The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

VcrsailleF, It. 13 475 475 ... 473 75 473 75

1.8.
Orleans .. 47, ~, 470 ... 4";0 ... 470
Strasburg to Bate :350 ... 355 ...950 ... 355
DUTCH FUNDS.—ASISTERDAI4I, AUG. 24
1401ley. Bill..
AcEllal i),bt, `4:}s per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amort Syndic, 454 per cent B9 ti.frii
'Ditto, ditto, 3,4 per cent —
Commercial Company, 4,, per cent 168% 169,4
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cant.
Exchange on London, One month ll 97%
Two months
Dutch Papers, Aug. 25.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Auo. 21
Bills.
St. Sebald, ,SCh., 4% per cent. IC4
Prussian English Loan, Ma, 4 per cent 103
lks.xchange on London, three months 6 18%
—Prussian Stale Gazelle, Aug. 22

Money
1('834

EXTRA.OR.DINARY EXPREIt S
FROM PARIS.

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The `Levant mail has brought letters from Turkey,
Egypt, Greece, and Malta. They state that
Mehemet Ali had, on an unofficial intimation of
the conclusion of the treaty of the 15th of July,
withdrawn from Alexandria, for, it was sup-
posed, the purpose of avoiding for the moment
receiving the official communication of it, but was
actively continuing his preparations for war. Rif-
fat Effendi sailed on the 7th inst. from Constanti-
nople for Alexandria, to communicate to the Paella
the ultimatum of the four Powers.

It was believed that on receiving it the Pacha
would order Ibrahim to march on Constantinople.

Several ships of war left Malta to reinforce our
fleet, which was on the Bth inst. at Sigri Mitylene.
—Times

CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE LAW IN THE NAME
OF JUSTICE.—The Ipswieh Express contains an ac-
count of a man of the name of Jones who had shot a
hare %titbit] a hundred yards of his garden, which, of
course, had been in part sustained upon the produce
of his own labour. A warrant, without a previous
summons, is issued against him on the following day.
He absconds, and is absent from home during all the
winter months, and in the spring returns. He is then
let alone till Michaelmas, when, eighteen months after
the offence, and six after his return to his family, he
h committed to prison for halfa-year. Committed to
prison for half a-year for what ? For shooting a hare!
Mr. Gurdon put the law upon him with its highest pres-
sure ; it could not have been strained further without
breaking, and in the exercise of this ultra severity, there
appears to have bean various irregularities. There were
40/. expended in quashing the original error. There
are, of course, additional costs attendant upon time recent
proceedings at Ipswich, and the Court of Queen's Bench
has as yet to carve out its legitimate portion. Now,
should the Worthy Magistrate be ultimately borne
harmless out of his perplexities, as Jones prosecutes
in lornia vauperis, the question occurs to its on whole
shoulders, after all, does this costly expenditure fall ?
Here is a man, proved to have been committed to
and kept in prison thirty-three days, by Mr. Gordon,
for an offence which does not appear to have had
any particular aggravation about it, and released at
last by a compulsory and expensive proceeding, and the
gentlemen whose blunder occasioned all this harass and
injury, and whose wilful perseverance in his blunder has
cost the county -101., gets off for the trifling penalty of
10 sovereigns. " lf," said Mr. Kelly, " Mr. Gordon •
thought that the plaintiff—a poor man—should pay 201.
for shooting a hare on Sir Joshua Rowley's land, what
did the Jury think the man had a right to ask of him
for keeping him thirty-three days in prison ? Which
would Mr. Gurdon think was the worst, thirty-three
days of imprisonment, or having a hare shot ? If be
considered the shooting of a hare was to be compensated
with the payment of 20/. by this poor man, he asked it'
he could deny that a much larger sum than that ought
to be paid for thirty-three days of imprisonment." If
it be a crime to kill a hare, is it not a much greater
crime to immure a man in prison ? We can have no
doubt about the answer, and as every year a great num-
ber of people suffer from the malice of the law, there
can be no doubt that the law is the greatest of crimi-
nals, and the cause of many crimes.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.--A report prevails in
the City to-day that the French Government has sent
a second courier to Alexandria, charged with fresh pa-
cific overtures to Mehemet Ali, which France insists
shall be accepted by his Highness, under penalty of
incurring her displeasure if he refuse, This is probable
enough ; but we have failed to trace the report itself
to an authentic source.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.---ERUP-
TION of HF.CLA,—We see from the advertisement that the
' hundredth representation of this beautiful spectacle will
take place to-morrow evening. Considering the vast
number of persons that have visited these gardens, and the
continued attraction still excited by the eruption ot Mount
Hecla, the Lime Light, and the musical performances, the
success of the season has been rarely equalled at any place
of public entertainment. The weather, no doubt, has been
must propitious, but, independent of that, the entertain-
ments are rational and innocent, the company well behav, d,
and the time at which they separate being rarely later than
ten o'clock, enables persons of the most domestic and re-
gular habits to enjoy the amusements without inconveni-
ence. The hundredth night is to be marked by an unu-
sually grand display, and the little soldiers from the Duke
of York's Asylum at Chelsea are to have their annual treat
to time gardens on the same evening, with their band of
miniature musicians. Lord Foley, Lady Berkeley, Lord
Villiers, Sir John Walsh, and several other members of
the aristocracy have visited the gardens with large par-
ties this week.

