The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. BRUSSELS, AUG. 15.—The average price of Wheat
There was no alteration in Cotton at Liverpool on Sa- last week was 18f. 5c., and that of Rye, I Of. 39c.
turday. A moderate trade demand was experienced, The Duke of Bedford and Baron Rothschild ar•
and the total sales were 3,500 bales.—Railway Shares
rived at Brussels yesterday.
were quoted thus:—Birmingham and Gloucester, 113 ;
The Prince Royal of Prussia, when he passed
Eastern Counties Perpetual, No. 2,1/. Os. 6d.; Glasgow,
Paisley, and Greenock; ]2l; Liverpool and Manchester, through Brussels, i
visited the rich gallery of pan tingli
201 ; Ditto Quarter, 491 ; London and Birmingham and antiquities belonging to the Duke of Arenburg.
Quarter Shares, 261; Manchester and Birmingham, 53,i; - A democratic society has just been founded et
Sheffield and Manchester, 84i ; South-East M-38f.:. Retnair, fly the name of Genootschap (Society) Van
The extreme fineness of the weather thtiVhet.sipiie:-.1 Zonnelmi. This Zanneken is noted as one of the
vailed for the last four days, has had a me* lieneftcW,.--popular :heroes of Flanders, who most zealously cow
effect upon the wholesale and retail trades Of Ilie ate - bated the oppression of the French aristocracy. '
tropolis. " Goods (to use the language ofrA,pariner of BRUSSELS, Auo. 16.—Lord and Lady Palmerston
a large City firm) have moved off like lightning," and arrived hefe-on Wednesday evening from London. On
with a full harvest, most certainly there will be a large Thursday his Lordship was visited by the Count
and beneficial " fall" trade down. Tliel/tootounts d'Arschi. and afterwards visited by the:Ministers of Fo'
received this morning from the provincostrArk*Ast reign is irs and the Interior, and Mr. 'Waller, the
satisfactory as to the expectations of the 111'm:12M:746a' Sec cts „ twthe English Legation.
of the manufacturing districts. ' . .-- ":,,i -- fay, ~.;tiiinance of the unfavourable weather doe')
There are Buenos Ayres letters and papers thiilksa!,n't4 esiiiiikltra .1e injury to the corn, which is still standing
ing to a much later date than those previously RC *Axil 'in the district of Nivelles, for instance, the wheat is 110$
As to the demand for British manufactured gdods, the -got in, and begins to sprout. In several parts on the
advices are not very satisfactory. There were surplus banks of the Seine measures have been taken to:guard
stocks of many descriptions of goods. The dates reach against the the effects of inundation.
down to the 15th of June. There are no politiCal ad- The Moniteur contains a long report of Mr. Nothomb
vices of importance. The affairs of Monte Video re- on the population of Belgium in 1841 and 1842,1'00
mained still in an unsettled condition. - , which it appeitrs that it was estimated for the latter year
A dull market has prevailed for the British Fan& to- at 4,172,706 inhabitants. The Minister, however, is °(
day. Consols for the Account have been sold at 28i, opinion that the statement is one-tenth below the Outs,
and the same for Money. A better feeling now exists in and that a new census is absolutely necessary.
the price for the account being 98i, and for transfer to- ROTTERDAM, AUG. 14.—Yesterday an interesting
morrow 98i. The Commissioners only took 5,0001. ceremony took place on board the English steamer, the
Consols to-day. The variations in the other stocks Columbine, Captain F. Norwood. This captain 01
have been slight. leaving the Maete on the 4th of this month, had the goo'
Business has been brisk in the Foreign Funds to-day. fortune to have the crew of the Papenburg ship, the
The Portuguese Converted has reached 44 ; Spanish Brame, Captain B. E. Schneders, coining with a cargo 0,
Actives 22i I, and the Three per Cents. 33 and -4-.• corn from Window, which was stranded near the motto
The Dutch, the Belgian, and most of the other foreign of the Maese ; the captain took the crew on board vo°
stocks, were a shade lower than yesterday. were in the utmost danger of landing them at the
In the Railway Share Market a good deal has been Bridle.
done this morning. The fluctuations have been fee- The Director of the South Holland Society for the
quent, as our corrected list of prices will show. preservation of shipwrecked persons, went yesterday on
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. board the steamer, and in the presence of several gentle
(From the Official List.)
men made an impressive speech, and in the name of the S 0"
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99% * % ciety presented to Captain Norwood (who, on a forme!
3per Cent. Consols.
Annuities... ............ %1k 36Y
3% per Cent. Reduced
New 3% per Cent. Annuities......... lol%tili lar act',., of humanity) the large silver medal and cs,
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1560 1234 document reciting the circumstances of the rescue to I'.
south Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities 97S Lawe, and four sailors, the crew of the boat by whew 0
Consols for Account
India Stock
. .

