The Sun. — 1856-01-26 (London, England)

AMERICA.  SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING  The United States Mail steamer Arago, Captain Lines, arrived off Cowes en route to Havre early this morning. with the French and English mails, about 50 passengers, 15,000 dollars in specie, and a cargo of flour and wheat, and dates from Kew York to the rth inst. The weather was intensely cold at New York, and large quantities of ice had formed in the liar- ' boar.  The Canada arrived out on the 11th inst., after ' a voyage of 20 days from Liverpool. The steam-sbip Prometheus, from California, arrived at New Orleans on the 10th, with dates to the 20th ult. The intelligence is not important. Affairs in Nicaragua were progressin:t favourably. There were reports of another Filibustering expe dition having landed in Lower California. The San Francisco markets were dull. Several battles had been fought between the Whites and Indians, and numbers killed on both sides. General Wool, however, was making arrangements for a vigorous campaign against the Indians. The voting for Speaker was being continued ; on the last ballot Odell received 45 votes ; Prendergast, 34 ; Bailey, 26. There was no symptom of a surrender on either side. The Texas Debt Bill had been rejected by a majority of six. Five persons were accidentally killed on the Terrehaute and Alton Railroad on the 10th inst. A destructive fire had occurred in a warehouse at Charleston, containing cotton and rice, and property to the value of $,75,000 destroyed. The schooner Pacific, of Washington, North Carolina, laden with tar and turpentine, got ashore on the Long Beach. All hands except the captain and mate perished.  The barque Duque de Braganza had also gone to pieces, and it was supposed all hands were lost. Several railroad accidents were reported. Three persons were killed, and 22 frightfully wounded, on the Hudson River Railroad, by one train running into another.  The Washington correspondents of the Now York papers agree in announcing the rumoured retirement of Mr. Crampton, and it was asserted that he was arranging his affairs preparatory to his return to England. It was further rumoured that the American Government had notified to Great Britain that Mr. Crampton would not be allowed to remain ; and it was also stated, that, in the event ofhis dismissal, the British Government will have no further diplomatic intercourse with the Unitel States, and that Mr. Buchanan will be presented his passport. A despatch from Washington states that news from Nicaragua had been received to the effect that the Walker Government was in danger of being overthrown by a revolutionary party, and that Walker had been twice repulsed in conflicts. The Ohio Legislature. had elected Teleon H. Van Vooris, a black Republican, as Speaker. A very severe snowstorm had visited the whole of the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Halifax, which lasted several hours.  At Boston the mails were detained, and at Ne York the railroads were completely blocked up. News from Cuba had been received to the 28th ult. Havaanah was very gay. Another batch of Africans had been landed, and another lot of political prisoners exiled. Intelligence from Mexico states Cult robberies, murder, and discontent prevailed all over the Republic. The measure of Alvarez for doing away with the clergy and army exemptions was giving great dissatisfaction in Puebla. When the military were posting the proclamations they were attacked by the people, and many were killed on both sides. General Comonfort had ordered 2,500 men to march on Puebla and subdue it.  It was thought that Vera Cruz would soon pronounce in favour of Robles. In the New York money market the transactions were limited. Exchange on England was quoted at 1081 ; Paris, sf. 20c. to sf. 220. The cotton market was firm. Flour was in fair demand. Wheat was quiet. Corn was in moderate request. Pork firm and beef dull. Sugars also were quiet. Freights were steady for English ports, and pretty free. Engagements for flour and grain were made for Liverpool at full rates.  SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, .—Last night Handel's oratorio, " Judas Maccabeus, ' was given by the above society, for the first time this season, and with great success.