The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-17 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

By the royal mail steamship Acadia, Captain N.
Shannon, we have advices from New York to the
30th ult., Boston to the Ist inst., and Halifax to the
3d inst., respectively.

The Acadia has brought a large number of passen-
gers, and 80,0001. in specie on freight.
The Hottinguer, Captain Bursley, from New
York, arrived to-day, with 30,0001. in specie on
freight.
The packet ship Roscius, which would leave New
York on the Ist instant, was expected to take 22,0001.
in specie on freight for England.
Our advises from Mexico are unimportant. The
capital was quiet. The Mexican Congress was assem-
bling at Queretaro. The election of a President
would be the first proceeding, for which post Pena y
Pena, Almonte, and Herrera, were spoken of.

Santa Anna was at Tebuacan, whence he intended
to defend himself from the charges brought against
him. What these charges are is set forth in the fol-
lowing letter from Mexico :

" MEXICO, OCT. 17.
" A most strange state of things exists in regard to
Santa Anna. He has been ordered for trial before a
court-martini upon charges of the most heinous char-
acter. It is not only alleged against him that he aban-
doned the city on the 13th of September last, with his
army, in a most cowardly manner, leaving the city
without protection ; but that previous to his leaving, he
robbed the Treasury department of all bonds and every
other species of available means. And to cast off all
suspicion from himself, he then ordered that the prison
of the Accordata be opened, and its convicts let loose
upon this community. This was done."
A new party is said to have been formed in Mexico
with the design of forming it into two great states,
and annexing them to the United States.
It was rumoured there that the state of San Luis,
Zacatecas, Durango, and one other, had declared in
favour of Paredes's monarchical scheme, and proffered
him 18,000 troops.

The United States troops were rapidly advancing
towards the Mexican capital, and garrisoning the in-
termediate posts.

It is stated that Padre Jaranta, the chief leader of
the guerilla forces, had applied to General Patterson
with peace negotiations.

A frightful steam-boat collision had taken place on
the Missouri. Forty passengers were drowned.

C 0 MMERCI AL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Neu. York Courier and Inquirer.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.
In our market since the arrival of the Acadia with
dates to the 4th ins'. from Liverpool, there is not much
activity. Cotton has declined steadily here and at the
south until to-day, when from New Orleans, under date
of November 20th, by mail, we hear of a considerable
re-action, which has been measurably followed here, and
cotton may be said to be here little lower than before the
Acadia's arrival, after being here down one cent. In
New Orleans it left off un the 20th about ato of a cent
lower than before the news by the Washington—that
by the Acadia not having yet reached there—alter
having been from tic. to 14e. lower. The telegraphic
report to day, with New Orleans dates to the 23d in the
evening, makes a further rise, but this would probably
be counter,cted by the Acadia's accounts.
Cotton.—Exports and receipts of cotton at the ports
of the United States during the last three weeks, and
the corresponding weeks of former seasons (in thousand
bales) :
To Great Britain France.
1847 ... 24 ... 20
1846 ... 27 ... 25
1845 ... 72 ... 20
1844 ... 46 ... 20
1843 ... 45 ... 27
1842 ... 68 ... 18
Receipts.
... 118
... 148
••• 154
... 152
150
182

Other. Total Exports.
... 11 ... 55
... 4 ... 56
... 2 ... 94
... 8 ... 74
... 4 ... 76
.•• 5 ... 91
Remaining stocks in port.
... 230
... 219
... 219
... 220
... 227
... 198

1847
1846
1845
1844
1843
1842

By making up our tables to a week later than the
general printed reports (viz., to the 20th of November,
at southern ports), we can state the exports and re-
ceipts of cotton for the last three weeks, which show
very clearly when compared, as they are, with former
seasons, how much lees able or willing people have been
to negotiate exchange on England than on France.
The receipts have also been deficient, compared with
former seasons; but, except on comparison with 1842,
this deficiency is fully accounted for by Carolina and
Georgia planters holding back their cotton.
Last year the Atlantic crop was not only of fair ex-
tent, but was sold at unusually high rates, owing to the
short crops elsewhere ; so that these planters, being easy
in their finances for the present, are unwilling to sell at
prices which seem to them unreasonably low. When
they perceive, however, that the fall on cotton is not a
mere temporary affair, we may expect the receipts at
Charleston and Savannah to be large.
Meanwhile, there are full stocks in the ports, prices
and freights are everywhere low, exchanges on Europe
arc high, and money is scarce (if anything, more valu-
able each week), so that if the next steamer should re-
move some of the causes of timidity in negotiations,
which can hardly fail to occur, the export may be pro-
ceeding very rapidly before Christmas arrives.

ONE, P.M.
Cotton—There has been a good deal of inquiry for
cotton to-day at yesterday's prices, but a further ad-
vance ofi cent. per lb. is demanded, at which small
sales have been made. Holders generally are not offer-
ing their stocks on the market, even at the advance above
noticed.

