The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

In the prices have given way,
markd for bread-stuffs
•,
owing to the, advices by. the previous steamer from, Eng-
There”was little -disposition to purchase at the
following prices :—Western Canal flour, $4 62/c. to
$4 75c. per barrel • Gennessee wheat, $1 22c. to $1 24c.
Indian corn, northern round yellow, 64c. to 66c., steady ;
Indian meal; Jersey yellow, $3 25c. to $3 374 c.
The cotton market at New York had been very inac-
tive, and prices had slightly receeded for most descrip-
tions ; the sales had been very limited. The following
are the quotations :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid.
fair to fair, Hee. to 12c. ; Uplands, ditto, 10ic. to lie.
By telegraph from New Orleans to the 14th, we learn
that the market , was brisk and the excess of receipts
529,000 bales.
The provision market was dull, and closing very
heavy.
Freights were very little altered from the rates pre-
vailing at the previous departure. Cotton to Liverpool
was quoted 3-16 d. to id. per lb. ; flour to ditto, 25. 3d.
to 2s. 6d„ per barrel ; grain to ditto, 7d. to Bd. per
bushel.
Stocks were in better demand, and firm.
Exchange on London, 109 i to ,1091, not well sus-
tained ; on Paris, 5 15 ; Hamburgh, 36 to 361 ; Bremen,
791 to 79k.

REPORTED DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OP THE SHIP
AMERICA AT NEW ORLEANS.—The following was posted
yesterday in the underwriters' room, Liverpool :—"A
telegraph from New Orleans mentions that the America,
as well as the Belmont, was burnt on the 7th instant.
The cargoes of both were 6,000 bales." There may be
some mistake in this, as the owners of the America here
have received no information of it. It may refer to the
American ship Maine, which lay beside the Belmont at
the time of the burning, as the America, lay at Point.

CUSTOMS DUTIES.—the Customs authorities have had
under consideration a report of the Examiner, submitting
an amended form of abstract of duties inwards for goods
delivered from the warehouse, and they have approved
of the amended form, and directed it to be transmitted
to their principal officers at the several ports throughout
the United Kingdom, with directions to adopt the same,
from and after the sth April next, observing that the
transmission of the separate abstract sheets for goods
removed, as required by a former general order, will now
be necessary.
WOOLWICH GARRISON.—The whole of the troops in
the garrison, with the exception of the Royal Sappers
and Miners employed on public works, assembled in
heavy marching order at half-past 9 o'clock a.m. yester-
day, in front of the Artillery Barracks, and were drawn
up in the following order :—The Royal Horse Artillery,
under Lieut.-Colonel Strangaways ; a battalion of Foot
Artillery, under Lieut.-Colonel Otway; a second battalion
of Foot Artillery, under Brevet-Major Hon. R. Spencer;
two heavy 9-pounder field-batteries, having six guns in
each, under Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson ; a battalion
of Royal Marines, under Lieutenant-Colonel Joliffe ;
a third battalion of Foot Artillery, under Lieutenant-
Colonel Lake ; and two light 6-pounder field-batteries
brought up the rear. The troops marched off the ground
at 10 o'clock, under Lieutenant-Colonel Willis ; and the
Commandant, Colonel C. E. Whinyates, C. 8., K.c.H
arriving on the ground, accompanied by Brigade-Major
Bingham, and Captain Harrison, Acting Deputy-Assis_
taut Quartermaster-General of Artillery, he assumed the
command, and, taking up a position at the west end of
the barracks, witnessed each of the divisions in which the
troops were formed march past, headed by their respec-
tive bands, or drums and flutes; they then. proceeded
out at the south-west gate, and along the road separatingNightingale-
vale,
the barrack-field from the Common, down Nightingale-
vale, across Plumstead-common, and returned by the
Lower Plumstead-road, past the Arsenal, and entered
the garrison ground at the grand depot guard entrance,
reaching the barracks at half-past 11 o'clock.
NEW ELECTION COMMITTEES.--Committees will be
appointed on the reassembling of the House after
Easter, to inquire into the allegations containedf in the
petitions Dartmouth the return of members or the following
places :—, Taunton, Leicester, Tynemouth,
Cockermouth, and Athlone.
ELECTION PETITIONS WITHDRAWN.—Notices have
been given that it is not intended to proceed with the
petitions in, the following casesi T
:—Tipperary, Knares-
borough (defence of return of B.
mWotohd), Southamp.
ton (return of Mr. Cochrane), Westmeath, , and Meath.

