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

TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1546,

merely availed laimsel° of the truce consequent upon 1
these negotiations tri prepare himself for any emer-
gency, there see'rus to be every probability of
a collision betwern his forces and the Anglo-Indian
soldiery. Whether any serious consequences might
not result from the development of such feelings of
hostility -so soon after the new organization of these
territories, unless those sentiments were immediately
anil decisively suppressed, is a consideration of ex-
treme interest. Nervo and determination must be
displayed on the inauguration of the new system,
otherwise matters may rapidly fall into disorder, and
the Government in its very youth evince signs of
premature decrepitude. The Nawab of MOOLTAN is a
wily and active prince, requiring alertness and reso-
lution on the part of his antagonist. His intellect is
one of that supple character which, unless observed
with the utmost vigilance, and thwarted with the utmost
decision, might obtain an opportunity of re-asserting
1 his domination out of the very circumstances of his
vassalage. In the East, as everywhere else, it must
be—diamond cut diamond.

Our readers will remember the terrible catas-
trophe of the 20th of May at Loodianah, when
the temporary barracks of her MAJESTY'S .50th
and the sepoy guard from the 73d Native
Infantry, were destroyed by a hurricane. It
cannot assuredly be forgotten that eighty-eight
human beings perished on that occasion from the
wilful negligence of those who had been deputed to
superintend the safety and comfort of the different
regiments, and that one hundred and fifty of the
unfortunate men quartered in those ricketty buildings
had been seriously mutilated by an accident which,
with proper precaution, would never have occurred.
We are deeply grieved to observe that another
specimen of the pernicious consequence of this negli-
vnee of those in whom negligence is least excusable,
has caused another calamity of a different nature
and of less serious results numerically, though
equally deplorable with the one already'
mentioned. According to the information con-
tained in the Bombay Times, the victims of care-

lessness in this instance appear to have been the
wives and children of her MAJESTY'S 17th and 60th
Regiments. On the departure of these troops from

Sinde their families were left at Poenah, but hay

ing subsequently received permission to join their
husbands and fathers at Kurrachee, the latter imme-
diately hastened thither. During their journey
these unhappy creatures were attacked with cholera,
and this, be it particularly observe 1, in consequence
of the execrable arrangements for their shelter and
provision. Fifteen children and fifteen women
perished out of a company of three hundred and
forty-eight. These occurrences should be submitted
to a rigid investigation by those authorised to
Prevent their recurrence. Sepoys have already a
sufficiently precarious tenure of existence to
render it indifferent whether they may not

be crushed to a mummy at every high wind; and the
miseries of a soldier's wife on active service are in
themselves punishment enough for the " perpetration
of matrimony" to require any additional misfortunes
from bad lodging, bad food, bad drink, or bad attend-
ance.

Perhaps the most interesting intelligence received
by this packet is that of the unconditional surrender
of Kote Kangra, a fortress hitherto considered
to be impregnable. Nothing could more strikingly
have evinced the happy result of promptitude in
warfare than the capitulation of this garrison. While
it was vaunting its security, and treating the threats
of the Government with derision, it was suddenly
panic-stricken by the unexpected arrival of the
Anglo-Indian troops before its embattlements with
a formidable array of heavy artillery. The
manoeuvre not merely awed the garrison into instant
submission, but has aroused the astonishment of the
northern inhabitants generally. The impression is, if
possible, confirmed that English arms are invincible.
Kote Kangra has re-evidenced the puissanee displayed
at Sobraon.
Gratified, however, as we must undoubtedly be at
such signal assurances of the awe—the wholesome
awe—inspired into our Asiatic subjects and the
people of the neighbouring states by the valour of our
brave soldiers, we cannot but be the more fully im-
pressed with the necessity that exists for consulting
in every possible particular the happiness, the
social comfort, the health and the moral welfare
of those same instruments of our Eastern dominion.
It should never be forgotten that our prosperity in
that wonderful empire, which is surrounded byAsiatic
Russia, Hindostan, China, and the Indian Ocean, is
dependent solely upon the loyalty and subordination
and courage of our armies. Considering this, and
remembering .the deeds they have achieved
from Seringapatam to Jellalabad, that their
heart's blood has flowed freely on the battle-plains,
and that their constitutions have been wasted in our
service, let us, in the name of justice, in the name of
gratitude, and in the name of policy, shield them
from any unnecessary suffering, and preserve them
from any superfluous dangers ! Hurricanes and con-
tagious diseases are unquestionably casualties which no
human foresight can prevent. We grant that; but
we do not grant that barracks must by necessity be
built of cardboard, or of gingerbread, or of such
flimsy materials as are subverted at the first change
in the atmosphere ; nor can we perceive the
obligation that exists of treating the wives and
children of soldiers with little more tenderness
than that evinced by GONERIL and REGAN.
Better abolish all the trumpery of ribbons and
medals, and build good barracks and resting-places of
substantial brick.

