The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE FRENCh
ttIAMI3ERS.
PARIS, MONDAY, AUG. 17.
At one o'clock the King opened the session of the
Chambers by the following speech :
" Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies,

" I experience a lively satisfaction at seeing you assem-
bling around me with so, much eagerness. At the usual
period of your labour I shall communicate with you
respecting the internal and external affairs of the State.
At present, in convoking immediately the two Chambers,
in compliance with that charter, in summoning the
Peers appointed since last session, and the Deputies,
whom France has just honoured with her suffrages, to
take the oath before me, I am anxious that you should
receive at the same time the assurance of my active
and unchangeable devotedness to our country, and of
my confidence in your sentiments towards me and my
family.
" I learned from my earliest youth to love and serve
France. Called to the Throne by her wish, for the sal-
vation of her liberty,. I devoted my existence to the
regular maintenance of her institutions, and to the
peaceable development of her prosperity and grandeur.
There is no trial that I am not prepared to submit to,
and that I shall not endure, in order to attain an object
so dear to my heart. Providence, I hope, will permit
me, with the co-operation of the Chambers, and the
national assent, to insure the success of that patriotic
labour.

" My children and yours will reap its fruit, and, if
France, free and happy, retain an affectionate recollec-
tion of our common efforts, it shall be, Gentlemen, our
brightest and noblest reward."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet.
Sales 3,000 bales, at previous rates. Shares were rather
dull.
It would appear by the last advice,' from the southern
States of America, that the crops of Cotton were reported to
be this year on the ground, and that, consequently, a short
yield was anticipated. This rumour, however, did not have
any influence upon prices at New York when the Great Britain
lett for this country. Should the report referred to prove to
be correct, no doubt speculation in Cotton will be carried on
to a considerable extent, as the stocks here are deficient as
compared with what they were at this time last year. The
computed quantity in store at Liverpool on Saturday
last was 779,000 bales, whereas on the same day, 1845, there
were on hand 1,049,600 bales. The average quantity taken
per week for home consumption, from the Ist January, has
been 29,130 bales. The weekly takings in the same time
last year averaged 30,803 bales. The whole quantity bought
tor consumption from the Ist January to the 14th inst. is
stated at 940,500 bales, against 994,500 bales in the corres-
ponding period of 1845. The demand for cotton manufac-
tured goods is at present dull, especially for exportation.
The shipment of cotton to the continent has increased this
year to 68,800 bales. Up to the 14th Aug., 1845, but 49,000
bales were exported.
The measures propounded to. the House of Commons last
night by Lord John Bassett for %the relief of -distress iniret
land, are considered most satisfactory in the City. No doubt
every means will be taken by the Lord Lieutenant to render
the most efficient aid on the trying occasion. The extension
f railways must prove a source of employment to the 14
bouring population of the sister isle.
The speech of the King of the French, on the opening of
the Chambers, is satisfactory; but, not being the speech of
the session, does not excite much remark.
The Stock Market is not affected by the reported intention
of Government to dissolve Parliament this year Consds
are 95% to 953/4 for present transfer, and 953/4 for time, being
eady. Exchequer bills have realised ils. to 14s. premium.
rhe New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted
•J73/4 to 98. Bank Stock is firm at 2,18 to 209.
The Foreign Securities have very been dull. Spanish Five
ter Cents. have realised 25%, and the Three per Cents.
“i%. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 41. Brazilian
;took is quoted 89 to 891,2; Mexican Bonds have been 221/2
o 23, wnich is again rather lower; Dutch Two-and-a-Half
der Cents. are 59%.
Shares have been very quiet this morning, but remain at
about previous rates.
BRITISII FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES •
,
tank Stock .. .. .. .. .. ~ • . 209 268 208
'hree per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96% 96 96% 96
lace per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96% % 95%
•ew Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97% % 98 98
ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 10%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 3-16 14 10%
outh Sea Stock .. .. .. • • • • • • ,
Ditto Old Annuities .. .. .. 95% 95%
:onsols for Account • • • • .. •.. .. 95% 95%
.xchequer Bills. I%cl. I%cl.
1,0001... .. .... 13 11 14 pm. 10
5001. . .. .... 10 14 pm. 14
Ditto, Small ..s. 13 10 14 pm. 14
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 89% 89 89% 88%
Danish, 3 per Cent - . • . .. .. 84.
Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 22% 23 22% 22%
Ditto. Small .. • • • • • • • • 22%
Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. 41 41%
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .. .. -
Ditto. for the Account .. .. .• 45
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account • • • . .. 25% , 25%
• • Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 36%
Ditto, for the Account .. .. • ..• '46% • •., w^ 4 '-;--, • . •865 C.
Dividends .on.the.aboire.payabloidu London. •
Dutch Two-and-a•Ilalf per Cent .. 59% 59%
PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DUNE AT pulcE6.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Amber., Notting.. Boston, and
Eastern J unction . . .. 2% •• •• . 21%••• • • • .. 1 %
,tirmingham and Oxford-JulictiOn 2 .... 5% %•... • • . 6
- - . - as-. __ - - u. die. ..... . 44, dim.
:ifitiiZm'h". .. .. .. _2O .... 16 .. ..... ... 15%
Ditto, Extension • • • • .. 2% .... ••••• • • • • • 1%
• !ambridge and Oxford .. • • .. I% .... %-.. • • .... %
1
Area Northern .. .. .. .. 2% .... 1% % ..1%
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine .. 2% .• • • %•• ..
••••astern Counties .. .. .. 141. 1b5..... 231 A 22% ex d. 22% x d
Ditto New .. .. .. .. 101. 165..... 7% p• •
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61.
Ditto, ditto, .. .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 14 p % p
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 10s. .... 2%54 .. 2%
mast Lincolnshire .. .. .. .. - 114 .. • • %•••• • • • • .
‘4oole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &e. 425. .. .. % dis... •• .. % dis.
•4reat North of England . ..100 ....230 ex div ...... 230 x d
Ditto, New .. .. .. .. .. 15 ... 51 .. • • ...... 51
Ditto, New .. .. . .. .. 1%.... 18%..••..•... 18%
;rest Western .. .. .. .. 85 ....151 150 ex div.. 150 x d
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 •• .. 23% %ex div.. 23% xd.
:iuildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... 5% .... _ _ 5%
Leeds and Bradford .• .. .. 26 .... 70 69 ........ 69
...eicester and Bedford .. .. .. 225... • . % dis.• ••• .. % dis.
i,eicester, Tamworth, &c. .. .. 425. •• .. Ig% di5..... %di .
London and 'Stockwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8%. .. • • .... 8%
:London and Brighton .. .. .. 50 .. . 64 x d.... - - 64%xu
Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • .. 30 .•• . ..... ..... 42%
..ondon and Croydon .. • .131. lbs. 9d.. 23% .... •• • ... 23%
.ondon ai,cl North-Western • ••i 00 .... 210 208 x all.. 207 xall
Ditto, Quarters -. . .. .. 2 ....
1) tto ditto New Shares • • .. .• • •
London and South- Western • • 411. 6s. 10d. • • ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, New .. • . .. • • 17%.... 27 26% .... 211%
• anidon amid York .. .. .. .. 2% •• •. 2% 2.... •• • • 2

