The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

,TII.E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENANG, JUNE 23, 1847.

(From the Herald.)
have received by Extraordinary Express, in
!r 'Pa tion of the. Overland Mail, our files of papers
ii;tr!otnbay of May 12 ; Calcutta, May 1 ; China,
t° 2,,• By far the most important intelligence is
q the latter place, by which it will be seen that
it
;we
,"13h authorities have, in 36 hours, assaulted
"kell all the principal forts at the Bogue and in
i.,'
canton River, and after destroying the gateway,
et,,,lll°wilig up the magazines, spiked 827 pieces of
;L43°. Her Majesty's forces were about commenc-
) .
an assault on Canton, when the Chinese Govern-
` °t to all the demands of her Majesty's
pall4lMtentiary without reserve, just in time to arrest
c'estruction of that city.
(Prom the Bombay `limes of May 12.)
QIN
ukay.—The space over which our present
rvations extend is more limited than usual, and
Ite as uninteresting as for many months past. The
lit°ll. Company's steamer Sesostris, which, at the date
1..
t dispatch, was feared to have been lost in
14t'hurricane of the 20th ult., has made her appear-
, she suffered considerably, and seems to have
11 in great danger, but happily accomplished
tr
/oyage. The Buckinghamshire continues to
her way up the coast under jury-masts; we
Pe had no returns of losses beyond those formerly
lsaerated. The Mermaid has now been almost
~i
°IIY broken up, but a small portion of her cargo
jag been saved. The Portuguese brig Indiana
msciriven ashore near Rutnagherry : her masts were
I.i
Iligone, but the hull of the vessel seemed to have
4,,etained little damage. The gale appears to have
4311 sinular in its character : it seems to have taken
10 ''se to the east and south of Ootacamund, about
deg. N., and 76 deg. E. Here it blew with fury
ra the 13th to the 18th, its violence being most
iev
're about the 15th. It can be traced north and
nest for the space of about 1,300 miles : it travelled
gt the ocean from Cochin on the Malabar coast to
4rrachee and Ahmedabad, and thence to Shikarpore
bPPer Sinde, in latitude 28 deg. N. by 68 deg. E.
t
4 ue first-named of these four places it raged on the
't, at the second and third on the 23d, 24th, and at
Lee fourth on the 24th. Throughout its course
Leary falls of rain accompanied it even where these
qt nearly unknown. The disturbances in the
n„c'ealsoor districts seem for the present to be
Brigadier Dyce has been succeeded
t,the command of the troops in the country by
trioTadier Campbell. There is nothing new
Lucknow. The conduct of the Resident,
41°Tie1 Richmond, in promising their lives to the
rtitgbatia who attempted to murder the Prime Mi-
ter, has been a source of considerable discussion.
dt e Promise was given when the life of an individual
tirpstided on it : were it fallen from, the plea of the
ttirearostances under which it was made would as-
btoejliY not exempt us from the obloquy of having
ken- faith : should it be acted on, two men will be
set
free whe avowedly intended to commit a murder.
Thefor Seikh trophy guns are about to be re-cast, to
111 a triumphal arch or column. A rumour—a
iir ellndless one we hope—prevails that Lord Har-
'4le
ge will quit India on the Ist of January, 1848
'tie, and the Commander-in-Chief are now at Simla.
2 Will so continue during the hot season. Profound
iatan.quillity continues throughout the Punjaub.
, Lawrence, following the example, and acting
Eder the instructions of his namesake at Lahore, is
iLltting in practice the same style of reform on the
frontier which has for some time been in progress at
"1' capital. Accounts have been called for, so as to
ilsritit an exact estimate to be made of the income
liti expenditure of the Peshawur and Yoesoofzaie
toll4trY• The troops are to have their arrears paid
u
to them, and are not likely again to be allowed
fall behind. The tax on the marriage of widows
to be abolished. Colonel Khan Singh had been
iisroissed from the artillery, and the command trans-
ferred to Elahee Buksh. Pest Mahomed continues
°Perationa against the Ghilzies ; the troubles of
the Country seem to be abating, and it is nut at pre-
sentbe
more disturbed than at any time since we first
'time acquainted with it—much less so most as-
tilredlY than it was when in our possession, when
4°ll Palmerston assured the men of Tiverton that
Englishman might traverse it from end to end as
fearlessly
e:rlesq as he could travel from one end of England
t
,the other. Cholera has been making sad havoc at
Ahmedabad, the latest victims amongst the European
e,°4lniunity being Ensign Pitcairn and Miss Darby.
David Pollock, Chief Justice of Bombay, is
,13e. ginning to recover from a dangerous attack of
liver complaint, which at one time threatened to
Prove fatal to him. He is about to take a voyage
° China for change of air. There was a grand re-
:tiew by the Commander-in- Chief, Sir W. Cotton, of
''°e troops constituting the Presidency division, on
the evening of the 10th; on the llth the Governor,
the Commander-in -Chief, and a large party of the
loite of the Presidency, visited the Dhurrunsalla (house
reception for strangers), erected by Sir Jamsetjee
:1.14
';,esieebhoy at Byculla. All testified their delight at
Zia further act of munificence of the princely knight.
Akbar steamer, with the London mail of the 7th
114 April, arrived on the 6th of May—the transit
1,..
Z4Ving been accomplished between the Post-office of
"t• Martin-le-Grand and that of Bombay in twenty-
! eight days twenty-one hours—by much the shortest
Yet effected.
Two atrocious murders have been committed by a
-w
*alay sailor. On coming back from sea he went to
„-L
Lrle house of a former mistress and was refused per-
mission to reside with her. He left the house, and
shortly after returning found another man had taken
his place. Upon this he stabbed the man, who died
en the spot ; wounded the woman, who died almost
immediately afterwards ; injured a third and fourth,
one of whom lies in a dangerous state in the Jeejee-
bhoy Hospital. The man at once permitted himself
to be made a prisoner.
The sum subscribed towards the Irish Relief Fund
Bombay amounts to 9,3001. Upwards of `2,0001•
have been collected throughout India.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Casualties by death in the armies of India reported
Since the departure of the mail of Ist Mayt
:
Ahmedabad,
BotituA.y,—Ensign Pitcairn, Bth Reg.,
°nthe 29th April.
unnAs.—Lieut. Donald Tulloch, 2d European Reffi-
,D
2,7 t, at sea on board the Arabia, off the Cape, on
the
L.r.t January.
AL"GAL.—Lieut. C. R. Aileman, 41st Regiment, at
bra, on 13th April.

