The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-19 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND.

The following is a copy of the bulletin issued yesterday
at noon :

" His Grace the Duke of Cleveland is in much the
same state as yesterday, having passed an indifferent
night.—" St. James's-square, Jan. 18, 1842."

FOLLIES ON MACHINERY."
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In a late conference with some of the
working classes in one of the manufacturing
towns, it was ascertained from them that, the
following was among • their articles of faith; so
far at least as a derisive hum on its being sub-
mitted as apocryphal, may be considered •as
evidence.

" That if a stop were -put to the use of stamps
or machinery in printing cottons, the same quan-
tity would be manufactured as at piesent, and
the working classes employed to paint them all
by hand."
When a prime minister makes his stand on the
question of Machinery, the, operatives must not
be questioned too narrowly on the use they have
made of their oppo►•tunities of knowledge. But
the inference from the wanderings of both will
be, that this will make a fine subject on which
to overturn the general Alliance of the " Ex.
tinguishers" whether rich or poor within our land
Yours very sincerely,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackeath, Jan. 18, 1849.

SNOW STORM,DETENTION OF THE MAILS.--
The weather, during the whole of the past week, has
been exceedingly severe. The frost, which set in with
unusual keenness, continued with unabated severity until
Thursday, and yesterday morning our streets were
covered with snow to a depth of two or three
inches. The Carlisle mail failed to arrive, and
we then entertained no doubt that the snow must
have been unusually heavy at both extremities of the
county. About five o'clock in the afternoon the mail
from the north, by way of Carlisle, arrived, being two
hours after its time, and we then learned that the Lon-
don mail had been five hours behind its time in reaching
Carlisle, though we could not ascertain on what part of
the road the principal interruption had taken place. The
Ulverston mail, which is due about half-past ten in the
morning, has not yet arrived, although, at the time we'
write, it is three o'clock on Saturday morning.—While-
even Herald.

THE DULNESS or HIGH LIFE.—The fol-
lowing passages in the Memoirs of the Duchess of St.
Albans, contain a sad and home truth:—" Few persons
have seen so much of the various aspects, I may say of
the two extremes of life, as myself ; and few persons,
therefore, can be better judges of the difference between
great proverty and great wealth; but, after all, this does
not, by any means, constitute the chief and most import-
ant distinction between the high and low states. No—
the signal, the striking contrast is not in the external cir-
cumstances, but in the totally opposite minds of the two
classes as to their respective enjoyment of existence.
The society in which I formerly moved was all
cheerfulness, all high spirits—all fun, frolic, and
vivacity; they cared for nothing, thought of
nothing, beyond the pleasures of the present hour,
and to those they gave themselves up with the keenest
relish. Look at the circles in which I now move ; can
anything be more weary, stale, fiat, and unprofitable,'
than their whole course of rife ? Why, one might as
well be in the treadmill as toiling in the stupid, monoto-
nous round of what they call pleasure, but which is, in
fact, very cheerless and heavy work. Pleasure, indeed !
when all merriment, all hilarity, all indulgence of our
natural emotions, if they be of a joyous nature, are de-
clared to be vulgar. There can be no cordiality where
there is so much exclusiveness and primness : no ! all
is coldness, reserve, and universal ennui, even where this
starchness of manner is unaccompanied by any very
strict rigour in matters of conduct. Look, now, at
those quadrille-dancers in the other room ; they have
been supping, they have been drinking as much cham-
pagne as they liked ; the band is capital ; the men are
young and the girls are pretty; and yet did you ever see
such crawling movements—such solemn looks, as if
they were all dragging themselves through the most
irksome task in the world ? Oh ! what a different thing
was a country-dance in my younger days !"
LORD MORPETH IN AmErucA.--Lord Mor-
peth, it is said, came to this country to loOk after, a very
beautiful and accomplished woman, the daughter of
one of the Boston merchant princes, Mr. Appleton,
we believe. A few years ago she travelled in England,
became acquainted with the_ Gallant Howard, and the re-
suliivas; that he fell deeply in love with the American.
It is so, nygood Lord P,---New York Herald.

