The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-12 00:00:00

COUNTY RATES BILL.

Sir W. HEATHCOTE moved that the House resolve
itself into a Committee on this Bill, which after some discus-
sion was agreed to. The Bill passed through Committee and
the House resumed ; and the Bill was ordered to be reported
on Thursday next.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House, at Twenty Minutes after Twelve, adjourned till this
day (Wednesday).

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12 pea
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25
451 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 524-, it follows that gold is 0.27 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 104;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 98, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent.
dearer in Hamburgh than in London.
SUN.—The English Securities leave off firmly, and
Consols improved a shade, being 984- to -8, Exchequer
Bills remained as in the morning. Reduced Three-and-
a-Half per Cents. touched 1018.
Spanish Bonds supported the previous prices--the
Five per Cents. were 224- 4, and the Three per Cents.
341 to 4-, Venezuela Bonds were at 40, Mexican receded
to 344, Columbian *ere 138 to 4,and Chilianlo4 to 1041.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 17 ; Croy-
don, 5 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 19 to 18N ; Nor-
wich and Brandon, 54 ; South-Eastern, 24 ; Ditto, New,
64. Paris and Orleans; 184.t0 i; and Paris and Rouen,
184- premium. Eastern Counties, 1 ; Blackwall, 94,
and Greenwich.s4 discount. British North American
Bank Shares were 8 discount, London and Westminster,
61 premium, and Provincial of Ireland, 21i premium.
The rate of exchange on Paris was steady, and, in-
deed, on most of the other Continental cities.
The following paragraph in a Sydney paper conveys
news from New Zealand, to Jan. 10 :
" GovernOr Fitzroy landed at Auckland on the 26th
December, and immediately took the oaths of office.
Two addresses, purporting to be from the natives of New
Zealand, but bearing internal evidences of having been
concocted by the land- sharks, were presented to the
Governor. Their principal topic is dissatisfaction at the
state of the land regulations, which the Governor pro-
mised to inquire into. Mr. W. Shortland, who has held
the difficult and unthankful office of Acting Governor
since Captain Hobson's death, had resigned hs office of
Colonial Secretary, and been succeeded pro tem, by
a Dr. Sinclair. The Legislative Council met on the 9th
instant, when the Governor presented three short Bills ;
one for extending the Supreme Court by allowing the
apppointment of a judge at Wellington ; a Bill for in-
troducing grand juries, and allowing certain chiefs to
sit on them ; and a third for giving magisterial powers
over the native population in remote districts to certain
chiefs. It was expected that the passing of these Bill
would only occupy a short time, and his Excellency in
tended to sail in H.M.S. North Star, for Cook's Straits,
about the 16th instant, and, on his return, would intro-
duce a measure for settling the land claims."
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London, for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver Bars to liamburgh
~ Rotterdam
~ Coin to China
~ Rotterdam
Hamburgh 9,000 oz.
„ Bullion to ditto .... 1,000 oz.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF.
251123
91064 Gibraltarymeinl
ance....
............... 147
Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 45
Rotterdam 2U.12 64 Genoa 25 90
Antwerp
13 144 Naples ....... ........... 39
54
Marseilles
8655
LisbonPalorm o, per oz ll7
25 90 ()port() 534
Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23
AraD
ttrnoti iosnb;au33l
agmahyo months t s M.B.
sight...
Frankfort on Maine.. 1214 Bahia 23
Petersburgh, 3 Us... 364 Buenos Ayres
Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldys sight
Vienna, effec. 13 M 953 Philadelphia
Irieste, ditto
Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9
Cadiz
Palbao 36 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 4 10
. Seville Silver in Bars 0 4 11

