The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles,L.B.•••••• •••••• 243 75 .• 243 75 .. 242 75 .. 242 73
Rouen to HaTre • •• ••...... 760 .. 761 25 .. 760 .. 761 25
Orleans ....

iirasbttr g to Bal e• •• • ..

.. 238 75

RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 2n OF AUGUST.
VernAlo,-,T1:9. DTez 50 98'4 00 38
Rouen to Ilavre•• •• .•• ••. . 761 25 .. 761 25 .. 760 .. 760
Orleans ..
Strasburg to Bale-- •• •• 248 .. 240 .. 238 75 .. 940
Avignon to Marseilles-- 766 25 .• 767 50 .. 766 25 .. 767 50

THE BRAZILS.—Her Majesty's packet Express,
Lieut. Herrick, arrived at Falmouth at midnight on
Wednesday; from Rio de Janeiro, June 13; Bahia,
22 ; and Pernambuco, 28. The packet next from hence
had not made her appearance at Rio. Passengers :
—The Count George (Austrian Chargé d'Affaires),
Miss Champness, Mr. W. 11. Houghton, Mr. Crop,
Mr. Laye, Mr. Walter (Consul at Bahia). On
freight, about 6,0001. in gold and diamonds. There is
no news. The Princess Royal (transport) arrived
from England on the 3d of June, with stores for the
squadron. The Growler was to leave for the coast of
Africa on the 13th of June.

ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE
KING OF PRUSSIA.
HAMMTGIL JULY 30.—Tho Berlin Papers bring
more particulars relative to the attempt on the life of the
King of Prussia. Their Majesties arrived about noon
on the 26th at Frankfort-on. the-Oder, where they
stopped for a short time, and arrived in the evening at
Christianstadt, and at seven in the morning of the 27th
proceeded on their joarney to Erdnaansdorff. We learn
from a letter of the King's own band, dated Frankfort,
that his Majesty was perfectly well, and we have the
more pleasure in communicating this intelligence since
it appears that his Majesty was actually struck by one
of the balls, which, thanks to God, only grazed his
breast, where it has left a red spot. When the inhabit-
ants of Frankfort wereinformed of the King's providen-
tial escape, they assembled in crowds to welcome him,
and resolved to offer thanksgiving in the church. The
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twoi
addresses to the King, dated the same day on which
the atrocious attempt on his life was made. One is
from the Chief Burgomaster, the Burgomasters, and Mu-
nicipal Council ; the other from the other Magistrates.
They both express in the warmest terms their abhorence
of a crime of which the Prussian territory offers no pre-
vious instances ; their joy at their Majesties safety, and
the grateful feelings towards Divine Providence for its
manifest interposition. His Majesty, who appears to be
in the most perfect health, and in good spirits, received
the deputations from his loyal capital with the Queen at
his side, in the most gracious manner, and replied with
visible emotion to the address of the Burgomaster in pre-
senting the address. The concluding words of his Ma-
jesty's answer were remarkable, and will be deeply im-
pressed in the heart of every Prussian :—" Nothing can
shake my confidence in my people, and, least of all, such
an attempt. My relation to my people remains as before.
I lay my head without apprehension in the lap of any
individual."

The person who presented the petition to the Queen
is the daughter of the assassin.

FOREIGN STOCK LIST.—We have received the fol-
lowing note from " A Constant Subscriber to TM
Sun :"

" The Editor of the Commercial and Money Department of
The Sun newspaper will please cause the Closing Prices of
tht Foreign Funds to be quoted more accurately. There are
frequently mistakes. The enclosed paper will point out two.
" August 2, 1844."
We wish our Correspondent had informed us on
what authority he makes the corrections. On referring
to Wetenhall's List, reckoned the most correct, and
used by nearly all the daily papers, we find that the
quotations given in The Sun are according. to copy.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ac-
companied by Colonel Jones, visited Brighton on Thursday.
His Royal Highness remained at the York Hotel, and, at his
departure, was pleased to express his approbation for his en-
tertainment to the spirited
,proprietor, Mr. Pegg.
THE WEATHER IN 6COTLAND.—Within the last
few days we have had frequent and copious showers of rain,
accompanied with great heat—the thermometer ranging from
70 to 80 degrees. The crops, as might be expected, continue
to make rapid progress.—Giusgew Constitutitmal, July 31.
BRUSSELS, JULY 30.—A letter from Verviers of
the 29th July, says, yesterday about two o'clock in the
morning M. Louis Gouvy's manufactory of cotton-yarn at
Et Valli was reduced to ashes. The fire broke out in the
ground floor, and in two hours the whole establishment was
destroyed, only some bales of cotton were saved. The
building and its contents were insured. The loss is estimated
at 100,000 francs. We regret to add, that two workmen,
brothers, who lived in the manufactory perished in the
flames.—The papers contain long articles on the differences
with Prussia, in consequence of the heavy duty imposed on
Belgium, now in the territory of the States of the Customs
Union.—lt seems that the English swindler who pretended
to be a banker, embarked at Ostend on board a steamer for
London, six hours before the police officers arrived there to
arrest him.

