The Sun. — 1840-12-30 (London, England)

HALF-PAST ONE The following is an extract of the commercial relations with:France in wines and silks, from an American paper recently received : " The packet ship for Havre, for some time past, has been taking quantities of wine from America to ply the American debt to France. It is asked %shy this amount of specie is thus drawn from America? The answer is, to pay for the French silks and wines, and other luxuries consumed by America. The cost of the silks imported into the United States during the year ending Sept. 30, 1839, was 'nearly 23,000,000 dollars. Most of these come from France. There are two considerations which present themselves upon our commercial intercourse with France ; one is the unequal position which the two countries relatively occupy, indicating a total want of reciprocity. French commodities are admitted into the American ports almost without duties. Under this system, the exports from France to America have increased with astonishing rapidity. There is no corresponding liberality on the part of France ; the reverse is the case. While the United States go to one extreme, France goes to another. We admit her commodities on the most fixvoarable terms ; she imposes on ours the most onerous restrictions. Her duties on American tobacco range from five hundred to eight hundred per cent., and, in addition to this, no competition of buyers is allowed. The Government holds the monopoly, and is the exclusive purchaser. "The exports from Charleston and Savannah last year in cotton amount to 12,505,320 dollars ; from Savannah 10,208,348 dollars." The Lisbon mall has arrived, but nothing of consequence has occurred as yet in respect to the commencement of hostilities, the time allowed by the Spanish Government of 20 days for an answer, had not expired, but extensive warlike preparations were going in Portugal, anti the impressment for the army was curried ou with vigour. The Queen had appointed the Duke of Terceira to the; Command-in-Chief of the Army of Observation in the provinces of Tres os Montes and Minho. The next Session will commence on the 2d of January, 1841. We refer our readers for further particulars to another part of the paper. The above mail was brought by the Montrose steamer. Sailed from Lisbon the 21at inst., Gibraltcr the 20th, Cadia the 21st, Oporto and Vigo the 24th. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 88! for the 15th January, are not quite so good at present, 881- for Account; (reduced, 8S; ; Exchequer Bills, 4 2 prem. ; India Bonds, 15 die. ; Bank Stock 157 i. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active was done at 23, at present, 24g. ; Deferred, 101 ; Passive, 61 Portuguese, 321 ; Three per Cents. 211 ; Brazilian, 711 ; Colombian, 24 ; Mexican,t2Ba Dutch Ttva-anda-Half per Cents. 51-1 ; Five per Cents, nothing done. In the Share Market little doing, and no material alteration in the prices. Great Western, 911 ; New, 5 ; Fifths, 11 101 ; London and Birmingham, 172 ; Ditto New Shares, 41)1 ; London South Wes tern, 56.  ANOTHER SUPPOSED AltiltnEll.—lll a former paper, we stated that a person had been rode user, on the hamilton-road, by the London mail, end taken up dead. The supposition at first was, that he had been killed by the coach ; but circumstances hri,g, ei,t, transpired, which create some fears lest the unfortunate man may have been murdered. The guard and driver of the mail are confident that the wheels of the coach passed over his lower extremities; and yet, when they lifted him up, he was found bleeding at the head, which was severely cut, while it had not the appearance of being so very recent a wound es must have been caused by the coach passing over it. It has been discovered also, that before the above circumstance took place, he had 16s. or 19s. and some articles in his possession, which were not upon his person whets he was found. From these, and other circumstances, a supposition has gone abroad that the man has been murdered, and the authorities are making strict inquiry into the matter. Tilt: name of the deceased was Watson and he was a carter by business.—Glasgow Aryus,