The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

er, "'Prig, that as he was aware from experi-
,Tee of the caution necessary in the matter,
"le most implicit confidence might be reposed in the
"'ter of this letter, though he was entirely unknown
to hi
m• General Robertson took no notice of this
el) and laid it aside. On the 12th of August,
,1:842, Mrs. Robertson, wife of General Robertson,
'ceived another letter, and addressed to his resi-
dence, elle; 53, Baker-street. It was dated from the post-
office, Southampton. The writer stated that he was
hi
acquainted with many gentlemen of education and gh standing in society, who were desirous of ob-
taining commissions in the East India Company's
service, and that having the confidence of many of
the
Board Directors, he had the honour of making
aPplication in favour of those gentlemen. The
.etter also stated, that if Mrs. Robertson exerted her
Influence the writer would cause a sum of 2,0001. a
3;ear to be given to her banker, one quarter in ad-
ice. He concluded by saying that he was a pro-
Prietor of India stock, and that the utmost reliance
tnight be
his honour and integrity,
placed in
of e second letter was signed K. C.B. Applications
a similar description in the same hand-writing
were made to the wives of two or three other
1/irectors. All these letters were in the hand-
tlA'riting of Mr. Sharpnel. The statute under which
t,e (e
the Attorney-General) made the application was
49th Geo. HI., chap. 126, which enacted that
Personbargaining for or selling any official com-
i;8"311, &c., as described in the 6th of Edward VI.
, ,lb, should be deemed and adjudged guilty of a
pal,sderneanour. When not only one but several
rs of this description were written to different
the it was full time to ask for the interposition of
Court in the matter.—Rule granted.
BANKRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.)
IN RE HENRY S. COLES.
The baikrupt, had been a bill broker in Finsbury-
scent, and he amount of debts and liabilities was
rated to exceed 60,000/. His available assets would
scarce]
0 Y pay one shilling in the pound.
att .n the last day of examination, a proof which was
oeiPlited to be established upon a bill, drawn by
the ZeIY Cassidy, was adjourned, in order to allow
• linider to establish the. fact of its being for con-
slderation.
ptWest now proved, by the evidence of the ac-
besicr, that he had paid Cassidy47o/. in ready money,
ees giving him a phaeton and pair of horses.
attiojnejal proofs were admitted without opposition,
h further the aggregate to about 13,0001., after
e th hearing was adjourned for a month.
POLIcE-
INT EL LIG ENCL.
MARYLEBONE—(THIS DAY).
noonour youn _
g lads, named Wm. Restall, Wm. Bay-
bete; ji,"4 Welsh, and Daniel Hogan, were placed
police_ 4r. Long on suspicion of burglary.
ahetitleTe,-constable 89 D saw the prisoners skulking
even. -"-dgware-road at half-past twelve yesterday
folloing, and seeing that they wished to avoid him he
st, pd at a distance through Lisson-grove, and up
the, nhlfs-woodfroad ; there he stopped them, and as
8n late
entddi eno sate acty .
kiv • . vWait44Witle'dtit;
searo,; li t e
took them ;to the station-house. When
Nver
re all e, d, several implements used for house-breaking
eund upon them. Restall, Baynam, and Hogan
°I the h flown to the police as associating with thieves
Jo °oat desperate character.
,laeebs?Pli Hutton said, that while in a public-house in
treaLismews, he heard the prisoners planning the
some
ng into some house, and speaking of borrowing
v,ho f chisels for the purpose ; he informed a friend,
but i'llowed them for a little way down the mews,
mturterwards returned.
tethe.„.„4scr discharged Welsh, as he was unknown
teetio "'ice, but sent the others to the House of Cor-
n for one month each.

