The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

AMERICA.

[A summary of the following appeared in our impression of
yesterday

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MAY 8.

The Canadian Royal Mail Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Canadian, Captain Ballantyne,
arrived to-day with advices from Portland to the
25th, and from. New York (by telegraph) to the
evening of the 24th ult. •
The Royal Mail ste tmship America end the screw
steamship City of Glasgow had arrived at Halifax,
and the screw steamship Chersonese-at Portland.
The steam-frigate Niagara had not left the offing
of New York up to the 24th. Before sailing for
England she would, it was understood, make a
trial trip to Norfolk.
A despatch from Halifax announces the passing
by the House of Assembly of a bill giving to the
Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Company the exclu-
sive privilege for 25 years of landing a submarine
telegraph cable from any part of Europe on any
part of the shores of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
At the annull dinner of the St. George's Society
of New York,' Lord Napier, who was present as a
guest, re4ponded as follows to the toast of " Her
Majesty's Ministers and representatives on this
continent" ' :
.‘ Gentlemen,—l beg to 'offer you my very sincere and
cordial thanks for the honour which you have done me in
associating my name with the toast and with the health of
'filer Majesty's Ministers.' Her Majesty's Ministers will bo
highly gratified when they learn that their names and
theit officers are held in such esteem, regard, and memory
by their fellow-countrymen residing in the United States.
I, myself, gentlemen, in my own personal capacity, am
sensible that I am undeserving of the acclamations which
you have deigned to bestow upon my name ; but I see in
the manner in which you have received it a warm revulsion
of those feelings of sympathy and regard which may be sus-
pended or obscured for a time, and by accident, between
America and England, but which are ever deeply founded
on the affections and the interests of the two countries.
(Loud cheers.) The office which I have the happiness to
fill, and in which you have done me the honour to wish
me well, is one which has been familiar to my hopes and
wishes from a very early period of my •life and services.
I may still maintain that there is not a more grateful,
a more glorious, or a more useful employment than this
employment, which 1 share with my venerable friend,
the United States' Minister in London—the employ-
ment of holding aloft the ensigns of peace and friend-
ship between the two great branches of the English race.
(Loud cheers.) I feel that I entered upon that employ-
ment here at a most auspicious period. I can assure you
that I have met, upon the part of the President of the
United Stites, upon the part of General Cass, upon the
part of all the Ministers and functionaries of the United
States with whom I have been brought into contact,
every manifestation of that cordial and friendly disposi-
tion which animates the Government and the community,
of Great Britain. (Cheers.) There are no questions involv-
ing any degree of anxiety or apprehension pending between
the two countries —(cheers) ; and I am sometimes disposed
to hope that the time may soon come when there will
scarcely ba any subjects of official correspondence at all.
(Cheers.) If I may not flatter myself with this agreeable
prospect of official vacuity—(laughter)—if I must look for-
ward to my fair and natural share of discussions and de-
bates, surely, gentlemen, we have, in the experience of the
past, the best grounds for believing that there can never be
a question so difficult or so complicated that it may not
meet with a prompt, with a peaceful, and with an honour-
able solution. (Loud cheers.) There are many questions
at once envenomed and alarming which have been settled
in a pacific manner in our recent negotiations. Oar east-
ern boundaries have been defined by one treaty. Oar
western boundaries have been settled by another. The

