The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

ih:troPtiull IBlicalbtlionee:stillhearye blel NEW YORK, JUNE 4.
tveesruyinlietdtl.eTohfe
iwnetaetrleise; , bales same week last year. Middling, 132 c. to 13Zo
continued lair,- and the sugar es:a:es were still per 14. M -rk. t firm.
puehing hard weth the chop. LATER BY TELEGRAPH, VIA TIALIFAI.
in ref• relict. te leg z,l'ative and general news. The A. telegraphic despatch from New Orleans of this
House of Ass-mhly hed one meeting oil the 12th den's date says :
utt., . .
when some of the clauses of the Brideet own "We have dates from Mexico to the 26th Ole
Weeerwo-lee Bill were agreal te in cowmitteo. The ' legion returns were generally favourable fur
During the fortnight the weather had been highly President Comonfort. nitre bad been very heavy
favourable for anger-making, and planters had made rains, and the inhabitant/ of the city of Mexico
the mat of it, not much of the crop remaining to were alarmed at the prospect of an. inundation.
Ibe taken in Except in the pr..duce-market I tade " The fate of Colonel Crabbe and his party of
was dull. Sugar was north t, ()it s7i tosB ; me- Filibueters in Sonora was et:ll in doubt."
las4ee, 44c. ; and rum bite. to 55c.. an I platiters Oo the New York a rit-Exchange, on the Ch of
vr-re expectieg a further rise. The heslth of the June, a dull tame p7evailed, and prices of bread-
Island continte d good. stuffs were lather lower and itregialar.
In referenre ro the goldfields recently discovered The d-cline in wheat was equal to sc. per bushel,
in Venezuela this mail gives us no addi-ional Intel- and corn ha I given way to a similar extent. The
ligence. The Trinidad ,Sentinel of the 21st ult. money m trket was slightly e isier.
ssys ;--" The steamer Orinoco arrived here last Our usual cotton reporis from New York and
night frown St. Thomas's. Her arrival excited a New Orleans have not come to hand by this tele-
HUIh stir among these who desire to visit the land graph.
of gold, as it was supposed she came from Angos-
tura. It was not so, however ; she hreught the
news of the artivel of the Englel mail at St.
Thomas'. She left for B liver immediately after
taking provisions, eze. We hear of a compaey
being formed here foe the land rif gold, and which
only waits farthe:- inforravi n to depart."
The tiiwosfo'k of Port of Spain were all set agog
by the news of the gold disci 'very. A ves-el literally
filled with pieleaxt s, crewhars, sledge hammers,
spades' and other digging tools, ordered of the
Trinidad mer hairs, was despatched f.t Bolivar
two hours aft r he receipt of 'he into ligence.
At Trinidad the weather continual most prepi-
Vous for a Ticul ural p‘oseeete. Many 04,tes had
taken off ther crop, but others had canes sufficient
to continue sugar in--.letng -ill the middle of June.
Neatly all the sugar already manuf.ctored or in
course of manufacturing being fore-talled by pur-
chase's, there would be little more for sale this
season ; for that li lle high prices ..te. re expected ;
6 dole 50c to 6 dels 75c fir sugar, an.l t 5. to 36c for
m 'lessee, were the' uling prices. No great quantity
of rum had been exported th a season, au.l the ware
houses were getting filled ; seine sales had lately
been made at 70c pergal It n (0.p.), The cocoa cro.
was over, and only small quantities occasionally
offered for sale. no Weed was healthy, and every-
thing wore a cheer ul aspect.
The new Governor o: St. Lucia, Mr. Henry H
Breen, F.S. A., assumed the admmistratiou of the
grovernmPnt on the 21st May. A salute of 14 wins
was fired from'Meulit Fortune during the ceremmy
of swearing him in ; addresses were presented, the
militia band serenaded the Governer, and a draw-
ing room, numerously attended, was held. Mr.
Breen has ent-red upon the duties of his office with
the good wishes of the entire community. A smart
shock of earthquake was felt at St. Lucia on the
22,1 about half-pa-t 9 a.m.
His Excellency Mr. J. V. Drysdale left St. Lucia
on-tie 20th of May in the steamer for Tobago to as-
sume the ditties of Governor of that colony.
The St. Thomas's 'lidende of the 23d ult. contains
lie prospectus of the contemplat ed rtilroad between
Caracas and La Gultra, whica project promises to
be highly remunerative to the company.

