The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-06 00:00:00

five days. Vessels from Alexandria, with a medical man on
board, should have a satisfactory bill of health at the expi-
ration of twelve days ; and, in the event of such not carrying
a medical man, it should undergo a quarantine of seven
days. Goods are to be treated in the same way as passen-
gers. In this way vessels would be detained a shcrier time
than at Trieste, and travellers would find it to their advantage
to pass by France. He need scarcely say that these regula-
tions applied simply to vessels which were above suspicion;
for all others the necessary precautions should be taken. The
new regulations would, he hoped, be in force by the end of
the year. He trusted that after 'these explanations the
amendment of the Committee would be withdrawn."
The Ministerial proposition, although opposed by
M. BEERIER and M. TRIERS, was carried by a large
majority.
This discussion is the subject of comment in the
Journal des Debats and the National, and both of
these journals approve of the Ministerial proposition,
the lattar journal declaring that the fears, of which
M. BEREYER and M. TRIERS have made themselves
the echoes, are totally without foundation.
In the Chamber of Peers the
,Bordeaux and Cette
Railway Bill was adopted by a majority of 99 to 76.
The Minister of War received on Wednesday a
report from Marshal BUGEAUD, dated the 22d ult.,
but it contains only a confirmation of the accounts of
his success in the Ousrensenis, already given in the
Algiers journals. He states that, in consequence of
the news that had reached him of the massacre at the
deira, he had resolved to return to Algiers, until he
could get better information as to what was passing
on the frontier of Morocco.
The itioniteur Algerien, of the 30th, publishes the
account of the massacre of the deira given by the
soldier who escaped, but has no further details. Ic
states that General YUSUF received on the 22d posi-
tive news of the movements of ADD..EL-KADER.
Some persons who were sent out to obtain information
on the subject had arrived at-Yusun's camp, and re-
ported that they had followed the Emir as far as ,
El-Haoud-Seida, on the frontier of Morocco, south
of Lalla Maghrnia. He had left several exhausted
horses and dismounted men on the road. The Emir
was proceeding to form a junction with MUSTATIIA..
The following from Mexico appears in the Cour-
rier Francais:-
"We find in a letter from Vera Cruz, anterior by several
days to the declaration of war of the United States, details,
which prove how critical is the position of our countrymen in
Mexico, particularly in the midst of the events which are in
preparation. The manufactory of a Frenchman, M. Hardouin,
situated within two leagues of Vera Cruz, was attacked by
the inhabitants of the country. All the native workmen
being absent, our courageous countryman defended himself all
night with the aid of twenty-five Frenchmen, who slept on
the premises, and he at last succeeded in putting the be-
siegers to flight. A new attack, however, was expected every
day. Two days after the shop of a French apothecary, M.
Linon, was pillaged at Vera Cruz in open day. Scenes of
this kind take place each moment, and the authority of our
Consul is without effect, since we have no longer any repre.
sentative at Mexico, and as our diplomatic reports with the
republic have entirely ceased. To add to the difficulty, the
French station in the Gulf of Mexico, is only composed at
present of two brigs, the Griffon and the La Perouse, which
being obliged to cruise along the whole coast, only appear be-
fore Vera Cruz at distant intervals."
PARIS BOURSE, JUNE 4.-The market opened firm at the
closing quotations of yesterday, and as the day advanced
a slight improvement took place; towards the close, however,
some consideraLle sales took place, which caused prices to
slightly recede, and both Threes and Fives closed only a shade
higher than on the previous day, the former being last called
at 84f. 30c., and the latter at 119 f. 90c. The market closed as
fellows :-Three per Cents., fur cash, 84f. 15c., for account,
l4t. 30c.; Five per Cents., for cash, 1191. 65c., for account,
119 f. 90e.; Bank of France Shares, 3,4601.; Neapolitan, 1021.
25e.; Spanish and New Loan not quoted.
RAILWAYS.-'The Share Market has been scarcely so firm
as yesterday, but the variation in prices has not been consi-
derable ; the change, however, in favour of buyers. For
cash-Paris and Orleans left off at 1,235 f.; Paris and Rouen,
I,olof. ; Rimer, and Havre, 737 f. 50c.; Avignon, 8701. ;
Vierzon, 616 f. 25e. ; Strasburg and Bale, 2161. 25c. ; Bou-
logne, 4801.; Northern, 72Sf. 75c.; Bordeaux, 693 f. 75c.;
Aiontereau, 3551.; Paris and Lyons, 5351.; Paris and Stras-
burg, 'sosf. ; Nantes, 5121. 50c. ; Dieppe, 420 f. ; Fampoux
not quoted.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 5.
Boulogne and Amiens, 11-Central of Spain, 2-Dutch Rhenish,
7f-East Indian, Great Western Canada, 3 % -Louvain and
Jemappe, 134-Madrid and Valentia, 1-Orleans and Bordeaux, 9%
-Paris and Lyons Constituted, 636-Tours and Nantes Consti-
tuteJ, 5%.

