The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 6 P.M.—The steamboat
from Boston takes her departure for England on
Tuesday ; to-morrow will consequently be packet
day with the merchants. Yesterday there was
but little doing in sterling- bills, and the rates
remained nearly the same, 61 a 71, or 4,74
dol. a 4,78 dol. In French bills there was an
active business doing at 5,30 f, The supply of bills
is good, and much exceeds the demand. Many of
the leading drawers yesterday declined to sell
until Monday—the descriptions of bills offering
are nearly the same. There are some Southern
bills drawn against State bonds, particularly Ala-
bama, which are limited at 8 per cent., rather
abcve the market rate. These are probably
drawn against the short bonds of that State, as
we believe the long bonds were all sold through
Reid, Irving, and Co. The amount of remittances
by this packet will be by no means large.
In the stock market yesterday the sales were
not large, and some improvement in rates was
manifest. U. S. Bank rose 1 per cent., North
American T. and B. Co. 1, Harlem 1 per cent.
Sales of bills on Philadelphia 41, Baltimore 3 to 31.
Domestic exchanges generally are becoming
worse, particularly on the West.
At Augusta, Savannah, and Charleston, the
basis of the quotations is specie—at the other points
the basis is the local bank currency. Savannah,
Charleston, and Augusta are specie paying points;
but the currency is much depreciated, and varies
much. At Augusta the city banks pay spe-
cie, but they have very little circulation.
The currency consists of country bills, on
which the discount varies 5,7, 16, 20, and 40 per
cent. In the purchase of exchange, therefore,
the discount is added to the rate of the bill.
This will explain the condition of the currency
at nearly all the points, except that the local
bills are made the basis, and specie is rated at a
premium.

The Council of Wilmington, Del., have re-
solved to issue shin plasters of a less denomina-
tion than one dollar.

The Bill to extend the charter of the North
River Bank to 1847, has passed the State Senate,
23 to 3.

In State Stocks there has been no material
change—the tendency is still downwards.
The movements in favour of providing specie
means by taxation and otherwise, and to stop
the sale of bonds, for the present, seem to
be gaining ground in the different States.
Letters from Illinois state that the law
affixing the valuation of three dollars per acre on
all taxable land, and levying a tax of 30 cents
on the one hundred dollars, has passed, accom-
panied by permission to the State Bank to con-
tinue suspension for an unlimited time, on con
dition of its loaning the State in specie
funds 200,000 dollars, in four semi-annual
payments. This information comes through
the ex-Fund Commissioner. The State Jour-
nal of the 17th, however, states that the Senate
had rejected the Bill authorising the Bank to
suspend, by a vote of 24 to 12. The passage
of these laws in Indiana and Illinois, has not
yet raised the credit of the States. They have
both outstanding large amounts of State scrip,
which is receivable in payment of taxes. This,
of course, will deprive the State of the cash
means expected from the taxes.
The State of Massachussetts has authorised the
issue of a new stock to assist the Western Rail_
road Company, notwithstanding that a large
amount of the last loan is pledged at 90 per cent.
with the 'Wings.
In Pennsylvania nothing has been done, either
in regard to the banks or the State debts. The
sickness of the members of the Bank Committee
is given as a reason for this inactivity. The cor-
rupt influence of the United States Bank is more
properly the reason; that institution is striving
only to gain time, without any apparent object in

view. The time is, however, rapidly approach
when the grand meeting of stockholders is to tai„
place, to receive the Report of the investigate:
Committee, which is to be made on April `2. it' ,
highly probable that that Report, if faithful )11
made, will bring to light a mass of corruPti°,
that will fully expose the charlatanry and po,,
tical mal-practices of the Biddle clique, andsee'a
pose the. mysterious connection which has exit vi
between that Institution and many that are nc
herie
doing business, both in this city and elsewfe
as well as those, like the Morris Canal, that al
insolvent.

00 °I.

The state of the market in this city is red
great apprehension on the part of all lionio
men. The disposition on all sides is to draw e,
among capitalists, and among the masses ger/to
rally, to hoard to some extent. There seelPspot
be an undefinable fear of some great -eg`re,
about to happen, and all seem desirous to be Piii,
pared. for it. Under the influence of en
feeling, the deposits in the banks have be,s,
much reduced within the last thirty cliq,u,
The political relations of the country seem too $
fluence the markets and money affairs butit'ed
very. small degree. No one seriously anficlP94r
a rupture between the two countries. The c'he
stant depreciation in securities, the dread oft
news news from abroad, the known rottenness °ae
large number of banks in our own State of
well as those South, the precarious positioalb
the connections of the London houses, wiaso
many minor causes, have all conspired to inel:edi•
the want of confidence that has withdrawn Il`tr;
vidual deposits from the banks, and 0011 aid
bank deposits of this State, Connecticut the
elsewhere, from the bankers ; thus deprivi4tice
latter of a large portion of their usual I.lcholi
means, at a time when the constant depree,l3,: of
of stocks has caused them to be forced hol"Ci:01
large amounts of inconvertible securities.
failures among the brokers have taken place
cently, some of them important.

