The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY
_MORNING, JUNE 2, 1847.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 20.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 68 ; Noon, 64.
BAROMETER, 30.05.—W1ND W. ; cloudy.
JUNE 21. _

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52 ; Highest, 68 ; Noon, 65,
BAROMETER, 29.87.—W1ND W.S.W.; fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 20 minutes after 8. I Evening .. 53 minutes after 8.

may appear that the most just and natural
mode of levying the necessary funds for the
national expenditure is on the production of other
lands, and perhaps a small and moderate duty on
articles of mere luxury, if not 'of so exorbitant a
character as to encourage smuggling, or greatly to
diminish the general consumption, might be the most
eligible mode of collecting the revenue next to a di-
rect tax on property. But, on closer investigation, it
will be found that the heavy import duties, by prevent-
ing us from receiving so large a quantity of those
productions, and shutting them out from our ports,
practically close the markets that would otherwise
be opened to our manufactures. We are unable to
exchange goods, and they have no other means of pay-
ing for what they require and would gladly accept from
us. The removal of these restrictions would, therefore,
have the effect of extending our commerce throughout
all lands, of promoting feelings of universal friend-
ship. New wants would arise with the means of sa-
tisfying them, and those nations which were to a
certain extent dependent on each other would be very
unlikely to permit any senseless or ridiculous quar-
rels to intrude so as to disturb that peace and tranquil-
lity, the preservation of which would be so important
to both. It has also been proved, by experience, that
a heavier rate of taxation does not produce a corre-
sponding increase in revenue. IV itness the steady
improvement that has taken place in that department
of late years, notwithstanding the great reductions
that have taken place, and that chiefly on the
articles, the duties on which had been materially di-
minished.

There is, however, one description of direct taxa-
tion that is open to very great and well-founded ob-
jections, and which should be immediately abolished.
We mean the window-tax, which, by preventing the
free access of light and air, is, in the highest degree,
prejudicial 6o the public health. The sanatory con-
dition of the country has at length attracted the
attention of the Government and of the Legisla-
ture. Every means are now about to be used
for the preservation of that greatest blessing ; the
people have awakened from that torpor and inactivity
which so long prevailed; they will no longer wil-
lingly see malaria and pestilence breeding at their
very thresholds from impurities that might easily be
removed. Can it be supposed that in this improved
state of feeling a tax, which it is admitted has a most
injurious effect in abridging that which is absolutely
necessary to health, which in its nature is incom-
patible with improved sanatory regulations,
should be tolerated ? It is for the people them-
selves to say whether they will rest contented
with the present state of things. A golden moment
is at hand, an opportunity which suffered to escape
may not again be afforded to them for seven long
years. If they avail themselves to the fullest extent of
their power, a long course of prosperity and happi-
ness is before them, but if they are negligent and
apathetic, if they exercise their franchise without
care or forethought, they will only have themselves
to blame for the results, however painful they
may be.

We have received Constantinople journals to the
Ist inclusively. The Journal de Constantinople of
that day repeats its assurance of an arrangement
being concluded between the Porte and Persia, and
that all that remained to be settled was the delimita-
tion as regards the wandering tribes of the frontier.
The same journal states that favourable accounts had
been received of the expedition against the rebels of
Kurdistan. The rebel chief, BEDERISAN Bay, is
stated to have been abandoned by most of his par-
sans, and to have shut himself up in a fort with only
200 to 300 men.

A Constantinople letter of the 2d states that the
Cabinet of Vienna has given its decision as to the
dispute between the Porte and Greece entirely in fa-
vour of the former, but has recommended, as a con-
cession, that when M. Mussuuus shall have received
the apologies of King OTIIO and M. COLETTI, he shall
withdraw from Athens, and another Ambassador be
appointed.

The Berlin Diet, at its sitting on the 12th, decided
upon the rejection of an income-tax, which was pro-
posed as a substitute for the duty on slaughter-houses
and grinding of corn, by a majority of 311 against
04. An amendment by Count D'Auram, proposing
that in lieu of the duty on slaughter-houses and
grinding, there should be a new classification of the
taxes in existence, which would relieve the lower
classes and increase the charges upon the higher, was
also rejected by a majority of 348 to 232.

