The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-03 00:00:00

'I,I'X'CELLANEOUS.

On Monday the usual distribution of the Royal bounty
to the poor or Windsor took place in the new Riding
School. It cotii isted of meat, bread, plum-pudding, and
blankets ; in rt.l;titni to which the numerous recipients
of her Molest'', tt•kil the Prince Consort's seasonable
benevolence wt,re erch presented with tickets to receive
ea proportion to the extent of their families) at the
csrablishineio3 of the respective tradesmen, ale, potatoes,
and coals. 'l:te provisions were distributed among 186
families, hal at an average about three children each.
The stand:u army of the United States is the smallest
in the world, for a population of 17,000,000 of people-
-7,590 men ; including non-commissioned officers, dra-
goons, musicians, and artificers, probably 8,600. The
army estimate for the year will fall short of last year
nearly 100,C00 dollars, and a reduction of several im-
portant ollh•es is recommended, together with remcunt-
nig a regiment of dragaons for the frontiers.
The number of visitors to the Tower, during the
Christmas week, was, to the Armouries 911, and to the
Jewel-office 711. Total amount of proceeds 401. I Is.
Among the visitors were a considerable numbar of
foreigners.
W lien the Duke de Bordeaux, says the Cheltenham
Juurnal, visited Bailniinon, he was accompanied bythree
Foreign Dukes. The party went out hunting with his
Grace the Duke of Beaufort on a misty day; and at last
all the five Dukes were lost in a fog, in five different
places, near Dichnai.ton ! Will Long's horn was sounded,
but in vain. Ultimately the lost Dukes found their way
to Badminton.

According to a report made by Mr. Braidwood, the
number of fires and alarms which have happened from
Jan. 1 to Dee. 31, 1843, at which the engines of the
establi,helent have le:un called into requisition, amount
to 9._11. It further mentions that the fires, by which
prerni. es were totally destroyed, number 298, buildings
consideratly damaged, 231.
For sev, ral weeks the opening of the Atmcspheric
line from Kingstown to Dalkey has been interdicted by
the Lords of die Tru2sury, owing to the remonstances of
part le!; owning property on the line. Mr. Walker, the
eminent Engli,h engineer, has arrived in Dublin, having
reee!‘ vii initruetior s from the Government to hold an in-
quiry •:lm the subject.
Alp-. Vt,ller, Ears the Leinster Express, is out of
dange:, and reeevir:n4. thou. h slowly. There are some
person's iu !zaol on ,u,,,picion of being concerned in the
tuas,4len . Two 'nen arc missing from the locality of
Finno, ; they are Luppre“el to be the two who were
wounded, and that they will not return, if they ever do
s 9, w.ll it wounds are healed.

L. 3 I: EARTEQUAKC IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
-It t.,l2p,:us from th, Guernsey Star of Thursday last,
that die shock of tzn earthquake, which was felt in
Guernsey n the nitur;:oon or Friday week, had been also
experienced in Jersey :.:d the island of Alderney nearly
at the sane time. It had not been felt on the Froaoh
coast.

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MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

