The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-06 00:00:00

THE COMMERCIAL POLICY OF

RUSSIA.
EXTENSION OF FREE-TRADE PRINCIPLES
TO THE NORTH OF EUROPE.
(From the Hull Packet.)
The following document was ufficially promulgated al
St. Petersburgh, on the 20th of June, a copy of which,
by especial favour, has been forwarded to the Packei
office :

Note of some of the chief reductions in duties in Russia, per
ookaz, dated Ist (o. s) 13th (N. s.) June. Published at
St. Petersburgh, Bth (o. s.) 20th (N. s.) June, 1846. To
take effect immediately.

Amount of
I. Ox EXPORTS. reduction in
Old rate. New rate. sterling, about
Tallow., per berqt. S.R. 2 S.R. 1 per ton £1 2 6
Hemp " " 1 " 50 " 011 3
Flax ......
2. ON IMPORTS.
Spices " " various " various "
Logwoods and all red
dyewoods
FtLdic and all yellow
dyewoods " 140 " —BO "
Indigo ... ......
Lac dye ... .....
Extract of dye- p. pood 580 " 350 per lb.
woods, &c....
Cochineal
Quercitron
Annatto
Cocoa, in nuts " 620 " 3 per cwt. 113 7
Coffee " 615 " 370 " 1 5 6
Earthenware, white,

. ,
or of one colour,
without borders or

coloured patterns " 465 " 3 49i
N.B.—ln 1847, to be S. Ro. 2.32 k.
Eeathenware, with
borders, variegated
with patterns, &c. " 12 " 9
N.B.—ln 1847, to be S. Ro. 6.
Woollen cloths and

0 12 0

" 1 11 0

kerseymeres, black,
blue black, and

dark green ...per lb. " 350 " 280 per lb. 0 2 7
N.B.—Other colours remain S. Re. 1.80, as hitherto.
We have reason to know that the merchants of St.
Petersburgh hare thought for some time that the exam-
ple of England would be followed soon ; but they did
not expect the movement to occur at so early a date.
We have only to repeat the language which we used in
March, in substance, namely, although the intelligence
we afford from St. Petersburgh proves the correctness of
Sir Robert Peel's declaration, that he bad no doubt the
liberal example set by England would he gradually fol-
lowed by foreign powers, yet we question whether the
Premier himself, at the time he developed his commer-
cial policy, anticipated that there would be, at so early a
period as the present season, an announcement pro-
nouncing a reciprocal sentiment on the part of Russia.

THE SUN EXPRESS.—By the spirited exertions of
the proprietor of The Sun newspaper, ➢lrs. Noble, news
agent of this town, received a supply of papers at seven
o'clock on Tuesday morning, with the whole of the parlia-
mentary proceedings of the previous evening; including Sit
Robert Peel's speech in full. The morning papers were by
this means anticipated nearly twelve hours. These endea
yours to put the public in possession of the earliest inform.
ation are most creditable to all the parties concerned.—Hu'
Packet.

THE LATE B. R. Haynos.—The following additional
subscriptions towards the fund for the relief of the widow and
and children of the late Benjamin Robert Haydon, Un-
historical painter, have been received :—His Grace the Duk(
of Sutherland, 2001. ; Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 501.; W. R.
Hamilton, Esq., 50/. ; Earl Howe, 251. ; Lord Willoughby
d'Eresby, 50/. Total amount subscribed nearly 7001.
THE Citors.—The effect in the great change in the
weather has been to restore freshness to vegetation, and to
renew the year; the birds are again singing as cheerfully
as in spring—the lelv..s of the forest trees have recovered
their bright and glossy hue, and fresh herbage is springing
up in the pastures and meadows. The crops, which were
con-idered in the greatest danger, are now quite safe. The
spring corn, which threatened to ripen prematurely, is begin-
ning to grow again, and, even if it should not be very long
in the straw, will be heavy in the ear • the root crops are
throwing out fresh leaves and branches, and will soon
cover the ground with a coat of verdure thick enough to
protect them, even if the heat should return ; the meadows,
which were becoming brown after the removal of the hay,
are throwing up a second crop of clover and after grasses;
and the pastures are also sending up a plentiful green
herbage amidst the withered stems of the earlier grasses.
From present appearances, we trust that there will be no
failure in any single crop. Even the potatoes and turnips,
which were looking very drooping ten days ago, are begin
ning to grow vigorously. The latter of these crops, which
the t ;iodation of English and Scottish husbandry, and which
will, we hope, become the foundation of Irish husbandry also,
has not yet made any great progress, but there is still abun-
dance of time for the growth of a heavy crop, as the heat
and moisture together are producing a most rapid vegetation.
The same observation also applies to the potato crop, which
is somewhat backward, owing to the drought, but not injured
to any extent. The heavy rains of Monday night beat down
the wheat very much in this neighbourhood, but it has since
risen again wherever the fields are large enough to allow
scope for the action of the wind. In small fields, under
hedges and trees, and in places where the crop was exces-
sively heavy, it is still down, but even there it may rise if
the brisk winds of the last two days should continue. Little
hay was made during the last week, but Sunday and yester-
day were fine drying days, and much would be carried yes-
terday.—Liverpool Times.

