The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1844.

Accounts from Madrid of the 18th state that the
Minister of Finance, and the public creditors had come,
to an understanding respecting the price at which the
New Three per Cent. Stock should be issued. The
creditors agreed to accept it at 35, and deliver up
the bills and other securities received from the Go-
vernment.

The Three per Cents. closed at 271 for cash, and
24 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20 7-16ths
at 60 days.

The intelligence from Morocco has caused mueh
excitement at Paris, and most of the Opposition
journals call upon the Governmnnt to take prompt
and decisive steps to vindicate the honour of France.
The National, as might be expected, is peculiarly
warlike. " War," it says, "is not declared against
us, it is actually waged, and whilst you are idly
talking, ARD-EL-KADER is kindling the fire of fanati-
cism, recruiting and re-organising his army, and you
will presently see him attack you, and stir up in
Algiers the tribes that have submitted to your rule.
Every day that is lost strips you of a part of your
power, for we repeat what we said the other day ; it
is not only the Emperor of MOROCCO that you
will strike by carrying war to the heart of his
states and bombarding some of his towns on the
coast ; it is throughout Algeria that those blows will
be felt; it is your domination that you will strengthen
over all the Arabs. Force and victory, such are the
signs of the will of Heaven unto all nations; and vic-
tory is not enough—the rapidity of the chastisement
must stifle at their birth the elements of rebellion. It
is AR-EL-KADER that you will pursue and overtake
at Fez and Tangier. You will settle your affairs
afterwards with England, but at this hour it is war—
war after two provocations, and war on our territory.
Will M. GUIZOT at length understand it ? or will he
again ask the advice of Lord COWLEY ?"
According to accounts from Toulon of the 20th the
greatest activity had been exerted in getting the ex-
peditio9 ready. The Prince de JOINVILLE ar-
rived itere on the morning of that day, and
after receiving the official authorities, he went
on board the Suffren, which carries his flag. On
his being seen afloat, the salvos were fired from
all the ships in the roadstead. They were also dressed,
and their yards manned, the sailors hailing him with
acclamations of " Vive le Roi." At one o'clock all
the ships took in their colours, and the flag of his
Royal Highness was substituted on board the Suffren
for the royal standard. The wind was favourable,
and the squadron was to sail next day. The PRINCE,
it is said, had received orders to strike a heavy blew,
but at the same time to take the advice of M. DE NION,
the French Consul-General at Tangier. His plan is
to destroy all the sea ports of Morocco, and if that
should not be sufficient, an army will be sent with
orders to march upon Fez.

The vote passed by the Chamber of Deputies on
Saturday, in opposition to the Government plan for
the construction of railways, had also caused Borne
excitement. After the Chamber rose, a Cabinet
Council was held at the residence of Marshal SOELT,
and on Sunday another was held at Neuilly. at which
the KING presided. On Monday the Chamber as-
sembled in large numbers, and the Minister of Fi •
nance, supported by the Ministers of the Interior and
Public Works, moved that the consideration of the
question whether the Government should lay down
the rails be postponed till next session. The motion
was twice put to the vote, but as the PRESIDENT could
not decide which party had the majority, the ballot
was taken, but the result was not known at the hour
of post. Little doubt however remained that the Mi-
nistry would have a majority, as a previous vote had
been carried by a majority of 28, rejecting the sub-
sequent clauses of M. DE RUMILLY'S amendment.
THE BOURSE—MONDAY, JUNE 24.

Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five perC wits 122 10 .. 122 15 .. 122 10 .. 122 15
Four-and-a-Half ll3 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25
Four per Oents lOB 20 .. 108 20 .. 108 20 .. 108 20
Three per Cents B2 30 .. 82 40 .. 82 30 .. 82 35
Bank of Fiance___ 3060 ..3C60 • 3060 ..3060

Laflitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso92 50 —5092 50 ..5092 50 —5092 50
Belgian Bank .. •- • • • ••• • • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660
Belgian Flves,lB3l ..... .• 1031 • • 1031 • • lon • • 1031
1840 1041 .. 1041 .. 104 .. 104
Dutch Two-and-a-Half... .. 62 .. 62 • • 62 . 62
Spanish Active •••••••• •• • • 311 • • 31. i • • 311 • • 31j
Threes •••••••• •• • • 35 .. 35 • • 35 .. 35
Portuguese Five per Cents— 461 • • 46j • • 46,1 • • 461
Neapolitan.. •• •••• • • • 99 65 .. 99 65 .. 99 65 .. 99 65
Roman ........... • .•• .... 104* .. 100 1041

RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles, R. 8... .... •• • . 395 .. 395 • • 390 .. 390
L.B 245 .. 247 50 .• 245 .. 247 50
Rouen ...... • •• 995 .. 995 .. 995 .. 995
Rouen to Havre•• •• •• •• •• 768 75 771 25 .. 768 75 .. 771 25
Orleans .........•••.•• —.1002 50 ..1002 50 ..1000 ..1001 25
Strasburg to Bale•••.
Avignon to Marseilles...... 768 75 .. 772 50 .. 768 75 . 772 50

-
RAILWAY SHARES FOR 30rti JUNE.
St. Germain
Versailles, R. 8....... ..... 395 .. 397 50 .. 399 .. 392 50
L.B•• • • ••.••• •• 240 .. 260 .. 240 .. 260
Rouen .......... •• •• •• 995 .. 997 50 . 992 50 .. 992 50
Rouen to Havre • - • 772 50 .. 768 75 .. 772 50
Orleans ..........• •• -• •• • •1002 50 ..1603 75 -.1000 ..1002 50
Strasburg to Bale 236 25 • • 240 .. 236 25 .. 240
Avignon to Marseilles.— • 770 .. 770 .. 770 .. 772 50

We are glad to learn, that Mr. Percival Bankes, the
bairister, is likely to be appointed successor to the
late Mr. O'Hanlon, as Counsel to the Irish Go-
vernment. He belongs, of course, to the party'
which support the Government, but he is not a man
of higotad politics—he has ever been consistent, he
has distinguished himself by many excellent articles
in a per►odical publication of high eminence ; but,
what is of more importance, he is a good lawyer; he
is on the best terms with the leaders of the Liberal
party in Ireland, and his appointment would meet with
the approbation of his opponents. Mr. Eneas AlDonnell
is said to be the only candidate that stands in his
way; but will Sir James Graham give another im-
pulse to public feeling against the Home-office—will
he add oil to the flame which burns with such vigour
in Ireland—by giving his support to one who was in
former times the most determined friend of the Irish
Catholics, and is now more hostile to them than even
Lord Roden or Mr. Plumptre ?

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—There has been
a considerable increase in the number of deaths during
the last week. The total number was 920, while
during the previous week it was only 855. This in-
crease has been caused chiefly by deaths from small-
pox, scarlatina, croup, and violent deaths. Of the 30
persons who died from small-pox, 16 had not been
vaccinated. The following is the analysis of the
violent deaths :—Fracture or contusion, 23 cases, of
which 13 were from falls, 6 from animals and car-
riages, and 1 from machinery ; burns, 7 ; scald, 1 ;
drowning, 8 ; and 6 from suicide. The thermometer
was highest on Saturday, 79.6, and lowest on Mon-
(lay, 46 8 degrees. The total amount of rain in inches
was only 0.1.

POWDER MILL EXPLOSION AT EWELT..—On Mon-
day morning, at five o'clock, the roof of a powder mill in
Ewell Marshes, near Epsom, belonging to Sir Henry Brydges,
Bart., was blown off, the explosion being occasioned by an
acci,lental combustion of the materials used in manufacturing
gunpowder. Several persons were at work on the premises
at the time, but they all escaped injury.
PRINCE TALLEYRAND.—The New Monthly Maga-
zine for July will contain another of those remarkable
papers relating to the personal career and character
of the prince of modern diplomatists, which have excited
so much attention in recent numbers of that periodical.
It contains, we understand, the most singular relations
connected with the early life of the Prince—tracing him
from his birth, through every step of his boyhood—giv-
ing numerous anecdotes of his school days, his youthful
anwuretti s,his boyish escapades; and furnishing many cu-
rious and interesting features of that earlycareer,the events
of which evidently moulded and modified that character
on which the fate of Europe was afterwards more than
once to depend. The revelations of these papers are so
curious and unlooked for, and at the same time their au-
thenticity is so beyond the reach of doubt or cavil, that
they may be regarded as the most valuable documents
which have yet been given to the world in connexion
with the most remarkable man of his age and country.
QuicK TRAVELLING.—The splendid new coach
Quicksilver, from Edinburgh to Newcastle, in uninterrupted
communication with the Newcastle and London Railway
(just opened), by Darlington, in one day, on Wednesday
performed her first journey from Newcastle to Edinburgh in
nine and a half hours, with the greatest ease, safety, and
comfort, and having a full complement of passengers, thus
anticipating the LondA mail by nearly four hours.—Glasgow
Courier.

