The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-22 00:00:00

MONEY-Tali.DE-COMMERCE.

The trade of Leicester, which at this season of the
year is generally flat, is at the present time better than
usual, and considerable improvement is expected during
the year.

• PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
The Conservative Club have purchased the site of the
Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, for the erec-
tion of an additional Club-house.
MEDICAL.

A late Bombay paper states that when the plague
devastated Malta, about 30 years ago, the commanding
officer of one of the garrisons, hearing of the escape of
the oil-porters on the opposite coast, ordpred his men to
immerse their linen in oil every morning, which entirely
secured them against the disease.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
In addition to the names put forward for the vacant
BisNopri.c of Ossory, that of the Dean of Lismore, Dr.
Cotton, has been mentioned.
I.I.ZCTIONEERING.

The election of a veriTlere;oTiiTeTr7sl of Epping, has
been fixed for `Chursday next. Mr. Palmer, it is said, is
likely to be the soccessful candidate.
The Earl of Eldctu was unanimously elected President
of the Pitt Club' on tha 19th inst., in room of the late Earl
of Harewood, who had presided 22 years.
LAW BNa POTACCE.

At Bow-street yesterday the Hon. Henry Plunkett
was fined 41., and a young man named Dukes 205., for
assaulting police-constable Latter, 51 F. Mr. Plunkett
positively denied the charge, and said it was not likely
that he should strike the policeman as he was obliged to
carry his left Arm in a sling, and his right hand was
severely cut. The Magistrate admitted there was a
great improbability that a blow could be struck with a
sore hand, but he was obliged to give credit to the
,statement sworn to. . Both the defendants conducted
ithemselves very peaceably at the station-house.
,:t Yesterday, a native Of Germany, evidently of disor-
dered intellect, applied a,,e. Kensington Police Court for
an:order to see the Queen. The Magistrate had left, but
the Chief Clerk, after puttinj some questions to the un-
fortunate man, eventually persuaded him to go to the
Saxon Consul, whose address was given him, in the hope
that steps would be taken to prevent his being at the
present moment an annoyance to her Majesty at Windsor.
Mr. Smith, of the Harbour Master's office, who has

been repeatedly examined at Lambeth-street on a charge
of seducing a Mrs. Hunter, of Greenwich, and stealing
property belonging to her husband, was discharged yes-
terday. It has been observe d. that Mr. Norton has more
of these crim. con. cases brought before him than all the
other Magistrates togethor.
PILAW: AI.SLTS.

The report of the Commissioners at. Paris, appointed
to inquire into the project for erecting a monument to
the memory of the late Emperor Napoleon, states that it
should be " a sarcophagus .of granite or porphyry, of a
noble and rigid style of so.ulpture, and erected on an
imperishable basis," and that besides the tomb and crypt
to be erected in the Invalicies, there should also be an
equestrian statue of the :Emperor on some spot near the
hospital, on the outside. The remons for this plan are
thus expressed:—" Inside the Church, the tomb—out-
side the statue ! Nothinsness in the sight of God !
Glory in the sight of men !"

0013aT--F.41 SECZONAZI.Z.
The Duke of Rutland hr is invited a numerous and
distinguished party at Belvoi r Castle, to meet their Royal
Highnesses, the Duke and Pi ante George of Cambridge.
The Earl of Chesterfield is expected to leave town
this day for Bretby Park.
Viscount Villiers arrived unexpectedly in town last
night from Upton House, ',Warwickshire. The Vis-
countess is at Coombe Abbey- o n
.a visit to the Earl and.
Countess of Craven.

Viscount Combermere arriv ed yesterday from the
Continent.

Viscount arid Viscountess :LVLIhon arrived in town
yesterday from Brighton tor the a.eason.
Lord Brougham gave a grand dinner entertainment
yesterday in Grafton-street, Berkeley-square, to the
French Ambassador.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Preparations were yesterday making at some of the
Club Houses for r. grand illumination in honour of the
Royal christening.
A Yankee paper states, that there " is a sick debtor in
the neighbourhood of New York whose creditors paid
him a visit, but found him so feeble that he warn't able
to raise a single pound." T his species of sickness is very in-
fectious ; and we fear there are many English debtors in
the same distressing state of debility.
During the investigati,on of a case of assault at the
Borough Court on Thur./ day, the defendant asked com-
plainant if her husband had not kicked her one day,
about the time of the aF isault, until she fainted; to which
she replied-*-" I'm n9,t; six months turned of marriage

yet, so its too soon for my husband to be kicking me !"
Tastes differ ; some married men would say that its
hcver too soon to commence a wholesome courso of ma-
trimonial discipline.
A Calcutta Journal says :—" Cases of bigamy are
becoming very frequent in Calcutta; a gentleman is
under prosecution for marrying three wives, and a lady
is in a like predicament for marrying two husbands."—
These accidents, we suppose, are owing to the extraor-
dinary heat of the climate !

