The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-27 00:00:00

every attempt at realisation a the effect of ace."
rating. These are but/a,fe4 out of the many c sea
of depreciation which -present therasel :es-; s with
these alone (not forgetting the gene pression in
the price of all securities, and the feverish state of the
commercial pulse), we need he at no loss to account
for the supposed evaporation of a considerable atnoient
of the aggregate wealth of the nation. In fine, the
directors of the principal companies propose teelay be-
fore their constituents, immediately, a detailed state-
ment of the assets and liabilities of their several un-
dertakings. When this statement appears, we shall
lose no time in subjecting it to a careful and impartial
scrutiny. Until it is in the hands of the public, we
deem it both rational and just to suspend our judg-
ment, and we would advise shareholders, for their own
sakes, to follow our example.
TlMES.—There is not, probably, to be found in
any capital city in Europe so beautiful a spectacle as
that which is seen from the centre of the Plbce de •
la Concorde at Paris. The simple al chitseture of
the Chamber of Deputies rises on the one side, and
the Colonnade of the Aladeleine upon the other.
Behind is the Palace cf the Tuileries, a pile of build-
ing which not only rivets the eye but interests the
imagination, as the point of origin of all the move-
ments which have shaken European society to its
foundation for the last sixty years. In front stretches
the avenue of the Champs El, sees, with the Bar-
mere de l'Etoile in the distance, a limit which
fixes without embarrassing the attention. From the
central point we have indicated, should a stranger to
the French capital pursue his walk down the Rue
Royale to the gay Boulevard de la Madeleine, and thence
along the line of the Boulevards, with their theatres,
their cafés, and their promenades, collected from
every country in Europe—he would behold
a sight to which no town in Europe, and
most certainly not London—could furnish a parallel.
We, a people of indoor life, may make this admis-
sion without shame, and acquiesce cheerfully in our
shortcomings when we find Madrid, Vienna, Berlin,
Dresden, Rome, and Naples placed in the same cate-
gory as ourselves. The chief city of the three
kingdoms is not a ten hours' wonder. It requires tq,
be inhabited and studied before its capacities are
appreciated and understood. We cannot hope to
attract the eye of the passing stranger so much as
to interest the understanding and awaken the re-
flection of thinking men. We have seen with great
satisfaction the visit of the National Guards of Paris e
to London. Their presence in our capital City has
probably appeared stranger to us than the strange
town and the strange people to themselves. They
came upon us unawares. Had longer warning and
ample opportunity been given to the civic authorities,
we believe they would have welcomed the coming as
satisfactortly as the South-Eastern Railway Company - have sped the parting guests. Such points as these,
however, desirable as they may be, as evidence of
courtesy and goodwill, are but of slight importance
in comparison with the peace and tranquillity which
these strangers must have seen pervading the public
places and streets of a metropolis which, on the
lowest calculation, contains double the number of the
population of Paris. They cannot, one would think,
however much they may have regretted the absence
of a certain dramatic effect which distinguishes the
Parisian boulevards, but have been struck with the
fact, that whilst in every capital city throughout
Europe the hand of each man is against his fellow,
in London alone commerce, trade, and credit main-
tain their usual and uninterrupted course. Take St.
Paul's, and describe a circle of five miles' distance
from this centre, and in this space would be con-
tained the most numerous myriads of human beings,
with all their complicated interests and passions, to
be found in the same area in any civilised country.
How is it, then, that whilst Berlin and Vienna, the
two principal towns of a population of forty millions,
who have attained no mean eminence in war, in
science, and in literature, are trembling on the verge
of another conflict, in which father and son, brother
and brother, will stand arrayed against each other in
hostile ranks ; and Paris, too, is threatened with re-
newal of scenes we would fain expunge from the
records of history—that London continues unshaken
by the universal tumult ? This is no time for self-
gratulation, but the most susceptible patriotism
cannot take offence at the recital of bare
facts, when it is of such awful importance that
from them the correct inference should be deriyed.
