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The people of the United States are at present deeply

excited by the contest for the President's chair between Mr. Adams and General Jackson. The returns from the different States, so the as known, give Mr. Adams a great majority. The present elec- tion, however, is merely of persons who are to elect the Pre- sident; but the result, it is supposed, will be nearly decisive of the main question.

The rise in the English corn-markets had occasioned a brisk excitement among the commercial classes in the Union, from the probability of the ports of Britain being opened at a low duty. Flour, wheat, and other corn, experienced a considerable rise ; while the exchange with England fell from 11 to 10.

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