The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST is, 18

wegian host still living at the patriarchal age of eighty-
two, and repays as KING of the FRENCH the hospitality
he received from him as the "traveller HULLER ! "

There is nothing in the wildest fictions of the nove-
lists more startling than the leading incidents in the
career of Louis PHILLIPPE who, it would almost

seem, had been purposely chastened by Providence
in his youth, in order that France and Europe
might receive, in his old age, the benefits of that

tempered and enlarged sagacity which, in strong
minds, is the inevitable result of early trials and
vicissitudes.

Our first duty, in recurring to a letter in another
part of our columns, headed " New Insolvent
Debtors' Act," and signed " A Prisoner " (whose
case, upon his own statement of it, presents a most
powerful appeal to the sympathy of all our readers),
is, to endeavour to answer his question—whether,
under the New Insolvent Debtors' Act, which en-
acts " That all persons in execution at the time of
passing this Act upon any judgment obtained in anv
of the Courts aforesaid, in any action for the recovery
of any debt, wherein the sum recovered shall not ex-
ceed the sum of twenty pounds, exclusive of the costs
recovered by such judgment," he (our Correspon-
dent) does not come within the scope of the relief
thus proposed to be afforded ? Not desiring to pledge
ourselves to the legal and technical accuracy of our
opinion, we are bound to express our fears that the
case thus submitted to us does not come within the
contemplation of the Act in question. It may well
be that circumstances of such unexampled hardship
—such an inconceivably iniquitous working of the
old law—should form a "cants omissus" in the pro-
visions of the recent statute which has been framed
for its amendment. But we will presently endeavour
to suggest a remedial course, that seems to be still
open to our unfortunate Correspondent. His case
may be thus put. 'We state it, advisedly, as an A B
case. We know nothing of the parties assumed to
be implicated—not even their names, addresses, or
occupations, and, therefore, intend no personal ap-
plication. We have no means of testing the truth or
falsehood of the allegations in this letter; enough for
U 3 that such facts are too possible, that we proceed
to illustrate the terrible operation of a bad law, or
the frightful tendencies that connect themselves with
the abuses of a good one.
A, a thriving tradesman in a seaport town, sup-
plies goods on credit, at various times, on a running
account, to B, a gentleman residing at some distance,
but occupying a splendid house, and living in a style
of corresponding expense. On being applied to for
payment of his account, amounting to 45/., B induces
A to take, in liquidation of the debt, his (B's) accep-
tance at three months, payable at B's bankers in
London. At maturity the bill is " duly" disho-
noured; and A, at considerable inconvenience to him-
self, is compelled to take it up. Under instructions
from A, his attorney instituted the usual proceedings ;
a plea and declaration are prepared, the cause called
on, and (for ought that appears to the contrary) no
defence is offered to it; and a verdict (judgment ?)
is obtained for the plaintiff A against B. In a very
little time afterwards, plaintiff is apprised by his at-
torney, that on application on behalf of the defendant
to one of the Courts at Westminster, to have a
nonsuit" entered in this case, on the ground of in-
formality or error in the declaration or plea settled
by counsel, a rule nisi to that effect has been granted.
In the Court of Exchequer, Hilary Term, 1842, this
rule is made absolute, after argument, the late Chief
Baron observing that, "however much he might re-
gret the inability of that Court to have regard to the
equity of this matter, it was clearly precluded from
doing so in this instance, by reason of the doctrine
laid down in Holies v. Johnson.' " In that case it
was clearly held that a similar defect in a declara-
tion, inlaying certain matters not proved in evidence,
or omitting certain averments necessary to found the
plaintiff's case, entitled defendant to a nonsuit; and
therefore, the Court must place A in a similar posi-
tion. Costs of f•uit being taxed at 941., the unfor-
tunate A is finally arrested for this amount at the suit
of B, his debtor, and the defendant in the original
suit, and thrown into prison, where ever since—a pe-
riod of two years—he has remained incarcerated.
In his letter, he seems to suppose " that, being de-
tained for nothing but costs, and there being no other
debt, he is entitled to his discharge under the recent
Act." We have already intimated our opinion, that
he is not. But if "A Prisoner" will refer to. the
Morning Edition of yesterday's Sun, he will there
find what we suppose we may call Lord BROUGLIAM'S
analytical instructions for debtors proposing to take
advantage of the new statute. We would recommend
him so far to extend the form of petition therein in
corporated as to introduce the special matter of his
own case, in a brief but expressive statement. Let
him then obtain leave to appear in person before the
superior bankruptcy jurisdiction; and, we should say,
the Court will assuredly, under the circumstances, and
in the exercise of the large discretionary judgment
reserved to them, direct his immediate discharge.
But we cannot dismiss this case without pointing
attention to the remainder of his story. Soon after
our Correspondent's imprisonment in the county gaol,
having been arrested, he says, by his own debtor (!)
the day after his arrival in town, his wife died. This
ruined man, with his motherless children, driven to
distraction, would have committed suicide but for the
sympathy and encouragement he received from the
governor of the prison. The heartless ruffian, who
had taken a detestable advantage of a technical over-
sight in his creditor's declaration—(with the aid, he
writes, of one of those attorneys who are the nui-
sance, the shame, the offscouring of the profession, a
pest to society, the scorn of honest men, the contempt
of those who know them, and the human Ogres who
prey upon those who know them not)—to turn upon
the wronged and tormented sufferer, as if he had been
the original, offending, or dishonest party, denies
this wretched man the last melancholy satisfaction of
following to the grave the mortal remains of that be-
loved partner who had fallen a victim to her affliction
for his unmerited misfortunes, and the blighted
prospects of their once happy family. It is in the
land of "equal laws"—it is in the boasted sanctuary
of personal rights and the security of property—that
this enormous wickedness, this bold, daring, callous
invocation of the powers of justice to work out a
y and the
scheme of nefarious and vindictive eppressl opne,at
instance of crafty and sordid villany, is openly
successfully preferred ! It is in this country, distin-
guished among the nations for probity and honour—.

