The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-09 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

NEW YORK MARKETS, SEPT. 25.
The transactions at the Board of Brokers were to con-
siderable extent to-day in Harlem, the sales of which
reached about 3,300 shares, closed at pr 3 4, an im-
provement of 1 per cent., 400 Shares United States Bank
sold, going as lew as 5 1-4, a decline of 1-2 per cent ;
Farmer's Trust fell off 1-2 ; Mohawk 1-4; Delaware and
Hudson improved 1-4 ; Canton Co. 1-4 ; Patterson 3-4.
In State Stocks the transactions were very extensive.
Indiana Bonds improved per cent., selling at 471, and
Sterling at 48; State Five-and-Half sold at 90, and Illi-
nois Sixes at 44.

Of monetary affairs in general the most remarkable
feature is the present high rates of exchange, and
consequent shipment of specie to England and France.
The scarcity of good bills and the advance on the
rates, proceeds probably from the absence of any mate-
rial export at this moment of our chief staple, and the
cessation of remittances in stock or public securities,
which, within a few months, have been always used in
a greater or lesser degree, as a medium of remittance,
or been the basis on which bills were drawn. At this
moment the only drawer in the market, we presume,
against stock, is the Bank of Commerce, which is selling
on London at 9 3-4 per cent., probably against stock sent
there, part of the one million taken of the United States.
An unusual demand, too, is created by the increased
importations of goods made in consequence of the ap-
proaching advance of the duties. No doubt however as
soon as the cotton crop comes fully into the market, the
supply of bills will be found sufficient to keep rates of
exchange below par ; meantime the existing demand for
specie creates no uneasiness, as our banks are amply
supplied, and it rids them of a large dead capital. The
exports of specie this week to Europe will probably
reach one million of dollars, and there has besides been
a considerable amount taken for Canton.

The Bank, of course, tender gold for their notes when
specie is required, and obtain fpor cent, premium for
American Halves, at which rates they have parted with
large amounts.

No satisfactory offers having been made for
the two millions loan advertised by the Secretary of
the Treasury, we are informed the Treasurer of
the United States is here endeavouring to dispose of
it on more advantageous terms. We have reason to
believe that no offers were made above par for a 6 per
cent. stock. The case of M`Leod and the rumours
which were put in circulation a short time since of a
peremptory demand for his release being about to be
made by the British Minister, have probably caused capi-
talists to be backward in investing in United State Stocks.
Of State Stocks heavy sales are making, and at some-
what depressed rates. A better feeling is gaining ground
ss regards Railroad Stocks—indeed, it is evident, such
is the natural increase of business throughout the coun-
try, that where railroads have been undertaken with
common prudence, it will require only time to make
them highly productive.
(Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.)
PHILADELPHIA, SENT. 24.
In articles of foreign produce, the most active for a
day or two have been Sugar and Coffee; the former,
which has been rather heavy for some weeks, has revived,
and the sale of New Orleans and Porto Rico has nearly
cleared the market at improved prices, and over 2,000
boxes Cuba Browns have also been taken for re-
fining, which has much reduced the stock. The tea mar-
ket is again all aback from the news by the unfortunate
Florida. The sales of Coffee are large within a day or
two, say 2,200 bags, principally Laguyra, with 5 or 600
Rio, at a shade improyement, to our Water-street gro-
cers. Broad Stuffs come down slowly, the low stage
of the water keeping back supplies, the lowest price which
1 have heard of being 8.25 dol. and 6.31 dol. per barrel
for export. Corn and Rye Meal are without change. Sales
have been made of Southern Wheat at 133 cents., and
Pennsylvania is about the same. Yellow Flat Corn firm
at 70 cents, and White 68 cents per bushel. Flax Seed
has advanced to $1,85, and in demand for crushing—and
Oil has jumped up to /1 per gallon ! Oats 45i cents
per bushel, Quercitron Bark has been active this week,
and sales of 600 hogsheads have been made at 127, Coal
vessels much wanted.
GRAM—Sales during the week of 4,700 bushels Ge-
nesee Wheat at 150 e. for export to Bermuda, and 1,200
bushels Virginia for milling at 140 c, and yesterday 4,500
bushels New Genesee, for British Provmees, at 147 c.
Northern Rye is in fair demand, 3,200 bushels sold, to
go east, 76ic., and 1,500 bushels 751 the latter not de-
livered. Jersey Corn has declined, and sales are making
at 74 a 74ic. measure. Northern 74 a 75c, No sales of
Southern. Oats 48c. a 490. dull and abundant, The stock
is of inferior quality.
COTTON.—OnIy a moderate business has been done in
this article during the past week, and without change in
prices. The sales of the week are 1,800 bales Upland
and Florida at 7c a 10c ; 1,000 Mobile at 8c a lle ; and
500 New Orleans at 74c a lie.
AsnEs.—There has been a further advance in Pots
since our last, but owing to very light receipts sales have
been limited. About 200 barrels have been taken for
shipment at 6 a 6:1 cents. Holders now demand higher
rates. Pearls have also advanced ; sales to the extent
of 450 barrels have been made at 51 a 6 cents per pound.
Some sales are reported at $6,1211.
NEW YORK MONEY 11IARKET, SETT. 24-
RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
$B,OOO State Five-and-a-Half per Cent.
3,000 Indiana Sterling .. .s 30 ds 471-
7,000 Ditto do .. OOOOO
1,000 Indiana Bonds ....... 47
100 Shares United States Bank
20 Ditto Mechanics Bank
25 Ditto Delaware and Hudson bn. week 1041
50 Ditto Farmer's Trust s3o ds 48
5 Ditto Vicksburg 4
10 Ditto New York Gas
30 Ditto ditto
25 Ditto Canton Co. .
28 Ditto Boston and Pro r.
50 Ditto Paterson.... 5O
50 Ditto Harlem ...
25 Ditto Stonington slO 16iopening 2Si
25 Ditto Mohawk R.R.
'6O 600 Exchange on Philadelphia .
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10,000 Ilinois 6's of 1870 .. . 97
96
3,000 Ditto do ..........
44