CALCUTTA.
(From the Bengal flurharu of May 1.)
The political news is of no importance.
__There has been but little change since our last in the
hect of commercial affairs. The market for exports
r4n been very quiet, the extent of business transacted
Vng been very moderate.
xchange has had a continued upward tendency. Pre-
se ..4_. _toluotations for first class six months' bills on London
O'ld. to 2s. oid.
The rates of freight mentioned in our last hare been
maintained, and as some proportion of the available ton-
',z!lgg has been taken up for China, present quotations are
"Kely to undergo little reduction,

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKET.
nordiuy, MAT 12.—We have to report continued
mulneas in our import market since the departure of the
?UAL of the Ist inst., and transactions are now reduced
Into a very small compass.
COTTON MANUFACTUREs.—An inquiry still exists for
r°Y tjacconets, but it has not produced any improvement
11 prices, and with the termination of the season we may
expect that it will cease. There is not the slightest
demand for any other goods, and dealers will take only
of a few descriptions when tempted by their extreme
cnespness.
The sales reported consist of the following goods:—
Pic,R. A R. A.
0,400 Grey Jacconets, 40 inch 20
yards ....................... at 1 8 to 2 3
300 Bleached, do. 40 inch, 20 yds 3 1 to 3 6
5,000 Grey Shirting, 40 inch 38
yards ........................
1,000 Ditto, 45 inch
3,800 Bleached Skirtings, 36 inch
40 yards
500 Grey Madapollams, 33 inch
24 yards
1,000 Do., do., 36 inch
100 Grey Sheetings, 36 inch 60
11 15 to 0 0
yards
11 9 to 11 10
320 Do., do., 64 yards
50 Do., do., 50 yards ...... • 9 0 to 0 0
Bleached Mulls, 40 in. 20
yards, No. 32 ....... 10 Bto 0 0
Cotton Yarn—ln grey we hear only of a sale of
20,0001 b. No. 30 Mule, at 71 annas per lb., but in water
nothing has been done, nor have any sales of dyed trans-
pired,
Woollens—Continue neglected as before, not a single
sale that we are aware of having been effected.

