The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
The United States mail steamer Washingt .n,
Capt. Cavendy, has just arrived, with dates from
New York to th, 21st ult.
After discharging her mails and passengers for
Southampton she proceeded on to Havre.
She brings two days' later news than previously
to hand via, Liverpool.
The New York cotton market was firmer on the
20th, partly in consequence of telegraphic accounts
having been received giving an advance in New
Orleans. The sales embraced about 3,500 bales,
closing at an advance of tic. per lb. We now quote
middling Uplands at 18;10., and New Orleans mid-
dling at 13c. Flour was in fair demand from the
local trade and for shipment eastward, while prices
were unchanged. Wheat was firm, but quiet ; a
small sale of southern red was made at 60c. Corn
was firm and in good demand, with sales of

western mixed, delivered at 74e., and from store

at 7*. Pork was firm ; new me-,s closed at
21 dols. 75c., and old at 21 dols. 10c. Lard ad-
vanced to 144 e. to 14c., with some sales of prime
at 14ic., including a quantity to arrive. Sugars were
in moderate request, at unchanged prices. About
160 hoxe 3 . and 200 hhcls. Molado were sold. The
coffee sales made by auction went off very well, and
established an advance of lc. to 4c. on the week's
average sales.

Fr—eights. —Engagements were light, without
charge of moment in rates.
The money market was active, and a general im-
provement in prices was realised.
General Cass had been selected for the State de-
partment, and Mr. Cobb for the Treasury. The
other departments were not arranged.
Indictments had been found against partieg lin-
pliCated in the Burdell murder.

Neither the Ericsson nor the Asia steamers, both
due, had arrived at New York on the 21st.

The United States Senate wag principally occu-
pied in a discussion on the private calendar. In
the house the principal feature was the passage of
an original tariff bill, submitted by Mr. Campbell
of Ohio, by a vote of 110 against 84.
Dr. Moore, of New Y rk, had been acquitt^d of
the charge of conspiring to take 'the life of Mr.
Alfred S. Livingston, of Trenton, New York, after
a trial which lasted four days.
Accounts from Missouri state that great damage
had been done by recent freshets in that, State.
The loss to the Iron Mountain Railroad is esti-
mated at 200,000 dols.

Advices from Zanzibar, of November 26, 'state
that the Imaum of Muscat died on the 18th of Oc-
tober, on board her Britannic Majesty's frigate
Victoria, when on his passage from the capital to
Zanzibar. He was 69 years of age, and leaves 12
sons.

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At Washington, on the 19th, the report of the
Committee appointed to investigate the chargts of
corruption against members of Congress was pre-
sented to the House. The report recommends the
expulsion of Messrs. Gilbert, Edwards, Welch, and
Matteson, and also the exclusion of Mr. Simonton
from the floor of the house as reporter. After a
protracted discussion, further consideration of the
subject was postponed.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 20.
Stocks firm. Pennsylvania Fives, 85 ; Reading
Railroad, 40 •, Long Island Railroad, 18if ; Morris
Canal, 15i ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 48.
NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 18.
The receipts of cotton in the last three days were
28,500 bales; sales in the same time, 27,000 bales ;
receipts to-day, 4,850 biles. Produce market dull.
Eastern hay, $2B. Freights unchanged and dull.

FEE. 19,
Sales of cotton to-day-7,000 bales, at stiff
prices. Receipts to-day, 5,000 bales. Lard, 12g
to 122. Sterling exchange; 7to 7i pm.
CHARLESTON, F.En. 19.

Sales of cotton to•day-700 bales ; sales of the
week, 12,000 bales—the market closing at .an ad-
vance of gc. to A c. ; good middling, 13gc.
FEB. 20.
Sales to-day, 1,000 bales.

Cotton unchanged.

ETHNOLOGIA.—There exist in various parts of London
a number of collections, probably the most complete
in the world, of matgrials to assist the researches
of those whose reientiffc pursuits lead them to think
that "-the proper study of mankind is man." It
is fully time that these var:ous ethnological museums
should be concentrated into one collection, instead of
being scattered throughout London, open at different
hours, and arranged without uniformity. The ethnologi-
cll rooms at the British Museum are full to overflow-
lag. At the Asiatic Society, in the United Service and
Missionary Museums, at the East India ll.,use, and else'
where, there are colections of which the scientific value
would be greatly enhanced, and the objects for which
they have been gathered more thoroughly fulfilled, by
their concentration and careful arrangemennt in one
building. The anatomical and physiological opportuni•
ties afforded by such' a museum would be particularly
valuable to members of the profession— The Lancet
ETON COLLEGE AND CASH:MIDGE UNIVERSITY.—TwO
additional scholarships in Magdalen College have been
gained by Etonians. To the first Mr. Lloyd has been
appointed. This is a scholarship of the value of 401. a year,
being divided between the Eton and the King's College,
London. •In the second case Mr. What-on has gained
a scholarship, value 25/. a year, on Lady Warwick's
foundation.

APOTHECARIES' Min.—Names of gentlemen who
passed their examination in the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs-
day, March 5 :—John Augustine Young, Maidbt me ;
henry William Jackson, Louth, Lincolnshire ; Chas.
Frederick George, Kerten in Lindsey; Francis John
Griffiths, Bilston, Staffordshire ; Frederick Augustus
rainier, Landport, Portsmouth ; Edward Ashton, Wain.
fleet, Lincolnshire ; Joseph Read, Southern, Chelten-
ham ; Richard Birkett Brooke, Bleaford3 Lincolnshire.