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London, England, 1847-03-15 00:00:00

wants.
The Constitutionnel has the following on the Bill before
the Chamber of Deputies, authorising the employment
of steam frigates in towing ships laden with corn
"The committee, charged to examine the demand of
1,037,3861., for the keeping up for six months of steamers
to be employed in towing vessels laden with corn, has ter-
minated its labours, and the Bill will be discussed to-mor-
row. The committee proposes to accord the credit asked
for. However, the report does not omit pointing out certain
objections that may be brought against the Bill. First of
all, astonishment is expressed that the royal navy is not in
a position to effect from its own resources the towage of
vessels laden with corn. The Chamber is by no means
sparing of funds when the object is to develope the re-
sources of this department, but it is on condition that it will
be able to suffice for all eventualities, and that so simple an
incident as towing vessels in the Dardanelles, the Straits of
Gibraltar, and the Channel, shall not take it unawares, and
cause it to ask for fresh aid. Secondly, the motive cannot
be understood which has caused a preference to be givon for
this duty of towing to large frigates of 450 horse-power,
over steamers of from 160 to to 220 horse-power. The latter
burn less than half the quantity of fuel, and they can tow
several vessels together; they, in fact, do
.this daily in Al-
geria. They are, no doubt, less 'rapid; but, OR the other
band, it is easy to increase their number. These steamers of
160 horse-power are more useful for this service than a frigate
of 540, such as the Vauban, which is to be so employed,
a
much
moment
several steam corvettes
less quantity
.of coals. Besides,
there
of from 160 to 220 horse-power, lying unemployed, to make
use of which would effect a great economy. Is it not to be
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at
the
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feared that the desire to give high commands has had much
to do with the choice of vessels, of from 450 to 540 horse-
power?"
It is not alone the desire to give high commands that
has had to do with the choice of these large steam
frigates as tug boats. Under pretence of tugs, France
will have a large fleet of steam frigates in the Darda-
nelles, ready to take advantage of those hostilities which
her Ambassador, M. PIS CAToRY, is endeavouring to
excite between Greece and Turkey, and to aid the Bey
of TUNIS against his liege lord ; while, at the same
time, by having a similar fleet, under a similar pretence,
in the Straits of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean will, for
a time, be completely blockaded, in fact turned into a
French lake. We trust that the movements of these
steam tugs will be narrowly watched.
"It is rumoured," says the Courrier Francais, that
the suppression of the native regiments forms part of
a complete plan for re-organising the army of Africa,
which is to be carried into execution at the beginning of
spring."
The Chamber of Deputies held no public sitting on
Thursday. The Peers were occupied with the consi-
deration of various Bills recently passed in the other
House, but which only possessed a local interest.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Thursday at 78f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents. 1151. 90c.; the
Orleans -Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75c.;
_Rouen, 8661. 25c.;
Havre, 685 f: ; Great Northern, 623 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 817 f.
50c. ; Vierzon, 5701. ; Bordeaux, 520 f.; Boulogne, 4001.;
Basle, 2051. ; Dieppe, 3301. ; Paris and Strasburg, 446 f. 25c.;
Tours and Nantes, 445 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 480 f.; Lyons and
Avignon, 4801. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 451 f. 25c.; Troyes and
Montereau, 305 f.; Domestic Debt, 2914.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Menai 12.
Boulogne and Amiens, 13% —Namur and Liege, 4%—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 7—Paris and Lyons, 6% —Sambre and Meuse, 6% —West
Flanders, 2M