4 04 to 4 13
5 9 to 6 4

4 14 to 6 6

2 2 to 0 0
3 1 to 3 1-

Metals—lron : an inquiry has revived for British
bar within the last three or four days, and its price is
again looking up. At the commencement of the month
600 candies were parted with at Rs. 31 per candy, but
450 candies have since fetched Rs. 32, and other trans- '
actions have been prevented only by holders demanding
a still further advance. Of square nail rod 300 candies
have been sold at Rs. 40 per candy, and of hoop 500
cwt. at Rs. 51- per cwt. These two last-mentioned sales
exhibit a decline in prices, but we understand that the
assortments as to sizes were objectionable. The above
transactions comprise the business done in iron, but on
reference to the price current it will be observed that
our quotations for some other descriptions of this metal
are somewhat different to our last.—Copper—The only
transaction that has transpired is a sale of 200 cwt. of
braziers at Rs. 60i per cwt., showing a further slight ad-
vance. No sales appear to have been made in other
descriptions of this metal, but prices of all continue
steady.—Lead— 300 cwt. of sheet have been sold at Its.
111 per cwt., which is an improvement upon the market
price last quoted ; but in pig nothing has transpired.
We have not heard of many sales in spelter, tin plates,
or steel, but the price of this last (Swedish) is looking
down.
Cochineal—This article continues in very great re-
quest for transmission into the interior, and an arrival
would readily fetch Rs. 5 per lb., if not more ; but a
considerable decline in the price must be looked for as
soon as the rainy season sets in.
Saffron—is neglected, and we cannot expect any in-
quiry for it until after the rains.
Beer—Very little has arrived since the departure of
the last mail, and we believe that there is none of
Allsopp in first hands: the price of Rs. 75 is firmly main-
tained.
Spirits—We have not any change to notice.
Marine Stores—continue extremely difficult of sale,
and there is no prospect of an early improvement'
EXPORTS.
Cotton Wool—The accounts which come to hand from
China just as we are closing our last report, having been
confirmed by the intelligence received per mail a few
days afterwards, the market has remained very firm, and
extensive purchases have been made of this staple for
shipments to that quarter, comparatively little having
been done for Great Britain. A liberal supply of cotton,
and the high rates of freight have, however, been a check
upon prices, present rates being as follow:—
Broach and Surat
Dhollera „B2to 86 do.
Oomrawutty
Compta (old) 65 do.
Several large pattimars loaded with Compta cotton are
reported to have been lost in the late gale.
Opium—The market continues to be fairly supplied,
and a moderate business is going on, but we cannot
quote the price for the best Malwa above Rs. 1,075 per
chest.
Sheep's Wool—Shipments of this article to Great
Britain have largely increased, but on importers' ac-
count principally; the high prices demanded, and the
high rates of freight, continuing to operate against sales.
Prices remain nominally as before.
Linseed—Very little in the market, and price quite
nominal.
Rapeseed—Market quite bare.
FREIGHTS.
The accounts from China already referred to having
created a good demand for tonnage, the rate of freight
to that quarter has ruled Rs. 23 to Rs. 24 per candy, at
which very extensive engagements have been made,
particularly at the former figure, which is the rate of the
day. Rates to Great Britain have also improved, 61. ss,
per ton of fifty cubic feet being rapidly paid to London,
and 6/. 10s. to Liverpool.
Exchange—Exchange on London has been inclining
downwards, but is at present very steady at ls. 111-d. at
2s. per rupee, 6 ms. On Calcutta the rate is Rs. 974,
60 ds.; and on China Rs. 207 per 100 dolls.—nominal.
Money Market—We have to notice an improvement
in 4 per cent. Government paper, which is now selling at
Rs. 89, being an advance of Rs. 4 upon our quotation of
,s value on the 15th April last.

Ducio
Morley
,

In the course of a few days the Bogue Forts, and
all the principal works and batteries on the Canton
river have been taken possession of—some of them by
assault, and 827 pieces of cannon spiked or rendered
otherwise unserviceable.
The Chinese have received a lesson in return for
their frequent acts of aggression on the persons of
British subjects that will not be lost upon them.
They have submitted to all the demands of her
Majesty's Plenipotentiary without reserve, and
have yielded, happily for themselves, just in time
to arrest the course of an assault that would have
been attended with fearful loss of life to them, and
the inevitable destruction of their provincial capital.

When such advantages have been obtained, let it
be one more source of congratulation to British sol-
diers to reflect, that they have been purchased, under
Providence, without bloodshed, and that the honour
of the British arms has been proudly maintained, with-
out one act of violence, or one departure from the
principles of humanity.
In recording these acts, so honourable in themselves,
and so deserving of approbation, the Major-General
desires to impress on the handful of men by whom
they have been achieved, this great and most impor-
tant of all lessons—" It was discipline alone that
could effect them," and while this first duty of a sol-
dier continues to be practised, that the troops can
never fail in fulfilling their duty to their Sovereign
and miiintaining the honour of their country.
By order of the Major-General Commanding,
J. BRUCE, Assistant Adjutant-General.

MANCHESTER BISHOPRIC BILL
DIVISION ON LORD REDESDALE'S CLAUSE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—Junt 22.
CONTENT.
LARLS.
Mountcashell

DUKE.
Richmond
MARQUIS.

VISCOUNTS.

LOADS.
Stanley
Redesdale

Strangford
EARLS. Hereford

BISHOPS.

Bandon LORDS.
3lahnesbury Ashburton

NON-CONTENT.

Exeter
Oxford
Bath and WellB

Lord Chancellor EARLS. L 01159.
Cowper Wrottesley
Granville Portman
Chichester De idauley
Stradhroke Colborne
Scarborough Beaumont
Powl Kenyon
Spencer Bolton
Walsingham
BlgilOrt.
London
St. Asaph
Salisbury
Norwich
Lincoln
Winchester
Bangor
Llandaff

DUKE.
St. Albans

MARQIIISE9.
Lansdowne
Clanricarde
Westminster
LAALI3.

viscorza.
Falkland

Fortescue
Clarendon
Auckland
Grey

LORD..
Camoys
3lontfort
Sudeley
Dunally
Campbell
Mostyn

3tinto
Devon
Kingston

PAIRS.

