The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

the decline. The United States' troops that were
stationed at the Custom House have been with-
drawn, and now occupy their quarters at Fort
Columbus. Government officers are satisfied there
is no danger to public property from working
men."

The New York Courier and Enquirer, of the
12th, says :

" The result of the bids yesterday for the Now
State Loan of 500,000 dols, indicates returning
confidence and increasing means among capitalists.
The average rate of premium obtained is 6.20
per cent., and offers have since been made at '7 to
8. The country banks have been materially bens:
fitted by the combination of the city banks, by
which over 7,000,000 of country circulation are
now held, and for which the former will have six
or eight months to redeem it. Another sure indica-
tion of returning ease in the money market is the in-
creased facility for discounting business paper. In
this latter class bankers are willing to invest
at bank interest. Loans on call have been
offered (with first-class collateral) at six per cant.
As soon as the domestic exchanges are adjusted
upon equitable grounds, trade with the south and
west will again be resumed with some activity.
The banks of this city, although ready among
themselves to resume specie payment on their own
liabilities, cannot, with justice to the banks of
New England and New York State, take such a
step at present. The business done at the Stock
Board to-day was large, and with a general in-
crease in prices. Quotations are now higher than
for many weeks, though yet much below the average
rates of the year. State bonds have been steadily
rising, and have not now as large a margin for
appreciation as many leading railroad securities.
We understand that the bills of the Granite Bank
of Connecticut were thrown out at the Suffolk
Bank, in Boston, this morning."
The New York Times quotes exchange on Lon-
don at 107 i to 108. In cotton there were no
sales, operators awaiting the arrival of the
Arabia. The market was unsettled by reports
of frost from the south. Flour had advanced
sc. to 10c., and in some cases 15c. to
20c. per barrel. ' The export business -was
limited. Wheat was changing hands slowly
at previous pricet. No change of moment
in iha provision market. Potatoes were Felling
at 7 dols. 25e., and pearls 6 dols. 50c. Naval
stores were steady, but an improvement in quota-
tions was expected. There was a good business
doing in sugar, but prices had a downward ten-
dency. Scotch pig iron was inactive. Freights
were firmer. The demonstration of the unem-
ployed continued at New York, and some slight
acts of violence had been committed, the bakers
being the victims. The movement had spread to
Philadelphia, though not to any serious extent.
The news from Mexico respecting the elevation
of Camonfort to the Dictatorship is confirmed.
The steamer which brought the news to New
Orleans haul half a million dollars on freight.
At New Orleans exchange had risen. The
quotation was 93 to 102.
The ships Benjamin Adams, hence ; the Ame-
rican Congress, from London ; and the William
Rathbone, from Sunderland, bad arrived at New
York.

The ship Howadji, from Boston, for Liver-
pool, with a cargo of cotton, &c., was struck by
lightning on the 3d inst. The cargo caught fire ;
the ship totally consumed ; crew saved.
The ship Jeremiah Thompson, which was on
fire at New York on Tuesday evening, was scut-
tled in dock.
General Walker was arrested at New Orleans
on the 11th, and hell to bail. We are not in-
formed of the nature of the charge preferred
against him, but it is stated that his arrest will

not interfere with his colonisation plans in

Nicaragua.
A letter from Philadelphia says :—" The exa-
mination of the books of the Bank of Pennsylvania
is going on, but no clue has been discovered as to
the disposition of funds of the institution amount-
ing to 1,870,000 dols."

It is confirmed that the new Mexican constitu-
tion has been suspended, and that Comonfort is
clothed with dictatorial powers.
News had reached Fort Laramie, that three
government trains, en route for Utah, had been
destroyed by the Mormons.
The Goshen Bank, at Goshen, New York
State, had been robbed of 22,000 do's. by

burglars.
The New York Central and Erie Railway had
been badly damaged by freshets ; the traffic is still

impeded.
A Washington despatch says :—" Mr. Belmont,
the United States' minister at the Hague, will pro-
bably succeed Mr. Dodge at Madrid."
The South Carolina Cordage Company's works
at Charleston have been burnt. The loss is esti-
mated at 50,000 dollars.
Lord Napier gave a brilliant entertainment at
Washington, on the 11th.