The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-19 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—i was a spectator of a curious scene in'thi.; quiet town
on Saturday last, the 15th inst. The Mayor of the town had
called a Meeting in the Town-hall to address the Queen and
Prince Albert on their marriage. The Mayor took the chair
and the first resolution that an Address was to be prevented was
carried nem. con. A friend of mine, near me, had uF,„,„ed
that all the leaders of the three sections of „s would
be pres.nt, but he could not point them out. A r.Jalland,
a Magistrate, moved the Whig Address. This wr.s followed by
a gentleman in one of the side galleries moving 'ale Tory Ad-
dress. There was not much eloquence display',,d by either of
these gentlemen, nor much enthusiasm by ,e meeting; but
when the leader of the Chartist or Radical party rose to pro-
pcse his amendment, a thousand voices make the hall ring. He
read his Address in a remarkably clear 'And distinct manner,
which was a compound of congratulat'.ori to the Queen, and a
asking for pardon fur the three Welsh prisoners at the hulks ;
and, to the astonishment of myself and a great part of the
audience, he rated the Mayor, Alder mr,n, and Common Council
most soundly for their conduct to the,. TO :king classes of this town,
and, I am afraid, with truth, for no 0' .se attempted to deoy his posi-
tions. His, the Radical amendrr,ent, was carried by a very
large majority, and the Mayor '2romised to lay it before her
Majesty in person. The Corpo ration seemed quite confounded
and astonished—the Tories cl mckled—and the Radicals suc-
ceeded in tacking their rider for pardon to the Address to
Prince Albert. This, Sir, the Whig borough of Hull in a
very large meeting, augurs, badly for a Whig candidate at the
next general election.
Hull, Feb: 17. JOHN DIXON.

I remain yours, Bcc.,

THE METROPOLITAN ANTI-

CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION.

Let the bread-taxers look to it. London is marching
. against them, flanked by a deputation from the Anti-Corn
Law League of Manchester. Against truth even the
gates of hell shall not prevail. The justice of their cause
could alone have armed the repeaters with the fixed
and invincible resolution which has made them amass
ten thousand pounds of funds, and not only hold together
after fourteen months' exertion, but increase in numbers,
wealth, influence, and courage, within that lapse of time,
which proves all things, and which never fails to wear out
4 false and hollow cause.
A Metropoliton Anti-Corn-Law Association is in the
Course of formation, and will meet for the first time on
Monday next, at the Office of the League, ( No. 154,
Strand). To this Society the most influential men in
London have already given in their adhesion, and the de-
putation of the League which is to hold constant sittings in
London, has already waited upon a great number of the
leaders of political movements here, and received the
most cheering assurances of cordial co-operation.
Messrs. Paulton and Sidney Smith have already ad-
dressed twenty thousand Londoners, with wonderful effect,
and petitions for the total and immediate repeal are every
where projected, or actually in the course of signature.
The friends of the cause should every where get up re-
quisitions to Messrs. Poulton and Smith, for lectures.
Their labours have been crowned with extraordinary
success.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

(TUESDAY EVENING.)
'I
IVIES.---Nothing Las been allowed to transpire in
the City respecting the terms on which the exchange
of Exchequer Bills due in March is to be effected, but,
a 8 the time is so neLr at hand that the usual official
notice must app ear in the course of the week, there can
be no advantage in repeating the various reports cur-
rent on the subject.
It has been rumoured to-day, that under some
arrangement between the Bank and the Treasury, the
additiond 1,000,0001. of Bills, the issue of
which has been authorised by the vote of credit, has
been taken by the B ink either as as absolute pur-
chase, or as security for an advance to the
amount named. Gre(t indignation has been ex-
pressed at this, as an interference with the currency,
which is wholly uncalled for under existing circum-
stances, and must do harm in bringing upon a market
already redundant a further supply of money. Had the
Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced these Bills
into the open market, or treated for the advance re-
quired with private capitalists and bankers, or availed
himself of that power which is given to him by the
Acts of Parliament for the regulation of Saving's-banks,
there would have been no disposition to blame his
management. . .

The exportation of the precious metals to the Conti-
nent seems to have come to a stand for the present. No
gc,ld nor silver was shipped from Dover in the course of
the last week.

By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is
430 per mark, which, 4t thu English Mint price of
31, 17s. 10d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13. 7i, and the exchange at Hamburg on
London at short being 13. 7, it follows that gold is 0.23
Per cent. dearer at Hamburg than in London.
The premium on gold at Paris is 6 per mille, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10-0. the ounce
'or standard gold,-gives an exchange of 25. 30, and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 271, it
follows that gold is 0.10 per cent. dearer at Paris than
14 London.

