The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-18 00:00:00

MORNING SU N

tthhily
_daY, and considering the distinguished position in which
the 'B4 Mayoress stands--the head of the female society in
e City of London, you would en these alone
tleeive with respect the proposal of her health;accounts but by far
I,';e greater portion of the company must know that the Lady
is hag other claims upon public respect. You know
at her life has been devoted to the purposes of active bene-
mience...(Loud cheers)—and that following her example,
It% in concert with the lady on my left hand (Mrs. Fry)
whose
presence would do honour to any company, she bad
'itid the abodes of vice and misery, and done all in her
ra:lif! to alleviate human suffering, and diminish con•
f 6 by for
th example.—(Cheers.) It is no satisfaction
ani Sure, ose distinguished ladies to have their good
0443 brought before the public ; but, after paying a tribute
res Pet to the services of distinguished men, it would be
jelefiection on ourselves if we omitted to notice with respect-
h acknowledgments the unobtrusive virtues of those who
_ste made the name of the ladies of Great Britain honoured
Iteo every country in the world.—( Cheers. ) 1 beg, gentlemen,
cis The health of the Lady Mayoress," with three
rues three.—( Loud cheers.)
bl:he Loan MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, I feel
ilikertil to you for the honour you have done the Lady
..Iyoress in drinkiug her health. I think I may venture to
i7ldi Pens her great desire is to be useful in her station, not only
ing the proper hospitalities of this house, but also in
thluinistering comfort and relief as far as- lies in her power to
Isho are in distress.—( Hear, hear.)
tae ho 'lle LORD MAYOR.—My Lords and Gentlemen, I have next
nour to propose to you the health of the Representatives
tthe People in the Commons' House of Parliament, and I feel
ertt,Pleasure in connecting with them the name. of the Noble
sto,",tne Secreta for the Colonies—" The Right Hon. Lord
s'e3', and the House of Commons."—( Hear, hear.)
'ord STANLEY said, that it was with surprise to himself, and
of sure to others, that in the presence of the Premier and
he eier distinguished Members of her Majesty's Government,
tae peall 'himself called upon to return thanks on behalf of
th"nuse.of Commons ; but, at the same time he must say
hi„, the surprise was mingled with gratification at finding
bZsalf selected as the organ of a body consisting of the most
tf:.tful and influential representatives of the commerce of the
is-tlitled Empire. He did not know how he could return thanks
.
~e name of a body consisting of such discordant
,materials.
Ps, indeed, the very circumstance of the conflict of
°Mu formed one of the great materials for the security of
pelted eats of the community. Every public man was corn-
Niti.o, not only to give his judgment upon questions of great
foiloical importance, but to give his reasons for the course he
pre,'led---( Cheers.) It was impossible for; any one who was
at the imposing ceremony of the day, to witness
ca4,,,°„ti t admiration the quiet and orderly conduct of - the
set;'esa multitude—a spectacle not to be seen in any other
%I:, in the world. It was impossible to witness that sight
till, 44 feeling the great importance of the trust reposed in
of tOnse of Commons, or without. feeling an increased sense
rotlj magnitude of the commercial interests of this great corn-
tala tY"--(Cheers.) He trusted that whatever conflicts might
'thl)lice in that House its Members would never be forgetful
that fies high interests which were intrusted to their care, and.
stitut;"eY would always show a devoted attachment to the Con-
Ti°°•—( Cheers. )
IN me Lena illa.ron—My Lords and Gentlemen, I have
be'eat pieksuro in proposing the health of Lord Chief Justice
and the rest of her Majesty's Judges, who, in the ad-
Poor -ra'ion of the laws, deal equal justice to the rich and
jests ;""" Lord Chief Justice Denman, and the rest of her Ma-
Lor dges•
dpi d. DENMAN returned thanks. He believed that the
zees deserved the euloginms passed upon them for the
Thlzid integrity with which they unifarmly acted.
to °fie LORD MAYOR— My Lords and Gentlemen, I have now
Who another toast, the Members for the City of London,
thei; l am sure, will do their duty to the entire satisfaction of
d,. eonstiteenis--,‘ The Representatives of the City of Lou.' 41 Parliament. itir l
telt 'Ma x am", returned thanks in the names of him-
%eand his colleagues, and alluded in warm terms to the
Th °°Y which had taken place.
their Loan MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, I beg to
the health of the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, and
and
their
°f England—gentlemen alike eminent for their talent
rah independence---" The Attorney and Solicitor- Gene-
Ind the Bar of England."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in a few words, returned thanks.
, Compan:y then broke up ; and as the Prince and her
tretV"lll Ministers rose from their seats, the cheering was
Aa„ 0: dinner, which was suplied by Mr. Dever, of Cornhill
' the most sumptuous despeription.