D A VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Last Eight Nights of the Grand Opera Company—Second Weck
of Cinderella, and an entirely New Piece.
THIS EVENING, AUG. 16,
Will be performed Rossini's Fairy Opera of CINDERELLA ; or,
The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer, Miss Betts,
Miss E. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Leffler, E. L.
Him% S. Cowe'l, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury,
with double Band and Chorus.
To conclude with an entirely New Drama, entitled GRAM A-
CHREE MOLLY. Embracing the whole strength of the Company.

STRAND THEATRF.
PHIS EVENING, AUG. 16,
Will be performed MARTIN CH UZZLEWI r. Young Martin
thuzzlewit. Mr. Rsnoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe;
Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr Attwo.od, Montague Tigg, Mr. Roberts;
Tom Pinch, M. Biddies; Mr. Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp,
Mr. X Hall; Msry Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope.
After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON-
DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, being an Illustrated Version
of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright;
Princess Badroulbadour, Mist E. Stanley.
To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN.
Bobby Breakwinchw, Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY.
throughout the Season, the Gardens will open with the following
attractive Novelties :
THE PICTURESQUE GRGUNDS—FEEDING OF THE
ANIMALS—UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE.
MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TINE,
Painted by Danson and Telbin.
The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all
tbrmer precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer
Ire all struck with its extraerdinay beauty and fidelity of delinea.
Ition,d,ad •re unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex-
hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific
display at Dusk is unjust; it should be seen in tho calm stillness of
the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa-
cious Lake, to be fully appreciated.
The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mondays, Tues-
days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays concucted uy Mr. Godfrey,
are uprn a scale of more than usual excellence; but words fail In
doing justice to the awful representation of
THE GREAT FIRE-OF LONDON.
Its learnt! characteristics are truthfully nourtrayed, but at the same
time so Jeautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic
Art, tnat delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands
who Rightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit
that t outbby. the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved* matchless
triumph.
The gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect
state, mid combining so many and interesting features, are by far
the most Atira.ttlre lounge in or near the iretro!olic
Doors open at Nine—Feeding of tile Animals at Five—Concert at
811—Conilagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
ONE SHILLING IMPORTANT
NOTICE.
Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collaction of Histo-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hay e been formed
by Ono Person, during Twenty-fire years of elaborate research, at a
cost of fin,ciuo pineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most In-
StreiCtive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro-
t hittory, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
LOUISI XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, mad their Ladies,
also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to in:pease, by several very fine
pictures, &c., his previous almost imrelible number and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude valuable Relics, and other
oirlosities, in this raost nestructive and. as hundreds have said it
ought to be, a National Maseam. Mary thousand have Inspected it,
and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS 01 the PI.PBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ough to be seen by every oae. The price of admis-
tien is reduced to ONE SHILLING.

