The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-23 00:00:00

BOURSE..-PARIS, MONDAY, SEPT. 21.

HALF-PAST TIIREE —There has been a good deal of
business in the French Stocks. They opened with some
appearance of firmness, but gradually, with few fluctua-
tions, they declined. For the Account the Three per
Cents., first price, 75f. 20c., they advanced to 751. 30c.,
and closed 741. sc. The Five per Cents., first price,
107 f. 30c., advanced to 1071. 60c., and then dropped to
1061. 30c., last price. Both these Stocks arc thus If.
30c. lower than on Saturday. For Money the Three
per Cents. arc flOc., and the Five per Cents. If. 10c.
lower. The Bank of France Shares are 551., and the
Belg'.dn Bank Shares 171. 50c. lower. The Laffitte Bank
5,1,001. Shares are 201. higher, those of 1,0001. have not
-varied. The Belgian Five* per Cents. as on Saturday ;
the Three per Cents. 75c. lower. For the Account 651.
50c. The Spanish Active lower, from 2.11- it declined
to 22:1, and rallied to 231, last price. The Portuguese
Three per Cents. per cent, lower; the Neapolitan
Bonds have dropped 50c., and the Roman The St.
Germ lin Railway Shares have declined ISt., the Ver-
sailles Right auk 10f., and the Orleans and the Stray-
, burg to Bale 2F. 50e. The Vc: saillcs Left Bank have
improved sf.

First Highest Lowest , Last
Price Price. Prim Price
French 5 ner Cents lO7 40 ... 107 60 ... 100 40 ... 10; 50
4% per Cents lOO ..., 150 ... 100 ... 100
4 per Cents l4': 50 ... 95 50 ... 95 50 ... 95 50
3 per Cents 75 10 .... 75 25 ... 74 75 ... 71 75
Hank of seance :2923 ...2925 ... 5305 ... 8625
L dtitte Batik I.oolo'. Sh lOlO ...11l 5 ...lel() ...1015
5,000 f. 50
Belgian Bank
5 :ter Cents 995 ... MN ... 09 ... 09
3 per Cents O5 ... 65 ... t 5 ... 65
,Thanish Active t.'4U ... 54'j ... t;:ti .„ji ... 23%
Portuguese 3 per Cents 9.1% ... 205 ... ‘26% ... '2. !,4
Seapoiitan
Itnrnatt
United states Bank Loan 97tA ... 97Y, ... 9.% ... 97%
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Cermain
versaillcs, it. B 4UO ... 400 ... 400 404
L.B.
Orleans .. 4lO 440 ... 437 50 427 50

We learn from a complaint in the Times, that the
Livery, though they " all declare, they will not vote for
Alderman Harmer, arc slow in signing " the denuncia-
tion. " Very few of them seem inclined to sign it."
They are more honest, then, than their instigators, and
will falsify, we trust, the hopes of those who have ex-
pected to make the Livery the tools of their bigotry
and their spite. The independent Livery of London
will, we believe, never allow themselves to be dictated
to by the roost mischievous set of canting hypocrites
that ever prostituted to their party and personal pur-
poses, the honoured names of our country and religion.
CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—We ;have received a very
favourable report of the crops in Scotland from a gen-
tleman who visited that country lately, and had ample
opportunities of judging both of the quantity and qua-
lity of the grain. We can place full confidence in his
statement. The wheat, be says, though generally thin
on the ground is an average crop when taken in
weight. Oats are abundant, turnips an immense crop.
beans a very full crop, and barley surpasses the crop of
almost any year in the memory of man.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday
evening last an adjourned inquest took place at the I?cil
Inn, High-street, Brentwood, before Mr. Lewis, the Co-
roner, relative to the death of George Osbourne, aged 34,
who was killed on the Eastern Counties Railway on Thurs-
day week last. It appeared that the deceased was cm.
ployed on the railway at Brentwood. On the day in ques-
tion he was on one of the engines, and in attempting to
detach it from some ballast waggons he slipped between,
and the engine passed over his body, completely severing it
in two, and caused instanianeous death. Several persons
were standing at the station at the time and saw the acci-
dent, but were unable to render assistance. There was no
blame attached to the driver of the engine. Verdict,

" Accidental death."
Some inquiries are in progres; as to the condition
of the Greenwich out-pensioners, with a view to ascertain
such as are still capable of active duty.
Tuesday's 1-Ine and Cry and Government Police
Gazette contains the offer of a reward of 2001. for the
discovery of the person or persons who, on Saturday morn-
ing wilfully and maliciously set fire to a hay-stack and a
shed belonging to Mr. John Dixon, of Waddigg ton
Heath, near Lincoln, by which three wheat-licks, three
barley-stacks, an oat-stack, a clover-stack, and two hay-
stacks were entirely consumed, together with a thrashing-
machine, and a large quantity of implements. 501 of the
reward is offered by Mr. Dixon, 50/, by the Rev William
Ycadon, the owner ef the buildings, and 1001. by the
Yorkshire Insurance Company, rittli whom the property
wasinsured.

THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL.--BIRMINGHAM,
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.-The grand festival of 1840 has at
length commenced. The chorus singers, 250 in number,
are selected principally from London and the choral socie-
ties of Liverpool, Birmingham, and Manchester. The
entire orchestra comprises between 400 and 500 per-
formers. The performances chosen for the morning are
three of the great works of Handel, the lsrae. in Egypt,
portions from Joshua, and the Messiah, besides the Lobge•
sung of Mendelssohn, and a miscellaneous sacred selec-
tion. The evening concerts will be as usual, ant tiro
will bo a performance of Italian operas at the Theatre ;
the festival terminating with a grand fancy ball.
THE LATE ALLEGED ROBBERY IN BEDFORD-
STREET.-It will be recollected that about a fortnight ago
a person named George Beer, with half a dozen of aliases,
had been committed from this office to take his trial at the
late Old Bailey Sessions, under Sir Robert Peel's Act,
for making a false charge against Mrs. Read, the wife of
Captain Read, by which he obtained thirteen soyereigns.
Beer, after his commitment, was admitted to bail, himself
in two hundred pounds, and two sureties in one hundred
pounds each, to appear and take his trial ; but, instead of
doing so, on a true bill being found against him, ho
absconded, and has not since been heard of. Yesterday
printed: bills wore posted at the east end of the town, giv-
i-ing a minute description of the fugitive, with his numerous
aliases, and offering a reward of 10/. for his apprehension.
On Monday evening, about eleven o'clock, Mrs.
Bliss, wife of Mrs. Bliss, who keeps the Running Horse
public-house, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, while serv-
ing at the bar of the above house was suddenly taken ill,
and before medical assistance could be procured she bad
expired. She appeared to be in good health and spirits
immediately previous to her death. The deceased was
about 50 years of age,