(Correspondence of the Herald) trite
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH, 13, 1841.—The' pp,
tions at the stock board were to a meding3T-be
tent, at much the same rates as yesterdaY° atit
difference between specie and paper is solue%po
greater, and exchange on New York has -ts
advanced j. United States Bank notes are 3
discount of 20 per cent. for specie. iser
(From the New_York Commercial Advert

of the 15th March.) 63'
COTTON.—The sales for the week ending, for
turday evening about 5,600 bales, nearly al'im;
export, viz. 2,500 Upland and Florida 9i a .01 $
2,000 New Orleans 9k a 111- ; 1400 Mobile .tfr
111. This morning there is a fair demand, al
out any alteration in the prices. eeb
FLOUR AND GRAIN.—The sales of last -43
were about 6,000 barrels for export, of v1:000
about 4,000 were Canal at 4,681 dol., andrthe
Ohio and Howard-street at 4,50 dol. and
latter at 4,621
ne dol. to 4,75 dol. 00°1
There was o sale of 25,000 barrels of at
via New Orleans, the latter part of the wee''
4,431 dol., to be taken from the vessel. ger
The market for Canal, though firm at cl-
tion is heavy. g
.There is no inquiry for wheat or rye. south'
ern corn is sold at 45 a 46 cents per 56 lbs. orr
There is no alteration in the market this
ing, either as to prices or aspect. re e
STATE STOCKS.-1,000 dol. Indiana Bonds'
sold at 53i.
EXCHANGE—FOREIGN.—The demand i°l)3illi
change on England is light. New York.
are at 7 a 8, and Southern at 61 a 7. •
The tremendous storm which lashed th,lg
."'Airil
so unmercifully last Friday' night, also "
Philadelphia and Boston. ; a OA`
Steamer Columbia, from Boston, artSe
Halifax on the 4th inst. in 44 hOurs passage;sith
proceeded same afternoon for Liverpool,
twelve additional passengers.

NEW YORK MARKETS. tro
SALES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15, -

STOCK EXCHANGE.

. _
Shares. 11
60 United Stites Bank ........................... .... 1: 16
50 do. do. do s3O (4' 81
•t• 86
1}
itit

10 do Delaware and Iludson ......... . ........
50 do do do ..,b this wee li
80 do North American Trust ...........•.•••••
50 do do do ................................. 71
40 do Phenix Bank .......................... . ... •• 100
90 do Butchers' and Drovers' Bank ...........
10 do Farmer's Trust Company ... ; ............. '
150 do Vicksburg .................................. ba
p
225 do do
325 do Mohawk Railroad
100 do do .....
m5O do Stoningt do
150 do. do.
25 do. Ha‘lein ................ .; . .......
.. ........ s 1:411
125 do. do. do. ......
:.
............... 19,6
10 de. Utica and Schenectady Railroad ....... 511
100 do. Long Island Railroad ................ • .... 13.2
50 do. Canton C 0.... BAD' 9.21
20 do. do. do ............................
The business at the Board was to a greater este° 001;
for some days, yet the transactions were to quite 11_ osa
rate extent, and at downward prices. United States_encsa
fell off it; Delaware and Hudson f ; North Ain
Trust If ; Mohawk f ; Stonington If ; and Hole°
( From the Boston Advertiser of March j 5.) go,
Ma. Mgazon.—So far as the question relates fiebiclio
ally to M'Leod, it does not appear to us to be 00 so tot
involves. serious difficulty. A natural, and as sPgiegris
us a proper solution of it is suggested in the re evil,:
Lord Palmerston, in reply to the inquiry of Mriri tbe
The American Government he said had .6 create
fair of the Caroline as one to be considered se
the Government, and net to he left upon the rese,,:tarys
of individuals. Until therefore the British Gee'roor I''lo
disowned those persons, as the American G2lOOl,
disowned their citizens in the other case, they 'Sect
right to change their ground upon the questiolutbst as
being the state of the case, we cannot suppose trial' :f
be
Government will suffer M'Leod to be brought ie 1,iee1";1
foie a local tribunal, f r an act which i 4 the we:, Doe
negotiation on a claim made by themselves. 4,rbis
g:,;
Court has no proper jurisdiction of the case. 'nor
longs to the general Government. As they are Goftli;
with the whole power of negotiation with foreign telalle,
meats and wits the duty
with them, they must necessarily have jurisdietn 00;
question cf this sort, and power to prevent theleeswetsbli
of maintaining amicable ofer,
rities from proceeding in a course which, if thernneritSo
remedy other than heir diic'retion, would tend
,Leoch.,,
to involve the ceuntry in war. The trial of at ,Leo-d 6
beliete, is appointed to come on before the Cor„ed ano
port to-day. If the view which we have tbst 'be
should be taken by the Government, we presume . 0
trial will not take place, but that a none prose,g„liitrialic
entered, and the prisoner discharged, or that the
„oar
be prevented in some other war. in rer