The buoyancy of the English Funds remained
unimpaired up to the close of business, and Consols were
again done at 97 to 97* 4. Exchequer bills were 645. to
695. premium.
The Foreign Market reacted a little after the material
advance of the morning. Spanish Five per Cents. closed
at 22* ; and the Three per Cents. at 30.-} Dutch
Five per Cents. touched par. Mexican were at 32i
which is slightly lower ; and Portuguese for Account,
at 44k.
The Railway Shares were active up to the termination
of business, and supported full rates.
The Colonial Bank Shares fell to 10, or just 15 dis-
count, 251. being paid, on account of there being no di-
vidend for the Proprietors. The Directors, it seems,
consider it prudent, owing to their great losses by the
West India branches, to suspend the dividends for the
present, but hope for better times in our colonies to place
them in a gradually improving position.
The Foreign exchanges were steady this'afternoon.
During the week ending Thursday last there were no
exports of the precious metals from London.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
14,000 bales, at prices id. per lb. higher than on Friday.
Speculators took 6,000 bales. The sales included 400
bales of Surat, at 34d. to 4d. ; 1,500 Egyptian, at 64d.
to 7d.; and the rest American at 4id. to 6d. per lb.—
Shares had a further tendency to improve, and a large
business was done. Eastern Counties were 10i to wit ;
Birmingham, 236 ; South Western, 77 ; Manchester and
Leeds, 101 i; North Midland, 90; Paris and Rouen, 328;
Rouen and Havre, 111 ; South Eastern, 36 ; Paris and
Lyons, 31. 3s. 6d.; Paris and Orleans, 344.
By a late arrival from Sydney we have accounts to-day
to the 26th August last. The trading advices are not by
by any means so favourable as could be wished. Though
the depression in trade had been very considerable, still
the estimate of the revenue of the Colonial Treasury had
been exceeded by actual results.
We have Rio de Janeiro letters and papers this morn-
ing to the 4th of November. Their contents are of
little interest. We do not find any allusion to the
negotiations of M. Ribeiro at the Court of St. James's,
as respects the treaty that expires in the present month.
In the Stock markets to-day a considerable amount of
business has been transacted. In addition to the 10,0001.
of the Three per Cent. Reduced Stock taken yesterday,
and announced under this head, a further sum of 10,6001.
was bought on account of terminable annuities, thus
making the investment 20,0001. The Commissioners
took about the usual amount this morning in the Three
per Cent. Reduced Annuities at 978. Consols for
Account opened at 97 to 97*, have since been quoted at
974, and are now at 97i. The premium upon Exchequer
bills is at 645. to 695. premium; and upon India Bonds at
78s. to 80s. Bank Stock commands 1851; and the Three-
and- a-Half per Cents. are 1021 to 1021.
It is assumed in the City that the reply of Lizardi and
Co., is of no more favourable a character than the com-
munications heretofore received from the Mexican agents,
and a rise must be noted in the stock of the Republic to
32} and 33 ; the present value is 33. Spanish Three
per Cent. Bonds have fluctuated from 31 to 311 ; the
Actives from 24 to 228 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. from 541 to *; the Five per Cents. from 99* to
; and Colombian from 11* to 1 ; Brazilian are at 731.
Shares are brisk and advancing. Eastern Counties
128 to 12 ; Great North of England 141 ; Brighton 64
to 51 ; Blackwell 108, 6*, to 61 ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham 1 ; Midland Counties 124 ; North Midland 9A- ;
and South Eastern 124 to 1 discount. Edinburgh and
Glasgow are 9 ; Great Western 331 to 341 ; ditto New•
20 ; Hull and Selby 11 ; South Western 34* to 341 ;
Croydon 1 ; Manchester and Leeds 32 ; Northern and
Eastern 8 ; Paris and Orleans 14A to 14 ; Rouen and
Havre 6 to 4 ; South Eastern Scrip. 111 to 12 ; Yar-
mouth and Norwich 31 to 4 ; and York and North Mid-
land 70premium. Colonial Bank shares are 11 discount.
CLOSING PRICES
ilitaVaH FUN ti.S.

B stock
3 ('ent. Red.
• ei.t. Cons.

'3 i ..n Cent. Red ... !Ditto New Annuities .
N,..5. 3), per Cent.... - 'Ex. Rills, 1,0001. lid. 69 ••i.
5i,!.., 5 per Cen'.... ...... Ditto 5001... .. . 69 ei
Loy ,4 Annuities to expire Ditto Small ..... . 69
lan. 1860 ... ... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 185 k
.), t. 1859
~:.,,.. 1860 ...
FOREIGN FUNDS..
-siutrian, 5 per cent. ... i Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian 5 per cent — !Ditto, New Ditto —
11razilian Bonds .. Prussian, 5 per cent —
B :cues Ayres 6 per cent. ;Russian, 5 per cent ....
Chilian, 6 per cent — !Ditto, Nletallic . . —
12.0..einbian, 6 per cent... Ili Spanish, 5 per cent 22*
litto 1824 — Ditto, 3 per cent S3a
Cu'-:a Binds, 6 per cent. lli Ditto, I referred....
`)apist:, 3 per tent — French, 5 per cent. ---i!
Greel,, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange ...... .... --t —c
:lexica., 5 per cent. 321 French, 3 percent. —f. —c
Uitto, 6 per cent. 1837 ',Dutch, 24 per een-.... 54i
Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. ;Ditto, 5 per cent.... 100
'SHARES.
Eastern Counties (23 paid) lOl
Ditto New Registered ( paid)
Ditto Debentures (81 6e 8d paid)
Hull and Selby (50 paid) ... 6l*
London and Brighton (50 pa d)...„
Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) ... - ...... ! Ilk
London and Blackwall (161 13s 4d paid)
London and Birmingham (100 paid)... 237
Ditto New Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 2Bh
London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 76*
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ... 14i
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .. 102
Ditto Quarter Shams ( 2 paid) B*
Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid"
North Midland (100 paid)
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ... . ...
Rouen and Havre ( 6 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... - 36*

India Stock .•. pm
Ditto Bonds
Ditto Old Annuities

102 a

West London, Old Shares (20 paid) —
Ditto First Class Preferred (10 paid l3s
York and North Midland (50 paid) .. 121
Ditto New Shares (20 paid)
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)

Amsterdam CF. 12 7
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7i
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0

Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 5
Frankfort on Maine 122
Petersburgh, 3 Us.
Berlin 7

Vienna, effect. fl. 3 M. 10 0
Trieste, aide ... 10 1
Madrid ...

