The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NOS'
CITY, TUESDAY_ Ev ES 1 ?.
'III%IES .—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per en
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 'lOO. per 017
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 401, and the 03_,
change at Paris on London at short being 25 47i, it follow'
that gold is 0.28 per cent. dearer in London than in Pena
By advice* from Hurlbut/la the price of gold is 43°1P?:
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17a. 101,40;
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 71, anug it
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 'is
follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in Losidell "In
Hamburgh. ,e}
The course of exchange at New York on London ;1
per cent., and the par of exchange between Englan"
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the 1
change is 2.32 per cent. against England. But the Lle'the
exchange at New York, being for bills at 60 days sights
interest must be deducted from the above difference.'-
The Commissioners of Land and Assessed taxes for the to,
of London met this day, agreeably to the notice of the Onlo•
sinners of Taxes, to choose seven Commissioners for the 0,
come-tax out of their body for the city of London, and thew
suit of the ballot was as follows :
Mr. Richard Lambert Jones
Robert Carter 1 4l
John Blacken
John Musgrove 36
David Allan
W. A. Peacock 27
Alderman Wilson•
And for the following supernumeraries :
Mr. Edward Eigleton
Greenaway 429.
John Evans
Jeremiah Evans 2lO
Butterworth .... .......... 23
James Hunt
Edward S. Hall..
nb of
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To these are to be added two Commissioners for the-14pr
England, two for the East India Company, two for the the
don Docks, two for the Corporation of London, one fore for
South Sea Company, one for the Royal Exchange, and °col'
the. Sun Assurance Companies, making in all eighteen
mksioners for the Income-tax for the city of London. .

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SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—TItestm
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inquest was held at Hyde-green, Ingatestone, on tbe,„ol
of John Attridge,- the son.,,f a labourer who died on Sat'
last, under the following singular circumstances:--ol' s".
day the 26th ult., when on his way from church, he Wes ;jog
lad named Thomas Dines, who was at the time riti,
b rds with 'a gun, for Mr. Poole, of Margaretting, nt,' oil'
" Give me a a pea-pod." Dinesoimmediatelying,
immediately very
give you a pea-pod," and, unhappily, when at veil fired,
distance from the led, presented the gun at him ""
-The wadding, it apptars, entered Attridge's neck, and 0-9,4,jes
being- given, he Eves conveyed, Lite, where he, %vas ati,,` r.
by %fr. C, Butler, of Ingat W one, appeare..l to basrtd
ing. Lock;aw,- however, crazed, a nerve having haenAtr4 lei
and after lingering a week he expired. The Jury dell s'
for a considerable time as to their verdict; an opinion, '(-10.
,derstand, prevailing in some that it should he inaitslaatotil
TlOy, however, ultimately decided upon a verdict of at
,deatn; and, at the disc of the investiation, Dines '7„Nor
verely reprimanded by the Coroner and the Jury for his '" •
tious conduct.—Essex Paper. 14,
STRANGE DISCOVERY.—On Sunday last, 6IIP
named Patient, of Duton-hill, was crossing a we°"h„- t
Handleys, in the parish of Great Easton, and was e"-iluiso"
pull a twig, when, by the removal of the branches, be.
vered a dead body. Terrified by the sight, he repinc3",pc
the village, and informed police constable Ixor, wh9
i
diately went to the spot, and found the body as It°
With the exception of a small fragment of a shirt,
of ,1r
divested of all clot! ing, and from its advanced atate,i;upo
composition, and from the havoc the vermin had In't.ing
it, the body presented a frightful spectacle. It retale
be ascertained by some medical man whether it 1,6
female. The police are in potsession of the corpse, 00 t 0,10
where it was found, awaiting the Coroner's arrival. Ftc:
c'reumstance of a bat, the lining of which was nearly ou",501
ing been found within 200 yards of the spot, on the 00-1 Ili
after Dutton-hill fair, six we,lis ago, coupled with tha`;,,Fe
nudity of the corpse, it is feared that violence ras the tiol'!
death ; but as no one from the neighbourhood is known `"
been missing. the probability is that it was a stranger: TO
mysterious affair has excited so much curiosity, that 1111,kv."
of pers,,ns in the vicinity visited the wood during the w'
Essex Herald. f the

CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 17.—The report °I °
0.1,e,
failure of the respectable house of Blacket and Co. 10100
correct. These gentlemen, whose misfortune has al
general sympathy and regret, were compelled to susPenu flttl
payments on the 7th. .'t meetittg of their creditors to
tio,
on the 13th, and it was resolved that the firm should be
e :necli,
a month to bring up their bcoks. A dividend, it is :Pitit.
will be &dared, but not exceeding 35 per cent. The s err
of-the house do not appear to exceed as many thous*" .00
ling. Perhaps there never occurred a Willie where the rrros:
enjoyed greater respect, or which caused more general 5/(3)101,''
Exertions will be made by friendilo enable Messrs. . oble'
and Co. to resume business, if possible, hut this iseuetl°o4,/
BLOWING-UP OF A WRECK IN THE 13,IVce bees
Within the last three.or. four days several attempts n,s oar,
ma le, under the direction of Captain Fisher, the r
mater, to blow up the wreck of a vessel sunk in the r-, clitti"
Northfleet, by means of gunpowder, but at present 'lice
good has been effected. The wreck is that of e,c° ~ art °t
barque named the Vesper, and at low water mar" ; otitl,t;
her haws are visible. She sank about two years ,111 - p
somewhat 'singular circumstances. She was bearing 'lto
river with a strong easterly wind, when in tacking
rit
about off Clifton Baths, a brig, also laden with Oa:trt
into her and forced her anchor, which was hangi' °'-ret'se
larboard quarter, into her bow. She itnntednialelY
le
menced filling, and in twenty minutes went elny'n Geri
ii„
sixty yards of the shore, nearly opposite the RoshrrYl'
dens, the crew and master escaping by the long boat. jolt'
then her mast and rigging have been taken out of her
hope of getting the vessel raised, but it was found imp ide
on account of the immerse bulk of the cargo, which On Olt
be removed. Several divers were then emplo"ea 41w;
cab'es under her bottom so as to float her with liglitert
were granted by the Lords of the Admiralt9. TEi" "ci ori.,
proved unavailing, and at length the owners deserted her'
which the City authorities determined to remove the sx
blowing her up. Several charges staring from 201bs. Snt.rlfri'
have been fired in the wreck without producing the l'",3,trie'
In the course of a few days a much heavier charge ".-at
and hopes are entertained of its complete success. Gat
cautions are taken to prevent accident. upon
ore ter
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.—Wednesany
phenomenon of most rare and Extraordinary' er"cape
was observed in the immediate neighbourhood °, Off'
About half-past twelve o'clock, whilst the sky ".'" -oer
and the air, as it had been throughout the mornlpeS
fectly calm, a girl employed in tramping CIO 11/6
tub, on the piece of ground above the town, -6"
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common, heard a loud and sharp report over he 3 velle
ceeded by a gust of wind of most extraordinary iooV
'pence, and or only a few moments' duration. °I/oeeti'
ing round she observed the whole or the clothesr_oing
&c., lying within a line of a certain breadth, si"theoiP
across the green, driven almost perpendicularly int°,
cs `of
Some heavy wet sheets, blankets, and other art.i feli;
like nature, after being carried to a great heigthe
some in the adjoining gardens, and some on ~,,orn'of
road, at several hundred yards' distance • anothe.„'f'
of the articles, however, consisting of a qufl-clarn',
curtains, and a number of smaller articles, it
upwards to an immense height, so as to be 111 W%, siglo
the eye, and gradually disappeared altogether fru,et bid
in a south-eastern direction, and have not •"reeed
heard of. At the moment of the report which , Der
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the wind, the cattle in the neighbouring Inet":1-.1 f
observed running about in an affrighted statertogerbeeb
some time 'afterwards they continued cowering ,as
in evident terror. The violence of the win" ‘-'biso'd
that a woman, who at the time was holding naish
found herself unable to retain her hold, and relin;' It weret lot
it in the fear of being carried up along with it
remarkable that, while even the heaviest artieL'e er6
stripped off a belt, it were, running across tu o
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and while the loops oas
f several sheets which were:,
down were snapped, light articles lying 100s° ositi°
sides of the belt were never moved from their P
—Fife Heron 1.
J -TS ~ec°
APPALLING ACCIDENT.—DUNKIRK, t AV.
Yesterday a most appalling and fatal accident occorreb" r i 5 oe
this place and Lisle. Miss Lascellcs, whose in°tieeefamo
English tally, having been betrothed to the son of '; her P;to
Spanish General Modena, and being on the eve °'„briol,e`g,
tials, accompanied her father and a servant in a e'inirr',srtd
Lisle, to make preparations for her approaching sliPthe
Her father, finding the weather oppressively warnhoee td
for the purpose of taking••if the head of the vehicle, ortedo,
horse, which is a most spirited animal, suddenly sor 000
at full speed, knocking down Monsieur Lascelles, 0, • oil
body both wheels paired, and killed him on she 'Hi/ Ole itte
daughter was thrown out on her face, which wa,giststs o'et
broken in and her nose smashed in this %retinue-be reni
young creature was carried back to Lisle,- Where s „rehe, s
in a most hopeless gate, as the •medical attendants sePj el
mortification in the face. The servant man ese3r
11
few bruises. 01
hoP
Measures are in progress for the bolt;lio f3i•be
Eistedd!od, in Cartnarthen, next summer. rllle:trg
ed t°
of St. David's (Dr. Connop Thirlwall) has con's- pee
come the patron. the
The Journal de Saint Quentin states, that tta°ell c 5
de Nemours passed through that town on Friday lit, jotter
northward. He preserved the strictest incognito on ,be
but was recognieed while changing horses. thgt
A letter from Darmstadt, 30th ult., stLites'tructiloi
of
Bill for an issue of paper money, in aid of the on, state,
railroads, had been adopted by the Chamber of that
by a majority of one. crit, ,Tabe
It is stated in a letter from St. Petersl)lll,o polo
("tovta)(4"
al, that the farmers of the revenue obtained
liquors have advanced a large sum to the Emperor;,,iiros-'
construction a the St. Petersburgh and Moseex '