Ditto, Half Shares ..
Lynn and Dereham .. • . 15 .... 134 ...• .. •• . •
Manchester and Leeds.. .. • • 82 •• .. •• • •
al ahchister and Birmingham .. 40 - ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 •• .. x all •• • •
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • . 11A % p l4
Manchester arid Southampton .. 2 .... I .14%,%
..100 141% 141
Ditto, New 24
Newcastle and Darlington Jima. 25
Ditto, New . .... 11% . • • . • •
Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 •• • • 28%...... 28%
`Corfolk .. • • .. • • .. 20 •• .. ......
Ditto, Half Shares •• . .. 10 x div lO x
Ditto, Extension .. 2 .• • . 2
lortn British .. • • 25 •• • • 394. .
Ditto, ilsi Share? .. • • 8g • •
D. tto, Carlislo Extension .. .... 4344 ••• • • • 4
North Kent and Direct Dover 2% .... %• • ... ••• . • 1%
North Staffordshire • • • • 425. • • 311% p.. •• •• 3% p
tichmond • • • • 10 •• • • ••••• • • • • • lb
Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick 425.... 14 dis . •
stirewsbury and iiirnungtiain .. 2%.... 3,g 3.-• •• • • 3
shrepsnire Union .. 425.
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and
. South Staffordshire Junction .. 2%
South Staffordshire Junction .. 2%.... .... • •
South Eastern and Dovor .. 33 %.. • • • • •• • •
Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 ... 254 .... •• • •
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 24.... .. •••• • • • •
Staines and Richmond .. 1 .... • •
,outh Wales .. 5 .... 44 .... •
Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's.. 2 •• .. •• •
Welsh Midland .. 24 % .. • •
west Biding Union • • .. 425. •• .. 34 p .... • •
Wibt.each and St. Ives .. .. • • 2 ....
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 .... 64 .. •• • •
York and Carlisle ..
York aad North Midland .. 80 .. • • ••• • •
Ditto. Extension • • .. 20 .... 39 • • .... •• •
Do. E_ and W. Riding Exton.•- 1 .• 134 . ....... • •

