The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-17 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.
ARRIVAL OF TILE BALTIC.
The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain
Comstock, arrived in the river at half•past 8 this
morning, with advices from New York to the sth
inst. She brings 5,0001. in specie, and upwards of
GO passengers.

Congress was prorogued on the 4th instant.

The City of Glasgow steamer, hence, arrived at
Philadelphia on the 3d inst. Thousands of Americans
were preparing to visit London during the Exposi-
tion, and the prices of passages in the packet ships
were advancing.

Our advices from Ilavannah are to the 22d.
Business lwas brisk. A cargo of slaves, numbering
240, are said to have been landed on the island.

We have advices from the city of Mexico to the Bth
ult. ; but they contain no news of importance.
The Europa arrived at Boston on the 28th ult. No
action had taken place in Congress relative to the tariff.
€O.IINIERCIAL INTELLICZNCE.
The Stock Market to-day was without marked
change, but generally heavy. Government and sound
State Stocks were without change, but the non-divi-
dend paying stocks were cheaper. The market is
firm for exchange, with a good demand for the steamer.
The receipts at the sub-Treasury were 27,051 dol-
lars. Payments, 7,523 dollars. Balance 3,812,625.
Cotton—Talcott's Circular says the market, on
the 25th, assumed a firm tone, and on the 26th 2,500
bales were sold on the basis of 121- for fair uplands,
and 114 to 12 for good middling Orleans.
On the 27th the Europa's advices of 15th ult. from
Liverpool were received, per telegraph, from Halifax,
of id. toll. decline, and a panic followed here. 600
bales were sold at cent. decline. On the 28th,
1,200 bales ; on the Ist, 900 ; on the 3d, 3,000 ; and
to-day the sales reported ou'Change were 1,400 bales,
at rates which establish a decline of 1 cent on those
advised per Africa, the market closing, however, with
a stronger feeling, little offering, and an anxiety on all
sides to purchase. Ashes—The market is steady for
pearls at 5 dolls. 62ic., with a fair demand. Pots less
saleable at 5 dolls. 50c. The sales are 100
barrels. Flour and meal were in better de-
mand. Indian corn was dull at late rates. De-
mand for wheat was limited, and quota-
tions almost nominal. Provisions—Pork was
in good demand, 1,000 barrels sold at 10 dolls. for
prime ; mess beef is very firm but quiet. Bacon is
scarce and wanted. 600 barrels Lard sold at Bc. to
92c. Tobacco is moderately active ; fine qualities are
scarce, firm, and wanted, but common kinds are
rather heavy. Sales :-100 hhds. Kentucky, at 10#c. to
121 c.; 45 hhds. Maryland, at 7 c.; 30 hhds. Ohio,
at V;c.; 35 boxes Florida, at 20c. to 25c. ; 100 bales
Hav‘annah on private terms; manufactured is dull.
Iron but small sales. Scotch pig out of store at
22 dolls., and 300 to 400 tons to arrive at 21 dolls. 50c.,
six months. We have but to note 120 tons T. V. F.
Norway, on private terms ; English bars are held at
40 dolls. Freights—Cotton was taken for Liverpool
at id. ; Corn at 41-d. though Zd. was generally. asked;
Flour was engaged at 18.6 d., and dead weight at
20. There was no change in London. Havre Cotton
was taken at -ac.
AIdEItICAN SHIPPING.

Cornelius Grinnell, from London ; William .Wirt,
Ashburton, Guy Mannering, Princetown, Isaac
Wright, Garrick, Shannon, America, Liverpool and
Waterloo, from Liverpool; Connecticut and Duchess
d'Orleans, from Havre ; Champion, London, and
Margaret Evans, from London ; William Tell, from
Havre ; Bestall, from Lisbon ; Clementine, from
Bremen ; Marthas Vineyard, from Greenock; and
Metska, from Stopham—all arrived at New York.
Columbine, from Liverpool, at Apalachicola; Eu-
ropa steamer, Daniel Webster, and Indian Queen,
from Liverpool; Robert, from Cadiz; Medora, from,
Cronstadt; and Greenwich, from Havre, at Boston;
Scotia, from Liverpool, at Baltimore.

THE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The Right Hon. the
Speaker's first levee took place on Saturday. The following
noblemen and gentlemen were present : Earl of Enniskillen,
Mr. Wickham, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, the Rev. Mr. Repton,
Lord Bernard, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. Moody, Sir Lucius
O'Brien, Mr. Mimes Gaskell, Colonel Hall, Mr. Currie, Mr.
Fitzroy, Mr. Mackinnon, Sir R. William Berkeley, Mr.
Bagge, Mr. Wigram, Colonel Loyd Watkins, Mr. 11. Foley,
Mr. T. Greene, Sir E. Colebrook, Mr. Corballv, Mr. Char-
teris, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Spencer Waddington, Mr. God-
dard, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. George Dodd, Mr. Archi-
bald Hastie, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Walter, Mr. Gwyn, Mr.
Cobbold, Mr. Blair, Mr Cubitt, Sir P. Grey Egerton, Mr.
Goold, Mr. Tenison, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Clements,
Sir 11. Verney, Sir F. Lewis, Lord Blandford, Mr.
Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Beresford, Mr. Stuart Knox,
Mr. Smollett, Mr. Packe, Mr. Scrivener, Mr. Branston,
Mr. Hutchens, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Parker, Lord John
Manners, Mr. Plowden, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Townely, Mr.
Drummond, Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. Wrightson, Sir
John Pakington, Sir James Mattheson, Sir G. Tyler, Mr.
Edward Ellice, Mr. 0 Ricardo, Captain Duncombe, Mr. P.
Wood, Mr. Frewen, Mr. Morris, Sir John Uuckworth, Mr.
P. Carew, Mr. Stansfield, Sir John Buller, Colonel Wilson
Patten, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Caulfield, Mr.
Henry Grattan, Mr. Wegg-Prosser, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. Pigott,
Mr. Lockhart, Sir R. Gore Booth, Mr. Urquhart, Mr.
William Cavendish, Lord Hallyburton, Mr. Cavendish, Sir
F. Lewis, Captain Pelham, Colonel Dunne,
The Right Hon. the Speaker entertained at dinner
on Saturday the following Members of the House of Com-
mons :—Lord Charles Manners, Lord Barrington, Lord
Alfred Hervey, Hon. James Lindsay, Hon. Eliot Yorke,
Right Hen. ..,awson Darner, Hon. Henry Lygon, Hon. Ed-
ward Stanley, Sir John Trollop°, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Sir
Jolliffe, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr.
Henry Stuart, Mr. George Dundas, Mr. Henry Currie, Mr.
Cochrane, Mr Floyer, M. B. Coles, Mr. M. Gaskell, Colonel
Hell, Mr. Halsey, Mr. Thomas Hildyard. Mr. Moody, Mr.
Mullings, Mr. Buck, and Mr. Alderman Copeland.
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, March 13, 1851:—David Pestell
Thomas, Ravenstone, Leicester; John Wright Baker, Derby;
Thomas I'lunket, Edinburgh ; Martin Brydou Lamb, ,Forfar
county i Johnson Martin. Laaca4hire,