The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-27 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

In 1827 Sir James Graham, the present Secretary of State
for the Home Department, in his book upon " Coins and Cur-
rency," wrote thus:—" Whenever this country presents
.the
spectacle of millions supplicating for bread, then will the people
sweep away titles, pensions, and honours."
111. Calomarde, the celebrated President of the Spanish
Council of Ministers under Ferdinand VII., and long resident
of late, under the title of the Due de St. Isabel, at Toulouse,
died a few days ago in that eity.
Lieutenant-General Baron Marulay, one of the most distin-
guished officers under Napoleon, died a few days ago. In the
course of his campaigns he was wounded nineteen times, and
had 26 horses shot under him.

ANOTHER BLOW to OUR TRADE.
By a very remarkable and disastrous coincidence, the
intended enhancement of the Customs duties ou manu-
factured goods in France and the United States is fol-
lowed by a similar proposition in the Prussian Com-
mercial League, which, if it should be carried into
effect, will perhaps be a severer blow to our foreign
trade than it has experienced for many years. On
Wednesday the intelligence reached Leeds, Bradford,
and other towns of the West-Riding, that the Prussian
Government intends to propose, at the meeting of
Deputies from the States in the German Commercial
League, to take place early in the month of July,
at Stutgard, that the duties on all foreign woollens and
worsted stuffs shall be raised from 30 dollars per cwt. to
50 dollars per cwt., that is, from 41. 10s. to 71. 10s.
The proposed high rate of duty would be equivalent to
50 per cent. ad valorem on the average ; and it would,
we believe, amount to a prohibition on must kinds of
worsted stuff goods. This, as our readers are aware,
has been one of the most valuable branches of our
foreign trade. The export of woollen cloths to the Ger-
man markets has for some years past been reduced
almost to insig-nificance by the tariff in that country ;
but that of worsted stuffs has been on the increase, so as
in some degree to compensate to the nation for the loss of
the woollen exports. If, howeve, the alteration now
proposed should take place, the worsted stuff trade would
feceive a most severe blow, and our woollen exports to
Germany would also be nearly annihilated. The cotton
trade, which has also before suffered greatly by the
duties on manufactured 'cotton in the German League,
will be affected by the present measure, as a very consi-
derable portion of the worsted stuffs are now made with
cotton warps. And the English landowner and farmer
are not less interested, because the chief raw material of
worsted stuff goods, namely, English wool, is of their
growth.
As soon as the intention of Prussia to propose an en-
hancement of the duties was known, a circular was is-
sued by a house largely engaged in the German trade
stating the fact, and re qu, sting the principal manufac-
turers and merchants in the worsted stuff trade, in the
West Riding, to meet at Bradford, on Thursday, in order
to consider what steps ought to be taken.
A most respectable meeting accordingly took place,
at which Mr. Kissel, of the firm of Messrs. Kessler
and Company, Manchester. made the following state-
ment, which removed all doubts as to the truth of
the intelligence received. He said—By accounts from
Frankfort on the Maine, it appears that the Chamber of
Commerce there had received official notice that, at the
ensuing meeting, early in July, at Berlin, the duty on
all foreign worsted, worsted and cotton mixed dyed,
printed, fancy woven or embroidered goods should be
raised from 30 to 50 dollars per hundred weight. It is
needless to say that this is a most important question for
England, as, if carried into execution, this new tariff will
almost annihilate this branch of export trade into Ger-
many, and the Yorkshire districts will have deeply to
suffer under it. If the Government of England does not
immediately and seriously take this matter up, and nse
all possible influence and exertion to prevent the intro-
duction of this new tariff, the consequence for Yorkshire,
and all districts connected with the worsted trade, will
be most serious. It is to be feared that they will not
stop there at Berlin, and that their tariff will end in an
entire prohibition of British goods, though the present
duties amount nearly already to a prohibition. There is
no time to be lost, and the English Government ought to
take this affair into grave consideration, and use energetic
measures, else this trade will be lost, the same as the
cotton goods trade with Germany.
After this statement had been read by Mr. Kissel, a
general feeling appeared to pervade the meeting that the
best course to be pursued, under the circumstances, would
be to send a Deputation immediately to London, to wait
upon Sir R. Peel, in order to represent to the Right Hon.
Baronet the extremely critical position in which the trade
of this district is now placed by the threatened increase
of duties by the League, and to urge upon him and the
Goverment the necessity of exercising all their influence
to prevent the change contemplated.--A Deputation was
accordingly sent to Sir R. Peel.—Leeds Mercury.

