The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-22 00:00:00

PINE ARTS.

A splendid stirrup-cup, composed of Scotch peb-
bles and jaspers, richly mounted in gold, was pre-
sented by the Marquis of Breadalbuie to Prince
Albert, previous to his departure from Taymouth.
M. Halevy's grand opera, Charles VI., is now
under study at the Royal Academy, Paris.
Danton, the eminent Parisian sculptor, is now in
London, occupied upon a bust of Miss Adelaide Kemble.

NONE I' and COMIIERCiA.L. E

CITY, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING

The market closed with more firmness than it ex-
hibited yesterday, although prices remained nearly the
same. The jobbers have now taken so large an amount
of, stock, in order to protect themselves from the
chance of a fall, that any sales, however trifling, are
almost certain to cause a depression, and until the pay-
ment of the October dividends it may safely be con-
tluded that they will remain without material altera-
tion. Consols left off at 924 928 for Money, and 93
sellers for the Account. India Stock, 249 251 ; Ex-
chequer Bills Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 premium.
The prices of Foreign Securities were better—
Belgian, 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
52/ 521; the Five per Cents., 102/ 1028 ; Danish,
83 84 ; and Brazilian, 67/ 681. The bona fide
dealers in Mexican bonds have not altered their quo-
tations for business, which were to purchase at 35 and
sell at 354.
The chief variations in the Share Market were a
decline in Birmingham and Gloucester, and a decided
improvement in Brighton, the latter being 33 331 and
the former 40 42 ; London and Birmingham 181 183;
Great Western, 82 83 ; the Half Shares, 59-& 60 ;
South Western, 571 581 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; the
New Shares, 271 28i; South Eastern and Dover,
214 22 ; Eastern Counties, 81 84; Northern and
Eastern, 35 36 ; and Blackwall, 61 7 per share.
Very few bargains were made in the Bonds, the
quotations for which were nominally—Colombian,
20i- 21; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.,
35e L35:1 ; the Three per Cents., 21 211 ; Spanish
Five per Cents., 16.1 168; the Three per Cents.,
21/ 21./

Intelligence to the 17th July has been received
from Buenos Ayres. It adds nothing politically to
the accounts which have arrived during the last twelve
months ; the Buenos Ayreans, professing themselves
to be highly enraged with the inhabitants of Monte
Video, and the latter, if it be possible. more embit-
tered against the former. Were the several news-
papers alone to be consulted, some amusing extracts
might be made of the position of affairs at present,
but mercantile letters represent matters to be in a
most flourishing condition. These petty squabbles
between the two countries, each carried on for
their aggrandisement, lead to no result as far
as themselves are concerned ; inasmuch as they
each run away as the other may show any-
thing, like an opposition ; but in this unsettled
state our interests are suffering materially. Not only
are they largely indebted for former advances, and
for which no return in the shape either of principal or
interest has yet been made, but the prospects of the
countries mainly rest upon British commerce, which
is now sorely crippled in its extension, as well as
proving a great loss to merchants, from the want of power
to close former operations by these intestine outbreaks.
It would appear to be the aim of both these provinces
to obtain exclusive possession of the Rio de la Plata,
and to prevent it being navigated, lest the Power
which might do so should perchance assist either one
or the other of the belligerents. As long as Francia
existed as Dictator of Paraguay, so long its inhabi-
tants dared not exercise free commercial transactions ;
but since his death, every disposition to change the
late despotic Government has been shown, and a de-
sire to open a trade with foreign nations, especially
with the English. This can be carried on success-
fully but by the internal navigation through the
various branches of the river Plate, and Rosas is
stated to be exceedingly jealous in allowing vessels to
pass Buenos Ayres, and to proceed up that stream.
Thus it would appear that these tw3 cities, which,
with the whole of their land and sea forces, could be
annihilated by a small squadron of British vessels of
war, are permitted to close a large portion of the in-
terior of the South American continent against us.
It would seem to argue a great remissness that a ter-
mination has not been put to these disputes, or, at
any rate, that some arrangement has not been entered
into by which our commerce might be protected from
injury by them. _

