The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-10 00:00:00

VENIN G 14]DIT I ON.

Ct-NEY MARKET and CITY N 1 WS.

(14°NDI%--Y EVENING.)
CHRONICLE.—A
r
a much less despon; : Jotters throughout the day have worn
the United Stet, ino.
complexion. The accounts from
istrumental
s' alluded to below, have been very it',_
the spirit
'at imiiroving the tone of things, and theering
-4 fof
people; for instead of being of an ungratify-
ing nat.., re, as apprehended, they are riot only bright, but
!bare ao'ompanied with the transmis,',on of no less a sum
ar' about 350,0001. in specie, ellefly sovereigns, which of
",,'elf is a very important fe'.*.ture at this moment, whet'.
I
every exertion is making, to prevent the exportakn of the precious metals, P.nd the importation i!` them
looked for with unusua), anxiety. Money b-.. 5 also been
more abundant, or, at all events, it has ken less in requi-
, be
(
sition ; but the very fact of large importations of bullion.
taking place, or being expected, would soon make Bank
notes more easily obtained; for there is, unquestionably, no
real deficiency of money, but the want of confidence and
credit, which has existed so long, has occasioned gold to
much h, has
and the capitalists and others, from the
same ea..tse, have been vecy
reluctant to make loans, which
they Iv,ould readily do *if there
were the slightest appear-
wee ,of money getting cheap. The English Stock Market
nr,a, c,onsequently bier rather buoyant at improved prices.
‘.'_Grasols for Money left off at so, to i, and 914 buyers for
!r .e Account. New Three-and a-Half per Cents. 981 ;
Exchequer ILlls 7 to 9 prem. ; and India Stock 248 to 249.
TIME "..3.—The Liverpool packet from New York has
brought about 120,000/. in sovereigns, which does not,
bow" er arise from the state of the exchange between the
two countries, which would not allow of such a transaction,
°W• as a remittance in quarters where bills, probably, wcald
r.ot be found to answer the same purpose. If any bone
fide engagements have been made, to supply spe,zie in ac-
quittance of debt, they must, of course, be fulfilled.
The transactions in the Funds have been without im-
portance to-day, but the market was rathe,r firmer, though
tilleriet. Consols improved to 901 for money, and 91;
s for account. India Stock was 248 to 249 ; Ex..
chequer Bills 7s. to 9s. premium.
Speculation was extremely animated in the foreign house
in Spanish Stocks, in which an advance of nearly 2 per
cent. has taken place.

POST.—Money was easier again to-day, not at the
Stock Exchange alone, but for general purposes connected
with the business transactions of the City ; and the ac-
counts from Lancash?.re are found to be much more en-
couraging, for, ie. the absence of that, reckless spirit of
speculation wh',ch prevailed there cotton and oe.ler staples, there !IP.-peaars
deal of 1 • •
trade, shortnow t o time
bbe a ago,go good
le activity in ~il the leading branches of
The reports of the p'pal merchants and brokers
tahrae: in fact , more cheerie'g than any we have seen from
re -. quo rter for mx ly weeks past. The intelligence
ailFfiVef'A.. this mor'aing‘ - from New York, by the steam-
:lard 3
cLotrivenirpecrcoila,l
aisffaiorfs. considerableT.aeat interest, as re-
t,
..ch in ock market has suffered
, consequence of the very gloomy accounts ob-
Aleea from this country, and the worst—that is to say,
'V A° great check which had been once more necessarily
0 given by the Bank of England to the speculative operations
of the American houses—bad yet to be ascertained.
/
The difficulty of raising money may be imagined from the
depreciation which had taken place in the shares of
the United States Bank, those securities having fallen
to IoB,—'j. The exchange on England was at 8i per
cent. premium. The decline in the different stocks
of the Union seems to have been caused in a great
degree by the information now first received from
this side of the water, to the effect that no further
sales of such property are practicable in the British mar-
kets. In this state of things the merchants seem not to
have known very well what to be about—by what rule of
action to regulate their future movements. With the
altered prospects of the cotton trade, and the gloomy tenor
of the correspondence just obtained from England, it was
oPprehended by the importers of European fabrics, who
had, in common with most of the dealers in the article,
fully calculated on the price of cotton being sustained, that
the supplies ordered will prove more than their exports, at
the reduced rates now giving for them, will be sufficient to
Pay for, and that, as stocks are no longer available as a me-
-1 ditarn of exchange, the demand for specie will be greater than
the banks will be able to meet. The notion of a metallic
'currency is still cherished by the Americans. It was well
known that the importers have given out their orders upon
a liberal scale, and it was believed that, to aggravate the
mischief, the spinners would be sending out some of '.l,ie
heavy stocks they had or, hand on consignment. It
is
anticipated, however, that much of the deficie:,,cy may be
made griod by the shipment of the superD.tamdant produce
of the harvest to England, which,
that is given upon the subject, bu.„GeeOrding to an estimate
in which we have little
Confidence, will be equal to 'foout 15,000,000 dollars, or
three millions sterling. Pomo further shipments of flour
were in progress, and 'We doubt not that a few cargoes are
already on their tv,,,y; indeed, there seemed to be an in-
tention of goio'„ not only promptly. but as extensively as
the means of. -individuals would admit of into the "