AGAINST.
Duke of Bedford
Earl of Yarborough
Lord Byron
Marquis of Donegal
Earl Camperdown
Earl of Eldon
Lord Wenlock
Lord Lilford
Earl of Ilchester
Bishop of Durham
Lord Denman
Earl of Effingham
Lord Strafford
Lord Foley
Bishop of Worcester

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, JUNE 22.
BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL.
Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be
now read the third time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave
out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to
add the words " upon this day three months :"—Question
put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question"
The House divided :

MAJORITY—AYES, 62.
Ainsworth, Peter Evans, William Patten, J.V.I
Arkwright, 9. Ewart, William Powlett, Lord W.
Barnard, E. G. French, F. • Pusey, Philip
Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Rashleigh, W.
Bateson, Thomas Gore, W. 0. Rendlesham, Lord
Bentinck, Lord G. Grimsditch, Thomas Rice, E. R.
Bodkin, William H. Grogan, Edw, Sandon, Viscount
Bowring, Dr. Hamilton, Gar Sotheron, T. co;
Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, Lord C. Spooner, R.
Culler, Charles Ileathcote, Sir W. Strutt, Edward
Itarew, IV. H. Pole Heneage, G. lI.X. Thornely, T.
Chute, W. L. W. Hudson, G. Trelawny, J. S.
Colvile, C. R. Jolllffe, Sir W G. 11. Turner, E.
Corry, Henry Jones, Captain Vane, Lord H.
Denison, E. B. Emilie, henry Verner, Sir W.
Dick, Q. Le Marchaut, Br D. Yesey, T.
Douglas, Sir 11. Liddell, Hon. 11. T. Wrightson, W. B.
Douglas, Sir C. E. Lygon, Gen. Young, John
Duckworth, Sir J. Mackenzie, T.
Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. TELLERS.
Duncombe, A. Marshall, William Divett, E.
Egerton, W. T. Maxwell, lion. J. P. Chichester, Lord J

MINORITY-NOES, 12.
Dalrymple, Captain O'Brien, C.
Esmonde, Sir T. O'Brien, J.
M'Carthy, Alex. TELLERS.
Monahan, J. 11. Ross, D. R.
Morris, David O'Connell, M. J.

Berkeley, Craven
Blake, N. J.I
Butler, I'. S.
Collett, John
Crawford, W. S.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and
the Princess Royal, attended by the Lady in Waiting,
took an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four.
The Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, attended
on horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr.
G. E. Anson, went, yesterday morning, to the office of
the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoo❑ at a Committee meeting for Promoting and
Encouraging the Fine Arts, and the Re-building the
Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at
the new Palace at a quarter to three o'clock, attended
by Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners present were
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Mahon, Viscount
Morpeth, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Vyse. The
Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the perform-
ance at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yes-
terday evening. The royal suite consisted of the
Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss
Paget, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel
Bouverie.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Here-
ditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, in an open car-
riage-and-four.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and Prince George, attended by Mr. Edmond
M. Mildmay, honoured the performance at the Royal
Italian Opera House with their presence last evening.
A deputation consisting of Messrs. Lace, Land, Rigge,
and Clay, from the Birkenhead Dock Company; Mr.
Bicknell for Mr. Vyner; Mr. Davis for Mr. Mainwaring;
and Mr. Potts for Mr. Price, had a meeting with the
Commissioners of her Majesty s Woods and Forests,
yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-place.
Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Spooner attended
' yesterday at the Home Office, with Sir George Grey,
to present a memorial to the Queen from the Women of
England, signed by 100,000, praying that the Bill for
preventing trading in seduction may pass into a law.
The following is a copy of the petition :
"To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,
" We, the undersigned, women of Great Britain and
Ireland, placed by Divine Providence under the sway of
the British sceptre, which God has committed to your
Majesty's hands, most humbly beg leave to make known
to our beloved Sovereign the heavy and cruel grievance
that oppresses a large portion of the female population of
the realm.
" A system exists by which, not only are undue faci-
lities and temptations held out to the immoral, the giddy,
and the poor, to enter upon a life of infamy, degradation
and ruin, but unwary young females and mere children
are frequently entrapped, and sold into the hands of
profligate libertines.
" Agents are sent into the towns and villages of the
United Kincdom, whose ostensible object is to engage
young girls for domestic service or other female employ-
ments, but whose real design is to degrade and ruin
them.
" Female agents are also employed in London and
many of our large towns to watch the public convey-
ances, and decoy the simple and inexperienced into
houses of moral pollution and crime, by offers of advice,
or temporary protection.
" By such and other means, the entrapping of inno-
cent young women is reduced to a regular trade, the
existence of which is, in the highest degree, discreditable

to the nation.
" Despite the efforts of right-minded men and of
benevolent institutions, to suppress, by means of the
existing laws, this vile trade of female innocence, thou-
sands of the most helpless of your Majesty's subjects are
annually destroyed both in body and soul.
" We, therefore, appeal to your Majesty, beseeching
you to extend the shield of your Royal influence and
protection around the daughters of the poor, by pro-
moting such vigorous laws as the wisdom of your Ma-
jesty's Consellors may see good to devise, and thereby
deliver your Majesty's fair realm from a system of pro-
fligacy so offensive to Almighty God, so injurious to our
national virtue, and so fatal to the personal, social,
temporal, and spiritual well-being of the women of Eng-
land.
" And we, your Majesty's loyal subjects, will ever
gratefully remember and appreciate the deliverance
wrought out for our country-women, through the in-
strumentality of our beloved Queen."