disputed fisher ies, which at one time threatened to embroil
us, have been converted, by the salutary engagements of
reciprocity, into a source of mutual wealth. Finally, gen-
tlemen, the question of the privileges of neutral trade in
time of war—that question which for so long was the con•
atant cause of complaint and recriminations, has now ob-
tained, by the spontaneous declarations of her Majesty's
Ministers during the late hostilities, that liberal interpre-
tation so often desired by the United States, and which no
Government of England hereafter will ever be inclined to
revoke or to repeal. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, lam justified,
then, in saying that by an easy exercise of frankness, of
mutual forbearance and indulgence, no question can arise
between our countries which will not admit of an
Ideasey
and an amicable settlement. Bat, gentlemen,
more than cordiality—l desire co-operation. (Cheers.)
Now, gentlemen, I do not wish to alarm the citizens of the
United States who are here present by raising before their
averted eyes the phantom of " entangling alliances."
{Laughter and cheers.) Entangling alliances, gentlemen,
are a kind of political spectre which seems to have descended
with undiminished terrors from the period of the Revolu-
tion to the present day. (Cheers and laughter.) There
may be mutual co-operation where there are no written
engagements; and gentlemen, where the heart is wanting,
there may be written engagements without mutual co-ope-
ration. (Cheers.) All, then, that I wish to say is, that
our respective Governments should perpetually make an
early and sincere declaration and avowal to coati other of
their views and intentions with respect to all subjects which
involve the common interests of the two countries—(cheers)
—whereby they will have the benefit of Mutual good offi-
ces and mutual counsel, and 'whereby they will be able to
avoid these one-sided resolutions and those startling an-
nouncements which are ,apt to disturb the confidence of
commerce and calculated to excite the sensibilities and jea-
lousies of two high-spirited nations. Gentlemen, the only
entangling alliance which I shall venture to recommend to
your adoption is the submarine °alai() between this country
and England. (Laughter and "cheers.") My friend, thehon.
chairman, has been so kind as to allude in terms of
glowing eulogy and encomium to the services which
members of my family have been enabled, in former
times and generations, to offer to their Sovereign and
county either in the departments of science or in those
of war. The sincerity with which that encomium was
pronounced, and the manner in which those observations
were received, are certainly exceedingly gratifying to
.

my own pride; and all this is an additional incentive
to me to endeavour to render myself not unworthy of
those services which were performed by mend:ms of my
family upon previous occasions. (Cheers\.) I cannot
flatter myself that I possess any peculiar fitness cr any
local experience which could enable me to perform the
duties of Her Majesty's Minister in a distinguished
manner. But this. I can assure you, that I ma lertake
these duties with the highest satisfaction and with the
happiest anticipations. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it was
some time ago observed in England, aad it was re-
peated in some quarters in America, that the members
of the regular diplomatic profession of Great Britain
were not qualified by
.their previous education and ex-
perience to contend with the stubborn and masculine
elements of American politics. (Cheers.) It was sup-
posed, gentlemen, that we were so enured in the petty
act. and dark practices of " Cabinet intrigue," that
we wee so accustomed to humble - ourselves in the
twilight of military courts, that we were not qualified
nor disposed to meet a free people in the light of
day. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, did you observe any
symptoms of this intellectual decrepitude in Sir Richard
Pakenham or in Sir Henry Bul wer. I have not the honour
of having ever served with those distinguished personages,
but, in honour to the profession to which I belong, I am
justified in alleging that in my friend and my former chief;
Sir H. Seymour, Pnever observed auy want of vigour or
capacity. And, gentlemen, I never observed any want of
vigour and independence in my la er, master, Viscount Sit at-
ford de Redcliffe, who has passed 30 years of his indefatiga-
ble life in contending against the ambition of arbitrary
power in one country and in mitigating its abuses in an-
other. Gentlemen, I do not wish to eayanything unduly and
ungratefully depreciatory of any country or of any Govern-
ment. I have had some experience of despotic Governmente.
I have lived in Naples, in Turkey, and in Russia. Th.re
era elements of happiness in them all. Fortunately, I say,
there are elements of`-kindness, of culture, and of happi-
ness which no politicalvstem whatever can exclude from
the face of neture and from the hearts of man. (Cheer:.)
But nei.her the retrospective glories of the Italian scene,
nor the enoient repose and the picturesque assoc:ations of
Oriental life, nor the splendid enchantments of social life
which have arisen in their most -agreeable form upon the
borders of the Neva, can ever make an Englishman under-
;value or forget those principles of freedom which have been
cherished by our common fathers at home,-and which be,
them wcra sown broadcast upon the soil of the groat Ameri-
can continent. Gentlemen, I have, since my arrival,
sometimes observed an impression in the United States that
`the development of this country is regarded with jealousy
by England. That is an erroneous opinion. (Cheers.) You
will bear me out in the assertion that the last vestige of
former prejudice founded on the animosities of two un-
happy wars is being very rapidly extinguished. The peace-
ful and legitimate expansion of the United States forms a
matter of satistaction and pride for every reasonable Eng-
lishman. That expansion forms the beat resort and relief
for our superabundant population ; it forms the best mar-
ket for our increasing industry ; it is the triumph of our
labour and our arts, of our lauguage, our religion, and our
blood. (Loud cheering.) No thoughtful Englishman can
contemplate this unparalleled spectacle of future predomi-
nance without emotions of thankfulness and praise. No
thoughtful foreigner can regard it without a sigh, because
Providence has not reserved the future empire of the world j
for his own tongue and his own tale. (Cheers.) These sen-
timents of sympathy and goodwill, to which I give a feeble
utte& ante, are; believe me, not rare or partial in our coun-
try, nor do I derive them from obscure authority. (Hear.)
I have gathered these sentiments in the benevolent pages
efa Carlisle, in the wise conclusions of an Aberdeen, and

