The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-23 00:00:00

WHEAT AND FLOUR IN FRANCE COMPARED

WITH LONDON.

WHEAT. —The highest price of the, best wheat in Paris, is
26 francs per 1 hectolitre, which is equal to 39% 9d. per
English imperial quarter. The highest price of the best
Essex and Kent wheat in London, is 70s. per quarter, show.
ing fine wheat to be 30s. 3d. per quarter dearer in London
than in Paris, or upwards of 76 per cent. ; and that the same
money which will in London buy but eight bushels of wheat,
will, in Paris, procure upwards of fourteen bushels of the finest
quality.
notTa.—The highest price of flour of the " first mark" in
Paris, is 50 francs per 150 kilogrammes, which is equal to
31s. 6d. per English sack of 280 pounds. The highest price
of the best " town made" flour in London, being 525. per
sack, shows fine flour to be 20s. 6d. per sack dearer in London
than in Paris, or nearly 65 per cent. ; and that the same money
which in London buys but 280 pounds of fine flour, will in
Paris purchaaa 462 pounds of the •ery best quality.

A letter from Mihalysa, county Yalad, in Hun-
gary, says that on the 10th of July, at half-past ten at
night, there appeared in the horizon above the mountains,
situated between Esab-Rendeck and Sumigh, not far from
the forest of Bakang, an immense column of flame, which
rose with a dreadful noise and roaring like that of distant
steam, followed by two violent explosions, with a short in-
terval between them. This phenomenon terrified not only
the inhabitants but the domestic animals. The explosions
were so violent that the ground trembled ; and at Sumigh
and Mihalysa the windows were so shaken, that they were
expected to be broken to pieces. The phenomenon was
of only a few seconds' duration, and after the explosion all
was buried in obscurity. An explosion nearly similar was
heard on the sth of January, in Syria.—Journal de Frank-
furt, Sept. 17.
A plain country fellow, born in Essex, coming to
London, which place he had never seen before, as he walked
in a certain street, not a great way from Mark-lane, espied
a rope hanging at a merchant's door, with a handle to it ;
and wondering what it meant, he took it in his hand, and
played with it to and fro ; at length, pulling it hard, he
heard a bell ring ; it so happened, that the merchant, being
near the door, went himself, and demanded what the fellow
would have. Nothing, sir, said he, I did but play with this
pretty thing which hangs at your door. What countryman
are you ? said the merchant. An Essex man, an't please
you, replied the other. I thought so, replied the merchant,
for I have often heard say, that if a man beat a bush in Es-
sex, there presently comes forth a calf. It may be so, replied
the countryman, and I think a man can no sooner ring a bell
in London but out pops a donkey.
On Tuesday last, as a timber carriage, bearing an
immense piece of timber, was descending the hill on the east
side of this town, the drag chain broke, and the immense
force which the shaft-horse had in consequence to sustain
was too much for his strength. The whole team, consist-
ing of six horses, was therefore hurried down the hill at the
most tremendous rate, causing the most fearful apprehen-
sions as to the result. The harness ultimately gave way,
and, on arriving nearly at the bottom of the hill, one of the
horses fell, and the wheel passing over its leg, crushed it
dreadfully. By some it is hoped the horse may recover,
but at present no likelihood appears as to its being ever
again useful. Happily no life was lost.—Sherborne Journal.
On Thursday night the Royal Tar steamer, when
off Port Glasgow, on her passage down the river, came in
collision with a sloop loaded with slates, from the High-
lands. The starboard paddle was considerably injured, but
the steamer received no further damage, while the sloop, in
consequence of the collision, sunk. Captain Nl'Kellar, of
the Tar, took up the men in charge of the sloop, so that
providentially there were no lives lost.—Greenock Advertiser.
Lime is said to be an excellent remedy for burns or
scalds. Equal proportions of lime, water, and any kind of
oil, made into a thin paste, and immediately applied, and
repeatedly moistened, will speedily remove the effect of a
burn ; and if applied later, even when the blister has risen,
the remedy never fails. This paste has been known to stop
effusions of blood, when almost every thing else has failed.
Dry lime thrown into a flesh wound is always healing.
An elderly gentleman going to a warm bath the
other day, hired a fiacre by the hour, and, stationing it at
the door of the bathing establishment, paid half a dozen
Auvergnat porters to sit in it while he performed his ablu-
tions, in order, as be said, that the vehicle might be well
warmed and ready to receive him en sortant de reau.—
Galignani's Messenger.

