The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-05 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1814

Spanish and Portuguese conquerors of the middle
ages, or of certain naval commanders in the service
of France and the United States' of America, by con-
senting to become the avenging destroyers, instead of
the beneficent and Christian elder brethren of the red
men, or the black or yellow aborigines of the be-
nighted and remote, yet fair and fertile, lands, which,
in so many points of our wide-spread dominion, still
invoke our cheering voice and protecting arm.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS '
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
At the close of the market, when bargains are considered
to be legitimately made, Consols were not higher than
96 to 961, but according to some they were nearer 97 after
four o'clock. The New Three and-a- Half per Cents. have
been done at 1011 ex-dividend for the opening.
Spanish Bonds rallied a little at the termination of business,
the Actives being 2ll} to 214, and the Three per Cents. 30A
to 30i. Greek Bonds were ii,ne at 1211, Mexican improved
to 32a, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. to 541.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these : —Bristol and Exeter were 3i ; Brighton, 6A ; Black-
wall, 11 to 1O ; and South Eastern, 13i, discount. Eastern
Counties Debentures were 4h to 4i ; Great Western, 32 ;
Brighton Loan Notes, ll* ; South Western, 341 A ; Croydon, ;
Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 6 ; Newcastle and arlingtiin,
14; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 7i; Paris an Dd
Orleans,
14 to 13E; Paris and Rouen, ; Rouen and Havre! 6i
to 5; South Eastern Scrip, 12; and Yarmouth and Nor-
wich, 3i to 3.1 premium. Australasia Bank Shares were 4
premium. British North American, 8 ; and Colonial, 13
discount.

We have little to add to the intelligence from Paris
given in another part of the paper. On Tuesday the
Chamber of Deputies assembled to appoint a Commit-
tee for drawing up an Address to the Royal Speech,
when seven Ministerialists out of the nine Commis-
sioners were chosen. Their names are MM. ST.
MARC GIRARDIN, NIZARD, DESMOUSSEAUX DE GIVRE,
BIGNON, BAUMES, HEBERT, and FRANcOIS DELES•
SERT. The Opposition Commissioners are MM.
BETHMONT and Ducos. M. BIGNON was supported
both by the Conservatives and the Opposition. 380
Deputies took part in the ballot. In one of the bu-
reaux M. TRIERS put some questions to M. GUIZOT
relative to the visit of the Queen of ENGLAND, and
asked whether the new and friendly relations between
France and England had produced any good
fruits relative to the question of the right of
search, or the affairs of Spain. M. GUIZOT
said, with regard to the first question, negotiations
had re-commenced, and England had consented to
these negotiations, and every consideration would be
given to the wish of the French Chamber and of the
French public in these negotiations. And in refe-
rence to Spain, the mutual understanding between
England and France would give more security to that
Country. In some of the bureaux propositions were
made for inserting a paragraph in the addresss con-
demning the conduct of the Legitimists who visited
the Duke of BORDEA.UX. M. BERRYER and his
friends refused to make any other reply to questions
' put to them on the subject, than that they would
answer before the Chamber.
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 2.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 123 60... 123 95... 123 60... 123 90
Fourlper Cents 104 65... 104 65... 104 65... 104 65
Threes. B2 10... 82 25... 82 10.. 82 20
Bank of France 3225 ...3225 ...3215 ...3217 50
Belgian Bank ..... 707 50... 710 ... 707 50... 710
Belgian Fives .. . lO5 ... 105 ... 105 ... 105
1840 1071 ... 107 k ... 1071 ... 1071
Dutch 21 per Cents 561 ... 561 ... 56i, ... 56/
Spanish Active .. 291 ... 291 ... 291 ... 294
Passive ...... 5 ... 5 ... 5 ... 5
Neapolitan ..... ........ 107 ... 107 ... 107 ... 107
Roman ...... ... ... . ... 1044 ... 104} .. 1044 ... 1041

