The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-08 00:00:00

TEA MARKET.

The 'Market was very dull for Free Trade, still prices
did not give way ; some larke parcels were declared for
sale. Company's Congou 2s. 3. d. cash. •
•TALLOW MARKET.

There was onty a limited business done in Russian,
either on the spot, or to arrive, but prices were firm at 525,
to 525. 6d. per cwt.
SPIRIT MARKET.

For Rum there v‘ere few buyers, but prices have suf.
fcred no iurtk)r depression. Brandy dull, at late rates.
HAY MARKET.

The market was but moderately supplied, and a good
demand existed. Clover, 31. to 5/. ; Hay, 4/. to 6/ ;
Straw, 11. 13s. to I/. Hs.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK..

LIVERPOOL COTTON AIARKET,'WEDNESDAY.-3,000
bags arc the sales to-day, at prices with little, if any
variation from yesterday. •

The accoCnt3" received from. Constantinople, tp,tl-A
09th S •ptember, state that it will now be seen what
part Russia will take. It was known in ConStantinOple
that the order had arrived at Odessa to rrepare there
quarters for 40,000 Russians ; and the letters from Tro-.
bizondc state that a park of artillery, consisting of 150
pieces of cannon, with a strong detachment of Russian
artillery:nen, have been landed at Ridout-Kale, also •
that a corps d'armee of 16,000 men were at Anapa,
from which point these troops could easily be thrown
into Asia Minor.
The Turkish Government has prohibited the expor-
tation of corn throughout the whole of the empire.
We have received the Journal of Anttherp of yester-
day's date.
BOURSE OF A MiTERDAM, OCT. s.—The prices On
Saturday from Paris coming better, our market has also
been
e
Unproved. The integrates
and
gt,ont 4
s 01-sand the
tthe Society
la.
snh tate
afterAc ;
a Other national funds were also
in favour ; Ardoin s Spanish remained calm.
Accounts from Siam state that the Ariel had arrived
w:th letters from Bankok, which do not supply any in-
of
telligence
of importance. The Chinese junks were all
on the eve of dep, lrture for different perts of the em-
pire, appearing to believe th,t they would not be
meddled with if they did not go to Canton.
The market for piece
goods was very low, and
there were sellers at rednecd rates. The market wa,3
rather bare of produce, with no alteration in prices.
The King had laid up one of his vessels, the Viceroy,
in ordinary, laving found her rather a losing concern,
and too large for a merchantman trading, between Ban-
kok and Siam.

