The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-10 00:00:00

BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL.

On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, this Bill was
read a third time.

Mr. WEYLAND proposed a clause to be added by way
of rider, declaring that every candidate who should p
any part of the expense of registration of voters should be
held guilty of bribery.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the clause was merely applied
to another description of bribery, and he was unwilling to
clog the Bill with any further provisions to guard against
its effects.

Mr. HUME supported the clause.
Mr. WYNN having said a few words in support of it,
Mr. .COURTENAY said the question should be post-
poned.
The Gallery was then cleared for a division; hut the
clause was ultimately withdrawn, and the Bill passed.
SONIERVILLE'S CASE.
Sir J. HOBHOUSE laid on the table the papers relat-
ing to the inquiry into the case of the private Somerville.
Mr. HUME wished the Right Hon. Baronet to state
the result of the inquiry.
Sir J. H 6 1--10 USE said his Majesty's opinion on the
subject 'was, to be found in the papers laid on the table,
and the Hon. ',Wernher might make himself acquainted
with it by perusing them.
The papers were then ordered to be printed.
The
4House then adjourned at half-past two o'clock..

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(From the Times Private Correspondent.)

PARIS, IVEDNESDAY, 4-O'CLOCK_P.M

The grand financial question, which has produced so
much agitation in the monied world of this capital for the
last six weeks, has been at length settled. The loan i.f
150,000,000 francs was disposed of to-day. At 11 o'clock
this morning, most of the capitalists, bankers, stock-job-
bers, stork-brokers, in Paris, as well as others, assembled
at the hotel of the Minister of Finance. One of the
public-rooms of the establishment had been fitted out for
the occasion. In the upper part of it a platform, about a
foot above the flior, had been raised, on which stood a long
table covered with green cloth. At the inner side of the
table was placed an arm-chair, to be occupied by the
Minister, and on each side of it were two common chairs
for his secretaries. In the remaining or public part of the
room, seats had been provided for about 100 persons,
which were taken imme {fate possession of after the open-
ing of the doors. A great number of persons had to
stand. At 12 o'clock the folding doors on the platform
side of the roem were thrown open, and Baron Louis
made his appearance, attended by three or four persons.
After bowing to the audience, the Minister briefly ad-
verted to the object for which the meeting had as-
sembled. One of the secretaries then read froth the
Moniteur the Royal Ordinance authorizing the loan,
and the Minister's conditions respecting the purchase
of it. The Minister then again got up, and laid a
sealed packet on the table, which, he said, contained the
mininunz price he hail fixed upon for the loan. He an-
nounced that he was ready to receive proposals. M. Hot-
tinger, the hanker, immediately went up to the Minister,
to whom he de'iveied a sealed packet containing an offer in
the name of several capitalists, represented by himself, Mr.
Rothschild, and Mr. Davilliers. No other bidders having
come forward at the invitation of Baron Louis, the Mi-
nister proceeded to open M. Hottinger's packet. It con-
tained two letters, both of them signed by the three gen-
tlemen named above,—the one being a declaration of per-
fect readiness to comply with all the requisite conditions,
and the other making an offer of 98f. 50c., or 98i- per
cent., for the loan. After reading these letters aloud, the
Minister declared the loan to be adjudged to the association
represented by Messrs. Hottinger, Rothschild, and Da-
villiers.

At the opening of the Bourse to-day, at half-past 1, the
new loan was quoted at 1001. 25c. But as the rate at
which it had been taken was much lower than had been
generally anticipated yesterday and the day before, the
other domestic securities began to fall back to their former
level, and the price of the new loan receded in consequence
soon after.

The news from Portugal received through the London
Papers was considered highly unfavourable, and added its
influence in depressing the money-market. Don Pedro's
friends begin to despair. 'We have accounts from Lisbon
of the 25th, through the Madrid Gazette of the 31st,
which, as might be expected, represent the state of affairs
as being entirely in favour of Miguel. Though at any
other time no one would have noticed the Madrid Ga-
zette's version of the state of things in Portugal, at this
moment it seemed to be taken as a confirmation of the
news through London. Z.

