The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-17 00:00:00

latter also, few children are required : in the former, the
proportion of children employed is 70 boys to 100 men.
From the coal-mine statistics, it appears, that the
average term of life of the miners is 40 years ; and that
existence is shortened by this method of life by thirteen
years.

Of the diamonds and jewellery displayed at the
Queen's masque, the only loss of value sustained i of a
brilliant of the first magnitude, supposed tts have dropped
from the girdle of Prince Albert's magnificent dress.
At Strawberry Hill yesterday one suit of armour sold
f0r.305 guineas, and a bugle horn for 135 guineas.

I MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE .
The English funds have been steady to-day, and
Consols are 924 to 921 for Money, and 021 to 924 for the
Account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i I ; Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 994 New Three-and-
a-Half per Cents. 1004 to 1004; India Stock, 249 to 250;
Bank Stock, 167 to 168 ; India Bonds, 19 to 21 ; anti
Exchequer Bills, 38 39 premium.
The rate of money has been on English funds 8 to 10
percent. on Stock; on Foreign Stock from 7 to 15 percent.
In Foreign Securities, Belgian are 1014 1024 ; the
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 524 524; the Five per
Cents. 1004 101 ; and Brazilian, 674 684.
The quotations of Mexican, have been 374 to 374 ;
market exceedingly flat.
The Share Market is firm, and the transactions com-
prised Cheltenham and Great Western, 20 ; Brighton,
361 374 ; South Eastern and Dover, 304 ; Scrip, 74.
This is settling day in the Bonds of the insolvent
States; the usual game of raising the quotation of one
Stock, which it was supposed had been given up, has this
time been tried in Columbian. The quotation and
Spanish Five per Cents 224 23e ; the Three per Cents,
23 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 374 the Three per
Cents. 224 ; Colombian, 274 ; Peruvian, nothing done.
It would appear by the accounts lately arrived from
America, that the new loan cannot find favour with the
Americans themselves, but that this country, and some
others on the Continent are, if possible, to be induced to
lend the money. It is stated that no better stock can
exist than this, and from its high character is worth
several per cents. above the others ; after further pre-
liminary
puffing of this kind, it is admitted that it can-
not be expected that . more will be given for it than
85 48-100 per cent., unless the large holders of depre-
cated state bonds may be induced to take a small amount
at par, oft condition that something will be done to
alleviate those, stocks. To this is very naively added a
calculation of the loss sustained on certain bonds in the
hands of some London houses, pledged by the Mr. Jaudon
on account of the United States Bank, to secure sundry
loans made to that establishment. Out of nearly sixteen
millions of dollars nominal value, the depreciation is
stated to be nine millions, six hundred thousands or up-
wards of sixty-five per cent. Further, the London and Am-
sterdam. houses altogether lose about seventy-five mil-
lions sterling by the fall in the stocks of Pennsylvania,
Mississippi, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, and Il-
linois, and it is clear that if they can induce
the Federal Government to interfere, and by
some act of Legislative assumption or otherwise, raise
the price of the State Stocks but 50 per cent. only, they
then could afford to make it a present of the twelve mil-
lions it wants. This extremely modest proposal, with
the admission that nearly fifteen millions sterling are
already gone, will, it is to be hoped, be sufficient to keep
this new concern from the English market. Not one
word is said in America of obliging these States to pay
their creditors ; but if by stock jobbing the value can be
raised above what it is at present, the unfortunate
holders are to be content to divide the difference with
America, pocket the loss, and take some one else in.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Cheltenhan- and Great Western. 72i 2O ...... to
London am Brighton ... 50 ...... 36i7 ... to
South Eastern and Dover • .. 60
Ditto Scrip..