LOUIS NAPOLEON'S RECEPTION OF THE
LONDON DEPUTATION.

(From a Second Edition of the Morning Post.)
Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, the Emperor
received at the Tuileries the deputation of the mer-
chant princes of London. _

The Ministers of State, of Foreign Affairs, and of
the Interior were present.
The deputation was composed of Sir James Duke,
M.P., Bart., Sir Edward N. Buxton, Bart., Mr.
Samuel Gurney, Mr. W. Gladstone, Mr. J. D.
Powles, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Dent, Mr. Barclay, and
Mr. Masterman.

Sir James Duke addressed the Emperor in the
following terms :

" Sire,— We have the honour and the gratification to
appear before your Majesty, for the purpose of present-
ing to your Majesty, and to the French nation, a decla-
ration from the commercial community of the metro-
polis of the British Empire, embodying the sentiments of
amity and respect by which they are animated towards
their brethren of France.

"The circumstances which have called forth this decla-
ration being fully stated in the declaration itself, bearing
the signatures of upwards of 4,000 of the merchants,
bankers, and traders of London, we have only to add the
expression of our conviction that this document conveys
at the same time a faithful representation of the feelings
of the people of England at large.
"In conclusion, Sir, we beg to express to your Im-
perial Majesty our fervent hope that, under your reign,
France and England may be alway uniteds in a friendly
and mutually beneficial intercourse, and that from the
friendship of these two great nations, results may ensue
favourable to the peace of the world, and the happiness
of mankind."

The hon. baronet then read the following, which
lie afterwards presented to his Imperial Majesty
"DECLARATION OF THE MERCHANTS, BANKERS, TRADERS,

AND OTHERS, OF LONDON.
" We, the undersigned, merchants, bankers, traders,
and others, of London, feel ourselves called upon, at
this time, publicly to express the concern with which we
learn, through various channels of information, that an
impression exists in the minds of the people of France
that feelings of an unfriendly character are entertained
towards them by the people of England,
" We think it right emphatically to declare, that we
believe no such feelings exist on the part of the English
people towards the people of France. We believe the
welfare pf both nations to be closely interwoven, as well
in a mutually advantageous and commercial interccourse
as in a common participation in all the improvements of
art and science.

" Rejoicing in the reflection that nearly forty years
Dave passed since the final cessation of hostilities between
France and England, we record our conviction that
European wars should be remembered only to be de-
plored, for the sacrifice of life and treasure with which
they were attended—the hindrances they interposed
to all useful enterprise and social advancement —the
angry and unchristian feelings which the pevoked in their
progress—and the heavy financial burdens which
they left behind them at their close—considerations
which supply the most powerful motives to every indi-
vidual in the European community, to avoid, and to
oppose, by every means in his power, whatever may
tend to cause the recurrence of such evils.

" We desire to remark, that if in that expression of
opinion on public questions which the press of this
country is accustomed to exercise, it is found occasionally
to speak with apparent harshness of the Government or
the institutions of other States, the same is not to be
understood in a spirit of national hostility, or as desiring
to give offence. We feel that with the internal policy
or mode of Government which the French nation may
think good to adopt for itself it is not for British sub-
jects to interfere, further than heartily to desire that it
may result in peace and happiness to all interested
therein.

" We conclude this declaration, by proclaiming our
earnest desire for the long continuance of cordiality and
goodwill between Frenchmen and Englishmen—our de-
termination to do all in our power to uphold the same—
and our fervent hope, that the inhabitants of both na-
tions may, in future, only vie with each other in culti-
vating the arts of peace, and in extending the sources of
social improvement, for their common benefit."
His Majesty replied in English :

`QI am extremely touched by this manifestation. It
confirms me in the confidence with which the good sense
of the English nation has always inspired me. During
the long stay I made in England, I admired the liberty
she enjoys—thanks to the perfection of her institutions.
Nevertheless, at one period last year, I feared that public
opinion was misled with regard to the true state of
France, and her sentiments towards Great Britain.
But the good faith of a great people cannot be long de-
ceived, and the step which you now take is strikitg proof
of this.

" Ever since I have held power, my efforts constantly
tend to develops the prosperity of France. I know her
interests. They are not different from those of all other
civilised nations. Like you, I desire peace ; and to
make it sure, I wish, like you, to draw closer the bonds
which unite our two countries."

The deputation then retired, delighted with their
reception. They were invited last night to the
grand fête offered to their Majesties by the Legis-
lative Body.
They dine to-day with M. Drouyn de I'Huys,
and to-morrow with the Emperor and Empress at
the Tuileries.