A Berlin letter of the 14th states that Baron
ALEXANDER DE HUMBOLDT was then so much better
that there was every reason to hope that he would be
shortly restored to good health.
At a meeting of the Senate and Burghers of the
free town of Bremen, held on the 11th, to take into
consideration the mode of providing for the expenses
of the new and extensive public buildings about to be
erected, it was resolved that the financial deputation
should be authorised to contract a loan of a sum of
1,000,000 thalers.
A letter from Vienna of the 12th states that nego-
tiations have been opened between the Governments
of Austria and Prussia, for the purpose of establish-
ing closer commercial relations between the former
and the States of the Zoliverein.

The post of Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
at Rome having become vacant by the death of Car-
dinal MICARA, the POPE has appointed Cardinal Luici
LAMBRUSCHINI, Bishop of Sabini and Secretary of
Briefs to his Holiness, to fill the place.
A letter from Leghorn, dated the 9th, says—

" A great number of petitions have been presented to
the Grand Duke of Tuscany, praying for a represen-
tative system. The Grand Duke received the petitions
graciously, and promised to do all in his power. The
new Council of Censorship for the press is favourably
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but at Lucca, where the anniversary was also kept, the
young men of the place having sung patriotic songs, and
uttered cries of Long live Italy! long live Pius IX!' and
made bonfires on the hills, they were dispersed by the
gendarmes, and several of them were arrested. Whilst
at Florence Queen Christina visited the magnificent
palace of the late Count de Saint-Leu, ex-King of Hol-
land, and is said to have charged a banker of Florence to
purchase it for her."