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CLEOPATRA.—MAS-
SACRE OF PART OF HER CREW.
An extract of a letter received at Lloyd's from their
agent at the Cape of Good Hope, of the 16th April last,
throws some light upon the occurrence in which Lieute-
nant Molesworth and seven of the crew of her Majesty's
ship Cleopatra lost their lives, and of which certain par-
ticulars were given yesterday,. From this it will beLseen
that the natives were the aggressors, and that the me-
lancholy loss of life referred to occurred in the discharge
of a special act of duty, for irritated by detention and re-
pulsion in an endeavour to thieve, the two natives men-
tioned evidently instigated their countrymen to perpe-
trate the murder of eight persons who had offered them
no wrong, and were the last to imagine such an outrage.
The natives appear from all accounts to have been very
prompt in carrying their horrible intentions into execu-
tion. This is not the first act of the kind that has oc-
curred upon that coast, but is peculiarly extraordinary
in this instance as being perpetrated upon the persons
of those to whom the natives of that part of the African
coast are indebted for strenuous exertions to suppress
the slave trade, and can only be explained from the
principle which instigates all uncivilised nations to the
commission of such barbarous usages.
Cape of Good Hope, April 16, 1844.
"Her Majesty's ship Cleopatra has arrived in Simon's
Bay, having struck on a coral reef on the coast of
Midges on the 21st of March, and whilst weighing the
kedge-anchor (which had been used to warp her off) on
the 23d, Lieutenant Molesworth and seven men were
killed. by the natives. This was brought on from two of
the natives having been forcibly turned from the boat
whilst endeavouring to steal some of the stores."
IMPORTANT TO MA RINERS.—EST A BLISH-
MENT OF MARINE HOSPITALS.
Admiralty, June 10, 1844.
Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty t) transmit to you herewith, for the
information of the Committee for managing the affairs
of Lloyd's, an extract of a dispatch from the Lieutenant-
, Governor of New Brunswick, received by my Lords
from the Colonial-office, notifying that marine hospitals
I have been established in that colony.--I am, Sir, your
' most obedient servant,
(Signed) JOHN BARROW.
To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.
(Copy.)

Extract of a dispatch 'froin Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke
to Lord Stanley, dated Fredericton, New Brunswick,

April 24, 1844:
" Marine hospitals have been established at St. John's,
St. Andrew's, and some other sea-ports, where sick and
disabled seamen are received, and provided with every
comfort. These establishments are supported from a
fund raised on the shipping frequenting the ports.

At Stockingford, the other day, for a wager of a
shilling, a woman ate a peck of radishes, with a pound of
bread and butter' and ale ad libitum, in half au hour.
Mr. Hart Davis had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.

