The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, I°4l.

(FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, 'Auc. 1, 1841.—We are absolutely without po-
litical news of importance in this capital, and are for the
time being in a state of calm, which, however, like every
thing else, as long as the present state of things con-
tinue in Government matters, cannot be of long duration.
News has been anxiously looked for from Toulouse and
the south of France, where it was expected (perhaps
hoped) by the Government that the bold and unconstitu-
tional measures, not only of disbanding the National
Guard, but also of dissolving the Municipality, would
provoke some of the more ardent spirits to rise in rebellion,
and give the new corps of chasseurs an occasion for tinging
their bayonet-sabres with Republican blood, ; but the
object of the King has not yet been effected. In general
the fetes of July has gone off with the usual indiffe-
rence throught France. At Havre it has been remarked
as a strong sign of the times that not a single National
Guard appeared in uniform on the day of the principal
ceremonies, the 29th. The review of the civic corps took
place in Paris, and indeed it is very doubtful whether
Louis Philippe will ever dare again to face the ranks of
his " dear comrades" of the the three glorious days of
liberty and equality. The Court all go to Eu on Wed-
nesday next, and the Parisians will contrive to sip their
coffee as usual, notwithstanding such a " lamented
absence."

A good deal of attention is turned here, in the manu-
facturing world, to the rumoured Customs Union be-
tween France and Belgium. Independently of the
French iron-masters and coal-owners being averse to
the project, it is more than probable, that the great
Powers of Europe will try to hinder any attempt to open
a way for a future political union of the two countries in
question ; and we observe that the German official
papers give more room than usual to their Paris corres-
pondence on this subject and to arguments against it.
The King of the Belgians is said to be personally anxious
for it ; but of this we are inclined to doubt.
The Money Market of Paris has not been so much
affected by the failures at Vienna as was expected ; but
it is rumoured that the Rothschilds have to pull out ra-
ther largely, in order to keep up the balance of their
power—financial power that is to say—in the various
markets of Europe. Ilumann's loan is decidedly post-
poned. The two railroads to Vereaillee (the St. Cloud

and the Mendon lines) are to be made one and the same •
undertaking ; not before it was time, for though the
lines have taken well, the. Companies (on account of the
heavy preliminary expenses) have for some time been
cutting each other's throats.
The last advices from Algeria bring fresh accounts of
the discovery of peculations on a large scale in the Com-
missariat Department of the French army. The fact
has been notorious for years ; but nobody expected that
General Bugeaud—himself not exempt from animadver-
sion for his admiration for Abd-el-Kader's Boudjoux
and the vicinal roads of his own department=would ever
dare to throw stones at his neighbour's windows, his
own house being of a very vitreous construction.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
There was a tolerably' steady market to-day for
the public securities, in the absence of any important
operations. As to the Chancery sales which have been
effected within the last day or two, these are but in the
ordinary course, and would take place under any circum-
stances, that is to say, whether the market were favour-
able or unfavourable, when ordered by the Accountant-
General. From what we can understand, there are far-
ther amounts hanging upon the market ready to be
brought forward for wealthy Corporations. Consols for
money realised 891 to 89L and closed at 89a; and for the
account at 89f, to 14, the latest bargains being at 894 to
&chequer )Bills were 14 to 16 premium; and India
Bonds 6s. to Bs. preminin, being for the latter a slight
improvement. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
were steady at 981 to 8, the Reduced Three-and-a-Half
per Cents. at 988 to 998, and, the Three per Cent. An-
nuities at 898 to 90*. East India Stock was at 247 to
248.