4°SSIP on the ROYAL EXCHANGE

" The man, who stood on the Acropolis,
11,, And looked down over Attica; or he
n° has sailed where picturesque Constantinople is,
()r seen Timblictoo, or hath taken tea
' 'malll-eyed China's crockery-ware metropolis,
blur sat amidst the bricks of Nineveh,
ilkY not think much of London's first appearance—
trr ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS OF IT A YEAR HENCE:"
BYRON.
eThe occasion of so interesting a ceremony as
t of the foundation of a new Bourse, or Royal
~4ehange. for the first commercial tity-iu the
,o -
„,r - cannot fail to be regarded with' pectiliar
and in order to gratify our readorS'
111,R11 '
e sonie particulars of the present §A! ,
t .v 1 account of the- late Excliangeoiwidt,
114usiroienas to the Bourses on the Continentoind-
;brief description of the new building, which
ri,„4B yesterday commenced under such happy
'",Dices.
RX PRESENT SITE, A PEISON.L-WhO would
the 've believed that the site of the front on which
cent Present stately building is to arise was, a few
Vrluries since, a:loathsome prison, called the
side' exPr -4-n inscription on the pump, on the south
first
~,essed that in this same spot a well was
3'ear'qs,4„ lay. Wallis, Mayor of London, in the
Attntp-P The well underneath, on which the
spitos erected, was re-discovered in 1799.
Moro 1.4) THE SCULPTOR'—Of the statues which
that ehtl ,be t,be late edifice, and of which no doubt
,°4tol•vii"l is about to rise upon its ruins, will
mil .1- to time as many and as noble, every one
eentr etriember that which used to occupy the
1104.1 e of the old piazza, being Charles 11., in a.
4tit afl
habit, by. Spiller. A melancholy Mc
trah:ttached to this, not- only illustrative of the
,‘/bo -astiasill of genius, but recordatory, of one
9118 a premature age, found the chisel that
1. to h
ave been his glory, drop and fade from
B,lllpt-,,gers• Spiller this young and classical
,^.orU,:re was proceeding in the midst of this
f',,,akiti)",,,uen, owing to the inroads consumption was
iitteodst, on him, lie was advised by his medical
,4e to desist front working at the: marble.
't ofof his labour, and the strong excite-
dte S" °f. 11Y already
rt„ Is feelings had made him half
ite,r,7 But no—he was willing, he said, to
„'itied the foot of his statue. The statue was
hand theyoung sculptor, with the shining
th 441
N.% hectic flush of consumption, beheld' It
„q4breturned home, and shortly was no morelb, ,
ess.ll4-4. THE KING'S MERCHANT.—Before
on"'ght's time, our merchants assembled in
BeleLombard-street, subject to all the
ot in'tleies and inconveniencies ot the weather.
eased 1531, the year of his Sheriffdom, he pur-
~id at ground, cleared away the buildings,
stagy expense exPense of 4,0001. erected that which
to our chronicles as predecessor to the
,tlt. Q
lit rs-tip ',wan-alley, New-alley, and Christo-
tie leY, with a host of other intolerable
th
t6' lati4-tliZlieus, were swept. into oblivion,. and in
th
°f the whole citizens, Sir Thomas, on
ion st°lJune, in the year 1566, laid the fowl-
