The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-31 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

The supplies were Lijrnod,;;;te,;;;Cthe demand limited;
prices somewhat lower. Hay 50s. to 93s ; Clover, 90s. to
120 s. ; Straw 30s. to 40s. per load.
COLONIAL MARKET.

British Plantation Sugar sold slowly at 61s. 6d. for brown ;
645. for middling; and 6111 s. for fine. Nothing done by public
sale in any other kind of Sugar. There are no certain quota-
tions now for Tea as the public sale commences on Monday.
600 bags East India Rice sold at BF. 6d., but it was a com-
mon parcel.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, T}VELTE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON-M A RKET,WEDNESDAY.—There
has been rather an active demand for Cotton to-day,
and very full prices have been obtained. The sales
5,000 bags, including about 500 taken for export.

Numerous files of papers were reeeivcd in the course
of yesterday afternoon, from various parts of India, as
well as from China. The contents of the Indian pa-
pers, containing the entrance of the British army into
Cabool, appeared in the morning journals ; but the let-
ters and papers received from China were riot deli-
vered from the Post-office until late in the afternoon.
The following is the most important intehigence they
contain :

The Madras paper of the 29th August, states, that
notwithstanding the severity of the edicts against the
sale and use of the drug, it continues to be sought
after with an avidity that seems to increase. It is pur-
chased at front 700 to 750 dollars per chest,
the purchase, payment, and delivery all taking
place on board of the smuggling vessels, and
effected with impunity ; it remains to be seen what.,
if any, means will be taken by the Chinese authorities
to arrest the progress of the traffic as now carried
on ; but, were the British authorities once to determine
upon aiding the Chinese in putting a stop to the trade
it would present to a fe.w vessels of war no difficulty.
The Canton papers of the 18th of June state—" To•
clay the Commander of the American ships which have
lately entered the river will send in a petition to the
local Government for permission to trade under the
former usual tern's. We have not as yet obtained a
copy of the petition to his Excellency the imperial
Commissioner. We have been informed that a total stop-
page of all branches of trade at Macao has been effected
by the rigorous orders of the imperial Commissioner."
The letters from Singapore state that her Majesty's
Supetintendent has taken up the Cambridge to act as
a guard-ship for the protection of British property. It
is stated, that in the event of the Commissioner making
hostile arrangements with regard to Macao, that the
British residents there will find it necessary to seek
as the Portuguese did not
shepo s shelter ot
the
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rthe o s
protecth i lt
60 sail of shipping detained outside, independent of the
Pliig'them. There were about
numbers that were Still to arrive.
A meeting was held at Macao on the 12th June, at
the office of Messrs. Dent end Co., where several reso-
lutions were passed :—First, That the meeting sees
with regret that there are parties preparing to send
British ships and property to Canton, in opposition
.to
the strict_ injunctions of her Majesty's Chief Superm-
tendant. That a requisition be made to her Majesty's
Chief Superintendant, to state whether the several pub-
lic notices issued by him are to be considered as placing
a positive embargo on British ships and property by the
Government of Great Britain. Secondly, whether he
considers the present line of his negociations with the
Chinese Government such as to warrant a belief