A discussion of considerable interest took place in
the House of Lords on Tuesday, on the occasion of the
presentation of a petition by Earl FORTESCUE, for the
abolition of flogging in the arm v. The declaration
of the Duke of WELLINGTON, who commands an
influence far beyond that of mere official rank, is
highly gratifying—viz., " that in consequence of the
feeling of the Government, of Parliament, and of the
public on it, he had taken upon himself
greatly to diminish its severity, and he hoped that
with that arrangement which may be made in fu-
ture in the alteration of the law it may be still fur-
ther diminished, so as to lead at last to its final dis-
continuance." We have here the direct admission of
the universal detestation with which the horrible sys-
tem is regarded by persons of all ranks and condi-
tions throus,hout the nation. With the Government,
the Parliament, and the public arrayed against
it, their feelings strongly excited on the
point, there would be little prospect of its
being suffered much longer to remain the stigma, the
disgrace of the British nation ; but we have also the
intimation given by the only man who could, even for
a time, resist that feeling, that " he hopes it may be
still further diminished, so as. to lead to its
final discontinuance." This is a cheering an-
nouncement for those who are conscientiously
opposed to the practice, hut they must not on
that account relax their exertions, or abandon
the agitation they were about to commence. Already
steps have been taken for the formation of a society
to promote the abolition of flogging in the army and
navy. Within one single week a meeting will be
held at Exeter Hall for that purpose, and sincerely
do we hope that on that occasion the friends of huma-
nity will not be wanting—that a demonstration so
powerful will lib made as to convince those who
still advocate the necessity of its continuance,
that other and less objectionable means must be de-
vised for the preservation of military discipline.
Much has of late years been done in mitigation of
the grievance ; the number of lashes which can by
any possibility be ordered, have been diminished
from 1,200 or 1,500 to 200, and since the recent re-
gulation to 50. Has that regulation impaired the
efficiency of the army, or made it more diffi-
cult to maintain the proper and necessary subor-
dination? Far from it; in proportion to the reduction
of lashes, the discipline has been improved, the sol-
diers have been more orderly and better disposed.
His Grace himself has borne his strongest testimony
in that behalf ; he says—" I assure you that the
troops are now, at this moment, daily in the per-
formance of services which you would not require—
nay, I go further, and say that you could not have,
from any other troops in the world." And
again—" If any acecident happens, such as ship-
wreck, they act in the most admirable
manner, and I find that they acquire the csnfidence
of all." This conduct, so justly described by his
Grace, must surely satisfy any unprejudiced and dis-
PBlliOnlW 311414 that the prom ao eulogised are

