The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-12 00:00:00

FOREIG

Austrian, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent
irazilian Bonds...
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 2.3 i
Chilian, 6 per cent. 92
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 •
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boi
Danish, 3 per sent
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent 3ll
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837
Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct.

SHARES.
B;rmingham and Derby (100 pa;d)
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p)
Ditto New Shares (I 7i paid)
Eastern Counties OM paid)
Ditto New (—paid) lO3
Ditto Debentures ( paid) lOg
GreatiWestern, (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
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Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ... • 811-
London and Blackwall ( paid) ....... ••• 5/
London and Birmingham (90)
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 34

Manchester and Leedi (7*o paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 5%
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid)
Paris and Rouen (20 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 93i

INCOME-TAX.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Some time ago, with the rest of my neigh-
bours, I received an Income-tax paper to fill up; I
filled it up, at the same time desiring that I might be
furnished with a form to fill up, to show that my in-
come ws below 1591. This was furnished to me, andl
there showed that my income was below 1401. ;however,
yesterday I received a tax paper assessing me at 1401.,
for which lam charged 41. ls. Bd. What am Ito do
in this case ? I thought it was only incomes of 1501.
and upwards that had to pay. Will you please, at your
earliest convenience, to give me your opiuion, and
oblige your most obedient, N. S.

Bury- St. Edmund's, Dec. 9, 1842.
[The tax applies only to persons having an income
of 1501. a year and upwards, and as the paper left by
the Assessor shows that our Correspondent is not liable
to it, he need take no further notice of the matter.]

ROYAL ARSENAL, WooLwicm—A casting of about
four cwt. of brass took place on Friday, under the
superintendence of Mr. Clarke, being the quantity of
metal required for each leaf of the Corinthian order,
to be appended to Nelson's monument in Trafalgar-
square. The leaf cast yesterday completes the re-
quisite number, and the artist is about to commence
casting the volutes, which will still occupy him a con-
siderable time. At the last casting of brass guns under
the superintendence of Mr. North, foreman of the
foundry department, two brass cylinders were also
cast for an eminent silk manufacturing house, per-
mission having been granted by the Master-General
and Board of Ordnance. The cylinders have now
been finished, and on trial have been found to be of a
superior nature to any hitherto obtained by the house,
although the firm are said to have tried the castings
of several of the most celebrated foundries in the
country.
. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The Committee of the
Royal Humane Society have, on the representation of
Dr. James Ormiston M'William, who was senior
medical officer of the Niger expedition, awarded hono-
rary silVer medallions to " Tom Osmond," a Krooman,
and " William Guy," an African boy, in admiration
of the noble courage and humanity displayed by
them, in having jumped overboard to the relief of
Mr. Willmett Clerk, of her Majesty's steamer Albert,
on the night of the 7th of October, 1841, while that
vessel was lying off Murje, a chief town of Kakundah,
on the right bank of the Niger. We are not aware
that this distinction has on any former occasion been
conferred upon a negro.