The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-07 00:00:00

WAKLEY'S POEMS.

N.8.--Mr. Wakley has kindly sent us the following
Pastoral Poem," which, he says, is the production he
illuded to last night in the House of Commons, when,
n answer to an Honourable Member, he observed,
.halt he had already " tried" his hand at verse. The
Ines do the worthy Coroner great credit. They are
xquisitely plaintive and melodious, and very different
ndeed from anything.that Wordsworth has yet pro-
lured. Mr. Wakley. generously promises to sell(' us
,orne more of his poems in a few days.

how beautiful the country do appear
At this time of the year I
Slow down the purling brook the black swan sails,
And little fishes wag their little tails !
Phoebus descends to his aquatic prison,
Bolting from heaven—but the fault 's not his'n—
But solely caused, by Providence so wise,
Who bids Apollo set, and Luna rise;
And, see, yon work-house on that village green,
Where husbands, all without their wives, are seen,
Because, by order of some base Whig Lord,
Each wife is locked up in a separate ward !
Ah me I I never see a work-house group,
But straight I think of stale, tough, horse-leg soup ;
Visions of INQUESTS flit across my brain,
My tender epigastrum's racked with pair,
And nought but Physic sets me right again !

AN .EPIGRAMMATIC CONUNDRUM ON THE
POLITICS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL.
AMICUS CERTUS IN RE INGERT CERNITURA.
Why are the politics of Sir Robert Peel like the Peel of an
orange, and many other sorts of Peel
BECAUSE
They are the Peel Qf Britons weal,
Which make the people mutter;
And like some other kind of Peel,
Fit only for the gutter.
Spalding, April 5, 1842, VERAX.

