The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-12 00:00:00

MUNE Y MARKET and CITY

POST.—The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
been engaged since Friday last in the consideration of an
appeal very properly made to them on the part of the job-
bers.
It seems rbat one of the influential brokers came
into the market on that day and purchaicd, fur the opening
Three-and-a- Half per Cent. Reduced Stock at the price
of 1011, the current quotation being at the time only lea
to I. The jobbers would readily have furnished the sure
required at a 4 per cent. lower, and the operation being
consequently out of the regular course of business, it wad
suggested to the gentlemen of the Committee that it could
not with propriety be inserted in the authorised lists of the
house, or rather, that being inserted, it should be expunged.
The Committee, contrary to the usual practice in cases
where bargains have been concluded at a price notoriously
•above or below that which regUlates the general busincsa
of the day, and which must be considered a false one, de-
cided that the transaction referred to should be regarded
as legitimate, and that the quotation complained of should
stand. A decision so contrary to common sense, so op-
posed to the ordinary usage of the establishment, and at
the same time so unfair towards the jobbers at large and
the public, has naturally caused great dissatisfaction. Atf
effort was made to get the objectionable quotation super-
seded on the first is,tring by the Committee of their
rnr-
prirnatur, and the case was accordingly reconsidered, but
the determination originally pronounced upon the matter
has to-day, we understand, been confirmed. If these irre-
gularities
are to be permitted we do not, we confess, see
what confidence can in future be placed in the lists which
the public have been hitherto in the habit of consulting and
regarding as authentic.
We perceive by the Manchester papers received in town
this morning that meaturee have been taken by the spinnert
and manufacturers in some parts of Lancashire for breaking
up the Liverpool cotton monopoly, the reason assigned fel*
t'iis proceeding being exactly that which might be ex-
pected from the class of persons in question, namely, "that
they derive no benefit from it." A general meeting of the
spinners and manufacturers of Sta oyleridge and the neigh-
bourhood was, it appears, held last Wednesday, when it
was resolved that the respective firms composing " the asso-
ciation" should, oa the following Moaday (this day) eon -
mence working three days a week only, the prohibition tu
continue for the space of six months, unless a change of
circumstances should arise. It was understood that
similar step would be taken by,all the spinners at Ashton'
under Line. so that, because the masters sear
nothing out of the monopoly among the holders 0 ;
the raw material, the poor workmen and their faerilie.
are, all on a sudden, to be stripped of half their viegeill
wages for six months out of the twelve. We consider 4lirr
combination of cotton speculators and bankers a most it'
tolerable evil, and shall be very glad to learn that it hat
been pin an end to ; but if such a result is to be brough
about only by the wholesale ruin of the operatives, we shal
be inclined to consider the remedy worse than the disease
The state of the corn trade in Mark-lane was to-day
subject of very general interest and attention among coin'
mercial men. It will be seen, on reference to our Cori
Exchange report, in its proper place, that the market lid
again become nearly stegnant, and that another heavy re- !,
deletion in the price of w heat—foreign importations rnor-
particularly—has been submitted to by the holders. He,,
sales of the latter description been at all pressed, the de
cline would, it is acknowledged, have been even material),''
greater than there recorded.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Morning Chronicle of this day, speaking tf Mr.
Villiers' Corn law motion, which comes on to-nigbt is
the Commons, says—" A,. open question is only snotty.
phrase for continued agitation. Ireland might bear a
twenty years' embroilment on Catholic Emancipation ; but'
a Corn-law agitation of half that length, would infi:ct
wounds on the prosperity of Great Britain, which it wouio
be difficult ever to recover, The Parliamentary advocate'
of the Corn.laws, answer for its being ruinous to tit*
cultivator • the manufacturers answer for its being ruinolo
to themselves. Ministers must not shrink from their duty•
On all sides, the present uncertainty is declared to br
decidedly injurious to the country. How do they propose
to extricate the country from it? What is their remedy ?
Not to produce one, is to proclaim their incompetency, °r
to confess their cowardice."

-The Morning Herald contains a leading article on the
subject of the resignation of the French Ministry, in' th'
course of which our Contemporary observes as follows
" Louis Philippe seems well a:rare of his position, ana
we have no doubt mill steer his coarse with consumma,e
tact. He will still be Prime Minister whoever may cora
pose the Cabinet—an able Minister, as Lord Brought:at
called him the other night—able and false, as all the
world admit, and worthy of the people whom he has t'
manage."

Th; Times, in an article suggested by Lord John RO.
sell's reply last night to Mr. Duncombe's speech respea-
ing Lent theatrical entertainments, states that the incident,
small as it is, illustrates suitably the smallness of the Mi
nisters who have been turned round by it. " They iti?
attacked," says our Contemporary, " upon what they sup.
pose is likely to be made a Church question ; in the apP"...a"
pension of some new defeat, they hurry to assume a Ger.'
servative tone ; they find the Conservatives, however, te":
rational to invest so trifling a question with ecclesiastical
importance ; and so, seeing themselves safe, they give 91'
in a trice the defensive position at first so ostentatiou:lY
assumed, and strike the flag, as usual, to their Radio!
allies."

