The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain ..... 825
Versailles, R. 8............. 375
Rouen 960
Rouen to Havre.
Orleans . ... 945
Strasburg to Bale .......... 280
Avignon to Marseilles. 765

.. 830 .. 825 .. 830
.. 375 372 50 .. 372 50
.. 245 .. 232 50 .. 240
.. 960 .. 960 .. 950
.. 712 50 .. 701 25 .. 712 50
•• 952 50 .. 94.5 .. 952 50
.. 285 .• 280 293 75
•• 765 765 765

RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, R.B. ..

•• 380

L. 8............. 225 .. 245 225 • . 240
Rouen . 965 .. 977 50 • 960 .. 970
Rouen to Nacre•...,...., . 705 .. 713 75 .. 702 50 .. 712 50
Orleans 950 .. 950 .. 940 .. 950
Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 282 50 285 .. 278 75 • • 285
Avignon to Marseilles...... 765 .. 765 • • 765 •• 765

Sir Robert Peel, we are glad to learn, has given
ten guineas towards the subscription now in progress
for a testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill. This mark
of the Premier's due appreciation of Mr. Hill's merits
is highly ered!table to the Right Hon. Baronet, and
we hope the other Ministers will follow his example.

It appears from an announcement made by Mr.
Cobden last evening, at the Great League Meeting,
that it is the intention of the Council of the League
to have a Bazaar in Covent-garden Theitre before the
close of the season, in aid of the League fund. At
this Bazaar it is intended to collect, as it were, into a
focus, every species of manufacture in the kingdom.
Specimens of everything made in metal, from a steam-
engine to a needle, will be found there. Specimens
of every kind of silk, worsted, or cotton manufacture,
of all that the ingenuity of the manufacturers of
England can produce, will be brought together at
that Bazaar. It will be, in fact, a complete exposition des
arts et des métiers, and will constitute one of the most
amusing and instructive exhibitions in the metropolis.
That this exhibition will give a great impetus to the
progress of free trade principles no one can, for an
instant, doubt. The industrious classes are already
free traders. The idlers—at least such of them as
possess minds—would be so if they would only give
themselves the trouble to think, or if their attention
could be in any way directed to the subject. This
exhibition will se direct their attention. It will be-
come a fashionable lounge, everybody will go to it,
and, to quote the words of Mr. Cobden, " after
viewing this exhibition we will put to them this
question, and this question only—' Do you think that
the hands that made these ingenious articles ought to
lie hanging idly by the sides of men who arc pining
for the want of bread ? They will thus be brought
to think seriously on the subject—to investigate it in
all its bearings ; and the result must necessarily be
that they will become free traders, not in the abstract
only, but thoroughly practical anti-monopolists.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number
of deaths dining the week, ending Saturday April 13,
is below the average. The total number was 870,
the average being 883. In almost every case there
is a decrease. Small-pox, epidemic diseases, and
typhus show a slight increase, but so small that it
hardly requires notice. The number of deaths from
small-pox is 21, average 12 ; and of the 21, 14 had
not been vaccinated. The deaths from diseases of
the lungs are 257, average 269 ; pneumonia 55, ave-
rage 65 ; bronchitis 17, average 11 ; consumption
136, average 155 ; old age 64, the same as the ave-
rage; violent deaths 13, average 24. In this list the
number
e rthefsuicides
murder 1, drowning 2,
accidental,r
scalds
2. The thermometer
d s
very high for the season,
nuo week asn fromdheass i
stood 3
the average being 61.1 for the highest. The highest
temperature was on Tuesday and Wednesday, when
the thermometer stood at 66.7, and the lowest on
Monday 34 degrees. The wind during the week
was westerly, and the weather altogether uncommonly
fin, for the month of April.