INDELIBLE ORDERS.—The case of the Rev. Mr. Shore
has brought up again the curious question of the indelibility
of orders; but there seems some difficulty to know what or-
ders are indelible, and by what virtue they are so. Mr.
Shore is " a priest in holy orders " of the Church of Eng-
land, and therefore by the canon law he is subject to the
Bishop, and he cannot secede. Mr. Shore was the
minister for some ten years of an unconsecrated and
unendowed chapel, built by the Duke of Somerset in
the parish of terry Pomeroy. The Duke was willing
to endow the chapel, provided he retained the patronage.
Two successive incumbents agreed to Mr. Shore's
ministry, but a third refused to permit him unless the
chapel were endowed and the patronage vested in the in-
cumbent. Hereupon the Duke turned the chapel into a
Dissenting meeting-house, and licensed it under the Tolera-
tion Acts; and hereupon Mr. Shore took the oaths as a
Dissenting minister. The Bishop prosecutes him in the
Arches Court; and, because orders are indelible, he is pre-
vented from becoming a Dissenter. But now the question
arises as to Mr. Newman, Mr. Ward, and all the other
seceders to Rome ? Were not their orders indelible ? Could
net they be prohibited by the Arches Court ? We can fancy
the enormous hubbub about " liberty of conscience," which
the whole corps of Popery in the House of Lords, the House
of Commons' at the press and elsewhere, as they swarm
through the land, would raise, if the " seceders to Rome" were
assailed in the Arches Court, and imprisoned 'for contempt
because they exercised their liberty of going to Rome.—
Statesman.

~ The New
Corn-Law Repeal Bill came into operati,e.
on Monday, and, since then, about 75,000 quarters of wheat,
quarters of barley, and 1,800
4,000 quarters of oats, 3,000
quarters of beans have been taken out of bond. This is a
greater quantity of these descriptions of grain than was
released in Hull for a period of twelvemonths. Yet there is
no panic in our Corn-Market, nor are any fears entertained
that prices will fall much lower than they are at present.
The market is dull, but the causes of the dulness are not to
be sought in any superabundance of foreign corn. The best
qualities of wheat continue to maintain former prices.—Hull
aldvertisdr.
SWANSEA.—COPPER ORE FROM A 138TRATZA.—The
staple trade of our town is now certain of receiving large ad-
ditions of the raw material from the antipodes. The first
cargo direct arrived on Saturday, in the brig Amelia, of
Kirkcaldy, Reid, master, having made her passage in 150
days, calling at the Cape, &c. She has 200 tons of ore from
the Burra Burra mines, and 50 tons of bark, likewise an
Emeu, the ostrich of the country. Parcels of copper ore
have been rent as dead weight in the wool ships trading to
London and Liverpool, for nearly three years past. The
ores are very rich, some of them essaying as high as 40 per
cent. of pure copper.—Cambrian.
DREADFUL FlRlL—Shortly before three on Saturday
morning, the family of Mr. Powell, earthenware dealer, o
Commercial-road, St. George's-in-the-East, were fortunat •ly
rescued from being burned to death. The fire broke out in
the back warehouse, and spread most fearfully. Previous to
the arrival of the engines a good supply of water had been
obtained from the mains of the East London Company, and
they were ably worked by numerous assistants; but notwith-
standing the torrent thrown on the destructive element, by
four o'clock the premises were nearly gutted of the contents,
and damage done to the adjoining houses. The cause of the
fire was unknown. A most formidable gang of thieves, as
usual, assembled on the occasion. The police force, however,
were too powerful for them.