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 12 • • •..
Dutch Rhenish .. .. 6 .... 6 6. .• • •
,:aeit In tia • • .. .. se. .... %%••• • .. .
Great Western Bengal .. ss. % .....
Italian and Austrian .. 3 .... 134
Louvain ala Sambre .. • • .• 5 .... 1%
I.uxembourg
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... .. •••• • • • •
Rouen and Havre. .. 20 .... 27 ...•
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and
Ilasselt

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

London and Westminster .. 20 .... 28% 28%
Union of Australia 25 .... 25% • • ........ 25%
EARATA.—In yesterday's List, read Manchester and Birmingham
78% 77% ex all; and Manchester and Leeds 117 instead of 115.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE. (YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 9% Gibraltar.. • • .... •. • ...
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 6% Leghorn • 30 70
Rotterdam ...... 2 11. 12 10 Genoa ...... •• .. 26 20
Antwerp. • ............ 26 20 Milan .
Eiamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 15% Venice. ...... .•• • • ....
Altona • • Naples ...... • • .... • • 39%
Paris, 3 days' eight .... 25 85 Palermo, per J 19%(
Ditto, 3 menthe...... 26 15 Li5b0n................ 52
Marseilles ••.• .• • ..... 26 20 Oporto.• .. • • .... •• • 823
80urdeaux......... .. 26 20 Rio Janeiro • • ...... • • 24

Frankfort oii Maine.... 122%
retersbnrgh, 3 U 5.... • •
Berlin•
Vienna,• effec.flo•• •••• 10 15
Trieste, ditto.... •• .... 10 14
Madrid •... ••........ 25%
Cadiz • • • .. : ... ..... 36
Barcelona .. •• . •

Bahia . .
Buenos Ayres .. ••• . • •
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia ......
TEICIS OF BULLION, Pll OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars ...e3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5
New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0
New Dollars •• . .• • 0 4 134
Silver in bars 0 4 11%

SeTille•• •• •• •. e• •• ••••

T. YirAELEY, Esq., M.P.—A penny subscription has
been set on foot by the inhabitants of Camden-tovsn for the purpose
of presenting a piece of plate to Mr. Wakley, as a mark of their esteem
nor the manly and unflinching manner in which he has acted since
filling the oMce of Coroner fbr Middlesex.
FATAL FALL FROM A HORSE. Mr. W. Payne, the
coroner, held an inquest on Monday at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
on the body of Thomas Clive, aged 31, a groom. It appeared that
the deceased had been in the serviee of Mr. Emerson, c f Whitstone.
On Saturday week last, while proceeding along the high-road, Barnet,
he was suddenly seized with a fit, which caused him to fall from the
horse, whereby he received severe injury to the skull and concussion
of the brain. He was seen by a surgeon, who ordered h's removal to
the above hospital, where he died. on Saturday evening 'net, from
the effects of the injuries. Verdict, " Accidental death.
CORONER'S INQUEST.--FATAL ACCIDENT, OCCASIONED
BY THE SWELL OF STEAM-BOATS.—On Monday Mr. Baker entered Into
and concluded an inquiry, at the Wheatsheat,
Wapping-wail, relative
to the death of Lewis Harris, eleven years of age, the son of Mr.
Joseph Harris, a broker, of the Jewish persuasion, living at 41, New-
road, St. George's. On Sunday afternoon, between five and six
o'clock, deceased was in a barge off King:James's-sd tairs, in t
he act of
stepping from it to another barge, when they parte from eother,
and in consequence deceased fell into the river. At the time of the
accident three steam-boats passed, which caused the swell of the
water and the barges to separate from each other. Efforts were
made to save deceased for half an hour, aud ch, upon a rew,d
being offered for the discovery of the body. Were whi
continued till two
o'clock that morning, when it wax found about three yards from the
'pot where be sunk. Verdict, "Accidental death."