By the usual official return published by the Customs,
tht exportation of the precious metals from the port of
London to Foreign and Colonial ports, for the week
ending the 13th of February is as under

Ounces.
Silver bars, Rotterdam lO,OOO
Silver coin, ditto B,OOO
Silver coin, Belgium 20,000
Silver coin, Mauritius 16,668
Gold coin, Mauritius
Gold coin, British West Indies 2OO

POST.—The English Funds were in a very passive
state the whole of the day. Some speculators of little
or no influence did a trifling business in options, but
11,° tranfers of stock of the smallest importance took
Place. Money is obtainable at much tho same rates of
Interest as at the end of the past week, namely, at from
three to five per cent. per annum, ou the deposit of
stuck ; advances for tempo-ary purposes having been
made in the course of the day at three, four, and even
the extreme limit of five, per cent., as the circumstances
of the case might justify.

SUN.—The Foreign Exchanges were without alte-
ration this afternoon. The rate for bills on Paris was
2:5 52i to 55 ; on Hamburg 13 9 to 9i ; and on
Amsterdam 12 2,i.
The Colonial Markets wero tolerably brisk and closed
rather fit mly. This remark applies more to Sugar than
t any other article, the demand for Coffee having been
limited. The Tea sales were languid to the close, and
most of the chests offered were bought in. Congou was
Id.. tsnd Twankay id. per pound lower than yesterday.
The Consol Market closed with a firmer appearance
than
yesterday, and at better quotations, viz., 90} for
Present trat.afer, and 91 for time. Exchequer Bills, in
e'nsequeace of a temporary demand for money on the
fart of the speculators for a fall, and who have played a
sing game during the present account, were depressed
tnis afternoon at 6s. to Bs. premium. Bank Stock left
o{f at 178-i. and India Stock at 248.
There was very little buoyancy in Foreign Bonds up
to the close of business. Spanish Consols left off at 27 ;
Portuguese new Stock at a decline to 33} after having
been done at 34 ; and Colombian at 23f to Brazil
Stock dropped to 78i.
For most of the shares there was more inquiry, and
,the holders were enabled to obtain fairer prices. The
'eliding railway investments ware marked as follows :
The London and Birmingham (new) 19 premium ; the
Quarter Shares IS premium ; the North Midland 8
discount; the new shares 5i premium ; the South-
ampton 5i premium ; the Brighton 10i discount ; and
ißi and Glucester 15 discount. New
4uk of Australmia Shares brought 8f premium.

OLITICAL MUMNIARY OF THE

MORNING JOURNALS.

• [be 7 intes says, with reference to the interminable
elk, it
e dale discussi:n in the Commons :—" In the present
i;""th the House has sat ten days, and of these eight
14Itle been partially devoted to a variety of discussions very
refitable, no doubt, to the Ministers, whose object it is
t° get through the Session," and all of them the results
oh.• Mr. Stv,ckdale's friendly exertions in aid of that
3eet, exertions for which, on leaving Newgate (now
cuhabited by himself and his attorney,. Mr. Howard) a
clritnissionerslaip, the modern Whigs' compensation for
2eret services, would be by no means an inadequate re.
hitt The Morning Chronicle spanks of the present
to : disappointment of the Tory faction in the following
part The Tories arc evidently disappointed in the
hi-11Y account to which they intended and hoped to have
Arued the Royal Marriage. At one time, Prim: Albert
tas
t 0 have cured all evils. The Queen could not go
Zng with a husband at her elbow. But the Prince seems
th-"e °I. metal not better adapted for becoming the tool of
over 14rtY than the Queen herself. They have pitched him
7,rboard. He has not heeded the nuptial homily of the
lif,"Zes nor cured his Royal bride of her unhappy bias.'
°42 not enforced her attentiveness to the Duke of Wel-
fbßt°o while his Grace was troubled with the heartburn.
Queen has not yet the good fortune to have honest
blu° faithful advisers.' The 'bpersons who surround her'
b. e entirely changed. Now all this Tory blustering
-• teitterness is of satisfactory cmen to the nation:: The
°lne
r ut, Morning Journals contain no leading articles of

Ch VESI FOUR P.M., FEB. 18.—The Princess
iavarione, West Intiia:nan, running down the Wrest Channel
ktvvevening, struck on the Puller Bank just to the eastward of
t"n, was expected to have been got off at high water this
wa}r.dbut still remains. There is a fresh wind from the east-
-44'. and if she is an old and is not immediately
r"i„,t_'ned, as the bank is a hard gravelly one, her situation is a
c.""" one: two barges are gone down to her to render as-