The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-03 00:00:00

QUETTAH.

Everything remains in statu quo. Half the Can-
dahar
force had moved out to reinforce Kelat-Ghilzie, '
and make a demonstration on Ghuznee.
`General ENGLAND crossed the Kojue Katha on the
2dtlay, with the loss of only four men wounded.
Instructions had been given on the 14th of May
from the Adjutant-General's office to withdraw the
troops serving west of the Indus within the British
provinces.

•In the House of Lords, last night, a resolution
Pledging the Government to take measures for the
more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade was
moved by Lord BROUGHAM. After a long speech
frosts. the Noble and Learned Meyer, and a short dis-
cussion, in which the Duke of WELLINGTON, Lord
WIIARNCLIFFE, and. the Earl of IttroN took a part,
it was withdrawn, leave having been given to Lord
BROUGHAM to prepare and bring in a Bill on the
subject. We have read the speech of the Noble and
Learned Lord , with painful interest ; but very
.different from that produced 'in the House of Lords
...is the impression which it has made upon us. After
our long abuse of foreign nations—Porttigal, Spain,
the -Brazils, Mexico, and the United States—Lord
BROUGHAM was last night forced to admit that the
great slave traders of the world-s-the men who sup-
plied nearly all the capital embarked in this horrible
t.stille-s-the men whose ingenuity defeated every at-
tempt of Great Britain to put it down—the men
staler whose auspices it was now flourishing to an
unprecedented extent, were British merchants ! Not-
withstanding our canting at Exeter Hall, and our
boasts of the purity of our, faith, the rectitude of out
principles, and the honesty of our commercial deal-
ings,-British capital purchases fetters for hundreds of
thousands annually of the sable sons and daughters of
Afsica! 'Now what inference would we draw froth
that? We answer, the total inefficiency of all legis-
'Ain.) for erasing this foul blot upon modern civiliza-
tions 'With our great merchan is covertly, and many
foreign States, openly opposed to our efforts • in • the
cause of humanity, we fear it is in vain
to expect that mere Acts ,of Parliament will
put an end to a traffic so lucrative as to tempt
the most cautious merchants to engage in it.
While slaves bring 851. a head at Cuba, who can
be purchased in Africa for bad brandy, and gosad-for
nothing fire-arms,-. it seems to us that there will be
always desperate men enough- to engage in the traffic,
regardless of any consequences which may attach to
them from British legislation. To put down the
slave trade all nations must unite in a crusade against
it; and before they will cordially agree to do this, do
mwtic slavery must be totally abolished. This will
be .effected when the light of Christianity enlivens
and invigorates the social institutions of Africa ;
when the kings and chiefs comprehend the crw'l
wrong of selling their people into slavery'; when arts
and industry spring up among theist, and they arrive
at the knowledge that the sale of their people is the
least profitable, as well as the most wicked way in which
they can dispose of them ; when domestic slavery is un-
known hi- the Colonies of France, Spain, and Por-
tugal, and the continent of A:nerica—then, and their
only, may we confidently anticipate the total sup-
pression of that monstrous social wickedness—the
African slave-trade ! .

The most important news in the. French Journals,
received this morning, ii the account of the funeral of
the Duke of ORLRANs, which, will be found in another
part of The Situ, and to which we invite the attention
of our readers.
The Menitrur of the Ist ,of August, publishes in its
ofticiml part an ordinance of the 31st of July, by which
M. Quesnel, advocate attached, to the department of the
interior, is appointed sub-prefect of Pioermel, in the
room 0f,31..N0wl de la Touche.
_

Thus we seethe sub-prefect of Ploermel dismisSed,
because he would not support the election of M. do La-
rochejacquelin. Is it thus that the Ministry of the 28th
of October pretends to consolidate the dynasty ?.--Con-
stillailnnel.

News from Algiers of the 25th of July has been re-
ceived by way of Mar4eilles and Toulon. The Aur,trian
frigate Billona, commanded by the Archduke Frederick,
ROn of the Archduke Charles, arrived at Algiers from
Trieste on the 21st. Alter the customary salute the
Archduke landed, and proceeded to Blidah, e,,corted by
a squadron of the chasseurs of Africa, and accompanied
by the Austrian Consul and his aid-dc-camps. •
On the 25th the Governor-General of Algeria, General
Bar, and other superior officers of the army of Africa,
dined on board the 8i110n5..7 Comm erce.

BOURSE--l'Ants, SATunDAi, AUG. 1.
_.Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French 3 per Cents.... 118 15... 118 30... i ltl 15., 116 20

4 per Cents 101 60... 101 60... 101 60... 101 60
3 per Cents 78 10... 78 10... 77 95... 77 95
Bank of France 3245 .3225 —.3225 .. 3225
Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1020 ^ ..1020 ...1020 ...1020
Belgian Fives lO2l ... 102/17 ... 1021 ... 104
1840 1034 ... 1034 ... 103 g ... 104
Dutch 2i per Cents s2g ... 52g ... 52g ... 54
Spanish Active 226 ... 22 ... 226 ...
Neapolitan lO5 50... 105 50... 105 50... 105 50
Roman
RAILWAY SHARES
Versailles, R.B 292 50... 295 ... 292 50... 295
L.ll 96 25... 96 25... 05 95
Rouen
Orleans. 560 ... 560 ... 555 ... 555
Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 205 ... 205

DUTCH FUNLEf.—AMSTERDAM, Auo. 1.
ii/one7.
Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent ...... 51% 52%
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Almitt Svnclic,44 per cent. ..... ...... 93% RN
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 76% .64
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 144,4 144
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1E37, 5 per cent l9 9934
Exchange on London. One month ....... 12 Li
Two months
Hamburgh, One month 35 75
Two months 35 50
Dutch Papers, Aug. 1.
AUSTRIAN FUND.3.—VIENNA, JULY 23
rive per Cents. Metalhques
Font per Cents• ••••••••••••••••• ..... ••••••••• ..... ........... 1110%
I hrec pa' Cents.
flank Shares ••••••••••• .......... .••••••••••••••

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

PARIS, AUGUST 2.