The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the Egyptian
Nall." Pim-wilily. daily h om Ten till Busk.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, .Auc. 15.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 60; Noon, 60.
Benorarrzn, 29.67.—Wwn, N.W.
__ _

Narz.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
many placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

RIO FT WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY.
Morning ... II minutes after 3 I Evening' ... 29 minutes fter 3

Midrid journals of the 7th instant have been re.
ceived, but they bring no intelligence of the slightest
interest.

The Three per Cents. were done at 27i for cash,
and 278 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 208
for the 23d of August.

The French Government on Tuesday received the
following unexpected communication from Egypt:—
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
ALEXANDRIA, JULY 27.
"His Highness the VICEROY has just abruptly left
Alexandria, declaring that he renounces for ever
Egypt and public affairs, and that he means to retire
to Mecca.

"InaAnim PACIIA is at Alexandria—the city is
quiet."

No reason is assigned for this sudden resolve, and
few 'imagined that the veteran warrior, so fond of
power and so anxious to raise Egyptto a distinguished
rank, would have resigned all into the hands of his
son. He is now in the 75th year of his age, however,
and possibly weary of the turmoils of Government,
and desirous to see how his system will work under
his successor, he proposes to survey the scene in the
quiet retreats of the Holy City.
The Otaheite affair still furnishes topics for leading
articles, but they are now confined to the Opposition
journals. The Constitutionnel, M. TRIERS' paper,
persists in stating that Mr. PRITCHARD was one of
the instigators of the revolt, but as far as evidence
has yet been produced without any foundation for the
assertion. In commenting on the letters from Ota-
heite published by the London Missionary Society, it
says—" This correspondence proves that the reverend
brethren of M. PRITCHARD were not strangers to his
intrigues ; in fact, it may be seen by these letters that
the assembly presided over by the missionaries
at Hidiaa was suddenly transformed into a meeting
of armed men, engaged in conflict with our
troops ; that the Rev. Mr. JOHNSTON, a Missionary at
Teirabou, the smallest, but also the most factious of
the two peninsulas of Otaheite, was so strongly sus-
pected of having excited his bearers to rejoin their
brethren at Ilidiaa, that the Governor considered it
his duty to interdict his return to Teirabou, after he
had once come to the great peninsula. We may be-
sides remark in his first letter the naive phrase:
' Until a final answer comes from England.' He be-
trayed all the hopes that Mr. PRITCHARD had not
feared to encourages-and in conseqbence of which the
unfortunate inhabitabts of Otaheite were excited to
revolt. ' The conskquences of ""this affair will be
f-
awful,' adds the segiKl corres dent. Awful for
our soldiers it perbavi may b . pr it was at the
moment when theyt,re in denier that the strength
,
and confidence of ibar enemies sto be raised by
the recal of Admiral DUPETIT
.3. • AIDUARS. For the
proper understanding of this correspondence it must
lit
be borne in mind that Otaheite is divided into two
peninsulas, separated by a narrow isthmus called
Taravao. The battery established on the isthmus
cuts the communication between the two peninsulas,
and prevents the insurgents of Teirabou from joining
those of Hidiaa."
The Presse has a long dissertation on the primary
cause of dispute between the French and the Ota-
heitans, and attributes it entirely to the expulsion
of two French missionaries at the suggestion of Mr.
PRITCHARD. But the public begin to be weary of
these vain discussions, which only tend to perplex the
question. We find something of a more amusing
character in one of the war journals, the National,
and we therefore give it at length. Alas! for old
England. If Louis PniurPr, instead of igno-
miniously bending to the British Government, and
visiting in peace the cliffs of "perfidious Albion," would
only muster a little courage and present himself on
board a hostile fleet either at Portsmouth or the Nore
he would "cut England to the heart, and reduce her
to the rank of a third maritime power." These are
the warlike strains of this silly and contemptible
boaster:—
" England has 90 ships of war ready to put to sea
after some preparation more or less considerable, but it
must be remembered that half of these are old 74 and 130-
