The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-18 00:00:00

SZISCELL3NnOUS.

Lady Rouse Boughton -died at Dounton Hall on
Friday lasi.
From 80,000 to 100,000 persons visited Greenwich fair
on Monday.
Wandsworth fair, accounted the prettiest place o
revelry near the metropolis,?ommenced on Monday, and:
continues till to-night.
In addition the Royal donations for the people of
liambargh, the Queen Dow.vger has remitted 1501. to
the fund now raising.
The principal inn at Doncaster. situated in French-
gate, known two centuries ago by the name of the "Gol-
den Lion," where King James stopped on his way from
Scotland to London, and which was alSo a post of
notoriety during the civil war in Oliver Cromwelfs time,
was this week levelled with the ground.
In
_South Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Derbyshire
women are excluded from the iron mines : in the two
latter also, few children are required : in the former, the
proportion of children employed is 70 boys to 100 men.
From the coalmine statistics, it appears, that the
average term of life of the miners is 40 years ; and that
existence is shortened by this method of life by thirteen

years.
Of the diamonds and jewellery displayed at the
Queen's masque, the only loss of value sustained is of a
brilliant of the first magnitude, supposed to hiave dropped
from the girdle of Prince Albert's magnificent dress.
At Strawberry Hill on .IThriday one suit of armour sold
for 305 guineas, and a bugle horn for 135 guineas.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY,. TUESDAY EVENING.
aa-The English Market has been firm at 924 to 92+ for
oney, and 92+ to 931 ihr the Account ; Bank Stock,
67 to 168 ; India Stock,. 249 to 250 ; and Exchequer
Bills, 38 to 40 prem.
The prices in the Foreign Market were—Belgian,
1011 to 102. k ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521
to 52* ; the Five per Cents., 1004 to 1014 ; Danish,
801 to 811; and Brazilian, 67 to 68. The quotations
of -Mexican are, 374 37+.
In Railway Shares Lendon and Birmingham were 178
to 181 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 163 to 165 ; Great
Western, 92 to 93,, the Half Shares, 77 to 78 ; South
Western, 634 to 644 ; Gosport, 631 to 641 ; North Mid-
land, 65 to 67, the New Shares, 32k to 33A- ; South
Eastern' and Dover, 30 to 30A, the Scrip, 71 to 7* ;
Eastern Counties. 9A to 9-* ; blackwall, 11-A- to 11* ;
New Shares, 9-A- to 91; and Brighton, 366 to 361.
Money has Veen very scarce in the English market, and
has varied from' 3 to 10 per cent. in stock. This being set-
tling day in the Foreign Market, as much as 15 per cent.
has been paid for the continuation on some of the bonds.
The Foreign Exchanges were generally lower—Am-
sterdam, 12 44 to 12 4 ; Rotterdam, 12 41 to 12 4 ;
Antwerp, 12 44d ; Hamburgh, 13 12+ to 13 11. ;
Paris, 25f. 80c. to 25f. 82.1 c. ; Vienna, 9 52A to 9 531. ,
The subscription for the sufferers.by the late calamity
in Hamburgh is going on exceedingly well.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The English fund. have been steady to day, and
Consols are 924 to 924 fur Money, and 924 to 92+ for the
Account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 914 4 ; Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 994 *; New Three-and-
a-Half per Cents. 1001 to 1004; India Stock, 249 to 250;
Bank Stock, 167 to 168 ; India Bonds, 19 to 21 ; and
Exchequer Bills, 38 39 premium.
The rate of money has been on English funds 8 to 10
percent. on Stock; onForeign Stock from 7 to 15 percent.
In Foreign Securities, Belgian are 101 A 1021 ; the
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 521 524; the Five per
Cents. 100+ 101 ; and Brazilian, 671 681.
The quotatifins- of Mexican, have been 37* to 374 ; '
market exceedingly flat.
The Share Market is firm, and the transactions com-
prised Cheltenham and Great Western, 20 ; Brighton,
361 374 ; SOuth Eastern and Dover, 30{ ; Scrip, 74.
This is settling day in the Bonds of- the insolvent
States ; the usual game of raising the quotation of one
Stock, which it was supposed had been given up, has this
time been tried in Coluinhian. The quotation and
Spanish Five per Cents 224 234 ; the Three per Cents,
23 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 37 ; the Three per
Cents. 221 ; Colombian, 27} ; Peruvian, nothing done.
It would appear by the accounts lately arrived from
America, that the new loan cannot find favour with the
Americans themselves, but that this country, and some
others on the Continent are, if possible, to be induced to
lend the money. It is stated that no better stock can
exist than this, and from its high character is worth
several per cents. above the others ; after further pre-
liminary puffing of this kind, it is admitted that it can-
not be expected that more will be given for it than
85 48.100 per cent., unless the large holders of depre-
cated state bonds may be induced to take a small amount
at par, on condition that something will be done to
alleviate those stocks. To this is very naively added a
calculation of the loss sustained on certain bonds in the
hands of some London houses, pledged by the Mr. Jaudon
on account of the United States Bank, to secure sundry
loans made to that establishment. Out of nearly sixteen
millions of dollars nominal value, the depreciation is
stated to be nine millions, six hundred thousands or up-
wards of sixty-five per cent. Further, the London and Am-
sterdam houses altogether lose about seventy-five mil-
lions sterling by the fall in the stocks of Pennsylvania,
MissisSippi, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, and Il-
linois, and it is clear • that if they can induce
the Federal Government to interfere, and by
some act of Legislative assumption or otherwise, raise
the price of the State Stocks but 50 per cent. only, they
then could afford to make it a present of the twelve mil-
lions it wants. This extremely modest proposal, with
the admission that nearly fifteen millions sterling are
already gone, will, it is to be hoped, be sufficient to keep
this new concern from the English market. Not one
word is said in America of obliging these States to pay
their creditors ; but if by stock jobbing the value can be
raised above what it is at present, the unfortunate
holders are to be content to divide the difference with
America, pocket the loss, and take some one else in.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 16—The market
was very abundantly supplied, and prices were rather
in favour of the buyers ; 300 American were taken for
shipping, 300 on speculation, and the sales amount to
4,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 16.—Nothing of
any importance took place in Railway Shares, and the
market closed heavily. The sales were Eastern Coun-
ties Debentures, 101. 'l6s. Bd. ; Grand Junction, 185
Ditto, Old Quarters, 46+ ; Great North of England, 85;
London and Birmingham, 181; South-Eastern, New, 24.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MA ir 16.—The
market is quiet, and this doing our holiday week we shall
, have but little doing, as most of the brokers will- be
absent :—Manchester and Birmingham, 271 and 28 ;
Union Plate Glase, 63-
CLOISING DIMES.
BRITISH, FUNDS. _