capable of being influenced by other and higher
motives than those of fear. They have so distin-
guished themselves, not by reason of, but in despite
of the lash. It is a universally admitted fact,
that what are usually styled flogging regiments are
in a worse state of organisation, in every respect
inferior to those in which the cat has been suffered
to fall into disuse. The commanding officers who have
taken the lead in this humane experiment have at-
tained a degree of popularity in their respective re-
giments that has had the effect of inducing the men
to do that from love which could not be produced by
fear alone. In no instance has it been found
that men have become worse in consequence of
their being treated as men, and net degraded
to the condition of brutes. How can you
possibly hope for the maintenance of that high spirit
of honour, the existence of which is so necessary in
the army, essentially an honourable profession, if its
members are subjected to such degradation? We
may be pardoned for again quoting the opinions
of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, as to the improved
state of discipline consequent upon the de-
crease of corporal punishment. That gallant
General says, " When I was a subaltern, the
army was not in a high state of discipline, yet the
punishments were extremely severe. Now the army
is in a high state of discipline, and punishments are
comparatively mild." And, speaking of the present
state of the army he says, "It is difficult to imagine
an army that has not seen services to be in
a more perfect state of discipline, as far as the
private soldiers are considered." This is evidence
that cannot be impeached or underrated,
The Gallant Officer then draws a picture of what
punishment was, contrasted with what it now is :
"That he then frequently saw 600, 700, 800, 900,
and 1,000, sentenced by regimental courts-martial,
and generally every lash inflicted ; the unhappy
victim of such barbarous work brought out
from hospital three or four times to receive
the remainder of his punishment, too severe to
be borne without danger of death, at one flogging,
and sometimes the prolonged torture applied, for
the avowed purpose of adding to its severity." Let
the same witness answer to its effects :—" Yet, with
all the above stated severity (may I not say ferocity?)
of discipline, I have proved that the army
was then in an inferior state to what it
is now. And if it be asked why, with such
severe punishments to restrain crime, was not
the army in a higher state of discipline ? I answer,
because every soldier who beheld such bloody execu-
tions lost sight of the criminal, and beheld only a
martyr in the flogged man. The cool reason of every
man of sense condemned the cruelty, and crime lost
its shame, when over-severity of punishment turned
the criminals into heroes." Again, we find the
following :—" A dreadful flogging, disproportioned
to the crime resolutely borne, sends more men away
with their courage whetted, to irritate the culprit,
than struck with fear of being placed in his situation.
The law becomes judged, condemned, and defied as
an enemy. If the poor culprit sends forth screams
of agony, if he faint, he is an object of pity, perhaps
of contempt—a poor devil that it is a sin to cut up;
snd a sin, in such cases as I have stated, no doubt it
is. The man of reflection needs no other proof of
the inefficiency of the excess of punishment as it then
stood than those I have given. It was cruel and it
was not effectual." Again—" When punishments
are slight, their effect is powerfully added to by the
hearty concurrence evinced by the public in their
justice—the culprit finds no cornn-4isseraticm. If pu-
nishments are over severe, the culprit is sustained by
public pity, and the violence of his punishment is thus
mitigated, even though the public think him justly
condemned."

We cannot apologise for the length at which we
have quoted from this admirable work. Every
opinion expressed therein carries with it a conviction
to the mind of the sincerity of the writer, of the
justice and accuracy of the views he has put
forth. Now that the public feeling is so strongly
excited on the topic, we cannot render
better service than by putting prominently
forward the deliberate opinions of a man like Sir
CHARLES NAPIER. There is not a single page of his
work on military law and flogging from the perusal
of which it would be possible to rise without new
reasons being forced on the mind why the revolting
practice should be altogether abolished. They are
not new opinions taken up by him to suit
the present occasion ; they have grown with
his growth and strengthened with his strength.
Forty years of service in all parts of the world,
during which he has gained immortal honours for
himself, and attained the highest glory ; where his
services in every station, whether as subaltern or
commander, were such as to entitle him to the
laurels he has received, the fame he has won, have
only confirmed the impressions originally inculcated
by his renowned father, a father worthy of such
a hero, and the father of heroes, and who oftentimes
stated to his son, " that flogging was an inhuman,
and, in peace, an unnecessary punishment, injurious
to those honourable feelings that he justly held to be
the great principle by which troops should be mainly
governed ;" and who, of course, thought, with such
feelings, " that flogging ought to be abolished."

A letter from Kiel, of the 4th of August, says :

" The congress of German lawyers which was to
have met at Kiel on the 6th of this month, but the
meeting of which has been forbidden by the Danish
Government, will be held in the island of Heligoland,
which since 1815 has belonged to England. The
congress will be opened on the 14th of this month,
and proceed to deliberate on the measures to be
adopted in order to secure in all the states of Ger-
many the establishment of the public and oral examina-
tion of witnesses in all judicial proceedings, and trial
by jury in all criminal cases."

Letters from Rome state that the POPE has dis-
patched Monsignore CoanoL! Bussi to Bologna, with
orders to dismiss the 400 Swiss in garrison there.
These men, who were engaged for twenty years,
will be paid an indemnity. The laws of Rome re-
quire that none but Roman Catholics should serve in
the Swiss guards, and as more thanone-half of those at
present serving in the Roman territory are Pro-
testants, it is said that the POPE will take advantage
of that circumstance to diminish the difficulties in the
way of annulling the treaty with the Helvetic Con-
federation.

The deputation of Jews which went up to congra-
tulate the POPE on his accession, was well received.
His HOLINESS, on the loth ult., issued an ordonnance
permitting Jews in distress to share in the alms dis-
tributed by his orders.

Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. Great
preparations were making at La Granja for the re-
ception of her MAJESTY. It was rumoured in Madrid
that differences had occurred in the Cabinet between
the Minister of Justice and his colleagues, in conse-
quence of his having taken upon himself, without con-
sulting them, to decree the suppression of the Com-
mittee charged with preparing the new code.

According to the Espanol, M. MoN has dispatched
the Directur-General of the Sinking Fund to Lon-
don, on a financial mission.

The following royal ordonnance, modifying the
import duties on cotton goods, has just been promul-
gated :
"Art. 1. Cotton from foreign ports and colonies, which
are not places of the production, will continue to pay the
present duty.
"2. Cotton coming direct from the foreign parts where it
is produced, will pay a customs duty of 5 per cent. on the
valuation of 256 reals the quintal.
"3. If a vessel arriving at the Havannah, or at Puerto
Rico, demand the depot of their cargo without discharging,
it shall be granted, on paying a duty of 1 per cent., and the
same amount on leaving, and a duty of 3 per cent. at the
port of its destination.
"4. Cotton coming from the Spanish colonies, and of
Spanish production, will continue to pay the present duty.
"5. The preceding provisions only relate to cotton im-
ported in Spanish bottoms; cotton in foreign vessels will
continue to pay the duties hitherto levied."
MARTI), BOLSA, Aug. s.—The Three per Cents. were done
at 33% for cash, the Five per Cents. at 23, the Four per
Cents. at 21%, the
Debt without Interest at 6%, and the
Coupons at 20.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
The Journal des Del ts says—
On Monday next the Chamber of Peers and the new
Chamber of Deputies will be opened for the short session, in
which the latter will proceed to the verification of the quali-
fication of its members, and to the formation of its bureaux.
It is said that the King will open this session in person, and
that his Majesty will confine himself to expressing in a few
words his satisfaction at seeing &Ambled around him the
representatives of the nation. The Chambers will reply by
an address to the words of the King, and, after the verifica-
tion of qualifications, the nomination of the presidents, of

the vice-presidents, the secretaries, and the questors, the
session will be prorogued to the usual period, the end of De-
cember or the beginning of January. It is at that time that
the usual opening speech will be made. It is thought that
the preparatory session, which will open on the 17th instant,
will not continue beyond the beginning of September."
The Presse estimates the Conservative majority in
the new Chamber at 124, the Debats at 107. The
following statistics of the new Chamber may be found
not uninteresting :
" New writs must be issued, when the Chamber meets, for
five colleges in which there have been double returns, but it
is more than probable that in all these cases members will
be nominated of the same opinions as those called on to re4gn
one of their seats. The double returns alluded to are, on the
Conservative side, those of M. de Salvandy fur Evreux and.
Lectour ; and, on the Opposition side, of M. G. de Beaumont,
for :flamers and Saint Calais; General de Thiars, for Chalons
and Lannion ; M. Paillet, for Château-Thierry and La Ro-
chelle ; and M. Berger, for Thiars and the second Arrondisse-
ment of Paris. The number of new Deputies amounts to 117,
of whom 84 are Conservative and 33 Oppositionists. The
number of Conservatives who sat in the late Chamber, and have
not been re-elected in 1846, is 57; and that of the Opposition
Deputies in the same case, 60. Out of these 57 Conserva-
tives not re-elected, 24 did not stand at the late election;
out of the 33 offers, 20 were replaced by Conservatives,
and 13 ousted by the Opposition. Out of the 60 Opposi-
sition Deputies not re-elected, 16 did not come forward;
whilst out of the 44 remaining, 7.m were replaced by gen-
tlemen of their own political onions, and 37 thrown
out by Conservatives. We have in a former article al-
luded to the discomfiture of the Legitimatist party; it will
therefore be sufficient at present merely to state, in addi-
tion, that they have lost 17 seats arid gained 6, leaving a
difference of 11 against them, or about half their number
in the Chamber. The public press has found particular
favour at the late election, and will be more fully repro •
sented in the new Chamber than on any occasion since
1789. Independently of the great number of Deputies '
known to write in periodicals, we find six jou'nalists be-
losging to the Paris press elected, viz., M. E. de Girar-
din, of the Presse; M. Leon Faucher and N. Chambolle,
of the Siecle; M. Louis Reynaud, of the Cburrier Francais;
the Abbe de Genoude, of the Gazette de France; and M. C.
Leseeps, of the Commerce. Two other well known members
of the Paris press stood. but have been thrown out, viz., M.
Michel Chevalier, the able writer of articles on political eco-
nomy in the Debats, and M. Cuvillier Fleury, a contributor
to the same journal. As the principle of free trade at pre-
sent excites so much attention, we cannot better conclude
this sketch than by stating that the principal libre- echan-
gzstes, or supporters of that doctrine. in the new Chamber,
are MM. Theodore Ducos, Clappier, Lherbette, De Lamar-
' tine, Blanqui, Leon Faucher, and Reybaud; while against it
are, in the Left Centre, 111. Thiers ; in the Centre, M. Dar-
, blay ;in the Extreme Left, M. Marie; and on the Minis-
terial bench, 111. Cunin Gridaine, Minister of Commerce. The
elections for Corsica, which are expected to be both in
favour of Ministers, will take place on the Bth, and the new
Chamber will meet on the 17th."

