The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-03 00:00:00

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Naples ...... • • ...... 403,a
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Messina .............. 121
Oporto" .. •..... • • .. • • 63%
Rio Janeiro .......... 26
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New York 21 days'sight

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FILICZ3 OF BULLION, YES OZ,
Foreign Gold inbars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0

New Dollars •• .. • . 0 4 9%
Silver In bars ...... • . 0 4 11 %

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon,
Captain Moresby, has arrived here with the heavy por-
tion of the India and China mails. Her dates are—
Alexandria, September 16; Malta, 21st; Gibraltar, 27th.
She brings 88 passengers, specie valued 14,0001., and a
full cargo. The Hindostan, with the outward Indian
Mails of 20th from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar
on 25th ultimo in 4i days, and proceeded to Malta.
The Iberia sailed from Gibraltar for Southampton on
the evening of the 26th ult., to touch at Cadiz, Lisbon,
Vigo, and Oporto, for the Peninsular mails.
METROPOLITAN PARKS.—In the year 1833 a Se-
lect Committee was appointed in the House of Commons,
to consider the propriety of establishing additional pub-
lic parks and places for exercise. The Committee having
considered the matter, repotted that the number of such
places were insufficient then for the requirements of the
public, and recommended that five additional sites should
be appropriated for the establishment of public parks and
walks. Now, since that period, sixteen years ago, what
has been done? Victoria Park, such as it is, has been
partly formed; and the very best site for a public park
in the neighbourhood of London, viz, Copenhagen-
fields, has been suffered to be entirely destroyed, and
almost every footpath in that neighbourhood closed
against the public, which, at the time above mentioned,
they had full enjoyment of. Hackney-downs, too—these
would form a noble park. But there are boards up to
say that the ground is to be let for building purposes;
although I believe it is or was common, or laminas land.
But no measures have ever been taken, at least that I
am aware of, to secure this beautiful spot for the use of
the public. Ido not mean to blame the present Govern-
ment for all this. Of course they cannot be answerable
for the misdeeds of their predecessors. But I must say
that I think it very hard, that when the sum of 150,0001.
should be lavished upon additions (the propriety of
which is very questionable) to a single palace, which ht
already cost no one knows how much, and such immense
sums should be expended upon the new Houses of Par-
liament, so little should have been done for the suffering
million. The builders are not blameless in this matter,
for the reckless way in which they have covered every
available spot of ground without reservation; and this
they will find out the error of before long, or I am very
much mistaken.— Corr espondent of the Builder.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEVITION.—The cylinder
picked up and sent to the Admiralty only contained in-
telligence to the 30th of June, 1845, from Sir John
Franklin's ships, which had already been heard of sub-
sequently to that date.
A poor man working at the incendiary fire in
North-street, Bridport, on Friday evening, was taken
ill, and died of choleraic symptoms on the following day