The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITI TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per
mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 104 d.
per ounce for standard gold, srives an exchange of
25 354, and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being '25 55, it follows that gold is 0.78 per cent.
dearer in Loudon than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is
433 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13 9, and the exchange at Hamburgh on
London "at short- being 13 101-, it follows that gold
is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London
is 1061 per cent., and the par of exchange between
England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it
follows that the exchange is 3.32 per cent. against
England ; but the quoted exchange at New York
being at 60 days' sight, the interest must be de-
ducted from the above difference.
The only alteration in the foreign exchanges to-
day was a slight advance in the rates upon Amster-
dam and Hamburgh. The rate upon Paris remained
the same as last post.
By the official returns published by the Customs
the export of the precious metals to foreign and colo-
nial parts, for the week ending Thursday last, was as
under, viz. : Ounces.
Silver coin to Bombay 13,000
Silver coin to Hong Kong . . .
Silver coin to Singapore
A meeting of the Clarence (a coal-mine) railway
shareholders took place to-day at the George and
Vulture Tavern. The Press were on this occasion
excluded, and from the address of the chairman it
was singularly evident, that while when in a state of
prosperity the Directors have no objection to pub-
licity, they have, in the hour of adversity a great de-
sire to keep their misfortunes secret.
HERALD.—The investigation still proceeding into
the frauds announced some time since as having been
found out among the sub-officials at the Custom-house
is attracting some attention in the City. Fresh dis-
coveries are daily making, and now that the authori-
ties are fairly on the train it is expected that a very
complete detection and exposure will eventuate.
The number of ' clerics, some of them in rather high
and confidential situations, suspended and believed
to be inculpated is already considerable enough, and
receiving fresh accessions occasionally. Other parties
out of the house in the trading community are al. o
mentioned as implicated. If one tithe of the reports
in' circulation may be credited the Custom-house
would seem to have been a very,Augean stable of mal-
practices and iniquity. The question naturally arises
upon such a state of things, what the Board of Com-
missioners have been about that such misdoings
should take place under their very noses, and by peo-
ple under their surveillance, and yet they the last
parties to hear of or detect them. The Board is a to-
lerably costly and wei-paid piece of machinery, and
could hardly be constituted for ornament alone, The
whole system on which Custom-house appointments
are made requires, indeed, a thorough revision and re-
form. Individuals are nominated to all manner of
offices in the establishment generally without the
slightest reference to any other qualifications than the
Parliamentary influence by which recommended,
whereas it is clear that some previous practical ac-
quaintance with business, and the verification of busi-
ness habits in the applicant for place, should be an in-
dispensable preliminary to appointment. The first
ening which led to the suspicion and eventually to
e imrtigalion as anntalaraent of thee frmds at

the Custom-house originated, it is said, out of certain
information supplied by the books of one- 4 f the late
notorious babkruptcies in the the linendrape ry line.
SUN.—The funds left off firma) ,and with every ap-
pearance of a further rising ; Consols dos' d at 92,
92* for Money and for the Account ; 33111 lk Stock,
1691 170 ; India • Stock, 250 252 ; E :chequer
Bills,Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. •
The prices of Foreign Securities were---Wlgian,
1011 102 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
_ 621
52 ; the Five per Cents., 101'.1014 ; Dank,h, 83
84 ; and Brazilian, 65 66. _ _

The quotation for Mexican was 34i 351.
London and Birmingham Railway shares were, I'l3l
183; Great Western, 86 87; the Half Shares, 62f
62; South Western 63 64 ; North Midland, 58 60 z
the New Shares 28k 291; South Eastern and Dover,.
214- 22 ; Eastern Counties, 9 91 ; Northern and
Eastern, 38k 401 ex div. ; Illackwall, 8i 91; Old
Brighton, 32i 33f per share.
The rates of Exchange exhibited a further rise;
considerable amount of business was done, and the
quotations were—Amsterdam, 12 51 12 6; Rotter-
dam, 12 6 12 61; Antwerp, 12 41; liamburgh,
13 12, 13 121 ; Frankfort, 151 f 151/ ; Paris, 25f. 75e.
25f. 80c. ; Vienna, 9 551 9 57—a1l the above at three
months.

