The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-14 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.

LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 14.
The Royal mail steam ship Caledonia has just
arrived at our port, after a good passage across the
Atlantic. She brings her Majesty's mails from the
United States, Canada, and the other British posses-

sions in the western world.
The Caledonia left Boston on the Ist of August,
and consequently has brought over one week later
news than any hitherto to hand. Her departure
from Halifax, where she had run into to receive mails
and passengers, was on the 4th inst.
The dates by the Caledonia from the more impor
tent cities and towns on the other side of the Atlantic
are as follow :—Halifax, 4th, and Boston, Ist inst. ;
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, 31st ult. ;
Washington, 31st ult.; Charleston, Mobile, and
Montreal on the 30th ult., Cincinnati and St. Louis,
29th ult., and Quebec, 28th ult.
The Caledonia brings intelligence of the arrival out
of the Europa at New York on the 27th ult. This
ship left this port on the 14th ult., and was followed
the succeeding week by the Cambria, for Boston,
whose arrival at Halifax previous to the Caledonia s
calling there is announced in our letters.
The mission of Father Mathew continues to pro-
gress. His visit to Boston has been as successful as
that to Brooklyn, and a large number of volunteers
have flocked to his standard. The collection towards
the fund for rendering the worthy father "inde-
pendent of England" goes on slowly, although some
considerable subscriptions have been contributed by
Catholic temperance societies.
Amongst the body of official, clerical, and other
authorities who have seconded the proposal made by
President Taylor, for a day of humiliation and
prayer, in presence of the prevailing disease, are the
General Synod
.of tha Re.ormed Dutch Church,
through its preselent, the Rev. George H. Fisher;
the Bishops of Delaware, Penn,ylvania, and Ten-
nessee ; Governors Fesh, of .Neve York, and Trum-

bull, of Connecticut, &c.
Lie claims of Colonel Benton, for the Presiden
tial chair on the first vacancy, are being pushes

fin-ward with much energy, and should tiTe symp
toms of " Coalescion" already- evidenced among the
various sections of the Democrats and Abolitionists
be followe I up, a long pull will be given on
his behalf with every likelihood of success.
The evideet policy of the Democrats, as a party, I
seems to be to have everything prepared to elect
their candi la-e at any moment the chair should be
vacant by death, resignation, or the general expiry of
the °di .e. The struggle will no doubt be between
the northern and southern States; and of its issue in
the detc,at of the latter, notwithstanding the strong
advocay of Mr. Calhoun, there can be no doubt.
The indifference of the President in providing places
for his partisans and adherents has produced some
dissatisfaction amongst them, which has oozed out
through the press, but is not likely to have any in-
fluence on General Taylor.
Out of 750 clerks in the different Cabinet depart-
ments, it seems there have not been more than 30
or 40 changes made, and as there were fully 700
" Loco /ACC'S" installed in them previously to the
Geeeral's appointment, it is net to be wondered at
that those who supported him for the sake of the good
things of office should be disappointed.
The cholera still continues to devastate the States,
and in the greater number of instances is on the in-
crease. The returns made up from St. Louis and Cin-
cineati are the most fearful. bleach of those towns one
in every ten of the inhabitants has fallen a victim. The
deaths at St. Louis are already some thousands, and
in Cincinnati above that number. In the Western
States it is also still raging violently, and the
citizens were flying from it in all directions. The
disease has extended into districts hitherto free, and
is making much havoc, principally, however, in un-
healthy localities, and amongst intemperate and dissi-
pated subjects. The cholera is assuming a more
deadly aspect, and the complaint is not so long in
striking down its victim as at first. Richmond,
Louisville, and Albany are suffering, but Boston and
Philadelphia are comparatively exempt. In New
York the disease may be said to be stationary, the
average number of deaths barely exceeding 100 daily.
We regret to find that the same gloomy reports of
the harvest come to hand from various portions of the
Union. In the wheat crop the effect of the sudden
transition from sunshine to rain has been to check
nutrition when the wheat was in a milky state, and
the stalk being blasted, has turned red, and is
covered with a dusty substance resembling
oxide of iron. In some instances the stalks
have collapsed, and the pores closing, the
leaves have withered, and the crop died. This has
manifested itself prominently in Ohio, where for miles
together the rust has affected the crop. Wherever
drought has been felt for any length of time the grain
has more or less suffered. Whilst this is the case in
some parts, it is not, however, general, as from Illi-
nois, Michigan, Maryland, New York, and Pensyl-
vaitia, the accounts come favourable.
The meeting of the British League is announced
in our present advices. They assembled on the 27th,
under the presidency of the Hon. Mr. Moffatt, but
up to the time of our report leaving nothing of
importance had transpired. Some hopes were enter-
tained in Canada that a change of Ministry in the
mother country would soon take place. Upon what
foundation these hopes were built does not appear,
but by those who gave expression to them. Lord
Stanley was nominated for the Colonial Secretary-
ship, one of whose first acts would be the recal of
the present Governor-General.
The non-election of Messrs. Routh and Bockus,
annexationists, as Montreal delegates to the British
League, had given greatloffence to the republican press
in the States.
Breadstuffs—ln the market for breadstuffs there
had been but little doing, and prices had slightly
receded. The following were the current rates at
the Caledonia's departure :—Western canal flour,
4 dolls. 7.5 e. to 4 dolls. 873-c. per barrel, steady ;
Gennessee prime wheat, 1 doll. 24c. to 1 doll. 26e.
per 60 lb.; southern wheat, 1 doll. Bc. to 1 doll. 10c.
per 60 lb.; Indian corn, round yellow, 51e. to 60c.
per bush. ; southern white, 58c. to 60c. per bush. ;
flat yellow, 2 dolls. 87kc. to 3 dolls. per bush.
In cotton, the advices taken out by the Europa as
well as the continued unfavourable advices regarding
the crops, had given a still upward tendency to the
market, and at the Caledonia's departure, the cur-
rent rates were, for New Orleans and Mobile mid
fair to fair 108 to 101 per lb. Upland and Florida
mid. fair to fair, 3A- to 101 per lb., a rise of per cent.
Provisions were very dull, and little doing.
Business generally.—Our advices by the present
mail sport commercial business generally in the
principal ports a being flat, which was attributed to
the prevailing epidemic. The imports were large.
AMERICAN STOCKS.—There continued a pretty fair
demand for American securities, and by the present
steamer we have reports only of the following:—
Pennsylvanian Fours, 87k ; Treasury Notes, 114;
United States Sixes, 1154 ; Maryland Sterling
Fives 99.
MONEY MAREET.—The market at New York up
to the departure of the Caledonia was well supplied,
and money could be obtained upon easy terms to any
extent. •
Exchange ranged as follows :—On London 1081 to
1081, a quiet market ; on Paris, 535 ; on Hamburgh
25 to 35i ; on Bremen, 77.1 to 78.
Freights were low and little doing.