A deputation relative to the Clerkenwall improve-
ments, consisting of Messrs. Galloway, Walker, Lamp-
lough, Anderton, and Wallat, had an interview with
Viscount Morpeth on Saturday at the office of the Woods
and Forests.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT
NUTBOURNE.
NUTBOURNE, JUNE 22.—The inquest on the body of
Gregory, the driver of one of Stephenson's engines, with
outside cylinders, which, by running off the line in Nut-
bourne-coppice yesterday three weeks, caused his death,
was resumed this morning. Captain Coddington, the
Government Inspector of Railways, was present; and
Mr. Peter Clarke, the manager of the London, Brighton,
and South Ceast Railway; Mr. H. Faithful!, the solici-
tor; Mr. Kirtley, the locomotive enginer; Mr. F.
Ilitchins, the resident engineer, were in attendance on
the part of the company. Mr. Mayson, the Mayor of
Chichester, Mr. Sherwood, and Mr. Powell, solicitors '
of Chichester, were also present oa the part of the
public.
Mr. Miller, the surgeon, stated that the wounded
stoker was not able to give evidence. He was recover-
ing, but a month at least must elapse before he would
be in a condition to give evidence.
A number of witnesses was then heard, but their tes-
timony showed no new fact, excepting that of
Mr. John Winter, superintendent of Mr. Stephenson's
patent engines, who stated that he bad seen and exa-
mined the engine No. 40. It had been taken to pieces,
with the exception of the springs, cylinders, and motion.
He had examined the springs, and found that they were
not the same as had been delivered to the company.
Stephenson's leading and hind springs were three feet
six inches long. The springs originally placed in the
engine had been since shortened twelve inches, so as to
make them much more rigid. The effect of the altera-
tion would be to increase the jumping motion, and, aris-
ing from this, to create an oscillating motion. Mr.
Kirtley had told him that the alteration bad been made
before he came to the line, that he did not approve of it,
and that he intended to alter it back again. The altera-
tion was made by Mr. Gray, Mr. Kirtley's predecessor,
with a view of steadying the engine, but unfortunately
had an opposite effect. A similar alteration had been
made in one other engine, which he understood was now
being altered back again by Mr. Kirtley. "I do not,"
said the witness, " attribute the accident to these altered
springs."
Examined by the jury—l do not attribute the acci-
dent to the peculiar construction of Stephenson's engines.
We have them running daily on the London and North-
Western Railway, at the speed of forty-five and fifty
miles. Yesterday I ran one of them myself on that line,
at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour.
What is the average speed ? —From forty-five to fifty
miles. I have run one of these engines at seventy-five
miles an hour.
Is that a level line ?—No ; a heavy one ; many of the
gradients are sixteen feet in a mile. The engines are
of the same construction as No. 40, only with larger
fire-boxes.
Examined by Mr. Powell—The engine No. 40 was
in very good condition, as if it had been working a few
months. The only thing objectionable that I saw was
a little lateral motion on one of the journals of the lead-
ing wheels. I have examined the rails near where the
accident happened, on both sides, and could see nothing
to give me an idea of the cause of the accident. Acci-
dents have occurred with all sorts of engines without
any one being able to assign the cause.
The inquest was then adjourned till Tuesday, the 3d
of August, with a view of getting the evidence of Peel,
,he stoker.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 22.
STOCK Excifestax.---The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1% dis.-Birmingham and Dudley, 4% p.
-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7 p.-Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 34 dis.-Huddersfield Canal and Railway,
Dp,-Leeds and Dewsbury, 1 p.-Leeds and Thirak, 6 dis.-
itto, Preference, 3% dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 1/4 dis.-
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 265. 3d. p.-London and
North-Western, 1781/2-Ditto, New Quarters, 10% p. -
Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 16% p.-Manchester and Leeds,
Fifths (late West Riding Union), par-Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 27/R p.-Midland, 124%-
Ditto, New, 3% p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 214 p.-
North-Western, 1% dis.-Shrewsbury and Chester (late
N.W.M.), p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s, 3d.
Shares (B), i 8 die.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 22.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The :sales are--Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 114 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 2 dis.-Eastern Counties, 20%-Ditto, York Ex-
tension, % dis.-East Lancashire, New, 7/8 dis.-Leeds and
Thirsk, Preferentials, 7g dis.-London and North-Western
(Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 614 13.-
London and Manchester (Rem.), 495. dis.-Manchester and
Leeds, Fifths, 4% p.-Ditte, Fifths (late West Riding
Union), par-North Staffordshire, 23/ p.-Preston and Wyre,
37% c.-Ditto, Halves (A), p.-Shropshire Union, 1%
dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 5-16 dis. -
LEEDS, JUNE 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate Notting-
ham, and Boston, 245. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Exten-
sion, 15s. dis.-East Lancashire, New, 17s. 6d. dis.-Ditto,
New (scrip), 1% n. dis-Great Northern, 31s. e. dis.-Leeds
and Thirsk, Preference, 155. dis.-Manchester and Leeds,
West Riding Union, 6d. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland,t3s. 6d. dis.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 214
p.-North British, Thirds, 1% p.-North-Western, 295. dis.
-York and Newcastle, Preference, p.
SHEFFIELD, Juxx 22.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Leeds
(West Riding Union), par-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire (Sheffield and Lincoln), 3!. dis.-Midland, 40/.
Shares, 5% p.-North Staffordshire, 2% p.-South Wales,
3 A dis.
HULL, JUNE 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Leeds and Thirsk, Pre-
ference, 12s. 6d. dis.-Manchester and Leeds (West Riding
Union), par-North British, Extension (scrip), 2s. 9d. p.-
York and Newcastle, Preference, 3 p.
EDINBURGH, JUNE 21.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 30/.-
Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.
155.-Ditto, Halves, 15/.-Ayr and Galloway, 21-Caledo-
nian, 29/. 155.-Ditto, New 21. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian and
Dumbartonshire, I/. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 421. 10s.-
Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 7s.
6d..-Dundee and Arbroath, 381.-Ditto. New, No. 1, 271.
108.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 2s.
6d.-Dundee and Perth, 321. 10s.-Ditto, New, 13/. -Eastern
Counties, 201. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, York Extension, 61. 155.-East
of Fife, I!. 18s.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 155.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 221.-Ditto,
Quarters, 17/. 3s. 9d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton 18/.
10s.-Ditto, Preference, 20/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern,
181. 6s. 3d.-Ditto, New, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71.
95.-Ditto, ditto, New, 2/. 9s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth
(New Co.), 11. ls.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1191.-Ditto,
New Stock, 411. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 6s. 6d.-
Ditto, Halves, No. 2,6/. 155.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, Si. 45.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 38!. 10s.-Glas-
gow General Terminus, 12/. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock,
17/-Ditto, New, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 8/.--Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 55.-Great North of Scot-
land, 2/. 25.-Newcastle and Berwick, 27/. 155.-North
British, 32/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto,
Thirds, 2/. 125.-Ditto, Quarters, 4!. lls.-Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 155.-Ditto, Fifths, 6/. 10s.-Scottish
Central, 27/.-Scottish Grand Junction 195.-Scottish Mid-
land, 18/. 10s.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 5/. 2s. 6d.-Stir-
ling and Midland, 21. 61.-Wishaw and Coltness.
491.
York and Newcastle, 371.-Ditto, New, 14/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto,
Preference, 11/. 12e. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s.
6d.-East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.
-Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Ar-
cot, Is. 6d.

