The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-14 00:00:00

wall, eleven leagues in circuit, embracing all the
Faubourgs, is to be erected. A second wall is also I
to be formed, and from sixteen to eighteen detached
forts erected. The National Guard quashed such
a project when it was formerly proposed, and if
they consent to it now, will furnish a striking proof
how easily men may be enslaved by a silly animo-

sity. There is also a report that the National
Guard will be placed at the disposal of the Go-
vernment ; but such a report must be premature,
if not wholly unfounded.
The disturbances caused by the workmen, seem
entirely at an end.

BOURSE..—PARIS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 12.
HALF-PAST THREE.—There has been much business
done, and though it has been known for some days that
there 13 to be an ordonnance for a credit to meet the ex-
pense of erecting the forts round Paris, it has today more
occupied public attention than at first ; it is now said that
it will appear in the Moniteur to-morrow. For the Ac-
count, the Three per Cents., opened at 70f. 25c., some-
thing was done at 701. 30c. and then they declined to 69f.
40e., and close at 701., being If. 10e. lower than yesterday.
The Five per Cents. opened at 102 f. 50e. declined to 1011.
50c., and close at 102 f. a fall of lf. 50e. For money, the
Three per Cents. are If. 20e. and the Five per Cents.
If. 90e. lower. The Bank of France Shares 2251., the
Belgian Bank Shares 30f. lower. The Spanish Active is
lower ; from 21i- it fell to 21-1, and closes at 211. The
Belgian Three per Cents, for the Account, 61f., 601. 23c.
and 60f, 500. The St. Germain Railway Shares are 151.
and the Versailles Left Bank 151. lower ; and the Stras-
burg to Bale, 7f. 50e.

first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
French 5 per Cents lO2 75 ... 197 75 ..; 101 60 ... 101 90
4 uer t ems ili , 10-:
... 91.4 ... 94"'
.4% per Cents 99 .. 99 .. 99 ... 99
S per Cents 7O AI 25 .. 0 W '4O ... .
fl, . Bank of erance ,150 •...2750 ;„ sto ... 575
I,affiLte flank I,ooof. Sh loln _IOW .:.100 _IWO
5,000 f. Sh
Belgian Bank
3 per Cents
Spanish Active 2INI ... . 21% ... 21U ... '2' %
Passive 5 ... 5 ... 5 ... 5 -
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain
Versailles, R. B 405 •.. 4.05 ... 405 ... 405
L.B.
Strasburg to Bale 3:45 ... z:25 ... :1344 ...:32.2 50
Orleans . . 420 •.•"135 ...43U ... 435

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SErr. It.
• Money. Billf.
Actual IVut, 2% per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
A inert Syndic, 4 i.i per cent 661/4 : /875 c,
Ditto, ditto, :”,', per cent ' - 72A 72N,
Commercial Company, l'„, per cent....
Ditto (8135 and 1837) 5 per 'cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ................. -2i t 3
Exchange on London, One month l2
Two months
Dutch Papers, Sept. 12.
BELGIAN t UNDS—BarssELS, SEPT. 11.
Actual Debt, *,,i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1.814
Loan of Thirty Millions,--1 per Cent. 9:2
---- . :{per Cent. •

...... (

--..Thirty-seven
Loan of City, ItT..!, 4 percent.
Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent lO9
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent
National Society .
Exchange on London (shmt)
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 11,
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Sevr. 3.
Five per:Cents. Metalliques
Fern pee Cents.
Three par Cents.
Bank Shares 1731
—.4llgenzeine &Rung. ept. 6:
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, SEPT. 5.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 1720
.7..

A n,lo.llussian Loan lfl 1/2 If'Bli
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Se• ieS lO4
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series fil%
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 50%
Ditto 5 per Cent OB -
Polish Bonds
New Picket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 74% 74X,
Norwegian Loan, ISM, 4 per Ceat...• lOl
Spanish, New 3 per Cents. —
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, SEPT. 8.-13. 5%—Two months, 13 4.
STOCKHOLM, SEPT. I.—Seventy-five days, 11. 3S, ,
LEiPSIC, SEPT. I.—Two mo lths, 6. 1234.
BERLIN, SEPT. 7.—Three months, 6. 17S.

PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-.IIIIIILIN, SEPT. 7.
Bill, Money
St. Schuld. Sch., 4,, per cent. 104% 1033
Prussian Enghsh Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102% io-2;i.
Nxchange on London, three months 6 17%
—Prussian State Gazette, Sept. 8.

USE OF RlFLES.—Either guns have changed their
uames, or sportsmen have changed their customs since
our sporting days, or the Spectator is in error. It said
yesterday, very solemnly, and very wirelike," no sound
is heard to disturb the placid air but the crack of a
sportsman's rifle." Rifles are used perhaps to shoot
deer ; we never heard of their being used to shoot. par-
tridge or grouse. The Spectator, no doubt, knows all
things, save and exceptishooting.
APATHY OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES.—" There is so
much of justice, as well as of spirit, in the following ar-
ticle from The Sun of Monday last, that we cannot help
inserting it, though it appears to us that the writer is
rather too sweeping in his censure:of the middle classes.
The exceptions to the apathy and indifference; on which,
with too much reason, he comments` so severely, arc
more numerous than he seems to imagine, as our list of
subscriptions and our record of exertions throughout the
country, especially in the way of petitioning, will show.
The lethargy complained of we believe to be in a great
measure the sickness of hope deferred. It arises
from a paralysing and ruinous scepticism as to the
efficacy of exertion for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
This and other obstacles to success are gradually dis-
appearing through the extensive . diffusion of that
sound information which is at the same time
rapidly disarming the hostility .of our opponents.
With these remarks, as an introduction, the Anti-Corn-
law Circular copied an article from our journal ; and we
wish to add, in order to illustrate our views, which we
stated with some doubts, that the middle classes, inter-
ested in grinding corn in bond, a small number, pro-
cured last session a Committee to inquire into the means
by which that might be accomplished. They had suffi-
cient energy for that and sufficient zeal, and had they
shown as much on the great question, if they.had not
succeeded, they would at least have convinced the peo-
ple that they were in earnest. Their interest, their
exclusive interest—for grinding corn in bond would bene-
fit only a small portion of the people—gave spurs to their
zeal and power to their representatives ;.they never dis-
played any such zeal,, at least the shipowners and other
influential middle-classes of the metropolis did not, for
the repeal of the Corn-laws. We should be happy to
learn that the middle classes have im ved
pro