Exchequer Bills, I%d. 134c1.
1,0004 00000 ...“••••••••••...• • • 73 pm.
5001.. • •• 0 . • ••••• • 11. 00000 ....
Ditto Small .....»..... 7.; pm.
Ditto Advertised ..—
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103%
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . ......... ...... .....
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per CenL ........ ~.. 35
Columbian Bonds. 13%
Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per Cent. .... ........
Ditto for the Account. 3534 k
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account. 44
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 —
Ditto for the Account ..... ........ ...... 22% la,
Ditto Passive Bonds. .... .......... .... ..... ••••••••• 5 iii
Ditto Three per Cent. ... ..... ........ .......... ••••
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4134
Ditto Deferred
Dutch 2% per Cents 6l4VOi
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 5 per Cents ...... .."..... .. . .... ••••••••••••••••••• 100
New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837)
PRICES OF SHARES:PHIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pal 311•11.
Birmingham and Gloucester...." 100
Ditto New
Chester and Holyhead 5 ......... 645 ... to 6
Dublin and Cashel...". ........ . 234 63434 ... to
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered 81 6s. Bd..
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... .... (-5%
Great North of England IOO
Great Western ......... .............. '75
Ditto % Shares ..................... 50 ....
Ditto kifths l2 ..... .... 2434 E... to
Lancaster and Carlisle 5 ......... 534 to
London and Birmingham. lOO .........22334
London and Brighton ............... 50 ......... 4734
London and Greenwich 12% 8%% ... to
London and Greenwich (Preference) 18%
Lynn and Ely l% .. 4%34 ... to
Manchester and Leeds. '7o

to the four sailors ; and, lastly, to Captain Norwood,
sum to be divided among the rest of the crew.