GLASGOW, Jurm 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New,
445.—Clydesdale Junction, 4214—Direct Bombay and Ma-
dras, 2s. 3d.—East Lothian Central, 37s.—Glasgow General
Terminus, 121—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 1201.—Ditto
(5 per cent. guar.), 1221.—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 19s.—
Ditto, No. 2, 6%—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 65.
—Glasgow and Greenock, 1714—Manchester and Southamp-
ton, 103.—N orth British, Thirds, 545.—Scottish Central, 25,A
—York and Newcastle, Preference, 11

THE
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AT THE MANCHESTER
EXCHANGE.—The electric telegraph between the Ex-
change and the Manchester terminus of the Man-
chester and Leeds Railway at Hunt's Bank,
was completed on Thursday, and, for the first time put
into operation on that day. This interesting means
of inter-communication between the most distant
places, promises soon to effect wonders in this part of
the country. The electric current, according to the cal-
culation made by Professor Wheatstone. two or three
years ago, travels, as near as can be ewe multistimateply d, at
that
the '
rate of 288,000 miles per second, or, if
large number by 60, 17,280,000 miles per minute ! The
celerity of this agent of information 5
almost incredible.
Any person, however, who studies the subject,
will readily perceive that when once established
universally upon all railways in the kingdom,
it is calculated to confer inestimable advantages
upon the entire community. On Wednesday some ex-
periments were made with the telegraph now completed,
but then in course of being finished, between the
Exchange and the Victoria station on the Manches-
ter and Leeds Railway. The experiments were con-
fined to the Exchange building, the wires not
having been laid throughout the entire distance
between the rendezvous of the merchants and
manufacturers and the railway station. One of the
questions put on Wednesday was, " How many stations
are there on the Manchester and Leeds line?" The
answer made by some wag who wished to throw those
at the other end of the telegraph off their guard, with
the view of testing the efficiency of this novel mode of
communication, " Twenty-seven and a half." The
object of the " half," however, was soon de-
tected, and the answer thoroughly understood.
In answer to the following question :—" Where does
Mr. So and So: live ?" This answer
.was given :
"He lives in Hope." Of courso the ob
ot ject of such a
reply was to throw the parties in charge the machine
off their guard, but the result was the saf me
of ashe in the casa
of the first question—a convincing proo in t
i immense
usefulness of the electric telegraph even
its infancy.—
Manchester Courier.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOClETT.—Yesterday after-
noon the annual general meeting of the governors of the
"corporation for the relief and suppoarts he ofld diatthesabled sea
ce-
men, their widows, and children," w offi,
25, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Thomas Benson, Esq., in the
chair. The report of the secretary, W. Watson, Esq.,
having been read by that gentleman, upon the motion
of G. Lindsay, Esq., seconded by Robert Embleton,
Esq., the office of preside Powellh rationcorpoa (vferre acant
by the decease of J. C. , Esq.) od
upon George L) all, Esq., M.P. The committee for the
ensuing year was then appointed, and 14 additional go-
vernors elected, among whom were John MaW. Phil-
sterman,
Esq., M.P., D. Dunbar, Esq., M. Wyham, Esq.,
lips, Esq., &c. At the termination of the business of the
court, relief and pensions were granted to between 50 and
60 applicants.
TROOPS volt INDIA..—Yesterday morning the em-
barkation of troops took place at Gravesend on board
the ship Bucephalus, 1,000 tons burden, Captain William
Bell, for conveyance to Bengal. The troops consisted of
85 soldiers of the 24th Regiment, from the provisional
battalion at Chatham, and 15 of the 3d Ligillt Dragoons,
with 56 men of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancttrs, and four
women and three children, from the cava try depot at
Maidstone. The following officers also e mbarked:—
Lieut. Thomas 11. Stisted and Lieut. James Pir.queen'
both of the 3d Light Dragoons, Lieut. Head, !Rh Lancers
and Lieut. R. A. Croke; of the 24th Foot.

