The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-13 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

Letters from St. Petersburgh, of Jan. 30, say that
the normal sample of brown sugar, which enjoys the
reduction of 20 copecs per pound, is equal to the
standard No. 13 of Java sugar, or, if anything, a
trifle superior.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Feb. 7.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE,

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

At the Examiners' Court yesterday the piomoters of
the following Bills were declared to have complied with
the Standing orders :—London and North-Western,
Lancaster and Carlisle, Caledonian and Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railways (Lease of the Scottish Central
Railway).

THE WEATHER : THE BAROMETER—The wind
throughout the past week ranged from west to north-
north west, with clear weather and a rising barometer.
Yesterday the atmosphere was particularly bright, with
the wind at north-west. The barometer indicated an
aerial density very unusual, and, so far as our ex-
perience reaches, unparalleled. The mercury of the
instrument in the Exchange News-room stood, during
the afternoon, at an elevation of nearly thirty-one
inches, The height of the barometer was a gene-
ral subject of observation amongst those who have
liven in the habit of observing thereby the atmosphe-
ric changes. Wo spoke to ono venerable gentle-
luau, wro we verily believe to ho no less a per-
than that eebrated individual " the oldest
inlia,itant," and lee dec:arcd that within his memory
he had reser seen the glass at such au alti ude
Leat night. the air was htautifully clear, and the firma-
ment, of a d.ep incl go tint, spangled with stars, exhi-
bited an aspect of great splendour, the celestial bodies
aprearin4 much brighter than usual. Orion, Ursa
Major, and the beautiful star Sirius shone resplendently,
and the planets Venus and Jupiter beamed with extra-
ordinary brilliancy, the former, about seven o'clock, oc-
casamailv shooting rays that were almost ddzzling.—
Liverpool Albion of yesterday. [lt was the same in
Loadon =sod caused equal woaclernient.—ED. Sun.]
LARGE CAPTURE OF WHALES.---Oh Saturday last
rho potpie (-f Eday had a whale hunt, and captured
abiur, .T)) hattle-noses! It was so late in the evening
b,>f.ro g-'tting clone with their murderous onslaught that,
t haul up the monsters above hi h-
atinmdn some 60 or 70
.were carried off to g
They might 8"
high next morning. have'
which rote very
saved them had thyb_seeninidaac)t,i,ve, but thought it wrong,
even in saving property,
I suppose, to work on 6
which this surely was. As
fiat each, and
it is, they have 222 whales, ave-
raging
worth to them about 500/.l—a
14
very goad day's work. Ofiers have been received in
ton for. them, the highest being 4851., but which was
refused_. It is supposed they may now be sold by roue.
'There was one small whale, about 12 feet, of a different
species, in the lot, but I have not gat a deseript!on, of
!k
so as to be able to say
Journal. what whale it is.—John o Groat
DP A.TH OF PARISH ALTARS.—Letters from Vienna
contain intormation of the decease af Mr. Parish Alvan,
one of the most eminent of English musicians, and the
greatest performer on and composer for the harp ever
known. The intelligence • will be received with the
deepest regret by his numerous friends and admirers in
London. Mr. Parish Alvars's death is a great loss to
the art,and to society. Ile was a most amiable and in-
telligent man as well as a musician of varied acquire-
ments and decided genius.—Musical World.

--
YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—The Home Secretary has
sent a letter to the Lord Lieutenants of the different
counties, saying that it was not intended to place any of
the corps of Yeomanry Cavalry on permanent duty, or
cause them to be inspected during the present year; but
such corps as may wish to be trained and exercised
according to the provisions of the Volunteer Act, will be
allowed to assemble, subject to curtain regulations as to
heir remuneration.

LIVERPOOL M.P.'s.—Liverpool ras the honour of
having ten of her sous, either by birth or by adoption, in
the present Parliament, and all of them men of liberal
views and of great talent for business. Their names are,
William Brown, W. E. Gladstone, T. Thorne y, William
Ewart, William Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Edward
Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, Lawrence Hayworth, and
Joseph Sanders, jun.—Liverpool Albion.
DETECTION OF COINERS AT BIRMINGIIABL—On
Saturday last Mr. Glossop, inspector of police at Bir-
mingham„ and sub-inspector Tandy, apprehended two
men and a woman, named George and Hannah Cottrell,
husband and wife, and Richard Clomer, in the act of
casting half-crown pieces. They were casting them at
the fire in an iron spoon at a house in Farm-street. In
a wascloset
a complete electro battery at full work, with
four half-crown pieces on the wires, undergoing the
process of silvering. This is the first case of the appre-
hension of the electro-silvering gentry--