The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-04 00:00:00

ruin. What a pity that so much patriotic eloquence
should have been wasted in combating a shadow conjured
up by the prolific fancy of the Noble Lord ? A man looks
has
scommonly silly when he finds, after a speech which he
concocted with a view to demolish his opponent, that
has actually demolished himself. This was the fate of the
Earl of itif,-,,ts; on the present occasion. There was no founda-
tion for his charge ; for it turned out, from the reply
of Lord GLENELG, that die commission does not cost the d
country one farthing, the whole pense falling up not to
amounting not °
revenues of Malta, and that expense
5,0001., as stated by Lord RIPON, but to 1,09°/. °
Then, again, mark the felicitous harrnea en
the between
the Noble Earl and the Duke of WELLll46l'os,the
one of the subjects of inquiry about whici) 0
Commissioners were occupied. " Almost the whole tun__
of these gentlemen," says the Noble Earl, " has been be
pied about the question whether there ought to be
free press in Malta or not, as if there could he 5111110
possibility of keeping the press under restriction." "
exclaims the Noble Duke, " Malta is a fortress'"
,
,;-22at do you want with a free press in such a place ? eLci
might a: well think of establishing a free press on boar
the Admiral: ship on the station—it is an unheard-of Piec
of absurdity !
Such are the conti:Cting views of these two n
‘-'Ol.,
sition Peers, on a very l'nPortant question—so inipero,
tant indeed, in our view, that: had the Commission ?cc
duced no other result than the establishment of a ir it
press, we should have held the expense incurred, were,ut
ten times as great, not worth a moment's cons:deration. 11,5
colony. Every department—the leg
the truth is, that reform is nowhere more wanted than inxt,,jal
—the civil—swarms with abuses, which never could have
been sufficiently brought to light but by a Coroulletsual
acting on the spot, and seeing with its own eyes the 'lc
legislative—the itic,"4o
working of the system, which has occasioned such loud eel"
plaiti!s from the oppressed natives.

ook
A very numroug and highly respectable rneet'n° ft
place this day at the London Coffee House, .L'to
gate-hill, Mr. Alderman COPELAND in the Chair, ,
take into consideration the propriety of further postP"1„11,
the Coronation. The meeting fell that it would be fr:e,
injury to the trade of the metropolis if .it took place inc;"l-ort
We regret that want of space compels us to omit the, Report
of the meeting, as well as numerous other comrnullc3-1
of a pressing nature.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL 11,-

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLO Cik.o,
The New York packet-ship of the Bth inst., the Independence I,a' by
rived at Liverpool, sailed on the 9th ult. She has been anticipeleuers of
the Havre packet, by which we received the New York 11..
'-
the
the 9th ult., consequently cannot bring fresh intelligence 11.
United States. it So°l
New Brunswick papers have been received at the North and Aevoi.
American Coffee-house to the 4th of April', but they are entirelY "
of the least interest. the ‘'llit
Accounts received this morning state, from yancorbo of Negri.
of April, that Iriarte made a second attack on the fiction under '', ires
near Saint Jean de Halmeira. The other division uni!er GeT;epratsilL
thilen, marched for Miranda, to co-operate in the atta4 °'
Merino still remains in the Seria de Lerma. ~h Od in,:dt.
We have received the Journal of Commerce of Antwerp of ---e 013.-
(yesterday's date.) The accounts state that the crowd which ass e
so,,u
at Brussels, manifesting their indignation on the conduct of the rAruosi'
troops at Luxemburg, proceeded to the Hotel of the Prussia', 'OO,
sador at Brussels, and hooted him. The conduct of the people lia.ns 61;0
what alarmed the Belgian Government, and it is stated that the
i. .ng the
Ministers are endeavouring to soothe the Prussian agent, niak
most abject apologies. 'i.
Consols this morning continue steady at theiniprovement of t'o'te;we
and may be quoted at 931 f for the Account; and 92k for Morie01:0 75
business doing as yet. Exchequer Bills 69 71 prem. ; India
to 80 prem. ; Bank Stock 205 to 206 ; India Stock 270 to '',.ll°• tool°
The general attention of the speculators is at present dire'''.
the Ministers Budget. Act ire
• •
In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal as yet. Spanish 44 ,
20 k, with Coupons ; Portuguese 33 % % ; Three per Cents. °i), 0'
Brazilian 75 34; 6i ; Dutch 544 ; Mexican 27k 28 4 ; Colombian • •
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCI‘• 811
Rank Stock
pia'
3 per Cent, Red, 92%% Ditto Bonds ...... ... .......... "10 "-....---
3 per Cent. Cons 93%% South Sea Stock ......... ... ..... ../
3% per Cent........... lOO% Old Annnitics ... .......... .::: *----._...•
Ditto lied. 100%% New Ditto ...-. .... ...• ..... ....... . -...,
New 3% per Cent... ..... ... 101%%34 3 per Cent. . °Annuities, , '',/,, o.'
New 5 per Cent.
Bank LongAnnuitiestoeznirc Ditto 500 ......... If:, 7..2 Ont.
Jan 5, 1860... 15% 15 1-16 Ditto Small .................. o=l_
..... p ..
. Exch. Bills, -£1,000.. ....... ~.2 72- ri!'
Oct. 10, 1859
...., to
Jan. 5, 1860 15% Ditto Advertised... ....... .. ..-•••
Jan. 5,- 1880 — Bank bock for Account... ....... i
April 5, 1880 — India Stod, for Acc0unt.......,..... 03
Jan. 5, 1870 —, Consols for A.',connt.A..*".o,cl,oClCii
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY Al' ONE ••O
• 2(3'..
Austrian Bonds ~ ......
••• ....
...
' ... ..... •••
Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account •••••
.......... ..• 3334
Ditto Account . Portuguese Borb"' ........ " i,,i
Brazilian Bonds ~.
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per cent.... .... V,
Ditto Account
'hillian Bonds ...... ......... , — Pru,sian 80nd5.... . .......... ..,." 1115
Ditto Account — Ditto Account .. .............. --*
Russian Bonds, 1822 .............
..„„
Columbian Bonds ...........
Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic.... ............... ....
Columbian Bonds, 1824 — Spanish Bonds ..................•••
....„
Ditto Account . — Ditto Account .................. "74
Danish Bonds
......
Ditto Account
Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent.......... ---"
-- --. c-
f.
Ditto Bonds, 1825 — -- 4 per cent.
.1. -'6.

