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

THE. SUN, LONDON, riniDAV EVEI•4I.isIG, AUGUST 8, 1845.

which mischievously professes to do what it i?beyond
/ the reach of any available or working portion of the 658
Members of the House of Commons to accomplish, in
addition to their other duti. s. "Do not tell me," said
Mr. BROUGHAM, in a debate on the Bankruptcy Juris-
diction, in May, 1827, "do not tell-ine that the system
is in fault when the men are in fault." But in this in-
stance of Railway Committees, not the men, but the
system fails. " Mr. Shadwell, when be was asked if
three men could get through the business of the Court of
Chancery, replied, No ; nor three angels." How many
would be required, on this doctrine of the present
Vice-Chancellor of England, to dispose of all the
pending projects in the " railway jurisdiction'
of Parliament is a problem we will as little undertake to
solve as to point out—(though we have an opinion on
the matter)what should be the better scheme of deal-
ing with this department of business, which we think
it quite possibly that the Legislature might adopt. We
only remark, in reference to the enormous dissatisfac-
tion given by the defunct Board of Trade Committee
on Railways, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S silence on the
still defective nature of the tribunals before which they
are brought up, as it were, by mixed trains, and stowed,
ticketed, and dispatched, to extinction or construction,
as the merest accident may decree—seems to be a capital
omission in a speech otherwise remarkable for its ana-
lytical and critical synopsis of the session's "sins of
omission and commission." But his Lordship's utt( r
silence on the currency question we hold to be matter
still more sincerely to be deplored among those who,
instructed by the fatal experience of the past, look with
well-founded and trembling apprehension to the future.
The gambling in railway shares during the last twelve
months has been only more reckless, and more infatuated,
but not more guilty, more mischievous, nor more ruin-
fraught, than Sir ROBERT PEEL'S gambling with his
currency "counters" of 1819 and 1844, against the real
wealth and latent resources of the people of England,
But only too many occasions will offer, we are con-
vinced, and in a succession but too rapid, for at once
confirming and illustrating our antieipations as to thz
results of a coming Oiisis, which already "casts" its por-
tentous " shadow before."

The Observateur du Rhin, published at Cologne, and
the Weser Gaulle, issued at Bremen, have been inter-
dicted in Bavaria. The Obscreuteur is said to be pro-
hibited for defending Protestantism in Bavaria, which,
being in the minority, is the object of the must violent
attacks from the ultra-Catholic press, towards which the
censorship is more lenient than towards the Protestant
journals. The Weser Gaz4tte is supposed to be excluded
because it is the zeal.us organ of the schism with which
the Catholic Church in Germany is agitated.
Letters from 'Wiesbaden state that the Duke of NAS-
SAU is about to start for Italy, where he s ill meet the
Grand Duchess HELENA of Russia. The arrangements
for the marriage of the Duke with one of the daughters
of the Grand Duchess HELENA have been completed.
The Duke of NASSAU has offered Queen VICTORIA. the
use of his palace at Biberich, and also of his residence
near Mayence. The King of PRUSSIA is giving as much
eclat as possible to his visit to the banks of the Raine,
and superintends in person the preparations for the re-
ception of the Queen of ENGLAND. It is said th it he is
rather hurt that neither the King of HOLLAND
nor the King of the BELGIANS has hitherto intimated
any intention of visiting him during the time Queen
VICTORIA will be his guest. The papers have an-
nounced that Prince METTERNICH has had an attack
of paralysis ; but there is no truth in the statement. His
Highness is at his castle of Johannisberg in his ordinary
health, where the Count MUNCH BELLINGHAUSEN is on
a visit to him.

It is stated by the Magdeburyh Gautte that the King
of Pnussi& has charged Prince de NIuwEID with the
task of drawing up a constitution, the pr.pject of M.
de CUNITZ having been found to be attended with in-
surmountable difficulties.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
They all give lengthened accounts of the late fire in the
Toulon dockyard. The value of the property destroyed
is estimated very differently. in the accounts published
in the Paris journals, tome taking it as high as 20 mil-
lions, and others 15 and 10. We subjoin an extract
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rise in the Fives ; the former being quoted at 29* cosh,
and 30* at 60 days ; 28,800,000 done ; the latter at 24
cash, and 29 -at-60'days. After two o'cick matttrt
were-reversed—the Threes rose tri&, and the Fives
&dined,

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT
THIS DAY.—MT Majesty and Pri flee A I [mt.,. i i ivied
this day, at ten minutes to one only): k, at the Vauxhall
terminus of the South-Western Railway, having travelled
up from Portsmouth by special train. The royal car-
riages were in waiting at the terminus, and the royal
party immediately drove off to Buckingham Palace. Her
Majesty was loudly cheered by the crowd assembled to
see the royal cortege piss.

Her Majesty held a Privy Council at half-past two, at
Buckingham Palace, for arranging tht• Queen's speech
on closing the session of Parliament. Most of the
Ministers attended.

MARKET NE Ws.:::-,(THIS i.FA, Y.)
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CORN EXCHANGE.—FRIDAY:

Several runs of Wheat came to hand from Essex, which;
added to the quantities left unsold on Monday and Wednes-
day, formed rather an extensiye su iply or that, attrele. The
stormy weath*r YestkiiiaS, produced 'rather
irrtni %dilation on the part of the millers, to purchase in
the early part dthe day, but as the atmosphere became to-
lerably fine, and as the letters received from various parts of
the country state that no material damage ha?, as yet, been
sustained by the growing crops, the demand became heavy,
and Monday's quotations were with ditlictilt stipporttill
Indeed, to sell, lower rates %list have been submitted
to by the factors. At the close of the market,
a large portion of the English Wheat remained unsold.
Although the show of free Foreign Wheat *as small, that
article met a very inactive demand, yet, in the few sales ef-
fected, previous rates were maintained. Scarcely a single
transaction M 3 reported in Corn under lock, the speculators
being unusually cautious in their operations. The supply of
Barley chiefly consisted of free foreign qualitie;:. Grinding
sorts were quite as dear, but all other kinds hung heavily on
hand. We had a very limited quantity of Malt on
offer. Superfine White qualities moved off steadily
at full prices. In other kinds exceedingly little was doing.
Our notices at foot show a very limited arrival of Oats, owing
to which the Oat trade was comparatively steady, and prices
were well supported. In Beaus very little was doing, but
Peas and Flour were quite as dear. Several parcels of new
Canary, Carraway, and Rape Seed were on offer. Most of
them sold at full. prices.