BLIGHT OF FRIIIT.—We are sorry to hear that not-
withstanding the delightful summer weather we have had
of late, a very general blight of fruit has appeared, occa-
sioned, it is believed, by the cold winds and sickly night
dews which prevailed for a short time in the early part of
May. In some gardens most of the stone fruit is gone, the
leaves of the trees being shrivelled up and covered with in-
sects. Apples and pears have escaped the blight, but the
currants are greatly damaged.—Cambridge Chronicle.
COMMUNICAIION WITH INDIA, VIA TRlESTE.—Ac-
cording to the Augsburg Gazette the number of passengers
arriving by the East India steamers at Suez, and embarking
at Alexandria for Trieste, increases considerably at each jour-
ney, and the Austrian steamers being too small are obliged
to leave many travellers behind. The same journal adds
that the French Government contemplated making import-
ant improvements in its line of packets between Alexandria
and Marseilles, that the steamers would so longer call in at
Malta, that the fares would be reduced, and the quarantine
considerably diminished. On their side the partisans of the
Trieste road were not idle, and the India journals are full of
articles favourable to that line.

VIBRATION CAUSED BY RAILWAYS.—Mr. find, of
the Regent's Park Observatory, has reported to Mr. Stephenson
the results of his experiments with mercury at Kensal-green,
from which it appears that, at a distance of 644 feet, a down
train, 20 seconds in the tunnel, produced not the slightest
vibration, and that the distance where the vibration becomes
sensible, and beyond which the trains will have no percep-
tible effect in this locality, is 609 feet. The amount of vi-
bration at this distance being as 1, and that at 60 feet is as
100.— The Builder.

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THE RECENT COLLISION ON THE MERSEY.—We are
authorised to contradict the mis-statement which has ap-
peared as to the nature of this accident. It seems that the
Sea Nymph entered the Liverpool Dock, after the collision,
without any leakage in her forehold engine-room or in the
after-hold, that vessel having been constructed with five
water-tight compartments, the bulkheads being of iron, and
by this arrangement submersion was almost entirely pre-
cluded.—[We commend to all ship-builders the fact of the
preservation of the Sea Nymph as a striking testimony in
favour of water-tight compartments being more generally
introduced in naval architecture. Although the bow of this
vessel, as appears from the evidence on the coroner's in-
quest, was most seriously damaged by the collision, she was
still enabled, by this peculiarity in her construction, to float
into shelter. It is nothing less than multiplying the safety
of the vessel by the number of the compartments and the
thickness of the bulkheads.—En. Sun.]
THE STRIKE OF THE MASONS.—The money which
has been foolishly and
.wickedly wasted in this ill-advised
struggle, would have provided the means of education for
thousands of their children.—The Builder.
FRIENDLY FEMALE S iClETY.—Yesterday, the annual
meeting of the friends and subscribers to this society was held
in the London Coffee House. From the repoi tit appeared
that the society
was founded in 1802, for the relief of aged
widows and single women who had seen better days. The
report stated that there were on the books 507 cases, and 124
annuitants. Of the latter, fifty above eighty years of age re-
ceived six guineas a year; forty above seventy received four
guinev ; and thirty-four inmates of the asylum received
eight guineas a year. At the close of the meeting, seven can-
didates were admitted recipients of the charity's bounty, out
of a list of twenty-three applicants,
A STEAMER BLOWN UP.—The fine steamer, built in
England for the Count of Syracuse, blew up at Castellamare
in the night of the 20th ult. The Prince had that day made
an excursion in her to the Island of Capri, but had returned
to Naples by the railroad. In the evening the crew amused
themselves by letting off fireworks, a spark from which fell
into the powder magazine, in which were about 250 lbs. of
powder. The persons on
board were blown into the sea, and
many of them were seriously injured, but they were all taken
out alive. The windows of the houses along the shore to a
considerable distance were broken.

