The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-08 00:00:00

public discussion will "-
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vie regret," says Galignani, "to announce the
death of Mr. LEWIS GOLDSMITH (father of Lady
LYNDHURST), which took place last night (Monday),
at his residence, in the Rue de la Paix. His decease
was somewhat unexpected, although he bad been se-
riously ill for the last few days, and the state of his
health for a considerable length of time had been so
precarious, as to leave little or no hope of his entire
recovery."

The Constitutionnel says :—" It appears that it will
be during the stay of the Royal Family at Neuilly,
in the months of May and June, that the Queen of
ENGLAND will again visit France. Considerable
works in cleaning and improving are going on at
Neuilly. From that residence the young QUEEN will
come to Paris and proceed to Versailles, where some
grand flies will be offered to her.

The following article from the Journal des Debate
on the subject of French, German, and English
railroads, may be interesting to some readers :
" In general the rate of charges on the German rail-
roads are similar, but the lowest is that on the Bavarian
line belonging to the State. The price of the first-class
is sc. 7-10ths, and for the two others 3c. 9-10ths, and
2c. 4-10ths, which is less than on the Belgian lines
worked by the State. Several German companies have,
besides, reduced rates of charges either for those pas-
sengers who go by a.merchandise train, or for those who
subscribe for a certain number of journeys per month.
There are also tickets issued at a reduced price for a
party going and returning. For the conveyance of
goods there is nothing strikingly new in the German
tariffs, as they are nearly similar to the French. On a
part of the line from Vienna to Olmutz the price has
been reduced to 7c. per ton per kilometre (the quarter
of a French league), but this is the minimum of the
German tariffs. The Orleans Company, however, only
charge Bc. on some descriptions of articles, and the
Rouen Company, In consequence of the opposition of the
boats on the river, has reduced its price to 71c. between
Rouen and Paris. Goods in transitu on the Belgian
lines only pay 6c.,
.and on some English lines coals in-
tended for exportation are only charged 6c. In this state
of things it appears to be establi
a: mat tho railivtda
cannot carry goods for less than from 6c. to 7c., which is a
third of the price charged by the ordinary carriers. In
Germany more than three-fourths of the passenger go by
the lowest class carriages ; a fifth part by the second
class, and only three in a hundred by the carriages of
the first class. In this respect, as in many others, France
occupies a middle station between England and Ger-
many. The rate of speed on the German railroads is
moderate, not exceeding 30 kilometres (not quite 19
English miles) per hour. It is caused by their peculiar
mode of construction, and it also shows that time is not
yet considered very valuable in that country. On the
most productive lines of railroad in England, as that
from London to Birmingham, the gross returns are from
100,000 f. to 120,000 f. per kilometre. In France, the
best lilies (we only speak of those of some extent), such
as the Orleans and Rouen lines, give a gross return of
from 50,000 f. to 65,000 f., or about half of the best Eng-
lish lines. The most favoured lines in Germany do not
yet produce more than the half of the best lines in France.
Exclusive of the lines from Vienna to Glocgnitz, and
from Berlin to Potsdam, the former of which produces
31,000 f., and the latter 27,000 f. per kilometre, the good
German lines are below 25,000 f. That from Aix-la-Cha-
pelle to Cologne only produced in 1844 23,736 f. ; that from
Leipsic to Dresden 18,770 f. ; that from Madgeburg to
Leipsic 21,638 f. The expenses may be always reckoned
at from the half to two-fifths of the receipts. The divi-
dends paid to the shareholders are in most cases hardly
5 per cent. ; very rarely from 6 to 61, and in no case
less than 3 per cent."
On the Paris Bourse on Tuesday, the Stock-market closed
as follows : —Three per Cents. for cash, 83f. 10c. ; for Ac-
count, 83f. 20e. ; Five per Cents., for cash, 121 E 45c. ; for
Account, 121 f. 45c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,310 f. ;
Neapolitan, 102 f. 25c. ; Spanish and New Loan, not quoted.
The Share-market closed at higher quotations. Paris and
Orleans left off at 1,260 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Rouen,
and Havre, 815 f. ; Avignon, 1,005 f. ; Vierzon, 700 f. ; Stras-
burg and Basle, 255 f. ; Boulonge and Amiens, 555 f. ; Nor-
thern, 760 f. ; Bordeaux, 650 E ; liontereau, 442 f. 50c. ; Fam-
poux, not quoted. But little was done in the Promise
market. Lyons Definitives, 140£ ; Strasburg, 55f. ; Tours
and Nantes, 50f. pm.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAx. 7.
Angle-Belgian Madrid aid Valencia—. 1
Barba does
Boulogne and Amiens.. 1.2% Naar and Liege
Bordeaax &Mediterran North Jamaica ...
Bordeaux and Tollhouse Orleans and Yierzon
Do. & Ceti (Espeleta) 2% Orleans and Bordeaux 11%
Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. 1 Over Yssel .••
Callao, Lista, and Pa- Paris &Lyons (Laffitto) 2%
cilia Coast
Central of Spain
Ceylon . .......... ...... .. Ditto (Sad Est) 2%
Demerara

