The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-06 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.

CRACOW, AUG. 24.—.-On occasion of the late fete
at St. Petersburgh, the Senate of Cracow sent an Ad-
dress to his Imperial Majesty, as one of the august
protectors of that free city, which, together with the
homage of the most profound respect, expressed the
grateful feelings and the wishes of the inhabitants of
Cracow for his Majesty's person. His Majesty has
been pleased to return the following most gracious
answer to this Address :
" I thank you, Mr. President, for the expression of
the feelings which you manifest to me in the name of
the City of Cracow, on occasion of the celebration of
the twenty-fifth anniversary of my marriage. This
period has, indeed, abounded in the blessings of
Divine Providence. In kthis long series of years
the free city of Cracow has received repeated proofs
of the constant care which we, the Emperor Alex-
ander of glorious memory, and myself, have never
ceased to devote to the real interest of the country.
Agreeing in this respect with my august co-protec-
tors, I shall not cease to wish to you all prosperity
and happiness. I request you, Sir, to be the medium
of conveying these feelings to the inhabitants of the
country under your administration. I give you with
real pleasure, on this occasion, the assurance of my
perfect esteem. (Signed) "NICHOLAS.
"Peterhof, July 18, 1842."
HANOVER, AUG. 29.—1 t is said that the marriage
of the Crown Prince and Princess Mary of Alten-
burgh will take place in February next year.—Ham-
burgh Papers, Sept. 2.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussms, Sam 3
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 52%
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 10:
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 91
70%
-:-- (1840)
100%
Loan City,hl Yl:l2ven FourMdili ns, ditto
. per Cent.
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. 86
flank of Belgium, Five per Cent
National 50ciety.........
Excha 'v. on London (short) „.„.„
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 3.
A lih N !MIA—VIENNA, Aua. 26
Five per Cents. Metalliques . It 911,
Four per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 00000000000 100%
Three per Cents... 77
Bank Shares ... -.•.".. 000 1034
Allgetneine 'August*3o.
HAMBURGH BORSEN HA.LLE. Sart 2.

- -
Austrian 5 per Cents.
110 109 Si
Bank Shares 1655 165
Anglo-Russian Loan IW% N
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate— 103)4 1031
Inscription, let series lO3
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series 94 97y4
Ditto in Certificates 97% 97.4
New 4 per Cent (1840) Bo* 89 ,4
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ......... 51)6 51!4
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Polish Bonds
New Ticket 5........,,,,, l6B
Anglo- Danishan, 3 per Cent. — 81
Spanish, New 5 pn Cents. lB
EXCHANGES ON LONDOV.
HAMBURGH. SEPT. 2.-13 9%, Two months 1.1 8.
PETERSBURG, Ave 26.—Three months, 37% pence.
RIGA, Arlo. 15. —Three Months, 38.
STOCKHOLM, Auo. %.—Seventy-five days, 12 11.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Auo. 30.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. —.. 10414 1
Prussian English Bondi, 1t330, per cent. 1.04,
Exchange on London 6 21q, 6 V3A,
Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 31.

EXCISE CASE.
At Clerkenwell police-office yesterday, William
Thompson was brought up before Mr. Combe, on a
charge of not having paid the Excise duty on a hack-
ney-coach let for hire.

Mr. Procter, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the
Crown. The defendant is the proprietor of a number
of hackney-coaches let out by him to cabmen. It
appears that by the Post-office Duties Act all coaches
in the metropolis licensed to carry passengers, which
go so far as ten miles from the General Post-office,
are liable to pay 2s. 6d., or a fifth of the fare.
Alexander Stewart, a stamp-distributor, and a Ma-
gistrate of the county of Perth, deposed that on the
16th of July last he was taken from Bury-street, St.
James's, to the ninth mile-stone on the Harrow-road
(twelve miles from the Post-office), in cab 394.
Robert Drew, an officer of Excise, stated that the
the cab in question was the property of the defendant.
Witness had left at defendant's house, previous fo
the 16th of July, a sheet, in which he should have
entered the journeys performed in his cabs. On the
sheet being returned, it was found to contain no entry
of the journey of Mr. Stewart.
Mr. Thompson. stated, in his own defence, that he
could have made no such return, as the driver of the
cab had not informed him that the Journey in ques-
tion had been performed. The cabman confirmed
this statement.

Mr. Combe said that the case of Mr. Thompson
might be a hard one ; but he was answerable for the
conduct of those whom he employed. Ha should
sentence him to the minimum of the penalty allowed
by the law—a fine of 51., and the payment of IL
Ils. costs.

The fine was paid, and the prisoner dischargel.

A dreadful storm burst over the department of the
Pyrenees-Orientates on the 24th ult. The river Basse
was in an hour swollen more than four metres above the
usual level, a metre higher than ever was known before.
In the quarter of Perpignan, known by the name of the
Blanqueries, the waters entered into every house up to
the windows of the first floor, carrying away doors, fur-
niture, and everything within its reach. Several horses
were drowned ; the machinery of a cotton manufacture
was destroyed, and the goods carried away ; a brewery
and all its apparatus completely disappeared ; and all
the tanneries were very seriously injured. The fau-
buurg suffered exceedingly from the torrent, which
r( se above the bridge, and carried away everything that
came in its way. The weighing bridge of the town, weigh-
ing 60,000 kilos, and bearing a waggon of forage weigh-
ing 40,000 kilos, was borne to a distance of 50 metres,
In the town, the quarter adjoining the Basse, from the
Hotel des Ambassadeurs to the Rue St. Martin, was en-
tirely inundated. A rapid current issued from the Hotel
of the Prefecture, and extended the whole length of the
Rue d'Espira. All the shops were entirely submerged.
From every side might be be heard cries of distress,
from women and children, without its being possible to
organise any means of rescuing them, so rapid was the
current.—Ceret also suffered severely from this inunda-
tion. The streets were all inundatedl, and the gardens,
meadows, and properties near the river were much in-
jured. Seven men, working in the fields, were swept
away and drowned.—At Arles, six persons, one. of them
a young girl of sixteen, perished ; and a sheepfold, con-
taining 150 sheep, was carried off by the current.—Se-
veral communes of the arrondissement of Prades have
suffered ; and at Ille, the electric fluid killed a child.