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London, England, 1845-08-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV:EN ENG, AUGUST 4, 18451

speech in the House of Commons on the dcfenees of the
c6untry, ridicule his fears, and accuse him of ex-
aggerating the maritime power of France. They infer
from his speech that there must exist in England some
latent ill-will against France, or such expressions of
distrust in her intentions would not be indulged in. The
Siecle, however, in remarking on the speech, says—
" There is, as usual, some exaggeration, but there is a great
foundation of truth in what was said by the Noble Lord. The
Straits are no longer an obstacle on which England can de-
pend as it could before the introduction of steam ; our fleets
have at Cherbourg and Brest a secure shelter against the attacks
of an enemy : England may consider itself, with great truth,
threatened with a disembarkation in the event of a contest with
France. But we have not a navy in every respect superior to
that of Great Britain, and our steam fleet is not sufficient to
transport two hundred and ninety thousand men. Without
reckoning that an army of that size would be needless for a
descent, we know that 40,000 men disembarked on the coast of
England, with sufficient stores and ammunition, would maintain

itself easily there during the whole time necessary to receive
reinforcements by the new mode of navigation. The Emperor
wished to go to London with 70,000 tmen ; an army of from
7u,( 00 to bO,OOO men would be sufficient at the present day
against a country where the people are in flagrant hostility with
the aristocracy, and where battalions do not start up at once,
whatever may happen." •
In relation to the means possessed by Great Britain of
repelling invasion, it adds—
" In England soldiers are engaged for life, so that it is evi-
dent that not one-third of the 50,000 invalids are Et for ser.
vice. As to the militia, Mr. Pitt armed it, and placed but
little dependence upon it—first, on account of the state of pub-
lic feeling; and, secondly, on account of the difficulty that all
Englishmen have in contracting military habits. But we now
only wish to point out that, by holding a lofty attitude towards
England, we can oblige our neighbours to expend fifty or sixty
millions additional francs annually to place their land forces on
a footing to give us battle on the soil of Great Britain itself.
A struggle between England and France will henceforth be as
much a continental as a maritime war."

The annexation of Texas is also the subject of com-
ment. The Opposition journals are loud in their con-
demnations of M. GIIIZOT for having co-operated with
England in endeavouring to prevent annexation. The
Con.,t tutionnel looks upon the whole as a mattcr of bar-
gain and sale. The Texans were in debt, and have sold
themselves to the highest bidder. The Courrier Francais
says—

" We imagine that Mexico will cot engage in a war with
the United States in order to retake Texas. As. to England,
no doubt she will resign herself to it, and our Ministry will
follow the example of that of Sir R. Peel. But now that the
Texas question has been resolved, there still remains that of
Oregon, and we shall be much astonished if the British Go.
vernment does not seize the occasion to be avenged for this
late defeat."

According to the Monilcur Algerien of the 26th, Mar-
shal BUCEAUD embarked for Delges on the 28th to take
the command of the expedition against BEN SALEM.
Colonel PELISSIEIt is to accompany the Marshal in this
expedition.

We extract the following from the France Algerienne—

" A violent animosity subsisted for a length of time between
the Sendjes and the Sheah tribes, the latter of whom have
always resisted our troops. They lately, after having endea-
voured to assassinate by night Si Mohammed, who was set
over part of the division of Orleansville by the French,
committed an act of odious treason. Colonel de St. Amand
had sent an escort of honour of thirty spahis to Hadj
Named, the French agha of the Sendjes, for the marriage
of his son. The Sheah- having found apart from their
comrades several of the spahis who accompanied the tax
collector, killed their, and then taking off their red burnous,
put them on themselves. Thus disguised, the wearers
came on at the head of about three hundred of the tribe to
meet our agha of the Sendjes. Perceiving the red burnous at
the head of the band, he supposed it was his colleagues of the
Makhzen coming to pay their compliments to him on the
occasion of the marriage. Under cover of this disloyal impo-
sition, the Sheahs came up to within pistol-shut, and then dis-
charged their muskets at the band. The agha fell dead on the
instant, and with him two caids, and about ten others. The
spahig, notwithstanding their disproportionate numbers, made a
brave defence, and got away, at last, with the loss of only
five men. A bogy of between two hundred and three hundred
armed men on foot, who were lying in ambush, fired upon the
rear of the agha's party at the same time that it was attacked in

front."

