The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-14 00:00:00

as is usual at this season, when our rains have set in,
transactions are of a very. limited kind, and 'generally
confined to local requirements. Some inouiry (assi,ithing
a speculative nature) for goods "to arrive" has existed.
For immediate delivery dealers will not purchase,andprices
cannot, therefore, be taken as any indication of the state
of the market, prospects for which entirely' depend upon
the development of the monsoon, which burst in a mild
form on the 7th current, and such has been its character
up to within the last two days. Rain has fallen in such
moderate quantities and at such intervals as to cause
some uneasiness, even at this early stage of its pi t:wing
a seasonable one, but we have some hopes of it turning
out favourably.
Cochineal—Some inquiry has existed for shipment to
China, and a go )d deal of inferior has been thus disposed
of, which has given a firmer tone to the market.
Cotton Wool—The market has continued veryinac-
tire, and holders having stored their stock, are now inde-
pendent.of selling, and are shipping freely to China on
their own account, and trifling lots to Great Britain.
Prices, therefore, are much about the same. '
Opium—The receipt of the China letters on the
morning of the 29th inst., has created considerable ex-
citement in the Bazaar
(assuming the form of gambling),
and prices have advanced to Rs. 912 for Indore, 925 for
Mundeisir, per chest. The steamer to-day will take be-
tween 1,500 and 1,600 chests, mostly on importers' own
account.
Exchange on London has fluctuated a good deal since
last mail, and supplies of bills on the spot having been
absorbed by the mail of the- 20th current, few were
offering for this indirect opportunity, and rates declined
to
.2s old for good local credits, and .Bank 2s 24 six
months' sight. The arrival, however, of the China
steamer, bringing two mails, through the wreck of the
Douro, has relieved the market,
.and given rates an up-
ward tendency. Barings' credits have been done at 2s Old
six months' sight, which may be. taken as the clq,sing
rate of the day. Document bills are few, and may be
quoted nominally at 2s -00, but have been done at
2s 5-16 d to 2s ogd six months' sight. .0n China, .Rs.
237 to 239 per $lOO, sixty days' sight. On Calcutta,
Rs. 98 per Rs. 100, same usance.
Tonnage—The supply of tonnage is abundant for ,pre-
sent wants, and owing to the small shipments'of pro-
duce to Great Britain rates are slightly lower, 4/. 2s 6d
.to Si. per ton for cotton and seeds being the outside
rates of the day. For China, 19 to 20 re. per candy, ac-
cording to the size of the vessel, but are not quite so
steady since the news from China came to hand.

We published the Calcutta and China news last
week.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SIINDA.Y EVENING.
The Niagara arrived this afternoon, with dates
from New York to the 3d, and Boston, to the 2d
inst. She brings $253,699 in specie.
The following was received by telegraph via
Halifax :

NEW YORK, AUGUST 3.
Flour has declined 2s. ; wheat irregular • corn
has declined 3s. to ss. ; cotton unchanged, re-
maining in moderate demand previous rates ; all
stocks, standard aLd fancy, firmer. Money to-day
is easy, and the rate of interest on call is from 5 to
6 per cent.
NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 1.
The news by last steamer has not affected the
market, which is reported to-day as dull.

WASHINGTON, AUGUST 2.
In Executive Session, yesterday. the reciprocity
treaty was debated for three hours, many amend-
ments were proposed and rejected, and the treaty
was reported to the Session and engrossed. It will
be confirmed to-day without further debate.
There is little doubt but that the house will
finally agree to the Senate's amendments to the
River and Harbour Bill. -It will probably be dis-
posed of to-day.
The house has reduced the Civil and Diplomatic
Appropriation Bill to $13,000,000, and resolute
efforts will be made to defeat it altogether.

EVENING.
The Reciprocity Bill 'was to-day ratified by the
Senate. Arrived, the New York, the Indiana,
the Hermann, and Wendel.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.
The United States mail steamer, St. Louis
(which replaces the Franklin), Asa Eldridge, com-
mander, arrived at Cowes, yesterday, at 6 a.m.,
having left New. York at 9 a.m., on the Ist inst.:
The St. Louis has on board 350,000 dols. in
specie, of which 12,000 dols. is for England. She
has no other cargo. Of her eighty passengers,
eight are for England.
August
spoke 4ke
English barque, Skylark, of Water-
ford, ortmnd"
west, showing Bremen
lat. 42.34, long. 62.14,
passed a steamer
colours ; Aug. 5, at 3.10 p.m., lat. 43.50, long.
57.00, at
ford, bound west ; Aug. sth, at 4.20 p.m. passed
s
a large American ship, bound west, showing No.
8,701 ; Aug. 5, at 5 p.m., lat. 43.55, long. 56.45,
passed brig Denmark, of Boston, bound west.
The session of Congress was within four days of
its close, and as no progress had been made with
theireciprocity treaty (Canada) fears were entertained
that it would not be sanctioned this session.
Telegraphic reports state that New Orleans was
very healthy on the 28th ult. Baltimore was, on
the 30th, exempt from cholera. " Eleven of the
pear gormandisers at the alms house, says the
New York Herald, are now dead ; all died with
choleratic symptoms. The other inmates are as
healthy as usual." The same paper publishes a
message from Philadelphia of the 30th, stating that
four members of one family were interred that after-
noon, who died from cholera on Saturday and Fri-
day--father, mother, and two sons. Three children
survived, two of whom are very sick. At Boston
the deaths were 22 in the last week reported on.
Respecting the destruction of Greytown, the
New York Herald says It is reported that Marcy on Saturday was very ex-
plicit in his declarations to his friends in Congress, that
none of the responsibility of the instructions to Captain
Hollins rested on him. It is, however, reported with
equal positiveness, on the other hand, that so far from
objecting to them in cabinet council, he directly ap-
proved of them. A. curious fact has leaked out as to Mr.
Solon Borland while at San Juan: It is asserted that
he organised a militarY force to maintain the honour of
the United States, concentrated in his person, as well as
for his self-protection, and paid them about 12,000 dols.,
for which he drew on the government, but the draft has
not yet been paid. Probably this amount is included in
the 24,G00 dole. demanded by
zens of San Juan. Capt. Hollins of the citi-