INJURY TO THE APPLE CROP.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,-It must be of the highest importance at the
present time for the people to be accurately informed of
the state of the plague of aphides which has fallen
upon us, that we may be prepared beforehand for any
failure which is likely to occur.
During the last few days it has become manifest that
the aphides infesting the apple-tree have committed
most serious damage.. In some instances they have en-
tirely killed the leaves and young shoots, the truit being
dried up or fallen off. Many apple trees are so much in- j
jured that they are not expected to bear fruit for two or
three years, and one market gardener at Enfield assured
me that upon the most moderate computation two-thirds
of his crop was destroyed.
With respect to the potato plant, the disease in the
underground stem, from the mischief inflicted last year,
has lessened round London, and the general appearance
is good. The aphis vastator, however, is increasing all
over the kingdom, and if nothing occurs to destroy it,
theinsect may be expected to evince its injuries next
munth.—l remain. Sir, your obedient servant,
ALFRED SIIEE.
P.S.—Communications upon the potato plant, and the
ravages of aphides are solicited.
msbury-circus, June 21, 1847.

NEW ZEALAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In The Sun of Monday I noticed an account of
the " extraordinary " produce of some New Zealand
seed wheat. I beg to inform you that such production
in the colony is not by any means considered extra-
ordinary. Not long since I saw on the farm of Mr.
--, on the banks of the Hutt River, near
Wellington, such a crop of wheat, then being reaped,
that would do an English farmer's eyesight good. A
neighbour of his offered me heavy odds that it would
average 55 to 60 bushels per acre, and 631bs. weight
per bushel. In England 40 bushels are considered goud
average quantity, and 60 lbs. per bushel good weight.
Potatoes are taken from the ground for use nine
months out of the twelve. When I left the natives were
bringing in large quanties in " kits " (baskets made of
the flax leaf ), from 40 to 60 lbs. weight, which they
sold at 6d. per kit. Ido think it would not be a bad
speculation to import a quantity of seed of a new stock
from Van Diemen's Land or New Zealand. From both
places excellent " stocks " can be had. To cultivate
from tubers is artificial and unnatural. II we breed
" in-and-in " the breed (or stock) must deteriorate, and
will eventually be destroyed.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
N. Z.
London, June 22, 1847.