cti:°°e of the new Bourse.
" ELIZABETH'S PROCLAMATION OF THE
tha Ety tx
liol that" ANGE.It was about six days later
_8_0,4 which is chosen for the present occa-
Z; Plialy, in-the January of
.1770, and on the
ht)-114y of Queen Elizabeth after dining with
nobility .Sir Thomas' Gresham's
11414, r nobi
vih to tni,tlroad--street, proceeded through Coru-
%'lved "e new Bourse, and " after she had.
tireiaiiererY part thereof above the ground,
t„ hed Y Pawne, which was richly fur-,
Insea "411 the finest wares of the city, she
4r ,
e `same Burse, by an Herralde and a
th Pet'
AN t b • lamied the ROYALL-EX-.•
41), , 0 e
not' and so to be , called from theucethrth,
ti TKiotherwise."
eil) BANQUET.-Oh this Royal occa-
; to .c 4 at the banquet whiCh took place, the
Piece of courtliness occurred. It is
4S stated that, during t e,flow of the ) Ipqm
al host Sir Thomas drank
41. c-atajesty's 10, -- • which
"esitli in a -glass of wine, into a
t; etlstl
' Y pearl, reduced into powder, had pre,
h,
4114 (ted been thrown. This circumstance is
`ij`trto t-n° lo an historical play, printed in
tliPesZll46°.23 , consisting of two parts; the first
% "g the troubles of Elizabeth during
lq no " of her sister, Queen Mary ; and the
a of thtlelP defeat of the Armada, and the build-
c,]Excliange. Sir Thomas says :
List- Lateen hundred pounds at one slap goes
e 44 cif sugar, Gresham drinks this pearle
DePthislitr° bis queen and : pledge it, Lords.
ji.!e to.-Tiearl, had been refused on account of its
ai() be d. "Y of the. first nobility, and tile act,
,ttroolat4c.redited, nevertheless is in union with
Ilantry of the time.
. A it. LILTS E - ANGE
.
gleve, OF GRESHAM'S ACH
Ville
iwas the stateliness of the structure
the 't the
certain, as appears from the
t Itt4lts
%t Paints of London, now before us, that
o
icos
11., Were appropriated to very inde-
-141 reseni7- An entry therein runs thus :-
14 ge t.,!ti• William Grimbel for keping typ-
othsYliot "oervLaults. under the Exchange, and fur
th..er thin • nerringes, sprotts, and bacon, and
th" therehges) in the same vaultes, noisome to
xii.,;:eze:je,w,,tte.z.tast:d others resortinge to the Ex-
Master Grimbel we believe was here-
" the offending Adam" as it
~t4,4/4x "TPed out.
NTAT/0,,„
641 of the 43 FOR THE EXCHANGE.---A Reve-
rs the ename of Samuel Rolle, on the occa-
Noe Gre„t'uflagration and destruction by fire
hi el, Littri-i fabric, bewails it in terms IN hich
IVtjecittil'aPtii3,o- to„ the last occurrence. Among
wha, _
.ns be thus descants :
th'eht4l,l Princely foundation was that Royal
4t ti be • an,
/te, cent led, of how great use? Was not
drawn
te in which those lines met that
41; e"
Tfrom all parts of Europe ? Rich
cants,t mean qila .d great and 'other eminent trades-
L. him, dealers, not only English, but
o:-Tetles.4Preoeli, D'utch,
t4th 'Was not the place Portuguese, and
a little epitome,
lie
tv L:teat representative of all. Europe, if not of
A est•part of the trading world,a renewed
h or,,
'`4 t0''..,1131. at suchandintgbrso
"4°4 was the glory of'..E - •
"g-and so wai the