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
A very large business was done in Cotton again yesterday.
Sales, 12,000 bales. Speculators took 3,5(10 American and
1,500 Surat. The transactions were at full rates, and com-
prised 1,200 Egyptian at tiid to Sid; 1,200 Pernambuco at
6d to *I; 500 Maranham at bid to 6d; 2,500 Sul at
at 3id to 4id, and the rest American at slid to 6d per lb.
The French Railways were rather easier, hut the others were
much the same. Eastern Counties were 10; ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 59*; Grand Junction, 236; Birmingham Quarter,
28 ; North Midland, 90%; Paris and Rouen, 33h ; liouen
and Havre, 12i; South Eastern, 37%; Paris and Lyons, 3
7-20; Do. and Orleans, 341.
The private advices by the Overland Mail have not come to
hand, nor are they looked for until to-morrow. As was ex-
pected by Tactical men in the City, the trade of the five ports
of China opened in the first instance to Brithh trade, have been
rendered equally free to the other nations of Europe ; but
still the prestige will for many a year be in favour of this
country, so deep a foundation having been laid in favour of
British intercourse by the East India Company when
it had its commercial privileges, and indeed since,
by the honesty of the mode of dealing with the
Celestials since the intercourse was opened. A most
ateadytrade appears to be carried on yi hh China,as we intimated
under this head, when the previous advices were received. But
not much addition has been made to our previous
stock of information, as the present dates are but a day or two
later than those before obtained from Kong • Kong ( Victoria now
called), Canton, and the Chusan ports. The new season crop of
teas was expected to be most plentiful. The exports will be, no
question, immense indeed; up to the commencement of the
month of July, not far short of 50,000,000 lbs. had been ex-
ported, a great increase, if our recollection serves us right, on
the quantity shipped off in the corresponding period of last year.
The West India Mail has not yet arrives's!
A slight tendency to decline has been exhibited by the
public securities. Still the supply of Stock is not large. The
Commissioners made their usual, of late, appearance
in the house, and took a considerable amount
of stock ; but though the market was heavy at one period of the
day, Reduced Three per Cents. rallied to 97*• Consols for
the Account have fallen from 97 to 96i. A slight fall has
occurred in the premium upon Exchequer Bills, but India
Bonds have again realised 80s. premium. Bank Stock for
the Account, as well as for Money, has been quoted at 186,
and the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities at 1021
There has been rather a heavy market for Spanish Stock to-
day. Political excitement it is feared may be carried on
pending the approaching election for the new Cort!s ;
the more so, as it apprehended that " Christina
gold" may be supplied freely to produce results
in favour of the party of which she is the head.
Spanish Consols have fallen since yesterday, from 221
to 211, and the Three per Cents. from 30i to 293. The
extreme points just noted are the hielsest of yesterday, and
the lowest of this day, at least up to the hour
our remarks were written. A slight tendency to recede has been
exhibited by the Dutch funds. Belgians are higher. Mexi-
cans are higher, but Peruvians are a shade lower.
A most firm market has prevailed for Shares to-day, but
not sufficiently extensive to call for particular or especial re-
mark. Railway Share property, we may truly say, is becoming
of immense national importance. The annexed list of prices
will show that business in these investments is extremely active.
Not a bargain was made in Joint Stock Bank Shares.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 3.—Our market
has been very buoyant to-day with a continued demand for
stock—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 143 ; Lancaster and
Preston Three•fourth 'shares, 24* ; London and Birmingham,
321. Shares, 41i ; Manchester and Leeds, 101 i ; Paris and
Lyons, 3i 5-16 ; Rouen and llavre, 12i ; South Eastern,
37i ; Manchester and Salford Bank, lli; Lancaster Canal,
26 ; Rochdale Canal, tOi ; Manchester Assurance, 91s.
CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.
8.1., Stock lB6 India Stock ............• Pn.
: tent. Reds
oi Cent. Cons. . . , Ditto Old Annuities ...
par Cent. Red ... 104 'Ditto New Annuities...
N.:•.. 3i per Cent.
dery n ver Cere. — Ditto 5001...... 67 on.
Long Annuities to expire ! Ditto Small
Jan. 1860
Vet. 1859 ...... India Stock for ..••
an. IS6O
Au:Asian, 5 per cent. ... . Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditt0.........
Brazilian
B.Lsnos Ayres 6 per cent - ',Russian, 5 per cent......
Cnilian, 6 per cent. — 'Ditto, Metallic .....
Colombian, 6 per cent ll Spanish, 5 per cent 2ll
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per cent.......... ;
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent ll* Ditto, Deferred.— . 12
Danish, 3 per sent — French, 5 per cent. —f.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange.......... —f
Nlexican, 5 per cent.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. 54
Pertivian, 1825,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per sent.... 1.001
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ...
Eastern Counties (23 paid)......
Ditto Debentures (81 6s 8d paid)
Great Western (0:.) paid;
London and Brighton (50 pad)
Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) ...•
......
London and Blackwell (161 13s 4d paid) ..
London and South Western (41/ Os 10t1 pd)
London and Croydon ilailway (Trunk) 1
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto Quarter Sharos ( 2 paid)
Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid` 2S*
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip (15 paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 paid) •• ••••• ... ••• 33*
Paris and Rouen (20 paid) .
Rouen and Havre ( 6 paid) 11
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)
Ditto Scrip (25 paid)
Yarmouth and Norwioh (13 paid)..........

