The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-18 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP.

Bristol, 17th Oct., 1838.
Sin,—l have the pleasure to communicate to you that
the Great IVestern left New York, on the 4th, at four
o'clock, P.m., and arrived here this day at anchor, at half-
past eight o'clock, A.M.
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The Great Western came to anchor in King-road yes-
terday morning, at half•past eight. She has made the
passage in twelve days and a half, having sailed on the
evening of the 4th. Her outward passage was made in
sixteen days. She brings 126 passengers, amongst whom
are Lord Arthur Lennox and Lady, the Hon. W. H.
Cavendish, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Durham, and Mr.
`Wilson, the bearer of special despatches from Lord Durham.
The Great Western has made a most extraordinary pas-
sage—for the first eight days she bad S.W. winds, but
for the last three or four days it has been blowing strong
from the west, and during this time she had very heavy
seas to contend with.

Lord Arthur and Lady Lennox proceed to town to-night,

IMPORTANT FROM CANADA RESIGNATION
OF LORD DURHAM.
(From the New York Inquirer.)
We copy from the Commercial of last evening the post-
script of a letter from Quebec, dated Saturday evening,
the 22d inst., by which it will be perceived that the Go-
vernor-General has publicly announced his determination
to resign as soon as official information of the late pro-
ceedings in the House of Lords, relative to his measures,
shall have reached him. We regret that we have net
space for the entire letter, which is of considerable
interest, Lord Durham has undoubtedly done much to
tranquillize the Canadas ; and as he became better
acquainted with the character and position of the people
he was appointed to govern, was preparing to effect more
permanent and important good. The substitution of a
stranger in his place at such a juncture cannot but be pro-
ductive of great embarrassment, if not of more serious
evils. Whatever course his Lordship might have pursued,
circumstances have clearly shown that he could not have
escaped censure, since the Canadian loyalists have been
abusing him for too much leniency, at the very time when
a majority of his own order in England were condemning
him for undue severity.

HIGHLY ImPottrANT.—As I predicted, the Earl of
Durham has avowed his determination to resign his admi-
nistration, and leave the country immediately on his re-
ceipt of the official proceedings of the British Parliament.
This day, at half-past three o'clock, he met by appoint-
ment the delegates from the Lower Provinces.
The Honourable Mr. Johnston, of Halifax, acted as
Chairman of the Delegates, and on their behalf read th•
Address.

After the answer had been given to the Delegates, Lord
Durham spoke to them in the most impressive manner for
some ten minutes, expressing his sentiments more fully
than he had done in his written answer. He thanked them
for their promptness in complying with his invitation to
meet him, for the purpose of consulting on the welfare of
the several provinces. He was happy to find that but one
sentiment prevailed—a determination never to be separated
from England—the home of their fathers. His Lordship
said, that amid all the perplexities which had surrounded
him, he had found consolation and pleasure in looking for-
ward to the prospect of a settlement of the many difficul-
ties which presented themselves at almost every step. The
calling together the Delegates from the Lower Provinces
was a subject on which he had bestowed a good deal of
thought, and he had entertained hopes that some plan
could be adopted which would benefit each Province, and
strengthen the bonds of the whole, thereby shedding a
lustre on that country which of all others might be con-
sidered the glory of the world. His Excellency remarked
that difficulties might have presented themselves in the
arrangement of a union, but he assured the Delegates that
his great object would have been the good of the whole,
and not particularly that of the Canadas.
Lord Durham then alluded to the Canadas—said they
were very imperfectly known by those at home. He knew
very little about them while in England. It had been his
aim and the dearest object of his wishes to be able to in-
form her Majesty that her fine possessions in British Ame-
rica might be considered one of the richest gems of her do-
minions—that the entire population were in a perfect state
of harmony and friendship, and that each party was striving
which could best promote the good of the whole.
At a moment when he was about to complete those plans
which had been maturing, party spirit had interposed her
withering hand, and blasted all his hopes for the welfare of
the Canadas. He could not, he did not wish, to conceal
from the gentlemen present, that the recent intellivnce
from England, although not official to him, had made a very
deep impression on his mind. Opposition from Lord
Brougham, and from those acting with him, was no more
than he might expect, but he was compelled to say that he
had been put down—sacrificed by his friends!—those whose
duty it was to stand forth in his defence at a period when
his political enemies were using their utmost energies to
destroy him. [Here his Lordship was so overcome that he
had to retire to a distant part of the room. Retuning, he
offered an apology, but none was needed, for every one
present had partaken of the same feeling that had come
over his Lordship.] He continued—lt was, he said, the
duty of her Majesty's Ministers to support him in the hour
of persecution, and not to join with his bitter foes in striking
at his head.

