The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-19 00:00:00

MORNING EDI-I'lOlC,

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EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAII-SHIP PRESIOEN%

LIVERM)L, THURSDAYEyo'I";

The steam-ship President,' Captain Fayre r, ar-
rived in the Mersey this afternoon, having left :I*'lllvr
York on the afternoon of the Ist, and made t.
voyage consequently in sixteen days. This
long passage for a steamer—the longest, we belir Nel
that has yet occurred ; but it is easily accour 0",
for by the tempestuous weather she had to corn end
with. She brings sixty passengers, and a 1: lige
quantity of flour and light freight. The Presir lent
arrived just in time to enter her cargo at the C
tom-house, by which a large amount will be sayed
in the duty on her cargo of flour. The New ork
papers brought by her are only one day later th In
those forwarded by the Acadia. The following Ito
extracts:—

The exchange on England per the President rule
front 106 to 107, or $4 74c. to $4 75e. the potu 'd
sterling. The sales of bilis had not, however, it.- IN' 18
repot ted, been large. The sales on Paris had ia eel
larger than on any other place : the rate was 51.2'7
to st. 28ie.
" The United States Bank," says the city artiA4 'lf
a New York Paper, " is a shipper of coin by t 111
packet to some extent. The specie is the proceed A;
their recent heavy purchases of bilis on this city, w
have caused the depreciation in Philadelphia bills. T tie'r
purchases have ceased to-day, and Philadelphia mo ge.Y
has rallied a little. The Bank has been buying spt 011
in all quarters. The Philadelphia Inquirer states t bat
about $200,000 in specie arrived on Saturday aft ef'
noon from the west. This is part of the amount trai
init:ed to-day to Euxope." )
The shares of the Bar.k of the United States we r
quoted at 65} at New York, and at Philadelphi
at 68A.

Tile New York Stock Market was heavy, and prim 3
had fallen off, the consequence of a previous rapid ria*:
and particularly of heavy time sales.
Trade, according to the commercial reports. Jail'
guisbcd, and no material improvement "was visible.
The New York papers do not contain any political u
domestic news worth extracting. Presidential elet r
tioneering engrossed the whole time and attention of tb A
politicians.

- NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, AUG. 31. ,
The Money Market remains without any materi:
change since the departure of the Great Western e
pit al is still very abundant, the banks discounting read JII
all goud business paper offered them, and investing ev ea
part of their means in public stocks and Treasury not( IN.
The money in deposit with them is said to amount t4P
$15,000,000, and besides they have in their vaults au
overabundance of specie. With all this, foreign ex—
changes are decidedly favourable to us, and yet trade
languishes ; and, as far as our view extends, no mate*
vial improvement is anywhere visible.
State stocks continue to be much sought for, all(
though the sales at the Stock Board, have been butt
limited, private ones to a large amount have been wade I.
particularly of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Arkan
sas, and almost in ail cases for investment.
Bank Stocks remain very firm. Manhattan Ban
has been gradually improving, and now remains firm
93 to 931. Mechan;cs' Bank has paid a dividend ;
31 per cent. for the last six months. The stock is e°
selling at 1001 to 1003. The stocks of all our otb et
Wall-street banks are firm and in demand for fir" 4.
merit.

Fancy stocks were very active in the middle of tl3.
month and at improving rates. Within a few day's'
however, prices have fallen off, a natural cooscqueoe
of a previous rapid rise, and particularly of heavy tile
sales. We can imagine no other reason for a declil
as money among the brokers is abundant, and is offer, :4
freely on loans of stocks for limited periods. Unit' $
States Bank Stock for delivery is very scarce, the bee
sell it to deliver " ahead" at much below cash rat
trusting to future circumstances for a fuller soPP,
eft
The sales to-day were at 651 to 64f, an irnprovelnc r
of 1 per cent.
,
There has been a good deal doing of late in 'ilia fit 7-01
exchanges, and in most instances, particularly those;
New Orleans and Mobile, at improved rates.
delphia has got a little worse, though it is better to',6;:f
The following are to-day's rates of discount on 02i ;
paper :—Philadelphia, 34 to -4 ; Baltimore, 21 i°nnabal
Richmond, 31 to 3,i ; Charleation, 1-;1 to 2 ; So,„`TA.-Dfcw!
54 to 6 ; Augusta, q to 7 ; Columbus, 7A- to °, '„017
bile, 51 to 6 ; New Orleans, 41 to 5 ; MississioPrngoi
to 60 ; Florida, 30 to 35 ; Louisville, 61 to 7 •
nati,6 to Gi ; Indiana, 61 to 7 ; Illinois, 8 to 7i~
The transactions in foreign exchanges for the ster.ii:
to-morrow have not been large, but those on Paris Ito -.
been to a greater extant than on any other place.
rates were—London, 1064 to 107, chiefly 1064 ;
5 27} to 281-_,- Hamburgh, 351 to 35i ; Amsterti au,":
39 Cto 391
%the steamer takes out no specie of cousequande.
The Havre packet has about $lOO,OOO in Mexican.-
dollars.

