The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 17.-7 The gun-brigs Rolla, 10,
and Brisk, 10, have gone on to the eastward to be
paid off; from the west coast of Africa, and if in 'a fit
state will doubtless return to that station shortly.
The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson,
Bart., bound to the Brazils, had not arrived at Ma-
deira on the 23d of July. She has dispatches for
Rear-Admiral Thomas, C. 8., and men for the
squadron.

There is no ship of war fitting out at Plymouth
er Portsmouth. The Imaum, 72, intended as receiv-
ing•ship at Jamaica, will he ready in a few days to
proceed, under the command of Lieut. Stewart.

Letters have been received here from the Carysfort,
26, Captain Lord George Paulet, of the 4th of June,
reporting her arrival at Rio de Janeiro from Spit-
head on the 18th of May, after a passage of nearly
seven weeks. She was refitting to proceed to join
the. Admiral at Valparaiso, and to touch at the Falk-
land Islands to land stores. The Alfred, 52, Commo-
dore Tunis, C. 8., arrived out from England the day
previous. The Isis, 44, had left Rio for the Cape of
Good Hope, where she would remain for some time
with the new Admiral.

The Siren, 16, Commander W. Smyth, arrived at
Calcutta, from England, on the 4th May, and was to
join Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker in the Chinese
Seas, without loss of time.

The Lords of the Admiralty will shortly visit this
Dockyard, and other public establishments, on their
annual tour of inspection.
The Meteor steamer has been commissioned in tbe
river, by Lieut. George Butler, as a tug boat for
vessels of war.

The steamer Hydra, Commander Murray, has
passed by, for Woolwich, from the West Indies, to be
Mid off, having been employed for some time in the
editerranean.

The Pique, 36, the lion. Capt. Stopford, is at Spit-
head, awaiting orders. She is destined for the West
Indies. •

The Salamander, Dee, and Avon, steamers, will
shortly touch at this port, from the eastward. The
Columbia steamer, for the North-American station,
has passed by for Plymouth.
The Buzzard, 3, brigantine, will shortly be com-
missioned at Plymouth, for the west coast of Africa.
The Orestes, 18, is to be commissioned at this port,
with a complement of 140 men.
The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, arrived
at Teneriffe, from Plymouth, on the 19th June, and,
having re-victualled, left that island on the 23d, to
join the squadron on the South American station.
The Queen's yacht Royal George, Captain Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, is under orders for Woolwich,
and will sail thence on Thursday, to embark her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert on a trip to Scotland.
At Spithead—Pique,_ 36.

In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George yacht, Imaum, Nautilus, Echo, Sylvia,
Cracker, and flag tenders.—Brighton Gazette.

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, AUG. 14.—A letter from Verviers
says :—‘= One of the most important works of the
iron railway of La Visdre, and perhaps the most
difficult in execution, has just been wholly com-
pleted. Yesterday morning at half-past eleven
M. Petitgian, the engineer, accompanied by the
contractors of the section, and in the presence
of a great number of persons, placed the last
brick of the tunnel No. 6, which passes under
the great and picturesque mountain of Halmsart,
near Goffontaine.

" To execute this magnificent tunnel, which is
636 yards in length, and passes entirely through
an extremely hard rock, art has had to over-
come all the obstacles which works of this kind
can offer; it was, therefore, at first supposed
that this gigantic work could not In terminated
till the beginning of 1844. Thanks are, there-
fore, due to the engineers and contractors who
have displayed on this occasion talents and ac-
tivity beyond all praise, and deserving of the
gratitude of the public, who are so interested in
the completion of the railway."
13nussELs, AUGUST 16.—1 t •appears that the
opening of the sections from Courtrai to Mous-
cron, and from Mouscron to Turcoing and Ron-
buix, is fixed for the 18th of September next.
There will, doubtless, be great ceremonies on
this occasion, which will cement the alliance of
France and Belgium better than all imaginable
treaties, by the frequency and the facility of com-
munication between the two countries.

DUTCH FUNDS.—Amirrimax, Alio. 16.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, V.% per Cent .......... 52)4 52%
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Alpert Svndic,4% percent il4% 94%
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 77i -,7%
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 143% .43%
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 15
Two months
Hamburgh, One month :35 81%,
Two months 35 62,
Dutch Papers, Aug. 17.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bitusens, Au°. 16.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 52%
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent IOON
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 9l
---- Three per Cent.
--Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto
18401 lOl
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 92
Society of Commerce. Four and a Half per Cent B6
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent .... 77
' National Society
Excha,,g, on London (short) ...... -
-Brussels Papers, Aug 16.
NI/ S Ilt 1 A Al FU N; laS..-VIENICII. Auo. 8
Five per Cents. Metalliques ........ Ifll
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents .. 7B
Bank Shares ...

Allgemeine Zeitung, August 12. -
HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Atro. 13.
Bills. Money,
Austrian 5 per Cents. - - .... ... : llO 19%
Bank Shares 1660 1665
Anglo-Russian Loan 149% io9q
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 103% -
Inscription, Ist series
Russian o per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series 9q
Ditto in Certificates 97%
New 4 per Cent. (1840) B9l 89%
Dutch Actual Debt, u% per Cent. .......
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Polich Bonds —
New Tickets ll 8
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent BO 79'i
Spanish, New 5 wr Cents.

1 .
BARLEY FROM HUDSON'S BAY.—Our readers may
well be surprised to hear of barley from Hudson's Bay ;
we were, certainly. That a country so far north as to be
almost perpetually covered with ice and snow, and
seldom trodden save by the bear and the Esquimaux,
should produce.thisgrain, is not aji,ttle singular. Such
seems to be fact.: • Messrs. NeWberry and Dole_ , of this
city, have for sale some thirteen or fourteen barrels of
barley, the grains of which are so unusually large that
they attract instant attention. They are full and plump,
and nearly double the ordinary size. This barley was raised
at Green Bay, the seed from which it sprung having been
brought from -Hudson's Bay. It is said that a crop of
this description of barley can be harvested in eight weeks
from the time it is sown. This would be about the dura-
tion of summer in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay.
It is evident, then, that this species of barley is admirably
calculated for our latitude. Not only would an unusually
valuable crop be procured in an unusually short space of
time, but two crops could easily be raised in one season.
Our country friends, we hope, will not fail to call and
see the new article, and try an experiment which may
.be --attended.- 'with Such 'bege4cial ..resaltoooChtaigo-
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