The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-15 00:00:00

... 2,180,764

136,926

Tons employed in the whale fishery
TONNAGE or SNIPPING BUILT
The total tonnage of shipping built in the United
States, during the year ending on the 30th of September,
1840, amounted to—
Registered
Enrolled

56,121
62,187

118,309

Tons
COMPARISON OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Amount of exports, as above stated $132,085,946
Amount of imports, ditto 107,141,50

Excess of exports over imports 544,944,427
STATE OF SOCIETY IN MASSACRUSSETS.—ATTEMPT
TO DESTROY OLD HARVARD COLLEGE.—One day last

week a large but uninhabited building close to the li-
brary at Harvard College, and used for the storage of
merchandise, was set on fire. A train of powder was
laid, communicating with the library, and had it not
been for the vigilant exertions of a tutor and a professor,
the valuable library, containing upwards of 450,000 vo-
lumes, exclusive of duplicates, would have been totally
destroyed.
A great excitement prevails among the students to dis-
cover the authors of this atrocious deed, and we hear
that the officers of the University are determined to sift
the matter to the bottom, and bring it before the Grand
Jury, although the penalty is but five years' imprison-
ment in the State Prison.
PIRATES SOUTH.—The southern papers still insist that
there are organized bands of pirates and robbers along
the coast. It is thought by some that a mystery hangs
on the fate of the Three Friends, of St. Joseph, which
was supposed to be wrecked and sunk a few months ago,
off the harbour of Pensacol. There are believed to be
good grounds for suspecting that those on board did not
' come fairly to their end. The loss of the Three Friends
was the beginning of a series of robberies, boat stealing,
and mysterious assemblages of armed mariners at diffe-
rent places.
The Briumnia, which sailed from Liverpool on the
19th ult., was hourly expected at Boston on the Ist.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, JULY 30.
At the Stock Board a small business Was done at de
clining prices. Delaware and Hudson, 1 ; North Ame-
rican Trust and Banking Company, 1 ; Mohawk, 4.
on Philadelphia haita
73: • Baltimore, 21 a 21-.
A moderate amount of business has been done in
exchangeSalesofbifltl:ra a for sterling bills ;
7 a 71 for southern, without city endorsement ; 5,271
5,281 for francs ; Amsterdam, 391 a 394 ; Bremen, 77i;
THE CONVICT MEDHORST.—HIS ANTI6I- Hamburgh, 771.
FATED RELEASE FROM THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.— The interest on the bonds of the State of Indiana is
For some considerable time past a great change has been due to-morrow, and up to this time nothing has been
The Commission is, however, still in hopes.
visible in the health of Medhurst, who is at present provided.
confined in the House of Correction, Cold Bath-fields,
The
Farmers'
andpr cent.Planters'e
Bank has declared a half-
and of late he has been much depressed in spirits, and yearly dividend
within the last few days his indisposition has so in- SALES ON TUESDAY AT THE STOCK
creased, that it was found necessary to place him in the EXCHANGE.
infirmary of the establishment, where he has been at- (From the Courier and Enquirer.)
tended by Dr. Wakefield, the prison surgeon, and some Sio,ooo State Five and a Half per cents ...op'g
of the most eminent of the faculty, who have paid the 1,000 Kentucky Sixes
greatest attention to him ; but he is at present suffering 1,000 Indiana Bonds
2,000 ...do do.
under illness to that degree, that it is conjectured he can-
-1,000 ...do do
not survive if he continues much longer in confinement.
This illness is said to have been increased through his 1,000 ..do do Sterling
3,000 do do
anxiety and excitement occasioned by the recent affair
between himself and Mr.Moreton Dyer, which has created 50 shares U. S. Bank op'g
25 d0...d0
such interest in the public mind. The symptoms of his disease op'g
25 do...Vicks
American Trust
Vicksburg
became so alarming that a physician was called in, and d 0...
after a consultation, it wits pronounced that his death 50 North
would inevitably be hastened, Were he to be kept much 155 do. do
50
longer within the walls of the prison, and a certificate to d0...d0
that effect was immediately prepared, and the reltiog 15 d0...d0 b 15 ds
Magistrates of the prison were communicated with in- 30 do...Mechanics' 13k Ass
stainer, the consequence of which was that On Tuesday 5 do... American Exchange Bank
last the Magistrates held a meeting oft the subject, when, 20 d0...d0 s 4 mo
after due deliberation It was resolved that it speedy corn. 50 do...Farmers"Trust
niunication should bei forwarded to the Secretary of ' - • 12 d0...0hi0 Life and Trust
State, stating the whole of the circumstances ebnnected , ,
~.°l, 110 do Delaware and Hudson
with Medhurst's ease, together with the medical'eertifi- 411 ( 60 'lO do
tote, and on Thursday evenint7 the proper messenger was in; do
do b 30 ds
