The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-20 00:00:00

THE EIGHTEENTEI OF JUNE.

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Ti;is day is known in every part of Engl And,
and it will be gratifying to our readers to learn tllat it
was echhrated at Apsley House on Saturday by a great
number of the brave men who fought in the Peninsula,
and who finished their glorious career at Waterloo..
The Duke, of course, presided, and was honoured by"
the presence of Prince Albert, who sat on his right
hand. Lord Hill was on the left, and nearly all the suf—
visors of the leading Generals on that great day were
present. The room was ornamented with the present:,
which the Duke had received from the different Sore-
reigns of Euppe—with perhaps the finest display of"
plate and marLs of honour in Europe ; and the enter—
tainment altogether was given in the most superb Isty/c,
The first test, of course, was " the Queen," which
was drunk with great enthusiasm, all the company-
standing.

Prince ALBERT then proposed the health of the
Duke of Wellington, and briefly alluded to the day
which had prodaced such a change in the who/0 of the,
continent of Europe.
Tile Duke of WELLINGTON returned thanks.
The next team, was " 14... rd Hill and the British Arm,r
for whichthe-Commander of the Forces returned thais.
" The Heroes that fcll at Waterloo" was drank in
solemn silence.

Arno•ig othar toasts were Sir Henry llardinge, Lord
Seaton, Sir Brook Pearce, Sir Peregrine Maitland, and
some of the other officers who commanded tr.: that
eventful day.
At the table we noticed his Excellency Prince Castel-
cicala; General the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8.,
and G.C.H. ; General Lord Hill, G.C.H., and
E.C. ; General the lion. Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B.
and G.C.H. ; General Sir J. Kempt, G.C.L. and G.C.H.;
General Lord Strafford, G.C.B. and G.C.H. ; General
Sir J. Lambert, G.C.8.: Lieut.-General Sir Peregrine
Maitland, K.C.B. ; Lieut.-General Sir T. Reyna, Bart.,
E.C.B. ; Lieut.-General Sir E. Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B.
and G.C.H. ; Lieut.-General Sir Andrew Barnard..
G.C.B. and G.C.H. ; Lieut.-General Sir G. A. Quentin,.
C.B. and G.C.H. ; Lieut.-General Lord Seaton, G.C.11.
and G.C.H. ; Lieut.-General Lord Fitzroy Somersies,
K.C.B. ; Lieut.-General J. W. Sleigh, C.B. ; Lieut
General Sir J. Waters, K.C.B. ; Lieut.-General 'Sir
Henry Hardinge, K.C.B. ; Major-General Sir H.
Willoughby Hooke, C.B. and C.H. ; Major-Ge? ieral
Sir J. G. Woodford, G.C.B. and K.C.11. ; M.ajor-
General Sir C. Brooke Vere, K.C.B. ; 'ltiajor-G eneral
Sewell, K.C.B. ; Major-General H. Wyndham; 'Major-
General Sir E. Bowater, K.C.H. ; Major-Getveral Sir
W. M. Gorman, K.C.8.; Major-General 11. D'Oyly;
Major-General Sir John May, K.C.B. and. K.C.H. ;
Major-General Sir H. Dalrymple Ross, K.C.B. ; Major-
General Mercer, C.B. ; Major-General Reeve; Major-
General Sir Robert Gardiner, K.C.B. and K.C.H. -
Major-General Freemantle ; Colonel Sir Horaitio G. P:
Townshend, K.C.H. ; Celdnel Money, C.B. ; 'Colonel
Egerton, C.B. ; Colonel Miller, Colonel Browne, Colonel
Drummond, Colonel Allix,. Colonel Gurwood, Colonel
Stowell, Colonel Lord Sandys, Colonel Wildman, Oolonel.
Rowan, C.B. ; Colonel Ellison, Colonel Ellis, Colonel
Clive, Colonel E. Buckley, Colonel Hunter Blair, Colo-
nel H. Webster, Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Hon.
Colonel Anson, Colonel Bentinck, Colonel Sir C. W.
Dance, &c.