- (From The Sun of Last Night.)
Several parcels of Stock having been pressed on
the market, prices of Consols have given way a trifle,
and are 92:1 for Money, and 93 for the Account ;
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 101*;
India Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51
53 ; New, 49 51 prem.
Business in Foreign Securities has been but small,
and has consisted only in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. at 52} ; and Brazilian, 6711.
The sales of the Mexican Bonds having been dis-
continued, and subsequently buyers having appeared,
the quotations have advanced to 35 35*.
The demand for Railway Shares has been more
brisk, and prices generally rather higher. London
and Birmingham, 182 ; Great Western, 83 ; the New
Shares 591 60 ; South Western, 58; South Eastern
Scrip, 5,!-: ; Manchester and Birmingham, 20} ; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 47a ; New, 5.
The Bonds in which bargains have been made to-
day are Portuguese Five per Cents., 35i ; Spanish
Three per Cents , 21 k.

Letters of more recent date have been received
from New Zealand. Some 'dissatisfaction had' been
exhibited by a few of the emigrants, who, it would
appear, considered themselves to have been deceived
by misrepresentations as to the quality and situation
of their land. It is however, stated upon good au-
thority, that the disappointment arises more from
over-wrought expectation, than from any real founda-
tion. Such parties who had been settled a sufficient
time to test the capabilities of the country are, it is
said, satisfied, and doing well. The fisheries, also,
were increasing, and it was expected that the exports
of oil as well as of timber, both to Australia and England,
would in the present season far exceed former years.
Some of the Government measures, and especially the
badness of the Post-office regulations, had created a
little ill feeling on the part of the colonists, but as the
Executive showed themselves anxious to remedy
abuses, these complaints it was expected would
shortly be removed. Altogether these letters are
favourable ; and should the proposed route to, this
country by the way of the Pacific be carried into
effect, it may be concluded that New Zealand will
become more valuable than any of our southern set-
tlements, on account of the short time consumed V
the voyage.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 20.
We have had more business doing to-day, but there
has been no improvement in prices. Manchester and
Birmingham, 22 211 and 22 ; Manchester and Leeds,
7l ; South Eastern, New, 6f ; Lbodon and Bir-
mingham, 182 to .182 f ; London and Brighton, 33
to 331 ; District Bank, 10i. _ _

CLOSING
BRITISH.

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red -
3 per Cent. Cons....
3* per Cent. Red —
New 311 per Cent... lOl
N,w 5 per Cen:
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 ......
Oct. 1859 —
Jan. 1860

PRICES.
FUNDS.
India Stock
!Ditto Bonds . 3S pm
Ditto Old Annuities ...
Ditto New Annuities...

Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 49 pm
Ditto 5001— 5l pm
Ditto Small ...... 5t pm
Bank Stock for Openg.
India Stock for Acct
(Consols for Acct.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Aastrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 351
Brazilian Bonds... , 671 Prussian, 5 per cent ,
Buenos Ayres6 per cent 20 'Russian, 5 pei cent.
Chilian 6 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic ...... . ....
Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 6 per cent......
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... ~
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent —I. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent 35 French, 3 per cent. --f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent....... 52A
Peruvian,lB2s,6 peret. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 102 g
SHARES. ,
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd... 40
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 40
Ditto New Shares (171 paid)
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ...
Ditto New Shares ( paid) .... ..... .... 8/ 48 2d
, • Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 471
Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid ..
Great Western Railway (65 paid) B4
Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid) 59/
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ... 7g
London and Brighton (50 paid)..
London and Birmingham (90) ...... ... ... 182
London and South NVestern (4116 s 10d pd) 58i
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)..... 24
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto Half Shares (40 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) —
Ditto Scrip (10 paid)

DUTCH PAPERS.
THE HAGUE, SEPT. 16.—His Majesty the King
returned to-day from Cologne by way of Tilburg.
WIEMAR, SEPT. 13.—His Iloyal Highness the
Hereditary Grand Duke will not set out for ,the
Hague till next week. His marriage to the Princess
Sophia of the Netherlands being put off till the Bth
of October. _

His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia is to ar-
rive at Coblentz to• morrow.
__ _

