The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1845.

While the ministerial organs chuckle, as in duty
bound, over the Chichester, Cirencester, Warwick, and
Sunderland elections, we, who own no ministerial alle-
giance, may doubt whether this accord of constituencies
denotes so much love of Sir ROBERT PEEL as defective
electoral institutions. With the ballot at Chichester
would Lord ARTHUR LENNOX, the Duke of RICHMOND'S
brother, but member of a Government which the Duke
of RICHMOND distrusts, have necessarily triumphed, by

the Duke of RICHMOND'S influence, over the Duke of
RICHMOND'S politics ? With the ballot at Cirencester,
would Mr. CRIPPS, stripped of Lord BATHURST'S in-
fluence, and the influence of his father's bank, and left
to the resources of his own eloquence, have been sure of
re-election ? Is it even clear that the Cirencester con-
stituency of two or three hundred is entitled to be repre-
sented ? Armed with the ballot, the Warwick electors
would, doubtless, have snapped their fingers at Warwick
Castle, and laughed in the face even of a Greenwich
commissioner. And with the ballot we will not
believe that the electors of Sunderland would have made
a shameless sacrifice of public duty to local interest ;
and, under the great responsibility of choosing a worthy
successor to Lord HOWICK, have allowed a mere fortu-
nate railway adventurer to triumph over the venerable
author of the Corn-law Catechism.

Other questions have for some time past thrown ques

ons of Parliamentary reform into the back-ground

but, sooner or later, public attention will be again roused
to the necessity of the ballot, and to the large number
of small nomination and corrupt boroughs which still
disfigure our representative system. We can conceive
nothing more likely to revive the interest in further Par-
liamentary reform than such a batch of farces of election
as has just now followed a shuffle of the small Govern-
ment cards. One more such farce is to be played in
Linlithgowshire, where a Government dummy. who has
been rewarded for a few years' service of silent voting
by the governorship of the Isle of Man, is to be replaced,
by dint of landlord influence and faggot votes, by ano-
ther adherent of Sir R. PEEL. Belfast, abandoned by
Mr. EMERSON TENNENT for a life-provision in Ceylon
and a knighthood, will nut allow itself to be made over
quite so quietly to another Conservative ; and Mr.
O'CoNNELL's son raises the banner of repeal against the
house of Chichester.

In losing Mr. EMERSON TENNENT the Government
have lost the sole representative of a large manufacturing
constituency among them. Mr. CARDWELL, to be sure,
represents a small English manufacturing borough—
Clithero; but Mr. CARDWELL was carefully placed in
an office which did not require re-election, because he
did not dare to run the risk of defeat, and, whenever a
general election comes, Mr. CARDWELL will have to
look elsewhere. It is somewhat strange, also, that Mr.
EMERSON TENNENT'S vacancy in the Government has
not been filled by some other Irish representative. Ire-
land has anything but its fair share of representation in
Sir U. PEEL'S Government. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT
gone, the only two officials connected with Ireland are
two representatives of Irish counties, but hardly Irish-
men—Mr. CORRY, Secretary to the Admiralty, who re-
presents Tyrone, and Mr. JOHN YOUNG, Secretary to
the Treasury, who represents Cavan. We mention this,
not to fan any vulgar jealousy, but as a proof of the
small hold of Sir It. PEEL'S Government on any popular
feeling. Mr. SHEIL, Mr. M. O'FERRALL, and Mr
WYSE, were members of the Whig Government. Mr
YOUNG and Mr. CORRY, the representatives of Ireland
in Sir It. PEEL'S Government, are Englishmen in all

country.

A Government, we believe, more wanting in popular
strength, could not be put together than that of Sir R.
PEEL. Every new accession is an accession not of talent,
or of the representative of a popular constituency, but
of aristocratic or monied interest, and respectable, but
certainly not sublime, mediocrity. Never was there a
Government, among whose younger members was there
less talent, or less future promise : and yet, when Sir
ROBERT PEEL has an opportunity of adding three re-
cruits, whom does he take but Lord MAHON, Sir C.
DouoLAs, and Mr. CRIPPS, not one of whom—not even
Lord ManoN, with all his admitted literary accomplish-
ments--has given any sign that the public know of, of
Parliamentary ability. There are young mea of talent
among Sir RonEter PEEL'S party : but the genius of
sublime mediocrity repels talent, and talent will not tie
itself down to an undeviating allegiance to Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S cupid mo'tuum of Conservatism. And so such
men as Lord JOHN MANNERS, Mr. MONRTON MILNES,
and Mr. SMYTHE, are passed over for Sir CHARLES
DJUGLAS, LORD ARTHUR LENNOX, and Mr. CRIPPS.

The Universal German Gazette gives the following
account of a serious riot which occurred at Leipsig, on
the occasion of the visit of Prince JOHN of Saxony to
that town :

" LEIPSIG, SAXONY, Au°. 12.—Yesterday Prince John
arrived here, to review the troops'of the Communal Guard.
A great crowd assembled at the review, and the Prince ap-
peared well pleased with the appearance of the troops, and the
manner in which the manmuvres were performed. At nine
o'clock at night the strums beat the tattoo. At that moment
there was a great tumult, and we deplore to state that great
excess was committed. We do not know why the authori-
ties did not take immediate steps to stop the disorders. It
was net till ten o'clock that the guard was called out. On
its arrival, it cleared the square before the Hotel de Prusse.
We arc assured that the rioters were warned several times,
and that the soldiers did not receive orders to fire till the
last extremity; but it is beyond a doubt that these warnings
were not heard, for the persons nearest to the soldiers escaped,
and it was only those who were at the greatest distance who
were struck by the ball. Nine persons were killed, among
whom one is the father of a family, who was coming out of his
own house at the moment, to inquire what was the matter.
The number of wounded is about twenty. The crowd imme-
diately dispersed. The whole of the troops were then called
out, but it was three in the morning before order was re-esta-
blished. This morning the Prince left the town. The
greatest agitation prevails everywhere, but it is hoped that the
Communal Guard will be sufficient to prevent further disor-
ders. The magistrates have issued an order that the doors
of all private houses should be closed at nine o'clock in the
evening, and forbidding assemblages of people in the streets.
It also orders all coffee-houses and taverns to be closed at nine
o'clock."

The cause of the riot was the exasperation of the
people against Prince JOHN, who being a bigotted Ca-
tholic, is one of the most open and declared opponents
of the Protestant Church, and who in the Council of
State opposed the proposition for granting liberty of
worship to the new German church. On his arrival on
the ground he was saluted with cries of " Vive Rouge,"
" Down with the Jesuits ;" and the people sang Lu-
THER'S Cantique in full chorus, and also an appropriate
song from SCHILLER. The Prince, who left Leipsig
early on the morning of the 13th, was hooted out of the
town by the inhabitants.
The Frankfort Journal states that the German Catho-
lics of Stuttgard have announced their intention of
separating themselves from the Roman Catholic Church,
Lecause they consider the doctrines and usages of the
latter as in a great measure incompatible with the spirit
of the universal Christian Apostolical Church.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The Journal des Debuts publishes the following, dated
Tangiers, Aug. 6 :

" The ratification of the treaty of lAlla-Maghrina
had been exchanged two or three days before.
" General DELARUE quitted Tangiers to return to

France."
The National gives an evidently exaggerated account
of what it calls " serious disorders," which it states
broke out at Bordeaux on the preceding Saturday, on
the occasion of the ball given to the Duke DE NEMOURS
by the authorities of the city. More persons, it would
appear, had been invited than the room would accom-
modate ; there was consequently a great crush --many
of ;he mob outside forced their way into the room, as did
several pickpockets ; great confusion ensued. The
dragoons arid gendarmes were ordered to clear the
approaches, but were resisted by the National Guards-
however, no mischief was done, and no person hurt,
we doubt the truth of this latter part of the story. The
Princes arrived at the ball, remained a short time, and
retired, and the mob which had collected outside re-
mained until two in the morning, and amused themselves
by singing the " Marseillaise."
The KING was at Eu in the enjoyment of excellent
health.
The Prince and Princess of JoINVILLE, and the Prince
of SALERNO, were expected at the Chateau of Eu on the
20th or 21st iast.
It would appear that, in consequence of the recent fire
at Toulon, extraordinary precautions are about to be
adopted in the French dockyards and arsenals. La
Fittte says—
" The Major-General of the Marine at Rochefort has just
submitted to the Maritime Prefect certain regulations, in order
to prevent the facility with which strangers obtain admission to
the yards. This officer has already made a report upon the
slight watch which is kept in the interior of the arsenals at
night, and he demands an augmentation of the brigade of
maritime gendarmerie, so as to be enabled to establish frequent
patrols during the night."
The Moniteur Algerien announces that Marshal
BUGEAUD had retired to Algiers, on the sth, from his
campaign to the east of Dellys. It also states that ADD•
EL-KADER has again retired to Morocco, and that he
has been followed by several large tribes of the desert,
to the south of Tlemcen. This new emigration is be-
lieved to fill 6,000 tents, and can supply him with 2,000
horse, in addition to his regular cavalry of 800, and his
infantry, which is reckoned at near 800 men.
" The numerous tribes (adds the Moniteur) which surround
Abd-el-Kader, from time to time detach small parties of
cavalry, which, being joined by Moorish adventurers, frequently
come and insult our western frontier. The Moorish chiefs
seem to take no step to oppose their depredations. Abd-el-
Kader has not assembled so many people around him without
intending to:return to the Tell. We must, therefore, still be vigi-
lant on the western and southern frontier of the province of
Oran. This vigilance will greatly fatigue our troops, but it is
unavoidable."

