The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-03 00:00:00

MONEY AND CITY NEWS.

(FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF ME DAY.) •

TIM E S.---By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold
is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 1011 the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 13.10 f, and the'exchange at Hamburg on London at short
being 13.81, it follows that gold is 0.81 per cent. dearer at
Hamburg than in London.
The premium on gold at Paris is 8k per milk, which, at
the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. the ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.36 i, and the exchange at
Paris on London at short being 25.45, it follows that gold is
0.34 per cent. lower at Paris than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London is 1094
per cent., and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40ths per cent., it follows that the
exchange is 0.32 per cent. against England.
The Funds remain without alteration.
Private letters by the Royal Tar steamer, from Lisbon,
give but an unfavourable view of the financial affairs of the
country. One of these emphatically remarks, that " things
do not look well here, and Manoel Antonio de Carvalho is
pressing hard to leave the Treasury. His continuing there it
is that keeps the Government together. They have not
funds for the twentieth part of their wants."

CHRONICLE.—There is nothing particular to notice in
reference to the English Stock Market, and the prices are
nearly all the same as yesterday. In addition to the dis-
agreeable information from Dantzic, which appeared in the
leading article on the Corn-laws in the Morning Chronicle of
Tuesday, as to the state of the crops in the Polish provinces,
it has been mentioned by parties at Mark-lane, that out of
the very limited crop which there is in that country the land-
holders are indebted to the Government to the extent of
150,000 quarters, which were lent by the authorities in the
course of last ;linter, for distribution amongst the peasantry,
of whom great numbers would otherwise have perished at that
time. Thus, if the" Government of Poland were not to resort
to the prohibition of exportation, which has been proposed, for
the purpose of keeping the groin in the country, still in having
Possession of so large a quantity as 150,000 quarters of wheat,
by way of repayment in kind, the authorities will in this manner
have probably the whole surplus of the scanty crops of Polish
corn. It is clear that in that event nothing so impolitic as to
part with its corn could be expected from a Government which
already has so discontented a population as the Poles; and,
therefore, in estimating the probability of the future supplies
for the English market, the prospect of any material importa-
tion from the formerly important port of Dantzic would ap-
pear to be considered at Mark-lane as entirely at an end.
By the Tyrian packet, which has brought the Jamaica and
Leeward hlands mails, we have received advices from St.
Thomas's to the 3d ult., and from the other islands to corre-
sponding dates. They remained generally in much the same
state as when we last heard—the greater portion of the negroes
in the different places still refraining from work ; but this ap-
pears to arise principally from the difficulty of coming to terms
as to the amount of wages and time of labour, and not from
any other cause. This state of things, however, had inter-
fered rather prejudicially in getting in the crops, for a suffi-
cient number of hands could not consequently be procured.
The islands were everywhere perfectly tranquil.

POST.—The Money Market remains precisely in the same
condition we reported yesterday. Consols closed at 94, the
same for Money and Account ; the amount of business trans-
acted being quite unimportant. Exchequer Bills are 67 69,
with a small increase of business, compared with the early
part of last week. The rate of interest for loans for short
periods on British Securities has advanced to three per cent.
There was an increase in the transactions in some of the fe-
reiffn bonds ; but no alteration in prices worthy of notice.

. ,
The arrival of another mail from the West Indies, bringing
the accounts from Jamaica to the 26th of August, created a
considerable sensation amongst parties immediately interested
in these colonies. The private letters do not materially differ
in the main features from the accounts given in the Colonial
Papers ; and where they supply the fillings up of details, they
certainly do not enliven the colouring of the picture. Every-
thing, indeed, tends more' and more clearly to prove the in-
considerate manner in which the process of final emancipation
has been forced on, without having treacle the necessary provi-
sion for results, which every person conversant with the actual
state of the colonies had again and again urged upon the at-
tention of the pseudo-patriots. The letters from persons the
least likely to be bound by personal interests, and capable of
taking the most philosophical view of the whole question, are
certainly the least sanguine persons in the Islands respecting
the result being salutary or satisfactory for the comfort and
happiness of the coloured population.
The transactions iu foreign bills this after,eoon were very
limited, and there was no alteration in the rates of exchange
on any of the leading points of the Continent.