THE HAGUE, SEPT. 19.—The Count de South
Pelsach, Austrian Minister at our Court, has returned
from his visit to Johannisberg.
On Thursday and Friday a flotilla of 46 boats left
Kalwyk for the herring fishery.
ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 17.--We learn that the polVe
yesterday arrested two persons a the name of .De
Groven, father and son, one living at Antwerp, thda
other here, for having put in circulation forged coupons,

" POUNDS SHILLINGS, AND PENCE."—Mr. Martin,
the author of a little book with this title, has invented
a simple plan for teaching mental arithmetic. By a
feW concise and simple rules the amounts of fractional
numbers at fractional rates can be immediately ascer-
' tained, without the aids of. pen, ink, and paper : and
abstruse calculations are made in the tenth part of the
number of figures that are used in' the bidinhryinode
of managing pounds, shillings, and pence. In count-
ing-houses, or in any of the various trades in which
expeditious money calculations are an object, a know •
ledge of Mr. Martin's system of arriving at the result
of a given question must be found very useful.
A man of the name of Lynch was banged for mur-
der at Sydney, last April, and at the scaffold he confessed
having been a principal in no less than ten murders.

• s AYE

k).l.eL, 15-
Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. and
K.C.H., Commanding her Majesty s Forces in North
Britain, has the greatest satisfaction in promulgating
to the troops under his command the Queen's appro-
bation of their conduct during her Majesty's visit.to
her Northern dorninions ; and he knows of no more
gratifying mode of conveying to the officers, non-
commissioned officers and privates employed on guard
and escort duties, during her Mtljesty'4 rest"
dente in SCotland, than by repeating her Majesty's
own gracious expressions to him, when he had, by
her Royal command, the honour of waiting upon bet
Majesty after her embarkation this morning, whiC4
were as follow :

" Sir Neil-4 am happy to assure you thift the
arrangements of the troops have been very perfect,
and have given me the greatest satisfaction.
To which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, after
a flattering eulogy on the conduct and appearance of
the troops, was pleased to add that neither delay nor
mistake had occurred during the whole of her .31-1
jesty's progress since her arrival.

. . . _
In making this highly gratifying communication 0
the troops employed on the occasion, the Majpr,G.ef
neral avails himself of the opportunity of offering
Col. Hutcheson, of the Royal Artillery, his thank*
for the precision and punctuality with which the ss'
lutes entrusted to his charge were fired on every oc"
casion. To Col. Jackson, K.H. of the 6th Dragoon:
Guards, and to Lieut.-Col. White, of the 6th Drs'
goons, he begs also to offer his thanks, for their unre-
mitting exertions in seeing his orders for the guards
and escorts of their respective corps properly ear:
tied into effect. To Major Macdougall, of the 42°1
Lieut.-Col. Hill of the 53d, Lieut.-Col. Johnston of
the 66th, and Lieut.- Col. Winchester, K.H., of the
92d Regiments, the Major-General's thanks are al
due for the appearance and conduct of the Guards 0,
1,
Honour furnished by their respective corps to attells
her Majesty during her residence in this country. ."
The Major-General begs in an especial manner 10
offer to Lieut.-Col. Lord Robert Kerr, K.H., his best
thanks for the very able and efficient manner in wilich
he has carried on the duties of the Adjutant-Gene'
ral's and Quartermaster-General's departmeitts,
during the whole period of the Royal visit to scot..
land, on the accuracy of which so much dependA
and which have in every respect met with the Major'
General's entire approbation.
To Captain Canch, Fort-Major of Edinburgh
Castle, Sir Neil Douglas offers his acknowledgments
for the judicious manner in which he carried into
effect his instructious and arrangements on the oc":
casion of her Majesty's and his Royal Highne°
Prince Albert's visit to the Castle ;—and the Major;
General begs to assure Colonel Sir Archibill,
Christie, K.C.H,Deputy-Governor of Stirling Ciitlel
that the manner in which he received her Majeg
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert ivithin t
fortress under his charge, has met with the Mai
General's approbation, and is deserving of his be!.!
thanks. By Order of
Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. andK.C.g,'
&c. Commanding her Majesty's Forces in Norts,
Britain. (Signed)
, ROBERT KERR, A.A.G.N.B.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, SEPT. 21.—Wind light from W.S.ICI
fine clear weather.