Royal. Exchange 'one. of the greatest glories and
ornaments of London.
" How full of riches was that Royal Exchange
Rich men in the midst- of it, rich goods both
above and beneath There men walked upon
the top of a wealthy mine : considering what
Eastern treasures, costly monies, and such things
were laid up in its cellars. As for the upper
part, it was the great store-house, whence the no-
bility and gentry of the land were furnished with
their glory. Here, if any where, might a man
have seen the glory of the world in a moment,
as the Devil showed to Christ from a high moun-
tain.
" But what quick work can fire and destruc-
tion make ? How did the strong building vanish
of a sudden, as if it had been but an apparition !
How quickly was it taken down, as if it had been
but a slight tent. So fell that noble structure,
overladen with pride and prodigality—and great
was the fall thereof."
The late Exchange was commenced to be built
on the 27th October, 1666, and was completed
July 12, .1676. The total expense of this hand-
some structure was 33,0001.
GRESHAM'S GRASSHOPPER.—To this wonderful
insect, which was once the sign of Sir Thomas
Gresham's shop, and thence transferred to the
top of the Royal Exchange, there was extant a
prophecy, the lines of which were as follow :

The Cirasshopper upon the Royal Exchange,
and the Dragon upon Bow Church, shall meet
together upon Stock's-market, and shake hands
like brethren." Strange to say the prophecy did
take place, for during the repairs of the late
building and Bow Church, both vanes were
actually deposited together in one yard, though
not at Stock's-market, which now forms the site
of the Mansion House:

LAYING THE STONE. BY CHARLES IL—On the
23d of October, 1667, King Charles IL went to
the Royal Exchange, and placed the base of the
pillar on the west side of the north entrance.
He was entertained: on the occasion at the joint
expense of the City and Company with a chine
of beef; a grand dish of. fowls, ham, dried
tongues, anchoiies; caviare, &c., and plenty of
wines. The entertainment was provided under a
temporary shed, built and adorned for the pur-
pose upon the Scotch walk. At this time his
Majesty gave 20/..in gold to. the workmen. On'
the 31st of the same month, James, Duke of
York, laid the first.stone of the same pillar, and
was regaled in a similar manner; and on the 18th
of November Prince-Rupert laid that stone which
is on the east side of the south entrance.

The Exchanges abroad * are, -and have been,
most of them, sumptuous and fine buildings.
The Romans had :their places tbr the merchants
to meet in most of the considerable cities' of the
empire. That called the Collegium Mercatorunz,
whereof it is said that even ,to this'day part
.re-
mains, and called by the Romans of to-day the
Loggia, or " Placeof St. George,"is said to have
been: built at Rome in the year •of the city 259;
being 493 years. before our Saviour, under the
Consulateship of Claudius and Servilius.
That of Antwerp was inferior to none, ;..,the
trade was tranSferred-to Amsterdam, forming the
present considerable Exchange at that place.
It is a large building, 230 feet long and 130
broad, round which runs a peristyle or portico,
20 feet wide. The columns of the peristyle,
amounting to 46, are numbered, for the conve-
nience of finding persons. The Bourses at Flan-
ders, Holland, and France : the Places de Change
at Paris and Lyons, the Colleges
.of Merchants
in the Hanse Towns, and the Bolsa in Spain, are
all capacious fabrics,and worthy their merchants.
That the structure Which is to adorn the me-
tropolis of greater cities than those recited, will
be of dimension and make,, worthy of its purposes
and position in our city, it is to be hoped neither
labour, taste, nor execution will be spared. It is
to become the centre-point of attraction to the
filer-aunts, traders, and interpreters of almost all
the emporiums and marts of the world; it is to
be the palladium and safe-citadel of all .the
weighty. commercial transactions between men
and even kingdoms; dedicated, to use the expres-
sive words of the original founder's own inscrip-
" GZNTIUM COMMERCIIS SACRUM."

T 1.:

4 •
TO
.THR'ED.ITOiI OF THE SUN.
`eb§erved in your correseondence a
short time since an account of the comparative
strength of the Liberals and Tories in the Coun-
cil of the borough of Plymouth, but your Corre-
spondent omitted to inform you that, on the
choosing of the nine .Committees of that body,
the Liberals in the Council nobly did their duty,
by not permitting a single member of the Tory
party to be on any one of the CommitteeS. A
further check has been given on the recent elec-
tion of Committees of the Commissioners under
the Paving, Lighting, and Improvement Act;
when,althougliamUch greater umber of Commis-
sioners were present than usual, and some Tories
appeared who are never seen except on an occa-
sion of this sort,_ the result (as officially de.,
clared this day) is that they are completely
beaten, and Liberals were; with but one exception,
chosen on all the five Committees. This has
been accomplished by union on the part of the
Liberals.

