The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-17 00:00:00

AMERICA.

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LEVERPOOL, SUNDAY.—The packet-ship Rochester, Cap-
tain Porter, arrived in the Mersey this morning from New
York, whence she sailed on the 21st ult.
The advices are not of very much importance. -
The Courier and Enquirer supplies the following commer-
cial news :
" The Union Bank has declared a semi-annual dividend of
4 per cent., payable on the Ist of November.
" Exchanges were in moderate demand, without any
alteration in rates. Sterling, 1091/i to 109% ; ,and francs
5.25.
" Cotton—Since the receipt of the foreign news, per Hi-
bernia, but little has been done in cotton: the market is un-
settled—prices have a downward tendency.
" Flour—The foreign advices had a depressing effect upon
the flour-market. Early this morning 1,000 barrels Western
flour sold at dolls. 5 75 ; subsequently sales were made at
dolls. 5 621/2, and afterwards at dolls. 5 50 ; at the close
dolls. 5 6214 was asked for Genese..e. The receipt of flour
vid the North river to-day amounts to 21,364 barrels. Southern
flour was inactive.'
"3,000 bushels prime southern yellow corn sold at 70
cents. measure; 4,500 bushels Maryland at about 64 cents. ;
3,000 bushels northern yellow at 64 to 65 cents. weight;
1,050 ditto white (hi the slip) at 63 cents.
" Whiskey was in demand. 38 barrels sold at 27 cents.,
and 100 ditto at 264 cents.
" Ashes remain without alteration. Pots dolls. 3 871 to
dolls. 3 94, and
.pearls dolls. 4 121.
" Pork was firm. 700 barrels of mess sold in lots at dolls.
13 75; 100 ditto prime, dolls. 10 41. 100 tierces prime mess
beef were taken at dolls. 13 25.
".Lard was in demand. Sales of barrels were made at 8i
cents."
Montreal accounts are to the 17th ult. The Provincial
Parliament had been further prorogued to the 19th Novem-
ber. The restoration of the burnt district in Quebec was
proceeding with great spirit and much improvement on the
style of the former buildings. The autumn had been ex-
tremely wet, and all hopes of the potato crop were nearly
given up.
The Courier and EnqUirer gives the following from Port-
au-Prince :
"We learn from Captain Drew, of the brig Forest, from
Port-au-Prince, which place he left on the Ist inst., that the
late insurrection in favour of the former President, Herrera,
had been quelled. Some ten or twelve of the ringleaders had
been shot. The Saturday previous to his sailing twelve more
had been tried, and nine of them found guilty ; and an ex-
press had started for the Cape to learn from .the President
what disposition should be made of them. All was tranquil
when lie left. American produce low and plenty. Coffee
and logwood high, and very little in the market, Captain
Drew bringing all of the latter article in the market. A
law had recently passed prohibiting any foreign vessel from
going from Port-au-Prince to Mariogone to load. A new and
increased export duty had been laid on coffee, logwood, and
sundry other articles, to take effect on the Ist of October.
Great preparations were making at Port-au-Prince and the
Cape to raise an army to go against the Dominicans; every
man capable of bearing arms was put into the ranks."
The Great Britain had been docked on the 18th ult., and
in about three hours was raised far enough out of water to
enable the workmen to reach the propeller, which was to
have two new fans applied.
The steam-ship Hibernia arrived out at Boston on the
19th ult. Her non-appearance here is supposed to result.
from the heavy easterly winds met with by the Rochester
throughout her passage.

SOUTH AMERICA and the PACIFIC.
By the Thalia frigate, which arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday, we have received advices from Valparaiso to the
15th of August, and Rio Janeiro to the 23d of September.
She has brought home 1,500,000 dollars on merchants' ac-
count.

Since the arrival of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour in
the Pacific, with the'Collingwood, 80, our ships of war in
that quarter had been very active. We understand that Sir
George was sedulously engaged in promoting British inte-
rests, and that his instructions enabled him to found a new
colony in a very important position, of which we shall pro-
bably hear more on the next arrival from the South Sea.
In the River Plate, Rear-Admiral Inglefield, in conjunction
with the French Admiral, was carrying out the late determi-
nation of the French and English Ministers to put an end to
Rosas' war in the Banda Oriental. Mr. Gore Ouseley, the
British Minister, was at Monte Video. Rosas persisted in
his refusal to retire ; Colonia had, therefore, been taken pos-
session of, and the English and French Admirals had gone up
the river to attack some of the Argentine ports nearer
Buenos Ayres, perhaps the little port of Buceo, Oribe's head-
quarters. Admiral Inglefield, for this purpose, had gone on
board the Firebrand steamer. It was said that Rosas had
ordered all French and English subjects to quit his territory,
but his resistance was looked upon as ridiculous.
The evening before the Thalia left Rio Janeiro the Spider
packet arrived there from the Plata with the Buenos Ayrean
and Monte Videan mails; these were transferred to the for-
mer. The Thalia has also brought home dispatches from Mr.
Hamilton, the British Minister at Rio.
It wan stated that the Emperor of Brazil, accompanied by

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the Empress, was about to visit Rio Grande and other places
in the southern parts of his dominions; for this purpose the
frigate Constitution, 60, bearing the flag of Admiral Grenfel,
was getting ready, and his Imperial Majesty was expected to
sail early in October.