It appears that the young bride, with several women,
and the whole of the baggage, fell into the hands of the
assailants. Marshal BUGEAUD has decreed the transpor-
tation of the tribe, and the confiscation of their territory.

The proposed visit of the Queen of ENGLAND to the
Rhine appears to have excited some apprehensions in
the minds of French diplomatists. La France says:—
" The French Cabinet feels somewhat alarmed, and has
instructed its political agents to collect every rumour
that may transpire round the royal residences. The
Cabinet of the Tuileries still remembers the 15th of
July, 1840, and views with apprehension a conference
which may regulate without its participation the affairs
of the peninsula."

TheMoniteur announces that the Minister of Public

Works has fixed the 9th of September, at half-past tiero
in the afternoon, as the day when the Great Northern
Railroad, with its branch lines from Lille towards Calais
and, Dunkirk, is to he publicly adjudicated. The adju-
dication of the branch line from Fampoux to Hazebruck
is to take place at the same time.
The Prince and Princess DE JOINVILLE arrived.at the
Tuileries on Friday, and were to remain there until the
departure of the Royal Family for Eu, which is fixed for
to-day.
The Paris and Rouen Railway Company have de.
dared a dividend of 23 francs 10 ceniimes for the nine
months ending July.
Don CARLOS and the Princess of BEIRA arrived at
Greoulx on the 24th ult.
The Duke and Duchess DE NEalours left Limoges for
Pampadour on the 30th ult.
The Memorial Bordelais of the 31st ult. has the
following :
" Among the arrivals here are Count Bressen, the French
Ambassador to the Court of Spain ; M. Druard, Comptroller
of the Household of the Duke d'Aumate; and M..Aguerre
Mayor, the American Consul. Considerable disturbances were
created in the night of the 29th ult. in front of the residences
of the Dutch and Neapolitan Consuls, at Bordeaux, in con-
sequence, it was pretended, of their not having hoisted their
flags and illuminated their houses in honour of the national fae
The rioters, after giving them a most hearty charivari, broke
their windows, committed other excesses, and, finally tearing
down their escutcheons, threw them into the river."
The Semaphore of Marseilles gives the following from Al-
giers, 25th ult. :—" The news of the death of our agha of
the Sendjcs was immediately spread by the cherif partiran of
Abd-el-Kader, who calls himself a descendant of the Prophet,
and it appears that the Arabs look on it as an act of Divine
justice, so that fresh risings are to be dreaded in the district of
Orleansville. While these things are passing in the west, the
insurrection appears to be extending in the east. Reinforce-
ments of troops have just been sent to Dellys. It appears that
all Kabylia is in arms, and that the campaign which is expected
to commence about the 26th or 27th, will be a rough one."
A letter from Tangiers, 9th ult., says :—" The Emperor has

just established at Fez a kind of military school, where 500
young men are to study the elements of European tactics. The
Moors consent to this measure with a very bed grace, and nu-
merous desertions take place. The Consuls-General of Spain
and Denmark at this place have been promoted by their res-
pective Governments to the rank of resident Ministers, and it is
in this quality that the Danish. agent of this place, M. Car-
stenseen, is, it is said, shortly to proceed to the United States.
The Vice-Consuls employed under their orders have been
named Consuls. The general opinion here is that M. de Nyon,
the Consul- General of France at Moroccs, will riot return to
his post."

Letters from Beyrout of the 12th July state that hos-
tilities had ceased in the Lebanon.

