The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-29 00:00:00

e Commercial Bank of Londo'n, who have pu

chased the premises lately occuped. by Messrs
Wright and C. in Henrietta. street, Covent-
garden, the first consideration will be to make
some provision for the family of Mr. Wright
Biddulph, who, by the failure of the late Bank,
has suddenly, and without any fault of his own,
been reduced from a state of affluence to that of
poverty. We doubt not but that the new esta-
blishment will meet with the encouragement
which this liberal act on their part deserves.
COUNTING OUT THE HOUSE.—The Spectator is
very angry with General Johnson for having
counted out the House when Mr. Grote brought
forward a pet motion concerning New South
Wales. We are bound to defend his conduct, be-
cause we approve of it.- There were only thirty
Members present, and it is quite right to stop all
business which it is proposed to carry on by such
a small number of Members. If at the close of the
evening, it was not customary for some half-
dozen or a dozen gentlemen to transact a great
many matters of routine unchecked—if, when-
ever there were less than the required number of
Members present to constitute a House, General
Johnson, or some other Member, were always to
count it out, and never allow any business to be
transacted without a quorum, the Members would
attend more, and being constrained to attend
more, they would put a stop to much of the idle
talk that now wastes the time of the House. Mr.
Grote's motion was, according to the Spectator,
one of great importance both to the colony and
the people of England, and it was a disgrace to
the House of Commons to allow such a motion to
be discussed in the presence of only thirty Mem-
bers. How could the ignorance of the House be
instructed, as the Spectator says, when there
were so few to hear Mr. Grote ? To designate
such an assertion properly, we must call it fudge;
and all fudge, including that of supposing the
House of Commons to be assembled when a little
clique of twenty or thirty Members are gathered
together ought to be put an end to by every ho-
nest man who possesses the power to put an end
to it. In our estimation it is of far more conse-
quence to inform the people of England how the
Members of the House of Commons attend to
their duties than to listen to Doctrinaire Grote
on giving more money or labour to New South
Wales; and we therefore cordially thank General
Johnson for having been the means of informing
the people of England that out of 658 Members
only 30 attended to their business on Thursday,
"a working night." At the same time, we may
mention that Mr. Grote's motion, without the
consent of the Crown, which was not and would
not have been given, could not have been put,
and it would have come to nothing, whether Ge-
neral Johnson had interfered or not.

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE
STREET.

NOON. MARCH 29.
Barometer 29.96 In.
Thermometer . 56 5 Deg.
Highest • 58
Lowest
Wind S. W. by W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

Married on the 27th inst., Mr. Bentley of
Moorgate-street, to Esther, youngest daughter of the late
John Tucker, Eaq , of Westmoreland-place.

BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, MARCH 26.
We still remain without sufficient samples to make a mar.
ket, and have therefore nethir g to report.—Bristol Mgr.
curt'.

DUNDEE, MARCH H.—IMPORTANT DIS-
COVERY.— A very important discovery has been made by
Mr. Wall, of a cheap composition, which is a complete
preventive against the destruction muted to ships by bar-
nacles and other sea insects. Fur a long period of
years copper has .been used for this purpose, which
completely answers the end, so far as protection to
the vessel alone is concerned. The only objection
to the use of copper is its great expense, and the
rapidity with which it is corroded. The average
expense of coppering is upwards of 11. per ton;
and so rapid is the corrosion caused by the air
and the sea water, that the copper requires to
be renewed every five or six years. Sir Humphrey
Davy endeavoured to remedy these objections to the
use a copper by placing sheets of zinc in contact with
it, which almost entirely prevented the corrosion and
destruction of the copper ; but, unfortunately for the
discovery of this great chemist, it was found that the
means be used to preserve the copper rendered it use.
less as a protection against sea worms, the poisonous
substance that formed during the corrosion of the
copper being found to be almost the sole cause of its
protecting powers. The great advantage of the disco-
very of Mr. Wall consists in this, that be covers the cop-
per with a thin coating of poisonous composition, which,
while it completely resists corrosion, by its
poisonous
qualities also prevents all destruction to the vessel by ma-
rine insects. The composition may be applied to iron,
zinc, or any other cheap metal, which, when coated over
with, preserves ships as well as copper does. .• The pro-
pared zinc is about one-half, and the iron about one-third,
the expense of copper.—Edinburgh Observer.
DISPUTE WITH AMERICA.—What increases
our regret at the present differences between the countries
is the worthlessness of the questions in dipute. We are
debating whether the boundaries of territories already too
vast for their inhabitants, shall run for 100 mi:es in one di.
rection or in another ;—and whether an act done in 1837 was
or was not strictly legal. All sensible persons on both sides
of the water must say—Let the questions be referred, or de.
furred, or tossed up for, or settled in any
way whatever
compatible with our honour, so that we may hear no more
of them, and return to the confident intercourse on which
the prosperity of both countries depends. Austria, or
France, or any other military non-commercial State, may
waste its resources in war or angry diplomacy, but such
luxuries do not suit nations of agriculturists, manufac-
turers, and merchants. Six months of alarm and suspense
cost us as much as a little war.—Examiner.
STEAM FRIGATES.--The foll4:4ing
-are the
steam-vessels ordered to be built :—Sampson and Gladia-
tor, first class; Sphynx and Infernal, second class at Wool-
wichsecond class, ; Virago and Bulldo at Chatham ;
,
Cormorant and Rattler, secog
nd class, at Sheerness; Bel-
,
zebub and Centaur, first class; Thunderbolt and Scourge,
second class,; at, Portsmouth ; Vulture and Janus, first
class ; Spiteful and Inflexible second class, at Pembroke.
Total, sixteen".11.V A 1
.ana; and Military Gazette,

LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, MARCH 29.—Wind this day at noon—S.W.,
fresh breeze and c!oudy.
STANGATE CREEK, MARCH 26.—Arrived the John and
Mary, Ogden, from Venaro, &c., detained, having no bill of
hoalth from the English Consul at Benicallo.
DEAL, MARCH 28.—Wind W.S.W:—Arrived the Mari-
a me, from Africa ; Jane and Margaret, Gowland, Sunderland
for Ofinrto ; Bilton, Rigby, Newcastle for Calcutta; Durham,
ditto, for liourdeaux , China, Calcutta; Kron Prins, Hondu-
ras. Arrived from the River the Thomas and Henry, Church-
ward, for the Mauritius ; Isabella bl3th, Lane, ditto ; Cal-
cutta, Napier, Quebec ; Prince George, Foster, Halifax ;
Volo, Artis,. Gibraltar; Newport, Le Gros, Rio Janeiro ;
Douglas, Douglas, Montreal ; Sir Wm. Bentley, Gubb, Que-
bec ; Albion, Crosby, Halifax ; Agenoria, Ham, Venice.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the
Tagus (steamer), from Gibraltar, left on the 18th, Cadiz 19th,
Lisbon 22d, Vigo 24th ; Royal Adelaide (steamer), with
400,000 dollars on freight. Sailed the Hannah, Bailey, for
the Mauritius; Equator, Kurst, Surinam; Sorocco, Amsley,
Carthagerta ; Numa, Harry, Lisbon ' • Tagus (steamer), South-
ampton ; Six, Kirkus, Bombay ; Premier, Abbot, Bahia ;
Thomas Green, Stewart, Bourdeaux ; Jane Smith, Stone,
Trieste ; James Dunlop, Wells, Antwerp ; Active, Todd,
London ; Broekett, Nixon, Liverpool : Hope, Gillard, New-
castle. Off port the Neptunus, Hockstra, Havannah for
Amsterdam; Maria Louisa; Vanderstein, Ostend to Havan-
nab ; Greenock, Alevier, Port au Prince, and sailed for
Antwerp. The Xanthus, Bennett, from London to Liverpool,
struck on the Stag Rocks, off the Lizard Point, this morning,
and immediately sunk ; crew saved. A cask of oil and a bale
of senna has been picked up off the Blackhead, supposed to be
part of the cargo of the Zanthus.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind W.S.W. to S.S.W.
—Arrived the Vulcan, Pa' rick, London, for Bordeaux and the
Mauritius, to have her rudder examined. Off port, the
Princess Louise, Robertus, from New Or:eans, for Hamburgh.
Sailed the Independence, Smidt, Antwerp.
COWES, MARCH 28.—Arrived Alert, Hanson, Pernambuco.
DuaniN, MARCH 26.—Arrived the Devonshire, (stet rner)
from London. Sailed the Demerara, Miller, for Demerara.
PETERHEAD, MARCH 26.—Arrived the Hanne, Janson,
from Alandahl ; Anna Catherine, Hansen, ditto.
LEITH, MARCH 26.—Sailed the Countess of Minto,
Wi..hart, for Sydney, New South Wales.
LYNN, MARCH 27.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Sprague,
from Faro ; Thomas and Martha, Danson, Dieppe.
JERSEY, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Maria,Hanlon, from
Cette ; Centurion, Manger, Trieste. Sailed the Speedy,
packet, Spuring, for Rio Janeiro ; Arid, Clement, New-
f"undland ; Welcome, Jackson, ditto; Assiduous, London.
BRISTOL MARCH 28.—Sailed John, Cerling, for Quebec.
CLYDE, MARCH 26.—Sailed the Hebar, Aikly, for Mau-
ritius ; l3ethea, Campbell, Barbadoes ; Vigilant, Rikhie,
St. Thomas.

