The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-31 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
HERALD.--On the subject of the Almaden mines it
- esonld be unjust not to notice with commendation the
sentiments expressed in the Spanish Cortes by Senores
elarliani and Gonsalez, by the latter more especially as
the Prime Minister of Spain. There is a prospect at
length that the scandalous monopoly by which Spanish
kmerica has been oppressed, by which the Spanish trea-
ury has been impoverished, and by which the. rightful
property of the bondholders of Spain has been fraudu-
lentleeconveyed away from them, will be abolished. And
if the Spanish Government be true to the; national inte-
rests it will be abolished for ever. For by what means
so sure can the ancient intercourse between Spain and
her former colonies be renewed, and a commercial pre-
ponderancy then secured, as by the exclusive possession
and supply of an article of prime necessity, which those
colonial but now independent states can only obtain di-
rect or indirectly from the mother country ? The mines
of Spanish America are perishing under the withering
effects of the monopoly prices now exacted, of which not
one suel'lo enters the Spanish treasury, because the
grinding terms of contract, against moneys advanced in
time of need, cover for Spain the prime cost of extraction
only from these quicksilver mines. With these mines in
hand Spain may almost dictate her own terms of corn- I
mercial treaty with her old colonies.
TIMES.—The failure of Messrs. Hunter, Gouger, and
Co., was mentioned to-day in the City, and was a subject
of general regret, from the known respectability of the
house.. The engagements, it is said, do not exceed
70,0001., and from the statement of the parties them-
. selves, there is some reason to hope they will all bemet.
Their difficulties have not arisen from any want of pru-
dence or mismanagement, as, on the contrary, they
were generally known for their steadiness and caution,
but arose out of the affairs of some of their correspond-
ents in.lndia. Two other smaller suseknsions are men-
tioned,. the first of which is an absolute stoppage by
Messrs. Arnold and Woollett, Afisbrokers, while it is
thought that the difficulties a alb other may yet be
surmounted.
At the half-yearly meeting ofthe Proprietors of the
Australian Trust Company which was held to-day, the
question was asked whether there was any negotiation
going on between. that Company and another?—to which
the Chairmen replied, that although a proposition had
been made from the British Colonial Bank and Loan
Company to the Directors, to she effect that the Trust
Company should release them both of their business and
responsibilities, such proposition was not entertained for
a moment, nor was there an intention of entering into
any negotiation with any other Company. The propo-
sition referred to was noticed in these columns in a para-
graph on the riveting of the British Colonial Bank and
Loan Company.
CHRONICLE.—Few people, if any, now dispute the
right of the hone fide holders of the spurious Exchequer
bills to .relief and compensation. The precedents fur-
nished by the opinions of our highest legal authorities,
by the decisions of our Courts of Law, anti by the House
of Commons in the case of the registrar of Madras, are
conclusive their favour. The opinion of Mr. Goul-
burn on. the latter case, then, as he now is, Chancellor
of the Exchequer, is certainly as strong and as much in
point as it is possible fir language to express. We
shall not repeat-the grounds on which it is clear as sun-
light that the frauds of Mr. Beaumont Smith were
facilitated by the negligence of the superior officers
of his department. It is indisputable that, if
he had not • been allowed to do much as he liked
—if he :had not .been permitted to have the free
and unbrilled use of the official seal and Go-
vernment paper, his crime could not have been
committed. That fact, indeed, is not denied. It is ac-
knowlelged that a traitor within was little expected, and
was " inadequately . guarded against," and that " blank
forms were accessible to Mr. Smith at his convenience,
and the stamp was by him in the office." So far from
any suspicion being entertained of fraud out of doors, it
is not too much to say, in the words of the author' of the
" Case " lately published, that "during the six years
Smith's freud was carried on, almost every banker and
money-broker in London and the East India Company must
have held some of the-bills. he issued ; that the Bank of
England could noel eve passed through its hands in the
various deposits and redemption, less than half a million
of these bills ; and that in the very month of October it
held e 0,0001., of which e,OOOl. now remains in its hands
unredeemed." Government itself, in the recent fund-
ing, has, it appears, token a considerable amount of
them in. payment for scrip, without detecting • any
difference in them. The- Government, it is true, has
since demanded other bills in their stead ; but this is a
claim which, untleiethe circumstance, every lawyer says,
cannot be mainteine& The bone fide holders have been
saddled with the spurious bills entirely through the ne-
gligence of the officers of the Crown ; and the opinion of
Mr. G (Ahern, in such circumstances, is—
" That tippler-eery- principle of justice, and in refer-
ence to former precedents to. which „allusion has been
made, the Government is bound to make good the loss of
the claimants. I hold this opinion upon principle, be-
cause I feel that a Government which shrinks from sa-
tisfying even the doubtful claims of persons oho have
sustained a loss by the negligence of a public officer,
does not sustain ite character- for justice and liberality,
if it relies on any technical objection, in opposition to the
claims of the parties."—Mirror of Parliament, Vol. II [.