The Paris Boursebecame once more animated on Saturday.
The Three per Cents. closed on that day at 83f. 85c. ; the
Five per Cents. at 122 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,246 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 1,065 f. ; Vierzon, 790 f. Havre, 900 f. ;
Avignon, 1,045 f. ; Basle, 272 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per
Cents., 38 ; ditto, Domestic Debt, 29.
(Means. and Bordeaux, 160 f. premium ; Boulogne, 135 f.
ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 301. ; Paris and Lyons,
(Laffitte), 281.' 75c.; ditto (Calon),par • ditto (Ganneron),
6f. 50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 42f. 50c. ; ditto (Rosa-
mel), 10f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ;
ditto (Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto
(Jacques' Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe),
17f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 351. ; ditto (Compagnie Meri-
dionale), 51. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse ( Mackenzie), par;
ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 111. 50c.; Crcil and St. Quentin,
par ; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 121. 50c. ; Dijon and
Mulhausen, par ; Dieppe. 20f.
• MARSEILLES, JULY 29.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,025 f. ;
Boulogne, 630 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6751. ; Vierzon,
780 f.
LYONS, JULY 30.-Arignon and, Marseilles, 1,045 f., end of
July ; Paris and Orleans, 1,2-16 f., ditto ; Paris and Rouen,
LOVE ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 790 f., ditto; Orleans and
Bordeaux, 685 f., ditto.

GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE PARK.—This morn-
ing the household • troops, consisting of the Ist and 2,1 Regi-
ments of Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), the
4th Light Dragoons, the Ist and 3d battalion of the Grenadier
Guards, the Ist and 2d battalion of the Fusilier Guards, and a
brigade of guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, were reviewed
on the usual exercising ground in Hyde Park, by his Majesty
the King of the Netherlands, the Duke of Wellington, and a
number of General Officers. It was not positively known that
the review would take place until eight o'cloek, at which hour
an orderly sergeant from each regiment attended at Apsley
House to receive the commands of the Duke of Wellington.
Shortly after ten o'clock the troops assembled on' the
ground, and notwithstanding the unfavourable appear.
ance of the weather thousands of persons were present.
At half-past ten o'clock the troops took up the following posi-
tions :—The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards and the Ist
battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards occupied the centre;.
the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards the left, and the Ist
battalion of the Grenadier Guards the right wing, flanked by
the cavalry, under the immediate command of General Lygon ;
on the extreme left was stationed the Meld battery. At a few
minutes before eleven the Duke of Wellington, attended by a
numerous and brilliant staff, arrived ; and, shortly afterwards,
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minutely inspected the appointments of the men, the troops
broke into subdivisions and marched past in slow and quick
time, after which they were wheeled into line and went
through the various evolutions with the utmost precision. '1 he
formation of squares upon different positions was effected with
the greatest rapidity, and the evolutions of the cavalry were
executed admirably. and appeared to give universal satisfac-
tion. His Majesty during the review conversed with several
of the general officers, and at tha conclusion addressed the
commanding officer. A general salute then followed, and the
regiments were marched to their respective barracks.
SNOW IN JULY.—On Tuesday morning the sur-
face of country between Bangor and Bethesda, for an extent of
three miles at least, was covered with snow to the depth of
three inches and upwards.—Chester Chronicle.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool on-Satur-
day, but the market on the whole was quiet. Sales, 11,000
bales, including 2,000 Athe:ican on speculation. There was
no alteration in prices. Shares were much the same, except
the Yorkshire lines, in which there was a good deal of excite-
ment. Birkenhead, Lancashire,andtheshire,s% ; Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, 13/4 • Blsiekb:qv; Darwen, and Bol-
ton, 75 ; British an' lri3ii Union, 725. 725. 6d.; Bolton,
Wigan, and LiVe'rpool, 24 25%; Chester and Birkenhead,
66 fifi ; Ditto, New Shares, 63%; Derby and Crewe, 2% ;
Eastern Counties, 21 ; Edinburgh, London, and Granton,
23 ; Ely and Bedford, 3 % ; Glasgow and Dumfries, '24s.
245. 6d; Grand Union, 2; Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
Quarter Shares, 21s. 6d. ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway,
-12% 13 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 9%; Inverness and
Perth, 21%; Lancaster and Carlisle, 55; Leicester and Bed-
ford, 3 1/8 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and I'reston, 18.4. 6d.;
London and Croydon, New Shares, 2%; London and York,
6% %; Direct Northern, 214 14; Levis and Dewsbury, 20;
Leeds and Thirsk, 7% %; Leeds and West Riding 9%
12%; Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, 36e. ;
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, 2%; Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Midland, 4; Manchester and Leeds, 198;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, •31%; Midland Railway, 178 ; Ditto
401. Shares, 271/ 34 ; North British, Half Shares, 8% ;
North Kent, 3; North Union (A), 205; Ditto (B), 139;
North Wales Mineral, 181 ; Nottingham and Boston, 1,4 ;
Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 3%; Oxford and
Birmingham Junction„ 935. 6d. ; Preston and Wyre, 35 ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 128% 128 ex new and. div.;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, ditto; Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 2,
12%; Sheffield and Lincoln, 3% ; Shrewsbury and Herefurd-
shire, ; Shrewsbury, swestry, and Chester, 4% %;
Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 3%; Shrewsbury, Worcester,
and Crewe, 3%; South-Eastern and Dover, 46% 46 ; Ditto,
New Shares. No. 3, 8 14; Scottish Central, 6% %; South
Midland, 5%135. 9(11; South Staffordshire Junction, 3%;
Trent Valley and Midland Junction, -5%; Warwick and
London, ; Welsh Midland, 33/1 ; West Yorkshire, 10%
12 ; Worcester and Triad, 21%2 Gs. ; Whitehaven and Fuiness,
3% 174 ; Belfast and County Down, 3% ; Dublin and Belfast
Junction, 71,6 3/4 ; Dublin and Galway, 2% ; Great County
Down, 1% 2/4 ; Great Southern aad Western Extension, 11-1
%; Newry, Banbridge, and Belfast, 3; Newry and Warren-
point, 3% 14 • Dutch Rhenish, 9; Great Luxembourg, 1%;
Great Central' Sardinian, %; Lyons and Avignon. 3 % ; Nor-
thern of France (Ilosamel),! 2 h %; Overyssel (Dutch), 5%
% ; I'aris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 3%; Paris and Lyons
(anneron), 2% Paris and Rouen, 411/2.
AlasicriEsTEß STOCK EiLCHANGE, AUGUST 2. -The sales
are-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 8% ;
Blackburn, Burnley, and' Accrington, 11% ; Blackburn,
Clitheroe, and North Western. Junction, 2% prem.
,;Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, fl 4, % ; Bolton, Wigan, and
.Liverpool, 233/4:-% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 ex new, 3%
cum new. ; chtberoe Junctinn, 4 7-16 ; Direct Northern,
21/ ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 2% ;
Glasgow and Dumfries, 245. 6d. 245. ; Grand Union, 2 ;
Great GriMsby and Sheffield Junction, 5%; Huddersfield
