The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 844.

But we advert to the Prince of PRUSSIA'S visit to
Liverpool for the purpose of congratulating his Royal
Highness that he has thus been enabled to compre-
hend, at his leisure, one of the broadest and most en-
during bases on which is raised the stupendous struc-
ture of English greatness. To have recalled to the
Prince's memory the military prowess and renown of
England,would have been a work of supererogation in-
deed. The triumphs of Prussia and England in al-
liance could not be forgotten by the immediate de-
scendant of FREDERICK WILLIAM—of the Sovereign
of BLUCHER and the friend of WELLINGTON—were
there no more recent voices to proclaim it in thunder
from the mountainous recesses of Central Asia, or
the shores of Syria or of China—prolonging the echoes
of its mighty victories on the plains of Hindostan, or
its yet more signal successes in the heart of France,
on the fertile soil of Belgium, in the wide territories
of Spain, amidst the fastnesses of Portugal, or the
plains of Italy. To have detained the Prince by the
preparation and parade of military reviews would
have been to regale him with anything but novelty ;
and the precision of tactics achieved by the soldiery
of his own country, had left little to be surpassed,
perhaps equalled, among that of our own. To the
presumptive heir, hewever, of a Continental Monarchy,
essentially and inevitably„ a military State, in the
strictest sense of the term, such an exhibition as he
has witnessed at Liverpool of the resources of peace,
accumulated in a single outport of that kingdom
which has established itself in the foremost rank of
nations as pre-eminent in naval and military strength
and success, must have been a noble and an instruc-
tive spectacle. From that boundless commerce
which visits every habitable region of the globe, and
in its dealings with all the families of the human race
that are adjacent to any ocean shore, at once supplies
the wants, and civilises the manners, and ameliorates
the existence of the most miserable denizens of unre-
claimed barbarism, England derives the opulence
that has enriched without corrupting her, and main-
tains the spirit of that never-ceasing energy, and re-
news the energies of that never-relaxing industry,
which render innoxieus and immeasurably beneficial
to her the wealth, the luxury, the grandeur, which
to natives of more voluptuous or less healthful tem-
peraments have been speedily and signally destruc-
tive. This physical activity reacts upon the moral
character of her social system and its institutions.
These do not stagnate, or retrograde, as in less for-
tunate countries, but are impressed with the same
tendencies to a salutary and sustained onward move-
ment—not to wild and destructive impulses, the
course of which no man can calculate. Capital, and
the proneness to accumulate it, have done much of
their evil work among us, as they have done among
other nations ; but they have also produced more
good, more happiness, more stability for institutions
and laws, than they can be shown to have accom-
plished in any other case recorded in history.
The same causes, that in their operation have
raised us to our present greatness, in their per-
manency will advance us yet further and further on
the march of national prosperity. The same effects
which, so wonderfully developed in our fortunes and
position, are at this moment inoiling so large a mass
of the French people to the most extravagant and
pitiable indications of jealousy and envy and resent-
ment, will continue to accumulate, in peace, our re-
sources for the demands of war, Be that disastrous
casualty (we pray) far distant; but come when it
may, those foolish and incendiary spirits who find it so
easy a task to sound the tocsin in Paris for a general
outbreak into hostilities with Britain, will find that
they have invoked a slumbering giant, who may not
be disposed, on the occasion of a wanton and reckless
experiment on his repose and his dignity, to repeat
the ill-remembered, and worse requited, forbearance
and generosity which he manifested for a beaten,
chough valiant foe, when twice within one twelve-
month the event of war had placed the capital and the
national independence of that foe at his mercy. But
it is lost time, we fear, to reason with that unprincipled
and extensive party which is doing its utmost to pre •
cipitate France into acts of insult and aggression
which can only terminate in her own chastisement.
It is not a fidgetty young Admiral's bootless bombard-
ment of the ruined walls of one African fortress, or
his still more questionable "destruction" of another,
accomplished, we have reason to believe, in a manner
not the least " lubberly" (as the sailors would say),
on the records of naval expeditions—which is to
justify us in assuming that a whole nation, at his
hack, can be so weak, or so absurd, or so flagitious,
AS to daily with his passion for anti-Anglo notoriety,
by involving the peace of Europe in a war between
France and England. But we really see so much
childish excitability on these matters about some of
the French journals, professedly of very extensive
circulation and influence, that we may not reason on
the improbability—still less the impossibility—of a
rupture, because of either its wanton recklessness
se its infinite folly. In this feeling we would
heg to direct the attention of our own Go-
vernment, and their official authorities, to the
•trong representations which some of our letters from
the outports make as to the utterly defenceless con-
lition in which Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Sheer-
ness will be left, if, on the'svithdrawal of the present
guard-ships, whether by putting them in active com-
mission or otherwise, they be not immediately re-
placed by powerful line-of-battle ships. There is a
crisis at which every dictate of common prudence and
sound policy suggests that the most ample and effi-
cient provision for the protection of our shores, espe-
cially at these points, against any hostile surprise,
should be made. Men of all parties will vindicate and
confirm any indispensable expense such provision may
entail. Good faith, as a natural security, in dealing
with some of the spirits arrayed against British great-
ness, is less to be depended on than ropes of sand or
roofs of brown paper. Besides, though the mischief
which may be committed, maybe very little in amount,
there is no reason why we should not be spared the
xpense, through merely assuming that attitude of
preparation we ought never to abandon till something
more of fair dealing, of common honesty, and of
noral—not wordy and conventional—honour, shall
way the councils of France and its public mind, if
that is to be collected from its journals. Let us be
.hus prepared, and we may safely predict no such at-
erupts will be made by our blustering neighbours,
?ven if the whole French press teemed with such in.
mnceivable rhodomontade and schoolboy little cora-
mon-places, to foreshadow the downfal of &gland
—derived from a course of precede7:o gravely
.:ommenced with " SOLOMON and
continued to "Louis XIV.
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APOLEON,” such
we have just been lauscr;z
the Gazette de Fran over in the columns of
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IP:etious friend Pu.;ch, if it had
only the in 6recii,:nts of a good purpose, and a clever,
spirited
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rate; rtion. In a word, the Parisians, at any
are
fairly earning the application of TALLEY-
it A's
s caustic reflection of their own infatuated
P,'°llanoNs•-ss" They have learned nothing, and they
nv
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and forgotten
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amongg.
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France welfare r
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)oth forget her past reverses (they were of her own
,eeking), and learn to avoid them in future (she is
low challenging them).
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Accounts from Madrid of the 21st inst. announco