The question as between the two Governseatas 4, so.
to the destruction of the Caroline, will still rentiie'e!,i
settled. This too, although a qu. stion of gres!`-rrr
on account of the exci.ed state of popular feeling 'Au.ocolfle.
to it, does not appear to us of any greet real ;Idle i;
TLe attack upon the Caroline in our waters. anw of I,
struction of the vessel, accompanied silt the 1059' °llof
life of an American citizen, was a violatioll.:bto
sovereignty, and a gross outrage upon the riAetr.°:
our citizens. It was such an outrage as tmehe r)*
ment could not cverlook, and thereby lease t-i Pi:crfe:
aggr.eved to seek redress against the indisidua'i
trator. They accordingly made complaints of 1 Ind Oci;
rev, and a demand of redress. This complair'noBSlitii#'
mend %sere met by the allegation of outrages tIP- c",,tl;
rights, and the British territory, committed " otb
zees, and by this very vessel and its owners def°e°ce.;
act was committed as an act of retaliation and se',,',..otic'rrig
On this complaint and counter complaint, a neg—is
still pending. We do b not believe that a wart
grori out io
continued acrimonious negotiation, can
..ffair which has its origin in border eseitegicr'i; bs'
where the real grounds of complaint ate so 01-17
lanced on both sides. or _ e lid

THE AMISTAD.
(From the Boston Courier.) Ore
TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY.—The Supreme Con r" ca -/ift
day list, decided the case of the United States ag; CAS;•
schooner AniLtad, &c., appealed from the Circu,
of the United States for the District of Coneect'ciostOiiii
Justice Story delivered the opinion of this Court's,
the decree of the said Circuit Court in this eau:: be °e;
respects, except that part ordering the negroes ,„ersinii
livered to the President, to be transported. and ;:i-Circ,:,o
1
that part, and remanding the cause to the sg—froo3 -0
Court, with directions to dismiss the said negrfeided if°
custody of the Court, and that they be disoThar"
000'
the suit, and go thereof quit without day. ,tbe
The following is an extract of a letter &on' Yor
John Qgincy Adams to the Committee in Die ad:
who acted on behalf of the Africans of the Amisi'vss hrt,
WASHINGTON, MARCH 9, 1841. THE COl:it Cotla,
FREE I—The part of the Decree of the D'' fed Set;
wh:ch placed them at the disposal of the Voite" be be
to be sent to Africa, is reversed. They are to• l,
charged from the custody of the Marshal---frefirele
rest of the decision of the Courts below, iS a
" Not unto us—not unto
us," 'llB'
&e. .
Q•

The wAarnlik°eTs
all the ' pHirEitRisFIGHT t
ellslxtinFcLt,C?tß4'sleDepall;-,
rso,l 00r!
counts
Jed men of the everglades. From scve,_go el'
sencas..which have reached us, all varying more or 1% fir
the irel:' we select the following, from the Sactintr"
publican:— lore of
FORT RUSSELL E. F. 1841•--Genie 10,'
I hasten
to inform you ere the express starts oro, r.
i-- at •
appearance of the Indians this even ob , :coo
~,
Creek, within three miles of. this fort. wwas
t,
Albertis, of the 2d regiment of infantry, who
a_ri..;o,
tached from Fort Russell st.me few days once to go' ro,:
Fort Brooke•, about five miles distaribty, tthettart!ooetilli,
about eleven o'clock this morning
cry of the Indian bandits in the direction of
Taking with him twenty-four men of his small cor. 0,
II LA I ,
Lieut.
lowing the cries, encountered the Fort I‘_3oll
Albertis immediately left Fort Brook% gore P..
Orange Cueck Hammock, only threelffilmli;ss
Russell. On perceiving the Indians Lieutenant, for oP
opened a heavy fire upon them, which continue, loft,.
hour, but as the Indian force continued to ineress.e' ores.
retresogral
bering about one hundred, and Lieut. Atbertis hall bs.
awat. all his ammunition, he was compelled to
to F.rt Brook.-,, bearing with him five of his gLen se
wounded,
Having deposited the wounded in a block b°sl
ii'roil
bre
to;.