The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-21 00:00:00

PRICEOF WHEAT.

The highest quotation of white wheat of the first
quality at Hamburgh is 126 rix dollars current the
last, which answers to 41s. 3d. the quarter. The
highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality
in London is 60s. the quarter. It appears, therefore,
that wheat is 451 per cent. dearer in London than at
Hamburgh, and that with the sum of 31. a man may
buy 11i bushels of white wheat at Hamburgh,
whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8 bushels
in London.

The highest quotation of Zealand white wheat of
the first quality at Amsterdam is 290 florins the last,
which equals 465. 9d. the quarter; and the highest
price of white wheat of the first quality in London
being 60s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 28i
per cent. dearer in London than at Amsterdam.
The highest quotation of Polish wheat of the fist
quality at Stettin is 52 dollars current the wispel of
24 scheffels, which is equivalent to 355. sd. the qr.;
and the highest quotation of wheat iA London being
60s, the quarter, it follows that wheat is (i9f percent.
dearer in London than at Stettin, and that with the
sum of 3/. a man may buy 13i bushels of wheat at
Stettin, whereas, with the same sum he can buy on!yr
three bushels in London.

The mean or averages of the prices of wheat of the
first quality at Hamburgh, Amsterdam, and Stettin,
is 41s. Id. per quarter, and the price in London being
GOs. per quarter, it follows that the price in London
is 46 per cent:higher than the average of the three
above-mentioned plxes.
The present duty on the importation of fbreign
wheat into England is 18s. the quarter, which is
equal to the following rates :—To a rate of 4313 per
cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Ilamburgh ; to
a rate of 38.1 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat
at Amsterdam ; to a rate of 504 per cent. on the
prime cost of wheat at Stettin ; and to a rate of 43i-
per cent. on the mean price of the above-men-
tioned places.

A BALL AT THE COURT OF RUSSIA.—We ex-
.tract from the Journal de frankfort the following
detaiLs, which an eye-witness gives of a ball at the
Court of Russia :—" Immediately after my presenta-
tion to the Emperor and Empress of I had
the honour of being present at a magniht:ent ball,
which showed the Court in all its splendour. On
such occasions no civil costume is admitted. Every
one is in uniform, and the variety of dresses gives
a splendid character to the scene. Imagine gigan-
tic rooms lit up by thousands of wax-lights, an
assemblage of more than 1,500 persons, women
admirably beautiful, whose exquisite dresses add 1,
to their beauty, and you would suppose yourself in I
a fairy scene. The Pmperor opens the Court balls
with a Polonaise, dancing at first with the Empress,
then with the Princesses of the Imperial Family,
and
next with the ladies of the highest nobility, or the
handsomest. At the Court of Russia beauty has the
privilege of the entree, and causes birth to be forgot-
' ten. The Empress loves to collect round 'her the
handsomest faces, and it is not rare to see the young
daughters of functionaries of a fortune and rank alto-
gether secondary, become ladies of honour to the Em-
press, thanks to their beauty and agreeable appearance.
When the Emperor has danced a certain number of
polonaises, French quadrilles and mazurkas are taken
up, all concluding with cotillons. The Empress
formerly was exceedingly fond of dancing, and
excelled in the art, but at present she rarely
does more than figure in a quadrille, or take a turn or
two in a waltz. At twelve o'clock the guests re-
paired to the marble hall, and the Imperial family
took
their b
;taats
f; atc a table apart; the others placing
themselves
arranged in groups about
winterth gar-
den one. The EmpeA7v supped in
cupper-table only a few
garden, ornamented
den, and admitted to his .
chosen ersons. This winter
with palm-trees and magnificent orange trees, forms a
charming emitraat with the supper-room, resplendent
with tapers. The half light with which it was
lit up, the little birds, who, frightened by the
noise, sent forth from time to time a few aii.art
notes, and the perfume from the flower;, appeared to
me to be the triumph of civilisation Over Liarkmss
and produced in me the effect of an enchanted palace.
I hed heat me a little man full of spirits and oblig-
ing, who laughed at the extasy into which those won-
ders threw me. The table was loaded with silver
p , late • there was before me a yaw, weighing, it was
isl'aidim,l6/6 I
00 killleoagrrnatmfrenoem in
my ieh a
neighbour In
h nat couldtss,mhaigde.
nificent silve7 to vice came from the Empress Eliza-
l'iv iebighbotais"
Beth, and, after hatinv
been fora length of time shut
up in cases, had been discoverew‘hvid to years before in
ci.was composed
the marble palace. The su
pper,
of hot dishes, was served by a crowd of footmen, and
some Moors amongst them were remarked for their
strange and original costume."
RAFP.ROAD FROM GENEVA TO CHANHEIiy,--A
letter flail' Geneva, in the Courrier de Lyon, has the
following :--"• One of the senators of Chambery is at
present in our town, for the purpose of making to the
Government propositions relative to the establishment
of a railroad from Chambery to Geneva.. From
what
we learn of this project the canton of Geneva is to
undertake at its own expense all the charges'
of con-
struction on its own territory, and the
line is to finish
at Plainpalais. This proposition is so much the more
important, that at present the goods from
a
intended for Geneva are sent more an
Chambery-road, and with the more. by the
interminable delay
which the French Government
exhibits as to the navi-
gation of the Upper Rhone, the Chambery railroad is
perhaps the most certain and ready means of securing
to our town the transit trad.,.
RURAL POLICE.—_A-
respectable farmer at Winch-
comb, named
Stephens, was last week caught by a
rural constabulary sergeant in the vagrant act of
knocking a walnut off
a tree which overhung his own
field. The offender
was kept in custody 10 hours,
• Aftgrarcti fined is.—Pridol Moron