that the Emperor of MOROCCO had yielded to all the
demands of Spain, and that peace had been established
between the two countries. Spain is to receive a
compensation fur the wrongs of which she complains,
all the expenses are to be paid, and also an extension
of territory on the side of Ceuta. The following
letter announcing the fact appears in a Madrid jour-
nal. It is addressed by the Spanish Consul at Tetuan
to the Governor of Ceuta :

" Consular Agency of Spain at Tetuan.
"I have the honour to inform your Excellency that
the Pacha Sidi Ashash has had a conference with the
agents and Vice-Consuls residing in this town, at which
he communicated to them a letter from his Imperial Ma-
jesty of a very recent date, in which he congratulates
himself in the most expressive terms on the perfect and
sincere reconciliation that has taken place between Mo-
rocco and all other nations, except France. His Im-
perial Majesty expressly recommends to all the Go-
vernors and public functionaries to give every assistance
and protection to the agents and subjects of those nations.
The Pacha has invited me to communicate to you those
tidings without delay, and to inform the captains of the
feluccas of Ceuta that they may come to Tetuan in all
safety. " ABNO
" Aug. 12."
All the Spanish vessels of war, except one, had, in
consequence of this arrangement, left Ceuta for
Algesiras.

The QUEEN, accompanied by her mother and sis-
er, made her entry into Madrid at four o'clock on
he morning of the 21st.

The Three per Cents. were done at 27i at 60
days, and the Five per Cents. at 20 at 48 days.

The Paris papers, and especially those of the Op-
position, are loud in their praises of the bravery and
skill displayed by the Prince DE JC;INVILLE at Moga-
dore. The affair has caused quite a sensation through-
out France, and even Republican and Legitimatist
journals begin to regard the Orleans dynasty in a
more favourable light. There is no accounting for
tastes, but really we cannot see what great cause
there is for rejoicing. The Moors had no more
chance against, the French than the Chinese against
the English. These primitive people are unable to
contend against the skill and discipline of European
warfare, and victories obtained over such contemptible
opponents cannot furnish any test of military genius
or real bravery. They are to be regarded with satis-
faction only as far as they contribute to peace, and
the civilisation of barbarians. That was the iicsitt in
which we viewed our successes in China, though
England was contending with an empire containing
a population of three hundred millions. France
has attacked successfully a little empire containing
a population of a few millions, yet the writers in
the journals make as much noise about the affair as if
the best troops of Europe had been conquered by a
handful of Frenchmen. One of the Ministerial
journals, it is true, is silent on the subject, but the
other, the Globe, breaks forth in these strains :
" There cannot be a heart unmoved at the multiplied
recitals of the feats of arms of our soldiers and seamen,
Three victories in nine days ! On the 6th, Tangiers
bombarded ; the 14th, 20,000 Moors beaten ; and on
the 15th, Mogadore ruined and taken ! Such are the
humiliations of France during the month of August.
I:tt no one imagine, however, that this will change a
word in the language of the Opposition
Their business is to have it believed that ':ne Govern-
ment is sacrificing the dignitt,
of the country, and
.
they will say so uncen
about falsehe,-1' What do parties care
Dolus an virtu:, quis in koste re-
quirts;
Such is their morality. These -journals,
too, are truly unfortunate in their predictions, They
declared that England had forbidden our fleet to
meddle with Tangiers, and it was there that it corn-
, menced its operations. They said that England had
interdicted the landing of a single man at Mogadore,
and, lo! it is occupied ! As to the English press, it
will allow, we hope, that our gunners have improved
from the Gth to the 15th; that, for ignoramuses, our
pointers do not aim too ill ; and that, for cowards, our
officers come close enough to the enemy."
The Constitutionnel expresses equal satisfaction, and
rejoices that the imputations cast on the naval tactics
of the young Prince and his officers have received
such a speedy and triumphant refutation. " This
new feat of arms,". says M. TRIERS'S journal, " ac-
complished by the PRINCE and our seamen, will im-
pose silence, we
,hope, on the shameless correspon-
dents of the Time B--on those maligners, full of envy

