The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

aunoune,ment of the death of Sir DAVID WILKiz, at
Gibraltar, on the lst instant :--

Ey the Leech steam,r, arrived this evening with Malta and
Peninsular mails. the accompanyirg fjespatchcs were received ;
her dates are from Gib;al;ar the 27th, Cadiz the *2Bth, and
Lisbon the 31st ult., end from 01 or to and Vigo the 2d instant.
The Portuguese news is Unimportant.
Also arrived, early this morning, C.c. Oriental steamer, with
the Levant, Egyptian, and India mails, duplicates wher•of have
alt eady reached via Marseilles. She has brought home in all
eighty-three passEngcr3. among whom arc Sir James Carnec,
lady, and family ; Sir Willoughby Cotton, Sir Harry D.,rrell,
Lady Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Furc, tic. lEty this art ival we re
Fret to learn the death, at Gibraltar, On the Ist instant, of our
talented countryman and artist Sir David Wilkie, who was re-
turning home with the Oriental hum Alev.andria ; but, being
suddenly attacked with illness, was landed at Gibraltar, and
died.

BANKS OF ISSUE.—A short Bill haa just been brought
into Parliament, making it imperative on. all bankers in
the United Kingdom to keep accounts of the amount of
their promissory notes in circulation, and to make re-
turns thereof monthly. The Bank of England is to
make similar returns monthly, together with a sta' e-
went of the amount of the bullion in the Bank during
the preceding month, and these returns shall be pub-
lished in the Glzette in every month. The Bill was
prepared and brought in by Mr. Cherles Wood, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir Robert POJ.
DEaTa or Sin DAVID WILKIE.—We 2.:11101111i!E! with
groat regret the death of this celebrated Painter, wltion
took place at Gibraltar on the ist of this month. It
would appear •.lut.t his death was sudden, as no account
had been receiveci of his previous illness. He was on his
return from Egypt, where be had pawed some time in
ve2erable ruins of that ancient country—
net e-e!y with a to gratify a laudable curiosity, but
eke to enable him, at fature period, we believe, to
lay the result of his labou,.:' before the public, but they
have been speedily cut short the hand of death. Du-
ring his visit he had frequent Ith,erviews with Mehemet
Ali, with whom he is said to have bre'll a great favourite,
and had taken one of the best likens:3o3a his High-
ness, with a view of having •it engrave°. in England.
We trust the painting was in such n state of heawardness
as will enable an engraver to cerry the original ilesigil
into effect. The loss of'Sir David Wilkie will be felt, pot
only in this country, but throughout Europe and Ame-
ritta. His Rent Day, Blindthan's Bui7, Penny Wedding,
Chelsea Pensioners, and many other now standard works
of art, are as • well known and as much admired in
foreign conntries as in his native land, and
will render his name immortal. Like a countryman of
his own, who is as w:•11 know throughout the civilized
world, Mr. Thomas Campbell, he completed most of his
c.ilebrated works when he was young. He came to
London when he was about twenty years of age, and
exhibited for the first time at the Royal Leadenly, in
1305. One great painting followed another in rapid
succession, and in a few years he reached the-heiieht of
his fame. Latterly his productions have been far
Igor to those which brought him so justly into notice.
Sir David was 56 years of age at his death. lie was the
son of the Rev. Wilkie, minister of the parish of
Oults, in Fifeshire, and was born in 1785. He was
knighted in 1836, elected an Associate of the Rove?.
Academy, in 1810, and a Royal Academician in 1812.
Ile was lately appointed principal painter in ordinary to
her Majesty.

