The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-15 00:00:00

rates ; tam had caused a greittfar demand for
manufactured goods, some parcels of which had also
been taken on speculation on account of the low prices.
A diminution, small however, had taken place in the
stock, but the rates quoted are apparently far below re-
munerative. The disturbed state of politics had increased;
the insurrection in the provinces of St. Paul having ex-
tended itself into those surrounding it, Government were
taking energetic measures for putting a stop to it, but
much dissatisfaction was visible ; and the mercantile let-
'")'4l4'speak of it as likely to become of serious consequence.
'J.:Rich:L.l)g°- on England, 27-1.
Much distress existed at the Havannah. The crop of
augur had not proved to be near so great as had been
expected, consequently some commercial embarrassment
had been experienced. • Sales of imported goods could
scarcely be effected, and the prospect, for the present at
least, is stated to be very discouraging. Ekchange on
Lnclon, 10i 11-L
TLe Acadia, after one of the shortest passages on re-
j,seord,• has arrived with papers from New York to the Ist
„litistant. These confirm the report of the settlement of
the Boundary Question, hut add nothing of commercial
inte!ligence to that by the lloscius, beyond the fact
that no prospect could be entertained of the payment
Of the various State debts. The bonds of the repudiating
States were rapidly declining in value, while a rise had
'taken place in those which were maintaining their credit.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
R AILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
.• ,Great Western
London am Brighton ...... 50 to _
Ditto Loan Notes
London and Birmingham 90
Ditto Thirds
London and South Western 41% ... 62k to 62
South Eastern and Dover... 5O to
Ditto Scrip
MANCHESTER STOCK E.XELANGE, AUG.
have no better market for Shares, neither can it be
expected until the results of the Half-yearly Railway
meetings are known.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 15.—Wind this day at noon, E.
DEAL, AUG. 14.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Arrd.
Lacy Jane, Berbice. Arrd. from the River—lnd, for
China ; Samuel; Sydney ; City of London, Cape ; Camp-
bell, Barbadoes ; Calcutta, Bermuda ; Zaida, New York.
Sld. Earl ITardwicke, Calcutta ; Maryanne. Madras; Re-
. eovery, Bombay ; Eliza Heywood, Valparaiso.
OFF' DOVER, Auc. 14. Earl Harewood, India ; liar-
ntonie, Large, Surinam for Amsterdam.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 14.—Wind g.S.E.—Arrd. Ida
Amsterdam for Batavia, leaky, and has
come into the harbour. Wellington, LondoYi' for Madras,
with damage, having been struck by lightning. Her
Majesty's ship Griffen, eastward. Std. her Majesty's ship
Resistance, Quebec.
OFF DARTBIOUTH, AUG. 9.—Sympathie, Jacobsen,
',St. Thomas for Flushing ; Marianne and Pauline, Wile-
• ken, Havannah for Hamburgh ; Franklin, Bremen for
New York ; Eudora,. Hobart Town, sailed April 14.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 13.—Arrd. Teviot steamer,
Crocker, Havannah, left 19th ult., Nassau 21st, Bermuda
28th-, and Fayal sth instant ; Royal Tar steamer, Gib-
raltar, left 4th instant, Cadiz sth, Lisbon Bth, Oporto
9th, and Vigo 10th. Sld. Montrose steamer, Gibraltar.
FALmount, AUG. 13.—Wind variable and light.—
.Arrd. 'Ranger packet, Rio, left June 18, Bahia 28th, and
Pernambuco 6th ult.; Marquis of Lorn, Murray, Rio,
left. June 5. Sld. Cornwall, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 13 .—.-Wind S.W., moderate. 14.
S.W., Grindlay, Grindlay, Calcutta ; Earl
• Grey, Bell, ditto, left St. Helena, June 24 ; Sarah Bell,
' Bell; Port Phillip, left April 10 ; Acadia, steamer,
Boston, left Ist inst. and Halifax 3d ; Sam Slick, Powell,
Newfoundland ; Chatham, Lovett, Africa ; Hudson,
Buenos Ayres ; Richard Watson, Seed, Quebec. Sld.
Harmony, Bombay ' • Siam, China ; Watkins, Cape ;
Russell, Glover, and Francis, de Pau, New York;
-Auckland, Montreal ; E. Bousted, Singapore ;
Affiance, Batavia ; Pamper°, Buenos Ayres ; Peggy,
JaMaica ; Sterling, Wiseasset ; Eliza, Warwick,
Charleston ; Fortitude, Portsmouth,
New Hampshire ;
Ilenry Leeds, New York; Brothers, St. Stephens ; A-
I Quebec ; Garrick, New York ; Arrd. off—Mid-
dlesex, New Orleans. The Sarah Bell, from Port
to this port, on the 3d July, in lat. 1 S., lon. 21
W., experienced .a very heavy shock of an earthquake,
which continued about four minutes. The noise and sen-
sation were similar to those caused by the running out of
a heavy chain cable.
WHITEHANEN, Ave. 13.—Sld. Hope, Quebec.
WATERFORD, AUG. 12.—Arrd. DOW, Quebec ; Castle
tl'arain, Halifax.
DUBLIN, AUG. 12.—Arrd. Princess, Vaughan, St.
John's New Brunswick.
CORK, AUG. 12.—Arrd. James Dunlop, Kilmarnock,
Havannah ; Kingstown, Small, St. John's, N. B.
,L,` -DROGHEDA, AUG. 12.—Arrd. Lady Douglas, Tiernan,
St. John's, New Brunswick.
Mum°, Ave. 10.—Arrd. Ringdove, Firth, Quebec.
MorrrabsE, AUG. 12.—Arrd. Henry, Johnson, Quebec.
SuNnEttLAND, Ave. 12.—Arrd. King William, Croft,
aria Mameluke, Hezz, Quebec. Sld. George Ramsey,
Quebec.
HULL, Aye. 12.—Arrd. Fergus, Blythe, and Forester,
Thomson, Quebec.
OFF FLAMDOROUGH HEAD, AUG. 11.—Andromache
,(bark), of Dundee.
COWES, AUG. 13.—Arrd. Figaro, -Bahia. 14. Red-
Wing, Evans, New York, and sailed for Amsterdam.
PLYMOUTH; AUG. 14.—Wind, variable.—Sld. Moffatt,
Ilobart Town; Royalist, Demerara.
Bitts'icit., Ave. 14.—Sid. Adeline, Quebec ; Royal
William, Newfoundland.
OFF DUNGEN.PS, AUG. 14.—Gratia, Mitchell, Bahia ;
Juno, ,Tanss, Havannah.
CruERNsEv Bose, Rio.
, JERSEY,' Alfa,. 4j.:=Arrd. Crusader, Larbaleister, Hon-
tiaras.
SHIELDS, AUG. 12. —Ski. Andreas, Buenos Ayres;
Louise Frednickit, Havannah; Powhattan and Warsaw,
New York; Endymion, Quebec; Gateshead, Pork, Mau-
ritius; Wilhelinine, Rio. Arrd. Puella, Urania, Grati-
-14,1e, and Ida; Quebec ; Brothers, Taylor, Richebucto.
13. Ann Henze% Henzell, Pictou ; Margaret and Sarah,
Davison, Quebec. •
OFF EASTBOURNE, AUG. 12.—Elizabeth Maria, Juin,
Havannah. 14. Agricola, Grayson, Calcutta.
OFF THE WIGHT, AUG. 14.—Robert Small, Calcutta.
OFF BRIGHTON, Ave. 14.—Alfred, Ceylon.
NEW ROMNEY, AuG. 13.—The Eliza and Ellen, from
London to Gloucester, got on the Newcomb Sand last
Right, but came off, and proceeded without apparent
damage.
REncAlt, Aye. 14.—The Pearl,' from London to
Shields, got on the rocks this morning, but was assisted
°it and proceeded four hours after.