Deprived of all ability to do any thing for Canada, it
could be of no use for him to remain longer in the country,
and he should leave it as soon as he received the official
account of the Parliamentary doings. It was his intention
to be on his way for England by the 10th of October. He
thew took an affectionate farewell of the delegates.
Yesterday and to-day a large number of highly respect-
able persons called at the Castle, and left their names to an
address praying his Excellency to remain in charge of the
government at this critical juncture.
MONTREAL, SEPT. 24.-1 have returned to this city,
and,; broughtenunt,cy.with me the first intelligence of the determi-
nationili of his Excellency to relinquish the government of
citement amonii\theuptit;telu exPeete3i
thern
grea''
"
The Quebec Gazette of the 24th ult. gives the addres.,

presented on the preceding Saturday to Lord Durham by
gentlemen composing delegations from the Lower Pro-
vinces. It expressed the highest respect for his Lordship
and grateful approbation of his measures, and congratulated
him on the dawn of improvements, hitherto unknown, in
consequence of their adoption.
To which address his Excellency was peasep:eased to return
the following answer
" It is impossible for me to express to you in language
sufficiently strong the feelings of gratitude and pleasure with
which I have received this address.
" Representing, as you do so worthily, the three Pro-
vinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Ed-
ward Island, this proof of your confidence in me, and ap
probation of the principles on which my administration has
been conducted, is most gratifying to me.
" I assumed the government of the North American

provinces, with the predetermination to provide for th,
future welfare and prosperity of them all ; never doubting
that such a provision would be the best, nay the only,
real security for their permanent connection with the
B7itish crown. In communications which have taken
place • between us, and from which I have derived
equal pleasure and information, you have been fully ap-
prised of my views and intentions. These you have
appreciated and recognised in a manner for which I can
never be sufficiently grateful. I have, indeed, had a
difficult and laborious duty to perform. The re-
sult of my endeavours, however, is one of which I need not
be ashamed. In the short space of little more than three
months I have seen tranquillity restored and confidence
reviving. I have caused substantial justice to be ad-
ministered, tempered by msrcy. I have carefully examined,
with a view to reformation, all the institutions of the Pro-
vince more immediately committed to my charge ; and I
was on the point of promulgating such laws as would have
afforded protection to all those great British interests
which had been too long neglected. I had also, as you
well know, devoted the most careful attention to all sub-
jects which could affect the general interests of all the
Colonies, and had brought nearly to maturity the plan
which I intended to submit in the first instance to the con-
sideration of the Provinces, and eventually of the Cabinet
and Imperial Parliament. In this, I trust useful course, I
have been suddenly arrested by the interference of a branch
of the British Legislature ; in which the responsible ad-
visers of the Crown have deemed it their duty to acquiesce.
Under these circumstances, I have but one step to take—
to resign that authority, the exercise of which has thus
been so weakened as to render it totally inadequate to the
grave emergency which alone called for its existence.
" Be assured, however, of this, Gentlemen, that this
unexpected and abrupt termination of the official connec-
tion which united me with the North American Provinces,
Kill not weaken, in my mind, the feelings of deep interest
which I shall ever take in their fate, or render me less
anxious to devote every faculty of my mind, every in-
fl❑ence I may possess, to the advancement of their in•
terests, and to the establishment, on the most lasting foul'.
dation, of their welfare and prosperity."

