The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-25 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRITSsEtS, MAY 19.—The average price of wheat in the
week ending on Saturday, May 16, was 23f. 84c., and that of
rye, 17f. 88c. per hectolitre.
At the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day,
on the continuation of the discussion of the budget of the
interior, a debate on the corn-laws, and in which M. Eloi
Burdinne and some other members, took part, which would
doubtless have gone further,:had not the President observed
that the question would be mere properly discussed on the
presentation of a project of tax for the prolongation of the
free importation of corn. The Minister then passed in re-
view all the observations made on occasion of the chapter
dpromised that all the
should be submitted to the exa-
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The Chamber then adopted the chapter of the budget from
12 to 18 inclusive, and commenced the discussion of chapter
19 (public instruction).
The Impartial of Bruges gives a favourable account of the
appearance of the crops. That of rape seed promises to be
one of the most productive that there has been for many
years, and as it will be so very early the farmers in many
places intend to plant potatoes after the rape seed.
We see that at Bremen, as well as at Antwe.p, the number
of German emigrants who go to settle in America is greater
this year than ever. In the month of May 4,000 emigrants
sailed from the port of Bremen alone. Several ships sailed
from Antwerp last week, one sailed yesterday (Sunday),
several others will follow, and yet the means of conveyance
are insufficient for the numerous applicants in our port.
lIA3II3URGII BORSENIIALLE, 31st 16.
Bills. Money.
&ustrian 5 per Cents •• . ..... ........ 113
Bank Shares . • 1591
Anglo-Russian Loan . ..... 1073 107
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101%
Ditto Ist series 1n5cripti0n............ 102
Ditto, !lope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 96
Ditto, in Certificate • - • • •
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • •• • • 89
Ditto Stieglitz •• • •
Spanish New 5 per Cent lB% 1834
Ditto 3 per Cent • • ...... ••••• • • • • • 29
Anglo-Portuguee Loan, 236 per Cent
Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent. • . .......
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844. •• .
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 8634 86%
National Bank Shares • ... •
DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTEILDAM, MAY 19.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. • •••• • • • • 60 603,E
itto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 7234 7234
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Amort Syndic, 434 per Cent.... 9934 100
Ditto, 334 per Cent.. 8834 89
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 169% 17034
East India Loan, 4 per Cent..........
Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • • • 12 27
Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 12 17
On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35
Two monthS. •• • •
—Dutch Papers, May 20.
• 20.
Actual B E
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CDeSn. N. B. a
• .7. E. s
• .
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent '••• " ' •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -
Ditto Three per Cent • • •.. • .
Ditto Thirty-seven 31illions, ditto
Ditto, ditto, 1840 ..... ••••••• • • • • • • • 100%
Ditto, ditto, 1842................102
Ditto, 1844... ..... • • • • • • • •• • 100
Ditto, 1838 . • .. • • • • • • • •
Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • • •
Ditto, 1843 .......... ..... •••• • •• 10014
Bank of ••02
—Brussels Papers. May 20.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-13Extm, MAY 16.
Bills. Money.
St.Schuld Sch., 334 percent •• •
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • •
Foreign Exchanges.... • • • • • • • • • • •
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 2534 625
Ilamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 14934
Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months •.•.•• • • . 80 1-12
On Paris
Two months. • • • • • • • •
—Universal Prussian Gazette, MAY 17.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 14.
5 per Cent. Metalliques • • ••• • • • •• • • ••• • • • 111%
4 per Cent. ditto ...... • • • • • • • • •••• • • • • • • 100%
3 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 74%
Loan, 1834 • • •
Ditto, 1839 • .. •••• • • • • 12234
Bank Shares .. • • •• • . . • • •
Esterhazy's Loan .• ••• • • • ••••••• • • • • • •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ..... ••• • • 1864
Vienna—Milan .. •• • • • • • • • •••• • • • • • • • • 119%
Leghorn
10414
Grosetto • • ...... 94%
Oldenburg . • •
Apenninen .
—Allgemeine Zeitimg. May 17.

THE el
..,LOCK AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—Tho
clock at the General Post-office, which is the time regulator at the
several post-offices throughout the country, has just been renovated
outside ant cleared within, it being
similarly cleansed. This extraordinary piece of mechanism has not
varied one minute since it was putupeleven years since. The curle
in suchlmatters win be Interested to learn that the diameter of the
lace
13 six feet, and that the Roman numerals denoting the hours a e
twelve inches in lei
upon it, 4 cwt. 1 qr•*
bob of the penlulum weighs, as the
length. The
inscription states now lour years since it was
UW4IB lillbg 12 ,„rai 4 011,, 1 qr., Inv., 120 Z.
. CZ. 1g weigLitr'* '7,t)s., and the bar of the pen-