It would appear that a duel a routrance, to con-
tinuo until one of the parties shall fall, is to take
place at Algiers, under sanction of the authorities, be-
tween Generals BOURGON and BOURJOLLY. On this
subject the Reforme has the following :

" There is much talk in Algiers relative to a duel d l'ou-
trance, which is to come off in this town shortly, with the
permission of the Minister of War, between Generals Bourgon
and Bourjolly ; the seconds are General Kiorte for General
Bourjolly. and General Yussuf (the Arab), for General Bour-
gon. The duel is to take place on horseback. The corn-
batatants to use pistols first, and if those be not effectual,
swords afterwards. Even the ground upon which this event is
to take plaee is publicly mentioned. How are we to reconcile
this Ministerial authorisation of a duel with the jurisprudence
which the Government directs to be carried on with vigour?
Having already annulled the decision of the Cour Royale of
Paris, which stated that there was no legal offence in M. Beau-
vallon's killing M. Dujarrier in a duel, the Court of Cessation
no later than yesterday gave similar judgment in the case of a
duel which the Cour Royale of Rennes had declared was not
punishable by law !"

Great fears are entertained on the subject of the
harvest and the vintage, in consequence of the continu-
ance of the wet weather.

The price of wheat had increased during the last week
in 22 markets of France, and decreased only in 5.
There was nothing done in the Funds on Sunday in
Paris.

The following are the quotations in the new lines :
MARSEILLES, AUG. 18.—Marseilles and Avignon,
1,073 f. 25e. ; Boulogne, 6401. ; Orleans and Bordeaux,
6851. ; Vierzon, 7901.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 18.

Boulogne and Amiens.. 103/4
,Orleans and Bordeaux 12%
Bordeaux &Mediterran ,OverYssel
Bordeaux and Toulouse Paris & Lyons (Lafitte)
Do. and Cette 214 Ditto (Ganneron's).
Dutch Rhenish
Dendre Valley ...... Paris and 0r1ean5...... 50
Dieppe & Paris Junct. Paris and Rouen 411(
Dijon and Mulhouse.... 21/s Paris and Strasburg
East Indian 3/4 p (Ganneron's)... .....
Grt Northern:of France Do. (Compte de L'Est);,--
(La(fitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's) 21% Rouen and Havre.— 301,4
Great Paris and Lyons. 2% Royal North of Spain. 21,E
Jamaica Junction.— ,Sambre and Meuse .... 8%
Do. North Midland — 'Strasbourg and Basle .
Louvain and Jemeppe 4% Tours and Nantes
Lyons and Avignon — ! (Mlienzie's) 3
Luxembourgh.. 2% Do. (Lefebvre's)
Namur and Liege 434 Verona and Ancona.... 3%
Orleans and Vierzon West Flanders

Madrid papers of the 11th and 12th have arrived, but
their contents are of no great importance.
The Tiempo comments on the trial now going on
against Baron DE BuLow and Baron DE PELICIIY, who
are charged with having got up a conspiracy for the
purpose of implicating innocent parties. It likewise
details the intrigues of NARVAEZ against CoscHn.
In allusion to an announcement that MoN had ordered
the restitution to the secular clergy of the unsold Church
property, and also of that on which the first instalment
of the purchase-money had not been paid, the Herald()
saes, "In the present state of our negotiations with
Home, such a step, added to the Exequatur granted to
the Papal rescripts, clearly demonstrates that the Cabi-
net proposes to follow the course of concessions which
commenced with the convention of the 27th of April."
'The QUEEN was to leave St. Sebastian for Tolosa on
the 16th.

