The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-13 00:00:00

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.

Duke PAsQuIER was engaged on Monday in the
examination of JOSEPH Henn-, at the Conciergerie.
HENRY was taken on Tuesday morning, under a
strong military escort, to the garden of the Tuileries,
where he pointed out the exaet spot where he stood,
and the direction in which he fired. The Debuts
states that the pistols used by HENRY were not the
common pocket pistols called coups de poing, which
only carry from six to fifteen paces at most. They
have been tried by two experienced persons, M.
IvlouTtEr. LEPAGE, the gunsmith, and a captain Of
Artillery from Vincennes. It has resulted, from
several experiments made at different distances, that
at 100 metres (331 feet) a ball struck the wall, but
without precision. At 60 metres (nearly 200 feet) a
ball passed through a plank from two to three centi-
metres (about an inch) thick. At the same distance
a leaden slug passed through the plank, and could not
be found. At 35 and at 40 metres (120 to 130 feet)
the balls passed through the plank, and were beaten
flat against a wall at some paces distant from it. The
experiments were repeated ten or twelve times, and
with the same results. M. LAPLAGNE BARRIS has
been appointed by the Chancellor to draw up the
report, which will be presented to the Chamber of
Peers in their sitting on Monday next.

The Alloniteur has just published a report on
the commerce of Algeria in 1844. The total
amount of the commercial operations of the
colony was 91,000,0001., of which 83,000,0001.
were imports, and 8,000,0001. exports. This
amount far exceeds any former return. Out of the
83,000,0001. of merchandise imported, 80,000,0001.
were consumed in Algeria, of which 47,000,000 f.
were of French, and 33,000,000 f. of foreign produc-
tion.
The amount of goods imported liable to duty
Africalvlie vied
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was 15,500,000 f. The tariffs applied to the
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merchandise exempt from duty exceeds by 62 per '
cent. those subject to duty, and that there is imported
into Algeria 40 per cent. of foreign merchandise.
The export of native produce of Algeria only amounts
to about 3,272,000 f., the remainder of the 8,000,0001.
being made up of foreign merchandise re-exported.
The exports to Algeria show a continued progress.
Out of 11,000,0001. worth of cotton goods, for in-
stance, France sends for 8,500,000 f.
Accounts from Algiers of the sth state that M.
SALVANDY had embarked at Djemma-Ghazaouat for
France. Negotiations are pending with ABD-EL-
KADEIt for an exchange of prisoners. On this sub- '
jest we find the following in the Memorial des
Pyrenees:—
"NV e announced, some days since that the family of
Lieutenant-Colonel Courby de Cognord had received from
that officer a letter, mentioning that a proposition for an ex-
change of prisoners had been addressed by Abd-el-Bader to
General Cavaignac. We have now the satisfaction to add,
that Marshal Bugeaud has confided this delicate negotiation
to the French Consul-General at Tangiers, with instructions
giving him the greatest possible latitude. The Governor-
General of Algeria has made known these facts to the fa-
mily of Colonel de Cognord, adding a hope that he should
soon have to announce to them the restoration to liberty of
that gallant officer and of his heroic companions in mis-
fortune. We also learn that the Queaejleishtyas deigned to state
on the sub.ject by
in reply to a letter written to her m
Madame de Coo•nord, that she
personally felt the most lively
sympathy in the fate of those gallant captives, and that the
King, to whom she had communicated the letter, shared
in the same sentiments, and had recommended t
int n most
pre•ising manner to the Minister of War thaliberty every
soon ex-
ertion should be made to restore them to as as
possible."
The Presse states that the French Government has
dispatched one of the directors of the Post-office
to obtain information as to the working of
to
the system of the penny postage.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tiles-
700f. ; Great-Northern, 708 f. ; Ai,vig, n°"' 895 f.
;
day, at 83t. 75c.; the Five per Cents., 122 f. 30c.; the Orleans
627 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 562 f. 50c. ; Basle, Railroad Shares, 1,971 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 967 f. 5Cc.; 1-.lftvre,
Vierzon,
220 f. ; Fampoux,
415 f.; Paris i,nd Strasbourg, 497 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes,
5071. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 521 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon,
492 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and ettee, 485 t ; Spanish Three per
Cents., 361.
i Western.liadrßacnudgtdii,
BUSINI:SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AL:GusT 12.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12 •54—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie), 114—Dutch Rhenish, 574 —Easindian, 14 --Great
Constituted,
ItiaLoluvn trlaaLatLnibegree, 13,4-;trutzhe,.irnnb,oluir,gr,anl3:i
rubo ilir?—coOnrsitelatuntseda,n.d:l_or,dreoauur: ,
And
B—OverNan tle4-ssect.o2n:itduitse.,
Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5%—Parts and Rouen, 3754—Paris
4%—West Flanders, 3%.

