The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-31 00:00:00

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Bursireas, OCT. 27.---Ther
e av age...price Of wheat
during the Week. ending 24th Oct. was '2SE 22te., and
that of rye, 19f 61te......This is a `ftirfitiir
iil4-iiince the
preceding week of *6l centimes in rye per. hectolitre.
We cannot but applaud the resolution taken' by the
Municipal Couutii, onSaturday;to foritin doMmittee to
inquire into the causes of the
..high prices of the most
necessary provisions, and propose means to remedy the
evil. Full.of confidence iwthe zeal and ltd • tof the
members of this committee; we -ressuritT believe
that its investigations 'will:give-A.14 to measures with
which everybody, especially the„wcukincelasses, will
have reason to be satisfied.. We' hive snentioned ex-
periments on the manufacture of bread Whiekliave been
made at Verviers. We shall-no-tau-any more bf them.
' to attract the attention of the coni-
Te ii , one point which, • of, 'account
, we would recommend to its most seri-
t. We Nan yisitito_inspect the stock
v,l*lll Are':!ised* by the law, but
tve Saileifintti'distiie._ A report made
pitrOYiffelll 'authorities -by .M. Van de
)at the examination of_the weights and
fly illuiory.:
.The_ unhappy workman,
21e of food is bread, is no: only very
_ .red in the weight, but still more in the
quality. There is probably no place where the adultera-
tion of bread is so general as in the districts of Brussels.
bread by . sulphate. 444;aeir*
The feet has become almost proverbial.
A book on the adulteration of food has lately appeared
in- France, which, speaking of the adulteration of
says that i_t_delginisted in
Belgitiin;-' 'that ,'4e-
.it_. aWilli, practis,d -in that
cr-lulltrY;:.L..,lv
e -ar`e.,Anntl mistaken . in' believing that
this scandalous ' fraud, and„ spine .orherg have
become notorious,
„if becomes: the honest bakers, of
whom. we do not doubt them are great numbers at Brus-
sels, to give the magistrates- every fritiirmathiN which
may enable them to suppress' this acancritliiiis abuse.
The Journal du Commerceerinveri confireas,,from a
letter from Celogne,- ,the disagreeable news which we
have mentioned respecting the measures adepteelYid, Y the
Zollvirein.' 'I think I can assure you thatikexesolntions
modifying the present tariff of the' Zollubteliwofil- be
published in November next. • They )W1 AffeOrteieral
articles, especially thread aid manufactures of ltnen and
cotton. Belgium will not be exempted Worn the sttastire.
notwithstanding all, the remonstrances of our diplomacy,
which is justly alarnied, Nothiug leis is plige4.
in the higher circles than the B.oollllsliitity.4. sys-
tem of differential' &ties; WhiCh is considered*he Brit :_ - -
step towards constituting the marine of the Zollvereic.
, • The author of the pamphlet, which is called ".Tests- .
`inept Politique, s lately appeired, is ':spoken of us - :. - .e.
one of the principal promoters of the institution; the idea
is said to have been suggested to him during the
long residence which he made at Brussels as Ambassa-
dor from the Cabinet at Berlin.
DUTCH FUNDS.—Amorrinem, OCT. 16.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 23¢ per Cent.. .• •• ••• • • 59 59V
Ditto, 3 per Cent --..•••. • • • • • • • • 71 71%
Ditto, 4 per Cent... -••...•• • • • - • • 92% 93 Ni
Amort Syndic. 3% per Cent.• •••• • • • • 88 fitN
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 173% 17435
East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. ........
Exchange on London, at sight .• ••• • • • 12 12
Two m0nth5........ ..... .• 12 05
On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 75
Two months.•... ••••• • • • • • 35 37
OnParis • • • .....• .... •.
Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • -
-Dutch Papers, Oct. 17.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, OcT. 28.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..............
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • ...
Ditto Three per Cent..
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto'..
Ditto,ditto,
Ditto, ditto, 1842 . . . 102
Ditto, 1836............... • • • • • • • • •
Ditto, 1838 •••••••••• „ 73
Ditto of the City, 1832 .
Ditto, 1843 ••••••• • • • • • • • ....... • 99
Bank ofßelgium. .
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 29.

lIAMBIJRGII BORSENHALLE, OCT. 27.
Bills. Money.

kustrian 5 per Cents ••• • .• • • •• ••
.......... 1570
Bank Shares
Anglo-Russian Loan • ... •••••• •• •• •• 106%
Russian 5 per Cant., Muni). Certificate. 101
Ditto Ist series Inscription ••-••-• • • • • • 162
Ditto, ?lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96
Ditto, in Certificate• • • • • • • • • • ........ 97
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 88
Ditto Stieglitz -•••••• • • • • • • ..... 88
Spanish New 5 per Cent• ••••••• • • • • • • 17% 17%
Ditto 3 per Cent
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 23(, per Cent •.
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent. • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. 7 oan, 1844 —
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent
National Bank Shares.....• ......
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vimit•rs, OcT. 22.
5 per Cent. Metalliques— • • •• • • . 1083
4 per Cent. ditto—. 99%
3 per Cent. ditto.. „ 71
Loan, 1834 ........ 157%
Ditto, 1839 •• • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • • •• • • •• • • 126
Bank Shares „ 1552
Estarhazy's Loan . ...........
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand . 163
IGrlioefigniaLitz3i.u.a.
n• •:: .. .. • • 110263
Leghorn .. 190
Perth ... . . .. . . . 86%
Oldenburg • ••• • • • •• • •
Apenninen • •
Pesth Itr;c4re .• • . .•• • • •
—Allgemeine Zeltunn, Oct. 24.

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