NOVEL MODE OF COLLECTING DEBTS.—
" SIIIISeRinERS."---or some two dozen Mail subscribers
transferred to our list• by the defunct Advocate, not a
single man has paid us except Henry Hagner, Esq., of
Jamaica. Ilan yof these honest gentlemen after having
received the Paper for. upwards of a year, intimate now
they never subscribed -for it and will not pay. Now
therefore, take notice, that. we will, after the Lth o
;January next take such measures as will compel al
those who here received our paper to pay for it : with :
considerable addition of both expense and exposure.
That's the, law ; men will not get leave to cheat tilt
printers as easily as they may think.---American Popes.
ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF CHARLES LAMB
AT CAMBRIDCE.—A. Correspondent, who, we suspect,
might truly say pars mayna Ai, has furnished us with
the following anecdote of " Elia," which he assures us is
not only true, but unpublished :—ln the winter of 1794
Charles Lamb was invited by his friend, L. G., of Tri-
nity College, to spend a few days with him. Lamb ar-
rived by the night coach, when his friend L. G. asked him
if, after his 'fatigue, he felt himself equal to joining a
party at breakfast, to which L. 0. was invited. Lamb
would have assented to go, but he complained of a chil-
blain on his heel, which rendered it necessary for him to
slip his shoe down, which, he remarked, would he very un-
comfortable in passing through the snow, and would also be
very unseemly in appearance; " but," said Lamb, " if you
could accommodate me with an easy hoot, I might ma-
nage it." " Oh !" said his friend L. G., " that I will do,"
and after a short absence brought in a pair which suited
very comfortably, and off they went to the breakfast.
" Well," said L. C., on their return to his rooms, " how
did you like the breaktlist ? What do yea think of my
College friends ? arc they not pleasant inun-2"--" I liked
them very much," said Lamb: " pleaant, chatty, clever;
good fellows ; but there was one of them, gentlemanly in
his manners in other respects, and a sensible man, who.
stared at me in so pointed a way during•the whole morn-
ing, nay kept his eyes so fixed upon ine,.that it was quite
disagreeable,—quite vexatious."—" 'lon mean," said L.
" a dark gent:eman, who sat opposite to yon."—
" Yes :"—" And he stared at you very much, did he ?"
—" 'Yes !"—" I should wonder if he hall not done so,"
said L. C. " How; so ?"—" Why, I introduced you as a
gentleman who bad arrived from London by the night
coach, and he was puzzled to think how you had come in
his boots !"—Centbridge Advertiser.
PROTECTION OF THE DOCKYARDS FROM
FIRE.—OFFICIAL INQUIIIy BY Tag LORDS OF THE AD-
DintALTY.-In consequence of the destructive fire in
Devonport Dockyard, a strict inquiry has been made
into the means for preventing fire at the other dockyards
in the kingdom. Mr. Braidwood, of the London Fire
Establishment, has been engaged in the investigation,
which has proved that the means of prevention are
generally very deficient. The inquiry has been
devoted to the establishments at Woolwich, Chatham,
Sheerness, and Portsmouth, but those at Plymouth and
Pembroke have not yet been visited. The first inquiry
was addressed to Woolwich, subsequent to the fire
which occurred there, and we understand that, although
nearly twenty engines were in the dockyard, they
were very clumsy andinefficient for the purpose. Mr.