In the French Chamber of Peers on Monday the
Prince DE LA MOSCOWA (son of the unfortunate
Marshal NEY) made a long speech on that inter-
minable subject, the deposition of Queen PomanE.
On the motion for a vote of one million of francs for
secret service money, -he took a review of the policy
pursued by the Government, and of course did not
omit the resolution come to by the Cabinet, by which
the QUEEN was restored to her former position, and
the brave Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS re-called.
This he condemned in strong terms, and after a
similar speech from M. DE LA REDORTE, the Minister
of Instruction (M. ILLEMAIN) spoke in de-
fence of the Government, when the debate
was adjourned. From all accounts, it was a
very heavy affair, and it is needless to advert
to it any further than by giving the following brief
and pithy arguments from the Journal des Debats in
favour of the policy adopted by the Cabinet :—" In
our quality of conscientious chroniclers," it states,
" we are obliged to declare that the long speeches of
Prince DE LA MOSCOWA and Count MATHIEU DE LA
REDORTE do not appear to us to change the state of
the question. The point still to be ascertained is
whether Admiral DUPETIT TROUARS had a right to
pronounce the confiscation and deposition of Queen
PoMARE, in order to punish her for having displayed
'ceuHnetnryealrklltiinngttre.
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a fancy flag over her hut, which is pompously named It is rumoured in official circles, that, on the arrival
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a palace. The Government thinks otherwise, and,
on mature deliberation, has deemed it wiser gartot.i,rwlialeteisPelxenpi:cotteednttioa7etiunriCl hteintaiiisS
ensuing month, having been succeeded by Mr. country
he will
and juster to confine itself to the pro-Kingdom
tectorate, transformed somewhat abruptly into ilicllaltTeAdßtyci the dignity of a Bi.&•ownoo.frtohoepLs'noi
a taking of possession by our Admiral, in Scots Greys marchedE fromx• rs.
Ipswich, en route for Edin-
a moment of impatience and ill-humour. As bturif h, on Thursday morning last, to be followed by the
sto our rights, the protectorate assures to us all that Dragoons, anothers from Exeter,troop
ar en the
expected
hic
arrive
4athboutLt theig
Light
we have seriously any interest in holding; as to our 3d or 4th of May. Ipswich
will be the head-quaters
flag, it floats and will continue to float over Otaheite; as I —lpswich Express.
FF
rdDINBURGII AND NBWHAVEN RAILWAY.— Since
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to Queen POMARE, it does not appear absolutely neces-
sary that she should come and die wretchedly in France; ground
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toedoy• complete
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and as to Consul PRITCIIARD and the English mis- , tunnel of this railway, alreadys
carried as far as Prinee'fs-t
sionaries, as their Government has acknowledged our
street, and within a few yards of the proposed terminus.
A and through,
days' work will thus open the bore through
protectorate, they will be obliged to recognise it too. ;
That is the whole affair, at least for those who form peetedrtoongei,praonedeethdeedbuwiilitiiinifnmote'clihaetetiuyn. n;lomaoacym• bea ex-
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judgment of it by itself. Is it, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the North British Railway
contrary,
Bills are passed, we may expect to see the whole of the
contrary, a subject of rupture with England that is
sought for, and a pretext to excite the seamen of
area under the bridge speedily transformed in appear •
That
the two countries to a disastrous collision ?ante, and its various buildings removed in order to its
conversion into a terminus of railway communication,
is another matter. The question then • •
grows extensive. ; by which the east and west coast of Scotland will be
Treaties of July 15 can be produced everywhere, and connected with each other, and both again with fife
tropolis of Britian.—Edinburgh Advertiser. Inc.
on any occasion. France knows what that of 1840
LEARNED DICTION.—A contemporary speaks of a
cost her, and the Chambers have not-without doutt, astonishedcoly-lelavnhoa
of diinutiaa
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ttehoeu
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truncated d-,bonaesking for
forgotten it. The Count DE GABRIAC replied in a few th
precise and clear words to Prince DE LA MOSCOWA'S on its summit, and semiperforated with symmetrical' 117
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Lions } ors iu other word., a thimble.— h
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WATERLOO BRIDGE.—The Hungerford Chain
Bridge will be completed in a few months, and the
fare will be only the half of that paid for passing Wa-
terloo Bridge. What preparations are the proprie-
tors of the first bridge in the world making for the
change ? Have they taken any steps to put a stop
to the nuisances which prevail there more than in any
part of London ? Canova said that taking Somerset
House and Waterloo bridge together, it would be
impossible to find in any part of the world two monu-
ments within the same space so honourable to the
nation, yet one of them is now a disgrace to the coun-
try, because the proprietors will not be at the expense
of a watchman to take offenders into custody. At
nine o'clock in the morning, vve know no spot in the
whole metropolis so absolutely offensive as the West
side of Waterloo bridge. Will the proprietors won-
der, if not a female passes the gate when the other
bridge is opened ?