The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

DAY, JANUARY 1. 1841.

deuce upon the ficelity of the !ourts of Berlin
and Vienna;

The miscellaneous news in We Fierlch journal:,
of Tuesday, will be found in another part of The
Sun. The following paragraph from the Consti-
tuttonnel we quote here, merely to express regret
that any party in France should be so ridiculously
stupid as thus to misconceive the language of the
English press
" The English journals will not allow us to fortify
In vain do they say that the question does not cone :n
them ; they are continutlly returning to it, and atiack.ng
it in every possible way, by sarcasm, heavy Engli,la v it,
and even argument. The subject a frightful
nightmare for all the English p- :ihig or Tory.
And yet fortified Paris .s not a n,, oler, .r laondon ;it i 3
not like the naval armaments i,ord Melbourne
would sweep away. Thif is p l.qown; but everything.
that contributes to raise .h.= er of France is au incur-
able source of annoyan: ... neighbours. They un-
derstand fully what infl id security the country will
gain by the fortifkatio:. earis, and like good allies as
they are, they endeavour to divert us from the project. The
Times is slightly irouical on this point. It is not our affair,
says the Times ; if Funoe desires to spend her money
improperly, she has a sight to do so ; if she relies more
upon a wall of enclosue than upon the bravery of her in-
habitants, nobody has right to find fault with her. Many
thanks for your pern.ssion, Messieurs les Anglais, pro-
tected as you are by tle sea, you talk bravely ; but if—we
will not say all the arnics of the continent, but a French
army, were advancing towards London, we should see
what your bouncing world amount to, and what the count-
less population of youepapital could do against cannon-
balls and Congreve rocZets. Yes, indeed, France does
reckon upon herself, aid if she had not millions of arms
to defend her, her fotifications would not protect her;
Lut, enlightened by 'A experience, she feels that her
destiny must not deprs upon a battle, and she therefore
wishes to make the a:Are of her Government and the seat
of her nationality impegnable. This measure will make
Esrope cautious, and ti ,vent, perhaps, the possibility of
fomenting and pay ing;:::r coalitions against us, as the
English have done -rlf a century.
It is the Frer ;. democracy, not the Govern-
ments of Europe at have cause to tremble at the
fortifications is. In embastiling the capital,
the Frencl-Cryiel .aent has a thousand times less
regard to the thi -rate conduct of the Four Powers
than to tl,e desit rs of French Republican citizens.
It is not to foreil 1 invaders, but to French patriots
that the guns of he fortifications of Paris will be
terrible.

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SPoRTI+ G INTELLIGENCE.

TAT

The attendance
flAt as to require
Following bets and!

RSA L L'S, YESTERDAY,
vas unusually thin, and the business so
) other notice than is contained in the
iffers:-
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4 to 1 ag
14 to 1 agE
IS A° 1 ags
20 to 1 ags
25 to 1 ae
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DERBY.
;COWS lot—Gffers to lay
tosalie colt—taken to 1101.
'almmon—takes to 1601.
Coronation—offers to lay
Cameleon—taken
Sir Hans—offers to take 30 to 1
it Lord Stradbroke's lot—taken
Ben Brace—taken and afterw. offered
,t Two outsiders—taken

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28 to 1 ag
10.000 to 100 3
1,000 to 10 ai
1,000 to 10 t

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CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, 'Tx' RSDAY.—Her Majesty and his
Royal Higbee's Pr rice Albert walked for some time
this morning (n the r-r Ace of the Castle.
Her Royal ligblitsl,oo T' ,chess of Kant, attended
by Lady Fann, Ho her accustomed exercise.

Her Majesty rod ut 4L.nnoon in an open pony
phaeton, whfh wri driven pis Royal Highness
Prince Albert Colonel Wen.ysz Mr. Rich, and Cap-
tain Seymoutwere in attendance.
His Royai Highness Prince Aber - no:loured Mr.
Fowler with n interview this morning and inspected
a finished picure and sketch of her Ma the Queen.
Lord am' Lady Holland and Sir ~;eorkr,e Grey,
are expected o arrive this evening on a visit.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
arrived at Canbridge House, Piccadilly, a quarter be-
fore four o'cls yesterday afternoon, from the Conti-
nent. His .ioyal Highness, after his arrival, paid a
visit to the "lidless of Gloucester, and in the evening
dined at Gloucester House.
The Right Hon. J. B. Macaulay has arrived at
Broadland, Hants, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston.
Tho Ea.l of Minto has left town, for his seat near
Hawick.
Despatches for the Governor of Ceylon were sent off
yesterday, rorif the Colal'ilf=office.
CLIAIOUS CoiNcIDENcE--1769 was produc-
Live distinguished men, Wellington, Soult,
and 'ADV.:I,7IM 1:: that Ye"" I ni
Afohciotmedilli.