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,

ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c.

LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 22.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. per
Paid. Shoe
3kares. Annum.
1,766 7 poi cent. Ashton and Oldhain....Average 97/. 18s. sh. 135
1,482 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch . Average 113/. sh. 65
1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5
!,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150!. sh. 100
3,000 1-16 sh. 91.65. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 811. & 711. 220
4.000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 26
600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ...JOU sh. all pd 64
400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102
500 48/. Coventry 'OO4 sh. 709
4,515 Croydon Average 311.22.10 d. sh. 5
2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. 64
600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 193
20,000
3,574 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sit. 79
231 401. Erewash 1001. sh. 700
1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 4401.165. sh. 61,0
11,900 12/. Grand June:Vl lOOl. sh. 200
2,849# 11. Grand Union 1001. sh. 25
1,500 Grand Surrey 100/. sh. 20
20,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 70
3,396 Grand Western 1001. sh. all pd
600 13/.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 330
749 10s. Grantham 150/. sh. 802
6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Overage 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 37
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10
25,328 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 241
2,8971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 500
544 13/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 225
1,897 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver $3/. his. 88
2,400 JO/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 195
150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. oh. 200
500 254 Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 565
3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52
247 17/. Neath 1001. sh. 325
1,786 301. Oxford 1001. sh. 528
2,400 5/. Peak Forest Avei..ge about 781. sh. 104
1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 14
5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale ' Average S 5/. sh. 110
500 81. Shropshire I'lsl. sh. 138
800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 150
3,600/. 41 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 111
700 404 Stafford and Worcester 1401. sh. 710
500 91. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 243
300 91. Stourbridge 1451. sh. 330
3,647 2/. (a• Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791.95. Cxl. sh. 50
533 12/. Swansea 100/.sh. 231
3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...AT. 351. sh. 261
2,600150. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 560
8,149 .
rm
..... ... Thames e.nd sledway... Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2
1
I'Msh.l 15/. Warwick aid Birmingham
,00011 h. lOOl. sh 265
960 lit. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 185
6,000 41.05. Worcestar and Birmingham...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh. eek
5,000 255. Wilts anu Berks. .. 4verage 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 22
800 3/. Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75
126 Wisbeach 105/. sh. 45
905 1/. Wey and Arun 1101. sh. 2f I
DOr.'KS.
2,600& }3n c. Commercial l' ~100/. sh. 55
1,06515 h. - '
M1i,66711. 6 per ct. East India Stock 114
3,238,310;1. 50s. p.ct. London Stock 54
Ditto Bonds
.. . _ .

080,000/. 411. p. ct. West India Stock 94
2409 21. IN. Bristol
671,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
1,352,752 41 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 92f
500,000 4f per cent. Ditto Bonds
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 99
Shoreham Flat bour
2.500 ........ Deptford Pim 2Ol. sh. 31.
BRIDGES.
1,000 Ira. Hammersm.tl 5Ol. sh. 221
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 03/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 141
5,000
5,000 18s. Bd, Ditto, Old Annuities of V/. 6O/. pd 19
5,000 168. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 161
150,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB
5,848 14s Vauxhall Av nage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 17
ASsLRANCI, COMPANIES_
2,000
.., 3110s_ Albion 5001. sh. 501 pd 80

