The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-16 00:00:00

WORCESTER, 1841.

Acceptances for the Worcestershire Stakes :—Modesty,
6 yrs, Bst 71b ; Retriever, 5 yrs, Bst 21b ; Fat Jack, aged,
Bst ; Ernest the First, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b ; Jenny Jones, 5 yrs,
7st 1111) ; Dunstan, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Hautboy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ;
Melodrame, 6 yrs, 7st 61b; Marialva, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Muleiber,
4 yrs, 7st ; Busk filly, 4 yrs, Est 61b ; and bl c by Camel, dam
by Peter Lely, 4 yrs, 6st.

DANGEROUS STATE OF BATTERSEA-
BRIDGE.-At a Court of Conservancy held before the Lord
Mayor and other City Authorities, at the Town-hall, South-
wark, on Saturday, after swearing in the Jury for the Conser-
vancy of the Surrey side of the Thames, the Recorder, after
alluding to the antiquity of his office, and its duty in the pre-
vention of obstructions in [the Thames, bitterly complained of
the loss of life, which had in many cases attended steam com-
munication. But few weeks had elapsed since a serious acci-
dent had occurred at Battersea-bridge, which was proved, upon
an inquiry being instituted before a Coroner's Jury, to have Making the actual difference only
originated from the manner in which Battersea-bridge was While the bullion has diminished 198,0001., the circulation U
built, the obstructions from the starlings, and the lowness of the less by 1,599,0001.; but the decrease in the securities exceeds the
arches at high water, preventing a vessel of any size going contraction in the circulation by 127,0001. The Bank is,
through any but the centre arch. At Blacktriar's-bridge, also, therefore, in no respect stronger than in May, 1839, for wh!re,
a very considerable nuisance existed, arising from a number of there is a difference in her favour of some' of the relative
barges being moored so closely to the arches as to prevent a free items, it is counteracted by, others ; and the decrease in ' the
passage up and down the river. The Jury subsequently pro- assets and securities shows that the institution has not the same
ceeded
ceeded up the river in the city barge, to personally view these resources at command to operate on the value
of money, o nuisances, so as to enable them to make a presentation at the fight. against an unfavourable state of the foreign exchanges.
next Court day on the subject. From the remarks of the Re- The rate of interest at both periods was the same, but in June,
1839, the rate was raised to hi per cent , and on the Ist of
corder, it is expected that Battersea-bridge will be pulled
down, and a new one erected in its place.
August of that Sear, to 6 per cent. From
ttoo
WATERLOO DAY.---A grand review will take
May, 1839, the bullion had diminished from
i 9
place in Hyde Park on Friday next, in commemoration of the 5,119,000/., a drain of 4,243,0001., so that we, find the
battle of Waterloo. The 11th, or Prince Albert's Hussars, are Bank coffers do not contain much over half the amount that
coming up from Hounslow, to assist at the spectacle ; and it is they held months after the deficiency of the crop of 1838 was
expected to be the most splendid review which has been wit- known, and that the institution stands only in about the same
nessed for some years past.
ratio to real soundness as it did in May, 1839, when the alaam-
ingly low state of its bullion compelled the Directors to adopt
Sunday next, the 20th instant, is the anniver-
