The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Boulogne and Amiens .. .. .. 14 .... 12 .. ..... .. 123 A
Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... ..... .....
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 ....
Dutch Rhenish .. .. , . .. 6 .... 6%... •.• • .. 6
East In. dua .. . .. .. .. ss. .... %••• • • • .... 34
IC,rther- d' F---- - `lcl..

..orthern of France Constitutea.. 5 •• .. 2% .......... 12%
Paris and Lyons Constituted • • 5 •• • • ••••• • • • • • 5%
Sambre and Meuse .. .. .. 8 •• • • 4
West Flanders . 6 .... 3%

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Union of Australia .. ..

.. 25 .... 2516.. 25%

MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered —3% • • •• . 3%

SPANISH AMERICA.

PARAGUAY.—TARIFF CHANGES,—The President of
the Republic, having found by experience that the dis-
position of the Customs' regulation of 1842, and of the
decree of 1845, have not corresponded to the objects
contemplated by the Government for promoting, by all
the means in its power, the progress of industry, has
thought it right to decree as follows :
Art. 1. All machines and instruments of agriculture,
industry, navigation, arts and science, which are not
fabricated, or in general use, in the republic, as well as
silver and gold coined, or native, are free of duty. Art.
2. The different species of duties on imports are
abolished. The goods designated in table No. 1 shall
pay 25 per cent. ; and all the rest 20 per cent, only.
Art. 3. The duties on exportation of the goods which
figure in Table 2 shall be 6 per cent. Art. 4. The ex-
port cf gold and silver, in coin or native, shall be per-
mitted on payment of 10 per cent. duty, like all other
commodities whatsoever. In case of evasion of the
duties, in addition to the value sought surreptitiously to
be withdrawn, a fine of 50 per cent. shall be paid. The
rates of warehousing, transhipment, &c., are to continue
as before.

Table 1., referred to above as subject to the 25 per
cent. import duty. Silk raw or twisted. Silk and
woollen fabrics, or of silk and wool mixed, gauze linen
cambrics, damasks, ribbons, lace, &c. Watches and
clocks, furniture, mirrors, volantes, and saddlery.
Ready-made clothing, shoes, ponchos, wines, liquors,
brandy, vinegar, beer, cider, black tobacco, salt,
perfumes.
Table 11., as subject to the 6 per
ircentoeilxsf
Indigo, black tobacco, rappee, or.snu wo export
oa duty.
tm.
gar. and every kind
Indian corn flour, wine, brandy,
vcinoueitry9. Sugar, rice,
of liquor manufactured
in xt,haend honey.—Jan. 2,1846.
ham, corn in grain, white
'(Signed) CARLOSwaANTIONIO LOPEZ,
President.
On the same day the President issued another decree
to the following purport:—Considering that it is neces.
sary to prevent evasion of the duties in the navigation
of the rivers, and the embarkation and landing of goods
by contraband, it is decreed: that vessels, as well na-
tional as foreign, on ascending the Paraguay shall re-
ceive a guard on board at the isle of Atajo, who shall
remain until arrival at the destined custom-house. The
vessels which shall ascend by the Parana will receive a
guard at the Paso de la Patria. When arrived at the
destined custom-house, the guards will be relieved by
others, so that one shall always remain on board until
complete discharge of cargo. The goods landed shall
be conveyed to the customs' warehouses, but in case of
want of room, the custom-house officers are authorised
to hire private warehouses for them. When vessels de-
part and descend the river, they shall carry on board
guards to the same points of Atajo and Paso de la
Patna.