gun ships, which, although well preserved, are not so
strong nor such good sailers as modern ships, which
are at the same time more powerful in their artillery in
every respect. We, it is true, possess only 24, but all
of them are able to contend with the best of the
British navy. We are, therefore, obliged to confess,
as the English assert, that we are no longer able to
send 40 ships into the Channel, but we could send 24,
which would be well worth forty of former days. This,
too, could be done within two months, and before Eng-
land could assemble an equal number, because the se-
curity inspired by her numbers of seamen and habits of
routine make her forget to keep these sailors in a state
of organisation, and as she herself acknowledges, the
system of pressing men for her fleets is a most detest-
able mode of recruitment. Thanks to our admirable
system of classes of recruitment, which she envies us,
and has long wished to copy, all our mariners being
wholly at the disposal of Government, crews are obtained
in France without any difficulty, and in the shortest pos-
sible space of time. It has been, and still is seen, that
ships in England are several months in completing their
complements, not for war, but for mere parade. Now, it
appears to us that the twenty-four ships which we could
promptly assemble in the Channel might easily intercept
its navigation, prevent for some time the junction of the
scattered ships of England, burn some of her dock-yards,
destroy some of her arsenals, and effect even some sud-
den landings, which, from not having been long meditated
and noisily announced, would be the more likely to be
succetsful. The gunners who served these ships in 1840
have not yet forgotten their business. These are the
results which we might expect from a war undertaken
immediately, conducted with prudence and skill, and
carried on with vigour. This would at once be some-
thing. But putting aside the possible landing, which
alone would be a final stroke, and which, cutting Eng-
land to the heart, would reduce her to the rank of a
third maritime Power, would a first victory, dearly
bought, exhaust our struggle, and leave us without de-
fence, as the Prince de Joinville has assumed ? We
have upon the stocks 23 magnificent ships, all well ad-
vanced, and some nearly finished. With a patriotic
effort, wbieh it would certainly cost us little to
make, since its object would be to inflict upon the
odious aristocracy of Britain the chastisement it de-
serves—with a patriotic effort, in sending to our
ports thousands of workmen out of employ, all
these ships might be ready for sea in six
months. For such a national war money would be no
more wanting than hands. Our magazines would be-
come filled with materials ; not even masts would be
wanting, because topmasts may now be made of several
pieces, and be rendered quite as good as the others. To
this let us add another important remark. The value
of our sailors in combats hand to hand is well known ;
their superiority in the use of the cutlass is such that any
English ship they may succeed in boarding must at once
give herself up as lost. The difficulties which formerly
attended our ships in boarding no longer exist. Most of
the English ships boarded by ours have escaped from
our grasp, and owed their safety to a fault in the con •
struction ; but thanks to the more wall-sided build of our
modern ships, the passage of the deck of one to that of
the other may be effected with extreme facility, our
sailors making but little account of the personal resist-
ance of their adversaries. Our sailorshave not forgotten
their former brilliant victories, neither have they for-
gotten their glorious defeats, the causes for which no
longer exist, and which they keep in remembrance only
that they may avenge them. We shall see whether
they have in vain nourished in their hearts a hatred for
England."
THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, AUGUST 13.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
french Five per Cults...". 121 30 .. 121 40 .. 121 25 .. 121 40
Four-and-a-Half..• • 113 .. 113 •• 113 .. 113
Three per Cents.— •• 81 60 .. at 65 .. 81 60 •• 81 65
Witte Bank, I,ooof. Sharcslloo ..1100 ..1100 • • 1100
5,000 C Sharesso6s ..5065 .. 5065 "5065
Belgian Bank... •••••• • •• • • 665 • • 665 .• 665 .. 665
Belgian Fives,lB3l ••.• • .• 104 .• 104 • • 104 • • 104
1840 •••• •• •• 1041 •• 1041 •• 1041 .. 1041
Dutch Two and-a-Half ..... 611 . • 611 •• 611 . 614
Spanish Active •• •• •••• • • •• 30} 304 •• 30 .. 30
Tluees •. • • ..... .. 321 .. 321 •• 321 • • 32f
Neapolitan •••••.•• • • • • • • • 98 35 .. 99 .. 98 35 .. 99
1031 ~ 1031 .. 103{ .. 1031