Dendre Valley ...... —
Ditck Rhenisk ... 8
Dieppe & Paris Jana
Dijon and Rehouse —
East Indian ...... l%
Fanipoix & liazebrouk
Grt Northern of France
Censtituted l5
Great Indian Peninsular
Great Paris and Lyons. 2%
Great Western Bengal

Paris aid Rouen .
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganiterou'a)
Do. (Curape de L'Est)
Do. (Aymard'a) —
Paris aid St. Questiu —
Roue' and Havre.—
Royal North of Spain.
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg aid Bale
Teurnay,Jarbise, Lan-
.

Great Westent Canada
Jamaica 5. Junction 4
Do. North Midland
Do. Extension
Jersey
Lonvain and Jensappe 24
Lyons aid Avignon 2IA
Laxeraloonrg ...

den, and Hasselt
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
De. (Lefelrrre's) —
De. (O'Neill's).
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona....
West Flanders

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
DEAL, JAN. 7.—Wind W.N.W. to W., light.—Arrd. Re-
gina, Kreeft, Singapore ; Johan Christophe, Bahia, for Ham-
burgh ; Callam, New York ; Cahawba, Sheman, ditto. Ar-
rived from the River, Anne Jane, Rigby, China; Simlah,
Taylor, Calcutta ; Ligonia, Blanchard, Porto Rico ; Flora,
Leveque, Jamaica.
OFF MARGATE.—Lady Rowland, Cleland, Bombay.
CowEs, JAN. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd, Gratia, Poland,
Pernambuco.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.7-Wind light and variable.—Arrd.
Bahamian, Hawkins, China; William Parker, Stratton, ditto;
Thomas Lee, James, Calcutta ; Cheshire, King, ditto ; Isa-
bella Harnett, Newby, ditto; Earl of Harewood, Atkins,
Madras ; Statesman, Brien, Bonny ; Lady Harvey, Pride,
Laguna ; Juno, Moran, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off
port, John Bibby, Calcutta.
OFF MARYPORT.—Fame, Montreal, for Dumfries.
CLYDE, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Lord John Russell,
Lock, Honduras; Blanchard, Blanchard, New York. Sld.
Monarch, Crooks, Havannah.
DUBLIN, JAN. s.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. General
Wolfe, Jenkins, Demerara.
KINGSTOWN, JAN. 6.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Odessa,
Vaughan, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ouzel Galley, Robin-
son, Bathurst. _ _ . _ _

NEWHAVEN, JAN. 7.—The Amitie, from Antwerp to the
Cape de Verds, which was ashore in Seaford Bay 4th inst.,
has been surveyed and condemned, and will be sold with the
materials.

