The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-23 00:00:00

THE STADT DUTIES.

The Morning Chronicle of yesterday contains a
short and venomous notice of the treaty with Hanover,
which is on the point of signature, for the future re-
gulation of the Stadt duties--an article which con-
tains almost as many lies as sentences. It is notorious
that the Stadt duties are the hereditary property of
the King of Hanover, and traceable as to their origin
up to the very earliest era of German history ; and
; and this
the regulation to which they are now about to be sub-
mitted will have reference, not so much to their
amount as to the mode of collection. The Chronicle
asserts that the tendency of the proposed treaty will
be to augment the present amount of the impost, and
to lay upon English commerce a burden equal to
100,0001. per annum ! The truth is, that the opera..
on its collection
amount
o u
ii t w
ch
hition of the new system will be to diminish the levy
never exceeded by more than a few hundreds an av e
rage of 14,0001. per annum on British shipping t s-
diminution
bytlleaboliNtNi•oilnl bef eatillecfeted on a
gross
fees
s
much for this fre-h illustration, adduced by o
Chronicle, of the sacrifice of the Commercial y the
interests
of England by the Conservative Go
Government.—Post.

Notwithstanding the fine] weather experienced
during the harvest, which raised the hopes of the
farmer from deep despair, it has continued. equally
favourable for the preparing the
Bathe for next sea-
son's culture. Seldom has such watr been known. The harrowing operations are forwardly advanced,
and everything at present bears the brightest pros-
pects.—Kentish Gazette.
It is stated that her Majesty's Privy Council have
given directions for the preparation of a form of thanks-
giving to Almighty God for the late manifestation of
his goodness by the bountiful harvest.

„:,
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. : --•.”'
POST.—It is. denied, in the British Packet
the Buenos Ayres Government has any intend ' -of :$
improperly interfering in the affairs of Paragua /in
the way which it has been accused of doing, altho ril
great pains are taken by the people of Monte Video-ie.::
establish the fact. The following paragraph is kil
tracted from a lengthened article on the subject :
First, it is stated that General ltosas harbours
1 designs against Paraguay; and that, but for the or.
stacles he throws in the way, an important commts...
cial intercourse would be kept up with that count' '.
The fact of his having declined to grant facilities a
certain diplomatic gentlemen to proceed thither is
adduced as a proof that he claims Paraguay as an i ,_
tegral portion of the Alkentine Confederation, a 4
that he is only waiting his opportunity formally to
assert that claim. Of course, it is assumed that a
radical change has taken place in Paraguay, and th at
this El Dorado of many day-dreams is longing i c
the arrival of 'foreign adventurers to relieve it of i a
superabundant riches."
The British Packet proceeds to explain that, frt. m
what it can learn, little or nothing of what was
s.
ticipatod on the demise of Dr. Francia has been ref 1•
ised, the system of the Dictator outliving its fou„d,e ._
and that, although some slight modifications -11. Tel
been introduced, the principles which constit
basis remain unaltered. There is little doubt'
4.„it5.3
added, that there is a disposition on the part °„.. d
Consular Government to adopt a more enligh‘`"‘ -
policy, but it is questioned whether it would be CO. he
sidered safe or expedient at once openly to attack ,
;,,
" .-
prejudices of a people, who, it matters not what
said to the contrary, fondly cherish the memory of ",
late Dictator. The admission of foreigners into ' :
interior of the country, with liberty of egress, is 1 -
appears, nearly as rare now as was the case under,“"a
dictatorial regime, nor is it pretended that any n4a-
terial change has taken place in the Doctor's singu' at
mode of levying and collecting the duties, or in t ha
patriarchal manner of transacting business general .y.
It is declared to be an error to suppose that Pin
guay offers an important outlet for foreign mar sz„.
factures, and that, paradoxical as it may seem.; 1 tb
some, all who possess correct notions respecting j 44,
population and the prevailing mode of living, wi I
readily agree that one Liverpool cargo would sal& o
to supply the wants of the people for more.than a yea, :
From the geographical position of Paragua.y,,
which formed one of the provinces of the ancie, .1 t
vice-royalty of Buenos Ayres, it is considered tie ;
whenever she relinquishes the state of insulation St )
has so long preserved, she must seek to cultivate th t
most intimate relations with the Argentine republic
since she can maintain an intercourse with tiveig t
nations: only through its territory. The character 4 f
these relations is not as yet defined, and it is held -:-..,s
be highly prudent on the part of the Buenos Ayr( a
Government, so long as this state of uncertainty sha 'I
continue, to observe such a line of policy as sha I
awaken Paraguay to a sense of the importance ( if
abstaining from contracting obligations which it wi II
be impossible for her to fulfil without the concurren( a
of the republic, 700 miles of whose territory must lxi
traversed before any other direct intercourse can to
effected with other nations.