At a quarter past ten precisely the company broke up,.
and shortly before the half hour his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, with the Marquis of Exeter and Sir Ed-,
ward Bowater, left for Buckingham Palace.
The Marquis of Anglesey and the other guests took
their departure shortly afterwards.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended on the
occasion, and played a number of favourite airs, by
Donizetti, Strauss, Musard, and Anber. A great cron d.
was assembled at the entrance of Apsley House, who
welcomed the numerous guests with loud cheers.,

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF TRIO bAY..
POST.—The Bank of England have afforded increased.
facility to the public in obtaining sovereigns of full n eight for
those which may be less than the standard, by taking sums of
201. instead of
.501. This, although of great benefit to the
mercantile public, affords no relief to Qesse who are more par-
ticularly losers by the operation of tbes late order, namely, the
lower classes. It. is now difficult, Tor these parties, who are
solely dependent upon their weakly wages, to obtain change
when the necessities of their families imperatively require it,
without submitting to gross extortion on the part of the shop-
keepers ; and to sP:ch an extent has it been carried that many
will not receive gold in payment for goods unless at a discount
of five per eTht., or ono shilling in the sovereign. These parties
may perhaps not be altogether so blameable as may appear at
first sight, being obliged to protect themselves against loss ;
1 -iut the facility thus given to fraud calls most loudly for some
interference, to place the poor labourer beyond the influence of
these sharp practitioners. It may here be mentioned that the
arrangements at the Bank are extremely inconvenient to suitors
on this subject; and when the Rotunda, as it will be, is appro •
priated to the payment of dividends, if an :alteration be not
made, the annoyance will be much greater.
SUN.—This week, as far as business in the Funds may be con-
cerned, has been one of complete stagnation. If the whole amount
of bargains were added together, the total would not show as
much as was done in one day a few months since. It is diffi-
cult to account for this apathy, but the most ready solution is.
it is generally admitted, to be found in the gnat depressive
which now universally exists in trade, and which has now ex-
tended itself here.
The sale by the Bank broker, mentioned this morning, has
not been followed up by subsequent oyerations ; nevertheless,
Consols left off at 91A sellers, for the opening, ex-dividend
2:
Reduced, 911,4 ii
91A ; Bank Stock 167 168; Exchequer , ,
Old, 45 47; New, 40 42 premium.
d Hlf C ..
100 103 • Dutch Two-an -a- a per ,em.s.,
Belgian Bonds, -
Cents., 101 104.; Danish, 80f;
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Foreign Securities were flat, though prices were unaltered,
52% 521 i ; the Five per
811.‘2 • Brazilian, 66 67.
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lower. London and Bir-
mingham,Railroad Shares were generally
the New snares, 31
Birmingham and Gloucester, 49 51 ;
1 he quotation of Mexican remained the same, 36 34
174 176;
Half Shares, 61 61%; South
1 theid la
nd, 6
365 ;
Eastern and Dover, 25 25i ; the Scrip, 5i 51;
per share.
Eastern Counties, 9 9i ; Northern and Eastern, 40 41 ;
3\G‘2,reFt
set r
nou,South
Western,
E a..st,
Blackwell, 9;i 10i; and Brighton, 35i 351/2
61 60 • N87ort8h811;
The quotations of the Bonds were, Colombian, 2534 9-6*;
Peruvian, 17 18; Portuguese Five per Cents. 37 37 ; the
Three per Cents., 214;- 22i ; Spanish Five per Cents.,' 22 22k
the Three per Cents, 23i 231.
The evil which was pointed out last week as having affected
the poorer classes, in exchanging such part of their wages as
might have been received in gold, has rather increased than
diminished. A Complete profit is now made out of every
labouring man who may present a sovereign er half sovereign
for change by the shopkeeper, be it light or not, and in nume-
rous instances so great has been the deduction as materially to
interfere with the comforts of the family. It cannot be expected
that the employer who has a large turn to pay will provide
himself with silver, and be at the loss of time necessary to ccont
it, or that the recipient can afford to risk offence by refusing
what is tendered, and which the master is doubtless convinced
is lull weight; hence the necessity of some measure to protect
the artisan from the imposition which is daily practised open
him, and which, from circumstances, he is obliged to submit
to, though ill able to afford it.