LIST OF PASSENGERS BY GREAT WESTERN.
James Watt, G. D. O'Gowan, D. B. Day, F. Frey, J.
Walter, James Cox, Charles Oliver, F. E. Field, R.
Ashton, J. Jamieson, Daniel Maule, P. Hatton, Mr.
Gunter, Mr. Harmony and servant, J. C. Burbage, A.
C. Craig, A. J. Ciprient, Detheir, C. E. Douglas,
Pilling, Dr. Knox, R. Mannocart, G. Ashton,
L. M. Wiley, P. A. Delano, Smith, F. Gourand,
Colonel Grant and servant, Allan, H. F. Baker, L.
Buque, P. Sturma, W. Douglas, H. G. Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Thompson and servant, S. Prevost,
Mr. Owen, F. A. Napier, A. N. Palmer, J. A. Bradley,
Freeman, R. H. M'Curdy, Constable, Mrs. Purse, H.
H. Leeds, E. C. and Mrs. Delavan, H. Bleaker, Thayer,
H. Wreaks, Charles Coley, Montgomery, Hyde, R. L.
Goddard, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Morley, Mr. Frank Morley
and Lady Sands, Mr. Williams, Mr. W. Butcher,
Mr. Donnell and Lady, Mr. J. Patterson, Mr. G. F.
Richards, C. W. Foster, James Wood, Thomas Wood, Mr.
Munroe, Mr. Davis, John Doggett, Mr. Hartley, M. L.
Webb, B. F. Babcock, Mr. Worthington, Major Bridges,
Mr. Mo!train, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lady Lennox, Mr.
H. Tilstone, M. M. Thompson, T. Motley, J. R. Was-
borough, S. B. Strany, J. Hamilton and Lady, J. L. Wil-
liams, W. Lord, Alfred Large, Hon. W. H. F. Cavendish
(with despatches from Lord Durham), Major Power, Cap-
tain Coryton, F. Leclerc, J. P. Hamilton, W. Latimer,
C. D. Fisher, William Cormach, Captain Penner, Law-
ford, H. J. Jenkins, Thomas Wilson, Miss Maule, Miss
Meeir, Judge Robinson and Lady, family, and two servants,
W. Arnold, Colonel W. Nicholls, J. M. Constable, Miss
Emma Purse, R. Maynard, Mr. Carroll, and Mr. Van
Amburg and his Lady.

STATE OF THE NEW YORK MONEY MARKET
SINCE THE DATE OF THE LAST ARRIVALS.
(From the New York Courier and Inquirer, Sept. 27.)
A very considerable falling off in the prices of fancy
stocks of every description was again established yesterday,
and even at the decline but little desire to invest was
evinced. Delaware and Hudson Canal Company closed
at a decline of 2 per cent., Mohawk Railroad Company of
2, Harlem Company and Stonington Railroad Com-
pany 3 per cent. on the prices of the preceding day. No
sales of United States' Bank were made. One thousand

dollars in Canal Fives, 1845, sold at par. The following
rates of exchange are now current, viz. :—On New Or-

leans, 3 to 3A-; on Mobile, 5} to 6 ; North Carolina, 3 to
4; Savannah, 1 to 5; Charleston, 11 to 2; Nashville, 5
to ; Apalachicola, 11 to 12 ; Detroit, 31 to 5 ; Michi-
gan, 9 to 11 ; and Cincinnati, 1:1 to 24 per cent. discount.
The Bank of the United States in New York commences
operations this day, when accounts with depositors will be
opened ; Wednesdays and Saturdays have, we understand,
been fixed on as the discount days, commencing from next
Saturday. The Bzlnk commences business under the
charge of Morris Robinson, Esq., as President, and Mr.
Youngs and Mr. Iddings, late of the United States' Bank
in Philadelphia, as cashier and assistant cashier. The lo-
cation of the banking-room, until the completion of the
building now in progress of erection, for the accommoda-
tion of the Bank of the United States, is at the corner of
Wall and Hanover-streets.

The Charleston Cotton Market for the week ending the
21st instant, had been supplied with several small lots of
the new crop, which had sold at 12i to 133 cents., and a
few hundred bales sold at 10 to 123 cents. The business
in Rice had slackened, and throughout the week little had
been done. Exchange on London, 10 to 123 per cent.
premium.