CORK, MARCH 26.—Arrived the Sisters, M'Munn, from
Liverpool for Algiers ; Warlock, Pagan, ditto for Calcutta,
with loss of boats, &e., having shipped a sea on the 18th inst.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the
Fame, Pringle, from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 15th January;
Barbadian, Hughes, Jamaica ; Randolph, Honduras ; Ulver-
stone, Smith, New Orleans; Charles Jones, M'Fee, Calcutta;
Mary, Irvine, Mauritius ; Richard Watson, Leeds, Berbice;
Matthew Pearse, Savanilla ; Morgiana, Duncan, Savannah ;
Quiver, St. Michael's; Manchester, Smith, New Orleans;
William and Elijah, ditto; Olive and Eliza, Apalachicola.
Sailed the Hope, Cockburn, for Batavia; Ulgent, Thompson,
Calcutta; James Key, Monte Video; Brothers, ditto; Tri-
dente, Havannah ; Aurora, ditto; New York, Nixon, New York;
Eringobrach, Sampson, Montreal ; Huskisson, Lucas, Africa ;
Elizabeth, Palmer, Constantinople ; Ellen Highfield, Moore,
Smyrna; Hector, Crisp,Constantinople ; Indus,Brown' Ceylon.
The Pearl, bound to Genoa, was at anchor yesterday on the
north end of the Blackwater Bank in three fathom water. The
Fame, arrived here from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 15th Jan.,
and on the 12th and 17th experienced a heavy gale from
W. S. W., which lasted eight hours. The Richard Watson,
arrived from Berbice, sailed 20th Feb., and in coming out
grounded on the bar, and is very leaky. The Randolph, ar-
rived here from Honduras. sailed 15th ult., on the 16th passed
a barque, supposed the Othello, from the Northern Triangle,
after taking out the cargo from the barque Redman of London.
LOCHINDAUL, MARCH 22.—A square-rigged vessel was
seen on shore on the island of Rachlan, 20th inst., by the
Odessa, Vaughan, arrived here.
CAHIRCIVEEN, MARCH 24.—The Bache, M'lver, from
Demerara to Giasgo w, after being on shore, on the island of
Begris for some days, was assisted off, and is now lying in a
place of safety.

VESSELS SPOKEN vvrrx.—The Courtnay, of and from Lon-
don, 22d, lat. 49, lon. 9, by the Princess Charlotte, arrived at
Plymouth ; Hien, Bombay to Liverpool, 29th Dec., lat. 29,
lon. 41, by the President, arrived at Liverpool; Circas ian,
from St. Jago de Cuba, 24th, in the Cayeos Passage, by the
Lady Flora Hastings, arrived at Liverpool; Gulnare, from
Newfoundland, seven days from Demerara, lat. 33, lon. 47 W. ;
Osceola, of London, bound to the Southward, lat. 50, lon. 9 ;
Erin, Maine, bound to Mauritius, off Cape Spartel, by the
John Weavel, arrived in the River. The Mary, of Whitby,
totally dismasted, was passed on the 18th inst., in soundings,
by the Nova, arrived at Havre. Tampa, 17th, in lat. 6, lon.
20 ; Isabella, from Norfolk ( Virginia), 20th, in soundings, by
the Havre, arrived at Guadaloupe.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 27.—There has
been a moderate business done in our Cotton Market this day.
The sales comprise 4,000 bales of all descriptions, of which
1,000 have been taken on speculation. Prices remain at
Friday's quotation, and the market continues steady.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 27. Eastern
Counties (Debentures), 64 ; Grand Junction, 204 ; London
and Birmingham, 324 ; Shares, 58k; London and Brighton,
United Company,43l.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 27.—Rather
more business done, but little alteration in prices. Hull and
Selby, 43 ; London and South Western, 55* ; do. Tenths,
21. Is.; Sheffield and Manchester, 15; Union Bank of Man-
chester, 71. 16s. 3d. ; Macclesfield Canal, 28 ; Manchester
and Leeds, 66i to 67i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24i
to 24k.

We have received Port Phillip Papers to the 28th of Octo-
ber: they confirm the accounts previously received, that South
Australia is at present in a most deplorable condition for want
of money. Several heavy failures have taken place, and others
are expected to follow.
We have also Papers from Hobart Town to the 21st Novem-
ber. Private accounts from Sydney represent trade and busi-
ness generally to he dep?orably bad. English slop goods are
said to be selling at 50 per cent., under the prime cost. The
Sydney Government have purchased two cargoes of Wheat ;
the quantity is th'rty thousand bushels, and the price, we un-
derstand, was ss. 6d. per bushel.
Our advices from Sydney reach to the 2d of November.
The session of the Legislative Council had closed after a long
debate upon immigration. His Excellency, in his closing
speech on the adjournment of the late session, intimated the
probability of his not remaining much longer at the head of
this Government. We learn from positive authority that the
South Australian principle of selling land at 1/. the acre will
be universally adopted at Port Phillip.
We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's
date :

BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 26.—The Bourse of
London and Paris being weaker the National funds remain
lower than yesterday. °Business was in general insignificant
as well as in the National funds and Foreign. Ardoin's
Spanish were loss ercd on the fall at Antwerp, and remained at
20 13-16th ; Coupons, 21 1-16th.

Accounts- from Coblentz, of the 22d of March, state :

" We have experienced this morning at thirty-five minutes
past six the shock of an earthquake, accompanied with a loud
noise, which lasted about one second."