The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPO n, Friday Morning. The United
States mail steamship Baltic, Comstock commander,
has arrived with advices from New Yolk to Sun-
day, the 16th inst.
She has brought 841,100 dols. spec!e on freight.
Ou the 16th inAt at 5 p.m., the Baltic passed

the packet ship Liverpool, bound in ; on the 16th
and 18 h, passed two large screw steamers, both
bound west ; on the 23(1, in lat. 50.33, long 42.34,
passed the British ships John and Montre Lb both
bound west • and on the 27th, at 2.30 p.m., passed
the ships Valetta and M tchell, ou'ward hound.
The Belgian steam-ship Leopold 1., from Ant-
werp and Southampton, arrived at New York on
the 14th inst.

Fifteen lLves had been lost near New York by a
steam-boat collision near that port.
A powder magazine had exploded at Halifax,
destroying a considerable amount of property.
Lord Napier was said to be urging the United
States Government to increase the naval force on
the African coast.

Advice from Nicaragua report that all was
quiet.
At Havannah a money panic had occurred, and
a tun on the bulks took place. The Spanish Bank
of Havannah suffered severely, but was protnvly
aided by the Captain-General, who lent the sum of
2,000,000 dols. to ils coffers. General Concha ad-
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vised and empowered the Spanish Bank to issmi
6,000,000 dols. of deposit certificates, i❑ small and
large sums, to suit the gene ral want, at inter-st. for
6,8, and 10 months, to be received at public offices
as gold. _ _

It was rumoured that a Spanish cruiser had cap-
,ured a slaver off Cuba.

The. Royal M 4.11 steamship Trent was at Aspin-
wall on the 3d inst.

An insurrection had broken out at Santisgo, on
the south side of St. Domingo, and engagements
had occurred with the troops.
It was reported that 0, sta Rica and Nicaragua
had made a treaty, Nicaragua having all her old
boundaries, except one side' of San Juan River,
from Fort Casino down (92 miles) to the harbour
of San Jean del Norte, taking in Punta Arenas,
whi.h included all the buildings of the Company.
The New York commercial advices report that
there was a healthy feeling in mercantile circles,
and a good fall trade was confidently expected.
The crops had come forward in abundance, and, if
not so cheap as at former periods, were made more
accessible to traders of limited means than they
had been during late years.
The money market remained easy, with a fair de-
mand. First-class paper was quoted 9 to 10 per
cent. and second-class ditto 101 to 12 and 15 per
cent. The stock market for the week closed with
much excitement and depression. The tendency of
railroad shares was downward, and holders
felt compelled in some instances to sell at a
large sacrifice. State loans were quoted at
lower figures than for acme time past, show-
ing a decline of 1.- to 1 per cent. on the whole list,
compared with the close of the previous week. The
market for exchange was firm, but the business was
only to a moderate extent. Bills on London were
9i preen. ;on France, sf. 1711 e. to sf. 164 c.; and
on Hamburg, 361 f Port continued du 1 Th
re eit ts were increasing, thou4b quotations indicat ed
no i fir provem»nt or bange. For Canadian flour a fair
demand prevailed, at $6 50c. to $8 75c for common
to prime. In wheat there was little doing for ex-
port, and prices had slightly receded. The pork
market was firm, but beef, butter, and chee-te were
unchanged. The iron market was steady ; 300 tons
of Scotch pig bad been sold at $29 to $3O, six
months. Fr eight continued dull, though there was
DO material change in rates. Tobacco was quoted
but the feeling had improved, owing to advices
I from New Orleans.

The Mongolia, hence, at New York ; and the
Protector, hence, at San Francisco.
The brig Robertß, of London, Captain Cowling,
from Cadiz for New York, with a cargo of wine,
went pSh, re on Thursday, the 13th iust , two milk.s
east of Svuth Hampton Village.