The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDOl,O*

MONEY MARKET and C

,T Y Is Evir-

TIMES.—By the advices from Harnbd%!.h the prica o
gold is 434 per mark, which, at the Englisia/IVAiil fe. liev
31. 17s. 10fd. the ounce for standard gold, gives ari f
change of 13. 9f, and the exchange at Hamburg on Lon
don at short being 13. 61, it follows that gold is If pe..
cent. dea'rcr at Hamburg than in London.
. .

The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at
the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. the ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 35, and the ex
change at Paris on London at short being 25 27k, it fol-
lows that gold is 0.30 per cent. dearer at Paris than in
London.

The course of exchange at New York on London is 110
per cent., and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109. 23-40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is 0. 43 per cent. in favour of England.
The price of silver at ll4mburgh is 27. 10 per mark,
which, ut the price of ss. per ounce for standard silver,
gives an exchange of 13. 9i, and the exchange at Ham-
burgh on London at short being 13. 61, it follows that
silver is 1.57 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in
London.

The premium on silver at Paris is 6 per milk, which, at
the price of ss. per ounce for standard silver, gives an ex-
change of 25.34, and the exchange at Paris on London at
short being 25.27:±, it follows that silver is 0.26 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London.
The funds altogether wore a steady aspect to-day, al-
though there was not much activity in business. Money
was rather more easy, which has contributed to lessen the
difference between the quotations of Consols for Money
and Account, the closing prices for Money being 92a to :It,
and for Account 92,i ; Bank Stock was 1962 to 7 ; in
fodia Stock another improvement took place to 254 to 5;
Exchequer Bills advanced to 465. to 48s. premium.
There was less animation in the Foreign Market than
yesterday, and the improved quotations were not generally
maintained; Spanish Actives receded to 20 to s ; Portu-
guese, Five per Cents., 351 to 36 ; the Three per Cents.,
to 21i tot ; Mexican, to 2.1 - to 25 ; Colombian, to 294
re ;
to 30-1-; Brazilian, were 77 to ; Dutch Two-and_a Half
per Cents. improved to 552. to the Five per Cents.
remained at 1011 102 ; Bahian, 1024 Blackwell Railway Shares continue in demand, and the
prices to improve. They were quoted all to discount
only to-day. Brighton were ei to a ; Southampton, 7 to
6 discount; Great Western were up to 52 to 6 ; London
and Birmingham were 65 to 7 premium. Other Rail-
ways remain as before.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Times of this morning contains a summary of last
night's debate in the House of Commons. In a leading
article on the subject of the recently published pamphlet
addressed to Mr. Grote, and entitled, " Shall we overturn
the Coach ?" our Contemporary says :—" The description
of shrews',' which we first applied to this pamphlet, may
possibly be amended. Sly' would be a neater and more
appropriate epithet. In sheer modesty O'Connell himself
is no match fur the Member of London, and our proof con-
sists of the following extract from Lis pamphlet, viz., that
whether as regards our colonial or internal policy, the
Administration of. Lord Melbourne have given ample proof
that they really entertain the principles they professed on
taking office I ' and then he actually has the face to cite the
Irish Church question (with the appropriation clause) as
proof of this alleged integrity, consistency, and so forth!"
The Morning Chronicle, commenting on Sir R. Peel's
amendment, and his speech in support of it, observes—"his
amendment is, in fact, a speech—a speech in favour of the
previous question, but tending to give a hostile turn to a
vote for the previous question ; yet so full of parentheses,
modifications, and aggravations, that it is very difficult to
know what to make of it, further than that it must have
been the concoction of a most unsimple intellect, in circum-
stances of considerable embarrassment. His speech in sup-
port of the amendment is the same sort of thing upon a
larger scale. The sinuosities are magnified, and there is
a general expansion of the self-involved reptility." In
another part of the same leading article, the Chronicle, at.
luding to the late great aagr/ gate meeting in Dublin, re-
marks as follows :—" What did this vast assem-
blage meet to declare and resolve? That pro•
perty was insecure ? That Pfe was unprotected.
That crime and outrage were triumphant ? That
their religion was persecuted? That their hearths were
trampled on ? That bloody treason flourished over them,
and that society was falling to pieces ? The contrary—the
exact diametrical contrary. They came together to resolve
not only that the libelled Government had performed with
fidelity all its public duties, but that such a Government,
and no other, could afford property protection, life security,
and the nation the blessings of repose and order."
The 111orning Post makes the following observations on
the subject of the supposed collision beta een the Ilcuses
of Lords and Commons :—" The Ministerialists say that
if there was no censure intended by the House of Lords in
the resolution for a Committee of Inquiry on the 21st of
March, there is therefore no collision involved in the pro.
posed resolution of Lord John Russell. They seem to
think this argument so clever, that in Parliament and out
of Parliament there is no end to the repetition of it. To
us it seems as absurd an argument as we ever saw at..
tempted to be palmed upon multitudinous dulness by offi-
cial impudence. It is possib:e indeed that it may not be
altogether impudence which leads to so absurd an aro_
meet, but also stupidity. It is possible that they who use
such an argument, or some of them, may really think there
is something in it—some cogency—some point. Whoever
thinks so, must be very stupid indeed."
The Morning Herald remarks briefly, as follows, on
on last night's debate in the House of Commons:—
" The speakers on both sides were chiefly Irish. There
was much vehemence in many of their observations ; but
the discussion, on the whole, was exceedingly tame, unless
when relieved by mere extravagance of style. Let us
hope that the mere Irish fervour on both sides may now
subside, and that the question may to-night bo taken up
by men capable of imparting to it interest of a more lasting
and useful kind.
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The Morning Advertiser, alluding to Sir Robert Peel's
amendment,siaanynstdi:
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over which they chaunted an to Triumphe, is now t • d
as an affair of comparative insignificance ; so that they thus
place themselves in the position of either acknowledging
the proceedings of the Lords to be fr:volous or factious,i°wedging of admitting the necessity of the motion made 11i or
tars in the Commons. The brief phrase, to suppyort
tha
amendment, is to yield to the Peers the authority which
should most properly and constitutionally rest in the Com_
mons."