The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-29 00:00:00

THE SULPHUR QUESTION.

The following letter confirms in solve degree the *Pa-
tentsof our letters from Malta :

" TouLox, Mar the sulphur questioa
is far from being considered as sealed. It. is now believed
that King Ferdinand accepte,d toe mediation of ?ranee
only to make Austria easy, which was in, fear of a feneral
insurrection in Italy, that be has sent instructions ao
his Representative at Paris to hinder any arrangeareat.
On the other h.nd, a courier has arrived from London
with despatches for Mr. Temple, in which the Eng.lish
Government states its demands in the following ma.suer
1. To insist on the abolition of the monopoly.
" 2. To demand an indemnity for the losses silstaineal
by the English merchants, end for the expenses to, whicis
England has been put by the rupture.
"3. To demand categorical explanations rospec6ng the
imprisonment which Maltese subjects Isere suffered in
Sicily, under the pretext that they were engaged in con-
traband trade, without trial or sentence by a coca potent
euthot it v.
A letter from Naples, of the 12th, published in the Gs-
zette:du Midi, of the 23d, contains the follevriag sen-
tences

" The Duke of Montebello, who had already had seve-
ral confidential conversations with the King, was impacting
his solemn audience at the morn, at when he was informed
that his Majesty was going to embark. fie immediately
wrote to the King, offering to accompany !aim to Sicily;
lent his MFtjesty, thanking him for his good intentions, de-
clared tin:, there was no necessity for much a step, and de.
ferred the official interview till his return. The boat un-
derstanding continues to prevail between the King and the
Duk de Montebello.

" Toe Archbishop of Cuba, ex-Minister of Charles V.,
arrived some days ego at Lyons. He was living at, Mont-
pellier, where the Government has prohibited !tie mid-
ing."—Le Commerce.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

TIMES —ln the English Stock Market the announcia-
ment from the Bank produced no effect, fur there is so.
ntuch regularity in the appearances of such notices tilac
that they are generally anticipated. Money has not bee'
in demand, and Consols have been all day ut 924 to for
cash, and 93i for the opening. Exchequer Bills have ad-
vanced a little. aid are quoted at 24 to 6 premium.
The financial affairs of Spain still Lave a most unsatis-
factory appearance, and the prices come flat from the bourse
of Madrid.

This was settling-day in the Share Market, and the
settlement went off very easily. Some persona had bought
more Brighton shares than they were prepared to take,
and these being thrown into the market produced a tem-
porary depression in the price. They closed at 41 to
discount. Great Western are quoted 29 to 30 premium,
and were actually bought at 293. Birmingham aro sta-
tionary at 86 to 8 premium..

Much error seems to exist in the city relative to the
mission of Marshal Saldanha to this country, but we un-
derstand that it is limited to such an arrangement as cir-
cumstances may render practicable with the various claim-
ants on Portugal connected with the late contest in that
country, and has nothing to do with the creditors who are
holders of the public debt of the Government. The ground
assumed by Marshal Saldanha is, that the claimants C4l
Portugal who have had the support of the British Go-
vernment have submitted, as yet, to no complete investiga-
tion into the amount of their claims, and he rlkuires that
to he done before he awards the sum which 1* due. lie
will then grant bills on the Treasury at Lisbon for the
respective amounts, and the Cortes will be applied to when
the proper time arrives to vote the sum required su pay
those bills.

Another loss was plaocd on the books at Lloyd's this
morning, in the risk of which the underwriters of the
room are deeply concerned. It is the Chase, Brown, with
a valuable cargo of twist, front Hull, for St. Pstersburgh.
She struck during a hard easterly gale on the morning of
the 10th (12th) of May, 12 miles to the westward of Nargo
Island, and foundered so suddenly, in 41 fathoms of water,
that the crew with difficulty reached the stern boat to pro-
ceed to the Canada, from Sunderland, four miles distant.
There was no chance of sating any part of the cane.
It is said as much as 60,0001. was done upon her by
Lloyd's men at a premium of 10a. per cent. She *as a
regular trader, and, being considered a choice vessel, the
risk was never refused. This makes the fourth heavy loss
posted at Lloyd's this week, the two previous ones being
the .9t/antic, Morton, from Dundee to Quebec, aid the
iilagnet, from Liverpool to Montreal. A letter has beet
received from the captoin of the Vulture, the loss of which
was mentioned yesterday, stating that all the [mailmen
and crew were safe, and that nearly 400 cheats of indigo,
besides several cases of hardware, bad keen got on shore,
lik ors ise a box of gold, and bonds to the value of 5,0.90/.
The contract for the accelerated conveyance of the East
India mails by steam-vassels of not less than 400 horse.
power between England and Alexandria, via Gibraltar,
advertised by Government, and for which tenders were
lodged at the Admiralty on the 19th inst., bas been ob-
tained by Messrs. Willcox and Anderson, by wbons the
plan was oi4inated for the Peninsular and Oriental Stearn
Navigation Company. The new steam-ship 0 risn,tal
(lately known as the United States), of 1,500 tons and
450 horsepower, will, it is expected, start from Ports.
mouth or Southampton on the Ist of August, ail arriv-•
at Alexandria on the 14th ; and vessels of this size sad
power will thenceforward continue to depart on the Ist of
every month, and arrive with the homeward mails about
the 7th or SW of evert' month.
SUN ,Tn

Bank notice had no effect npon Ikeda.
Smateparties thtiught there might bea reduction in the
of interest to 4,1 per cent., while others imagined that
Exchequer Bills and India Bonds would not have been
included. Both appear, however, to have been out in
their calculation, as the interest remains at 5 per omit.
The Cons-As were steady, but not buoyant, tiok after-
noon. The settlement in the Foreign and Share
Markets has some influence on prices. For money
Consols left off at 92y, and for time at 93g. Exche-
quer Bills rose to 26 premium.
Business in the Foreign Market is still restricted.
Spanish Stock has been flat this afternoon in coute.-
. quence of some sales effected by speculators with a
view, it is said, of depressing the market. The Active,
fell from 2SI to '2:4 1. Portuguese new Five
per Cents. have been heavy at 352-, and the Three per
Cents at ‘24-4-s. Colombian Stock has varied from 26
land Mexican dropped from 32 to 31-3.. Dutch
Two and-Half per Cents. have been dull at 54i to .1.„
The hull-monthly settlement takes place to-morrow.
There was rather more life in the .',•hare Market to-
day, but many of the Hallways gave way in value. The
North Midland declined from 2 prend am to 1 discount ;
the South Western dropped to 13,-; premium ; Great
Wcstern improved to 291 premium ; the New to 141
premium ; tad the Birmingham QuAarter shares to 231
premium ; Brighton :hares fell tr. 5 disccilint. Thew
flietuations were no doubt in cor,sequence of the settle,
merit, which takes place on the 30th inonnt.
We had no arrivals after the: middle of the day.

Viscount 'Melbourne has received a high com-
pliment from his Royal mistress and her Princely husband. A
very elegant piece of plate, formir.g.-, a centre for the table, has
been manufactured for presentati Jri to the Noble Lord, which
will bear the following inscriptioa :—"Presented to Viscount
;Melbourne, as a t -kyri of regard, by Victoria R. and
Concur.