The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-11 00:00:00

SPECIE MOVEMENTS.

The United States Bznk of Pennsylvania received last week from
New York 2,100,000 dollars in specie, 1,600,000 of which was from the
Bank of England, the balance being the amount of a special deposit.
About 1,100,000 arrived ca Friday from the West, belrniging to this
institution.

The spicie in the Pennsylvania Unite] S!ates Bank must now
amount to-
-Ist of April, it had Dollars 3,900,000
From New York, last week '2,100,000
From the ‘Vest

Dollars 7,100,000

THE AMERICAN MARKETS.

There have been few changes worthy of notice since my Tait. There
ix en evident increase of business in the stock market; and United States
Bark has been done at slightly improved and improving prices—say
1161 and 117 in New York.

The Liverpool packet on Saturday last, and the Philadelphia from
London, on Monday, are said to have bought out between them no less
than than 4-15,000/. chiefly in gold! Specie, therefore, bears no pre-
inium worthy of quotation, except in the inland parts of the Union,
where exchange is tar gely in favour of New York and the Atlantic
cities. By the way, there is a slight improvement in domestic ex-
changes, th rates now being at New York—on Philadelphia, 21 dis ;
Ealtimnre, ; Richmond 41,,i to 5 ; Savannah and Augusta, 8 ;
Charleston, 5 to 6 ; Mobile, 18 to 20 ; New Orleans, ii to 10 ; Louis-
ville, 7to 8 ; Michijan, 12 to 14 ; Boston to 1.
Fito's BAIIIA.—The Button Post states that an arrival at that port
confirms the intelligence of the surrender of the city Bahia; on the 17th
March. About 2000 prisoners were taken—Sabini, the rebel chief, was
found secret.d in the French Con,ults house, and was a prisoner on
board a man-of-war, when the Rose ins left. He has many friends still,
and it is doubted what will be his fate. Before the surrender of the
city, about 600 of his soldiers escaped through the blockade in whale.
boats, and landed in the country. It was feared they would be rein-
forced. The besieged, whsn they perceived all hope of defence was lost
commenced burning the most valuable buildings-70 were destroyed—
,erne of them splendid edifices. The residents and soldiers suffered se-
verely from starvation during the siege.

UPPER CANADA.

We find the following; correspondence in the Detroit Courier :

" Department of State, Washington, April '2 5 .

" lion. John Narvell, of the Senate of the United States.

" Sir—Your communication of yesterday, with its enclosure, relating
to the case of Dr. Theller, recently sentenced to death at Toronto, Up-
per Canada, for high treason, has been received, and I have the honour
to transmit to you, in reply, the copy of a letter addressed to a commit.
to of citizens of Philadelphia, in answer to their request for the inter.
vention of this department in behalf of the same person.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"JOHN FORSYTH."

"Department of State, Washington, April 23.
"Gentlemen—Your letter of the 22d inst., requesting the interposi-
tion of this Department in behalf of Dr. Thellcr, now under sentence of
death at Toronto, in Upper Canada, for alleged treason against the Bri.
tish Government, has just been received. I have the honour to inform
you, in reply, that a special agent was recently despatched to Canada, and
is probably now there, who was instructed to inquire into the situation
of all persons claiming to be American citizens, who had been impri-
soned by the local authorities on the charge of being implicated in the
recent disturbances in the British provinces; and, it is presumed that,
if the case of Dr. Thetler is one iu which the intervention of his good
offices is Justifiable, they will, without doubt be exerted in his favour.
" I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

" JOHN FORTYTH.
" Messrs. John Oakford and others, Committee, &c., Philadelphia."

KINGSTON.—The state trials will, we presume, come on in the course
of the ensuing week. We notice in town several of the persons accused
and arrested in Hastings early in December, and admitted to bail—
among th,m, Messrs. Reuben White, Peter Davidsor., atu Samuel St-
vens. We understand Nelson Reynolds, who escaped after the blow-up
of the conspiracy of the 20th February, has written to Dr. Sampson,
one of the magistrates, whose activity and exertions shone conspicuously
on that occasion, that he would come forth from his asylum in the land
of sympathizers, and surrender, to relieve his bail; as yet, we have
not heard of his arrival.—.A.'ingston Chronicle, May 5.

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LOWER CANADA.
PROROGATION OE THE SPECIAL COUNCIL—The Special Council which
has been sitting since the 18th ult, was closed on Saturday by his Excel-
lency the Administrator.

