The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-24 00:00:00

FROMMARSDIAL THE DUKE D'ISLEY TO TAE MINISTER OF WAR,

" As I have anticipated, Abd-el-lrader.l;;;&;;;;hhnseifinto the
Jurjura, and made unheard-of efforts to establish himself there.
Hitherto he does not appear to have made much progress among the
Kabyl s, but as he still remains, in spite of the check which he re-
ceived in the night attack by General Gentil, it must be that he has
found partizans, and entertains hopes for the future, Under these
circumstances I have recalled General Bedeau, and our two columns
combined will possess a force of cavalry more than sufficient for ser-
vice in the difficult mountain country where we are about to operate.
But I have not been able to collect as many infantry as I could
borne wished, because it was necessary, at the same time, to guard the
frontier to the south against the attacks of the lieutenant whom the
Emir has stationed in the Desert, and to cover the avenues leading to
Algiers on the west. I am now in march to support the flank of
General Gentil, and to endeavour to drive back the enemy to the
heights out of the valley of the Schaou. But I fear that the rains
which are commencing will embarrass this operation.
" We cannot abandon the line of the Isser so long as Abd-el-Bader
Is in the Jurjura. If he persists to remain in these rugged mountains
and should find support, we must bring up our forces and force him
to retire towards the heights, where he will find fewer resources."
The subjoined letter from a French officer in Africa, gives,
we fear, a too faithful picture of the sufferings under which
the troops are labouring :
" The newspapers, we arc told, dwell on the fatigues our soldiers
illpii, ndefgone, but one can scarcely form a notion of it in France.
e had to suffer from cold, hunger, and thirst. We have been
al days without rice or salt, and with only palfa ration of bis-
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lit for twenty-four hours. Provisions are distributed to us :1;
eight days. They are consumed in three, after which we must live
as we can. I have eaten corn raw, roasted, or crushed between two
stones ; barley, camel flesh—in short, we have been doomed to cat
whatever can be digested. We have sold our buttons, brushes, and
whatever the Arabs would accept, for a little flour. In the desert of
Angad, where we have long operated, there is no other fuel than
the roots of the gayra, a small shrub that horses feed on. At night
we covered ourselves as well as we could with our half blankets, and
huddled together like sheep to procure a little warmth. At times
we found no water for days together. Twelve columns have for six
months past bean in pursuit of Abd-el-Kader, who is everywhere
and nowhere. The soldiers have a hideous aspect. They are in
rags ftom bead to foot...,Their formerly...red trousers resemble the
dirtiest harlequin garments, and many of us have our coats patched
up with pieces of sheepskins."

The accounts from the army are understood at Paris to be
of a more alarming character than those published by the
Government. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday,
which remained for a' considerable time in deliberation, and
it was generally believed that affairs were so urgent, that the
Council came to the resolution of dispatching the Duke
D'AuArALE to Algiers immediately. He was expected to
leave Paris on Monday. The Funds, however, continued
firm. On Sunday the Three per Cents. were done at 84f. 70c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 24.
Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cetto
(Espeleia), 2 % —Central of Spain, 1 —Dutch Rhenish, 6% —East In-
dian, 1 % —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15%—Louvain
and Jemappe, I%—Luxembourg, 2% —Namur and Liege, 3%
Orleans and Bordeaux, 11! —Paris and Rouen, 40%.

The following members have been selected by the General
Committee of Elections to form the Chairman's panel, and
serve as Chairmen of Election Committees for the present
session :—Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Ilawes, Sir William Heath-
cote, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Pakington, and Mr. Charles Wood.
TILE DIVISION.—It is currently reported that the division
on Sir R. Peel's motion for going into Committee on the corn-
laws will not take place until Friday evening, or rather
Saturday morning next, in which event it is not improbable
that the debate may be closed by Lord Lincoln, of whose
return there is no doubt, and who will be able to take his
seat for South Notts in time for the division.

