The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-14 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

AMSTERDAM BOURSE, JULY 11.—No fluctuation of
any importance hag taken place in the inland funds,
except the Four per Cents , which were very fiat. Com-
mercial Company's shares maintain their price. Four
per Cent. Spanish keep their price; Three per Cents.
aro flat. Portuguese not much in demand. Austrian
and Russian very favourable. No variation in other
foreign innds.—Awsierdtmache Courant, July 12.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTENDAm. JULT 11.
Money. pins
Actual Debt, 233 per Cent ...• .•• • • 44
Ditto, 3 per Cent •••• •• •••••• • • • • • rtili 52
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• •••••••• • • • • • • • Cis N. 0N
Amort Syndic, 3 per Cent ••••• • • . • •
Commercial Compar.y, 41/2 per Cent .• 132 U 133 ►4
East India Loan, 4 per Cent.... ••.. • •
Eichangeon Loudon, at sight •• 11 97
Two months l 1 90
On Hamburgh, at sight .. .. 34 87
Two months... ..... ....... 34
On Paris • •
Twomonths. •. •• • • • • •• .• 5i 75
Discount 3 per Cent.

THE CHISWICK FLOWER Sllow.—The third and
last exhibition for this season of the Horticultural So-
ciety took place on Wednesday at their gardens at Chis-
wick. Nearly 14,000 tickets were disposed of, and
twelve thousand persons were at one period of the day
present in the gardens. Besides the usual attractions of
music and flowers, and that ;presented by the society's
beautiful grounds, the Duke of Devonshire allowed
sece:3s—as on the last day of eshibition in fol-mer .vcar
—to !b,:, domain surroundin 7 ClaiLivick ;'Ogee. Thera I
were brilliant groups of pelargoniumf, roscs, sad fi-c7. i
-
nirunc; and among the cut flowers, carunti.,,ne, pin., ,
and picotees, attracted the largest group of spectators.
Of fruits, the finest and the most numerous were the
pines, some of which wore unusually large and well
shaped ; the collection of other fruits was neither so ex-
tensive or varied a. the former exhibitions.
WESTMINSTER•BRIDGE.—The Commissioners of
Westminster-bridge held their annual meeting yester-
day, in Abingdon-street. There were present, the Earl
of Lansdale in the chair, the Right Hon. the Speaker,
Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Frewen, Mr. Hodges, Mr.
Fuller, Mr. John Abel Smith, and Mr. Perfect. The
accounts having been passed, a sum of moneyci was or•
dered to be invested in the Three per Cent. Consols.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR KENT.-I'ho wheat
•
crop in this county is generally looking well, though it
will not equal last year. The season has been much in
favour of the thick sown—where there is the largest plant
it has stocked best, and has the finest
lateealso, showers. The
corn has much improved with The Lent
the
hay harvest has been most unfo t
has been entirely spoiled. We r unate—a vast quantity
blight has appeared in many lregret to say the potato
aces.
bourhood of Goodhurst, a correspondentpfrom the neigh-
wheat continues to look healthy
writes:—" The
ing some strong pieces in ex y and flourishing, except-
late heavy rains have made'-posed situations where the
blight has made its great havoc. The potato
vicinity, to an extenta
crop. The unsettled weather
progress of haymaking, and
appearance at several places in the
that has created
hsome fear for the
as much retarded the
suffered material] f many tons of grass have
y from the rain. " —Maidstone Journal.