The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

(From the Leeds Mercury.)

The long continuance of rainy weather, and the floods
which have occured in various parts of the country,
have excited a pretty general feeling of uneasiness in the
public mind in relation to the effect which may be pro-
duced upon our next harvest, and the disturbing influ-
ences which speculation in foreign corn, arising out of
apprehended scarcity of grain, might have on the circu-
lating medium, and consequently on all the industrial
interests of the country.
We have been endeavouring to ascertain to what
extent the apprehensions of the public are justified by
what has already occurred, and the prospect for the
future, so far as it can be discerned at this very early
period of the year, and we have arrived at the following
result.

On all the high and dry land we believe the sowing of
wheat has been, for the most part, completed ; but on
the low and clay lands, that has not been the case—they
still remain to be sown, and that cannot now be done
till the spring. It has not unfreQuently happened that
spring-sown wheats have turned out as well, and some-
times even better, than the autun in sown corn ; and it
is to be hoped that it will be so thi's year. If the weather
should now take up, there is nothing in what is past to
cause any serious apprehension for the future. We
strongly incline to the opinion that much more wheat
has been got into the ground than is generally sup-
posed. _ _

- Soon after the last harvest we 'expressed an opinion,
that notwithstanding the defective ) crops in the southern
counties of England, the wheat a rop of the entire king-
dom would be very little, if at all, short of an average
crop. We are now strengthened in that opinion.
The inferior wheats of the south, according to the mil-
lers, are producing a stronger flour than was anticipated.
In some parts of the country the y field per acre has been
extraordinary, and the quality exc.Bent. A large quan-
tity, fully as much as usual, of old wheat remained on
hand at the time of the last harvet it, and the supplies of
that wheat are still considerable.

In consequence of the partial failure of the potato crop
and the prosperous condition of thfa labouring population
of the country, the consumption of flour has bebn very
large, and the price of it has rist m considerably. It is
not now at an extravagant rate, o r likely to be so. Thus,
while it is not placed beyond the reach of the operative
in any degree, by unnaturally hig h prices, the grower is
amply remunerated by what he obtains for his produce.
Had the corn law been still in e2:istence, a far different
state of things would now have be en in operation, weigh-
ing down the energies of the people.
According to the best information we can obtain, we
believe we may confidently say, that no speculation in
foreign wheat is going on at present in Yorkshire, and
that in London it does not exist to an extent worth
notice. What speculation there is in foreign grain is
almost confined to the general r nerchants of London,
many of whom are importing grain for the purpose of
supplying return freights for ships -which might otherwise
have to come back in ballast, or, •what is more probable,
go to other ports to seek a loading.
From one cause or other, there can be no doubt
that the surplus wheat and flour of foreign countries
will, under any circumstances, fin .d their way, in greater
or less quantity, to this country, where they are always
sure of finding a market at higher or lower price ;
but unless our prospects in relati on to the next harvest
become decidedly bad, the imports of foreign wheat and
flour will not be to such an extei at as to create a drain
of gold that would produce a general disturbance of the
trade of the country.
An opinion prevails in some qui irters that the Bank of
England will advance its minir num rate of discount
another half per cent. Should the idea prove well
founded, the advance will not be caused by speculations
in corn ; and even then, money will be cheap enough
for all legitimate purposes. The large amount of bullion
in the Bank coffers, and the very extensive arrivals of
gold from Australia, lead to the belief that no scarcity
of the precious metals need be apprehended.

EMIGRATION TO NEW YORK FOR THE
YEAR 1852..

The following tables, which we have compiled from
the books of the Commissioners of Emigration; will ex-
hibit the emigration for the last year ; also the totals
for the three previous years. Subjoined is the first
table, showing the number of passengers to New York,
both foreign born and native, for every month in the
year :

Months. Citizens.
January 1,703
February 2,562
March 3,134
April 3,545
May 3,917
June 5,541.
July i... 4,550
August 3,359
September 3232
October 2,,757
November 2,528
December 2,224

Total 39,052 299,504
Of the foreigners, there arrived from—
Ireland 117,537 Beh;ium B2
Germany. .118,126 We st Indies 265
England 31,276 Nova Scotia .73
Scotland 7,640 Sardinia 69
Wales 2,531 South America l2O
France 8,778 Canada 4B
Spain 450 China l4
Switzerland 6,455 Sicily 42
Holland 1,223 Mexico 22
Norway 1,889 Russia 33
Sweden 2,066 East Indies lB
Denmark 156 Turkey 4
Italy 358 Greece
Portugal 29 Poland lB6

Total aliens 290,501
„ American citizens arrived 39,052

„ passengers
The following table exhibits a. comparative view of
the emigration from all the countries for the last four
years :

Nation. 1849. 1850. 1851. 1852.
Ireland 112,691 116,582 163,256 115,537

Germany ~
England 28,321
Scotland 8,840
Wales • 1,782
France 2,683
Spain 214
Switzerland 1,405
Holland 2,447
Norway 3,300
Sweden 1,007
Denmark 159
Italy • 602
Portugal 287
Belgium llB
West Indies 449
Nova Scotia l5l
Sardinia 172
South America 33
Canada 59
China 9
Sicily 2l
Mexico 23
Russia 3B
East Indies 34
Turkey 6
Greece .
Poland 133
Arabia 8

11V,
69,883 118,126
28,553 31,275
7,302 7,640
2,189 2,531
6,064 8,778
278 450
4,499 6,455
1,789 1,223
2,112 1,889
872 2,066
229 156
618 358
26 29
475 82
575 265
81 73
98 69
221 no
50 48
9 14
11 42
42 22
23 33
10 18
4 4
1 6
142 186

