The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-08 00:00:00

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Prince and Princess Doria Pamphiff arrived at
Alivart's Hotel on Thursday, from Alton Towers, the
seat of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, in
Staffordshire.

The Duke of Devonshire, it is said, contemplates
shortly a visit to his Irish estates.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne left
Berkeley-square on Thursday for Bowood.
The Earl of Shelburne has arrived in Paris for the
autumn.

Lord Ashburton has returned to Bath House, Pic-
cadilly, from the Grange, Hants.
The Lord Chancellor left George-street on Thursday,
for Turvilie Park, Bucks.

The Marquis of Hastings is at present on a visit at
Loudon Castle, Ayrshire.
The Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe has arrived at
Frankfort, from Toplitz.

VICISCELLANEOUS.
The Marquis of Wellesley was the oldest Etonian
living, except General Michell.
The Earl of Ferrers died on Sunday last at Chartley
Castle, the patrimonial seat in Staffordshire. Tke late
Earl was born on the 13th November, 1760, and was,
consequently, in his 82d year. Ile was Deputy
Lieutenant of Leicestershire, in which county, as well
as Staffordshire, the family are in possession of large
estates.

The office of the Master of the Rolls in Ireland is
worth about 4,0001. a-year; it has considerable
patronage attached to it, and among other places of
disposal, the Deputy-Keepership of the Rolls, and the
chief examiners, each of whose office is worth 1,500/.
a-year.

-Mr. James Esmonde, brother to Sir Thomas Es-
monde, and one of the Stipendiary Magistrates ap-
pointed by the late Government, died in Dublin on
Tuesday.

GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION.
(From the Consfitufionnel.)
The German Customs Union, such as it exists at
present, was definitively fixed in 1834, and compre-
hends a population of 26,048,970 inhabitants—of
whom 14,319,711 reside in Prussia, 4,319,887 in B.
varia, 1,667,901 in Wurtemberg, 1,652,114, in Saxony,
652,761 in Electoral Hesse, 792,736 in the Grand
Duchy of Hesse, 941,580 in the Thuringian Asso-
ciation, 1,264,614 in the Grand Duchy of Baden,
383,730 in the Duchy of Nassau, and 63,936 in the
free town of Frankfort. The consumption of colonial
produce has gradually been on the increase since the
tormation of the Union. Thus the imports of sugars
and molasses which, in 1837, was only 422,600 metri-
cal quintals, were, in 1840, 512,136, giving an average
of 2 kilogrammes a head. In 1841, the imports did
not altogether reach 500,000 ; but, if the quantity of
home-made sugar which has been consumed be added,
there will be 2 kilo. 60 per head, and this average, in
1833, amounted only to 1 kilo. 77. It appears, there-
fore, that the consumption of sugar is almost as great
in Germany as with us. In England it is 8 kilo. per
head ; in the Netherlands, 61 kilo. ; in Belgium,
21 kilo. ; and in the Austrian Government some..
what less than half a kilo. The imports of coffee were,
in 1839, about 275,900 metrical quintals, being 18,000
more than in 1837, and nearly a kilo. per head. The con-
sumption of tea is insignificant in Germany, and kas been
stationary since 1836. One of the most remarkable
symptoms of the increase of business in the As-
sociation is the prodigious increase of the coal-trade.
In 1831, the quantity raised in Prussia, from the
pits amounted to 13,600,000 metrical quintals; in 1836,
18,000,000, and in 1839, upwards of 24,000,000.
This last quantity is valued at 19,000,000 f., and more
than the half of it was exported. It is the Rhe-
nan province which for the most part supplies the
wants of other countries, and which furnishes
such large quantities of coal. The whole of the
combustible minerals raised in the year 1839 is valued
at 20,500,000 f., the metals raised at 28,000,000 f.,
and the salt at 6,500,000 f., giving a total of
55,000,000 f. for the whole of the minerals obtained in
the kingdom of Prussia only. In 1835, this amount
was only 36,800,000 f.; the surplus arising principally
from the increase of coals, iron, copper, salt, and
alum. In the amount of 1839, there is not
included the produce of quarries, the asphalt
and quicksilver amounting to 3,600,000 f. more. In
the other States of the Union, the metallurgical
affairs have followed the same upward movement,
and, in this respect, Saxony particularly is on
the increase. Trades and manufactures are also im-
proving, and there is scarcely anything but hand-
weaving that has fallen off. The less important
hranches of manufacture, as well as those of silk, cot-
ton, and wool, are increasing prodigiously. The
comparative revenue of the customs will give a tole-
rably exact idea of this advance. The net receipt of
the customs duties in the Union, in 1834, was
59,000,000 f. ; in 1837, 74,000,000 f. • and 1839,
83,500,000 f. Of this last amount, there are about
3,500,000 f. of export duties. The articles which have
paid the most are sugars, wines, and tobaccos. These
articles have produced more than 50,000,000 f., manu-
factured articles, and the objects necessary for their
production, have given the rest. It is evident from
this that manufactured goods are not very heavily
taxed. In fact, the cotton threads, which were
brought into the territory of the Union in 1839, and
which represent a value of more than 63,000,000 f.,
paid only 3,500,000 f. duty. After the articles which
we have named came woollen and cotton cloths, articles
in iron and steel, fruits from the south, cattles, silks,
groceries, brandies, oils, corn, &c., as those which
have produced most money to the revenues of the
Union. Prussia, which in 1834 obtained more than
.58 per cent of the amount of the custom receipts, in
1839 had only 54 per cent. Bavaria's share was 161
per cent.; Saxony, 6 1-3 ; Wurtemberg, about the
same; the Grand Duchy of Baden, 4 4-5 ; Electoral
Hesse, 3 ; the Thuringian Association, 31 ; the
Duchy of Nassau, 11 ; and the town of Frankfort
not altogether, 1 per cent. The average of all the
imports for the years 1837, 1838, and 1839, is found
to he 280,000,000 f. The principal imports have been
cotton threads, sugar, coffee, drugs, raw skins, indigo,
silks, cattle, tobacco, &c. The exports also represent
an average sum of 280,000,000 f. for the same period,
and consist principally in cotton goods, amounting to
63,000,000 f. ; corn, 43,000,000 f. ; woollen cloths,
36,000,000 f. ; linen and hemp goods, 34,500,000 f. ;
and wrought metals, 17,000,000 f. The manufac-
tured goods, of which the exports have particularly
increased, are cotton and woollen cloths, silks, hard-
ware, and earthenware.

