The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

uTrclelhsUpl:sScpDteicAnu:k EVENING.)
the
he 11NeIiISfl.c)Ixi actrlceisAel dm
measures
to StotoTbcelbl\riEoEuxBegirl'tinforward on the presentation of the Bud-
get, but no one appears to be at all in the secret of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer's intentions. Ail remark
on the project mentioned yesterday, of raising money
by extending the period of the Long Annuities, has
treated it as utterly absurd, though that has not been
any ,Irgurnent against its correctness, since the belief
is that no absurdity in finance can be too great for the
present Whig Ministry to commit. In the uncertainty
which prevails en this matter business has been ex-
tretnelv inactive, and no fluctuations in prices of the
Icast importance have occurred. Consols are Nil to
for money, and 91:I; (buyers) for the account. A-
chequer-bills are at 19s. to 21s. premium.

SUN.—Consols closed firmly this afternoon at
I 1 - for Money, and 91. for Time ; Exchequer
alls at SI premium ; and the New Three-and-a-
Half p'r Celts rt 100.1:
There was a partial rally in Spanish Po ids this af-
ternoon, the Actives leaving off at 281. It is appre-
hended that the Stock Exchange Comm'ttee will not
act with firmness in resisting the transaction of busi-
ness in any new Spanish Loan ; but. we should imagine
they would scarcely venture to fix an indelible dis-
grace on their office by encouraeing further issues of
worthless stock. Portuguese New Five per Cents.
we-c rather higher, viz., 34 to 35 ; and Dutch Two-
and-Half per Cents. rose to 5-1,-1.
The Shares were all higher. The Great Western
brought. 25i, the New 13 ; the Birmingham 83, the
New 241:; the South Western 12 ; the North Mid-
land 621-:; and the Blackwal. 11",1 premium. The Brigh-
ton were at 4 discount.
We have seen a copy of the official reply of the
Portuguese Finance Minister to the remonstrance of
Mr. Richard Thornton, the Chairman of the Commit-
tee of English Bondholders. It seems only necessary to
say, that the Finance Minister announces, under date
Lisbon, April 25, 18407 that the Government remains
firm in its resolution. It disregards, therefore, the re-
monstrance of Mr. Thornton. It considers the provi-
sions already announced as constituting for the present
the only possible measure. At the same time it says
that this measure does not satisfy the wishes of the
Government, and as the resources of the country in-
crease, it will provide for the payment in full of its
debts, both foreign and domestic.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

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FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Morning Herald.)
Lord John Russell was more,than usually fceble and
prolix in his statements last night. He was somewhat
pompous, moreover, in enunciating his common-places on
the hideousness of b, ibery. When the Colonial Secre-
tary resumed his seat, his fro in ordinary, Mr. Hawes,
ventured to express his dissent from the course resolved on
by Ministers. The Sociniau soap-boiler cannot " away
with" bribery in any of its forms. He, therefore, moved
the appointment of a Solect Committee to inquire into
the mysteries of the late Ludlow election. Joseph Hume
uttered the usual quantity of bad grammar in seconding
the motion of the Lambeth patriot. In Joseph's view of
the case, the electors of Ludlow have " behaved very
bad"—they ought, therefore, to be made an example to all
who arc disposed to sell their votes for money, or for
liquor. (Is it not strange, that Joseph who would sell any
thing by which he might get a farthing, should object to
the selling of votes ? To be sure, if the system of selling
votes worc univcral, Joseph might be compelled to buy,
instead of receiving gratuitously !)

(Prom the Times.)
The new Bills for the improvement of the odious Poor-
law arc still on the table of the Houso of Commons. The
first object is to continue the Poor-law Commissioners at
Somerset-house ; and the continuance of power is the in-
crease of power, even if there was no accessory provision
to render it more oppressive. The Roman Consuls were
only chosen for one year ; none can doubt hut that
their power would have been more absolute had they
been chosen for a longer period. Tho American
President is elected for four years ; but his reign is
ordinarily prolonged by the addition of other four. The
Somerset-house Presidents of all the parishes of England
have already had a reign, a cruel one too, of six years ;
and now five, if not six, years more arc to be added to
their supremacy. People naturally ask, where u ill these
things end ? We answer, in the total overthrow of the
Constitution of England, and the subversion of all order,
by the bursting indignation of all helots whom this law,
and these executors of it, so grievously oppress. Surely
it has had trial enough during six years. Arc the people
more contented? More happy ? Are wages raised?
Have not all these promises been violated ?—and still we
are to co on. The general principle of the new Bill is,
we have no hesitation iu saying, horrible beyond all de-
scription. _

