The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-08 00:00:00

EVENING SUN
•A irS'
• MONEY MARKET and CITY NE
FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. 'C Do,
TIMES.—The suspension of Messrs. B
Berry, and Co., bankers, of Berwick-on-1 Iw`tvii
was formally announced this morning, C
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no reason was given by them for their stoi I'll,
Yesterday there was a rumour of their si
sion, which now turns out to have been lest
founded, but even those parties who bad th e
bhe
means of information were so uncertain as 1%0. ke
real state of affairs, that it was adiisable to •
no notice of the matter until bette anti de,
cated. The bank is not of any great nrairl ,iou
a 1(
and its stoppage can scarcely occasion any ~.rw
the other banks in the vicinity, as they are J
to issue only Bank of England notes.
POST.—The mails received in town yes te'r,
from. Mexico bring some intelligence &nu' .ha
miniag districts. The Director of the iljtve
Mexican Mhzing• Company, unable to bring be t
Sardanapala family and other Proprietors
to agree amongst themselves or to accede to,wte.
lose the mine and 5
terms offered by the Company, had resolveaco.
shou
cetvi,,J it.better policy ,hat the Company .1
uspend all operations;
wind up taeir affairs and realise
one million of dollars as a mOrtz' age on the luto
than subtw
due to the English Company)
dictation or imposition. • n
(still the
per dtoietTek:l
The Brazil mail brought the infoonatl°- as
the 20,000/. deposited twenty years g.' "be re-
guarantee for the duty now reduced, is .1) aareo'
turned to the Brazilian Mining Company, jities
ably to a vote passed in the Chamber of D,ei
to that effect, to which reference was nuaue
terday under this head. The question ()flute; ere
was not settled. The returns at the wipe la tia
at the rate of about 51b. of gold s.
the prospects of this Company, owing
covery of some large veins of jacaing43le,tr veurs
the whole, more cheering than for s'°-,To.'iise.s
past. The stock is rather better, I.lo'l'
from 41. and 51. to 61. and Si. per share'. ledfor
The Bankruptcy Court has been occa be far
some days past, as it seems likely to'•
several days yet to come, with a case, the eo*lo-
nation into which has already led to some, far
ordinary disclosures. The evidence tn;%itoirc
given is ex pante, and we therefore ab yle,
from entering, for the present, into details.
may, however, observe that much of it isbuo
nature to bring disgrace upon firms that The
heretofore stood well in the general opini°,%ilinS.
showy warehouses fitted up in the A,e,; too'
thoroughfares are, it is • quite evident, for
many instances started by moneyed Peu,l3; for
no other purpose than that of protnot'Dl
their own benefit, a system of plunder %.'d
most wholesale description, which IS ca credit
by means of fictitious credit, or rather, c„
based on false appearances. The extenslc,:thau•
of manufactured goods of late at much le'ople4;
the prime cost, of which numerous OLaii'afeot's
have been detected, has rendered it aPwr le
that they could have been obtained only
species of thieving. , nosiOT
SUN.—The Stock Market was in ago rottVr
to-day, though not so buoyant. Money Was„ 54*
easier. For immediate transfer Consols reaa'neno
with the dividend, and for money, and for the ',lgill-4
88k, alternately buyers and sellers. Excheque*D italc;
were 10s.' to 12s. premium, and India Stock Paro' 41f per.
Stock was steady at 165. New Three-and-a";-Celit6"
Cents. were at 991 to 991, and Reduced Three Pe'
at 881 to 881. SW ;61.5'.
Only a limited business was done in Foreign.,,l4l
but Spanish and South American Bonds it:Vt.° 11
value. The Active Spanish were done at 2375..,3,
an
Portuguese • New Five per Cents. remained itv ;ere
the Three per Cents. at 19i. Mexican Bondsw. ret
an improvement to 25i and 26, but Colon:Ns°
at 20a. Brazil Stock, in consequence of thel
from Rio yesterday, has improved from 591 t),rbiicr
62. Russian Bonds were steady at 1134, an"
Two ,and-a-Half per Cents. at 52. WOK°
Shares were rather better to-day. Great a , the,
Railway Shares were 161 to 171 ; the th
London and Birmingham, 70 ; the New, Vps'tellic
York and North Midland, 36i; and the South.., too.
17* to 17% premium ; Brighton were 141 to 131' fie
North Midland, 331 discount. National ]link
land Shares were par to i• premium. er or°
in the Foreign Exchanges there was vith ,2e, to.
buoyancy. Bills were negotiated on Paris at 25f. Alo
; on -Antwerp at 12 3/ ; on Frankfort at
..1,10; trt•
150 ; on Hamburgh at 13 101 w
; on Atost.
12 4/ to 5 ; and on Trieste at 9 51 to 53.

DISTRESS IN SPITALFIr-41'p 5
or
The Committee of Journeymen Silk-sveaver°;fields.
pointed to inquire into the state of the SO' air
trade, and the, extent of the distress existing in tbat e
trict, laid the result of their investigations bni°„fight-
meeting, convened for that purpose. on SaturtleY
at the Groan and Anchor Tavern, Bethnal-green'
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'ell3vving is the report :
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Are Comiiiiace had visited thirty-six stre--
,alfields, Bethnal-green, and Mile-end NOV-WWII. f
ffOSIt
them were 784 families, comprising about 3,436 Pc-, 00
taking men, women, and children. There were "5,5
looms in work, and 6.58 out of work. There Wervdstr
empty houses, lately occupied, in which on an avel'oo
were three looms each, which made 189 more I°°tAl
out of work ; which, added to the former, made
of 847 looms vacated. The Committee were olf ere,
those looms Which were at work were only 176, toot
ployed. From a general calculation, it is believe; the
there tire between 12,000 and 13,000 looll?° the re'
district, half of which are not in work, wbligcdr I°°l°,
maining half are working half time ; and ag Or,ei
employs three hands, the weaver, warper' wily li.d"to
a large portion of the population is neee6'f to g° I? h
out of mph)) went. The great body object Sin obte
the workhouse, so that there are many 0°—
two and three families are living together.