VOTE or A PIECE OF PLATE TO THE CHAIR-
MAN OF TIP BLACKFRIAR'S-BRIDGE COMMITTEE.—The
members of tie Blackfriar's-bridge Committee have deter-
mined to set to public an example of what ought to have been
done long ag, by presenting Mr. Prior, the indefatigable
Chairman of to Committee with a piece of plate, com-
memorative (Allis exertions to make such improvements
and repairs in the structure as to place it amongst •he
most useful antadegant of modern metropolitan edifices.
The following , the resolution to which the Committee
came, by acclaiation, at a late meeting :—" Resolved,
unanimously,—'fiat it be recommended that the members
of the Committe should subscribe the sum of 50/. for a
piece of plate, tcac presented to Jonathan Charles ,Prior,
Esq , Chairman, s a testimonial of the sense of Or Com-
mittee of his grtt services during the execution of the
important works tr the substantial repair of Blackfriars-
bridge."
SHOCKING 'VENT AT NAPLES.—The Inflow-
ing deplorable ever has lately taken place at Nar •CS :
Extract of a letterrrom Naples, 20th instant. • A few
days ago a Sicilia, named Muratori, a coif(' •house-
keeper, married fouseen years since to a respestr .1 Eng-
lislmoinan, having tree female children, eiga, ..x, and
three years of age, •om an ungrouns: al fit.- a,
,ealousa,
which had driven hit to a state of phro.ns es -shot his wile,
at dan hour after tea himself. A srrtjsc tun has been
made for the orphansby the li is re,;' ,s and visitors,
and the Rev. C. Lusington. a-sa' ant chaplain, has
kindly taken charge f the rear :en, until they can
be placed in some as a Eng sa,d. The relation of
this tragical insane act a, %es given by the eldest child,
who, with her sisters, sip` sin :bens-aim with her parent.;
My father, at daybreaa sudden'] left his bed, seized a
pistol from the drawers, ,ad firs it at my mother. The
pistol missed fire; my motile. jumped from the bed,
struggled with my father and succeeded in gaining the
shop zdjci. ing the bedroom. My father took another pia.
tol, followed my motile., quickly into the shop, and shot
her dead : she never spew or moved. We all ran and
clang around our mother At length, an hour after, as
far as I could judge, mfather came and dragged us from
our dead mother, put er watch around my neck, gave
trifling presents to my sic rs, kissed us affectionately, and
locked us up in a room, ''tiring us to remain quiet, under
threat of punishment, at. ' .hen shot himself. We cried
and screamed in sa;n, at. a heard us. At noon the
neighbours, seeing the shut close, , informed the police of
the quarter of the eircumstece, who eame and forced the
dour, when the horrid ape ,cle of my dead parents were
the first objects seen, my .her with the pistol firmly
grasped in his hand, the nu .'c touching the throat, where
the fatal wound had been e'4ll. Oh, my poor mother !
I can say no more.' "
A paragraph having vpeared in the London
papers, representing 'hat the Countess of Leicester hail
been alarmingly ill, we rejoies to state that her Ladyship
has not been so ill as represewd, and is gong on pro-
gressively towards recovers fan her late very serious ec-
cidslit. The venerable r''l",rilaselazeri slightly indisposed,
but is getting better, and is a present extending the hos-
pitalities of Ilolkham to tie 'earl and Countess of Rose-
bery. Viscountess Anson, Mi, and Lady E. Stanhope,
the Right Honourable Edwar( Ellice, Sir Robert Adair,
Sir Archibald Macdonald, J. ktteux, Esq., G. Lambert,
Esq., &c. ; and Earl Spencer s expected on Thursday.
Lord Coke completed his eigSeenth year on Monday._
Burg Post
On Wednesday morn...: at eleven, the main
body of the 79th Regiment :ghlanders, under the com-
mand of Colonel Fergusoa 'ived from Weedon Bar-
racks, by the London I, Birmingham Railroad, at
Euston-gruvo terminus, a . immediately afterwards
marched, en routs, through 'streets of the metropolis,
over Waterloo Bridge to De with their elegant band
performing numerous martial On Monday and Tues-
day the advanced gu'rds of a regiment arrived with
the baggage ; to-dly tole of the regiment
in ill embark, and sail from . 'ock-yard, at Deptford
on board the General a, Government ship, of
Gibraltar.
His Royal Higlne h hike of Cambridge,
although absent from low, 3 T unmindful of the poor
in that parish. He comer •,‘r. Scard to supply all
the poor families in that p a good dinner on
Christmas-day, and thepear ;Rion workhouse be-
longing to the parish, ma aaa e hat the children in the
uldinhe Re ad
Queen's Free School sloula be na±-1 on New Year's-
d
Crown ay withllotel, and to s roast beef anupplyd piune.p.
ll ofgt..eint as reo
with clothing, &c., during this
se
inclement weather, suirenit
at Ws
Royal Highness's expense,
HER MAJESTY AND TEC. PRINCESS R
_ln consequence of the severityof the weathers.
arrival of the Court at Windaor,
sae,
the Royal infaie
in most excellent health, not hAvig experienced the
est indisposition since she has
bats at the Castle), has
been taken beyond the nursery
ad the other rooms ewe
nected with that department or he Royal household ap-
propriated to the use of her loyal Highness and her
several attendants.
It is
the isaeiable custom of her Ma-
jesty, upon leaving the drawing
ously to retiring to rest, to vis'ioaith,
the nursery for the pur-
poseand taking leave
nom at night, and previ-
-
of ascertaining the state o;
of the infant Princess.
HEAVY JUDGMENT.---1
judgment has been
R
recovered against the lateeo,ver-General of Canada,
Sir John Caldwell, for 54,06 currency, for which his
large estates, consisting of theleig mory and fief of La-
cole,
. 00 acres of
2,e
with extensive mills theron,
and 2
land, were conveyed to the Goernment in full satisfac-
tion.—New York Herald.

HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY. THITIV4TJAY EVENING.
rho British 6,ocks were rather dud to-day, but they
supported yesterday's value. Consols for the opening
were 881- to s ; Exchequer Bills 2s. to ss. premium ;
Bank Stock 1571 ; the Reduced Anruities 88, to 89 ;
and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 97i to
ex.-div. for the opening.
The attention of the speculators in the Foreign
Market has to-day been chiefly occupied with the
settlement of the half-monthly account. The business
done has been limited. The differences arising from
the extreme range of prices since the 15th inst., were
about 211 per 'cent. in Spanish Stock, 21- per cent. in
Portuguese, 3 per cent. in Colombian, and la per
cent. in Mexican. As the account has gone on
from day to day, the jobbers, however, have
had frequent opportunities of changing the items,
and by this means have diminished their balances, so as
to prevent inconvenience. The settlement, therefore,
was unattended by any embarrassement, and the rate
of interest for continuing stock ruled low, viz. at about
3 per cent.

Spanish Bonds were in active demand ; they sup-
ported their previous advanced value, ranging from
24';1- to 25i for money, and from 24 to 251 for the
Account. In Portuguese Stock there was scarcely any
business. The New Five per Cents. were dull
at 32i, and the Three per Cents, at 21i.
Columbian Bonds remained at 24 ; but Mexican touched
29. The new Venezuelan Bonds will be ready towards
the close of next month, after which the dividend of
_

per cent. for the half year will be paid. Belgian Bonds
were steady at 97i ; French Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
were marked 1011. 50e. ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. realized 511 to 4.
Some of the operators in Railway shares having ra-
ther overdone themselves, have had to pay 15 to 20 per
cent, interest for the privilege of not at present making
mood their losses. This, while it has limited business,
has given a lift to prices, which were to-day most cur-
rently these :—Grvat Western 27 to 26 ; the New 12 ;
the Fifth 64 to 7 ; the London and Birmingham 81 ;
the New 251- ; the Quarter 22 ; the York and North
Midland 18 ; the South Western 171 to 1713-, ; and the
Eastern Counties Debentures 21 premium ; Brighton
Shares were at a rise to 61 and 5:1 discount; New
Greenwich at 31, and Blackwell at 4to 4i die. Lon-
don Joint-stock Bank Shares were at 3 premium.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVRRPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The de-
mand for Cotton to-day has been to a moderato extent.
The sales 4,000 bags at steady prices.
LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, DEC. 30.—Chester and Bir-
krnhead New Shares 161, deb. 98s. 6d ; Grand Junction
2111 ; Quarter Shares 52 ; Great Western Fifths 10i ;
London and Birmingham Quarter Shares 27; Brightun
United Company 4,31-; Manchester and Leeda 76.3

Letters from Carthagena of the 13th November an.
flounce the pacific solution of the civil war in Columbia.
Marshal Soult, who is known to possess a large fortune,
eiaims in the budget 164.000 francs—viz., 100,000 f. as
President of the Council, 30,000 f. as Marshal, 24,000 f. us
Ancient Senator, and 10,0001. as High Dignitary of the
Legion of Honour. Still this is not enough ; he also
claims 40,0001. as expenses for representation.

