The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-16 00:00:00

(From the Journal of Commerce of the 23d.)

'THE LOAN.—The Bill which has passed both Houses
Congress, providing for a loan of twelve millions
If dollars, makes the scrip redeemable in three years
:Absolutely, End at any time upon six months' notice
groin the Government. These provisions will pro-
bably prevent the stock from being taken by
foreign capitalists. The time is too short and too
'llocertain to enlist them. In this market the same ob-
ection will have its. influence, and as the stock cannot,
ke treasury notes, be used in the payment of duties,
''nor sent about dr." country as a remittance, the market
.for it will be c,infined to those persons who take it as a
-, Inv Whore and how the interest is to
be jutid4olr.ains to be det:rmined. With the shape in
winch this.-loan.is put,. it will not sell by a great deal so
'well as a. five or ten years' stock, nor so well as treasury
notes. A Five per Cent. stock payable in five years,
Would. have been, taken instantly at par, perhaps at a
Preyokam., •
-•NEW 'YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK SALE OF STOCKS, JULY 22.-1,000
dols. Ohio 6 per Cent., 944 ; 1,500 dols. Corporation
Fives, Water Stock 844; 2,000 dols. Illinois Sixes,
554 ; 2,000 dols. Indiana Bonds, doll.. 57A- ; 2,000 dols.
ditto, dollar, 574';"4,000 dols. Indiana Sterling 57-1- ; 25
Shares" 'Bank of 'AMerica, 104 ; 6 ditto Bank of
Commerce, scrip, 971 ; 50 ditto Delaware and Hudson, b
60, 1084 ; 50 de. do., 1081 ; 50 do. do. 1074 ; 110 do.
ditto, b 30, 108 ; 25 ditto North American Trust, 84 ;
50 ditto, ditto, 8/ ; 125 ditto ditto, s 30, 8+ ;_ 100 ditto
15. S. Bank, 174 ; 300 ditto ditto, 171 ; 325 ditto ditto,
lq; 50 ditto Mohawk, R. R. 694 ; 125 ditto Patter-
son R. R., 51i- ; 65 ditto New Jersey R. R, 724 ; 25
ditto, 78; 50 ditto N. Y., Prov. and Boston, 34/ ;
*l5O ditto Harlem R. R., 254 ; 75 ditto ditto, 25 ; 100
ditto ditto, 241.
PFLILADELPRIA. SALES OF STOCKS, JULY 22.-1300
Lehigh Loan 6's, 1844, 62; 100 shares United States
tank, s 5 fiat 18; 1 ditto, Reading 11R, 28; 10 ditto,
Schuylkill Navigation, 54k; 10 ditto, ditto, 544; 1 ditto,
Camden' and Amboy R. R., 85.
THE MARKETS, JULY 22.
The sales of Cotton to-day are 500 bales ; yesterday-,
for the whole day, 1,500 bales at a shade of advance ; in
• some cases et. The good feeling is checked by an ad-
Vance in freights to Id, for Liverpool, and 1 ct. for Havre.
The packets to sail soon are engaged full.
Flour remains as foi, several days past. corn droops.
A parcel of Northern .;sold to-day at 0fc;:561135., not
delivered equal to 64e.; with the- usual 41iration to de-
liver at the purchasers'place of 'deposit. tßye'is 63e. bu.
2,800 brls whale oil ,sold at 30cts. gal.—nothing done
is bone.
Both sorts of Ashes remain at's dol. 50c. per 100 lbs.
100 hhds. Porto Rico Sugar sold at 7 cents; 100 do.
St. Croix upon an order from the South at 84 to 91 cents.
Brandy is extremely dull!
There is no movement in European bills. The sales at
the Stock Board are small, and at dull prices.

TEXAS AND MEXICO.
(From the New Orleans Bulletin.)
Important results may be anticipated from the military
expedition which has recently marched from Austin
in the direction of Santa Fe. The ostensible object
6-)f the movement is to take possession of the coun
try
ing
east of the Del Norte, as an integral
portion
of the Texan territory. It might be supposed
that the strength of the armament was scarcely ade-
quate to the purpose to be accomplished, as the popu-
lation of that region is rather too numerous so
be conquered by so small an army as three hundred
But, if we understand the plan of the Texans,
their expedition is to do more by persuasion than
force of arms. The grounds for the supposition
are, that not long since the capital of Texas was
v.isited by an emassy of three Commissioners, sent
'from the department of Santa Fe, with full powers
to— negotiate a treaty ivith the young republic.
There can be little doubt the late expedition is des-.
Patched for the purpose of complying with en-
gagements thus entered into. Unless at the pressing
Invitation of the inhabitants, it is hardly probable
that Texas would have sent six hundred miles into
the interior an armed force on a Quixotic tour of con-
quest and romance. The fact is well known, that the pro-
vinces in the north-east of Mexico are thoroughly inclined
to an alliance with Texas. Their remoteness places them
out of the reach of the General Government, and lends
the greater facility to the achievement of independence,
While the proximity to Texas, and the sympathy which
frequency of intercourse, community of interest, and
geographical apposition, create, is all on .the side
of the Anglo-Saxon government. Already have there
been palpable indications of this disposition in
the province of New Mexico, where Sante Fe
is located, and the same feeling pervades extensively
the adjacent departments. We are, therefore, in
elined to the opinion that the Texans will be received with
open arms by the population of that region, and be greeted
as invited guests rather than as an invading army. The
annexation of New Mexico may now be looked upon as
quite certain. This cannot occur without exercising
an influence on adjoining departments, and it would not
be surprising, if in a short while the Texan league in-
cluded all the States between the Del Norte and the
California Gulf, a domain equal almost in extent to our
Whole Union.