TILE HARVEST.—Reaping has commenced pretty
generally in the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland.
The quality of the corn is good, and the quantity above an
average. Sheavers' wages are unusually high, the men re-
ceiving twenty shillings a week, with victuals and lodging,
and the reapers by the day are getting 4s. 6d., without
victuals. On Tuesday and 'Wednesday last great numbers
of " navies," especially the Irish, employed on the Lancaster
and Carlisle Railway, left the line and hired to go to the
harvest, and on some parts of the line very few men are left.
The accounts from the wine countries are very fa-
vourable. It is stated that the grapes are in the finest con-
dition, and that in quantity as well as quality the harvest
will be gm!.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Marquis of Normanby arrived at Osborne Flcuse
on Friday, on a visit to the Qtteen, and had the honour
of joining the royal circle at dinner.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent arrive& at
six o'clock an Friday afternoon, attended by Lady MO'
Maria Dawson and Sir George Cooper, Bart., from her
residence, Frogmore House, Windsor.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked on Saturday:
both morning and afternoon, in the pleasure-grounds co
Osborne House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
went to the beach on Saturday.
The Marquis of Normanby left Osborne House on
Saturday.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Coir
sort took their usual early walk in the pleasure ground
'
of Osborne House, end the royal children took their ec•
eustomed airings.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess °I
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Gra°
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz honoured the perfortr,
ante of the Italian Opera with their presence on Sstur
day evening.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon rtl
the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were-11°
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the_Marquis of LEO;
dovne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscous
f
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Excheqc"
the Earl of AucklaT,d, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord oar
bell, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricsrl
Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay',
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.

The'Council sat two hours.
A numercus deputation of the drug trade, 604
whom were Mr. Drew (chairman), Mr. G. M. Mosvbl
(secretary), Messrs. C. Barron, D. B. Hanbury, T. Belly,
H. J. Preston, G. Tonge, A. White, G. Meggeson,„„,
Squire, J. Savory (President of the Pile= iceutical
iety), J. Bell, T. N. R. Morson, P. Squire, T. Barkley
and J. T. Barry, oi London; and Messrs. J. F. bilaefe.iin
rjg
and G. Blanshard of Edinburgh; Messrs. T. Staew,l3o
and J. Woolley, of Manchester, accompanied by ,`
Member for Durham, Mr. Bright, had an inter/leo
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, der
the subject of the intended Excise regulations, told
which it has been proposed to place chemist and cli7;,
gists. Mr. John Wood, the Chairman of the EOlre,
and Mr. Hart Davis, the Deputy Chairman were P
sent at the conference.
Viscount Falkland (late Governor of Nova Pv°,l,o
has arrived in town. His Lordship attended aC
Treasury on Saturday.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening fro
the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West Ds--
Colonies. 01
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Satur3
afternoon for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. a Sit
The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet and 14
Frederick Trench, attended the early service y ester j
in the Chapel Royal, S. James's. Prayer; were re& ,ers
the Rev. Dr. Wesley. At the daily serv.ce the Pr0„0
were read by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, and the 16'1;61
by the Rev. T. Helmore. The sermon was presets
by the Rev. F. Perkins. The Anthem " 0 Lora t.,34
ear" (Greene) was sung by Messrs. Hawkins
Hobbs. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The 1,100,
quis of Winchester, and Lords Churchill and D"
were among the nobility present.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES°
THEATRE. it tli°
On Friday brought to a conclusion the longest, and hp $l,
same time the most successful season ever known at tuvoir
James's Theatre ; and truly Mr. Mitchell deserved tbil.ripi
cess, for never was enterprise conducted with more lot
energy. From November until August we have bbree„
in each week had French plays performed in Londe:100
during that time we have been visited successively hYrfool
greatest French artists of the day. We had first of all
and Mademoiselle Eugenie St. Marc, then Madame ",1.00
then Laferriere, and then M. Felix, who at once estaby
for himself a very high reputation. Then came Maclaine ;7,4
and then Mademoiselle Rose Cheri, the most prolog
young actress of the day, and the fascinating ra„esV,
Dejazet, whose Gentil Bernard is still fresh in our re'nt
trance. The season concluded with the engagelne-oisb
of Mademoiselle Rachel, whose benefit it was last eve Abl
and who repeated perhaps her greatest character,--0,
character in which she made her debut this se ter
that of Camille in Les Boraces. Never did she give w„wi
effect to the character than she did on Friday. Her sal
was the intensity of the silent agony with which she "'over
to the recital of the death otCuriage, and when at lengtb,sir
powered by her emotions she sank senseless upon a Ch leesf
seemed quite a relief—one felt rejoiced that, at whiclt
she was past suffering. The terrible power via,
she threw into the final curse was perfectly awe-iatt
It produced a thrill of horror. She was called for ; sto
conclusion, and amidst the most enthusiastic cbeeerheiltb
gracefully took her leave. We regret to say that II r heap
be
has suffered so severely from her late illness that she.:siboo,
unable to appear in any of our provincial towns, as it 2,. frail
lutely necessary that she should rest awhile to recavi4
seasong which she has undergone. tbs
paring re,
the theatre has been frequently honoured, fbe RoyP
seuce of her Majesty and the various members ere;,
Family. Amongst the company present last
Levord J Russel.
the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord Morpetb,
1. it roy Somereew
Pi count and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady of 1,0;
Lady G. Fane, Lord and Lady Carrington, 11131T,Iu_T.,hs
Towne, Marquis of Tichtield, 'Lord Duncaunoo, 1.?%d,
Stewart, Dowager Countess of Morley, Lord •Nleit/(`
Bruce, the Due de Melfort, Lady Mayne, lion. Nog, ,eoCet
Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, lion. OP, ~d 1
Cowper, Count d e la Tour du Pin, Hon. R. Dundas,
Meux, Count D'Ors,y, &e.