- -
FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
IN THE CITY.
On Saturday Sir James Duke, M.P., and Mr. Alder
man Thomas Johnson, presided at the City Police Coin"
mittee, in the Guildhall, for the purpose of investigating
a number of cases brought by Mr. Harvard, the ill"
spector, against several persons (tradespeople and sho
keepers in the City), for fraudulently using false weigh°
and measures.
James Campbell, the proprietor of the well-knoifs
tavern situate in Pope's Head-alley, Cornhill, was stn°,i
moned for selling a glass of ale, purporting to be "
-a pint," the same measure being three quarters of 11,,-•
ounce short of that quantity. The case, from t"
crowded state of the Court, appeared to elicit consider
able interest. From the evidence of Turner, the assi6
t.
ant officer to the inspector, it appeared that on the 7
of August last they entered defendant's tavern, and "1
inspector requested to be served with a pint of ale. 1,,t1;
stead, however, of the ale being served to them in tP
pewter measure, it was placed before them in two long.
.
necked glasses, purporting to contain half a pint eso,,,
The inspector asked for a stamped measure, which Wr
furnished him, and on turning the ale into it, the de
,m,
ciency was found to be very considerable, nearly to tm
extent of two ounces.
Sir JAMES DUKE requested the glass to be produce--
Mr. Harvard, the inspector, replied it had not bee
seized. "es
The defendant said ho had brought a sample of Ow, •
that he used in the trade, for the purpose of show,,
the falsity of the accusation. He begged the Mogija
trates would test the quantity they held, and they vv°,l
find on the average the public were benefited, as snw
of them contained more than half a pint. f tb°
Turner, the assistant, said it was in consequence o tei
complaints made by the public that the inspector visa
the house.
The defendant declared that he had been a liceos2o
victualler for sixteen years in the City, and that rlo,rilie
in his own line in London was on better terms with
public than himself. c
Mr. Harvard, the inspector, corroborated every •nc the
sworn to by Turner. He added that, in addition t°
fug
deficiency in the measures, the glasses even were not
when served to them. 100
Defendant said it was not the custom to fill the g--- 0
so that they ran over ; gentlemen with white waistet
and kid gloves were in the habit of taking glasses ether
house, and were he to fill them so as to disfigure pit;
their gloves or clothing, he would lose their pstronsia
The inspector put a statement into the Megistr'ne
hand, from which it appeared that the deficiencies of ° •
ounce and three-quarters in every half-pint would, itto
barrel of thirty-six gallons, realise 25 quarts. It 05° the
forth that if a publican sold 30 gallons of beer in
course of the day. at Is. 4d. per gallon, and brflZaer
deficiency equal to 2 os. in the quart, he gained
twentieth part of what he sold ; for instance, a 20• er
ficient would produce 2s. per day ; 11 oz. is. 6d. Po
day ; and 1 oz. deficient Is. per day. In a quart the j
was 400 z., a pint 20 oz., half a pint 10oz., gill 5 os., Ifed
half a gill measure 2i oz. The cost of articles suPPhd
to them (inspector and assistant) at the defendant's si
was Is. 6d. per gallon, whereas they were chargeis
the rate of 3s. 4d. per gallon. They mentioned 1n1,5001
order to show that the profits were sufficient wither
""
defrauding the public by selling it to them in false

Ditto 34 Shares 3O . 513{ ...... to 52%
Dit o % Shares
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties lOO ........ 10934......... to 109
Birmingham and Derby
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. :?1. ~.... ... 4948 to 49%

, -
North British
2%
Northern and Eastern 45 - to
Ditto li Stares
Norwich and Brandon
South Eastern and Dover 3236 SS% % ... to
Ditto New
Thames and Medway -
Trent Valley
'Yarmouth and Norwich
Paris and Orleans 2O 36 37... to 363
Paris and Rouen 2O ..... .... 37%
Rouen and Havre
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 17.—There
has been no perceptible change in our market to-day : a
fair business has been done.—Blackburn and Preston,
71 ; Eastern Counties, 12* ex div. ; London and Brigh-
ton, Eighths, i prem. ; Lynn and Ely, 4 1-16 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 54i ; Ditto, Quarters, 51 t ;
Manchester and Buxton, 375.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 19.—Wind, westerly, fresh breeze, and
fine clear weather.