50,:000 [s.pnedr cent. Alliance, British& Foreign 1001. sh. 10f/. pd 121
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 5;
24,000 411 per oh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 131
1,200 ish. 5!. Birmingham 1 ire 2501. sh. 551. pd 1071
20,000 41 percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 42
12,000 61. percent. British Cominylcial 50/. ik. 5/. pd 61
5,000 5/. percent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, ICol.sh. 12110 s pd 4
4,000 2/ 10s County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42
20,000 ss. Eagle
,„"'-' L„, r 5 per cent} Economic Litz lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 375
and 30/ bs.
2,271 22e. percent. European D..' "0!. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New
1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe
20,000 51. Guardian 100!. sh. 271/ pd 33
40,000 6s. ed. Hope 50/. sh. el. pd 51
2,400 5!. 7s. (Sd. Imperial Fire 5001 sh. 50/. pd 121
7,500 9s. Imperial Life 'OOl. sh. 10/. pd 101
13,458 4!. percent. Indemnity Al sine 110!. sh. 81. pi Rif
2,024 31 108 Ketot Fire 501. sh. all pd 82
31. Ditto Life 79
10,000 16s. Law Life
5,000 10s. London, Fir, ',3/ sh. 121. 10a. pd 151
3,900 10s. London, Ship "51 oh. 12/. 10s. pd 151
30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lit, 501. sh. 2!. pd 218 s Od
50,000 Protector Fite "01. sh. 2/. pd :15s Od
2,500 11. Provident Die IVO/. sh. 1"/. pd 191
100,000 ss. Rock Life 20!. sh. 1/. pd 4,-;
689,220/ 5/. percent. Royal Each .i.ge Sto k... 225
6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 51
50,000 4 per cent. United KiM: torn Life 2/. pd
JOINT S I UCK BANKS
25,009 8 percent. Agric. and l'umin. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 14
5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 58
10,1510 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5. 1. sh. 10/. pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5!. pd 14
30,000 5 percent. London anti Westminster...loo/ sh. 20!. pd 211
3,1)00 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 204 pd :,0
15,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. IA 25
50,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} 1004 sh. 151 pd 20
Discount
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27
20,000 Provincial B ink of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. pd 41
20,0(,0 National Bank of Ireland 5"/. sh 1741. pd 13
10,000 5 per cent. National Pr.,v =lel Eng. WM sh. 351. pd 33
:9,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 101. pd 20
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 'Ol. sh 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 1/ Ss 6d Bath 2O/. sh. I"!, lid 24
5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 21
~,,„ f 5/.dpercent.l
s.'"' fan Bs. 55.5 Ditto Provincial "0!. sh. 19 pd 22#
928 5110 s Birmingham
4,250 21 Os Bristol 2O . sh. 36
1,500 3' 113 s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 11
750 31 100 Ditto, New "01. sh PM. pd 1.,
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 17
4,000 41. Continental Cansoliciated lOOl. 6211. pd 83
1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 180
1,1,00 61. Ditto, New
4,000 4/. IPS. Equitable
10,500 21 per cent. Imperial
800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thatiet 25/. sh 2O/. pd 20
2,050 61. per cont. Independent 3Ol. sh, all pd 4,114
9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix ... 5O/. sh. 391. pd 22
1,000 4/. per cent. Rateliff 100/. sh. 80/. pd 55
1,01) South Metropolitan 55!. sh. 111/. pd 17
8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 25
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50
400 10/. per cent Wakefield
12,04)0 3/. Westminster Chartered
6,000 12s. Ditto New
EGO Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd 9
WATER WiRtKS. •
4,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251. pd 211
4,434 61. East London lOOl. sh. 140
5,500 21 100 Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 52
`2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh. 4:3
372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3•=6
1,500 21 lOs Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 58
6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford „WO/. sh. 53
1,000 4 per cent. Sant!) Lon.lon lOO/. sh. 83
8,21(4 31. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 801
1,360 1/9140 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,000 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby l5/. pd 81
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester IV/ pd 14
7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01
15,000 ......... Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 10 pd 6)
660 Calcutta and Saugur 50!. sh. 2!. pd 01
7,500 .... Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 71/. 5
3,008 ......... Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 40
12,000
8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd Of
60,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 21 pd 01
Brand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. pd 18.5
Great North of England 7l. pd 51
25,6430 Great Western lllOl. sh. 55/. pd 66
2,000 Ilartlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pd 100
8,000 .4... .. Hull and selby 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 01
10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. oh. 5!. pd 14
2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 41
1,500 11 ss. Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd '7O
5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(3.6h. 100/. pd 202
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares '2sl. pd 61
36,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. 5/ pd 11
12,000 London and Blackwell 50/. sh. 31 pd its
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. ohs. 204 pd 151►
2-.3,000 London anti Birmingham ...100/. sh. 901. pd 144
Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pd 191
20,000 ..... .... London and Southampton ....501. sh. 451. pd 29
Ditto ditto New ll. pd 10
7,000 ... ...... London and Croydon Trunk '2Ol. sh. 21(1. pd 16
7,000 Ditto Scrip 14/. oh. 21. pd 5
12,000 ...... ... London Grand Junction 51. sh. 51. pd 2
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 50/. sh. 5/. pd 4
North Midland 100/. sh. 15/. pd 131
Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 01. pd 1
2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 81. pd
28,000 South Eastern and Dover 71. pd 3
1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton arid Darlington lOO/. sh. 240
9,000
1,400
6,009 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 3/. pd 01
MINES.

