The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-02 00:00:00

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN.
Kit Wren, as Dr. Spratt familiarly calls our great
Sir Christopher (and it is pleasant now and then to see
a genius in his slippers), was one of a band of men, the
founders and early fellows of the Royal Society, whose
names are world-famous and memories imperishable.
Ho lived, too, at a turning-point its English history, and
witnessed events of no ordinary magnitude and im-
portance,—saw the Restoration (and its vice), the burn-
ing of the City, and its rebuilding. He was himself a
" miracle of a youth," a "rare and early prodigy of
universal science;" the possessor of the most varied
knowledge and powers, the perfector of the barometer,
a profound astronomer and mathematician, a profuse
inventor, the architect of St. Paul's, and a good man.
Always at work;—an inventor at fourteen, and a philo-
sopher before that, he produced results with wonderful
rapidity. A reflecting-dial, an instrument to write with
two pens at the same time, a weather-clock, a machine
wherewith to write in the dark, his appointment as de-
monstrating assistant at anatomical lectures in Surgeons'
Hall, learned essays, and Latin metrical essays, may be
pointed to before ho was sixteen. At five,and-twenty
he filled the astronomical chair in Gresham College.
Newton said, that of that age of geometers, Wren,
Wallis, and Huygens were "facile principes;" and of his
150 important architectural works, what do we say
ourselves? We find him a constant attendant at " the
club" in Wadham College, from which emanated the
Royal Society, with Boyle, Hooke, Evelyn, and others,
and always rea iy to join in what was going on.—
Builder.

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Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo.,Dover .. April 14
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Buenos Ayres •• .. M 9th of the month ISoathampt. April 16
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Cape of Good hope N 14th of month iPlymouth.• April 3
Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th of molDover .. April 10
Central America .. M Icl & 17th of men. !Southampt. March 20
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Chili .. .. •• . M 17th of the month iSouthampt. March 20
Franco .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. !Dover .. Twicedaily
Greece* •• .. • • N 7th 17th 27 th of mo !Dover .. Apra 10
Ilamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Taos. nat.
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THE COUNTRY MARKETS

DICE.BT SMITHFIELD 111.axxvir, MAacJr 30. There was
a good show of fat beasts to-day, and high prices were asked ;
the attendance of purchasers wos large, and most of the ani-
mals were disposed of. The sheep pens were well filled with
sheep of excellent quality, and thoe of small soon found buyers.
Fat pigs were plentiful. The supply of fat and store calves
was large, and the demand was brisk, ful.y maintaining last
week's prices. Beef, 4id to 5d ; mutton,sid to 6id ; veal, 4id
to 5d per lb ; pigs, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s tid
per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid to lid per lb ; calf skins 2d
to per lb.

UPPING HAM, MA /Lc 3l.—Wheat 38s to 425; barley 27s to
29s od ; oats 19. to 2 is; beans 28s to 34s per qr. Butter 9d
to 9id per lh ; eggs 26 for Is.
LOUTH, MARCH 31.—Wheat 36s to 40s; barley 25. to 295;
oats Hs to 205; beans 26s to Us per gr.
NEWARK, MARCH 31.—Wheat, white 42s to 455, red 38s to
40s ; barley, malting 30s to 325, grinding 25s to 27s ; oats,
245 t., 22s to 23% feed 20s to 225; beans, old 3•,s to 40s ;
new 32s to 40s; malt, f)es to 60s; tares, 35s to 40s per qr.
BOSTON, MARCH 31.—Wheat, red 33s to 393 Od, white 40s
to 425, superfine 44. to 00s ; barley 26s to 22s ; oats, 15s to
; beans 27s to 31s ; peas 2/5 to 28s per qr.
LYNN, ALL acts 3.l.—Wheat 32s to 36s Od, fine 38s 40s to
425; barley 24s to 2-is, fine 28s to 30s; oats 00s to 00s;
beans Os to Cis, fine Os to Os per qr.
MELTON MOWBBAT, 111Aseit 30.—Wheat, 38s to 421;
barley, 269 to 30e ; oats, 18s to 23s ; beans, 28s to 34s
per qr. Butter lld to 12d per lb ; eggs 24 for Is.
EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MARCH 31.—There
VMS a small supply of all kinds of grain in to-day's
market, and sales were slowly effected. The top of wheat
was 3d down, and the average 2d. Barley on the top Is,
and the average 7d up. Oats on the top same as last week,
and the average ed down. Beans en the top the same as
last week, and the average 8d down. Unsold, 81 qrs wheat,
61 qrs barley, 140 qrs oats, and 43 qrs beans.
Top of Wheat ..• ..• ••• 62ilb. 47s 9d
„ Barley ... ••• .. 57 lb. 351 Od
„ Oats ••• 43 lb. 26s 8d
„ Beans •... 67 lb. 371 Od
EDINBURGH CATTLI MARICKT,IIIAftcu 31.—The number
of cattle was 794, or 261 more than last week. Top price, 616 d
to Os Od ; current, 6s Od ; secondary and inferior, from 5s
to 5. Gd per Dutch stone. A good clearance was effected.
The number of sheep at market this morning was
1,735, being 73 more than last week. Best wedder mutton,
op price, bid per lb; current, 5d to Od; ewes, 4d to 40.
All sold.