The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

DIJ iCH MAIL.

TIE ITAIIITE, OCT. 22.—THE SECOND CHAMBER Or
THE STATES-GENERAL.—SeveraI projects of law, with
the explanatory memorial, were presented to the Cham-
ber in this sitting. Among them was that for determin-
ing the employment of the surplus of the colonial re-
venue for 1845, which, according to Art. 59 of the fun-
damental law, is to be regulated by ten. It results from
this project of law that the excess of the surplus of the
year 1845 amounts to the sum of 4,718,311 f., which will
serve to cover in part the expense of the budget for the
same year. it appears also that the total revenue
amounted to 33,104,346 f. Another project of law was for
the propagation of the law of the 18th of December.
1845, containing measures to encourage importation of
provisions for the term of eleven months, that is till the
Ist of October, 1847. The nature of the pro-
pagation is stated to be, that " Though the
accounts which the Government has received res-
pecting the state of the harvest of this year shows that,
in all probability, it will not turn out so unfavourably
as last year, it is very far from being a good harvest."
The disease which has affected the rye this year and
the repeated appearance of that which affected the po-
tato-crop last year,
.have had an unfavourable effect on
the produce, so that it is probable that they will not ex-
ceed the half of an average crop. Most other countries
are affected in the same manner, in consequence of which
prices are everywhere high, and likely so to continue, for
which reason the Government feel it to be its duty, to
extend the law for the importation of various articles of
ol
emessage
of
provisions duty free.
THE HAGUE, OCT. 23.—1 n the sitting of the States-
Generaljwas received from his
Ma law for completing the
budget of the 6th of March, 1844.
ARNHEM, OCT. 21.—T0-day several more rich per-
aes t ,y of
withthis day,apr a c t
per-
sons have passed through this place, with the intention
of emigrating .to the United States of North America.
At the beginning of this week a miller, advanced in
years, with his wife and two children, passed through
for the same purpose. Most, if not all, of these emi-
grants complain that, on account of the pressure of the
many heavy burdens, they can no longer find a subsist-
ence in their own country.
THR Hamm, OCT. 22.—His Majesty has been pleased
to select, from the three candidates proposed to him,
the Hon. Mr. Bruce, who was president last year. Mr.
Bruce, on taking possession of his seat, delivered an
address to the Chamber, expressing his gratitude and
satisfaction for this new mark of the confidence of his
colleagues, and of his Majesty's favour.

DRURY- LANE THEATRE.—Notwithstanding the
Thurfalay T, h
for extraordinary success of Madame Bishop, the most active
preparations are making for
. further novelty. In addition
to the daily rehearsals of Lavenu's opera, which the
composer has written purposely for this eminent artiste,
A ub e r's Maid
ofi
po Cash-
mere, oi
meintroducingristo Mr. Rafter and Miss Messent, with four new
dancers, in the persons of Mesdiles. Dubignon and
Bgnart, Monsieur Paul and Monsieur Tell, all just arrived
charmingbe
revived
i ved ballet-opera
on
from Paris.
WESTMINSTER.—it is rumoured that a junior
member of the Chancery bar, of influential connexions,
will solicit the suffrages of the independent voters of
this borough at the next general election.
We are glad to learn from Messrs. Erard that
the injury done by the late fire in their establishment
was confined to one small workshop, the contents of
which were of trifling value.
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SINGULAR CONTROVERSY.—The gentlemen of the
long robe are about to be engaged upon a subject ex-
ceedingly fertile in all that is required to bring forth
legal talent. About six or seven years since, the Em-
peror of Russia sent out an order to India for ve of the
most elaborate Cashmere shawls that the oriental looms
are capable of producing, without limit to time or cost.
In May last the package arrived, but through some
error, five pairs were sent instead of five single shawls.
In this dilemma the consignee sold the five duplicate
shawls to Mr. George Smith, of Ludgate-hill, with an
understanding that they should not be copied. The
desiglis
alterations,
however, appear to have possessed charms too
powerful for the shawl dealer to withstand ; the conse-
quence is, that the patterns of the royal bijoux, of three
or four hundred pounds each, are now before the public
in:imitation manufacture, at five to twelve pounds, with
whichwh i chformthe
were
grounds
of
tthe suit sufficient
at b yl a
w 3t.lr. .
Smith, but
ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER.—Writs bearing
oot eff s tlteihme Marquis
,e
as
rcidaanuydi
s o
heavfveenTbhe lioevmneosi s:sdu. ed from the Hanaper-office,
for electing a Temporal Peer of Ireland to succeed to
the vacancy made in the House of Lords by the demise
EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWlClL—Accidents and loss
having sometimes occurred
owing to the pieces of serge at present in use for con-
taining the charges of powder for field pieces, ship, and
largegarr gunsisonguns remaining on fire in the pieces after the
discharges had taken place, the attention of inventors
has been drawn to find a substitute or serge which
would not ignite under any circumstances, when the
areram committee at
Awoboirwic
.t duringodgso the nsubmittedto
the select presentco
week, a description of serge, which, by a chemical
proces,, is rendered fire-proof, and cannot be ignited on
the discharge of the guns with which it has been tried.
Several rounds were fired at the butt in the royal arsenal,
from 9-pounder and 6.pounder guns, and in every in-
stance the experiments were successful in accomplishing
the object in view, the impossibility of fire remaining in
the pieces after their being discharged. The greatest
danger to which naval and military gunners are liable,
in the performance of the duty of reloading, will, by the
invention, be completely removed.
ARISTOCRACY Or TILE SKlN.—Robert, a young
man, the brother of the governor of the African colony
of Liberia, composed of free negroes exported from
America, quitted to go to Pittsfield, Dla.ssachussets, in
order to acquire the knowledge necessary to the exer-
cise of his profession of medicine. The faculty of medi-
cine admitted him to his studies, but another student
born in the south refused to be in the same society with
the black, and the College of Pittsfield signified to the
young man that she was obliged, though with regret, to
close her gates against him. The New York Sun, in-
dignant that the lie should thus be given by the philoso-
phers of Massachussetts to their doctrines of equality,
ask if this young negro will not find in New York a
college which will admit him. None has hastened to
give him a reception. Robert will have to leave the
land of liberty, and find refuge with the tyrannical
Dritioh.—Montreal Paper. •

