The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-15 00:00:00

of volunteers on Friday, and he has no doubt reached
the advance before this hour. General Twiggs had
between 2,500 and 2,700 men under his command, and
I entertain little fear for his safety.
General Patterson marched with Shields' and Pillow's
brigades, and all the force except the garrisons of the
town; and Qaitman's brigades are either at the scene of
action or on the road to it.
An intelligent Mexican told me to-night that there
would be no fight, and that Santa Anna had with him
four prominent members of the National Congress, with
the aid of whom he hoped to negotiate a peace.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CI7'Y, QUARTER TO THREE.

There was more activity in the Cotton market at Liverpool
yesterday, and it is a good sign that the trade were the
buyers, taking 7,000 bales, or nearly that quantity. We hope
this is the consequence of greater activity in the manufactur-
ing districts. The sales of the week were 28,290 bales, and
the decline in prices has, on the average, been 1/Bd. per lb.
The stock is 318,410 bales, against 781,430 bales at this time
last ycar. Railway Shares were rather flat.
The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond
and Co., went off without spirit, and prices remain un-
altered. The following are a few of the principal sales :
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 7 0
North British, Thirds
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 5 0
Royston and ilitchin
North British, Extension 0 14 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 17 6
Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux ..... 6 0 0
Liverp. blanch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 14 6
Manchester, Buxton, and Mat10ck....... 1 12 6
Eastern Counties ... . ........ 18 17 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 3 2 0
Newmarket and Chesterford..
South Wales
Northern Counties Union 1 2 6
London and Blackwall, No. 1 5 7 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 16 6

Later accounts have again come to hand from the Cape o
Good Hope, via., to March 20. Sir Henry Pottinger intended
to proceed from Graham's Town to Fort Peddie, in the Kafir
'country, where he would be enabled to judge better for him-
self of the' haracter of the nativeii.
The Australian advices to Jan. 9, from Sydney, and
Jan. 20, from Van Diemen's Land, state that the subject of

immigration and transportation still occupied a good deal of
attention. The want of shepherds was great, but still the
introduction of convicts was objected to. The production of
wool wai increasing greatly every year.
The letters from America are calculated to allay entirely
any apprehension that might be felt upon two points. In the
first place we shall have liberal orders for our goods, and it
will not pay at 106 or 107 to send out specie. In the next
place, America can supply us with more food than we are
likely to want, seeing the surplus we may expect from Rus-
sia, &e.

The improvement in the affairs of the Bank of England is
steady, though gradual. The following are the leading alte-
rations in the weekly balance sheet to May 8, compared with
Miy 1 :

Notes issued ...
Increase ...
Public Deposits ...
Increase ...
Other Deposits, decrease ...
Other Securities, increase
Notes unemployed, increase
Bullion
Increase

....£22,788,855
... 239,715
... 2,870,109
... 570,955
... 381,720
... 199,105
... 455,455
... ... 9,588,759
251,043
173,185
419,178

Active circulation, decrease ...
Government Securities, decrease...

The English Funds have been rather dull this morning,
but there is very little doing. Consols have realised 86% to
87% for transfer on Tuesday, and 87 to % for Account. Ex-
chequer-bills have again been at a discount of Is., and range
from that to ls. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. have been 87i to %. Bank Stock is 189% to
191%, India Bonds are 2s. discount to 35. premium.
The Foreign Bonds are quiet, but Mexican have improved
to 20%4. Spanish Three per Cents. have realised 34 to
34t4. Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents. have been 57%
to 57-34.
Shares are lather flat again.