(Frum Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.)
A letter from Compiegne, dated Tuesday evening, at
11 o'clock, says," The King of the Belgians arrived here
at a quarter past 4, in an open carriage, with the Dukes
of Orleans and Nemours, followed by the Dukes de Choi-
seul and de Halle, Messrs. Van de Weyer and Le Hon,
the Grand Marshal of his Majesty's Palace ; Count d'Aer-
chot, General D'Hane de Steenhuysen, General de Chaste-
ler, Grand Equerry ; Colonel Peisse, his Aide-de-Camp ;
M. Van Praet, his private secretary, and Dr. Lebeau,
his physician. At the entrance of Compiegne, a trium-
phal arch, ornamented with the united flags of France and
Belgium, was erected, bearing the following inscrip-
tions :—" La 'Ville de Cotnpiegne au Roi des Beiges !
A l'heureuse Alliance de la France et de la Belgique !"
Under this arch the Sub-Prefect of the Arrondissement
and the M.iyor of Compiegne received King Leopold,
the latter delivering a congratulatory address, to which
his Majesty replied in the most obliging terms. At a
quarter before 5 his Belgian Majesty entered the Court of
the Palace, upon which the King of the French, sur.
rounded by his aides-de-camp and all the officers of his
household, cane to the foot of the steps, received him as
1--^,lighteil from his carriage,. and embraced him most affec-
t ...„4„,tr,-,...,,,s itts7a ascended tne grann stair-
case,i
'the reception chamber, where King
". greeted by Madame Adelaide, accompanied by
i.;.::.1--,lncesfren Mary and Clententina. Thence they pro-
teeded to the 'private drawing-room, where they were ex-
pected by the Queen and the Princess Louisa. At 7 o'clock
the Royal party mat down to a grand dinner in the Galerie
de Diane." •

The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 3d inst. states
that a new protocol is expected soon to be issued by the
Frankfort Diet, communicating some satisfactory explana-
tions relative to the protocol of the 28th June.
The Courrier du Bas Rhin states, upon the authority
of a letter of the 2d inst. from Baden, that " hopes are still
entertained that the Grand Duke will shortly publish a
protest against the act of the Diet, which suspends toe
liberty of the press in his states, and will thereby prove
Is'. anxiety to fulfil the obligations he has contracted
'maids his people."
The Aupshurg Gazette of the 4th instant has a letter
born Basle of the 28th ult. stating that the experiment
made by the Rhenish-Prussian Company for the navigation
of the Rhine by steam-vessels, to extend the navigation to
Basle, has proved snecesstul. Hitherto it was thought
that the water from Reid to Basle was too shallow for
chat purpose; a steam-vessel, however, has just suc-
ceeded in ac omplishing the desired object. Thus,
when the system is completely organized, steam-vessels
from Switzerland, down stae Rhine, to London, will effect
their passage in 72 hours. The Gazette quotes Metal-
lics, 5 per Cents. at Vienna, in the 30th of July,
Extract of a letter from hilogna, dated July 28
This morning a part of the Arstrian regiment of Ginlay
quitted Bologna, and marched towards Ferrara, whither
it will be followed by the rest b.-morrow. It has been
remarked as very singular that al the soldiers, previous to
their departure, received orders is cut off their beards and
mustachios. At Rome, a new corps of volunteers is form-
ing, under the name of de'enders of the throne and of re-
ligion. They have no fix-4 pay, and will only receive pay
wben in actual service. Monsy is very scarce, arid bills
(assiynats) are already in cireula,:a.n."
Two Swiss officers of rank have set out from Lau-
sanne for Milan, on a secret mi,sion; they are, it is said,
directed to watch the movements of the Austrian troops
in Lombardy.
Extract of a letter of the 28th nit, from Venice :
" Preparations for armaments of every description are
making on the coast of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom
on a very extensive scale. They appear to have been prin-
cipally occasioned by the presence of the french at An.
cone. Some of the measures, however, look towards the
future; among these we may reckon a notice of the com-
mander of the marine at Venice, by which the inha.bi-
ta:rts of the provinces bordering on the Adriatc are in-
formed, that the administration of the navy wit buy up
all the oak that can be cut in the forests of Istria and
Dalmatia."

