The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-18 00:00:00

B OW-S I'REE 1.

I A red-headed little urchin, about fourteen years of age, abo
gave the name of Clizrles Edward Lyons, was brought up in
custody of police constable F' 141, charged with being found
sleeping in the open air, in the precincts of Covent-garden
market, at two o'cl'ick on Saturday morning.
The prisoner stated that he lived at Kennington (No. 2
Charles-place we think he said), and that he had been to the
Surrey theatre ; on reaching home he knocked several times
at the street thor, but could not succeed in making any onei
hear; he then determined upon sleeping in the open air, but as
it was so dull in the neighbourhood where he resided, and as
he was afraid of sleeping alone, he decided upn trudging over
to Covent-garden, where he lay down upon a cold stone steps
and was found fast asleep by the policeman.
Mr. TWYFORD was about to discharge the prisoner, \Olen
The in•pector on duty said he thought that the boy answered
the description of one Alexander Macpherson; who; had been
missing from his parents for the last seven days, and of whont
information bad been given at the various station houses.
The little fellow most strenuously denied that he was any
other than Charles Edward Lyons, but as his appearance cor-
responded so precisely with the description given of the little
runaway Master Alexander Macpherson,
Mr. 'iwvroan, with that kindness which always el,asanfe.
rises that gentleman's actions in his judicial capacity, ordered
a policeman to proceed home with him to the tdaress he had
given, and if he lived there, there to leave him ; or if perchance
he should be the absent one, to restore Mut once more to his
bereaved and sorrowing parents.

MONEY MARKFaCITY NEWS.
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confidence the speculators feel inclined to repose in South Ante-
rioan States since the payment of the Mexican dividends, which
could at all induce a demand for this description of security,
which has seldom or ever attracted notice of late years. The
easiness of money is no doubt the prime mover of these at-
tempts to create a demand for these stocks, but as for a justi-
fiable ground for it, there is none whatever, except in the ima-
gination of the parties who are interested in the experiments
they are making. The same persons who have endeavoured to
increase the value of Buenos Ayres Stock are believed to he
those who are now working the Peruvian market, which they
can do with some little effect with a small amount of capital.
It may possibly be attended with no great deal of mischief,
because no very violent fluctuation can occur in the value.
of these stocks, neither can the public be induced to hes
luyers of a large amount of it, as the loans were in the, irsa
instance but a few millions of money ; but it us.l ba
Rs well just to state, that at present the prospect of a dividend
from a revolutionized state like Peru, which has never paid.
anything to its foreign creditor since 1825, and whose debt,
which is about §25,000,000, and has only $5,000,000 revenat
to tenet it. is far distant. The speculators themselves, being
aware of this fact, can have little to complain of, should they
suffer from a fall in price, and those ho deal in Buenos Ayrea
will be in no more enviable a positien,§ as, besides the greet
arrear of foreign dividend which remains to be liquidated, that
is the " domestic debt " of 4,010,C001., which past experience
has shown is generally attended to before any other is considered.
It cannot be too clearly understood by the Legislature that
delay in earrying the new measure of the tariff into effect is
regiseded by the commercial classes as the great evil to be con--
tended with. A petition numerously signed, having the sobs
purpose of urging all convenient despatch, and not carrying a
single objection to any of the changes that tariff will effect,
has been sent up to-day from Liverpool, and no doubt speaks
in that respect the feeling of the whole mercantile interest off
the kingdom.