The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-20 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Feb. 15, 1845, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat
Barley • • 32s 3d I Rye 29s 6d 1 Pease ....... 3.5 s Od

AVERAGES OF TUB LAST SIX WEEKS.

Weeks
ending

45 10 I 4 5 i2l 7
45 7 34 7 21 8
45 7 34 2 21 3
45 5 33 10 21 6
45 6 33 0 21 6
45 4 32 3 21 7

Wheat. Barley.

Oats. l Rye. I Beans. I Pease..

Jan. 11....

31 4
31 4
32 11
31 3
30 1
29 6

35 8
35 7
35 4
33
35 1
35 0

Feb. 1..

36 0
35 8
36 1
38 4
3.5 7
35 0

AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS.
• 451 6d I Oats
• 33s 9d Rye 31 Id Pease •• ••• • • • 35 7d
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat
Harley •• •• • • Ss Od I Rye . lOs 6d 1 Pease •••• • • 7s 6d

IMPERIA:
Wheat • • • •
Barley • • • .

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR-
LIAMENT.
AVEDXXSD.AY, FEB. 19.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Ashton Branch)
Bill,--" for making a Railway to connect the Manchester and
Birmingham, and Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Man-
chester Railways, near Guides Bridge, and for other purposes
connected with the said Manchester and Birmingham Rail-
way," presented, and read a first time.
York and Scarborough Railway Deviation Bill,—" for en-
abling the York and North Midland Railway Company to
alter the Line of the York and Scarborough Railway, near
the city of York," presented, and read a first time.
Leeds and Bradford Railway Extension (Shipley to Colne)
Bill,—" for enabling the Leeds and Bradford Railway Com-
pany to make a Railway from Shipley to Colne, with a
Branch to Haworth," presented, and read a first time.
Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill,—" to enable the
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to raise a further
sum of money, and to amend the Acts relating to the said
Company," presented, and read a first time.
Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway
(Ardwick and Guide Bridge Branches) Bill,—" for amending
the Act relating to the Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool,
Junction Railway, and for making Branches therefrom to
Ardwick and Guide Bridge," presented, and read a first time.
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Old.
ham and Heywood Branches Extension) for amend-
ing
.the Acts relating to the Manchester and Leeds Railway,
and for making a Branch therefrom to Burnley, and 'for ex-
tending the Oldham and Heywood Branches," presented, and
read a first time.

Leeds and West Riding Junction Railways Bill,—" for
making certain Railways in the West Riding of the county
of York, to communicate with the Manchester and Leeds
Railway," presented, and read a first time.
Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway,—Petition
for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord
Hotham, Sir John Hanmer, and Sir Walter James.
Kendal and Windermere Railway,—Petition for Bill re-
ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Alderman.
Thompson, Colonel Lowther, and Mr. Warburton.
Chester and Birkenhead Railway,—Petition for Bill re-
ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir Philip Eger-
ton, Mr. Tolemache, and Mr. Tatton Egerton.
Cockermonth and Workington Railway,—Petition for Bill
reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by
Stanley, Mr. Aglionby, and Mr. Horsman.
for Bill re-
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway,—Petition Mr. Edward
pteonrtnedn,dalsnidr.Bdhllaorlredsernedos,t,oarbde. brought in by Mr. Wilson Pat-
polhdi;tbuyepaonrtd
rePfeickrreedrintng
thßeasilowleacyt,—Letmitiitotnee foonr
Standing
Orders. Orders. for making certain Lines
of
RaWestilwny Yorkshire
the
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stwlTidftnilgl,—of‘t‘he county of York, to be
called The West Yorkshire Railway, " presented, and read
Bill,—" for making a Railway frum
a first time.
Baluelcwoainty of Surrey, to the South-Western
RRaißcilhiwmcahoymnadoniidiinattersea,,
~ in the same county, to be called' The
Richmond Railway, presented, and read a first time.
London and South-Western Railway (No. 1) (Metropoli •
tan Extension) Bill,—" to amend the Acts relating to the
London and South-Westem Railway, and to authorise Ex-
tensions thereof from the Nine Elms Terminus to a point
near to Waterloo and Hungerford Bridges, in the parish of
St. Mary, Lambeth, and to the Thames
at Nine Elms,
in the parish of Battersea, all in the county of Surrey," pre-
sented, and read a first time.

MISCHIEF FOR THE MILLION.—In consequence of
the state of the law, alowing a person to walk into the
British Museum, and smash the Portland Vase for three pounds, it is
possible that this sort of amusement may supersede the hitherto
aristocratic amusement of breaking windows, and wrenching oft
door-knockers. A morning's lark hi the National Gallery would be
cheap at thirty pounds, if half-a-dozen were to club together for

the purpose, and the sum would include the privilege of running
Walking-sticks into six of the best pictures the collection
contains. We presume the law is lett in this state for the pur-
pose of allowing the luxury of mischief to those who are dis-
posed to pay for it. Three pounds were all that the law demanded
for the amusement of breaking the Portland Vase, or rather for
breaking the shade, the latter being the only article charged for, and
the vase, being, of course, thrown in gratis. It is net often that Ole
law is so very particular to a shade as it has been in this instance.
We should like to know where the three pounds came from that were
sent anonymously to pay the fine •for the mischievous donkey who
smashed the precious article. No doubt, if the money could be
traced, it would be found to have been supplied by one of the "vulgar
rich," who would be happy to demolish the ENin marbles at so
much a yard, or take the Museum all round upon a reduced scale of
penalties.—Punch.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The annual general
meeting took place lately at Exeter Hall, when a report of the pro-
ceedings during the past year was read, the Committee re-elected.
and other business transacted. It appears from the statements con-
tained•in the report that twenty public
during the year, to ten of which the su
edot tbtoeuSiVaetdsy.
full ; that the receipts of the
performances
had admission ohydadenalirtsasiek'oxenneee,;ptliatieciceat
nearly
yhfsd received considerable additions, being at
thethe itspretsocfntsutiterinbeearrs
nancedinthathte, it:ma:l.l,7r% txaitt invested tebeed property of
It appears that there are in the metropolis .1,793
,t4,1730110a1 1.1.a4 —Musical lVor•ld.
omnibus conductors, 1,622 drivers of cabs, and 4,546 drivers ofbaaney
coaches and omnlbusss.