The Bonds are thus quoted—Colombian 20+ 204 ;
Peruvian, 15-1, ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33*
34; the Three per Cents.. 19¢ 20+ ; Spanish Five per
Cents., 201 21, and the Three per Cents. 20 20k.
Tlie extracts from the American papers, per the
British Queen, published in the second edition of The
Sun to-day, have superseded the necessity of adding
anything from the private letters by the same convey-
ance. The tariff, which there appears would form the
subject of remark, were it not for the probability that
the intelligence of it having been vetoed will be re-
received to-morrow by the Great Western.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. 1
Amsterdam CF. 12 MI 'Gibraltar .. .
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2, U. 12 9 Genoa
Antwerp
Hamburgh lll. B. 13 15 , Venire
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 (Palermo, per of 120
Ditto, 3 months 25 90 (Lisbon
51 -4,:i11r . 25 90 ' - 52#

Marseilles - . Oporto ...
Bourdeaux 25 93 Rio Janeiro 26
Frankfort on Maine... 151$ Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos. Ayres
Berlin
Vienna, effec. I. 3 M 937 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto 9 59 !PRICES OF BULLION, FEW OZ.
Madrid ... .........

Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona '36 I New Dollars... 04 91
Seville

IMPORTANT TO PROSECUTORS AND WITNESSES AT
THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Heretofore, at every
session the business has been delayed, and the Lime of
the Jury uselessly consumed, in consequence of the ;ion-
attendance of prosecutors and witnesses, and in numerous
instances the ends of justice were frustrated. As remon-
strances from the Bench. proved unavailing, the Court
have issued the following orders, which will be rigidly
enforced in all cases :—" Notice is hereby- given, that
all prosecutors and witnesses are required to attend the
Court at nine o'clock in the morning. If they fail in
their attendance at that hour they will forfeit their re-
cognizances, and will not be allowed their expenses."
RE-PAVING OF LONDON-BRIDGE.—In consequence
of the number of labourers employed in repairing this
fine structure, the right hand or western side wjll be
finished by Thursday next (to-morrow), so as to throw
it open to vehicles crossing from the City to the Borough;
and the left-hand side, over which they now pass, will
be finished with all expedition, so that the general
traffic shall not be impeded by the ciirpuit over South-
wark-bridge.
We understand the Lord Chancellor has appointed
Mr. Sergeant Stephen a country Commissioner under the
recent Bankruptcy Act ; and Mr. Francis Barlow one of
the Commissioners in lunacy.
ANTWERP, MONDAY, AUG. 22.—The steam-ship
Antwerpen, Captain Jackson, arrived here this morning
at an early hour. The numerous promenaders on the
Quay, who were waiting her coming as usual, were
much surprised and interested to see her literally covered
with flags, and concluding that some personages of
eminence were on board, saluted the gallant ship with
three cheers. It turned out that in addition to a very
large complement of passengers, the Belgian Minister,
M. Van de Weyer, with his family and suite, were on
board. The Quay presented a most busy scene for up-
wards of two hours, caused by the landing of the pas-
sengers, and the clearance of their baggage, and the
bustle had hardly subsided when it was recommenced
by the arrival of the Wilberforce steamer, a short time
after twelve o'clock.
MR. ANDERSON'S MODELS OF MERCANTILE COR-
RESPONDENCE consist of a series of three hundred
letters, on every subject that can come before a mercan-
tile man. The style of them is simple, clear, concise,
and correct ; it is accompanied with an analytical index,
an explanation of mercantile technicalities, with forms of
all commercial documents and accounts, evidently the re-
sult of practical experience. It will form a moot useful
intermediate step between the school and the counting-
house ; and for all young men intended for mercantile
life it will be indispensable. In fact, we have rarely seen
so much useful commercial matter in so small a compass;
we cordially recommend it, not only to merchants, but
also as an appropriate exercise book for the use of
schools, and we venture to suggest that every pupil
destined for mercantile life should be required to copy
the book from beginning to end.
GROUSE.—This beautiful bird is not very often
found in the lower part of this county, but on the borders
of part of Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire it is found
in great plenty. There is an abundance of them this
year, more than has been for some years past ; they are
unusually forward and strong on the wing, doubtless
owing to the general fine weather. Broods of 14, 16,
and 18 have been repeatedly seen on the hills in Cardi-
ganshire. The other sorts of game are also very Abund-
ant—The Welshman.