is no very encouraging, sign of the times when
-he memory of those who have suffered in tibe cause
,f freedom fails to excite .a. lively feeling of respect
and gratitude in the mind of the Community at large.--
it is to thshr case
[he Scottish Reform martyrs—for

of the objects to be more particularly examined in we are alluding—were men who, in days when
its course ; the rapidity of his movements ; and his Government was but another term for despotism, and
careful economy of time—we cannot forbear from prerogative was pushed beyond the limits of
remarking that the Prince of PRUSSIA worthily the Constitution, made a bold, unhesitating stand
emulates the example Of the numerous Royal and Im- against the encroachments of authority and
perial visitors who have lately, from so many parts of freely sacrificed their all in the patriotic, but
Europe, paid their respects to her Majesty the unsuccessful endeavour to maintain the rights of
QUEEN, and been introduced to some of the most the people unimpaired. Though beset by
notable portions of her MAJESTY'S dominions. Let spies, and encompassed on all sides by dangers of the
us censure as we will the too frequent apathy of most alarming kind, their high moral courage never
Sovereigns, and the profound ignorance in which, once deserted them; and though they failed in their
till the close of the last century, the scions of Royal attempts to rouse public spirit to such a degree as
Houses were too generally brought up—it must be might enable it to shake off the PITT and DUNDAS
allowed, to the credit of most of the Illustrious yoke, which then pressed so heavily on the best ener-
Princes and Royal personages who have lately re- gies of the country, yet the example they set of pa-
paired to this country in such numbers, for the grati- triotic resistance to arbitrary power was not barren
fication of a laudable, and perhaps we might add, a of good results, for it served in some degree to keep
respectful curiosity, that, whilst their intellectual abili- alive the flame of liberty which otherwise might
ties and attainments have been at least equal to the have been wholly extinguished, and paved the
average of those possessed by the individuals corn- way for that measure of Reform which was wrung
posing the distinguished circles which have received from a reluctant aristocracy in the memorable
them here, their physical energies, endurance of year 1832. The memory of such men, there-
fatigue, and bodily activity, appear to have been fore, should be held in profound reverence
greatly superior to those of their most Illustrious
by their posterity, and it is, we repeat, no very aus-
hosts. picious sign of the times when a proposal to erect a
public monument 'in their honour is received with
comparative indifference. Such, unfortunately, ap-
pears to be the case at present as regards the Scottish
Reform martyrs ; for though Mr. HustE and those
who think with him have been laudably zealous in
their endeavours to awaken a proper feeling of grati-
tude in the public mind, yet we fear we must confess
that they have hitherto failed of success, and admit
with the Morning Post, that " the position in which
the Martyrs' Committee find themselves placed
is due mainly to the deficient sympathy of the people
in their cause." Our Tory Contemporary, of course,
chuckles hugely over this fact, but for our own part
we regard it with no ordinary degree of apprehenssion.
When public spirit is boldly and actively on the alert,
there need be no great cause to dread the encroach-
ments of authority; it is only when it is tame
and apathetic that results may be anticipated unfa-
vourable to constitutional liberty. We do not say that
the PEEL Ministry entertain the slightest notion of in-
vading the acknowledged rights of the people, but were
they inclined to do so, we fear that the temper ofthe times
is such that they would meet with but a languid re-
sistance. For months past scarcely any stir or energy
has been exhibited, whether within or without the
walls of Parliament. The conflict of principles seems
to be at an end, and the public mind has become as
stagnant as the waters of a Dutch canal. The
consequence has been, that during the session
Ministers have carried everything their own
way ; and judging from the cold, sluggish
feeling manifested by the people for the last six
months, we do verily believe that if Sir R. PEEL
was to come forward next year with a proposition for
increasing the pressure of the income-tax, a few
taint growls of dissatisfaction would be the utmost
amount of hostility that would be brought to bear
against him. If this political apathy on the part
of the public were the result of a general and fast
increasing state of prosperity, there would not
be so much cause to deprecate it; but it is the
result, rather, of distrust—of doubt—we might
almost add—of despondency. Dissatisfied with the
present condition of things, and bewildered with the
extraordinary confusion, incertitude, and inconsist-
ency prevailing among parties, the people know not
how to act, on whom to rely, or in what direction to
make a decided move. They see Tories professing
Whig principles, and Whigs every now and then ex-
hibiting a sneaking predilection for Toryism ; they
see Radicals tame and acquiescent, and Chartists
quitting one by one the field of political
controversy ;—and seeing these strange things,
they are naturally filled with distrust of all
public men, a feeling to which must be attri-
buted their present state of lethargy, and calm
and half contemptuous indifference. But it is not in
the nature of things that this drowsiness should be of
much longer continuance. A reaction must inevitably
take place ere many months have elapsed, and when
it does, Sir R. PEEL and his obsequious supporters
will find that the time is come when they must
abandon the system of expediency, and advocate
something like a principle, if they would hope to
maintain their station at the helm.

