The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-15 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY', QUARTER TO THREE.
The intelligence from America has caused a slight
improvement in the prices of the Funds, and Consols
are 92i for Money, and 93 93f for the Account,
with however but very little business ; New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents., 101 1011 ; Exchequer Bills,
New, 49 51; Old, 51 53 prem.
The Foreign Market has been quite without trans-
actions—the Dutch Five per Cents. have been sold
at 1022. -
The conflicting accounts from Mexico and Texas
via New York, and the absence of letters, have had
an unfavourable effect upon the quotation of Mexican
Bonds, which are marked 35k.
Scarcely any thing has been done in Shares, beyond
London and Birmingham Quarters, 471; Great
Western Half-shares, 59k; Eastern Counties, 'B2, and
Brighton, 33k.
Contrary to rumour, the Directors of the Bank of
England at the half-yearly meeting to-day, reCotty-1
mended a dividend of 34- per cent. for the half year,:
the same rate as the last. To pay this, however, and
the income-tax, 5,3961., has to he taken fromthe Rest,
which is now 2,863,8881.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 16-1; and the Three
per Cent. Bonds, 21.

The important intelligence by the Britannia has
given much satisfaction in the City. The great im-
pediment to the transmission of orders has hitherto
been the uncertainty in which the amount of duty to
be levied was placed, and this having been removed,
it is understood that instructions for shipping
several late parcels of goods, and especially woollens,
have been already received. The increase in the
_ several 'rates does not appear to be so great as had
been anticipated, although by several of the clauses
of the' Bill a larger amount than was formerly
paid will be now levied ; for instance, the
value ,of goods for the future will be so calculated as to
include freight, commission, and all charges except
insurance, so that these items will have to be in-
creased by the per tentage thereon ; and in addition,
the ?vessels belonging to the United States are to
hay 4 a protection of ten per cent., which will in effect
give these ships a monopoly of carrying goods to
AlCierica. There is no such regulation in our tariff,
and goods which can be legally imported from that
cnkintry, are admitted here upon precisely the same
terms, whether in English or American bottoms.
The only „exceptions are in favour of the pro-
-duce of Asia, which is allowed to be con-
fumed in this country, but by British ships, and
,the relaxation in favour of these goods is made
only in favour of the United States. So strictly
has the treaty between the countries been con-
strued, that since our exclusion from the
trade in gum from Senegal by the French,
the citizens of America have been the only
carriers between Africa and England. Thus, it
would appear, that the Customs' regulations of the
two countries are not by any means upon an equality.
From the general tenor of the advices, certain par-
ties are sanguine enough to hope that some progress
is about to be made for the payment of the various
State debts. The rate of Exchange was a trifle more
in favour of England, being 1074 1071, but still
nearly two per cent. against this country.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RA ILWAYS.
~,Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New ...... .. ... . . ....... ... 50
London am Brighton ... .. 50 . ,34 to
London and Birmingham 90
Ditto I Shares - . to
London and South Western ... 41%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, SEPT. 15.--Wind at noon Easterly, fine.
DEAL, SEp+. 14.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Dur-
ham, Calcutta ; Elizabeth, Buchan, Monte Video ; Au-
rora, Hunter,' Quebec.
OFF DOVER, SEPT. 11.—Malty Ann, Yansen, Rio
Grande for Hamburgh.
RAMSGATE, SEPT. 13.—The Oberon, from Gottenburg
. to Monte Video, acrd. here, is leaky, and must discharge.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—Wincl variable.—Sld. Adams,
Llanelly and Grenada-
OFF HASTINGS, SEPT. 14.—Stratfo'rd, Mauritius.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Wind E.NtE.—Arrd. Cale-
Swinford, Quebec, leaky ; City of Derry, London
for China • Westminster, Attwood, New York, and
sailed for london.
COWES, SEPT. 14.—Arrd. Columbia, London for Co-
lumbia River.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14.—Wind N.N.W.—The Hope,
Boyes, bound to Holyhead, put back to Quebec 11th ult.,
having been ashore below the Traverse.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,
Fur the Week ended Sept. 10, 1842, made up from the Returns of
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and
tvales, per Imperial Quarter.
51i. 64. Oats
j Barley 27s. 21. Rye

AVERAGES OF TIDE LAST SIX WEEKS.
Mioks ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. BRANS. I PEASE

Aug: 6 61 3' 27 6 20 6' 35 6j 34 1 727-
13 5B 11 27 6 24 2 32 9 34 1 34 7
20 56 5 26 9 19 5 31 6 31 8 33 11
17 55 0 27 3 18 7 .41 6 31 11 32 6
3 53 3 27 2 18 9 31 5 33 1 32 b
10, 5l 6 27 2 18 6 29 4 33 5 33 6
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES or THE SIX WEEKS
Wheat....... 564. 01.1 Oats ......... 19s. 4d.1 lieans ..... ....335. 91.
Barley 27s Si.l Rye

Sept.

DIITIRS OW 701tRIGN CORN.
Wheat.... . 16r. Odd Oata
Barley

THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was a fair demand, and prices were steady.
TEA MARKET.
Prices were well maintained, with strong indication
of improvement. Common Cungou sold freely at
is Bid to ls 9d per lb.
TALLOW MARKET.
No alteration in prices, but a moderate business
was done.

WHITECHAPEL MARKET.
There was a moderate supply, with a brisk trade
for the fine and middling qualities. Clover, 2/. 12s
to M. lOs ; Hay, 2/. lOs to 4/. lOs ; Straw, 1/. 12s
to 1/. 16s.

SUPPOSED MURDER OF A WIFE

BY HER HUSBAND.

Between six and seven o'clock last evening a poor
woman, about 33 years of age, with her clothes satu-
rated with blood, and who had evidently been beaten
about the head, face, and neck with inhuman bruta-
lity, made f.pplication at the police station-house of
the B division in the New Way, -Westminster., stating
that the violent ill-treatment she had sustained had
just been inflicted upon her by her husband, a tie-
maker, living at No. 47, Old Pye-street, 'Westminster.
The Inspector on duty, apprehending from the dread-
fully-injured state the woman was in that some
serious result would occur, immediately despatched
Police-constable No. 100 of the B division to take
the man into custody. The woman accom-
panying him to point out her husband ;
he was soon captured, the constable proceeded on with
him to the station, leaving the wife to follow and enter
the charge against him. She had with great diffi-
culty, and the assistance of several of her neighbours,
got on her way as far as Orchard-street, when she
complained of faintness, and said she could go no
further, and adding, " I shall die," sank down on the
step of a door, and instantly became insensible. She
was carried with as little delay as possible to West-
minster Hospital, and, on being placed on the floor of
the surgery, she was discovered to be dead. The
husband was detained on suspicion of murder.

GidEAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending Sept. 10, 1842 :
Passengers
Merchandise 322 3 7

£1,291 11 1

Corresponding week last year ....£1,524 9
Darlington, Sept. 14. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

We understand the Liberator has had some splen-
iful hunting with his beagles on the mountains of his
native Kerry since his return to Darrynune Abbey, after
his long absence,—Fqentan's Journal.