The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-04 00:00:00

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

Since our last report, the arrivals of home-grwn pota-
toes have been on the increase. The imports have been
only 48 bags from Rotterdam, 7 do. from Amsterdam 8
tons from Hambro', 2 sacks from Antwerp, and S 2 bags
from Belfast. A full average business has been transacted,
as follows :—Scotch reds, 100 s to 115 s ; do. Regents, 105 s
to 120 s ; York Regents, 110 s to 120 s ; Lincolnshire do.,
100 s to 115 s ; Essex and Kent, 85s to 1103; Blues, 1003 to
105 s ; Cups, 958 to 1053 per ton.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4.
The America has arrived with advices from New
York to the 21st, and 564,227 dols. and 8501.
She passed the Canada on the 23d ult.
The Washington correspondent of the Herald
states that a change was about to take place in the
Cabinet by the withdrawal of Messrs. Marcy,
Campbell, and Guthrie.
Mr. Marcy is to replace Mr. Buchanan in Lon-
don. Mr. Mason will probably resign his post in
France, and take a seat in the cabinet. Soule,
and Seymour will be recalled.
Belmont,A meri
an advices from Cuba to the 16th state
that the Cubans contemplated a rising.
The Secretary of the Treasury had given notice
that he was preparged to purchase, before the 20th
of November, certain stocks, amounting to about
3,840,000 dole.
The Herald states that a despatch had been re-
ceived from Mr. Buchanan in London, advising
strong measures respecting Cuba, but that the Go-
vernment is not prepared for such a determined
course.
For public securities the tendency was down-
wards ; in consequence of heavy losses by fires and
at sea insurance stocks had suffered.
The cotton-market had declined. The transa.o-
actions in grain were limited, holders being firm.
Their was a fair export and speculative damand
for common brands of State flour, and the market
was firm. In better grades there was less doing.
Freights to Liverpool were firmer.
Exchange on London, 1084 to 109/.
The news from Europe was published at New
York on the 23d ult.

Flour has ailvaaced. The market is unsettled,
holders of wheat and corn asking a considerable
advance.

The money-market is stringent ; stocks dull.

Cotton was dull and bad receded.
The Canadian had arrived at Portland.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NrcarT.
By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship Madrid we have dates from Gibraltar
to the 24th ; Cadiz, 25th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto
and Vigo, the 30th ult. The Madrid brings on
freight specie valued 14,9001., 391 boxes of oranges,
and a sundry cargo of wine, dates, eggs, &c. She
changed- signals to-day with a British line-of-battle
ship off St. Alban's Head.
From Gibraltar we are advised of the incessant
passage through the Straits of ships of war and.
transports laden with troops and stores towards
the East. The steam-ship Cleopatra passed on the
17th ult. ; the Candia, for Toulon, on the 20th; the
Robert Small, on the same day ; the Ripon, bound
for Toulon , arrived at Gibraltar on the 23d. The Royal
mail steam-ship Thames passed the Straits on the
night of the 22d. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle
ship Hannibal, with supernumerary Marines and
ordnance stores for the Black Sea, reached Gibral-
tar on the 21st, and proceeded, after aohort delay,
for Sebastopol. The steamer Rajah, with Govern-
ment stores for Constantinople, left Gibraltar on
the 24th ult. , Her Majesty's steam gun-boat Snake
arrived on the 24th, in six days from Plymouth,
and sailed for the East. The screw steamer Melita,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 23d, en route for Smyrna.
The troop-ship Alipore arrived at Gibraltar on the
24th ult. A British screw transport ship passed
the Straits on the 23d ult., name unknown. The
steamer Amazon, bound for Constantinople, arrived
on the 22d. The British brig Captain has put into
Gibraltar, leaky.

LATER FROM THE BRAZILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE BAHIANA.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT.
The Royal Mail screw steam-ship Bahiada, Cap-
tain Daniel Green, has just arrived, with advices
from Buenos Ayres to October 12th ; Monte Video,
16th • Rio Janeiro, Ist ultimo ; Bahia, 6th.'; Per-
nambuco,i 9th ; Madeira, 24th, and Lisbon, 27th.
She brought 5,2161. 12s. Gd. in gold (comprising
1,270 Spanish ounces), and diamonds valued at
44,966. sterling, and 12 passengers.
At Monte Video, the poverty of the internal re-
sources of the province daily became more appa-
rent, and business in imports could hardly be in a
more apathetic state.
At Rio Janeiro, exchange on London ruled at
2724 to 28, and on France, 345 to 348 per franc.
Freights—To the Channel, 525. 6d. to 555. ; London
and Liverpool, 40s. to 455. ; Hamburgh, 50s. to
555. ; Mediterranean, 555. to 608. • and United
States, 70c. to 80c. Bullion—Spanish and Patriot
doubloons, mil. 28 650 to nil. 28 750 ; sovereigns,
mil. 8 700 to mil. 8 800.
From Bahia we learn that the port was quite
healthy, that sugars were coming in slowly, and the
cane was beginning to suffer from drought. Some
unimportant transactions had taken place in Ex-
change at 27i- Freights to London, 50s. to 555. ;
Liverpool, 40s. to 455. ; Channel (for orders), 525.
Gd. to 555. ; Hamburgh, 555. to 60s. ; and to the
Baltic ports, 60s. to 655. per ton.
The exports from Pernambuco for the year ended
the Ist Nov. exhibited a total of 16,941 bags of
cotton, 580,533 bags 89,374 barrels 5 boxes 676
cases, or 50,963 tons of sugar, 139,947 hides, anti
5,901 pipes of rum. When compared with 1853,
these returns exhibit a falling off: