The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-21 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET a.nd CITY NEWS

FROM THE MORNING HAVERS. OF _THIS DAY.
POST.—Senor Salamanca, the Spanish Commissioner,
has, it ail ears, at. last arrived in London. No announcement
has yet been made upon the subject of the three per cent. capi-
talisation of overdue coupons, the reason' assigned fur which is,
that it will be but fair and proper it should be .dime simul-
taneously here and at Paris. Senor Salamanca has called on
Air. Thornton to present himself, and to assure him that the
money for the pi omised payment is aeady. For the fact we
should be sorry to have to vouch ; Lecause there are unfulfilled
and far more sacred engagements lurking behind than the cou-
pon matter in question ; the same to which we have alluded
above; and while these are designedly passed over, as we are quite
sure they must be, it is evident to every one who watches what is
passing, like ourselves, that dark treachery must be at work as
of old. Salamanca and Borrajos' advertisement will appear,
we understand, on or about Wednesday next, but nobody will
have_ any faith in it, anti no one ought, for the Ambassador's
" short delay" advertisement of 1e,37 is still fresh in the memory
of the plundered people who placed confidence in it. It is
thought but " fair and proper" that Paris should be informed
of the consummation of the wondrous fivepenCe in the. pound
affair simultaneously with London. Castilian honour is once
mere at stake, and no partiality must be shown. A nice atten-
tion to etiquette had its effect in 1836, but now it is only
scoffed at. The agency has been thrice declined, and is still
vacant. Unfortunately for the actors in the forthcoming farce,
too, it is now notorious that the syndicate at Pdris has inter-

dieted the performance of it at the Bourse.
TIMES.—The result of the trial in the Court of Exchequer
yesterday, respecting
.the spurious Exchequer-bills, has, of
course, been construed l some parties so as to lessen the hopes
of the `° innocent holders' that they may ultimately obtain jus-
tice. They do not, nor could not, venture to go so far as to
assert that the claim of these holders was actually barred by
case which really does not touch the point at issue between
them and the Government, but the greatest care is taken to
make the matter appear as unfavourable as possible, to make the
hole ers believe, from the decision in the case, that they are
mere suppliants for a favour, not claimants of a right—that is,
that their position is as weak as it can be, short of an absolute
defeat of their claims. And yet this case of "The Bank a'.
Tumkins" contains nothing that should in the slightest
degree alarm the bondholders. Directly it has nothing
to do with their case whatever ; indirectly, if we are
to reason at all by analogy, it is rather favourable to their
claim than otherwise. Lord Abinger, in summing up Ow evi-
dence, was so afraid that by some ingenuity the decision in the
case before him would he converted into a decision of the case
between the Government and the holders, that he took every
possible precaution to impress on the minds of the Jury that
the two cases were totally distinct.
Indirectly, the case is somewhat in their favour. The Bank
of England were " innocent holders," and as such were success-
ful in their claim on Tonikins, and he, assuming him to be an
innocent holder'' likewise, has a claim on intermediate parties
and on the Government. 'The Exchequer Bill-office remains
at the bottom of the evil ; the Government is the party ulti-
mately liable ; and assuredly if one " innocent holder " can
recover of another " innocent holder," as is proved by
the present case, the party by whose negligence the
whole mischief arose ought not to be the only one that
escapes. As for the statement of Lord Abinger, that he did
not. see how the Treasury could pay the holders without an Act
of Parliament, that is not all hostile to their claim ; that merely
concerns the form in which justice should be done, not the
question whether justice should be done or not. Perhaps it is
this expression which has induced those who seize every op-
portunity to disparage the case of the holders to say that they
have, at any rate no more than a " grace " to expect. The
holders rest their claim on broad principles of equity—on the
principle that every just and honourable Government would
indemnify the public for losses sustained by its own fficers ;
and are not prepared to meet with legal technicalities. nor to
consider it a mere matter of favour, if these are not resorted to.
Whether or not a Court of Law can give them the compensa-
tion they demand, or whether recourse must be had to the Le-
gislature, is not their question; but, as a matter of equity, they
conceive they are entitled to receive compensation for the losses
they have suffered under the gross negligence which has re-
cently been expcsed. That they have a right, in the techni-
cally legal sense of the word, may be true or not; the acceptor
of a bill given for a valuable consideration is not legally bound
to pay it if be can successfully plead the Statute of Limitations ;
but he is bound according to every principle of justice arid'mo-
ratify, and it would not be considered a favour if he paid his
creditor and refused to plead the statute, but merely the fulfil-
ment of a moral obligation. It is on the highest principles of
justice that the claimants on a Government have a right to ex-
pect that Government will act ; and therefore the " innocent
holders," relying on the arguments which have.again and rgain
been brought forward, and clearly show the equity of their
claim, have every reason to expect justice in the present in-
stance.
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LIFE OF A MEDICAL MAN.—There is not
any career which so rapidly wears sway the powers of life, because
there is no other which requires a greater activity of mind and
body. Ile has to bear the changes of weather, continued fatigue,
irregulariiy in his meals, and brokers rest; to live in the midst of
miasma and contagion. If in the country, lie has to traverse con.
siderablc distance on horseback, exposed to wind and storm ; to
brave all dangers, to go to the relief of suffering humanity. A fearful
truth for medical men has been established by the table of mortality
of Dr. Casper, published in the British Review. Of 1,000 members
of the medical profession, 000 died before their sixty-second year;
whilst of persons leading a quiet life, such as agriculturists or theo-
logians, the mortality is only 347. If we take 100 individuals of
each of the classes-43 theologians, 40 agriculturists, 85 clerks, and
132 soldiers will reach their seventieth year : of 100 professors of the
healing art, 24 only will reach that age. They are the sign posts
o health ; they can show the road to old age, but rarely tread it
hemselves.—Montreal Courier.
M. 11., a gentleman of property, arrived a few'
days ago, from Lisle, at Tours, and, after dinner, was taking a
walk on the Terrace St. Julien, when he was accosted by a man,
who made the most disgusting and insulting proposals to him.
M.H., in his indignation, seized the fellow, and was dragging him
to a more frequented part of the town, in order to get him ar-
rested; but, in going down some steps, the scoundrel disengaged
himself from the grasp in which he was held, drew a poignard,
gave M. H. a severe wound in the leg, made off, and has not since
been discovered. N. H. was soon after found lying senseless on
the steps, and carried to his hotel, where his wound was found to
bis so serious, as to make it apprehensive that amputation will be

necessary.
M. Desrosiers, of Moulins, is at the same time
editor of the Revue de Riom, and printer of the Journal du Bour.
bonnais. In answer to an article concerning the late disturbances
at Clermont, and announcing a fuller report, the Gazelle d'An-
vergnc made an attack upon the Revue de Rehm. The editor of
the Journal du Bourbonnais proposed to reproduce the attack,
adding comments greatly aggravating. The printer, who only a
few days before had been brought before the Court of Assizes, and
had since found himsef obliged to refuse printing an article fro:n
fear of a fresh prosecution, conceiving that this new publication
would be injurious to his own interests, positively declared lie would
not put it to press. The editor of the Journal du Bourbonnais has
accordingly commenced an action against M. Desrosiers.
The city of Naples, which had already so many
charitable establishments due to the care and philanthropy of King
Ferdinand, has now a humane society for the rescue and relief of
shipwrecked mariners and persons in danger of drowning. The
Presidents are the Duke de Laurenzana, Minister of State, and the'
Neapolitan Ambassador in Paris, the Duke de Serra-Capriola. M.
Falcon is appointed grand treasurer. A letter from Naples 84.1,6
that great interest had been exerted there by a sermon in presence
of the Court, the diplomatic corps, and the nobillty, wkich was
preached by the Abbe Lefebvre, of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in favour of
the Infant Schif This was the first instance of a foreigner being
permitted, uncle such circumstances, to preachin the Royal Church
of St, Ferdinand,