The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-10 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

EXPRE SS FROM LI V ERPOOL .
THREE DAYS LATER FROM THE
UNITED STATES.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MonNING, 3 P.M.
We have just received New York Papers
to the 20:11 of February, by the packet-ship
England. She arrived in the river late last night,
and we were promptly put in possession of our
papers by Captain Waite, who has made the pas-
sage in eighteen days.
The United States Bank had presented a me-
morial to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, the
prayer of which is, that whatever measures the
Legislature may see fit to adopt, the same course
may he pursued towards the United States Bank
as towards the other Philadelphia Banks. The
Bill for suspending the Penalties of the Act of
last year for forty days was still before the House.
The shares of the Bank of the United States
stood, as before, at 20 in New York and 27 in
Philadelphia.
The exchange on England for the packet was
granted at 108 to 1084, at which rate a fair
amount of business had been-transacted. The bills
of the United States Bank had been purchased
at 12i to 15 per cent. discount. On France the
rate of exchange was 5 211 to 5 20.
The union of the Canadas had been proclaimed
on the 10th ult., with great pomp and ceremony.
His Excellency the Governor-General imme-
diately issued a proclamation congratulating the
people on the event, and calling upon them to
co-operate with him in making the measure be-
neficial for the country.
The news she.brings is highly important. In
the House of Representatives on the 10th ult.
the rules of the house were suspended as soon as
the House met, to enable Mr. Fillemore, of the
Buflitlo district of New York, to introduce a re-
solution, " instructing the Committee on Mili-
tary Affairs to report a Bill for making the ne-
cessary appropriations for fortifications, naval ar-
maments, and other necessary preparations, to
place the country in a proper state of defence."
Objections were taken to the resolution, on ac-
count of its mandatory character, that the Com-
mittee be instructed to report a Bill ; and Mr.
Cooper, of Georgia, on that account, moved to
lay it on the table. Mr. Fillemore then, at the
suggestion of many members, modified his reso-
lution, so as to direct the Committee " to in-
quire into the propriety of reporting a Bill,"
&e. This satisfied all parties, and f :e,.1:.4-
tion was unanimously adopted.
On the following day a memorial was pre-
sented from about 100 citizens of Rome, in the
state of New York, asking the interference of
Congress in behalf of the patriot prisoners
taken in Canada, and now under sentence at
Botany-bay. The memorial asked an expres-
sion of the opinion of the people of the United
States, through Congress, in relation to the
treatment of the prisoners. Mr. Norvel said
the memorial ought to be sent to the Ex-
ecutive, and that, unless the country were pre-
pared to go to war with England, Congress should
not express the opinion required. Mr. Preston
was averse to any interference in the domestic ar-
rangements of foreign nations. He thought a war
between England and America would be most
calamitous in every respect to both, and time
people on both sides the frontier should reli-
giously refrain from any interference in the
concerns or political relations of each other.
The memorial was ultimately laid on the table.
The resolutions offered to the House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Maine, on the subject
of repelling what is styled " British aggression,"
were taken up by the Senate on the 13th ult.,
and, after having been amended by inserting
1,000,000 dollars instead of 400,000 dollars for
the defence of the State, were referred to the
Boundary Committee. Mr. Davis then offered
the following resolution, which was referred to
the same Committee :
" Resolve for repelling foreign invasion, and
providing for the protection of the State.
" Be it resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested and urged to cause
the immediate removal of the foreign armed
force by which our State is invaded, stationed
upon the upper valley of the St. John's,
and that the Government of the United
States be earnestly invoked to relieve this
State fl•om the present heavy needless burden of
its owns defence."
The following resolutions were also offered
and lel erred to the same Committee :
" Whereas the State of Maine is now suffer-
ing the disgrace of unresisted British invasion,
begun in 1839, repeated in 1840, and continued
up to this hour, in violation of the most solemn
stipalations, and whereas we have no fhith in
the efficacy of negotiations with a power which
has so repeatedly disregarded its deliberate
pledges, and believe that further forbearance on
ma part to assert the rights and vindicate the
honour of our State will prove as unavailing as it
'will certainly prove humiliating—Therefore
" Resolved, That the Governor be authorized
take imnicdiate incaAircs to rc.;o
of the Queen of Great Britain, now quit(c.l tie
the territory called disputed by the British Go-
vernment, but by the treaty Of 1783, by the reso-
lutiors of both Houses of Congress passed in
1838, and by repeated resolves of the Legislature
of Maine, clearly and unequivocally a part of the
rightful soil of this State."
TRADE AND COMMERCE.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—CITY NEWS.
FEB. 18.
TnuRSDAT, P. M. —The Trenton Gazette contains a tabular
statement, showing the condition of the several Banks in that
State on the Ist of January last. The whole number of Banks
now in operation is 26, of which 16 pay specie. The 10 which do
not pay specie, otherwise ellled suspended banks, are the
Princeton Bank, Camden, New Hope, Salem, Cumberland,
Medford, Mount Holly, Burlington, Trenton, and Bank of
New Brunswick. The State Bank of New Brunswick pays
specie.