Braidwood's next visit was to Sheerness, where the
place was found badly protected, as the only supply of
water that could be obtained was from the docks and
quay. The engines were in gotxl, condition, but from this •
circumstance could not be made available on an emer-
gency for the protection of the dockyard as well as the
town of Sheerness, and it was suggested by Mr. Braid-
wood that waterworks should be raised on an eminence
in the neighbourhood in order to combat any fire which
might take place. The next place visited was Chatham,
which it is well known is one of the most valuable and
venerable dock-yards. Here there was an extraordi-
nary want of protection, for although there was a steam-
-engine which it was said would, extinguish any fire, it
was ascertained that this could not be the case : the en-
gine was proved to possess no more power than an ordi-
nary engine, and, being at a remote part of the dock-
yard, would •be of little use. It was also suggested that
water should be obtained from an eminence, and several
places on the -line were pointed out as suitable to the
purpose. At Portsmouth the means of protection were
found to be very superior, and immediate assistance was
near at hand both from the garrison and ships in the
harbour. Two large iron floating fire- engines, of the
same power and magnitude as that of the fire brigade at
Southwark-bridge have just been completed for some of
the Hull dockyards and are now_ to be seen on the south
side of Blacktriarslbridge.
PATENT IRON•AI'ASON.—A tn2chine, under
this mun 9, for which yatent has just been taken out, is
about to be erected in'
;rnieleof Alt.. Neilson 's quarries, at
rough as they come frwi-,-.Bttim" go into the machine
r on tre sql
come out II urymen's pick, and
siles,--fnilv pre jied for the builder,
ira ace, and cut parallel
and sr!uare op the
and thi, Ann expense-og, not morel).
1250 -.l::,.ll:u•er"ect lonvi
siexales uolit,-to do
d,,1„,
by
_lane.
_ccnoaosa fourth of work
‘,l-•
air ~t' f.ry ton. lite machine, with th work
0 rokf
e expense
exiy.rim,."thig• and patents' has cost 1,0601., although
new r.turhines of the same sze can now be made for
()tie-
third of that sum, a.ll smaller Ones; proportionally
cheal)er.—Pfactica/ :Weenanie and Engineeq
,
ille-rejOiCi/VS On Account of the cnnstening of
the Prince 'of Wales have been general—we may say
universal—throughont the country. In our own neigh-
bourhood, independently Of Kenai, where the event
was celebrated well and worthily by the public meeting
we haVe recorded, celebrations have taken place in Lan7
where upwards .0f: one hundred sheep were
Slaugntered and distributed among the poor ; irr Kirkby
,s
nLonsdalc,l4verston. Middleton; Penrith Setae;
Murto, and many h cr.places which we cannot e'v'enm find roo to enumerate..-o
,rate.---Kenda' Mercury...

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—T4 Driver steamer was un-
docked at Woolwich, on Thursday, having repaired
the damages she sustained in getting ashore on the
Yorkshire coast, and the Volcano, steamer, was taken
into dock.
The Firebrand, Lightning, and Shearwator, steamers,
were ordered to be in readiness at Greenwich on the 4th
Feb, to take the King of Prussia and suite to Ostend.
The Ringdove, 16, was commissioned this afternoon
by Sir William Daniel.
The Hastings, 72, Captain J. Lawrence, C. 8., will be
paid off on Thursday next, into ordinary, as her decks
require to be new laid • most probably such fittings as
can be removed will be shifted to the Edinburgh, 72,
which ship is likely to be commissioned for Sir T. Coch-
rane's Flag. The marines of the Hastings will be sent
to Woolwich in the .Alban steamer, now on her passage
here for them. It is due to the officers and men of the
Hastings to say, that few ships have been mustered on
their return home, which present so perfect a picture .of
what a man of war ought to be, as she does. She is
equally a credit to the Captain, and a pride to the seamen
and marines.
The Wolverine, 16, Commander Johnson, had the ho-
nour of being the only English man-of-war that sa-
luted his Majesty of Prussia. She had scarcely had ten
working days since she was commissioned, but by great
exertions, she got to the Nore in time to compliment
his Majesty on Saturday morning last. Capt. Johnson
went on board, and stated that Vice-Admiral Sir Ed-
ward Brace was coming out of Sheerness, in the
Growler, to pay his respects; but it being deemed ad-
visable not to lose the flood tide up the River the Fire-
brand did not wait. The Wolverine was yesterday in
the Downs, and may be expected at Spithead hourly,
with Mr. Brown, second Master Attendant of this Yard,
Lieut. Boyd, and 22 riggers, which she took out of the
Lively, Dockyard vessel.
