The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-25 00:00:00

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THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.)
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock — 1 Indian Stock 286
3 per Cent. Red Ditto Bonds ~......«..... pm.
3 per Cent. Cons. -
3% per Cent. Red 'Ditto New Annuities ~.
New 3% per Cent. .....
New 5 per Cent.— ....... - Ditto 5001.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. 7l pm.
Jan 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... 209%
Oct. 1859.... ..... - ..... 100
India Stock for Acct...XB7%
FOREIGN FUNDS.
AuStrian, 5 per Cent ..... ... iPortuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent.....„..... Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds ........... 93% Prussian, 5 per Cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... ,Russian, 5 per Cent...— —
Chllian, 6 per Cent ........«.. Ditto, Metallic .....- ..... -
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824..............« ........ ,Ditto, 3 per Cent 35%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent... Ditto, Deferred..„., —
Danish, 3 per Cent .....«.«., 'French, 5 per Cent...-. —t —c.
Greek, 18,5, 5 per Cent.... Exchange ..........„.... —f —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 62%
Peruvian, 1&25, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100%
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lO5
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, 5 paid 4%
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid
Caledonian, 5 paid
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid B5
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and South Westein (411. 6s. 10d. paid)
Ditto Eighths (15s. paid)
London and Croydon (Trunk) l5
London and York, 2% paid 4%
Lynn and Ely, 1% paid
Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 5O
North British, 2% paid 5%
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 25
Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid ... ............ ... .....
York and North Midland (50 paid) lOl
York and Scarborough Branch ( 10 paid)
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid

THE WARD OF PORTSOKEN,
(THIS DAY.)
ELECTION FOR AN ALDERMAN.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

Mr. Sheriff MOON had never asked one of the Jewish
persuasion to vote for him.—(Loud cries of " You have,"
and much uproar.) His friends had heard the opposing
candidate's friends, and he trusted that the same courtesy
would be extended to himself now. Again he repeated
that be had felt that no gentleman of that persuasion
ought to vote for him, and he had therefore not asked
them to do so. It might be thought dishonour..
able if he had.—(Tremendous confusion.) Let them
recollect that Mr. Scales had already gone out of the
field.—(Cries of " You've bought him.') But so anxious
was he (Sheriff Moon) to prevent confusion in the ward
that he assured one and all of them that he went to every
person over whom he had any influence, and begged of
them to come forward on this occasion. This showed at
least that he was not desirous of coming among them
unless cordially accepted by them; and further, he cou'.d
assure them, and he believed that his friend Mr. Salo-
mons would give him credit for it, that he was as
desirous of meeting with him in the most friendly spirit
in the course of that contest as he had been before. He
had met that gentleman in the streets, and he had said to
him, " Sir, if you will qualify yourself by signing the
declaration, I will at once resign my pretensions.—
(Great uproar.) He repeated it that it might not be
misunderstood.—(Confusion, and cries of " Off, off.")
He begged of Mr. Salomons to state whether he would
quality and take the declaration, when of course he
would go out of the field instantly.—(Cries of " You have
no right to put such a question.") He called upon Mr.
Salomons to say whether he bad not done so? Let him
answer that question.—(Cries of " No, no," •` Off, -off.")
He would now address them about himself and his °an
qualification. He came forward as a man of equally in -
ttependeet principles as Mr. Salomons. Some said " You
will get a Tory." But he came forward without any
political feeling, because that was not a political office.
His principles were to preserve everything good and re-
for .n everythingbad.—(" Oh, oh.") He had the honour of
having been many years a tradesman, and they all knew
the necessity of character to a tradesman in that commer-
cial city. He had for many years represented the ward in
whiche he yet resided, and the best way to ascertain the
character of any man was to do so in his own imme-
diate neighbourhood; but he hoped that the character he
bad sustained was not merely confined to that locality.
When put up on a pinnacle in the Common-hall, no
cue dared to throw a stone at him.—(Cheers, and roars
of laughter.) Why had he come forward then, because
he had as family rising up, whose very existence
depended on the character of their father.—(Continued
laughter.) In his intercourse through life, he had
endeavoured to do his duty, not only as man of business,
but as a parent. He could assure them
that he wished to treat Mr. Salomons with all
the chivalric spirit, so necessary in contests of
that nature. If the election fell upon his opponent no
man would shake him by the hand with more good
spirit, with more good feeling than he would himself—.
(Cheers)—and if on the other hand he were the success-
ful candidate he felt sure that that gentleman would
greet him in private society as he had hitherto done.—
(Continued cheering.) He had made up his mind not to
enlarge, but to bring the little he had to say to a conclu-
sion. He would simply say to those who had supported
him that he begged to tender his best thanks to those
gentlemen who had remained neutral—who were
waiting to see who would present themselves; he would
say that he hoped they would be attached to the side
he was now advocating.(Cheers, and cries of " Oh,
oh.") To those who were opposed to him he said, "If
you have promised Mr.iSalomons your vote, vote for him;
1f for Mr. Scales, vote for him."—(Cries of " Oh, oh,"
and "You've bought him.") One gentleman says—
" You've bought Mr. Scale's over." He simply denied
it. He thought that sufficient. He denied it.—(Cries
of "So you would anything.") If he should have the
honour of being returned by them, he would endeavour
to do his duty. He would endeavour, by every means,
to uphold the privileges which every Alderman
ought to uphold—(Loud and continued laughter)—and
to support the interests with which they were immedi-
ately associated. He did not come into that ward to ob-
tain pecuniary advantages. He had qualified himself to
obtain the honour which he now solicited at their hands.
All the advantages, and there were many, attached to
the office, with one single exception—that of making his
own son a Governor of Christ's Hospital—all other ad-
vantages be would give to his constituents.—(Mr. Sheriff
Moon resumed his seat amidst mingled cheers and
hisses.)
Mr. D. SALOMONS said he was perhaps over sanguine,
but it appeared to him that in the addresses of the
mover and seconder, and of the worthy candidate him-
self, there had been a sad lack of confidence of suc-
cess. He did not like Mr. Sheriff Moon to speak of the
forbearance of the electors. He had stated, and he
would state again, that in any question with which he
might be concerned, he would not suffer religious preju-
dices to interfere, nor would he make any question which
interested the country at large a religious question ; and
he spoke it with all courtesy, that he hardly thought
Mr. Sheriff Moon, in canvassing the electors of that
ward had not appealed to the Jewish persuasion. If he
had not done so—(Cries of "He did ; he called upon
ma")—certainly his friends had been less scrupulous.
Then something had been said respecting chivalry, but
he thought it right and just when men aspired to a
public office that their conduct should be rigidly scanned,
in order to see if the past would give any warranty for
their future actions. One other word about the chivalry
alluded to. They might see by the remnants of pas•
quinades, placards, lampoons, and other election
witticisms that were there exhibited, that, how-
ever, much of warm feeling might have been
shown during the contest, it would require some
stretch of the imagination to designate it as in any way
chivalrous.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He did not
mean to charge Mr. Sheriff Moon personally with that,
but be merely wished to show the chivalrous courtesy
with which he had been greeted during the progress of
that election.—(Cheers.) But let them now go forward.
(Hear, hear.) On this occasion it was proper,
although it looked rather like personal vanity, that he
should speak a Little of himself, and of the personal quali-
fications that prompissel him to offer himself as a candi-
date for their suffrages ; and he did expect that more
would have been said by Mr. Sheriff Moon, and by his
friends, of his personal qualifications, and of their supe-
riority to his own. He did not say that they had done
so. He said only that they ought, because that after all was
the only question for the consideration of the ward;
one candidate had withdrawn, two were yet left, and
they were that day met for the purpose of discussing
their individual merits, in order to choose the most fit
for the office of Alderman of that ward. He was
moat astonished to hear one gentleman allude to his
(Mr. Salomon's) commercial connections in that city.—
(Hear, hear.) Something was said of the screw being
applied—it was an insult alike to himself and to the
voters. He had heard of such a term at elections,
where if a tradesman did not vote as required, the
great man's custom was withdrawn, but that could not
apply to him. His boast was, that his parents—his an-
cestors had, for upwards of a century, lived not a
stone's throw from that place. Through three genera-
tions they were Englishmen and tradesmen, and not a
word could be brought against any of them, reflecting the
• slightest stain upon his honour or honesty, so as to render
him (Mr. Salomons) !heir descendant, unlit to represent
that ward, or the City of ondon—(Cheers)—in any
capacity—(Continued cheers.) Some observations had
been made with regard to his having stood and been re-
turned for the Ward of Aldgate, some nine years back.
He bad been, however, and they there all knew it re-
jected by the Court of Aldermen on a technical ground.
It was quite true that Mr. Sheriff Moon, on the day of
the issuing of the precept, met him in the street as de-
scribed, and said that if he did as had been stated he
should withdraw his own pretensions. Ile (Mr. Selo_
mons) thought the thine- too ludicrous to be serious, and
answered accordingly. thing
believed that his reply was,
that it was not usual for one candidate to
ask another a question. Having thus no-
ticed Mr. Moon's question he should proceed.
The speaker then referred to his being elected Sheriff of
the City of London, and the pride he felt at having me-
rited the thanks of the Livery in that capacity. The
Court of Aldermen, they were aware, did not sanction
innovation. Many there might remember what impedi-
ments were placed in the way of those of the Jewish
persuasion when they wished to obtain the liberty of the
City, but those times existed no longer. He had occasion
to be a day or two ago at Maidstone on a very interest-
ing oeeasion, and he was gratified by a remark of Mr.
Alderman Lucas, who officiated fqr the Lord Mayor,
that they must yield to the pressure of the times and to
circumstances,—(Hear, hear, and cheere) The speaker
then detailed in happy and forcible language the
various offices he had been called to by the
past and present Goverements—to the fact that
he Was the 'lash Sheriff of Kent and a magistrate in
ausex•
wig referred to the present Premier's hav-

3PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAL
GLOBE.—The project of still further facilitating
the intercourse between Europe and India, by means
of a railway across the Isthmus of Suez, is resumed ;
and hopes are still entertained of its being put into a
train for an early accomplishment of the important
design. The late Mr. Galloway—whose influence with
the Pacha of Egypt was employed for the purposes
of advancing practical science in that country, and
for improving the knowledge and civilisation of
its inhabitants—had obtained the consent and direc-
tion of that potentate to commence the work. That
gentleman made a visit to this country to contract
for and procure the necessary materials for the pur-
pose. Thirty miles of rails were transmitted to the
neighbourhood of the spot on which the plan was
to be executed, when Mr. Galloway's premature and
lamented death put a stop to the design. The greater
portion of the rails are still on the spot—the
line is one entire level—and not a foot of
land would require to be purchased. The Pacha is
known to he favourable to the project. The intuitive
perception of what is calculated to advance the in-
terests and promote the greatness of his country, for
which the Pacha of Egypt is justly celebrated, na-
turally inclines him to regard with favour a project
which would render one of the most barren spots in
his Pachalic a source of increased wealth to his trea-
sury, and of rising greatness to his administration of its
affairs. The number of passengers who during the lasi
year passed to and from India by the Overland route,
was 3,000; the number in the coming year is esti-
mated at nearly 4,000. This number does not, how-
ever, include the hosts of pilgrims who, at stated
periods, travel to and from Mecca, nor the mer-
chants of the Levant, who join their caravans for
trade and safety. The time saved by the pro-
jected line of rail across the Isthmus of Suez
would be twenty-four hours. From the commence-
ment of the new year a mail will be dispatched
from and to India every fortnight, instead of, as at
present, every month ; therefore the time actually
saved—to say nothing of the diminished inconveni-
ence and anxiety to each passenger, and to those wait-
ing for communications by each mail—would be
forty-eight days in the year, or nearly one-seventh
of the time consumed in the passages by the Over-
land route, to and from India, in each year. The
political and commercial advantages which this
country would derive from the increased facilities of
communication with India, with a railway across
the Isthmus of Suez would ensure, are too obvious
to require notice. The principal question which sug-
gests itself is, what prevents the work from being im•
mediately undertaken ? If the Pacha be favourable
to the scheme—the materials on the spot—the pro-
posed line a dead level, therefore requiring but a
trifling outlay of capital in wages to lay down the
rails—and the land itself a desert, having no proprie-
tor to exact an exorbitant price for the purchase—
what impediment exists ? The answer is one that
illustrates the mischievous influence which the French
Ministers possess over the imbecile mind of our
Foreign Secretary. France—whose jealousies are
ever active where English interests can be foiled, and
whose vigilance strongly contrasts with the inertness
and proneness to concession by which the foreign
policy of England has been characterised under
the administration of Lord Aberdeen—has, it seems,
expressed dissatisfaction with the proposed plan, as
likely to give to England a preponderating influence
in Egypt and Turkey ; and a pretext for maintain-
ing an establishment which, though professedly com-
mercial, may be converted into a military occupa-
tion. This objection—though destitute of even the
force which a barely possible contingency might im-
part, and utterly unworthy, as it is, of being enter-
tained for a moment in a serious correspondence—is re-
garded with gravity by our Foreign Minister I The
convenience of our commerce, and the other public
and private interests which are involved in effecting
a secure and expeditious intercourse with India and
the East, are therefore made to bend before the
genius of France ; which has acquired an unprece-
dented ascendency in the councils of England.
STANDARD.--We have carefully avoided any
interference with the dispute which has been so long
pending between Mr. Alderman Gibbs and his fellow
parishioners, because, has Southey has it—
" Men soon live down,
Evil or good report, if undeserved."
We shall, therefore, content ourselves with a brief
reference to the article which appears in another
column on the subject. Various charges have, in
the course of the last year, been brought against
Mr. Gibbs, some of them with a virulence which
could only have had its origin in personal malice.
With one exception, the whole of these imputa-
tions have been satisfactorily disposed of; and it is,
therefore, but fair to infer that there may have
been as much misrepresentation at work on that
as on the rest. The only remaining question is
now under investigation before a competent tri-
bunal ; and if the result should prove, as we antici-
pate, favourable to the Alderman, he will, indeed,
have good reason to pronounce himself an ill-used
man. We are, however, constrained to add,
notwithstanding the explanations of our corres-
pondent, that in any event he will stand in-
debted for a great part of the annoyance he
has experienced to his obstinacy in refusing
to recognise the right of his fellow parishioners
to examine his accounts. Every parishioner has
a moral, if not a legal, right to know w hat
becomes of the funds he has helped to supply,
and considering that the Alderman's accounts appear
to have been kept with the greatest regularity, it is
the more difficult to understand the motive of his
refusal ; unless it may have arisen from the irritation
which a man of notoriously upright character feels
when he becomes the object of an unfounded
imputation. For ourselves, had our accounts
been demanded, however, impertinently, we
would rather have hung them on the parish
pump for the inspection of every passer by,
than have contested the right to inspect them, because,
of any technical informality in the application.
This, however, is a mere matter of taste—we might,
perhaps, say of temper—with which we have nothing
to do. Unless we are to presume that the select
vestry is composed of gentlemen capable of acting
corruptly, auditing accounts for which the proper
vouchers have not been supplied, we are unable
to understand the principle on which the outcry
against Mr. Alderman Gibbs is still continued ; but
looking at the several attempts to injure him by
the publication of forged reports of the pre-
tended decision of the Court of Chancery, and forged
apologies from himself, we become inclined to doubt
if he is not the victim of a persecution dictated by
the most sinister and unmanly motives, and
destined to deprive him of the honours, to which by
long, no less than by arduous service, he appears to
be entitled.

