The Sun. — 1857-09-07 (London, England)

AMERICA.  NEW YORK, AUG. 27.  The Washington correspondeut of the New York Herald considers it extremely doubtful whether the military expedi! ion to Utah would be dispatched before next spring, in consequence of the disorganisation of the force. The Surrogate had given a decision in the Burdell case. Mrs. Cunningham, in his opinion, is not the widow of the murdered dentist, and he bad directed the issue of letters of administration to the next of kin. Mrs. Cunningham, according to the s'at,:m.ent of an inquisitive reporter who visited her in her cell, maintained great coolness. She was of opinion that the Surrogate, though an upright man, had been influenced by her enemies. The Hon. R. K. Meade, the United States Minister to Brazil, was about to leave Washington fur hii post. He is said to have received instructions to negotiate a uew commercial treaty, and to endeavour to obtain a reduction in the Brazilian tariff.  According to the New York Times the potato crop in the States was fearfully diseased. Tidings of the submarine cable expedition were eagerly looked for, and as the weather bad teen favourable sanguine hopes ware entertained of its success. At Portland a salute of 100 guns was to be fired on the recipt of the wished-for intelligence. The suspension of Brewster and Co., bankers, is reported in a telegraphic despatch from Rochester. At Boston the firm of Whitney and. Hinds had. faded. The reported failure of Blanchard, Sherman, and Co., at the same place, is contradicted. A telegraph message from New York to a Boston paper mentions some additional failures. It says : The suspension of the Oliio Life and Trust Company has .been followed to-day by thst of John Thompson, who has for so many yelrs done the leading business in uncurrent money, and acted I as agent of various banks."  rue New York commercial advices of the 25th ult. report an increasing tightness in the money market. Prime paper was selling at 9to 10 per cent., and good paper, not strictly within the first class list, at 11 to 12 per cent. Loans on call were made by the banks at legal limits, but outside various higher rates were paid, according to the necessities of borrowers. The announcement of the failure _of the Ohio L;fe Insurance and Trust Company on the evening of the 24th created much dis • trust in monetary circles. The Bank statement for the week ending August 22 showed a decre .se in loans, $1,101,000 ; specie, $1,236,000 ; circulation, $86,000 ; and deposits, ,992,000. There was no change of moment at the first board of the stock market. At the second board stocks were generally firmer, and an advance was effected in several. Erie changed hands at 23 ; Cleveland and Toledo at 41A ; Reading at 61 ; Illinois Central at 104 • Cleveland and Pittsburg at 16 ; and New York_ Central at 73i. In exchange there was only a moderate demand for the Canada. Bills on London were quoted 109 k to 109 ; on France, sf. 16}. ; and on Hamburg, 361 to 36.  • The business in cotton continued to be on a very moderate aortic., and confined almost entirely to requirements for home consumption. The market was firm, but no actual advance could be quoted. The accounts from. the South are confirmatory of the improvel condition of the growing crop. Flour was dull, and prices had declined 100. to 30c. per barrel.  —August 25, in lat. 16 N., long. 25 40 W., the Hamburg brigantine Christine Marie, steering to the southward ; 29th, in lat. 26 30 N., long., 17 45 W., the ship Bosworth, standing to the south-west, apparently with emigrants on board, all well ; September 3, in lat: 43 40 N., long. 8 50 W., exchanged colours with the English ship Hersilia, with troops for Madras ; and the French ship La Rose, the latter gtcering to the north-west ; off Ushant passed two screw steamers, steering to the southwebt.