 dap, 14 cent. pm.; 60 days' 1 per
at par. IVlerchante bpier cent. pm. Private bills
cent. pm. Is
1 nn New York, 14 per
From Demerara we have papers to the 25th ult.,
but nothing of public i
the colony since the last portance had occurred in
dinance was in operatio n mail.)and ail.
The registration
Odifficulty had been
D
or-
experienced in carrying
out its provisions. Mr. T.
counties of Demerara a appointed registrar of the
of Mr. Schrack, who irsti,d Essequibo, in the room
Europe. Air. J. W. .0 resigned and returned to
Goodman had been appointed
a stipendiary magistrat
retired on a pension e) in the room of Mr. Lyons,
Heavy rains had fallen
throughout the colon.
she mail left, and the during the fortnight before
siderably with the manufacturing
wet weather interfered con-
manufacturing operations on
con-
many of the estat °
favourable for th es.
The weather, however, was
exbibited ever ywhe growing canes, and vegetation
ere a luxuriant appearance. The
exports from the colony during the fortnight had
Sugar 1,684 hogsbea,ds, 17 tierces, 692
barrels, 200 li
. ags ; rum, 698 puncheons 73 hogs-
heads, 122 barrels • molasses, ) 167 puncheons,, 33

barrels; timber, 38,203 feet ; shingles, 38,000 ;
plantains, 1,000 bunches ; rice, 600 bags ; coffee,
1 bag ; soap, 30 boxes. Of these 399 hogsheads,
17 tierces, and 562 barrels of sugar, and 167
Puncheons 33 barrels of molasses were for the
North American market. A considerable and in-
creasing trade in sugar and molasses had sprung
up between this colony and North America during,
the last 12 months. Business among the mer-
chants was brisk. Freights for sugar, 2s. to 2s.
3d. • rum, 3d.
' it St. Lucia the crop was late, but would be an
average one in quantity.
There is no political news from Barbadoes. In
the sugar market transactions had taken place at
48s 6d to 52s 6d for common to fine yellow.
At Trinidad the weather had till within the last
week been very wet. The canes grew, and made up
In some measure for their previous shortness, but
Operations for the commencement of crop were per-
formed with difficulty. Ships had come in very
freely
well loaded with goods, and business of all
kinds seemed brisk and encouraging. There was a
demand for cocoa, which had realised lately as
much as $l3, and portions of next year's crop of
Sugar had been said to be purchased at $5.
A. letter from St. Vincent, dated Dec. 23, says
there was not much news. The Bishop of Barba-
does had confirmed 300 young people there.
At St. Kitt's his [Honour A. P. Burt had been
appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor to the vacant
Judgeship, and F. S. Wigley to fill the office of
Attorney-General, vacant by Mr. Burt's promotion.
From Martinique the melancholy intelligence has
been received of the death of Mr. John Lawless,
her Majesty's consul at that place.
The Atrato, Captain Woolley, arrived at St.
Thomas's, from Southampton, at 7 a.m. on Dec. 31;
the Clyde, Captain Heenan, on the Spanish Main;
the Conway, Captain Lewis, at St. Thomas's, for
Jamaica ; the Derwent, Captain Reeks, at St.
Thomas's for the Windward Islands ; the Eagle,
Captain 'Hole, at Jamaica ; the Solent, Captain
Bayntun, at St. Thomas's ; the Thames, Captain
Woolward, at St Thomas's, from the Spanish Main;
The Trent, Captain Leeds, in the Gulf of Mexico ;
the Wye, Captain Gillies, at Barbadoes.
Movements of her Majesty's ships : At Bermuda
Boscawen (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Panshawe) and the Nile. At Port Royal—The
Termagant, Arrogant, Imperieuse, Euryalus, and
the Irnaum. At the Windward Islands—The Eury-
dice and the Brilliant. At Greytown—The Orion,
Tartar, Cossack, Archer, Victor, Intrepid, and
the Pioneer. The Arrogant and the Imperieuse
were to leave for England in a few days. The
Archer was ordered to Jamaica.