and ignorance, whose gross invectives are disavowed
by all honourable men. It is not probable that the
bombardment of Mogadore will cause any satisfaction
in England; but it will at least command, with re-
spect to our navy, that courtesy on which well-bred
men of all countries pride themselves in similar cir-
cumstances. France will rejoice that at both extre •
mities of Morocco our brave men have entered on a
struggle of honour and courage. Whilst Marshal
BUGEAUD, with 8,000 brave followers, put 24,000
cavalry to the route, the Prince DE JOINVILLE was
placing his foot on the soil of Africa, and battering
down the old city of the pirates."
" The bombardment of Mogadore," says the
National, " was the necessary consequence of that of
Tangiers, and the means of obtaining satisfaction
could only be rendered efficacious by taking posses-
sion of one or several points of the coast. We con-
gratulate the French authorities, whoever they may
be, to whom the initiative of this resolution belonged,
and we wait tranquilly for the opinion of the English
journals on this new feat of arms, which has added
honour to our navy. There is, however, something
in the dispatch that requires explanation. The Ad-
miral says that he has taken possession of the port,
but he states afterwards that he has placed the port
in a state of blockade. This appears to us to be a
contradiction, for we do not understand why a port is
to be blockaded when we are in possession of it."
We give the following extract from the same jour-
nal, to inform our readers of the vast preparations
made by England for a war with France :
"We know not whether a war between France and
England will cr will not arise out of the present difficul-
ties between the two countries, but we cannot but think
that it is high time to prepare for it. England is making
the most active preparations, and the farce played off by
the Whig orators in the House of Commons about the
enfeebled state of the British navy must not be allowed
to lull us into an insecure supineness. It is certain that
England is actively arming and putting herself in a posi-
tion both to attack vigorously and to protect her foreign
possessions. The fleet of Admiral Owen in the Mediter-
ranean is daily augmenting, and has now equalled in
strength the squadron under the Prince de Joinville ;
and, since the latter has received reinforcements, the
English Admiral has applied to his Government, and
two sail of the line have been ordered out. Besides
this, we see from the accounts in the English papers that
the most active preparations are making in all the
English dockyards in bringing forward ships, and in a
very few days several vessels of large size will be ready
for commission,

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

" Fur the last two months the Collingwood has been
lying at anchor at Spithead, under orders for the Pacific,
but Admiral Seymour still waits for orders, and it is more
than probable that her destination will be changed, and
that she will be sent to the Mediterranean. In addition
to all these preparations for attack, the most diligent
attention is being paid to those of defence. A com-
mittee has been appointed to inspect and report on the
state of the defences of the coast, and orders have also
been dispatched to the colonies to urge on the authorities
there the necessity of improving the state of their de-
fences, and in using every endeavour to prepare them-
selves for any event which may arise. The militia at
Jamaica are also ordered to be called out, and go through
a regular drilling, as vs as done in time of war.
"At Malta, which is considered impregnable, the
Governor has issued orders with regard to the fortifica-
tions of the island.

" According to a morning paper, the Government has
also come to an arrangement with Captain Warner for
providing him with the means of testing his terrible dis-
covery.
" When all these facts are brought together, we think
we may, without rashness, conclude that the disposition
of the English Government is anything but pacific.
From 1830 to 1840, no instance of like activity was ever
witnessed with our neighbours, and at the very time
when England was at war in India, in China, and when
the Eastern question was in agitation, preparations to
such an extent were never made. England, it is there-
fore clear, anticipates war, and, if she anticipates it, it is
clear she wishes for it ; and it will break out unless
France is prepared to empty to its very dregs the cup of
bitterness held out to her by her neighbour."

A letter from Oran of the 17th gives the following
details of the battle of Isly :

" On the 14th Marshal Bugeaud, having no longer
any hope of bringing the negotiations with Morocco to
a friendly termination, and seeing the army, under the
orders of the son of the Emperor, was augmenting
daily, resolved to attack the Morocco camp, which had
besides, on the 11th, sent some hundred sharpshooters
to fire upon our outposts. As soon as his movement
commenced the Morocco army deployed, and in a short
time our little army was surrounded by more than
25,000 cavalry. The action commenced in pretty good
order, and the artillery of the two camps opened the
combat. The artillery of the Moors, which was much
more numerous than ours, was pretty well pointed. The
affair being undecided, the Marshal ordered a general
charge of cavalry, and in a few minutes our horsemen
arrived,close to the guns of the enemy, which are said
to have~ been more than forty in number. Eleven re-
mained in our hands. The infantry came up in double
quick time, and the victory declared itself on our side.
The Moors were completely routed, and only sought
safety in flight. The French had about 200 put hors
de combat. Amongst the killed and wounded were seve-
ral officers. It was in the evening of the 10th that Mar-
shal Bugeaud was informed of the bombardment of
Tangiers. We learn from the frontier that the people
of Morocco, encamped not far from the army, have
abandoned their territory, leaving the ground covered
with rich crops."