From New Orleans under date of the 18th instant, we
learn that a letter had been received from the President of
the United States Bank, in reply to the application of the
President of the New Orleans Banks for facilities and aid
towards a resumption of specie payments, by affording
them a medium of exchange. A meeting of the Presidents
of the various Banking Institutions would at once be held
to consult on the import of the communication, which in
the meantime was represented as evincing every desire on
the part of the United States Bank to afford the required
accommodations to the New Orleans Institutions.
SEPT. 28.—The depression in the Stock Market con-
tinues unabated, and in many descriptions a further decline
again took place yesterday. Small sales of United States
Bank were made at 123} ; Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company at 76, and the Harlem Railroad Company at
59, a falling off of four per cent. on the latter Stock.
Stonington Railroad Company rallied a little, having
closed at 49.
The amount of tolls collected on the New York State
canals for the second week in September, shows an in-
crease on the amount received during the same period in
1837, of 8,429 dols., or about 20 per cent. The amount
of merchandise shipped at Albany and Troy had also in-
creased 70 per cent., or 2,655,1001b5., and the flour and
wheat brought to tide water via the canals, shows an in-
crease equal to 23,000b15. flour, or 125 per cent.
The grain and flour market remain without any mate-
rial change in its general appearance ; holders of flour are
firm at 9 dols. to 9,25 dols., which price, however, is only
obtained for parcels for home consumption, to which the
demand is confined. Corn is more firm, and sales have
been made at 1,03 dols. At Baltimore, on Tuesday, flour
was very heavy at 8 dols. to 8,25 dols., without sales.
Good to fair red wheats were purchased for this market
at 1,70 dols. to 1,80 doh. Corn, 95 to 97 cents. Oats
dull at 42 cents. At Rochester, on Monday, wheat wss
quoted firm at 2 dols.
Advices from New Orleans of the 19th instant, state
that the demand for cottons for the two days previous had
been brisk, and sales had been made of 350 bales of the
new crop, at 12f to 13i cents., for the northern markets.
200 hales old, ordinary to middling fair, had been taken
also for the Liverpool market at 7i to 9i cents. The
receipts of new cotton for three days had been 700 bales.
On the uplands of Mississippi complaints of the dry
weather having materially injured the crops were prevalent.
Freights were snore firm—at id. to Liverpool, and lie-
to Havre, at which rates the
ship Russia had been taken
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mium. It will be observed elsewhere, that the Bank of
New Orleans have signified their intention of resuming
specie payments on the first Monday in January next.
SEPT. 29.—Stocks of every description continue to de-
cline, and in the absence of purchasers to any extent the
market is much depressed. United States Bank declined
yesterday per cent. on the price of the preceding day ;
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company li, Illinois State
Bank I, Vic-gksbnrg Bank 2, H larlem Railway Company
cent. L..es of 5,000 &lola. pct. cci,t )
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at it- dole. per cent. premium, and 500 '( In 5 per cent.) at
discount.Treaau; y

TIM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1838.

