The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-18 00:00:00

THE LEVANT MAIL.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Sultan, Captain Brooks, which arrived at South-
ampton on Saturday, brings advices to the following
dates :—Constantinople, 27th Sept.; Trebizonde,
12th Sept. ; Smyrna, 30th Sept.; and Gibraltar,
10th Oct. On the 14th and 15th she had to en-
counter a heavy gale from the N.E., but had, other-
wise, a fair passage. She brings a general cargo of
10,482 pkges. of fruit ; 295 bags yellow'berries ; 22
casks ditto ; 7 tubs of leeches; 9 boxes scammony ;
2 of opium ; 266 bales goats' wool; 54 cases silk ;
76 bales ditto; 66 barrels raisins ; 32 packages sun-
dries ; 2 boxes specie ; and 800 barrels grapes.
Stations of her Majesty's Ships—At Constanti-
nople, the steamer Meteor; at Malta, the Hibernia
(120), bearing the flag of Sir W. Parker; Trafal-
gar (120) ; Superb (80) ; Albion (90); Rodney
(90) ; Vanguard (84); Thetis (36). Steamers, the
Gladiator and Hecla.

THE MONEY PRESSURE.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
The pressure for money in Liverpool continues
unabated, and, though comparatively few failures have
taken place, we fear our troubles are not by any means
over. On Saturday a memorial, which originated
with the American Chamber of Commerce, lay for
signature in the Exchange-room, and soon received
the signatures of a vast body of merchants and ship-
owners. We subjoin a copy of the document. We
understand that a highly-respectable deputation will
forthwith proceed with this memorial to London, and,
in order to give due weight and importance to the
representations of the merchants, they have formally
requested Mr. W. Brown, M.P, for the county, and
Mr. Cardwell, M.P. for the borough, to attend them
on the presentation of the memorial to Lord John
Russell. We understand that Sir T. Birch may
possibly have arrived from the continent, in which
case the Hon. Baronet will also accompany the de-
putation :
"TO TILE RIGHT HON. THE LORD JOHN RUSSELL,

FIRST LORD OF TIER MAJESTY'S TREASURY.

"The memorial of the undersigned bankers, mer-
chants, traders, and others, inhabitants of
Liverpool

" Showetli,—that your memorialists beg respect-
fully to represent to your Lordship the present de-
plorable condition of the trade, commerce, and manu-
factures of the country, and the imperative necessity
for such immediate relief as it may be in the power of
the Government to afford. Produce, of every de-
scription, is only saleable in small quantities, and at
an enormous sacrifice. Bills of exchange, and the
most valuable securities, are unconvertible into cash,
even at great depreciation, except in the most insig-
nificant amounts. Foreign orders for produce and
goods cannot be executed for want of the customary
facilities for disposal of bills drawn against them.
Confidence is all but annihilated, and the currency of
the country in a great measure withdrawn and
hoarded.

"It is needless, on this occasion, to inquire by what
combination of causes this lamentable state of affairs
has been brought about : a crisis of unparalleled severity
exists, and your memorialists believe that it is in the
power of the Government to allay alarm and restore
confidence by coming to the relief of the commercial
and manufacturing classes by a temporary advance on
the credit of the country. Your memorialists believe
it is not only the duty but the interest of Government
to afford relief, inasmuch as they confidently beli?ve
that the utter prostration of the manufacturing and
commercial interests cannot otherwise be prevented,
whereby the labouring population will be immediately
thrown out of employment, arid an amount of misery
and destitution will be witnessed unexampled in the
annals of the country.
" Your Lordship may depend upon us when we
assure you, that, if the present pressure be not re-
lieved, merchants and other traders, of undoubted
respectability—who are not only solvent, but rich,
and who have merchandise and bills which, under
ordinary circumstances, would afford easy and ample
means of meeting engagements—will inevitably be
compelled to stop payment."

A WELSH MAGISTRATE..-...A. traveller having made
an excellent supper at an inn in North Wales, observed
that " nobody could have made a better." " Stop, stop,"
said the landlord, " you are in Wales, Sir, and must not
make personal comparisons, without adding,' the Mayor
excepted.' " " No!" rejoins the other, " I'll neither ex-
cept Mayor or Alderman; I say no man COJ Id have made
a better supper than I have done." " Will you not?"
said Boniface, " then let me tell you you'll be fined five
shillings." " Fined or confined, it matters Rot, I'll not
except a soul of them." The landlord made his bow and
exit, but the next morning summoned his guest before
the Mayor for this act of petty treason, and the fine
was in consequence exacted and paid; when the traveller,
turning round to the landlord in open court, thus ad-
dressed him:—" I have travelled through the greater
part of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and, except the
identical animal that chews the thistle, I have never met
with so egregious an ass as you are, landlord," and then
turning with an air of profound reverence to the bench,
he added—" the Mayor excepted."—Shropshire Conser-
vative.

The Observer of yesterday, October 17, gave about
seven folio columns of Monetary Affairs, commencing
with half-a•column of introductory matter on the pre-
sent state of the country. These commercial articles,
coupled with the nine columns in last week's Observer,
October 10 (have been twice reprinted during the past
week, and copies can yet be had), from the most
original, complete, comprehensive, and authentic state-
ments of the Funds, Revenue Tables in full, Failures,
and City intelligence that could be obtained up to Satur•
day night last. The Observer of yesterday, October 17,
had two columns of the latest Railway intelligence, in-
cluding the West Flanders Company meeting on Satur-
day. All the particulars of the shameful hoax of the
triple Murder and Arson at Foot's Cray, Ilarylebone
Vestry, &c.
LIBEL UPON SIR JOHN GERARD, BART.—OD Fri-
day evening, at five o'clock, a schoolmaster named Daniel
Rile, of Eccleston, near Lancaster, was brought before
the magistrates at Wigan, charged with publishing " a
scandalous, wicked, and malicious libel on Sir John
Gerard, Bart., of Ashton in-the-Willows." It appeared
from the evidence that Sir John and Lady Gerard had
been annoyed by the receipt of numerous anonymous
letters, reflecting upon the conduct of the former, and
charging him with immorality and seduction. It was
evident that the letters had been written with the object
of producing estrangement between Sir John and Lady
Gerare; and the motive appears to have originated in
Sir Joh Gerard having caused Rile's discharge from a
:cheol at Ashton, of which he had been the master. The
handwriting of the prisoner having been satisfactorily
proved, he was committed to the assizes for trial.
Our readers will remember, that on the 23d of June
last M. Adolphe I)enain, a young man of a distinguished
family, called upon M. Merilhou, peer of France, his
legal guardian, and after some altercation, demanded his
signature to an order on the treasurer of the Court of
Cassation for 1,800 f., and a promissory note for 3,000 f.,
comply leaded
purporting to be a balance of account due from M.
Mwiethrilthhoius.reqTuheastt. gmen.tlDemenanainhadvrienwg refused
twedtoo
pistols,
his struggle with him to
and 21. l Consequences,Merilu' in
received several injuries.
fatal
having
aving
disarmed the infuriate young M. prevent
,Meril ih
the latter attempted to fly, but was man,
as arrested. He was
on Friday brought to trial for the
money by menaces. He was found attempt to extort
guilty, and sentenced
out expos
to five years of reclusion, without exposure on the '1
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