what is.

paired health, and of the President of the Council, AN OLD BAILEY TRIAL, BY
the Duke of TERCEIRA being charged, during the ANTICIPATION.
retirement of Senhor CABRAL, with the duties of his
office. Affairs are, according to all accounts in a very
unsatisfactory state. There was no prospect of the
Cortes being summoned, and several of the journals,
in consequence, seriously urge the people to refuse to
pay taxes. The wine trade was more depressed than
ever.

"If the Hon. Member for Finsbury could prove that letters
had been opened or detained at the General Post-effice, the
Act of Parliament was express that any party so opening or
detaining them was guilty of a misdemeanour, and was liable
to be indicted. If he (Sir James Graham) had so violated
the law, he was guilty of a misdemeanor, and could be pro-
secuted. The legal tribunals of the country would do justice
between the humblest individual and the highest civil autho-
rity. He was amenable to those tribunals, and could be
punished either by fine or imprisonment, if he had trans-
greased the law."— Vide Sir James Graham's speech in the
House of Commons, on Monday night.
" The question was, had not Government exceeded and
transgressed the letter of the law, and abused the power
which the law vested in them? He contended that they
had done both these things, and abused' the sacred power
vested in them by Parliament, of opening the private letters
of individuals. If they had not done so, they. need not
shrink from inquiry before a Committee. Something not un-
like fraud and forgery had been committed."—. Vide Mr. T.
Duncombe's speech, on Monday night, in the House of
Commons.

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL OF THE RIGHT
HON. SIR JAMES GRAHAM, FOR A MIS-
FEMEANOUR.
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Tins DAY, AUG. 2, 1944.)
In consequence of the loud public disapprobation,
expressed generally throughout the country, of
the conduct of the Home Secretary, in open-
ing, or causing to be opened, at the General
Pcst-office, numerous private letters of certain
individuals, without assigning any reason for
such a breach of confidence, the Government, true
to their ruling principle of expediency, abandoned all
further idea of defending their obnoxious colleague ;
and he was accordingly, in deference to the popular
wish, put upon his trial this morning, at the Central
Criminal Court, on a charge of misdemeanor.
The Court was crowded to suffocation; many per-
sons of rank and distinction in the political world
were present ; and among several old ladies who were
accommodated with seats on the Bench, we recog-
nised our fair Contemporary, the Morning Herald,
dressed in a bright orange muslin gown with three
flounces, who appeared to take the deepest interest in
the proceedings, and was visibly affected whenever
the evidence bore hard against the unfortunate Home
Secretary.
At ten o'clock, the Lord Chief Justice (DENsfAN)
took his seat on the Bench, and immediately after-
wards the prisoner was brought in, in the custody of
two officers of the Court, and placed in the dock. He
was dressed in deep mourning, kept his eyes con-
stantly fixed on the ground, and seemed to feel deeply
the disgraceful predicament in which he stood.
After the names of the jury had been called over,
and each had answered to his name, the usual oath
was administered, after which Mr. 'folios opened the
Pleadings, and Mr. DOBBS stated the case. The
Learned Gentleman began by observing that " unac-
customed as he was to public speaking," and trem-
blingly alive to a sense of his own deficiencies, he felt
that he stood in need of all the forbearance of the
Court, which he trusted therefore would be generously
accorded him. He then proceeded at considerable
length to detail the facts of the case, as they appeared
afterwards in evidence, and concluded by observing that
the law was singularly explicit and luminous on the
subject of opening private letters at the Post-office,
for it had been expressly laid down in stat. 4, George
111., c. 64,257, that he or she who: wilfully and with
malice aforethought opened, or caused, to be opened,
private notes, letters, missives, epistles, communica-
tions, addresses, or petitions of divers or every kind,
whether written in folio, or outsides, on note paper,
on parchment, or on plain, whitey-brown, with or
without envelopes, dated or undated, post-paid, or
otherwise, stamped or unstamped, at the General
Post-office, or any other office, messuage or tene-
ment, public or private, large or small, or middle- j
sized, within his Britannic Majesty's dominions, sub
jected himself or herself to the penalties of misde-
meanor.
The Learned. Gentleman having stated his case,
several clerks at the Post-office were called in to
prove that they had received orders from the prisoner
at the bar to open certain private letters at the Gene-
ral Post-office, which accordingly they did ; two
foreign gentlemen also proved the fact that their letters
had been frequently opened, and resealed with great
skill and nicety, so as to avoid the possibility of de-
tection.