ARRIVAL OF FOUR. SIIIPS OF WAR, WIT(' TILE BRIGADE OF GUARMS, AT

QUEBEC.--ENGLISH DATES TO THE 18TH APRIL.
The following important information was sent up by express from
Quebec, to his Excellency Sir John Colborne two hours after the closing
of the mail for this city on Wednesday afternoon :
" The Edinburgh ship-of-the-line, Inconstant and Apollo frigates, and
the Athol sloop-of.war, have arrived at Quebec, with Sir James M`Donald
and the Brigade of Guards. The Inconstant sailed on the Eth of April,
the others about a week after. The Guards were to land yesterday, and
will occupy the Jesuit barrack and citadel. The 34th and 66th Regi-
ments were to leave Quebec yesterday, and the 15th to follow for Sorel
and Chambly. The Pique, from Halifax, was expected at Quebec on
Wednesday night, as it was blowing fresh from the eastward."
HOaRIBLE MURDER.—The Greensburg Argus says,—" On Thurs-
day, the 3d inst., Mr. James Bullard, of Mount pleasant township,
in this county, w.ts committed to jail upon the charge of having
murdered his own (natural) child, a boy about three years old. It
appears that the night previous to the murder he and the child
slept in the same bed. Early in the morning he arose, took the
child out to the wood-place, knocked it down, and then split its
head open with an axe. A few minutes afterwards the child was
discovered in this situation, already dead. Bullard was immediately
charged with the commission of the crime ; he confessed it, and
stated that he had dune it in order that he might be hung—that he
was tired of living, and had on several occasions attempted to corn-
mit suicide, but his courage always failed him, and he could not ac-
complish his object. He hoped he would now be hung, and get rid
of this world. It is thought by many that he is insane."
ANOTHER CASE OF STABBING.—The Montgomery (Ala.) Journal says
—" We are sorry to say that another instance of the fatal use of the
knife occurred in Tuskegee, Macon county, during the late session of
the Court in that place. A man by the name of Falconer had some
difficulty with a Mr. Hawker, a stage agent, and preparing himself with
a knife, rushed upon his victim some hours after, and gave him a stab
which caused his death."

CONVICTIONS FOR MURDER IN N. C.—Two negro slaves were con-
victed before the Superior Court, sitting at Washington, N. C., for the
murder of Benjamin Eborn, in whose employment they were, and sen-
tenced to be hung on the 25th instant. Two days after, in the same
Court, a negro boy slave, Jesse, was found guilty of an attempt to corn_
:nit a rape on the body of a white female, and was sentenced to be hung
on the 15th June. At the Superior Court of Pernoimons county, N C.,
' sentence of death was pronounced on Thomas Roberts, fur the murder
of his wife, and the 25th inst. was appointed as the day for his execution.
MuenEtt OF AN OVERSCER.—A horrid murder was committed in
Rockingham county, N. C., on Thursday the 19th ult. The particu-
lars are these:—White William Comer, overseer for Abner Webster,
was sitting on a stump in a tobacco field, where a parcel of negroes
were engaged in snaking tobacfp hills, and while he was calculating on
paper the number of hills whici had bean made, one of the negroes
came on him in the rear and gave him a blow on the head which brought
him to the ground, when Sir. C. received many other blows inflicted by
four negroes who conspired his death. The negroes have been all ar-
rested and lodged in jail.—Greensboro' (N.C.) Patriot.
Mvanna.— A coloured man was stabbed with a knife last evening,
about half-past nine o'clock, at 79, Norfolk-street, and expired immedi-
ately without uttering a word. Luke Harris, the assassin, is a short,
thick set yellow man, and resides in the rear of the above number.
This bloo,ly affair happened its the alley way, after a few angry words
had passed betwean them. They are both represented as sober and in.
dustrious labouring men. The deceased resided its Ludlow-street, and
has left, a wife to mourn his unnatural death.
HARD TIMES IN MISSI3SIPPI.—Extract from a letter to a member of
Congress from a friend in Mississippi:—" The times are truly alarming
here. many plantations entirely stripped on negroes or horses by the
marshal or sheriff; and to add to our other difficulties, our Bank
paper is getting worse and worse every day. We cannot get plantation
supplies for less than double New Orleans prices, with our money. Suits
are Inuit ying—two thousand five hundred in the United States' Cir.
cuit Court, and three thousand eight. hundred in Hind's County Court.
Silver is demanded, and our citizens threaten violence and bloodshed.
We are in a bad situation. The Union Bank is just going into opera-
tion, and much is expected from it in paying off our Foreign debt,
Whether it cats answer public expectation, time alone can prove; but I
fear it cannot. The Board are ',indent, and will not endanger the
credit of the State "

Nearly 7,000 suits are brought to the Courts sitting in Hind's County
and for millions l—not of paper, but of gold and silver. These debts
were made when paper currency, cheapened by an extraordinary expan.
situ), was the criter ion of value.

One clay last week, while Mrs.M'Clive, in the farm
of Genoch, Straiton, was lear,ing upon the sill of her win:low, a flash of
lightning struck one of the panes and shivered it to atoms, without
doing tha smallest injury to Mrs. M'Clive.

Yesterday afternoon the remains of the late Mr.
Samuel Hunt, of Savoy-street, Strand, one of the Trustees of the Incor.
porated S.,ciety of Licensed Victuallers, were interred in the burial_
ground of the Savoy Church, near his late residence, and were followed
to the grave by fourteen gentlemen, among whom were Mr. Osborne,
the Governor of the Incorporation ; air. Corby, the late Governor; Mr.
Wills, one of the past Trustees; Mr. Lake, the Secretary; Mr. Scott,
the printer of the Morning Advertise, ; and several relatives and other
friends of the deceased. The beautiful Fervice of the Church was read
in a very impressive manner by the otliulating Minister, and the deepest
feelings of regret pervaded the minds of all who paid the last tribute of
respect to Mr. Hunt's memory.—Morning Adveraser.