the Ministry. The National gives the following
graphic description of the scene :
" A stranger introduced for the first time into the
Chamber would not have had occasion for an instructor.
He had only to look round him at the galleries or at the
body of the House. In every direction was to be seen
a compact multitude, the centre benches crowded, the
galleries closely packed; a singular fermentation pre-
vailed through the House; in one direction an uneasy
curiosity was manifest, but the majority of the specta-
tors showed a desire to enjoy a dramatic emotion, and
all appearances announced one of those Parliamentary
representations equal or superior to the most interesting
theatrical performance. The amateurs were not disap-
pointed, the sitting was full of incidents, unexpected re-
velations, storms, and a confusion of voices—an orator
extinguished—Ministers compromised—a deputy nailed
to his bench abandoned by all and no longer able to de-
fend himself—a formidable majority crushing under
their feet the victim they are about to surrender to the
judges who are waiting for him. Such is the analysis
of the comedy—such the movement of the scenery and
the name of the actors. M. Billault was about to ascend
the tribune, but the assembly, already unduly excited,
could neither rest in their seats nor remain silent. There
were moments when a sort of febrile impatience held
the spectators in suspense—so great was the anxiety to
hear that they were unable to listen. Nevertheless,
when M. Emile de Girardin expressed a desire to
speak a profound silence prevailed. All eyes
were turned towards him. Standing in bis place,
having before him a large portfolio, his face
pale, but his voice firm, be explained to the
House that there were two questions before the
Chambers—one of principle, the other of fact. He de •
Glared that he would allow the first to be discussed, and
that he would merely add some personal explanations
when the principle should have been debated. These
few words, delivered with facility and steadiness, com-
menced the sitting, and all eyes continued to be directed
towards his swollen portfolio, which appeared as menac-
ing as Pandora's box. M. Billault did not confine the
debate within the terms specified by M. de Girardin—a
man of clear intellect and a skilful anatomist, he pene-
trated rapidly into the marrow of the question. A few
arguments were sufficient to reduce to dust the re port of
M. Laviell ; and arriving directly at the facts, he showed
evidently that the Chamber of Peers was disinterested
in the quarrel—that the queslion before the House was
an accusation against the Ministry by a deputy—
that there were either Ministers guilty of pre-
varication, or a deputy guilty of calumny. Un-
seasonable interruptions frequently broke the chain
of his argument, but the orator was greeted
with the unanimous assent of the Chamber when he
established his dilemma. The Centres and the Left re-
peated vehemently, in concert, Yes, yes, that is the
fact.' M. de Mony said from his place, • I wish as well
as you that the affair should be investigated." And we
likewise,' And we likewise.'—lf the facts are true, re-
sumed the orator, the Ministry ought to be impeached,
and the same voices echoed, Yes, yes !' The question
of principle was postponed, and the prevailing idea was
that the facts should be investigated. The ground was
measured; duel, duel,' was the cry, and the Chamber
was anxious that it should take place. M. de Hausson-
ville wished to address the House in defence of the un-
fortunate report of the Commission; he was scarcely
heard, but he added that the Commission reserved its
right to change the terms cf its report, after having
heard M. Emil de Girardin. The interest was imme-
diately increased twofold, and it was believed that the
accused would speak; he did, in fact, ascend the tribune,
but it was to declare that he now pursued the course
followed by M. de Cormenin in 1835 ; he declared
solemnly that he never had any idea of offending the
peerage. He was interrupted by murmurs, and the
ill will of the Centres assumed a hostile character. The
orator appeared indignant that his word should not have
obtained the same credit as that of M. de Cormenin.
New murmurs. The Chamber wished something else.
M. Ensile de Girardin concluded by affirming that he
would, at a later period, explain the facts, and persist in
maintaining them. .. . He then quitted the tribune,
and the general disappointment caused tumultuous agi-
tation upon every bench. To the voice of the orator
succeeded confused murmurs and animated conversations.
M. Plougoulm, however, descended from the upper seats
of the Centre which he inhabits—the President refused
to hear him, but the entire House exclaimed, 4 Speak!
speak!' He proceeds, he recedes, not knowing whom
to obey, the violent flood of the Chamber bears him
to the tribune, the reflux of the President drives
him back, and he in fine, after his barque had suffered
many oscillations, was miserably shipwrecked. His
unconnected discourse, without hearing—a mere
assemblage of empty sounds and noisy declamations—
was every moment interrupted by confused murmurs.
Scarcely could his meaning be collected at the conclu•
sion of his speech. He wished for a serious discussion,
and for that reason he would send the deputy before the
Chamber of Peers. His emotion deranged his faculties,
he clung from branch to branch, like a man contending
against a current which was carrying him off, he
finished by plunging into the gulf, and when he resumed
his place there remained no more of the eloquence of M.
Plougoulna than a floating corpse. A single incident
created a sensation in the assembly. When M. Plou•
goulm exclaimed that M. de Girardin would not fly a
debate before the Chamber of Peers, the latter rose like
a serpent about to dart his sting, and screamed with a
shrill voice, M. Emile de Girardin never fled.' This
sarcastic allusion to the well-known history of the ex -
Attorney-General of Toulouse contributed not a little to
his discomfiture. The fatigue and disappointment had
