The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-22 00:00:00

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4.itteeedln oseeeding
monthsthroe mo 9
nthcens, U per cent. ; ditto on ditto
g four , per t.
EXCHANGE.
°II London, draughts on demand is 9d
at 1 day's sight is 94d
1 month's sight
2 months' sight is 9/d
3 months' sight ls 91d
4 months' sight ls 9/d
5 months' sight is 10d
Dra 6 months' sight
rin, lights on demand are granted for sums not exceeding
6`th, t• at the same rate of exchange as draughts at one day's
'„ nrl for larger sums as may he agreed upon.
On Colombo—For draughts at 3 days' sight ls llid
Kandy, ditto 3 ditto
Calcutta, ditto 1 ditto
at
Al 1
ras, ditto at sight ...
l'he Agra, ditto 3 days' sight losrs.
Bank also issues circular notes, negotiable in
iogYPt and on the Contineut of Eurape, at ... ls. 9/d.
:‘! grants draught at three days' sight on the
4,t'lonal Bank of Scotland and its branches, at... Is. 9/d.
i' NI the branches of the Provincial Bank of Ire-
pd, at one day's sight, at ls. 9d.
( iank Shares, 37 to 38 rupees per cent. premium. Latest
t,'nd 7 per cent. Payments, March and September.

CHINA.
From the Hong-Kong Price Current, May 2.)
EXPORTS.
411Plirw—Some small purchases are in progress for ship-
V',tct India, at about 20i dollars per pieul.
4—We have no change in prices to notice, nor have any
isactions o' moment come to our knowledge.
sugar—The market is quiet, and nothing doing.
s „
tt4gar Candy—We hear of about 2,000 tubs having been
Teas. '3 on Indian account at our quotations.
black_The transactions of the week have been on a
„t:',l seal!, comprising only three or four chops of common
og°". Rates are maintained.
44:"II—There have been some small parcels of Canton
4: teas offered for sale, but no purchases have, as far as we
"ware, been made.

T r _ FREIGHTS.
'-ondon and Liverpool, 41. per ton of 50 cubic feet, but
Plent. f 1 T„ u .
out-ports, 103. per ton a(!ditional.
llth'iC!e,utta. and Madras—Very scarce ; for the latter port
e,ls loading.
4trti° l'ornbay—We are not aware of any vessels being on the
at this moment, but tonnage will no doubt soon offer
4t,f

NL44TES OF EXCHANGE AND PRICES OF BULLION.
I"4dUll—At six months' sight, 4s. 3d. per dollar.
thl Government Bills, 4s. Id. to 4s. 2d. do.
kitlitta-.Private Bills, at 30 days' sight, none.
Company's Accepted Bills, Company's rupees,
01713 223 for 100 dollars.
OLI 11:TbayPrivate Bills at 30 days' sight, none.
%Liras—
Do. do. Company's rupees, 226 fur
o'o4‘, 100 dollars.
,SN'tlailla-3 per cent. discount.
~ -e silver—Large 4 to 5 per cent. premium.
r .ii, Small 2 to 3 do.
Q,tls dollars—Old Head, 8 do.
i 4 .iland do., at par.
PlihliCan do 3 per cent. discount.
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IMPORTS.
114thel Nut—There have been no fresh arrivals, and the stock
iv'ealequently still entirely in second hands. We hear of no
by the dealers. Prices are unaltered.
tililtalets_our quotations are nominal, there not being the
lit,t,est demand for these goods. The arrival of the Anne
IN' "as added upwards of 1,500 pieces to the already exces-
QlPPlY-
stves—Nominal, no inquiry.
Co'ehineal—Nothing doing.
40tt0u—Rates have not improved, but the market for Ben al
i,: is rather firmer. We do not, however, hear of any
eetions in this description of cotton. About 3,000 bales
kit °4lbay and 600 bales of Madras have changed bands during
etsst week.
lictitt°,ll Yarn—Prices remain the same as before ; almost
tigally so, however, as nothing is doing.
kePisants' Teeth—We hear of one small sale of the first
pt Y, at 85 dollars per picul.
NI:I'll-laws and Shark-fins—None of the recent arrivals have
tit itieen disposed of.
4aeloths—No transactions are reported in whites, which
kt,,,11 depressed. About 5,000 pieces of grays have changed
the greater portion being of inferior quality.
ng Ells—There is at present little inquiry for these goods,
tititi,.,44,3 are low. About 800 pieces assorted have been placed
g the past week at 7.15 dollars per piece.
kie e'L'4ll—The market is somewhat firmer than last week, but
It remain much the same.
Ilhilttans—Have given way still further, 2.10 dollars per picul
fin' been accepted for a parcel of 1,900.
til444'e---We have no sales to notice. The market continues
Itt„: and the dry weather we now have will probably tend to
"ttill prices.
tt4444dalwood— The stock on hand is moderate, but the de.
'l,t is equally so, and rates do not advance.
4,1'4 Plates—Have improved somewhat, 400 boxes having
been moved off at 7.30 dollars per box.
Itti Nlerts—We hear of the sale of 500 pieces of Spanish
I,l4Pes at prices within our
gotquotaions. The market is very
g4id, and rates will probably stills he

