The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Atm. 19 —The average price of wheat in the
week ending on the 16th of August was 21f. 98c.; and that
of Rye 14f. 7c. per hectolitre.
Wheat continues to be tree from import duty, and Rye is to
be free from the 25th of this month.

The exportation of both is still allowed, on the payment of
25e. per 1,000 kilogrammes.
The Archduke Frederick of Austria is expected at Brussels,
coming from Vienna, and last from Stotzenfels.
This morning some of the royal carriages have gone to the
railway station, to take his Imperial Highness to the Hotel do
Bellevue, where apartments are bespoke fur him.
William 11., Elector of Hesse Cassel, and the Princess
(Countess Emily de Berchenbach Leponitz ) arrived the day
before yesterday at the Hotel de Bellevue, from Germany.
Prince and Princess Frederick William, co-Regent of Hesse
Cassel (son of William II.), arrived, travelling incognito, and
Count and Countess of Schaumburg arrived at the Hotel de
Bellevue yesterday, from the Baths of Schweningen, and set
out almost immediately for Germany.
From information which has been collected from a great
number of farmers in the environs of Brus-els, it appears,
that hitherto the wheat has suffered very little, or not at all ;
that the crop promises to be as abundant as can be desired ;
that in moat places the potato plants are beginning to recover;
and last, that the produce of this vegetable will be satisfactory,
though not abundant. Many other farmers, who are inter-
ested in exciting alarm, protest against this opinion, which,
however, is more and snore confirmed every day; viz., that if
the harvest of 1845 is inferior to that of last year, the differ-
ence, at all events, will not be considerable.
BELGIAN FUNDS.-11Rosizcs, Auc. 20.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent . ... —
Bothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •
Ditto Three per Cent ....
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • ....
Ditto, ditto, 1840 . . ...
Ditto, ditto, 1848 .. •• • • •••••• . . • .. 101%
Ditto of the City, 1832
Ditto, 1843 •••••••••••••• • • •• ........ 101%
Bank ofßelgium...... ................. -
-Brussels Papers, Aug. 20.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Aye. 14.
5 per Cent. Metalliques ... .
4 per Cent. ditt0.............• .•
3 per Cent. ditto ..
Loan, 1834 159%
Ditto, 1839 ................... ..... 129%
Bank Shares ..... • ...... ........... 1631
Esterhazy's Loan
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand .......• • ... 218%
Vienna—Milan ..... ..........• • • • • •• • • 137
Gloggnitz .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 157
Leghorn 125%
Pesth
..
—Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 17.

EXPERIMENTS ON THE LONDON
AND CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC LINE OF

RAILWAY.

A series of private experiments have been conducted
on this line of railway, and will be continued for the
next few days, for the purpose of testing the powers of
atmospheric propulsion, and the most marked and de-
cided success has attended all the experiments that have
been hitherto performed. The question as to the
power of ascending inclines was completely set
at rest by an experiment which may be regarded
as an experimehtum crucis. A train was brought
to the foot of an incline of 1 in 50, and stopped, so as
to deprive it of any power it might have acquired from the
impetus of its previous progression. It was then pro-
pelled by the atmosphere up the incline, and that
which many of our most eminent engineers
have declared an impossibility v‘ as accomplished
with the greatest ease imaginable. Among other re-
sults that have been obtained, we may mention that
the five miles' length of tube has been exhausted
in its whole extent, the barometer being at the
time at 27i. and that the piston has traversed its
whole length. As we before said, the experiments arc
not yet completed, but, as far as they have gone, they
demonstrate not only the practicability but the supe-
riority of the atmospheric mode of propulsion.

BELFAST ELECTION.--On Wednesday, the election
of a representative for this borough, in the room of Sir James
Emerson Tennent, took place at twelve o'clock. Lord John
L. Chichester, brother of the Marquis of Donegal, was pro-
posed by John Harrison, E-q., J.P., Merville, seconded by
James Crawford. Esq., and elected without opposition.
THE LATE SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT. —lt has been
already announced in the public journals, that a subscrip-
tion has been set on foot in Exeter (the native place of the
late Sir William Follett, and the city he represented in
Parliament) for the purpose of procuring some lasting tes-
timonial to his memory in that city. The like effort has
been commenced in London ; and a circular has been issued
among the members of the different inns of court and
others, who are supposed to be interested and willing to aid
in the object in view. It is proposed, by the friends of the
late Attorney-General, that a statue or other fitting me-
morial of that distinguished individual shall be prepared to
be erected in some place hereafter to be decided upon ' • and
a committee has been formed for the purpose of pro-
moting that design. At the head of the list of names of
those noblemen and gentlemen who constitute this com-
mittee stands that of the Lord Chancellor, followed by the
Earl of Devon, Lord Denman, Lord Brougham, Lord Lang-
dale, and Lord Campbell. Then come the names of Sir R.
Peel and Sir James Graham, Lord John Russell, Lord Pal-
merston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. R.
L. Sheil, Lord Mahon, Chief Justice Tindal, the Lord Chief
Baron, and most of the equity and common law judges. In
addition to this powerful list of names, there are those of the
Attorney-General and Solicitor-General, the Judges of the
Arches and Admiralty Courts, the principal Benchers of the
various Inns of Court, Masters in Chancery, Bankruptcy Com-
missioners, &a. _ _