'Gibraltar 46
Leghorn .... 3O 95
Genoa
Milan
Venice

'Naples
'Palermo, per oz 118
I isbon
Oporto 524
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia
'Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days sight 44

Philadelphia
46
PRICES OF BULLION, PER 02,
'Foreign Gold.

~ bars £3 17 9

Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville ...... 36 I

iPortugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5
'New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9
Silver in Bars 0 4 11

THE RECENT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.--White, the
man who fell from the building at Messrs. Brancker's,
and was so much injured, though a fearful spectacle, is
not dead ; he labours under concussion of the brain,
injury of the spine, and many other disasters,
yet his medical attendants at the Northern Hos-
pital entertain hopes of his recovery. Cassidy,
who was in the lorry when White tell, is perfectly
sensible, and is able to converse with the medical officers
of the hospital. His recovery is almost a matter of
certainty. Jones is fearfully burnt ; he is wrapped up
in clothes, and looks like a mummy. Michael Ennissey,
who was carried home to his friends, dreadfully burnt,
has been conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he
lies in a very precarious state. No doubt exists as to the
fate of poor Woods ; that he is under the ruins is unhap-
pily too true. The opinion of the surgeon at the Northern
Hospital is, that all his patients will recover, notwith-
standing their present state ; so that Woods, it is hoped,
will be the only victim.

SIDDEN DRATII OF AN ARTIST.—On Monday fore-
noon an inquest was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at
the Lord Wellington, University-street, Tottenham-
court-road, on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Gibson,
aged thirty-two, an artist of some celebrity, residing at
Carlisle, whose death took place under the following
melancholy circumstances:—lt appeared from the cvi•
dente, that about a month since, the deceased, who was
a married man, with a family, arrived in town, for the
purpose of executing two paintings fur a nobleman who
had sent for him, on the finishing of which he purposed
returning home. He took apartments at No. 32, in the
above-named street, where he continued to reside in
perfect health up to the time of hi, decease. On the
night of Friday last, about half-past twelve o'clock, the
landlady of the house hearing the sound of low moans,
interspersed with ejaculatory cries of " Murder," pro-
ceeding from deceased's bed-room, hastened thither, and
on entering found deceased lying on the bed in his
clothes, in a state of insensibility. Mr. E. Garland,
surgeon, said that he was sent for to attend the de-
ceased, whom he found insensible, and apparently
labouring under an attack of apoplexy. He bled him in
the arm and jugular vein, taking away from him, alto-
gether, twenty-eight ounces of blood, but without any
visible effect, and he died in less than two hours. He
had, with Dr. Taylor, since made a post mortem exami-
nation of the body of deceased, and ascertained that the
immediate cause of death was extravasation of blood on
the brain. Verdict—" Natural death."

FATAL ACCIDENT - ON TIIE BIRMINGHAM AND
GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—On the arrival at Bromsgrove
station of the down train from Birmingham, about thirty
minutes past five o'clock on Wednesday evening, a hat,
jacket, and bundle of sticks were found lying on the
buffer bar of the engine. This leading to the suspicion
that some accident had happened on the line, the pilot
engine was instantly dispatched to ascertain the particu-
lars ; and between Barnt Green (near the residence of
Mr. Maughan), and Crofton Hall (the residence of Mr.
Penn), the body of a labouring man was found Ding be-
tween the rails quite dead. The body was warm, and it
appeared the train had not passed over him, but it is
supposed that the buffer bar of the engine struck him
in the back, and that his hat, jacket, and sticks were
jerked at the same moment upon the buffer bar, and
there remained until the engine arrived at the station as
belore mentioned. At the point, or nearly so, where the
accident took place, the up-train passed the down-train,
and it is thought that that threw the poor fellow off his
guard. The body was conveyed to the Malt Shovel,
Vigo, and there lies, awaiting the Coroner's inquest,
which will be held by Mr. Docker, at three o'clock this
afternoon. The poor man, whose name is Burm, was
about fifty-five years of age, and in the employ of Mr.
Lamb, one of the contractors of the line. There was no
crossing within a mile of the spot where the accident
happened. It was about forty-five minutes from the
time of the accident until the body was found.— Worces-
ter Herald.

The Marquis of Ilasting.,, we learn, is suffering
from protracted illness at Southampton, where the Noble
Marquis, accompanied by the Marchioness, has arrived
ffora BournewoutN within the bat few days.

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