We are rejoiced to learn that John Penny, Esq., of
Sherborne, the proprietor of the Sherborne Journal, and
a gentleman to whom the Liberal party in Dorsetshire
are under great obligations, has been appointed to the
uffice of Distributor of Stamps for the county of Dorset,
vacant by the death of the late E. H. Keasberry, Esq.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2% .... 214
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 13% %14 •
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 5 .... 10 .... •
Birming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 5
Birkenhead, Lancash., & Cheshire
Junction
Bristol and Exeter .• •.
Ditto, New .. .. • • .. ...
Buckinghamshire .. ••61. 45.... ..
N p.
Caledonian . .. 30 .... 2631
Ditto, Half Shares .. .... 214
Direct Northern Scrip ..•• 214 N .
Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .. 19% %
•
Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d.
Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... %
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 .... 183
Ditto New • 7% .... 9 • • ...,
Ditto, ditto New Scrip 13,1
East Lincolnshire .. .. • • • • 4 • • 614 %• •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 • _ 741¢
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 .. 2014
Great Northern (London, & York
Regd.) 2%.... 2%% % % 2
Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 334 ••• • • •
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 271% .... 23% • •
Great North of England . .. 100 .. 233% • • • •
Great Western .. .. • • •• 85 •• • • 111 ••• • • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. .• .. 50 66
Ditto, New • • • • 434 •• • • 732. •" • •
Huddersfield and Manchester .. lb • •
Ditto, ditto, Extension H
• • 5 • ••• • • •
Hull and Selby ..
.. • • 50 ....102 .• •
Ditto, al f Shares .. 25 .. . 51% .
Ipswich awl Bury St.Edmunds .. 14 .... 11% ... . .
Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 .... 2% • •
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 .... 63% ..
Leeds anal Bradford .. • • .. 35
Leicester and Bedford .. 165..... 1p dis,
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 2712 33 ....
Leeds and Thirsk .• 223( .... 1932 20
Ditto, New .. .. 10 _ 9%.. • •
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent.. • 312 •• ••
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d.
Ditto. New, No. 1 .. 4 .... •
London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 821% 53
Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 9%%s
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 9%..
London an North-Western ..100 ...• 178 176
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... 1812 ••• • • •
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 12%
Ditto, 481. Shares M. &B. .. 40 ... 683;1
London and otith•Western . • 41/. 6s. 10d... 62 ..
Ditto, New .. • • . 22% ....
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 ....
Ditto, Scrip.. .. • • .. 5 .... 5
London and York Extension Scrip 2%
Lymi and Ely
Lynn and Dereham .. • . •• 15 .... 16%
Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82
Ditto, Fifths .. . 5 .... 10 9%
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. • • 71. 45..... 2p..
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425.... • Np„ .
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... •• • •
Midland .. .• ..100 ... 116 115 116% .
Ditto, New .• .. 30 331% % 33% .
Ditto, New • . .. 2 .... 414 %
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 89%
Newcastle and Berwick . •• 20 .. • • 323/ N 33 ...
Newmarket and Chesterton" • • 10 .. • 9% 10% ...
Norfolk .. • • ..100 .• ..134 135.......
Ditto, Extension .. • • 6 .......
Northern Counties Union• •2% 34 ... . .
North British .. .. • . 25 .. • • 33%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 121 .• . 16%
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 2IA 43%
Ditto, Extension .. •• • • % • • 114 •• ••• • • •
•
Ditto, Thirds .. .1 • • 1 .. • • 3%
Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... .........
Ditto, New . .. 14 .... .........
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 .... 7%
North Western .. • • • 4 .... 4 .
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 17%
Preston and Wyre • • • • 25 .... 34
Ditto, Ralf Shares (A) ..81,{ .... 12 . ....
Scottish Central .. . .. 15 .... 22%
Scottish Midland .. •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .. • . ..
Ditto. Class 11 • . • • I'h . • 14 % .....
Shropshire Union .. 425..... 1% dis .
South Devon .. . • • . .. 40 .... 31 ....
South Eastern and Dovor
.. • • 331 .•• 37 .. ... .
. ..
...
Do., New (do. 15!.) No. 4. 3% % ....,
South Wales ...
•
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Vale of Neath 2 ....
West Riding Union .. • • .. 4/. 2S ..... 154 % . .
York and Newcastle ..
.. •
25 ..„
Ditto, New.. .. .. • •
.. 10 Ditto, Preference 15% • .
.. • • • . 4 .... 7% it 8 .
York sad North Midland 50 85 84•,.•.,,,
Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 36%
Ditto. Preference . • .. 2 ... 10 7/8 11 •.
... . .
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. • 10 .. ••. 21
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .• 18 .. • • 13% • • •• ••
Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 . .. .
Paris and Lyons .. .•.. 8 . %
Paris and Orleans .. .. • • .. 20 .... .....
... 48%
Paris and Strasbourg .. . • .. 5 .... -- -

4 .... 4

••• • • •
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... Union of Australia .. • • .. 25 ... ........
. 24% ........
Real del
MINES.
Monte, TJnrezistered --.

214
3%
2344
233y2

63y,;
77
1.4 dis.