Ditto Account — 3 per cent. _i.......e,
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. , — Exchange
Ditto Account
Ditto, 6 per cent.
Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent 9904
,
Neapolitan — Ditto Account ... .......... ....
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOClishogi
Paid. Per al
Alten Mining Company 12% 120
British Iron Company
1
Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company .......
Eastern Countie,lßailway •..
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Great Western Railway Company 65 vN
Brighton Railway Compans' 8 17
L ndon and Birmingham Railway Company 9058
London and Southampton Railway Company 5(l pi
9
London and Croydon Railway Company 2O
~,nchester and Birmingham Railway 7 ..,
Thames Haven Railway Company 5 OS 1
Ditto Unregistered... 2% Its 164
Asphalte, Claridge's Patent 2 Oil
Do British 1 43% 4%
Bastenne and Gaujac Bitumen
FRENCH FUNDS. —Pants, MAY 2.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 95c. 108 f. 107 f. 95c.
Four per Cents., 101 f 50c.
Three per Cents., 80f. 70c. 75c. 80c.
Bank Actions, 2,685 f. 2,695 f.
Bente de Naples' 100 f 70c.
Roman Five per Cents., 103% 103.
Spanish Actives, 21% 21.
Belgian Loan, 103.
Belgian Bank, 1,445 f. 1,440 f.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 32.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 22;i.
Haytian Loan, 495 f.
EXCHANOR ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 4"71,c.; money, 25f. 45c.,
Three months, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f. 324 c.
LATEST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 108 f. sc.
Three per Cents., 80f. 75c.
Bank Actions, 2,635 f.
Romans, 103.
Belgian Loan, 103%.
Belgian Bank, 1,410 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 22,6.
Haytian Loan, 485 f.
Spanish Actives, 21.

,„ oflF• 1,
HALF-PAS -,„ pire,";
Files of American Papers have been received at the Nor"' intell
can CotTee.liouse, from all parts of the United States. Therrival
gence they contain has been anticipated by the previotlS 3
American Papers of the same date.
PW".
From Upper Canada we have the following :—" Not being aced'
sion of more than the fact of Sir George Arthur's arrival an; sir f*,
sion to the government of, this province, and the departure °' poen'
Head, we are unwilling to detail as yet the circumstances anti„ ot,r
inforralo';ince
upon the change. We have great pleasure, however,
readers: that Sir George has assumed the government of the Pqr ov;the
with the character of possessing talent, and determination to 0'
policy of his predecessor." doing
Both the British and Foreign markets have been very inactive
at
the whole of the morning, and Consols have continued at „5130 n"
present 93 N ; money, 93k. Exchequer Bills, 69 72. In"'
78 80 pm. Bank Stork, 205 k. India Stock, 291. Of.
In the Foreign market Spanish Active, with Coupons, beavY'rati'cr
Portuguese steady, at 33i. Three per Cents., 221. Brazilian
lower, 76. Danish, 74i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 54k. pastel'
Little doing in the Share market. Claridge's, 1,1),-
pr •
2i prem.
THREE 0' CI BOX'
Consols for Account, 93g.