.... . . ... b6O daps 44
SALES AT THE SECOND ROARD.
260 Ditto Harlem Railroad. .................... -3 days l7i
21000 Inclia4.4 Bonds ......... . . ......

A HEAVY FORGERY.

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The .Neu; Orleans Bulletin
'of the Bth says :—" Intel-
ligence has been received here that an individual calling
himself Jelin P. Caldwell had forged a letter of credit
for twenty-five thousand dollars, from the house
of Maunsel White and Co. of this city, upon the bank-
ing house of Brown, Brothers, and Co., in New York,
which latter firm is a branch of the English firm of that
name in Liverpool. Caldwell is supposed to be the
Englishman who forged certificates of deposits to a large'
amount upon several banks of this city last winter." The
Bee stutes that the letter of credit was sent from. Georg-
etown, IA C., based on a consignment of LOH .bales of
cotton, it was paid.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.—TWO great ,forgeries havejust
been perpetrated on houses here by a process somewhat
like that by which so large sums were obtained some
months ago. In this case, one of the frauds practised on
the great house of Brown Brothers and Co., and the
other on the agents of Fletcher, Alexander, and Co., of
England, each for about p 5,000.
(From the Elmira Republican.)

FOUR PERSONS BURNT TO ASHES !-IVO have been
furnished with the following details of a late horrible
catastrophe. The house of Sylvester S: H. Brown,
on South Creek, about eight miles from this place, was
consumed by fire on the 11th instant, at about eleven
o'clock at night, and four persons, viz., two suns of
Mr. Brown, one aged 7 and the other 5 years—Thomas
Smith, aged 50 years, and a daughter of Ezekiel
Campbell, aged 11 years. The persons burnt, we
are informed, slept up stairs, while Mr. Brown
and his wife and a babe, who slept below,
barely escaped, without saving anything whatever
but their night clothes. Mr. Smith was a stone mason,
formerly from Smithville, Chenango co. The fire caught
from a stove shanty, joining the house, very probably
near the staircase, which prevented a descent of the per-
sons up stairs—we must suppose there was no upper
window large enough to admit of jumping through.
All the furies of faction are now turned loose
at once. We are to have a long and violent
political struggle—breaking up of the old parties—
and old friendships. There is a distinct object in this
strife. The Claymen have hoisted the banner of the
Bank—they fight for a Bank and nothing else.
The state of things at the approaching session of
Congress, will be extraordinary and exciting. The
severance of old political friends will create a fearful
war of words—and, probably, the Bowie knife will be
brought in in aid of the argument. That is the opinion
deliberately given in the late debate in the House on the
last week's riot, by Mr. Warren, of Georgia, and other
respectiable Members. The Abolition question, which
must be met at the opening of Congress, and is the first
thing to come up, will add much to the general excite-
ment and confusion.—New Yorh Inquirer.
YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS.—The yellow
fever, we regret to state, continues to increase at New
Orleans. The papers of the 10th announce 35 deaths
by yellow fever on the preceding day, and those of the
11th, 25 deaths by the fever, making 60 deaths in two
days.
LATER FROM MONTE VIDEO.—By the brig Buenos
Ayres, Captain Lake, via Pernambuco, we have reports
from Monte Video to July 25th. The market was
glutted with flour. No freights of any description were
offered.

The Buenos Ayrean fleet of six sail, under Commo-
dore Brown, lay at anchor off the harbour of Monte
Video, within gun-shot of the Monte Videan fleet under
Commodore Coe.

It was reported and universally believed that a me-
diation had arrived by the British Packet, which had
been offered by England, and had been accepted by the
Governor of Monte Video, and had proceeded to Buenos
Ayres. Should this mediation be accepted by Rosas, it
was thought business would improve. Should it not be
accepted, a battle would immediately take place between
the two fleets.

REPORT of the GREAT WESTERN, J. HOSKINS,
Commander, sailed from New York on the 25th of Sep-
tember, arrived at Bristol Bth October.
Sept. 27.-11, A.M. Exchanged colours with the Ame-
rican ship Osceola, lat 40. 35., lon. 60. 34. Running
eastward.
Oct. 7.-3 A.M. Forty miles west of Cape Clear, saw a
steam-ship (supposed to be the Columbia) to the south-
ward, ran towards her, and burned a blue light.
SHIP'S PROCEEDINGS.
Sept. 25.-1 45,. Passed the Battery. Strong breeze,
heavy squalls and rain. Fresh breezes and fine weather.
South-easterly, westerly.
26.—Strong breezes and fine weather. Fresh breezes
and cloudy. W.S.W.
27.—Strong breezes and fine weather. Fresh breezes
and squally. North-westerly.
28.—Moderate and fine weather. Light breezes and
fine. North, north-easterly.
29.—Light breezes and fine weather. Fresh breezes
and clear. Variable, westerly.
30.—Moderate breezes and dark haze, with showers.
Fresh breezes and dark haze, with rain. South-westerly,
westerly.
Oct. I. -Light airs and thick fog. Increases to strong
breezes and squally, rain and lightning. Variable.
South-westerly.
2.—Fresh gales and cloudy, high westerly seas.
Strong squalls and showers. Westerly.
3.—Fresh gales and squally. Heavy seas and rain.
Westerly.
4.—Fresh gales and heavy squalls. Moderated to
fresh breezes and cloudy. High seas. W.S.W., Variable.
s.—Light variable winds, dark cloudy weather, with
rain. Fresh breezes, and heavy westerly swells. Va-
riable, north-easterly.
6.—Strong winds and squally, westerly swells, rain
and lightning. Northerly.
7.—Squally dark weather. Midnight, took a pilot.
N.N. W.

B.—Fresh breezes and hazy. At 7, anchored at King
Road. North-westerly.
This passage was made in 12 days 12 hours.

