The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-21 00:00:00

AMERICA.

[BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.]
QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY NIGHT.
The screw steamer City of Washington left New
York on the 10th, and arrived here at midnight,
bringing 40 cabin and 233 steerage passengers, and
613, 429 dollars in specie. Landed 44 passengers,
and proceeded for Liverpool at 1 a.m.
Political news unimportant.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 9.

The reaction so long expected in the Stock-
market begins to be felt, the decline not yet
heavy enough for special remark. There was
a large business done in Central to-day, at a decline
of to on yesterday's prices. Sales this morning
were at 781. Breadstuffs firmer. Southeron floor,
fair demand ; rye firm, at 83c. to 84c. ; barley quiet.
Coffee firm. Cotton.—There was a pause in the
market, dealers waiting private advices before doing
much ; midland uplands, 15a. Pork firm ; beef fair
demand; prices unsustained. Tallow, 10,000 lb. at
101 c. Tea steady, with good demand. Freights
steady, and rather firmer to English ports.

NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 9.

Cotton sales, 3,900 bales. Prices steadier. Mid-
dling, 11c. to 111 c. Corn dull. Pork steady.
Sterling exchange, 9 to 91 premium. Savannah
cotton market inactive.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

The screw steamship Indian, Captain Smith, has
arrived with the Canadian mails of the 10th, and
telegraphic advices from New York to the 9th.
The following are the latest telegrams (via
Quebec) :
" Sterling exchange is in moderate request at
steady rates, Bankers' bills range at about 1101 .
" The cotton-market is flat, and sales are to a
triflng extent, at about former prices. Breadstuffs
arc all steady, and prices are firmly maintained.
Beef and pork are dull, but without any quotable
decline. Lard is buoyant at 101 c. to 114 c. per lb.
Sugars are quiet. Coffee is firm, at 102 e. to 121 c.
for Rio. Spirits of turpentine steady, at 451 c. to
46c. Scotch pig iron heavy, at 23 dols. Freights
continue quiet.
" NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 8.

" Cotton sales to-day 4,000 bales, at irregular
prices ; middling to strict middling, 11c. to
Mess pork dull, at 14 doll. 75c. Cotton freights to
Liverpool, 19-32 d. to ad."
(VIA FATHER POINT.)
" The usual New York telegram of the 10th has
failed to come to hand.
NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 9, EVENING.
" The sales of cotton to-day were 3,500 bales•

There is a better feeling in the market, and prices
Thu
are steady at 11c. to 111 c. for middling.
and the
business of the week foots up 20,500 bales,
receipts of the week have been 22,000 bales,
against 11,500 in the corresponding week last year'
The stock on hand is 55,500 bales, against- 40,000
last year. Corn is dull, at 70e. Flour quiet and
steady. Freights of cotton, to Liverpool quoted at
19-32 d., but shippers only offer 9-16 d. Sterling
exchange is quoted at 9 to 911- prem.
" MONTREAL, SEPT. 10, Evening._
" Our flour-market has been active at steady
prices to-day, and new wheat has been selling freely.
Ashes steady, at 5 dols. 60c. to 5 dols. 65c. for
and 5 dols. 65c. to 5 dols. 70c. for pearls.
" It appears from the report of the Chief E
gration agent that the number of emigrants arrivehu
at Quebec up to this date has been 7,356, whic
shows a decrease of 4,100 as compared with the
number at the same date last year." pots,