SLAVE-GROWN PRODUCE. A writer in the
Anti-Slavery Reporter puts " the inquiry to all, whether
we should continue to sutThr ourselves, however unwill-
ingly, to be a party to the great crime of slavery ; and
whether we are doing what we can in the cause of aboli-
tion, whilst we continue to be, as consumers of the pro-
duction, the great supporters of the system." It is clear
tliat the gentleman is not_doing what he can to aid in the
cauz:e of abolition, while he woars cotton or:uses tobbacco,
or is in any way contaeninated by slave-grown produce. He
ought to go naked, or wear woollens—taking core that
it .is not contaminated by cochineal or indigo gathered
by slaves. If he, and such as he, will only confine their
philanthropy -to themselves, and not play the tyrant over
others, while they serve the slaves, their conduct may be
most praiseworthy. We do not object to their abstain-
ing from using slave-grown produce, but we have a hor-
ror of their interfering to make other people abstain.

THE "MODESTY OF THE BREAD TAXERS is as remark-
able as their sense of justice. They tell the labourers
that for every quarter of foreign corn brought into the
country a quarter of home-grown corn will be displaced.
At the same time they say that importing foreign corn
will lower the prices one-third. and they expect to be be-
lieved when they affirm that more bread will not be eaten
when the loaf costs 4d. than when •it cost 6d. At the,
same time they solemnly andin printed papers assure the
labourers that if the price falls frOm 60s. to 40s. the la-
bourers will receive then less wages. They do not mean,
therefor a, to abate their rents nor lessen, their tithes.
Whatever may happen they are resolved to have
as large a share as they now have ; and while they
pretend to be the friends of the labourers they doom
them to bear all the loss, if any, of repealing. the bread
tax. The labourers, however, are already ground down
to the lowest stage of poverty, and any change- in their
condition must be for the better. They will not allow
the bread taxers to throw on them the loss caused by
the repeal, as the bread taxers have had all the advantage
of the tax.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Lisbon Mail, brought by the Leeds steamer, has ar-
rived. The intelligence from thai quarter will be foimd in
ar4,ther part of the Paper.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MA RKET, Jcisrr 7.—We have to note
an improved bmincss in the Cotton Market to-day. The Sales
are 3,000 bales, 300 of which have been taken on speculation.
Prices do not vary from Friday's quotati:m.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 7.—'Tile transactim s
to-day comprise the follow ing Glasgow, Paisley, am!
Greenock, New Shares, 3%; Grand Junction, Quarter
Shares, 2-514 ; North Midland, Half shares, 33%; Third
Shares, 5%.
MANCHESTER, STOCK EXCHANGE', JUNE 7.—Our Market
is inanimate to-day, and little business doing.—Manchester
and Birmingham, ; North Midland, 67 to 67i ; Ditto,
Thirds, 51. 18s. ; • Manchester and -Leeds, 514 52; Ditto,
Half Shares, 21 ' • London and Brighton, 46 46f, ; Manchester
and Salford Banks, 10.

We have received the Hamburgh mail of the 4th June, and
papers of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London,
the same as last arrival, 1351/4 ; Gold, 4291, ; Metal, 108;
Bank Actions, 1,643.
Accounts have been received at Havre from Guadaloupe and
Mar inique of the Ist and 4th May. Guadaloupe enjoyed
tranquillity.
We have an arrival from Hobart of thA 23d February. The
private letters received state that several failures have taken
place these. Money very scarce, and business in a dull state.
The Oriental steamer has rrrived, bringing dates from
Alexandria, 22d May ; Malta, 27th May; Gibraltar, Ist June.
We have no inteligence as yet of the arrival of the Britannia
steamer from Halifax. It is stated that 201. was gisen
yesterday at Lloyd's for insurance on her.

THE FUNDS.
Consols opened this morning at the same quotations they left
off at, 88; 89 ex-div. ; duced. 884 i; Three-and-a-Hilt' per
Cents., Reduced, 974 • Exchequer Bills 5 8 prom. ; Bank
Stock. 169 170 ; India Bonds 1 3 prem.
In the p,,reign Market Spanish is as it left oT, 23,1 :1,-; De-
ferred, 11b a;-Pasive, fil 1 ; Portuguese rather lower, left
off 331 34 ; at present 33t1 ; Brazilian, 6763; CoLmbian.
211 ; Mexican, 27/ 23, Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents.,
521 A %; Five per Cents., 99% 100.
'the imoidiate dissoltvicn of Parliament has not had any
effect on the British :Market, Which rather appears firm at
present.
SHAurs.—Great Western, 28 29 prem. ; New, 131 14
Irm.; London and Brighton, 44 dis. ; 65s d:s.;
• Birmingham, 68 70 prem ; South.mptnn, 5':.) 56 p-:•r share.
PRICES OF bHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western