The Morning Post makes a would-be emphatic aPPc..
to the Conservative Members, imploring them to be in thV:
place to.night in the Commons, in order to support the
Corn-laws. The following are the absurd and bombastic'
terms of our Contemporary's appeal:—" Give the monei.
jobbers and he millowners their way, and the monarchy r'
England is gone. These people say they owe no alle-
giance to the soil of England, and if they dared, would
say that they owe no allegiance to the Crown of England
It is evident that they feel none. There is but one thing
that they reverence and worship, and that is, gain. For
that they would sacrifice everything. Every Member, sch°
feels as an Englishman ought, should take care to be is
his place to thwart these people."
The Morning Advertiser, anticipating the rejection, by
the House of Commons, of Mr. Villiers' motion, ob-
serves :—." Should the House reject Mr. Villiers' motion
in favour of the amendment, we would strongly recom-
mend it to do so in silence, for any explanations on the
subject will serve only to place its injustice and duplicity in
more revolting relief."

ANNIVERSARY OF t HE MEMORY
OF THE LATE WILLIAM COBBETT.

Last night about 100 of the friends of the above gentle-
man assembled at the Crown and Anchor to commemorate
the return of his nativity.
Mr. Feilden, M.P., in the chair.
When the cloth had been removed the Rev. Dr. Wsde
made the usual acknowledgments to the Deity for hi'
blessings, after which the Chairman, in a long speech,
set forth that the object of Mr. Cobbett's endeavours
during his life was to obtain the amelioration of the condi'
tion of the labouring classes. He proposed "the memory
of Mr. Cobbett," which was drunk in solemn silence.
Mr. WILYINSON, proposed " The People's Delegatel:
and may they soon accomplish the People's Charter,
whict. was responded to with much applause.
Dr. TAYLO replied to this toast.
Mr RICVARDSON is " The speedy restoration of the
43d of Elizabeth, or the allocation of Church property'
to its original purposes."
This toast called forth the universal applause of the
meeting.
Several other toasts, pledging the compny to support
Liberal Members, were drunk, and the comapan separated
ve
at a late hour, highly pleased with the enin y g's enter-
tainment.

At Teversal, near Mansfield, on Monday, an at!'
man died in his 95th year ; he was a farmer, named GeorgF
Reynolds, and was appo nted parish clerk in 1764, the
duties of which office he performed for upwards of 70 yea".'
and to the week before his death attended to his farm.
Sheffield Chronicle.

On Wednesday morning, Ramsden, the walking
postman to Bellericay, was found dead on his route. 01/
Sunday morning Henniker, who was appointed to do his
duty, dropped down in a fit as he was bringing in the let •
tors and shortly after expired.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
FRONI LORD LANGFORD TO MESSRS. S. AND
B. SoLostoNs, 39, ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLT•
" Gentlemen—l have derived much benefit from the toe
of your small Voice Conductor, and the comfort I have ex-
perienced since I have used your improved Spectacles, stn"
been under your care, is so very great, that I shall lose 0°
opportunity of recommending them amongst my friends
and acquaintance. I have worn spectacles for many years'
but never without feeling pain and weariness in the eyes:
which is not the case with those I have purchased from
you ; added to which, their clearness and softness is pect'
liarly pleasant. I am. Gentlemen, your's, &c. LONGFORD'
66, Baker-street, Portman-square, Jan. 9, 1839."—Th0
Messrs. Solomons state that their operative Voice Co'l
ductor, by which thousands of persons have been benefited,
is the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when fixed int°
the cavity of the ear is soft, easy, and not more uncoil'
fortable or perceptible than having a piece of wool in
place, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly
heard with distinctness.-39, Albemarle-street.

PLA ;'E.—T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, Ike'
47, Cornhill
( ate ven Doors from Gracechurch.street), London'
The best wrought:* Fiddle-Pattern Spoons and Forks, It
7s. 2d. per ounce. The
following are the weights rec°lll.
mended, but the articles ma; Pt: had lighter or heavier at the
same price per ounce : '

0!. a. d. £ 16 40 4
Fiddle-pattern Table Spoons
Ditto Dessert ditto
Ditto Table Forks
20 at 7 2 10 `"
Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 2 7 iii i° ft
2 Ditto Gravy Spoons
..... 10 at 7 2 3ri t
1 Ditto Soup Ladle ... ......... ... 10 at 7 2 3 `
. ditto Sauce ditto
0 4 .... 'al t s 1 0 0
4 Ditto '''' ' l'ot.lis (gilt strong)
g 10
• e
. . to at 7 6 310 0
0 16
1211 I )DP
jai tti
cf;
(o)
Ditto TeaSl- '''ug.'-'74rBP'l°l'i c):::11); s ( str o n g ) . . . rsiate.
N.B.—A pamphlet containing a list of Prices of ' or
Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis'',
will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid applicatio27, ,
..........2-0'

' H S.
On the 9th inst., at Hyde Park-gate, Kensington, the WY °if
James Pratt liv.rlow, Esq., of a son, which an vived only ha
an hour.
O❑ the Bth inst., at Basting., he lady of the Rev. Joh°
Sterling, of a son.

DIET,.
On the fish inst., at the residence of her son, Chiddingfold
Rectpry, Surrey, Mrs. NI, garet Legrew Hesse relict of L.
Hesse, Esq.
On the ith inst., at Birehfield-house, near Birminghani,
George Joseph, eldest son of George Joseph Green, Esg''
aged 24.