in the eloquent declarations of an Elgin. I have heard
these sentiments declared and enforced from t e bench of
the Government, and I have heard them echoed back
from the bunches of the Opposition. These sentiments
have been inculcated upon me with sincere and careful
emphasis by tho Earl of Clarenclon, and by that noble
Viscount who' is first in the councils and in the hearts
of the British people. (Immense applause.) Finally,
Gentlemen, I have received these sentiments as a
fruitful trust from the hands of my Sovereign, and I will
not lay up this profitable talent in a diplomatic napkin."
At the 6c)se of this speech his Lordship was
loudly cheered.

The schooner- Margaret, a supposed slaver, had
been seized at New York.

A telegraphic despatch from Washingto❑ to the
Portland papers, under date of April 23, says :
"it is understood, on reliab:e authority, that the action
of our Government in increasing our naval force in the
waters of the Isthmus meets the appioval of Lord Napier,
the MitishMinister,who was officially informed of the fact
by a tote from the State Department, as was also Count de
Sartiges, Minister from France. l'ne latter, however, as
far as can be ascertained, has not signified his assent or dis-
sent to the movement.

"The total number of vesßels ordered to the Isthmus is
ten, seven of which will be stationed at Aspinwall, and
three at Panama. With so imposing a force oar Govern-
ment is confident of effecting an early arrangement of the
dispute." _ _ _

The Hon. John G. Montgomery, senator for
Danville, Pennsylvania, had died of disease con-
tracted at the National Hot 1 during the inaugura-
tion of President Buchanan.

It is s'ated that the Governorship cf Utah had
been offered to Major M'Cuhlocb.
A dispatch from Chicago confirms the rumoured
massacres in Blue Earth County. Forty settlers
wt re murth red at Big Bend and several women
taken prisoners. The excitement was increasing, as
all the Indians beyond the Minnesota had assumed
a hostile attitude. Rumours were also rife of an
alliance between the Sioux and Chippewa tribes.
A workshop in the Maryland Penitentiary had
been set on fire by some of the prisoners, who
vainly hoped to escape during the confusion con-
sequent upon the alarm.
Advices from the city of Mexico to the 4th ult.
report that an intended revolution, instigated by
the clergy and their partisans, had been discovered
and suppressed. The British Charge had sent in
his ultimatum.

The following telegraphic despatches to Boston
give the latest markets at New York and
Charleston

" NEW YORK, APRIL 24.
" Storks are again lower, and the transactions moderate.
Money easy and rates heavy at 7 per cent. on call, and 8 to
9 for short first-class paper. Sterling exchange tends up-
wards at 1091 to 109 k. Chicago and Rock Island Railroad,
96 ; Illinois Central Railroad, 131; Michigan Southern and
Northern Indiana Railroad, 601 ; New York Central Rail-
road, 86} ; Reading Railroad, 811: Galena and Chicago
Railroad, 102 ; Michigan Central Railroad, 05 ; Erie Rail-
road, 4?. ; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 63i.

" 6 P.M.