and Manchester Railway and Canal, 11% ; Leeds and Thirsk,
7% %; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 12 ; Leicester and
Bedford, .3% ; Leicester and Birmingham, 2 ; Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 534 %; Loudon and Worcester, Ox-
ford and Rugby,2% %; London and York, ; Manchester,
Bury, and Rossendale, 23%; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 6% ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter
Shares, 1014 ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 8% 14 ; Man-
chester and Leeds, 201 205; Ditto, Half Shares, 92; Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 30; Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North
of England, 1% prem.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland
Junction 5% ;, Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 18s.
17s. 6d. prem. ; *North British, New Shares, 8% ; North
Eastern, 2; North Wales, 3%; North Western, 5; Notting-
ham, Erewash, Arribergate and Manchester, 314 ; Preston and
Wyre, Half Shares, 41/ ; Preston and Wyre Extension,
2 7-16 5-16 ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 32% ;
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, Na 2,6% prem.;
Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 136 ; South-Eastern and
Dover, No. 3,7% ; South Midland, 5% % ; Trent Valley
Continuation and. Holyhead Junction, 2% %; Trent Valley,
Midlands, and Grand Junction, 41,4 3/4 prem. ; Wakefield,
Pontefract, and Goole, 30; Welsh Midland, 3%; West Lan-
cashire Coast Line, 3% prem. ; West Yorkshire, 10 3/4 ;
Whitehaven and Furness, 3% ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe Union,• 31% % ,; York and Carlisle, 4 14 ; Paris and
Lyons, English, 31/2 %; Ditto. (Ganneron's), 2%; Paris and
Strasbourg, 2 7-16. South Staffordshire, 3.
LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 2.-The sales were as
follow :-London and Croydon, New, 435. prem. ; Midland,
178 ex div.; Ditto, New, 27 26%; North British, New, Bs.
' 6s. 6d. • York and North Midland Extension, 22%; Ar-
magh, Coleraine, and Partrush, 2; Bolton, Wigan, and
Liverpool, 24 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 33/4 3s. 9d.; Derby
and Crewe, 435. 6d. ; Grand Union, 13s. 12s. prem.; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 5 IA ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 225. 6d. 225. ; Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford
Union, 625. 6d. 755. a.; Huddersfield and Manchester, 12%
12 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 10% %; Lancashire, York-
shire, and North-Eastern, 12s. 15s. prem.; Leeds and Brad-
ford, 53% 55 ; Leeds and Bradford Extension, 41 423/4 ;
Leeds and Dewsbury, 201 21; Leeds and Thirsk, 5/. 995.
prem. ; Leeds and York, 173. prem. ; Leicester and Birming-
ham, 235. 21s. 6d. prem. • Leicester aad Bedford, 425. Gd.
395. ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 5%; London and
York, 6%; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 6%;
Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England, 30s.
295. prem. ; Manchister and Birkenhead Extension, 12s.
13s. prem.; Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle Junction,
60s. 665. prem. ; North Western, 334 ; Nottingham, Ere-
wash, and Ambergate, 40s. 395. prem.; Nottingham and
Boston, 12s. 10s.; 'Rugby, 475. 6d. 498.; Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire, 535. 525.; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley,
&c., 41% ; South Midlands, 98s. prem.; Wakefield and
Bradford, 475. Gd. 495. ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole,
30% 32%; Wakefield and Harrogate, 70s. 60s. ;. Welsh Mid-
lands, 30s. 295. prem. ; West Riding Junction, 11% % ;
West Yorkshire, 10% Ifs. 6d.
HUDDERSFIELD STOCK-EXCHANGE, AUG. 2.-The sales
are :-Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 24%; Grand Union,
14s. 3d. 155.; Great Eastern and Western, 125.; Hudders-
field and Manchester, '.113; Huddersfield and Sheffield
Junction, 101. 4s. 101. SS. ; London and York, Cl. lls. 3d. ;
Manchester, Birmingham, 'and Welsh Junction, 225, 6d.
235. Gd.; Manchester and Birkenhead • Continuation, 13s.
' prem. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midlands, 6 ; West York-
shire, 73/4 9 ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, 31. Bs. 6d.
We are without any arrivals in the City to-day from the
British Colonies.
• The Hun. Secretary of the Committee of the Association
formed here to forward subscriptions for the relief of the
sufferers by the fires at Quebec, has proceeded to. Liverpool
to arrange matters there for forwarding the good cause, and
we are informed with the most satisfactory results,
After an association of more than thirty years with most
of the subscribers to the subscription-room of the North
and South American Co'ffee-house (in former times and
before steam-vessels across the Atlantic were dreamt of) we
find by a letter before us, that it is proposed by the new
proprietor, Mr. T. B. Simpson, to remove toe locale
to certain rooms on the same floor. This, it is
considered, will be a great convenience. The spacious
rooms now devoted to the subscribers will be attached to the
tavern department. It ought to be stated that the new pro-
prietor has taken the best means possible to obtain early in-
formation for the subscribers.
The Consol Market has' been steady to-day at 98% 3/4 for
the Account, and at 98% % for transfer to-morrow. 'the
premium upon Exchequer-bills has rallied a trifle ; notwith-
standing capital is in request, an immensity of commercial
bills having arrived at maturity, this being the 4th of the
month. They have been verx well paid as yet. The busi-
ness of the "Clearing House"- has been exceedingly large.
India Bonds are*at 675. premium.
Very few bargains were made in the Foreign Stocks to-
day ; Spanish Actives have been quoted only at 2634 ;
the Passive at 6%; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 993 ;
Mexican Deferred at 204; and Buenos 'Ayres at 50.
The market for the Railway Shares has been heavy this
morning, but the nutaber of transactions have been very
great. 'the French lines are in request.

CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. PRICES
*
Bank Stock ... — 210
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9Bl/2% :IPA.
New 314 per Cents lO2l/8 102,4
bong Annuities to exuireJan.lB6o 11 7-16 11 7-16
Ditto 30 years, 0ct.10,1859 lll% 1114
Ditto 30 years, Jan.,s, 1860 lll 11
India Bonds, 1,0004. ~.. ...... „ 67
Ditto under 1,000/. : -
Consols for Account .. ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1~, d.
Ditto 5001.
. Ditto Small

oNE
O'CLOCK.

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN 'FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds

70
08%

CLOSING
PRICES.
88'4
88
50

Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 50
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837
Ditto. Deferred 2014
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto; Passive

Ditto 3 per Cent.

Ditto, Account.— ..
Dutch;2% per cent , .
Ditto, 4. per Cent Catific.:: 99%7,4

20%
263/4
63/1

, -
3714

99,3 i

PRICES OF CLOSI.NO
•
RAILWAY SIIAR NV O'CLOCK ES .PAID. A 0 . riticEs
Aberdeen - 2% • 3%
Armagh; Coleraine, and
Portrush - ..... 1% 2
Binning. and Gloucesterloo
Do. New *
Ditto 1/, Shares
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 60% 61%
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 1 % •••• • • 3Ws
Chester and Holyhead.— 15
Direct Northern • . 2% 2 -.. ...... ....... 2
Dublin ,and Belfast Jun c. 2, Bl4 Bl4
Eastern Counties 14/. 165.. 203/4 21
Ditto*New . 4/. 165.
Eastern Union 45 .. 25 24 . 24
Ditto Extension. •_,, .., 1% 3141/6
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 21% 21%
Ely and Bedford - ll4 3% % 3%
Great South. and West.:
(Ireland) - 21
Ditto Extension • 2% 11%••
Great North of Scotland 2%
tireatNorth of England:.loo 905
Ditto %Shares • 50 l2l 120 122
Ditto, Fifths .. •20
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 21,4 ...
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/, 21%
Lancaster and Carlisle... .25
Leicester and 8et17.0/1. 925.
London and Bin-ninon kStock) 246
Do. Quarters 2
London and Blackwell. 16/. 135.4 d 11%:(13
London and Brighton... 50
Do. New consolidated Bths 25 ...... 48
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 254 ..
Do. New - ,l3s 4d 914 2 p. ... ..
Lond. & S. Western 411 6s 10(1 BO
.79% 8014...
. Do. New ......... ..... 21,4 —
London and York ...... ••• 2% 6%14% ...... ..
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
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Londonderry &Coleraine 21,:••••••• 3%
Lynn and Derchain IN 3%1% 14
Manchester and Leeds... 76 199 197.
Do. 1A Shares
Do. 12; Shares
Do Sixteenths ..... ... 54 lll/24
bI a nche: ter and liirmin. 40 ......
Do. New Quarters 2
Manchester,Buxton,and
MatloCk 22s. ...... 51h3/4 p ..... ...
bLdland. lOO 175 176 171
Do. Nev;

2114
55
247

781 A

251,4

801/2
1141/1

201

30
11%

53/4
177

Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 . .. 55
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 1% 21M
Newry and Enniskillen. 2%
Newark and Sl.effidd .. U,.;......—
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Kent
North Staffordshire 22s. . ... 3 i3O 2% p
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon... 14
Oxford and Worcester.. 214 7/4 %
Portsmouth Direct 2% 4%
Freston and Wyre
Richmondand IV est End
Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & 'l'ring 1
Scottish Central
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%. .. . 4%
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union 22s.
Shrewsbury, Hereford,
and North Wales 2- 2
South Midland 225....... 4%%
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 45
Do., N 0.2
Do., No. 3
Staines and Itichmono.... 1
South Wales 2% . 5%
Trent Valley and Holy-

38%
2114
31A
284
83?
69
234,
31/i
23
7%
4%
35

2%
6%
4%

2j
443/4
15
73%
51/4

head JunCtion
Waterford and Kilkenny 1
Welch Midland
Worcester, Shrewsbury
and Crew Union ... 1%...
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland 50

2%
...... . 2%
336
1%

Do Selby 2O
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FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 6
Dutch Rhenish 3
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Great North. of France
(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Jamaica Junction.:...... 11,4 634 7
Louvain and Jeineppe... 4 ... . 51/s
Lyons and Avignon
Kamur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux... 4
Over Yssel . 413 s 4d — •

Paris ti Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse , 4
West Flanders 2
JOINT STOCK BANK.
Provincial of Ireland ... 25

77
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LLOYD'S siiireING.—(THIS DAY.

