The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-04 00:00:00

Cbr Ribtrpool i,tanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1840.

By the new packet-ship Stephen Whitney, Captain
Thompson, which arrived here yesterday, we have re-
ceived New York papers to the 14th ultimo, inclusive,
and Canada papers to the Bth. The Stephen Whitney
Was off this port on Sunday, but, owing to the weather,
she was not able to reach port until yesterday. She
accomplished" the voyage, which was very tempestuous
throughout, in eighteen days, which, at this season of
the year, may be considered a excellent passage.
The late hour at which we received our papers pre-
cludes us from giving our usual analysis of the news.
We proceed to lay before our readers the most inter-
esting_ extracts :
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY. JAN, 13.—Since the Ist of January there has.
been a visible improvement in the money market. The di-
vidends of banks have been paid, and remittances made to
pay off interest in Europe. So little business has been done
for the last six mouths, that these begins to .be a want of
good paper. The banks take freely all short paper that is
considered choice. Good grOcers' paper, of which there is
very little in the street, can be easily placed at twelve per
cent. per annum. Exchange on Europe not only is down,
it continues to decline ; indeed, it is getting quite as low as is
desirable. The export of cotton is now large, and continu-
ally increasing. Besides cotton, flour has been largely ship-
ped, and if Indian corn continues to decline, it is not unlikely
that this, too, may be sent abroad.
There has been no period since the last war that so many
Fire Insurance Companies have failed to declare dividends
as during the present year. Out of twenty that are in active
business, only five, we believe, have divided any thing. The
losses have been so very heavy, as to sweep away a large
portion of any surplus that had been accumulated, and in
some instances to take some of the capital. A rise of pre-
miums has been charged, but unless there is a new organi-
zation of the fire department, no rate of premium can cover
losses.

The purchase of flour for Europa still continues. The last
advices from England show an advance of a shilling a barrel.
Besides this export demand, there is another of no small im-
portance—and that is for Algiers. Within a few days past,
one or more French houses have made large purchases of
flour for this important post in Africa, held by the French.
The news from Philadelphia and from Europe continues to
be very favourable for the United States Bank—and the stock
has consequently gone up.

At Mobile on the 31st ult. the price of cotton was the same
as the week before, though the market was left firm. Sales
of the week 4000 bales.

At New Orleans up to the 28th ult. cotton had further ad-
vanced cent. Sales about 5,000 bales per day. The mar-
ket closed very firm.
A snow storm set in last evening, which has prevented the
packets from sailing to-day. The harbour is quite full of
floating ice. Vessels, however, get to and from sea without
much difficulty or hazard.
In consequence of the detention of the packet to-day,
there has been some sales of Exchange on England at 1074
to 108..

STOCxs.—Monday.—There is no material alteration in the
Stocks to-day. United States Bank sold at 86 on time ;
North American Trust advanced 4; Stonington ; and
American Exchange Bank 1; Harlem Rail Road is down 4- ;
Mohawk, dol; and Delaware and Hudson f. Corporation
Bonds do not obtain a ready sale at present.

The North-Eastern Boundary question appears
to he the source of a constant succession of troubles.
The New York Daily Express contains a correspond-
ence between Governor Fairfield and Sir John Har-
vey, in which the former complains that the British
authorities in New Brunswick had violated the agree-
ment entered into last winter, respecting the occupancy
and jurisdiction of the disputed territory. The Canada
papers deny that any violation of the agreement had
taken place. _

There is no news of any importance from Canada.
Both provinces appear to have been perfectly tranquil.
The following extracts we find in the Daily Ex-
j»•ess