The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-11 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Aug. 9.—The market has been less firm,
and Stock having been rather offered, prices have
receded. Threes, for the Account, are now at
68fr. 85c. Railway Share Market also heavy. The
market closed as follows :

1 per Cents .. 98 05 Bank Shares 3175
Do. end month.... Credit Fonder 1240
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 85 Italian Loan 7l 25
New 3 per Cents .. Roman —
Do. end month.... Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 846 25 Spanish Threes —
Do. end month.... 846 25 Home Debt

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 10.

The screw steamship Athenian, Captai❑ Lowry,
has arrived with the mails from the West Coast of
Africa. She brought 55 passengers, 2,500 oz. of
gold, and £1,200 in specie. Her dates are Benin
and Nun, June 24th ; Fernando Po, 29th ; Came-
roons, 30th ; Old Calabar, July 2d ; Brass River,
4th; New Calabar and Bonny, 7th; Lagos, 11th;
Accra 13th ; Cape Coast Castle, 14th ; Cape Palmo,
16th; Sierra Leone, 21st:; Bathurst, 25th; Tene-
rife, 31st; and Madeira, August 2d.
Trade was still languid in the rivers.

Sickness in the rivers was abating fast ; very few
cases of fever took place during the steamer's
stay. The following deaths were reported :
Mr. William Hearn, of Old Calabar ; Messrs.
Snape and Bryden and Mrs. Henry, of
Benin ; Mr. Brune, of Fernando Po (drowned);
and Mr. William Ellis, chief officer of the screw
steamer Retriever.

At Benin the natives were most troublesome.
During Dr. Henry's absence from his factory
they broke into his stores and house, stole his
goods, and threatened to illuse and then kill Mrs.
Henry. Fortunately a plucky Krooman stood at
the door of her room with a pistol in his hand, and
swore he would shoot the first man who attempted
to cross the threshold. By this means the Kroomae
covered Mrs. Henry's retreat, who by this time had
escaped out of the back entrance, and ran for miles
into the bush, wading up to her waist in mud and
water. Towards night she journeyed down to
Messrs. Horsfall's factory. The extreme fright
caused such a shock to her nervous system that
she took fever, accompanied with congestion of
the brain, and died four days after. The natives
would not even allow Dr. Henry to bury her in
the ground appropriated for the graves of white
men. It was expected that a gunboat would be
despatched up the river to make inquiries into the
cause of this serious affair.

As the Cameroons trade had stopped since the lst
of May, and there is no prospect of its being opened
for some time, the price demanded by the natives
being most exorbitant.
The late differences with the natives of Old
Calabar having been for the present arranged., the
ships and hulks had returned to their old ancAorage
up the river. Trade had been resumed, but still
remains much depressed. What with the past
two months of inaction in the trade, and the rains
having set in, a short supply of oil may be looked
for this season.

On the 10th of July Accra was visited with a very
severe earthquake. The shock lasted two minutes,
and the strongest houses rocked and fell down; in
fact, all are more or less damaged. The Dutch and
Englis forts are almost in ruins, being no longer
habitable, and the guns ammunition buried. People
are afraid to enter inside of the houses which are
lett standing. The Europeans live under tents
and small wooden houses. The natives were so
ft ightened that they took to drinking ?And making
fetish night and day. Several shocks have been felt
daily, and even ships lying in the roadstead felt
them. The earth openod in several places, and s
large fissure was made in the rock close to the fort
(English). Only three natives had been killed.
There is no news of any importance from other
parts of the coast. Health good. Natives quiet.

PROPOSED _RECOGNITION O 1 THE SOUT.ELERY
GOIVEEDERACY.