FLANDERS MAIL.
A‘z
AUG. 18.—The temperature of this sum-
exactly resembled that of 1844. Last year the
kto did not cease ti!l the 26th of August, and did not
shake
till the 16th of September. It is not amiss
} this observation at the moment when the gene-
ktir,"4rvest is on the point of beginning. It is well
k,)5,"n that the harvest of 1844 was abundant and of
nu„,!
A l'I"Y•
ester from Arlon of the 16th announces the arrival
Ite4- de Moor, inspector of bridges and highways, on
q,eck, ,
„ csday last. lie is accompanied by numerous as-
who, together with those already in Luxem-
q, are g‘ing to commence the surveys for the iron
tiil*ay in that province. These surveys are to be car-
Net with so much activity, that they will be corn-
Itskt,lY finished by the month of November next, the
Ito a:, tlae opening of the Chambers. If, as we have
teitne?t, the concession is granted, the works may corn-
s? „11l the next season.
itoit
owin L'ETERSBURGH, AUG. 7.—An imperial ukase has
-en published, the chief articles of which are the
of I. PTI
.he coasting trade, that is to say the conveyance
It(i:()(4, s from one Russian port to another, in the same
tlit,,,suall be henceforth exclusively reserved to Russian
?ets and ships sailing under Russian colours.
ttiri,A duty of 50 per cent., besides that fixed by the
shall be levied on goods of whatever origin im-
I. (1 under foreign colours.
tf„ Foreign ships shall pay in our ports a tonnage duty
ge silver ruble per last both on their arrival and de-
rture.
to
%Ihe regulations in sections 2 and 3 shall be in
tilfrom the opening of the navigation in 1846, and
l tuso remain as long as the circumstances shall con-
s.• Which have induced this measure.
ht,,rrhe ships of those nations are exempted from the
tinstions of sections 2 and 3, in which ports the Russian
41's treated on the same footing as the national flag, or
tikti at of the most favoured nations, and the ships of that
Vi°ll shall be assimilated to the Russian vessels in
thrbrll to the duties of navigation, either in the ports of
64,1Issian empire or the Grand Duchy of Finland.
Dar,'Y virtue of the rule laid down in the preceding
t4rph, every difference which shall remain, or which
aid result in future, from this ukase, between Russian
iforeign ships in the porta of the empire of Russia
44v.tue Grand Duchy of Finland, with respect to the
q,,ltittion and other duties, in favour of any nation, the
1114,11roent of which grants entire reciprocity to the
44:1rin flag, shall be suppressed.—Journal de Frankfort,
oust 18.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszts, AUG. 19.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • - •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -• . •
Ditto Three per Cent. ••••••••• • • • • • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • •
Ditto, ditto, 1840 ...... 101%
Ditto, ditt0,1844.... ...... ..... 101%
Ditto of the City, 1833 ...• •••• • • • • • • 101%
Ditto, 1843 ..... . ..... ............... 105
1/4444elinank ofßelgium.• •• • • •.••••••• • • • • .• • •
Papers, Aug. 19.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viziora, Auo. 13.
5 per Cent. 3letalliques. •••.•.• • • .• 113%
4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • ...... ..... ...... 102
per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • . • • • . 78%
Lean, 1834 • 159%
Ditto, 1839 .• .• • .
Bank Shares ••••••• • • • • • .• •••• • • • • 1630
\l„Esterhazy's Loan •••• • • • • •••••• • • • .• "
Mettle Zeitung, Aug. 16.

