The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-24 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

[A summary. of the snbjoined intelligence. (re-
ceived by Electric Telegraph) was published in The
Sun of SaturdayA
JIV.i6IIPOOL SATI.IItbAT IifORNING.
The new steam-ship Asia, Captain Judkins, which
belongs to the British and North American Royal
Mail Company, has just arrived. She sailed from
Boston on the 12th, and Halifax on the 14th, and
has therefore made the run from the former port in
nine dayi eighteen hours ! The Asia brings a full
complement of passengers, and the
.usual mails from
Canada and the United States.

The American Mail steam-ship -Atlantic, which
sailed from Liverpool on the 29th of May, arrived a.t.
New York on the afternoon of June 9, after a run
of eleven days two hours.
The present arrival brings nine days later news
from New York, including the telegraphic dispatch
from that city, via' Galway.
The following is from a New-York journal:—
" Mr. Clay had a severe attack of indisposition
while attending Divine service, and was obliged to
be carried out of church. He was better yesterday,
and it was supposed there was. no reason for alarm.
" A large fire occurred at Pitsburgh on the night
of the 7th inst., destroying • a number of private
dwellings and warehouses, as well as a large Presby-
terian church. The total damage amounts, it is sup-
posed, to 100,000 dollars.

" Robert W. Barnwell has been appointed by the
Governor of South Carolina as Senator in the United
States Congress, in place, of Colonel Elmore. Mr.
Barnwell was formerly Member of the House of Re-
presentatives from South Carolina, and has also been
several years president of a college in that state.
" The Legislature of New Hampshire commenced
its session last week. The annual message of Go-
vernor Samuel Dinsmore discusses the corporation,
and railroad questions, common schools, agriculture,
the militia, and other topics of public interest. It
states that there are now in New Hampshire 430
miles of railroad in active operation, constructed at a
cost of 16,000,000 dollars. The message concludes
with the statement that the people of New Hampshire
are hostile to every form of oppression, and that the
question of slavery, now pending at Washington, can
only be settled by compromise.

" The proposal to aid in the construction of the rail-
road from Toronto to Lake Huron has been defeated by
the people of Toronto by a vote of 668 to 196.
The plan was warmly opposed on account of the feature
resembling a lottery scheme, which provided that the
control of the corporation should be determined by the
drawing of prizes. The Bill for the simplification of
practice and the diminution of legal expenses has
been voted down by a large majority in the Canadian
Parliament."

The difficulties between this country and Portugal
are assuming a serious aspect. Mr. Clay, our chargi
at Lisbon, is expected home in a short time. The
President, it is said, on good authority, will then
transmit a special message to Congress, recom-
mending the adoption of the most urgent measures,
if Portugal shall continue to refuse the payment of
the American indemnities.

The Nashville Convention is sthl in session, but
Ihusfar without important results.

All the New York papers are in the greatest spirits
respecting the passage of the Atlantic outwards, and
say that she is one of the swiftest vessels afloat. Her
run was of course very quick, and shows this vessel a
rival not to be despised.