The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-17 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE

13RITISIT QUEEN.

She arrived at Portsmouth at eight o'clock yes-
terday morning, but brings no news of particular
importance. She had on board 180 passengers,
and made the voyage in 15 days. The papers we
have seen are to the Ist inst., and notice dull
markets at Philadelphia and most of the principal
cities in the Union, for the staple articles, the craps
being likely to prove most abundant. United
States Bank Stock had been quoted as low as 70
to i. The exchange on London was S to 8i per
cent. premium.

NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES.
(Extracts from the New York Papers.)

LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM CENTRAL
AMERICA.

By the arrival of the brig Patsey B. Blount, Cap-
tain Pederson, which left Belize, youth America,
on the 13th of May, we have received a file
of Belize papers, from which, and from diitain
Pederson, we learn the important news that General
Morazan, who had held the Presidency eight years, by the
choice of the people, and usurped it for the last four years,
has been defeated, and driven out of the country. It appears
that after he had captured Guatemala, and been driven out
by General Carrera, he retreated, and his army was annihi-
lated. On the sth May he, with twenty-seven followers,
fled to Libertad, on the Pacific—where he embarked
in the schooner Ysalco, for the South, destination not
known. This is a most important event. For the last
four years Morazan has kept the country in a state of civil
war, the States having dissolved the confederacy, and
there was, in fact, no Government. The different States
will now organise anew, choose a President, and persons
and property will be secure.—New York Paper of May 29.

MONEY MARKET-CITY NEWS.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, P.M.

The amount of Exchange that will go by the Queen
will be large. We already hear of very great sums pur-
chased at 107 - a 108 per cent. on London, which is about
per cent. below the last steamer.
The amount of specie going to Europe from Mexico is
very large. A million and a half of dollars arrived at Ha-
vannah, a few days since, on the way to Franca.
The Mechanics' Bank of Baltimore has declared a divi-
dend of three-and-a-half per cent. for the last six montirs.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of yesterday states than notes
are now paid out by the United States Bank in payment of
cheques, and that cheques arc not now, as heretofore,
marked "good."
A Bill, taxing brokers and banker, passed a final read-
ing in the Pennsylvania Legislature on Wednesday last. The
brokers in Philadelphia are taxed ,200; in Pittsburg
$lOO ; and in the county $5O. The joint resolution for
a revival of the state tax on real and personal estate again
came op on the same day, and the question being imme-
diately taken on the proposition to lay on a state tax, it
failed—yeas 42, nays 47.

The Hank Reform Bill was also brought up, and the
first section relative to proxies ; the second, prohibiting
banks from holding other than State and United State
Stock, and the third, prohibiting the issue of post notes.
were agreed to without a division; the fourth provides
that banks shall receive at par the notes of other
specie paying banks, and was agreed to by a vote of
54 to 34. So bank notes are made a legal tender,
by resolve of an anti-bank Legislature. The Improve-
ment Bill recently passed by the Legislature, makes
an appropriation amounting to $3,000,000. It contains a
provision which requires the United States Bank to loan to
the State $4,000,000 at 4 per cent. under the penalty of
a forfeiture of its charter. This measure was devised
and advocated by the members who recently denounced
the Bank as an Insolvent Institution, and utterly
unworthy the confidence of the people of Pennsyl-
vania. °Now, either such members acted basely and hy-
pocritically then, or they are so acting now. If they
believe the Bank is insolvent, they must also be-
lieve that she will not be able to loan $4,000,000
at 4 per cent. interest, and with a law in force compelling
her to resume specie payments on the 15th of January next.
The Inquirer thinks that this provision was inserted to work
the repeal of the Charter of the United States Bank, many
of the Members who voted at the time believing that the
Bank would refuse to loan the $4,000,000.
We learn that notes are in circulation on the Manches-
ter Bank, Mich., altered to the Manchester BanK, Vt.—
the latter a solvent, and the former a bankrupt institution.
At Philadelphia, for the week ending Saturday, money
continued plenty and could be had for prime paper at low
rates.