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Week Last 14
week. a ending NAME OF RAILWAY. 3 i
c,,,
.-....--
Q.. 9
X A
May 16 Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• . .. . . . . 248 182
- Bristol and Birmingham .•••••• • • • • • • _
-
15 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 731
781
14 Dublin and Drogheda. •••••••• • • • • • • . 831 1,026
19 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • •• • • 988 1,002
17 Dundee and Arbroath .•••• .• • • • ..... 262 277
16 Durham and Sunderland ... „.. 629 500
16 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• - ........ 3,486 3,001
17 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 8,574 5,431
16 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,717 2,373
16 Glasgow and Greenock.. • ..... •„ .. 960 1,004
- - Grand Junction •••• • • • .. •• ....
16 Gravesend and Rochester
• .
- Great North of England • ...........
17 Great Western •.. .
18 Hartlepool - ••••• • • • 1,011 -
21 London and Birmingham, &c. ... .... 37,711 41,594
17 London and Blackwall .. ..
16 London and Brighton .••• • • . •
19 London and Croydon •••• .. • . 1,478 1,754
London and Greenwich............. -
19 London and South Western .--• . . . 7,262 7,639
17 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 1,081 1,509
15 Manchester and Birmingham........ 4,431 5,556
16 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.• 6,084 7,365
16 Midland Counties .••••• • • • • • ........ 16,341 17.694
16 Newcastle and Darlington ••• • • • .... 2,964 2,705
16 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••• • • • • ..... 1,958 1,605
17 Newcastle and North Shields.• ••• • .. 459 425
17 Norfolk.. ..... ....... •.• • • • ........ 1,231 287
- North Union and Bolton and Preston - 1,880
18 Paris, Corbel, and Orleans ••••• • • • • • 6,859 5,848653 5,547
18 Paris and Rouen .••••••••• • • . • • • • • • 5.
683 603
16 Preston and Wyre ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1,710 1,617
16 Sheffield and Manchester •••••• • . • ••
• • • •
7102 5,552
16 South Eastern •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1,284 1,130
- -
Yarmouth and Norwich •••••• • • • • • • - _
16 York and North Midland ........... 4,944 2,827

CONYETISIONS.—Oa Tuesday, May the sth, et Rome,
on the Festival of St. Catherine, the Right Rev. Lord Cardinal Acton
recyeivdiiito the bosom of our Holy Mother the Catholic Church, the
George Dudley Ryder, his wife, Mrs. Ryder, kis sister, Miss
lieu.
Ryder, and his three eldest children. The Rev. G. Ryder is
the second son of the late Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry,
nephew of the Earl of Harrowby, and first cousin of Ambrose Lisle
Phillips. Esq., of Grace Diet: Mai.kir. lijd,r is hu
sister-in-law of the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Wilberforce. Mr.
Ryder held preferment in the diocese of Wliicheeter, being rector of
Luton, near that etty,7l3caccrt.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the Queen's natal
day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, arrived
early at Buckingham Palace, and remained to breakfast
with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. The Queen
also received visits of congratulation, in the course of
the day, from her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess
Mary, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cam-
bridge and Prince George.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domes-
tic household, attended Divine service yesterday morn-
ing, in the private Chapel at Buckingham Palace. The
Hon. and Rev. C Leslie Courtenay officiated.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the *Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
their usual airings yesterday in the garden of the Palace.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alic?, and attended by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. took nn airirg on Satur-
day in an open carriage and f air. Prince Albert ac
companied her Majesty on horseback, and the Equerries
in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the llon. Captain Gor-
dor, were in attendance on horseback.

Prince Alfred took an airing in the pleasure grounds
of the Palace on Saturday.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl and Countess
of Dalhousie, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth,
the Right lion. the Sneaker, and Sir Henry Wheatley.
The band of the. First Life Guards was in attendance
during dinner, and performed the following pieces:—
March—Zulchner

'Potpourri, "Linda di Chamouni,"—Donizetti
Walzer—Carolus—Pleyer
Selection from the Ballet of " Alma"—Costa
Polka, Almacks—Labitzky
Cori—La Carita—Rossini
Cavatina—Lombardi—Vt rdi.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine
service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Goddard,
Sub-dean of Lincoln, who took his text from the Acts,
chap. 1, verse 9. The prayers were read by the Rev.
J. V. Povah, the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and
the Communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The
anthem was, ‘• Ascribe unto the Lord" (Travers).—Mr.
Turle presided at the organ.
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Marchioness
of Ormonde and Earl Howe. Among the nobility pre-
sent were the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquises of Win-
chester, Salisbury, Northampton, and Ormonde; Ladies
De La Warr, Wilton, St. Germans, Somerset, and Pal-
merston ; Lords Bessborough, Cawdor, St. Germans,
Zstland, Cantalupe, and Palmerston.
The Dike of Wellington, the Duke of Rutland, Lord
G. Paulet, end Sir F. Trench, attended the early service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Goddard.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence
House, St. James's. Her Majesty also visited her Royal
llighness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester
House.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager
on Saturday ; and the Duchess of Gloucester visited
her Majesty yesterday, at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Kent left town on Saturday morning,
for her residence, Frog more House, Windsor. Her
Royal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's,
in the afternoon.

The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yes-
terday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-
street. Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on his Royal
Highness.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dnke and Duchess of
Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with their pre-
sence on Saturday evening.
A deputation from the Scotch Banks had an inter-
view with Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Saturday. The Ministers were accom-
panied by the Lord Advocate of Scotland,
Mr. Divett, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secre-
tary Gladstone on Saturday at the Colonial office.
The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The
Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief had also
an interview with the Right Honourable Gentleman.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a
Committee Meeting on Saturday. There were present
the Bishops of Winchester, Hereford. Ripon, and Wor-
cester, the. Earl of Devon, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse,
and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey.
Mr. Hume, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Gladstone on Saturday. Mr. Hampton had also an in-
terview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel had a dinner party o❑
Saturday, at their residence in Whitehall-gardens.
Lady Peel had afterwards an evening party.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of the Mauritius.