The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-01 00:00:00

THE PRECIOUS METALS.

A statentent of tht; .iipo'ifsiticin of the precious triefsils troth the
port of London throughout the go tierhaps, be interesting at
this period, but we do not venture to dravt toy efitichtsioll from it,
fiA it is well known very large amounts are taken anay Mtn this
country which do not appear in the official returns, and therefore it
it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to arrive at a correct re-
stilt. The amount of gold, it will be Iren, was 187,941 ounces, in
value about 1314188/: ; and the quantity of silver was 4,000,106
ounces, being worth "bunt 973,0701. ; and making a total of
4,188,047 ounces collectively, at the value of about 1,704,8581.
The largest quantity of gold was exported In May, when 43,832
ounces were shipped, being worth about 170,6707; and the smallest
amount was during the present month, being only 2,101 °times,
valued at. about 8,1801. The largest quantity of silver was also ex-
ported in May ; namely. 1,190,822 ounces, valued at about
290,2621. ; And the smallest quantity was in October, namely,
68,221 ounces, valued at 16,7991. The annexed is the detailed
statement made from the official returns published by the Custom-
house :
EXPORTATION OF SOLD FROlf Titr. PORT OF LONDON DURING

THE YEAR.
January : Oz. Oz.
Cape of Good Hope 5,313 £27, 87
Mauritius
February:
..._ - --

Mauritius ' - 3,925
Ceylon and Mauritius
March : - 4,917 .= 19,146
Mauritius
Cape of Good Hope 2,350
Madras
April: 22,631 .... E 8,119
Mauritius
Ceylon
Cape of Good Hope 1,250
May : 10,899 = 42,438
Mauritius
Rotterdam
Cape of Good Hope 340
Hamburg
June : - 43,832 = 170,670
Mauritius
Madras
Rotterdam
Cape of Good Hope
July : 17,648 == 65,716
Cape of Good Hope 7,294
Mauritius
Rotterdam 2,530
Hamburg 1,628
Bombay
August: -- 15,993 ..2 62,272
Mauritius
Calcutta 2,331
Rotterdam
Swan River and Cape of Good
Hope
Bombay 1,250
Cape of Good Hope 750
Algoa Bay 437
Ceylon
New York 2lB
Hamburgh 173
September : 20,948 == 81,566
Mauritius
Rotterdam 1,834
Cape of Good Hope 1,250
New South Wales 1,250
Hamburg
South Australia 3B
October: -- 16,020 a.. 62,377
Mauritius
Rotterdam
Hamburg
~..

South Australia 39
November : - 12,905 == 50,261
Mauritius 1,892
Hamburg
Cape of Good Hope
Algoa Bay

Bombay -
Ceylon
December : . 3,822 .... 14,881
Mauritius
Rotterdam 520
Hamburg
New York B4

--
2,191 im 8,180
GOLD BARS DURING THE YEAH.
Rotterdam 8,637
Hamburg

9,137 nm 35,577

Total exportation of g01d......... Oz. 187,941 .=,£731,788
EXPORTATION or SILVER FROM THE PORT Or LONDON DURING
THE YEAR.

January : Os. Oz.
Hamburg
West Indies
Malta 20,000
Belgium 8,500
Cape of Good Hope 1,200
February: - 168,813 =. £39,149
Capo of Good Hope
Sierra Leone
New York 9,000
West Indies
Madeira 3,000
March : 108,298 = 26,307
Calais
Gibraltar
Mauritius
Rotterdam
Cape of Good Hope .
April : 131,550 .., 32,065
Wait Indies
Madras
Mauritius 7,084
May : 138,021 -= 33,642
Calais
Trinidad.
West Indies
Rotterdam
Mauritius
Malta lO,OOO
Sierra Leone
South Australia
Cape of Good Hope 5OO
June : -____- 1,190,822 ~, 290,262
Calais
Demerara
Rotterdam 40„635.
Mauritius
Cape of Good Hope 2,752
July : -- 328,542 80,082
Calais 485,553
Canton
Rotterdam
Mauritius 5,591
Cape of Good Hope.
Belgium 1,728
Hainburgh 840
August : - 555,979 =is. 135,519
Rotterdam
Zante 17,328
Canton
Mauritius 7,728
Belgium
West Indies 4BO
September : 73,331 si. 17,874
Mauritius 167,350
Van Diemon's Land 27,415
Rotterdam 20,600
Malta
New York 8,750
Hamburgh 6OO
South Australia.
October : ---- 238,355 58,999
Mauritius
Rotterdam 25,000
Hamburg 8,681
Malta 7,000
South Australia 1,516
Madeira .

. -
November ; 63,921 = 16,799
Rotterdam
Manilla
Launcest0n....
New York
Mauritius
West Indies • 866
Jamaica BOO
December : --. 141,983 ..., 34,608
Rotterdam
Canton
New York
West Indies

13.5.,770 .„, 33,093
SILVER BARS DURING THE YEAR.
Calais
Hamburg
Rotterdam

719,923 =. 175,481

Total exportation of silver...... 4,000,106 = 973,070
Ditto gold

Total .

Oz. 4,188,047 £1,704,838

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

APPALLING DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN.—Friday night an in-
quest was held at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Samuel
Burch, aged 23. The deceased was in the employment of
Messrs. Brandeth and Dumslow, extensive vitriol-manufac-
turers, at Rotberhithe. On Wednesday afternoon last he ;sag
engaged upon the premises, when, in walking along a plat-
form, he overbalanced himself, and fell into a vat of boiling
saltpetre. His cries brought several of the workmen to his
assistance, who, after great difficulty, extricated him. The
poor fellow was so frightfully scalded that i
the skin peeled off
his body. After his sufferings were alleviated n some degree
by external applications, he was conveyed to the above hospi-
tal, where he lingered in the greatest agony until about three
o'clock on Thursday morning when he expired.—Verdict,
Accidental death. The deceased has left a widow, advanced
in pregnancy, and one child.
LASIENTABLE AND DETR/04INRD SeICIDE Op A MILITARY
OFFICER.—On Friday evening an inquest was held at the
White Hart, Windmill-street, Tottenham-court-road, on the
body of Richard Gill, Esq., aged 65. an Officer in the army,
who put a period to his existence by discharging the contents
of a pistol through his head, under circumstances of a very de-
termined nature.—Verdict, Temporary mental derangement.
SINGULAR CABS OF PARSENTIMENT.--Friday an inquisi-
tion was taken before Mr. Hioos, at the George, Warwick-
street, on view of the body of Robert Apps, aged 32, a stable-
man at Morley's stables, Cockspur-street, who hung himself
with a cord. A few weeks ago the deceased lost his wife,
since which he has been very desponding. On Wednesday
he was last seen alive about eleven at night. The following
morning, Wm. Kent, the stable-boy, stated to the ostler that
ho dreamt the deceased had bung himself. They went to his
room, when, not finding him there, they searched for him, and
discovered him lying on the floor of the loft with a cord round
his neck, and which, it appeared, had broken by his weight.
Another piece of the cord was attached to the beam. k sur-
geon 11,1 S sent for, who stated that deceased had been dead
some hours. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity."