The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The concert at Buckingham Palace was postponed yesterday
evening, owing to the illness of several of the Italian Opera

singers.
From the first day of June, by the new Act of Parliament,
the employment of any climbing-boy to sweep a chimney, will
visited by a penalty of IW.
To-day is the anniversary of the persecution of Marcellions,
Bishop of Rome, who is said to have offered incense to the
heathen deities.

To-morrow will be the anniversary of the birthday of David
Hume, the historian, in 1717.

BIRKBECK.

ON TILE PROPOSITION VOR A MEMORIAL.

Carve the marble—mould the brass—bid the painter bring
Pencils steeped in rose-hues, fresh from colour's living spring
Brightly all her phantasies let Art employ and ply,
Till Birkbeck in some mighty form grow grandly on the sky.

Soph, or Sage, or Teacher—high was he as any sent—
Since first on pillars of blue light was laid the firmament—
Of earth's great band of master-minds, who truths divine im.
parted,
And made the mass of darkened men, clear-eyed, and clearer.
hearted.

A pure and holy Teacher here—a Chancellor of God—
Now treads he in the Heavens, as of old on earth he trod;
While pearl-crowns wreathed immortally, sweet-glitter round
his head,
And breaks he, as he broke below, true Wisdom's golden bread•

Men gate he knowledge—structures new—new thoughts and

new desires ;
And heart and brain, all sterile else, uplighted with new fires
Lo I sov'reignly he smiles on us, while grows his forehead bright
Who seek with Art's best imagery to honour him aright.

Thou sculptor, or thou artist—do'st not know one image bright
To which he best may likened be—.and one serenest height?
Bethink thee of that teacher, God, who broke the hallowed food,
And stood august upon the Mount, and fed the multitude.

EXTRAORDINARY
EXPRESS FROM PARIS

PARIS, APRIL 25.
M. III; MANN died of an attack of apoplexy this
day.

French Three's have fluctuated between 81f. 65c
:0 80f. 95c., and closed at 81f. lie.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The improvement in the prices of our Stocks still continues,
and Consols are to-day 92i 92k for Money, and 921921 for the
Account ; New Five per Cents. 101 k 101 i ; Three-and-a-
Half per Cents. Reduced 100 j; Five per Cents. Reduced 91i
91i ; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Stock 246, the Bonds 20
21; and Exchequer Bills 38 40 prem.
The feeler put forth last night in the House of Commons
for reducing the rate of interest 'now payable on the Stock
bearing Three and a Half per Cent., has had no effect, and
the general impression is, that if the market rise much higher, it
is probable that some such proceeding will shortly be attempted.
Foreign securities are firm, and without much alteration in
prices • the Dutch Five per Cents. are 1004 1011; the Two
and-a:Half per Cents. 52% 53k; Belgian, 103 k 1041] ; Danish,
80k 811 ; and Brazilian, 67 69. Mexican are quoted 35 351.
Railroad Shares are quiet with scarcely anything doing, ex-
cept in Brighton Loan Notes which are i" premium.
In the Bonds of the insolvent States, the quotations are—
Buenos Ayrean, 261; Portuguese Three per Cents. 22} 22a ;
and Spanish Three per Cents. 24&.
It is still difficult to find parties willing to borrow money, the
superabundance of which continues.
Accounts from Trieste state, that some sensation had been
produced there by the arrival of a parcel of Indigo from Suez
via Cairo and Alexandria. This announcement is of the ut-
most importance, the route, if it can be continued, is opening a
trade for the manufactures of this country with Syria,
Upper Egypt, Arabia, Persia, and thus to the upper
parts of India. Attempts were made by the
Government some time since, to open such a route, but hitherto
success has only partially attended these exertions. If it can
now be accomplished, and the present arrival, small as it may
appear to be, may be considered as the that step towards it,
immense advantages must naturally result, and without in-
terfering to any considerable extent with the trade at
present carried on with India, via the Cape of Good Hope.
At certain seasons of the year it has been considered prefer-
able for the overland snail to take the route by the Persian
Gu!ph instead of by the Red Sea, and now that steamers have
commenced running between the -..arious ports of India, this
may be carried into effect more expeditiously than it could
formerly have been done. The chiefs up the whole line
of coast have advanced to a much higher degree of civilization
than in other parts of the same country, and many of them
individually carry on commercial pursuits with Bombay, and
the ports of Arabia and Syria, and the interior of Persia.
The great difficulty for the present to be overcome in
rendering this route safe, is the disinclination evinced
by the Pacha of Egypt, lest his trading enter-
prizes may be interfered with, but this, once done, all
the Eastern parts of the Mediterranean will then be easy of
access, in consequence of the example set ; and the whole
country through which the Euphrates flows, from Aleppo to
Bassora, be easily traversed, by our merchant,.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Aram 25.—The market
has undergone no alteration since Saturday. The sales to-day
consisted of 500 Pernants, of which 400 were for export, at 61d.
7id. ; 40 Maranhao, ; 20 Bahia, 634 d. ; 300 Surat,
3,1 d. to 4d. ; 120 Egyptian, 7d. to Bd. ; and 3,020 American,
41d. to 7d. ; being a total of 3,020 bales.
LIVERPOOL. SHARE MARKET, APRIL 25.—Was firm, but
stock was offered more freely towards the close of business.
The transactions were—Eastern Counties, 10; Debentures,
11/. I Is. Bd. ; New, 5/. 15s. tild. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
54; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 231 ; New, sk; Grand
Junction, 184 k; Great Western, 95 ; Fifths, 10k; London
and Birmingham paid up 321. Shares, 60; Manchester and
Leeds, 89% ; Halves, 391; Quarters, 61 ; Ulsters, 17%.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 25.—Our Market
improves in the value of Railway Stock in most lines. Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 53% ; Manchester and Leeds Halves,
40 and 39}; London and Birmingham, 190 to 191 ; Bank of
Manchester, 4/. 13s, 9d.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 167 ilndia 5t0ck.............. 246 k
3 per Cent Red. 9lk IDitto Bonds ........ 20 prr
3 per Cent Cons 921 'Ditto Old Annuities ...
3k per Cent Red., lO4 j Ditto New Annuities... 90k
New 3k per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities in expire \ Ditto Small 4O pm
Jan. 1860 l2 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct ...167
Oct. 1959. ........ 12k India Stock for Acct....
jail. 1860. 12 15-16 Consols for Acct 92k
SHARES.
Cheltenham and Great Western (72k paid) 19
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) .....• 54
London and Brighton ( 50 paid) :;6k
itto Loan Notes (7k paid)
London and Greenwich Railway 1— pd) 6
Manchester and Leeds (71) paid)
Ditto New Shares (30 paid...
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ......
Paris and Rouen (16 paid)
South Eastern and Dover( 50 paid ) ......
York and North Midland (50 paid)
Ditto New Shares (15 paid)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
(Continuation of Monday's Races.)
501., for 4 yrs-old 7st 10th, 5 yrs Bst 91b, 6 yes and aged 9st.
Last three miles of B.C.
Duke of Rutland's Flambeau,6 yis (Robinson) 1
Mr. Thornhill's E. 0., 4 ))re
Duke of Grafton's Florence, 4 yrs
6 to 5 agst Flambeau, and 3 to 1 agst each of his opponents.
Won easy by two lengths.
NEWMARKET WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
BETTING AFTER THE RACES.
2,000 Guineas Stakes-3 to 1 agat Misdeal, 7to 2 agst Pe-
tulance c (taken), 4 to I agst Meteor.
Chester Cup—S to 1 agst Rory O'More, Bto 1 agst Vulcan,
8 to 1 agst Lanercost, 12 to 1 agst Marshal Soult, 17 to 1 agst
Jolly Tar, 7 to I agst the Feathers.
Derby-6 to I agst Frederica c, 7to 1 agst Attila (taken),
15 to 1 agst Jack (taken), 16 to 1 agst Auckland, 20 to 1 agat
Robert de Gorham, 20 tol agst Canadian, 25 to 1 agst The
Lord of Holdernesse, 30 to 1 agst Ballinkeele (taken), 1,000
to 10 agst Eleus (taken).
Entry for the Queen's Plate (to-morrow)—Bellissima, Lan-
golee, The Jowess. Barbara, and Florence.
2,000 Guineas Stakes—Robin, Dorothy, Revulsion, Rever-
sion, Sideboard c, out of Zamy's darn, and Timoleon are
scratched.
300 Soya. Stakes—All are struck out except Eringo, John
o'Gaunt, and Oakley ; a compromise is not unlikely.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL MARKET.

The transactions were limited, but prices were firm.
TEA MARKET.
The prices remain much the same as for some days past, with
few buyers. Company's Cnrigou Is. I O 1. per lb. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
Prices steady at 46s 3(1. to 455. 6d. per ewt., but the market
was quiet, and the trade anticipated a further reduction. The
deliveries were very small, and the stock is yet heavy.
WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.
There was a good supply, with a middling demand for the
fine qualities at the present quotations. The middling and
ordinary sorts a heavy trade, with prices rather lower. Clover,
2/. 10s. to 51. Bs. ; Meadow Hay, 21. 12s. to 4/. 4s. ; Straw,
11. 12s. to IL l6s.

LORD JOIIN RUSSELL AND THE CITY OF LONDON.
—A number of influential electors have determined to meet on
Wednesday next, to take into consideration the necessity of
calling a Common Hall, for the purpose of demanding the re-
signation of Lord John Russell, who is persisting in a factious
opposition to the measures of Sir Robert Peel.—Tory Paper.