The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-28 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE MONEY MARKET.—With :a good demand, the
rates of exchange to remit by the Boston steamer on
Wednesday have been firm, and at an advance in rates.
For sterling there has been considerable business done
at 1108 to 1104 and 111 ; 1108 may be considered as
the minimum rates for leading bills. Sales of produce
bills have been made under these quotations.
Cotton—Falcott's circular says, the sales of Saturday,
the 12th, were 1,600 bales at full prices. To-day, the
sales reported on change were, 1,500 bales Atlantic cot-
ton; inferior, none on sale. Gulf cottons, inferior
none on sale. Ordinary to good ordinary
Atlantic, 13k to 161; Gulf; 13k to 14. Middling to
good middling. 144 to 14i; Gulf, 148 to 14k. Middling
fair, 148 to 14i; Gulf,
.148 to 158. Fully fair to good
lair, 15 to 15k; Gulf, 15k. We have no improvement to
notice in the advices from the south; on the contrary,
the estimates are reducing from every section, and
2,100,000 bales, or a crop not varying materially from
that of last season, appear to be the now general tenor of
the advices received. To this we do nut yet subscribe,
wishing to be more fully informed with regard to the
districts tributary to New Orleans. The accounts of
killing frosts at Memphis are confirme I by telegraph
from New Orleans, and the late quotations of middling
as 134 c., on Saturday the 12th; but the Europa's unfa-
vourable advices had nor, we think, had their effect.

Breadstuffs.—Flour—The demand for the common
brands of State and Western flour was active for the
east, but for export it was greatly restricted. Prices of
the low and medium brands have improved materially;
the amount of Canadian offering to-day us last; also the
demand for good brands here held at 4 dolls. 75c.; In-
diana, Michigan, and Ohio at 4 dolls. 62c. to 4 dolls.
75c.; and pure Genessee, 5 dolls. l2ic. to 5 dolls. 1840.
In Southern flour there was no particulas change, while
the market was steady. In meal there was not much on
the market, which was quiet. Sales of 100 bolls were
made at 3 dolls. 12ic. for Jersey. Both the supply of
and demand for wheat was good, and we note sales of
17,500 bushels of fair to fine white Michigan, at 1 doll.
Tic. to 1 doll. 10c.; prime Genessee, at 1 doll. 14c., which
shows a considerable reduction; 13,000 bushels of Cana-
dian, at 99c. Oats have not varied; we quote Northern
at 30c. to 41c.; and Jersey are 37c. to 39c. Corn was
firm, and the demand fair.

Freights to Europe—Freights aro dull. Engagements
have been made for cotton to Liverpool at 1 doll. per
bale; flour, ls. 3d. to 15. 4d.; grain, 4d. To Glasgow,
flour, ls. 6d. to ls. 9d. To Antwerp, cotton, id. To
Hamburgh, ashes, dye-goods, &c., 205.; cotton, id. To
Amsterdam, ashes, 20s. To London, tobacco, 20s. to
255.; flour, Is. 6d. to Is. 9d.; measurement goods, 20s.
to 30s. To Havre, I.