DUTCH PAPERS.
x(
turnT RAGUE, AUG. 17.—Her Majesty the Queen re-
Yesterday from Sootadyk to this town.
to e learn that his Excellency the Minister of the In-
kilch. is expected to return to the Hague at the begin-
Of next month.
e hear that the Department of the Interior has ad-
det a letter to the Agricultural Commission, stating
Itiff'lng's desire to be immediately informed of the real
h71,0f the potato crop, and that, after the reports
1411 have been received, the public is to be made ac-
T4ted with the real state of the case.
tp,,ue Convention is now published, and concluded be-
(IF en. the Netherlands and Belgium for the construction
Lltlateral canal near the Meuse, between the cities of
417 e and Maestricht, which was ratified by the King of
V,etherlands on the 20th, and by the King of the
VtZirlhe on the 24th of July, 1845. The ratifications
exchanged at the Hague on the 31st of July.
tters have been received from the Villa Sominariva,
kt,'ell state that the climate does not agree with her
Vtal Righness Princess Albert of Prussia, and that Dr.
e
;emeyen, her physician, has advised her to return to
Palaceefe ofCamenz, where the cool and salubrious airs
ettue mountains of Silesia has always had a beneficial
et on ,her Royal Highness's health.

I,PA, THE BRAZIL MAIL.
(-1 ' AucusT 20.—The packet Express, Lieutenant
eomander, has arrived here this morning with the
da',7l, mailrns bringing dates from Rio de Janeiro the 27th
t and Pernambuco the 14th. On freight
ttilt Bahia Bth ul 20,000/.
tigcassengers._The Countess la Tour and daughter, Dr.
Muter,
Dr. Elcun, Mr. Malet and family, Messrs.
Millet, Briscoe, Knowsley, and Rusden.
lizochange at Rio de Janeiro, 24% to ://t• 3414 r„° riE JANEIRO.—A change had taken place in the mi.
and three vacancies in the Council had been filled by
J. C. Periera de Almeida Torres, Prime Minister;
Limp) de Abreu, Minister and Justice for Foreign
of NIC ; F. de P. H. Cavalcante de Albuquerque, Minister
War and Marine.
Ile Chambers were still sitting, but there had been a great
sousf
angry feelingexisting between the Upper and Lower
on account of the former refusing a Bill passed by the
but matters had been settled, and the business was pro-
c:3
'"g more amicably.
Thuee and suaar sales very dull.
1401 r e Imperial Family enjoyed good health, and it was Ili-
tha h
t te Empress is enceinte.
Ilet,;4h 'hips of war in harbour—Brig Grecian, packet
Chapyacht. Gauntlet. French ships of war—Frigate La
frc,m Otaheite, frigate Atalante from Monte Video,
tor:-te L'Egerie from Tculon, bound to Bourbon; also the
;I 'le Lise, for thesame destination.
l‘ionitv%rt l't..lTE.—The dates are to the 3lst of May from
'7ideo. The British and French Plenipotentiaries had
1%,,1ned interviews with Itosas, and it was hoped that matters
tkit;d be arranged by treaty. preseriing the independence of
I
e Video, Which would be taken under the protection of
—ritiala and French. It was said that the Plenipotentiaries