SIR ROBERT PEEL AND LORD STANLEY.—Another
instance, illustrative of the absence of cordial feeling towards
such other in these members of the " united Cabinet," occur-
red on Wednesday. Lord Stanley gave a grand dinner to the
members of the Cabinet. The Premier was absent—being
better entertained at Mr. Hull,th's Grand Concert, at Eae-
ter Hall !

The Echo de Vesone contains an account of a violent
storm on the 3 lth inst., by which the department of the Dor-
dogne was greatly ravaged by the hail. The small river
Salembre became so swollen by the bursting of a water-spout
that it was formed into a torrent, which uprooted large trees,
washed down houses, and drove the inhabitants of many others
to the garrets and roofs, to escape the inundation.
TIIE STADE DUTIES.--It appears, from an answer
given on Tuesday evening by Sir Robert Peel to Mr. Hutt,
that the proposition of the British Government with respect
to these duties will not be accepted by King Ernest of
Hanover. This is another item our merchants have to pay
for Tory domination, and for which se many of them have
themselves to blame. When the late Government was ejected,
an agreement was all but signed,
fixing the clues to be there-
after paid at one hundred per cent. less than the present Go-
vernment proposed. And after this extra tax was offered by
them to their dearly beloved Ernest—the Hanoverian King,
knowing
with whom he has to deal, pretty plainly intimates
that he will abate no jot of his custom. A twelve-pounder
would be the most ready way of settling this question, and
freeing British commerce from an illegal Ind unjustifiable im-
post. Advertiser. .

27, 184

ONE It and COMMERCiAL NE W
CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

Although scarcely. any business was transacted in the
English market during the day, prices became very firm
immediately before the close of business. Jobbers are
doubltess anticipating that in the course of the ensuing week
extensive purchases must be made for the purpose of investing
the dividends, on account as well of charitable and other trusts,
as on account of private individuals. Consols lett off at 91%,
buyers for the account ex• dividend. Three per Cents. Re-
duced, 91i 91i; Bank Stock, 1661 167 i ; Exchequer Bills,
40 42 prem.
Prices of Foreign Securities remained as yesterday ; Belgian,
102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52i 52k; the
Five per Cents., 101 101 i; Danish, 81 82 ; and Brazilian,
65 66.

Mexican continues to advance, the last quotation being
37A 37%.
London and Birmingham Railway Shares were, 175 177 ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 49 51 ; Great Western, 87A
88A ; the Half Shares, 61A 62 ; South Western, 60A 61A ;
North Midland, 60 62; the New Shares, 30 31 ; South
Eastern, 25 25A ; the Scrip, 54 5A ; Eastern Counties, 84
9A; Northern and Eastern, 39 40; Blackwell, 9A 10; and
Brighton, 35A 36 per share.
The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 23 23*; Pe-
ruvian, 17 18; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 37A the
Three per Cents., 21i 22A ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21{ 21i ;
and the Three per Cents., 221224.
It will be observed that the quotation of Colombian is about
two per cent. below yesterday. This is to be attributed to a
rumour that Government has not acceded to the terms pro-
posed by the Committee of South American bond-holders.
They required a payment of two, while the Finance Minister of
that country offers one per cent., and to commence the regular
payment of the six per cent. after the expiration of four years
from the present time. The principle of conversion is in ;itself
bad, and it would be far better that some immediate payment
should be made in full of the arrears—in fact a composition—than
that the creditors should run the risk of having a large amount
of fictitious Stock sent into the market, the proceeds of which,
when sold, is to be appropriated to the payment of their claims,.
It is not intended to be insinuated that such will be the case in
the present instance, but merely to state that it has been
d9ne, and that every opportunity is given for fraud by these
frequent emissions of new Stock, over which no controul can
be exercised.

