The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-26 00:00:00

1841

the non-commissioned officers and men of the. detach-
went of Artillery in the Toiyer, for their valuable assist-
ance on occasion of `.hi:

LAW AND POLICE.
Michaelmas Term ended yea rday.
At Greenwich police court,. a young man, of the name
of Peauclerk, said to be the son of a deceased nobleman,
was charged with assaulting Charles Leggatt, his father-
in-law, a self-styled " minister of the Gospel." Mrs.
Leggatt related the particulars of the case. She be-
lieved the attack was not made by her son, but by her
husband, in a fit of insanity. He was a strange man,
and would occasionally spend whole days in his room
praying. The case, in consequence of this statement,
with the evidence of two witnesses, was dismissed.
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At Marylebone office, on Wednesday,J. Ward, charged
with having murdered the child of the woman Easted,
with whom he cohabited, was fully committed to take his
trial for murder. The prisoner is a journeyman carpenter.
In the Admiralty Court on Wednesday, an action was
brought by Lieutenant Walters of the Coast Guard, and
a boat's crew of eleven men, for salvage service to the
Union, from London .to the Mauritius, on the 19th of
April last. The vessel with a cargo valued at 10,4511.
got on the shore off Dungeness, an the plaintiffs were
employed two days in saving her. The owners tendered
1051.. but the Court considering that sum insufficient,
awarded 1501.

A case of dispute between a master and his apprentice
was brought before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday, when
Mr. C. Pearson, the City Solicitor, gave his opinion at
length, expressing his firm conviction that cases of that
sort came within the jurisdiction of a Magistrate whether
a premium had been given or not.

THEATRICAL.
Mr. Macready has now completed his engagements for
the ensuing season, and will open Drury-lane Theatre on
the 27th of next month.

It is said that the Queen has specially requested that
Mr. Young will again make his appearance on the boards
of the theatre, and that he will very shortly go through
the round of his principal characters.
A new opera, by Benedict, has been written for Miss
Adelaide Kemble, which will be brought out early in the
Spring.

COURT-FASHIONABLE.
The Duchess of Hamilton has returned to Bath, on a
visit to Mr. Beckford, from Bowood Park, Wilts.
Baroness Keith, the lady of the new French Ambas-
sador to the Austrian Court, left Mivart's Hotel on Wed-
nesday for Brighton.
The Duke of Newcastle, with the Ladies Clinton, ar-
rived at Clumber Park last week, .from !Hafod.
Thu Earl of Dalhousie has arrived in :tovvn.from Scot-
land.

The Duke and Duchess of Buceletichi do not intend
leaving Montagu House for Dalkeith until next month.
Lord and Lady Dinorben were to leave the seat of Sir
J. Williams yesterday for Bute House.

MaCELLANEOUS.
The great silver seal of the Exchequer at Dublin has
been purloined from its strong box. Its intrinsic value
as old silver is about 201., but it is difficult to say what
falsifications may be made before it is destroyed.
The poor of the ten townships round Harewood were
presented with a quantity of blankets, clothing, coals,
&c., by the Earl of Harewood on Monday, to protect
them from the approaching winter.
Yesterday in 1760, an earthquake occurred at Da-
mascus, by which one-third of the city was thrown
down, and 30,000 inhabitants buried in the ruins. The
shock was felt as far as Tripoli, where three minarets
were thrown down, and the houses rent.
The first park made in England was by order of
Henry 1., at Woodstock. The park in St. James's was
drained in 1537.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The notice from the Bank of England, inserted in the
Evening Edition of The Sun, differs in no respect frsm
the one issued in September last, prior to the closing
of the transfer books. All further uneasiness being unne-
cessary, as the Bank will receive six months' bills of
exchange, Exchequer bills, and India Bands, it may
be hoped that the Money Market will be relieved from
some of its late stringency. Christmas time, however, is
always rather trying for the commercial world.
Stocks were buoyant to-day, and the adjustment of the
Account did not create any particular demand for money,
or cause inconvenience to the jobbers. The Funded
Debt was much higher, but .the Unfunded much the
same. Consols for immediate transfer have realised 89
to 891, and for the new Account or the opening on the
14th January next, 898 to Exchequer Bills were
qnoted at Bs. to 103. premium ; and East India Bonds
dropped to ls. discount. India Stock was at 248 to
249. The new Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 99
to 991, and the Three per Cents. 87* to 84.
In the Foreign Market there has been again a good
deal doing, but the rates of the gambling Stocks have not
been so well maintained. Active Spanish Bonds were
at 244 in the morning, but closed at 23i to 231;
Portuguese New Five per Cents. were chiefly dealt in
for the Account at 33 to 32*, and the Three per Cents.
were at 19* ; Colombian Bonds were at 198 to 20 ,
Mexican 25k, and Brazilian advanced to 581.
In the Share Market the transactions were rather li-
mited. Birmingham were 67; the Quarter 16i ; Great
Western New, 61 to 74 ; York and North Midland 37
to 37*; South Western 18k to 188 premium ; and
Brighton were down to 13+ and 14 discount. London
Joint Stock Bank Shares were 2+ prem.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 24.—The busi-
ness in the Cotton Market to-day continues to shtuw
symptoms of improvement. The sales are 5,000 bales,
all to the trade. Prices are firm at Friday's quotations.
LIVERPOOL SIIARE. MARKET, Nov. 24. —A limited
business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange this
slay ; the operations are in London and Birmingham,
156 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, b2l ; Midland
Counties, 82; Paris and Rouen, 10.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 24.—Our mar-
ket continues dull. Our only transactions are—Liver-
pool and Manchester, 1964'; Manchester and Leeds,
Quarters, 21. 14s. 6d.; Manchester and Birmingham, 231.
Towards the close of business some heavy sales were
effected both in Consols and Three per Cents. Reduced,
but it produced little effect upon the market, Consols
closing at 89, and the Three per Cents. Reduced 88, at
which quotations they opened this morning.
Consols for the January account are 891; Exchequer
Bills 8 10 premium.