There was scarcely , any demand for the Foreign
Stocks, and prices generally ruled the same. Active
Spanish Bonds were :191 to 20, French Three per
Cents. 761. 75c. to 77c. ; Colombian Stock was 19i-,
Mexican 25*, and Belgian 10111. Dutch T wo-and-a-
Half per Cents. were 52, and the Five per Cents. 102 i.
Railway Shares were supported, but rather dull.
Great Western New Shares were at 8, the Fifths at 5 ;
the Birmingham Quarters at 18, the Thirds at 22, and
the South Western at 13* premium ; Manchester and
Leeds New Shares were 10, and Bristol and Exeter 28
discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were
2a to 21 ; and General Steam Navigation 10 premium.
There was no marked alteration in the Foreign Ex-
changes thio afternoon, and the rates current on 'Change
were about these :—Paris 25f. 60c. to 62ic. ; Amster-
dam, 12 31 to 4; Antwerp, 12 34,- ; Frankfort, 1491 to
; Hamburgh, 13 9 to 94- ; and, Trieste, .9 55 to 57.
The following are the official returns of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver coin to Hamburgh 64,000 oz.
B. W. Indies
Rotterdam
Belgium
Bars to Hamburgh

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 2.—A mode-
rate business has been done in the Cotton Market to-day,
the sales amounting to 3,000 bales at steady prices. Ex-
porters have taken 200 bales ; the remainder are to the
trade.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, AUG. 2.—There is
considerable improvement reported in the Share Market
as to extended business, but the rates for all descriptions
of Railway Stock remain at former quotations. Glas-
gow, Paisley, and Greenock, 261 ; Do. New Shares, 31;
Grand Junction, 200 ; Great Western, 84 ; London
and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 531 ; Do. New Do., 241 r ;
Midland Counties' New Shares, 21.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG 2.—Our mar-
ket has exhibited rather more firmness to-day. Man-
chester and Birmingham, 21 4 to 22 ; London and Bir-
mingham, 160, 161 ; Manchester and Leeds, 50 ; London
and South Western, 53 to 531; Stafford and Rugby,
21. 13s. 9d.

By the arrival of her Majesty's Packet Crane with a
mail from the West Indies, Papers have been received
from Trinidad to the 22d; Demerara, 23d; Barbadoes,
26th June; and Jamaica 2d July. Their contents are
very uninteresting.
At Barbadoes they continued to suffer from drought,
which had become truly alarming. The occasional
showers that had fallen have given no impulse to vegeta-
tion, ponds dry, and everything looking scorching suns
and blinding dust. The planters prospects are indeed
gloomy, and all must expect to suffer, and very se-
verely too.
The English Stock opened flat this morning, with but
little business doing. Consols are 801 for Money, and
89a a for Account ; Bank Stock, 169 170 ; India Stock,
247 8 ; Three per Cents. Reduced 89j- 90 ; Three-and-
a-Half Reduced, 98i 99 ; Exchequer Bills, 14 16 pre-
mium ; and India Bonds 6 9.

Spanish Active Stock 194 Passive, 4 ; Defer-
red, 9i ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 29:f 30, Ditto
Threes, ln 181.
DEMERARA, JUNE 23.—The extensive failure of a
great produce, shipping, and bill-drawing house in this
town is generally felt: Many young men who have been
struggling upwards with persevering and praiseworthy
industry have thus received a blow they will suffer under
for some time ; others may not be able to bear up
against it. Indeed, it has produced a sensation that we
have seldom witnessed before in this colony.