LONDON, AUG. 4.—Wind this day at noon, fresh breeze at
S. by W., and fine.
DEAr., AUG. 3.—Wind S.W. by W.—Arrd. 2d, Diana,
New York for Bremen ; Whitwell, Smith, Pugwash ; Petrel,
Reid, ditto; William, North America; Asia, Woodward,
Quebec; Lady Kiunaird, Montreal; 3d, Wellington, Chad-
wick, New York; Caroline, Quebec; Ouse, William, ditto.
Arrd. from the River, 2d, Abberton, Purchase, for Port
Phillip; Warrior, Huggin, Jamaica; 3d, Dublin, 'Wakefield,
Sydney; Martin Luther, Hutton, Madras; Eliza Jones, St.
Vincent. Sld., 2d, John Hayes, Wood Ward, for Port Ade-
laide; Spencer, Bell, Ceylon. Put back, 2d, Mary Ann,
Allen, Bombay.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 3.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd., 2d,
Victoria, Sim, Bahia. Off Port, 3d., Majestic, Isbister,
Saldanha Bay, and -Ad. for Newcastle.
LIVELPOOL, AUG. 3.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd., 2d,
Margaret, Possession Island; Ann Harper, Shippigan ;
Racer, Power, Prince Edward's Island ; Anacreon, Fortune,
Quebec ; John Farmouth, ditto ; Zanoni, Simon, ditto. Sld.,
2d, Gardner, Cole, Shanghae ; Nimrod, Atkins, Bombay;
Pioneer, Graham, Alexandria; Viscount Oxford, Rathbone,
New York ; Arabella,,Rice, Boston ; Burlington, Crawford,
ditto ; Polly, Donaldson, Quebec ; Defence, Davies, ditto •
,
Manchester, Young, ditto ; Silvane, Hall, ditto. Put back,
2d, Mersey, for Bombay, leaky. Off Port, 3d, Australia.
OFF MARGATE, AUG. 2.—Wellington, Chadwick, New
York ; Caroline, Quebec.
SHOREHAM, AUG. I.—Arrd. Britannia, Moody, Quebec.
COWES, AUG. 3.—Wind W.—Arrd. Maria Francisko,
Rose, Mazatlan.
EXMOUTH, JULY 31.—Arrd. Falcon, Cairns, Richebucto.
OFF PENZANCE, JULY 31.—Cousins, Quebec.
BRISTOL, AUG. 1 —Arrd. Margaret Parker, Newfoundland.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 2.—Forth steamer, West Indies.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION.
LOSS OF TWENTY-NINE LIVES.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

An explosion of fire-dantp, by which 29 human
beings lost their lives, took place on Sattirday last at a
colliery belonging to Mr. Thos. Powell, situated at
Crombach, about three miles distant from the village of
Aberdare, and six from Merthyr Tydvil.
About eleven o'clock a loud report, attended with a
violent concussion of the earth was heard, which caused
the people of the neighbouring houses to direct their
attention towards the pit, and in a very short time the
awful fact became known that an explosion of fire-damp
had occurred. The consternation which ensued may be-
more easily imagined than described, when it is known
that there were in the pit at the time from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred human beings, men and boys,
and the awful uncertainty that existed, how many, if any,
were alive. Language cannot describe the mournful
lesson. The wailing of women, and the crying of children,
as they ran towards the pit's mouth seeking their rela-
tives, were sufficient to unnerve the stoutest heart, and
melt the most stoical spirit. In one face you might see
the fearfully anxious look changed into one of gladness
as the husband, son, or brother, came up alive. In
another face " hope fied,4 and settled despair when one
after another came up, and the expected one still be-
hind. I visited the pit in a few hours after the catas-
trophe, and never has it fallen to my lot to witness a more
awful lesson. Surely, legislation ought to step in, and en-
deavour to give security to human life, by the appointment
of competent persons—men whose scientific acquire-
ments would be at least a guarantee that nothing which
science could do had been left undone towards the se-
curity of human life. The air in the pit, after the ex-
plosion, was So noxious, that it was a considerable time
ere any person could venture to seek for the missing
men. But such is the devotion, such the spirit and
courage of these poor working colliers, that they were to
be seen going into the pit without the least hesitation
to seek their missing fellow-workmen. The risk which
they incurred may be imagined, from many of them
having fainted when proceeding towards the workings ;
yet others mere. pushing on and working, undauntedly,
hoping to find some one alive and in need of assistance.
It is not exactly known how the accident hap-
pened. It is said the Davy lamp was constantly
used to try the air, but the pit has always
been in bad repute on account of its de-
ficient ventilation. No accident in this part of the
country has ever been attended with the loss of so much
human life, and the effect consequently is an unusual
gloom over the whole neighbourhood. There were also
two or three horses killed, and the damage done to the
works is very great. Doubtless more will be made
known on the inquest, which will be held ou Monday,
lof which will send you a full report.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commiss►oner HOLROYD.)
IN RE CHAMBERS AND CO.

