The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

were done at 34 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 214;
the Five per Cents. at 22 ii ; the Debt without In-
terest, at 64 ; and the Coupons, at 201.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The Journal des Debats publishes the sentence
passed by the Court of Peers upon IIaNRI, viz., hard
labour for life.

HENRI himself seemed disappointed at the sentence.
When the Registrar of the Court read the judgment
to him, " That is not what I expected," said he, after
a moment of silence, "I wished for a capital con-
viction, and I implored to be put to death as a fa-
vour and as an act of grace." The following account
of his behaviour since his sentence is from the Con-
stitutionnel of Saturday.

" When the registrar of the Court of Peers proceeded
to read the sentence of the Court to the regicide Joseph
Henri the latter trembled convulsively, and a sudden
paleness covered his features, in which intense anxiety
was depicted. After having heard his sentence, he ap-
peared to be much shocked. ' I would have preferred
death to infamy,' said he; ` I expected something else.'
The following morning M. Baroche, his advocate, called
at the prison to console his client. Henri became calm.
He spoke at great length, but incoherently and uncon-
■ectedly. lie expressed his intention to address a
petition to the King to pray him to commute the penalty
of hard labour to that of transportation. Since his con-
viction Joseph Henri has declared, in the most formal
manner, that there were no projectiles in his pistols.
When some doubt was expressed on this point, he added
that he was ready to furnish proofs of the truth of his
assertion. He then indicated the place where he con-
cealed a written paper, containing the exact recital of all
the preparations he had made to induce a belief that his
attempt was serious."
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The proceedings connected with the petition to the
Chamber of Deputies against the return of Mt
DESSAIGNE for Vendome, bid fair to give rise to a ques-
tion of privilege,. which may be regarded as a pendant
to the celebrated STOCKDALE and HANSARD case,
of the British House of Commons. His return was
petitioned against on the score of corruption, and he
has commenced a prosecution for libel against those
who signed the petition. All the Opposition Members
and the Opposition papers protest against such a pro-
ceeding, as calculated to destroy altogether the right
of petition. The Ministerialists, on the contrary, de-
fend the conduct of M. DESSAIGNE, and declare, that
if the statements of the petitioners are well founded
they need be under no apprehension.
On Saturday the Chamber having finished the veri-
fication of the powers of its Members, proceeded to
elect its officers. M. SAUZET was elected President
by a large majority, the numbers being—
For M. SAUZET 223
M. 0. BARROT 9B
M. DUPIN
M. DUPONT (de l'Eure) 4
M. LAMARTINE 2

The results of the elections for Vice-President,
Questors, and Secretaries were not known when the
post left.
On Friday the Association pour la Liberte des
Echanges held its first public meeting in Paris, in the
Salle ➢Zontesquieu, the Due DITARCOURT being in
the chair. The Noble Duke, in opening the pro-

ceedings, said—
" Our project is very simple. We demand that la-
bour be free in its elements of production and markets,
and that there should be no privileged labour prejudicial
to general labour. After the liberty of man, the liberty
of thought and of the press, the most essential is the
liberty of trade. We will demand it with ardour. Our
noble country is sufiicienty wise, sufficiently great to
enjoy the fulness of its rights. We will thus accomplish
the designs of Providence, which has lavished its bless-
ings upon us in order that we should enjoy them. If free
trade be calculated to render men more happy, it must for
the same reason render them better. Men become enlight-
ened by the facility of their relations and their transac-
tions. They will soon discover that it is preferable
for them to exchange the fruits of their productions
and labour, than tear them from ench other and con-
tend for them by what was formerly called war, and
which at the present period we would call barbarism.
We expect to meet many obstacles on our way, for
those who enjoy monopoly and privileges will not easily
consent to part with them. But we will triumph over
their resistance. We rely on your zeal and perse-
verance; we also rely on your purses; for, gentlemen,
in our days little can be effected without money."
An explanatory declaration, of which the Com
merce gives the following resume, was then read :
"They declare in this document that the Free-trade
Association does not contest the right of imposing on
goods passing the frontier duties destined for the com-
mon expenses, provided they be determined by the
sole consideration of the wants of the Treasury. But
as soon as the duty, losing its fiscal character, has
for its object the rejection of foreign produce, to the
detriment of the revenue itself, in order to raise the
price of a similar article produced at home, and thus to
injure the community for the profit of one class—from
that instant protection manifests itself, and that principle
it is which the Association hopes completely to efface
from our laws. Although the Association pursues the
complete removal of the protective system, it does not
follow that it requires such a reform to be accomplished
in one day, or to be the result of one vote. Even to
revert from evil to good, from an artificial state of things
to a natural sttuation, requires prudential precautions.
These details of execution belong to the State ; the
mission of the Association is to propagate and to popu-
larise the principle. As to the means which it intends
to employ, they never will be otherwise than legal and
constitutional. In fine, the Association stands aloof
from all party politics. It does not place itself at the
service of any particular branch of trade, of any class,
or of any portion of the country. It embraces the
cause of general interest, which, under all its bearings,
is identical with that of the public consumer."