OFF MARGATE, Auo. 17.—Anteans, Quebec.
OFF NORTH FORELAND, Aim. 16.—Ship Amphitrite.
DEAL, Aua. 17.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate. 18 A.M.
W.N.W. to N.W., P.M. N.W.—Arrd. Asia, Patteson,
Launceston ; Albert, Rio Janeiro ; Swallow, Skipton,
St. John's, Newfoundland ; Tyrone, New Orleans ;
Amelia, Miramichi, for Newcastle ; Regulus, Hun-
ter, Port Phillip ; Bombay, Moore, Ichaboe ; Margaret
and Traveller, Quebec ; Geo. Palmer, Hull, for Ichaboe.
Sid. Tudor, Calcutta ; Northumberland, Cape and
Madras ; Carnatic and Herefordshire, Bombay ; Cam-
den, Quebec ; Palinurus, Newport, Aden, and Somer-
setshire, Quebec ; Boyne, Bombay ; Ottawa, 'Quebec ;
Cheviot, Ichaboe, put back ; Favourite for Ichaboe ;
Coquette, St. Helena.
OFF DUNGENESS, AUG. 16.—Manchester, Tannan,
New York for Rotterdam • Charles William,; Miramichi.
RAMSGATE. Au°. 17.—Arrd.Clasina Gertruida, Liver-
pool, for Dordt, with bows damaged, &c , having been
in contact with a brig off Fairleigh ; Britannia, Sunder-
land, for Southampton, leaky.
MARYPORT, AUG. 16.—S1d. Dykes and Ocean, Quebec;
Henderson, Restegouche.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17 AND 18.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.
17.—Arrd. Gleuswilly, M'Neil, Valparaiso ; Jonathan
Fell, Tait, Buenos Ayres ; Booth, Grey, Rio Grande ;
Enchantress, Bissett, Barbadoes ; Hurora, Havannah ;
Agnes Sophia, Bounce, Nassau ; Stoupe, Soule, New
Orleans • Rob Roy, Arnold, Mobile ; Roscius, Collins,
New Orleans ; British American, Pritchard, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Defiance, Miramichi ; Perseverance,
Pekin, Mary, and James Bales, Quebec ' • Exeter,
Lobert, Trinidad ; St. Lawrence,',Salveaton ; Farewell,
New Orleans ; Symetry, Puss, Mobile ; En-
terprise, Freeman, Liverpool, Nova Scotia ; Harmony,
Jameson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Tom Bowling,
Quebec ; Sylph and Seadrift, Montreal. Sld. Great
Western steamer, New York. Off, brig Treasurer,
CLYDE, AUG. 16.—Arrd. Isabella, Bathurst, New
Brunswick. Ski. Janet, Valparaiso; Janet, Dalhousie ;
Amity, St. John's; Stabane, Bombay; Rose, Antigua ;
Adam Carr, New York; Neptune, Quebec.
Conic, Auc. 15.—Arrd: Rival, M'Niel, Halifax, with
loss of sails and deck load; Bridgetown, Quebec. 16.
Isadore, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Racer, Collins,
Dalhousie ; Woodbine, Newcastle, for Quebec, bore up
leaky. Sld. John Wesley, St. John's, New Brunswick.
Off, Anne Grant, and Marquis Wellesley, Ichaboe.
LIMERICK, AUG. 16.—Arrd. Thetis, Quebec. Sld.
Jane Black, ditto.

sures.
Sir JAMES Minx said the production of the SI!S rel3g
5.
were of the greatest importance in the cases and ith
gretted the inspector had not brought them swat
them. obt
Half-a-dozen glasses, which the defendant had breopl.6
with him were here tested in the presence of the gill'',
and were found to contain the legal half pint es'wer
and that all his glasses were marked " imperial to
sure."
Turner said they were different to those vrhi'—iced,
ale was served in to them. They were not toa,r fitl
whereas, the ones produced had the words "
measure" cut on them. W-
byte
a lengthened conversation, the case ^—htfi
missed, on the grounds that the glasses ought to
been produced to support the evidence.