Bank Stuck
3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... 91ijOitto Bonds ... pm
3 per Cent. C0n5..... 9ZiejDitto Old Annuities ... 89}
311 per Cent. Red .. 99tIDitto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent...
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/...... 41 pm
Long Annuities to expire i Ditto i Small
Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 7- 161 Bank Stock for Acct —
Oct. 1859
Jan. 180 l2j !Consols for Acct ...... ... 94
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... !Portuguese, ö per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto .
Brazilian Bonds... .... ... Prussian, 5 per cent. —
Buenos Ayres6 per cent. .tßussian, 5 per cent
80 ;Ditto, Metallic. .... •

Chilien, 6 per cent
Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, .5 per cent...... 23
Ditto, 1824 27 Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c
Mexican, 5 per cent 37 I French, 3 per cent. —f.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 I Dutch, 21 per cent. S2A
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per et.
HARESI Ditto, b per cent. ...... 1003
S. •
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 54
Ceeltenham and Creat Western (72k paid)... 9i
Edinburph and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... bbi
Great Western Bailway (65 paid).
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk)
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ..... 28
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 3Ol
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam CF. 12 71 Gibraltar •. .......
Ditto, at 'sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 71 Genoa . '25 9s
Antwerp .. 12 71, Milan
Hamburgh M. B. 14 0 Venice 47
Altona
' -- 70 Palermo. ter oz, .120

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 . ,0 F`
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon 54
Marseilles ...... ..... . 25 95 Oporto 53
Bourdeaux 25 95. Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 152 - Bahia
retersburgh, 3Us ... 31i Buenos Ayres
Berlin.— .. ............ 7 New York, 2l days sight 4b
Vienna, effec. fi. 3M. 955 !Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto ........ ... 956 PRICE* OF BULLION PER 05
Madrid ... ............... 36 !Foreign Gold, bars .£3 17 9
Cadiz 36 Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 5
Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons OO 0
Barcelona
Seville

Bell's Life in London, of Sunday next, May 22,
will contain " Derby and Oaks Anticipations," by Pe-
n•asus ; the "Prophecy of the Winner of the Derby," by
°Agrippa, with a correct " List of all the Derby and Oaks
Nags, ' arrived or expected at Epsom. The latest and
inost authentic betting, and a variety of exclusive infor-
ma,tion connected with these important events. And on
the Sunday following Bell's Lift in London, in addition
to a full rerwrt of the " D,,ino;A" Disorn. will eontlin
a oi Lne of die .iferby." Price of
Life Fivepcuce.