STATE OF TRADE.—The market continues in the
same state as last week ; the demand both for goods and
yarn being moderate, but prices, with some trifling ex-
ceptions, tolerably steady.—Manchester Guardian.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 23.
—There has been but a dull market to-day. Flannels
of good quality have been vety little inquired for ; the
demand having been for those of a coarser kind. There
has also been very little activity in the wool market.
and there is much diversity of opinion amongst the
manufacturers, whether the next move in the price of
this article will be up or down.—Manchester Guardian.

FACTORY OPERATIVES'
DISPUTE.

On Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, a large
number of persons working in several cotton mills of
this town, were summoned by their employers for
neglecting or refusing to work. The cases excited
much interest, and the Town-hall was crowded to
excess each day. The individuals summoned con-
sisted of power-loom weavers, self-acting piecers, and
some spinners. After a long hearing of the cases, the
Mayor spoke very feelingly to the defendants, and
seemed desirous of acting with fairness betwixt work-
men and employers. Commitments were pressed for
in several cases, but the bench, upon receiving a
promise that the parties would return to their work,
refused to commit in any case; advising the men,
when they were not satisfied with their work or
wages, to give the regular month's notice, to serve
their time, and then leave. As far as we learn these
proceedings arise from a desire on the part of the
operatives for an advance of wages, which some of
the masters hesitate to give,
quested. Yesterday the T at least to the extent re-
own-hall was again the scene
of great excitement--a great number of cases similar
to the above having to be heard. Several promised to
resume their employment, but we are sorry to add
that the following refused so to do, and were each
committed to the House of Correction for one month
and hard labour :—Joseph Redhead, Thomas Boar,
Henry Foster, Philip Spencer, and Wm. Stephenson
—all spinners with Mr. Worsley. They had pro-
mised on Wednesday last to go to their work, and
Mr. W. did not bring the cases to a hearing on that