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain ..
Versailles, L.B.
Konen ........ •• •• •• 980 982 50 .. 980 .• 982 50
Rouen to ...... 747 50 •• 747 50 .• 747 50 .. 747 50
Orleans
Strasburg to Bile•••• ••• •••• 236 25 •• 237 50 .. 236 25 •• 237 50
RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15ru OF AUGUST.
Versailles,L.B.•• •••••••• •• 235 .. 237 60 .. 237 50 •• 237 50
Rouen ..........•• •• •• •• •• 980 .. 982 50 .• 980 •• 982 50
Rouen to Havre ... •• . • • 750 .. 750 747 50 • • 747 50
Orleans ••
BUMburg to 237 60 .. 337 60 .. 237 50 . 237 50f

in this social system of ours, wh"re private intekrity t FLANDtItA AND DtTTCII MAIL,
and public morality are upheld, expressly or im- TEE HAGUE, AuG. 12.—The official account of
pliedly, in all the institutions and relations of civil revenue in the first six months of 1844, is now pub-
life—that right and wrong are thus permitted to change lished,conlim 25,688,877f.ed with that in the first six months of 1843.
places—that the successful plaintiff, by some worth- iin tls
1844 25,373,504f.
less manoeuvre of dirty legal chicanery, may be trans-
formed into the cast defendant, and made to suffer the
very penalty which unchangeable equity has already
decreed and recorded against his debtor, but which
fluctuating law has, by a sanctioned cheat, thrown off
from that persecutor upon himself! Truly the lawi
of debtor and creditor want still a thorough, organic
revision, if these enormities can be with impunity per-
p3trated under their authority. The " Prisoner"
himself, who had so recently occasion to complain of
the apparently vicious facility extended to the debtor
by the recent Act for the amendment of the Insolvent
Debtors' Act, will soon, we trust, in his own person
and experience, find reason to greet with thankful
ness that first step towards a sounder principle
legislation.

Loss in 1844
The diminution is chiefly in the duties on importation
and exportation, amounting to 221,484 florins, and in
the taxes and registration stamps, 546,059 florins.
The diminution in the import duties is chiefly on•ing
to the circumstance that a smaller quantity of foreign
corn was disposed of for home consumption. With re-
spect to the stamp, &c. duties, they are only 70,000 flo-
rins less than in the first six months of 1842. In the
excise there is an increase of nearly half a million in
1844.

BRUSSELS, AUG. 20.—1 n the space of twenty-six
months the French railways have cost the lives of 289
persons, and 457 individuals have been wounded in con-
sequence of accidents. The victims of the fatal catas-
trophe of the Bth of May are included in this statement.

THE ARMY OF THE CAUCASUS.
The Journal des Debats makes the following re-
marks on the reverses which are said to have been
sustained by the Russian army of the Caucasus :
" The war of the Russians in the Caucasus, which
has already lasted some years, does not appear likely
to lead to the speedy subjugation of that country.
Fresh defeats have been recently spoken of as having
been sustained by the Russian troops. The Augsburgh
Gazette confirms the reports which had before reached
us, but we are still without the details.
" Schmal, who headed the Caucasians in their late
successful affair, is a sort of warrior prophet, who, for
some years, has goyerned and led to battle the Lesghis,
the Koubilchis, and the other Mussulman tribes of the
Daghestan. He is the Abd-el-Kader of those countries.
Derbend, the capital of the Daghestan, or Eastern
Caucasus, is a large and ancient city, with a popula-
tion of from 12,000 to 15,000 souls. Its foundation
is attributed to Alexander the Great. It is strongly
fortified, and stands in the middle of a long and
narrow defile, surrounded by inaccessible heights.
It is situated on the Caspian Sea. It has a trifling
trade; but the port affords no shelter against the
heavy gales which occur on that coast, and which
drive the waves with great violence into the very
streets of the city. There is there a mausoleum of
the rulers who are honoured as martyrs, and to whose
tomb the Mussulmans of the Caucasus come from all
parts to do honour.