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 16—The marktt
was very abundantly supplied, and prices were rather
in favour of the buyers ; 300 American were taken for
shipping, 300 on speculation, and the sales amount to
4,000 bales.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 16.—Nothing of
any importance took place in Railway Shares, and the
market closed heavily. The sales were Eastern Coun-
ties Debentures, 10/. 16s. Bd.; Grand Junction, 185;
Ditto Old Quarters, 464; Great North of England, 85;
London and Birmingham, 181; South-Bastern New, 21.
MANCHESAR STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 16.—The
market is quiet, and this being our holiday week we shall
have but little doing, as most of the brokers will be
absent :—Manchester and Birmingham, 274 and 28 ;
Union Plate Glass, 61.

•
LLOYD'SSHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind this day at noon N. to N.E.
DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind N.E. by N., fresh.—Arrd.
Johan a Gould, Moller, Port-au-Prince ; Verstoopt, Boston;
Carl, Hanaburgh for Valparaiso ; Eliiabeth Louisa, ditto
fur Vera Cruz ; Anna Dorothea, ditto for Port-au-Prince;
Hudson, Bremen for New York ; Columbine, ditto for
Baltimore. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Akbar
steamer, Singapore ;. Equestrian, China ; Symmetry,
Calcutta; Repulse, Madras ; Persia, Ceylon; Maraccibo,
Jamaica ; Jupic, Barbadoes ; Little Nle, steamer,
Alexandria.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 16.—Wind slight.—Arrd. Chaos,
New Orleans ; Helen, Mobile ; Samuel Duckett, Sa-
vannah ; Britannia, Halifax. Slcl. Henry Bliss, and
Isabella, New York.

CORK, MAY 14.—Arrd. Normandie, Liverpool, for
New York, master sick.

HULL, MAY 16.—Wind N. W. light.—Arrd. Humber,
Harley, Boston, U. S. Sld. Jane Lowden, Miramichi.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 16.—Wind E.—Acrd. Capt. Cook,
Sierra Leone.

COWES, MAY 16.—Sid. General Baron Van Grew,
Batavia, and all the outward bound.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 16.—S1d. Tay, steamer, West
Indies.

OFF SALCOMBE, MAY 14.—Sweley, Algoa Bay ;
Eudora, Rio fbr Hamburgh ; Medora, Havannah, for
do. ; Sophia, do. for Bremen ; Alice, Colby, Virginia,
for do.

FALMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind var. and light.—Arrd.
off, St. Thomas's packet, St. Thomas, fur Hamburgh.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
TEA MARKET.
The Market was (lull, and former rates were barely sustained.
Low Congou, Is. 9d. cash, and Company's, Is. 9d.
TALLOW MARKET.
A fair business was transuded at 475. 6d. on 'the spot, and
58s. 9d. for delivery in the last three months of the year..
WOOL MARKET.
A fuir business was done in the English and Foreign Markets
at firm ;rates. The accounts from our colonies are favourable.
SPIRITS.
Rum was offered at lower rates, but with few buyers. Proof
Calcutta, Is. 6d. per gallon ; in Brandy, a fair business was
done at lull rates.

WHITECHAPEL HAY 1114RKET.
The supply, was plentiful, the fine and ofdinary qualities were
in demand, but ordinary sorts were quitq neglected. Clover,
21. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 2/. to 4/. 4s ; Straw, U. 10s. to I/. 14s.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
SHREWSBLRY RACES—(FRIDAY CONCLUDED.)
The Borough Members' Plate of 601. ; weights as for
the County Members' Plate, &c. Heats, twice round
and a distance.
Mr. Ogden's Bro. to Harpurhey, 4 yrs (M. Jones) 1 1
Mr. Charlton's br fby Tomboy, out of Elisina,
3 yrs