FOREIGN CORN and the HARVEST,
DANZIC, JUNE 11.—Freights seem to have at-
tained their highest standard. There is at this mo-
ment no demand for ships for corn. A few days ago
265. was paid for London, to-day 255., and future
bargains have concluded at 245. per load.
GOTENBURG, JUNE 12.—There is a great want of
ships for freightage here, and consequently our ship-
ments were very inconsiderable last week.
ODESSA, JUNE 4.—ln consequence of the fall of
graM in•the corn markets of Western Europe the de-
mand of ships for England and the harbours between
Hamburg and the Havre have visibly decreased, al-
though only very few vessels have come in. Three
Russian ships, which are now going from here to
England, were freighted for return and reloading.
Our imports of corn from the interior are very nume-
rous, but as the number of ships for transporting
them is insufficient, it is said that in our corn and
grain store there is an accumulation of 500,000 chet-
werts.
BRESLAW, JUNE 12.—1 t is very evident that the
further rise in the prices of corn can be checked
only by the extraordinary influx of corn from the
interior, and this is the more confidently to be ex-
pected from the circumstance that at the reduced
price there was profit. Much anxiety has been ex-
pressed with respect to the seed, but even if the
present cool weather keep back the vegetation of the
late rye, yet the copious fall of rain has been very
beneficial to the summer seeds. We learn from
foreign markets that the rise of prices in England
has again given impulse both to wheat and rye, while
in France, Belgium, and Russia, there was a decline.
Our market was very active.
HASIBURGII CORN MARKET, JUNE 18.—We are
not doing much business, there was a slight rise in
the prices of wheat since Friday, but favourable
accounts from England again occasioned a fall. For
rye, too, there has been a fall, but there are
not many buyers, as a still further reduc-
tion is still confidently expected. Peas and
vetches have likewise fallen ; linseed cakes rather
higher. Wheat flour maintains its price, but every-
thing seems to indicate an approaching fall. There
is an ample supply of fresh Russian wheat, which
has evidently declined within the last eight days.
WESEL, JUNE 10.—The very favourable change in
the weather, and the cheering prospects of the ap-
proaching plentiful harvest, have produced an aston-
ishing effect here, so that poverty is gradually dis-
appearing. This is evident from the fact that, within
the last week the public authorities which furnish the
poor with soup and provisions have had three hundred
less applications than hitherto. The soup society will
remain in operation so long as the wants of the
poorer classes call for it.
ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 3.—Bread has been rising
here for the last fortnight. The general Government
has therefore resolved to let the flour dealers and
bakers have flour from the store-magazines of the
city at a reduction of six silver rubles on condition
that the bread shall be sold according to the tax. In
consequence of the above-named rise his Majesty
issued a command that there should be a conference
of the corn-dealers, which in fact took place a few
days ago. In this conference the Minister of
Finance communicated the desire of his Majesty that
the corn-dealers should keep back a tenth part of the
quantity intended for present exportation, in order
that the poor may have bread at as low
a rate as possible. Ail the corn-merchants
who were present instantly declared, without
discussion, not only in their own name, but in that of
the corn-dealers, who were absent, that they would
gladly respond to the noble design of the Emperor, to
the full extent of their power. They accordingly
placed in the hands of the Minister two Acts, signed
with their signatures, by one of which they pledged
themselves faithfully to adhere to the wishes of the
Emperor; and by the other, bound themselves to de-
liver the tenth part kept back in reserveAto the inha-
bitants of St. Petersburgh, at very moderate prices.
Immediately on receiving these important documents
from the Minister of Finance, the Emperor wrote
with his own hand the following words :—" Assure
the merchants of my sincere thanks, and tell my noble
brethren I expected no other line of conduct from
them, for I know their sentiments, and I am proud of
them."
FRANKFORT-ON-TUE-MAINE, JUNE 14.—The con-
siderable rise in the price of corn which has taken
place in Munich, Augsburg, Erding, &c., is by no
means general, indeed, it is an exception to the rule.
In Wierzburg, Stutzgardt, Stettin, Rostock, Baden,
Cologne, &c., there is a continued and very perceptible
fall, which promises to be prominent and general
from the magnificent prospects of the approachin
harvest and vintages.—Hamburg paper, June 19.

----
THE FARMER AND MS VISITORS---"A friend of
ours has several relations who are wealthy farmers in
the vicinity of Northwich. One of these informed him,
a few days ago, that he had received a visit in the
preceding week from a party of Liverpool gentlemen,
who requested permission to go through his
potato fields. lie directed them to extensive
breadths of the favourite root, flourishing in green luxu-
riance. " They went through th' fields," said he, " pull-
ing up first one set and then another, and looking at
'em all through a burnin'-glass (meaning a magnifier),
an' then they threw 'em down again as if they couldn't
find what they wanted. At last I asked one of 'em what
they were looking for? ' Oh,' said he, 'we are
looking for a Fides' (aphides). A Fides! I thought—
what's a Fides? I never heard tell o' such a
thing. At last I asked a servant lad, as was I
walking behind 'em, what they were looking for?
' They're come to look for a vast tater (vastator), as I
heerd 'em say." A vast tater,' says I, ' that's a big
'un I suppose; but they cannot expect to find any big
'uns yet.' So I said to one of 'em, 'lf it's a big potato
you're looking for —." No, no,' said he, ' we'
said he, ' yourll
e
looking for the potato disease." Oh,' '
find none of it here, thank Heaven! Only look at 'em
and see how they are growing; it does one's heart good
to see 'em. But they did not seem over much pleased
either, and they went on pulling up and looking and
turning over, till at last they found one with rusty spots
on the leaves and a black spot on the stem, such as I
have seen many a time twenty years before the potato
disease was heard of ; and so they seemed satisfied, and
they pocketed that chap and walked off with it.—Liver-
pool Albion.
WOULD You LIKE TO KNow ?—A country woman
asked one of the letter-carriers the other day if he bad
got a letter for her. After much interrogation as to her
name, residence, and other particulars of address, the
prying, impudent nature of which, as it seemed to her,
was beginning to nettle her, he discovered that he had
none. Do you think then, she said, you will have ono
to-morrow ?—lnverness Paper.
ORIENTAL BANK.—A meeting of the proprietors
of the Oriental Bank was held yesterday, at their offices
in Walbrook, when the new regulations for the govern-
ment of the bank, which were adopted at the annual
general meeting in December last, were confirmed as the
laws for their future direction.
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SUPPOSED SUICIDE Or A FEMALE.--Yesterday
morning, about seven o'clock, the body of a female,
about eighteen years of age, and five feet five inches in
stature, with fair complexion and dark hair, was found
floating in the Regent's Canal, near Cat and Mutton
Fields, Hackney. She was dressed in black. The body,
which had apparently been in the water several days,
was taken to the Sportsman, Margaret-striet, I4ckuey-
road, to await a coroners inquest.