"The defile in which the town is situated at one
time bore the name of the Caspian Doors; and, in
fact, it was closed towards the extremity of the city
by large iron gates. There are remains of a large
wall, built by Darius to stop the incursions of the
Scythians. The difficulty which Schmal would
therefore have had to encounter in getting possession
of a place of such strength, appears so great as to
throw some doubt on the roport. But although it
may appear improbable, it still cannot be said to be
impossible, after the feats which he and his followers
have performed on former occasions against the Rus-
sian troops, defeating them in every point, even
where they considered them the most strongly posted.
The Russian army of the Caucasus is, however, but a
demoralized portion of the Russian farces, as they are
chiefly composed of men who are sent there as a
punishment. The officers, therefore, serve without
zeal, and without that ardour which they would
otherwise feel."

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
• cXTY, THURSDAY EVENING.
' •
This afternoon Caere Tree 47c. den reption in Stocks,
the market having previously been heavy. Cleeltols re-
ceded to 981 R, among other reports spread being one
to the effect that the French had recommenced hostilities
in Africa. Mehemet All's retirement, howevei' was no
tlituht the chief cause..Consols were last done, however,
at 98i to 99. The Nei, hrtezttntl• 0-1-telf per Cents,
were 1011 1. Exchequer Bills remained as in VIE yOrnittg.
Spanish Bonds looked a little firmer ,• the Five fief'
Cents. were 22+ 1, and the Three per Cents. 331 I-.
Mexican were 351. Brazilian dropped to 831. Portu-
guese Converted were 44i to 1.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :-Birmingham and Gloucester were 131 ;
Chester and Holyhead, ; Birmingham, Thirds, 37 ;
Croydon, 58 ; Manchester and Leeds, 50 ; Ditto, Half,
19 ; Midland, 9 to 71 ; Newcasle and Darlington, 22 ;
Norwich and Brandon, 11 ; Yarmouth and Norwich,
121 ; Paris and Orleans, 178 1 premium. Chichester
and Brighton have been 4 ; and Midland and Birming-
ham and Derby, 20 discount.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The aspect of the Cotton market was unchanged at
Liverpool yesterday, the sales being 5,000 bales, in-
cluding 1,000 for export. Prices were stationary. The
sales included 600 Surat at 3d. to 3rd., 400 Egyptian at
6d. to 71(1., 100 Maranham at sd. to 51d., and the rest
American at 31d. to 61d. per lb. A good business was
done in Railway Shares, and the market looked better:
-Birmingham and Gloucester, 131 ; Chester and Holy-
head, 5/. Bs. 9d. ; Dublin and Cashel, 6/. 6s. 3d. ;
Eastern Counties, 12+ ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 1,
545. 4d.; Glasgowand Greenock, Half Shares, 6/.35. 9d.;
Grand Junction, 218 ; Lancaster and Preston, 24+ ;
Liverpool and Manchester, 200 ; Ditto, Halves,
New, 34 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54 ; Manches-
ter, Bolton, and Bury, 115 ; Midland Counties, 109 ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 831 ; South Eastern, 381 ;
Lyons and Avignon, 395. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bor-
deaux, 355.
In referring yesterday to the position of the holders
of State Securities, one sentence had the word " not"
omitted. It should have run thus :-" Great sacrifices
we could not at this time recommend, as those who have
so long waited, may as well have the benefit of the im-
proving prospects.'
We have accounts from the Cape of Good Hope this
morning, to the 31st May. We regret to find that the
cutter belonging to her Majesty's brig Bittern has been
capsized on the bnr, and the midshipman, Mr. Radcliffe,
and two of the crew were drowned. Through the
promptitude of Mr. Lowe, who manned the gig imme-
diately, seven men were saved from certain death, had
not prompt aid been rendered. Among the improve-
ments in the colony was the erection of a break-
water in Table Bay, and the erection of a light house on
Cape Agulhas. Not an unimportant feature in the com-
mercial advices by the present arrival is, that the aboli-
tion of the port dues on foreign oils, beef, pork, and
fish, &c., had been productive of the greatest advantage
to the colonists and to the British shipping. The pro-
duce markets at the Cape were in a firm and generally
healthy condition.
From Graham's Town the advices are to the 30th of
May. An agricultural association was in course of