Mr. Richard Fretwell Stote, son of Hugh Stote,
Esq., of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, was yesterday ao,_
mitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

REPEAL DRESS.—it is stated in an Irish
paper that the repcalcrs throughout Ireland are to be
known by their dress—a pepper-and-salt coat, velvet
collar, and repeat buttons, which Garb Mr. O'Connell has
already adopted,

THE MARKETS.—(,aHis DA Y.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
The of English Corn since Mondsy has been
small, of F.,reign Win et and Oars good. Tile weather •
continuipg fine for harvest operations, has caused Whcat to
be exit-en(ly dull in sale ; and tender neN p,rcels are
offerilig at I aver prices. In other Grain no al'eratioa,
with very little doing.. Fig ur still very slack in sale.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
A large supply of Poultry, tide rather heavy, and
prices as last quoted. Eggs dull of sale at 6s. per 120.
Meat in good supply, demand improving, prices unaltered.
Beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 101. 7 Mutton, 3s. to 4s. ;
35. 8,1. to ss; Perk, 3s 61. to 4s 101., and L.irab, 53.
to 65. per stone of Blhs.
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was Hide activity in the Proi'uce Markets, and,
by private treaty, the op, raiions were on a strait scale in
n.arly all articles; tlic ptedic sales were small, and wciit
off without spirit. Prices, however, kept firm, The im-
ports light from all quarter.
TEA MARKET.
No variation occurred in prices to-day, but few sales
were made. Company's Congou 2s. 3J d. cash. Some
public sales were declared.
TALLOW MARKET.
Prices hid a downward tendency for P. Y. C., but there
were few buyers ; floe quality on thesnot 525. 3d. per cwt.
PROVISION MARKET.
Butter in good r. quest and prices firm, the supply short,
Baron lest in demand, but prices have been firm ; Lard
sold freely, and prices on the advance.

MONEY and COivEVIERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY. -We
have had a very dull market i❑ Cotton to-day, without
mate, ial change in prices ; sales confined to 1,500 bags.
LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, AUG. 25.
Grand Junction, quarter shares, new 31i
Great Western, half shares 5l
Manchester and Bolton .. ...
Midland Counties
North Union
Little doing to-day ; market dull.

A vessel called the Baltimore has arrived at Havre
from New York ; sailed on the 4th of August. No
papers or letters received as yet.
The following official returns of the exports of the
precious metals from the port of London have been
published :
Silver bars to Hamhurgh 42,103 ounces.
Do. to Rotterdam
Do. to Calcutta
Silver coin to Rotterdam 24,000 do.
Do. to Lintin and Tonkoo 51,000 do.
Do. to Hamburgh 12,000 do.
Gold coin to Ceylon
Gold bars to Rotterdam