The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr.
TomuNs, in (I,:fence, insisted that the prisoner was
justified by official usage, in what he had done. He
had every rea son to believe that the correspond-
ence which he had caused to be opened, was of a
highly seditious and treasonable character—that it
contained the heads of an atrocious conspiracy on the
part of the writ ers either to set the Thames on fire—
blow up the ne .w Houses of Parliament with gun-
powder—or pull down the four-and-twenty houses of
ill-fame in the A lmonry, greatly to the injury of the
temporal interests of the Dean and Chapter of West-
minster. Believing thus, he (the Learned Gentle-
man) contended that the prisoner had only acted the
part of a wise provident Minister ; and if on
perusing the letters in question, he had found himself
mistaken in his s' taspicions, that did not alter the case—
for he had clear! y acted for the best, and with a view
only to the publ' oc interests.
On the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's
speech, the pris c ner was called on to state what he
had to say in de fence, on which he observed, laying
his hand on his _heart, that his conscience was pure,
and acquitted h: an of all blame.
At the mentic tin of the word " conscience " a loud
laugh rung thr (ugh the Court, and was re-echoed
by the crowd in the street, on which the venerable
Judge exclaimed e with evident emotion, that if such
indecent conduct were repeated, he should give orders
for the Court to be cleared.
Witnesses we re then called to character.—Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL, w ho was the first witness examined
stated that he hr ►d known the prisoner at the bar for
many years, an d believed him to be a thoroughly
honest man—th. Lt is to say, as honest as a man could
reasonably be ea :pected to be, who was a member of a
Conservative Ca binet.
Mr. Horins— •I fear that's not saying much for him
Sir ROBERT.
Sir ROBERT I ?EEL, with considerable embarrass-
ment—Perhaps Lot, but we are all the creatures of
circumstances.
Lord Jolts 1 tussEr.r. examined—Had known the
prisoner at the I )fir for a very considerable period, and
while he acted with him as a Minister, had always
found him attc ttive to his official duties. He was
also exceedingl.l r sober and well-behaved.
Cross-examit ted by Mr. Honns—Has your Lord-
ship found no r sason lately to alter your opinion of
him ? Take time for consideration. Remember,
you are on you, r oath !
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I am sorry to say I have
Since he quittt KI our service, and put on the Tam-
worth livery, hi has acted towards us in the rudest
and coarsest ma timer possible ; and I have no hesita-
tion in declarin: ;it as my fixed belief that he will
betray whoever trusts him.
Sir ROBERT PEEL, with warmth—He will not
betray me, fur) [ have never trusted him ; but I beg
leave most respi tctfully to add, that I think him a per-
fectly honest m: in, for if I were to order him to swear
black was whit( he would do so, and if that is not
exemplary con duct in a servant, I don't know

IThe evidence to character having been disposed of,
the Learned Jr tdge summed up the facts of the case,
t I when the jury, without quitting the box, found the
prisoner Guilty.
His Lounsm P then proceeded to pass sentence in
the following t erms Prisoner at the bar, it is
now my painfu l duty to pass upon you the sentence
of the law for a crime which strikes at the root of all
public and privy to morality. It is not my intention
to add to the poignancy of your feelings by any
lengthened rem: irks on the heinousness of your con-
duct, but I wou id just venture to remind you that
what is morally wrong can never be politically right."
Sir ROBERT . PEEL, with emphasis—" I beg most
respectfully to dispute the axiom of the Learned
Judge. There' s my Income-tax, for instance, which,
though morally wrong, as all parties admit, is, never-
theless, political ly right, inasmuch as it keeps me in
place, and returi is five millions to the Exchequer."
The LORD CI EtEr JUSTICE.—" If the Right Hen.
Baronet persist 3 in this indecorous interruption, I
shall be under • the painful necessity of commiting
him for contem pt of Court."
The Venerable Judge then sentenced the prisoner

to a month's imprisonment, with hard labour, in his
own Penitentiary at Islington.
A VOICE FROM THE CROWD—If the whole Ca-
binet were sentenced to a month's imprisonment, with
hard labour, it would he no more than they deserve.
The prisoner heard the sentence unmoved, and was
immediately taken away in the custody of two officers
of the Court, in order to have his head shaved, and
be dressed in the usual prison costume.