It is probable that before the Chamber meets Mar-
shal Souvr will have retired from the Presideney of
the Minstry. On the subject of his successor we find
the following in the Portefeuille

"We have announced that M. Guizot had proposed the
Duke de Broglie to his Majesty as the successor of Marshal
Soult as President of the Council of Ministers. We can now
add that the choice of the Duke de Broglie has met the ap-
probation of all the members of the Cabinet. The question
is, however, will the Duke de Broglie accept the offer?"

The general opinion appears to be that the Duke
DE BROGLIE will not accept office, and in that case the
Presidency of the Ministry will be conferred on M.

AMERICAN NEWS.

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

ARRIVAL OF TtIE CAMBRIA.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, FIALF-PAST FOUR.

The steam-ship Cambria, Captain Judkins, after
a passage of ten days sixteen hours, arrived here
this afternoon, bringing eighty-four passengers, the
Canadian and United States mails, and papers fifteen
days later than those brought by the Fid!.tlia.
The Hibernia, which sailed from Liverpool on the
19th ult., reached Boston on the Ist., in a twelve-
and-a-half-days' passage; and the Great Britain
arrived at New York in thirteen and a half days.
The Cambria brings intelligence of the passing of
the Tariff Bills by a majority of One.

Perhaps the most important item of news brought
by the Cambria is the passage in the Senate of the
new Tariff Bill, brought forward by the present Ad-
ministration, reducing very materially the Whig
tariff of 1842. The manufacturers of New England,
and the mining and smelting districts of Penn-
sylvania, made strenuous efforts to defeat the
measure, awl, inked, all but succeeded in so
doing, as the Bill became the law by the
casting vote of Vice-President Dallas, who is
himself returned by a district of Pennsylvania very
inimical to low duties upon iron or coal. As usual,
on any stirring question, a considerable debating
took place, and the speeches both for and against
were long and numerous.
Mr. Webster spoke at great length against the
Bill, and the question was taken on the 28th, and
the measure was carried by the casting vote of Mr.
Dallas, amended only by striking out a section from
the form which had received the sanction of the Re-
presentatives. The Lower House subsequently con-
curred in the amendment, so that the Bill was at last
passed. Mr. Haywood, from North Carolina, re-
signed his seat, in order not to be compelled to vote
in favour of the measure.

The Warehousing Bill had not passed the House
of Representatives when the steamer left, but would
do so in all probability. It provides for the ware-
housing of all goads under similar regulations which
govern the British Customs, except that the period
of bonding is limited to a year.
The news from Mexico is not important. At

the last account from the city of Mexico, Paredes
was still there, though it was still stated he was to
take command of the army. It seemed to be
the general impression that the Mexican Govern-
ment intended to make another struggle against