The division in the Chamber, yesterday evening, on
the admission or non•admission of 4Pauwels, a Con.-
servative Deputy, was 191 for his admission, and 205 to
adjourn it. This is considered by the Opposition as a
blow to Ministers.

I. Dufaure's party have given a strong proof of
their opposition to the Cabinet. No sooner did the
Minizterialists agree to vote for Sauzet as President,
than the men of the middle pally determined to vote
against him, though one of their own, and in favour of
M. Dufaure himself.
Three per Cents., 77f. 85c.

FIVE O'CLOCK.

The attacks of the Opposition continued to-day most
fiercely in the Chamber, relative to the.election of M.
Baude, and the Ministerial interference in his behalf.
M. Duchatel made a far from satisfactory defence.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The prices of most cf the English Stocks are rather
better than when they left off last night. Consols have
been sold at 914- for Money, and are now marked 911
91i; and 91i, buyers, for the Account; Three per Cents.
Reduced, 92+ • Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced,
101 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 ; Bank
Stock, 170 1701 ; India Stock, 249 251; India Bonds;
32 34 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 52 54 ; New, 50 52 prem.
Nothing has been done in Foreign Sceurities ; prices,
however, remain nominally as yesterday.
Mexican Bonds arc quoted 35 35+, at which some
time bargains have been made. _ _

The transactions in Shares have been limited to Great
Western, New, 64 ; South Western, 62k ; South
Eastern, Scrip, 8 ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47
the New Shares, 34.
The bonds noticed to-day are Portuguese Five per
Cents, 33* ; Spanish Five per Cents, 21*, and the Three
per Cents, 20* ; all speculations for time. _

The arguments in favour of permanently fixing the
departure of the mail for India a few days later
than the 4th of the month, according to the present
regulations, will receive additional strength from
the arrival of the present. The steam - vessel
is stated to have arrived at Marseilles at six in
the morning of Sunday, the 31st ult., and the letters
cannot be delivered before the ordinary course of post
to-morrow ; but more probably an extra delivery at an
advanced part of the day will be required, thus imposing
double duty upon merchants, namely, preparing the
outward, and perusing the inward, correspondence.
To estimate the extent of the labour properly,
the counting-houses of parties engaged iu this branch
of commerce, should be visited on, the day before
and the day of the despatch, and upon the receipt of the
letters all business is then completely suspended but
that, and scarcely a thought is given to anything
else. Some idea may be formed, from paragraphs
which occasionally appear, of the number and
weight of the packages containing the letters. Now,
when making up the bags is put off at a
short notice, or when letters are delivered on the same
day, most of this correspondence would have to be re-
written. and even a third time, and in many instances
it is obliged to be done ; but in the greater number of
cases, the pressure is such that the answers are wholly
neglected. All of these inconveniences would be ob-
viated, were the 6th or 7th of the month fixed fur the
departure of the mail.
By a chance vessel intelligence has been received from
Rio Janeiro a few days later than that by the last packet:
The markets for imports shewed no change, though the
slight improvement noticed some time since had not,
abated, but the confidence of merchants appears rather
to have increased. Some parcels of the new crop of
coffee had arrived from the interior, the quality of which
was stated to be very superior to that of last season, and
from all accounts the quantity was likely to be quite as
abundant. The information from the Province
of St. Paulo is but scanty, but it may be gathered,
that, although the Government had from the
first adopted most energetic measures to quell the in-
surrection, yet nothing but the presence of the troops
prevented open violence from being continued. Much
ill-feeling was stated still to prevail ; and it is to be
feared that serious events may occur before tranquillity
be completely restored.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
R A ILWATS. Paid. Per Share.
Edinburgh and Glasgow

Ditto New .. ... . ...... 3 ...... 31 to
Great Western
Ditto Now ...... ......... 50
London and South Western 4116 ... 62i to
INIANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 2 —No im-
provement is perceptible in our market to-day.—North
Midland, Thirds, 198 ; Manchester and Leeds, 77 77 ;
Ditto, Halves, 331 331- ; Manchester and Birmingham
28 281 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10di

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH. FUNDS

Bank Steck
3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... 921 Ditto Bonds
inn
3 per Cent. Cons.... 914 Ditto Old Annuities
34 per Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities —
New 34 per Cent... ...... 100/ Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 52 pm
Ngtvs 5 per Cen. Ditto' 5001 52 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small
Jan. 186(1 ......... 124 Bank Stock for Acct —
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 l2 s.l6;Consols for Acct....... 911
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... (Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 'Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian:Bonds.. — !Prussian, 5 per cent —
BuenosAyres6 per cent. 'Russian, 5 per tent.....,
C iilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic . ....
C ,lombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.....—
Danish, 3 per cent — French, S per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange '
Mexican, 5 per cent..... 'French, 3 per cent 77f. 75 .
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 \ Dutch, 2i per cent. big
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto. 5 per cent. .. ...