__
8,000 Albion Copper __
5/. sh. 311. pd 12
4,000 11. 5., Alten 151. sh. 121. 10s pd 103
10,000 ... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 31
Ditto Subscription .25/. pa 4
2,000 103. Bol.tnos l5O/. sh all pd 80
10,000 ti. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 351. sh. 20/. pd 25
6,0':0 Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/. sh. 231/. pd 6
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 91. pd 23
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 5
10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 8/. pd 6
20,00.1 British Iron 50/. sh. 50/ pd 363
6,000 ... ...... British Copper 5/. sh. 431. pd 1
Cata Branca 63/. pd 7
Candonga 731. pd 61
10,000 11 Copiapo 2Ol. sh 1211 pd 103
8,500 .. , Columbian, iss. Si. pm.
2,850 3/. English
20,000 General Mining Assoclation...2o/ sh. 151. pd 9
6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5511. pd 03
3,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 1. pd 2
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 143
Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 1123
30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ....40/. sh. all pd 2f
DIV,- Scrip 33
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 3
West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ..... ....75gs. sh. 203
1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd 233
700
King' 'College 100/. pd 28
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2fl/. pd 34
6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 231. pet 121
10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 241. pd 321
200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9B
City Bonds, 4 per cent loi
15,000 11. 6s. General Steam Navigation ...15/ ;T. 13/. pd 221
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
2,000 H. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19
8,000 Caoutchouc Company .25/. sh. 231. pd 13
New Brunswick Land Company 431. pd 11
2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 125
2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701. pd 86
4,000
10,000 6s. Van Die ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd 16

LIST OF SCOTTISH
24,OMPANIES' PRICES.
AUG. C 1637.
BANKS.

000,001/. 64 p. et. Bank 01 Scotland R 3/ 6s &l. sh. all pd 1911,
2,000,0X1. 54 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/.Bh. all pd 1561.
500,00e1. 6p. et. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 232/,
3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1004 pd net,
501m0t,0, , c,. et. Naional lOO4 sh. 101. pd 15.11,
2,000,000/. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. eh. 50/. lid Sib/.
1,000,0 t 01. 4p. ct. Western ot Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd 37i1.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Q56.0008h. 64 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/. pd 26s
-,502 6i p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 13/ 15s.
ine,ooo sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 841.
50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1:1.
1,0(x) sp. et. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. ix' 1810$
5,000 ep. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 101. pal 14/10s
100m° 54 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd it es
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