The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.
The Royal Mail steamship Europa brings ad-
vices from New York to the 24th, and Boston to
the 25th ; she has brought do specie. On the
6th inst. she spoke the Alps. The Asia had arrived
at New York, and the Indian at Portland.

A formal application had been made to Congress
for an appropriation to despatch an envoy to Persia
on the 23d.

The Senate passed the bill to amend the tariff of
1846 on the 210. The Senate's Committee on
Finarye agreed to report amendments on the Ta-
riff Bill.. Mr. Hunter, chairman of the committee,
had prepared a bill on his own responsibility, and
would endeavour to, procure the consideration of
the subject on the 25th. An article in the Wash-
ington, Union on the Central American treaty,
denouncing in very violent language all interfer-
ence by Great Britain in America, had occasioned
a very uneasy feeling. The New York Courier
and Enquirer replies to the article in indignant
terms, and says :

The article from the Union has excited much atten-
tion in political circles, as being perhaps an index of the
policy of the incoming Administration towards Eug4.ied.
If it really is such there is indeed reason for a sensation.
Its spirit is hostile, its charges untrue, its remands un-
just, and its sentiments insulting and unwarrantable."
The House of Representatives had passed the
Senate's joint resolution for ascertaining and fixing
the relative value of the coins of Great Britain in
the United States. Toe house had passed a bill
for a modification of the tariff. It provides simply
for an addition to the free list on and after the Ist
of next July, without proposing any other changes.
It is substantially the same as reported at the close
of the last session of Congress. One of the provi-
sions is that only wool of the value at the port of
importation of 15c. per lb. or lees, or 50c. per lb.
or over, shall be free ; lead, hemp, iron, and sugar
remain as at present.
The accounts from Nicaragua are very conflicting
and unreliable, but there appears to be little doubt
that Walker was in a desperate cindition. Having
been repulsed on two occasions, many of his men
had deserted by floating down the river on logs.
Dr. Eliaba Kane, the Arctic traveller, is dead, at
the age of 34. A despatch, from New Orleans.of
the 23d says :—" The steamship Cahawba has just
arrived from Havannah, and brings the intelligence
of Dr. Kane's death, which occurred on the 16th
inst. The greatest sympathy was manifested by
the officers of the island, who attended his funeral
in a body."
The New York money market had been more
quiet. Loans were easier both on business paper
and stock. Collaterals with large sales. Reading
had improved ic., closing at 80ic. cash. Sales of
Erie were made at 56g. Illinois, 134 Missouri
Sixes had advanced I. The Bank statement showed
very little variation in exchange. Business was not
very active.' Rates were steady, and the demand
for sterling bills improving—on London, 60 days'
sight, 1081 to 1081.
There had been a large business in cotton at an
advance of ic. to lc. per lb.
Flour was lower. Indian corn had advanced.
Provisions were lively. In naval stores ,there had
been little business done. Scotch pig-iron was
steady. Tobacco firm. Freights were rather lower.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 8.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ripon, Captain R. W. Evans, arrived this
afternoon with the heavy portion of the East India
and China mails, iu charge of Lieut. Inglis, R.N.,
Admiralty agent. She left Alexandria Feb. 22,
Malta 27, and Gibraltar March 3.
This steamer brings 40 first-class passengers,
among whom is the Marquis of Hastings, from
Malta ; 34 second-class, and 20 children ; and a
cargo consisting of 75 boxes of oranges, 21 boxes of
jewellery, two casks of wine, 1,200 bales of silk,
and 100 packages of general merchandise. She
experienced fine weather in the Mediterranean ;
easterly winds along the coasts of Spain and Portu-
gal ; south-east winds across the Bay of Biscay,
and north-westerly winds up-Channel ; fine weather
throughout.