The inhabitants of Erith have determined on frivin •
a grand fete next Monday, in honour of her Majestys
passing that town on her projected tour to Scotland•

EXECUTION AT NENAGH.—The extreme sentence►
of the law was carried into effect on Saturday, between
the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, on James Shea, alias
Smyth, who was found guilty at the last assizes of this
town of the inhuman and most barbarous murder of
Rody Kennedy, at Loughane. Previous to the wretched
culprit making his appearance on the platform, the Rev.
Mr. Scanlan, Roman Catholic clergyman, came out and
addressed the multitude. He begged of them to pre-
serve a solemn silence during the awful ceremony, and
not to disturb the last moments of the poor man by any
unseemly demonstration. The Rev! Gentleman hoped
that if the condemned one addressed them, that he would
be heard without interruption. He then begged of them
to kneel down and implore the Almighty God to have
mercy upon his soul. Those assembled simultaneously
knelt and prayed audibly. The cap being drawn ever
his fave, there was a fearful pause of some seconds,
during which the ill-fated young man moved his hands
and bowed his head as if engaged in prayer. The bolt
being sprung, he was launched off suddenly. He showed
signs of life for eight minutes, but his struggles were but
few and not violent.—Nenagh Guardian.
TROPHIES OF WAR BROUGHT FROM CHINA.—
The ship Wellesley, recently arrived at Plymouth from
China, has brought home the following trophies, cap-
tured by the Royal Marines in that country : -A yellow
banner, imperial colours, captured in the Chuenpee upper
fort in Jan., 1841, the inscription in Chinese characters,
" flag of the tower of Cha-keo." A large green flag
with golden dragon, taken by the battalion at the assault
of the citadel of Chinhae, in October, 1841. A smaller
and imperial colour, yellow and gold dragon, taken at
the capture of Ning-po-foo in the same month. A battle-
axe and long-handled sword taken from the Chinese, in
August, at Colorgso, from the strong battery of 16 guns,
which the Marines took at the point of the bayonet.
A MUTILATED BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER.—
Early yesterday morning great excitement prevailed in
the neighbourhood of Tooley-street, from a report that
the trunk of an elegantly-dressed female, without head
or arms, had been taken out of the river, opposite
Pickled Herring-stairs, Pheenix-wharf, Tooley-street.
The supposition is that the body has been in the water
a considerable length of time, and that it was during
that period torn to pieces by the steamers. Identifica-
tion is out of the question ; her dress was also torn to
shreds. This is the sixth body that has been, within a
few days, taken out of this part of the River.
THE INCOME-TA X.—The delivery of the Income-
tax schedules in Lincoln is beginning to arouse the bile
even of the Tories. "No deduetion for the maintenance
of a family;" "no allowance for debts except such as are
proved to be bad ;" are such plain intimations of a determi-
nation to fleece to the uttermost stretch of made-out in-
come, as are working Sir R. Peel's supporters urn "prin-
ciple" into a towering passion. Some of them, with
rueful-looking countenances, are running about, eagerly
'inquiring whether the amount of trade licences will be
allowed in addition to the two-thirds rental ; and upon
being informed that the non-allowance of maintenance,
pretty nearly half of which is tax, warrants the inter-
ference that it will not, exclaim that the law is an ini-
quitous one, and that Sir Robert is a hard task-master to
tax them in a per tentage upon the amount paid in
taxation ! Some who so prettily mouthed at the last
election " let the galled jade wince, our withers are un-
wrung," wince as bad as if a sore place had been scraped
and dredged with cayenne. Most agree that there is
only one good that can flow ont of the
namely, shorter periods of credit taken by great fats,
and those who Lave been in the habit of buoying them-
selves. up with the capital of the tradesmen, used in the
way of long standing bills. It is supposed that Mr. So-
and-So will not relish having his name blabbed to the
Income-tax Commissioners as a debtor of two or three
years' continuance.—Lincoln Mercury.
U PION AT PEACE AND PLUG DOCTRINE.--OH
Monday last, a speaker of Todmorden concluded his
harangue to the thousands who had assembled to hear
him, in the following extraordinary manner :—" Now.
lads, I've three questions to ax ye—will ye be united ?"
" Aye, that we will," responded they. " Will ye be
peaceable, and not brisk t' law ?" " Aye, for sure, w'd
need," was the universal cry—" An now fax ye, will ye
pull t' plugs out ?" " Aye, we'll do't for 'em," was
shouted from all parts of the meeting, amidst tremendous
cheering. This needs no comment—Leeds Times.
TILE INcomE-TAx.—lt has been decided by' the
Commissioners of . Taxes, 'that the carriage and horses
of a medical man, although required for the exercise of
his profession, if occasionally used by him or his family
for pleasure, cannot be deducted from his profits, nor
will awdeduction be made fortbessseased tam %them