The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-01 00:00:00

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PROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THI •. T. 'i; 4,4 4.3
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CITY, WEDNESDAY NINA.
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POsT.—, new paper, called the Dat ' .tienits-' _ ''''V+fii„of
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Bulletin, published at Boston, gives ageor . , 'is-- ±-_—___a- 4 7
the state and prospects of trade in the UnitkillWr& ~ /
It observes, under date of the 15th instant, tharmlifiFF g.iitap
continues easy along • the Atlantic seaboard of the
Union, and that the exchanges on England and the
Continent of Europe are decidedly favourable to the
country. The Bulletin proceeds to say that specie
still moves in large masses towards New Orleans, con-
siderable amounts having already arrived there, by
which the banks had been materially aided and trade
facilitated. At that place of embarkation the crops •
were fast coming forward. It was considered that
the new tariff would greatly benefit the sugar
planters, whose produce was exuberant and m:lst
prove remunerating; a circumstance that would cora-
tribute to the ability of the New Orleans banks to re--
sume specie payments.
The ratification of the treaty with England, ac-
cording to the Bulletin, gives general satisfaction, and
will have a favourable influence on commerce. The
disposition of America is, it is declared, decidedly
pacific, while the country is slowly recovering from
the fever of over-banking and over-speculation in
1836-7, from the consequences of the annihilation of
American credit in England, and the great fire of
New York. Of the advantages of the Ashburton
treaty to Great Britain, the journalist speaks as
follows :

" The most intelligent men thiiik that England has
seized the happiest moment for her to effect the
treaty, and secure a great many of the advantages,.
All that she required was a•highway: to the Canadas,,
and to throw back the American line frOm Quebec ;
but in addition to this, England has secured to a Bri-
tish seaport and to British bottoms, the carriage of
the trade of the great valley of the St. John, now
rapidly settling—a district nearly equal in size to the
three • States of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Mas-
sachusetts united. Could the United States have se-
cured the narrow strip between Eel. River and the
Great Falli, and made the river the boundary dam to
Woodstock, . a short railway or canal, cutting off the
bend of the St. John's, might, at the proper time, have
made Calais and Maine the future outlet 'of the traffic
of this region."
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per
milk, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100.
per' ounde-fer-"standald -gold, gives an- exchange of 25
.101, and the exchange at Paris on London at short.
being 25 65, it . follows that gold is 0.98 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.

By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4301
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 101 d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 74,
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 91, it follows that gold is 0.91 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburg h.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
106 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America beinglo9 23-40ths per cent., it follows.
that the exchange is 3.57 per cent. against England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference.
SUN.—Business quiet this afternoon in the Eng-
lish Stock Market, which closes, however, a shade
firmer than yesterday. Consols for Money were 941
to 943 ; and for Account, 943 to 95.; Exchequer Bills
were worth 50s. to 51s. premium, and India Bonds
48s. to .50s. premium. Bank Stock was steady at 171
to 172 ; and India Stock at 264 to 266. The New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 1013 to 1 ; and
the Three per Cents. 931 to 94.
The Speculative Bonds since the business this morn-
ing of the half-monthly foreign settlement have been
rather better. It is stated that Messrs. Lizardi posi-
tively disclaim having issued an excess of Deferred
Stock. Spanish Actives left off at 171 to 3; and the.
Three per Cents. at 221 to 4 being depressed on account
of the news from Catalonia. Portuguese Converted
Stock brought 32+ ; and Dutch Two -and•a-Half per
Cents. were at 523 to 521.
Less activity prevailed in Shares to-day. The sales
this afternoon were Eastern Counties at 133 ;
Brighton, 15 : Northern and Eastern, 81; and South
Eastern, 263 discount. Great Western were 21 ;
the New, 13 ; the Birmingham, Quarter, 24k, and
Paris and Rouen, 5i prem. _

The American news is, on the whole satisfactory,
though trade was not brisk.

