The Sun. — 1847-08-31 (London, England)

MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 24.—The Three per Cents. were dune in Madrid, on the 24th, at 271 for cash, and the Coupons, at 15; and the Five per Cents. at 17i for paper; and the Debt without Interest at 511.  We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The physicians who examined the body of the Duke of PRASLIN have reported that he died from poisoning by arsenic, and that as arsenic was found in the liver, it must have been taken some time befbre death ; they are of (pinion that there were not two administrations of poison, and that the apparent convalescence of the Duke of PRAsLIN ()It the Saturday and Sunday was " nothing but an aggravation of the phenomena of reaction of which the apparition may have simulated a favourable crisis" (dont l'apparition acait pu sirnuler une crise favorable). The report seems drawn up altogether in accordance with the Talleyrand theory of language, which lays it down as an axiom that words were given to man to enable him to disguise his thoughts. The Itfoniteur Parisien states officially that the Attorney-General has received from M. WARNERRY certain charges of corruption against officers connected with the administration of affairs in Algeria, and had ordered a judicial investigation into the truth of those charges to be commenced. The trial of Messrs. GOBELEY and BEERIER the younger, charged with having embezzled large quantities of corn from the Government stores, took place on Saturday, and terminated in the acquittal of the accused.  The price of flour in the Paris market continues to decline.  Count ANATOLE DB MONTESQUIEU, a chevalier dhonneur of the QUEEN, a Peer of France, and exaide-de-camp ,to NAPOLEON, committed suicide at Paris on Sunday. No reasons are give❑ for this rash act.  importance and the excellence of its management, and in addition to the valuable assistance rendered by the advance of half a million sterling, his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant paid its directors the high compliment of inspecting the progress of the works, and accepting their hospitality. On Friday the Earl of CLARENDON, accompanied by the Chief Secretary for Ireland and a distinguished party, went over the portion of the line now opened to the public, the traffic on which is already very considerable, affording an ample security Tor the Government loan. The impressions created by that journey may be . conceived from what subsequently fell from that enlightened nobleman, when expressing his delight at " bving passed through a beautiful country, teeming with the products of the earth, and upon a line of railway that reflected credit on the energy and enterprise of the company." He stated "that at home or abroad he had never seen so beautiful a line of railway—one which exhibited in its construction so rare a combination of science and art." This feeling was participated in by all, and the Chief Secretary added that he only expressed the opinions of every gentleman who had accompanied his Excellency, in saying that the Great Southern and Western Railway, fur safety and good management, was not surpassed by any other line in existence. Compliments such as these, proceeding from such influential sources, must. iudeed be satisfactory not only to the directors, but to every person in any degree interested in the undertaking. They also prove how judiciously the Ministry acted in rendering such effectual assistance--assistance which must materially hasten the period when the public will reap all the benefits of the gigantic undertaking, and that without a particle of loss or risk to the Exchequer, the rate of per tentage secured by the company, five per cent. per i annum, being nearly one-third more than the actual interest payable on that sum by the nation. The progress of the other lines assisted by the Government are equally satisfactory. The Waterford and Limerick Railway, which communicates between two of the principal ports on the east and west of the island, has afforded a considerable quantity of employment to the labourers in the several districts traversed by it. In one locality alone there are 800 men employed—the labourers, who usually earn Bd. or ICd. a day, receiving ls. 6d., while masons, stone-cutters, and others are proportionately paid. There is now 356,600/. sterling paid up, and on the arrears (amounting to less than 20,0001.) being satisfied, the company will be in a position to borrow, if necessary or desirable, a quarter of a million sterling. The Dublin and Drogheda, which runs from the metropolis northward, and which forms the chief link in the great northern chain, had, notwithstanding the general distress and commercial depression existing inlreland ed f revenue on the half-year ending the earlier part of this his year, an increase 30th of June in the present year, over the corresponding period of 84sufficientrecd security repaid the Exchequer-bill 1846, from passengers, of 704/. le, lOd., and on goods and f p asssen gpeorrst, i onf ofl,o their9o /. This company also have a6s line opened to afford ample Exchequer ; indeed they y to the Exhave al chequer-bill Loan Commissionerseay a su: exceeding that which they are now about to burro  The number of failures in Paris during the last year was 1,139, and the aggregate amount of the deficit 68,474,803 francs. .Eight of these failures were to the amount of 40,0001. and upwards. As compared with the previous year, there is an enormous increase both in toe number and amount of the faiiures. In the previous year the number of the failures was 931, and the amount 48,342,529 francs. The Gazette des Tribunaux positively contradicts  A letter from Leghorn, ot the 23d of August, states that on the 22d an outbreak hail taken pl,ce in that city in consequence of the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrians. On that day the inhabitants of Leg. horn assembled in the great square of the city, and loudly demanded the formation of a national guard. The people, after hearing an address from the Governor, were dispersing quietly when they were charged by the Carbineers—a conflict ensued, in which the Carbineers were routed and disarmed. The excitement in consequence became very great, and placards were posted on the walls, urging- the  the statements which have been made that M. DE BEAUVALLON had been ordered for trial before the Court of Assizes for perjury, and that he had appealed to the Court of Caseation against the decision of the Chambre de Mises en Accusation. It states that the Chambre de Mises en Accusation has not yet come to arty decision on his case. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de ('Opera on Sunday at 76f. 6Oc. MARSEILLES, Atc. 25.—Marseilles and Avignon, 595 f.; Northern, 530 f.