The National ,Bank has declared a dividend of 4 per
cent. for the last six months.
Official intimation has been received at the Department
of State from the Consul of the United States at Malta,
under date of the 16th of February last, that from and
after that period vessels coming direct from the United
States would only be subjected to a quarantine of obser-
vation of 24 hours, instead of seven days.
OCTOBER considerable improvement was realized
in several descriptions, particularly Railroad Stocks, on
Saturday, and the market generally was more active.
United States Bank sold at 123, about the previous
price. Haarlem and Mohawk Railroads went up I per
cent.; Stonington Railroad, 2 per cent.; and Paterson
and Haarlem
_Railroads, 4 per cent. Some sales o
sterling exchange, for the Liverpool packet leaving to.
day, were made at 91 to 10 per cent. premium ; in an.
ticipation, however, of the sailing of the Great IVesteri,
on the 4th inst. but little was done.
The Boston banks have declared the following divi-
dends for the last six months, payable on and after this
day—viz., Middling Interest Bank, 4 per cent.; Atlantic
3 per cent.; Suffolk, 5 per cent.; Boston, Granite, and
Merchants', 31 per cent.; City, Columbian, Eagle, Free-
man's, Globe, Hamilton, Market, Mechanics', New Eng-
land, Shoe and Leather-dealers, Shawmut, State, South,
Tremont, Traders', and Union, 3 per cent.; Massachus-
setts, North, and Washington, 2k per cent.
The Baltimore flour-market on Saturday was heavy at
S dels. per barrel for Howard-street, and 8 dols. 50c. for
City Mills, and it was understood sales had been made
under these rates ; the waggon price of Howard-street had
settled down to 7 dols. 50c. Wheat was taken for New
York and Brandywine account at 1 dol. 70c. to 1 dol.
80c. for good to prime red, being a decline of 10c. to 12c.
per bushel, produced by the tenour of the advices per
Great Western. Corn, 92c. 95c., with sales ; oats,
38c. to 40e. At Rochester, on Wednesday, wheat sold at
1 dol. 87fe., a decline of 12f c. per bushel.
OCT. 2.—The favourable change noticed as having oc-
curred in the stock market on Saturday has been sus-
tained, particularly in railroad stocks, in many descriptions
of which a further improvement in prices was yesterday
realised. United States Bank closed 1221, which shows a
small decline.
The Eagle Fire Insurance Company has declared a di-
vidend of 8 per cent. forthe last six months, payable on the
15th instant.
The Dunkirk Beacon notices a new emission of 10 dols.
counterfeit bills on the Bank of Monroe, at Rochester, as
follows : No. 3,63, check plate ; no letter—pay to N.
Langworthy ; dated March 1, 1838, and signed Ralph
Lester, cash'r ; J. M. Schermerhorn, Prest. The genuine
is s;gned A.M. Schermerhorn, Prest.
Oct. 3.—The Stock Market yesterday showed no ma-
terial change in its appearance from that of the preceding
day. The United States Bank closed at 1221 ; Haarlem
and Stonington Railroads each declined 1 to If pet cent.
Alabama Funds, of which there appears to be a consider-
able amount in market, have been heavy since the receipt
of the intelligence that the Banks had been unable to fix
on any specific period to resume specie payments at the
late Convention. Brokers are purchasing at about 8 per
cent. discount, being an advance of 2f 'per cent. en the las
week's quotation. Bills on London are firm at 10 per cent
premium, and in fair demand for transmission by the Grea
Western.

The receipt of flour and wheat arrived at the Hudson,
via the canals, for the third week in September, was
40,134 barrels of flour and 02,175 bushels of wheat, being
an increase, as compared with the same period last year, of
6,82.5 barrels of flour, and a decrease in the receipts of wheat
of 29,501 bushels.
Exchange at New Orleans on the 24th ult., ruled at 10
per cent. premium. On New York a considerable
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decline has been experienced, Bank checks at sight selling
at 3 to 3? premium ; private ditto at 1 to li, and sixty
day hills at 1 per cent discount to 1 per cent. premium. The
receipts of new cotton for the week had been about 1,500
bales, all of which had been sold at 12ic. to laic. No
change had occurred in freights.
The Rochester grain market on Saturday had been very
active at 1 dollar 75c. per bushel for good wheat. Flour
dull at 8 dollars 50c.

OFFOBER 4.---The stock market yesterday opened
bemily, and sales were only effected at a very considerable
decline on the prices of Tuesday. Limited sales of United
States Bank were made at 122-it, about the previous Ace.
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, in which transac-
tions were large, closed at 734, a falling off of 14 per cent.
Boston and Providence, and Paterson Railroads also de-
clined 1 and 14, Stonington railroad 2, and Haarlem rail-
road 4 per cent. Heavy sales of Alabama funds were made
at 84 per cent. discount,