NEW MODE OF SMUGGLING.--011 Sunday, as some
market-gardeners of St. Maude were entering Paris at day-
break, they perceived something amongst the trees of the
outward boulevard which. looked like a sort of phantom,
being long and white, with the arms sticking out. After
some hesitation, they advanced to examine this dreadful
object, and found that it was a huge kite, with large bladders
of spirits for wings, and a still larger one tied to the tail.
There could not be any doubt that the intention had been to
defraud the revenue, by avoiding to pay the octroi-duty, but
that the kite had fallen short, and stuck in the trees. The
octroi officers made a capture of this new kind of smuggler.
IMPUDENT ROBBERY OF A CARRlAGE.—Thursday
afternoon, Miss M. Aiviss, of Maida-hill_ together with another
lady, the widow of an officer, whilst making a call upon Madame
Pontard, in Henrietta-street, Cavendish-squi:re, left their
Brougham at the corner of the street. During their absence
a number of itinerant posturers took up a positi n near it, and
commenced exhibiting before a numerous crowd. The horse
becoming startled by the noise of the music, the coachman (an
elderly man) got down and stood by its head. He positively
declares that he never left for a moment. When the ladies
returned, however, they discovered that a package, containing
satin and several other articles, to the value of between live and
six pounds, had been taken out of the carriage.

MONEY and COMMERITI'I77.IVV;

(From The Sun of Lat, Night.)
Ile sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bags, including 1,000 on speculation, and 500 for export,
with a steady market.—There was a dull market for Shares,
and prices were lower.
It appears by the private accounts from Brazil, that the
increased duties upon British manufactures are not at all
likely to be levied, for the Chambers had absolutely rejected
the proposition, and there is a prospect of matters being
even now accommodated between us, provided our Cabinet
should not prove so entirely blind to the interests of this
country as to reject the overtures made to it by the Govern-
ment at Rio. The state of the trade between both couttries
is not by any means brisk just now.
The Funds have been rather firmer, and as far as the
weather is concerned, there seems no longer to be any appre-
hension, so potent is the influence of sunshine. Consols have
realised 99% to 9914. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have been marked 102% 3/4, the Three per Cents.
993/4 to 76. Bank Stock is worth 211 to 2111/2, and South
Sea Stock, 112. Exchequer-bills have touched 503. to 525.
premium. Nothing but the effect of the sales making by
the Accountant-General in Chancery prevents a rise in prices.
The Foreign Investments have been somewhat livelier.
Spanish Three per Cents. are steady at 381,4 ; and the Five
Cents. at about 271,4. Mexican Bonds bring 35 to 351/s.
Colombian reali-e 3/4. Brazilian are 90 ; and Peruvian
39 to 3914. Dutch Four per Cents. are 103% %.
Shares are better as respects nearly all the railways. The
old lines have improved as much as the Scrips, and t`' is is
decidedly the most buoyant day of the week. The French
lines have also been better.

ONE CLOSINu
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99%4 994
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726.. .....
\Taw 314 per Cents
Long Annuities to exuireJan.lB6o 11 7-16% 111/2
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 11A; 5-16 11 5-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 ll4 1114
India Stock
.. _

South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities ..
Consols for Account .
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, I%d.
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small
oNE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 BB 88
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 17%3/4 173/4
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ......
Ditto, Account 351/g 35%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 39% 39
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, Converted........_.
Ditto Account

65

Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 641%
Ditto. Account ... ..... ......
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent.

Ditto, Account 3B_l/‘ 383/4
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4sl(i 451%
Granda 23 4 231/4
Ditto Deferred 534 5%
Dutch, 21,4 per Cent .
Ditto, Account...... ............ 63%
Ditto; 4 per Cent. Certific 1001,% % 1001/3
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%....., 31,42%.., 3%
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chichester and Brighton 20
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 2% 2%
Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 1914% '2o
Ditto New 4/. 16s.
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2
EastDereli'm andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union —
Ditto Extension .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto New Ilt Share5... 5
Ely and Bedford
Great North of England..loo"
Ditto New 5 —
Do. New .... .. ........ 2 ...... 3134
,:ireat Western
Ditto Half Shares 5O llB 1161/2 ll6l/2
Ditto Fifths
Lancaster and Carlisle... 25
Leicester and Bedford... 225....... '
London and Birningnin (Stock) 226 225 225
Do. New Thirds
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 10%% 1034
Do. New
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 243/44 251% .
Do. New l3s 4d l% l% p
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
London andGreanwich 12/ 1554 d... 107434
Lund. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 771/... 7814
Do. New
London and York 2% 5:,-1,T3
Londonderry &Coleraine 21A —5%%,
334
..11-iii and Ely
London and Manchester
(Remington's)
Nlanchester and Leeds 76 202 206.
Do. 1/2 Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Manchester, Buxton, and