A YOUTHFUL ANGLING FEAT.-A remarkable feat
for a boy of nine years of age was accomplished on Saturday
afternoon. Master R. Dennistoun, son of Richard Dennis-
toun, Esq., while fishing with a trouting rod in the Tweed
opposite Sharpitlaw Mill, hooked a large salmon, and, after
a very fatiguing run of about two hours and a quarter, suc-
ceeded in landiug it, when it was found to be of the great
weight of 21ilbs. The rod with which the fish was Captured
was a present to the youthful sportsman from the Duchess
of Roxburghe ; and this was the first occasion on which it
had been used—an auspicious handsel.—Kelso Chronicle.
COLLISION ON THB SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-
Last night (Sunday) an accident of a very alarming charac-
ter, which might have been attended with a serious loss of
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life, occurred on the South-Western Railway, near the Rich-
mond station. The 6.30 train from Waterloo to Windsor,
having left at the usual time, proceeded as far as Richmond
without meeting with any interruption, and shortly after-
wards a train of empty carriages came along the same fine
of metals—sufficient time having elapsed for the first train to
have got clear away, but the damp state of the weather, and
the great quantity of leaves which had fallen from the trees
and settled upon the rails, made them extremely slippery,
so that the Windsor train found some difficulty in getting up
the incline over the river, and the consequence was that the
empty train overtook the preceding one on the incline. In
an instant a horse-box and carriage-truck were thrown com-
pletely over the wall into the park below. At the same time,
a break-van was shattered to pieces. The guard of the
damaged train, on hearing the train that was following
behind him, jumped out of the van for the purpose of giving
the signal for the engine-driver to stop, but before sufficient
time had elapsed to do so, the collision occurred. Had he
been in the van at the time, there is no doubt but he must
have been killed. Although the passengers by the Windsor
train were greatly terrified, no one sustained the slightest
personal injury.
EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO
Horxmcan —The line of electric telegraph from Crewe to
Chester, Birkenhead, and Holyhead, is now being staked out
by the Electric Telegraph Company. The completion of
the wire to Holyhead will materially abridge the time now
taken in the transmission of intelligence from Dublin, which
will then only occupy between two and three hours iu con-
veyance across channel by the packet.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The Lord Mayor,
accompanied by a distinguished party of gentlemen, will
this day leave the London-bridge terminus of the South-
Eastern Railway for Ashford, whence his Lordship will pro-
ceed along the new line for Hastings, and formally complete
the works of that branch, by placing the closing brick in
the tunnel between St. Leonards and Hastings. Every pre-
paration has been made for the due reception of his Lordship
and party.

THE RAILWAY CURE FOR DEAFNESS.-A. very
singular case of cure of deafness from travelling on the rail-
way has just come under our notice. Shortly atter the p
ing of the Oxford and Banbury Railway an elderly ladyo,uelino-
had been perfectly deaf for nearly eight years previously,
started by that railway from this city for the purpose of pay-
ing a visit to her relatives in Banbury. Having only once
before travelled by rail, and then but a short distarce, she
got a friend to accompany her to the station, to procure her
ticket, and to put her into the proper carriage, as she felt too
nervous to go there alone. Her friend accordingly saw her
safely seated, and before leaving she observed to her that she
was quite certain she should never have got properly off had
not some one accompanied her. During her journey. what
with the speed with which she travelled, the noise created
by the train passing under the bridges, and the screaming of
the whistle, her nervousness seemed to have so inoreased, that
she suddenly felt something in her ear give way with a slight
noise, and to her great joy she found, before arriving at
Banbury, that her hearing was perfectly restored to her, and
so it has continued, to the no small gratification of herself and
her friends. The case has come under our immediate obser-
vation, for we saw the lady shortly before she went to Ban-
bury, aid we have seen her since she came back ; we can,
therefore, vouch for the facts as we have stated them.—
Oxford Journal.
THE JENNY LIND MANlA.—Extravagant as is the
mania raging among our Transatlantic neighbours about
Jenny Lind, we question whether a more amusing instance
of it was not furnished during her residence in this metro-
polis. Being on one occasion slightly indisposed, it was pro-
posed that she should try the water cure, and the hydro-
patbic establishment, Sudtrook-park, near Richmond, was
the place suggested. This got wind in certain quarters, and
in a day or two the director was astonished to receive from
numbers of individuals of rank and wealth proposals to enter
the establishment immediately. Some were affected with
premonitary symptoms of rheumatism, others were nervous,
and all thought that a week or two's water treatment would
be peculiarly efficacious in their cases, especially when united
with pure air and cheerful society, and they requested to
know if all the patients did not meet at the same table. The
director was delighted, and foresaw a large accession of those
watery enthusiasts who never cease declaiming on the tran-
quil delights of the wet sheet, and the boisterous exhilaration
of the douche bath. But, alas! some trifling circumstance
altered Jenny's plans,
and the visit to Sudbrook was aban-
doned. More extraordinary cures than hydropathy ever
performed took place immediately. Rheumatisms lied with
the rapidity of a charm, and the only nervousness exhibited
by the ladies was lest they should be taken at their words,
and subjected to hydropathic discipline.
Wuani IS BARNUM ?—Jenny Lind has given to
the charities of Boston 10,000 dollars. She gave to the chari-
ties of New York, also, 10,000 dollars. In all she has already
given 20,000 dollars in Heaven-directed charities Where is
Barnum ? How much has he given in charity ? He gets
more than one-half of the proceeds of every concert. lie has
already pocketed probably 150,000 dollars. Where are his
charities? How much has he lent to the Lord? or does he
consider such a claim from Heaven as a demand for black
mail? Where is Barnum? A. reward of 50 &liars will be
paid for finding him.— New York Herald.
Sin, E. B. LYTTON.—There is a rumour current
that Sir E. B. Lytton has sustained a dire calamity—the en-
tire loss of his hearing For some time one of Sir Edward's
ears has been defective; and it is stated that, whilst recently
undergoing an operation at an aurist's in town, Sir Edward
suddenly lost the use of both ears, and has been in a very
desponding way ever since. We sincerely hope that the re-
ort may not prove true.—Lincolnshire Chronicle.