SOUTH Nom:mum ELECTION.—The polling commences
to-day, and from information which we have received, and
on which we can rely, we think we may venture to state that
not only is the return of Lord Lincoln certain, but that his
Majority over the monopolist candidate will be as triumphant
as the most enthusiastic free trader could desire.

Captain Lindsay, the new Member for Wigan, having
notified to the Speaker that he does not intend to defend his
seat against the petition presented by Mr. Thicknesse, the
unsuccessful candidate on the return, cannot sit or vote till
the petition has been tried.
DELAY IN THE PITRLICATION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
" GazETTE."—Great anxiety was produced in the minds of those who
have relatives in India, in consequence of the delay in the publication
of the Extraordinary Gazette of last evening, which delay was also
the source of great inconvenience to the proprietors of the daily
papers. Now, although it must be admitted that by the
introduction into the Gazette-office of steam machinery,
and the other modern improvements in the art of
printing, the publication of the Gazette might on every oc-
casion be much expedited, yet we do not agree in opinion
with a Morning Contemporary, who blames the authorities
at the Gazette-office for the provoking delay of last evening.
They, we believe, are net at all to blame in the matter,
the Gazette was in type at an early hour in the evening, the
proof-sheets were struck off and sent .to the India Board
for revision, and it was owing to the unnecessary delay of
the officials at the India Board in correcting and return-
ing the proof-sheets, that the delay was occasioned. The
authorities at the Gazette-office, we believe, exert themselves
to the utmost on every occasion to prevent delay, but the
carelessness and dilatoriness of the officials in the Govern-
ment offices too often render their exertions of no avail. We
know for a fact that on one occasion a Noble Lord (now de-
ceased) holding at that time a high office under the Crown,
put a proof of the Gazette, which had been submitted to him
for correction, into his pocket, and, forgetting all about it,
actually took it down into the country with him, in conse-
quence of which the publication of the Gazette was delayed
for two days.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, QUARTER TO TEREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were from 5,000 to
6,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was steady, and prices re-
mained without alteration.

There was a better market for Railway Shares, although but a
limited business was done. West Riding Union and Leeds Extension
have advanced in price.

The following are some of the principal sales by Messrs. Wickham
and Co., which took place yesterday at the Hall of Commerce: -
East Indian, 19s. 6d.-Eastern Counties Extension, No. 2.; 1408.-
Warwick and Worcester, 175.-Aylesbury and Theme, 285.-Glou-
cester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales, 125.-LCambridge and Ox-
ford, 16s. 6d.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 285.-London and
Manchester (Itastrick's), 715.-Galway and Kilkenny, 165.-Isle of
Axholme, 305.-Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, 225.-Cornwall
and Central Devon, 30s. 6d.-Essex and Suffolk, 155.-Grand Union,
' 275. 64.-Buckingkamshire, 465. 6d.-Wexford, Waterford, and Va-
lencia, 245. 6d.-Trinidad, Great Eastern, and South-Western, 25.-
Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 285.-Midland and
Eastern Counties, 225. 6d.-Newcastle and Berwick, 4135.-sian-
' chester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 365.-Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke, 495. 6d.-London and Windsor, Its. 6c1.-South Mid-
land, 82s. 6d.
The mercantile classes here are extremely annoyed at the unpre-
cedented length to which the debates on the corn-laws have already
been carried, with every probability of their lasting till next
Saturday morning, if not longer. Thus, three weeks have
been expended, and the result is, that in all the wholesale
departments of commerce and trade, there is an almost en-
tire suspension of any business of importance. Nor can a
revival take place until it is known whether the proposition
of Sir Robert Peel will be successfully opposed by a majority of the
House of Lords. The transactions in Mark-lace yesterday, and for
several market days before, may be said to have been merely nomi-
nal, the most pressing wants only causing purchasers to come
forward. Another branch of trade-that in coal-has been placed
almost hors de combat by the extreme mildness of the winter. The es-
timate on the Coal Exchange is, Blot consumption is at least
% if not one % per cent under what it is usually in the winter
months. A check, therefore, has been put upon the supplies from
the north, so that, should a few days' severe frost occur-not an
unexpected event-a good rise may be made in the value of the ar-
ticle.
There have not been any arrivals announced this morning from
the colonies of a later date than those formerly received. Thehvnaere:
cent news from the East Indies is still a matter of much co
tlon.
The Consol Market has not fluctuated to any extent this] morn-
ing as respects speculative bargains. The price has been from
953‘ to 93. For Money the value has been from 95% to 96. India
Stock was very firm at 260, being an advance of I per cent. upon the
former value. It would appear front this that the news
received from India is not thought so badly of as
some aiarmists would fain have people to believe. The
Account price for the same Stock is 259 to 2593{. In Bank Stock
there has been a fall from 2093 y to 2083. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have varied from 97% to 98% ; and the Three
per Cent. Reduced from 96% to 9634. The Government broker made
his usual purchases to-day.
In the Foreign Funds business has been very slack this morning.
The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have improved from 593% to
60 ; but the Four per Cents. have gone back from 95% to 95%. Por-
tuguese Three per Cents. have advanced to 59. The Deferred Spanish
Steck has been sold at 17. Grenada are at 22%.
The quotations of the Railway Shares have not been firm this
morning. Business is fiat.