The Ripon exchanged colours with the Peninsu-
lar and Oriental Company's steamers Colombo, on
the 28th of February, at 7.30 a.m., steering
E.S.E. ; the Tagus, on the 4th of March, at 5.30
a.m., steering S ; and the Alhambra, on the Bth,
steering down Channel.
At Malta :—Tho Conqueror, the Centurion, and
the Brunswick screwships of the line ; the Centaur
steam-frigate, the Recruit and Weser steam loops,
the Lynx, Fancy, Osprey, and Wanderer gunboats,
the Caradoc, Shearwater, and Medina steamers.
Orders had hppn iwaiorl (says the Malta Times)
for her Majesty's screw-liners Majestic, Captain
James Hope, and Cressy, Captain Richard L.
Warren, then in the Bosphorus, to proceed to the
Piraeus, embark the 91st Regiment, and convey it
to Corfu, after which- the ships are to proceed to
England, calling at Malta on their way.
Cadiz papers to the 28th ult. had been received
at Gibraltar. The Spanish line-of-battle ship Reina
Isabel 11., Captain Brigadier Don Antonio de Are-
valo, arrived at Cadiz on the 27th from Mahon, in
tow of the steamer Colon, of 6 guns, Captain Don
Ignacio de Arias. The Contribuyente says that
" the expedition which the Spanish Government is
about to despatch to Cuba to vindicate its honour
and place in safety the interests compromised in
Mexico will be composed of from 20 to 30 vessels,
storeships and transports included, and from 8,000
to 10,000 picked troops. They are to be com-
manded by a General who has already distinguish-
ed himself by his gallantry abroad."
Advices from Gibraltar extend to the 3d instant.
The recently erected public baths and washhouses
were opened by the Governor, Sir James Fergus-
son, on the 24th ult., in the presence of the civil
and military authorities. A handsome collation
was served ,to a distinguished party in a marquee,
and the band of the 92d Highlanders contributed
to the festivities. Lieutenant Leith, of the 92d
Highlanders, died on the 21st ult., at bis quavers,
and was buried in the cemetery at the North Front
with military honours. Exchanges on the, 28th were
quoted as follows :—London, 90 days date, 51 ;
Paris, do., sf. 35c. ; Marseilles, do., sf. 34c. ;
Genoa, do , sf. 38c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight,
I
d;s. ; Cadiz, do., dis ; Malaga, do., dis ; Seville,
dis. ; Alicante, do., dis. Valencia, do., dis. ;
Barcelona, do., ; Spanish pillared dollars, 9i
to 10 per cent. prem.
The European and Australian Mail Company's
steamship Etna, with the mails of the 24th ultimo
from Southampton, passed to the eastward of the
garrison at 6 o'clock p.m., on the 28th ult., bound
to Malta and Alexandria.
The Royal Victoria Yacht Club schooner Fairy '
Queen arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th, in X3days

from Portsmouth ; and the Royal Yacht Squadron
schooner Titania on tiie 2d inst., in four days from
Algiers for England.
H.M. steam frigate Dauntlesq, Capt. Ryder, with
the steam gunboat Cracker, Lieut. Blackburne com-
manding, in tow, arriv,d at Gibraltar on the 17th
ult., 12 days from Malt I, and three from Algiers,
aLd left at 10 a.m. on the 19th for the westward.
H.M. steam sloop Curlew, Capt. Horton, arrived.
at Gibraltar from Malaga on the 19th.
The French schooner Ville de Quimper, from
Cette, bound for Dunkirk, with a cargo of wine and
salt, was totally wrecked 1t Torre Carbonera at five
o'cloli in the morning of the 22d ult. One of the
crew was unfortunately drowned, and the rem3i6"
der, six in number, were providentially saved by
the exertions of the Carbineers on that station.
The vessel went to pieces.

The screw s'esmer Demetrius, Capt. Young, from
Liverpool for Beyrout, put hick- to Gibraltar oil the
19th ult., having been in collision with a bark be-
lot.ging to Malta. The latter appeared not to have
suffered much, as :.he proceeded on hervoy acre with-
out stopping to ascertain what injury the t'stearoer
had sustained. The Demetrius lost bulwarks, stan-
chions, cutwater, &c., besides Iptving some of her
bowplates carried away. The Superintendent of
her Majesty's dockyard having granted every faci-
lity for the purpose, the necessary repairs were
speedily effected, and she resumed her voyage to
the eastward on the night of the 28th.