The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON DON, TIIURS oA I EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1845.

began earnestly to wish that this might win, and that
might lose. I examined both with the microscope, and
thereby easily distinguished the source of these passions.
As the men were extremely heated with their exercise
they perspired strongly, so that clouds of the matter
flowing from them reached us: my glass showed me dis-
tinctly, that the matter perspired by him for whom I felt
an inclination, wai exactly similar to what was perspired
by myself, whereas the matter flowing from the other
person was absolutely unlike to mine in all respects, and
so jagged and bearded, that it seemed to wound and pierce
me like so many arrows ; hence I discerned that the true
cause of our sudden inclinations and aversions consists in
the figures of the matter perspiring from us and from
others, and in the similarity or contrariety of these in
sensible vapours. We went out of the city, and at some
miles distance, we saw some gentlemen diverting them-
selves in coursing a hare. As the poor creature passed
almost close by us, I bad just time to catch a glance of
her with my glass ; she appeared to me like a ball of
fire moving with prodigious rapidity, and leaving a
mighty smoke behind her. This was the matter per-
spired by the animal, and I saw that the dogs followed
exactly the track of that smoke and were never at all at
a loss except when the wind dissipated the cloud that
issued from the flying hare."—Melanges d'Histoire et de
Literature, torn. ii. p. 461. Hermippus Rt divivus, p. 85.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES

IN THE

PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

London.

Liver-
pool.

Man-
cheater.

Bristol.

Tork.

nun.

lindders-I
field.

Sheffield

Glasgow.

THE HONG MERCHANTS OF
CANTON.
(From the Hong Kong Regi.ster,May 6.)
We are indebted to a friend for the following infor-
mation from Canton. When Canton was ransomed, and
the money for that purpose drawn from the provincial
treasury, a report was made to the Emperor that it was
a debt -due to the foreigners by the Hong merchants,
who were unable to pay it, and these latter were inductd
to sign a document to that effect, on the assurance being
given them that it should not be used against them.
However, after the affair was terminated, various attempts
were made to extort the amount from them, but without
success. Headed by Elowqua's eldest son, who has taken
a literary degree, and who threatened to lay the matter
before the Emperor, they refused to pay wore than
2,000,000 dollars, which they admitted to be due by the
merchants to the Emperor. The local authorities have
at last agreed to accept this amount ; and thus has ter-
minated an affair which has been a source of great un-
easiness to the Hone merchants, and was considered suf-
ficiently important to the foreign trade to induce Mr.
Cushing, the American Plenipotentiary, to address Key-
ing on the subject. The following is the amount paid
by each Hong merchant
_ . _

- lIONG DIERCHANTS. PAY.
Howqua 550,000 taels.
Poookeequa
Samqua
Gowqua
Kingqua
Poonboyqua
Mowqua 50,000 do.
Footaye
Miugqua
S.)wqua
One-third to be paid in four months, and the remainder
in ten annual instalments.

In reference to the recent communications respecting
the receiving ships at Whampoa, Mr. Macgregor has
written to the Chinese authorities, that unless the ex-
tensive smuggling in Portuguese lorchas and other river
craft be put a stop to, he will not feel it his duty to in-
terfere with English vessels, should they again enter the
port for the sale of opium. This very sensible view of
the subject is producing its effects. Two Portuguese
have been seized and carried into the city.