The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following changes of stations, appointmmts, and
removals of the under-mentioned Barrack•masters have
recently taken place :
Captain A. Chambre removed from Up Park, .Ta-
maica, to Brecon and Swansea, vice Captain Wharton.
J. J. Knight, Esq., appointed to Tilbury Fort, vice
W. Eagle, Esq.
Captain Robert Phillips appointed to Paisley and
Dumbarton, vice J. Hicks, Esq.
J. G. Jones, Esq., appointed, to Cork, vice Lieut.-
Colonel F. K. %Vest.

Captain T. Gleeson appointed to the Bahamas, %.oa
Robert Phillips, Esq.
Major T. Nl:Pherson appointed to Grenada, v'ca
Major F. B. E:iot.
The following Barrack-wasterships are vacant, viz.:—
Up Park and Kingston, Jamaica, and Barhadoes.
Colonel Thomas, C. 8., of the 20th Regiment having
obtained leave of absence, the command of the regi-
ment has devolved upon Major Croad, in the absence,
with leave, of Major Hutchinson.

Lieutenant Denison, of the 52d Light Infantry, has
joined the depot from the service companies, and been
appointed acting Adjutant thereto, in succession to
Ensign Wilson, who is under orders to join the service
companies. Lieutenant Hareno, of this regiment, has
joined the depot at Naas, on appointment.
Lieutenant Hynes, of the 36th Regiment, joined the
depot of his regiment at Clare Castle, on the 27th ult.,
from the service companies in North America.
A company has Callen vacant in the 38th Regiment,
by the demise of Captain Robert Mathew, which took
place on board her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo, on the
passage from Cork to Zante, last month. Lieutenant
Tudor (Adjutant) and Ensign Maxwell are the senior
officers in the respective ranks.

THE HOUSES OF PA RLIANIENT.--.‘,;ine!
the Houses last assembled there have been vast aKerations
of offices and buildings, and advancement of the new
buildings for the assemblage of both Houses, of Parlia-
ment. To describe them, as in many instaticas it would
be merely requisite to record the progress of stone and
brickwork without any further very definite results,
would only be to occupy space witlmut giving any very
definite information ; but it may be observed, generally,
that the new buildings are TICW making a very formidable
appearance above the river's surface, and that throughout
the whole elevation. As regards the clearances for such
general work it may be observed that all the houses,
offices, &c., that stood in the way of the main buildings
have recently been somewhat mercilessly cleared away.
All the Lords' offices, Committee-rooms, &c., that stood
fronting the Thames, together with a house that used
to be allotted to the Usher of the Black Rod, and that
was afterwards converted into Bellamy's for the Lords, have
also ceased to exist. For the purpose of the vacationary
Lusiness of the Lords' clerks, &s., they have been accom-
modated with rooms looking into Palace-yard, heretofore
used as robing-rooms, a room foi the Lord Chancellor, the
chairman of committees, and even for the dining-rooms of
the Peers ; but, as they must again remove on the ap-
proach of the Session, there are preparing for such pur-
poses the houses heretofore occupied down Parliament.
place, in Abingdon-street, and, in one instance, at a public-
house, called the Star and Garter. They will bo pre-
pared for offices, for committee rooms, for residences of
certain Lords' officers, and a vast deal of accommodation
will thus be acquired, but at some distance frown the House
cf Lords. Two houses in Abingdon-street, iselonging to
the
-Crown, will be occupied by Lords' officers.