extraordinary. and stringent measures of safety.
versary of the accession of our beloved Queen Victoria, and The principal favourable point of difference we can discern
and the following day the anniversary of the proclamation. at present is in the immediate absence of any drain of gold to
About eight o clock, last night, a riot of a dis- pay for the people's food, But how long that may last is pro-
graceful kind took place in the Gallowgate_e city. A
, which, for blematical. The exchanges, to be sure, have improved :but
a time seriously endangered the peace of th
the change for the better cannot be attributed to anything like
a really healthy or invigorated action in our export trade. some
soldier having been guilty of disorderly conduct, a police-
improvemenit there may have been of late, but there are also
man took him into custody ; but no sooner was he in
11,835.999,00anTweethsaevoBraeansk notes now in circulation than in May,
charge, than a number of his companions, and some reason to thinkbai that Exchange operations
jlabourers, came to the rescue, while the policeman was have been going on by S drawn on the Continent
oined by a brother officer, and a substitute. Blows were against heavy shipments of silver,
The following are the official returns of the exports of the
severely struck by the soldiers' and labourers, and while
the policeman was down, he received a severe wound be- precious metals, from the port of London, for the week endin
low the -eye from a kick, and the substitute was injured the 10th inst. 1— g
to the effusion of Isis blood. That which makes the mat- Silver Coin to Rotterdam Ounces.B3,ooo
ter worse is, that the soldiers were headed by a Sergeant, to Hamburgh...
Silverl_ Bars tt: liii:t4tigsrdKaemng 21,500
and they eventually succeeded in deforcing the officers
44,431
and liberating the prisoner. All, or the greater part of.
Money
therefore_ take leave to say that the derangement of the
the men who acted the principal part in this affray,
of
money experienced
and the consequent embarrassment and want
belong, .1,-e believe, to the •,9th Regiment, now in the
irelayxaeanerieneed since the year 1838, and continued with
Infantry Barracks, and we learn that they were subse- little
old upf to the present time, was produced by the ex-
sequently confined in the guard-house, from which they traction of am the Bank to pay for food for the people ,
will likely be taken this morning to the Police-court,— and that if gold
similar drain were now to ensue, the Bank has not
Glasgow Herald, the means to sustain itself against' the epnre'usseu're. Its own re-
It is only necessary to grow old to become afore tOurces are crippled most severely, and the aid which the
indulgent. I see no fault committed that I have not coin- Directors received from the Bank of France in 1839 can,
misted myself.— Goethe. not be looks for in future. Besides all which, the trade
of the country is falling off. Bankruptcies of the
Reinforcements for India will commence leaving mostro alarming character have taken place of late in Wican,
Chatham duling the present month. Tbe total nurnbei• of
will be
and Glasgow 1 a large additional number of hands
troops to be embarked for the three Prelidoncics will average
,e, mown PA of employmcnt in eonsequence. More mills
about sop. Detachments io abont' the same• extent also pro- i will 4 closed, and many additional families made destitute
?OW 0140 tn. China tin addition,,_ 41n4cd Scrvice Gaze((, cill
ivie;ple4s, It hasbeen proved, too, by the failure of the