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
There were a considerable number of cases of insol.
vents for hearing before his Honour, but as they were all
unopposed, nothing of interest was elicited in the course
of the proceedings.
In the case of an application in the matter of -
Adams, an insolvent, the solicitor for the creditors
stated, that the official assignee had refused to take pos-
session of the insolvent's furniture, and he therefore
hoped that his Honour would allow a creditors' assignee
to he appointed.
Mr. Commissioner FANE said he did not wish to inter-
fere with the duties of the official assignees, for they
were not, in such cases, remunerated for their labours,
and he had no power of ordering such remuneration to
be granted them. If it happened, also, that the official
assignee had created a difficulty by taking property not
belonging to the insolvent, he (the Commissioner) could
not afford protection from the consequences of the error.
He therefore, in such cases, allowed them to act for
themselves.

The Solicitor said that he wished merely that his
Honour would allow a creditor's assignee to be ap-
pointed.

Mr. Commissioner PANE had mistaken the appli-
cant. He thought the application was that he (the
Commissioner) should give certain instructions to the
official assignee. The late Act was so indefinite upon
the subject, indeed, he might say, so apparently opposed
to reason and to common sense, that he had considerable
difficulty in explaining it. It stated that the creditor's
assignee was to be appointed after the passing of the
final order, so that, in effect, the persons who ought to
watch over and conduct the proceedings for the benefit
of the creditors was only to be appointed after the busi-
ness was over. He (Mr. Commissioner Pane) had no
objection to name a day for appointing an assignee, but
there were so many Acts now bearing on the subject that
it was exceedingly difficult to steer between them.
The Solicitor suggested that his Honour might rescind
the final order.

The HON. COMMISSIONER said the process was tedious
and unsatisfactory. He would, however, appoint a day
for the naming of a creditors' assignee, but, they must
adhere as closely as possible to the forms and practice of
the Court of Bankruptcy. ,
The subject then:dmped.
Mr. Commissioner Rialanque did not sit till a late
hour.

GUILDHALL.—(T H IS DAY).
A young man, dressed like a drover, who gave the
name of William Franklin, 3, M`Dowall-place, White-
more-road, Iloxton, was placed before Mr. Alderman
Hunter, on a charge of stealing from the person of James
Ward, an Irish pig dealer, the sum of 741. 10s.
The prosecutor said that he was a pig dealer, from
Drogheda, and had sold in Leighton Market, on Tues-
day last, a lot of pigs, for 751. 14s. 6d. He met the pri-
soner there, and was persuaded by him to come as tar
as Watford by the railway. They there got drinking, and
commenced to walk up towards London. They over-
took a waggon, and the prisoner said they were
tired, and asked if they might ride. Tile
waggoner consented, and the prosecutor and prisoner
stepped inside, the driver sitting on the outside. The
prosecutor fell asleep, and awakened at a few minutes
before six in the waggon, which had arrived at the Ram-
yard, in Smithfield, between one and two that same
morning. He found the prisoner gone, and his money,
amounting he thought to 741. 10s., gone also. The money
was in two purses ; one contained a 101. note, three 51.
notes, and a sum in gold. The other purse contained
the silver. He could not say how much gold or silver
there was. He gave information of the robbery to po-
lice-constable 215, and described the prisoner, who,
within half an hour, was taken by that officer.
City police-constable, 215, said that he observed the
prisoner walking across Smithfield towards the "Ram,"
and took him into custody. When searched, he had in
a purse 341. in gold, and 2/. Bs. 6d. in silver. He gave
his proper address at the station-house, and witness
afterwards ascertained that he had been home, leaving
the prosecutor asleep in the waggon. There was a key
found upon him which, he said, opened his trunk. He
also stated that he had left it in some public-house in
Hoxton, but could not say where. The trunk, he ad-
mitted, contained a large sum of money.
Alderman HUNTER said he should remand the case
till Wednesday, and directed the constable to look after
the waggoner', and, if possible, find out the trunk de-
scribed by the prisoner.

The French Funds again fell on Tuesday abou
35 centimes. The Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 25c.
and the Fives at 120 f. 30c.

THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, AUGUST 27.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five perClinte ••• • •• 120 50 .. 120 55 .. 120 30 • • 120 40
Four per Cents. ..... 104 45 104 45 .. 104 45 .. 104 45
Three per Cents..... 80 50 .. 80 55 .. 80 30 • • 80 30
Bank of France •• • • ...3020 ..3020 .•3020 ..3020
Belgian Bank ..• • • • • • • • •• • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660
Belgian Fives, 1840 •••• •• •• 104 .. 1041 .. 104 .. 1041
1842 • • 1861 1061 .. 1061 • • 1061
Spanish Active • ...... •• . 30 .. 30 .. 30 • • 30
Threes •••••• • • ' • • • 33 .. 33 .. 33 • • 33
passive. ••.••• • • • • 5l .. 51
Portuguese Five per Cents.. 44 .. 44 .. 44 .. 44
Neapolitan •••••-• • • • • • • • • 98 .. 98 .. 98 • • 98
Rosaan
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain ••••••• • • • • • • • 880 .. 880 .. 875
Versailles, E.B.— •••••• • • • • 370 .. 370 .. 370
L.B • • ....... •• • 236 25 .. 236 25 .. 23.5
Rouen • 950 .. 950 .• 950
Rouen to Havre •••••• • • • . • • 732 50 . • 732 50 730

.. 880
.. 370
.. 235
.. 950
.. 730

Orleans ••••
Strasburg to Bale.• ........ 238 75 .. 238 75 .. 236 25 •• 237 50
Avignon to Marseilles...... 747 50 • 747 50 •• 740 •• 740

RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF AUGUST.
St. Germain ..
Vtasailles, R.B. ••• • • • 370 .. 370 .. 370 370
L.B.•••••••••••• 237 50 237 N.. 232 50 •• 232 50
Rotten •• •••• •• ...... •••••• 960 .. 960 .. 950 .. 950
Rouen to Havre •• 730 .. 730 .. 727 50 .. 727 50
0r1ean5.......

Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• •• •• 240 .. 240
Avignon to Marseilles• ..... 740 .. 740

. 237 50 •• 237 50
.. 740 •• 740

MORTALITY IN TIIE METROPOLIS.—The number
of deaths during the last week was not above the
average, though the deaths caused by certain diseases
still exceed those of the last five years. The increase
is chiefly in small-pox, scarlatina, and typhus. In the
list of deaths from consumption there is a consider-
able decrease, the average being 146, while last week
it was only 116. The number of deaths by small-pox
is stated to be 47, being 36 above the average, but we
have no return of the numbers that were vaccinated,
and the mortality table for the last week, and also the
preceding week, is very defective in reference to the
most terrible disease that ever afflicted the human
race. The deaths from violence are thus stated :
Fracture or contusion, 8 cases, of which 6 were by
falls ; drowning, 5 cases ; poison, 1 case ; hanging, 3
cases; suffocation, 2 cases; and burns, 1 case. Total,
15 males, and S rum alos. Tho otabc cf dm batometer
and tnermometer require no notice, as we have given
the daily observations in The Sun. According to the
observations made at Greenwich, not a drop of rain
had fallen during the last week.

A YoUTR SitOT AT 13ATTERSEA-FIELDS.—on
Saturday last, as a youth, named Daniel Evans; in the
lliw
adjacentlingfileiledc
employ of Mr. Wetness, a distiller, was driving a horse
and cart in the road near Battersett-fields, he athlcknly
received in his left cheek and jaw the coutents (shot) of
t_ea,hde!tsct discharged by
yardsb) a who The sytoeondthinwthees
blha:de statesittsecgti that a:
conveyed to Westminster Hospital, where Mr. Bowman,
thed
house surgeon, succeeded in extracting the shot, and
individualbe
on as
he
s believesfa vouratbhley as
to
haveexpected.
aimed T h e
at a stray pigeon which had esca_ped from the pigeon-
shooting arena belouglifg to the Red House Tavern ;
and as 110011 as he perceived the mischief he had done,
escape through the arches of the South-
ampton railway, which he Was only a few yards from.
A description of him hat been fortvarded to the police,
DETERaIiNEi) SeiclDE or A I'EmALE.--,—Yesterday
Mr. Wakley, ALP.; held an inquest at the Yorkshire
Grey, Chque-walk; Chelsea; on the body of Louisa
Stonor, aged 22, an unmarried woman, From the CYI,
dence of the witnesses :eiatninetl, it appeared that on '
Sunday night last deceased was standing with her ille-
gitimate child in her 'arms, near the river side; and was
talking cheerfully with several of' hek acquaintances,
amongst them Wit the reputed father of the child,
the parted with them at twelve o'clock, bade them geod
night, and said she was going home, but in a few minutes
she asked a boy to hold her baby, whilst she went on.
The boy did es he was requested, and while holding the
child he heard her raise a loud laugh;
,and then saw her
rush Of the extrftiltk of the pi@r, and plunge itito the
! Water. A man in the barge saw her sink, and with
assistance endeavoured to save her. Owing, however, to
the darkness of the night, she was not seen to rise, and
her body was not found until the next morning. None
of the witnesses could give any reason for the deceased's
suicide, as she was always of a cheerful disposition, did
not suffer want. and had never shown signs of insanity.
The Coroner, in summing up, asked the jury whether
they could say, from the evidence they hod heard, that
the deceased had destroyed herself whilst in a state of
insanity. The jury were of opinion that the evidence
was not satisfactory upon that point, and returned a ver-
dict that the deceased destroyed herself, but in what
suite of mind there was no evidence to show.

MONE IC AND COMMERCIALNEWS.
eiTy, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was more business doing yesterday in the Liver-
pool Cotton market, and full prices were realised, Sales
8,000 bales, of which about 1,500 are for export, com-
prising 300 Surat, and 1,200 American. The total sales
were 400 Egyptian, at 6d to 9.1 ; 150 Bahia, at 6d ; 350
Maranham, at 4ird to skd; 200 Pernam, at 6d to 5/1; 600
Surat, 3d to aid; and the rest American, at 3id to sid per
lb.—Shares were rather dull. Chester and Holyhead, 6i;
Eastern Counties, Registered, 13} ; Glasgow and Ayr,
58 ; Grand Junction, 218 ; Liverpool and Manchester,
New, 36i ; Birmingham, 2181 ; Lynn and Ely, k •
Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, a Bs. 9d. ; Midland,
106 ; North British, 3i ; Sou .h-Eastern, 38i ; Ditto,
New, Paris and Lyons, 21. 7s. 6d. ; Paris and
Rouen, 37t.
A decision, given by the Commissioner of the Bir-
mingham District Court of Bankruptcy recently,
demands peculiar attention, as it is the first time, we
believe, that the law has been so settled upon the point
raised. An insolvent, named Wood, having filed his
petition, it was dismissed by the Learned Commissioner,
on these grounds :—Firstly, that the insolvent had
not resided for twelve months immediately preceding the
filing of his petition ; and, secondly, that his domicile
was not situated in the district of the Court ; for though
he had himself been residing in England some time, his
wife and family were now in France, and he had come
over expressly to take the benefit of the Act. This
was held to be contrary to the intention of the
Legislature, and therefore the petition was dis-
missed. If? this principle is held to be generally good, a
great number of individuals who have been compelled
to live abroad, mill be debarred the privileges which the
recent changes in the law hold out to insolvents.
We are entirely without arrivals from the colonies
to-day of later dates than those before obtained.