Sit:John Dugdale Astley died on Wednesday last at
Everleigh House, Wilts, aped 64.
The coming of age of Lord Curzon, the eldest son of
Earl Howe, was celebrated at Gospall Hall on the 18th.
It was at this fine mansion that Handel wrote many
of his oratorios, and it is asserted that one of the present
Earl's ancestors selected the words of the Messiah for
that great composer.
The number of deaths in the metropolis during the
week ending January 15 was .1,042, being 71 more than
that of the preceding week. Those from diseases of the
lungs have increased enormously within a few weeks.
In the 'week ending December 11, they were only 218,
while last week they amounted to 356.

SLITIV/OUIL 01' THE DAY.
It is reported that Dr. Gilbert, the principal of Bra-
senose College, Oxford, will be the new Bishop.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CI7 Y , TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 21.—The de-
mand for Cotton has been fair, but the market, freely
supplied throughout the week, closes heavily at a
decline of an id. per lb. from last week's quotation of
American descriptions, particularly in Cotton of the
new crop, in which a decline of *d. per lb. has in some
instances been submitted to. The sales of the week
amount to 20,840 bales, including 500 American on spe-
culation ; 700 American and 300 Surat for export.
LIB' KRPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 21.—The trans-
actions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise—Eastern.
Counties, 84 Great Western, 87; Londoi and Binning-
Birmingham 32/. Shares, 57k; London and Brighton, 37i.
MAN( HEgTER STOCK EXCHANGE., JAN. 21.—We have
no material alteration in our Share Market, prices con-
tinue firm, with but little doing.—Glasgow, Paisley, and
Greenock, 221. I Is. 3d., ex div. ; Midland Counties, 82 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 271- ; Manchester and
Leeds, Quarter Shares, 3/. 19s. ; Macclesfield Canal, 15.

