The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTT•N MARKET, THURSDAY.--ThE
sales to-day are 3,000 bags, chiefly Americans, to the
trade, at yesterday's prices.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—Eastern Counties,
8i; Great Western, 80 ; Half Shares, 444 1-sth 46 ;
Manchester, Bolton and Bury, 33k. Our Market con-
tinues without animation, prices still drooping.

A letter from South America in the New York Pa-
pers, received this morning, states
,that the small-pox
had desolated the city of Panama, the population hav-
ing been reduced by it from upwards of 20,000 to less
than one half. Almost every family in the City had suf-
fered by it, and the inhabitants had no knowledge of
any means to stay its progress.
We have received Quebec Papers to September, 29.
MONTREAL, SEPT. 24.—A letter was received last
night from the Governor-General by Mr. M'Gill, of
which the following is an extract :—" I feel greatly flat-
tered and gratified by the proposal, and it is therefore
with great regret that I am compelled to decline avail-
ing myself of their kindness, but I have been seized
with a severe fit of illness which confines me to my
couch, and it is uncertain whether I may be able to
quit, except to be carried on shore, at all events I i
have no hope of being able to appear in a public ce-
remony fur some days.
" I shall be much obliged to you, therefore, to inform

the inhabitants who are disposed to confer this honour
upon me, of my inability to accept of it." (The above
letter is dated steam-boat, on the Rideau, Sept. 220
The above intelligence was communicated by Mr.
M'Uill, through the Editor of the Morning Courier, to
the citizens of Montreal.

His Excellency the Governor-General arrived at
Montreal on Thursday evening, at nine o'clock, but was
prevented by ill health from partaking of the honours in-
tended for him on his return from a visit to Upper
Canada.

It appears from the Halifax Papers of 19th inst., thet
there was a rumour that the military head.quartera
would be removed from that place.
COMILERCIAL.—MONTREAL, SEPT. 26.—During the
past week a great many buyers from Upper Canada have
made their appearance in our markets. The quantity
of business done by private sales has been trifling,
compared to the amount disposed of by public auction.
The prices realized by the latter mode for dry goods
have been tolerably good.
Number of Emigrants arrived during the week ending
the 26th inst., inclusive :
From England ••• 31
Ireland ••• 45
Scotland 7
Lower ports ... S

86
Previously reported ... 21,914

22,000 22,000
For the corresponding period last
year

7,154

Increase in favour of 1840 ... 14,846
Comparative Statement of Arrivals at the Port of

Quebec in 1839 and 1840 :
Vessels. Tonnage.
... 1,182 ... 383,890
967 ... 319,589

September 28, 1840
September 28, 1839

More this year

........
215

64,301

We have received New Brunswick Papers to the
27th of September.
'We understand that his Excellency Major-General
Sir John Harvey, our Lieutenant. Governor, has been
appointed to the command of the troops in Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and depen-
dencies, on the departure of his Excellency Sir Colin
Campbell, and the head-quarters of the divisions are to
be transferred to New Brunswick. The removal to
Frederickton of the whole of the heads of departments
may not take place before the spring.

We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester-
day's date.
BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM OCT. 13.—" The National
Funds have been in general more sought after, and
maintained a better price. The Integrales arrived at
48k, and the Actions of the Society of Commerce got
up from 1561 to 158 ; Ardoin's Spanish was done at
lid 7-I6ths.

The general topic of conversation this morning in the
City chiefly relates to the important Note recently ad-
dressed by M. Thiers to M. Guizot, the French Am-
bassador to our Court, which appears in another
column, and according to the general opinions in the
City, as well as with the speculators in the funds, it is
looked upon as pacific.
We have been favoured with an extract of a private
letter from Paris, from a first-rate commercial house in
the City, stating as follows : " Thinking people here
say there cannot be a war—first, because France has
no just grounds for quarrel ; secondly, if she had she is
not sufficiently strong to fight all Europe ; and lastly,
that she is not prepared for going to war."
Consols, which left off yesterday at 664 for
the 26th November next Account, may be quoted at
present with an improvement at 874 4 P • Money, 87 ;
this buoyancy may be attributed to the awe of M.
Thiers ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; India Stock,
2444 2454 ; Bank Stock, 1644 1654.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active left
off at 214 4, at present 214 4 ; Deferred, 104 4 ;
Passive, 54 4 ; Portuguese, 324 ; Three per Cents.,
2 ; Brazilian, 73 75 ; Colombian, 214 224 ; Mexi-
can, 264 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
494 ; Five per Cents., 934 944.
HALF-PAST ONE.

This is settling day in the Foreign Market, and the
chief business doing is paying and receiving the diffe-
rent balances. Up to the present hour we do not hear
of any mischief having occurred in the market ; the
settling of the Account appears to be going off well.
Money is easy on good securities in the House, al-
though yesterday the bankers were taking at the rate of
6 per cent.
Consols have fluctuated during the morning for the
Account of the 26th November, 871 a ;at present
may be quoted 87i ; for Money, 869 87 864 871.
Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; India Bonds,l7 14 dis.;
Bank Stock, 1641.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active nothing
done t nominal price 21i 22 214 ; Deferred 101 ;
Colombian 22 ; Portuguese, 32; ; Three per Cents.
20 ; Mexican 261 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
491 a ; Five per Cents. 94i.
In shares little doing. Great Western, 78 779, ex.
sth share ; New, 44 ; London and Brighton, 281 ;
South Western, 51.