S
FATAL EXPERIMENT WITH POISON.-onfi•
day evening, Mr. Joseph Payne held an inclues"ged
Guy's Hospital, on the body of Charles Colwell, to,
19, recently employed in the laboratory of Mr. Freei
chemist, of Blackfriar's-road. From the evidence °oat
master it appeared, that on. Friday night last he „tit!'
into the laboratory to 'see how the deceased got °,°,1011
his work, when he found him lying asleep, and Ole
being aroused he fell and struck his head agsly; the
floor. He then left him, and at nine o'clock r°l3'o_, so,
bell for him to shut up the shop, snit receiv_toee
answer he went to see what detained him. 9„ btu
was then lying very ill, and understanding fre7,,,
that he had taken arsenic, but for what cause the sr;
not state, a surgeon was sent for. Previously t° ssi;
rival of the surgeon, his master offered him sol°"0 bt
phate of zinc to counteract the effects of the Peiss;
for some time, and until he had threatened to vile
stomach pump, he refused to take it. His toaster 'Of
he had never observed anything strange in his 19! hi JO
to lead him to suppose that deceased was n°' till
proper senses. Mr. John Ash, house-surgeon, !Ilt, Ole
deceased was brought to the hospital the saMenl6l otb
.ite.
died a few hours after his admission. Sever,i4„,ceoo;
witnesses were examined, and all agreed that. dace f°,,"
was in his sound senses, and had no cause whPerobak"
committing suicide. The Coroner said it vins,P eg;
that deceased had taken the poison merely as "'ire c
riment, not knowing what the effect would be.„
Died from the effect of an irritant poison• uth to
An Admiralty order has arrived at PVT° ef bet
enter seamen, who are to be borne on the boos'. ter-
Majesty's ship San Josef, for active service. Tboiso,
like an intended increase of men.— United Service siselV
THE Mooas.—The licensed dealers in gagleger
bled on Monday last, in full feather. There nee "P-
-ouch a motley group seen. They would haveo, poic
fortune of a strolling manager, there being c10d..004!‘
taloon, columbine, and harlequin, and the whole ;fli4ii.';
personce. The birds were rather shy, as well theYrj.
the men would have frightened their own motile
vro ter
largest number killed the first day by one person
brace.— L eeds Times. Pine A
a
THE VENGEANCE OF MIDAS..--MeSgrs. 60 °
Flinn, the incarcerated editors who were ,001
110,
Pittsburgh for calling a judge an ass, wereA riearge,L6
Monday, on their term having expired. 4' to wesqtgls
course of their friends assembled at the ga°l- tbr°. es
them, and proceeded in procession with torched echt
the principal streets of the city, the reless*
riding in a carriage.—Anierican Paper. Ave. l'ihe
THE 58TH REGIMENT.—CHATHAM' odiog CoL
Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Wynyard, epee from troll' dot
58th Regiment, received orders this looreiograrase_ped
J. R. Wright, Royal Engineers, the acting, to prirr,
of this garrison, to furnish a convict gua„„r"„tain
with convicts to Van Dierrian's Land. %di:). sag° se
twthereforeeo
Hardy and Lieutenant Balnevis, with
two corporals, and 48 privates, have heaurglaYll,_
le.Aed, and are under orders to march on elohar7oo
the 22d inst., en route for Deptford, the,re tO seen Iv°
board the transport ship Robert reei; re 3
and six children proceed with the clrfalgnili is runiollo
EMIGRATION ON A GRAND SCALIS•
preforming least, from Carnarvon andiAnglesey, forinot
that a large section of Calvinistic Method
emigrate to the United States, with a view ists, In. to
community on the banks of the Mississippi.
Journal. t a firnliel
During the storm, on the Ist instan reaping etrtei
Buzegney (Vosges) named Mathieu, s
wulabourer. the
of rye with three of his children, and a Lich .0111e000
were all struck down by the lightninrz, pan
y only tight
youngest of the children, a little gi
erer 3, dire -13
old, scattering her clothes in rags iatety,
The rest recovered the shock almost :,‘ociv of f
felt little or no effect from it. Near tn,in depth,
dead child they found a hole abov•,, a
yardeartb' J tell
which the electric fluid had pared into be c°lllP e
tbe
Lime spots on woollen cloths may
a for lqinhg 2'
d for e
removed
BißKEbNyfisEtArpongDvoi ncexgsa.L.
inally it
if of
September, instead of the 11th, as el_ anuieersoirriveil
NA r OLEOL—Yesterday being
at :ass
was per ot,
too
foundation-stone of the, above works.is fixe _
the birth of the Emperor Napoleon,
The -av
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his army C Church caht
toethleed.tvGa lai d
lige sn,a an ti
of Friday
the yetis