their invaders, though from inward troubles, disor-
ganisation, and want of funds, it was difficult to
believe it would meet with success. Several small
affairs had taken place near Vera Cruz, between the
troops along the shore and the ships assembled in
the Gulf, but nothing worthy of notice had occurred.
No attempt was to be male against St. Juan
Dulloa, the general impression being, that sufficient
benefit would not accrue from its capture to com-
pensate for the certain loss iti attack would cause.
Business in the Atlantic Cities continued very dull,
the principal business people being rusticating, owing
to the intens3ly hot weather. Exchange at New
York on Engl.:nd, 7 a 71 pm.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 3,C00 bales, including 2,000 American at :Mid. to 5%d.
The market was quiet; and, compared with Friday's rates,
American Cottons at and under 4Ad. were easier to buy.
Other kinds are unchanged.
It appears by letters received by the last West India mail
from the Anglo-Mexican Mines (one of the many companies
started in 1824 and 1825, the bulk of which has long gone to
the 0 tomb of all the Capulets"), that this concern is in
steadenif not very prolific, activity. From a report of the pro-
ceedings of the Company now before us, we find that in the
year ending the 30th of June last the directors here had paid
off 8,316/. of the additional capital borrowed to keep up the
mines in the Company's lands in Mexico, and that there is
a balance in the bankers' hands of 2,1701. 3s. The agent
of the company, Mr. Brough, has recently made a good
remittance on general account. It is satisfactory to find,
after the " thousand and one" failures in mining enterprise,
the money to conduct which was raised in England, that
one of them at least, is in a healthy state. The agent named, in
hie dispatch of the Asuncion mine, remarks a considerable
improvement in it, consequent on the introduction of Bus-
cones (who take a certa'n share of ores raised in lieu of
wages), the result of which had been, that for a period of four
weeks there bad been a profit of 8,003 dollars. Some of the
other mines of the company are well spoken of in the pre-
sent advises.
A general meeting of the Shipowners' Society was held
this morning at the Hall of Commerce, to receive a report
from the general committee relative to its transactions for
the past year. The report read was a volumineus document.
The concluding paragraph of this document is rather interest-
ing. It states that—
" It is consolatory to have observed that in reply to a
question from the late Chang elior of the Exchequer, Lord
John Russell, in a recent discu,sion on the sugar duties, de-
clared that he did not propose in any respect to alter the
existing navigation laws.' Still, in the signs of the times,
your Committee perceive abundant reason for shipowners
to be prepared to defend their position—that justice which
by Sir Robert Peel was promised to the agriculturists on the
repeal of the corn-laws, and by Lord John Russell to the
colonists on the alteration of the sugar duties—namely, that
freedom of production shall at least go hand in band with
freedom of competition. In the maintenance of this demand
they feel that they may with confidence appeal to shipowners
throughout the country, whatever differences of opinion they
may entertain on the controverted questions of free trade and
protection. The struggle on these questions has unfortunately
produced many and most injurious schisms. But your
Committee can perceive no reason why the shipping interest
should not new re-unite on the common ground of defence
of a general interest on principles common to all. They ask,
therefore, the renewal of co operation on the part of those
who, during recent contests, have dissented from the course
they have considered it their duty to pursue, inviting them
to join the society in the endeavour to free maritime commerce
from injurious and vexation restraints—to relieve it from unne-
cessary and burdensomecharges—and thus to enable it the better
to sustain the competition to which it is already exposed ;
while by confiding to the Legislature the decision of princi •
pies of policy, but inflexibly maintaining that of protection
from the State, proportioned to disqualification imposed by
the State, they will violate no equity, advance no selfish
claim, and leave in unrestrained exercise the differing opi-
nions of those who are engaged in one common and most im-
portant branch of British national ceiemerce."
There are at present exhibiting some very splendid speci-
mens of Gobelin tapestry, manufactured, as the announce-
ment of the selling brokers states, expressly for the
late Duke of Orleans, and considered to be a magnificent
sample of this famed branch of foreign industry. The sale
to-morrow, by Wilkinson and Jewesbury, at the Hall of
Commerce, will also include many other articles of French
manufacture, which the enterprising importers are anxious
to have introduced to general consumption.
The Funds are fluctuating, and scarcely realise the pre-
vious quotations, Consols being 9512 3/1 for present transfer,
and 953 i for Account. Exchequer-bills are quoted 4s. to 7s.
premium. Bank Stock is marked 20814 to 209111. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97% to 97%.
Money is a ill rather scarce, but Exchequer-bills are de-
pressed, chiefly by the sales on railway deposit account.
The Foreign Stock Market is rather flatter than yester-
day. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 2534, and the Three
per Cents. 36%. Mexican have dropped to 233/4. Brazil
Bonds are 88% for the Small; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been quoted 591/4 to 59%.
Shares are still "in the shade." The better class of Scrip
and Stock would undoubtedly rally, but for the apprehen-
sion respecting " calls." Many parties think that these
will, after all, not exceed the annual surplus income of the
country.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 208!‘; 209 k 20814 20814
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96,4, 86 96
three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 9514 34 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97%34 97Th
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 180 .. 10 5-16 7-16 10 7-16
India Stock .. . .. 259 260
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. • • • •
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. • •
South Sea Stock .. .. • •
Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock for Account

BRITISH FUNDS.

