The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Fire Queen steam-
yacht, Master-Commander Allen, embarked their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of
Cambridge at Cowes, yesterday morning, having termi-
nated their visit to her Majesty, and brought them to this
harbour. Her Highness landed at the Victoria Pier,
Portsmouth, under the usual honours, and proceeded
under the escort of the Governor (Lord Frederick Fitz-
clarence, G.C.H.) and staff to the Government House,
where the Royal Duchess was received by Lady Fitzcla-
rence, and partook of refreshment. The Duke of Cam=
bridge, attended by Sir Charles Ogle, Commander-in
Chief, was landed from ono of the royal barges at the
Clarence-yard, and proceeded to London by the 12 30
(express) train from Gosport, the carriage being brought
into the yard by Mr. Superintendent Stevens, of the
railway company. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester crossed the harbour by the floating bridge,
and left for town by the 2.30 train.
The Myrtle steam-vessel, Master Commander Balls-
ton, arrived on Friday night from Woolwich, to be at-
tached to this port.
The Llewellyn steam-vessel, Master Commander
Grey (acting), put in here yesterday morning .on her
way to Liverpool, with a quantity of rockets on board.
She replenished fuel and proceeded in the evening. The
missiles are for service in Ireland.

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The Virago steam-sloop, acting Commander Harris,
arrived here yesterday on her way to Ireland. She put
in here to make good defects, and obtain some necessary
stores, having been sent from Sheerness on Friday with
200 marines in great haste. She is now complete and
will sail this evening,
The Fairy and Fire Queen steam-yachts are both dis-
abled. The Fairy failed on Friday afternoon, and the
Fire Queen struck last evening, and was towed into har-
bour by one of the island packets.
A great number of coast-guard men have been brought
to this port from the coasts of Kent and Sussex by the
Vulcan and other revenue vessels to serve in Ireland.
They are to be put on board the Dragon, which will
leave with them to-morrow or Tuesday morning..

Wind, south; moderate breezes, and cloudy weather.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 29.—The steam-frigates Cyclops
and Driver arrived this forenoon from Portsmouth and
proceeded to the Royal William Vietualling-yard, where,
between one and two o'clock P.m., they embarked the
35th Royal Sussex Regiment (900 strong), and at two
o'clock precisely started with them for Dublin, where
they expect to arrive to-morrow afternoon.
The Rifleman steamer arrived last night from Ports-
mouth, and remains in Hamoaze.
The Adventure, naval transport, sailed this afternoon
with 1,600 bags of bread and other provisions for Admiral
Sir C. Napier's squadron at Cork.
The Birkenhead, steam transport, arrived at seven
o'clock this evening from Portsmouth, and after running
in abreast of Drake's Island, and signalizing some time
with the Port-Admiral, she proceeded to thcouter an-
chorage of the Sound and brought up.
In the Sound—Caledonia, 120; Pantaloon, 10; Nauti-
lus, 10, and Birkenhead, steamer.

DR. TURNBULL'S CURE FOR
DEAFNESS.
[The following paragraphs, extracted from two of
our provincial contemporaries of Saturday last, will
bring to the recollection of our readers the notices which
have repeatedly appeared in this journal respecting the
treatment of the deaf and dumb by Dr. Turnbull, of 48,
Russell's-square. At present we content ourselves with
simply transcribing the subjoined announcements.—En.
of The Sun.]
Dr. Turnbull, of London, who has for many years
devoted great attention to diseases of the ear, appears to
have discovered a method of conferring the faculty of
hearing on deaf and dumb persons who have not decided
malformation of the ear, produced by disease or other-
wise. As far back as 1842 there was a very favourable
notice of his cures in Chambers's Journal, and they were
attested by medical men of eminence. Having now, by
the experience of years, proved that the cure is per-
manent, Dr. Turnbull has visited Manchester, and is
now in Leeds, for the purpose of bringing his cure be-
fore the medical profession and the public. At Man-
chester he operated on eighty or ninety persons, who had
been born deaf and dumb, and of those about forty were
cured. Wo see details in the Manchester papers, and
we have also seen letters from Mr. Samuel Lucas
(brother-in-law of Mr. Bright, M.P.), stating that his
own son, who was born deaf, has been restored to hear-
ing by Dr. Turnbull. The doctor makes his experiments
on deaf and dumb persons gratuitously, and always in
the presence of medical men, who examine and attest the
state of the patient both before and after. We under-
stand that he is ready to do this at his lodgings, No. 1,
King-street, Leeds. Should the efficacy of the cure be
established, it will be a great blessing. to mankind. The
process is painless. Dr. Turnbull intends to make it
fully known after he has decisively established it in the
opinion of
me
medical men by
by the results of his public expe-
riments.—LeedsThe Manchester papers of this month give some very
interesting details of experiments tried in that town re-
cently, for testing the success of Dr. Turnbull's treat-
ment of deafness. These reports attract our attention at
this moment the more particularly, because Dr. Turn-
bull is on a visit to Leeds for the purpose of affording
demonstration of the efficacy of his treatment. Our
Manchester contemporaries speak in eulogistic terms of
the doctor's success, which has been exemplified in the
cases of persons who were either born deaf or who lost
the faculty of hearing at so early an age as never to
have acquired the use of language. Some remarkable
attestations are also given in favour of Dr. Turnbull's
treatment from other quarters; we may mention Cham-
bers's Edinburgh Journal, as well as Mr. Lucas, whose son
(a nephew of Mr. Bright) was a remarkable instance of
successful treatment.—Leeds Intelligencer.