SIX DAYS LATER from AMERICA.
MR. M'LEOD'S CASE.
• HAVRE, AUG. 12, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M.
The packet ship Burgundy has just arrived. She
brings accounts from New York to the 26th ult., six days
later than you have received. The only matter of inter-
' est in the journals respects M'Leod. He had declined to
appeal to the Court of Error, and his trial had, conse-
quently, been definitively fixed by the Supreme Court to
take place at Utica during the Assizes, to be there held
the second week in September.
The appointment of Mr. Everett as Minister of Eng-
land had passed the Senate.

4RRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA
LIVERPOOL, ►SATURDAY MORNING.

The splendid steam-ship Caledonia arrived in the
Mersey this morning. She sailed from Boston on the
Ist, and Halifax on the 3d inst., bringing New York
Palms of the 31st ult. Their contents are of little im-
portance, and contain nothing fresh respecting the case
of Mr. Di'Leod.

(From the Morning Courier, July 30.)
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN.
The Great Western steam-ship arrived at New York
Yesterday with her usual punctuality, after a very fine
Passage of fifteen days.

WASHINGTON, JULY 29.
With the exception of Messrs. Rives and Archer, all
tarts of the Whig party represented at Washington in the
cabinet and in Congress are agreed upon the Bank Bill,
and you may confidently expect that it will now also
tkas the House, and will receive the signature of the
-L7resident.
The Bank Bill just passed in the Senate was intro-
duced into the House of Representatives on Wednesday,
aild was read twice and referred to the Committee of
the whole, without any previous reference to the Cora-
. • in'
• • lace on the Currency. •

TIA.

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TEMPERANCE IN NOVA SCO'.
The Halifax Herald concludes a most encouraging ac•
count of the spread of Temperance
principles in that co-
lony with the following paragraphs, showing thewvtion that" has been effected in the Rum busine at the
port of Halifax :
The Spanish brig Beatriz arrived at this port lately
from Porto Rico, with a cargo consisting of 124 hhds.
Molasses, 152 bbls sugar, and six pipes of old rum. The
sugar and molasses sod, and sold well; the rum, how-
ever, could not command a price; it was at length offered
at is. per gallon, in bond, which it could not obtain. An
offer of it was then made for the payment of the duty on
it, at which it was refused in the Halifax market, and yes-
terday, the Beatriz sailed from this port, taking back to
the West Indies the six pipes of Rum which she had
brought into this temperance place!
The last cargo of the same sort of rum which came to
the consignee of this one, brought readily two shillings
and sixpence, in bond, where it paid, also, the duty of
two shillings and two pence, and now the article could
net find any who would take it for the payment of the
duty on it only ! The fact needs no further comment
than the remark that the reign of rum in Halifax is, ;:or
ever gone.
We have been shown an account sales cf eight hhds.
of gin, effeoted within that period, by a house in this
city, containing 443 gallons net, the net proceeds of the
whole of which, amounted to only eleven pounds ten
shillings and ten pence! Thus yielding but sixpence
farthing per gallon, out of which the expenses of impor-
tation, and interest for time were to be deducted. Not
truth room for speculation in that trade now, we appre-
hend.

THE SLAVE TRADE.—Some sensation appears to have
been created in Berbice, according to the Berbice Gazette,
by the arrival in that port of a slaver, a Portuguese built
brig, called the DettaS Favereira, captured off the Bra-
zilian coast, on the 16th of February last, by her Ma-
jesty's brig Fawn. after a chase of eight hours:—
On the 19th of February, 1841, lat 22 30, long. 40,
west, Cacupos, on the coast of Bra4l about 18 miles,