SU. a„ al
A meeting of Deputies from all 'the 1°W.,11: coil"
villages in Forfarshire, and the adjacent countliace
nected with the lined trade, is fixed to take of Ctn.'
Dundee on the 6th of January, for the purr,r;
f°
warding the cause of repeal of the Corn and
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P°l"fr
E. J. DENT, 82, StFand, by Special p
to
ment CHRONOMETER and WATCHOMCEADEit',.'
QUEEN and his Royal Highness PRINCE lied
obtained the great Government Reward fur the utlequa.cd slll'
formance of his Chronometer', No. 114, which only vairal.tion
tp
four hundredths of a second in twelve months. In attic yora:
this distinction, he has just received, by order of " gite'
Commissioners of the Admiralty, the highest reward or,.eners.
by their Lordships for the good performance . of tiln"b7sris6
Mr. Dent, anxious to remove an y prejudice which 11? is el-
to his general business from the idea that his attention
begs 0
elusively devoted to instruments of the highest order, a t,
tb'
state, that while his principal care is nedessarily directcy.,itchest
latter, he is not unmindful of the manufacture 016001
which, while they are greatly lower in price, are suulocali
accurate for all ordinary purp .
oses, and wil!, therefore, bevratelles. ,
most in demand. The whole of his extensive stock 004 lie
has had the advantage of his selection and examinatioup
has arranged a department, under competent superinte7coo
for offering to the public good plain watches at as low Police
is compatible with any pretensions to correctness, fc",l
ld
pating, from an Increase of business, an advantageous cur
sation for reducion in price. Ladies' or Gentlemen °;_afit
Watches, from 10/. 10s. each; Silver ditto from 41. 44.
Strand,

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PATENT LEVER WATCHES.--Thisbrb
brated construction (the most accurate on which a Ica,"
be made) is now offered at the following prices, with Inc! fear
improvements, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled
ton c""
holes, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaining 1:40‘"
tinue going while winding up.

SILVER CASES. 6
With double-bottomed cases, capped .........6 6
With hunting cases, capped 6 16

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GOLD CASES. . 0
Size for Ladies, with elegant gold 12 0
Ditto, in donble-backed cases.. 14 14 0
Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dia1......... 13 13 0
Ditto, extra full size, capped.... 17 1 various
A pamphlet, containing observations respecting th!_abot
constructions on which Watches are made, with the Prwew
in gold and silver cases, and a variety of sketches of '.lo,in
signs, which have just been completed in gold Chais.s, to 3,
sent, gratis and postage free, on application by Ictteern doors
Cox Savory, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London, Eel
from Gracechurch-street.

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BIRTHS. last °f $
On the 7th inst., in Wilton-crescent, Lady Dog
daughter. lady o 1
On the sth inst., at Duke-street, Westminster, the
E. M. Harrison, Esq., of a daughter. Pugh' of
On the 6th inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. Charles
re,
King's-road, Bedford-row, of twin du hters. Laurno
On the 6th inst., at Fulham, th•a II of Henry
EN., of a son y

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MARRIED. V,q , 0'
On the 2d inst., at Muck Wenlock, Richard BaY, ''' selY
Holmes-terracer Kentish• town, to Mary Elitbeth,
daughter of Humphrey Hinton, Esq , of the former Placiioilis-
On the 4th inst., at Mitcham Church, Mr. Willi,ar„ of "r•
son, of Upper Tooting, to Frances, youngest daugo,—
Rtu.sell, Esq., of Mitcham.
Esq., to Jane Delieiageed'
On the 6th inst., at All Saints, Southampton, PhiliP , 0,0,
Cram , h
of the late
eldest son of the late P. H. ton, of Fassaro, Wie jobo-
- clang tor
M.Robert, M.D , Esq ' ) ° er•
On the 7th inst.,. at St. George's, Bloornsbury, the ." bird
Maude,
of Newport, Isle of Wight, to Mary
snUar'''
daughter of G. H. Hooper, Esq., of Bloomsbury cs______.---"
F' airier, t

R. F.
Gth.eFlasl
J. W. Fast, of the Bengal army,gaged
26. G. g
C llagd'
On the 21st of October, at Rajkote, Captain C.
14th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. . eides
11th of fthOeci‘tioabderra,DstElCEn optm:ebeartso,rsee,coSnedcosnodn Lofieouteennearoat
On the 22d of October, at Bangalore, W. E. Monteith!
eel,.
son of Major-Get. oral NV. Monteith, of the Madras Eno es.
On the 27th ult., at Cologne-on-the-Rhine, Madame
0.-"4,0,
On the 30th ult., in Claremont-square, Charles Fallo ""
Esq., of Messrs. Cox and Co.'s office, Craig's-court.. e ioiya•
On the 4th inst., at Wotton-court, Gloucestershu:ki-
belh, widow of the late G. C. Hopkinson, Esq., aged
elm noir!
On the 4th inst., in Russell-place, Fit z ruy_squar P
Daniel Davis, M.D. , aged 61. It* Ol
Bic 1
On the sth inst., in slecklenburgh.s uare, Edgard q
relief
Comyn, Esq., aged 60.
On the 4th inst., at Skreen., the Lady Louisa llarveY,
of the late Admil al Sir Eliab Harvey, aged 54.

London: Printed a•id Published by MURDO Yu" i°
No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11%
the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, December 8111"