A COINCIDENCE.—" The dictatorship of Napoleon,"
says the Courrier Francais, "lasted fifteen years. The restora-
tion lasted no longer; and persons who are superstitious in
numerical cycles will remark that the Government of July
has nearly arrived at the fatal moment in which the tail of
the serpent approaches its gaping mouth. We, however,
believe, and we desire to believe, in the continuation of the
destinies of 1830. Our opinion is, that France has no longer
to educate the Government by revolutions, and that in place
of expel.ing her governors she ought to reform them. The
people have no longer reason to break, destroy, or expel.
Sufficiently strong to penetrate with their spirit what has
been termed the superior regions of power, they preserve
and modify, they perpetuate and renew; such at least is the
Utopia of which the realisation appears desirable to us,"

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Crf Y, FRIDAY EVENING.
The closing quotatiOng of Consols vp-zye about the
same as those paid in the morning, viz., 991 I. The
heavy stocks 'ld not rally, and Exchequer Ma receded
to 78s. and igs: premium.
Sparish Five per Cents. werq last marked 221, and
the Three per Cents. 33+ to Chilian were 105 to
French Three per Cents. 82, and Dutch Two and-a-Half
per Cents. 611 4-.
The additional transactions in railways have been
theseißristol and Exeter, 1014 • ' Ditto and Gloucester,
16 to 16i ; Chester and Holyhead, ; Dublin and
Cashel, 3* ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 154-; Ditto Quar-
ter, 341 ; Great North of England, 1 ; reat Western,
63/ ; Ditto Half, 34 • Ditto Fifths, 134- ; Hull and
Selby, 13 ; Brighton Loan Notes, 21 • Greenwich
Pre-
ference, 2 ; Manchester and Leeds, dalf, 191 ; New-
castle and Darlington, 194- to 20; Northern and Eastern
Scrip, 11 ; Trent Valley, 71 to I' • York and North
Midland, 62 ; Ditto Half, 30 to 1 ; Ditto Scarborough
Branch, 21/ ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 11 ; and
Paris and Rouen, 18/ premium ; Blackwell, 9/ ;
Brighton, I ; and Thames and Medway, 9/ discount.
The exchanges were a little flat this afternoon, except
on Antwerp, Hamburgh, and Frankfort.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
A fair quantity of Cotton was sold at Liverpool yesterday,
and prices were firm. Sales, 5,000 bales, viz., 300 Surat, 3d.
to 3/d. ; 100 Egyptian, 64d. to 7d. ; 120 Maranham, 5/d. to
6d. ; and the rest American, 4A. to 64d.—Shares were generally
good. Bristol and Gloucester, 55 ; Caledonian, 3/. 16s 3d. ;
Chester and Birkenhead, 294 ; Eastern Counties Perpetual,
20s. ; Grand Junction New, Quarter, 394 ; Liverpool and
Manchester New, 35 prem. ; London and Birmingham, 2304 ;
Ditto, 32/. shares, 384 ; Manchester and Birmingham Quarter,
5/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 116* ; Midland Counties, 107 ;
Paris and Rouen, 384 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux,
2 1-10th ; Sambre and Meuse, 2 11-20ths ; Tours and Nantes,
234.
The accounts from India attract the chief attention this
morning, and as it is evident that Lord Ellenborough was still
going on with his belligerent policy, his return is considered
likely to be very beneficial in once more turning the atten-
tion of the inhabitants to agricultural and internal improve.
ments, the very objects which his Lordship professed to have
almost exclusively in view. The markets of India and China
were not very active, but a moderate business was doing.
Complaints were made at Calcutta of the delay in the arrival
of the outward mail, and the additional expense to which
the parties receiving letters were subjected, owing to the
defective arrangements of the London Post-office. We trust
that arrangements since made here will obviate this.
There are advises to June 13 from Rio de Janeiro. The new
tariff, it seems, was still expected to come into operation in
November. The political state of the country was mere
composed.
The Stock Market looks flat again to-day, and the price
of Consols has declined again about 4 per cent. A few sales
continue to be made at intervals by the speculators for a
fall, and those who apprehend the carrying of their
operations still further. Consols for Money are 994 *,
and for Time 994 4. The Commissioners have pur-
chased 10,000/. at 995. Exchequer Bills are quiet at 78s.
premium, and India Bonds at 975. premium. Bank Stock is
worth 1994 to 200$. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
are 102 to 1014; the Reduced, 1024 to 103; and the Three
per Cents., par to 1004.
The Foreign investments have been without any buoy-
ancy. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 224 to 4; Mexican,
36$ to 36 ; Colombian, 144 it; 134 ; and Brazilian, New, 82.
Austrian Bonds are ful at 116; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 611 to 4.
The market for Railway Shares has been well supported
ates below
again, and there is a good business doing at the
given.
Erratum in yesterday's List.—Read London and South
Western 8744 to 88.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. I.—We have
had a quieter market, and prices are nominally the same as
yesterday :—Eastern Counties, perpetual, N0..1, 345. 4d. ; Do.,
do., No. 2,20 s. 4d. ; Huddersfield and Manchester, 265. pre-
mium ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 5 and 5 1-16 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 5 9-16 and 11-16 ;
Manchester and Buxton, 365. ; Preston and Wyre, five per
cent. graduated, 241 ; Manchester and Liverpool District
Bank, 104.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