The meeting was addressed by MM. LEON
FAUCHER, RIGLES, and BLANQUI. The proceedings
concluded by the opening a subscription to defray the
expenses of the agitation.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 83f. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f 30c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75e. ; Rouen, 960 f. ;
Great Northern, 711 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 9161. 25c. ; Vierzor,
626 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 573 f. 75c. ; Pai is and Strasburg, 4961.
25c.; Tours and Nantes, 506 E 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 5271.
50c.; Lyons and Avignon 492 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette,
4851. ; Spanish Actives, 331/2 ; ditto Three per Cents., 361 ;
ditto Passives, 51/2.
The following are the quotations for nesv lines
MARSEILLES, Atm. 25.—Marseilles and Avignon, 9121.
50c.; Northern, 7121. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5251.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 29.

Dutch Rhenish, 6!,5 —East Indian, %—Great Western Bengal, IA
—Luxembourg, I% —Namur and Liege, 23,4 Orleans and Vierson,
15 —Orleans and Bordeaux, B'7s—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5h
—Paris and R0uen,;3714.

THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD.—We are glad to
learn, from good medical authority, that the health of the
above-named nobleman is so far restored as to remove all
uneasiness as to his ultimate recovery.
General Lord Stafford met with a serious accident
at his seat in Herts, by his horse having fallen. His Lord-
ship broke both bones of his riOit leg. He was brought to
town by railway, and is now under the care of Mr. G.
Guthrie.— Observer.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—The royal speech reached
Bristol last evening in an express edition of The Sun news-
paper, which was courteously forwarded direct to this office
from the Great Western Railway station.—kristol Mercury.
We feel much'indebted to 1 he Sun newspaper for being
in possession ()flier Majesty's speech on Friday evening. This
is one of very many instances of public spirit and speed of
publication for which The Sun has long been esteemed.—Buth
✓ournal.
THE LATE GENERAL NOTT.—Lord John Russell,
we understand, has given one of the best livings in his gift
to a son of the late General Nott. The gallant officer did
not live long enough himself to enjoy the fruits of his dis-
tinguished services. Acts of this kind go a great way to
strengthen a Government in the feelings of a people so
accustomed to the abuse of patronage as to be really grateful
for its honest distribution.

The Bishop of Barbadoca had an interview with Earl
Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Pigot had
&so an interview with his Lordship.
EAST INDIA MUSEUM.—On Saturday the Museum of
the East India Company, in Leadenhall-street, was closed to
visitors for the entire month of September, for the purpose of
making some improvements in the accommodation as well as
completing the new geological room for the exhibition cf the
numerous specimens of fossil remains, &c. brought from Cen-
tral India, and to which a large collection has recently been
added by the researches of Dr. Falconer and others in the
Himalaya mountains.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.
—Last evening, as the workmen were engaged at the ware-
houses in course of erection on the margin of the new docks
at Birkenhead a scaffold gave way, and a number of men
were precipitated to the ground, burying several of them
under thousands of bricks. Four were very seriously in-
jured. They were immediately attended by Mr. Jermatte,
surgeon, who had them removed to the hospital. and admi-
nistered proper medical assistance to them. Their injuries
are very serious, but it is hoped they will eventually recover.
The following is a list of the parties more seriously injured :
—Patrick Moran, 33 years, labourer, St. Anne-street; Terry
M'Coen, 30 years, labourer, Oak-street; John Conway, 30
years, labourer, Albert-terrace; Henry Roach, 35 years,
labourer, 4. Wood-street. They were all married men—
Liverpool Journal of Saturday.
SAINT GEORGE-IN THE-EAST CHURCH-RATES.—In
consequence of the refusal of the parishioners of Saint
George-in-the-East to make a rate for the payment of or-
ganists and others connected with the performance of church
service, the Rev. Bryan King, the rector, got up a choir, about
three weeks ago, and yesterday preached a charity sermon,
for the purpose of defraying the expenses consequent thereon.
Amongst other observations, he said that he was happy to
think the time had come when the Church would be able to
do its duty by itself, without calling in the aid of heretics,
sectarians, or atheists. The collection amounted to upwards
of 11/. The population comprises more than 40,000 persons.
DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday a young woman
committed suicide under the following circumstances, in the
River Thames, near Battersea :—lt appears that the deceased
hired a boat, giving directions to the waterman to land her
at Putney-bridge. During the passage, she pretended to be
asleep, but when between Battersea and Putney, she jumped
overboard and almost immediately disappeared, floating away
with the tide. Every possible exertion was made to save the
deceased, but unsuccessfully.