The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-20 00:00:00

PRICE OF 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 45+ 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.

11 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 28+
per cent. dearer in London than at Amsterdam.
The highest quotation of Polish wheat of the first
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 in London being
60s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 693- per cent.
dearer in London than at Stettin, and that with the
sum
Stettin, f 31. a
whereas,m an
mz,ni
tahy
the
samelsum
3 bushels of wheat at
he can buy only
three bushels in London.

The mean or averages of the prices of wheat of the
first quality at Hamburgh,
is 41s. ld. per quarter and the price in London being
60s. per quarter, it follows that the price in London
is 46 per cent. higher than the average of the three
above-mentioned places. Amsterdam, and Stettin,
The present duty on the importation of foreign
wheat into England is 18s. the quarter, which is
equal to the following rates a rate of 43/1 per
cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Hamburgh ; to
a rate of 38i per cent, on the prime cost of wheat
at Amsterdam ; to a rate of .501,,, 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 BALI. AT THE • COURT OF RUSSIA.—We ex--
ract from 'the Journal de Frankfurt 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 Russia, I had
the honour of being present at a magnificent 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
to their beauty, and you would suppose yourself in
a fairy scene. The Emperor 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
ten. The Empress loves to collect round her the
handsomest faces, and it is not rare to see the young
and causes birth to be
functionariesforgot-
sofofthee7ztree, of a fortune and rank alto-
gdpleiltivhgelleritgesecondary, 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
the guests or take a turn or
two in a waltz. At twelve (fel
re-
paired to the marble hall, and the Imperial family
took their seats at a table apart ; the others placing
groups themselves
at tables arranged in oeoups about the Im-
table only- a few
the winter gar-
dpeenri,alsonnde.
adTmhietteEdmptoerohrissuspupgeri..n
chosen persons. This winter garden, ornamented
n
timweho,tofritginhle
with tapers. The half light with which it was
owhrminthpianlgm -contrasttrees an dwmi
thagtnhieficsennptpoerrage trees, forms a
. room
resplendent
tened by the
lit i
suop, , s
etnhte
floi
rt
tt lhe
fbromds, iormd s ,
a few short
elrl sOver darkness,
ilanlstooflaoaded with silver
spirits and oblig-
ing, those aninnoodt etso,
producedand the
ttihlee
int perfumerimuthe
eofife from
cottihrcei
ii
.i flsanontNiNso-
enchantedappe alreeldacteo.
man could hide
won-
dersl had
whotnh next xelwta
umgnehieea.d littlethe
plate; there was before me a vase, weighing, it was
himself. I learnt from my neighbour that this mag-
nificent silver service came from the Empress Eliza-
said, 200 killogrammes, in which
beth, and, after having been for a length of time shut
up in cn,3es, had been discovered two 3-ears before in
the marble palace. The supper,
which was composed
of hot dishes, was served by a crowd Of footmen, and
some Moors amongst them were remarked for their
strange and original costume.
RAILROAD FROM GENEVA TO CHAAIRERT."—A
letter from Geneva, in the Courrier de Lyon has the 1
following :---‘! One of the senators of Chainl;ery 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 propositio. is so much the more
important, that at present the goods from Marseilles
intended for Geneva are sent more and more by the
Chambery-road, and with 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 trade."

was last Week caught by a
vagrant act of
whn.ichthoeverhung his own
RURAL POLICE.—A respectable farmer at Winch-
comb, named Stephens,
kruriz'aelkicnugnsatamb,aullraiuryt
offseragtelavrelt i
stol Mirror,field. The offender was kept. m custody 10 hours,
and afterwards fined Is.--Bristol