become so great that the Chamber had need of repose.
The sitting was suspended for a short time, and M.
Odilon Barrot having ascended the tribune, was heard
with that silence ever granted to him. He resumed the
question of principle, and discussed it in a few words—
nobody cared to hear him ; but at length he addressed
himself to M. de Girardin and pressed him to explain,
when the entire Chamber cheered. M. Emile de Girar-
din collected his papers and slowly ascended the tribune.
The attention of the Chamber had become in a measure
agonising—the prologue was concluded, and the drama
was about to commence. The orator began by declaring
that he meant neither to diminish nor aggravate the ac-
cusation made by him, but to prove its accuracy. The
members held their breath—ho added, that he was a
man attached to the Government, and that he demanded
a Secret Committee before he revealed what he had to
say. At this announcement a general surprise and
visible terror seized those in the galleries. If five
members demanded a Secret Committee,' said the Pre-
sident, they have a right to it,' and already snore than
ten members rose exclaiming grant a Secret Committee
if it be necessary for the defence ;' but at the same time
a terrific hurricane burst amongst the Centre benches.
M. Duchatel rose with the regulations of the House
in his hand. He was met with a shout of the
Secret Committee is declared; you have no right to
speak.' A scene of indescribable confusion ensued. .
. It was as curious as the view in Pandemonium.
At length the Minister of the Interior succeeded in say-
ing a few words, protesting against the mystery. M.
Emile de Girardin, retracing his steps, announced that
since the Cabinet forced him to explain in public he
would now tell all! But the mistrust of the Centres was
awakened, and the orator was often interrupted; it be-
came necessary that M.Dupin should remind the Cham•
ber that the position of an accused commanded respect.
M. Emile de Girardin, tranquil and master of himself, de-
tailed each allegation made in the article published by
the Presse,—a theatrical privilege sold for 100,000 francs,
which he proved by the written testimcny of one of the
company who paid that enormous sum—titles of nobility,
for that he had only the authority of an article in La
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Duchatel ; the latter had told him,'That passed in my
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absence. I blamed it • but it was done by M. Guizot.'
Some commotion, and the orator
had previously with singular ability showed what little
value was to be attached to Ministerial denials.
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had went further, he proved that a
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curred in the year 1846, and he produced the proof.
He read, in fact, a letter addressed to the King, which
has remained during eighteen months in the hands of
his Majesty, in which letter M. Guizot is broadly ac-
cused of having made the complete adhesion of a journal
the condition of the creation of a peer. The postulant
refused the condition with indignation—the postulant
was Lieut.-General Girardin, the journal was the Presse.
In fine, adding to the number of facts, the deputy de-
clared that at a meeting of postmasters they were offered
that a Bill should be passed in their favour for a sum of
1,200,000 f. This full exposé was made with firm as-
surance, and with all the appearance of profound truth.
The knot was becoming difficult; the Minister of the
Interior rose to reply. In replying he denied, or rather
slipped over the charges with prudent dexterity. M. de
Girardin repeated his assertions—whether he proved
them the Chamber must decide. The Minister
maintained that he was no party to the sale of
the theatrical privilege—that as regarded the re-
maining charges, no Member of the Chamber could
imagine that he could have meddled with such cor-
rupt traffic. The Chamber will decide. It was
adroit, but not conclusive on the part of the Minister.
Nevertheless the Centres applauded warmly. There
remained M. Guizot and the famous promise of a
peerage. Here matters took another turn, the Minister
in the most unconcerned manner react a letter at the
tribune in which M. Emile de Girardin admitted that he
had surrendered his journal during four months and
consented that it should deviate from his line of politics,
because a promise had been made to him to grant Lieu-
tenant-General de Girardin the peerage, the object of so
many applications. The letter produced an overpower-
ing effect. M. do Girardin had offered and accepted in
the year 1838 the condition which he had reproached
M. Guizot with having subsequently suggested—he had
alienated his journal, and had consequently committed
that which he accused M. Guizot of having required.
The man was unmasked, the deputy was struck to the
heart, but was the Minister the less dishonoured? Did
he deny the letter, or that the peerage was sold
for a journal? No ; but the Chamber felt indignant
that he who had previously offered his journal should at
present accuse the man who subsequently required the
same sacrifice. It was believed, however, that M. de
Girardin would have returned to the charge, and that he
would have opposed contradiction to contradiction—that
he would have covered the writer by the deputy, by de-
manding a prosecution or an inquiry—that he would, in
fine, show a gleam of indignation, or an impulse of
courage. •. . Vain attempt—he remained nailed to
his seat immovable; his glass to his eye, his face a yel-
low green—he received the mortal stroke without re-
sistance. The Opposition had nothing further to do but
to protest in the name of a principle and to desert the
man who had abandoned himself. The majority trium-
phant surrendered him disdainfully to the peerage."
M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN is to make his appearance
at the bar of the Chamber of Peers on Tuesday. It
is rumoured that he will be sentenced to a month's
imprisonment and fined 10,000 francs.

The Committee on the. Cubieres affair have re-

ported that there is ground for suspicion against
General CUBIERES, M. TESTE (late Minister of Public
Works), M. PARMENTILR, and M. PALLEPRAT. The
report was to be presented to the Chamber on
Monday (this day).
On Friday the Chamber of Deputies passed a Bill
allowing the free importation of corn in ships of
all nations until 31st January next. There arrived
at Marseilles on the 15th inst. 77 vessels laden v•ith
wheat.

On the motion (brought forward on Saturday in
the Chamber of Deputies) that a sum of 200,000 f. be
granted to defray the expenses of celebrating the anni-
versary of the Revolution of July, 1830, M. DE BEAU-
MONT opposed the motion, on the ground that the pre-
sent system of government was so opposed to the Revo-
lution of July, and from the principles it established,
that the celebration of its anniversary was a mere
mockery. The motion, however, was carried by a
majority of 225 to 8.
The following letter, dated Berne, 14th June,
appears in the Constitutionnel:—
" This morning the President of the Vorort, M.
Ochsenbein, returned the British Chargii d'Affaires, Mr.
Peel, the visit he had received from him, on his elevation
to the federal presidency. The interview lasted upwards
of an hour. From what transpired of it, it appears
certain that England is endeavouring to turn to her
advantage the recent blunders committed by the French
Cabinet, by assuming an attitude different from that of
the Cabinet of the Tuileries. Mr. Peel, far from in-
dulging in any allusion offensive to M. Ochsenbein's
character, as chief of the free corps, very properly
passed that circumstance in silence, and merely referred
to the contingencies that might result from the
adhesion of twelve States and two half States
to the policy of Berne and Zurich with regard to the
great questions which now divide Switzerland. The
English Minister, instead of questioning the competency
of the Diet to enact decrees binding on the minority of
the cantons, recognised that the conduct of that assembly
was strictly legal, and completely foreign to the facts
which had given rise, two years ago, to a manifestation
of the Cabinet of St. James. In a word, the language
of Mr. Peel shows that, if a cordial understanding now
exists between France and Austria to support the Swiss
Ultramontane party, the British Cabinet, directed by
more sound inspirations, appreciates the situation of our
country and the demands of the Liberal party in their
real point of view. This is a serious check for the
French policy, which, in order to please its present
allies in Switzerland, is obliged in its foreign policy to
separate from the most proponderating constitutional
state in Europe to join an Absolutist Power. Such a
contrast is more eloquent than long comments."
The same journal has the following observations on
the debates in the English Parliament on the affairs
of Portugal :
" In both Houses of the British Parliament it is una-
nimow-ly agreed that between the Queen of Portugal and
the insurgents right and justice were on the side of the
latter; that the English Ministry, in interposing, had no
other view than to save the Portuguese Constitution, and
protect the lives of the insurgents; that the French
Ministry and its tool, the late Spanish Ministry, would
have interfered only to secure a triumph for a perjured
Queen, a Court without principle or faith, to the preju-
dice of the liberties of the people. What they differ in
is this:—The English Cabinet thinks that our Govern-
ment is disposed to make a long stride on the path of re-
action against liberty into which it has long ago entered,
and in which it daily is taking new steps. The English
opposition think that it is reactionary and without courage,
and that a single menace would suffice to make it recoil.
By this it may be seen what opinion is entertained abroad
of the liberal principles snd courage of the men who
rule us. Poland, Switzerland, Greece, and Italy, are
ample evidences that this opinion is not a false one."
We read in the Commerce:—

"It appears that a grand political manifestation is to
take place in Paris at the end of the session. It is pro-
posed that a Reform banquet shall take place in the
Salle Ventadour, in which 600 citizens may join. The
subscription of the Deputies of the Opposition are to be
first solicited, and a great number among them have
already announced the intention of taking part in the
demonstration. We are assured that M. Odilon Barrot,
M. Gustave de Beaumont, M. L6in de Malleville, and
M. Duvergier de Hauranne, are to solicit the Prefect or
Police to grant the necessary authorisation for the ban-
quet. When the city of Paris shall have made its de-
monstration, these four Honourable Members are de-
termined to cause similar manifestations in the country,
on the return of the Members of the Opposition to their
departments."

A letter from Toulon states that the squadron un-
der the orders of the Prince DE JOINVILLE was still
in the roadstead of Algiers on the 12th, but was pre-
paring for a cruise on the coast of Morocco.
The Iphigenie and Armide frigates left Toulon on
the 14th for Lisbon.

The Committee upon the Lyons and Avignon Rail-
road Bill has decided upon substituting a definitive
plan for that of the Government, which it considers
to be only provisional. It has named M. DE LAFA..
RELLE for its reporter.

The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the
Paris and Lyons Railroad Bill had agreed to extend
the lease of the company by fifteen years, and to grant
it a few other advantageous conditions. 111. BEIIIC
had been appointed reporter on the Bill. The com-
pany, it was said, was not satisfied with these conces-
sions, and demanded that the whole of the money
deposited as a security should be returned to it, in
case it abandoned the enterprise.