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain 7BO ... 780 ... 780 ... 780
Versailles. L 8...
Rouen
Rouen to Havre......... 640 ... 642 50... 640 ... 642 50
Orleans.
Strasburg to Bale 215 ... 215 ... 212 50... 212 50
Avignon to Marseilles 655 ... 660 ... 655
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, LB lB2 50... 185 ... 182 50... 165
Rouen B4O ... 842 50... 840 . . 842 50
Rouen to Havre... ..
Orleans B4O ... 847 50... 840 ... 847 50
Strasburg to Bale 213 75... 213 75... 213 75... 213 75
Avignon to Marseilles 660 ... 660 ... 645 .. 645

FLANDERS MAIL.
Hansen., Dac• 30.—The Senate, in its sit;ing to-day,
closed the first part of the session ; it voted unanimously on the
project of law on the duty on salt, and likewise the project of
law on the dotations and the public debt.
The budget of the :public debt, providing for the payment of
the interest of the several loans; of some arrears, and of the
expenses, amount to a sum of 34,216,442 f.
In this sitting the Minister of Public Works annoanced that,
after the holidays, he intended to present to the Chambers a
project of law on the labour of children in the mines.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 2.—Yesterday being New Year's Day, their
Majesties, having with them the Duke of Brabant, the Minis-
ters, the Officers and Ladies of their Household, received suc-
cessively the Diplomatic body, the Deputations of the Senate
and the Chamber of Representatives, of the several Courts of
Justice, and different public bodies.
BELGIAN FUNDS, Dac. 30.—The 31st being Sunday, and
Monday being New Year's Day, there is no later quotation.
FROM THE SULINA, MOUTH OF THE DANUDE.—Nothing
whatever has been done during the year 1843 to effect the pro-
mised cleaning of the Sulina Mouth ; on the contrary,the danger
of entering or quitting it has become more dangerous than
ever, in consequence of the further accumulation of sand, and
of the ballast that has been thrown overboard.

GENERAL NEWS.
(Imola A CORRESPONDENT.)
PRISONERS' PROPERTY.—The Circular Letter just put
forth by the Lords of the Treasury to justices of Quarter
Sessions, is one which magistrates will, we think, be very re-
luctant to act upon, inasmuch as the legality of it (according
to the doctrines of Lords Coke and Hale, eminent judges in
their day) is questionable. If the property of a prisoner be in-
ventoried, and he is acquitted upon trial (and all are innocent
until proved guilty), the party taking inventory, or seizing the
property, would be 'liable to action ; and the property of some
other person, by mistake, would be inventoried or seized, and
there actiott would also lie. The editors of the Justice of the
Peace, a very able weekly publication, in remarking upon this
Circular, observe :—" Justices must be very careful to de-
scribe the property, so as to enable the sheriff to identify it,
for if he takes another person's, an action will lie. Altogether
the Circular is rather a lame affair, considering that the
prisoner, or his family for him, may sell his goods by actual
sale, that a vendee may legally buy them, and that where they
are not sold, it will be only because they are not worth it;
and in such case it will be hardly worth taking them for the
use of her Majesty, even if they could be identified when the
time comes for them to be taken." That time would not be
till after a conviction (unless where an accused flies after ver-
dict of Coroner's inquest jury, as in the case, for instance, of
Lieutenant Monro), and, even then, abundance of actions
would be sure to arise.

126
97
434
lli

SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE
METROPOLIS.

