The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-18 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY)

CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY'
ith
To-day's market has been very scantily supplied the
all kinds of Wheat of home produce; nevertheless,
demand—owing to the thin attendance of buyers-los
in a sluggish state. In prices, however, no change tool'
Place. For forward delivery, scarcely any business wail
.)
transacted. Only 240 quarters of Foreign Wheat were
reported fresh up. Selected qualities were scarce, air
quite as dear as last week; but low and middling kill.
commanded very little attention. A few vessels were
the coast waiting for orders. The sale for Barley ana
Malt was somewhat firmer than on Monday, but 11°
change took place in the quotations. Oats were falcri
request at previous currencies. In Beans, Pa"' and
request
Indian Corn next to nothing was doing. A fair ad
of business was transacted in Flour, both English an
foreign, at late rates.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK:
_____------
Flea.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. ' Oats.
_______...
_----_--- _---_--1.--------
Sacks*
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs.
r.; ngI•I s k •—• 530 210 1100 470 I'l2o
Irlsh ........
_ , 2,310 310 sirs
Foreign ......240 — 1 '
2 110 i 2,360 pis
1......____.

nonouGa HOP 1101A8O8ET. ,
The general demand is inactive, at last week 5 V.-
The show of sample• continuo's small.

WEITECEaPEL.
Prime Beef and Mutton moved off steadily at full pril:
In other kinds of meat very little was doing. Bie%
from 2. 4d to 4d; Mutton 2s 6d to 38 8d; Veal'—
to 3s 10d; pork, 25 4d to 3. 8d per 8 lbs by the carcase.

CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS.
Yesferdmy the Commissioners assembled in the Guild-
hall, Mr. Deputy P,acock in the chair.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THS
PAST YEAR.
V/S1
The CHAIRMAN said the public would read, -- he
nf
convinced, wttb great satisfaction, a detailed account u
the labours of the City Commissioners of Sewers for the
whole of the last year. It will be seen from that don'tt
went, which has been drawn up by they urveyor, the.
whatever might be said against the Cor the of
city of London, the sanitary condition, and the comforts
of their fellow•citizens, formed an essential object in the
minds of the Court.
The report was ordered to be printed and distributed
amongst the members of the Corporation.

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LICENsING SECOND-HAND BOORsELLEIIO.--The
magistrates at the Manchester Borough Court were yester-
day called upon to decide as to the liability of second-hand
booksellers to be included in the provisions of the local
Police Act, which places it within the power of the towts
council to compel all professing dealers in second-band a
ticles to take out a licence, and to keep a register foor f
thau.a
inspection of the police, of the names and residences
parties with whom they deal in the way of Srade. The pa:
nalty is 5/. for each day, in the event of non-con 3
the enactment. The licence is 2s. 6d., Which
wall
booksellers have hitherto been exempt, but he cline have
resolved to enforce the Act with regard to them, in order _to
avoid the charge of partiality. Two dealers in old book
were accordingly proceeded against yesterday, and the taanal
ing of the term " second-hand articles," from which the old
gistrate holding that their commodity came within the me
r_.
each convicted in a penalty of 51.
RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT.—Two
reports were yesterday issued, made by the Board of Trades
epdaefreiniadmanetsn
tser;
on the abandonment of two railways—the Portbury-lr.:
and Railway and also the Scottish Grand Junction Bail
way. The receipts on account of the Portbury-pier anon
Railway were 21,314/. 2s. 4d., and the Parugh.
16,525/. 17s. 4d., leaving the disposable balance on the ,
of December 4,788/. ss. On account of the Scottish Grano
Junction Railway the receipts were 26,388/. 7s. 11d., at
the expenditure 22 135/. 13s 4d leaving the balance
hand 4,2714 2s. ld. ' • 9
DREADFUL EXpLOSION.-00 Saturday 111°113i-eg
last a dreadful explosion took place in the
powder manufactory, Cheapside, Birmingham. At half-pt
eight the
antproprieor, Mr. Mead, was engaged in the pork'
shop, when in instant the neighbours were alarmed gat
percussion' egalsf.'
dreadful explosion resembling the noise of artillery, tit,' d,
shook the foundations of the houses in the neighbre_
and was heard for more than half a mile distant. Thelon;
raises were entirely blown down, and the doors and iv773b di,,
of several houses in the immediate vicinity were 77711ceir a
waged. The body of Mr. Mead was blown into thesepe„.
considerable height, and some parts of the body w:g)reia a7l
rated, and found in different directions. The Wo however,
adjoining timber-yard took fire. The engines were,t:isd.
speedily on the spot, and the conflagration Otifillicester"
The family of the deceased reside at Ibstock, doss, The
shire. He has lest four children to deplore his loS'' of the
amount of the loss does not exceed 150/. The cause
accident is not known.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--LYNN, SATITILD-A%
A most shocking accident happened last night near thr
railway terminus of this town to Mr. Matthew pawbe ,
which terminated fatally. About ninperooo'dck
an
Wisbeach arrived, and the guard ox osloothoepintriaomn
that,fro
n the Hardwick-road, and
in passing through the viaduct
ne °train had come in contact
human foot
w•th something. On coning emerging from the tunnel,t.
eoffi engine.
ersolrt was
the engine, a
unfortunate creature had weehn
e station,and
was found, which at once,nficrumteddotwhne.suslpniCaiOfnewthunatinsuomtees
a man's hat wee
the London train came into t .
line in search o
then propos
discovered adhering et
ori not
otdo
aat hs,ue,
rplgoiewlooentr”apnoddretwicsene
votehfretahi. f
the unhappy.' sufferer,
company being on the tender. On arriving
iluninpoeancintaholle,etd atthae levelhedyc roe
of
as;
permanent way, between-
dition. At first his features could not be recognised, but,
a careful washing, he was identified
wing,rh ae
n ow:ea and down i 11)drt
ol
lying
iintnheg.e
s
ties round as being the gentleman some of thepar-
Row
7 0
be wandered on this part , above-mentioned.
the line cannot, as yet, be
be conjectured.

IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS.—A meeting. very the
merously attended. was held at Trowbridge
12th inst., on behalf the society for IrimshpColloll:rrlichh:LiashYadli°lo-it
)n the absence of Walter Lon
It_E:sq_., oNfisbHete,ywEosciod., House, tookg s(tih'e chair'.
Blair, Norris, Clarke, The meeting
waspattended by Sir Francis Astley, Hon. St. John Methuen,.
(Tenfrom the neighbourhood. The meeting which was ath
dressed by oßfySt
hoeurtihdb, Iron,
aHnodubsey;nllelaerslysr sic, Calearrgcyde.!:
the deputation from London, cjiasisting 0. - ,
Rev. R. Bickerstaff and J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., was deristei;',,r
crowded by persons of various classes, and resulted ill. ,:,.
formation of an association for North Wilts, conducted b:
an influential committee. The collection amounted to 1001,.
The meeting is expected to be followed by others in vario 15
towns of North Wilts.
INCENDIARISM.—On Saturday information wa'g..
received that some diabolical miscreants had fired the Ixtiel_lt
sive plantation and gorse covers belonging to the lail__;d
` 0-'
Yarborough, Brocklesby Hall, Lincoln, by which prOPe
to the amount of several hundred pounds was destroyed, "„, is
a great many labourers' cottages injured. A large reWlr' of
offered for such information as will lead to the convictio
the offenders.
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BIRTHS.

OF A 8011.
At the rtlanor-house, Langley, Bucks, on the 14th ilast*
the lady of Captain Worth, Royal .
On the 14th inst., at Portsea-terrace, the
aida-hill West,
wife of Edwin Fox, Esq.

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 10th inst., the wife of the Rev. Sir George L. o'll'
Bart., of Ewell, Surrey.
On the 13th inst., at Warwick-road, Paddington, the Vire
of Mr. John E. Richard.

MARRIED.
On the 12th inst., at St. Alartins-in-the-Fields, Lieutenant
Quintin Kennedy Jolliffe, Indian N*vy, to Gertrude Eliza,
only daughter of the late John Hammet, Esq., M.P. for
Taunton.
On the 12th inst., at the Church of the Holy TrinitY, ,
Clapham, J. G. Lucy, Esq., of Holloway, to Nary Ann
widow of Air. W. Patman, of Epping, Essex.
On the 12th inst., at Sutton, Surrey, Otho W. Travers,
of her Majesty'o 30th Regiment, and ot Bandon Ireland, to
Henrietta A., eldest daughter of the Rev. W. H. Vernon, of
Sutton, Surrey.

DIED.
On the 16th inst., at Cambridge-terrace, Hugh J.
Mont-
gomery Campbell, late Captain tVth Regiment, aged 30.
At Farnhurst Sussex, of which parish he had been nacho'
bent 56 yews, the Rev. J hn IL S.
o Cary, aged 2.
On the 13th inst.. aged 28, Anna Maria, the wife of
J. T. Boardman, of Norwich.
On the 11th inst., at Temple Belwood, Lincolnshire, Eliza-
beth Frances, wife of the Rev. J. D. Hilton.

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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the
Aliddlelexp Wecto4dAY, February 14 1852.