The Three per Cents. closed at 31i cash, 33 at 60
days, but with a premium—only three operations,
amounting to 9,000,000 reals ; the Four per Cents., 20

their feelings, habits, and connexions, and neither of
them probably speeds a month of the year in the sister

cash ; the Give per Cents, 21 cash, 221 at 60 days ,
amount done, 2,.310,390 reals. Coupons not capitalised

24 cash.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
_CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was rather
moderate; sales 4,000 bales, all to the trade, and chiefly
American. Prices were firmly supported.—Shares, though
slightly better, were still dull.
We are glad to see a sensible view taken of the present po-
sition of the market for all the great staples affected by the
extension of railway works, among the Canadian timber
interest, for here the iron trade has, despite of experience,
proved rather unteachable, and much too anxious to realise
enormous profits, having, in their eagerness, almost over-
hunted their game. The following from Bytown will illus-
trate our meaning, while it shows how steadily some of the
Canadian settlements have risen into prosperity :
"The growth of Bytown has been of late greatly accele-
lerated. In almost every street we see new houses being
erected, or wooden ones giving place to those of more durable
materials, although the town is not yet nineteen years old.
Six or seven churches, five bank agencies, and though last,
not least, three newspapers, betoken our district town a place
of no inconsiderable importance. It is, in fact, becoming
the great inland emporium of the lumber trade, and to the
present very flourishing state of that trade must the recent
increase of Bytown be, in a great measure, though not en-
tirely, attributed.
"Looking farther abroad, it is evident that the present great
demand for Canadian timber is caused by the expansion of
the railroads and other speculations in the mother country.
Things, however, that expand, sometimes burst; and, should
the undertakings we have alluded to receive any sudden
check, the inevitable effect would be a fall of prices at
Quebec, and corresponding embarrassment here.
"It would be well, likewise, to remember, that the very high
price of lumber this summer at Quebec, has a tendency to
lessen the quantity of shipping next year, and likewise to da-
mage those merchants there who may have made contracts
to ship timber at much lower rates than those at which they
can purchase."
The Tay steamer was off Southampton this morning, but
we do not expect her papers until late this afternoon.
We have looked into some exceedingly useful tables for
calculating the value of railway shares which have been com-
piled by Mr. Edwin Robinson of the Stock Exchange, and
adopted by several leading firms connected with that esta•
blishment, and from their correctness, as well as their com-
prehensiveness, beginning at the lowest and ending at the
highest number of shares, they must prove highly desirable
fur those who are not much accustomed to share calculations.
The Public Securities have been rather flat to-day, the
weather having a decided influence again upon their value.
Consols have been 99 to 1/8 for present Transfer and Ac-
count. The premium on Exchequer-bills has dropped to
51s. and 48s. Bank Stock is 2101 h to 21111_. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 1021/2 %.
India Stock is quoted 272.
The Foreign Bonds are dull again. Spanish Five per
Cents have ben 2711, and the Three per Cents 38%, being
nominally at steady rates. Brazil Stock is also firm at 90.
Dutch Four per Cents. hare been 1001/4 to N.
Shares, although with less doing, have received tolerably
good support. Great Western are not quite so good, but
otherwise there is no particular alteration.

_
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock .. ..211 2101/2 2111/, 2101,2 2101/2
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 991/s 99 98,7/s
New 31% per Cents 102%1A 10214
Long Annuities to exnireJan.lB6o 11 7-16 11 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860
India Stock ... .. 272 272
India Bonds, 1,000/
Ditto under 1,0001... •-• —
South Sea Stock

Ditto New Annuities ... 9ei 983 A
Consols for Account .. ...... 991/3 99 9838
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 49 48 50 pal. 50
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSIN'
PRICES
117

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent. •••
Braziliari Bonds
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ......
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B93A
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 271/.2
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ...• ......
Ditto, Account ..... ... ..-- ..... 38%
Dutch, 21(2 pct. Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific IOOAI/8 100%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
lIMLWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Birrnin and Gloucester. 100 133
Ditto 1/ Shares
Bristol and Exeter 7O -