The sales of Bark for the week amounted to 230 hhds.
No. I, $3O; No. 2, $2B a 29 ; 2d quality $25 per ton ;
Spanish Oak bark $l4 al4 50 per cord. Coal continued
depressed, and the sales limited. Of Coffee, the stock
was light, and the sales only in small parcels, Rio at 10; a
111 cts., Laguayra 11 111 cts ; Cuba I+ a 11;_ Matanzas
10i, part cash, and part 6 mos. Old Coffee sold at 18 eta.
4 mos. Of Cotton the sales amounted to 500 bales; Ten-
nesee 8a 9 cts, cash a 4 mos; Uplands 94 cts cash, and
101 4 MO3 ; Mississippi and New Orleans 9; Alabama
81 a 9+. Mackerol No. 1, Halifax and Massachusetts in-
spection, $l2 al3 ; No. 2, 10 a 11; No. 3, $4,76 a 6
per barrel. Codfish full stocks and limited sales.
In the Flour Market there was but little ani-
mation during the week, and at the close prioos
declined ; sales on the Delaware for expert
475 at 4 70, and some parcels $4 62i; Brandywine.
4 87+; Western Flour 4 37 a 4 25 ; this decline emend
buyers for shipment to come into market, and all that
could be had under 4 37+ was taken. Rye Flour de-
clined, $2 75 a 281; Corn Meal, $l3 50 in puns. ; $2 81
a 2 87+. For Grain the demand was large for export.
Pennsylvania Wheat to the extent of 30,000 baskets
changed hands at 93 a 96 cents; and 1500 in stove
at 95; Rye 49 a 50 afloat on the Schuylkill; Yellow
Corn, round 50 a 53 ; white 46 ; oats 28 ; southern
26 ; sales of Kentucky hemp at $135 a 130. Rio Grath)
hides, as they run, 14 a 14- per lb ; Tampico, 11 cents 4
months. Honey, Cuba, 47 cents, four months ; horns,
Rio Grande ox, $7 per one hundred ; Lead 41 cense-
-6 mos; Missouri, 44 a 4+; Molasses, New Orleans,
25, 26 a 27c, 4 mos ; Rosin 1,75 ; Spirits Turpentine,
in lots, 31 cents ; Sperm Oil, limited sales ; Lieset‘d,
59 cents ; Pork, Western Mess $15,50 cash ;
13,50 a 13,75; Hams, 10 cents; Lard, No. 1.
10 cents; Flaxseed 1,12 a 1,15 per bushel; Bordeaux
Brandy 1,27+ a 1,30; Rochelle 1,40; N. E. Rum in bbls
31 ets. In Sugars an animated demand--advance of
cent obtained; New Orleans 5 to 6+; Port Rio, 7 a
; inferior 5i ; St. Croix 9 cents, 4 a h mos ; brown
Havannah box it- a 7+ ; Trinidad 7+ a7+ ; Matan-
zas 8i for brown, and 111 white, and Brazil B+, all
6 mos. In Teas, but little doing and a decline in prices.
Whiskey, stock light; bbls 22+ a 23 cents. ; hhds 20 a
Wool, 2,000 lbs. good common worsted,
950024 aantd3oo
21. Wool,
per lb. Freights to Liverpool, Cotton
ato id. per lb. ; Flour 4s. 6d. a os. per bbl. ; Wheat, in
bulk, Is. per bushel. Exchange on England 12+ to 14+
per cent. prem. ; on France 4,97+ a sf.
The operations in bills of exchange to-day have been
larger, and varying from 1071 to 108. The purchasas have
been mostly to pay interest. Very few bills have gone
out for the purchase of goods.
Passengers from Boston report that the steamer Uni-
corn, via Halifax, was signalled before they left. If this is
correct, she will have an extraordinary passage, as she was

to sail from Liverpool on the 16th in;t.
The North American Trust and Banking Company
Stock has fallen down to 33 and 34 per cent. This is
the lowest point this stock has ever touched before, ex-
cept once. The Bears, who have been selling out on
time, and who are interested in the stock going down,
will, if they succeed in getting differences, make large
sums. It is but a short time since this stock sold at 60,
and it was then said it would go up to par. Sinoe then it
has been renorted they have negotiated large urns in
Europe, and still the stock falls. The public who are not
in the secret do not understand this sudden► decline.
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Augusta,
Georgia, on Wednesday last, declared a dividend of $4
on each share from the profits of the Institution for the pedt
six months.
The Patapsco Bank of Maryland at Ellicott's Mills, has
declared a half yearly dividend of three per cent.
These papers contain an account of the loss of
the Poland, a New York Packet, bound for
Havre, which was set on fire by lightning on the
16th of May, crew and passengers ail saved..

SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, Maly 28.
200 Illinois Sixes 7l
SHARES.
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52 do.
55 North American Trust cask 85
50 do. cash 33
25 Delaware and Hudson
50 do. cash 73
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SALES AT TIIE SECOND BOARD, MAT SO.
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20 Boston and Providence Railroad 5... 93

TORNADO AT NATCHEZ.
En
t yated
NATenaz, MAY 8,
rfrom a gentleman in Natchez, to IA
friend infriendlB4o.—The
in mine of yesterday, of the awful destruction by the tor-
nado which swept over this city, cannot convey to you
Extract
ofs city,a le
any idea of the devastation that has been occasioned by it.
Natchez is overwhelmed—the whole lower town is gone,
except Sands' cotters, and T. M. Falconer's store. The
loss of life in that quarter has been great—the extensive
buildings of the Railroad Company are a heap cf ruins; as
is also the greater part of the town. The lighthouse, and
dnellings around it, with the Planter's Hotel on the bluff,
were blown entirely away. I stood upon nn eminence this
morning, overlooking the whole city. The sight was
heart-rending; and it presented, in comparison, as dis-
mal a picture as did New York after the memorable fire of
1535. While I write, the town bell is ringing, to assem-
ble the citizens, for the purpose of deliberating upon
what course of action may be best to be pursue-d.
The people are houseless Berlow's Hotel is like an
hospital. 1 have been there and have witnessed tha ex-
cruciating pain of poor fellows undergoing surgical ope-
rations, in the extraction of splinters from their bodices
setting of limbs, &c. The sight of crushed bodies—As