206
93
36
63

.
Matlock 225....... 6% .
Midland 100 172 174 175
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...ICo
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction
.. •
Do. New Brandling... 10
N•,v,!astle and Berwick 11i2 2414 23%
Newcastle, Durham, and
Lancashire Junction... 1%......
Newry and Enniskillen. 2132 —
Newark and SLeffield .. 11/2
••• 31A
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Staffordshire 22s. ...... 3% %;% p 4
Norwich amt Brandon... 14
Do., New ... .... ..... 1
Oxford and Worcester... 21x2 75/81/2 7%
Portsmouth Direct ...... 21, —..
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
'cottish Midland l%. ... 2/g 2l/8
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 21,x..... 4%%... 4%
Shrewsbury, Hereford,
and North Wales 2% 37433/4 4
South Midland 22s.
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 46% 46%
Do., No. 3
Staines and Richmond... 1 2 ......
south Wales 21,4 5l/2% 5%
Welch Midland
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth ... .. 21/ 4lst 4l,
Worcester, Shrewsbury
and Crewe Union ..... 1%..... 3% 3%
York and North Midland 50 lOBl4 lOBl4
Do Selby
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and A miens... 6
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette ......... .... ~... 2
Central of Spain ... .... 2
Dutch Rhenish 3
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Great North. of France

(Latfitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Jamaica Junction 1
Do. North Midland 1
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourgh 2
Namur and Liege
Orl.Ans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux 4
Paris & Lyons, Latfitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's, 2
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen ... 2O
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) 2
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spain
Sambre and :Meuse
Tours and Nantes, Mac-

Ph%

... 6

2%
41/2••••••••• 00000

... 23/4

5%
17N
121/061,i
••••

214
1%
7%8
0%

.... 21/2% 2%
.... 2 ys l4
511412 5121
42 4214,

kenzie's
Vet Flanders 2
MI.

.••• -
.... 311 31

.... 3

Real del Monte, Unregis.
COURSE OF EXCHA.
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight l2 6
Rotterdam 2U. 12 81
Antwerp 26 0
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Aitona

27E3
23/1
81/2

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine 1221
Petersburgh, 3 Us..
Berlin
Vienna, effee. fl. 3 X 10 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 364
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville

E.

-••••• 33 4 --
N GE.—(YESTERI)A. X .
Gibraltar....
Leghorn .... . SO 60
Genoa ..... ...... 25 90
Milan ..... ........
Naples ..... ...z... 4O
Palermo, o
Lisbon 53;
Oporto
Janci:o . 23
Bahia •
Buenos .4y .18
NewYo, k dyasight
PRI(K, .) V MULLION. rER oz
Foreign .11, bars. £.3 17 9
PortuBa iv)ld Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons.-- 0 0 0
New '),J Ars 0 4 9;
Silver riare 0 0

Lady Elizabeth M'Gregor, Count and Countess
Schulenberg, Baron Koehler, and the Baroness Myer Hokley-
burg, arrived in Lot,don on Thursday evening, passengers by the
General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Venezuela
from Ostend, after a very fine passage.
BRIGHTON, AUGUST 21.—The Prime Minister of
Egypt, accompanied by his suite, left here yesterday by the
General Steam Navigation Company's ship Fame, for Dieppe.
Major Buchanan and family, Mr. Cuff and family,
Mr. and the Misses Chadwick, and Mons. Dulcken, left Black-
wall for Antwerp yesterday morning, by the General Steam
Navigation Company's ship Soho.
FRENCH MAILS TO ALEXANDRIA.—It having been
decided, as we have already stated, that there are to be two
direct mail departures monthly from Marseilles for Alexandria,
vie., on the 4th and '..!4th, the Director-General of the Post-
office has issued a notice, stating that the letters for Alexandria
from Paris will be sent off on the 20th and 30th or 31st of each
month. These mails will also take letters for Malta, Smyrna,
Constantinople, Athens, and Syria.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—(From a Correspondent.)
—Wh Ist three men were engaged in excavating the founda-
tion of a new house, near Penydaran, Merthyr vil, the
earth, which was of the depth of 15 feet, suddenly gave way,
aad buried the three teen beneath it. When they were taken
out, they were found to be quite dead. An inquest was held
on the bodies, when a verdict of Accidental Death was returned.