BEMBRIDGE, ISLE-OF-WIGHT, JAN. 6.—Picked up, inside
the Wight, a stern of a boat, with the words '• Norfolk, of
London," carved in wood.
SOUTTINVOLD, JAN. 7.—The barge Willing Trader, Smith,
from London, to-"Lowestone, grounded on the Hoyle Sand
early this morning, but was hove off, with assistance, at high
water. _ _

OFF DOVER.— Arrd. Samarang, Howard, Calcutta. Sld
H.M.S. Daring, Bermuda.
BRISTOL, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Acrd. Caroline Alice,
Beaton, Prince Edward's Island. Memorandum—The Congo,
Parker, for Africa, did not sail as reported yesterday.
LIVERPOOL.—SId. Zenundar, Purdor, Calcutta; Jessie,
M Valparaiso • Mercutio, Bartoletti, Rio Janeiro ;
Samuel, Spence, Rio Janeiro; Parastina, Snovick, Bahia;
James Reid, Robertson, Maracaibo ; John Scott, Nicholson,
Jamaica; Tuscar, Robertson, Mobile; Ellen Brooks, Free-
man, ditto ; Agent, Mills, Savanilla ; Hermann, Welch, Bal-
timore ; Hottingeur, Bursley, New York ; Champion,Wavis,
Newfoundland ; Trinacrea, Burke, ditto ; Moult, Sladen,
Azores ; Lady of the Lake, David, ditto.
HULL, JAY. 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. Condor, Whitting, New
York and Boston.

EXTENSION OP LIVERPOOL—The increase in the
number of houses built in Liverpool has been great beyond
all precedent during the last two years, as will be seen from
the following statement :—No less than 2,450 houses were
erected in 1844, and the still more extraordinary number of
3,728 were erected in 1845, within the Parliamentary bo-
rough, to say nothing of the hundreds built beyond the
boundaries, in the direction of the Old Swan, and the still
greater number built on the Cheshire side of the river. To
some extent this extraordinary increase in the number of
houses has been the result of the excellent regulation
which forbids living in cellars, and so far it is a proof of an
improved mode of living rather than of an increase of the
population ; but, even after every allowance has been made
for that circumstance, the increase is surprising, and shows
that Liverpool is still in the full vigour of its growth. The
following particulars of the increase of houses from 1838
to 1845 are very remarkable :
Houses.
In 183$ ... 1,052
1839 997
1840 ... 1,577
1841 „, ••• 1,761
1842 ... ... 2,027
1843 ..„ ... 1,390
1844 „„ ... 2,450

1845 ... ... 3,728

Total ... 14,982
—Liverpool Times.
THE NELSON MONUMENT.—The completion of
this work has at length been determined on by the Woods
and Forests; and to this effect a communication has been
made to the artists to whom the commissions have been con-
fided, by the Earl of Lincoln. The subjects proposed for the
four bassi relievi are the victories of Cape St. Vincent, Co-
penhagen, the Nile, and Trafalgar ; and the sculptors ap-
pointed to execute these works are Mr. Watson, Mr. Wood-
ington, Mr. Carew, and Mr. Ternouth. The four lions will
be executed by Mr. Lough. The relieved works will be in
bronze--the lions in stone or granite.—Art Union.
RATING OF PRINCE ALBERT'S FARM.—WINDSOR,
WEDNESDAY.—In addition to the opinions obtained by the
Prince Consort (on the subject of the claims of the parish of
Windsor against his Royal Highness, for arrears of poor-
rates) from Sir Fresideridk Thesiger and Sir Thomas Wilde,
his Royal Highness also had the *pinion of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly,
which perfectly coincided, as the case was drawn up, with
that of the other two eminent counsel we have named. Mr.
White (Prince Albert's solicitor)3was present, by desire of the
Prince, at the interview at the Castle, yesterday, between
Mr. G. E. Anse!' and the parish officers. Considerable ex-
citement prevails in the town, in consequence of the opinion
given by the law officers of the Crown. The result of the
vestry meeting called by the churchwardens and overseers,
and the steps which will be considered necessary to be taken
by the parishioners on the subject, are looked forward to with
great interest.