The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
By the arrival this morning of the British and
Noah American Royal Mail steam-ship America,
Captain Ryrie, we have advices from Boston to the
16th inst., and Halifax to the 17th.
Th© America brought 73 passengers, 954,279
dogma and 19,4501. specie on freight.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada arrived at
Halifax o❑ the 18th inst. The Europa arrived at
New York on the 14th.

The Collins steamers for the next four months,
viz., January, February, March, and April, make
but one trip per month, the next departure from
New York being the 16th of January. December
sth completed their 20 trips for the year.
At Washington the Secretary of the Treasury
has prepared his plan for 20,000,000 dols. Treasury
notes, and the interest which they will be made to
bear will not exceed 3 per cent, per annum. Part
of the issue, it is believed, may be employed at a
nominal interest. The whole is to be made receiv-
able for all public dues, and subject to re-issue, but
to be redeemed at the end of a year in specie.
Congress resumed its killings on the 14th, but
there was no allusion to Kansas affairs, and the
bu iness transacted was of an ordinary character.
In accordance with the proclamation of Acting-
Governor Stanton, the special session of the new
Legislature of Kansas was organised on the Bth inst.
C. V. Babcock was elected President of the Coun-
cil, and G. W. Dietzler Speaker. of the House. A
message was received from the Acting-Governor,
setting forth the motives which induced the calling
together of the legislatures, and recommending the
passage of an act providing for holding an election,
under different officers, on the same day and at the
same places, as provided for in the proclamation of
the President of the Constitutional Convention, and
authorising the people to vote for the constitution in
either of the forms presented by the convention, and
also against the constitution in both forms. Great
excitement prevails in the territory, and it is
place.
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At the election held in Oregon, the State consti-
callei for the 21st will
tution vnis adopted, but the slavery clause was re-
jected. Free negroes are to be prohibited from emi-
grating to Oregon.
News from Utah to the 7th Oct, reaches us by
way of California. The attitude of the Mom oils
is peculiarly -hostile and threatening. Tue faint-
hearted among the M• rmons ate warned to leave,
uader pe_talty of death, if they
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a')pears to be indorsed to the fullest extent by He-
Kimball, John Taylor, and others among the
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the ends of the leaders. trio,e pr
prominent men in Utah. There is nothing further
from the Government expe,lition.
It is now understood in Washington that the ob-
ject of Sir W. G. Ouseley's missit.n will not be offi-
cially communicated to Government until the opi-
nion of her Majesty's Government regarding that
tral American affairs can be a,cartained.
p-rtion of the President's Message relative to Cen-

MEXICO.
News from Northern Mexico states that an at-
tempt was made at Tampico on ;the 15th ult., to
assassinate General Moreno and several other efli-
cora and authorities of the city while assembled at

a banquet. The attempt failed, and the leader of
the assassins was killed.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
MONEY MARKET.
The New York Courier and Enquirer of the 15th says
—" The work of resumption now steadily progresses
in New York and New England, and are complete
with the exception of Rhode Island. The interior banks
generally of New York took no formal part in the act of
suspension ; the same may be said of Now England
country banks. Those in the interior of New York con-
sider themselves as in good repute throughout ; they
may now be cmisidered as paying species in full. The
Philipsburgh Bank, at Philipsburg, New Jersey, having
resumed specie payments, its bills of all denominations
are now redeemed as heretofore at the Bank of the Cow.
monwealth. The banks in the western portions of Now
Jersey (Newark, New Brunswick, Elizabethtown,
Rahway, &c.,) will no doubt follow suit.
BOSTON, DEC. 14—At a meeting of bank presidents
of this city, this morning, it was voted unanimously to
volume specie payments immediately.
NEW HAVEN, DEC. 12 —The banks in this city have
to-day resumed specie payment..
ALBANY, DEC. 12—At a meeting of bank directors
this day, it was resolved that the banks of Albany would
resume specie payments to-30.y.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.—The past fortnight has
been remarkably quiet here—no suspensions, no failures.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKETS.
COTTON—A circular says :—" The weather since the
frost has generally been favourable for picking. Receipts
at the ports for the week amount to 112,030 bales,
against 129,000 bales last year, and 144,000 bales the
year previous. The deficit in the total receipts has
increased, and is now 348,000 bales. The exports to
Great Britain are larger this week than was expected,
amounting t 3 43,000 bales, and increasing to 54,000
bales the total amount sent to her since let September
last, as compared with last year. France has taken
11,000, against 13,000 bales is the corresponding week
last year. There is a deficit to France in the total
export of 35,000 bales, but to other foreign ports the
decrease is only 4,000 bales."

BREADSTUFFS —The market closed on 'Change with
sellers at 4 dols 603 to 4 dole 653 for super State, and
buyers at 4 duls :Oa—ruling strongly in favour of the
latter.

PROVISIONS —The markets for all kinds of provisions
were rather quiet, and prices bad not varied materially.
FRElGHTS.—Freights were firmer. To Great Britain
wheat wai shipped at sid to 6.1 in bags, and a bin was
taken at 5d ; flour, is 91 ; cheese, 225. 6d ; some cotton
at 5-32 d. To London : Flour 2s. Tu Rotterdam :
Rosin, 3s 3d.

LATER BY TELEGRAPH, VIA. BOSTON.
NEW YORK STOCK AND MONET MARKET,
DEC. 15, 6 P.M.
The Money Market is easier, witti more activity in
good paper. Foreign exchange inactive, at 1091 to
109,i for to-morrow's steamer. Stocks, at the Second
Board, were dull, and quite irregular in price.
Cotton o lower ; small sales, at 104 c for Upland,
Flour lower, with a moderate business for export ; sales.
common to straight State, 4 dole 450 to 4 dole 50c ; com-
mon to good Ohio, 5 dole 150 to 5 doll 50c ; extra
Genesee, 5 dols 60c to 7 dole. Freights to Liverpool
firmer; flour, is 10d; grain, Sid to 6,c1.

BY TELEGRAPH-, VIA HALIFAX;
NEW YORK, DEC. 17, EVENING.-Our cotton.market
is very dull, and prices have declined ic per lb since the
departure of the mail for the America. Middling Up-
lands is quoted at 1011 c. Breadetuffa and provisions are
dull, and tending downward. The stock market. to-day
was rather firmer, and ad descriptions of securities show
a alight advance in price. The money market is again
rather easier. Sterling exchange is fiat, at about the
quotations advised per mail.
A despatch from Messrs. Neillßrothers, of New York,
dated evening of the 17th inst., say. :--" Our cotton
market is quiet, at lOic for middling. In this Southern
markets a large business is doing, on a basis of No for
middling. The exports to Great Britain are ■mall.
Freights are declining, the quotation to Liverpool being
id to 7-16 d."