The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—An instance has been brought before
our notice of the inconvenience which may arise t°
the public from the practice adopted at the Excise'
office of not giving an acknowledgement for a pad
went. A clerk, by order of his employers, lately pap
five guineas at the Excise-office for a license. lein
acknow.edgement was, as usual, refused, but the rtt;
ceiver promised that the license should be sent. "Lb?
six weeks afterwards the clerk's employers receive" ;
notice, demanding payment of the money again, na.,
vi""
the clerk, not being able to prove the payment,
placed for the time in a most unpleasant situation'
On going to the Excise. office, where the amount bsa
been paid, he- was told that the second notice was
mistake, and therefore the affair ended without 01:
further disagreeable consequences. But suPll
some mistake had been made as to the receipt •
the money, or suppose the Excise clerk had been, r
dishonest person, and had absconed, it is very eiel
that the man who made the payment, though actiel
quite honestly, might have lost his situation ate
his character too. All risk of the sort ;Yolk' I
avoided by a public office giving an acknowledrielnev
in every case when the instrument for which
ment is made is not delivered at once. The offiG
are paid with the public money, and surely they
not so much to do that they cannot afford this lit'
extra trouble.
The highest price of white wheat of the first es;
lity in Paris is 29f. per 1 f hectolitre, 'wit
equivalent to 435. 3d. per quarter ; and the* h'6 to
quotation of white wheat of the first quality in Ast
London market being 565. per quarter, it followg;is,
wheat is 261 per cent. dearer in London than in Pa
The highest quotation of flour of the first qualitYol,l
Paris is 40f. 10c. per 100 kilogrammes, which is et 4
to 40s. ld. per sack of 2801 b. English; and the big Vet
quotation for town-made flour in the London or„,r
being 45i. per sack, it follows that flour is 12tr
cent. dearer in London than in Paris. 'sis
The price of bread of the first quality in PailAi
35 cents. per kilogramme, which is equal to new?
6d. per loaf of 41b. English ; 2nd the price of bre
in London at the shops of the full -priced bakers be,,il
81d. per 41h loaf, it follows that bread is 41i Pe
cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
SUN.—The Consol Market closed without any b"Pri°,ol
ment this afternoon, the quotations being 98-a seNers'
for money and time. The heavy investments wer„emei
flat all day. The Reduced 101 - to 102, and the -""
per Cents. 991 to IF. The New were 101.
Spanish Bonds realised 2'l to for the Fivel
Cents., and 33 to 33/- for the Three per Cents. Fre-thi
Fire per Cents. were done at 119 f. 25c. These were n,
only transactions in the Foreign Market this afterae°o
The additional transactions in Railway Sharesnbro.
been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester, 9 to 8;
tol and Exeter, 101; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 18i t°
Do. Quarter, 411; Lancaster and Carlisle, i;
ham Thirds, 36; South Western, 451 to i; Do. Eig".sl;
31; Croydon, 5 to i; Do. Scrip, 9i; Lynn end Ofp,,i.
Manchester and Leeds, 56 to 55; Do. Hair, 23,j; oro
Quarter, 81 to 9; Newcastle and Darlington, 2g);
British, to -1; Norwich and Brandon, 10 to 91
Eastern, 4--; Do. New, to 8i; Yarmouth and
wich; 11 to -,f; York and Midland, Selby Scrip, 36;
and Rouen, 17 to i; and Rouen and Havre, 8 preoPist
Caledonian have been to and Greenwich, 4 V•ees
discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares
7; and Provincial Bank of Ireland, 20 to 1 preraia°

The TIIE PUBLIC PARKS AT MANCHESTER.----T"'" fo.
