The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 17.—1 n stocks the market is
very buoyant, and the demand active ; the inquiry
for Government was fair, and the market is steady.
In exchanges the market is heavy, and the supply
good. Bills are only in moderate demand; leading
sterling sells at 10 to 10h-, and fair bills at 9i to 91.
Francs are scarce and firm, at 5 dolls. 20Ic. to
dolls. 21c.

Cotton—Our market maintains the firmness noticed
for the last few days, in spite of the decline in Liver-
pool as per accounts brought by the Canada. The
sales are limited, less by the demand than by the in-
difference of holders, who will offer no concession
from the highest rates quoted. Inferior, 12&c. to
121 c.; ordinary, 12ic. to 13c., 12c. to 13c., Hie.
to Inc. ; middling, 13:1c. to 134 c., Inc. to 13ic.,
Mac. to 14c.
Ashes are firm, with a good demand; sales 150
barrels, at 6 dolls. for pearls, and 6 dolls. 12c. for
pots.
Breadstuffs—ln flour the market is very firm.
Meal is not so buoyant.
Wheat is in good demand, with light receipts, and
holders firm.

Corn market opened firm, but with moderate de-
mand. Market closed heavy.
Rye quiet ; sales 3,000 bushels, at 70c.
Oats firm and in good demand.
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Freights generally held firmly, at 2®. for flour to
Liverpool. Cotton 3-16 d. to 7-16 d. Corn sd. to 50.
nominal. To Havre 3c. dull.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Niagara, Constitution, Minnesota, Empire State,
Francis P. Page, and Emma Fields, from Liverpool ;
the Independence, from London ; Warren, from Glas-
gow ; and Zurich and Mortimer Livingstone, from
Havre, have arrived at New York ; the Tyrrel, from
Newport, at Baltimore ; the Emily, from Liverpool,
at Boston ; the commerce and Essex, from Cardiff,
at Charleston.

The Margaret Walker, from St. John's, fur Liver-
pool, ashore on Sable Island ; will be a total wreck.
The Alexandria, from Glasgow, at Boston, with
loss of sails, and leaky ; one man overboard. The
barque Covenanter, from Quebec, for Liverpool, is
ashore at Matane ; the Pegasus, from St. John's, for
Liverpool, sprang a leak on the Bth inst., and put
back waterlogged ; the Clarence, from Newport, at
Virginia ; Eromonga and Caledonian, from Glasgow,
Vere, from London, and Jane Steward from Lime-
rick, at Montreal ; Devonport, from Liverpool, at
Savannah; John Wilson, from Dumfries, and Sir
H. Pottinger, from Cadiz, at St. John's, New Bruns-
wick. The ship Helen, which sailed from St. John's,
for London, on the 31st ult., put back on the 6th
inst., making a deal of water, having been ashore on
Grand Manan. The ship Coronet, of Dublin, and
three other ships, went ashore on the .sth inst., at
Matane. The Coronet is badly strained, but is ex-
pected to be got off. The Francis P. I'sge, from
Liverpool, at New York, was in contact with the
Duke, of St. John's on the 9th inst., and carried
away the latter vessel's mizenmast, main-yard, and
wheel, and round-house.

WEST INDIA and MEXICAN MAILS

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 29.—The royal mail steam-
ship Severn, Captain Vincent, arrived this day at four
o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails,
in charge of Lieutenant T. Strover, Admiralty-agent.
On her homeward voyage the Severn experienced
light contrary winds on her passage to Fayal, and for
three days after leaving it.
The latest dates brought by the Severn are—
Chaves, August 28 ; Carthagena, August 31 ; Ja-
maica, Sept. 7 ; Porto Rico, Sept. 11 ' • St. Thomas,
Sept. 12; Fayal, Sept. 23 ; Jacmel, Sept. 9 ; Santa
Martha, August 19 ; St. Juan de Nicaragua, 25.
The Severn has only brought home seventeen pas-
sengers. _ .

She brings on freight 1,262,456 dollars on mer-
chants' account, 9 barrels of ginger, 8 barrels arrow-
root, and 42 packages sundries.

Stations of her Majesty's Ships—At Valparaiso,
July 30, her Majesty's steamers Gorgon and Driver,
and Nereus store-ship; at Callao, August 13, her
Majesty's ship Asi•t, and Naiad store-ship; at Grey
Town (Mosquito kingdom), her Majesty's brig Per-
sian End her Majesty's ship Bermuda ; at Jamaica,
her Majesty's ship Imaum—her Majest3's ship
Indefatigable sailed from Jamaica for Grey Town
on the sth September; at Vera Cruz, her Majesty's
brig Helena; at Antigua, her Majesty's ship Alarm.
Stations of the Company's Steam-ships—The
Thames arrived at St. Thomas's September 2, and
proceeded to Chagres the Trent arrived at Chagres
August 26, with mails from England; the Clyde,
Gulf of Mexico ; the Conway arrived at Jamaica
September 7, with English mails of August 17 ;
the Eagle and the Derwent, on the Western Island
routes.

The Severn spoke the Medway on the 24th of
September, at 7 A.M., eastward of Graciosa, on her
outward passage.

JAMAICA.

Our dispatches from Jamaica by the present mail,
which extend to the afternoon of the 7th, are quite
of an unimportant character. Since the departure
of the previous steamer the island had been visited
almost incessantly by heavy rains, St. Dorothy's
parish forming perhaps the only exception. There
were some cases of sickness, but they were not re-
ported to be of a very serious character. The roads
have beau much destroyed by the heavy weather,
and the corporation of Kingston have voted a hundred
pounds for the repairs of the city of Kingston alone—
an amount which, our correspondent writes, will be
insufficient to put them in proper repair.