American half-dollars, par.
Sovereigns, par.
Mexican half-dollars, 4 per cent. premium.
Spanish half-dollars, 2i- to 3f per cent. 4
Spanish doubloons, $l6 10 c. to $l6 25 c.
Patriot 815 60 c. to $l5 65 c.
The favourable accounts received by the Act a °'l
the prospects of the coming harvest in England Scr
the effect of immediately stopping the shipments
bread stuffs to that country ; though they were sho,rt',l
afterwards resumed, but on a reduced scale and
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rather lower rates. The expert demand is n Po'
suspended.
ta
An increased demand for cotton, both for expo';
tion and home consumption, followed the accou
t
above alluded to from England, which, combined vi
our small stock, gave an impulse to the market, ' 1:11
present prices show an advance of }fully cent- c'n
descriptions. The present quotations are,
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DoHari.
Uplands, very ordinar far middlin . 8 to B,i-
Fair to good and good lO to to L'd
Tennessee and Alabama 8 to 10#
Fine Mobile, Louisiana, &c 11 to 12 W Z di
The sales since the 17th inst. are about 7,500 by
including 2,300 bales sold to-day.
Besides the steam-ship President, which depar t°l
inor;ow, a packet-ship for London, Liverpool, 3'l
Havre also sails.

RATE OF' SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHAN-11'P'
AUG. 31
$l,OOO Corporation Bonds
4
5,000 Indian Five per Cents ...............
14
10 do. Bank of Americo
100 do. Merchants' Exchange Bank
25 do. American Exchange Bank
30 76f
25 do. Delaware and Hudson
50 do. North American Trust
6
30
115 do. United States Bank
90
5 do. Ohio Life and Trust
50
10 do. 7th Ward Bank 59
40 do. Kentucky Bank
39
40 do. Paterson Railroad 25
35 do. Utica Railroad l9l
60 do. Utica and Syracuse Railroad -;
10 do. New York, Prov. and 805...9. 10 days
96
$l,OOO on Philadelphia .......

PHILADELPHIA SALES OF STOCKS, AO' 1
2,000 Wilmington R. R: Loan, 6's, 1642 497
100 Lehigh s's, 1841 ................. ........... • 100
4 do. Philadelphia Bank
3 do. Girard Bank slt
27 do. Penn Township Bank .................• 41
2 do. Lehigh Coal lO7
14 do. Camden and Amboy Railroad .......•• 44
50 do. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balt

(Cw'respondence of the Courier and Inquirer.)
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 31, ro'f*
At the Second Board this afternoon there was 5°
but one share of Girard at 39i; rather a small
saction!
After the Board there were sold 75 shares of Uniteb
States, at 69 for cash ; 50 ditto, 682 ; 200 Lgwg
Sixes, 1845,86.
PRlCES.—United States !Bank, 681 b. 69 a.; ;
'North
American Bank, 380 b. 400 a. ; Pennsylvania, 304 "
410 a. ; Philadelphia, 101 b. ; Farman,' and Mecif,
nics', 54 b. 55 a. ; National Loan Ba.lk, 40-`l, u't;
es
Southwark, 52 b. 59 a. ; Girard, 394 b. 39-:,11. ;
ern, 41 b. 42 a.; Manufacturers' and Mecilaaics, it
44 a.; Moyamensing, 42 b.; Vicksburg, 941 b*„9ks 44
Schuylkill Navigation, 74 b. 75 a. ; Lehigh,
a. ; Camden and Amboy Railroad, 107 b. 107 a, hilx.
ladelphia and Trenton Railroad, 102 b. 105 a. ;
delphia and Baltimore Railroad, 434 b. 44 a.

THE JEWS AT DAMASCUS.
The New York Enquirer contains the corresr":l-
ence between the Israelites at New York and Mr. Fo_..x".
syth relative to the cruel treatment o,f their brethren am'
Damascus. We published Mr. Forath's letter oil
Wednesday. The following letter on the same subjec
has been addressed to the American Consul at Alex'
andria :
COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE SAME TO JOHN OLIDP°I4:t
ESQ., UNITED STATES CONSUL AT ALEN.ANPRI
Department of State, Washington, Aug. 14, 184'14,:
le
Sir,—ln common with all civilized nations, the
P cna., o•
of the United States have learned with horror the ;rr
which
participates tht e
cious crimes imputed to the Jews of Damascus, and
heyliaivne beentle ptluiebl‘i,cictfiemesii.ngl:l3leodFr,;.:ol
silentcruelti crueltiesfully
ca:not refrain from expressing equal surprise and P4lso
that 1,2 this advanced age such unnatural practi9s,,
should be :scribed to any portion of the religious world'
and such barbd:ous measures be resorted to in ord
ces
compel the confessi,:n of imputed guilt. The oftendre..
with which these unforilunate people are cliair_.o.3o,,
semble too much those which, in less enlightened
andti O
were made the pretexts of fanatical persecutiot)are
mercenary extortion, to permit a doubt that they
equally unfounded. t licelY
The Prnident has witnessed with tho 117,5i3t, 00.
Aitisfaction Ow etfsrts of severti of tho. Clir,T
~ i„,..., /1
• • tu ,fies,
veramenta of Eu..ope, to :,uppress or Iliktiga
_....tick.
rors, and he has learned with no common gnioco
doh their partial success.. He is moreover soh