TIMES.—By the official returns published by 'ale
Custoins, the exports of the precious metals to foreign
and colonial parts for the week ending Thursday las;
were as under : oz.
Silver coin to Rotterdam
Silver coin to Calcutta 39,750
Silver coin to Hamburgh 5OO
Silver coin to Hongkong and Macao 213,647
Silver bars to Calcutta 25,208,
The Buenos Ayres papers of the 16th of July, re-•
ceived in the City, allude to the escape of the Revis-
tera squadron, seen off Martin Garcia, out of that
reach of Admiral Brown' whose flag-ship had got;
aground, and prevented his proceeding. The threes
vessels, it was expected, would take an uninterrupted;
course to the Parana, and there co-operate with then
troops on its banks. The British Packet gives thes
particulars of the interview of the new Brazilian
envoy with Rosas, who had received that delegates
with the honour necessarily due to his character and.
station. A slight reaction in the quotation of the'
Exchange would lead to the supposition that business
was not so brisk as it had been ; the last quotation
was 3d. per paper dollar. There were 61 vessels in
portat the latest date.
The same arrival has brought a financial document
of some interest, being a "general statement of thee
operations of the public stocks from their commence»
ment on the Ist of January, 1822, to the end of June,
1842 ; together with a cash account • from the Ist or
April to the 30th of June of the present year." Fronk
this it appears that the whole debt created in that
period was $2,000,000 in4percent., and $52,360,000
in 6 per cent. stock; that of this amount there has
been redeemed, or otherwise put out of circulation,.
about $750,000 of the 4 per cent., and $22,000,00(0
of 6 per cent. stock ; and that the whole remaining:
debt of the Republic amounts, consequently, in
$1,250,000 4 per cents., and $30,360,000 6 per cent:.
It further appears, from the " cash" account, that;
the amount received from the Customs, to pay in.
terest and sinking fund, for April, May, and June.
was about $940,000 ; that about $460,000 was em-
ployed in redeeming stock for that quarter, and that
there was an available balance, to be employed
July, for about $580,000 for interest, and $156,000,
for sinking fund. This document presenting a satis-
factory- account, beyond all question, of the financiat
situation of Buenos Ayres, leads naturally to the'
inquiry, whether the debt to this country has been(
wholly laid aside and forgotten. It was originally,
we believe, only 1,000,0001. sterling, and negotiated
by the house of Baring at the fair market price oft
the time, and the amount of course duly remitted ;
yet no interest has been paid sincz 1827, and tiles
matter is as little a subject of discussion in the City-
as if no intention existed of preferring any claims
for payment. As the States of Mexico, Colombiz„
and Chili, if not doing all that they ought to do,
are making some effort, at least, fol- the satisfaction
of British claims, founded on advances instrumental.
mainly to the establishment of their independence,
the supineness of the creditors of Buenos Ayres,
supported, as they would be, by the powerful firm
who negotiated the loan, is most extraordinary:.
This document, it is to be hoped, will put them into-
some action.

The project, currently announced by advertise-
ments in the public journals, for raising the treasure-
belonging to the French emigrants, supposed to have
been sunk in the Telemaque, off Quillebceuf, in 1790,,
naturally raises the very significant inquiry, made by
more than one correspondent, how it happens that
the French people, who have the most interest in the
result, quietly suffer so large a profit as that held out
to be reaped by the English ? As the answer to such
an inquiry is by no means an easy matter, people,
begin to assume, as at least possible, that the real
object may be that of relieving the parties who origi—
nate it from the expense incurred in various pam—
phlets and advertisements, and other matters con,-
nected with the affair, amounting, as has been stated,
to about 3,6001., by a dip into the pocket of honest
and confiding John Bull. An appeal to the public
for raising a joint-stock capital is always to be looked
at with suspicion when the sum is so small to toh be
within the reach of any private capitalist from 13.
own resources. It seldom happens in such a case
.
that decidedly good things are offered to the public,
and we quite concur, therefore, in the suspicion ex-
pressed with regard to the
treasure-ship."
" Telemaque, French

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scenery As her Majesty appears to have taken such a liking.
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(where there are
strangers even more than it has hithertopdasonterun.
innle:l;ene
understand that the Directors of the Northern Rall-
is There
corn
roads are about making an arrangement to
train which leaves London at a quarter
the morning, through to Darlington
some most comfortable inns) in twelve
geheurrl hours. .
is in the
fourteen
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ph: hours. When
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leave Brighton
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the first class carriages,
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Correspondent.
was lost last Sunday
off Christiansand,
was a high northerly BalticIA
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known whether she s
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400
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and many reports, all unfavourable to the
reckoning,
buotffieers, were in circulation at Gotten--
burgh.

ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—
Information Was on Wednesday received at Bow-street,,
that, on the afternoon of Thursday last, there was:
stolen from the person of a gentleman, in the streets of'
Edinburgh, a yellow morocco pocket-book, about siz
inches by three, containing the sum of 4241. in bank-
notes, consisting of two for 201. one for 10/., two for
51., and 24 for 11., of Sir William Forbes and Co.
bankers. Edinburgh ; also one for 1001., two for 20/.,
and one for 101. of the Royal Bank of Scotland ; also•
one for 100/., one for 40/., and one for 20/., which had
been cut in two, and pinned together, and very dirty;:
two for 101., and two for 51., all of the Bank of
England. Likewise an Austrian bond, in florins►
money, expressed in the German language, by.
Messrs. Rothschild, dated "Vienna, 1839,' and worth
about 701. ; a money bill in florins money, expressed
in the English language, upon Messrs. Rothschild, and
of the value of about 371. 10s. ; and two Baden Go
vernment securities, in florins money, expressed in the,
German language, and of the value of about 51. 10s.
each. No description of the thieves can be given, bat
a reward of 50/, has been offered for their apprehension.