MONEY Ind COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

The public securities evinced more firmness, in
the absence, however, of any extensive purchases.
When once the Government sales are suspended there is
every probability of a steady improvement in prices.
Consols for immediate transfer were quoted 88i to 89/,
and for the Account 89/ to 89/. Exchequer Bills were
a shade higher, viz. 15s. to 18s., and India Bonds 10s. to
12s. premium. Bank Stock realised 167, and East India
Stock 246/ to 247. The New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. were at 984 to 99, and the Three per Cent. An-
nuities 891 to 89/.
The market for Portuguese Bonds again exhibited an
improvement to-day, but Spanish Stock was flat, and in
the other Foreign Bonds there was no alteration. The
New Five per Cents. Portuguese advanced from 33 and
334 to 34 and 341 for Money, and touched 34' for Time.
The Three per Cents. rose to 19i and 20-1-. Spanish
Active Bonds were 241 ; Mexican 29/ ; Colombian 221;
and Brazilian 65 ; Buenos Ayres Bonds were 198 to 20;
and Peruvian 15 to 15f ; Dutch Five per Cents. brought
1001 to 101.
The Railway Shares also manifested less inactivity.
Great Western were 23, the New 1 ; the Birmingham
80, the New 27 ; and the South Western 19?,- to 20
premium. Brighton were 118,and Eastern Counties 14
discount. London Joint-stock Bank Shares were 24 pre-
mium ; and National Provincial Bank of England / to
discount.

The Foreign Exchanges were not quite so low to-day.
Bills were negotiated on liamburgh at 13 104 ; on Paris
at 25f. 771 c. to 82ic. ; on Frankfort at 150 to 150 ; on
Amsterdam at 12 4i to 4 ; on Trieste at 9 52 ; and on
Antwerp at 12 4 to 41.
The following are the official returns of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last:—

Silver coin to liamburgh.... .... 10,000 oz.
(From The Sint of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 17.—The busi-
ness in the Cotton Market to-day has been very dull,
the sales scarcely reaching 3,000 bales, of which 500
have been taken for export.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 17.—The transac-
tions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise—Eastern
Counties, Debentures, 101. 9s. 2d.; Liverpool and Man-
chester, 1971 ; Ditto, 321. New Shares„ 57 ; Midland
Counties, 89 ; North Midland, Thirds, 1G ; Paris and
Rouen, 13k.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 17.—The
market has been dull and very little business transacted.
London and Brighton, 37 to 38; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 271 to 28; Manchester and Leeds 711 to
721; ditto Quarters, 31. 16s. to 31 17s.

(2onsols opened at 888 89 fur Money, and 89i for
the Account ; Three per. Cents. Reduced 89-i ; Ditto
Three-and-a-Half Ditto; 99i s ; Exchequer Bills 15 17
premium.
Spanish Active Stock, 244 25 ; Portuguese Five per
Cents., 33+ a ; Ditto Threes, 194 201 ; Mexican Bonds,
Very little business doing.
The English Stock Market is firm. Consols have ad-
vanced to 898 for Money, and 892 fr for the Account ;
Three per Cents. Reduced are 894 ; :DittoiThree-and-a-
Half, 9.91 ; Exchequer Bills, l 5 17 ; and India Bonds,
10 12 prem.
Spanish Active Stock is steady at 244 ; Deferred,
12 ; Colombian, 221 • Portuguese Five per Cents. 348;
Ditto, Threes, 20i a ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 508 51 ; Ditto, Fives, 100;1.
The following are the only transactions in the Share
Market during the morning :—London and Brighton,
381 ; Ditto, South Western, 59 ; Bristol and Exeter, 25.
Consols, Money, 89 to 89*; Account, 89 891 i; Mexi-
can, 2911; Colombian, 221 ft; Portuguese, 34+ k; Spa-
nish, 248 25.
There are rather satisfactory accounts from
the manufacturing districts to-day, and it is pro-
bable that we are gradually progressing to-
wards a better state of things. Money here,
in the London market, has fluctuated to some extent
lately, but on the whole we now call it easy. It is clear the
private bankers are in a safe and unembarrassed position,
as they have been the chief takers of the heavy amount of
stock, in all more than one million sterling, sold in a few
days by the Government broker. It is supposed too,
that the Provincial Banks are less straitened than they
were, the partial run upon them in some districts having
ceased.