We will not here repeat those declarations which
are the common-places of the hustings and the
public dinner. We will make no boasts of in-
stitutions which have been very faulty or we
should not have amended them ; nor of laws
that we ourselves have pronounced unworthy of the
refinement and humanity of modern ideas. There is,
however, one point in the spirit of the English people
to which we should wish the attention of every in-
telligent foreigner to be directed—our aversion to
change by open violence and armed force. That
which out of the limits of these islands cannot be un-
derstood is, that twelve men should be placed in a jury
box, and should sentence a thirteenth to the scaffold
or to deportation, not for holding opposite opinions to
themselves, but for endeavouring to establish those
opinions by violence in the public streets. Great
social changes are of slow growth, and undue preci-
pitation in effecting them leads rather to their inde-
finite postponement. It is of course impossible to
suppose that in the course of a few hours' visit to-
London the National Guards of Paris should have
succeeded in comprehending the spirit apd springs
of action of a numerous people—we have formed no
visionary expectations of this sort. We simply hope
that the knowledge of effects may lead them to
study causes. Let them endeavour to explain it how
they will, there is a great practical contrast between
the outward aspect of Paris and London. We have
no rival flags, no cannon in the public places, no
camps, no bivouacs, no rolling drums, no glittering
bayonets. Paris is controlled by armed legions,
London by the truncheon of a policeman. We hope
that our late visitors may endeavour to explain this
fact to themselves. That is the practical benefit to
be derived from their journey to the metropolis of
England. Before concluding these few remarks on
so interesting a subject, we should add, in justice to
our visitors, that travelling Englishmen would do
well to borrow a hint from the method in which the
National Guards occupied themselves during their
short stay in London. It is not too much to say that
during their short sojourn amongst us they have seen
more of the outward features of a strange town in
a few days than most Englishmen do abroad in as
many weeks. Cabs laden with National Guards, in-
side and out, have been seen in the remotest quarters
of the town. The polite Belgravia and the forlorn
region of Bethnal-green have equally been penetrated
by the enterprising invaders. The courts of justice,
the police-offices, the Exchange, the coffee-houses,
the clubs, and the theatres, have been in turn ex-
plored. We will not criticise too closely the advan-
tages of a personal impression, but it has its value.
Certainly no body of men ever more conscientiously
endeavoured to see as much of London as could be
seen in a few hours as the National Guard of Paris
within the last few days. We can but express, in
conclusion, a hope that the result of this visit to our
capital of many hundreds of the armed citizens of the
French metropolis, who are engaged in the arduous
task of restoring the supremacy of law and order, may
not be altogether unproductive of solid advantage, as
well as of momentary interest and amusement.

THE CORN TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM,I THRRSDAY.—At Gloucester market,
on the 21st, the Wheat trade ruled dull, at the currency
of the previous week. At 'Worcester, the same day, the
sale was slow, at rather higher prices. Fine Barley ils
per quarter higher, inferior rather lower. Oats and
Beans offering at a reduction of 6d to is per quarter,
without finding buyers to any extent. Peas in fair de-
mand. During the present week a fair business has
been done in Wheat, at fully previous rates. Barley
nominally unaltered in value, but less in request. Good
White Oats sell readily; but inferior, also black, are
.difficult to dispose of. Beans in fair request, and lower
prices are not submitted to. Peas held for some ad-
vance, which has checked the sale. At this day's mar-
ket there was a fair supply of Wheat, and line new
realised an advance of is per quarter. Oats a slow sale,
but lower prices were not submitted to. Beans more in
demand, and Egyptians held for some improvement.
Peas fully as dear.
BRISTOL, TIIIIRSDAY.—There has been an average
supply of English Wheat. Prices are steady for old and
dry new samples, with a fair demand, whilst inferior lots
of new are very unsaleable, though held with more
firmness, but higher prices not obtainable, and the sale
slow. The demand for Flour is rather better this week,
without alteration in price. Of malting Barley we have
this week liberal supplies, both coastwise and foreign,
and previous value has, on actual sales, given way 1s to
Is 6d per qr. New Oats dull. Middling qualities of
white 6d per qr lower, and undried black very unsale-
able, and fully is per qr decline. Beans rather dearer.
English old Wheat fetched 54s to 58s per imperial
quarter. English new 46s to 50s per imperial quarter,
foreign white 57s to 60s per 4801bs, ditto red, fine
qualities, 52s to 55s ditto, ditto ordinary ditto 41s to
50s per 410Ibs, ditto hard 48s to 52s ditto. English
Malting Barley brought 34s to 38s per imperial quarter,
ditto and foreign grinding 25s to 30s per 4001bs. Devon
and Welsh Oats 18s to 18s 6d per imperial quarter,
Irish white 20s to 29s per 3201b5, ditto black 17s 3d
to 19s 6d per imperial quarter, foreign ditto none.
Beans, English, 32s to 38s per 4801bs. English Flour
(seconds) 39s to 41s, American, &c., sweet, none. The
arrivals have been during the week as follows:—From
(Jronstadt, in the Humby, 900 quarters of Wheat; from
Odessa, in the Sovereign, 1,860 quarters of Wheat;
from Cork, is the Juverna, 500 sacks, 330 quarters
150 barrels of Oats; from Waterford, in the Victory,
320 sacks, 100 quarters of Oats, 50 quarters of Barley;
from Yarmoth, in the Glory, 615 quarters of Barley.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 25.—The sugar
market presents still but a dull aspect—the continually
falling accounts from Loudon causing buyers to be very
cautious ; still there is a fair demand for refining sorts,
of which there are very few on show, and upwards of
100 hhds. West India have been sold to-day, at former
rates. Sales for the past week are about 400 hhds, and
tierces.—Bristol Gazette.