formation in this part ef the colony. The total value of
exports from the port of Eliribeth from Ist January to
the 20th May was 35,654/., and of direct importations
38,730/. In Table Bay there were at the latest dates
three British vessels of war, and a full complement of
the mercantile marine.
There are dates from Port Natal also to a later date
than those before received. There is not any political
news. The state of trade is spoken well of. There were
hopes of an extension of commercial intercourse with the
interior of Africa.
A complete rush was made this morning, to supply the
Government brokers with the amount of Stook they were
authorised to contract for. The total amount taken was
10,000/. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities at 998.
There was in fact as much eagerness to supply the stock
as when infinitely larger amounts were taken, in times
gone by, in aid of the Sinking Fund. The retirement
of Mehemet Ali from power and influence had been
a partial influence on the prices of the Funds. The
value of Consols for Money has receded from 991 to
99, but for the Account the current quotation has been
998. Bank Stock has fallen to 1991. Exchequer Bills
are heavy at 735. preminm. South Sea Stock has re-
covered to 114 East India Stock has fluctuated be-
tween '2821 and 2831, and the Three-and-a-Half per
Cents:Reduced have remained firm at 1021 1028.
The market for the Foreign Securities have been dull
this morning. Spanish, however,' may be quoted a
fraction in advance, the current prices of the Three per
Cents. being 33f 4, and of the Actives 221. The
Dutch Funds are a shade better than yesterday, the con-
version plan as respects the old Five per Cents. being
considered satisfactory. Brazil Bonds opened at 841,
but they have just been sold at 84. Colombian Stock is
a trifle higher, and Mexican rather lower, than yester-
day afternoon.
The transactions in the Railway Shares were not very
numerous to-day. The Great North of England, the
London and Brighton, and the Lynn and Ely, have im-
proved a shade. The London and Birmingham shares
have fallen from 134 to 126 premium. There were not
any fresh quotations for the Joint-stock banks this
morning.
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank stock. ......nu 191)14
S per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99%
S per Cent. Console. Annuities 99 99
_4 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO2
3en, 331 per Cent. Annuities......... ........ 1014%4
Long Annuities, Expire 34 Jan. 1860 12%
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. l2 5-16
India Stoci,
... 283 2% 3%
South Sea Stock 1153%
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, I%d. I 4d
10004 ••••••••••••••••••• ..... ..... 75 73 pm.
5001... ..... - 75 '73 pm.
Ditto ........
Ditto Advertised
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ......... 34,y,
Columbian Bonds.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .... 35%
Spanish Bonds,. Five per Cent 1840.............. 2:4
Ditto Passive Bonds.
Ditto Deferred I
Ditto Three per Cent. ............... ........ 334%
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 23% per Cents-- 61%%
Dutch 5 per Cents lOl%
New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837) ....... . ... 1013(
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Port SMARR.
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO - to -
Ditto New -
Bristol and Gloucester 3O -
Eastern Counties
.... 4 -
Ditto New Registered Bl. 6s. Bd..
Great North of England
Great Western ........ ...... ..... 75 135% to -
Ditto 4 Shares
Ditto Fifths ................. ...... 12 -
Hull and Selby -
London and Birmingham. lOO 226 to -
Lendon and Brighton 5O 48% ...... to 49
London and Greenwich -
London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% 21%% %14, to -
Lynn and Ely. . .............. ........ 14 3%
Midland Counties ..................... 100
Newcastle and Darlington Junct ..... 42% -
-
Northern and Eastern ..................... 45 59 to -
South Eastern and Dover ..... &I% ...... to -
Ditto New .................... 4 -
Trent Valley .. .... .. ............ 2 -
York
and North. Midlanc.
..
..
50 .„ 109 -
Ditto Scarboro' Branch ......... 2% -
-
Orleans, Tours, and Boutilea .. I
Paris and Rouen` 2O 28% ... to -
MANCHESTER TOCK. EXCHANGE, AUG. 14.-There
has been considerable activity in our market to-day, and