despatched on the subject to the Secretary of State, and 60 do ...
it is anticipated that the result will be an order for the 15 do Canton Co
prisoner's release from the gaol, 100 do ............ do s 30 ds
150 do ........... do b 60 ds
Lord Gifford has retired from the arniyi in which 55 do .... . ....... do
in; 50 do
he held the rank of Lietttenant in the 6th Dragoon Guards. 70 do ,do
THE LATE FIRE AND LOB 9 OF LIFE IN 40 do ............do slo ds
THE Now Roan.—On Tuesday forenoon the inquiry into the 15 do Mohawk
circumstances attending the death of Thomas Walker, a chair. 200 do Paterson
maker, aged 39, who was burnt iti the lire at )lit. Ilielly's fe. 60 do New Jersey
etimbent chair and sofa fhanufactory, 18, Quickset-rOVI, Nett, 00 do Hrslem
raadb en the '2d inst., was resumed before Mr. Wakley, M.P., 100 do ~,do
at the Goat and Compasses, New.read, The object of the 50 do ...do ,
adjeteratiesit was to finti out, if possible, the origin of the SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD
tire. Mary Ann Davey said that she lodged in the first
25 shares United States Bank b3O ds .9
front room of the house previous to Its being burnt, with
100 do North American Trust ...s 3ds 94
her husband and five children. About eleven o'clock
she was standing on the stairs, talking to Miss Rielly, 40 do do ............ do 9i
and was about leaving her, when she observed 10 do Syracuse mid Utica
a great quantity of smoke enming towards them from the $l,OOO Indiana Bonds 57
bottom of the house; and a strong smell of fire. She int- 2,000 do ...... do 57561
tiled ittely rift into dig foOriti And informed het husband, wh0564
was in bed, of the eireUttlstatted. He got up, and she skean-561-
panied him to the bottom of the house, when, Ott °petting 6,000 ,---
mingi,rniA JUNE 29, P.M.-1 he Stock transac-
the door of the "hold" (a place used as a receptacle for Pil'
pieces of wood, shavings, &c.)they found it in flames. They tikes continue light,
ran up stairs as fast as possible, made an alarm, and then in prices. United States Bank sold at 19 C. and P., and
3,000
do
............ ddoe
made their escape, trgether with their children, over the 19f bid for opening •; Pennsylvania Fives at 80 ; and
made
fiat. She supposed the deceased was in bed, for she mington B. B. 6's at 874 ; Girard at 28 ;Vicksburg at 51.
heard him go up stairs, and also heard him wish the people The brig Orson, from Matanzas, arrived this morning,
in the ilium adjoining hint " Good ni ht." Before they ef. bringing dates to the 22d instant, I find, however, no-
fected their escape she sent her blast OM it Id waive nimi,b,tit thing of interest except the marine news.
he could not do so as the door was fast on the inside. ale. Sales reported at the Board of Brokers.-800 Penn-
Rielly said he had not been able to ascertain how the de-
ceased got in doors on the night the fire broke out. The
jury, on the suggestion of the Coroner, returned a verdict silvania srs 1870, at 80 i 200 do. s's 1858, at 80 ;
and Amboy RR. bonds at 87 ; 900 dol. Lehigh
-,350 Wilmington lIR. loan 6's 1841, 8+ ; 1.000
Camden
—" That the deceased was found dead, having been burnt
in the tire at 18,
nowt-row, New-road, but how that fire , 6's 1845, at 64 to 63+ ;21 shares U. S. Bank at 19 ;59
originated there was no evidence to show." Girard, at 28 ; 23 Schuylkill Navigation, at 501 ; 14
Wilmington RR. at 37 ; 100 Vick'sburg Bank, at 54.
The temporary removal of a portion of the fine At 2d Board-1,000 dol. Wilmington RR. 6's 1844, at
specimen of wood pavement in Whitehall, for the pur- 87+ ;50 shares Reading RR. at 23 ;20 Mechanics' Bank,
pose of laying down gas-pipes, at present affords a good
' at 26
opportunity for those who are sceptical as to the merits Closing Prices—U. S. Bank, 191 bid for open'ng ;N.
;10 ilmington RR. at 37i.
of this mode of paving, to test its durability. It was American Bank, 325 asked ; Philadelphia, 70 bid ; F
+ W
found, on taking up the blocks, that their under surfaces and Mechanics', 421 to 43+ ; Commercial, 43 to 44 ; Gi,
and sides were in almost every case as clean and fresh- 1 rard, 271 to 28 ; Vicksburg, 511 to 51 ; Camden
looking as on the day, of their being laid down (upwards 1 Amboy R. 88 ased ; Wilmington, 37 to 374.
of two years ago), and that their upper surfaces had CANADA.
only worn away to the extent of from the sixteenth to
the eighth of an inch, notwithstanding the great traffic We have received our private dispatches this morning
in this part of the town. The specimen in question is on , from Kingston, Upper Canada, to the 24th, giving a full
the Count do Lisle's plan. When the streets of London i view of the movements of the new Colonial Government,
shall be generally paved on this principle, the now noisy and the success of Lord Sydenhatn in managing these
streets of the metropolis will be almost P.S much a "silent 1
iquestion of the Address the vote of the
highway "as Father Thames himself, refractoryonttw provimain qnces.

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