A curious case occurred on Tuasday at Union-
hall. Two little boys, wearing pinafores, of the
name of UstlEtt, were charged by their father with
stealing Nibs. of lead off the roof of his house.
One was ten, the other twelve, years of age. The
policeman who was called in, took one of
._the boys
into a room, told him to tell all about it, and he
was sure his father would forgive him. Accordingly
the boy told all, and then the father persisted in
giving both into custody.
,The Magistrate inquired
what the father meant to do with the boys, and
stated that he could do nothing but commit them THE FUNDS.
to the sessions to take their trial. He recommended The excitement caused yesterday afternoon by the
e'
the father to take his children home and get a proper warlike accounts from France, and the report that the
person to look after them ; but the father said they were
Bank was about to raise their discount to o 6 per chat.,
still prevails in the Mcnev Market, and Cnsols have
addicted to pilfering, that he must have them cor- ;,gain feud. d, fluctuating from 861 down to 85, or
rooted, and that if nothing else could be done with present may be quoted 85; 80A-. The speculators and
them they must be committed, and he would prose- jobbers are now anxiously waiting for further intelh-
cnee from Paris, to ascertain the result of the Fren,
cute. Accordingly these two boys of ten anal Cabinet d
Council, which was to be held on Tuesday,
twelve years of age, were committed to prison, and which we enect will be received in the course of title
the father is to prosecute. Such a case is, we hope, dart
Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem.; India Bonds no thin
quite unexampled, and suggests a number of reflec-
.tr:; /Mexican
done ; Inlia Stock, 244 246 ; Batik Stock 166 - 1671
tions neither pleasant in themselves nor honouraYe In the Foreign Market Spanish Active at thel„,ii,„
off price, 21i 22 ; Deferred 101 11; Portuguese 0
Railway 14 15 prom •
to the community.
Judging from the report, the father evidently re- 82 t Br,tteitn 73T75 ; ColombiandHif 2_ll 22
25 26 ; Dutch 'two-and-Half - a per Cents. 4si ;Five
quires the State to fulfil his duties to the children, per Cents., tl3 04.
1 14. per share ; Greenwich 6 -
and to bring them up properly. Instead of teaching
and 11s,irrn_ing.liam 14 12 'dis 1
SdAn ES.—Great Western
c' London and Bri,,ldon 12 1!1 dis.; Blackw.,ll „• .1
them their duties, he calls on the Magisrates to do ,lit. ; tv.tultio„,7,l II 73 1 Southattipton ai 52"'Ipel,
it, by a disgracehl, and perhaps ruinous confine- share ; Croydon 10i-
merit and punishment. He is unable or unwillin .
b
„ per sliar., t Mandhe3ter
PitiCES OP 811A,b11:,
.................. A.:1'...0t.0Ne.E.
to look after his children, or even to pay for look- Paid.
, DUBLIN_
RAILWAYS& Per Ship-
ing, after them, and he compels the State to do so Bristol And Exeter....
~
........ 240: ......
.....
to _
by invoking Against them the criminal law, and a
Great Western ................. J
Ditto New .... ...... ..
OCT. 6.
44 ...... to
__
a ton ............ ••
criminal process. What a cunning fellow to profi', Lai:dir,,- aan„ddilii:mhinnhant ......... 90 1621 .......... too --
hy such a contrivance, to put his children out to
•
board, free of cost ; but what a barbarous father I
Perhaps if a conviction be obtained, he will ask 3 per Cent.. Con
Throe atid littlf Stock ••••'
Reduced ...... ...
Ditto New, 1630 .....-.
. Sri .Bank ,Barik Stock..
lola "a-• tibi ;Grand Canal Stc k
954 I Ditto D 4.) '' lc
Ditto 41
- PRICES OF nusa SWC_KS
8A Royal Canal ••
Dittoa. t; per cent —
per cent .. 5.71
that the country should also pay his expenses. Stock
36 per Cent. Debs. ....
II ALF-PA ST ONE.
How did Mr. USHER, who is a limb of the law, eport which prevailed yesterday
being a servant of the Inner Temple, get hold of the The general rthis
morcing., that the Bank Dea ftieorn-
noon,and a
notion that the State can be made to provide for hisgainraise the rate of their discounts tor 6ctp
were going to t We just learn that the meeting
• per
children and correct them? Clearly
has broken up, iat meeting
the 13ank Directors • c , , 1), and that nothing
of the State. According to a prevalent
theory, as
of
the kind has been 01" mnen in their deliberations.
expounded by Sir EARDLEY WILMOT, Mr. No .L.o notice his as yet been posted at the Bank, copse-
HAWES, Lord ASHLEY, Mr. Fox 'NIA tnE, and
others, the State never can do enough for
the public safety the care of
and public morals, particularly
The Dutch ni 1
the Funds lower ;,, entirety unfounded.
al ios arrived of the 7th Oct.brio .
Two.and-a-llalf .ging
per Cents 47 11-
i, ts 94i ; Ardoin' .1 - " •
16ths ; Five per ---r" " Cent is - . 8-, the previous
safety and morals of the rising generation. It insists day, Two-and-a-1131f perfoqows. ' 0-16ths to 48i. The
in a variety of cases, on fulfilling all the duties of Dutch papers state
afrsom trance,s: Nwio.twithStanding the
warlike intelliger.,e.assured by a
parents and children, brothers and sisters, and it will cot:Hence, that the
high porsenage, in maintenance of
neither allow relations to take care of ona another, peace is immoveAlY firm;
F have been fluctuating during the morning,
nor people to take care of themselves. Hence a host , COO soib
85a861 1 ; at present nhly hequoted
of laws, by which the police are made to be dry 8866. SEG,:ch, ccine4,r Ilitis done at 2 prem., 3 dis., atq pre-
nurses to the bulk of the community. Hence' sent 1 rem • India Bonds 18 13 dis. ; Consols for
i P,,7-• ' nonev is easy in the market.infant felon laws, infant jurisdiction laws, prisons . Money, bar, ;.1., , . ..„ q . .._
In the Fore:ge,M4''" , ....panish fluctuated 22 211 1,
for infants, &c. &c. It becomes, therefore, quite 211 • Deferred,
at present .
a natural and necessary sequence to this conduct of i Mexican, 25i ;
the State, that parents, who, like Mr. USHER, I
may not know exactly how to provide for their '
children, should appeal to the State to educate and
bring them up. Such a consequence of the never-
, fluctuated 474" ''
j Cents. 93i. 931. 10a ; Portuguese, 31-1 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cets.
_ ,_, ,8 47,i 481-, at present 48 ; Five per
In Shares little orDothing •bini,,,.
Lord Middleton, of Wollaton, has been ap-
t pointed to the rank of retired Post Captain. His Lord-
eliding interfereuce of the few buOted gentlemen tip was a Commander of 38 yFarre standing.