HAMBURGH MAIL.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 9.—The average price of wheat during
the preceding week ending on the 6th inst. was—wheat,
36.94, rye, 26.03, being an advance of 4f. 12c. on wheat, and
of rye, lt. 99c.
At the opening of the sitting, the Chamber of Representa-
tives voted the project of law presented yesterday by the
Minister of Finance, and which was seconded by Mr. Bra-
bant. This project of law exempts from the right of ton-
nage all vessels importing grain, and interdicts the distilling
of potatoes and the feculte of the potato. The Minister who
spoke on this subject argued that it would be the best to
adjourn the discussion on the measures relative to subsistence
which the Government has taken. The Minister of Finance
stated that the Government was the best judge
of the appropriation of the funds intrusted to
it for subsidies, &c. 111. Melon, in reply to a ques-
tion from Mr. Villeges, stated that notwithstanding the
most active surveillance the exportations of provisions in our
southern frontiers, which had been fraudulently made, could
not be less than from 12,C00 to 14,000 hectolitres. The
Minister of Finance declared that the infringements of the
law of custom on exportation of provisions are punished
with all possible rigour.
The neral discussion of the project relative to the alte-
rations in the selections of the the number of members for
the Chamber was resumed. Mr. Lehon, the Minister of the
Interior, and M. de Broackere successively addressed the
Chamber, and the latter member declared that if there were
anybody unconstitutional in what they proposed it was not,
as M. de Theaux said, the Hon. Member M. Castian, but M.
de Theaux himself. He then entered into a rapid political discus-
sion against the Minister, and denied that any member of the
Opposition could be accused of having entered the assembly
with an imperative mandate since the electors had no means
whatever of being assured of the execution of the orders
which they might give to a deputy.
M. Dumotier resumed the discussion. After a few words
exchanged between M. Rogier and M. de Theaux on electoral
reform, the discussion was terminated.
The Minister of the Interior, in reply to 31. Bronchere, de-
clared that, according to his own showing, the amendment of
M. Castian was unconstitutional, because contrary to the re-
gulations of the Constitution ; he had regard to another
object than the census alone to confer the name of elector.
At the close of the sitting, AL Donay spoke in favour of
the amendment proposed by M. Cless, which tended to in-
clude the districts ofFurnes, of Dixmunde, and Ostend, in the
privilege of sending two members.
M. de Breyne opposed this amendment, which was replied
to by the Minister of the Interior.
The communal elections which are taking place this day
at Brussels have presented a very remarkable fact. Two
political associations have been formed ; the success of either
the one or the other will have a decisive result; the victory
depends on the preponderance which the two associations
dispute. Both have made great efforts, and have called
forth all their resources and all their influence. What will be
the result of this double agitation in the midst of an electoral
party in our capital ? 2,000 electors were called together to
take part in the voting; 1,004 electors only replied
to the call, and of these 1,004 electors 60 re-
fused to pass under the standard of either one
or the other association. They proposed either to give no
vote at all or to waste their votes on those candidates who
had no chance whatever of success. 994 electors only obeyed
the word of command which had been given them. Thus in
the very heart of the mg at populous section of our city, it
is very evident that above half of the electoral body (1,066
out of 2,000) have held back from this contest, andby their
silence have protested against the yoke which those associa-
tions wished to lay upon them. This result is a decided
evidence which ought not to remain without its effects.
We are assured by a person who is well informed that the
Belgian Government has given orders that a large quantity
of grain shall be immediately purchased in London,
to be carried to Belgium, and there sold at very-
reduced prices. The Government has thought to
adopt this plan while waiting the arrival of 102
vessels which the merchants of Antwerp are expecting from
the Black Sea, and which have been under sail three months.
A good east wind will enable them to come up in a few days
with this considerable supply of provisions, and will causs an
immediate fall in the price of provisions of every. kind.
A letter from Government, dated March 8, states :—Already,
yesterday afternoon, a report was circulated in the townthe
that
the market en the following day would be the theatre
of
most serious disturbances, and that the people-would seize
and steal the wheat and potatoes. This morning, besides the
buyers and sellers, a large concourse
of people assembled at
an early hour. Upon the exorbitant demands of the
sellers, who asked as much as 62 sous for a ginner
of wheat (rather more than the seventh pt
ota
aiptotfnesa,
hectolitre), and 24 sous for a
high,, and quarter
notwithstandingof potatoes,
the
the murmurs rose very
presence of the police and gendarmes, a basket
of potatoes
was scattered on the ground, and the whole, in an instant,
gathered up by the crowd. A sack containing two or three
quarters of wheat was seized, and carried off, without an at.