The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-06 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

The American Mail steamer Baltic, CaptainCom_
stock, commander, arrived herethis afternoon with
the usual mails, 61 passengers, and $75,000 hi specie
on freight.
The Baltio left New York on Wednesday, the
24th ult. ; the British and north American steamer
Canada arrived at Boston on the 19th ; and the
screw-steamer Glasgow cleared at Now York, on the
19th, for Glasgow.
The political news by this arrival is not im-
portant.
The proceedings in Congress had been chiefly
directed to the urgency that existed for repressing
the outrages of the Indians in Nebraska territory ;
it is proposed to raise a volunteer corps of 3,000
men to put down and repress the Indians rt that
quarter, who are to be remunerated by some pre-
sent pay, and the allotment of some acres of terri-
tory to each volunteer, at the end of the war, which
will, of course, be one of extermination.
The following are extracts from the New York
journals :
‘: Advises from different parts of Canada express
strong fears that the unusual mildness of the season and
the absence of snow will have an injurious effect upon
the autumn-sown rr tin. At St. Catherine's business
was very dull, and robberies quite frequent.
" One of the heaviest produce houses in New Orleans
failed on Monday, owing to the suspension of Page,
Bacon, and others. The liabilities of those houses which
failed on Saturday are estimated at 2,500,000 dollar!.
Their assets, however, exceed that sum, and it is
thought they will all resume business.
Failures were apprehended in Cincinnati and Louis-
ville, in consequence of those which have taken place in
New Orleans.

" Our telegraphic despatches mention the recent
failure of three heavy banking houses at St. Louis, a
similar establishment at New Orleans, and a firm engaged
in the cotton trade at the same place, likewise the ens-
pension of a prominent commission house at Lousville.
" When it was announced in St. Louis that the doors
of the banking-house of Page and Bacon were closed,
there was a sudden upheaving in all the ramifieations of
finance and trade, and business men run to and fro with
utter amazement pictured upon every countenance.
" The barque Howling Wind, Captain Porter, sailed
from Philadelphia on the 18th for Londonderry, with a
full cargo of grain. The next day, haying passed the
Capes of the Delaware, it was discovered that the vessel
leaked badly. Notwithstanding every exertion to keep
the ship free by pumping and throwing overboard a por-
tion of the cargo, the leak gained so fast that Captain
Porter deemed it advisable to make for the nearest port.
On Saturday, about dark, she was fallen in with by the
pilot-boat Antony B. Neilson, of this port. The ship
being completely waterlogged and the pumps choked by
grain, she was abandoned, all hands going on board the
pilot-boat, which reached this city last night."

COMMERCIAL.
Nsw YORK, Jan. 24.

For some weeks past sterling bills at 60 days have
ranged as low as 71,-, to 8 ; within a few days the rates
have advanced, and remittances of bankers' bills for to-
morrow's steamer are made as 9 to 9i.
FOREIGN EXCHANGIS. London, 1081 to 1091 ;
Paris, 5171 to 5131 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 414 ; Ham-
burgh, 361 to 36i ; Bremen, 78 to 78i.
The money market has essentially improved during
the past week ; the banks having extended their dis-
count line, and the rates at the bill brokers having de-
clined from 12 to 15 to 8 to 10 per cent. on first-class
paper. Loans on call 7 per cent.
The western rivers continue very low, and thus Out
shipments of cotton and produce are much delayed, and
the supply of bills on Europe from the south is more
limited than usual.

COTTON.—The business doing is on the basis of Bte.
for middling uplands, and 9 to 91c. for New Orleans.
Our latest advices from Mobile and New Orleans are per
telegraph as follows :—" Mobile, January 19—Sales of
the week, 9,000 bales; middling, 7 e. ; freight, 11-112ds ;
deficit in receipts, 83,000 bales ; stock, 42,500 bales.'
"New Orleans, January 19—Sales, 7,500 bales ; mid-
dling, 84c. ; stook, 150,000 bales ; excess in receipts,
27,000 bales ; freight to Liverpool, 7-16 d."
ASHES.—The sales have been moderate at ,16 68t for
pots, and S 7 25 per 100 lb. for pearl ashes.

. . .
HOPS.—Sales of western were made to moderate ex-
tent at 28 to 30.

NAVAL STouzs.---The market is quiet. Sales of
spisits of turpentine are made at 40c. Rough turpen-
tine $3 25 to 3 75. Common rosin $1 75 to 1 86.
PROVISIONS.—OId mess pork was a little firmer, with
sales of some 300 to 400 barrels from $l2 3711 to 12 50.
Old prime there is none in market. New men $l4 121
to 14 50.

FREIGUTS. -There was more offering to-day, and
several wore made. We quote :-To Liverpool-Cot-
ton, square bales, per lb, 5-32 d. ; flour, per brl., ls. 9d.;
rosin, ls. 9d. to 2s. ; heavy goods, cheese, &c., per ton,
17s. 6d. to 225. 6d. ; grain, pc'. bushel, 6d. ; beef, per
tree., 3s. to 3s. 6d. To London-Tobacco, per hhd.,
225. 6d.. ; flour, per bd., 2s. 6d. ; rosin and turpentine,
per 280.1b5., 2s. 9d. to 3s. ; furs and skins, per ton, 255.
to 30s, ; heavy goods, oils, &c., per ton, 255. to 30s. ;
beef, per tree, 4s. 64. to ss. ; pork, 3s. 6d. per brl. ;
ashes, 58. ; bacon, 275. 6d. ; oil cake, per ton, 255. To
Havre-Cotton, square bales, per lb.. hc. ; ashes, per
ton, $6 to whalebone, &c., per lb., gc. ; heavy
goods, Vie. to c. ; flour, per brl., 50c. ; provisions, 80c.;
grain, per bush.vl, Bc. To Glasgow-Grain, 60. To
San Francisco (by clipper.,)-Measurement goods, per
foot, 25.-3. to SN. ; heavy goods, per ton, $l5 to $2O.