The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-03 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

MR. DARWIN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sist,—As several reports have been inserted in your
paper respecting the case (at the Mansion-house) of John
Darwin, the unfortunate author, I respectfully beg the
favour of your inserting this letter, if you can conveni-
ently find a place fcr it. Since those reports appeared,
various individuals, some of them doubtless influenced
by those reports, have forwarded contributions for my
relief ; and as the majority of them have done so ano-
nymously, there is no medium through which I can ex-
press to them my gratitude, except that through which
the case beearae known.
It is extremely hurtful to my feelings that I should
have been brought into such publicity as this ; but it
would be false delicacy in me now to shrink from it, or
to say that the assistance which has been rendered to
me is not most welcome. To all my friends I return
my heartfelt thanks ; God alone knows how fervent
those thanks are. I can say with truth, their assist-
ance has not been misused ; nor shall it be. To Alder-
man Gibbs and Mr. Hobler my gratitude is peculiarly
due ; and I hope it will not be thought extravagant of
me when I say that, in the state of mind in which I was
when first introduced to them, their conduct towards
me did indeed appear a personification of justice abiding
with mercy. It is to certain that many others in the
literary profession have at various times undergone
great misery, and there is no doubt that many have yet
to undergo the same ; but, I sincerely hope, that no
brother labourer will ever experience such fearful sen-
sations as I did during the five hours which preceded
my desperate aet.
Again, gratefully acknowledging the assistance I have
received,—l am, Sir, your very respectful servant,
JOHN DARWIN.
7, Cross-lane, Newton-street, Holborn, Oct. 1, 1840

I.IIOINE f MARKET and CITY NEW S•

(FRIDAY EVENING.)
HERALD.—By the last accounts from the Mau-
ritius, the want of labour appears to be severely felt,
anti great apnrekertsions are entertained that, if means
be net taken to supply the deficiency occasioned by the
apathy of the negroes, the result will be very bad. A.
exeelleut letter uses strong arguments in favour of im-
migration of labourers from the motivr country, as
being not only beneficial to the planter and to them-
selves, by the high rate of wages they would obtain,
but from the high moral effect their example would
have upon the recently-emancipated cultivators of the
sail ; and there is but little doubt that the sight of
the prosperity of persons of this class would do
nytee'ttowards enlightening the minds of the negroes
than 'Tiny ether argument tbut could be addressed to
The hurricanes, which occurred some time
sawc, totally blasted the prospects of the owners of
many of the sugar lands, and in those which escaped,
the want of means to cultivate them operates as ruin-
ously upon them as the visitation of Providence on
the others. The necessities of the people of the coun-
try must a!so ba .looked to. The quantity on hand of
one of the principal necessaries of life, as well in
the h ghest as in the lowest class, has, within one
year, not only decreased to the enormous extent of
9,000 tons, but in value has risen (within a frac-
tion) one hundred per cent. ; the Gazelle average price
of Sugar in the last publication of September 1838,
being 296. 2d. ; in 1839, 40s. 21d. ; and in 1840,
Ms. 2,1 ;. and letters from the West Indies, by the last
alai!, state that the prospects for the next crop arc
worse than they have been at any time previously, so
that no reduction can be looked for. Some Legisla-
tive enectraents arc absolutely necessary, by which the
wants of the rople, with respect to this particular ar-
tick of consumption, may be relieved. The difference
of Is. per cwt. in 1839 (add at a time when the sup-
:,ties principally arrive), ought to have called the at-
tention of Government to the circumstances, and how
much more when from 11s. the price rises 293. per cwt.
And it must be borne in mind, that our own colonies
( New South Wales for instance) labour under great
dtsativaxtage in the shape of protecting duties, if they
ace any other than the same dezcription of sugar ad-
,:ii-sable for home consumption here. British lndi
thin las! Act rgulating the sugar duties, is compelled
(..nd prorrly so) to conzume the native produce is.
pre.crence to any other, by an absolute prohibition of
the imp tr:ation of fsreign growths, so that there is so
iia, n the less to come to this country, unless at a vet-)
aaanced p: ice.

tS,in.

POST.—Monetary affairs have been again depressed
durt“ the prevnt day, the consequenec of the loss pa-
teadency of the accounts from France. Tiic re-
sin: Of the Cabinet meetitig held in London on Mon-
,sy-iast has [wen published in the Parisian newspapers,
el the account apvarin:z in the Capitole is believed in
City to be substantially correct. The detvrniina•
;ion to carry out the treaty of July, and fire circuit
stance that no real proposition appears to have been
made by the French Government to the English Ca-
Insve created a return to the former doubts, diffi-
culti,:s, and alarms of the erpitalists ; and consequently
every dcpar!snent of the Money Mark,t has become
again very gloomy in the course of the present -et-
_
setnoon.