traffic.
Nini.THERN MONEY MARKETS.
A

_NTWERP, SEPT. s.—After the close of the Exchange,
at half-past two o'clock, Spanish Stock opened at 21 Pas.
sive, and 214 Active; was immediately in demand at 22,
or 1 per cent. advance at Paris; rose to 224, 228, 224, and
closed at 224 Active, and 228 Passive. A great deal of
business was done.
SEPTEMBER 6, HALF PAST 2 O'CLOCK.—Spanish Stock
opened at 23 Active, rose gradually to 234. 234, 238, 23ii,
234, and soon fell to 23k, 234, 234, at which it remained
Active, or 234 Passive. The absence of the quotation at
Paris hindered bargains being made. Primes at all sales
were much in request ; some were done at 24, two of
25iwhich were for the 9th and 10th of this month. Ardoin' e.,
Active. Primes at one month, of which 2 per cent.
Ardoin, 244 to 25 passive.
SEPTEMBER 7, HALF-PAST 2 O'CLOCK P. n.—Spanish
Stock opened at 234 Active, 234 Passive ; closed at 234
Active, and 23 3-16ths Passive. Little business was done.
Primes were less sought after, though offered on low terms.
Ardoin's 254 Active. Primes at one month, of which 2
per Cent. Ardoin's 25 to 244 Passive.—Journal du
Commerce d'Anvers, Sept. 5,6, and 7.
AMSTERDAM, SEPTEMBER 4.—The quotation of Spanish
Stock on the I.;,:xchange of Antwerp, yesterday, disap-
pointed the expectations of our speculators. They sup-
posed that the higher quotations from Paris would have a
similar effect. at Antwerp, and were, therefore, not a little
surprised learn that a considerable decline had taken
V M
ac?: 's
fall had a very prejudicial influence on our
—lcuatige, and caused a reaction, wh was the reate
Ht
proportion as the pre ceding rise hadhic been rapid and con-
r
IssiederatlAe. The late favorable news from Spain not having
u-zr. confirmed, a further decline was feared, as everybody
v,as in a hurry to sell. Ardoin's opened at 224, fell to
Ili, recovered for a moment to 214, but fell again to 214
to above which they did not rise again.
In Dutch Funds, the slackness in purchasing was in-
creased by the fall of the Spanish. All descriptions were
freely offered, but little business was done. The same
may be said of Russian Stock, especially rubles. Austrian
Stock maintained its price. All descriptions of South
American Stock very unfavourable.
Money Loan, 45 per cent.; prolongation 5 per cent. ;
discount, 5 per cent.
SEPT. s.—The state of the exc)Jange to-day was unfa-
vourable to all kinds of stock. Dutch Stock was offered
at the opening at the closing latices of yesterday, but the
eagerness of the sellers increr.sing, all descriptions, with-
out exception, sensibly dec.:lined, partly in consequence of
the critical state of the Lendon market, and partly in con-
sequence of a report, whie h, however, was unfounded, that
that there had been a fAccline in the London market the
day before yesterday. An increased demand for money
was observed.
Spanish Stock is falling as rapidly as it rose. The fall
braeis ascribed to a lower quotation for Paris of yesterday,
brought by tin: crirrier pigeons. Ardoin's opened at 21,
the mar ose to 214. but fell to 20g. Here the fall stopped, and
ket recovered a little.
AI. other foreign stock was dull, and in general offered
it Lower pricey,.
Money Lc.an, 44 per cent. ; prolongation, 5 to 54 per
cent. ; discount, 5 per cent.
SEPT. 6,.—Though the report of a fall of our funds at
London was by no means confirmed, they could not reco-
ver, Lo'.; were very little higher than yesterday.
In Spanish funds there was a good deal done. The
quotations received this morning from Paris of the day
Qt, Cure yesterday, and from Antwerp of yesterday, prove
tkat instead of a considerable decline, which was expected,
tlAere had been a considerable rise, which had a corres•
pending effect on our Exchange. During all 'Change
hours Ardoin's fluctuated between 224 and 224, and closed
at the first price. A good deal of business was done, but
tio large purchases made.
Russian and Austrian stock more in demand; South
American unchanged, except Colombian, which was more
Offered : Money Loan, 44 per cent. ; prolongation, 54 to
54 : discount of bills, 5 per cent.—Handdsblad, Sept. 5,
0, and 7.

