The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

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SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. 4.r.44 s
By the Belgian steamship Belgique we have
avq,
ceived New York papers of the 27th ult. T -
Belgique landed a few passengers at Cowes th ;:q
afternoon, and proceeds direct to Antwerp, fo .44. M
Which port she has a large cargo of grain, flour, &c.
The Ericsson, from Liverpool, arrived out on the S
26tji ult.
The steamship Glasgow reached New York the
same day.
There is very little political news.
A despatch from Washington states that the
Cabinet had a long sitting on the 26th. President
Pierc2 had completed his Message, and the Secre-
taries of State had prepared their reports, which
were to be printed and distributed at once.
By way of New Orleans we have news from Ha-
vannah up to the 17th ult. It was reported that
General Pezuela would be reappointed Governor
of the island by the dominant party in Madrid,
and the old Spaniards were much alarmed in con-
sequence. Three hundred soldiers had arrived
from Spain. It is proposed to alter the appren-
ticeship system by introducing labourers on the
same footing as the Chinese, the planters agreeing
to send them at the end of a certain number of
years to the island of Fernando Po, the labourers
paying jone dollar a month during the period of
service, as a fund for the expenses. The captain
of the Mexican steamer Democrata had published
a card in his defence. The vessel was still guarded
by Spanish war-boats. Projects for the invasion
of Mexico were hushed up, and the matter was not
spoken of publicly. The depreciation of Amen.
can gold coin continued to the great prejudice of
trade. The discount was at the rate of 10 per
cent.

AMERICA.

By an arrival at Philadelphia we have news from
Cape Haytien to the 11th inst. Our correspon-
dent writes that the empire of Soulouque was in a
state of perturbation, the designs of Spain, with
the sanction of France, having caused great un-
easiness to the Government. The Dominicans and
Haytiens bear the bitterest animosity towards each
other, and it is believed that neither can maintain
their position. Business was very dull,
,and the
cre4it of the island diminishing rapidly.
telegraphic despatch from Columbia, South
Carolina, says :
"The South Carolina Legislature met' on Monday.
The Governor, in his message, regards the recent elec-
tion as merely establishing a truce between the North
and South. He advocates the revival of the slave
trade, and thinks that every branch of labour should
*be in the hands of slaves. He refuses to lay before
the Legislature the resolutions of the New Hampshire
Legislature transmitted through the Governor of that
State."

The cotton-market was firm, with sales of about
3,000 bales, about 2,000 of which were sold in
transitu. The total exports from the United States
since the Ist Sept. last have amounted to 216,000
bales, against 400,000 fur the same period in 1855,
and 221,000 in 1854. The receipts for the same
time this year have reached about 732,000 bales,
against 724,000 for the same time last year, and
454,000 the year before. The average estimates of
the present year's crop do not exceed 3,000,000
bales, although the receipts so far are slightly in
advance of those of last year.

Flour was heavy at the previous day's prices.
White Canadian wheat was heavy and easier, while
red and spring-grown Western were unchanged.
Corn fell off about lc. per bushel on Western
mixed.

Pork was firm, at about the previous day's quo-
tations.

Sales of sugars were confined to about 500 'ids.,
at firm prices.
Sales of Rio coffee were light at 11c. 1,000 bags
of Bahia were sold for export at s9ic.
Moderate engagements of grain and flour were
made for British ports without change of moment
in quotations.

With reference to monetary affairs the Express
Of the 27th ult. says :
" The stock-market this morning commenced in the
,treets, with large sales of Erie, ranging from 61i to 61g.
;These prices were, however, not sustained at the board.
;Erie c:osed (offered) at 61g. The general market did cot
,exhibit as much firmness as was noticed yesterday.
!Money, however, is quite easy, and offered in large
,amouuts; on call, at 7 per cent., which is now the mini-
mum rate iu London. his not often that interest in Lon-
;don and New York is at the same range, and it goes to
show that the floating indebtedness due by this country
Europe must be nearly, if not quite liquidated. A.
further r:se of interest by the Bank, which it seems is
apprehended in London, will bare the injurious influ-
ence. which a high rate would have if the mercantile in-
terest in this country was largely indebted to Europe.
At Baltimore the money-market continued stringent, but
less so than it was some days since. The banks were
discounting to a very limited extent first-class paper at
Ito 14 per cent. a month. Oiler descriptions are diffi-
cult of ne,otiation. Money on call, 94 to 10, to 104
per ceni`,"

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 24.
Lie shipments of cotton to England from this
port in the past week reached 17,000 bales, and
from Mobile 1,500 bales. The Mi,sissippi has risen
one foot four inches since this day week.
BUFFALO, Nov. 26.
The steamer D vis, from Quebec for the Gulf of
St. L vrence, has been lost in the Straits of Belle-
isle. All hands on board were saved.
MOBILE, Nov. 24.

There has been au active demand for cotton in
this market in the past week, sales reaching
16,000 hales, mostly for export, at 114 c. for mid-
dling. The receipts of the week were 26,000 bales,
against 30,000 last year, and 9,000 the year pre-
vious. Freights to Liverpool are held at 9-16ths.
Exchange on London, 8i to Bi.