Total 220,603 211,796 ' 289,601 299,504

OBJECTIONABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.---TO the
Editor. Sir,—This class of advertisements, which daily
appear in some of the newspapers (the provincial ones
especially), are a disgrace to the country. The parties
shield themselves under the title of M.D., or Surgeon,
otherwise there can be no doubt that they would be
amenable to the law ; but it seems that a party with a
diploma in his pocket is beyond or above all law, and
can do anything he pleases in that way. We have for
many years endeavoured to expose this crying evil, but
it would seem to little purpose. We mini& point out
country newspapers enjoying a large circulation wherein
the advertisements in question continually appear. It
was but the other day that the Society for the Prevention
of Vice prosecuted some tobacconist for what they were
pleased to term an indelicate picture, but can it be said
that that offence was half so grievous as the obscene
medical advertisements which continually appear in the
newspapers ! If the society would direct their attention
to such advertisements, and, by a well conducted prose-
cution, expose the whole traffic of the parties implicated,
then they would, indeed,, oonfer a benefit on society.
What ! are we in the nineteenth century to be told that,
because a party chooses to write a work which he calls
medical, and to affix the title of M.D. or Surgeon to it,
that he is to be thereby licensed to infest the country
with such immoral and obscene advertisements as we
see displayed in some of the newspapers ! The injurious
effect of such advertisements falling into the hands of
the rising generation cannot for one moment be doubted.
Sir, we feel that there is not a respectable medical man
but must join us on this question, and that many of
them would rather see their diplomas consigned to the
flames if they for a moment believed that the possession
of the piece of parchment gave any party the power to
promulgate the immorality and wickedness that are dis-
played in the advertisements in question. Still, legally
speaking, the diploma does put the party beyond the
reach of the law. The only thing required to put an
end to the crying evil is, we feel certain, an exposure of
the traffic carried on by the offending parties, by calling
public attention to the enormity of the evil ; and such
being our opinion, we have issued a print or picture,
No. 9 of the Hygeian Illustrations, in order to put the
Public on their guard against the impostures which are
carried on under the guise of medical titles by persons
of the lowest and most degraded condition ; but, unfor-
tunately, medicine has hitherto been kept in such con-
fusion and mystery, that it has given them a power to
impose on the credulity of mankind which they would
not otherwise have enjoyed--We are, sir, your obedient
servants, The Members of the British College of Health
for and on behalf of the Society of Hygeists.—New-
road, London, Jan. 14, 1853.
IMPROVEMENTS AT MARGATE.—Margate we trust ere
long will resume her wonted prosperity. Speculation is
rife, and building is again going on. The new buildings
in Fort Paragon are progressing towards completion. A
capital opportunity now offers itself for adding to the
improvements and attraction of the town, by building a
sea wall from the Paragon towards the jetty, which
would prevent encroachments from the sea, and access
to the shore might be made by a flight of steps. We
believe that the contract for the new jetty has been taken
by Mr. Bristow, of Hartlepool, Durham, and that it is
being prepared there, so that we may now add that there
are strong hopes of seeing
o it completed in the present
year.—Kentilt Observer. •

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTErof YESTERDAY.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE—JAN. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess of
Sutherland to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of
the Duchess of Atholl, resigned.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John, Marquis
of Breadalbane, K.T., to be Lord Chamberlain of her Ma-
jesty's Household, in the room of Brownlow, Marquis of
Exeter, E.G., resigned.
WHITEHALL—JAN. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Lieutenant-
Colonel the Honourable Lauderdale Maule the office of
Master surveyor and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
JAN. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of her
Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland to Robert Handy-
side, Esq., AdVocate.
_

(This al-Ciao is substituted for that which appeared in last
Friday's Gazette.)
WHITEHALL, JAN. 13.
Ths Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto James Andrew,
Marquis of Dalhousie, K.T., the office of Constable of her
Majesty's Castle of Dover ; and also the office of Warden
and Keeper of her Majesty's Cinque Ports ; and the office
of Admiralty within the said Cinque Ports and their
Members ; and likewise all wrecks of the sea whatsoever.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Wilhelm
August Fincke as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, for the
Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Ed.
Mullendorff as Consul at Sydney, for his Majesty the King
of the Belgians.

CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 15.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT

PARLIAMENT.
County of Limerick.—William Monsell, of Tervoe, in
the county of Limerick, Esq., Clerk of the Ordnanne.
County of Wilts (Southern Division).—The Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, of Wilton House in the said county of
Wilts, her Majesty's Secretary at War.
Commissions signed by Lord Lieutenants.
Durham Regiment of Militia.—George John Scurfield,
Esq., to be Captain, vice Wood, resigned.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia.—Torriano
Francis l'Estrange, Esq., to be Captain. James Master-
som Pennington, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
Cavalry.—Samuel William Clowes, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Sutton, promoted.
North Devon Regiment of Militia.—Charles Pine Coffin,
to be Lieutenant. Halifax Wyatt to be Lieutenant. John
Froude Bellew, to be Lieutenant. Thomas john Dennis,
to be Ensign.
Royal Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry,—
William Rennell Coleridge to be Cornet, vice Nethercote,
promoted. Robert Stewart Dykes, to be Cornet, vice
Bero, resigned. Arthur Hume, to be Cornet, vice Peel,
resigned. _ _

rioter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion.—
Sir Edmund Saunderson Prideaux, Bart., to be Major
Commandant. Perceval Brown, to be Captain. The Hon.
William Wells Addington to be Captain. Winslow Jones,
to be First Lieutenant. James Buller, to be First Lieu-
tenant. Horace Vibert Mules, to be Second Lieutenant.
William Richard Crabbe, to be Second Lieutenant. Wm.
Denis Moore, to be Adjutant. John William Harris, to
be Surgeon.