LITEirtATURE.
THE BRITIJII QUARTERLY REVIO
iVo. VII.
Although somer‘bat of a bantling among the giztgr;
terlies, tie pre-ent has already acquired for itself ti tete'
character r uditton, philosophical ab'er
ness, and in,Aliful morality. The seventh nuniotoir
an admirable i luAration of the two latter chars idea
ties. To us the most valuable—we had almost sltt the
valuable—contribution, is one commemorative 1001
cokbrated Id Wollston, 110 Of th a
eminent and industrious of the many0
mint. nt a,
1,0:1/
dustrious practical philosophers of Great Britiiiiithel
the reviewer we are astonished that no one has nher°;
assumed to himself the honour of being the hi°glllihles
so great an intellect. It is indeed matter of astonlsoreer
that, while many memoirs have been written of tliteess eeleci
of Sir Humphrey Davy, the life of his scarcely tioratee
brated contemporary should never have Well lobsetlrt
to the extent of one substantial volume. Wfaprrat,;
a very singular blunder of judgment in mil °,"-tots t),Pe
uttered by the reviewer, namely, where he bf grpg
petulant chagrin of Wollaston on being rejected„
council of St. George's Hospital. The reviewe;,,tl that.
in disproof of this a passage, in which it is obiet,,; aeve
Wollaston " relinquished, in 1800, a profession Pp dire
liked," meaning the medical profession. Surely are°so
like for the profession was sufficient of itselt., ala"
such petulance on struggling unsuccessfullY,',;bich ja
position in a career which he abominated, and
;elf Ai
not unjustly conceived to be ungrateful to hl'. ever 1;
other respects the judgment of the writer is ietioo';,
rectly at fault; his sentiments are always pat) lessi°ll
expressed, and the composition is eminentlyolijfe a_4°
Another laborious article is devoted to the Osolvt
Letters of John Foster." The paper 00 eke:o
Harvey" is agreeably written, and evinces art., is t
taste. Among the most useful production'Spam'
number we must particularly mention Modern ostri
" Over population and its Remedy," and " The-El:000'
History of Nations." Every page conveys it'd°.
Va
HASWELL COLLIERY.— CARELESSNESS or PITo 51re
The fearful accident which occurred seine montl be t°,'a
Haswell Colliery, in the county of Durham, cans° letr
gotten. The following statement, extracted frou'oee, _t
written by Mr. J. Scott, of the Haswell Colliery. to coo
plains the origin of some of those casualties which
tinually occurring in the mining districts, and wh,Jeteer
the destruction of so many human beings. " with be
ago," writes Mr. Scott, while a boy was brushiag." /led ';y.
the tram plates in one of those districts of the pin-bad
broken or pillar working, a lucifer match, wal a°11;
some means got amongst the hay, struck fire, ands see'.
stant all was in a blaze. Fortunately the fire va.ioadon
got under, or the consequences must have been trot, Ere d
There were at this time, in this district Davydraps, a"ef
numbers of men and lads working with the
,„.e the , ts,t,etoo
bad not the air of the pit been singularlf.,,t7tition ;ace,
these poor fellows might have been but the oceur.i- „as
t
oft told tale. Being in the pit at the ti
I instituted every inquiry, and on the u";
default
renewed by Mr. Forster, but we got no trace ° mover so