THE BRUSSELS TRAGEDY.--A gentleman named
Jules Milow de Lavilette, who was present at the
scene which ended in the death of M. Sirey, writes as
follows to the Independent of Brussels, of Thursday.
The letter is dated Brussels, 23d November :—" The
incorrect accounts which are published by the jour-
nals relative to the murder of M. Sirey make it a
duty on me to address you. On Saturday the 19th
instant, the day of M. Laborde's concert, M. Sirey
and myself were invited by Mademoiselle Heinefetter
to a supper which she gave to a few friends. M. Cau-
martin was already in the salon of this lady when I
entered, and it was M. Sirey who told me that it was
M. Caumartin. A quarter of an hour afterwards we
sat doWn to table. M. Caumartin, who was fre-
quently invited to sup, refused on the pretext offatigue.
At midnight three persons withdrew ; the ladies left
the saloon, and M. Sirey, M. Caumartin, and my-
self alone remained. M. Sirey then came up to
me, and said, "Il faut en finir." I could not succeed
in persuading them to let the explanation, which I
dreaded, take place elsewhere. Some violent words
ensued, and M. Sirey received a blow. He then
threw himself upon M. Caumartin, and I separated
them. At this moment Mademoiselle Heinefetter
suddenly opened the door of the salon, and fell in a
fainting fit. I took her in my arms and carried her
to bed. I returned, and used vain efforts to prevent
a new collision. I now heard M. Sirey threaten M.
Caumartin to throw him out of the window if he did
not withdraw. At the same instant M. Sirey cried
out, My friend, he has stabbed me.' The thrust was
so prompt, that neither he nor I saw it made. I was
looking for the fatal weapon, when M. Sirey, point-
ing to the poinard which M. Caumartin had just
drawn from his breast, said, See, there it is: These
were his last words. A few seconds afterwards I held
in my arms a corpse. This, Sir, is the exact truth.
M. Sirey was not a colossus, as some of the journals
have said. He was a man of five feet one inch and a
half (about five feet six inches English). His death
will cause sincere regret to those who were able to
appreciate his noble and generous character."
THE him AND CHINA MAILS.—In consequence
of the glorious news from China, by the conclusion of
peace with his Celestial Majesty, and a treaty of com-
merce with Great Britain, the most beneficial results are
anticipated by the merchants in the City, Bristol, Liver-
pool, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield,
Leeds, and other manufacturing towns. It is confidently
stated that arrangements are abOut being made by.
Government to ensure the earliest conveyance of
letters to Hong-Kong, Canton, Nankin, and the
different ports of China, through India, by the
monthly overland mail via Marseilles and Egypt,
and by the way of Falmouth. It is in contem-
plation to have a regular communication between Cal-
butta, Madras, and China, by steam-packets, which will
be a groftt,desidcratum as hitherto the transmission of
intelligence :to and from China and this country has
been chiefly confined to merchant ships by way of the
Cape of Good Hope. The postage on letters to India
via Falmouth, is now a uniform rate of is. ; by the
monthly closed mail, via Marseilles, 2s. Bd, ; and if ad-
dressed by French packets leaving that port on the
Ist, 11th, and 21st of the month for Alexandria,
3s. Bd. per single letter. The new,Post-office arrange-
ments between England and France, for a reduction in
the postage of letters going to and through that country
from the United Kingdom, and vice versa, which has
just been concluded by the Right Hon. Lord Lowther,
the Postmaster-General, and the French Government,
will be highly beneficial to the mercantile interests of
both countries. The next mail to Malta, Egypt, and
India will be made up this day at the General Post-
office, and be forwarded by the Great Liverpool steamer-
via Falmouth, and the overland mail via must beMarseilleson
Monday r.ext, December 5. All letters
pre-
paid, also newspapers, the postage on which is 2d.
THE RELIANCE.-IVe regret to say some of the
bodies were placed, naked, in holes, not two feet deep,
in the churchyards. this liould_not have been, and.
we trust will never occur again. They were, however,
dug up, and received Christian burial, followed to the
grave by those of their comrades who had been more-for-
tunate than themselves. The hull of the vessel was sold
for 1801., and the tea, upon an average, at 35f. the box.
The following bodies have been picked up on the coast
durino, the past week :---Mr. Legge and F. A. Blake,
Capt. Tucker's servant, and two seamen. Dews has ar•
rived this morning of another body being cast on shore,
and from the description of the clothes it would seem to
be that of Capt. Tucker.—Boulogne Gazette of Monday.
We have to announce the death of Lady Patteson,
the wife of that most excellent, humane, and learned
Judge, Mr. Justice Patteson. Although his Lordship
has, for several years, laboured under the harassing and
increasing impediment of deafness (now permanent) in
the discharge of his important duties, often requiring at
nisi prius the utmost acuteness in hearing, yet, he has
hitherto been esteemed one of the best practical Judges
in Westminster-hall. He was promoted in 1830 ; and,
having served his country for twelve years, we are sure
that the public could not grudge his full pension, if
this family affliction, which he feels most sensitively,
be taken as the proper time for his retirement from
the Bench.
ANOTHER CASE.—MI'. Benjamin Wilson, an inde-
pendent, worthy farmer, living in the easterly part of
this town, has been made insane by the fanatical
Millerites. There are others, we learn, in that region
who are but little better off than Mr. Wilson. The
howlings of these deluded people, in a still evening,
can be heard for miles.—Fall people,
Argus.
COV.ENT-GARDEN.—MISS Kemble resumed her per-
formances at this theatre on Tuesday, in the part of Be:d-
-ram:We, and was most cordially received. At the end of
the opera, Miss Kemble, Mrs. A. Shaw, and Mr. Giubilei
were called for. The house was well attended.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—We understand that ordes
were received from Weimer Castle on Monday, to have
all ready for her Majesty's reception on Saturday next ;
the intended departure of her Majesty, from the Kentis h
coast, on Tuesday, having been postponed until that chi: I.