MAGDEBURG, SEPT. 29.—The general collection
made in the province of Saxony, by order of the King
of Prussia, for the benefit of the sufferers by the fire
at Rarnburg, is 41,676 dollars, and 1,394 dollars in sold.

MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
The details of the intelligence, from India, published
early in a Seconc Edition of The Sun gave increased
i firmness to the pikes of our funds, Consols leaving
off at 93 931 for Money and for the Account. India
Stock also improved to 248 250 ; Exchequer Bills, Old,
51 53; New, 50 51 premium.
Foreign Securities were also a shade better. The
Dutch Two-and-t-Half per Cents. being 52 521 ; the
Five per Cents., 100 1004 ; Belgian, 1021 1031;
Danish, 82 83 ; aid Brazilian, 63 64.
The supposition generally current in the market in
which Mexican Bonds are dealt in, and which was
noticed this morning, has received confirmation from
subsequent operations ; the rates at which real pur-
chases can be made, or sales effected, are precisely
those of Wednesday, namely, 33 33f.
The Share market left off this evening with a better
feeling than had been visible during the day. London
and Birmingham were 183 185 ; Birmingham and
Gloucester, 39 41; Great Western, 821 831 ; the
Half shares, 591 601; south Western, 571 58 ; North
Midland, 56 58 ; the New shares, 271 281 ; South
Eastern and Dover, 23 231 ; Eastern Counties, 8+
; Northern and Eastern, 351 361; Black wall, 61
; and Brightons, 36} 36+ per share.
The rates of Exchange, and especially on Ham-
burgh, continue to be considerably in favour of this
country ; on Amsterdam it was quoted 12 61 12 64 ;
Rotterdam, 12 61 ; Antwerp, 12 41 ; Hamburgh,
13 111, 13 12 ; Frankfort, 151 1511 ; Paris, 25f. 821 c.,
25f. 871 c. ; Marseilles, 25 87 ; Genoa, 25 90, 25 95 ;
Leghorn, 30 35, 30 40 ; Vienna, 9 56, 9 57 ;
Madrid,
361 ; and Lisbon, 524 524.
The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 201
21 ; Peruvian, 16 17 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.,
36 361; the Three per Cents, 211 211 ; Spanish
Five per Cents., 164 16k ; the Three per Cents.,
201 21.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The advance which took place in the funds yester-
day afternoon has not been supported this morning.
This is difficult to be accounted for, inasmuch as no
cause for a decline has transpired, neither have any
sales been made. Consols are 93 for Money, and 93
93f for the Account; New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents., 101 101-k ; India Bonds, 42 ; Exchequer
Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 50 52 prem.
Transactions in Foreign Securities have been rather
extensive, but prices of Stocks have also slightly given
way. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., have been
sold at 521 ; the Five per Cents., 100 k; Belgian,
1031 ; and Brazilian, 63.
The market for Mexican Bonds has become ex-
ceedingly heavy since the commencement of business,
and they must be quoted 324 sellers for Money, ex
div., and 33 for the Account, with a downward ten-
dency. This decline is considered to arise more
from a disposition on the part of certain specu-
lators to depress the market, as being the more
profitable to them individually, than to any legitimate
cause which affects the interests of the bondholders in
reality.
With the exception of a continuation of small pur-
chases in Brighton Shares, this Market is to-day quite
destitute of any feature worthy of notice; the price
of those are 36 361 ; Great Western have been sold
at 84 ; the New Shares, 601 ; Fifths, 7i ; Eastern
Counties, 8 8i; Southern and Eastern, Scrip, 124;
Manchester and Birmingham, 2111; and York and
North Midland, Halves, 60.
A bargain in Peruvian Bonds at 15k, and another
in Spanish Five per Cents. at 16, both for time, in-
clude all the dealings in them to-day.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 6.—Our
market continues gloomy to-day and business limited.
Manchester and Leeds, 691 to 70 ; ditto Half Shares,
29A- to 30 ; ditto Quarters, 4 to 4k ; London and
South Western, 57k to 58 : South Eastern Scrip,
121 to 14.