HER A L D.—By her Majesty's packet Tyrian, we hive
received papers and letters this day from our West Indian pos-
sessions. The respective dates are from Demerara to the 16th,
and Barbadoes to the 23d of August, with comparative dat, s
from the Leeward Islands; those frOm Jamaica reach down to
the 26th Aug., and from St. Thomas's to the 3d Sept.
All the j,urnals tean with accounts of the great indisposi-
tion on the part of the emancipated negroe3 to work, and in
consequence many very important estates have been tem-
porarily thrown out of culture; -which, of course, is a very seri-
ous injury to the proprietors. The rates of remuneration of-
fered to the negroes varies from eight to ten dollars per month,
with, in most instances, their cottage and garden ground ; but
in the island of Jamaica we find that overtures had been made
to give the negroes Is. Bd. per diem on sugar estates, which
seems to be the governing rate of all the colonies, and VS hicil
in the end will, doubtless, be accepted by them. This state of
affairs has, of course, created much anxiety amongst our West
Indian proprietors ; nevertheless all the letters from the dif-
ferent islands concur in stating that they consider that no ill
feeling prevails upon the part of the freed ne,groes, but that
it was a mere question of wages. This dispute upon the value
of their daily labour was, however, expected to cause the intro-
duction of task-work, or rather work by measurement, to a
much greater extent than has hitherto been carried on in those
settlements.

It is generally considered, by all well-informed parties, that
the emancipated negroes are not fully aware of the nature of
their altered position in the scale of society; but that when the
first ebullition of that feeling has passed away, which might
have been anticipated as the consequence of their uncondi-
tional freedom, that they will settle down to work. In fact,
throughout all the islands, it does not appear that there have
been any disturbances, although some petty thefts have taken
place in consequence of the absence of any preventive police
regulations. The intelligence altogether has, however, had
the effect of creating an advance in raw sugars today.
Money for commercial purposes has rather advanced in
value, and on the Stock Exchange it commands full three per
cent. from day to day.

STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENTS.--In a letter to the
Aberdeen Herald, Mr. Wallace, the Member for Greenock,
writes, " In 1836, 1 propose to obtain a select Committee of
the House of Commons, to inquire into the causes of the fear-
ful accidents which had taken place and were becoming fre.
quent. I got neither encouragement nor support, however;
and, seeing the time had not arrived for light on the subject
in that region, I desisted. Had I succeeded, and bad a Bill
followed to guard against the evils, I would then have proposed
that which I consider absolutely requisite for the safety of the
people—namely, a simple, cheap mode of suing for damages,
in the case of loss of life or limb, or other personal injury.
The present state of the law 'in this country, or rather its
mode of working, when damages are sought for injuries done
to the person, is so extremely expensive, and so monstrous in
its delays, as to screen parties in fault from any great risk of
being called on to compensate for injuries done through tbeir
carelessness or cupidity, or both. Never was there a better or
more complete example of the evil's we sustain in Scotland,
by the Court of Session having contrived to prevent our She-
riffs from trying civil causes with a jury, than the trials arising
out of steam-packet accidents. We have no coroners and no
juries, except at a waste of money and time which lays men of
moderate means at the feet of opulent companies and indivi-
duals. Why is it so ? Just because that remnant of the Scot-
tish Parliament, the Court of Session, is Parliament enough
yet to make laws for the people; and to Wind whom from
seeing they really make laws, they call those laws they make
Acts of • Sederunt. Unless a cheap and simple mode of hav-
ing a jury to assess damages in case
,of personal injury and
loss be provided, no- system of, steam-packet surveillance can
be either just or'cOmplete ; and the people of Scotland may rest
assured that the Bench and the Bar of Edinburgh ail], in the
present mood of the House of Lords, stand effectually between
them and cheap, ready justice. Let this he borne in mind
when any measure is in progress.

THE HEIIIQF SELWOOD ; OR, THREE EPOCHS
OF A LlFE.—There needed something to diversify the fictions
of the present season, and here it is, in.the announcement of
a new novel from the brilliant and (in its way) unequalled pen
of Mrs. Charles Gore. If report speaks true, we shall, in
addition to the usual attractive qualities of this writer's style,
meet in " The Heir* of Selwood" with an entirely new at-
tempt, as regards that important element of amusement, the
plat, which, we understand, combines an extraordinary de-
gree of originality with all the usual features of Mrs. Gore's
works.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.--The
Brighton Railway interferes with the Merstham Tramway ;
and the Railway Company are bound, under their Act,
to
purchase the whole tramway, from Croydon to Merstham, at
a price to be fixed by arbitrators mutually chosen. The ar-
bitrators have rhade their award, and the Railway Company
are now in possession of the tramway. We understand that
the claim made by the Tramway Company was no less than
42,000/. 1 and that they employed Counsel to substantiate their
claim, but the arbitrators awarded only 9,614/. So much for
exorbitant demands.—Railway Times.
A woman, named Fitzgerald, was yesterday, fully
committed for trial by the Magistrates of Union-hall, on two
separate charges of stealing a quantity of linen and other
articles during the confusion occasioned by the late fire in
Bennett-street, Blackfriars. The accused had been noticed
as being apparently extremely busy in assisting to remove the
goods from houses in the 'vicinity of the conflagration to a
place of safety.