ONE CLOSING
BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock . .. .. .. .. .. 209% 208%
Three per Cent.. .
Reduced Annuities .. • • 964 14 208%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96 ,5% 96
9696%
%
New Three-and-A-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 9814 97% 98% 98
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 9-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .• 10%% 10 9-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10%
10 5-16
India Stock .. • • . .• ••. • • .. 260 10 5-16
Consols for Account .. ..
..
..
.. mys
96 260
India Stock for Account .. 96
Exchequer Bills. 13(d. .•• • • . 259 g 259 259
1,0001... ..
.... 371%3_(1.36
S. ... 9 .- p 36
Ditto. Small ..: ' • 36 39 pm. 39
Ditto, Advertised .... 36 39
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pPmm.• 39
36

CLOSING
PRICES.
2234
30%
314
16%
1934

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Ditto, Fifths .. • 2(l .... 33 ......
Guildford, Fareham, & Poris;noth 5 .... 434 5..
Hull and Selby .. 513 ....107
Lancaster and Carlisle • • .. 35 .... 56 55%
Ditto, New
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester and Bedford ...... . 225. % dis
Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. .... 1%......
Liverp., Manch., & Newt. Jima. 2% .... 3!‘ .• . •:
London ant Birmingham .100 .. ..222 •
Ditto Quarters .. .. • . .. 2 ..".; f 6
Ditto Fifths ~ . • • • 2 .... 24%
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8%
London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 65% 65
Ditto, Consol. Eighths • • .. 40 .... • •
Ditto ditto Fifths .. • . .. 20 .... 30% •
London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d.
.London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 .... 1 %
London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. Ifkl.
Ditto, New . 12%.... 23%
London and York .. .. • • • • 2% •• • • 3% It •••• • • • .
London, Warwick, & Kiddennins. 212 .... ......
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% ..........
Lynn and Ely .. .. 5 .. .. .. • • ......
Lynn and Dereham .. 5 ....
Manchester and Leeds .. S 2 .... •.....
Ditto Extension .. .. 425..... 4 p..........
3fanchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 77
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 2 .... .. ••.. • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• • • 7% %•••• • • • •
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • 1% p....
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ....
Midland .. ..100 ....146 147........
Ditto, New .. 18 .... 32
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 44% .. .. 44%
Ditto, New .. 1 .... 10% lO%
Ditto, New, Branding .. 28 •• .. 38 .......... 38
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 21% 21
Newry and Enniskillen .. .... 1 % .......•
North British .. 20 27%
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 6 •• • • 934 914
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 212 .. • • 323 .. •• • •
N. and S. Wales and Worcester.. 1 .... %
Northmpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 ....
Perth and Inverness • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1% • ..... •• • • 1 %
Portsmouth Direct .. • • • • 3% •• • • 3% • .
Scottish Central .. • • • 14% .
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .. • . 3 ••.• • •
Shropshire Union .. 425. •• • • % (115' •••• • • • %
South Midland .. 425. P•••• • • • • 2% P
Trent Valley .. 5 .. 26%
Trent Valley and Holyhead Junc. .... 11¢ ••.••• • • • • 112
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .. ••••• • • • • •
Ditto. Extension 15 .... 3212 33 .• •. • •
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .... 10%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 10 .... 11%
Bordeaux and Mediterranean .. 2 ....
Bord., Toni., & Cette tMackenzie) 2 ....
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 2%..........
East Indian .. ss. . ...
Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 ,5..• 15% %••• • • • Great Western Bengal
Great Western Canada 3%.... .....
•
Italian and Austrian . • . 3 .
Louvain and Jemeppo • :- 4 .: •:
2
Luxembourg . ..........
Madrid and Valentia .. • • 2
Namur and Liege • • • • .. 4 .
Orleans and Bordeaux .. .• 6
..........
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
National Xpacial of Enghl4ll3t..,
55.... 35% ..........
.
Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 4 ......
Erratum—ln Saturday's List, read Newcastle and Darlington New
Shares, last price, 101