A Dock-yard vessel has been sent to look for the
mined-mast of the Vindictive, which was cut away.
An expedition left Demerara in October last, consist-
ing of 300 troops, under Colonel Buck, to destroy a fort
which it was said the Brazilian Government had erected
within the British territory.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Hastings, Vindictive, Carysfort, Rapid, Nau-
tilus, and Echo (steamer), Cracker, tender.
At Spithead—Queen and Warspite.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS..
PROMOTlONS.—Promotions in compliment to the King
of Prussia—Commander Nott, to the rank of Captain;
Lieutenant George Henry Seymour, to the rank of Com-
mander; Mr. W. E. A. Gordon (late Dido), to the i ank
of Lieutenant.
Lieutenants—Win. Whymper (1802), to the raiik of
Commander, retaining his out-pension of Gr nwich
Hospital; A. Smith, to the rank of Conimanden
Mate—R. A. Moore, to the rank of Lieutenant
Second Master—W. Woodger, to the rank of .A 1
AssiStant-Surgeon—Dr. George M`Kay, to Ali/Stink
of Surgeon.
Clerk—Joseph Maddock, to the rank of Puriir.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commanders— Robert Sharpe. to
the Scylla, at Plymouth; Sir Win. Daniel, to the Ring-
dove at Portsmouth; 11. Mangles Denham (additional),
to the Lucifer, fln• letached surveying service on that
part of the coast of Lancashire comprising approaches to
Morecombc Bay, • Pile Harbour, .and Port Fleet Wood ;
A. LoWe, to the Excellent, vice -Nott, promoted.
Lieutenants—W. Crawford, to Impregnable; John R.
Thompson, to Ringdove.
Master—John S. Pritchard, to Ringdove.
Secretaries—E. Waller, Esq., to be Secretary to Rear-
Admiral Sir T. Cochrane; G. Smith, Esq., to be Secre-
tary to Vice-Admiral Sir E. ()Wen.
Assistant-Surgeon—L. L. Martin, to Queen ; Robert
Steel, to Carysfort ; John Gordon, to Rapid ; J. E.
Walsh, R. I'. Easton, W. D. Kerr, and J. IL Howe, to
Illustrious.
Purser—Mr. Fisher, to Ringdove.
MateS—M. Burrows, A. C. Key, and F. L. McClintock
(from the Excellent) to join Royal Naval College ;
Kerr, to Carysfort ;- H. Griffiths and G. Durbin, to
Impregnable.
Volunteers, Ist Class— Mr. Warrington Corneck, from
Caledonia to Carysfort ; T. A. Doudney, Ralph Taylor,
and James Gill, to the Queen, as supernumeraries.
COAST G UARD.—Commanders John Mort Bate
(Jan. 1836), to be Inspecting Commander, vice Gape,
promoted ; Parker Duckworth Bingham (April 1826),
to be Inspecting Commander, vice Pitney-, appointed to
Sappho. Lieutenant—Laurence Denneby (Jan. 1824),
to be Chief Officer.
Removals—Commander S. Ramsey, from Sunderland
Coast Guard to Gosport; Mr. W. C. Forsyth, Chief
Officer, from Kingston to Chichester Harbour ; LieuL
John Kempe, from Tor Head to Cushendun ; Lieut.
J. S. W. Grandy (recently promoted), from Hayling
Island to Hardway ; Lieut, Richard Combauld, from
Langton to Ilityling Island ; Lieut. 'Win. Welsh, from
Alum Bay to Laiigton; Mr; John Morgan, Chief Officer
at Hardway, and formerly a Chief Mate of a revenue
cruiser,' has been appointed to the command of the Lion
cruiser, building- at Hastings.
Royal MarinesSecond.Lieutenants Schomberg, Bar-
nard, Roberts, and. Kennedy, to the Royal Naval Col-
lege, to study for Marine Artillery.
