The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-05 00:00:00

the progress of Canada, which they are persuaded

when the time comes, if, as they believe, the Union
must embrace the Continent, will peacefully take its

place in the Federation even without the action of
the patriot Lanctot, who is desired to moderate his
transports, and requested, in consideration for his

countrymen, not to make himself and them ridicu-

Lous. Indeed, even Nova Scotia has failedto arouse

any sympathy in its appeals to the United States.
Americans have quite as much territory as they can
manage for many a long year to come, and, al-
though they would like to reform that blot on

civilization to the South of the Rio Grande, they
have no desire to meddle North of the St. Law-

ren ce.

The Colorado arrived at San Francisco on the
Gth August, from China and' Japan, with 80 cabin

passengers and 800 Chinese in the steerage, having
made the passage in thirty days from lion; Kong.
Her cargo consisted of twenty thousand packages
of silk and tea for the United States and Europe.

A telegram had been received from "San Francisco
" Civil war is raging in Japan. The native
Christians are persecuted, and one thousand were

sent to the mines, the foreign ministers remonstrat-
ing. Gold has been discovered in China, causing
great excitement among the celestials." The steam-
ship marine of San Francisco is rapidly increasing
_ . .

Six round trips are now made with Panama every
month, and one to the Sandwich Islands every

twenty days. in the same period the voyage
is made to Mexican ports, a semi-monthly
line to British Columbia, a tri-monthly to

Oregon, and a coast line to the California
ports north and south of San Francisco ; the
fleets required for the work number 40 steamers
and aggregate 60,000 tons. This is independent of
the river fleet, equalling in equipment that of any
country, and a sea-going sailing force entering and
departing from the port of 350,000 tons annually.
The City of Baltimore carried from Liverpool on
Wednesday for New York the cricketers selected to
visit the States to play a series of matches. Their
names are—Willsher (captain), Griffith, Row-

botham, Humphrey, Jupp, Pooley, Smith, Tarrant,
A. Shaw, Charlwood, Freeman, and J. Lillywhite.
A large number of cricketiog men assembled to bid
them " good bye." Nine years ago a great inter-

national match came off, the All England Eleven

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being pitted against an American Twenty-Two. I
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was then that Americans first learned as a nation

that cricket of all games requires most training

The Americans were mere children in the hands o

the All England Eleven, and were surprised and
even mortified at a result any one who knew the
game could have told them was certain. Although
we have little doubt that the English players
will win, they will find that the game is now
much better understood in America, and they
will not pass over the country as they did be-
fore, beating their adversaries with scarcely an
effort. During the first week they will play matches
against two selected twenty-twos from various clubs
in New York and vicinity ; the second week they
will play matches in Montreal with a twenty-two
selected from officers of her Majesty's regiments
and various Canadian cricket clubs ; the third week
they will play two matches in the neighbourhood
of Boston against a twenty-two selqcted from
Massachusetts cricketers ; the fourth week will be
given to Philadelphia, where they will meet Ameri-
can cricketers ; and the fifth week will be given to
New York, when, possibly, they may be induced
to enter into a contest with an American nine at
the American game of base-ball.
The limes publishes the following telegram,
dated New York, Thursday night :—" Mr. J. T.
Hoffmann has been nominated for Governor. Re-
solutions have been passed in favour of the pay-
ment of the United States debt in papermoney, the
early resumption of specie payments, a general am-
nesty, and the taxation of the National Debt. Re-
solutions have been passed against negro suffrage
and the Congress Reconstruction plan." The New
York Times says that according to a telegram from
Washington the friends of President Johnson de-
clare that he will embark for Europe on the sth of
next March, and seek relief in foreign countries
from the arduous duties he has had to perform
during his term of office.
General W. S. Rosecrans is to start on the Ist of
October for Mexico. He is well known in the
Pacific States, where he spent some time in mining
and engineering examinations, and owns much pro-
perty in mines. He will be attended by General
Kautz, a famous cavalry officer, and his instruc-
tions have been given most minutely by the Sec-
retary of State. It is announced that the project
is revived of establishing a United States Protec-
torate over Mexico, the Washington Government
taking a position somewhat similar to that held by
the British in India over what are there called Pro-
tected States. Juarez, if the story now denied be
true, was to receive some money and certain gua-
rantees, while he cedes Lower California and sanc-
tions a rectification of the Southern boundary line.
Although now denied, as the report is said to have
emanated from speculative citizens to forward their
railway, mining, and other interests in Mexico,
there is fire in this smoke, for Romero did not tra-
vel to Washington for nothing. In Vera Cruz the
insurrection is spreading and extending to other
States, Ortega being named for President; and the
last advices say that the forces of Juarez, under
Alatorre, have been defeated by the insurgents
in the State of Vera Cruz. While on this subject
we may add that the French holders of Mexican
bonds are, as fixed by the commission, to receive
an indemnity of 30 per cent. of the amount of their
shares as a first instalment from the capital ap-
propriated for the liquidation of claims.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Rollins is in
Washington holding tight to his appointment
against Burbridge of Kentucky. The President, it
is reported, is above to vault over Attorney-General
Evarts' opinion, and at least suspend Mr. Rollins
pending investigation into the charges affecting his
honesty. A considerable number of appointments
are controlled by this officer, who desires to use
them, so says rumour, in the Republican interest,
while the President is equally anxious to forward
by their means the Democratic interest. The super-
visors lately authorized have not yet been appointed
as Mr. Rollins claims and acts on the right of re-
jecting Mr. M'Culloch's nominations. Mr. Evarts
has given the opinion that the Collectorship of New
Orleans is vacant, and may be filled by the Presi-
dent, who can also appoint a Collector of Customs
for Alaska, and a Federal District Attorney fOT
Eastern Pennsylvania.