. -
MARRIAGE IN HIGII LII.E.—On Thursday
last, at Kilgraston [louse, Perthshire, the Hon. Captain
David Henry Murray, third sun of the late and brother of
the present Earl of Mansfield, to mist Grant, only child of
Mr. John Grant, of Kilgraston, by his first marriage with
the Hon. Margaret Gray, second daughter of Lord Gray.
The youthful bride was given away b, her father, and in
the bridal train in attendance on the fair bride were, Lady
Louisa Murray, daughter of the Earl of Mansfield; Miss
Grant, Miss Moncreiff, Miss Melville, and the Misses Oh-
pliant. The bridegroom was attended by the Hun. James
Murray, brother of Lord Glenlyon. There were present
at the ceremony the Earl of Mansfield and Lady Louisa
Nina Murray, Lady Lucy Grant, Lady and Miss Mon-
creiff, Hon. Captain Drummond, Lord Ruthven, Mr. and
Lady C. Whyte Melville and Miss Melville; Hon. -limes
Murray, Hon. James Bruce, Colonel and Mrs. Oliphant
and the Misses Oliphant, Captain and lion. Mrs. Ainslie,
the Master of Gray, Mr. G. Spiers, Mr. and Mrs. Smythe,
Miss Mackenzie, and the officiating clergyman, the Rev.
Mr. Skeethe. Shortly after the solemnization the happy
couple started for Scone Palace, the scat of the Earl of
Mansfield, to pass the honeymoon. The interesting event
was the occasion of great rejoicing on the estates of both
of the node families. A public dinner was given at Kin_
fauns, Lcrd Gray's property, to celebrate the event, and
also by the Earl of Mansfield, at Old Scone, to his domes-
tics and the labourers on his estate. Both Kinfauns and
Old Scone were partially illuminated. Mr. Grant regaled
the Kilgraston tenantry in the park, and, altogether,• it
was quite a fete-day in the vicinity of the above estates.
AWFUL SIIIPWRECK.—FOUIt LIVES LOST.
—lt is our melancholy duty this week to report one of
the most disastrous shipwrecks which this dangerous coast
has witnessed for many years past. The fine ship Collins,
of Bideford, ISO tons burthen per register, the property
of Thos. Burnard Chanter, Esq.,which had sailed in
the Spring with emigrants for North America, left Quebec
on he, homeward voyage about the middle of last month,
and after a fine run made the foct of the Barnstaple bar
on Monday evening last, the master and crew all in high
spirits at the prospect of speedily meeting their wives
and families, and returning to all the pleasures of home ;
—anticipations, alas ! which, in the case of most of them,
were doomed to a sad disappointment. The ill-fated
ship was seen off Appledore in the afternoor, the wind
blowing strong
west north west, and a heavy sea run-
ning ; she made for the Isar and had nearly reached
the outer buoy, when she was observed to tack, and
ultimately stand out again in the bay. She ias aegouluind
observed towards dusk, near the bar, but unfortunatelyd
not make it. Meanwhile the wind incdreease
bay, violence,
and
she missed
and in attempting to reach from Croy
v,i
th. terrific force upon
stays, and shortly after struc
while endeavouring to
The Master and four of theefrreom,
the deck into the sea,
get out the boat, were
sweptatery grave. This one escaped
Baggy Rock, and almost instantlyw became a total wreck.
and all but one found
_a_avvvino.
succeeded in drawing him-
ows, once more b gaining the deck, he.
self up over her b
almost by
in company with a lad, the only other
clung to the ringinguntil the ebb of the tide, when they were
left of the crew,
their tremendous situation by the Country
rescued from
a miracle. 11
neighbourhood.—North.. Devon Journal,
-
peoLplueloar
expected at Eff I d
bps or , on a
: visit to the lion. Newton Fellowes. His Eteellencl has
paying a round of visits to his old friend,. On
, been Friday
last he was at Boconnoe, near Lostwithiel, the residence
I.t:,hberington is
of his Lordship's brother, the Hon. George Fortescue.
Wrstet la Luminary
The Marquis and Nlarchioness of Douro, the
Earl and Countess of Euston, and Lady L. Fitz oy are on
Marchioness of Camden a visit
,rhaet
.AWa
I'arine
gitir Castle.
isat
Id
ar-
rived at the Wilderness, in lint, on
1 I.3syham Abbey. Wednesday last from

ENING EDITION.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

(FRIDAY EVENING.)
CHRONICLE.—The English Funds have been
steady to-day, and at one period showed a disposition to
a further improvement.
The Continental Exchanges continue to improve, and,
with the exception of Amsterdam, show a further ad-
vance on the rates of last post.
'There has been an appearance to-day also, of money
being easier, but only, we believe, on securities at call.
discount brokers hold it still tight at the high rates
en commercial paper, although they have large unem-
ployed balances on hand.
We have received the papers by the overland mall
from India. The Bengal Hurlearu, of the 13th of
September, says, since their hitt, of the 11th of Au-
gust, the Money
.Market had presented one mono-
,onous feature, without animation or change. The
I'l.r.g,th of time they had been without information from
;hina, and the tardiness of the arrival of the July mail,
had greatly increased the heaviness of the overcast mar-
:et. Even since they had news from both sides of the
eater the market did not manifest any alteration.
The accounts from China to the 30th June last were
considered to have placed affairs in a more precarious
position. Canton, they observed, had been put under
a strict blockade by a portion of a fleet of the expedi-
tion, and the rest were making their way up the coast
to Chosen, without divulging their object.
The rates of the exchange on England were 23. to
s. -lid. for bank bills ; American bills, under London
.Tedits, 2s. Id. to 2s. lid. ; Treasury bills, Is. Ild. to
ts. I I ; Bank of Bengal Shares had improved in
-value, being quoted at 2,300 to 2,320 rupees prem. ;
Union Bank Shares were 280 to 285 rupees prem. The
Agra Bank had declared a dividend of 10 per cent., but
its contemplated establishment of an insurance society
has not yet been matured.