LIGHTS ON THE FRENCH COAST BETWEEN

BO ULOG NE AND CALAIS.

A change having taken place in the character and ap-
Pentane° of the Griney Light the following description
will 14e useful to Mariners :

Notice is given to Captains. and Mariners that on
"le Ist of July, '1842, the Griney Light will be al-
4red. For the fixed light now in use a revolving light
*ill be substituted. The flash of this light will be visible
every thirty seconds. The small light established
since 1838 will be discontinued. In fine weather the
flash of this new light will be visible at a distance of
from twenty to twenty-four miles.
, The difference of this Light with Calais Light will
easily perceived by the intervals of the flash, Calmsfight revolving in 90 seconds, when Griney's (as it has
been said) will be but 30 seconds in its revolution; and
this important difference, that at Calais Light the
'elipses are total, when at Griney's a portion of the light
will always be visible. The Alpreck, or Porte Light,
will be altered at the same time. A revolving; light,
Ivhite and red, will be substituted; the white light will
„ followed by a red flash, which will last only two
seconds, and will be followed by a short eclipse; the
*hole rotation of the light will last two minutes, then
the white light will be seen again.
The lights on this side the Channel being all revolving,
110 more mistakes can take place ; a vessel will know in
instant what land she is to meet with.

NSOLVEN T COURT-(THIS DAY.)

IN RE JOHN PIERCE.

The -insolvent had been an extensive merchant in
-Winchester. The ground of opposition to his petition
Was for fraudulent preference in
.favour of a person
nauned Purmento», to whom ho executed a warrant of
'.4orney, by, which all the property was disposed of with-
'Jut any hoick to•• the body of'the Creditors. •
Mr. CooKE applied to have the bill of costs of, Mr.
ue:qinan,_ the insolvents attorney, taxed, us it was
411(ged that he had taken proceedings against a number
f the insolvent's creditors,
,without being authorised by,
'tu do so.
Evidence having been adduced respecting the .diree-.
tiok!s which it was stated he had given to Mr. Buchanan,
anal afterwards received from the insolvent, the case.
Anther adjourned.
IN RE SYLVIA CREEN.
The insolvent was described as a general dealer at Wal-
„Aain-cross. Her petition to be discharged uxs opposed
Wlr. Coolie, on behalf of Mr. Fuller, a miller, at Wal-
tnnni Abbey, Mr. Woodrulfe supported the petition.
The insolvent, in her examination, stated that she
earrisd on business as a grocer and baker. It also ap-
peared that she made over her property to her brother-
-1•a-law., in consideration of his paying a debt which she
°'
fed to •Mr. 'Webster, another miller. She kept books
Itt ivbich•were an account of several debts due to her,
'Aft which debts were not mentioned in her balance•sheet,
,; • Mr. CooKE contended that the insolvent had not been
pirtperly described, consequently the petition must be
uisnais.sed. All the creditors wanted was to have the
Property of which Mr. Adams, the insolvents brother-
-1,11-law became possessed, given up, or at all events, to
-nave it Miown that the transaction was a bona fide one.
b. The CouaT decided that the order for hearing should
a discharged, with permission to re-advertise and have
the books filed.