COLONEL STODDART AND CAPT.
CONOLLY.
Captain Grover has received letters from Dr. Wolff,
dated Meshed, from the 14th to the 24th of March.
The intelligence contained in these letters was con-
sidered so important, that they were sent open to
Constantinople, for the perusal of Sir Stratford Can-
ning. This will account for the dates being anterior
to those already received, extracts from which have
been published.
At Askarea, two miles from Meshed, Dr. Wolff
was met by Mullah Meshiakh, the Jew of Meshed,
who assisted Lim in 1831, when he escaped from
slavery at Torbad. He was accompanied by Ilfuhani.,
mad Ali Seraf, Colonel Stoddart's agent. They.had
heard of his approach by the caravans.
This Muhammad Ali Seraf was the channel through
which all the correspondence with Bokhara was car-
ried on, and the Doctor says, "In less than two
hours I found this man to be a lying, treacherous
scoundrel !" Numerous proofs were given of his
villainy, and it is shown that he alone, and not
Colonel Shiel, is to blame for the detention of the
Sultan's letter. The Doctor discovered that this man
had in his possession property belonging to Colonel
Stoddart of the value of 2,0001. sterling. He thus
relates a conversation that took place :
" I asked him whether he had sent on the Sultan's
letter which had been sent to him a year ago, which
he had sent back to Colonel Shiel on the report of
their death, and which Colonel Shiel had returned,
with an express order that it should be for warded to
Bokhara at any rate ?"
Muhammad Ali Seraf—" No, for nobody dared to
take charge of the letter."
Myself—" Why did you not give it to the man who
was sent by the Vice-Roy 33 days ago, at the re-
quest of Colonel Shiel, and who also took a letter
from the King of Persia ?"
M. A. S.—" I was afraid that the King of Bokhara
might suspect the messenger."
Dr. Wolff immediately took the letter from him,
and placed it in the case with the letters of the Sul-
tan and the King of Persia.
Sir Moses Montefiore had kindly written letters to
the Jews of Bokhara, Samercand, Balk, and Kokau,
which were to have been en through a highly re-
spectable Jew of Meshed, named Mullah Medee, but
Colonel Shiel, of course, according to Stoddart's di-
rection, sent them to this Muhammad Ali Seraf. Dr.
Wolff inquired about these letters, and. found the
most important one, addressed to the Jews of Bok-
hara, in possession of this man with the seal broken ;
he took this letter, and as it was no longer of use he
has returned it to Sir Moses Montefiore through Co-
lonel Shiel.
In a subsequentletter the Doctor mentions that Aga
Abool Kasen), a respectable merchant, formerly
British agent, informed him that Colonel Stoddart
had sent Muhammmad Ali Seraf shawls to the value
of 1,0001. sterling, for the purpose of raising money to
purchase an estate. The Doctor says :—"I asked him
about that; he replied, that he had still the shawls in
his possession, and that he intended delivering them to
Colonel Stoddart's sister in person ! and then sat down
to write a letter to that lady. You see by this that
the fellow is a rogue."
It has already been mentioned that Dr. Wolff was
to be escorted by 270 Turcoman chiefs. He gives an
interesting account of their having been assembled in
a tent by the Viceroy, who showed to them the letters
of the Sultan, the King of Persia, the English and
Russian Envoys, and thus addressed them :—" Here
I recommend to you an English Mullah,• recom-
mended to the Kings of Bokhara and Khiva by four
Sovereign Powers. They stroked their beards, and
swore to convey me in safety to Bokhara."
Another chief of a caravan, named Kurban, who
goes to Bokhara every three months, states that Stod-
dart and Conolly are alive, and imprisoned in the
Kalai outside Bokhara, and the Doctor says—" Ka-
hulli, a Turcoman chief, showed me a letter written
by his brother at Bokhara, in which he states that
Stoddart was alive to a certainty; and his Excel-
lency the Assoof Addowla (Viceroy), of KhoraSsan,
to whom I sent the King's courier, to inquire whether
I should go to him, at Maddan or Meshed, sent me
word that Stoddart and Conolly were alive last year."
Dr. Woolff states that the Saleh Mohammed, who
communicated to Shiel the report of the death of
Stoddart and Conolly, is not the Saleh Mohammed
whom he knew in the year 1826. He also mentions
that an Ambassador from Russia had arrived at
Bokhara. •

Captain Grover communicates to the Editor these
facts as he has received them, and, as he has always
done, without comment; and he hopes to be allowed,
on the present occasion, publicly to express his grati-
tude to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
for the powerful means he has so kindly employed to
aid the mission, and which, should the Almighty have
spared the lives of his friends, will, he doubts not,
procure their restoration to liberty.

