The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-06 00:00:00

METALS.

A slight reduction has taken place in the prices of
English Iron, and some descriptions of Copper arp
likewise on the decline. Spelter has risen slightly, an
improvement no doubt owing to the present scarcity of
this article.

COTTON MAN UFACT [TRES

Sales have taken place to a; considerable extent, but at
very low prices. The principal inquiry has been for
bleached goods, but at unreniunerating prices. In plain
and twilled Turkey: Red Cloths, also, there have been a
good many sales.
YARNS.—Prices remain pretty much as before, atid
there is scarcely any change to notice. There has not
been much bustneEs done since our last.
WooLtuss.—There is little doing in Woollens, th'k
Market for which contimtes dull.

EASTERN PNODUL-h:.

"I: he unsatisfactory .adviees frolu England
b aie mail; which Arrived on the dth ult., ucintsioned A
slight reduction in the price or this staple, 107-irs yes'
candy being accepted for Broach, 107 rs for Oomrawut-
tee, and 103 rs for Dollerah, while other qualities fell
proportionably. Up to this date the rates we mention
have continued with little variation ; excepting, how-
ever, a further decline of from one to 2 rupees per candy
in the price of Dollerah, the present state of affairs is not
such as to render probable any speedy change for the
better.

THE MONEY MARKET.

Prices of the different Government securities remain as

they were at our last issue, excepting that of the Four
per Cent. Loan, which has suffered a slight reduction.
Should the investments in the new Five per Cent. Loan,
which of late have been considerable, continue to any
extent, it seems probable that an advance in the value of
this security will shortly take place.
PRICE OF BULLlON.—Sovereigns, each rs 10.8 a 10.10;
Bank of England notes, per .f, 10.8 a 10.12. .
During the week the Calliope arrived from China,
bringing two and a half millions of treasure, a part of
the ranson of the City of Canton. The vessel is off the
Mint, and the treasure is in course of delivery. It is
probable that the whole of this large sum will soon be in
general circulation, and strengthen the energies of the
improving Money Market. Of the remainder Of the ran-
som money 2,000,000 are retained in China for expenses,
and one and a half millions are sent home.

The Bill market does not show many operations, but
we notice some at an improved rate—viz., 2s. O'd. for
ten months' date without documents. We believe the
rate is not better than 25., and even at this some parties
will not sell.

Government paper is looking up, and it is evident the
large acquisition into the Treasury will influence the fu-
ture value, unless there be continued drains from the
north-west, or new wants to the south-east.
Bank Stock continues in demand at the enhanced
value. Bank of Bengal Shares at 2,350 a 2,400 rupees ;
Union Bank at 250 and 260 rupees ; and Agra Bank at
180 repees premium.
Bombay Bank Shares, premium 25 per Cent.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(YRO34 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3.—About ten o'clock on the night
of Tuesday, the 26th ult., as the Rose tender was lying
in Chale Bay, on the look-out for smugglers, a suspicious
sail was seen off St. Catherine's; they made for it, and
thought they saw a number of tubs thrown into the sea,
and a boat put off with two hands in it ; they captured
her, and then boarded the strange vessel, which proved
to be a Frenchman, with six. Frenchmen on board, five
of whom they took out, but the sixth, the captain, would
not leave the vessel. Captain M'Conochy put four hands
on board of her, ordered them to proceed to Cowes,
while he, in the tender, looked for the tubs. He suc-
ceeded in getting seventy-nine of them on board, and
then proceeded with them and his seven prisoners to
Cowes, where he expected to find his prize there ; but,
from that time to this, has not been so fortunate. Strange
stories are told about the French captain, who, in diffe-
rent ports, is called French Tom, French Harry, and
French John—and of the number of men he has killed
or thrown overboard ; and the general opinion is, that

the first news of him and his-vessel will bo from a
French port.
The Tartar cutter's boat, which was washed on shore
in Chale Bay, the crew of which were supposed to have
been drowned, it appears, was washed off the beach near
Swanage, where the men had placed her, while they
took a glass together.