By steamer I By railway
from and steamer Saving of
Route. London from time.
direct. Ilarwich.
adon and Hamburgh CO hours •
30 hours 30 hours
„ and Holland ... 22 „ 10i

London and Hamburgh CO hours 30 hours 30 hours
and Holland ... 22 „ 1l „ 10 „
„ and Antwerp .. 25 „ 11i „ 13} „
„ and Ostend ... . 15 „ S If 7 PP
„ mid Dunkirk ... 15 „ 8 „ 7 a
This table is calculated on a sea voyage in calm
weather—in bad weather the difference would be
immense. Similar advantages would also be enjoyed
by vessels voyaging from the north, which are vow
obliged to track the dangerous navigation of the
Swin, and to waste their time in threading the long
and tedious channels of the Thames.
Putting aside for a moment the fact that Harwich
is the only good harbour on the eastern coast, that it
will afford good shelter and anchorage to an immense
fleet in any wind that. blows, and that during the past
season at least sixty-five thousand persons visited the
place as pleasure seekers, let us briefly advert to the
circumstance that the port is admirably situated for
the North Sea fishery ; 370 sails of smacks from
Greenwich, Barking, Gravesend, and Torbay, are
engaged at the Dogger, Well, and Brown Banks,
Smith's Knoll, and the Galloper, in the pursuit of
their unceasing trade, and the fibh is from thence
conveyed to London. Now all these vessels (those
going to Whitstable excepted) are in the habit of
calling at Hrwich for whelks and mussels for bait,
which are kept here in large quantities.
But, let the reader mark, that all the
fishing-grounds. we have named, with the exception
of the Galloper, are ninety miles further from
London than they are from Harwich. From a
careful investigation into the facts of the case, it has
been proved that 40,000 tons of fish are annually
conveyed to London from the northern fishing sta-
tions, the whole of which might be at least 20
hours sooner in London if Harwich were provided
with a railway. Of this quantity 15,000 tons are
prime and 25,000 are inferior fish, but with ninety
miles of sailing saved, hundreds of cargoes that are
now destroyed by delay would be preserved, and many
tons of fish that now reach the metropolis in an infe-
rior state would arrive there in first-rate condition.
The saving and advantage to the companies engaged
in the fisheries would be immense. They would get
a better price for a better article, and would have the
overwhelming advantage of being first in the market.
Nor would this be all. These railway facilities would
so increase the fisheries that the various ports on these
coasts would at once embark in the enterprise, and
thus would be developed oat of the largest and
richest resources with which Providence has blessed
us. The effect all this would have upon
the railway, as a paying concern, must b e obvious;
lest, however, we should over-estimate it, we may
state that Captain Washington, after a careful exa-
mination, arrived at the conclusion that the con-
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