The Committee charged with examining the Bills
requiring additional credits for the Northern, Vier-
zon, and Marseilles Railroads, was of opinion to ac-
cord them, with the exception of a sum of 1,000,000 f.
required for the latter, which was to be paid by the
company.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 77f. 60c.•, the Five per Cents., at 118 f. 10c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,271 f. 25c. ' • Rouen,966f. 25c.;
Havre, 652 f. 50c. • Great Northern, 582 f. 50c. ; ATignon,
70511; Vierzon, 610 f. ; Bordeaux, 505 f. ; Boulogne, 410 E;
Troyes and Montereau, 275 f. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c.; Dieppe,
316 E 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 428 f. 75c.; Tours and
Nantes, 410 f.; Paris and Lyons, 442 E 50c.; Bordeaux and
Cette, 453 f. 75c.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 15.—Marseilles and Avignon, 740 f.;
Northern, 597 f. 50c.

LYONS, .JUNE 17.—Paris and Rouen, 961 f. 25c. • Avignon
and Marseilles, 703 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 611 f. 52c. ;
.Nortlern,s9sf.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 19.
Boulogne and Amiens, 161/s —Luxembourg, I%—Namur
and Liege, 31/2—Northern of France, 113/4—Paris and Lyons,
54—Paris and Rouen, 37:Y4—Rouen and Havre, 26
Sambre and Meuse, 6%.

STRIKE ON THE CORK, BLACK

ROCK, AND PASSAGE RAILWAY.

We deeply regret that the insane folly of the labour-
ers employed on this line, and their instigators outside,
should have given a check to the undertaking, which
was so auspiciously commenced on Tuesday last. They
were dissatified with Si. 4d. a day, or Bs. a week, and
struck for higher wages. They did so, we could learn, on
the belief that the contractor was bound to a stipulated
time; but there they are mistaken. The directors
will, as a matter of course, protect their contractor
against unlawful combination, and make every fair
allowance for any embarrassment he may meet with in
his undertaking. We think the wages offered such as
any labourer should be glad to receive in such times as
the present; and we deeply regret that they should
have shown themselves unworthy of sympathy and con-
sideration. The directors are men of firmness and ex-
perience; and it will be their duty to take such a de-
termined course as will bring those foolish conspirators
to their senses. We have ever been the opponent of him
who would defraud the labourer of his hire, or grind
the faces of the poor; but all our sympathies are op-
posed to men who would attempt to take an unfair ad-
vantage of their employer, who was satisfied to give a
fair and sufficient remuneration for their labour.—Cork
_Fran) net.

PONTYPOOL.—SUOCKING OCCURRENCE.—On the
evening of Wednesday, a farmer, named John Herbert,
residing at the Varteg, near Pontypool, went to a lime-
kiln on his farm, which he had charged in the morning,
to see how it progressed, and finding it not burn so
briskly as he wished, he went down a ladder which he
had placed for the purpose, with an iron bar, and gave
the top vent, when he fell down apparently lifeless, from
the effects, it is supposed, of the carbonic acid gas which
issued from the limestone. his son, a lad about eleven
years of age, who was standing on the top of the kiln,
called out, when a servant man who was near ran and
immediately went down the ladder to assist his master,
and met a similar fate. A young man, named Lewis,
who was at hand, lost no time in following the servant
to assist the other two, when he unfortunately fell life-
less. The son then ran off to Blaenavon to his mother,
who was there attending a funeral, and gave the alarm,
when several persons hurried to the kiln, and found
them all three dead. An inquest was held on Friday,
before W. F. Batt, Esq., deputy coroner, when a verdict
of " Accidental Death" was returned in each case.—
Monmouthshire Merlin.

EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.--The
operations on this railway are being carried on with the
utmost vigour, and expectations are entertained of its
being partially ready for traffic about the end of July.
On that portion of the line more immediately in connexion
ith the ferries, extending between Burntisland and
Kirkcaldy, a great number of workmen are employed in
bringing it to completion, towards which it is very far
advanced, a large portion of the permanent line being
already laid. The line stretching along the sea-shore,
on an elevated embankment, commands a magnificent
view of the Firth and of the opposite coast, and should
the construction of the carriages afford any facilities for
travellers enjoying the splendid prospect, it will no
doubt become a favourite route. It is confidently anti-
cipated that the railway will be complete between Burnt-
island and Cupar by the end of July. At present there
are 8,873 workmen employed upon the works—of whom
794 are tnasons, 190 joiners, 140 smiths, 274 miners,_ 634
carters, and 6,861 labourers ; 5,680 are Scotch, 94
English. and 3,144 Irish.
The Prince Royal of Bavaria is appointed Inspec-
tor-General of the Bavarian army, a post that has been
bacant since the death of Field ,Marshal th 9 mince de
Wrede,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
6,000 bales. The market was lively. American at full
rates, and Surat and Brazil a point higher. The de-
mand for Shares was but limited, but prices were firmer.
The Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Bil
passed the House of Lords on Friday last, and only now
awaits the royal assent. As regards the intrinsic merits
of this line, it will be sufficient to state that the Man-
chester and Leeds Railway Company have already made
arrangements with the directors for securing possession
of it.