EVENING EDITION

an
Et i oxneai,l e etrhaeetnttiagie
me peal ancseedfoeneitl
shuemapstire,isiead
.11 a,xprins,foi:Ctsus?rtoi
people are exhausted, while the rev( nue is 2,8(41,010/.
fore,the ninateiorgnainlgextipieendyirtouprerieteWre
active measures of assistance to carry out the ph:ns of Soaree'ult,
reform and relief proposed in the budget. We can s
the
other practical source by which trade may be revived, ande
Bank relieved from the certainty of being obliged 1 s"
ut
shop at the first unfavourable harvest.
eofartiewsßuraerl,yk
owfarEreagniteed4ttiyie,;eFai
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101". Pe .he ee-
TlMES.—'rhe premium on gold at Paris is
19 per
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 37,
"
change at Paris on London at short being 25. 371,
that gold is 0.02 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.oper
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is n. nee
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 175.19
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. ito it
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being'
13.
than ia
follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in London
Hamburgh. and, t
per cent., and the are of hangs between Ere
The course of exchange at,,New York on Lond4oinantiitisiealen°6ld,
America being 109 23-40 per cent. it follows tied
„eoted
change is 1.58 per cent. against England. But the (1° the
exchange at New York being for hills at 60 days' sigh
t+
must be deducted from the above difference. ,eoke
It appears by the file of New York papers that the e!. to
of Pennsylvania have been in a most undecided staff,
.r,,f
whether they should accept the provisions of the
Bill." The only institutions that have issued the soileean'i
authorized by the Act are said to be the HaeriAsurg 13e3,1' tbo
the Exchange Bank of Gettysburg. The Mechani
Faarners' and Mechanic s', and the " United States" 11301),
would, it was expected, accept the provis:ons. The hie,
of Pennsylvania had resolved to accede, while the Philedke Pio
the Commercial, the North American, the Southwark, es-
the Western, had decidedly rejected it. In New
pectation of the results of the " Relief Bill" is that I_, to
cause such ar, increase of circulation in Pennsylvania
bring about an irretrievable depreciation of the cumuli 0
creation of State stock, which is the basis of the
Ml:ether
given rise to a discussion of the well-known question, _ „roe
such issues are bills of credit, and as such contrary to the
visions of the Constitution. The mass of Southern viola
seems to be considered insolvent, their funds heiPg in 10
hands of persons who, have used them in speculation...a..
York tnie,
Maryland there has been much sensation on account of a 'toy
bery of a bank in Frederick County to the extent ?,t.
186,000 dollars, all made away with by "false entries. ea.
The opinions in the State of New York respecting a_",„„
tional bank are divided. In the State House of Repres;;
lives the majority is opposed to it ; in the Chamber of Co
merce a vote has been taken, when 24 appeared against'id to
36 in favour of it, while the mass of the people are sa Tho
regard the notion of such an institution with dislike. 0
general banking law is regarded as a complete failure, 1111
of 79 banks which started under it, and issued notes scar'.
to the Controller's Report, only 53 appear to remain is
credit, and the business and profit of these is said to be
leeept
ceedingly small. Altogether the people of New York
tici.
to be in a most unsettled state, and to be feverishly an
the
pating the action of Congress. Some lock forward to
National Bank as a sanatory measure, others to the bandri!
law, a third party to the distribution of public lairds, as State
to increase State credit, and thus improve the value of 0
fie
stocks and the assets of the Banks. From calculations in:e,
of late it seems, however, but too probable that all 11
e_4lo
founded on the distribution are likely to be disappointed,
if the measure is carried.