Ditto New
Ditto Fifths

London and Brighton
Midland Counties
Ditto i Shares
North Midland
Ditto New

Ditto Thirds

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster . .. 20
Ditto New ...~
_ HALF-PAST ONE.
We have received intelligence from Rio Janeiro to April 18,
stating that a change of Alinistry had taken place there. Ex-
change upon London, 30i to The above information Was
received via Pernambuco. .

The following are the narnes of the New 31inistry at Rio Janeiro :
—Clemente Pereira, Mini,ter of War; Candid° Jose de Aiango
Vianna, Home Affairl ; Marquez de Parragua, of the Navy ;
Paulin° Jo.-,e de Soares e Souza, Justice ; Aurelino de Souza
Olivara Contintro, :Minister of Foreign Affairs. The above
names thus 'comprise. three of the leaders in the House of
Deputies, aid thre, of tl.e most influential Senators, each of
wh'em have been _Ministers before.

We ha%e rmived Hobart Town papers to the 20th February.
FouT Pnintr.—The condition of Fort Philip is far from
pleasant at this moment, what with outrages from the Blacks
without. and the fever within, caused by brackish water.
The Patriot states that a dysentery rages at Melbourne to a
great. extent, owing to the brackish water, and that a danger-
ous fever had found its way into the colony.
Consols at present may be quoted at the opening price of the
morning, 89 S 9, ex •dividend ; Reduced, 88 ; Exchequer
Bill:, 86 prem. ; Bank Stock, 170 ; India Ponds, 1 prem. par.
In the Foreign Market. scarce a bargain doing. Spanish Ac-
tive, 23k; Portuguese, lower, owingl o the Intelligence
by the LisbOn mail this morning. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cc nts., 524.

In the Share Market rather more busineEs doing this morn-
ing. Great Western, 93 ; Ditto, New, 63 ; Ditto, Fifths, 11;
London and Brighton, 45 ; North Midland, 69; Ditto, New,
34; Ditto, Thirds, 6.
QUARTER TO THREE.

Whilst trade in all branches is carried on to se limited an ex-
tenf,,, even consumptioe being materially checked by high
prices and manufacturing ciistiess, it will excite no
surprise that the stocks of produce should be on the
increase As an article of leading importance we may take
the case of British plantation sugar. The imports this year
have not exczcded I'y snore than 30 hhds. 300 trca. those
of last year . up to the corresponding date ; and yet
the ,stock is 8,562 hauls. against only 6,526 hhds.,
at this time last year. This evidently points, therefore, to
an increased consumptien; and, induce, upon referring to the
returns before us, we find that" up to this time in 1840
it amounted to 38,668. h,gsheitds, while this year
it has been only 23,086 hogsheaes. This at once
shows the serious privatiorik of the poorer classe,.,
and at the same time appears to indicate that even the West
India planter barely makes a good exchange in realising ex-
travagant trices, while he sells lull one-th'rd less.
:limey is light in the City again, owing to the nearer ap-
pose's of a ckssolution of Parliament. The steaWness of the
Funds,.not withstanding this, shows tLe confidence of the ple-
be at large.
Consols, Account, bbd 89 ; Mexican, 27z , Portuguese,
; Spanish, 231 4. . .
Markets flat, and monev scarce.

• On IVlondav an inquest was. held before Mr.
'Carter, Coioncr .for Surrey, at Camberwell, on. -of the
body of .John Turner, a fine ruth, fire yeri-,
di , •
eulA, :aid, in stotting to pull up.his doe, he fel, head foremost,
in',o'the rarer. :,.Yerdict—Avidental death. _ - •