There is but little news in the City at present, and
to-morrow being the fourth of the month, when a large
mass of commercial paper falls due, some anxiety is na-
turally felt to ascertain how the payments will
be met. There have been fewer failures within
the last fortnight, and hence it is to be hoped most par-
ties will be enabled to honour their drafts, especially as
the discour:t market has not become materially tighter.
It must be acknowledged at the same time that a good
deal of trouble is experienced ill obtaining accommoda-
tion upon what is denominated second-class paper.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bulk Stock ............ ... India Stock 245
3 per Cent Red. 9O Ditto Bonds
89g Ditto Old Annuities -
3i3 PPe Cent Cent
retCons
°Reds.. -
96i .Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 16 pm
NL
! Ditto 500/ l6 pm
I Ditto Small l6 pm
Jan. 1860 ... 12 15-16 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct
--India Stock for 0pg....
Jan. 1860. — Consols for Acct B9
N ;n: 53
A 1 tijnipen 85 re
ur i t Cent 9 Cent
ies t o expire
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent—Portuguese,
. 5 per cent.
Belgusn, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent__ Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent l9i
Ditto, 1824. ...... ... ..... 197 .Ditto, Deferred .. 9i
Danish, 3 per cent. — ,French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. -,-- _ tExchange .. —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 25i 'French, 3 per cent. 77L 75c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. (Dutch, 2i per cent. ...
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 'Ditto, 5 per
.cent 102 b
SHARES
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) . . ... .. 32
Great Western Railway (65 paid) —
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 9i
Ditto New Shares (50 paid sBi
_ . . . _ _ ...

. .
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 15}
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd)
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid)
Ditto Thirds (32 paid)
London and South Western
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ...
Ditto New Shares (30 paid)

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 7 Gibraltar . .
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam... 2 U l'2 7 Genoa , 25 85
Antwerp l2 6% Milan .
Hamburgh M. B. 13 12 Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 Palermo, per oz 118%
Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon
Marseilles ........ ... . 25 80 Oporto 52%
Bourdeaux 25 80 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 150% Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37% Buenos Ayres ......
Berlin.... ... ............ 7 New York, 21 days sight 46%
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 955 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto 9 58 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz.
Madrid
_ _ _

Cadiz
Bilboa
Barcelona
Seville ...... 36 Silver in Bars 0 b Oi

COCKNEYCALITIES OF " THE SUN."—An
amusing letter appeared in the Times of yesterday, under
this heading, addressed to that paper from a Corres-
pondent at and we candidly confess that we
have not seen any true statement in the Times, with this
exception, for the last three months. The writer of the
letter, who styles himself "An Observer (and an Ad-
mirer too) of ' Times' and Seasons," justly complains
that we confounded grouse-shooting with pheasant-
shooting, and that the Ist of September was erroneously
put down for the Ist of October. Possibly the para-
gragh in question was written by a Cockney ; at all
exents it was not written by one who had shot muir-
fowls in Scotland, or been at a battue in the parks of the
Dukes of Rutland and Beaufort, But could not this ob-
servant Correspondent be impartial, and point out the
blunders of the Times about the shooting of people in
Ireland ? He evidently is a good aristocrat, and thinks
pheasant-shooting a matter of the first importance.
ROXBURGHSHIRE ELECTION.--Great indeed
must have been the disappointment experienced by the
Tories during the polling days at Hawick on account of
no riot having occurred. Gentle reader, only conceive
what a mortification it must have been, after
conveying to Hawick about thirty pairs of hand-
cuffs ! and an ample, supply of chains ! ! notwith-
standing the provocation given to the people by
the ruffianly conduct of an infuriated soldiery not
a single pair of them were required !! ! So ashamed
were they of the transactions, that the whole of these or-
naments (certainly more befitting those who sent them,
than those for whom they were sent, were huddled into
a sack to prevent observation, and reconveyed, as if by
stealth, back to Jedburgh by the mail cart. Does this
throw no additional light upon the conduct of certain
officials upon that memorable occasion ?—Kelso Chronicle.
MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE IN AMERICA.---A
letter from Philadelphia, dated July 8, says :—" I am
informed by a person, just from the foot of Arch-street,
on the Schuylkill, that a person fishing there this morn-
ing caught his hook in the dress of a woman, and in
drawing it to the shore was horror struck to find it to be
a young and lovely girl, not over nineteen, fast tied to
the arm of a young genteelly dressed man ! They had
resolved to die united by a silken handkerchief, probably
because they could not live in the silken bonds of matri-
mony. On searching their persons no marks of violence
were discovered, nor was any one present able to iden-
tify them, but in the pocket of each was found a loaded
pistol.