The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-16 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Aug. 12, 1845, is 345.:41 per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.
(Dividends, &C., in our next.)

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SOUTHWARK ELECTION. - MEETING Or THE
FRIENDS OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTIL—Last evening
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an influential meeting of the electors of the borough of South:
wark was held at the Queen'a Head, High-street, to devise
means to secure the return of Sir William Molesworth to Par-

-Lament. The Committee formed the previous evening was
enlarged to one hundred, and the canvassing books delivered
out with the intention of commencing the canvass the beginning
of the week. Certain explanations were given of the course
which had been taken by the Reform Association in bringing
"ir William forward which were deemed satisfactory to the
great body present, also with regard to his views on the May-
nooth question. On Monday evening a general meeting of the
electors is announced to take place at the Bridge Hotel, at
which it is stated Sir William will make his first appearance.
To-day his address was forwarded to every elector in the
borough, 6,000 in all, so by this time every voter has a copy of
it. The other candidate, Mr. Jeremiah Pilcher, issued his
address at six o'clock in the evening. Beyond this we did not
hear of any movement in his favour. Mr. Daniel Whittle
Harvey has declined standing as a candidate at present, having
, intimated that to be his intention yesterday forenoon to a depu-
- I tation of the electors that waited on him.

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SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—STATE Or THE POLL
♦T THE CLOSE.—The numbers at the close of the poll

were:—

11 ndsen
Thompson 497
Majority for liuthoa —l3o
CHATHAM. DOCKYARD.—The Right Hon. the Earl
of Iladdington, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir
W. H. Gage, G.C., the Right lion. H. T. L. Corry, with
Captain Brandreth, Director cf Engineering and Architec-
tural Work s ; the Hon. Captain R. S. Dundas, Storekeeper
General ; Mr. Loyd, the head engineer of works at Woolwich
Dockyard; and Mr. Pease, private secretary to the Hon.
T. L. Corry, visited Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday, the 12th
inst. Their Lordships, on landing at the Queen's stairs, were
received by a guard of honour of the Royal Marines, consist-
ing of two sergeants and 50 rank and file, under the com-
mand of Captain Finmore, with First Lieutenant Henry
Bremer and First Lieutenant A. Ramsay, who bore the
Queen's colours. The band of the Royal Marines, on their
Lordships passing, played " Rule Britannia." Their Lord-
ships were received by the Captain-Superintendent, Captain
W. H. Shirreff, and other officials of the yard. The purport
of their visit was to inspect the store-houses, ropery, and
anchor wharf ; after which they inspected the ships building
and those in dock, and also the mast and boat-houses, and the
paddle-box boats built for the Retribution steam-frigate, now
in dock, which are beautifully made, being each 39 feet 9 inches
in length, and each capable of containing 250 persons. Their
Lordships, after further progress, proceeded to the saw mills,
when Professor Airey, of Greenwich, introduced his model
of a saw-machine for cutting timber in various shapes, to •
which it is understood their Lordships will give their atten-
tion. Their Lordshipst after inspecting the new metal mills
in course of completion (the roof of which is of very
beautiful construction, made of iron), and inspecting the im-
provements now being carried out by Messrs. Baker and Co.,
returned to the residence of the Captain Superintendent, where
they partook of a luncheon, and at half-past 2 o'clock pro-
ceeded in the Admiralty barge on board the Janus steam
sloop, which vessel was cast off from the sheer hulk, and pro-
ceeded under steam down the river with their Lordships and
Captain Shirreff, followed by the Black Eagle Admiralty
steamer. The rate of the speed of the Janus was about three
miles an hour, the wheels revolving about five times in a
minute. On its arrival in Gillingham-reach their Lordships
seemed to have had enough of _the vessel, for they left it, and
proceeded on board the Black Eagle to Sheerness, at which
port their Lordships dined, at the Port Admiral's residence.
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The printed regulations
in every book of instructions delivered to every engineman, and
to all the officers and servants of this railway, prohibit the em-
ployment of an engine at the back of any train, except under
special circumstances ; and on inquiry recently made from one
end of the line to the other, the answer is that no such instance
has ever yet occurred.
Acccrding to a Vienna letter of the sth inst., the
Emperor of Austria has issued a Cabinet order that no new
grant for the formation of railroads, within the empire, shall
be made to private companies until the year 1850. By this
period all the railroads now in construction must be finished.
This determination will prevent capital from being absorbed in
these undertakings, and at the same time put a stop to the in-
ordinate speculation in shares. In June last, the aggregate
number of passengers by the Austrian railroads was 1,103,000,
being 87,000 more than in the corresponding month of last year.
THE RISLEYS ON THE CONTINENT. —The conti-