Yesterday evening a numerous and highly respectable meet-
ng of the parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, was held in
the vestr3-room of the parish, to take into consideration the
present state and mode of supplying the public with gas, and
to devise, if practicable, sonic mode establishing a standard
and measure for the same.
At seven o'clock Dr. JONES was unanimously called to the
Chair, when he entered upon a luminous exposition of the
nature and qualities of gas, and the manner in which the
various gas societies had it in their power to defraud the con-
sumers. He said the meeting had been adjourned from the
20th ult. to this evening. The grievance which pressed most
heavily upon the consumers was the extremely partial manner
in which the revenue for gas was collected, for one individual
was supplied by contract, while another was compelled to burn
by meter. In the United Kingdom, a sum of upwards of
20,000,0001. was expended in the consumption of gas, and in
London alone the sum paid to the several gas companies ex-
needed 2,000,0001. Such being the case, he thought
that the subject was one of such importance as to require
their particular attention, for in many instances one
consumer paid for the carelessness of another. In a great
many cases the measures were most incorrect, and although
he did not mean to charge any of the Gas Companies with
any wilful error, yet he should say, that when the meters
were put to the test, a vast number of them were found to vary
from one to five per cent., and, in some cases, he could assert,
on his own authority, they varied as much as from one to
twenty, or even thirty, per cent. The Gas Companies were
completely the arbiters in their own cases,
_for the consumer
was compelled to send the meters to be tested at the gas-works.
Again, there were a great many of those meters which were so
outstracted that they would not act at all against the Gas Com-
panies, or register the event when a less quantity of gas than
usual was consumed, whilst they were most accurate when a
greater quantity was burnt. What be wished was something
like a Government stamp, such as the Excise impressed upon
measures, to attest their correctness ; and he hoped the meet-
in; would not discontinue its exertions until some such measure
was carries.—(Cheers. )
Mr. CiaAnwicic, in an appropriate speech, proposed the
first resolution, which was as follows That whereas the
consumption of coal gas has so much increased of late that it
has now become a necessary article of domestic economy, and
in the United Kingdom yields a yearly revenue of at least
twenty million pounds sterling, which sum is not collected im •
partially from the various consumers proportionately to the
quantity which each consumes, some being supplied by con-
tract and others compelled to burn by measure, whereas the
various measures employed by different Companies are supplied
to consumers, and the mode in which it should be supplied to
them should be subject to one general system of government,
either by Act of Parliament or other legislative interference,
in order to insure to the consumer a supply of gas of uniform
quality, and correct measurement of the same."
The next resolution, which was to the following effect, was
proposed and carried with acclamation :—" That for the
purpose of bringing this subject under the notice of Govern-
ment, a committee be appointed who shall have power to com-
municate (as a deputation from this parish) with the Hon. Se-
cretary for the Home Department, Sir J. Graham, and confer
with him as to the best mode of carrying its object into effect."
The following resolution was next carried unanimously :
" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that as the gas sup-
plied by various Gas Companies differs materially in purity and
illuminating power, it would be desirable to define aad esta-
blish, if practicable, a standard of purity and illuminating
rower of the gas to be supplied to gas consumers under the
lame, or such other regulations, as may appear more applicable,
as are applied to the supplying of spirits to the public of a cer-
tain strength."
Messrs. RYALL and Osion proposed the next resolution,
as follows :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that it
would be p
desirable to establish apublic standard of measure
for gas, and to permit no measure for gas to be used by any
Company or consumer, or sold by any measure manufacturer,
unless it had attached to it an authorised stamp of its accuracy,
according to the standard, as in the case of other measures, and
also in the case of weights."
A resolution that the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mar-
tin-in-the• Fields consider it desirable that they should meet
the other metropolitan parishes, for the purpose of forwarding
the objects of the meeting being passed,
A vote of thanks was passed unanimously to the Chairman,
after which a Committee of twelve was appointed, when the
meeting separated.

A NEW ORDER.—We remember, in the flourishing
days of architectural monstrosity, to which the Bri
being
inFly perplexed by the appearance of a column about to be
raised to its place in a new building. We asked one of the
builders "to what order of architecture it belonged?" He
answered with great simplicity, " Sir, that is Mr. Morris's
most positive order.".—Art- Union.