We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester•
day's date.

130eRSE OF AMSTERDAM, DEC. 28.—1 n consequence cf
some business in the Integrates, our National Fuhda were
better, and the prices more firm.
The operations in the Actives of the Society of Com-
merce were to some extent ; they opened at 1584, and got
up to 159 y i; for the close 159; after the Bourse they fell
again to lsBi 4. Ardoins Spanish had again receded after
the close 21 1-16; Coupons 171 i.

Consols at present may be quoted at the leaving off
prices of yesterday, 888 for the Account ; Reduced,
1364 a, with little doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 pre-
mium ; Bank Stock, 1561 1571; India Stock 237 239.
In the Foreign Market the chief speculation is in Spa-
nish Active at present, which maintains the quotation of
yesterday's leaving off price 24± 25 ; Deferred, 12± 13 ;
Passive, 8± :1; Portuguese have receded, left off 331 :1.,
at present 321 4 ; Three per Cents., 211 ; Colombian,
23} 24; Mexican, 28± 29; Brazilian, 7O 71}; Dutch
Tvt•o-and-a.. Half per Cents. 51+ ; Five per Cents. 971 98.
Sll ARES. —Great Western, 251 26k prem. ; New, 11
121 prem. ; LoncLn and Brighton, 6 discount; Black--
wall, 4 discount ; Birmingham, 81 83 premium; South-
ampton, 551 .56:} per share ; Croydon, 121 1- per share ;
Greenwich, SI per share.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.

Eastern Counties
Ditto Debentures
Great Western
Ditto New .
Ditto Fifths
lull and Selby
London and Brighton
Lwidou and Birmingham 9O -171 to
Ditto i Shares
Ditto New Shares
London anti Greenwich ..... ...... 20
Ditto ';:•rip
Lohtini nd South western 3Bi 56 ... .. to 56114
' ottr STOCK BANKS.
i.o.rvivait; 0....t...a. CtuucK ... ........
.. 10
eItICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 29.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 97 Grand Canal Stock ...... ...
Ditto Reduced ......
Ditto New, 1830
34 per Cent. Debs.
Accounts from Montreal to the end of November state
that the Bank there discounted a greater amount of paper
than for some time past ; but owing to the difficulty of
making Upper Canada Funds available, the Board de-
cided not to negotiate drafts on Upper Canada at present,
unless applicants submit to the ruinous commission of two-
and-a-half per cent.

This being settling day in the Foreign Market, little or
nothing has been doing in the British Market. The
brokers and jobbers are chiefly occupied in settling their
accounts, as well as paying and receiving their balances.
The heaviest accounts to settle are Spanish and Portu-
guese, as well as Columbian. Up to the present hour all
is going off well.
There has been scarce any fluctuation during the course
of the morning in the British Funds, and Consols may be
quoted at the opening price of 881 for the Account. The
favourite speculation at present is in. Spanish Active.
which reached 2.5 ,a . In the other Foreign Funds little
doing. The rise in the above stock is attributed to some
import negotiations at present going on at Madrid with
the English Government, and which will shortly he known
here.

Within a short period Consols have improved to 88i
for the 15th January ; Bank Stock 1571; for the Account
158 ; Exchequer Bills improved to 2 5 premium.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is the chief
operation; it has been fluctuating from 241 25k, and at
present may be quoted at 251 ; Passive, 6i .; Portu-
guese 324- ; Colombian, 24 ; Dutch Two-and a. Half per
Cents. 51:1,- k ; Five per Cents , 97k.
In Shares a fair business has been doing, with an int.
provement in the prices. Eastern Counties Debs., 4/ ; Gres
Western, 92; ditto, New Shares, 52 ; ditto, Fifths,
10k ji ; Hull and Selby, 424 43 ; London and Brighton,
44; London and Birmingham, 171 ; ditto, Quarter
Snares, 27; ditto, New Shares, 494; South Western,
561 1.