DEAL, SEPT. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Jane, SW
vers, Sydney, New Siouth Wales ; W. S. Hamilton'
Brown, Siam ; Nine, Denny, Calcutta; James 80,
Rowson, Monte Video ; Planet, Allen, Jamaica. „.
COWES, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Maxim, Currie, Rio ""1"
neiro ; Ellina, Ammondson, Pernambuco; ,jllo°'
Matanzas ; Ottavia Carolina, London for Bahia.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrw
Messenger, Stabb, Labrador. Arrd. off, Ellen Je
maica, New England ; Crocker, New Orleans, Havre.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—Wind S.W. to IV .S•
moderate.—Sld. Montrose steamer, Vigo. •
LIVERPOOL, SEPT.2O.—Wind Southerly, moderate:
—Arrd. Floraville, Paraiba; Ulverstone, Smith, Met
ranham, sailed Aug. 12 ; Isabella, Bay Chaleur.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—LUCriSe, Newcastle
Constantinople 4th inst., lit. 40, lon. 11, by the Nimble'
arrived at Falmouth ; Antelope, Newcastle to -3111.1":
seilles, 4th inst., lat. 44, lon. 9, by the Cassandra., e„c:
'
rived at ditto ; Bremen, of and from Bremen, out
„.•'
days, lat. 43, lon. 42, by the Margaret, arrived at Dab""'';'
Lena, Pettiendiac to St. Helena, 18th ult., kit. 28, 1°,,,17
36 ; Corea, Pernambuco to Newfoundland, 28th ult., 7.
33, lon. 35, by the Aylesford, arrived at Liverpool ;
Majesty's ship Winchester, lat. 19 S., lon. 37 W., by I,lv,
Maxim, arrived at Cowes ; and General Brownlow,
verpool to New York, out ten days, lat. 49, lon. 14, byte
Shannon, arrived off Dover.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals.—W. S. Hamilton, Btewn, from St„f
in the Downs, sld. April 30, Singapore May 2!ialiyi
Helena August 5. Jane, Stayers, froin
Wales in the Downs, sld. from Sydney, April /$P' -1.41:)
Denny, from Bengal, in the Downs, aid. April-4418L ilAit
Lena, July 17. Thomas Lee, Wolff, from TSingaPoilkl
the Downs, ski April 30. Elizabeth, Weatherbyfao:,,,,'
Bombay, in the London Docks. ski. May I.otv,io"-ao
cherry, Morayshire, Lamont, from Beng-444,0Yti1y
Downs, sld. March 22, Cape June 25, 5t.,110115 • ski.
14. Rachel, Scott, from Bombay, in the Downs'
v.
n
.April 20, Cochin May 21, St. Helena August i. "T°
Hullett, Austin, from Mauritius, in the Downs, „ ,
Art ivals at St. Helena.—Enterprise, Robertson, 211
5, from Bengal, and sld. 6th to Liverpool. Pleitids an.
Virginia, 4th, from Sumatra.
Departure from St. Helena—Devonshire, 51ePhen
August 1, to the Downs ; Logan, Woodbury, t o Gen°o
Vishnu°, to Bordeaux ; Penyard Park, iliddlett, ,;
August 2, to London ; Gentoo, Dodds, A ugust 3,
Liverpool ; H.M. brig Persian, August 4, to . Ascension
John Brown, Ruglass, August 4, to London.
Arrival in Algoa Bay—Velox, Watts, from kfaurillu
Arrival at Callao—Hope, M'Lachlan, ?,Say 23, froth;
New Zealand, and sailed May 28, to Chin,Aie.
Arrivals at Sydney—Eagle, Buckley; Eleanor, Mo.
man ; and Emma, Sproule, April 2, all from Port. Phil'
Departure, from Sydney—Queen Victoria, Brood' •
April 9, to Singapore ; Jupiter, Aicks, April 2, to New
Zealand.