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., appointed
Second in Command in the East Indies, hoisted Ids flag
.(pro temporc) on board time Excellent, in this harbour, on
Thursday.

lIAMBURGLI AND DUTCH MAIL.
IlAbinunon, JAN. 25.—We learn from Copenhagen
that some rioting took lilac: in that city on the 18th and
20th, in consequence of the trial and condemnation of
M. Lehmann, who was prosecuted for having endea-
voured, in a speech made by him: at a meeting of elec-
tors of the 18th district, to excite hatred and dissatis-
faction at the Constitution of Denmark. He was sen-
tenced to pay five hundred dollars to the fund of
the poor at Copenhagen, and all the costs, and
to three months' imprisonment. He was conveyed
to prison on the 21st, when a notice was issued
by the police warning the people against taking any
part in tumultuous assemblages. It does not appear,
from the accounts, that the populace did anything but
make a great noise, and assembled in considerable num-
' ben, vociferating "Lehmann for ever," even before the
Royal Palace of Amalienburg. -
By late accounts, to the 22d, in the evening, no fur-
ther disturbances had taken place.—Hamburgh Papers,
Jan. 25.
The Cologne Gazette has a letter from Berlin, dated
Jan. 21, which says—" It is uncertain on what day the
King will return ; his intention was to leave England on
the 3d of February, and to be at Berlin on the 9th, but
it it is probable that his Majesty
.may be induced to ac-
cede to the wish of Queen Victoria, to be present at the
opening of Parliament and the first sitting, in which case
his Majesty will not set out on his return till the Bth, and
be at Berlin on the 15th."
THE HAGUE, JAN. 27.—0 n Tuesday evening the Bri-
tish Ambassador, Sir Cromwell Disbrowe, gave a splendid
ball in honour of the baptism of
.the Prince of Wales.
Their Majesties tho King and Queep,and the members of
the Royal Family honoured the Ambassador with their
presence on the occasion.
DUTCH FUN US.—ANorrannam, Jam. :=B,
on.
Actual Debt, Msley nil's.
per Cent
Jutto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amor t Syndie, 4yi per cent VI% 92,4
Ditto, ditto, 3Y,, per cent 76.4 783 i
Commercial Company, 4!4 per cent 157 155%
Ditto (1535 and 1637) sper cent. 101
Loan 1.837, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One m0nth........,.,, 12 10
Two months ..... 12 0
Hamburgh, One m0nth,,.,,, 35 604
Two months
Dutch Papers, Jan. 29.
tiELti lAN *!UNDS—bauseer.s, Jars. 28.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ..................... 52
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent .................. hi I
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. „, ......
3per Cent.

Th rty Jev en•

per Cent. ................ 05
_ ---- .. ...... '4
(1,40) .................. 10373
13,ic4e, 4 iiper Cent " 85
SocietyLoa li ofe
fC ict y 0...!
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent
NationalSeciety... ....... . ............ ...
Exchange on Louden (ghost) ... —
—Brussels Papers, Jan. 28.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtarisix, JAN. 19.
five per Coats. Metalliques
Fo,gr per Cents. PS%
I hree inr Cents.
lank.!;harcs
—Allrenzeine Zthung. Jan. 2'.
HA 5113 U ItO BUIMINHALLE, JAN. :.'5

Austrian 5 per Cents.
.
Bank Shares , 118,4 MO
Anglo-Russian Loan
.. 110 t 02%
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist scrtcs, C,:rtilicate
Inscription, Ist SeriGs lo*
Russian b pet Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series •-• — 9811
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1640)
Dutch Actual Debt, 2y9pc: Cent 5l 50%
Ditto 5 per Cent
l'eli,h Bonet.
Ncw ticket
167 Anglo.D
Aw anish Loan, n per Cent 7B 77A,
Negian I.Tan, 1634, 4 per Cent.... .....
Sp4nish, New 5 per Cents. lB3i
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMIIVIIG, JAN. 25.-13 B.—Two months, 13 6%.
RIGA, .14N. 14. —Three Months, 3678. STOCKHOLM, JAN. 18 —Seventy.five days, 11/ 2.
BERLIN, JAN. 22.. - Three months. 6. OA.
VIENNA, JAN. D.—Three months. 9. 36.
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