WESTERN LITERARY INSTITU-

TION, LEICESTER-SQUARE.
READINGS OF MILTON.

We were highly gratified on our visit to this institu

tion on Thursday evening, by bearing Mr. Browne give
his readings of Milton. This gentleman, who is new to
the metropolis, possesses all the attural requisites for '
success in the career which .he has chosen. His perso-
nal appearance is commanding, his action graceful, and
his voice sonorous, powerful, well modulated, and com-
pletely under command. Having offered a few prefa-
tory observations on elocution, which proved that
he was perfectly aware of the difficulties which he
would have to grapple in the task which he had under-
taken, he gave a short but excellent critical disquisition
on the versification of Milton. This opening address
was loudly applauded. Mr. Browne then proceeded
to give his readings, which consisted of selections from
the two first books of " Paradise Lost." Great judge-
ment was exhibited in making these selections, so as to
preserve the thread of the narrative unbroken. The
selections were excellently given. The parentheses
with which Milton so abounds were all distinctly marked
by the modulations of the voice, and the structure and
meaning of the sentences, however involved, rendered
clear and understandable. The address of Satan to the
fallen angels was given with great power and effect, and
was loudly applauded. The gem of the evening, how-
ever, was the address of death to Satan, in the Second
Book, in which Mr. Browne exhibited powers of the
highest order. His readings were throughout loudly
applauded, and sincerely do we congratulate him on the
success of his first appearance. We hope soon to have
the pleasure of meeting him again.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS
PROM TI EVIMING PAVERS OF TESIERDAT.
GLOBE.--The Anti-Papist anniversary prompts
the question-i-Who are the Papists now ? When it
is remembered bow persevering an outcry was kept up
against the late Government and its supporters, on ac-
count of their political leaning towards Popish con-
nexions, it is certainly strange to mark the much closer
connexions and sympathies which exist in a high
sphere of Toryism with all that is superstitious in
Popery, and in every other system which has but the
merit of formality and antiquity. A sort of Holy Al-
liance of all priesthoods against all innovation (that
sort of alliance which would have made the Reforma-
tion impossible, and Dissent a crime) appears to be in
the contemplation of Oxford Tories of this stamp.
The public has lately stared or yawned at a long series
of articles in the Times, evidently inspired by this re-
fined ecclesiastical policy, which were aimed at dis-
couraging all sanction by the beads of the Church
in this country of the King of Prussia's religious
munificence in subscribing for an English Bishop in
Palestine! The refined and subtle style of the objec-
tions to this liberal offer strongly indicate the utter
abandonment of plain-sailing Protestantism by a power-
ful portion of that party who decried the Whigs for
!'betraying its cause ! Forsooth, the King of Prussia
was a Lutheran Prince. The whole drift of the
pipers was, that the King of Prussia is a sort
of schismatic, who is thrusting himself between his
betters, who should be quite above being obliged to him.
The leanings of Puseyite-Toryism towards Roman
Catholic orthodoxy are still raore curious indications of
this new spirit of ecclesiastical policy. Such are the hopes
inspired by these very evident tendencies (whieh so justly
excite the ireful and fearful outcries of Exeter-hall), that
the well-known Roman Catholic leader, Dr. Wiseman,
writes as foilows to Lord Shrewsbury (we extract the
passage from the Paris Catholic organ, L' Univers for
the 2d November, and our version, as we translate from
the French, will probably not be literally accurate) :
" I cannot doubt that tbe return of this country, that
is to say of the Established Church, to Catholic unity,
would put an end to religious dissidence, and intestine
discords. The population would be formed to purer
morals by two powerful means—in the country, by the
influence of the parochial clergy, in the towns and the
manufacturing districts, by the monastic orders."
The following extract from a private letter is com-
municated to us at this moment. Nusquam tula fides
d,ptihrtourrpe h" Ryde, Nov. 4, 1841.
" circumstance has occurred that has filled Hyde
priest. must
pith .mourning, lamentation, and woe. The Rev. Waldo
tltihane
Asia 'oldOd his chum' 13, and suddenly taken his
Catholic
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