BRIGHTON, 'WEDNESDAY .—Apartments are taken
at the Bedford Hotel for the Duke of Bordeaux. His Royal
Highness has been invited to Brighton by the Earl and
Countess of Shrewsbury, who, it will be remembered, en-
tertained the Duke at Alton Toners on his arrival in Eng-
land.
THE CLOCK OF Sr. CLEMENT'S.----11aMlet, Prince
of Denmark has said, " What an extraordinary piece of work
is man !" but the Mr. Hamlet, late of Prince's .street, the
jeweller and watchmaker, would certainly exclaim, " What t,i,
extraordinary piece of work is the clock of St. Clement
!
The hands met tor several ho rs the other day, but they re-
corded no minutes, and we cannot say what passed. There is
some talk of putting on additional hands, in order to work the
clock, but we beg leave to give notice, that until it works of its
own accord, we shall go on working it. We have heard it
whispered that a popular author is preparing a new work of
fiction, to be called " St. Clement and his Times." The sub-
ject, considering that all the four times of the four faces are
different, will admit of infinite variety.—Punch.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—WedrAs lay eN en flag, shortly
before six, a destructive fire broke out at No. 7, Fore-street,
Limehouse, belonging to Mr. Duncan Dunbar, bottle-mer-
chant, &c. The fire, when first perceived, was burning
furiously in the first floor of the building, and owing to the
highly inflammable nature of the stock, the flames were not
long in forcing their way into the upper floor. Information of
the outbreak was speedily conveyed to the various engine sta-
tions. A plentiful supply of water was fortunately flowing
from the premises in the neighbourhood, and a portion of the
engines were got to work under the direction of Sir. Braidwood,
Superintendent of the Fire Brigade. The fire was confined to
the building in which it commenced, and by half-past 8 o'clock
it was entirely extinguished. The damage done will fall upon
the Imperial Fire-office. No sooner had the engines arrived
at their stations from the fire in Limehouse, than intelligence
was received that another fire had broken out in the neighbour-
hood of Leicester-square. In that direction several engines
were dispatched; on reaching which, it was ascertained, that
the outbreak had taken place in the extensive range of premises
belonging to Messrs. Elam and Co., woollen-drapers, of 53,
Leicester-square. The fire commenced about 9 o'clock, from
some unknown cause, in the second floor front, and when it
was first seen it had obtained a strong hold of the furniture,
&c., in it. The inmates, finding they could not master the
dames themselves, very judiciously kept the doors closed until
the firemen came, othertsise, it is highly probable, that the
entire building would have been consumed. The damage dune
will fall on the Westminster Fire-office.
FUNERAL OF SIR EDWARD BRACE, K.C.B.—
SHEERNESS, JAN. 2.—The funeral procession of this highly
respected and meritorious officer tool: place this morning. and
his remains were placed on board the Myrtle steam-vessel,
lying in the Oidnance Camber, to be conveyed to the family
vault, at Fareham. near Portsmouth. At a quarter before
eleven o'clock minute guns, from the Camperdown and Ocean,
announced the imposing procession to be moving from his resi-
dence in the Dock-yard, and a detachment of the 77th led the
way, followed by a portion of the Royal Marines. The coffin
was borne on a carriage similar to those used for removing
artillery, and drawn, with ropes affixed, by seamen, followed
by the officers belonging to the Camperdown, Ocean, Vestal,
and Larne. Captains Bheriff and Fisher, Superintendants of
Sheerness and Chatham Dockyards, with other officers, were
also in attendance. At a quarter after eleven the Myrtle left
the port, minute guns still firing ft om the Camperdown, which
ship exhibited deep mourning. The deceased officer was Com-
mander-in-Chief of this port, and was 73 years of age.
NOVEL DiscovEity. The antiquarians of St.
Stephen's, Walbrook, were much puzzled the other day by the
discovery of a very curious looking document, which an old
parish clerk recognized as " A Churchwarden's Account."
However, there was something written on it which, for a long
time, could not be made out ; at last, an old gentleman having
somewhat better eyes than the rest, discovered it to be the
word " audited."—Punch.
'THE COALWHIPPERS' ACT.—Wednesday the new
law for the regulation of the coalwhippers, who deliver the col-
liers of their cargoes on the Thames, came into operation, and
the office for the registration of the men was opened for the first
time at nine o'clock in the morning, and continued open till
nine in the evening. During the day 450 coalwhippers regis-
tered their names, and a certificate signed by the Registrar was
furnished to each man, ;stating his name, place of abode, and
age, for which a charge of 4d. was made. Every man who pre-
sented himself was also required to state whether he was mar-
ried or single, if able to read and write, if a basket man, and
how long he had been so.
MR. BEAUMONT'S NORTHUMBERLAND ESTATES.—
Since the estates of 'r. W. Beaumont, Esq., in Northumber-
land, have been placed under the management of Mr. Braken-
ridge, important improvements have been everywhere in-
troduced. The land is undergoing a general tile drainage ;
farm buildings are being improved ; thus not only is the value
of the estates increased, and the comforts of the tenantry added
to, but extensive employment is afforded to the labouring
classes in the neighbourhood.— Tyne Mercury.
Mr. Arbuthnot still continues in a very weak state
of health.
DELEGATE MEETING OF COLLIERS IN MANCHES..
TER.—A national delegate meeting, or " conference," of coal
miners commenced its sittings in this town on Tuesday. The
delegates, to the number of seventy or eighty, assembled in
Carpenter's Hall, Garratt-road. On the Wednesday night, in
the same place, a lecture was delivered by William Dixon, on
the subject of the miners' grievances.--Manchester Guardian.