The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-04 00:00:00

MAURITIUS.

Sir Lionel Smith died there on the 3d of January.
lie was succeeded in the government by Colonel W.
Stavely. Lady Smith survived her husband only three
days.

BOMBAY.
The Bombay Government has appointed the following
days for the departures of the steamers from this period
to the close of the next monsoon—viz., May 2, May 23,
June 18, July 19, and August 27.
The Wellesley arrived on the 23d of February, at
Singapore, on her passage to England. It was said that
Earl Auckland would meet her there, in order to take
his passage on board her Majesty's ship ; but he did not
leave the river of Calcutta until the 16th of March.
The great talk this evening relates to an impudent
lying map which the Bombay Times has published, in
erder to do as much mischief as it can in Europe.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday forenoon, attended by the Hon. Miss Murray,
Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Wylde.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal were taken an airing in the garden
of Buckingham Palace yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Viscountess Jocelyn, lion. Miss Murray, Lord Byron,
Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Wylde, honoured the
Italian Opera with their presence last evening.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her
Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar and
the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence
Clarence House, St. James's.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and
Prince George of Cambridge, visited the Queen Dowa-
ger and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar yesterday, at
Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday.
The Duchess Ida and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar,
took an airing yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage

and four.
The Duke of Cambridge left town for Kew yesterday.
His Royal Highness returned to Cambridge House in the
afternoon.
A Deputation of London merchants interested in the
trade with Turkey and the Levant, including Messrs.
Hanson, Kerr, Rankin, and Anderson, had an interview
with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade.
A Deputation, including Mr. F. Mills, Mr. L. Mur-
ray, and Mr. J. Browne, on behalf of Radcliffe Colliery,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Lords of the Committee or Privy Council on
Education had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Council office. The Lord President, Sir Robert Peel,
the Earl of Ripon, and Sir James Graham, attended.
The Messrs. Price, deputed by the gentlemon con-
nected with the turpentine trade, had an interview with
the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the Board of Trade.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per
mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1O d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.
44., and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25. 62i , it follows that gold is 0.88 per cent.
..dearer in London than in Paris.
By adrices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 10fd.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.9,
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13.114, it follows that gold is 1.02 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
A correspondent, whose statements were used on Sa-
turday in various matters relating to railway statistics,
is said, by better authorities, to be incorrect in many. of
them. For example, the general receipts for 1841, in-
stead of 1,500,000/., were near 3,000,0001.; the cost of the
Liverpool and Manchester was not 27,000/. but 46,000/.
per mile ; and-the average cost of English railways, in-
stead of being 12,0001., is believed, in round numbers, to
be nearer 40.,000/. per mile.
SUN.—The market fin. the English Funds opened very
dull, which dulness was, to a certain extent, relieved
upon the rec Opt of the intelligence from ,India ; hot
at
' the tatter patt of tho day the flatness
.again prevailed,
and Consols left off at 92i for Money, and 92i for the
Account ; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, 247 248;
and Exchequer Bilis, 37 39 premium. •
Scarcely any alteration occurred in the price of Fo•
reign Securities. Belgian, 1031 1041 ; Dutch Two-and-
a-lialf per Cents., 52 53* ; the Five per Cents., 101
1011.; Danish, 801 814 ; and Brazilian, 67 68.
This has been one of the best days for Railway Shares
which has been observed for some time past ; and it has
only been:because so few of the completed lines were of-
fering; that the quotations remain unaltered. The newly-
created shares of the South Eastern Company bear a
premium of 31 4, and the original Shares are 2i..per
share higher, being 324 331 per share ; London and
Birmingham were 90 93 ; Great Western, 281 29,1 ; the
new Halves, 14'i 151 premiumi; Birmingham and
;
Gloucester, 54 56South Western, 524 531 ; Gosport,
63 64 ; North Midland, 65 67 ; the New Shares, 321-
33 ; Eastern Counties, 101 ; Blackwall, 124 ; the New
Shares, 10 10f ; and Brighton, 36-1 37 per share.
No hange in the quotations in the Foreign Exchanges
took place today, but all were exceedingly firm.

HUNGER AND THEFT,-011 Saturday six men were
had up at the Old Bailey, Manchester, for stealing bread, but
they were in such a wretched condition that the Magistrate
found it necessary to admonish and discharge them. One of
them named O'Leary said he bad eaten one meal of potatoes
on Sunday, and had been fasting Monday, Tuesday, and Wed-
nesday. On ednesday his child asked him for something to
eat; and having nothing to give him, be went to Mrs. Tegg's
shop, and said to her, " Mistress, be se kind as to give me a
loaf of bread." " No," said she, " 1 will give a piece." He
said a piece was of no use to him and his hungry child, so he
took a loaf. The police of met him at the door, and seized
him. He refused to go with the officer, and, in trying to get
away, lie (O'Leary) tell over a woman, and broke his arm.—
(Abridged from a Manchester Paper. )
OPERATIONS OP THE MINT.—A striking illustra-
tion of the magnitude of the transactions of the British empire
may be drawn from the recent records of the Mint. Between
the years' 1816 and 1836, the money coined in it amounted in
round numbers to a quarter of a million of copper, twelve
Millions of silver, and considerably above fifty-five millions of
gold, making a total of between sixty-seven and sixty-eight
millions of money sent into circulation within twenty years.
The chirge for coining this enormous amount of precious metal
was nearly four hundred and twenty-one thousand pounds, and
the actual cost about two hundred and fourteen thousand
rounds; leaving a profit to the company of moneyers not much
ess in amount.