Spanish Securities continue to improve. The Active
Stock opened at 241 ; Passive, 51 6 ; Deferred, 121
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 22
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 97i 'Grand Canal Stock ...
Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... 841
Ditto New 1830 97i Ditto 4 per cent • ...
3i per Cent. Debs. 4O/1 Royal Canal Stock
The Dutch Mail, with the letters and papers of yester-
day's date, has just arrived ; a further improvement had
taken place in the Stock ; the Five per Cents. came 99/,
and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51k 9-16th.
The settlement of the English Account is proceeding
very satisfactorily. Consols are now 89k for Money,
And 891 / for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
38k ; Ditto, Three-and- a-Half per Cents., 97/ 4 ; Ex-
chequer bills, 8 to 10 premium ; India Stock, 248 249,
:,he•Market looking very firm.
There has been a good business doing in the Foreign
Securities at the following quotations;—Colombian.
19/ 20 ; Venezuela, 284 ; Mexican Bonds, ; Por-
tuguese Five per Cents., 321 ; Ditto Three per Cents..
19/ ; Spanish Active, 241 4 / 241 ; Passive, 6 5/ 1
Deferred, 121 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
52k 52 ; Ditto Five per Cents., 991 4.
Very little doing in Shares. London and Brighton
have receded to 36k 1. London and Birmingham are
quoted at 157 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21i ; South
Western 57 ; York and North Midland, 87 ; Ditto,
New Shares, 29k.
Consols, for Money, 89i ; ditto, Account, 891 4 ;
Mexican, 254 a ; Spanish, 241 4.
There is no news of particular interest to-day.
From Odessa they write that there was a great de-
mand for English vessels to be freighted to this country,
and that there were none in port. Those arriving
singly were immediately taken up. The grain market
had become very active.

- CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.
Sank Stock .. , India Stock ..............?49
3 per Cent Red. BBk !Ditto Bonds 1 dis
3 per Cent Cons B9b Ditto Old Annuities ...
3* Tor Cent Red 974 Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent 99 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....23d 10 prr
New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001:....... 9 pia
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. ... 9pm
Jan 1860. l2 7-I&Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859. ...... ... l2* India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. — Consols for Acct B9&
FOREIGN FUNDS. •
kustrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 44
Bplgnin, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditt0......... 33
Brazilian Bonds sBi Prussian, 5 per cent....
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cell Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent. - Ditto, Mr -Bic.

Colombian, 6 per cent,.
Ditto, 1824.

Metal.
Spanish, 5 per cent 234
Ditto, Deferred .. 1.21,

Danish, 3 per cent —
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct.
SHA'

French, 5 per cent.lo. —c.
Exchange
French, 3 percent. —f.
Dutch, 2i per cent s2h
nitto, 5 per cent.
RES

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Great Western Railway( tis paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid s7i
London and Brighton (50 paid) 36i
London and Birmingham (90) ....... ..... .. 157
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) 2li
London and South Western
South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... ... . .
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 88
Ditto New Shares (15 paid)

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ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA.—For the past
few days we have experienced all the severity of winter,
the thermometer at times ranging two degrees below
Zero. With this frost, however, the atmosphere has been
Qgenerally clear, and often the sun has shone with un-
ouded brightness, contrasting strangely with the cold
looking azure around. It is, perhaps, to be considered
a remarkable circumstance that both on Monday and
Tuesday nights repeated flashes of vivid sheet lightning
mingled their fitful gleams with the glittering stars which
studded the heavens, and for the instant overpowered
their brightness.-- York Herd].
HONESTY REWARDED.—On Tuesday a gen-
tleman called a cab, 1,910, off the rank in the Strand
by Somerset-house, and desired him to drive to the
Bank of England. After setting down the gentleman
near the Bank, he perceived a pocket-book, with the
ends of some Bank notes hanging out of it, lying at the
bottom of the cab among the straw. He directly ran
after the gentleman and gave him the pocket-book ;
when he said he was an honest fellow, as there was
upwards of 2,000/. in it, and gave him sixpence, and told
him he would see him another time.
THE BREVET.--111 addition to the Brevet of
Wednesday, it is said that in a day or two a Brevet pro-
;notion of officers in the East India service will appear in
the Gazette.