EVENING SUN

/kMERICAN NEWS

(EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL)
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
By the arrival of the Cambridge, Capt. Bo"
stow, we have received New York Papers to IV
4th inst., being four days later than the dites
brought by the steamer. The Cambridge 1°
made -a good voyage of 17 days. The commer
cial 'news by this arrival is not important, the
first.day of the new year being kept partially.°
a holiday ; but business on the 3d is stated to be
rather brisk and improving ; there is no 'lel'.
quotation of the exchange upon London, but
large business has been done for the next packel.
The probability that the President's .Pro' d
ject of finance 'would be adopted appeared
to decrease every day ; part of his poli-
tical friends were opposed to some of Ole
heads of the measure, and, between hike'
Ivarin friends and hostile enemies, it was greatly
feared that nothing would be done in the settle'
ment of it in this session. The debate on the
question of referring the tariff to, a cornin4t,ee
of manufactures generally, or to that of *fie
and means, still dragged its weary length aloPg'
the point having been discussed for three ,
A reduction of the ad valorem duties had..taker
place on the Ist of January, which, it washope4
would give a lift to some branches of cornmete'
The opening of a new railroad from BostonT
Albany had taken place on the 28th tilt 01
said to be the most perfect of the railroadr°
the United States.
There is news from Texas and Mexico of. $
later date than before, but it is not very ime
taut. The capture of the Texan Santa Fe exPe-
dition is confirmed.
NATIONAL DEBT.—The Toronto Patriot speaks of th,ee
General Government of the United States as "so utier.„,l
shattered in credit, as to be unable to negotiate 705
than half of a loan of twelve millions of dollars, ordc,.,
last season, even at a high rate of interest." PrettY?
for the. subject of a Government which owes four thf,
sand million dollars, and pays an annual interest'
120,000,000 do]. One year's interest on the British ,tlOp
at 3 per cent., per annum, would pay off the,prinei
of the American debt, though it were, eight timeal
large as it is at present. The reason why the propose
loan of 12,000,000 dol. was not all taken, had no COr
nection with the national credit- (which could nc4.l
better), but was attributable—first, to the scarcityos
money ; and, secondly, to the fact that' the stock hasdl7,
a short time to run. The rate of interest which!?
bears, is 6 per cent. ; not a " high rate" in this countl
No other securities bearing a similar rate of interest,
running the same length of time (three years), N"Lt
have sold so well. It is not, perhaps, strange 13..-" t
foreigners should be misled by the cry of "BankrYP,
Treasury," which- is sure to be raised here in high port vt
times, for political effect. BUt if they reflect a morlb
they will perceive the absurdity of the imputation. Wlie
il
a population and resources double what they were st
close of thelast ,ivar, our debt is but a tithe of whO it
r„
was then. In 1816 it. was 127,000,000 dol., and the.d,
were those among us who said it never could be ?li,
Yet in eighteen years it was entirely extinguished.
being the case there is reason to hope we shall be gw,,,
to pay the tWelve or fifteen Millions which wci now
When will Great Britain pay the four thousand mith°
which she owes?
iCre
THE NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY SURVEY.
learn, from the Bangor Whig, that Major Graham, to
has been employed in the arduous service of surveyr''
the North-Eastern Boundary line, passed through 13,,f11;
gor on Tuesday, on his way to Washington. Ile Po
had, during the last summer, about one hundred naeou
his employ. The trees upon the line have been renion'
on the tops of the hills, to a space of about one hunweie
feet, and lessening in width down to the valleys, and
whole line cleared and bushed. The survey has beef a few miles above the Grand Falls, very' e
which the line is found to run. The whole line has Ole
found very crooked, and the new, running with..,
straight line, takes in several houses in the country d
low the Grand Falls, and in some instances portions 'Poi
the cleared fields of the farmers there. Some of tilfus
would at times get exasperated at the proceedings, L;ei
most of them were rather calm. About sixty 1,3)•`t0
of the line through an unbroken forest, still remain 9
be surveyed.
AN ATTEMPT OF J. G. BENNETT• TO INDICT
NOAH-, M. Y. BEACH, AND N. T. ELDRIDGE, poi; P./.,
Lpapits IN CALLING HIM " A LIAR, C°tllo
FOAGEN:jAND EXTORTIONER."—We see it stated in -,01
Sun, and we have heard it from other sources,. tho't,„' ot
Thursday.last the- editor of the Herald made an:atte'Fli
to indict,tbp, above. amed gentlemen for calling bilsoid
their newspapers the aforesaid hard names.. The Woe
jury threw out the complaint upon the ground, gloi
Sun says, of " his infamously bad character for trot odd
veracity, one witness having sworn positively hew
not believe; Bennett under oath."
„not of'

MEXICA N DECREE OF DUTIES.—The Departol-deet
State gives publicity to a decree, signed by the rres3`lo
Santa Ana, giving information of the repeal of the ra,
passed by the Mexican Government on the 25th Novel.o
ber and the 27th of December, 1839, and the 23d of -,%.1);
and 9th of J tl"esune, 1840, raising to 15 per cent. the u
on consumption of foreign goods in that Republic. ,
DissTEns.—The crew and passengers of the Englo,l .a
ship Erin, from Londonderry. for Savannah, ari',
here in the Spanish brig Cainpechano, the ship havq
sprung a leak and foundered off Abaco. The Briu9 '
bark Glengarry, of Glasgow, M`Donald, frcu St.Thonisg'
was totally lost on the Grand Turk, on the nightof 1)
-,,Le,
3d.—Crew saved. The schooner Wave, of ;We'll'iZ;•
reported ashore 24th Dec:, came off 29th, 13,,"f0r
damaged. The hull of the Antaces, ffromu
Salem, which went ashore near the same place, e
Was 3°
27th, for 360 dols.
MISSING VESSEL.—The schooner Two Sons, of Bel'
fast, about 60 tons, Captain Gordon, sailed thence on;
fishing voyage just before the October gale, and has ¢,
been heard from. She had a crew of nine men, and o
owned by C. Gordon, Esq. fir
FROM FLORIDA.—We learn from the Savannah
publican of the 25th inst., that the Indians made their ape
pearance on the morning of the 20th inst. within t.,u „'ed
miles of Mandarin, near the St. Augustine road, ba'i •
a house and murdered a whole family, consisting °d in
Mr. Hartley. wife, and child. They were destroie
the flames. Mr. La Costa was also killed, three 100-
burned, and several negroes carried off, one of wholloo
taped..: Col. Riley returned to Pilatka on the 21st "Oe
his expedition to the head waters of the St. John's. 0-
had discovered' no Indians. Col. Worth has just
turned from his visit to the Everglades, not havine"
any traces. let;
A TOWN DESTROYED.—Mr. Walsh, in one of Po a 01
tern, says that the town of Komorn, on the islal/-Ana
Schutt, in Hungary, at the confluence of the Wig,. std.
the Danube, was at the end of last month visited "„ses,
earthquake, which shook down all the timber 110:nee'
and severely damaged other buildings. In conseqa: be,
of this disaster, upwards of 5,000 people are said t`',
ruined, and left without a shelter. The general l°9-
estimated at an immense amount. of

