The Sun. — 1857-05-16 (London, England)

AMERICA.  SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, 10, P.:`,S. The new steamship Vanderbilt, Captain Wilcox, arrive.! at Cowes this evening with three days' later advicet from New York ; she sailed on the afternoon of the sth, and has thus accomplished the  voyage in less than tm days. She brings mails, 201 passengers and $400,000 in specie for Southhampton and Havre. She encountered very foggy weather from New York to the S.E., ed-r  of the banks of Newf.,amdland, And strong gales from N.W. to N.E., with lii h scai thence tai the  longitude of 11 degrees. .Pase.l a large iceberg in ht. 43.45, long. 43. The Vanderbilt sails. from Cowes for Havre at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. In tat. 48, long. 10.30, she passed. the British East Indiaman Princess Royal. The steamship Indian, from Liverpool, arrived at Quebec on the 4th. The trial of Mrs. Cunningham for the murder of Mr. Burdall commenced on the 4th inst„ and will last several days. She was on. her trial alone, she and Eckel having been charged on separate indictment s.  News from Mexico was to the 18th of March. The Archbishop of Mexico and several priests had been arrested on a charge of being implicated in a late attempt at insurrection, and the Archbishop sentenced to banishment.  A despatch from Washington of the 4th says that the ,rumour of the rejection by Great Britain of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty was confirmed by the receipt of a letter from Mr. Dallas to the President. Lord Napier was expected shortly to communicate the fact officially to the Government, when the subject would be considered by the Cabinet of Washington. Advices from Fort des Moines, lowa, to the 27th ult., received at. St. Louis, state that a band of 500 or 600 Indians had crossed the river near Foit George. An attack on the fort, which was very weak, was feared. The recent heavy rains had caused most destruc five freshets in th© Delaware and Lehiu,rh livers. The Delaware andEaston had risen 23& feet, and were still slowly rising, causing a great destruction of property. - • a _ _  The disturbances on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were newly over. Instructions have been issued by the navy squadron to the East India squadron to proceed to Formosa and investigate the circumstances attending ihe wreck of the American ship Highflyer and  the supposed murder of her crew. At' New York, on the 4th, the stock-market opened and dosed heavy. The tendency of prices was downwards, and at the close lower rates ruled througiout: At the first beard La Crosse and Milwaukee' declined A per cent. ; New York Central Railroad, ; Erie, ; Reading, ; Michigan, Southern, 1 ; Michigan, Central, ; Panama, -A ; Illinois Central Railroad, 4 ; Cleveland and Pittsburg' 1 ; Galena arid Chicago, ; Cleveland and Toledo, 1; Chicago and Rock Island, At the recond bard lower prices ruled all round. Reading fa' off I per cent., Cleveland and. Toledo, 1 ; New Ycrk Central, 4 ; Erie' ; Michigan, Southern, 1. After the board a 'further decline was realized, and the market closed very heavy. The cotton-market was rather quiet on the 4th, attributed in part to the inclemency of the weather, while sales were confined to about 1,000 bales, without change in prices. A private telegraphic despatch, dated New Orleans, May 2, gave receipts at 10,000 bales ; sales, 19,000: defieiency of receipts at all the Southern ports, 446,000 ; middling, at 14c. Market firm and crop amounts unfavourable. Flour was firm, especially the higher grades, though the marke.; was less naive without change of moment in prices. Wheat was firm without sales of moment. Corn was firm with moderate sales. Pork was unchanged with sales of mess at $23 50c., and corn; mon utunspected. at $22 75c. The rainy weather checked sales of sugar, which were limited, while prices continued firm ; coffee was in good demand, and embraced 1,800 bags Brazil, and 1,300 di to St. Domingo on private terms. Freights exhibited more tone, while engagements were moderate.