The sentence appeared to give unmingled satisfac-
tion to the whole Court, and the "oldest inhabitant "
was heard to say, that he never remembered to have
witnessed such an ebullition of popular extacy.

MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
At the close of the business this afternoon Consols
were rather flatter, being 98i to 1. The Three per
Cent Annuities were 99 to being also a slight decline.
India Stock, for Account, was at 284.
There was a slight improvement in Spanish Bonds,
the Actives being at 231 to 4, and the Three per Cents.
35i to 4. Mexican were 351 to I, for Account. Colum-
bian brought 14.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 8 ;
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, 1 ; Chichester and
Brighton, 1; Blackwall, 91; Brighton, 314; Greenwich,
si; Strasbourg and Basle, 4i; and North Midland, 6
discount. Chester and Holyhead have been 1; Eastern
Counties, New, 4i; Birmingham, 119 to 117; South-
Western, 421 to 431 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 19;
South-Eastern, 21 to 1; Yarmouth and Norwich, 51;
and Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1 premium. Pro-
vincial Bank of Ireland Shares were 19i; and Union
of Australia, 1 to premium.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool• yesterday was firm, and
with a fair demand. Sales, 6,000 bales ; viz., 400 bales Surat,
at 3d. to 31d. ; 130 Egyptian at 61d. to 7d.; 700 Pernam. at
sad.. to
.6d. ; and 700 Maranham at sd. to 6d. ; the
rest being American, at 4d. to 54(1. per lb. French
Shares were lower, but others much the same, the
market generally being dull. Birmingham and Glouces-
ter, 92 ; Eastern Counties, lla ; Grand Junction, 219 ;
Liverpool and Manchester Halt; 109; Birmingham, 217 ;
Brighton, 46/ ; Midland Counties, 941 ; North British, 21 ;
North Midland, 941; South-Eastern, 351; Paris and Lyons,
24 ; Ditto and Orleans, 381; Orleans and Tours, 2/. 4s.
There are no late arrivals to-day from any quarter.
Consols have again recovered from the slight flatness of yes-
terday, being 98a to 984 for the opening. Exchequer Bills are
725. to 745. prem. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been 102 to •
The Spanish Bonds are very dull still at the previous rates.
Mexican have been 1 per cent. better and it is concluded the
agents are about to pay some of the dividend. Brazilian are
82 to 824. Portuguese Converted have been steady at 44.
Dutch Two-and-a •Half per Cents. are 62i to.l.
The Railway Shares are still inactive.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 25.—The market
continues flat, with but little alteration in prices. Dublin
and Cashel, 5 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 56 ; Ditto,
Quarters, 3 7-16 ; Paris and Lyons, 3 ; Huddersfield and
Manchester Canal and Railway, 355. prem. ; Trent Valley,
8 ; Manchester and Buxton, 30s. prem.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock — . Indian Stock. — pm.
3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds pm.
3 per Cent. Cons.
3% per Cent. Red 102% Ditto New Annuities...
New 3% per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. lid... 74 pm.
New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small-- .......
Jan. kilt l2 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859 l2 5-16 Consols for Opg. IS%
Jan. 1860 — India Stock for Acct.... 284
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ... ...... Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 pe: Cent — Ditto, New Ditto...-. ........
Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent... ..... ... 118
ehllian, I; per Cent — Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Oitto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent.....,......... 35
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Deferred
Danish, 3 per lent .. ....... ... French, 51:er Cent. —t —c,
Greek, IS 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange .... . . ........ .... —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cert., ,837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 62%
Peruvian, 1625, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100%
SHARES
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ....... ...... 92
Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid)- 5%
Chichester and Brighton, 5 paid:. 4%
Eastern Counties (23 paid) - • .
Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid)
Great Western (75 paid)
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Blackwell (161. 13s. 4d.)
London and Brighton (to paid)
London and Greenwich (kt. Ins. 4d paid) ......
London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid)
Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 4O
North British, 2% paid 2%
North Midland (100 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ...
Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid)
Orleans, Tours, and Sourdeaux, 1 paid 2
Strasbourg and Bale (14 paid) 9 %