.. 95%%
.. 209

'Jonbbls for Accouut .. •• .. •.. .. 95 %
Exchequer 13111 s. Ilid. I lid.
1,0001... .. .... 5 7 4 7 pm.
5001. 8 4 7 pm.
Ditto, Small .... 9 4 7 pm.

95%
209

ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account 88%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 39
Mexican Bonds, 184, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account 237,
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Portuguese Four per Cent ••
for the Account .. 42 41
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. •. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 42
Ru,sinn Bonds .. .. 112 112
`Vanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 25 25
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 98!4 98
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 k %
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 94

CLOSING
ritICES.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICEs
ONE O'CLOCK.
15
..... • .• 8 ?a

Aberdeen..
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 1%%% •. • • 1%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 71-A 7 7 1,4 714
Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .. 87 .. • • .... . 87'

Ditto New .. .. 5 10
Buckinghamshire 425. .... dis li
C ,lektonian .. 20 .... 15%
Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .. •. • •
Churnet and Blythe .. .. 2 .. •• ••••• • • • ••
Cornwall .. .. 5 .... 1% 1 1
1 4/

Direct Northern 2%.... 1%. •• • •
Dublin and Galway .. 4 .... 1% • . .....
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 23% •• •• • •
Ditto New .. 10/. 165... • . p• • •• • • ••
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, ditto, .. ..No. 2. Cl. 13s. 4d. 36 p.. ••..
Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... -•..• • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 ....
Ditto % Shares .. .• • • 10 .... 17
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 934
Edinburgh and I'e th • 3 ....
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% %..
Great Western 85
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .• .. 21% ......
Hull and Selby .. • • .. •• 50 .... „ .....
Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 .... 39 ...„
Lancaster and Carlisle 45 .... 64 .• .. „ -
Leeds and Bradford .• • • .. 26 .... 6934 68
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. •• .. 32 dis 34 di
London an Birmingham .••100 .. 226 is, 225.•
Ditto, Quarters •••, . .. 2 .... 29% •• • • 29%
Ditto, Fifths 2 .... • •
London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8% • •• • •
London and Brignton 50 .• • 64% .... • .
Ditto ditto Fifths • • • . .. 30 .. .. 43 • • .... • •
London and Croydon • . • . 13/. 15s 9d.•. 233 i .. ••• • • • 23%
London, Hounslow, and Western— 2 .... ..... • •
London and South-Western •• 41/. 6s. 10d... 75 .• .. ••• • • • 75
London and York .. 2%.... 2%.•••••
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. • • 13% % • ••• • • • 134
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 ....118 .. •. • ... 118
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .... 113 •. • • 1134
Ditto Extension .. 425. ...• 2% % p.... • • 2% p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .• .. ••• • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B .. 5 .... 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 10%34 10• • •
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock 425. .... I% p
51idland ..100 .... 140% 1413 x
Ditto, New 24 .. 3734 3634
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 43 42%
Ditto, New . 1 .... 111% %•••• • • • •
Newcastle and Berwick .• 15 .• 27% 28
Norfolk .. .. 20 .... • .
Ditto, Extension • .. .. 2 .. • . .. •••• • • ..
Nortn British 25 •. • • 38 37% • . 37%
Ditto, Half Shares .. 8%.... 1334 % .. 13%
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 11,4 .... 3),e %•-•• • • ..
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425• •• • • 3% %34P• • • • 3% 9
Nortiimpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .. j 34
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolvernmptn. 12% 8% 8. . 8
Preston said Wyre .• • • 25 .... 36 .• • • .... 36
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 2% •• • • 8 •••• • • • • 8
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. •• • • 1 dis • • ...... 1 die
Scottish Central .. . 1234 18% % •....... 1814
Scottish Midland .. .. 10 .... 6% •, 6%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... 2% 3.. ••• • • • 3
Shropshire Union .. 425. .... dis.
South Aildig.nd 425. p % p
South Eastern and Dovor 33%...• 4334 443,E
Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 . 25% •• •. 25%
i 70., New (do. 15/.) .. No. 4. 234 3 .. ••.•• • ..
South Wales 5 .... 3% %36 3.• • • 3
Vale of Neath 2 .... ...• ••• • .• 139
Waterfd., Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. IY, % • 34
Welsh Midland .. .... 1 • • ........
West Riding Union • • .. • 425. .. 2% 3 p!• 3 p
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 • • •• .. 5
York and Carlisle .. • • • • 2% •• • • % • •
York maid North Midland 50 .... 98 •
.• ••
• ••• • • 98
1 Mtn. Extension • • . .. 20 .... 33 ••••• • • • • • 34
Do. E and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 .••- 13% 12% 12,4