(From The Sun of Saturday.)
The prices quoted to-day for all descriptions of securities,
either English or Foreign, can only be considered as nominal,
since no purchase has been made, or sale effected, in any of
them. Consols, 91i for the opening ex dividend; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 91i 91i; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Re-
duced, looi ; India Bonds, 23 25 ; and Exchequer Bills, New,
40 42 prem.
No prices marked for any of the Foreign Securities.
A few speculative operations have taken place in Mexican,
the last of which was at 37g.
Business in Shares are comprised in Eastern Counties, New,
6/. I Is. Ad. ; South Western, 60i ; York and North Midland,
32 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 ; Bristol and Exeter, 43 ;
and Brighton, 35g.
The pressure for silver still continues, and neither private
bankers nor the Bank of England are able to supply the demand.
It is universally admitted that means should have been adopted
previously to issuing the late proclamation, to have met the
inquiry which it was obvious must take place. The receipts
for silver by the latter establishment have of late—that is to say,
during the last nine months been extremely large, and some
portion of it at least should have been kept coined ready for
circulation. An instance of the robberies weekly, if not daily
attempted on the lower classes, has come to light, more flagrant,
if possible, than any which have been previously published. A
person keeping a public-house at the terminus of a railway,
and holding a situation on it, was applied to on Saturday last,
to exchange a cheque, in order to save the trouble of a journey
to London. The proceeds wege appropriated to the pay-
ment of the wages of the engineers, &c.. all of whom
were obliged to change the light sovereigns at the
house of the utterer, at a discount, upon the average,
of nearly Is. each. The party thus deriving a double
profit, first getting rid of light coin at the full nominal value,
and thus purchasing it back again at a rate below its intrinsic
worth.

Intelligence from Sydney to the 13th, Hobart Town 18th of
February, and Mauritius 20th of March, have been received.
The accounts from Sydney are decidedly more favourable, and
the markets are stated to have shown increased firmness, the
demand for manufactured goods being batter, and large ad-
vances made on them. To this must be added that several
parties had been forced to effect sales much below the real
value ; thus, it would appear, that further shipments would, for
some time, be injudicious. Much regret was experienced that the
Steam Navigation Company had been dissolved in consequence
of severe losses, and the probability that the valuable means of
communication, which had done so much towards increasing
the prosperity of this colony, would be discontinued. A
new settlement was about to be formed at Moreton's
Bay, the first sale of the land, the minimum price of
which was to be twelve shillings per acre, being fixed to take
place in July. The demand for labourers continued in the
interior, although many immigrants remained unemployed at
Sydney, and Government had offered to convey them free of
expense, as far as they could proceed by water.
The information from Hobart Town is unimportant ; the
farmers, however, were complaining of the low prices obtained
for their produce • and it is stated that at Launceston wheat
had been sold as low as four and five shillings per bushel.
The market for sugar at the Mauritius was firm, and the
better qualities, as well as good syrup sugars, were scarce.
The public sales for the week ending 15th March, had con-
prised nearly 4,000 bags, all of which had found buyers.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 23.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 99i 'Grand Canal Stock
_ _

Ditto Reduced
Ditto New 183() 99i Ditto 4 per cent
311 per Cent. Debs.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 24.—There is no
alteration to notice in the state of the Market, though the sales
have reached 5,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 24.—The Market was
a degree firmer to-day. The transactions were confined to
Chester and Birkenhead. New, 12 ; Eastern Counties, New,
61. 9s. 2d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 8.5 i ; Man-
chester and Leeds, Quarters, si. _ _

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE JUNE 24.—The market
still continues without animation, and prices mostly nominal.
Our quotations are—London and Birmingham, 176 to 178 ;
ditto New 321. Shares, 291 to 30 ; Manchester and Leeds, 80
to 82; ditto Half Shares, 35 to 36; ditto Quarters, to 5;
Manchester and Birmingham, 241.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
India Stock pm
Ditto Bonds
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities —
Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 42 pm
Ditto 5001 42 pm
Ditto Small
Bank Stock fur Acct --
India Stock for 0pg....
... Consols for Opg. ...... 91i
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent. ... ,Portuguese, 5 per cent.

Bank Stock
1 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Con!
3i Red...... looi
Cent. Red 100 i
New 3i per Cent...
New 5 per Cen:
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 ...... 12i

Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860.

. .
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, crew Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent -
Chilian, 6 per cent B4 Ditto, Metallic ...... . ....
Colombian, 6 per rent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2li
Ditto,
1824 2si Ditto, Deferred.... .