On Thursday evening a large public meethig Was held in
the Assembly-rocm of the Town-hall, Blackburn, to consi-
der the advantage of recognising the Southern States of
America, with a view to bring about an early termination
of hostilities. The Mayor presided ;he was supported by e
large number of manufacturers and tradesmen. The hall
was densely crowded. The first resolution deplored the un-
natural war raging in AmericP., the awful sacrifice of life,
and the destruction of property caused by it, as well as the
misery it inflicted in the manufacturing districts of England,
and expressed the opinion of the meeting that a continuance
of the unhappy strife would cause the ruin of both parties
to it, and that of the districts depending on the cotton ti ads
The resolution was moved by Lieut.-Col. Bowdon, seconded-
by Mr. J. Johnston, and adopted unanimously and with-
out discussion. Mr. R. R. Jackson moved the second reso-
lution. In doing so he advocated an intervention He could
cite several parallel cases—Belgium, Turkey, and Greece.
There was an intervention in favour of those States, which
had resulted in their being declared independent. The last
12 months theyhad passed through would be considered vet/
severe, but they were at the height of prosperity in compari-
son to the 12 months that were forthcoming. War meant
dear bread, dear cheese, dear bacon, but absence of cotton
meant enforced idleness and the want of money to buy the
commonest necessaries of life. It was impossible for the
North to vanquish the South, and a writer in the Times
said that the war must be reckoned not by months but bY
years ; so that unless the diffigulty was cleared up they
would be entirely dependent upon the books of the
parish, or they would have to rely upon relief committees-
What he desired them to do was to pass the resolution he
submitted to them, "that a petition to the Queen be adopted
by this meeting and signed by the mayor, praying her Most
Gracious Majesty to take immediate measure in coalescing
with France and such other Powers as may be willing t°
give their co-operation to recognise the independence of the
Confederate States of America." The resolution was not re-
ceived with unqualified approval, there being a strong ex"
pression of opinion against it; and an amendment Was
moved by Mr. J. C. Fielden, disapproving the policy of in-
tervention. This amendment was supported by Mr. W'
Crossley, but finally withdrawn, end the following rider,
moved by Mr. F. Johnston, agreed to :—" That this meet-
ing recognising the desirability of re; erring all international
disputes to impartial arbitration for settlement, respect'
fully urges the Government of this country to imme-
diately co-operate with other European Powers in reconr
mending to the contending parties in :America the abode
plan as the simplest and most satisfactory method of re-
storing and re-establishing peace, and in their negotiations_
strongly recommend the abolition of slavery." A vote of
thanks and three cheers having been given to the MaY°4
the crowded meeting separated in good order.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—During the past six days the
numbers of visitors have exceeded those of any previolle
week since the opening of the Palace, and, as the foreign
and provincial excursionists to London for the Exhibitioe
increase, it is only reasonable to anticipate that the visitors
to the Palace will increase also. The terrace-gardens and
rosary are now in their fullest beauty, the flower beds
being brilliant in the extreme. This day (Monday) Blomil
din performs on the high rope over the fountains, and vil;
Introduce a series of new feats on a slack rope suspend
from the high rope. To-morrow the great fountains wtll
be played, and on Wednesday Mr. Coxwell will make se
ascent in his great balloon. The directors have determined'
to make Satutdays one shilling days during the time of tb.
Exhibition; this will still further increase the, weekly at
tendances. Saturday, half-crown day, August 9.--Adrale.
sions on payment, 3,071; ditto by season tickets, 1,629'
total visit Airs, 4,600; total visitors for the week endo'
Saturday, 103,128.

REMARKABLE ESCAPE.—A strange accident OC'
curred on Monday evening, about six o'clock, as the express
train from Glasgow to Carlisle on the Glasgow and. Souk;
Western line was proceeding between Thornhill and
Closeburn. Mr. Jas. Russell, a young man, aged 18, son °{
Mr. Russell, assistant to Mr. Balsillie, inspector of poet,
Kilmarnock, was proceeding to Dumfries, with a younger
brother, ab ut six years of age, to upend a few (10,8
with some friends. They were travelling in a ni*:
class carriage, and luckily enough, as it happened, Oa'
carriage was next the engine. The train was proceed:
ing at the rate of 30 miles an hour, and was al/
a quarter of a mile on Or, north or Thornhill side °
the Camplo viaduct, NO en the little boy left his seat
to look through the carriage window at some sheep
attracted his attention. The carriage doors on the side
the train of which the child was looking out of the windol
are usually locked ; in this instance, no sooner did the Pres;
sure of the Ettle fellow's hands come upon the door than it
flew open, and in an instant the child was precipitated 011
of the carriage into the space called the "six feet!" b°,;
twe'en the two lines of rails. Almost frantic with terror so'
alarm, the elder brother stretched himself as far out of the
carriage as he could, and shouted to the engine-driver, vill°
on hearing his cries stopped the train, but it was not pt
os'
to do this till the spot where the child had fallen °II
had been passed about half a mile. Mr. Russell at oil:
hastened back along the line, fearing the worst, but so rs,te
agitated was he by the shock that he was scarcely able to
in
proceed. Mr. Deas, inspector of the line, happened
t°
the tr,:in at the time, and it was agreed that the tra
o,
sour
others be sen back. This was done, and Mr. Deas and ,1
,
others followed on foot the direction taken by Mr. Russell,
whom they overtook and passed. The train was
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about a quarter of a mile to the south of Camillevelauise
s
and on nearing the viaduct, proceeding north, the b° rP:go,
and satisfaction of those in search of the child maY
i,z to'
ceived when they saw the little' fellow coming run'aln,'"rv,
wards them along the " six feet,"as
ing for his brother James, but apparently unhorar
ascertained, however, that in falling out of the e ago
be
received a cut in the head, which is nut suPP
(ThNotnia g
the limbs. 0
serious, and some slight abrasions on
ear
_ge ease
to known as to how the door of the roilway rm,
to be open.--Dumfries aut ler, weeping bitterlyt.
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