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LIST OF PASSENGERS.—Captain C. Stuart, Louis Mo-
rum, Louis Celleusa, Alfred Large, James Pattison, G.
Guynet, P. Palmein, E. Dureni, E. H. Palmer and ser-
vant, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner, Mr. Sinat, John H. Davis,
Mr. Hughes, H. T. Jenkins, Thomas Richardson, Linley
Haines, Mr. M'Gregor, J. P. Montans, A. L. Montans,
J. N. Bradley, E. T. Randulph, J. A. Delano, T. Bishop,
I). H. Durano, A. S. Petrie, S. Petrie, Arthur Hirst, A.
S. Riley, Mr. Millis, Thomas Forster, E. Stainer, A.
Scheitlin, W. Burnby, F. W. Coolidge, Mr. Laughlin,
Mr. Ballin, H. P, Hulbut, C. D. Hazin, F. Tomes, B.
B. Atterbury, Mr. Atkinson.

HALIFAX, SEPT. 16, 1841.—Sailed this morning the
French frigate La Belle Poule and sloop of war Cas-
sand, for New York. Much bustle has been excited
here by the arrival of the Prince de Joinville—his
movements have created subjects of conversation among
all classes ; nevertheless the citizens would not combine
in a body sufficiently numerous or liberal to honour him
by any tangible demonstration of their respect for his
person and gratification at his presence among them. A
splendid ball and supper were given by the garrison and
navy officers on Tuesday evening in the Province Build-
ing ; the Council Chamber was fitted for a dancing-
room, and the banquet was prepared in the Assembly-
room. No little offence has been taken by many in-
habitants at the exclusiveness of the military, who in-
vited scarcely any civilians except ladies. Such a pro-
cedure savours of a studied insult, it is thought, because
it is generally considered highly indelicate for a female
to participate in a feast with military " gallants," un-
less the company is so mixed and qualified by the pre-
sence of relatives and friends of the other sex as to pre-
clude the possibility of slander arising from such an as-
sociation.—Boston Paper.
A PRACTICAL MISTAKE.—The late Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr. Ewing, has been in the city for some
days past, a lodger at the Astor House, where he has re-
ceived the calls. of many friends. Among the rest on
one day last week, were two Committees, who waited
together on the ex-Secretary. He rose on their entrance,
and the Chairmen in succession addressed him in a
manner befitting the occasion. When they had finished
Mr. Ewing, instead of making a formal reply, said con-
cisely, " That will do, clear," and waving his hand ap-
propriately the Committee retired, discussing whether
their reception had been such as they had reason to ex-
pect. They had not proceeded far in the hall before
they met an acquaintance walking with a gentleman,
whom he introduced to the Committees as the Hon. Mr.
Ewing. This put a new face on affairs, on returning to
the room it turned out that the gentleman who had re-
ceived the honours of the Committees was not exactly
in his right mind, and had happened during Mr. Ew-
ing's absence to step in and occupy his chair.—New York
Paper,

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS,

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Out, 1d,',1541," The Table is
issued front the Offte of the Registror.General

Weekly
Total. Average

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases. 157 1838.290440
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l7O 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion 9O 60
Diseases of the Kiclrioys, he.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus,. &c,
9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, tic
Diseases of Uncertain Seat.
Old Age, or Natural Decay. 59 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 32 25
Causes not specified ......... 9 8
Deaths from all causes BB3 -
Average Weekly Death 5......,,. .. 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 1438-9-40
Western Districts •• • 127 ...... 139
North Districts
11111 MO 163
Central Distriets„..„...., 165 190
East Districts. ... . til4 „„.. 211
South Districts ~., ..... •ff 220 223

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T0ta1......... 883 926
' arehe City of Lon-
-32 districts herein mentioned, which inc...L t
'..sties of
don with and without the walls, the City and
,„._,
It is stated that under the term Metropolis comprised the
St. Luke (Chelsea),al-
ley), St. Mary-le,bow, Camber •',ell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
HammersmithSt.llfar
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average' for
18,38, 183% and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
dFiunlghtsomn:
the three Y„,ear6 by 156.
4 EMTEKATLIRE IN THE WEEKS ENnINp
Highest
Sept. 25. Oct. 2.
. 703 670
'
Lowest . 6l 49
Daily Mean .... .... . ....
b 9
General Itegister (Mice, Qat 7., DM.