The Funds have been very heavy this morning owing
principally to the settlement of the Consol Account
now in progress. Stock has been borrowed, and the
continuation is at one-sixteenth per cent. For Money
the value of Consols has fallen from 98i. to 981, and for
Account from 9£34 to 981. This afternoon the New
Three-and•a-Half per Cents. will close for the calcula-
tions of the dividends, as well as the Three-and a-Half
per Cents. Reduced. The Government brokers bought
5,000/. Reduced Three per Cents. at 991. The premium
upon Exchequer Bills has fallen to 745., and Bank Stock
is lower by per cent. than it was yesterday.
In the Foreign Funds the business done to-day has been
very trifling. Spanish Bonds are rather higher, the
Actives being quoted at 22i I. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., however, fluctuated from 61* to 6'.
Belgian Boads are heavy at 1021. Mexican are at 35k.
and Colombian at 131.
An improvement has taken place in the Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway Shares, in the Great Western
Half Shares, and in the London and Birmingham. The
other shares are generally rather lower than yesterday.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

(From the Official List)

Bank Stock .... ................................. ...... 199% 193
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
%
9 ai
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
354 per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lOl%
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 97%34
3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...........
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 101343( 100% 101'%
Long Annuities, Expire Mn Jan. 1860 1236 7-16
India Stock
India 80nd5,1,000... .................. ............. ......
Ditto under 1,000 96
Bank Stock for Account • 199% 199
Consols for Account ........... ....... ........
Exchequer Bills, liid. 1346
1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• ...... •••••••••••• 75 i 4 pm.
500/............................ ............ 75 76 pm.
Ditto 5ma11..„.„..,...~..,
Ditto Advertised. .... ....
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 102%
Columbian Bonds. 13%
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B9
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ...... 35%
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 ~...,. 2234%
Ditto Passive Bonds. ....... ...... ... .......
Ditto Three per Cent. ........"...... .......
Dutch 234 per Cents. ...... ............. .........
Dutch 5 per Cent 5............... .........

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PZR :SHAWL
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ......... 110 ...... .. to 109
Caledonian
6%74 to
Chester and Holyhead
Dublin and Cashel ... 234 714 to
Eastern Counties ..... . ... ........ 23 ..«.«..to
Ditto New Register;cl........ SI. 6s. Bd.
Great Western . . ... 75 1373y .. to
-,.,

...),A,
Ditto X Shares
Ditto .11 ifths
Loßdon and Birmingham
Bit o g Shares
London and Brighton .. .........
London and Greenwich ..... ....... 12%
London and South Western 41% 84% ..,.. to
Lynn and Ely..
Newcastle and Darlington Junct 2l .... ..... 48
Norwich and Brandon ....... ..... 4
South Devon 5 ..... .... 6%
York and North Midland ......... 50 ........105
Ditto Selby Scrip 34%% % to
.....

Paris .nd Orleans 2O to

Parisand 20 to
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 28.—We
have had a dull market ; prices generally are lower, and
little business done. Barnsley Junction, 31 ; Leeds.
Dewsbury, and Manchester, prem. ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 52i to 52.; Ditto, Quarters, 5-1 ; South-
Eastern New, 11i ; Trent Valley, 98.

MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DAY.)

EAT MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41;
Useful ditto, 41 4s to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to
5/ ; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 11
8a ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ les per load. A. full
average supply. and a heavy demand.
CUMBERLAND.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 414 s ;
Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 14s; fine Upland ditto, 41 15s to
513 s ; Clover Ilay, 4110 s to 61; Oat Straw, 11 78 to I 1
9s; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Supply
good, and trade dull.

WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/15s to 4/4s ;
Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to
51; Clover lay, 41 15s to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 116 s
to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to li lOs per load.
Both flay and Straw moved off slowly, at the above
quotations.

New Meadow Hay sold at from 31 t) 41 ; and
New Clover, 41 to 5/ 5s per load.

MEAT MILILEETB.

SOUTHALL, AUGUST 28.—The supply of each kind of
fat stock on offer here to-day was, the time-of-year con-
sidered, good. Prime old Downs commanded a steady
sale at fully last week's prices, but otherwise the trade
ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d
to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ;
and Pork, 2s 4d to ..3s 8d per Sibs. to sink the offal.
Supply :—Beasts, 51 ; Sheep and Lambs, 3,412 ;
Calves, 50 • Pigs, 60.