The Vernon, arrived from the Cape of Good Hope,
brings dates of April 21, but no definite news, as yet, of
the expedition against the Kafirs. It seems, indeed, to
be rather a matter of uncertainty whether our troops
will meet with any decided resistance, or be pounced
upon as before, by straggling parties, guerilla fashion.
The breakwater at the Cape was not likely to be made
yet for want of funds. Dr. Smye, a talented gentleman,
who graduated in England, had been unfortunately
drowned by the upsetting of his boat in Mossel Bay.
There were liberal subscriptions making for the Irish
and Scotch.
The 11th-ices from the West India islands advert, in
some instances, to the prevalence of dry weather, and
this was the case in parts of Jamaica; but generally, the
planters had no reason to complain, and the yield will be
much more abundant than usual. The want of shipping
to bring the produce to England appears to be much
felt at Jamaica, Trini ad, and other of the colonies.
It appears to us, atter a careful perusal of accounts
from various quarters, that the crops on the continent
as well as here, promise abundantly, and that the at-
tempt to get up corn is likely to be defeated by the
continued heavy imports here.
In one day, the 15th instant, there arrived at Havre,
sufficient flour and grain to supply Paris with a week's
consumption.
The Stock Market is less bueyant to-day, owing to the
impression that the corn market may be run up again.
Consols have been 88i and are now at 880. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 90i and
the Three per Cents. Reduced, 881 It is said that
the jobbers in the house are short of stock, and wish to
get prices down a little, as usual, in order temporarily to
turn their accounts. Exchequer-bills keep up at 7s. to
10s. premium, and there is no want of money.
The Foreign Securities are dull, though steady in
value. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 32 to
321, and Spanish Three per Cents. 341. Brazil Stock
is at 831. Mexican Bonds have been again marked 201.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 58*.
There is no announcement yet respecting the dividend
on Portuguese Bonds, but many are sanguine of an ar
rangement ere the Duke of Palmella leaves for Lisbon
which he is shortly expected to do.
The Share Market is dull to-day, although prices are
maintained at about Saturday's range. Aberdeen are
29 to 29i ; Eastern Counties, 20i a ; Caledonian, 301 *;
Great Northern, 2 to 21 ; Great Western Quarter, 17-15,- ;
Brighton, 54i to 55 ; North Western, 179 to 180 ;
Manchester and Leeds, 103 ; Newcastle arid Berwick,
281 ; North Stafford, 10 to * ; South-Eastern, 37i ; and
York and Newcastle, 37k. Ceylon are 4 ; and
Northern of France, 1
BitITISII FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
196%
88%
90%

Bank Stock .. _
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .• 88%3/8
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 90,i%
South Sea Stock ..

Ditto. Old Annuities
Consols for Opening, July 16 .. .. 88% %%
Exchequer Bills. 134 d. 2d.
1,0001... .... 10 7 p
5001. 14 9p
Ditto. Small .... 15 20 13 p
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 8344
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 82%
Equador Bonds .. ..
Mexican Bonds, 1816, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. 20
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • •
Ditto, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Three per Cent
Ditto, for the Account .. 34%
Dividend, on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent 581 A
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 89;1,7i34

