The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-16 00:00:00

PHILADELPHIA MONEY AND COMMER-

CIAL NEWS.
OCT. 24, P.M.--There is but very little news of in-
terest going on in our city to-day : the premium on
specie has declined somewhat, and the rates of exchange
on your city is generally giving way. It is a fixed prin-
ciple with our merchants to suffer protest on notes and
draughts from your city, whenever payment is demanded
in specie or New York funds. Such has been'the case
within the last two days to a very heavy amount, and on
Come of the best houses in the city.
STOCKS.—Sa'tes have been extremely dull, and prices
in most cases have given way :—At the 2d board 46
shares United States Bank, 85 ; 1 ditto, 851 ; 1 ditto,
85 ; 30 Bank of Kentucky, 84 ; 2 ditto Wilmington,
461 ; 102 ditto, 46 ; 6,003 State Fives, 1859, 93; 100
Vicksburg, 34 ; 15 Kentucky, 73- ; 9 Commercial, 56.

CANADA.
(From the Montreal Courier, Oct. 21.)
QUEBEC, OCT. 19.—This day, at a little after one,
the steam-boat British America, having on board his
Excellency Sir John Colborne, was announced from the
telegraph, and a guard of honour immediately marched
to the Queen's-wharf, to receive his Excellency on
landing. At two o'clock all preparations being made,
his Excellency came on shore, under a salute from the
Citadel, and was received by the guard of honour, with
the compliments due to his rank ; he then mounted his
horse, and proceeded to Payne's Hotel, where apart-
ments have been prepared for his reception during his

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staff, by the heai!3 of ;'"••
Montreal, and by the field officers of the garrison,
with the officers of staff and departments here.
His Excellency was loudly cheered on landing, and
repeatedly during his passage through the streets, to
the hotel, and again on his way to the Ca'tle.
At three o'clock his Excellency the Right Hon. C.
Poutett Thomson disembarked from the Pique, toe
yards of the ship being manned, and salutes fired from
the ship and Citadel. He was accompanied by the
commander of the forces, Sir Richard Jackson, and
attended by the officers of his suite and three of the
General's personal staff; carriages were in waiting, in
which the whole party proceeded to the castle, and Sir
John Colborne shortly arrived, the ceremony of
swearing in the new Governor took place, the commis-
sions being read as usual. So far as we could ascertain
they are essentially the same as those held by the
Earl of Durham, but the room was an erowded that it
was not an easy matter to catch the exact tenor of each
sentence.

utter the ceremony was over the Magistrates waited
upon his Excellency with their addresses of welcome on
his arrival. They were received with great courtesy,
and the answer was in all respects satisfactory. The
Magistrates were then, at his Excellency's request,
severally introduced to him.

The Governor. General, after the ceremony proceeded
to Schlup's Hotel, in Saint Lewis-street, where his Ex-
cellency remains to-night, and in the evening- will en-
tertain his Excellency Sir John Colborne arid a large
party at dinner.--Quebec Mercury.

FIRST PROCLAMATION TO THE CANA-
DIAN PEOPLE BY C. P. THOMSON.
(From the Official Gazette.)
C. POULETT THOMSON.

By his Excellency the Right Hon. Charles Poulett
Thomson, one of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy
Council, Governor-General of British North Ame-
rica, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in
and over the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of
Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
A PROCLAMATION.

The Queen having been graciously pleased to appoint
me to be Governor-General of British North America,
I have this day assumed the administration of that office.
In the execution of this high trust it will be my
desire no less than my duty to promote, to the
utmost of my power, the welfare of all classes of
her Majesty's subjects, to reconcile existing differences.
to apply a remedy to proved grievances, to extend
and protect the trade, and enlarge the resources
of the colonies entrusted to my charge ; above all, to
promote whatever may bind them to the mother coun-
try by increased ties of affection and interest, will be
my first and most anxious endeavour. In the pursuit
of these objects I shall ever be ready to listen to the
representations of all, whilst I shall unhesitatingly ex-
ercise the powers confided to me to repress disorder, to
uphold the law, and maintain tranquillity. The suspen-
sion of the Constitution in Lower Canada places in the
hands of the Executive Government powers of an ex-
traordinary nature, the necessity for which is deeply to
be deplored, and which can be justified only by the cir-
cumstances of the province. One principal object of
my mission will be to determine in what manner, at
what time, this state of things may be brought to a
close, and the full benefits of British institutions be re-
stored to her Majesty's Lower Canadian subjects.
In Upper Canada the loyalty and courage of the in-
habitants have preserved the Constitution, and main-
tained the powers of the law through difficulties of the
most trying nature. Their exertions during the last
two years have been viewed by her Majesty with the
highest satisfaction, and have commanded the applause
and admiration of all classes in the mother country. It
would appear, however, that in that province causes of
embarrassment are not wanting ; her trade is said to
be cramped, her finances deranged, and the develop-
ment of her resources impeded. To devise measures by
which these evils may be removed in a manner satisfac-
tory to the inhabitants will be one of the objects to en-
gage my earliest attention, and I shall rely upon the pa-
triotism of the people and the wisdom of the Legislature
to aid me in the effort.

Animated by the most anxious desire to promote the
welfare of these important provinces, to uphold the rights
of the Crown, by whose confidence I have been ho-
noured, and to advance the true interests of the people
to whom I am sent, I confidently call on all those to
whom the prosperity of British North America is dear,
to unite with me in the work which I have undertaken,
and, laying aside all minor considerations, afford me that
assistance and co-operation which can alone enable me
to bring my task to a sucussFul issue.
Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the
Castle of St. Lewis, in the city of Quebec, in the
said province of Lower Canada, this 19th day
of October, in the year of our Lord, 1839, and
the 3d year of her Majesty's reign.
By his Excellency's command,
T. A. C. MURDOCH, Chief Secretary.

His Excellency the Governor. General has been
pleased to make the following appointments :
To be Secretary to the General Government,—Mr.
T. W. Clinton Murdoch.

To be Military Secretary, and principal Aide-de-Camp
—Major George D. Hall.
The following is his Excellency's answer to the address
of the Magistrates, presented immediately after his Ex-
cellency had been sworn in :
" I thank you for your address of congratulatioa on
my arrival in this province.
" The preservation of the public peace and the firm admi-
nistration of justice are the first wants of a state, and the
first duty of a Governor. You may rely with confidence
upon receiving from me the most active support in the
discharge of your Magisterial functions.
" I fully appreciate the political and commercial im-
portance of the city of Quebec. It will afford me sin-
cere satisfaction, at all times, to contribute to its pros-
perity, and, when circumstances permit, by residing
within its walls, to cultivate the good feelings and re-
gard of its inhabitants.
" I receive with confidence the assurance of your co-
operation, and that of the inhabitants of your city, in
aiding me to promote the peace and happiness of her
Majesty's subjects in this province, by cementing its
permanent connection with the other dominions of the
Crown ; all my efforts will be directed to that end, and
it is with that object that I have accepted the trust
with which our Sovereign has honoured me."