107
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11

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1,4 dis
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222

24%
8%
65

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77
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147

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1%
3%
11%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, PEI:. 24.—Wind this day at noon S. to S.E.,,ight breezes
and hazy, with rain at times.
DE,m, FEB. 23.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Arrd. Agricola, Potter,
Calcutta ; Mercury, Cager, Mauritius ; Eneas, ditto ; Robert, Ster..
rikes, St. Kitt's ; New City of Cork, Hobbs, Tteyrout. Arrd. from the
river, James Turcan, Tinian, Aden and Bombay ; Caroline, Usoff,
Zanzibar, &c. • Tropic, Clark, Barbadocs, Nova Scotia, Ryarson, St.
John's, New irunswiek.

OFF DOVER, FEB. 23.—Royal Tar, Glass, Sydney, New South
Wales ; Nancy, Jerrett, Gurrucha.

Faimourn,FEß. 23.—Wind S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Malllll3
of Hastings, Saluston, Yawry Bay, sailed sth ult.
COWES, FEB. 23.—Arrd, Thorwaldsen, Gosben, Rio Janeiro.
PORTLAND ROADS, FEB. 21.—Arrd. Jonge Jan, Large, Batavia.
BRISTOL, FEB. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arid. Maria, Bandon, Demerara.
SHIELDS, Fan. 20.—S1d. Sir J. Kemp, Donald, West Indies ; Hope,
Parker, St, John's New Brunswick. 21, Anacreon, Fortune, Adra.
HULL, FEB. 21.—Sid. Hebe, Grant, Newfoundland.

Wniuoun, FEB. 22.—The Jacob Purnell, Martin, from Mobile to
Liverpool, came on shore this morning at Camsere Point, dismasted,
loss of rudder, in a heavy gale for some days, and is likely to break
up unless the weather moderates ; master and some of crew on
shore.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23.—The George Gardiner, Walker, from Phila-
delphia to this port, put into St. Thomas's in distress, and was con-
demned ; part of cargo damaged.
HOLYHEAD, FEB. 22.—The Banbury, Hancock, from Liverpool to
Cork, was driven on shore this morning at the back of the Head, and
is expected to become a wreck ; crew saved.
HULL, FEB. 23.—The Pallas, Dixon, from Hartlepool to London,
and the Industry, Orton, from London to Goole, have put in here,
having been in contact off Clear Ness last night. The former lost
bowsprit, and received damage to her hull ; the latter lost mast, &c.
THE RIVER PLATE.

The Agent to Lloyd's, at Cork, writes, that the Susan, arrived
there, states that it was reported at Rio Grande that a small British
man-of-war steamer had been sunk by the forts in the River Plate,
ettd that a large steamer came up and took possession of the forts.