SPORTING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Sin,—Those who took my advice for the last meeting
at Newmarket must have profited considerably thereby,
as my fancies for the Cesarewitch, Clearwell, Prender-
gast, and Steppingley Stakes carried me through trium-
phantly—not one missing the mark. I have good rea-
son, therefore, for anticipating a large portion of success
in the meeting which commences to-day._ I shall dis-
pose of the subject in as few words as possible. The
winner of the Cambridgeshire, in consequence of the
late rains, will spring from the outside division—most
probably one of the following :—Evenus, Bst 91b—Garry
Owen, Bst—Kesheng, 7st 101b—Peasant, 6st—Sister to
Pergularia, sst 101b-2nd Tour de Force, sst 101 b. Of
these, Evenus, Kesheng, 'and Tour de Force are the
best ; to this trio I look confidently for the winner.
Should Van Tromp go for the Criterion, which it
seems is not very likely, he will win to a dead certainty,
otherwise Mr. Mostyn will pocket the stake.
The Glasgow Stakes will produce an exciting strug-
gle between the Goodwood and Danebury stables, which
I should not be surprised to see end in favour of the
atter, with Mathematician.
The matches, I presume, will come off as follows:—
Missed Stays will beat Ferina.
Ennui will beat Physalis.
Discontent will beat Esther.
Bishop's cob will beat Secundus.
Lady Wildair will beat Remorse.
Roper's Daughter will beat Bro. to Nottingham.
Ruff will beat Chance.
Vert-Vert will beat Discontent.
Oakley will beat Wolfdog.
Captain Phebus will beat Paultons.
Eiselle will beat Bethphage.
Leopard will beat Lycurgus.
Idas will beat Traverser.
Miss Sarah will beat Traverser.
Conspiracy will beat Brocardo.
Alarm will beat Sorella.
Apricot will beat Atropos.
Sir Francis will beat Secundus.
Physalis will beat Isis.
Sotades will beat Conspiracy.
Free Lance will beat Paragon.
Tarantella filly will beat Miss Whip filly.
Cynynion will beat Esther.
Jnmble will beat Captain Phebus.
Humdrum will beat Wolfdog.
Idas will beat Baron.
Vanity will beat Phcenix filly.
Jack Cade will beat Mentor.
Free Gift will win the 100 sovs. stakes.
Saddle or Extra the 50 sovs. stakes.
Crozier the 200 sovs. stakes.
In haste, your obedient servant,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool this week has been
active, speculators having been the chief buyers. The
sales of the week, including yesterday, were 59,900
bales. The stock is 591,400 bales, against 916,160 bales
at this time last year.
The Great Western steamer is not yet announced.
The effect of the failure of Messrs. Harman and Co.
will, it is expected, not fall so heavily upon the
mercantile interest as most other stoppages of
similar magnitude, because the chief creditors of
the firm are the Russian Government, the
amount due to whom is stated to be not
far short of half a million sterling. Probably the
sum may prove not to be so large, although the house
acted for years as the agents of the Petersburgh Govern-
ment. Messrs. Masterman are said to be sufferers to the
extent of 10,000/., and one or two other parties lose
smaller sums. These periodical suspensions among houses
once standing pre-eminent in the mercantile world, excite
very serious reflections, and we could point at once to a
principal cause. A firm is successfully carried on for
many years to the great enrichment, probably, of all its
partners, who retire, one by one, taking with
them the bulk, and occasionally the whole of
their fortunes. New parties assume the responsibi-
lities of an immense concern with, in nine cases
out of ten, a much inferior capital, for the ob-
vious reason that they come in to make, not
invest fortunes, and if, as frequently occurs, there are
successive heavy losses in the way of trade, the magni-
tude of the business done, absorbing as it does the
diminished means of the new house, prevents their re-
covery, and in the end brings them to a stand. The
safe course, to our mind, would be to reconstruct any
firm from which the wealthier members retire,
and contract the business as a safer plan,
both for the house and those doing business
with it. Mr. Jeremiah Harman, the " great man" in
the house now in difficulties, is said to have died worth
600,0001, and the kisses of the present firm in the article
of cochineal, incurred many years since, are mentioned
as one cause of their stoppage. Of course we are unable
to affirm or negative this statement.
The Funds have been very steady, but scarcely any
business has been done. Consols have been 94i to 95
for Money, and 95 to 951 for Account. Exchequer-
bills have been 13s. to 16s. premium. The New Three-
and-a-Quurter per Cents.•have been 95i to 951.
The Foreign Bonds have been very dull. Spanish
Five per Cents are 26i, and the Three per Cents. 37 -I.
Portuguese Four per Cents are at 414. Equador Bonds
are 3 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59.
Shares are scarcely so buoyant as yesterday, but a
fair business is doing.