The amount of bills on London for transmission by the
Great Western being rather limited, the rate of exchange
has run up to 101 to 10:12, per cent. premium, at which a
fair business is doing, and with few sellers at the former
rate. The comparatively early period at which bills trans-
mitted by this vessel come to maturity prevent many
drawers of exchange based on cotton shipments from enter-
ing the market at present, and may partially account for
any scarcity of bills which at the moment exists. The Great
IVestern takes out, as nearl3%as we can learn, about 200,000
dollars in specie, chiefly in sovereigns. The last three Havre
packets have also taken about 500,000 dollars. Bills on
Havre ruled yesterday at sf. Inc., and on Hamburgh at
36c. to 36ie.
The Mechanics' Banking Association commenced busi-
ness on Monday. The banking room is located in the new
Merchants' Exchange opposite the branch post-office.
The Secretary of the Treasury gives notice,
that the whole amount of Treasury notes
authorized by the Act of October 12,1837, Dollars. C.
having been issued, viz.
And there having been . redeemed of them
about ...
The new emissions made in place of those
under the Act of May 12, 1838, have
been . .... .
There have been returned into the Treasury
of these last about
This leaves a balance of all outstanding equal
to about

101,500 00

. ......... 8,096,460 01

(From the New Orleans Bulletin.)
FROM MEXICO.

The Pensacola Gazette of the 15th inst. mentions the
arrival at Pensacola of the French brig of war La Perouse,
Captain Tournier, thirteen days from Sacrificios. After
her entrance into port, salutes were exchanged between her
band ugthhte
makes no addition to our previous stock of
information. An increase of the blockading squadron was
daily expected. It is now openly avowed that when the
brought
bflyagh-esrhi p of the American squadron. The news
additional force arrives Vera Cruz will be attacked by the
a few years
f
French. The possession of the Castle of San Juan de
Ulloa would be a more important acquisition to the crown
of France than the capture of Algiers. After this, the
march of 15,000 French Grenadiers towards the Pacific,
and the subjugation of the whole Mexican territory would
be the inevitable and speedy consequence. Having posses_
sei orn
the of
theeen
conquerors to
eit
constructwould a
b e
railroadthe
From
eom the Gulf off
Mexico to the coast of the Pacific, and thus open a short
and expeditious route to China, which would secure to
France the boundless opulence of the East India traffic. In
the accomplishment of these far-reaching schemes of con-
quest, Louis Philippe will contribute not only to the ag-
grandizement of France, but subserve his own private am-
bition.

The eclat of such triumphs would give him a strong hold
upon the affections of the French people, and enable him
to transmit the Throne as an inheritance to his children.
In the meanwhile Jonn Bull and Brother Jonathatk seem
willing to stand by as mute spectators, while their adroit
neighbour quietly carries out his plans, and makes sure of
his prize.

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Mormons.urp sa papers
further from
accounts Mississippi,
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there-
apprehended disturbances in that part of the State, princi-
tkoanbseasrabisnerde three thousand mounted men
held in readiness to meet any contin-
gency--whether arising from the civil disturbances in the
37, or hostilities from the Indians on the Ar-
kansas
The Brownsville (Mississippi) Emigrant of the 13th ult.
gives the following account of the Mormon difficulties :
" We have just conversed with General Williamson of
Edward's County, who states that on last Saturday he saw
a letter dated on the 7th instant, from a Committee of
Gentlemen in Davies' County, to the people of Howard
aCsosiusntatye,ee, calling on them to raise a force and come to their
the country. That aid
their families, and were making preparations for warlike
theth e
citizens m in
Davies'sng the Mhoardrn ons from
removed
operations ; that the Mormons were in a state of open
rebellion against the laws, and war between them and the
citizens was inevitable ; that the people of Davies's had
come to the fixed determination of commencing the attack
on Sunday last.
From the best information we can obtain, the Mormons
number from 1,500 to 2,000 fighting men ; and it is stated
upon good authority that a large emigratinc, party. at Mor-
mons are now on their way from Canada to join their
friends in Missouri which will increase their force, so as to
make them very formidable ; if this war should break out,
it must become a war of extermination, as the Mormons
are desperate and rendered more so by the fanatical spirit
infused into them by the arch deceiver Jo Smith, under
whose banners they act, and by whose malign influence
ti-nl r:di f nv act of desperation.
d,wrdc: conduct :or months past, has so exaspera-
ted the people, that they can no longer tolerate or permit
them to remain among them..