nental papers continue to teem with the most enthusiastic en
comiums on the performances of the Risleys, father and sons.
So great has been their success in the principal cities of
Europe, that they have been obliged to forego engagements
amounting to twenty thousand florins, in order to open in Paris
at the Porte St. Martin, at their stipulated time— the first
week in August. One of the Vienna papers contains a long
and highly complimentary notice of their appearance at the
St. Joseph theatre, in that city, last month, where they took
the phlegmatic Germ fns by surprise. The Vienna critic says,
" The beauty of the performance of the ltisleys does not con-
sist so much in the exhibition of muscular strength as in their
adroitlelasticity and their indescribable grace. The father is a
fine handsome fellow—the boys beautiful children. The spec-
tator is surprised and delighted at their feather-like leaps, and
their bounds are as daring as if their bodies were made of India
rubber, instead of veritable bone and muscle. Their elegant
silver dresses, the variety of their feats, the novelty, and above
all the refined and classic taste that marks every phase of their
performance at once stamped their popularity in this city. A
hurricane of applause followed their efforts, and the ballet
which introduced them, by M. Pickier of Brussels, contributed
much to their success."
GLASGOW ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.—It will
be seen, in reference to the advertisement in another column,
that a singularly interesting work is about to be published, by
subscription. It is a republication of the old Glasgow Courant,
from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of October, 1746,
which gives a complete detail of the movements and romantic
adventures of the Pretender. The work has been undertaken
by William Meikleham, L.L.8., solicitor, in Glasgow, and
secretary to the University. He is the son of :Professor
Meikleham, and is in possession, we believe, of the only copy
extant. As a record of news, notices and advertisements of
the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, the work will be a
great curiosity, and, there cannot be the least doubt, that it
w ill be greatly prized by all lovers of ancient relics, and others,
desirous of perusing the records of their forefathers.—Ex-
tracted from the Liverpool Mercury of August 8.
LITERARY CURIosITY. —The learned Secretary to
the University of Glasgow is about to publish a perfect literary
and political curiosity —the old Glasyvw Cuurant, from the
14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of Octoteer, 1746—which
gives a complete detail of the movements arid romantic ad-
ventures of the Pretender. As a record of news, notices, and
advertisements of the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, we
have every reason to believe that Mr. Meikleharn's is the only
copy of this paper in existence. The particulars of the mode
of publication will be found in another page. We understand
that so eeger are the p3ople of Glasgow to possess this curious
record, that several hundred copies were subscribed for in one
day.
RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.--Thursday, the
bakers of the east and south end of the metropolis raised the
price of the best bre id to I. and 10d., and that of the
second quality to 8A.1., being an advance of one halfpenny in
the four-pound loaf.
MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total
number of deaths registered in the metroplitan district
for the week ending Saturday August 9, 1845. was 918,
being an increase in the number registered during the
previous week, of 91. The number of deaths from
disease during the week ending August 9, was 870,
being an increase on the previous week of deaths from
disease of 58. The deaths from diseases of the organs
of respiration during the week ending August 9, were
204, while those from epidemic and contagious diseases
Amount to 190.