MONETARY INTELLIGENCE,
=VIEW OF THE MONEY MARKET FOR THE
MONTH OF JULY, 1848.

The symptoms of revival, which had begun to show
themselves during the past month, have become more
palpable and apparent during the progress of the pre-
sent. As far as the mere market for capital is
concerned, there have been few periods when the
wants of borrowers on reasonable security have
been more readily met or met on lower terms.
This facility of the rates of interest has in
reality become a subject of remark, and there is
again the old complaints that money cannot find a secure
and adequate outlet. If the monthly drafts, kept up by
the railways, should be put an end to, we must suppose
that these complaints would assail us with increased
vehemence, and from a greater variety of quarters. The
average amount of the railway calls for the last three or
four months has been within a trifle as large as it was
last year. The country, in fact, is sustaining
an expenditure of more than thirty millions a
year. The existence of so immense a source
of demand, and the prevalence of a rate
of interest, not much beyond 2 per cent., may reasonably
suggest a doubt of the solidity of the outcry raised
against tho railway expenditure of 1847. We have al-
ways admitted, in these pages, that, carried beyond a
certain point, the railway calls would be simply impos-
sible. The entire difficulty turns upon this certain point,
and we suspect that by this time most practical people
are agreed that neither during the last year nor the pre-
sent, looking at the question tree from extraneous com-
plications, has this extreme limit been ever attained.
A history of the Consol market during the month
would be an exceedingly chequered narrative. Starting
at 83 to 84, the price was run up to 89 by the aid of
fine weather, improved trade, and the payment of the
dividends. At the time we write the quotations are
down to 85, and the alleged reasons are the
prospect of an Irish rebellion, the continuance of wet
weather, and, we dare say, the example of a few leading
men who have suddenly become " bears." The railway
share maket has sympathised very closely—bat in a
manner less diversified by excitement and extremes—
with the condition of the public funds.
Immediately subsequent to the events of February, we
inserted a short comparative table of the prices of the
leading foreign funds before and subsequent to that
cycle of extraordinary occurrences. The following
figures will enable us to form an opinion as to how far
the violent depreciation of property then incurred has
been removed by restoration of confidence.
18P February, 114th March, 21st July,

1348. 1848. 1843.
Dutch 2i per Cents
Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates 85* ... 61 ... 72
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cents lll 87 ... 100
Belgian Bonds, 4i per Cents 9O ... 58 ... 71
French Rentes, 5 per Cents.
French Rentes, 3 per Cents.
Bank of Franco Shares ..... 3,190 ... 1,600 1,600

The securities of the French Government stand in by
far the worst position in this list, nor is it likely that
this position will be improved by the present financial
dilemma of the Republican Government. The original
loan of 50,000,000 of francs by the Bank of France in
March last, was recently extended to 150,000,000
of francs. Even this respectable sum is now ex-
hausted, and the Minister of Finance has, during
the last few days, obtained the consent of the
Assembly to a project for a new loan, by the crea-
tion of five per cent. rentes equal to an annual
charge of 13,131,000 francs. These rentes are to be sold
to the public at the rate of 75f. 25c. for every five francs
of rente. Supposing the whole of the rentes to be disposed
of at this rate, the result would be that a gross loan of
about 200,000,000 f. (say 8,000,0001.), would be raised at
a rate of very nearly 6,t per cent. per annum. The for-
feited deposits upon the last loan are to bo available in
the subscription, and with the help of this resource it is
just possible that the French people may be able to en-
trust their new Government with the money. Nobody
seems to expect that foreign capitalists will extensively
interfere. The escape of the railways from confiscation
is somewhat too fresh in the memory of the creditors of
France to permit such an expectation.--Bankers' Mag.

THE STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Bankers' Magazine.)
There can be no longer any question whatever that
the trade of the country during the last four or five
weeks has undergone a most decided change for the
better. There is both more business in hand and for a
greater number of places. We refer with the greatest
pleasure to the following returns of the Manchester
mills :
Mills. Work People.
June 26, 1848. July 18. June 20, 1848. July IF,.
Working full time . 135 ... 167 ... 29,745 ... 34,891
Working short time 43 ... 27 ... 6,274 ... 3,345
Stopped work

203 211 44,422 44,733