The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-01 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

We have had several arrivals from America this
week by packet-ships, the latest bringing New York
advices of the Ist of September. The start in
the value of wheat here was not then known
there, still prices of flour had rather tended upwards
in consequence of a falling off in the supplies.
Fair qualities of Western Canal were then held at
4d. 12i 3. per brl., and there were no sellers of prime
Genessee wheat below 90c. per bushel. At Philadel-
phia, on the 21st ult., flour was rather dull of sale, and
fair fresh• ground qualities were then obtainable at
3d. 873-e. to 4d. per brl. Old red wheat was then held
at 80c. to 82c., and new at 70c. to 75c. per bushel. From
Baltimore we have also accounts of the 31st of August.
Howard-street flour was then freely offered at 3d. 87 lc.
to 3d. 90c. per brl., with but few takers. Wheat had
come freely to hand, and prime parcels of red had been
sold at 78c. to 80c. per bushel.
By our advices from the north of Europe we learn that
great excitement had been casued by the advance in the
value of wheat in the English markets. From Dantzie we
have letters of the 19th of September, which inform us that
about 730 lasts of wheat had changed hands there during
the week, consisting mostly of secondary and ordinary
qualities. For really fine high-mixed parcels extrava-
gantly high terms had been asked, say 535. to 555. per
qr. ; but fine mixed, of 601bs. to 611b5., had been sold at
50s. to 50s. 6d., and ordinary mixed, weighing 591bs. per
bushel, at 475. per qr. free on board. The only articles
in which any business had been done, besides wheat,
had been rye and peas ; the former had found buyers
at 395., and the latter at 40s. per qr. The wheat harvest
is generally reported to have yielded well in Upper, but
indifferently in Lower Poland. The quality of tha
Upper Polish wheat is described as very fine, and the
weight per bushel unusually heavy.
The reports from Rostock relative to the result of the
wheat harvest are not favourable : the colour of the
new wheat is said to be good, but the weight light, say
591bs. per bushel. No supplies had yet been brought
forward, nor was it expected that the farmers would
bring forward any quantity till the end of October.
Stocks of old wheat were, we are informed, nearly ex-
hausted, and very little business had, consequently,
been done.

At Stettin, on the 19th inst., holders hardly knew what
prices to ask, and 50s. per qr., free on board, had actually
been paid at that port for a parcel of old Uckermark. The
high pretensions of sellers had of course checked business,
and but few bargains had been closed during the week.
Fair supplies of barley had come to hand, and for fine
malting qualities 30s. per qr. had been realised. Vessels
were then offering to load wheat to the east coast of Great
Britain at 2s. to 2s. 3d., to the British Channel at 2s. 9d.,
to the west coast at 35., and to the east coast of Ireland
at 3s. 3d. per qr.
From Hamburg we learn that comparatively little
business has been done in wheat since the previous post-
day, in consequence of the very high terms asked. New
red Marks of 601bs. weight had, however, been sold at
50s. 9d.; and for 621 b. parcels 535. per quarter free on
board had been obtained. There had been few offers
from outports, and no contracts had been closed. Barley
to be shipped from Danish ports bad, on the other hand,
rcet with a good deal of attention, at enhanced rates, as
much as 255. to 265. per qr. having been paid for good
heavy qualities.
In the southern countries of Europe, wheat is even
higher than at Baltic ports; and it is quite evident that
no supplies of consequence can reach us from the east-
ward of Gibraltar.

A letter from Odessa, of the II th Sept., informs us
that upwards of 20,000 chests wheat had been brought
there on Italian and Greek account; and that equal to
31s. per qr., free on board, had been paid for the best
qualities.—Mark-lane Express.

POOLE' SATURDAY, SEPT. 26.—FUNERAL OF THE
LATE W. T. D. TRENCHARD, ESQ.—The remains of the
late William Trenchard Dillon Trenchard, Esq., of
Lytchett House, in the county of Dorset, were consigned
to the family vault of the parish church on Thursday,
the 24th inst. The solemn procession left the family
residence at twelve o'clock ; in addition to his own rela-
tives, he was followed by his numerous tenantry. His
loss will be deeply felt by the poor of his neighbourhood.
The deceased was the eldest son of the late Rev. Henry
Luke Dillon, formerly rector of Lytchett Matravers,
grandson of the late Lady Augusta Dillon, and was
nearly connected with the noble families of Clanricarde
and Clanbrock. He will be succeeded in the estates of
Lytchett Matravers, and Child Ockford, by his next
brother, Henry Luke Smith Dillon, Esq., who, in obe-
dience to the will of the late William Trenchard, Ecq.,
will assume the name and quarter the arms of Trenchard
with those of Dillon.