Danish, 3 per cent - French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent 37i French, 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent.
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent......—
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. ... .. 43
Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)... 27
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... . —.
Ditto New Shares ( paid) ...
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 48
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid
London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ........ .., 351
London and Blackwall ( paid) ...... ...... 9i
London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 60i
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. .. 80
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid)
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid.)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 90
Ditto New Shares (15 paid)

The Gazette du Centre announces that the Abbe
Berthaud, Theological Canon af Limoges, has been no-
minated Bishop of Tulle.
At the last sitting of the Comite Historique des
Arts et Monuments a report was read, containing notices of
94 French artists of the middle ages, including, architects,
sculptors, painters, and goldsmiths, whe lived in the period
from the 12th to 17th centuries. These make a total of 319
artists of whom the Committee have in less than twelve
months received information more or less detailed.

MADRID, JUNE 17.—The Chambers have not re-
opened yet, nor will they, according to report, before Monday
next. Every one speculates, but no one seems as yet able to
say what will be the reception of the new Cabinet in the Cor-
tee. The Deputies of the " coalition" hold a private meet-
ing to-night, under the impression that they are immediately
to be dissolved. This, of course, will entirely depend upon
their own conduct. The new Ministers held a council, pre-
sided by the Regent, at mid-day; and the old took their leaves
about the same time. The reports of disturbances at Seville
turn out to be exaggerated. Fives Active 31i at 60 days.
A report of the Strasburg and Basle Railroad gives
the following u the receipts for the present year :—January,
81,960 f, giving an average of 2,643 f. a day ; Vebruary, 86,940 f.,
or 3,105 f. a day ; March, 126,494 f., or 4,089 f. a day ; April,
125,309 f., or 4,177 f. a day ; May, 156,232 f., or 5,040 f. a day ;
and the first 15 days of June, 83,394 f., or 5,560 f. a day.
The collection of pictures goad books of the late
Lord Trimblestown, who resided sever: years in Paris, will,
we understand, be sold by auction in a few• days, his Lordship's
executor having arrived in Paris for that purpose.

WOMAN AT A PREMIUM.—The Congress of Texas
have passed a law granting 2,982 acres of good land to every
woman who will marry, during the present year, a citizen of
that republic, who was such at the time of the declaration o
independence..
is A fire burst out in the commune of Chauvincourt,
near Etrepagny, on the 17th inst., at ten in the morning.
Eight houses were burnt with their furniture and out-offices in
less than half an hour, and a child perished in the flames.
This deplorable accident was caused by some children lighting
chemical matches in the yard of one of the houses.
The Industriel Alsacien of the 19th inst. states that
just as it was going to press intelligence was brought that a
violent fire was raging at Illfurth, on the road to Alkirch. The
fire appeared at one in the day, and at four thirty houses, the
church, and the school had been consumed.
ONE WOMAN FOR ALL MEN.—A gentleman sat
li down to write a deed, and began" Know one woman by these
presents." " You are wrong," said a bystander. " It should be
Know all men.' " " Very well," answered the other, "if
one woman knows it, all men will know it too."
We quote the following from the Courrier de
Lyon :—" Two companies, formed at Lyons, are successfully
engaged in working the rich mines of Murcia, in Spain, sup-
ported by the Spanish Government, which appears to appre-
ciate their industry, and foresee the influence it must have in
curing the indolence of the inhabitants, who for ages have suf-
fered so much wealth to lie dormant and useless. The galena,
or lead ore, mixed with silver, is the chief mineral hitherto
explored. A vein of coal has lately been found near Arboleas,
of sufficiently good quality to be used with great advantage is
smelting and other operations."
VITRIOL THROWING.—In consequence of private in-
formation obtained by the Bridewell Guard, Messrs. Rich and
Beech accompanied by a party of police under Head Constable
Condon, proceeded to Evergreen road yesterday evening,
where they arrested Michael Mulcahy, a sawyer, who is charged
with having been concerned in the conspiracy against Mr. Wil-
son. On the same evening, O'Grady of the Bridewell Guard
succeeded in arresting Owen Connor, in Market-street, and
Head Constable Ward also arrested Jeremiah Keeffe in Old
George's-street, who are also charged with the same offence.
Informations were this day sworn before Captain White, and
the parties remanded to jail to take their trials at the ensuing
Aisisec*— Cork Examiner,