The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-16 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—The Peterel packet, Lieu-
tenant Creser Commander, arrived this afternoon from
the Brazils with mails and passengers, having sailed
from Rio de Janeiro on the II th of July, Bahia,
24th, and Pernambuco, 29th. She has some freight
on mining and other account, and the following pas-
sengers :—Mr. Damaresque, wife and sister; Mr. and
Mrs. Dovey, and Messrs. Nuttall, Champion, Twiss,
Goslin, and Kenworthy, and five miners.
Her Majesty's ship Racer arrived at Rio with the
River Plate mail on the 29th of June, eleven days
passage, and her Majesty's brig Kestrel sailed on the
20th of June for the river, with the outward mail.
Left lying at Rio her Majesty's ships Racer, Crescent,
and Griffin, and United States frigate Columbia.
Exchanges at Rio, 27; Stock, 82 ; at Bahis, 27 ;
at Pernambuco, 26g.
There is no political or general news by this con-
veyance.

THE TRIPLE MURDER IN BELGIUM.—BIussELs,
SEPT. 11.—It is scarcely possible to conceive the inqui-
ries which are being made in every part of the country
relative to the perpetrators of the triple murder, and
several persons have been arrested on suspicion. There
is one circumstance that may probably lead to the dis-
covery—viz.,: that, as in the case of the unfortunate
Duchess de Praslin, one of the unfortunate young women
h.ld in her clenched hand a lock of hair, which she must
have torn from the head of the assassin.

AMERICAN FREEDOM.—On Tuesday, a seaman,
belonging to a New Orleans ship, was brought up at the
Liverpool Police-court, charged with committing various
assaults. The policeman on duty at the Prince's Dock
observed the prisoner on Monday morning, at about
half-past six, in Bath-street, striking all passers-by. He
followed him, and eventually took him into custody,
when he said that that was the way his ship's company
had served all the gentlemen in New Orleans. lie was
fined in an amount proportionate to his offence.
JUVENILE PEDESTRIANS.—A few days ago, two
lads, one eight•and-a-half and the other six-and-a-half
years old, brothers, left their grandfather's house in this
townond at half-past nine on the following night reached
the house where their mother was servant, at Middleton,
near Rochdale, a distance of 45 miles from Liverpool.,__
The lads stated that they had only a penny. in I.'
d at a
pockets when they started, and that theyelnest
night,
i ht,
vagrant- office (probably at Warrington) th
and inquired their way to Middleton.
been out of Liverpool before.—Liverpool
the parish
They had
never
of Barnes, from her small assets,
LEGACIES TO CHARITY SCHOOfsWithers,
Orphan School at Dalston,
school at Barnes,
I attached to Trinity
—Mrs.e to
101.; and to the National School
Church, Islington, 1,9 !pintas.
301.; the

THE LATE FAILURES.
In the City attention has been entirely directed to
the circumstances connected with the failure of
Messrs. Sanderson and Co., and the greatest anxiety
still prevails upon the subject, although such facts as
have transpired appear to be of a more favourable
kind than was at first anticipated. The liabilities of
the house to London depositors by whom bills are held
as security, are understood to amount to 800,0001.
The total of country liabilities of a similar description
has not been stated, but they are most probably very
extensive. The debts of the firm against which the
creditors hold no securities amount to 200,0001. The
private property of Mr. Sanderson is estimated at
about 140,0001., and that of Mr. Morris, his late
partner, including life assurances at about 60,0001.
Under these circumstances, the parties who have in-
vestigated the state of the concern speak favourably
of the ultimate prospects of the liquidation, and in
the meantime the following circular has been issued :
" Sing William-street, Sept. 15, 1847.
" Gentlemen,—lt is with extreme pain we have to
announce to you that our house is under the neces-
sity of suspending its business, an event which was
wholly unforeseen and unexpected by us.
" The retirement, some time ago, of our late
partner, Mr. Gard, and recently the sudden and
lamented death of Mr. Sanderson's remaining partner,
Mr. Morris, threw upon Mr.. Sanderson alone the re-
sponsibility of the concern, the details of which had
been chiefly under the management of his late part-
ners; and this, with the pressure of the times, has
left him no alternative but to proceed to wind up the
affairs of the house. He entertains the most sanguine
expectations, that ultimately the creditors and cus-
tomers will sustain no loss whatever. The accounts
are being made up with all possible dispatch, and in a
very few days they will be in a state to be submitted
to those interested.