•
SWIMMING MATCH.—Tuesdayeveningot the Swim-
ming Baths, Princes•street, two silver medals were con-
tested for by a great number of swimmers, consisting ex-
clusively of the frequenters of the baths. The distance
to be performed was five times the length of the bath,
which was accomplished in gallant style by nearly all
the competitors. The victors were Mr. Mullins and Mr.
Pegler ; the former having won the first, and the latter
the second prize, which was given to them amidst the
loud plaudits of the spectators, who appeared to be highly
gratified by the interesting exhibition.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTER.NooN.—We have been
on the look-out for the Britannia since last night. She
is now eleven days out from Halifax, and is hourly ex-
pected. No intelligence has been heard from the
Great Britain to-day. We expect accounts to-morrow
morning.

WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accom-
panied by his illustrious sen-in-law, the Hereditary
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was among the
earliest to reach Mr. Wyatt's residence. Their Royal
Highnesses were received on alighting from their car-
riage by Mr. Wyatt, sen., Rho conducted them to the
studio, from e hich the statue had not at this time been
removed. Mr. Wyatt. had the honour of explaining to
his illustrious visitors the mode in which the statue \vita
secured to the c:.rriage, after examining which their
Royal Highnesses returned to Mr. Wyatt's private resi-
dence, and took up their position on a temporary balcony
erected for the express accommodation of the royal party
and a select circle of the artist's friends.
The Delta of Rutland, the Marquis of Londonderry,
the Earl of Cardigan, Sir F. Trench, Mr. John Wi:sen
Croker, and Mr. Simpson, were among the members of
the committee, early on the spot. The Duke of Rutland
came to town from Woburn Abbey expressly to take
part in the ceremonial, and Lord Londonderry made the
journey from Wynyard for the same purpose.
His Royal Highness Prince George, the Countess of
Westmoreland, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord
William Lennox, Sir John Beckett, Mr. George Womb-
well, Mrs, Milner Gibson, and a very numerous circle of
fashionables, were among those who occupied seats on
Mr. Wyatt's balcony. The roof of the same gentleman's
house was also crowded with spectators, who had been
fortunate enough to obtain invitations.
At half-past nine o'clock the military appointed to
take part in the proceedings of the day arrived on the
spot. These included the 2d Life Guards, under the
command of Colonel Williams ; the Grenadier Guards,
under the command of Colonel Home, and two com-
panies of the Fusilier Guards and Coldstream Guards,
under the command of their respective officers.
A strong body of police, under Mr. Superintendent
Hughes, were in attendance to preserve order ; while
Inspectors Shackell and Haynes, with a detachment of
the detective force, proved a wholesome check on the
depredations of the light-fingered gentry.
Precisely at ten o'clock, everything being in readi-
ness, the statue was drawn from the interior of Mr.
Wyatt's premises into the Harrow-road. This operation
was accomplished by the united exertions of 100 men
belonging to the Fusilier Guards. The egress of the
statue to the public thoroughfare was greeted with tu-
multuous cheering from the spectators. For a moment
some anxiety was felt as to the safety of the colossal
work, its enormous weight having caused one of the
wheels of the carriage to sink some three or four inches
into the ground. By active and well-directed exertions
this difficulty was soon overcome, and the carriage
shortly afterwards brought to a position in which the
horses appointed to drag it to its destination could be
conveniently attached.
Mr. Goding, the eminent brewer, solicited the honour
of being allowed to supply the horses required, and his
offer was accepted by Mr. Wyatt. The animals,
twenty-nine in number, arrived at Dudley grove shortly
after nine o'clock on Tuesday morning. Their appear-
ance excited universal admiration, and certainly a finer
or better matched stud could not have been found in Lon-
don. They were severally decorated with branches of
laurel, and attended by fourteen dreymen, all similarly
attired in the costume by long consent peculiar to this
sturdy class of individuals.
The work of attaching the horses to the carriage, and
" preparing for the start," was somewhat tedious, ex-
tending over nearly two hours. So great, however, was
the interest excited by the statue, which now stood
boldly forth in all its dazzling brilliancy, that not a
single manifestation of impatience escaped the specta-
tors. The general feeling, so faras could be gathered
from the expression of the crowd, seemed to be one of
profound admiration and astonishment at the colossal
proportions of the work.
The interval during which the carriage remained sta-
tionary was well occupied by a gentleman whose talents
have made him familiar with a very large circle of the
public, viz., M. Claudet. This gentleman, from the
balcony of the Dudley Arms Tavern, which imme-
diately faces Mr. Wyatt's studio, made a variety of
interesting pictures of the scene by his Daguerreotype
process.
A somewhat painful feeling of anxiety prevailed
among the more immediate spectators as the moment
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more effective, though less controllable power of horses
was to be applied, and it was impossible to divest the
mind of some apprehension as to the result.
At length, at twelve o'clock precisely, all being in
readiness, Mr. Wyatt, who occupied a position in the
front of the carriage (without offence be it spoken, look-
ing a most Lilliputian personage by the side of his own
colossal creation), gave the signal to proceed, and the
