4 JULY 1840, Page 10

The Havre Journal mentions that Messrs. Guillon and Bertrand of

that place, who had been to London to induce some English capitalists to join in the company for establishing a line of steamers between Havre and New York, have returned in company with Sir J. Campbell, Sir John Rennie, and Messrs. Routh and Barnes, who are the bearers of propositions from a body of English capitalists. A grand banquet is to be given at Havre to those gentlemen, and a subscription has been opened for that purpose.

For several days past, the coach direct from Paris has brought us whole families of Germans on their way to Havre, where they are to embark f i

or America. So considerable is the number of these emi- grants, that the ordinary vehicles from Paris to Havre were found in- sufficient to convey them, and the authorities of the Messageries Royales send some of them by our diligence as often as any places in it chance to be vacant.—Dieppe Paper.

We arc informed through a good channel, though the statement would appear to be hardly credible, that the agents of the United States Bank are purchasing cotton in New Orleans. Some thousands of bales, it is added, have come forward to the consignment of an eminent house in London.—Morning Post.