" We are, gentlemen, your faithful obedient ser-
vants, " SANDERSON and CO."
_

The above letter is satisfactory ;-but in connexion
with the anticipations it expresses, it must be re-
marked, that even supposing them to be correctly
founded according to the information now obtainable,
it would still be impossible to rely upon them at
present. A week or two must pass without any
further serious failures before it will be right to in-
dulge any confident feeling as to a comparatively
favourable result, since in the majority of stoppages
which have recently occurred, it is from a deprecia-
tion of assets subsequent to suspension that much of
the ultimate evil is apprehended.
It appears that a point has been raised, which,
under the peculiar circumstances will be regarded by
all parties with much pain, to the effect that the
liability of Mr. Gard in the firm still continues, his
retirement not having been completed by the legal
form of a notice in the Gazette.—Times.

The failure of Sanderson and Co. has been the
chief subject of conversation in the City; and the
most eager anxiety has been manifested to learn whe-
ther any other firms had " gone," in consequence of
the stoppage. There has, of course, been an abun-
dance of rumours, and every one known to be con-
nected with the firm has been alluded to as certain to
suffer severely from the failure; although, as we
mentioned yesterday, Mr. Sanderson has stated po-
sitively that if a little time is granted all the liabilities
of the house will be met without difficulty. The real
effect of the failure cannot, however, be immediately
known. Those who hare for many years depended
on the firm for advances on bills must be most seri-
ously inconvenienced, and it is confidently stated that
the Bank of England cannot afford assistance in this
crisis. Her reserve of notes is not of sufficient
amount to enable her to come to the relief of the
commercial public, as she might have done before the
Bank Charter Act placed the limit on her issues.
During a time of pressure the Bank will now be
in
tensity
by for her own safety, to increase its
by limiting her advances and calling in her loans, in-
stead of adopting her former practice. As her issues
are fixed, her reputation is worthless to her. She will
not be allowed to throw the shield of her influence and
credit over those who are in danger. She cannot
lend them the use of her great name during a panic.
The bank-notes, which might save thousands from
bankruptcy, are locked up in the " issue department."
Credit is withheld at the very moment it is most
wanted, but will be abundant enough when there is
a plethora of gold, when confidence is restored, and
when credit is not required. The " currency prin-
ciple" of the Peel-Lloyd school is now being really
carried into effect, and its " beautiful simplicity" of
action may be seen by any one. Merchants are sa-
crificing anything and everything for ready money ;
while the bank-notes that would readily be lent to
them, and would enable them to withstand the crisis,
but for the Bank Charter Act, are locked up by the
" fixed issue." We think we may state with confi-
dence that the stoppage of Sanderson and Co. has
been occasioned by Sir Robert Peel's Act. They
would not have been compelled to suspend payments
but for its interference with banking accommodation
at a crisis like the present ; and, if we mistake not, it
will make bankrupts of thousands unless it is modified
without delay.—Herald.