procession, having been previously marshalled, moved in
the following order:—
Vidette of the 2d Life Guards.
The Band of the same Regiment.
Trumpeter.
Two troops of the Life Guards.
A body of pioneers belonging to the Fusilier Guards.
The carriage bearing the Statue,
Drawn by twenty-nine horses, three abreast,
And escorted by a troop of 20 Life Guardsmen on either side,
under the command of Captain F. M. Martyn.
Immediately in the rear of the statue were a body of
riggers from Woolwich Dockycrd, who were succeeded
by 100 men of the Fusilier Guards in fatigue dress, the
latter being in attendance to hold on by ropes attached to
the rear of the carriage, in case of necessity.
The band of the Fusilier Guards.
One hundred of the Fusilier Guards in parade dress.
The band of the Grenadier Guards.
Two hundred of the Grenadier Guards in parade dress.
The band of the Coldstream Guards.
One hundred of the Coldstream Guards in parade dress.
The procession closed with a troop of the 2d Life Guards.
It was originally intended that the members of the
committee should have taken part in the procession, but
this portion of the arrangements, from some reason or
other, was ultimately not carried out.
The first movement of the ponderous vehicle was suffi-
cient to set at rest all fears which might have been pre-
viously entertained on the subject. Nothing could pos
sibly exceed the admirable manner in which it glided
with almost imperceptible motion, frcai its position on
the railway-bridge to the front of Mr. Wyatt's resi-
dence, a distance of about three hundred yards, where
it was again brought to stand for the purpose of allow-
ing the favoured few a last opportunity of admiring its
beauties.
The passage of the statue thus far was greeted with a
simultaneous shout from the spectators, which made the
" welkin ring," while the ladies who thronged the win-
dows and roofs of the houses in the vicinity, as far as the
eye could reach, gave vent to their feelings by waving
handkerchiefs and other equally gratifying demon-
strations. Never, perhaps, was popular enthusiasm more
unanimously exhibited, and the occurrence of any mis-
chance would certainly have been looked upon as a
national misfortune.
At ten minutes past twelve the procession again moved,
the band of each regiment playing the "British Grena-
diers" in quick time.
Nothing occurred to impede the progress of the statue
on its way through Paddington churchyard into the
Edgware-road. The curves which here and there oc-
curred were made without the slightest difficulty by the
carriage, and no stoppage took place until the statue
arrived at that point of the Edgware-road where Upper
Seymour-street intersects it. Here a short pause was
absolutely necessary, to give the animals breathing time,
and (if our eyes deceived us not) the drivers a draught
of beer.
Again in motion, the next stoppage was occasioned by
the accidental lock of one of the off wheels against a post
in the centre of the crossing of the junction of Oxford-
street and the Edgware-road. This difficulty was soon
overcome, and the procession moved without any fur-
ther interruption across Oxford-street and down Park-
lane, until it arrived opposite Dudley House, where the
breakage of one of the shafts attached to the carriage
occasioned a considerable delay.
The transit so far had been accomplished with much
less difficulty than even the most sanguine had antici-
pated. Scarcely half an hour had elapsed from the
period of leaving Dudley-grove, and more than half the
distance was traversed. The remaining moiety, it is
true, was of a more difficult character, but where all
had progressed so satisfactorily there could be little to
fear. The injury to the carriage repaired, the proces-
sion again moved on, amid the inspiriting strains of mar-
tial music and the cheers of the populace.
The sharp turning out of Park-lane into Piccadilly,
which had all along been looked upon as the most dan-
gerous portion of the journey, was made in the most
masterly manner, and the horses laying to their work in
good earnest, brought the carriage opposite the end of
Hamilton-place, in first-rate style. Here another delay
of some duration took place, owing to the fracture of a
second shaft (there were five to the carriage in all), in
turning the corner of Park-lane.
The approach of the statue was observed from the
balcony of Apsley House by a royal and distinguished
party, among whom we observed her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia,
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklinburg-Strelitz, his
Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, his !loyal
Highness Prince George, her Royal Highness Princess
Mary, the Earl Howe, the Countess of Westmoreland,
the Marchioness of Worcester, Viscount Strangford,
Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Sir Andrew Barnard,
the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont, Mr. Culling C. Smith,
Mr. Hardwick, Lord Charles Wellesley, and the follow-
lag members of the committee:—The Duke of Rutland,
the Earl of Cardigan, Sir Frederick Trench, Mr. Wilson
Croker, Mr. Simpson, &c.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with her Royer
Highness the Princess of Prussia, the Countess of West-
moreland, and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, formed a group
at the extreme western end of the balcony. Lord Charles
Wellesley was in attendance on her Majesty. Both the
Queen and her illustrieus relative manifested the greatest
interest in the scene, and after the statue had been
brought opposite the arch, her Majesty requested Mr.
Hardwick to inquire of Mr. Wyatt whether there was a
probability of its being elevated during the afternoon, as
in that event she should wish to remain and observe the
ceremony.
It being considered unadvisable to commence the pro-
fen of elevation on Tuesday, Mr, Hardwick communicated