mire CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93%34 933/4
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94% 95 95
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 953/4 % 95%
India Bonds, 1,0001 —
Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... . 26 26

South Sea Stock

borisolS for Nov. 26... 95% 951/8
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11Ad. l6 13 pm. 13
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small

oXE
O'CLOCK

PRICES OF FOREIGN FITNDS
Brazilian Bonds
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 861,434
Ecuador Bonds
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Ditto, Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 26%
Ditto. 3 per Cent 3746
Ditto, Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92

PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.....
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Thame..
Belfast & County Down
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 129

Ditto New l7l/2 313 A •••• ••- 00000
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,

and Cheshire 23/4 —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225.
Bristol and Exeter 75

Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... —.•••--....•••
Bristol and Liver. June 2l/2.-
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares 2l/2 iiii.„ .... ..... 11/2
Ditto Extension ...... 21/2..-
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Chester and Holyhead... 271 A
Churnet and Blythe '2 ...... ••• ..... •.,
Chester and Manchester 425. --• •••
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ..• 21/2
Cork and Waterford ... 11/2 —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 212.....-
Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2%
1 )erby and Crewe 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% —
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. 5l 1/234 ...... ~
Ditto New l2l. 16s —
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 61. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... ....
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 314
EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union
'
Ditto, Quarter Shares 83/4 —
Do. Exten.(Harwich ) 11
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21 —
East Lancashire

.... 213%
.... OA g

Ditto. New
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares 10

Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/ .....
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 71/2......
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 22......
Exeter,Ycovil,& Dorset 514 —
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ay-r 50 ......
Ditto New
...........
Do., 1
4 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)
Glouc.,Abetystwith,and
Central of Wales 1%......
Goole, Doncaster, gcc. .. 425.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2%.. •• ...... ••••• — GreatGrimsby and Shef-
........ ••• --
field
Great South. and West "" • •••••••
(Ireland)
Great Munster 21,4
Great North of Scotland 22 —
Great North of England..loo
Ditto New 5
Ditto, New . . ......... 15
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 ......
Ditto % Shares .. 50
Ditto 1,,i Shares
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Hull and Selby 5l? . --.