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

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1841

ilelglan Bank
5 per Cents IOZ ... 102 ... 102 ... 102
New Loan WITi ". 1,1% .. 104% ... 101%
4psnisli Active.
Passive sit ... 5 ... 514 .. 5%
s; eapolitan
Rornan
RAILWAY SHARES.
720 ... 720 ... 720 ... 710
350 ... 390 ... 3.1 25 ... 381 25
307 51 ... 707 50 ... 705 ... 305
420 ... 42) ... 420 ... 421
400 ... 41:0 ... 400 ... 400
255 ... 235 ...:35 ... 235

R. Germain
Versailles, K. B

L. F.
I,lulhausen to Thann
Bordeaux to La 1 este ......
Strasburg to Bale

COUNTING OUT THE HOUSE.—The Spectator is
very angry with General Johnson tbr having
counted out the House when Mr. Grote brought
forward a pet motion concerning New South
Wales. W e are bound to defend his conduct, be-
cause we approve of it. There were only thirty
Membei s 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 titan 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 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.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,

(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 26. —The tram
actions in our Cotton Market this week are moderate, but with-
out any change in prices, which remain the same as at the
close of last week. Speculators have taken 3,380 bales of
American, exporters 180 bales. The sales to-day are about
2,500 to 3,000 bales, with rather firm prices.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 26.—The following
comprise the transactions as reported at the close of the Stock
Exchange :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 33i ; Grand Junction,
203 ; Glasgow and Ayrshire, 38*; Lancaster and Preston
New Shares, '233/4.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 26.—Manches-
ter and Leeds, 66i to 67; Ditto Halves, 28i to 284; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 24* to 244 ; London and Birming-
ham, 170 to 171 ; London and South Western, 54 to 55 ;
Midland Counties, 79 to 80.
Accounts from Odessa of the 15th of February state that the
port being closed by the ice the most part of January had
stopped the activity of the ex' erior commerce. The exporta-
tion amounted to 202,445 fubles in money, and the importa-
tions to 169,475 rubles 50 cop. ; there were sent into the inte-
rior to the amount of 166 360 cop.; during the year 1840 there
arrived in the Port of Kherson 694 ships, and left 680.
A notice was posted yesterday at Lloyd's, respecting a ship of
1,100 tons, which sailed from London to Sydney and Port
Phillip in October last, to give immediate information to the
Secretary relative to shipments, owing to some reports concern-
ing the above vessel.
Consols opened this morning at 88i for the Account, at pre-
sent may be quoted 881 89; Money 883 4, with scarce any
thing doing as yet. Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem.
In the foreign market Spanish Active as it left off, 23i 3,
Deferred 12* Passive 54 I, Portugues,, rather better 32* 24,
Tree per Cents, 19* 4, Brazilian 71 72, Colombian, 221,
Mexican 30*, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, left off 50i
51i, at present 503 ; Five per Cents. 99& 100*.
SseAaxs.—Great Western 241 25i prem. ; New 11* 12*
prem. ; London and Brighton 6i 54 dis. ; Blackwall 6 dis. ;
Birmingham 61 63 prem. ; Southampton 54i 5.5 i per share ;
Croydon 12* 4 per share; Greenwich 74 8* per share ; Man-
chester and Birmingham 16 15 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid, Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 78i to
Bristol and Exeter........ 6O ...... 36 ..
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham 9O lsl
Ditto New ..
London and South Western .38i 55 to -
, North Midland . lOO / 7:31 to
We still continue with the same anxiety for the arrival of
the President steamer, from New York ; it is stated that she
has permission to be detained forty-eight hours at the request
of Mr. Fox ; if this event has taken place, she would not sail
until the 12th or 13th inst.

The British funifshavebeen inactive during the course of
the morning, and Consols may be quoted at present 88z, 89 for
the amount ; Money rather better 88 ; Exchequer Bills,
ss. 7s. premium.
The Foreign Market is in the same state as that of the Bri-
tish, without a feature worth notice. In Spanish nothing, done.
Portuguese rather better, 324 ; Three per Cents. 191; Mexi-
can 30h ; Dutch nothing dune.
In Shares some business has been doing, market firm as
on yesterday ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 78i ; Bristol and
Exeter, 36; Great Western, 90; Ditto New, 62k; Ditto
Fifths, 104: London and Brighton, 43/ ; London and Bir-
mingham, 152 ; London and South Western, 55 ; North Mid-
land, 75/.
Consols, Money, 884 ; Account, 881:8 9 ; Mexican, 301 ;
sPpoanrtuisghu,e2se3f
23ivei.per Cents. 32 ; Three per Cents., 19i ;
No intelligence of the arrival of the President at Liverpool.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

... India Stock
Bank Stock
3 per Cent Red
3 per Cent Cons B9l IDitto Old Annuities ...
31 per Cent Red..
Ditto New Annuities... 86,i
New 3 per Cent ' 971 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2-id 7pm
1
New 5 per Cent
Ditto 500/ 7pm
m
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 9
Jan. 1860 • Bank Stock for Opr p

i -- ,oc.x ior upg. ...
Oct 1859 — India Stock for Cpg. •••
Jan. 1860. — Consols for Acct B9
FOREIGN FUNDS,
Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent loli Ditto, New Ditto 32*
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent :23 Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 1824. ... ..... !Ditto, Deferred ... --
Danish, 3 per cent
Greek, 18:15, 5 per cent — ;Exchange —f. —e.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30 !French, 3 percent --f. --e.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 50/
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent —
SHARES.

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 78i
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid)
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd) 19*
London and Bilmingharn Railway (90 pd) 152
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid)
London and . Greenwich Railway (20 pd)
Ditto Scrip. (3 paid).,,,,,,., 4i
London and South Western ... ........... 55
Ditto Tenths .
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2i
North Midland Railway (100 paid)...,,...,
Ditto New Shares (40 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... . 17
York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 79i

DUNDEE, MARCH IL—IMPORTANT DlS-
pMrer.veNnvtaiviei,
against of ac
thheea pco
destructionm potie nc,
pesobrnyr lereCOVRRY.— A very important discovery has been made by
au'lheidchtoilshai
bar-
nacles and other sea insects. For a long period t f
years copper has been used for this purpose, which
completely answers the end, so fir as protection to
the vessel alone is concerned. The only objection
to the tr:e of copper is its great expense, and cite
rapidity with which it is corroded. The average
expense of coppering is upwards of IL 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 th,
use f copper by placing sheets of z'iric 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 he used to preserve the copper rendered it use-
-I..ss as a prottetion against sea worms, the poisonous
substance that formed doling 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 he 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, wten coated over
with, preserves ships as well as ccpper does. The pre-
pared zinc is about one-half, and the iron about one-third,
the expense of copper.—Edinburgh Observer.
MARIE ANTONIETTE.—I ventured a few
words of consolation, hinting that times were now im-
prosing, and that her popularity and happiness would be
res'ored. She shook her head. We were alone. I knew
not hew I was worked up to it, or had courage to make
the proposal; but I did so—that if she thought herself
in danger, my services were at her command, and that
she could come with me to England in the disguise of my
maid, whom I could easily dispose of by sending her
under some pretext to her friends at St. Germain. She
thanked me, and smiled faintly, but said nothing would
induce her to leave htr family. She added that she had
refused other offers of the same sort. " Besides"—and
she looked round—" si je voulais, cela ne se pourrail pas; I
ity a trop d'espions." I took leave of her with regret and
affection.—Swinburne's Courts of Europe.
No. 27, Hatton-garden was, in the reign of
Queen
Elizabeth. the residence of the
_Lord Chancellor,
Sid Christopher Helton.;