the quotations are-Blackburn and Preston, 7 9.16 ;
Dublin and Drogheda, 741 ; Lancaster and Preston
Three-quarter Shares, 25+ ; Manchester and Leeds,
Half Shares, 501 ; Ditto, Quarters, 9i- ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 54,,-1 ; Ditto, Quarters, 51 ; North British,
28 to 1 ; Scottish Central, 2 ; Sheffield and Manchester,
841 ; Trent Valley, 94 ; Lancaster Canal, 391.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock lt9% Indian Stock ............... 283% 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds
....... „ . -
3 per Cent. Cons
234 per Cent. Red 10.1% Ditto New Annuities .7. --
blew 334 per Cent 1013% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 13%d 73 pm New 5 per Cent ...... - Ditto 5004
...... 73
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ................. 75 pm.p.
Jan 1860 12% Bank Stock for Acct... 199%
Oct. 1859 12% ,Consols for Act.. •,.,,,,, 987
Jan. 1860......... ••••• 12 .3-16 'lndia Stock for Acct.:. -E1
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent Portuguese, 5 per Cent
Belgian, 5 per Cent 'Ditto, New Ditt0.,,,,,,...
Brazilian Bonds 83% Prussian, 5 per Cent .........
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent - Russian, 5 per Cent 120% Chllian, 6 per Cent ..... - Ditto, Metallic ........
Colombian, 6 per Cent - 22
Ditto, 18'24 ...... ...... - Ditto, 3 per Cent 3.3 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent •••••
Ditto, Deferred.............
Danish, 3 per Cent - . French, 5 per -t. -c.
Greek, 18'4, 5 per Cent - Exchange --f.
Mexican, 5 per Cent - -.e Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 - Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 61%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 24 Ditto, 5 per Cent ........101%
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 11336
Chester and Holvlield ( 5 paid) ............... 54,14
Chichester and ton, 5 paid
Great Western. (7.i paid`
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid
Ditto Fifths, .2 paid
2434
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Croydon (Trunk) ........................ 19% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto, Half Shares, :JO paid ................. ","”
Midland Counties (11)3 paid) ........ ............
Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 21..174'7.7" 13
Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid
.......... Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) ....
... ......
30 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) ................................ 15
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DEPARTURE OF THE RUSSIAN FRIGATE AURORA.—
On the turn of the tide on Tuesday forenoon, this fine
ship weighed anchor and left Gravesend, where she has
been lying for nearly a month, on her return to St. Pe-
tersburgh, with dispatChes for the Emperor. On Friday
last a splendid fete was given to the Admiral, Captain,
and her officers, by G. Comber, E.q., the town clerk of
Gravesend. Thep, were also resent Commander Flem-
ing and the officers of her :Ilajesty's ship Ocean, lying
off Sheerness ; Major Harold and officers of the 76th
Regiment, Major Kelly and officers from Tilbury Fort,
the members of the corporation, and about 150 of the
neighbouring gentry and their ladies. The lawn and
gardens attached to Mr. Combe's residence were in the
evening most brilliantly illuminated with variegated
lamps, and altogether the entertainment was one of the
most brilliant affairs that has taken place in Gravesend
for a considerable period. Dancing was kept up till a
late hour, and on retiring, the officers of the Aurora
expressed themselves in a very warm and grateful man-
ner for the attention and hospitality shown them.
EXEMPTION or JURORS.—It may not be known
generally, that this is the proper time for parties wishing
to claim exemption from serving on juries, tinier the
Act of George IV., cap. 50, sec. 9, which states that
persons claiming exemp;ion shall apply to the overseers
and churchwardens of their respective parishes, to have their names struck out of the list previous to being pub-
lished. The first three Sundays in the next month being
the time for exhibiting the lists of persons qualified to
serve as jurors during the ensuing year, if exemption is
not claimed during this month, they will be obliged to
appear at the sessions.

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