TlMES.—There was no great amount of business
transacted to-day in the Foreign Exchanges, and the
supply of bills having exceeded the demand, there was
a consideaable improvement in the rate upon Ham-
burgh. Paris and Amsterdam were also higher than
last post, though the improvement on those places was
not so marked as upon Hamburgh.
The prn•pect of a loan being required by the Brazi-
lian Government furnishes an occasion to consider the
condition of that country, and to qualify, if necessary,
the eagerness in capitalists to embark in such a specu-
lation. One reasonable ground of doubt is, in late
letters from Rio, the stability of the empire itself.
At present each province has its own Chamber of De-
puties, and the Senate and Deputies at Rio de Janeiro
are much ou the plan of the United States Con-
gress. The government being in the hands of a
juvenile Emperor, and the population being reck-
oced at about 1-9.oth of Brazilians to a remainder

of blacks, mulattoes, &c., they think it very
probable that the country may fall into three or
four separate states, the internal adhering to the
maritime provinces, according to their several relations.
With respect to the currency, it is stated to be com-
poked of Government paper and copper, the last of
which is only a legal tender to the amount of one mil-
rea. The notes or paper money, therefore, are the only
representative of value, and these are not convertible at
will into specie, for the Government does not bind itself
to redeem them. Hence, as every political movement
in the country causes an increase or a diminution of this
paper, its exchangeable value is subject to the greatest
fluctuations, and the state of the foreign exchanges be-
comes a political index. After the abdication of Don
Pedro the Exchanges fell from 46d. to 30d. The state
of the country becoming worse, the exchanges are per-
petually falling, for the Government is continually
obliged to purchase remittances in London to pay the
dividends on the debt, and is also continually buying
eeens and powder, and these necessarily rise in value as
the exchanges decline.
The natural resources of theßrazils are admitted on
ell hands, though there are doubts whether they are
available in the present state of affairs. There is land
enough for the growth of sugar and coffee, but there is
a deficiency of hands to work it. It is even a question
.erhether an increased produce of these two articles
would be of much benefit to the Government, as it
;night cause a decline in the market, which would
-balance the advantages of increased production ; but
Shis is certainly an extreme opinion. The object of the
loan is to pay off existing debts, not to reform the cur-
rency, and thus another instance is afforded of the vi-
eious system of contracting one loan to pay the dividends
on another ; a loan for a similar purpose was contracted
about 18 months ago, and now this project appears
for the redemption of Exchequer Bills and the satis-
faction of other liabilities. The expenses of quelling
perpetual rebellions, and the danger of these to
the Government, are additional circumstances which
should be held up as a warning to capitalists. These
facts present certainly the least favourable view of the
slew measure, as it is to be considered, on the other
"hand, that the dividends on the public debt of Brazil
kayo been regularly paid, and its resources are really
great. However, too much caution is better than
too much confidence in advancing money to Foreign
7.,;tates, and there is no doubt that all that is said
of the vicious state of the currency may be taken with-
zet qualification.
Some extracts are given below from a letter to this
jowel, in which heavy complaint is made of the
tendee cy of certain articles and opinions taken from
a paper .called the New York Herald to damage the
character of the whole people of the United States.
We have too high an opinion of that character to
believe such a thing possible by any such means. As
to the journal in question, its true character is pretty
well understood in this city, where it finds its way into
the counting-houses of the merchant for the sake
of the satistical information it affords, and in the collec-
tion of which some industry is exercised. The ques-
tion of fictitious voting may possibly be brought forward
hereafter, and illustrated by authority of a higher order,
but in the mean time the writer of this letter, justly de•
precating, as he does, any such sweeping deduction
from it, has every claim to a hearing :
" The high sense of propriety and justice with which
your paper is conducted will, I am sure, induce you,
through the instrumentality of this note, to correct the
very erroneous impressions which your publication of
yesterday from the New York Herald was calculated to
produce.
" If one were prepared to take the authority of that
press and the article to which I refer as truth, they
-might indeed believe that the Government of the United
States was not oniy on the eve of dissolution, but that
the very solid fabric of the country was about to be
broken up in a profligate convulsion, in which every
sense, not alone of moral rectitude but even of public
decency, was violated and trampled under foot.
" As the Ncii, fork Herald is often quoted in the
English Journals, I think it but just to my own country
that you should be made acquainted with the standing
of that paper among those who know it best. It is de-
signed for circulation among the lowest, the most igno-
rant, and the most vulgar. As its sale depends on the
pungency of its scandal, and the broadness and depth
of its falsehoods, it of course has to meet the demand
of the market both for public and private calumny.
Bence their account of the 5,000 locomotive bribed
ewctors that migrate from New York to Philadelphia
anti Baltimore, anl then vice versa, and of the dreadful
lonsp:racy among the banks in investing their funds in
'he profitable stock of suborning this posse of hopeful
" I do not pretend to say that the elections in our
populous cities are not occasionally corrupt, but if we
ire to rely on the accounts, perhaps equally veracious,
ei the English journals of the sums squandered in a
contested election in your own island, more money is
spent in a single county in England than in one of the
largest of our -States, with a population tea times more
numerous. Rely upon it, that the people of both
countries are pretty much alike. The Presidential eon•
test is unusually animated ; but in two days after the
-votes arc counted the people will acquiesce in the ex-
pression of the popular will with a eomposure which will
not leave the slightest trace of the present convulsion.
There is about as much prospect of a revolution and
bloodshed in the United states from the result of this
contest, as there was in England by the issue of Alder.
man Harmer's late effort to be made Lord Mayor of
:London."