---___
Bank Stock -
2004 Indian Stock
3 per Cent. Red lOO% Ditto Bonds 97 pm•
3 per Cent. Cons.
9% per Cent. Red lO3 Ditto New Annuities ...
New 3% per Cent. lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I %cl ... 76 pm.
New 5 per C0nt..... 000000000 .• Ditto 5001. •••••••••• 00000 76 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.... 000000 .... 76 pm.
Jan. 1860 l2 7.16 Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859 l2 7-16 Consols for Act...« ..... 99%
Jan. 1860 l2 5-16 India Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ll5 Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent - Ditto, New Ditto... ........ ....
Brazilian Bonds ...... . .
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — !Russian, 5 per Cent............ --
Chllian, 6 per Cent .... .....
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 16•00 0414.4•41.141••••••••• - , Ditto, 3 per Cent 33
Cuba Bonds, iper Cent...... Ditto, Deferred ... l2
Danish, 3 per Cent — French, 5 per Cent. I. —c.
Greek, IS'S, 5 per Cent — Exchange .. . ..... ..... —lr. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, li per Cent., 1837 — !Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 61%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent , --
_, Ditto, 5 per Cent .........101%

SHARES
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid)
256.)!
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid
Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) .......... ...........
Dublin and Cashel, 234 paid -g
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (Si 6s 8d paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid
Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid)
Great North of England, 100 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid B4
Ditto Fifths, 12 paid
Hull and Selby, 50 paid 63
London and Brighton (50 paid) ... ........
Ditto Loan Notes, 10 paid 12%
London and Greenwich (122. 15s. 4d. paid)
Diito. Preference or Privilege, X; 8 17s 2d paid 20N,
Manchester and Leedszo paid) .......... ..........
Newcastleliii , 1'
an ar ingron unction. 21 paid yi 9%
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 26
Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid 14%
South Eastern and Dover (33 2e 4d paid) .....
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid
Thame, and Medway, £l9 5e 8d paid lO
Trent Valley, '2 paid 9%
York and North Midland (50 paid) ll2
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) :.........
York and Scarborough Branch (234 paid)
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1-paid
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 44• Gibraltar
Ditto, at sight l2 14 Leghorn 3O 50
Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Genoa 25 85
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 134 Venice 47
Altona l3 13 Naples 394
Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 60 Palermo, per oz., llB4
Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon 54
Marseilles 25 90 ' Oporto 54
Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23
Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 23
Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Ayres —
Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldys sight
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 952 Philadelphia —
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9
Cadiz
lililbao 36 New Doubloons.-- 0 0 0
Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 4 10
Seville — Silver in Bars 0 4 114