A circuiar from Messrs. Barclay, the brewers, an-
nou.,ecs an advance of seven shillings per barrel in the
pale A;4) for exportation, caused by the advance in the
price of hops, which enters considerably into the value
of that description of ale. It is not thought that the
price of London porter will be increased by the
:faihire of the crops of hops, particularly as the crops
of barley are abundant all over the three kingdoms,
end the yield and quality are expected to be consider-
ably above the average of years.
The election for a Lord Mayor has not produced
the same excitement this idtcrnoon, no doubt now re-
maining as to the result. Though the defeated candi-
(Liu., it is proper to be' remarked that Mr. Alderman
.klarmer is thought to have acquitted himself well upon
the hustings, and that this gentleman is far from being
deficient is very respectable and very energetic per-
sonal friends.

TIMES.—The apprehension of an approaching
scarcity of money is becoming general among the lead-
ing discount brokers in the City, and there was a
rumour very current to-day that bills to a large amount
had been rejected at the Bank, without reference to the
quality of the paper, through the desire of restrain-
ing the issues as much as possible. Another rumour,
probably more correct than the first, was, that a few
.of the principal money dealers had been invited to a
conference with the Directors, and had been desired to
abstain as much as possible from pressing for the
temporary advances which, under the late notice,
expire on the 15th inst. In either of these cases
there would be some foundation for the apprehension
referred to, and in fact it prevails so generally, that,
judgier, from former impressions of the kind, it is very
unlikely that it should be wholly without founcintion.
Tee Money Market has been in an uneasy state
throughout the day. The appearance of hostile pre-
parations leads to the apprehension that more ino.ney
will be wanted by the Government. The sales for the
account by one or two of the principal brokers have
been large, and far exceeded the money purchases, made
by the public. The fear that the Bank will diminish
its accommodation, as referred to above, also has its
effect, in casting a gloom over the market. Money is in
demand, as is generally the case when the time draws
near for the payment of the dividends, the easiness of
the last day or two being merely the temporary effect of
the large purchases made the day before yesterday.
Combined with all these causes is the intelligence of
the French Funds being lower.

SUN.—The Hebrews appearing as sellers in the
English Stock Market, everything was lower this after-
noon. Consols closed at 87i to 87i for money, and at
87i to 87i for Account, being a fall of 1 percent. since
yesterday. Exchequer Bids brought ss. to Ss. prem. ;
and India Bonds, 6a. to 3s. dis. The New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. realtsed 97i to 96f.
The sellers in the Foreign house also appeared in
greater numbers, but still a moderate business only was
tr:losactod. Spanish Active Bonds declined. from 23
to 22i to 224 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. from
33+ to 324 ; and the Three per Cents. fro,: 22} to
21 ; and the Russian, from 111 to 1101. French
Five per Cents. were heavy at 105 e. 30f., and the
Three per Cents. at 72f. 30e. Colombian Six per
Cents. dropped to 221 ; Mexican were dull at 25 ;
Brazilian, 75, ex dividend, being 1, per cent. lower ;
I?ernvien at 14 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
at .50i to 30i ; the Five per Cents. declined to 97 and
961 ex dividend.
In Shares there was scarcely any animation, and the
quotations begin to grow feeble again,
Liverpool
as they
are by the state of the markets at
and Man-
chester, and the fall in the funds. The
nearest quota-
tions were—For the Great Western 17 to 18, the New
6 to 61 ; and the New North Midland 4 premium ; the
Brighton were 11, the Blackwell 21 to 2i, the Green-
wich New 5,1-, the South Eastern 17, the Birminghants
and Gloucester 14, and the Eastern Counties loi dis-
count. Colonial Bank Shares were at 12i premium.
The Foreign Exchanges were heavy again to-day,
and there was a demand for bills on Hamburgh and
Paris. The rah were :—Paris, 23f. 35c. to 40e.,
12 14. to Hamburgh 12 6i,1 to 71. and
Amsterdam 4 ,
Frankfort 148 a.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MOESI-v- PAYERS OF THIS DAY.
a .
The ecclesiastical cairns of (From the, Monu.n9hCherioenrii
clerical ultras
is-
lultras as ad-
vanecd by the reviewer of Mtr. eCarlyle's
Quarterlq, are founded in a total ( 1 n
cr.
, 1 das a na-
woforkthien
dthe
t!netlve character of the Church
tionat institution. To prettuid to the
Fosfrezral,rdan .
a, a
possession r
livi',^- c...44itus, transmitted in unbroken succession irons
the Aost:e3 ; to a4sume authority co-ordinate with,
or s'lperior to, that •of the supreme political power i"
•1;.. :St4tc.. ; to r.tiemt to be the exclusive depozite:T and
!atidaril of religious truth and knowledge—to arro-
g,:o ti,o (,:e.rttroi of a nation's. instruction, the censure
.);. its ph:lusophers, and the direction of its political