POST.—As political :natters seem to be fast settling
aow.n agaia to their former state of quietude, the foreign
funds, which had, for a time, been stagnant and nearly
log .ig:tt of, are beginning once more to attract the at-
tention of speculators. We have but little to remark
upon as rejards the home securities. Consols have
been °sedating all day upon the closing prices of yes-
terday, and the various other descriptions of English
stock were_ equally stationary. The chief movement
wss in the Spanish market, but it was, probably, in a
very great measure, one of a forced and artificial cha-
racter. The Active Bonds advanced per cent. upon
the opening price, having at one moment reached 2.1 i.
There tons, however, a subsequent re-action of about
per cent., as many of the holders were but too gi24
to rid themselves of their bonds at the improvement
quoted. Those who have solßoutt seem to l
hav ct
a
ea
rise
d bed
with sound discretion, as onst era
never fails to bring to market large supplies of the
unproductive class of securities of whi coft
Europe from
ere are such
masses circulating in various parts
abroad. Some of our Contemporaries, who, like our-
selves, are anxious to see the trading interests prosper,
cry out loudly against a further introduction of foreign
bonds—any foreign bonds whatever—especially at a
moment like the present, when it is so difficult to place
;the foreign exchanges in a position which the commetea
dai. the country so urgently calls for. It atTords us great
sati,,faction to perceive that the snore intelligent of the
daily press have at length fairly joined us in the earl,
d emnaiton of this unprofitable traffic, and that while
gambling upon a small scale in the west end of the
town is hunted down by the public authorities, the
greater infamy which exists in the City,
though not
-visited also with tha punishment due to it, does not en-
-tirely escape observation mi censure. We are icapor-
:wiled daily, and, as it is
se , not in vain, by the most
-topeetable of the mercantilen interest, to continue to

raise our voices against the evil, as one that is calcu-
lated to sap the foundations of all honourable and legi-
timate enterprise.
The Bank averages for the three months ending the
10th instant were published in the Gazelle of this even-
ing. On a comparison of them with those last pub-
lished we find the following variations :—The circulation
has decreased 433 0001., the difference between
17,231,0001. and 16,793,000/ ; the deposits 366,0001. ;
the difference between 6,762,000/. and 6,396,000/. ;
the securities 463,000/. ; the difference between
22,782,0001. and 22,319,000/. ; and the stock of bullion
416,000/. ; the difference between 4,143,000/. and
3,729,0001., the latter being the present average. In
the "rest" there is an increase of 80,000/., the differ-
ence between 2,854,000/. and 2,934,000/. The item of
bullion is low, but it will be perceived, from the other
averages, that every precaution has been taken
by the Bank Directors to check the drain upon them,
their circulation and securities having undergone a si-
multaneous reduction to a large extent.
Demerara Papers to the 6th ult. have been received,
but they furnish us with nothing new. The misunder-
standings which have so long existed between the local
Government and the colonists who supported the Court
of Policy in its opposition to them (the Uovernment)
were continued with unabated rancour ; nor can a
better state of things be expected to supervene until i
the former can divest themselves of that selfishness of
demeanour by which so much animosity was first en-
gendered. The position of the parties seems to be sim-
ply this—the colonists require certain changes in the
administration of the affairs of the colony, with respect
to labourers. These changes will be authorised so soon
as the Court of Policy will consent to give the servants
of the Crown an increase of salary, which, in the pre-
sent distressed condition of all the British West India
colonies, cannot be afforded. They have, in fact, been
authorised, and again disallowed, in default of the con-
sideration exacted. A reconciliation, under these cir-
cumstances, is hardly to be hoped for until a more dis-
interested set of persons shall be substituted for those
now in power. Nothing can prevent anarchy and
alienation in settlements governed upon this corrupt,
mercenary system.