There must shortly be an election in this town
for three Life Commissioners to replace as many
Tories who have been selected by that renegade
'Sir James Graham, to fill the office of Magis-
trates (with how much honour to themselves and
the Board time alone will show), when the Libe-
rals expect and are determined to replace their
worships by good men and true from the Liberal
eamp.—Your obedient servant,
ONE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.
Plymouth,, Jan. 15, 1842.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CHATHAM,
JAN. 15.—0 n Friday evening the head-quarters of the
6th Regiment arrived at Rochester from India. The
head-quarters comprise 123 rank and file, 10 sergeants,
5 drummers, and 6 corporals, 10 women, and 25 children,
with the following officers :—Lieutenant-Colonel Eve-
rett, cOmmander ; Captain Dennis, Lieutenant Ralph,
Lieutenant Frazer, Ensign Loinsworth, Paymaster
Blakeman, Quartermaster Sheehan, and Sergeant-Major
Knox. The staff entered the city with its full band
playing, and the whole of the men appeared greatly fa-
tigued. The head-quarters disembarked in the afternoon
of the same day at Gravesend from the ship Candahar,
of 640 tons burden, Captain John Ridley. The regi-
ment left Hull, in Yorkshire, in the year 1821, and pro-
ceeded to the island of St. Helena ; but in consequence
of the death of Napoleon the regiment was removed to
the Bombay establishment, where they underwent more
duties than any other regiment during the last 16 years.
The staff is considered to have reached England in a
very healthy state, considering the privations the men
had to undergo during their passage. The staff left
Bombay on the 27th of August last, and embarked on
the 28th, and during their five months' voyage they lost
twelve men and one child. The disease of the men was
dysentery and remitting fevers, arising from the Indian
climate, and relapse upon the confinement on board
ship. The last 42 days of the passage they had not a
death on board. The head-quarters left for Canterbury
this morning.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OB LIFE.—,
A. fire broke out in the house No. 8, Bride's-alley, be-
longing to a man named James Boyle, a furniture-
broker and coffin-maker, at about four o'clock on Sunday
morning. The fire first commenced in the shop, but
soon after raged through every part of the house. As
yet the origin of the fire is unknown. Melancholy to
relate, two females perished in the flames—one a poor old
woman named Rebecca Snell, about 65, and the other a
young girl named Judith Grace, aged 18. They were
sleeping in a top back-room, and, before either they
could save themselves or any assistance could be ren-
dered them, were almost totally consumed. The head
of the old woman was literally burnt off. The head and
body of the girl also were much burnt. An inquest was
held on view of the remains of the bodies in the course o
the day, by J. E. Hyndtnan, Esq., one of the City Coro-
ners, in a house near the scene of the melancholy catas-
trophe. The half-consumed remains of the unfortunate
sufferers presented a horrifying spectacle. The Jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental death by fire."—
Dublin Evening Mail
MASONIC ANECDOTE.—II is now some twenty
years since, that Capt. E—, late a member of one of our
University Lodges. was travelling in Egypt. The pre-
sent liberal ruler, Mehemet Ali, had not at the time the
power he now possesses, and the English character was
not so well understood in that country. The Cap-
tain was accompanied by his servant, an active and
intelligent young man. They were attacked in the desert
by the Arabs; the Captain made a very resolute stand
and slew two of the robbers. Be was, with his servant,
soon overpowered, and they were conveyed to the-rob-
bers' retreat, when they were separated. It was settled
so that the Captain's life should be forfeited, and he
awaited his cruel destiny with as much fortitude as a
brave man could feel. Instead of this awful sentence,
he wag, however, agreeably surprised in the morning,
by his servant's approach, with the joyful intelligence
that this sentence was not only remitted, but that he was
at liberty to resume his journey, and this retributive
justice was accompanied by every iota of the property of
which he had been previously plundered. Is it to be
wondered at that his gratitude to his servant ended in
his taking early steps to claim a nearer association, to
him as a brother in the craft? For by the exchange of
the mysterions secret, the robber of the desert kept faith
with a brother mason.—Freemason's Quarterly Review
for January.

INCENDIARY FIRES IN DARFIELD. —On
Sunday last, about six o'clock in the morning, a hay-
stack belonging to the •Itev. B. Charlesworth, vicar of
l)arfield, was found to he en fire. Prompt assistance
was immediately procured, and the fire was shortly af-
terwards put out, but not before, we are sorry to add,
the whole of the hay left was so much damaged as to be
unfit for use. On the fortnight previous a hay stack was
fired belonging to Mr. W. Allerton, parish clerk at the
same place., 'There can be no doubt but that both fires
are the work of incendiaries, who have thus put this
little peaceable- village into the greatest excitement by
their inalieieus 4etB.--Ponca.kr-(407-etto•

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