(From the Iliorniny Chroqicle.)
The Tory organs ring from day to day wits imputations
on those by whom the majo.ity of the Irish represcntt-
tives are returned. They are described as the most un-
principled scamps in existence. They arc said to be frau-
dulent, thieves, perjured, and it is agreed that they are
wretchedly poor. Now, if there be truth in all this, they
arc just the material for the " money p'Jwer" to operate
upon. They must be marketable at a much lower price
than Ludlow voters. To disfranchise them is a simple
work of supererogation. The franchise of such classes
has invariably been championed by Toryism. Had they
half the corruptible qualities so lavishly imputed, Toryism
would cherish them as the apple of its eye, and dread
their loss as a deadly cut at the sinews of its strength.
Disfranchise them l Sooner let the freemen go to the
dogs, and Ludlow and Cambridge elections be taken by
ballot. When such allegations are made, Lord Stanley
gives the lie direct to Post, Times., and Standard, by his
bill of disfranchisement. The punishment to be inflicted
by this measure is altogether arbitrary. It has no tendency
to separate guilt and innocence.
(From the Morning Post.)
Among the many false and impudent assumptions of the
Whig. Radical party this one is especially false and impu-
dent; namely, that the Romanist party in Ireland are a--
serving of as much, or even more, consideration now, than
they were ten or a dozen years ago. If a public man,
who advocated the cause of the Irish Romanitts twelve

years ago, now opposes the policy of Mr. O'Connell and
the Irish priests, he is denounced by the Whig-Radicals as
a renegade ! Than this nothing cm be more false or more
impudent. The plain truth of the matter is, that the Irish
Romanist party have so atrociously Abused the privileges
granted to them; they have shown themselves so destitute
of honour and of probity, that an honest man must be a fool
if he does not now regard them with indignation, what-
ever his sentiments may have been when he thought them
the victims of harsh and partial laws. The events of
the last ten years have plainly demonstrated that the
plan of agitation for the obtaining of Roman Catholic
Emancipation was a deliberate system of fraud upon the
British nation.

39, ALBF.MARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.-
DVAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—A greater proof of
the value o' the Messrs. S. and 13. Solomons' Invisible Opera-
tive Voice Conductor, and newly-invented Spectacle Lenses,
cannot be adduced, than the circumstance of the many thou-
sands of individuals who have obtained the greatest benefit and
instant relief, and the constant immense demand there is for
them, and the patronage they have, and daily continue to re-
ceive. The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons disclaim all coLner-
tion with persons of the same name, and the sale of amber spec-
tacles; the pernicious use of amber srertacles being now well
known to the public, and the vendor being aware of ir, he has
therefore altered their name, by leaving out the word "Am-
ber," and calling them "Patent Spectacles." Dr. Andrew
Ure, Esq., M.D., F. li. S., &c., states amber is most power-
fully electrical by friction, very hot, to such an extent as to ex-
plode into fragments. The workmen, too, are subject to a ner-
vous tremor in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they encounter great
danger by handling such dreadfully excited e!ectrics. Amber
nt such a soft and sticky nature, that it is apt to take fire ;
and when exposed to warmth, it swells, bubbles up, and will
burn sway with flame. This statement is further confirmed by
Sir D. Brewster and Pliny, as also by Parks and Hems on
Chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a ma-
terial for spectacles to imperfect vision may be ascertained at
any respectable optician's in London.

WONDERFUL !—.A Mrs. Mary Silby, of Bath,
was a cripple for ten years by a contraction in her left knee.
During eight years her left foot never tauched the ground.
She states that for eight months she put ler knee into hot
water every day for an hour, after which she well rubbed it for
another hour with a considerable quantity or Holloway's Oint-
ment, and that she took six of his External Disease Pills every
night, and she can now walk as well as ever she could in her
life. All contracted limbs or jpints, no matter from what cause,
may be cured by these wonderful remedies, if their use is well
persevered in.
GREAT METROPOLITAN IMFROVEMENTS.
—A meeting of gentlemen favourable to the plan of convert-
ing the embankments intended to be made on the River Thames,
into public walks or ways, was held at the house of Sir William
Heygate, Baronet and Alderman, No. 25, Spring-gardens,
Yesterday. There were present, Major-General Sir F. W.
Trench, K.C.B. ; -- Farnham, Esq., M.P., G.B. ; 1
Slanev, Esq., M.P.: J. Martin, Esq.,; Inman, Esq., •
the architect ; J. Savage, Esq., the architect ; Noble, I
Esq., of the British Institute; Colonel Alexander;— Ayre- I
ton, Esq. ; E. Eagleton, Esq., R. Johnson Esq. ; and T.
Lott,
, E. F. Leeks,lastEsq.,(the Esg
three. ; andgent E. Kenyon,eno ftlie Esq. AldermanLondoneoriiara.
tion) •
it Win. Heygate, Bart., was .n the chair. A petition for the
embankment of the Thames was prepared and adopted by the
meeting.
LONDON TRADES HA LL.—The adjourned
public meeting of the subscribers and friends of the above un-
dertaking, tuatki
oi nni.,,
was held last Monday evening, at the Mechanics' In-
'Southampton-buildings, Dr. Bowl lug (in the absence
In-
stitution,
of Mr. Wakley, who was detained in the House of Commons
by the Ludlow Bribery case), in the Chair. The large lecture
room of the Institution was quite full, and the utmost enthu-
siasm prevailed. The meeting was addressed by the Chair-
man, Mr. Leader, M.P., Mr. J. A. Roebuck, Mr. Hethering_
ton, and other friends of the working classes. Letters were
read from Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P.,
31r. Ewart, M.P., Dr. Epps, &c., excusing their absence, but
all expressing their approbation of ,the object the meeting had
in view. Upwards of 1,000 shares have been taken, and no
doubt exists, as the Trades of London are now coming forward,
that the required number will be subscribed for,