The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-09 00:00:00

LAW AND PO LXCE.

The inquest upon the body of the late Mr. Augustine
Byrne, so long pending at Rathmines, has at length ter-
minated. The Jury returned a verdict finding " that
the said Mr. Augu tine Byrne met with his death under
very mysterious circumstances. and that the strongest
possible suspicions attach to Mrs. Ellen Byrne, wife of
said Augustine Byrne, of said house, of being accessory
thereto." Mrs. Byrne has been committed, and heavy
bail will be required of her. The several witnesses were
bot•;nd over to prosecute. •
The case of the Rev. Stephen Aldhouse, charged with
bigamy, and remanded from last Wednesday at the
Wandsworth police-office, was again brought before the
Court on Saturday, and after the deposition of his second
wife had been taken, he was remanded till Tuesday week.
Walter Wheelaghan, who was reported to have been
respited, was executed on Friday, in front of the county
gaol at Tullamore, for the murder of his wife.
Margaret M‘Garth and Sarah Hodgkinson, for forging
the will of one Robert Wilson, a sailor ; Ann Bevan and
Catherine Williams, for forging the will of one John
Kenny ; and Thomas Burns, for forging the will of
George Dunn, a seaman, as also being the instigator in
the other cases, were tried and found guilty at the Liver-
pool Assizes on Friday. They were all sentenced to be
imprisoned fur six months, with the exception of Burns,
who was transported for fifteen years.
PXNE ARTS.

The statue to the late Bishop of Lichfield, at Shrews-
bury, unfinished by Sir Francis Chautrey, has been as-
signed to Mr. Bailey for completion.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC._

A new system of throwing pontoons over rivers has
been invented by an Austrian, who a, few days since,
before the King of Wurt3mberg, threw a bridge, 250
feet in length over the Necker in 35 minutes, over which
artillery, cavalry, and infantry, passed swiftly and safely.

,MMMEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, MONDAY EVENING

Cape papers to the 21st nave been received.
The prospects of the colonists appeared to he eoot►nuim.
t:i improve, although the want of lahour was the ;...reait.
impediment. So much was felt that every exc►tiou was
ti:ung made to promote immigraiion.; anit it would up
pear that the prospects held out are not without founda-
tion. The Caffres having extended their incursions,
energetic measures had been adopted to put an end to
than, and the Lieutenant Governor,- at the head of a
a body of troOps had been despatched to overawe them.
The private letters by the North America from New
York are so few as to add nothing to the extracts from
the papers, which will be found .4sewhere. .

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Theprincipal operation in the Funds to-day was a purchase
of about 80,0001. Consuls on account of the Scotch Baniis.
This increased the firmness of the Market, and although the
closing prices of to-day were the saute as on Saturday, the ten-
dency was decidedly upward. Consols lelt off at 9li 91i for
Money and for the Account ; Rink Stock, 1691 17u}; India
Stock, 249 250; Exchequer Bills, Old, M 53; New, 49 St

- Foreign Securities were good, although but little was done.
Belgian Bonds were 1011 102,1; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per
Cents., 31 51i; the Five per Cents., 101 i 102; Danish,
8111 821; and Brazilian, 63 65.
The correspondence between the Mexican Minister and t h
President of the United States, on the subject of the citizens
of the last-named country going over to the Texians, had no
effect on the quotations for the Bonds, which remained at
34 35%.
The Share Market was steady :—London and Birmingham,
180182; Birmingham and Gloucester, 48 49 ; Great Western,
1:39i ; the Half-Shares, 631 d 4 ; South Western, 61 62k;
North Midland, 59 b 0; the New Shares, 29 30; South
Eastern and Dover, 22% 23 ; Eastern Counties, 8; 91;
Northern and Eastern, 40 41 ; Blackwall, 9 9i ; and Brigh-
ton, 34 341

The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 204 211 ;
Peruvian, 15 16 • Portuguese Five per Cents.; 33 33%;
the Three per Cents , 19 20 ; Spanish Five per Cents. 20
20k; the Three per Cents, 191, 19i.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
Business in the Funds to-day has been only to a
moderate extent, and Consols are 914 for Money, and
91- for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced., ;
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 100* ; iNew
Three- and-a-lialf per Cents., 1004 ; India Stock, 249;
Bank Stuck, 170 f ; Exc..equer Bills, Old, 49 51 .; New,
51 53 prem.
In Foreign Securities but little has been done. The
prices are—Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents' - 514 ;
the Five per Cents, 1011 102 ; Portuguese Five per
Cents, 33,4 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 20/, Ditto Three
per Cents., 19f t.
. The sales of Railway Shares have included Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 47 ; Great Western, New shares, 63t ;
London and Brighton,. 34* ; London and 13itininghain,
1814.

Letters from the manufacturing towns which have
been delivered, give the same cheering accounts of the
'improvement in trade as those of last week. It is not
pretended that any brisk demand fur goods exists, but
rather that the extreme depression is passed, and that
" the tide has turned."

The India mail has apparently brought over several
orders for cotton, and it is noticed at Manchester that
an advance in prices has been pretty generally obtained
while buyers have come forward Inure freely: It is,
however, added that a far greater chani,oe must take
place before any permanent relief to the distress of the
labourers can be looked for.

Such merchants as are unfortunate enough to have
taken any of the bills drawn by Colonel Gawler upon
the Treasury, are greatly complaining of the vexatious
regulations regarding them, now that it has been deter-
mined that they shad be paid. Nearly twelire months
have elapsed since they became due, and payment re-
fused upon the plea that instructions had been exceeded ;
and notwithstanding the serious annoyance, and JOSS
consequent upon the high rate of interest in south Aus-
tralia, no more than die bare principal is to be re-
funned, though in many cases the interest will amount to
upwards of 10 per cent.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 6.—There is
very little business doing in Shares. Our quotations are—
Manchester and Leeds, 77 78 ; South V estern, 62 63 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 47i- ; Ditto Quarter Shares,
34 3d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 271 27 ; Bank of
Manchester, ; Union Bank, 74, • •
CLOSING PRICFS.
BRITISH FUNDS

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. ........ 924 Illitto Bonds .... 35 pm
3 per Cent. C0n5....
3/ per Cent. Red... 101* Ditto New Annuities... 90
New 3/ per Cent... looi Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 49 pm
Now 5 per Cen',
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 51 pm
Jan. 1860 ... — Bank Stock fur Acct....
Oct. lkts 9
Jan. 1860 — _ Consols for Acct....... 91/
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