FRENCII FUNDS, Pmns, AUG. 8.-Five per Cents., 99f. 23e.
20c. 10c. 99f. 98f. 85c. 995 98f. 90c. 98f. alc. 85c. 80c. 85c.
80c. 83c. SOc. 83c.; Loan of 1832, 1005 1005 23c 10051005 10c. ;
four per Cents., 82t. 30c. 15c. 20c. 15c. ; Three per Cents., 69f.
35c. 20c. 10c, 15c. 10c. 15c. 19c. 15c. 695 ; Rank Actions, 1,6605 ;
Recite de Naples, 81f. 805 SOc. 50c. ; RoinanFive per Cents. 79!i;
Rente d'Espagne, 13 12 12!;', • Royal Spanish Loan, 7-46 Rente
Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 57 56.% a 78 3/4. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 85c. ; money, 255 Soc. ; three months,
paper, 2311 70c. ; money, '255 65c.-Cours Authentique.

THE LAST POPULAR NOVELS.-Mr.
JAMES'S last production, Henry Masterton, or the Ad-
ventures of a Young Cavalier, is, with Mr. CoorEa's
lkidentnauer, now dividing public attention. The pre-
sent story, by the author of Darnley, is incomparably his
best. Surprises, which the reader never forestalls—ani-
mated descriptions of battles and of political intrigues—
characters in many strange aspects, such as may be sup-
posed to have arisen during the ferment of the civil wars,
which ended in the trial and execution of the first CHARLES,
and the protectorship of CILOMWELL,-and mysterious in-
cidents, abound thioughout the work; while to these, the
best ingredients of romance, are added a skilful knowledge
of human nature, and an imagination ever alive to what-
ever /here is of beauty or of grandeur in the external
world.

EXTRAORDINAY WHIsPERING GALLERY.
—A naval officer who travelled through Sicily in the year
1824, gives an account of a powerful whispering place in
the cathedral of Girgenti, where the slightest whisper is
carried with perfect distinctness through a distance of 250
feet, from the great western door to the cornice behind
the high altar. By an unfortunate coincidence the focus
of one of the refl2cting surfaces was chosen for the place
of the confessional, and wi:en this was accidentally dis-
covered, the lovers of secrets resorted to the other focus,
and thus became acquainted with confessions of the gravest
import. This divulgence of scandal continued for a con-
siderable time, till the eager curiosity of one of the dillet.
tanti was punished, by hearing his wife's avowal of her
own infidelity. This. ciicumsrance gave publicity to the
whisi;ering peculiarity of the cathedral, and the conies-
sinaial was removed to a place of greater secrecy. Sir
D. Brewster on Notural.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Razik Stock
3 per Cent. Red S4l,i 16
3 per Cent. Cons. B3N %ti
3'4 per Cent. —
Ditto Red 92 34
New 3% per Cent. 9114%3i
3 rier Cent. Ann. 17.2 i; ....
4 per Cent. 1826 Ol% 234
lidnk Long Ann. to expire
Jan. 5, 1860 16.34 11-16
Oct. 10, 1,159 —
Jan. 5, 1860 16%34
Jan. 5, IEkSO —
Aprils, 1SO4) —
Jan. 5, 1579 —

PRICES OP FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds 9134
Belgian Bonds 75
Ditto Account 75,i 5 34
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account 17,4
Buenos Ayres Bonds 22
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds ... l6
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds 10,34
Ditto Account

Ditto Bonds, 1824 H!,6
Ditto Account l2
Danish Bonds G 714
Ditto Account 67%
Greek Bonds 22

Ditto Bonds, ?s'S_
Ditto Account
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 25
Ditto Account
Ditto, Si per cent °N 634
Ditto Account
Neapolitan

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
New 5 per Cent.
India Stock
Ditto Bends 4 pm.
South Sea Stock
Old Annuities
New Ditto
3 per Cent. Ann. 1751
Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO l5 16 pm.
15 16 pm.
Ditto Small
Ditto Commercial —...— pm.
Ditto Advertised
Bank for Account
India for Account.
COll3. for Aug. 29 83%