THE CURRENCY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

hive long re.iarde I with interest your
opibious resp can; the "currency"—with which
(i hough it be no coinpltinent to you to say so) I en-
tirely concur.

Can it be maintained that the internal commerce
of this coun ry can only 113 carried on by gold as
'he mtdium of exchange ? Commerce is but a sys-
tem of exchanging one se; of artc!es for ano her,
but• as the articles th-mselves cannot be conve-
niently c.irried abut for that pu pose, money of
some kind has beim adopted as a sub.titute.
Suppose (as at one time appeared possible) the
supply of gold to tbi. country to be exhausted—and
e• that an abundant quantity of every requisite
in life for every inhabitant were produced here
st:11, but lay in d if rent hand., as it always does,
wattin; t k be distribwed, the firm r ready to ex-
cln:nge his surplus c ten and stock for what he did
n t prodwe, bu did require, with others who pro-
duced the g .o .is he want- d, &c.,—will it be con-
tended that no means of barter or exchange as a
subs iiu e f r gold could be found ? that the whole
industry of the country must be paralysed, and, in
the midst of plenty, t,is or any other country so
situated must starve for want of it ? I cannot be-
lieve it. Lycurgus, you are aware, suffered nothing
but iron to pa-s in exeltinge for every commodity,
and though enforced for a d fferent object yet it
did its office, and Litced=aenians did not starve,
though large capitalists did not flourish.
Catunartheushire, June, 1857. C.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Movement. of b.r Majiv-ty's Ships. —At Port Elva),
Jaainica, on the 27th ult.. were the Imaum, Tartar, Vic-
tor, and Perseveracce. The Gissack arrived on the 14th,
from Carthagena, and sailed for Portsmouth on the 21-t.
The Arab sailed for PortAmi,uth on the 13th. The
Termagant hit on the 15th IT Tampico. The Intrepid
,irrived from Carthagena on the 17th and left for Eng-
land on the 25 h. Toe BaAlisk, haring the flag of
Rear-Adniiral the Hon. Sir H. Stewart, arrived on the
231 from Greytown, and sailed on tEe 25th for
Bermuda.

At Carthagena.—Her Msjesty ship Orion.
At Greytowii.—Her Majesty's ship Pioneer.
The steam frigate Francisco de Asis was at San Juan,
Porto Rico, May 30. The Spanish squalron for Mexico
was expected daily.
Stations of the Royal Mail Company's Steamships.—
The Clyde, Captain Heenan, at S. Thomas's, for the
Windward Islands; the Conway, Captain Lewis, at St.
Thomas's, for Jamaica ; the Dee, Captain Woolcot t, on
the Spanish main route ; the Derwent, Captain Reek•,
at Barbadoes ; the Eagle, Captain H ill, at Jamaica
for Honduras ; the Solent, Captain Bayntun, on the
Gulf route ; the Thames, Cairaio Wool..ard, at St.
Thbmas's, for the Spanish Main ; the Trent, Captain
Leeds, at St. Thomas's, repairirg.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, JUNE 14.