MONEY and Co NIMERCIA L NEWS.
CITY, QUARTEII TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverdool y,-1-”rday wa..; without
alteration. Sales, 4,000 to 5,000 bale-i Qarly all American.
Shares were rather dui!. .

There was ,me incident noticed at !. annual meeting of
the General Shipowner's Society, la. l at the Hall of Com-
merce, which ee,ervcs a notice, and aso reprobation. We
allude to a most unseemly influx of a number of persons into
the hall, while Lord George Bentinck was addressing the
meeting, who in the most ungentlemanly manner created a
noise by frivolities, and by hissing. We are not among
those who would wish to see public feeling thus demon-
strated in opposition to public men's • speeches, where
all is fair and above board. In this case, too,

the intruders were not shipowners. It was a meeting called
expressly by the shipowners of Great Britain. and the in-
truders had no right there. Among some of the most noisy
of the latter, were not a few "stags," and other well known
gentlemen of the same kidney, who locate from eleven to
three principally in the vicinity of Capel-court, the Auction
Mart, Lc. Besides, had thoe persons been present early, they
would have heard the chairman distinctly affirm that the
appearance of his Lordship at that meeting was wholly irre-
spective of his political position elsewhere, but as Member
for a sea-port he was anxious to learn how best he could aid
measures that might increase the prosperity of the best
bulwarks of our country. When his Lordship finished his
address, the ill-bred lot rushed out in just as unseemly a
manner as they entered. The chairman did not think him-
self justified in calling such intruders to order.
There has been a favourable impression excited by the
news received this morning of the American tariff having
passed.
Among the items of Canadian intelligence, none are more
important than those which relate to the crops, and upon
this subject, under date of July 27th, from Quebec, we are
advised as tollows

"The potato crops have been suffering by drought, and in
some places the stalks were fading. Generally they still look
well. Some early sown ones are as large as an egg, and lit
ior the table. There is no certainty of the blight having as
yet appeared in this part of the country. Neither has the
fly been observed in the early sown spring wheat, which is
now changing colour. The small samples of fall wheat
sown are nearly fit for the sickle, and have met with no
accident.

" The reports from the district of Montreal give reason
to believe that the fly is doing consideraule injury to the
spring wheat. The sort called Black Sea wheat is not
exempt. It is stated that the blight has made its appear-
ance in the potato fields in some part of the district of
Montreal. The barley, which has been sown to a great
extent since the failure of the wheat crops for fourteen
years past, is said to be good and ripe ; the oats abundant ;
but the hay crop light.
"The markets continue high excepting for flour, the supply
from the westward having been great, and the uncertainty
of the markets in England with the late change in the corn-
laws having given little hope of a high price. Much will
depend on the result of the harvests in America and Europe
for the present year, on which there must be, fur some time
to come, a state of uncertainty."
Accounts of May 23, from the Cape of Good Hope, state
that our troops had had some dashing affairs with the Kafirs
on the frontier, and that the colonists themselves tichibited
the utmost intrepidity and energy. In fact, great as the loss
of property must be, the tide is now turning against the
Kafirs, and they will, no doubt, soon be wholly subdued.
Unfortunately they ::,an but make poor amends in kind for the

injury done to the farmers.
The Consol Market has receded a fraction this morning,
and the market altogether looks gloomy. The American ;
news is of a satisfactory character, taken altogether. For
account the only price is 95%, but for immediate transfer
the quotation has fallen from 11574 to 95%. The Three per
Cents. Reduced were heavy, at OG%; and the New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 97%. The premium upon Ex-
chequer-bills has rallied to a slight extent, having been
quoted at 12s. For India Bonds the current value is 20s.
premium, and fur East India Stock, 259.
Brazilian Stock has improved this morning from 88 to 90,
Mexican to 24 for Account, and Portuguese Four per Cents.
fur Account, from 42 to 431/,. Russian Bonds have been sold
at I I2IQ. Spanish Consols are the same as to value as they
were yesterday, 25%. The Three per Cents. are rather flat at
361 , the Dutch Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 98, the Two-
and- a-flalf per Cents. at 59%, and the Four per Cents.
at 94%.
The market for the Railway Shares has no peculiar feature
about it this morning. Prices are not firm. Ureat Westerns
and Brightons have improved.
BRITISII FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 208%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 964 % 96%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95% % % 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98 97% 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1560 .. 10% 7-16 10 7-16
India Stock .. .. . .. .. ~. .. 259 259
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. .. _
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 20
22
South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. ..
.. _ __

Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills.
5001. • .
Ditto, Small

95%

• • .. 95
d. ~ltyd.
12 8 12 pm. 12
.... 12 --- pm. 12
12 9 pin. 9
ONE CLOSINI
FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 90 90
Ditto, Small .. • • • • • • —87 N
Mexican Bonds, Old, I+ per Cent .. 20;74 cx diV 20
Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent 23;,; 23.4
Ditto, for the Account .. .. 24 23%
Portuguese Four per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account . 42 1314
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. • • • • • .
litussian Bowls .. 112%
tipanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. --
Ditto, for the Account • • .. '
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 3G114
Ditto, for the Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 98
Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 59N,
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certhicates 91!
BUSINESS CLOSIN
PRICES OF
PAID. DONE AT
PRICES
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .. • • • • • • 15 •• • • 9 .. ..• •.S • 81/4
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .... 1301:2 .. ••• • ..
Ditto, New (issed ut dis.).. l 71!, 32;;'2
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 7 63 71a • • . 71/S
Buelihnthanishire 425. .... i dis •• .. 1,4 dis.
Caledonian 20 154_..
Cambridge and Ox ford 1% .. • • .. 14
Chester and Holyhead 271 • • 26%

Direct Northern .... •• • •
Easters Counties .. .. 141. 165..... 237 14 .. ••• • .
Ditto New .. 101. 165..... 8 p.•.. • • ...
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. I3s. 4d. •.........
Ditto, York Extension 10s• •• • • 2IA ,
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 74
Edinburgh and Pe th .•
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 29% •• •
Great Western .. 85 -130 152........
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .• 24% 24 25....
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... 107
Leeds and Bradtbrd 26 .... 68
Leicester and Bediord 225..... % dis... % dis.
Leicester, Tantworth, &c. 425. di5....... % di-.
London an Birmingham . ..100 •• • • .... 225%
Ditto, Thirds . • - •
Ditto, Querter2, . • • • • 2 •• .• 29%
Ditto, Fifths 2 .... . ...... • _
London and Blackwull .. 161. 13s. 4d. e .
London and Brighton _ .• 50 .. . G 5 64',z8
London and South• Western -41/. Gs. 10d... 75 .......• • •
Ditto, New .. • . 171,4 .... 271,1 ..........
London and York .. 214 ...... • • • •
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... 15% .
Manchester and Leeds .. .• 82 .•
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Fifths .• .. 3 .... 11
Ditto Extension .. 425. 27 p.... _• •
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 85 .... ••• • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 5 •• ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (It .. 5 .... 13%%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• .. 1 1
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ....
Midltmd . • .. ..100 .. 141 139.
Ditto, New 21 •• .. 37 ..........
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 43 44
Ditto, New
Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .... 2814 ..........
North British .. .. 25 38 4 .74 . • • • • • • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. 8% • • 13% 14 ......
Ditto Fifths.. .. 5 .... 71,4 ..... •
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 11,4 .... %•••• • • • •
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 23Cz .... 1 ...... •• ..
North Staffordshire .. 425..... % 13• •• •
Nortinupton,Banbury ,& Chelthm. 2
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverlimptu. 1'2% 8 • •
Preston and Wyre • • • • • • 25 35% 35%
Scottish Central .. • • • • • 12% 18%.• ........
. . .
sSScht:rtoettNivss-5111%,:u:erlyitillainanniodd.Bi..r.•mii.;!• ha.ti•
• 412205% 314%%1i .dis.
d3is.
South Midland .• • - •• 425. 34% p._
•% p
South Eastern and Dovor ' • • 33% 44% • • 44%
Do., New (do. 15/0 .. No. 4. 2% 3a, i 3a
South Wales
- •• .. 3% 4 4.... 4
Swans. & Loughor & CaMeroll'S.• 2 .• • 3
Vale of Neat': .. • • .. 2 .... 1% . •
Waterford and Kilkenny .. • • 8 •
•111. ••
Welsh Midland .. % 2 .... %1. .:
West Biding Union • • • • .. 425. • . 3% p........
York and North Midland .. 50 .
Ditto. Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 38% •••• •• • • •
Do. E and IV. Riding Exten... 1 .... .....
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 12 .
[lord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... I!i
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 1 1,4 ..........
Dutch Rhenish ..
East In liao . ss. • .....
Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 ....
Luxembourg
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .. 12% ........
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5 ..........

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