On the Ist of September the hunareth anniversary
of the erection of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews'
Synagogue took place in Kingston. On the same
day a black female, who recollects the erection of
the building, died at the very advanced age of 150
years.
The Commissioners appointed by the Assembly to
consolidate the laws of the island were actively en-
grged, and were likely to be prepared with the con-
densed volume by the time the Assembly met, which
was expected to be in October.
The cotton movement progressed with increased
energy.
A masonic lodge had been formed by the brethren
at the north side of the island, in the town of Fal-
mouth.

The country was quiet.
Exchanges on London.—Jamaica Bank, 60 days,
par ; ditto, 30 days, ,+ per cent. prem. Colonial
Bank, 90 days, par ; ditto, GO day, -.12,- per cet. prem.;
ditto, 30 days, 1 per cent. prem.

SPANISH MAlN.—lnformation was given by a
person to her Majesty's vessels lying in Grey
Town Harbour, that the Nicaraguans were aLout
making a descent on the town ; accordingly the
Persian and Bermuda dispatched armed hosts to op-
pose them, but soon found it was only a false report ;
they were lying, when the Severn left, with their
boarding netting triced up, and guns in the boats all
ready to start at a moment's notice.
The American steamer Orus has run on shore in the
Colorado River in attempting to reach the Lake of
Nicaragua, and the small steamer Director, which
arrived on the 221 of August, is now landing her
surplus stores, and will proceed in a few days to assist
in getting her off. The Orus has received no damage,
as she is only on a sandbank. She ran on ground on
account of the engineer being on deck instead of at-
tending to his duty.
MARKETS.—Business has been se unusually dull
during the past fortnight, that we have scarcely any
sales to report of a wholesale nature. The only
article which passed with some degree of freedom
from the hands of importers was flour, for which
there was a slight speculative demand.

JAMAICA MARKETS.
(From .7).e Cordova's Mercantile IntelligEncer.)
KINGSTON, SEPT. 6.—Business bus been so unusually

dull during the past fortnight, that we have scarcely any
sales to report of a wholesale nature. The only article
wLieh I.r.,.scci* with score dcg:ce of fr edom from the
hands of importers was flour, for which there was a
slight speculative demand.
Flour-1,200 barrels Alexandria have been sold at
365. to 335 ' the sales opening at the former figure and
gradually declining to the latter; but .the greater
quantity was placed at 345. We report also sales of 200
barrels Baltimore at 345., 450 barrels New Orleans at
325., and a damaged lot o the latter, about 280 barrels,
at 295. by auction. Importers' hands are now very
nearly cleared.
Meal is dull at 185.

Rice—East India is in better request and freely placed
at 13s. 3d., to 13s. 6d. per 1001bs. fur ordirary to good,
but some prods are held for higher rates. Clean Patna
has changed hands at 16r. Carolina has also athanct.(l
and is fil ally held for 195., at which rate a parcel of 10
tierces has been moved.

Butter—Further arrivals of Irish, to the extent of 600
firkins, have occurred; but our lass rate (10d.) is firmly
maintained, though the article is but in moderate re-
quest, and can only be moved in Email quantities. At
auction, 150 kegs American tainted were knOcked down
at sd. 50 kegs prime, just arrived, have been taken
at Bd.

Bread—The sales have been 150 barrels New York
packed crackers at 18s.; 50 barrels Jamieson's at 215.;
and 100 barrels pilot bread of the latter brand at 18s.
The large size of this bread is detrimental to its sale.
Watson's is wanted.

Oil—There is not any at market.
Salmon is wanted, and small parcels would command
very fair rates. There is not any on hand.
Pork continues in light supply. We quote mess at
765., and prime at 625. to 645., with a moderate demand.
Hems—No sales of English have reached us. A lot
of Virginia was placed at bid. per lb. Good American are
wanted.

Soap—Steele's may be quoted at 105.6 d. and 115.61
for 48 and 561bs. feather, and 15s. for 561bs. crown.
There is not 601bs. crown on band. We have not heard
anything of other descriptions.
Candles—The supply has greatly diminished, and the
market is becoming bare. We quote assorted sizes at
6d., but this rate is not freely given.
Cheese—ll. G. commands 101 d. to I Id., and American
9d. per lb.
Beef is still very scarce.
Tongues are also scarce, and American pigs' would
command 38s. per half-barrel.
Rum—Large sales for exportation have been made at
Is. 6d. per gallon, proof 21. Some parcels for consump-
tion have been taken at 33. 3d., duty paid.
Sugar commands 18s. Bd. to 21s. per 1001bs., with only
a moderate stock at market.

Coffee has not yet come down in any quantity to
market.

Pimento—Small parcels as they a►e brought in are
taken at 4d. per lb. The crop in St. Ann's has failed to
a considerable extent.

Logwood may be quoted at 325. to 40i. per ton, as in
quality.

Freights—Tonnage is abundant, with very little de-
mand.

Gold—Columbian doubloons command to 1 per cent.,
and American 2 per cent. premium.
Malt—The stock of bottled malt of all descriptions is
very heavy, and not more than 7s. 6d. per dozen can be
obtained.

Salt-300 sacks Liverpool stoved have changed hands,
in one lot, at 4s. 9d. Smaller parcels are moved at ss.
Tobacco—Cavendish is scarce and in some demand at
14d. per lb.
Exchanges—On London! Jamaica Bank, 60 days,
par; 30 days, per cent. prem. Colonial Bank, 90 days,
par; 60 days, per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent.
prem.