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, JUNE 11.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
The Church is evidently gaining ground in France.
In this place the change is most perceptible, as every one
can bear witness who had been present at the celebra-
tion of the Fête Dieu some years ago and had also an
opportunity of seeing the procession and service in the
church on Sunday last. The people showed much
greater devotion and reverence for the rites than, per-
haps, at any period since the revolution. They attended
in vast numbers—men, women, and children together ;
and the clergy, aware of their importance, carried them-
selves with an air that showed they looked forward; and
at no distant period, to recover that supremacy which
they once held over the thoughts, morals, and religious
feelings lof the community. To do them justice they
have exhibited indomitable perseverance and skill in ef-
fecting their purpose. When religion was at' the
lowest ebb, and the priests were objects of indiffe-
rence, and not unfrequently of ridicule, they submitted
to contempt, and scoffing with Christian patience and
forbearance; they. reviled not again, and endeavoured to
make an impression upon the irreligious public rather
by their passive resistance, their humility and religious
fervour, than by the authority of the State even in the
days of the Restoration, when the Court was wholly in
their favour. Their plan is one which can hardly fail of
success if they do not grasp at their object too rudely,
and before the time. The ceremonies of the last week
exhibit their tactics in great perfection. This period of
the year, the most delightful of the season, has been
chosen for admitting the young into communion with
the Church. The weather is generally most suitable
for the processions, for erecting altars and canopies,
and performing the most solemn religious rites in the
open air—a circumstance, which it is well known,
gave an indescribable effect to the religious gather-
ings of the Covenanters, and which is still observed
at the celebration of the Sacrament by their descendants
in the North. But the Catholic Church has far sur-
passed even these sturdy religionists in their scheme for
captivating the people. They begin with the young.
On Thursday processions of boys and girls, to the num-
ber of about five hundred, were formed at particular
places, and then conducted to the principal church to be
confirmed. They were all decked out in their best
dresses, and those of the girls were peculiarly elegant
and graceful, being of the purest white muslin, with long
veils flowing over the face, occasionally some ribbons of
a striking colour, and little garlands of roses on. their
heads. The mothers of the children, and frequently the
fathers too, were in the line with the rest of the crowd,
addressing their children in affectionate terms, and evi-
dently delighted with the impression made on the
bystanders by their gay dresses and happycountenances.
On entering the church the ceremony of confirmation
took place, and they afterwards departed in the same
manner in which they had arrived. On Sunday, the
ceremonies were on a grander scale. Altars were
erected in the principal streets, shaded by long tapering
branches of birch, so arranged as to resemble groves,
with all the outward symbols of the church, massive
candlesticks, with . fifty tapers burning, wreaths of
flowers hung up in different quarters of the temporary
fabrics, which were generally lined with white linen in
the interior, and covered with tapestry of various colours.
From ten to eleven o'clock religious ceremonies of the
most solemn kind were performed by a chief priest in
gorgeous robes, and assisted by a long train of his
brethren. This procession was headed by two church
beadles, and more warlike men than they could
not be found in the army Gf France. ' They
wore large cocked hats, with epauleti, swords, &c.
carried long halberts, the spear at the top being at least
a foot and a half long, and, to add to their martial air,
they rejoiced in moustachios which would have done
honour to a bold dragoon. Thus the religious ceremony
ended, but at five in the afternoon high mass was cele-
brated in the Church of St. Nicholas, and the whole of
that large building, galleries and all, were crowded with
spectators. The pompous service was very imposing, at
times sublime, and certainly formed a striking contrast
to the dull, monotonous rites performed in the English
Church. The I'useyites are aware of the fact, and
are borrowing the weapons of the Church of Rome
to sustain the tottering fabric, and revive the
power of the priesthood. It would be well if they
did it in a more honest way, and marched out in a body
to join their Catholic brethren. The increasing power
of the clergy here has evidently attracted the attention of
the Government; and M. Guizot, perhaps also the King,.
has resolved to counteract it by the New Education
Bill. The Church, however, may in time succeed it she
carry on her assaults with her usual prudence and per-
severance.
This delightful watering place is rising in importance
every day. There is a constant bustle on the pier from
the frequent arrival and departure of English steamers,
which certainly contribute greatly to the traffic and
activity of the place. The English now are increasing
in numbers, and appear to be on the best terms with the
inhabitants. There is great room, however, for improve-
ment in some of the public offices at Boulogne, parti-
cularly the passport office. Though orders had been given
by the Commissioner of the Customs, and a board is
hung lip at the door of the office to the effect that per-
mits to embark would for the future be issued between
one and four o'clock each day, yet the officers frequently
set this order, as well as others, at defiance. In fact,
there is a great deal of looseness of discipline in French
offices, particularly as regards foreigners. But yester-
day a party applied at half-past one for permits, when
they were told none would be issued till three, for no
reason that could be given. There were two or three
officers in the bureau who had absolutely nothing to do,
yet the applicants were compelled to return into the
town, and unnecessarily hurry their departure, because
the persons on duty thought proper to annoy strangers

and neglect the orders of their chief. The authorities
may rest assured that such conduct cannot be concealed,
and that it will have its due effect in preventing their
best customers, the English, from visiting the place.