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The modification of the original plan of the
new Bank Bill, which has been acceded to by Sir Robert
Peel, so far as regards the substitution of the average of
the last three months for that of the last tw o years, to
regulate the issues of the country bankers, will occasion
an increase in the amount of country notes of about
690,0001., the average of the two years being about
7,960,0001., while that of. the last three months is about
8,650,000/. The increase will, however, be chiefly bene-
ficial to the joint-stock banks, the addition in their case
formed by the• alteration of the averages being about
520,000/., while that to the notes •of the private banks
will not exceed 170,0001. • whereas if the extension of
the country circulation had been based on the plan of
taking the averages for a greater number of years, as at
first proposed by the private bankers, their banks would
have obtained the greater part of the advantage. It is
doubtless for this reason that the applications made to
the Government by the two descriptions of bankers re-
commended principles diametrically apposite.
Although it is not mentioned in the Act, it is to be
presumed that besides the return of each. bank, the
Gazette will contain the retura of the total circulation of
the private and of the joint-stock banks separately, as at
present. It is essential that this should be clearly
enacted, since otherwise the long details of single banks
will be of little utility to the readers of the Gazette. And
while on the subject of returns we may also say that an
effort should be made before it is too late to cause a di-
vision in the returns of the private securities of the Bank
of England, so as to publish an account of the amount of
bills under discount.

The declaration of the Premier that his own " bias"
was on the side of Mr. Hume's suggestion for repealing
the " legal tender clause" has given much satisfaction,
and leads to the hope that the doctrine to which it refers
may at some future time be carried into effect, and that
the country banks may accordingly be compelled to keep
a portion of gold to answer their own notes.

The preniiuin on gold at Paris is 13 per mine,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10iti. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2.
48 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at shot
being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.08 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.

By mlvices from Hamburgh - the price of gold is 435
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10itl
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 9*, it, follows that gold is 0.40 per cent.
dearer in Hamburgh than in London.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
22d of June, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five years.
Epidenuc,Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 226 178
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat B7 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5l 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 24 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 8 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay 46 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ..• 48 26
Causes specified 9lB 942
Deaths from all Causes 920 946
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

TIIE ABOVE HEADS.

Total. Weekly Average
of Five Years.
Consumption
Scarlatina 7B 34
Pneumonia . ~......
Dropsy.. ... .. .. ............
Hooping Cough .. ......... ..
Typhus
Small Pox
Disease of the lleart
Measles '
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain ......
Diarrhoea..
Sudden Deaths
DISTRICTS. -
---

West ....
Central
East...
South...

142 138
191 l7l
144 188
213 207
230 242

........... 920

THREE LIVES LOST IN THE RIVER LEA.—Tues-
day afternoon an inquest took place before Mr. Baker, at the
Five Bells, Old Ford. Bow, Middlesex, touching the deaths
of Alfred Fear, aged eleven years ; George "Samuel Shawe,
aged twelve years; and Henry Waldock, aged seventeen
years, who were drowned in the river Lea under the follow-
ing circumstances :—lt appeared by the evidence in the first
case, that on Monday the deceased youths, Alfred Fear
and George Samuel Shawe, went out for an afternoon's
fishing in the river Lea. Shawe, whose boots had got
muddy, descended the bank of the river to wash them ; from
its steep sloping state he fell into the water. His compa-
nion, Fear, extended his hand for the purpose of helping
him out of the stream, when he grasped him so forcibly
that he was likewise dragged into the river. A death-like
struggle then ensued, and before some boys who witnessed
the occurrence could procure ass:stance, the two unfortunate
youths had disappeared. The drags were immediately put
in requisition, but upwards of an hour elapsed before either of
the bodieS was recovered, when they were ultimately picked
up within a short distance from the spot where the accident
occurred. When found, they were clasped tightly in each
other's arms. The evidence touching the death of Henry
Waldock, went to show, that on Sunday evening, whilst
bathing in the river, close to the spot where the above youths
were drowned, he had just emerged from the water, when he
perceived two females approaching. From a feeling of deli-
cacy he replunged into the water, and, having unfortunately
got out of his depth, was carried away by the stream. He
was however got out in about five minutes ; but, notwith-
standing every medical effort, animation could not be re-
stored. The jury in each case returned a verdict of accidental
death.