Au inquest was held yesterday, in Bartholomew-
close, on the body of Joseph Hanson,
who committed suicide
by hanging himself, having previously cut his own throat.
Deceased had been a publican in Fetter-lane, but had failed
in business
, and latterly had obtained a precarious Lying by
selling shellfish in the streets. For some days he had been
confined to bed at a low lodging-house in West-street, Smith-
field, and bad been light-headed. Verdict—" Temporary
insanity."

RADICAL
DEVONPORT.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
On Monday evening a meeting was (for the first time
in this town) summoned by the Working Men's Associa-
tion, at Devonport. The place selected for the purpose of
holding the meeting was the Long Room, Stonehouse, a
large room calculated to contain, when crowded, near
2,000 persons. This room was fully occupied sometime
before the business commenced. The assemblage was
composed principally of working men, whose deportment
throughout was perfectly orderly, and appearance gene-
rally respectable.
Shortly after seven o'clock, the Chair was taken by Mr.
F. Browning (a highly respectable tradesman of the town),
who briefly stated the object of the meeting—to consider
the principles of the Working Men's Association.
Tile SECRETARY, RI working man named Sutton, pro-
ceeded to read the Address and the Rules of the Associa-
tion. He then made some observations, the purport of
which was as follows :—The machinery of 'Government, be
said, was proved to be bad by its bad working, and it be-
came the duty of Englishmen to inquire how it could be
improved. At present it was notorious that industry did not
meet its just reward.—(Hear, hear.) Was not that in it-
self the evidence of a bad state of things ?—(Hear.) The
working men courted discussion ; they were open to con-
viction ; " Reason their standard—truth their only creed."
—(Hear.) But, until they were satisfied to the contrary by
superior reasoning,they would unceasinglylabourfor thatfull
political representation which they believed could alone do
away with the evils of their present condition. The
political suffrage was every man's natural right; and every
man who contributed by taxation to the exigencies of the
State, had a right to a voice in the election of those who
were to control their taxation.—(Hear.) He moved that
" this meeting do approve of the rules and objects of the
Working Mons' Association."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. R. JOHNS (a tradesman of Devonport), seconded
the resolution. He had not proceeded far, however, in
his address, when the vast multitude who bad accumulated
outside since the meeting began, and were unable to get
admission from the densely crowded state of the room, be-
came so clamorous for an adjournment into the open air,
that it was at length agreed to, and Mr. Johns then conti-
nued. He said it must be admitted the working classes
were to a great extent as ignorant as they were poor ; but
neither ignorance nor poverty were in themselves crimes,and
if the higher orders were richer and more talented, bow
came they so ? As to 'their riches, inquiry might provoke
some serious questions into which he would not enter.
With respect to education, why the very charities origi-
nally established for the benefit of the poor, had been
appropriated to the wealthier classes, who, to obtain the
advantages of these institutions, did not scruple to assume
the garb of poverty.—(Hear.) Christchurch, for instance,
was no longer what it once was, and ought ever to have
been—a school for the children of the p00r.,---(Hear.)
The best way, however, for the working men would be to
educate their children themselves to the best of their
abilities, for every charity school child was half a pauper.
The ignorance and poverty to be found among the working
classes might mainly be attributed to the baneful effects of
taxation without representation.—(Hear.) To that cause
was to be traced the national debt of a thousand millions
ti~ith which this country was loaded. To that cause was
to be traced the enormous amount of 50,000,000/. of an-
nual taxation. To that cause was to be traced the infa-
mous Corn-laws by which bread, the staff of life, was
rendered 100 per cent. dearer than in foreign countries,
whose manufacturers were by this means enabled to com-
pete with and overcome ours. To remedy these great
evils, the working classes must unite and rally round the
standard of full and fair political representation.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was put and carried by acclamation ; and
after short addresses from one or two other speakers, the
vast assemblage quietly dispersed.
Towards the close of the rneefng there could not have
been less than from 3,000 to 4,000 present ; and it excited
universal surprise that the first demonstration of the Work-
ing Men's Ultra-Radical Association in this town should
have been so numerously attended.

REAT MEETING OF THE LADIES
OF BATH.