2 2

Mr. /limall's Jumper, aged ......
YORK SPRING MEETING.— MONDAY.
Two-years-old Stakes of 30 Sovs. each, 10 ft, T. Y. C.
(6 Subs.)
Mr. Mrs Winesour, by Velocipede, Bst 71b 1
Mr. Clark's f Ameine, Bst 41b
2tol on Winepour. Won easy by 10 lengths.
The York Derby Stakes of 60 Sovs. each, h ft. Mile
and half. (2 Subs.)
M. Gascoigne's Blueskin, Bst 71b (Templeman) 1
Mr. Goodman's c by Langar, d by Cervantes 2
6 to 4 on the Langar colt, who was beaten by a length.
The Produce Stakes of 25 Soya, each, 15 ft • for 2 yrs
old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41bs. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Blacklock's A British Yeoman (W. Oates) 1
Mr. Ilesseltine's The Bashaw 2
6to 4 on British Yeoman. Won by a length and a
half.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING,IB42.

TIIESDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 4 yrs, 8t 71b,
agst Lord Exoter's Abydos, 4 yrs, 6st 7113. T. Y. C.
2001., h ft.

WEDNESDAY.--Lord Albemarle's Ralph, Bst 91b; agst
Mr. Payne's Johnny, 7au 121 b. D. M. 2001., h ft.
CRAVEN MEETING, 1843.
THURSDAYS—Lord Chesterfield's Sir Harry agst Mr.
Greville's Gunter, Bst 71b each. B. C. 500/., 2001. ft.
FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1843.
TUESDAY.— Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for 3
yr old fillies not engaged in the 1,000 Guineas Stakes; Bst
71b each. T. Y. C.

Duke of Rutland b Allinette, Duke of Grafton's b by
Hornsea, out of Turquoise; Lord Exeter's fby Reveller,
out of Rhodamantha ,• Lord Lynedoch's Sister to Jeffy.
ASCOT HEATH, 1842.
Handicap for the Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. and
5 only if declared on the Monday in the:Epsom race-
week. The winner of any handicap after the weights
are published to carry 71b. extra.
HyllUs, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Vulcan, 5 yrs, 9st—Satirist,
4 yrs, Bst 121b—The Currier, 6 yrs, Bst 10113—Bob Peel,
5 yrs, Bst 81b—Potentia, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—John o' Gaunt,
4 yrs, Bst 71b—Welfare, 5 yrs, Bst 71b— Cruiskeen,
aged, Bst 41b—Currycomb, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Tamburini,
6 yrs, Bst 21b—Miss Stilton, 4 yrs, Bst—Marshal
Soult, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b—E. 0., 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Mosque,
4 yrs, 7st 71b—Benjamin, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Bosphorus,
6 yrs, 7st—Knight, 4 yrs, 7st Mb—Gammon Box, 4
yrs, 7st 41b—Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Monops, 5
yrs, ist 41b—Oxton, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Mobark, 4 yrs, 7st
31b—I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 21b—Una, 4 yrs, 7st—
Camp Follower, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Snowdrop, 4 yrs, 6st
121b—Tupsley, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Revoke, 6 yrs, Est 101 b
—Bidlinkeele, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Quicksilver, aged, 6st •
101b—William de Fortibus, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Marius, 4
yrs, 6st 1016—The Pocket Viper, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Mon-
sieur le Sage, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Fidhawn, 4 yri, 6st 41b—
f, by Voltaire, out of Yorkshire Lass, 3 yrs, 6st 41b--
Tripoli, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Devil-among-the-Tailors, 3 yrs,
6st 41b—Affection, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—Deception, 4 yrs, Est
41b—Topsail, 3 yrs, 6st 41b--Music, 3 yrs, 6st llb—Vi-
bration, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Lady Fulford e, 3 yrs, sst 71b
—Hawk, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Norma, 3 yrs, sst—Haitoe, 3
yrs, sst--The Dandy, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Conjugation, 3
yrs, 4st 71b—Ralph, paid.

NAVY CONTRACT.—The contract for supplying the
navy with canvass this year has been obtained, with the
exception of.a small portion, which goes to Kirkaldy,
by manufacturers in Dundee. The value of the work
is estimated at between 50,0004 and
.60,0004