MONEY and COM:IIERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The advance which has taken place within the last few days
still continues, and Consols are now 901 / for Money, and
90/ 91 for the Account; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.,
1004 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 994 ; Bank
Stock 166 for Money, and 167 fur the Account; Exchequer
Bills 35 37 prem.
Foreign Stocks are lower, with very little doing.• Portuguese
Five per Cents., 56i; the Three per Cents., 21 for the Ac-
count; Peruvian, 17; Spanish Five per Cent. Active Bonds,
25 25a; the 'three per Cent. Stock, 241 25 ; the price of the
Dutch Five per Cents., 1001.
Railway Shares are firm, and the prices rather higher than
yesterday. Great Western, 931; New Shares, 64/ 65 ; South
Western, 69 61; Mirth Midland, 70k; and Brighton, 36g 36/.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
The following notice has to-day been issued by theßank of
England:— " April 7, 1842.
" Resolved, that the rate of interest on bills of exchange
and notes, discounted at the Bank of England, be foui per cent.
from this day."
The effect of the above has been already anticipated on the
Stock Exchange, by the rise which the funds have un-
dergone. And although the rate of discount has been for
some time under 5 per cent. for the first description of coin-
mercial paper, yet numerous instances have occurred of ad-
vantage being taken of the Bank rate, to charge the same.
The announcement will therefore now oblige the country banks
and discounters generally, to reduce their rates proportionably,
and thus to a certain extent give relief to a large portion of the
commercial interest.
Private letters from the various manure, turing districts pre-
sent but gloomy accounts of the state of business. Prices,
which have for some time been below a rerannerating point,
not only show no improvement, but a tendency to decline still.
further; and at Manchester, the market was so orerstecked
with yarns, that the competition to execute some small foreign
orders, caused a pr ce to be takers lower than had been known
before. The extent of the quantity of goods in the manufac-
turers' hands, has had a very injurious effect on the home mar-
ket also, many large wholesale houses in this city,
declining to purchase, except for immediate want,
under the apprehension that on each succeeding day they
will find their neighbours supplied at rates lower than they had
bought at. This state of affairs has caused many of the smaller
establishments to decline business, and one instance, among
many similar, can be mentioned of a house winding up after
being but ten months in business, with a loss of nearly five
thousand pounds, three of which arose solely from the deprecia-
tion in the value of their comparatively trifling stock.
Intelligence is anxiously looked for from the West Indies,
especially from Jamaica, owing to the late accounts of the bad
fethng existing among the negroes, as well as the want of re-
mittances.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per-Share.
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London anc: Brighton ... 50 ...... 364 k ... to
London and South Western lB/ 6O
London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 134 • 134
NTorthern and Eastern
North Midland lOO 7ok to
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Colonial 25
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 5.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 984 ;Grand Canal Stock ...
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New 1830... 984 Ditto 4 per cent ...
134 per Cent. Debs.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 6.—The sales to-
day were about 4,000 bales. There are no changes to notice in
the prices of any of the descriptions. Exporters took about
200 bales American.
LIVERPOOL. SHARE MARKET, APRIL 6.—The market
was rather brisk, and closed firmly. Eastern Counties Deben-
tures, 101. I Is. Sd. ; Ditto New, 41. 7s. Bd. to 41. Bs. Bd. ;
Edinburgh and. Gla,gow, 48i to 48i ; Grand Junction, 185
to 186 ; Great Western, 93 ' • the half Shares, 644 to 651/2 ;
Fifths, 10A ; Lancaster and Preston Three-Quarter Shares,
15* ; London and Birmingham, 1744 ; London and Brighton
United Company, 36k; Manchester and Leeds, 814; the
Quarter Shares, 41; and North Union, 721.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIIANGE, APRIL 6.—Our market
has been very firm to-day. Manchester and Birminghams
have advanced 20s. per Share, and are much inquired for.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 49;; Lancaster and Preston, 27 ;
Manchester and Leeds Half Shares, 35*; Bank of Manches-
ter, sa.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.
DEAL, APRIL 6.—Wind, N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Northum-
berland, China ; her Majesty's ship Ta bot, westward. Sld.
Quiver, Mediterranean ; Edward Barnett, Gibraltar.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 6.—Wind, N.—Arrd. Ignazo, Sicily.
Den Preble, New Orleans ; Liverpool, Josephine, and
Ohio, New York ; Alexander Wise, Montreal; Britannia (s),
Halifax; Warren, Africa; Charleston, Canton; Johnstone, Cal-
cutta; Portland to Bombay; Robert Finnie, Lima; Undaunted,
Buenos Ayres; Nautilus, Rio ; Vesto, '
Batavia; Superb, Ja-
maica • Stirling, Savannah ; Colombo, Boston ;Princess Vic-
toria, Quebec ; Jessamine, Newfoundland. The Scotland,
bcund to New York, is ashore near Egremont.
OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 6.--Ocean, N. Bedford, Amster-
dam ; Vestal, Moxey, Malta.
Po tyrsmouvii, APRIL 6.—Wind E.N.E., fresh breeze.—
Aral. Apurade packet, liemmett, Porto Rico, sld. Feb. 04.
PLYmouT la, APRIL 6.—Wind N. E.—Sld. Great Britain,

Willis.

OFF ST. DAvID'S HEAT), APRlL6.—Australia, S)dney.
Coitx, Aram 4.—Sld. Simeon, Hardy, Earbadoes.
WELLS, APRIL 6.—The Severn] steamer, of Dublin,
Iron Liverpool, was ashore on the Wnolpack Sand,
ye' terday, but got cff the f.,llo,,iinpi tide and proceeded.
MiLvoitn, APRIL 4.—The Elva, Botson, from Lynn to
Drogheda,4s discharging, the cargo being heated.
HULL, Arun 6.—The Khan, Camline, from Shields to
Copenhagen, was abandoned at sea on the 27th ult., having
nine feet of water in her hold; crew saved. Sid. Jesoro,
Constantinople.
COWES, APRIL 6.—Arrd. Vestal, Moxey, Malta.
STANG ATE CREED, APRIL 6.—Aird. Munro, Balfour,
Geneva ; Sally, Rye, Ancona.

SULDEN DEATH OF SIR Ross MitiloN.—Sir Ross
Mahon died suddenly this merning, at his residence, in Ste-
Ithen's-veen. lie was to have attended the Garrison Steeple
Chase this day ; but when the party with whom he was to pro-
ceed called at his house, they learned the afflicting circum-
stances of the suddßn demise of the young baronet. Sir Ross
Mahon was a. Lieutenant in the 60th Rifie3, and one of the
Aides-de-Camp of the Lord-Lieutenant.—Dublin Paper.