The accounts from Texas furnish statements or the rel..-
nue of that young republic for the last four sears, and ace:ries
ing to these the import duties were in 1837, $119,211, b 963,
1838, $235,005 ; in 1840 they had decreased to $1511,,•
The land dues had progressively increased to $118,331, we ;icei
was the amount for 18W. The licenses hat increase. „
brought to the revenue $165,465, and the direct lases'
$326,370. The imports reached the highest point in Vag)
being calculated that year to produce $1,662,287. lu 'ice
there was a considerable falling off, the imports
The
year not being valued at more than $083,883. "37,
value of exports from the 30th of September,
an
to the 30th of December, 1839, was X 575,753; rr
from the Ist of January, to the 30th of Septembe
1840, $2lB, 134. To these accounts may be appended otbfet.
which state that the disposition of the new loan was a matter
of great debate. It appears that Congress, at its last ses"id
resolved, that should it meet with success none of it
a sllote
be touched except $15,0,0 for foreign missions, m? t
for each of the Judges. This was to abolish the elision) the
hid been established of appropriating the funds in the Trer
sury without special authority. Strong opposition ism ,
against the appropriation of any of the funds to the paY"„,ael!e
of the bonds and Treasury notes, on the ground that to
are mostly 1:eld by speculators, a great
number of whore
reached Texas ,linultanentisly with the news of the cent"- -
and spread theffiselves over the country buying them up.
~„j
POST.—There was but a poor attendance et dealers,
..eet
very little doing at the Stock Exchange, notwithstanclirag "'-
it was settling day in the Foreign Market.
A contract ha,, we understand, been concluded with dip Green, the shipowner, for tonnage for the conveys:nee of I,r
troops whic!c Government are about to send direct to Oil
Three vessels have been taken up for this service, at a shay's
to the pb.eu_subslic
IT
eroesesf
7altasr9,losehOtteoof/ei.j7e
iu.eeaCbg
a nepdudbTtl ihhcer
esecuritiesie,_harnedeae.
rilw
Cents.an firm,sifp er
tlAoimnBBniStUue;lNl.ti Consols were marked 89 to 89* epx.-div. ;:nsaare-t;
any
ionhtmyev q,ebuawerrhgißac
extent,l Bills
in or,were
of
mßm Bank
beingan agkg magnitude,
ti nu Stocksdoea .t littlesa
The
hr
deetedoaupl reduced scidn. e the value
.s vde premium.ana! osy, f that saris-
Money, and 169 for the Account.
The settlement in the Foreign Market seemed to be against
tl.e Bulls, who, however, if they never have more serious'_
losses to make good than at present, will neither make nor lose
fertunes. The Active Spanish Bonds were at 2oi 3 for 10r1;,,,,,'
diate delivery, and at 22i to for the Account.- The Pass-ps,
Bonds were at 5 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. were
33A; Mexican, at 27i ; Brazilian, at 68 to 67.1 being a j.,'"
Cher decline ; Dutch Two-and-a 11 I .)1
• 4
- a f per Lents. 5-e
Russian at 113* to 1.
The market for the Railway shares was inanimate t°4411.
but the previou •
NewGreesa
shares
hNaVree sst e ne,r
e 35)
anti
sLdcooNnu,loort
5 s quotations wer.e supported. Prighton were
to 54 ; Blackwell, 9 ; Cleo)don,l- ; and Che/ten'earn s°-
n.t
h a Birmingham
Birmingham,
Thirds,anan was
si
f loe;luc
premium6tse ee3ocslatteule.jir
d
d
IW,rovtienrcniiaTeßnathnks,
(Ifllreland Shares were 174 preinium. f bele
The following are the official returns of the exports o
lion for the week ending Thursday last :
Silver c0i.71 to Rotterdam
oran.g.
72:000
~
ill
83,000 ounces
cc Hamburgh 21,500 ~
Bars to RotterdHa
4
44 431 ~
The Foreign Exchanges were firm this afternoon, rsti"i.i
some instances higher. Bills on Paris were taken at ‘,.-;5 dd
to 621 ;on liamburgh, at 13 10/ to on Amsterdain'd
12 4i to ; on Antwerp, 12 3i to ; on Frankfort, 150 ;
on Trieste, 958 to 52. At Hamburgh last Friday the fly
change on London was 13 s*.
The commercial classes in the City seem in better spirits to-
day ; the letters from America bringing over a few orders f°'
goods, and accounts of more cheering prospects fcr the future.
We hope they may In realised.