FIRE AT MEDINA.—We learn from the Agen'kife
Pomeroy and Co.'s Express that there was a destruTst,
fire at Medina, Orleans county, on Friday morning the
Several stores and dwellings were burnt, including_,,
Eagle Tavern. Total loss estimated at 25,080 don'Ptit
No insurance on the Eagle, which was valued at 1,04.1,
',
10,000 dols. The stores and dwellings were partially It
sured.—Albany Argus.
HAVANA, DEc. 15, 1841.—0 n the 9th instant the
tendente published an order for the suppression of cies ea
of the nineteen monasteries existing in. the Island,
Osequestration for the benefit of the State of the
enOre
Church property, (excepting that of the nunnerleo4
amounting to several millions. For the suPP°A..
of the monks he has assigned them a small rel
sion, and also a fixed sum to be paid anntl''y,
.fy
by the State to different churches for the OlAtipics
tenance of religious worship. The begging ert4-05
are prohibited asking alms in the street, dier
they would thereby have an advantage over the AlloFe
orders whose property has been sequestrated.
rtb
monks who secularise are to have a pension one-fet'•
greater 'than those who retain their habit. All the sac' ''
vessels are tobe distributed among the poor church to
This measures is looked. upon as very beneficial', it
the Island, as this class of priests were like. a.
upon our society—possessed of immense wetthmt.
great influence they were capable of the basest
tions, and were great fomentors -.of vice in .all op
shapes. Of these 19 convents, seventeen are in ths' he
containing 134 monks and novicesbut three convreihe
are left, and as their rents are taken away, Inest-.,°,;-th
monks and all the novices will secularize. 4.
measure in agitation by our present Intendenfels
duction of the Tariff. He has appointed a cOnunistteci
to take the subject into consideration, and has inrte•
through the press, the merchants and all who feel 'file
rested in the subject to address him their views.
rumoured that he has already decided on the abolitliii
of duties on exports. These alterations, however,
Vie,
not probably go into operation before the middle, z:le,
perhaps end of next year. Sugars continue infitirAlt
mend at 48a 5 9 rs. No news as yet. Coffee is sol-
gg
for, for the New Orleans market. Rates hold at Sit:Tese
for fair green. Exchange 2a 3 per cent. prem. on •
York ; Boston 2 per cent. prem.
brig°
FROM ToßAsco.—An arrival at New Orleans,
accounts to about the Ist December. On the 30threr0
of November a vessel arrived at Tobasco from Atite
Cruz, bringing a messenger charged by President to
Ana with a special mission to the State of Tobase%.o.
*assure General Sentamanat, that Federalism was to
pletely reinstated throughout Mexico, inviting iiiwco'
return to the Mexican family, and appointing hio'verei
vernor and Commander-in-Chief of Tobasco. Seo,,ero
valuable presents from Santa Ana to Sentamanat, ,here-
brought with the mission. A sort of election was t, of
upon held, when 8,000 were declared to be in fav°o y,oor.
joining Mexico and having Sentamanat for GoO'free
Cocoa was declared to be admissible into Vera Cravepa-
of duty, and commerce was to be facilitated anflfeltioe'
raged. So Tobasco is again one of the States of 10ce
in
THE TARIM—An important change takes I?.ti, the
the duties on imports, to-day. In conformity "isjorenle
Compromise Act, on all articles paying an ad`dole"'
duty of more than 28 per cent. a further rednAc tyon
3-lOths of the excess is to be made. Thus the '/resent
merchandise paying in 1833 25 per cent. and at tt.
23, will, till the 30th of June next, be 21i per ee-26) it
merchandise, paying 30 per cent. in 1833 (0,1%030
will be 23 per cent.; on that paying 50 per cent. be
it will be 29 per cent.; on all the articles paying atstile
duty exceeding 20 per cent. ad valorem 7-10ths
cess is to be deducted. The effect of these
se Tat
diminutions of duties have been thus illustrated
thereof
duty upon woollens is 50 per cent. of the value 1.7.,055
at the place'of enortation. Four-tenths of the
of 20 per cent. having been already deducted,`u-off vn
now pay 38 per cent. Three-tenths to be taken