CLOSINu
nacEs.
83%
82%
_2';',B

.. .. •• -
.. .. .. 32% 32

PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
DUNE
AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID.PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. 35 .... 29 29% ...... 29%
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley • • 10 14/ ••143
Birming., Wol cr., & o 8 •••• • • • • • 8%
8uckingham5hire................C1. 45.... % dis... die.
Caledonian ... .. 35 .... 30% 3034
Dublin and Belfast Juoc LIM .. 15 234
liastern Counties •.. 20 .... 20% % .3i % .. 20%
Ditto, York Extension .... 6% 7. • .• • 7
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .. ~••• . • • , , 6834 • • 68%
Great Northern .. . • .... 23654 2. 2
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 25% 2534
Great North of England . ..100 .. • • •• • .
Ditto, New .. 25 . 64
Great Western .. 85 ...... .
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... .......... 69
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 17% .......... 17%
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 27% .. • .
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 40 .... 88 .......... 88
Leicester and Bedford .. 16s. % dis , • • % dis.
Leeds anti Thirsk .. 26 ....
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 334 .... 2/
London and Blackwell .. 161. 133. 4d. 7%
London, Brighton, & South Coast 30 .... 541 % 55•
London and Greenwich.. 121. 15s. 4d... • • 8/
London an North-Western • .100 ...•180 179
Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 .... 23%
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 13 12%
London and South-Western 411. Gs. 10d...
Ditto, New .. . • .. 2734 —..•• • • • •
Ditto, New . . • • •• 22 .... .•• • • •
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... •••• • • •
Ditto, Tenths (ditto) • • •• 40 ••• • ••• • • •
Ditto, Scrip.. .. 5 .. .. 4%..........
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... 103 1021
Ditto, I lalf Shares .. 38 ... 45
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. •• % dis. ••• .• % dis
Manchester and Southampton .. 2
Midland .. ..100 .. 124 .. .. •• • • 124
Ditto, New .. .• .. 6..• • 9% •••• • • • • 914
Newcastle and Berwick • . .. 20 .... 28% .......... 2854
Ditto, New .. .. ••5• • .. 7%3u..,,,.,, 7%
North British .. .. 25 .... ..........
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • . 12% .. 15%
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .... 4X,
Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • 1 .. • • —•-• • .
North Staffordshire .. 734 .. • • 10% 10 ......
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... ••• • • .....
South Eastern and Dovor 33% .... 37% ..........
Do.. New (d 0.331. 6s Bd.) No. 2. 12 12
South Wales .. . • .. .. 10 .... 7 ..........
West Riding Union .. • . 4/. 25... .. par....
Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. ..
York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 373
Ditto, New.. .. •10 .... 15% .
Ditto, Preference .. .. 8 .... i 1%% •.•• • • • •
York and North Midland .. 50 8534
Ditto, Extension .. .. 25 42
Ditto, Preference .. 6 .. •••• • • • -
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. 10 21% ..........
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Ceylon .. ss. ... 96
Italian and Austrian .. • • • • 4 ••• • -•••• • • • • •
Northern of France • • • • --
Rouen and Ifavre .. 20 .... 26 .. •
Sambre and Meuse .. 14 .... 7 Sy
MIRES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered 34

HERRING TRADE.

7
54y,
8%
179

par
p
37U
15%
11%
85%

Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, June 14th, 1847.
Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of fhe Committee of
Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, with reference
to applications that have been made to this office from
the fish-curers of Scotland, that the differential duty
which was formerly levied in favour of Norway herrings
in has been abolished, and that British caught
and cured herrings are now admitted on the same con-
ditions as those of Norway, according to their mode of
curing.

.1 herewith transmit, for your information, a copy of a
memorandum, which has been received through her
Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburgh, from the British
Consul there, of the present state of the customs laws of
Russia, in regard to the importation of herrings gene-
rally. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Alex. Bannerman, Esq., M.P. J. MACGREGOR.
Memorandum on the Customs Laws of Russia, now in
force regarding the importation of salted herrings.
GENERAL DUTIES.

Tho market value of salted herrings, varying greatly
according to the tiw-,ner in which they are cured, the
Russian tariff of 1841 divides them into three qualities,
upon each of which proportionate import duty is levied,
namely.-- Per Barrel of
9 Poods.

Ist quality, which are classed as Dutch,
reduced in 1844 from 14F,. 6d. to 9s. 6d.
2d quality, which are classed as Scotch
and English
3d quality, all others, or inferior sorts
Consequently there are no differential duties in favcur
of the herrings of any particular nation, but only dif-
ferent rates of duty in relation to the quality of the
fish.

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