The British and North American Royal mail
steamship Niagara, Wykeman commander, arrived
,his morning from Bos on, via. Halifax, with da. es
from New York of the 2d, Boston the 31, and
Halifax the sth instant ; via Halifax the dates by
telegraph are to the 4 h instant. She brought
1,220,108 dols. in specie and 152 passengers.
The mail steam-ship Ariel, and the Indiana, from
Bremen and Southampton, and the Glasgow, from
Glasgow, had arrived at New 2 York.
The screw s'eam-ship City of Washington, hence,
arrived at New Yoik in the morning of the 24 inst.
The screw steam-ship Cana thin, lien, a for.Queb -c,
bad gone ashore at in° Pillar, 40 miles below that
city, on the Ist inst.
A serious riot had occurred at the election iu
Wa,hington on the Ist inst. lez-tween the citizens
and a large number of Baltimore "rowdies." The
roters were well armed, and took possession of a
piece of artillery, with which they threatened their
opponerrtF. Two companies of marines, placed at
the disposal of the mayor by the Ptesident, were
ordered to fire upon the mob ; the result was that
five or six persons were reported as killed, and a
numbl-r of others wounde I. The city was in the
most feverish state of excitement, and the marines
colitiuu-d in reserve at the CI y-hall.
Mr. Reed, the new Min'ster to China from the
United St ties, had received his instructions, and
would leave in ahout a fortnight.
Great Rejoicing had taken place at Costa Rica,
and the RepuNic had mate arrangements to send
the defeated Filibusters to .he United States. Pre-
sident Mom had issued a proclamation announcing
the close of the war, and counselled integrity and
union among ti emselves. It is unlerst. od that a
'rut' y has been concluded between Costa Rica and
Nicaragua, pr,rviiliiig for he speedy resumption of
trade over the transit. The Pr sideut had appotinted
Mr. J. Wright, of Indiana, Ministi r to Berlin ; H.
C. Murphy, of New York, Minister to the Nether-
lands ; W. A. Richardson, Governor of Nebraska ;
1. R. Dalai., Consul at Bremen ; W. Thomson,
Consul at Southampton ; G. G. Fleurot, Consul at
Bordeaux.
Governer Walker bad reached Lecomp'on and
issued his inaugural address, in which he declared
that the laws of the t-tritr, rvwould k e main'Ainvd
by the entire face of the Gover anent.
The Leavenworth Herald of the 13th nit. learns

that great excitetneut i.xisted among the Mormons,
and many outrags were comuitied by them.
Brigh tan Y,,u, g was driving all the Gentiles away,
Judge Stiles, the • ni.e t Stat s' M tri.hal, and the
Sur.eyor-General, with their fain Les, t ,ge her with
a large number of emigrants, had alremy left, and
others were Burr? tog away.
In thy New York inirket money was bee ,m'ng
more abon cant, avid was fre ly offered at 6 to 7 per
cent. on first-class securities on cal
The bank statement was ma rm.
Socks wer - influenced by 'he aspect of money
affairs and became more boo) ant.
In exchange foreign hills were very scarce, and
the tt aurae, i,ms extremely limited, while rates ruled
firm with an upward tendency. Bankers' dratt,,rehts,
60 days' t•ight, 109 to 109 on London ; 517.
5 161 on Paris ; 5 17. to 5 161 on Ant iverp ; and
79/ to 792- on Bremen.
The cotton mai t was dull and heavy, and on
ihi rec-ipt of the At abha's advices holders became
more disposed to realise.
Flour was 10c. to 15e, lower ; Canadian, 10c. to
15c. lower ; wheat, 2c. to 3c. lower and plentiful,
at 51c. for cash.
Rosin quiet, but firm, at $1 87,1 c. to S 1 90c.
Tar inactive.
I. on lower ; sales, 200 tons. Scotch pig, $3l,
six mon hs.
Lead dull and heavy.
Tobacco quiet.
Freights.—To Liverpool, firm. 3s- per
bale ; flour, 6d. To London.—Fleur, 1s: to ls. .
per barrel. To Havre.—Cotton, to 2c. per lb.;
flour, 25c.
Oa a lower, and closed dull ; corn lc. to 11c.
lower ; pork firm ; mess, $23 80c.
35c.t0 $23 92 c. ;
prime, 19 d 01... 2.ic. to 19
country at. as, 14 dols. ro1dr()19. Beef firm ;
do 1-i ; repacked Chi-
chAgo, 15 d ls. 50c. to 17 d
?rs, Laid film, at 13c.
o
to tip. Bacot), hauls, and shoulders quiet.
But-
ter s e idy.
Spirits of turpeuNEW tino quiet 30c per l'arel.
ORLEANS, MAT 30.
Receipts for the week, 4,000 bill s, agatn,t 4,500
,e!‘ last year ; sales for the week, 12,000
sb'anilee wren
Maker firm, at 14c. for [hid 'hog. Expo, t
for the wi,ek to Liverp 'Ol, 3,000 bales. Stoci on
hand, 114,000 bales. The receipts at this pout are
230,5:.0 bales lees than to the some date last year,
and the total deficit by our table of date amours to
524,000 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 5-16. Very

Exchange on London, 10 per cent.
NEW 0 R LEANS, JUNE 1.
No sales of o( tton io-d,y. Receipts, 650 bales.
Flour has advauced.
Fieigh s.—Cott Al, to Livernnol, 5-16.
MOBILE, MAY 30.
Receipts for the week, 760 galas, against 2,93