,CI4RKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
ehit-aniuel Dyer, a famished looking tradesman, was
111,14 ed with selling lucifer-matches by William
Th..") a. mendicity constab.le.
Ivllerne Prisoner's wife and six children, the, eldest of
tald Wa'S Only nine years of age, came into Court,.
star tote shocked the Court and spectators, by their
Ttied, sickly look.
pris 'le offence stated by the constable. was that the
kn°llllse.„..r„h, ad been found selling lucifer-matches. in
eveain"lex-square, at seven o'clock on the previous
tag., , g• Ile actually heard him say to persons pass-
litrn ‘IIIIY a box, I am a very poor man and very
he r,a3:,'''
„Three of his children were by his side.
tile', l'lt onty one or two boxes
,of matches. Witness
111) fni. tiiiik to the station-house, where he was locked
kr..,,,0 night.
11)g, ; kiosinE said he had never seen a more distress-
p(4,:ae. Why ;(said. the worthy Magistrates) these
1 little
hett.Children seem to be in a state of.starvatioll:
%tie, „saw such misery. I will not punish the pri
Pr-i:11°11gb the law makes his act an offence.
qtai,,,-•°°er---I am a gas-fitter, and have struggled to
The w°tlc, but could not get it.
frot, : Wife---Oh, ypur Worship, I never begged
lb' -113' °ne poor as I am ; I would rather starve
111/.l*AC* liave pity on our poor little children.
t)11. 'l'l'llllE—l tell you I am not going to punish
coggiri ."'" constable says the prisoner was never seen
-ng before ; but the children will perish iftheyparish
allt17„111: e in the same state. I will send for tbeparanhd
tls. aoollities, and have you all taken. good care of; .
sge in as the prisoner has a fair prospect of earning
...ea,-,
he shall be • lf and ou,
4tlibe ..8 of supporting himse Y
Yoa. rtY to leave the workhouse, and do his best for
UN ,y ..............,
.'
(3-.4:1Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
i The CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
'%l,„aCeeartits from Liverpool state that there
.has
ef the -tore a
Brit disposition to sell Cotton since the arrival
he -uritannia_, but that prices have not gone lower.
Iti el. qua
Which changed hands was 4,000 bales.—
d(ale.allwaY Shares there was only a small businessB3;
13 iii Eastern Counties were 81; Birmingham,
Thiet"' 35-i ; and Great Western New, 59k.
(.%‘a„„- vel. quick passage of her Majesty's packet
that ~,-'I from Rio de Janeiro, furnishes advices from
431. trace as late as the 13th October, from Buenosonte
1 idcos
onf the 16th of September, and from 11
is
gated f. the 17th of September. From all thatb
the It i& much to be feared that the contest e-
the stij„lYisas and the Oriental republic will end in
aim of 1)118'stion of the latter, though, perhaps, if h
(111enc.";°sas be simply to displace Rivera, the co. n-
INN 14's roay not be very serious, Rivera having
-4Yrea,,'sas good cause for offence. The Buenos
°Pnh; Gth°vernmentl has done at least some good by
I'alnie.4. e navigation of the Parana and the coin-
Atini anon t had wit Uruguay, finding, probably, that our
Places." set off in another direction for this latter
eial iiii,lnd being jealous also of the growing commer-
The Portance of Monte Video.
ti The
v f°ll° wing is a statement of the number of 13r.i
the vessels that entered the port of Monte Video in
pnrt3:lears 1830 and 1841, and which shows the im-
the 11„a„e?,°1' our trade with that Republic :—ln 1830
1s n, "er was 41 ships, with 7,480 tonnage and 425
34,6...whi1e they had increased in 1841 to 159 ships,
43,ng, and 1,788 men.
hit4d utner in return proves the relative rr.iag-
liv „e.of the trade of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video,
ViTe'``lng the number of merchant vessels. In Monte
at NO there were 112, of which 24 were British, and
.1; enos
.Ayres 45, 10 bein British.
Ilateliehseliterns are sufficient to show the interest we
It in
the disputes of the two Republics.
,illit „,v aS thought the corn trade had settled down,
°ere are sorry alai a to hear of two other failures, both
Inentics, ,t Amsterdam, in addition to those which we
i In th%eY.Qsterday as having occurred at '.ll, on
iti
! donatedst 3,,cllnts received yesterday from Canada,
win Ll'at the settlement of the Boundary Ques-
Illeat:'''.loPen 11 a most splendid country for settlree-
Pah'etv i.-11 tbe valley of Aroostook alone, thenrde
ca
ahl," pwnships of -six square miles each, a
ting a
tile '-i°;e:1151113(31. population of 100,000 souls..
i.ciitiee, a distance
John is navigable by boatsup to its
eat, ,tance of 360 miles from its mouth..A
v. , enterpris
Qltlit , ie and capital, as the country in the
those few
qqrt,),..'"ee°lnes Populous, will overcome .
snd it
Pais for the people of this part of the province, la.
,3,,i.sialar, to set about laying the foundation o u t.
thr:ll,lfitercourse which -otherwise may be diverted
Thksen sorne other channel.
'ewer exchange from Hamburgh comes over + mark
il \)* Vilif.t 13 7.1 ; and the price of gold 4311.
ie aut 've an unfavourable report of the prospects of
tThe Inan fair at Frankfort on the Oder.
og ." orals have shown great firmness this morning.
1°,14 for
thr, " Money and Account have both been sold
Pas 4 The Commissioners for the Savings' Bks,
lt,
si °
this their brok aners, made a further small
Three
atnnuat morning. Altogether a considerable
of business has been transacted. Reduced
atid„4..Aer Cents. have reached 93 • Reduced Three-
all* alf Per Cants. 1004 ; the 'New Three-and-
liailk
Stock
Cents. 101 i, and Long Annuities 12 7-16.
Ace, tuck has fallen to 169, but India Stock for the
liills 11.14
Is
vbas reached 2611. The value of Exchequer
for Ito, '..t.„her lower, the premium now being 55, and
The,r,a 'Bonds 51 53 premium.
xh _
haven
irl.til,ie,;ore
has been a
.good deal of business transacted
Securities to-dav, especially in
.Spanish,
, The ens have reached 19. The price' now is 184 i.
„l'ettliptl,ish.hre
per-Cents. have risen to 231. The
-Chree7 "e -trve-per-Cents. may be had at 38.1, thei
t Skives,. Per-Cents. at 221; Dutch Five-per-Cents. 5. 28,
at I°lll- ; and Belgian, at 1021. Mexican
ii,ari has been pretty steady at 321 to 331. Colom-
Phe at
i?ii
,i, and Brazilian at 65.
heen -4'nuon and Birmingham Railway Shares have
share, 7;equest, and the premium has reached 95 per
eentl . ieig• a much higher price than has been re-
in r.Z_°utained. The Brighton, too, has been to-day
v rather better demand. South Western was a shade
to '‘,e,r
.than they were, and the same remark will apply
44(1/16r.market for the Great Western, the Edinburgh
lasgPvv, the Midland Counties and the North