Do. New . . 2 ...... 111 A
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/z...... 34%
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Coventry, Nuneatoa,Bir.
and Leic'zsl.7 1
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast Junc 21/2 73/4 8%4 B4
Dublin and Galway..... 91/2
Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20
Ditto New 4/. 16s. 63/4
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, .N o. 1....51. 13s. 4d — -
Ditto ditto, No. 2 l3s. 4d...
Eastern Union
•
Ditto Extension . ... 11/2 32%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto Quarter Shares 121/2-- 22
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England-100
Ditto New 5 53
Great Western
Ditto Half Shares 5O llB 116 ll6
Ditto Fifths
[lull and Selby
I ancaster and Carlisle... 25 ...... 56
Leicester and Bedford... 225....... 2% ...... ........• 2E4 P
London and Birmingtim kStock) 223 225 222 222
Do. New Thirds
Do. q Shares
London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d. 101/2 yo lO%
Do. New
London and Brighton 5O ...... 764 7634
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 24%% 241%
Do. New l3s 4d...... 13/41/44 P 13/4 p
Lond. & S.Western 411 6a 10d...... 77 78
Do. New
London and York 2%...... 51/i 4% 54.. 51/s
London and Windsor
...... 0% p O%
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry &Coleraine 21a ......
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l% .......
........
Manchester and Leeds... 76
Do. 1/2 Shares
Do. Quarters 2 333/4 321/2 . ....
Manche:ter and Birrnin. 40
Do. Quarters
Manchester, Buxton,and
Matlock 22s
Midland 100 174 1711/2 172_ 172
Do. New
Midland,Birm., Derby...loo 132
Nevrcastla arid Darling.
ton Junction •• 25 ...... 52
Newcasi le and Berwick 114 231/ 24%
Newpt & Abergavenny 21A
......
North Staffordshire 22s. ...... _
...
Newark and SLefliald
North British
Do. New
Norwich and Brandon... 14
Oxford and Warcester... 21A 73/4
-14 '

52
24%
2% P
1
334
31%
9%
23
7%

2
1%
pi'
ieliblrloi
lavnAd
tlnnilorseprresrisc l2l/i...........
...!
Preston and Wyre
Richmond 1 ... 61/a 6%
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%, „.. 4%
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union 225....... 2% 2% P
South Devon..
South Midland 225...... 51
Soiii)tol.l, No
Eastern & Dover 331/223 4.c1
..
...
242 % 46
2253/
Do., No. 2.
15
Staines and Richmond... 1 ...... 2 13/ 134
South Wales ..... ... 2% ...... 51/211, 5%
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Welch Midland
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Dendre Valley ...........2
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Great North. of France
(Laflitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 4%
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourgh
Namur and Liege
......4 ...... 43/4 4%
Orleans and Vierzon ... 6
...... 16% 17
Orleans and Bordeaux... 4
Paris &.Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's, ... .. ............ 2
21,6
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen .. ....... 20
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) ............ 2
Rouen and Havre ...... 16—
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ..... 6
Verona and Ancona...... 3

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London & Westminster 20
Union of London... ..... 10

27%
13%

GREAT WESTERN STEAMER.-LIVERPOOL, MON.'
DAY.-At noon to-day the telegraph announced that the
steamer Great Western had passed Holyhead at half-
past eleven'; she may be expected here at about eight
o'clock this evening.

BIRTHDAY or THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—The an-
niversary of the birthday of her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, which this year fell on Sunday, was
last erening celebrated by her Royal Highness's trades-
pcoplc, &c., illuminating their houses in honour of the
auspicious Occasion.

The Liverpool Albion states, on the authority of
Mr. Dowling., that the case of the cabin-boy, which we
copied from the Boulogne Annotator, of Boulogne, is a
fable.

I3IDEForin, AUG. 16.—The Fanny, Fisher, on entering
the harbour, got on the rock, and sunk, but is expected off
after discharging (coals) with trifling damage.
CIIMSTIANSAND, AUG. 4.—A large long boat, with square
sails, and a crew of five or six men, was seen making for
the land near Suinaer, supposed to be the crew of a wrecked
vessel, by a ship arrived here yesterday.

(1; AUGUST It, 1 ti 46

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