A meeting was held this morning for the audit of the ac-
counts of Alessrs. Chambers and Son, formerly of South
Molton-street, and Bond-street, bankrupts.
The fiat was issued nearly twenty years ago' and from that
time to the present, litigation to a great extent has been carried
on, but which it now appears is likely to terminate in the pay-.
went of a dividend, and a winding up of the affairs.
The proceedings of the audit were not of a public nature.;
but it was stated that the funds in hand, the bulk of which was
from the proceeds of the Opera House estate, applicable for a
dividend was 100,0001.

The proceedings taken against Mr. Wilton, formerly soli-
citor to Mr. Chambers, have been so frequently before the
Courts and the public that Mr. Wilton had threatened to eject
the tenants of the Chettle estate, of which Mr. Wilton was
trustee, under the marriage settlement of Mr. and Mrs. Cham-
bers. Since the last audit an order of commitment bad been
made by the Lord Chancellor, in consequence of his not having
entered up satisfaction on judgments obtained against the
estate. He had refused to do so, but had re-registered four
judgments, amounting to 21,0001. A printed letter was ex-
tensively circulated containing some correspondence between
Mr. Wilton and Messrs. Few and Co. in explanation, and an
offer to come to terms. He bad given notice of his intention
to publish the correspondence, and attend before the Learned
Commissioner to explain personally, but did not do so.

WHITE BAIT DINNER TO TIIE LORD MAYOR.--
A very splendid fish dinner was on Thursday last given to the
Lord Mayor, by the guardians of the City of London Union, at
the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, of which board his Lord-
ship, on the introduction of the new poor-law into the City,
was chosen chairman. Upwards of seventy sat down to dinner.
The chairman, in proposing the health of the chief magistrate,
alluded in the length of time his Lordship had occupied the
chair of the board, and the high satisfaction which had been
frequently expressed by those best qualified to judge of the
talent, zeal, discrimination, and humanity exhibited in the
transaction of the important business of the union. These
qualities were exercised ever since the formation of the union in
1837, a period during which the difficulties attendant upon the
management of the powers vested in the guardians by the Poor-
law Bill were greatly increased by the enormous influx of des-
titute persons into the City from all parts of the country. The
Lord Mayor, in acknowleding the toast, which was received
with acclamation, took occasien to refer to the elegant tribute
he had lately received at the hands of the board, in the shape of
a vote of thanks, magnificently emblazoned and framed, and
expressed in terms the most kind ind graceful. There were 58
guardians present, amthe day was spent by the company in a
most convivial manner.

SOUTHAP,IPTON, AuGusr 3.—The Tagus, Captain
13rooks, steam•ship, left the docks this day, at three p.m., for
Malta, with the East India and China mails, which will be
transmitted by the cc nipany's steamer Iberia for Alexandria,
and the Tagus will pri,ceed on for Constantinople and Smyrna.
She has 38 passengers and a very full cargo of MancLester
goods. The Royal West India mail packet, the Forth, Capt.
Chapman, left the river yesterday, with the West India and
South American mails, and 3:3 passengers, and on freight
quicksilver to the value of 10,696/. ; 4,62 l/. in gold doubloons,
and 1,5501. in silver. Two gentlemen, in connexion with the
railway now building in Jamaica, went out in the Forth to
superintend the opening in October. The weather has been
extremely boisterous here all day. The next Gibraltar packet,
with home?, and-bound Peninsular mails, is due to-morrow.

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