On Monday afternoon a very numerous and respectable
m-cting of the Ladies of Bath, took place in the Harts-
hall Ga:rdeni, situate about a mile from the city. The
meeting was contened by an address from Mr. Henry
Vincent, inviting the Ladies to attend at three o'clock.
Long before the appointed hour the road leading to the
place of meeting was crowded by groups of highly respec-
table females all eagerly wending their way to the place of
meeting. A little before three, the spacious gardens were
crowded to suffocation. Excellent arrangements had been
made by a Committee of Ladies to admit no men within
the grounds. Seats were reserved for the male sex in the
surrounding windows. The numbers in the gardens .ex-
ceeded 4,000, whilst hundreds were unable to obtain ad-
mission. At three o'clock Mr. Vincent, accompanied by
Mr. Kissock and several Ladies entered the grounds, and
was greeted with loud:cheering, clapping of hands, and wa
ing of handkerchiefs.
It was moved by Mrs. EVANS, and seconded by Mrs.
ENGLAND, that Mrs. BALWELL do take the Chair. The
resolution was carried by acclammation.
Mrs. BALWELL, on taking the chair, was loudly cheered.
She said—Women of Bath, it gives me much pleasure to
preside over this meeting, because I feel the object that
has brought us together is one of immense importance to
every man, woman, and child—(Cheers)—that of endea-
vouring to promote the moral, intellectual, and political ad-
vancement of the people.—(Loud cheering.) I wish to see
the female part of the population contributing their sym-
pathy in aid of the present struggle to emancipate the male
sex front their present political thraldom, being convinced
that the happiness of woman depends on the freedom and
knowledge of man.—(Loud cheering.) I trust you will
pay the strictest attention to our respected friend, Mr.
Henry Vincent, whom I now have the pleasure to intro-
duce to your notice.—(Loud cheering.)
Mr. VINCENT then rose and was hailed with prolonged
cheering and waving of handkerchiefs. He commenced
his observations by assuring the meeting that he felt indes-
cribable pleasure in appearing before them on that occa-
sion.—(Cheers.) They had proved by their presence
their attachment to the cause of universal freedom and
happiness. He in a very eloquent strain pointed out the
condition' of the great mass of the population, and drew a vi-
vid picture of the social wrongs endured by woman.
He then explained the principles , now contending
for by the Radical Reformers. He then adverted to the
House of Commons, and proved, by a reference to its ac-
tions, that it utterly disregarded the interests and wants of
the great bulk of the people. He animadverted in strong
terms upon the conduct of the Reformed House of Com-
mons. He showed that when any reduction of the expenses
of the Crown was spoken of—any alteration in the law of
Primogeniture—any such thing as throwing the Crown pen-
sioners of the people on to their own resources—abolishing
the Corn-laws, or protecting the poor little factory child
from the remorseless grip of an hard-hearted Cotton Lord,
one universal bellow of " Vested rights" was raised, and all
hopes of justice scouted by that reforming body. But
when the equally vested
.rt:ghts of the poor—the 43d of
Elizabeth—was to he repealed, the whole of the vested
right bellowers changed their tone, and swept away the
poor man's right, without even mentioning the word core-
pensation.—(lmmense cheers.) He then pictured the im-
mense suns paid directly, and indirectly, by the people to
the Government, and showed that the governing bodies
first deprived the people of their own resources, in the shape
of excessive taxation, Corn-lawS, &c., and then punished
them, and derided them for their poverty. Mr. Vincent -
further animadverted on the Poor-law, and the factory
children, and drew tears from the whole audience. He then
touched on the subject of education, and -made a most
powerful and eloquent appeal to the single and married
women to lend their aid in the spread of sound moral and
political knowledge amongst all classes of the people. It
it impossible in a brief notice to do justice to Mr. Vincent's
speech. A high moral tone pervaded it throughout, and
the sensation it produced can only be described by those
who heard it. •He was listened to, throughout an address
of near two hours' length, with the patient attention,
and was loudly and repeatedly cheered.
The thanks of the Ladies were moved to Mr. Vincent
for his kind attention and address, to which he briefly:re:
plied ; and in return moved a vote of thanks to Mrsiiigßohlly
well for her excellent conduct in the Chair. 10
eulogized her for her social and moral virtues, and f
sacrifices she had made to advance the cause. T
acclamation.e
was carried by acclaation,
and declared the
or.e
votthe
Mrs. BALWELL- briefly returned thanks,
business of the day ended.
It was then announced to
Air. Vincent that a great
concourse of persons
hadasas dmdress them for a short time,
outside the Gardens,
and requested that he would
to which he immediately assented.
On appearing outside,
he was cheered for several minutes. He spoke for about

half an hour.
Mr. Vincent, in the company of Mr. Kissock and Mr.
Young, then left the Gardens. On his return to Bath,
along the road, be was loudly cheered, both from the
people in the windows and in the streets.
Mr. Vincent addressed the Working Men at night.

EFFECT OF RAILROADS.—Yesterday nearly one
hundred horses (part the property of Mr. Chaplin, the exten-
sive coach-proprietor) were sold by Mr. Dixon, at his reposi-
tory in Barbican. They had previously been employed to
convey the Portsmouth, Southampton, and Exeter coaches.
During the last six months, from the same cause, at least
one thousand hoCses have been sold, the greater part from
the great Northern road to Birmingham, Manchester, and
Liverpool.