Mr. Ellice has ad ressed d following to the
Morning Chronicle :
TO TOR EDITOR OP THE BIORNINO CHRONICLE.
Sir--I have seen, with the utmost astonishment,
this morning, in your paper of the 3d instant, a
statement that Mr. Poulett Thomson had accepted the
Government of Canada at my earnest request.
I desire you will contradict that statement on my be-
half, from whatever quarter your information may have
been derived.—l am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
EDWARD ELLICE,
Inverness-shire, Sept. 6, 1839.

The Duke of Argyll, Lord Steward of the House-
hold, and Miss Campbell, have left Park-lane for Inverary
Castle, Argyllshire, thence his Grace will go to Rosneatb,
Dumbartonshire. The Noble Duke will not return to town
for three months.
The Earl of Shelburne, Dr. Phillimore and
family, Colonel Stewart, &c., were among the passengers
Rho left London by the Antwerp Company's steamship
Antwerp. A large number of high-bred horses went
th by
this ship on their way to Vienna, as well as some of e servants, carriages and horses, of the Marquis of Hertford.
CASTLE HOWARD.—The Earl and Countess
of Carlisle and the Ladies Howard are residing here, but
there are not any visitors. Lord Morpeth is visiting his
friends in the county.
DEATH OF SIR JOHN BRYDGES.—We have
Plto announce the demise of this gallant officer, which took
ace on Friday last, at his scat, Wottor. Court, Kent.
John was in his 75th year, and was Captain of Sand-
gate Castle, and a Commissioner of Dover Harbour. He
waghbrother in law to the late Marquis of Waterford, and
tost e Lord Primate of Ireland, having married, April 14,
0 16, Lady Isabella Anne Beresford, eldest daughter of
`Jeorge, the first Marquis,
Lord Brougham on his arrival in town from a
trbiseitecto,. the Duke of Wellington at Weimer Castle, left,
owing day, for Brougham Hall, Penrith, Cumber-
Lord ;ere they ~ham Lord arrived on Friday last.
wnere a
_L oughana intends passing the autumn at Brighton,
mansion has been engaged for two months.

