The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-14 00:00:00

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Auo. 13.

Boulogne and Amiens.. 103/q Orleans and Bordeaux 107.
Bordeaux &:llediterran :Over Yssel
Bordeaux and Toulouse Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) 3%
Do. and Cette 24 I Ditto (Ganneron's). 2%
Dutch Rhenish ...
Dendre Valley ......
Dieppe & Paris Juliet — !Paris and Rouen 414
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg
East Indian
Grt Northern of France iDo. (Com pte de L'Est)
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Great Paris and Lyons — Royal North of Spain. 2%
Jamaica Junction 5% Sambre and Meus:.•. .... 6
Do. South Mdlnd Junc — Strasbourg and Basle .
Louvain and Jemeppe 414
,Tours and Nantes
Lyons and Avignon 2% j (NPKenzie's) 2%
Luxetnbourgh.. 2% ! Do. (Lefebvre's)
Namur and Liege. 434 ;Verona and Ancona 3l/2
Orleans and Vierzon .. 16% ;West Flanders 3.-A

SUNDERLAND ELECTION.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Hustings, High-street, Sunderland, Aug. 13.

While I now write there is such a disturbance as has
seldom been witnessed. Mr. Hudson's party approached the
hustings for the purpose of dividing Colonel Thompson's
forces, and of interrupting the Colonel's proposer, while
addressing the multitude. The splendid banner they car-
ried was thrown to the ground in a moment, and in a
short space of time torn to ribbands, the poles were broken,
and laid over the shoulders of the bearers of them. Mr.
Hudson's party, the first thing at the hustings to-day, com-
menced the battle of the arm, and they have surely been
worsted. One or two of Hudson's bullies have been taken
into custody.
The crowd assembled before the hustings is numerous.
From the Bridge Hotel down to the George (the space Cf
nearly a quarter of a mile) is one dense mass.
Cotton balls are now flying about in the crowd. The
cotton balls are emblematical of an affair of honour that
took place bet Ween two distinguished gentlemen on Whit-
bourne Sands.

Joshua Wilson, Esq., proposed Colonel Thompson, and
John Hills, Esq., seconded the nomination. So strong is
popular feeling in favour of the Colonel, that by no possible
means can Mr. Hudson's hired friends (and he has a good
number of them) maintain their place in front of the
hustings.
J. WRIGHT, Esq., is now addressing the people, but not
one word, I am sure, can be heard at three paces distance.
Richard Spoor, Esq., now attempts the same impossi-
bility.
I firmly believe popular feeling has never been so strongly
evinced in favour of any man living as it has been in favour
of Colonel Thompson at this election.
Colonel THOMPSON now rose, and said : " Electors,—You
have used the popular candidate very ill ; but it is no fault of
mine. He might' have waited a little longer, and seen how
popular feeling was. There has been a thousand pounds
offered to one of my leading committee-men to let us be in a
minority for the first two hours—not by the Tories, but by
railway speculators. Is this not for the purpose of robbing
the purchasers of railway shares ?" The Colonel spoke only
a few minutes, and was attentively listened to.
Mr. HUDSON attempted to speak, but not a word could be
heard.

The show of hands has been taken, and is in the propor-
tion of a hundred to one in favour of the Colonel. More than
a hundred hands were not held up for Hudson, while many
thousands were held up for the Colonel.

OPENING OF THE CATHEDRALS

TO TETE PUBLIC.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Bryanstone- square, August 11, 1845.
consider the opening of the Abbey at West-
minster to the public free for some hours daily an object
of importance, and lam anxious to give publicity to the
following letter from the Very Rev. the Dean of Dur-
ham, which may satisfy the Deans and Chapters of other
Cathedrals that they may follow the example set by the
dignitaries of that diocese, with safety to the monuments
in their Cathedrals, and with great advantage to the
people of this country, who, by their exemplary con-
duct on all occasions where they have been admitted to
public buildings, have proved themselves worthy of
being trusted. During the trials that have.lteen -going
on for fourteen or fifteen years, no instance has occur-
red in any museum or public collection, where the
people have acted improperly ; on the contrary, their
conduct has invariably been exemplary and deserving
of praise and of increased confidence.:
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) JOSEPH HUME.
N.B.—The Dean and Chapter of Norwich have also
admitted the public free to the Cathedral for some hours
daily.
•

"-l'he Dean of Durham presents his compliments to
Mr. Hume, and begs to inform him that the cathedral of
Durham has been open to the public for several hours
a day for the last four years, without payment being re-
quired from any one ; and the Dean is happy to add,
that not one instance of misconduct on the part of any
one of the numerous visitors has come to his knowledge.
" The Dean is led to give Mr. Hume this information
by observing that, in the late debates on the subject, Sir
Robert Peel expressed a hope that the example of West-
minster, which is not yet set,- would be followed by other
cathedrals.
" Deanery, Durham, Aug. 7, 1845."