pool Times says :—" The subscription at ManehetrftY,
the purpose of forming parks and public walks 4 os
use of the labouring classes, now amounts to up, ,slto
9,2004, and it is expected that three or four tiow-pidi
sum will be raised. This is the best, because the,,,,t,
practical and conclusive, answer that could be giy'reso
the charges of selfishness and indifference to the ,„
of the poor directed against the manufacturers of 'otig
chester, by monopolist orators and journalists. SPSI/0
the present noble undertaking be completed in
of
in which it is expected to be, and that within a
the revival of the cotton trade from its recent deer"
rression, it will remain for ages a monument of th bergeosity and humanity of the manufacturers of eil„ „Or
ter, and an example worthy of the imitation of au
classes." 000

BRIGHTON, AuG. 20.—Captain Harvey Til„cfs*ig,
appeared last night at the theatre in the character `:ciits
John Falstaff. his performance of the character elko,
considerable applause. He is announced to plarit;
Si
finch this evening. Mademoiselle Cerito and
Tht
Leon are engaged for the first week in September. who
is a spirited speculation on the part of the less
estop.
purposes raising the price of admission on the °Ccceaberlif
CERES.—ENORMOUS STRAWBERRY.---As
which has been complimented with various Iri,7l,scis
pulled on Saturday week from the garden O..rif Tie'neattl.
Thomson, Breadalbane Cottsge, Ceres, %teas.— un"
eight inches in circumference. Several others, mess
.0
six and seven mehes, have also been raised 014 the 511
ground.—Caledonian 1714..rcury.
MR. HORACE SMITH.—We understand th*t
popular writer, whose productioce have latterlid
sisted of stories of modern life—told, It is true, wi'eS.
that liveliness and originality which was to liave bee:est
petted from one of the authors of " Rejected AdarA;ssej
—is about again to come before the public in that ." psi
composition—the historical romance—in which be 01;
achieved a fame second only to that of his gree 0:0
temporary, Scott, for certainly " Brambletye K otlf.
has placed the name of Horace Smith at the head 30,
living historical novelists. His new work is elit:100.
" Arthur Arundel, a Tale of the English Revolutitbat
We are not aware whether the time of the story it.ll„g is
of the Protectorate, or of the abdication of 16889 u"Aas
either case Mr. Smith will find in the characters err
events of the period a theme peculiarly fitted for
phic and powerful pen, and one which is sure ol•
terest the sympathies of his numerous readers an
mirers.
DEATH or A DEBTOR IN THE QUEEN'S - $6O.-
—The death of one of that unhappy class
within the walls of a gaol for debt,. took place 01l
afternoon in the Queen's Prison, under very .disiiftredilslo
circumstances. The name of the deceased Is "4 the
Gilbert, and he will be known to thousands -00'
scientific world as perhaps one of the most leer
opticians of the present day. The deceased, w,11„°,101
rally resided at Kensington. had been in a us:o
state of health for three or four years past, ca°3-toosi
place of business in Leadenhall-street about seii`A
ago, and, while directing some matters there, wilsgb=sev,,
by the administrators of " the iron law," and 03,..Pbe01v
to the Queen's Prison. From his broken state wastil
the Governor (Captain Hudson), with his charr‘c",-bos:
humanity, directed that the unfortunate prisone,r /lA.'
be allowed to remain in the receiving-ward, ,c,P;e,,,
family could have constant and easy access to Fri",
where other comforts would be more abundan'ijosiv,
vided for him. The unhappy man, however, krruesdt
sunk, and between one and two o'clock on
afternoon death sent the di ,charge that humall",ige,
to have issued long ago. Mr. Gilbert has left AblP"
daughters, and three sons, all of whom did eferisresiti
to console him under his sufferings. The falt3iilduct'&
in the highest and most grateful terms of the ec'rocisli
Captain Hudson, of Mr. Morton, the medical A"lcep
of the prison, and of Mr. Caldwell, the chief tiler!vg
SAVOY CHURCH, STRAND.—It is gratiffichor
find, after the renovation of this beautiful little oniti"
Royal, at a great expense, through the splendid ressifil
cence of her most gracious Majesty, that it is iiicoellefe
in interest daily, laving recently added to the ebieb t".
instrument, the organ, an efficient choir, by it' beatti.
delightful service of the church is performed w
ful effect. t in
It appears from a recent statistical accoun dry p
German papers that the population of hung
amounts to 12,179,140.