observed a large brig standing in for the land; altered
our course so as to cut her off if possible. On approach-
ing, she appeared not to have the least idea of our being
a man-of-war—allowed her to close within range of our
32 pounder—fired a gun over her, and another as quick
as possible ahead—she then up with her helm, attempted
to rue, but appeared in great confusion.
We continued to throw the shot over, a-head and a-
stern of her, without intention of striking, as we were
positive of slaves being on board. After a short time
she was increasing her distance, Lieut. Foote then de-
:ermined. to put a shot in the hull, but with great regret,
on account of the unfortunate beings on board. Shots
were then thrown close under her stern twice,—a third
was about to be fired, when we observed her round to.
The slaves were all below with the hatches on. On
turning them up, a scene presented itself enough to
sicken the heart even of a Portuguese.
The living, the dying, and the dead huddled together
in one mass. Some unfortunates in the most disgusting
state of small pox, in the confluent state, covered from
head to foot, distressingly ill with ophthalmia, a few
perfectly blind, others, living skeletons, with difficulty
crawled from below, unable to bear the weight of their
miserable bodies. Mothers with young infants hanging
at their breasts unable to give them a drop of nourish-
ment. How they had brought them thus far appeared
astonishing ; all were perfectly naked. Their limbs were
excoriated from lying on the hard plank for so long a
period. On going below the stench was insupportable.
How beings could breathe such an atmosphere and live,
appeared incredible. Several were under the plank,
which was called the deck, dying—one dead.
We proceeded to Rio Janeiro with the prize. On
the passage we lost thirteen, in the harbour twelve, from
small-pox and debility—a number also died on board the
recovery ship Crescent. After clearing the hold, and
fumigating the brig, it was determined by Mr. Ousley,
the British Minister, to send the brig. with a part of her
cargo, for adjudication, to the nearest colony, under the
command of Mr. G. Johnstone, mate of the Fawn. We
sailed on the 16th of March with 180, well provided with
medicines and directions in whit manner to use them.
Tapioca and lime juice were also provided. Notwith-,
standing all the care that a small crew could beStow on
them, we unfortunately lost twenty, chiefly from scurvy
and general debility. This unfortunate brig left Bahia
fort, on the coast of Benguela, with 510 negroes ; and
thirteen days after, on her capture, she had but 375 !

AFFRAY AND Loss OF LIFE.—The Florence (Ala)
Enquirer of the 17th gives an account of a bloody affray '
which took place a few days before in Wayne county,
Tenn., on the Savannah road. According to the account,
an officer named Stutts went to the house of a man
named Brooks, to arrest him, and took with him several
persons for that purpose. Upon arriving at the place,
Brooks came out with his rifle and shot a young man
named Towery, who died immediately. Stutts, the
officer, then fired upon Brooks as he retreated into his
house, and put two pistol balls into his back. Brooks is
still living, but it was thought he had received a mortal
wound. A general fight ensued between the constable
and his posse, and the friends of Brooks.
.DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—During the thunder-storm
on Monday afternoon, and just before the rain began to
fall, two sons of Joshua Norris, of Wayne, one aged 15
and the other 17, were killed by lightning. One of them
was driving the team, and the other was on the load of
hay going to the barn. The hay was set on fire, and the
oxen were struck down, but not killed. A man walking
some distance behind the load was stunned for some
minutes, but recovered. The hat of the boy walking was
rent in pieces ; that of the one on the load of hay was
not found—probably consumed with the hay. The body
of the boy was pulled from the burning hay by his sister.
—Kenebec Journal.
The St. Louis Era states that no traces have been dis-
covered of the robbers of the Bank at Jacksonville, Illi-
nois—and that the Bank has increased the reward to
$lO,OOO. On the other hand, the St. Louis Argus says
suspicion has fallen on the teller, who occupied rooms
above the Bank, and that he has beon arrested. It is
said that the Bank will not lose the bills receivable de-
stroyed, as the mother Bank has a list of them.
JUDGE LYNCH ABROAD.—There is a bevy of horse-
thieves and -bogus, gentry located in Oakland county.
One of them, some days since, stole a span of horses,
and his whereahouts'T wag, communicated by a worthy
man employed in clearing land in .one of the adjoining
towns. In revenge Tor this, a day or, tiyO afterwards,
while he was absent from home, MS house -and • stable.
was set fire to by one of the gang,'and all his furniture,
together with a span of good horses, was • consumed:.
Justice will have a job should these rascals be caught.
Detroit Journal.
By the statement of the deaths in New Orleans, from
the Ist to the 15th instant, prepared by the Board of
Health, it appears that the total number is 156—0 r an
average of 82i per week. Of these 128 were whites,
and 37 coloured persons. Two were cases of sudden
death from drinking cold water, and three were sun
struck. The proportion of deaths is large for New Or-
leans, when we consider that not a case of yellow fever
has yet occurred.
DEATH FROM A WORM IN THE EAR.—A man died
on one of the flatboats on the New Orleans Levee, on the
6th inst. of a disease which baffled his physician. A post
mortem examination took place, and upon examination of
his brain it was discovered that an insect about an inch
long, known by the name of a centipede, or 100 legs, had
crawled into his ear, causing thereby an excruciating
death.
MICHIGAN.—A gentleman of Michigan writes that the
surplus wheat product of the State will be this year
2,500,000 bushels; and the surplus pork, 300,000 barrels.
If this be so, what au immense transportation business
willibo,dona..on the. Erie_canal.nexklall and spring.—
Troy Whig.
ILLINOIS WHEAT CROP.—The Alton Telegraph of the
19th July says that the wheat crop of Illinois was never
finer than it is at the present season. It had been gene-
rally harvested, and secured in excellent order.
PHILADELPHIA SHIPPING.—There are belonging to
Philadelphia 39 ships, 27 barques, 41 brigs, 34 brigan-
tines, besides sloops and schooners.