Such an occurrence goes tar to prove that, ho DiaY ""ets
ranged and scientific the pans for ventilaf!uniiii _ sceide
conti es
long as the recklessness of the miner
001
will occur. Pest bY
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON LirDaATE-HILL.---- tioner
named Donking, a law 0111 ~to 00
afternoon a gentleman' top of onult° aril
profession, was thrown oil' the a Chelsea , loft
• h such violence as to splinter his sieaer.
Ludgate-hill, with
and g
sadden
and to lacerate his face head in a shoclon eSt.
The cause of the accident appears to have been „cs
stoppage of vehicles when going up the hill toitver 19Y
Paul's-churchyard. No blame was attached to the u'•
those who mellowingf
the
witnessed the shocking occurrence. ,thstlibeir!
CLEARING OUT THE SEINE. The French "-he rega
etiuointieosf
arisingthe
Seinfer.omlntht
have this year allowed six millions of francs for ttliose difd-
tea,
the
etnleoeirt-ieusgt section,uf
salt OflO
asd fees welt
viz.,er
a sandbank (traverse) of twenty floe b Tainef
is to be coped with. If the Seine is edQurgebce.
the bank is pushed downwards from will ID
towards Havre, while the spring tides draw !sit
le e
it recede backwards, and it will exten_.:ine th.te,
water, as far as Villequieux. Vessels Itarrng° efont.
metres of water cannot pass it but `,;tievett ,1
tides, six or seven days each month; and pa.
ing crafts are unable to
pass. It was espec.i.a!!ye
pov;ibiooo
who contributed by his arguments to elurd "He areo,lo3
of removing this great obstacle to navigation.
_, ,diet oq of
analogy between the embouchure of the Seine antuif the beu
Ganges and Amazon rivers, and contended that
at
the former river were narrowed by extensivvi,o orteed,
thus compelled to flow in a narrower chav,nel create
wer s tto
would become more rapid, and an immense P_°„aring t
which would constantly contribute towards c"
b•
passage. d 151
- an se
A MONEY-LOVING PIG.—A most curio took Pod
able, but at the same time a pitiable circurnstanc_er,
rasa
lied
in this city, Armagh, on Saturday last--a P°'
for Jr •uxet
purchased a pig, and while in the act of pay.t2s.f the peiciot
two pound notes and ten shillings, silver.
theootos,
be
of his inexpressibles; when, le, and behold •
pull- ; tar
were rolled in a lump, fell by' accident to the glt spoots
the pig, who stood at the feet of his buyer, a 'tie
swallowed teocheta,
rushed at the notes, gobbled thenup, and of the cable
in an instant, to the horror and consternation 104' tn
f two
•
and
owner, who, of course, looked woe-begone o
things. He lost no time in hieing him to the IFf';bould.te
Provincial Bank of Ireland, to ask advice how might ivigilt4t
under the distressing circumstances; but here t°!l. he steno,
much symthy but no help for his misfortune, "7_,,, wilened,
knew then mber 44' the notes, nor the bankti
to he of
they had been issued. The poor fellow is grea
ortion ° d to
as we believe the above sum was the greater
ltice
little all. Some advised the killing of poor grwo.
have a post-mortem search after the notes,L'iyoer 01111;0,
don't blame tug a.
standing by, remarked," faith I rartirio*
for looking for the dearest food be can get", „ _11,9
self against the loss of LUA UAW OupP 7
of Woo
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