REMARKABLE CURE.—A rich farmer, labouring
under hypochondriasis, was persuaded by his friends that he
was bewitched. He accordingly consulted a physician, and
gravely informed him that he had seven devils in his body.
" Only seven ?" "No, Sir, only seven." The physician,
perceiving the mental condition of his patient, promised to
cure him in seven days, and drive out a devil every morn-
ing for 20 francs a piece. The farmer consented, and re-
ceived a powerful shock from an electric apparatus.
" There's one gone," exclaimed the physician. The next
day the same plan was adopted, and so continued until the
seven days were elapsed, when the bewitched patient de-
clared himself cured, and willingly paid the fee, which was
immediately bestowed is charity.
TROTTINP IgATRI FOI 20d.—Yesterday afternoon,
Mr. Palmer's mare trotted three miles in harness under eleven
minutes, in the Holloway-road, and won her match, which
was not to ettpet4 thit tipos,
A matrimonial alliance is on the lapis between Lieut.
Colonel Greavas, military secretary to Lieut.. General Sir
Edward Blakeney, commander of the forces in Ireland, and
the accomplished Miss Vandeleur, daughter of General Sir
John Ormsby Vandeleur, G.C.B.
A STEAMER ON FIRE IN THE RlVER.—Yesterday
morning, about five o'clock, an alarming fire broke out un
board a large steam towing-vessel, called the Trinity (master,
James Read), while proceeding up the river off Rotherhithe,
with a cargo of salmon for Billingsgate, which she took on
board near Gravesend, from a disabled smack. The fire, it
appears, broke out In the engine-room, and extended E 9
rapidly that the engineer ar.d stoker were compelled to make
a hasty retreat on deck. All attempts to extinguish the
flames at that juncture proving ineffectual, the anchor was
dropped, and the Thames police were dispatched fur the float-
ing engine, lying higher up the Pool. It was speedily brought
alongside and got into operation. The flames, however, still
extending, it was determined to scuttle her, which was quickly
done, and by that means the fire was subdued, On the tide
receding she was got higher on shore, when her damage was
found to be very considerable. It is supposed to have origi-
nated with the overheating of boilers.
DIBTANY VIEW OF Rosin.-,.When we were fairly off
again, we began, in a perfect fev‘-r, to strain our eyes for
Rome; and when, after another mile or two, the Eternal
.City appeared at length in the distance, it looked like—l am
half afraid to write the word—like London I There it lay,
under a•thick cloud, with innumerable towers and steeples,
and roofs of henseo, rising up into the sky, and, high aboy;
them all, one dome. 1- swear that, keenly. as felt the teem.
ing absurdity of the comparison, it was so like London at
that distance, that if you could have shown it me in a glass
cleared out with cargoes fir tte
I should have taken it for nothing else.—Pictures J./ om Italy,
by C. .Dickens.
14ERRING TRADE.—WICK, MAY 28.—" Then, has
been a consillerabWi `Mpo'rtatfoli of herrings From the Lews,"
say the tfoloi o' root Journal, "since our last publication,
anti fur vessels, -bavp been
gre*a.i. capture 0? cod and hog at
Btre'rnness;Trith
there !urge aOAL of herrings on the
:5!
coast. There are also symptoms of a large shoal along the
Caithness shores, but the weather has prevented the boats
P44ic," There has tren '
15130ut (my ft boat=s crew, belonging to Stkaie
gobi
,raiight'asleare rio fewerthan 860.ciad. This )viti lire;
rally what ft
--o fiihirifeil pall if a good tide