FIRE IN THE OLD KENT-ROAD.—Last evening
between seven and eight o'clock a fire broke out upon
the premises belonging to Mr. MundaY , a carpenter and
builder, in St. James's-place, Canal Bridge-road, Old
Kent-road. The flames originated, it is supposed, fiom
a spark flying from a lighted candle, and in a few
minutes the house presented one sheet of flame. Attempts
were made to extinguish the fire, but without the least
success, and the spacious workshops and the piles of
wood became ignited. With all possible expedition the
various engines reached the scene, and the firemen at
once set to work from the Surrey Canal, but, notwith-
standing the immense quantity of water scattered over
esroyocl. consider-
able, Inde-
pendently the flames, they wore not subdued until the dwelling.
house, the workshops, and timber-yard were reduced to
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WEST INDLL PRonucE.—A vessel, arrived at the
port of Liverpool, from Nassau, New Providence, has
brought, in addition to a variety of fancy and furniture
woods, 68 live turtle, and between 200 and 300 dozens
of pine apples, of West Indian produce. According to
Theca:
the official report of the vessel's cargo, a considerable
number of pines and also of turtle were thrown over-
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weather
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so valuable a portion of the cargo baeineg. cast away, in
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stowed
gaining access to the more bulkwmg to the difficulty of
cause of
Mayor, THE
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hold ~away at the top of the
and more accessible tothijer'p chairlteaaes
Leasure
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public_ jourgniavlessthmaet ma
cit: Yesterday the Lord
said-44 It
much
hbseription has been commenced
for the benefit of the widow and children of the late Dr.
Lynch, and I think I should not be:doing my duty as
chief magistrate of the City were I not publicly to ac-
' knowledge the zeal and devotion displayed by that
gentleman in his endeavours to promote the cause of
sanitary improvement in the metropolis. It might be
said that the service in which he fell was a public Ser-
aerepOi to
with to
f
ser-
vice ; and I therefore consider that his wife and children
arc entitled to the commiseration of the, public. I aomr•
anxious to aid so good a cause, not only individually
vibuatr
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;donationscapacity
which ; and m shallay b e v
bievhu
the committee. _ _

MEETING OF THE MILLOWNERS' ASSOCIATION.—
We understand that a meeting of this body took place
today (Tuesday) which has just terminated. The object
of the meeting was to take into consideration certain
resolutions submitted to them by Mr. Hindley and Mr.
Wilson Patten, analagous to the proposition recently
brought forward by the operative spinners relative to a
temporary cessation of work. The meeting decided
unanimously, we believe, that an entire cessation of work
was not only impracticable, but in the highest degree
undesirable, and likely only to lead to very severe
rations among the factory population.—Second edaim el
Mancheder Examiner.

THE ONLY AUTHORISED UNGLISH EDITION.
Now ready,
SEVENTH VOLUME OF TRIERS'
lIISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE,

Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq.,
With the sanction and approval of the Author.
CONTENTS : Pena —Eclau —Friedland—and Tilsit.
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the power and prestige of Prussia were annihilated in a month. The
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beyond all previous histories of Revolutionary France for the masses
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THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ;
Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed-
ford, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss
Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws.
After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
(the property of the late William Shakspeare), inquire Within. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed-
ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c.
To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE
ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgeits,
Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss
Emma Harding.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE CARPENTERS
OF LAMBETH; or, The Bride of the Thames. Characters by
Messrs. Dale, Hicks, Searle, and Miss Vincent.
After which the Drama, called THE SHIP-BOY; or, the White
Slave of Guadaloupe.
. .

—Toconclude with the Drama of ROOK WOOD ; or, The Legend of
the Old Lime Tree. Luke Rookwood, Mr. Hicks; Ranulph of Rook-
wood, Mr. Raymond ; Peter Brauley, Mr. Dale ; Lady Rookwood,
Mrs. G. Lee ; Eleanor Mowbray, Mrs. flicks ; Barbara Lovell, Mrs.
Cooke ; Sybllla, Miss Burrouf,tcliffe.
Boxes, is. ; Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.
Doors open at Six, to commence—at Half-past Six.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty.
THIS EVENING
A grand Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF
CYPRUS; or Ile Horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and
•Pater.

Entirolp new Seems In the Arena, supported by the talented Ar-
tistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestratlon,
Ith Turpin's Ride to York.
Mr. Batty will shortly introduce the smallest Elephant in Europe,
uSt imported by Captain Stephens, from Ceylon.

Box-oflice open from 11 till 5.•
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.