• Midland Shares. Joint Stock Bank Shares were very
steady.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to -
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London am Brighton
London and Birmingham ...... ... 90 lB5 ...... to '
London and South Western ... 41% •••
1 Midland Counties 100 • 6.14 ..... to
Ditto I Shares
North Midland ... ...100
Ditto 4 Shares
Paris and Rouen ... .... . ...... 20
South Eastern and Dover...
Ditto Scrip... ......... ...
MANCHESTEIL STOCK EXCHANGE, NOY. 17.
There is no new feature in our Market to-day, busi-
ness still continues limited, and prices generally are
unaltered. South Eastern Scrip, I7i to 17i ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 19i to 19$; North Mid-
land Halves, 30 to 302 ; Manchester and Leeds, 681
to 691 ; !Edinburgh and Glasgow Quarter Shares,
Lli to 4k; Manchester Assurance, 9.

THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of English Wheat up to our market
this week being on the increase, and there being seve-
ral parcels in bulk offering which remained over from
Monday last, the demand for that article was again
heavy, and the prices were quite is per quarter lower
than last noted, and yet a clearance was not effected.
Rather over 6,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat
have come in, while the inquiry for both home
and bonded sorts, was heavy, and the rates had a
downward tendency. Although we had nearly 10,000
quarters of barley on offer, the best kinds commanded
full as much money ; but other qualities were
neglected. Malt, oats, beans, peas, and flour were
unaltered in value.

SMITHFIELD.
In to-day's market we had a comparatively scanty
number of beasts offering, but the whole of them,
with the exception of about five, which cam© to hand
last week from Hamburgh, were English fed. The
attendance of buyers being numerous, the beef trade
was firm, at in some instances, improved quotations, say
2d. per lb. The number of Sheep was scanty, which
produced a ready sale for them at full rates of cur-
rency. In Calves a fair amount of business was done
at a rise of quite 2d per 81bs. The Pork trade was
steady, at fully Monday's figures, As to the general
quality of the supply, this was very inferior. Milch
Cows moved off slowly, at from 151 to 191 each, in-
cluding their small Calf.
PRICES PICK STONE OF BLB., TO SINK THE OFFAL.
s. d. to s. d. r. el. tae. d.
inferior Beasts .. ."" 3 0 3 2 Inferior Sheep ... . .. 3 0 3 2
Second quality Beasts 3
4 6 Second quality ditto... 3 4 3 6
Prime large Oxen 3 8 4 0 Coarso-woolled ditto.. 8 8 4 0
Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Sonehdown Wethers 4 2 4 6
Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 2 Latge Hogs 2lO 4 4
Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4, Small Porkers 4 6 *4 8
Suckling Calves, each 18 029 Quarter old Pigs, each 16 u 20 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Eeasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pies.
I
420 3,050 212 483
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Qur market, to,day, Was liberally sUmilibtd`:With
meat, while the demand was firm, at the following
prices :

At per stone, by the C. r.al e
s. d. to s d i s d to s
Beef, inferior OlO 3 0, Mutton, inferior 3 0 3 2
- middling...... r. 3 0 321 - middling 3 4 3 8
- prime large „.... 3 2 3 4 - prime 3lO 4 0
- prime small 3 4 3 6 Pork, large 3 6 4 0
Veal 3 2 4 2 -small 4 2 4 6