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BIRTHS. go,,
On the Ist inst., at the Rectory, Upton GraP i$ di
,A il'e of the Rev. S. Retry Pigott, of a daughter. the
On the 18th ult., at Naples, the Right lloo• • of
Headley, of a son and heir. c. An 1%1.17' '
On the 26th ult., the lady of FL Cobden, •-•—e' v 1
Ile r
Upper Seymour-street, of a dauelver. grf•
()n the Ist init., at Corscotnbe Rectory, Dorsett
A tier
Codringtou, of a son. lean
On the 2d inst , at 85, Strand, the lady of t'' ii. lei'l oi•zalin, Esq., of Savannah la Ater, Jamaica, of I, n'c'l .01 Ja
On the 4th ins+. in Southwick-crescent, the '3 ' O.
Stewart, Eqj , of a:daughter. ,n,
On thy sth inst., at Liverpool-terrace, 'sling— ' Mfrs
M. Roy-es, of a daughter.
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MARRIED. of WiAret
On the 29th ult., at Islington, Morris. fourth on,
Chubb, Esq., formerly of Bridgewater, to Eleanor itisifkoarit,
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daughter of the late Williana Lyon, Esq., of Clare the flit'rp
On the sth inst., at the parish church, Henticffit; )34011,0:
G. Edouart, B. A., incumbent of St. Paul's Chtfc''' of CID"-
to Emelie, only daughter of William Bryant,
hill and Oxford-street.

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On the Ist inst., at the Rev. Henry Atlay's, Ileoctr°trh iYe. late '''
Casterton, St..mfurd,' Elkin, the fourth dat.ghier *I.
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On the 2d inst., May, at Nevis, Lieutenant Jost-
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Smith, of Sutton,
n the 3e inst in Oxford,Anne, of of t- Ld,
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nsataar6tt.t.ahte Cheltenham, Calcutta,Rookery,
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On the 4th inst., Mr. William Bragg, 41/10'44 ..
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Bryanston- square.

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No. 112, htrand The Soto Office, No. 11%.
the County of 3lidele&ez, Thursday, July 7, 164