ROMFORD, AUGUST 28.—Although the supply of stock
this morning was rather limited, the general demand
ruled inactive on the following terms :—Beef, from
2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d
to 4 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to
3s 8d per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 32s ; quarter-
old Store Pigs, 16s to 20a; and Mikh Cows, with their
small Calf, 161 to 191 each.

LEWES, AUGUST 27.—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ;
Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal,
3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 28 6d to 3s 6d per
81bs. Supply moderate, and trade dull.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended August 24, 044, made up fmm the Returns of
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englam, and
Wales. per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat...... ... 50s. 4d. 1 Oats ..«..... 20s. 46. 355. lOd
..... 335. 3d. f Rye...... 365. lid I Pea5e..„..... 345. Od

♦VEAAGES OF THE LAST SIE WEEKS.
Weeks ending ,WHEAT. SARUM! OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. !TEASE
37 3
37 4
36
34 2
33 7
34 0

July 20 54 1
27 52
Aug. 3 5l 0
10 4B 10
17
24 5O 4

34 5
34 2
34 4O
34 6
34 6
33 3

21 5
20 10
20 3
20 1
20 0
W 4

36 4 37 7
33 9 37 1
37 6 34 7
35 9 35 0
35 11 35 7
36 8; 35 10

IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS
sls Cd. Oats
I 34a. 2d Rye .... 365. Od.l Pea5e.........355. bd.

DUTIES OW FOREIGN COEN.

Wheat ..... les. Od. Oats ..... 6s. Odd 8ean5....... 7., 6d,
I Barley .......... 4s. Od. Rye ..... 6d.1 Pease...". 7,6 d

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 29.—Wind, S.E., fresh breeze, and fine.
DEAL, AuG. 28.—Wind, A.M. N.N.W. to E.N.E., P.M.
E.S.E.—Arrd. Castle Lacklan, Bruce, Jamaica ; Eliza-
beth, Dinnel, Ballina ; Percival Foster, Hall, Memel ;
Olive, Brown, Cuba. Arrd. from the River and sld.
Elizabeth and Antoinnette, Batavia ; Prince of Wales,
Hopkins, Calcutta ; Oscar, Wrangles, and Mary Rowe,
Gable, Ichabee ; Emma Searle, Chambers, Prince Ed-
ward's Island.
FALMOUTH, Auc. 28.—Wind, variable airs and light.—
Off port 27th, Stag, Pearson, Matanzas; Sir John Mar-
shall, Paysheep, Virginia.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 28.—Wind, N.W., light.—Arrd.
Leviathan, Weale, Galveston; Mary, Laing, Honduras.
Std. Hashemy, Calcutta ; Mary Cousin, Ichaboe ; George
Glen, Arthur, Ichaboe ; lona, Morrison, Ichaboe ; Ga-
zelle, Westerburg, Brazil ; Susan Drew, Page, Mobile ;
Herries, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Royalist,
Lawson, St. John's, New runswick ; Commerce, Man-
sell Richebueto ; Orbit, Larkin, and Ottawa, Duman,
Quebec ; Margaret Ann, Cole, Newfoundland.
DUBLIN, Atm 26.—Sailed Antelope, Casey, Prince
Edward's Island.
WATERFORD, AUG. 26.- —Arrd. James, Reiley,
Quebec.
RAMSGATE, AUG. 28.—Sld. La Piedad, Riva de Sella.
COWES, AUG. 28.—Arrd. Thames, Prince, Havannah ;
Astrachan, Porter, New Orleans.
OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 27.—Murat, Boling, New York,
for Amsterdam.
SWANSEA, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Jessie Anderson, Mor-
rison, Valparaiso. Sld. Appleton, Cuba.
LEITH, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Conqueror, Gleig, Montreal.
MILFORD, AUG. 27.—The Friendship, from Aber-
dovery to Newport, which was run ashore in Martin's
Haven, 25th inst., got off last night, and has been
brought here, with part of forefoot knocked away.
OFF MARGATE, AUG. 27.—Cordelia, Havannah.
NEWPORT, AuG. 27.—S1d. James Edward, Charles-
ton; Lord Althorp, Miramichi.
SALCOMBE, AUG. 27.—The Eliza and Mary, of Poole,
Lock, is ashore at Newfoundland.
HULL, AUG. 28.—Sld. Julie, Bruscovitz, China.
ALDBOROUGH, AUG. 28.—The Neptune, from Dantzic,
full of water and abandoned, was passed, 22d inst., by the
Brant, arrived off.
KINGSTON, NEAR ARUNDEL, AUG. 26.—A bottle, Con-
taining a paper with the following information upon it,
was picked up off this yesterday :—" On a raft off the
Bermudas, made from the wreck of the Thunder, of Ply-
mouth, caught in a gale on the 22d of June last ; aban-
doned on the 25th ; two hands lost and one child pas-
senger. Pity us unfortunate souls." This is addressed
to Mr. Edmunds, 52, Crawford-street, London.

A GOOD SHOT.—On the first day of the grouse
shooting season, 0. A. Baker Cresswell, Esq., shot, on
the Altyre Moors, Inverness-shire, the property of Sir
Wm. Gordon Cumming, Bart., fifty-five brace, the next
day, forty brace, and the third day, thirty-three brace )
making, in all, two hundred and fifty-six birds.—Tyne
Mercury.