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 12% .. .......
Hord., Toul., Cette Mackenzie) 2 .... 1 ......
- -

litacti Rhenish

23g
P

% P
140

.. .. .. .. 6 .... 6

~—.. ...........- -- .. .. .. . .... _
East fn na , .. •• ..
.. ss.
.... 4i %........ g
.........
Great Western Bengal .. .. ss. .... % • . 114
.........
Louvain ala Sambre .. • • • • 5 •• -1%14 .... •• • • 144
Luxembourg .. .. • • • • i ...... •• • • 1
Madrid and Valentia .. • • ••. 6 •• .. 3 ••••• • • • • •
Sarnia and Liege--• !. : . 5 .. .. 12 Y% ••••• • • • • • 12%
Northern of France Constituted • . 6
.... 7
.7. 8
8
• •
Orleans and pordeattz ; ..
411. 3s. 4d..•. 234 dis • • 2% dis
Over Yssel .• , .
uonstiiuted • . 5 .. • • 5y2
..
..
.. ..
5%
Paris and Lynn.
•• .. n .... 37% ••.. • ..... 37%
Paris and Rouen ..
constituted 5 .... 41,4 ...• ....
PariS arid Strasbourg 4 4.
Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... 4%
West Flanders • • •• .. .
6 4•..."..... • • ...... ..3 %

MINES.
Real dcl Monte, Unreaistered .. .... 3%
......

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Are. 12.—Wind ?I. W., light airs, and hazy.
DEAL, Are. 11.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Bolton, Davison,
Bombay; Quely Shell, Hammond, Trinidad; Ruckers, Nielsen, St.
Vincent ; Sarah Birkett, Grenada ; Elizabeth Ray, Nassau ; Em-
pire, Mobile for Bremen; Mariner, Quebec; Prince Regent, ditto;
Antral's, Turner, ditto; Edmond, Terry, ditto; Sauzor, Lunge, Rie
Grande ; Bazaar, Simpson, Boston ; Humber, Quebec. Arrd. from
the river the Duke of Richmond, Barclay, for Port Adelaide, South
Australia; Hindoo, Beard, Batavia; Grecian, Langford, Bombay;
Isabella, Veale, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Lord John Russell,
Belay, Quebec; Amy Ann, Storey, ditto. Arrd. from the river and
aid., Plumstead, Furbar, Algoa Bay.
LIVERPOOL, Arc. 11.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—The Nailer, Jones,
of Scarborough, from Patagonia to Cork, was abandoned the Bth of
Juno in lat. 28 S. lon. 31 W. ; crew landed at Rio Janeiro.
TEIGNMOUTH, Ave. B.—Sid. Leander, Pearce, Miramichi.
Tonamr. Ave. 11.—Sld. Fife, Hodge, Miramichi.
Orr KiNa9BRIDGE, AUG. 10.—Margaret Hay, Valien, Hobart-
town, Sid. March 29.
Morrison, ditto. Ski.
g ditto ; Gentoo, ditto.
PLYMOUTH, Ave. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. William Lustington,
Gill, Quebec; Priscilla, Taylor, ditto; Alga,
Dahlia, Tozer, Quebec ; Vittoria,
Iw7oun
FALMOUTH, AUG. 11.--Wind S. N., fresh—Sid. Hope, Henderson,
PMoiuraminderch, 81;ahniaarrandu
Tatra*. AUG. 10.—Arrd. Industry, Sta
,BRusitaehmarednst,e
Bay.
Tatra*. vedren:Qu.
Quechee.
Cowan.
PENZANCE, AUG. 10.—Arr Edmund Castle,Whitely, Rlehebusto.
I.
Brown, Madras • Harriet, Quebec.
BIDEFOED.—SId. Zenob-a,Arni.
Wear
packet, Taylor, Quebec.
Selma', Ave. s.—Sid. Lakey, Newfoundland.
BataroL, Ave. 11.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Susan, Penton, Dame-
PORT MADOC, AUG. 10.
as Patagonia. Std. Flornhy, AMR, QUebac.
Deme-
rara ; elYdesdal, "-Arm Hawthorn, Bell, Quebec.
FISHOIJAII.D, AUG.A
YErroiat 04. 9.'"! Arrd. 416103'1libt, NINA QUODINI SO SO