" Stocks.-Some aro rather better, but the market clones
weak. Money and exchange are without further change.
Illinois Central Railroad, 131; Michigan Southern and.
Northern Indiana Railroad, 61k; New York Central Rail-
reai, 87, b. 60 ; Reading Railroad, 81i ; Canton Com-
pany, 21a ; Erie Railroad, 42a ; Cleveland and Toledo
Rai iror 64i.
"Ashes better and unsettled ; 'sales 40 barrels ; pots,
8 dole. 50c. to 8 dole. 75a. ; pearls, 8 dole. to 8 dole. 12ic..
Cotton quiet ; sales, 2,000 bales. Breadstuffs-Flour, sc.
better on good brands; sales, 10,500 barrels; common to
straight State. 5 dole. 56c. to 5 dole. 800. ; Upper Lake,
5 dole. 70c. to 5 dole. 95c. ; common to good Ohio extra,
6 dols. 20c. to 6 dole. 60e ; extra Geneseo, 7 dole. 25c. to
8 dol. 400. • Southern Sc. better on medium grades ; sales,
2,300 barrels; mixed to good, 6 dole. 50c. to 6 dole. soc. ;
fancy and extra, 6 dole. 85c. to 8 dole ; Canadian firm ;
sales, SOO barrels; superfine, 6 dols. sc. to 6 dole. 10c. ;
extra, 6 dole. 20c. to 7 dole. 60c. Grain-Wheat better
and unsettled; sales, 10,000 bushels; St. Louis white,
1 del. 52gc. for common ; Illinois white, 1 dol. 55c. for
fair ; Southern white, 1 dol. 62e. to 1 dol. 65c. ; ditto red,
1 dol. 56c. for choice. Oats firin ; sales, 4,000 bushels ;
State, 560. to 57c. ; Western, 58c. to c. Corn firmer;
sales, 7,500 bushels ; mixed, 73ic. to 740., in store ; white,
75c. to 80c., new ; yellow, 74ic. to 75e., new; round yel-
low, 74e. to 75c„ new. Provisions-Pork lower and un-
settled ; sales, 350 barrels ; mess, 22. dole. ; prime, 18
dole. 87ic. to 19 doh,. ; Western prime mess, 20 dole.
Beef firm ; sales, 300 barrels ; country mess, 13 dole. to 14
dole. ; prime, 10 dols. 75c. to 11 dole. 50e. ; repacked Chi-
cago 16 dole. 25c. to 16 dole. 50c. ; prime mess, 25 dole to 30
dons. Lard easier-sales 260 bbls. at 13ic. to 14c. Bacon
firm ; sales 250 boxes at 11c. to l 2ic. ; hams, linc. to 11c. ;
shoulders, Fie. to 9c. Butter firm ; Ohio, 15e. to 20c. ;
State. 20c. to 26c. Whisky quiet; sales 300 bbls. ; Ohio
and Prison, 28c. to 2S c. Leather steady ; cat{ light and
middles, 38c. to 40e. ; hemlock sole, 290. to 31o; Fish
quiet. Groceries-Coffee firm; sales 1,200 begs ; Rio, 10c.
to ; Java, 15i. Sugar firmer • sales 1,030 hhds. ;
Muscovado, 10e. to 10ic. ; Havannah,l lOic. ; 300 hhds.
Melada, 7ic. to 'Tic. Molasses firm ; sales 100 hhds. 200
bbls. ; New Orleans, 75c. ; Muscovado, 53c. to 62c. ;
Cuba -cloyed, 50c. Oils inactive-sales 10,000 gallons.
Linseed lower-sales at 81c. to 82e. Whale steady, at 73c.
to 741. Lard held higher. Sperm quiet. Spirits of tur-
pentine less buoyant-sales 400 bbls., at 50c. per gallon,
on 30 and 60 days, interest added ' crude, quiet, but firm.
Resin less active ; prices firm at Idol. 85c. Hides qniet.
Iron quiet, but firm ; Scotch pig, 35 dole. six mos. Lead
unsettled; sales, 60 tons Spanish on private terms. To-
bacco firm • sales, 50 hhds. ; Kentucky, 16c. to 20c. Rice
steady; sales, 600 barrels at 41c. to Sic. per lb. Tallow
steady ; sales, 7,0001b5. at lie, to 114 e. Remp-Ameri-
eau is a shade easier; we quote dressed at 230 dole, to 250
dole., and undressed a: 180 dole. to 200 dole. per ton.
" Freights to Liverpool, heavy and lower ; cotton, id. ;
Sour, Is. ; grain, lid. to 2d.
"CHARLESTON, APRIL 24.
"Cotton.-Sales to-day, 300 bales, at unchanged prices.
There have been no sales since the receipt of the America's
news."