ag
LARGE FAILURE IN WIGAN.— 'fl
There
bee:i a stoppage here of the Sovereign Mills, carried on sin':
the failure of Mr. Thomas Darwell by :Messrs. John fieni
and Co. A meeting of creditors is called, and proposals
be made to resume work. Their liabilities are reckonea ur'
cards of 100,0001. Numbers of poor people are thus t,r":
out of employment, and some banks will, it is feared, be Jar',
sufferers.

CASTLE-HILL, DEVON._The Earl of ire
tescue continues in rather better health, although the vejer°
able Earl is far from recovered from his recent attack. ai
The Marquis of Westminster, with his 0913.
liberality, has ordered Eaton Hall, his princelysest in cbeshlpr,e:,
to be thrown open for public inspection throughout the,
stnef„..

SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SAV°lbO
and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, No. 'l4, C°111,7-tib; London, opposite the Bank of England, submit tl,e prices o'oe
following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SEP, V ICES. 0011 Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shen feet, the tea.
d,
coffee-pots with a flower ornament on th,. lids. The King
Pattern is richly embossed with flowers tuo,:i scrolls. The of either is new and elegant
COTTAGE PATTERN. I XlN6's PATTERN"
Strong Silver p0t.....12 IStrong Silver Teap0t....... I°o
Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Sugar HaSin 61
Ditto Milk Ewer, 410 Ditto CrearnEwe% 1 y
Ditto Coffee-pr.at. 15 0 Ditto Coifee.pot• •
..£4O
Complete ......... £3B 6 Complete • Wit
A variety of ►lipwards of fifty Tea and Coffer Services t
be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every alie
b)
of Silver re•quisite for the sideboard or plate -chest. PainP
of pricey, illustrated with sketches of the various articles. ST ►O,
and f'Orwarded postage free to any part of the kingdom—A" of
B' pg'
Ss.vory and Sons, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the
England. •

1 SAT
SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KM
with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen • Dessert KnweA, ID;;
Carvers, ss. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with *bite b°
handles, Bs. ed.. per euzen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carve" 55,' g,
per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts 275. new sbaPteof
395. ; Papier Mackie Tea-trays, gothic shape, liOs ; the se
full sizes.
Catalogues, containing the price of every "article in furoisll
ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis.
RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-strelat, Oxford-street'
Established 18.20.

B I RTRS.
On the 13th inst., at Pull Court, Worcestershire, Mrs.
Dowdeswell, of a sou.
On the 15th inst., at Holloway, the wife of T. R. KeWP'
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 15th inst., in Queen-square, Mrs. Charles Rivi °nDtoo,
of a daughter.
On the 13th inst., at Kinson, Dorset, the lady of II W. 11.
•Jones, EN., of a sod.
On the l3th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Boyle, of a son.
On the 12th inst., the wife of A. Allan, Dentist, of m„,1.0-
street, of a daughter.

ARRED. f
On the 19th of May,
at M
Maltal , Mr. G. C. Oates,• -
sins, to Julia, youngest daughter
of Alphonso Ma:they, v
Asststb.nt Commissary-General.
Iris'
On the 12th inst., at St. Mark's, T. Mu ark's, Kennington, *liter Esq., of Camberwell, Surrey, to Agnes Robina, elder dog"
of It Robertson, Esq., of Kelso upon Tweed. ft.
On the 14th inst., at St.. George's, 13loorwbury. "Ir'..t
Stedall, of Nelson-street Greenwich, to Louisa, )(woo
daughter of Mr. Valentine Sentance, of Clare-street. Lon bur
On the 15th inst., at Trinity Church, Marylebone, 2tr. to
Foulkes, Esq., of the Lodge, in the Island of .faloaf-a'coo
Louisa Locke, eldest daughter of the Venerable t'.,e Archue
Glenie.
On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hapt,ver-square, Jt
e 0
9f
Duncan Mullens, Lsq., of Piccadilly, to Louisa Maria, relic
the late W. Turner, Esq., of Calcutta,

DIE
On the 28th of April last, Thily,E Jahn
Wainwright, Esq., of Silver Keights, Lower Canada. 4„f LW'
On the Sth inst., at Sutton Goldfield, Elizabeth, relic' '.ii.k.-
IV:Loy
late R. Vaughton, Esq., 'late of Ashfurlong
On the I`2,th inst.,House,
shire, aged 87.
Re
On the 11th ir.st., in Barton-lace near Exeter, the tool-
A. F. Nlerivalz,, eldest (laughter of
Aiill, Herts, aged 53. Mar/
0/1 t Mo.
ojoht assistantnh'e Nathaniel imastersiuinfrec-,f El lsu:. ,bY:SI:e°
Chat terhh
qoul3etiinesdt
21. ay,
Durham-place, Lambeth,
Gray, am' 76. '
f„ „jet(
On the 13th inst. at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Mary 11`1, the
only daughter of the late Rev. J. Cuerey, preacher e
Thonl29'
On the 13th rust., at Apothecaries' Hall, I{lr. J. othe-
n'anY years principal accountant to the Society 01.'4'
ea: ies, aged 61. d 30.
On the 14th inst., at Brighton, Mr. T. Baird, ag,..e.....„„_
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