The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-20 00:00:00

(BY SUB/AAIUN' AND ITBOPBAN TBILICMAYN.)

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Arrived—Oot.l9—Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburg.
Arrived—Oct. 20—Eagle (steamer), from Boulogne.
Sailed—Harvest Home, for Sydney.
DBar, Friday, 9.34 a.m.
Wind—W. by S., blowing strong, and heavy rain.
Anchored—Elizabeth, from Swansea, for London; Ado.
wide, screw-steamer, from Port Philip, for,London.
Passed off Dungeness, 19th—Clyde, from Falkland Is-
lands, for London • Radius, from Quebec, for London
Morington, front donstantinople, for London; Marquis of
Hastings, from Honduras, for London; ltosberry, from
Port Philip, for London.
Put back—A French line-of-battle-ship.

PRICE OF WHEAT, (Pc., IN LONDON

AND PARIS.

Annexed is a comparison of the present prices of
wheat, flour, and bread in London and Paris :
" The highest quotation of wheat of the first quality in
Paris is 41f. 50c. per 1 hectolitre, which is equal to 68s.
9d, per quarter and, the highest price of white wheat of
the first quality in London being 735. per quarter, it fel-
lows that wheat is rather more than 6 per cent. dearer in
Paris is 581. 65c. the 100 kilogrammes,
London than in Paris. . .
" The highest quotation of flour of the first quality in
595. 4d. per sack of 280115. English ; and, the highest
quotation of lour in the London market being 58s. per
sack, it follows that flour is rather more than 24 per cent
dearer in Paris than in London.
" The price of bread of the first quality in Paris is 40c.
per kilogramme, which is equal to nearly 7d. per 41b. loaf,
English weight ; and, the price bf bread in London at the
which is equal to
full-priced shops being 9d. the 41b. loaf, it follows that
bread is about 294 per cent. dearer in London than in
Paris. The second quality of bread in Paris is quoted at
=a. per kilogramme, which is equivalent to rather more
than Sid. per 4115. loaf."

MALT RETURNS.—A return was
published yesterday
of tb e quantity of malt made in the United Kingdom
durii ig the year ending the sth of July last. The ag-
gre2 ate was 39,511,220 bushels, against 41,900,818 in
1853, when the quantity made wa larger than for seve-
ral previous years.
IVLONUMBNT TO SIN WILLIAM WALLAS/N.—A. proposal
for a monument to Sir William Wallace is about to be
car ried out. Funds have been realised, and the Hill of
B arnweill, near Craigie, between Kilmarnock and Ayr,
iv proposed as the site.—Kilmarnock Journal.
REPRBBINTATIOM OP ABINGDON.-Mr. D. H. Burr,
al' Aldermaston-park, late high sheriff of Berkshire, is a
ca..ndidate for the representation of this borough. Mr.
Burr is of Conservative principles, and at the last elec.
Col) warmly opposed Lord Norreys ; the numbers then
bei,ag for Lord Norreys, 153 ; for Mr. Burr, 129. Mr.
Not-cis, of Sutton Courtney, near Abingdon, is also
spoken. of as a candidate. This gentlemen, it will be re-
ummberod, on the above occasion offered himself to the
electors, but retired in favour of Lard Norreys.
No less than five fires occurred in the metropolis
last night.
The British steamer Beagle has arrived at Constan-
t tinople with some m ore Lancaster cannon.

I. Barbem left Brus3els on Tuesday for Antwerp. A
republican journal of Brussels states that he was ordered
by the police to leave that town within 24 hours.
NEWCA.STIM, Thursday.—Tize excavations in Gateshead
still continue, but though workrien have been incessantly
employed since Saturday last, the quantity of rubbish to
be removed is so large, that an entrance to the part
caused by the explosion has not yet been effected from
the east side. A. road from the west was cleared some
days ago, when it was found that a large portion of the
surface of the street was torn up. No more human re-
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