Flour, &c.—Although, the weather is: intensely cold,
holders of Western Canal flour have not been able to
obtain any serious advance in prices in consequence of
the heavy receipts, Genessee has been sold to-day at 6
dolls. 25c., although 6 dolls. 31c. to 6 dolls. 37c. is gene-
rally asked; Oswego:and Michigan, 6 dolls. 12ic. to 6
dolls. 25c., the latter price for Michigan. Southern
flour remains inactive at 6 dolls. 37ic. to 6 dolls. 44c.
Corn meal is firm at 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 50c. per
barrel. Wheat is steady at yesterday's prices. 6,000
bushels mixed Ohio corn have been sold at 73c. to 74c.
Ashes remain as noticed yesterday.
Provisions are dull.

In bread-stuffs we have nothing to add to former
advices. The weather within the last 48 hours has
become very cold, and if it continues so for 48 hours
longer the canals will be closed, and the main artery
of our supply of flour be shut off. The arrivals for
many days past have averaged from 15,000 to 18,000
barrels a day.
Our market has-been down to 71 cents. for Liverpool
fair Uplands, but has recovered fully / per cent in the
last two or three days, holders having gathered courage
from the rally at New Orleans, and feeling assured
by the accounts of killing frost in the south on the
19th or 20th inst., and by the excessive cold here for
the last two days, that cotton-picking will not last
much longer.
As regards the growing crop, for it was a growing
crop in a double sense, until the 29th inst., the accounts
of the continued picking was such that it is difficult to
believe that it can be limited to 2,200,000 bales, except
by planters holding over a part until next session; for,
unlike the two last years, when there was little or no
cotton to pick, in many districts, after the middle of
October, there seems to have been an abundance of cotton
operations all the while; and the weather has been ex-
tremely fine for maturing and picking from the 10th or
12th of September up to our last dates from the south.
The period of killing frost also, if we may believe the
tables of " first killing frosts," which are usually put
forth by the brokers every October,
,is later than it has
been for the last ten years at least.
Cotton—A slight reaction took place in cotton to-
day, and about 4,200 bales were sold (principally for
export), at an advance of / per cent. per lb. We quote—
Upland and Mobile and
Florida. New Orleans.
Inferior ••• ••• none. none.
Ordinary to good ordinary 6/ to 6i .. 61 to q
.
Middling to good middling 7 —7i 7 7
Middling fair to fair ... 7a 8 ••• --8
Fully fair to good fair ... 8/ ... 81-8
Fine ... ..• ... none, none.
The sales, since the 13th instant, are estimated at
8,500 bales. _

The exports, &c., of cotton since the Ist of September
are as follows (to the 20th instant):--
Total exports 181,000 To G. B. 94,000 Rect's 292,000 Stocks 220,000
Last year .. 101,000 46,000 296,000 220,000
Year before 211,000 151,000 404,000 215,0 0
Flour, &c.—Western Canal is firm at 6 dollars 6i
cents. to 6 dollars 25 cents. ; common southern brands
are held at 6 dollars 374 cents. to 6 dollars 44 cents.—
Buyers come forward more freely at these rates, but are
unwilling to give any advance. Rye flour is firm at 4
dollars 624 cents. to 5 dollars. Corn meal at 3 dollars
25 cents. to 3 dollars 50 cents. 2,600 bushels Genessee
wheat sold at 1 dollar 35 cents. ; 6,000 ditto Ohio, 1
dollar 364 cents. ; 2,000 ditto barley, 80 cents. Corn is
rather inactive ; 7,000 bushels mixed was reported at
744 cents.
Provisions remain inactive. Mess pork, 14 dollars
874 cents. Prime pork, 9 dollars 50 cents. to 9 dollars
dboelelfa,rBs
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82.
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c7esnctse.n;tsp.rime, 5 Mess
to 11 cents. 5
cents.
dollars.to 9 dollars
Lard,
10
25

Naval stores are dull. Prime soft turpentine may be
quoted 2 dollars 75 cents. per barrel of 2801 b. Spirits
of turpentine 37 to 38 cents, per gallon.
There is a little more inquiry for Potashes. 130 bar-
rels pots were taken at 5 dollars 75 cents.,; pearls are 7
dollars 75 cents. to 7 doll.trs 874 cents. per 100 lb.
Whiskey is dull at 264 to 274 cents.
Nothing doing in Whale oil. 6,0001 b. South Sea
Whalebone was taken for export at 30 cents cash.
The rates of freights are—To Liverpool, cotton, i).
to 3-16 d. per lb.; flour and turpentine, is. 3d. to Is. 6d. per barrel; grain, 6d. to 7d. per bushel. To London-
2s. 6d. per barrel for flour, and other articles in propor-
tion. To Havre—Nominally for cotton, 40, per lb.;
flour, 50c. per barrel; ashes, at 10 dollars per ton; rice,
10 dollars per ton.
Exchange on England has again advanced, the closing
sales being 110 to 1104 per cent., but private bills are
almost entirely withheld from the market. 13i113 on
France, 5.25 to 5.231.