AN EGYPTIAN BATH. •

(I:TA)S1 THE FRENZ:fi 130 t
Se:•-..cely had I 'dritereti, when t ,c, tvo strong men e-
I;Eanging to the 'bath laid hold of me, and in an instant
I was stripped to the skin. One of them then passed a
linen shawl around my waist, while the other fas:aned
on my feet a pair of gigantic pattens, which at once
mado the a foot taller. This mode of shoeing not only
rendered flight impossible, but, by its clumsy elevation,
destroyed my equilibrium ; and I should inevitably have
fallen, had not the two men supported me on either
side. I was fairly caught. We passed into another
room ; here the vapour and heat stifled me. I thought
that my guides had mistaken the way, and got into
an oven. I tried to shake them off, but my resistance
was anticipated. In a few moments I was astonished
at perceiving that, as the perspiration poured from
me, my lungs began to dilate, and my respiration
returned. In this state I passed through five or six
rooms, the heat of which increased so rapidly that I
began to believe that man had for five thousand
years mistaken his proper element, and that his ap-
propriate destiny was boiling or roasting. At last
we came to the stove-room. There the fog was
so dense that I could not see two steps before me, and
the heat so f.,-atirely insupportable that I partly fainted.
I shut my eyes, and resigned myself to my guides. After
loadirr or rather carrying me a few steps further, they
tok off my girdle, unhooked my pattens, and extended
me, half swooning, on something like a marble table in
the middle of the apartment. Here, again, I soon be-
came accustomed to the infernal atmosphere. With
my other senses, my sight revived ; and, despite the fog,
I made out with tolerable accuracy the surrounding
objects. My tormentors seemed to have forgotten me
foi, a moment : they were busy at one side of the room.
I lay in the centre of a large square saloon, incrusted,
to the height of five or six feet, with variously coloured
marbles. A series of spouts threw out, incessantly
streams of steaming water, which, falling on the pave-
ment beneath, glided thence into our basins, like caul-
drons, at the four corners of the room. On the surface
of the water in these basins was an indefinite number
of bald heads bobbing about, and expressing, by the
most grotesque contortions of face, various degrees of
felicity. This spectacle so occupied my attention,
that 1 scarcely heeded the return of my masters.
They came, however ; one with a large wooden bowl
of soap-suds, the other with a ball of fine flax. Sud-
denly one of the rascals inundated my face and neck
with his suds ; and the other, seizing me by the shoul-
der, rubbed most furiously my face and breast with his
flax. This treatment and the pain induced by it were
so perfectly intolerable, that all my powers of resistance
and resentment waked at once. I bolted upright,
kicked my flaxen friend half across the room, and planted
my fist in the face of soap-suds with such good-will that
he lay sprawling on the floor. Then, knowing of no
other remedy for the soap, (which was blistering my
skin,) I boldly plunged into the larger basin. I had
misjudged ; the remedy was worse than the disease.
Before, my face and neck were cauterized, now, my
whole body was scalded : the water was boiling! I
yelled with pain ; sprang on and over my neighbours,
who'could not comprehend my case ; and got out of the
tub almost as rapidly as I got in. However, I was not
rapid enough to escape the Effect of the ablution : my
body was as red as a lobster. I was stupified! I must
be dreaming, or riding a night-mare. Yet there was
no deception. Here, under my very eyes, were men
stewing in a broth of which I had tried the tempe-
rature, who evidently took great delight in the opera„.
tine. I determined, again, to submit to my torinentors.
They came, having recovered from my ag::ault. I fol-
lowed them without resistance to an'.,',:ner basin. They
made signs to me to descend 1-1.7 e steps : I obeyed. . •
From this I passed to an
of a higher temperature,
but still supportable, I remained in it, as in the first,
about three nniut,es. I then proceeded to the third,
which w!...s still some ten or twelve degrees hotter ;
and, finally, reached the fourth, where I had commenced
my hellish apprenticeship. I approached it with the
greatest repugnance, but I had made up my mind to
go through with my desperate adventure. I first dipped
my toe in the water ; it was hot, certainly ; but not
so scalding as before. I gradually immersed my
whole body, and was surprised to find it endurable.
. . . My attendants now again took me in hand. They
replaced the linen around my waist, bound a shawl
on my head, and led me back through the rooms by
which I had entered (taking care to add to my cover-
ing at each change of atmosphere), until I arrived at
the chamber where I was so unceremoniously stripped.
Here I found a good carpet and pillow. My turban and
girdle were taken off ; I was enveloped in a large
woollen gown, laid down like an infant, and left alone. I
had now an undefinable feeling of comfort. I was per-
fectly happy ; yet so exhausted, that when the door
was opened, half an hour after, I had not changed my
position by the movement of a finger or a muscle.
The new comer was a sinewy and well-set Arab. He
approached my couch as if he had some business with me.
I looked on him with a sort of dread very natural to a
man who had passed such an ordeal as I have described ;
but, i was too weak to attempt to rise. He took my left
hand, cracked all its joints, and did the same to the
right. After my hands, he administered upon my feet
and knees ; and, to finish the matter, be dexterously
threw me into the position of a pigeon to be broiled,
and gave me the coup de grace by cracking the vertebras
of my spine. I screamed with terror, thinking my
back-bone was brokers, to a certainty. My masseur
then kneaded my arms, legs, and thighs for a quarter
of an hour, and left me. I was weaker than ever ;my
joints all pained me, and I had not strength sufficient
to cover myself with the carpet. A servant now
brought me coffee, pastiles, and a pipe ; and left me to
intoxicate myself with perfume and tobacco. I passed
half an hour in a drowsy state, lost in the vagaries of a
delicious inebriation, experiencing a feeling of happiness
before unknown, and entertaining a supreme inuifference
to every (absent) earthly thing. I was awakened from
this by a barber, who shaved me, and combed my
whiskers and moustaches. Next, my Arab returned,
to whom I made signs that I wished to depart. He
brought my clothes, assisted me in my toilet, and led
me to the chamber opening on the vestibule, where I
found my cloak. The cost of this entertainment, which
lasted three hours, was a piastre and a half, or eleven
sous of our money.

TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF MR. WYSE.-
, By appointment. the friends of Mr. Wyse met him at the
Town Hall about ten o'clock, yesterday morning, whence
they proceeded to New Guild Hall for the purpose of his
re-election. The Honourable Gentleman was taken by
the arm on the one side, by our own deservedly popular
Mayor, Win. M. Ardagh, Esq., and on the other by Wit.
ham Aylward, Esq. With pride and pleasure we refer to
a report of the proceedings in another part of our paper__
those proceedings are alike creditable to Mr. Wyse and to
his constituents. To say he was returned without a dis-
sentient voice, would be to convey only a faint idea of
the flattering manner in which he had been greeted on the
hustings. The electors seemed to view with each other
in expressing their admiration of the virtues, talents, and
patriotism of their gifted representative. His exposition
of the Colonial policy of the Government, their negotia-
tions with foreign countries, their exertions to extend the
cause of Reform, and an enlightened system of Education,
their persevering efforts to redeem the pledges which they
had made to promote the work of popular improvement—
and their system of retrenchment, were given in such a
lucid, statesmanlike and satisfactory manner, as to bring
down the universal plaudits of the Court. We congratu-
late the Government in having obtained the services of
Mr. Wyse, and we congratulate the Honourable Gentle-
man himself, in having been selected by a Government
who have the confidence and support of the people. Mr.
Wyse may boast of a long line of ancestry, who were ever
faithful to their creed and country, and it must be a source
of congratulation to the Honourable Gentleman him-
self, as well as to his fellow-citizens, that he has
proved himself by his virtues and abilities, not only to be
an honour to his family, but a credit to his native City.
Several of the Conservative gentlemen of the City attend.
ed, not that they agreed with Mr. Wyse in his political
opinion, but that they esteemed him for his virtues, and the
amiable and gentlemanly manner with which he deports
himself in every society. During his address he did not
say one word calculated to wound the feelings of any per-
son, no matter how sensitive, though he spoke for nearly
an hour and an half. He maintained his opinions without
compromising one iota of principle, and, at the same time,
sedulously guarded against any expression calculated to
convey the slightest offence. Of Mr. Wyse, indeed, it
may be truly said, that he is the type of an accomplished
Irish gentleman, and a pure and honourable politician.—
Waterford Chronicle.

RAILWAY THROUGH CORNWALL.—Sir Hus-
sey Vivian has written a letter to the landed proprietors,
merchants, &c., of Cornwall, strongly urging them to set
about constructing a railroad through their county in self
defence, as the only means by which Falmouth can be con-
tinued a packet station. The Right Hon. Baronet says :
—" Of the great benefits derived to a country from the es-
ta'Slishment of a railroad, I have lately had an opportunity
of witnessing an instance in Belgium, where a case presents
itself more analogous to that of the people of Cornwall
than is afforded by comparison with any of our own rail-
roads. In Belgium, as with us, the rate of travelling was
very slow, the means of communication by no means good,
and the persons travelling
have been constructed, the numberof travellers has increased
in a degree infinitely ' were but few, Since railroads
beyond the utmost calculation, and
b n taegiy.
A e
singulareco accordingly.
exhibition
rnuechoe:ceeding the proportion even on our railroads; and
t
.hee fi
dmerce of the country, and the inhahitants, have been
took l
Rue Vivienne. A worn
sellinfgro
in the midst of a crow
from time to time,
a cage, which she was atone
exclaimingothepcoaucnetrylawtaesiystailn:dtihnge
with about a hundred swallows in
" Qui en/eut a un sous pour leur don-
ne sous each,
ner la liberte ?" She soon
and the little prisoners were let
one was anxious to practise disposed of her stock, for every
humanity at so cheap a rate,
element in search.of their supper.
oosefetterstatementelectors, from Paris.
Provost Greig arrived at Perth
he denies,
ihasn t h e publishedm
os
most
exapnliacclitdtreersms tso,
theth eMonday, and
whichf
Mr. Oliphant,
that he pledged himself to support that him B°' or
that he requested Bailie Clunie to nominate
Oliphant, in a letter to the electors, in reply to"the Mr.o
vost'& statement, states, that the impresqo : ' n left on his
mind was decidedly what he mentioned on the h '
ngs._
Caledonian Mercury. wi