BOYLAUGH BAY (DONEGAL).—Arrd. Eagle, Quebec,
for Ballina, and is aground, without damage.
BUTE, AUG. 18.—The Brothers, Bassall, from
Wicklow to Chester, is ashore near here, and it is feared
will become a total wreck.
DOVER, Auc. 18.—Arrd. Xanthus, Quebec.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Nancy,
Stockholm, for New York, with rudder irons damaged,
and has gone to Cowes. Sld. Wellington, Cape and
Madeira; Prince Albert, Ichaboe.
YARMOUTH (ISLE OF WIGHT, AUG. 18.—S1d. Moun-
tain Maid, Cape of Good Hope ; Eliza Thornton, New
York ; Lloyd's, Quebec ; and the outward-bound.
COWES, AUG. 17.—Arrd. Hannah and Cecilia, Thom-
son, Buenos Ayres, out 56 days ; Brutus, Harvey, Rio
for Antwerp ; Wilhelm, Schultz, and Trasmerano, Ha-
vannah..lB. Triton, Quebec; Racer, London for Penzance,
with damage, having been in contact in the river with
the American barque Swan.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 17.—S1d. Calcutta and Cato,
Quebec ; Thames steamer, West Indies.
FALMOUTH, AuG. 17 AND 18.—Arrd. Devonport,
Parrey, Bombay for Liverpool, with fire feet water in
hold, loss of sails, and five men sick ; George, Gardner,
Ichaboe ; Lucretia, Headberry, Popo, and sailed for
Liverpool ; Jane, Pictou ; Jane, Buctasb ; Hebe, Mes-
sina, with cargo shifted. Off, Neptune, Buenos Ayres,
and sailed for Antwerp.

SUICIDE TROIA CONJUGAL DIFFERENCES.—An in-
quest was held at Guy's Hospital on Saturday, before
Mr. J. Payne, on the body of George Revell, aged 45.
Richard Hill, a police-constable, said that on the 2d
inst. he was on duty in Rotherhithe-street, when he
heard that a man had committed suicide at No. 202 in
that street.'He went there and found the deceased in bed
with his throat cut, and upon looking about the room he
found the razor with which the wound had been inflicted.
He asked deceased what was the matter, and deceased
answered, " I have murdered myself ; I did it because
my wife ran away from me." Witness sent for
a surgeon to dress the wound, and then took him to
the hospital. William Revell, aged fourteen, said that
his mother ran away about a week before his father at-
tempted his life. Deceased was much affected at the loss
of his wife, but when she heard what had happened she
returned and saw him in the hospital. He was then
dying. Mr. Seeley, the house surgeon, said that de-
ceased died from the effects of the wound in the throat
on Saturday morning. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
GROUSE SHOOTING.--On Saturday evening the
General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Leith
left the Company's wharf, Poplar, for Leith, with a more
than usually large number of passengers, most of them
for the Highlands, to commit havoc among the part-
ridges, &c., abounding on the moors at this sporting sea-
son. Among the voyagers were the Duke de Melfort,
Lord Gray, Captain Littlejohn, Captain James, Lord
Berridale, Colonel Elphinstone and family, Joseph Hume,
Esq., M.P., &c.
RECEIPTS AT THE CATTLE Snow.—The tickets of
admission for visitors to see the cattle-show on the Green
of Glasgow last week—the tickets being sold at the rate
of 2s. 6d, and Is. each—realised the enormous amount of
1,5231. 11s. 6d.—.Glasgow National.

MATRIMONY AT DISCOUNT.—During the last two
months there has not been a marriage solemnised in the
parish church of Bridlington. Such a suspension has
very rarely occurred among a population of more than
5,000 inhabitants.-111411 Packet.