The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-03 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,
Fee the Week ended Se, t. 27, 1839, made up from the Returns of
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat 'lie. id I
Oats
I Barley 4os. 4d. Rye
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE °IX. WEKKS

PRECEDING.

Wheat 7li 10.1. Oats
Barley 393. hi, i Rye

DUTIES ON FOILEIGN CORN.
Wheat los. P.a. t)ais
Barley 3s. 4,1. I Rye

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HUNGERFORD MARKET.

The supplies were good, and so was the demand, prices
steady. Turbot, Bs. to 20s. ; Ced, 2s. to Bs. ; Soles, 10d.
to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters Is. to 3s. Beef 7d. to Bid. ;
Mutton 70 to 86d; Veal,Bd. to 9d. ; and Pork 7d. to Bid.
per lb. Vegetables in good supply, and prices as last quoted.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
The supplies were very good and prices very steady. The
demand was tolerably brisk. Turbot, Bs. to 21s. ; Cod, 2s. to
Bs. ; Soles, 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, 6d. to 3s. ;
Good Salmon, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Whitings, 6d. to Is. ;
and Haddocks, Is. to 2
HAY s. MARKETS.
The supply was moderate, but the demand was brisk ; prices
as before. Hay 60e. to 955. ; Clover, 80s. to 1205.; Straw, 325.
to 448. per load.

SPIRIT MARKET.
But a moderate amount of business doing, and prices as last
quoted. Proof Leeward Rams, 3s. 7d. ; Good Jamaica, 4s.
4d.; Geneva, 2s. per gallon; and British Corn Spirits 103. Id.
to 10s. 2d. per gallon.
COLONIAL MARKETS.

But little business done, and prices generally remain sta-
tionary. B. P. Sugar sold steadily at 575. for brown, 625. for
mid., and 675. 6d. for fine. Tea quiet, but firm. The Coffee
Market very quiet, and prices much as they were. 316 barrels
St. Domingo Coffee went at 425., and 29 bags of White Pep-
er sold at Bd.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, OCT. 2.—Wind, S.W.—Sailed, the Repulse,
Beckford, for Calcutta ; Ann, Laing, Hudson, Odessa.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 2.—Wind, W. to N. W.—Arrived,
the Amelia, Teasdale, Monte Video, sailed July 24 ; Wil-
berforce, Harrison, Maranham, sailed August 22 ; Wil-
liam Goddard, Paton, Mobile ; Mary and Ann, Brown,
Newfoundland.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2. —Wind, variable.—Off port, The
Minerva, Matzin, from Batavia. Sailed, the Goderieb,
Ray, for Launceston.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Wind, variable.
FALMOUTH, OCT. I.—Wind easterly.—Off port, the
Gazelle, from Madagascar, sailed 2d July ; Manus, Ho.
porst, New York.
BRISTOL, OCT. 2.—Arrived Victoria, Walker, Memel.
SALCOMBE, OCT. I.—Off port, the Isabella, Emanuel,
from Rio Janeiro.
KINGSTOWN, OCT. I.—Arrived the Robert Burns,
Brown, from Riga.
STOCKTON, SEPT. 30 —Arrived the John Clifton; Ro-
binson, from Quebec ; Europe, Cato, Memel.
HULL; OCT. 2.—Wind fresh from S. W.
YARMOUTH, OCT. I.—Sailed the Henrietta, Louise,
and Amas, for Matanzas.
GRIMSBY, OCT. I.—The Cyrus, Ellwood, from Sun-
derland to Amsterdam, has been assisted into the Roads
totally dismasted.
LEITH, OCT. 1.-Sailed, the Indus, M‘Farlane, bound
to Port Philip, has put back to the Roads with loss of
figure-head and other damage, having been in contact
with a schooner from Aberdeen to Newcastle, the latter is
leaky.
BRIXHAM, OCT. 2.—A truck. topmast, and lower yard,
rigging, &c. was picked up off the Isle of Wight on the
29th ult. and landed here the canvass, marked T. Ed-
wards, maker, Cardigan.

Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon,
the Admiralty Commissioner, assisted by Mr. Walker,
the civil engineer, has completed his inspection of the
harbours and the coast between the Thames and Ports-
mouth, preparatory to his making his report to their
Lordships as to the means of improving the communi-
cation between this country and France by steam pac-
kets, and of affording shelter to ships in distress during
contrary winds and storms.
The Earl of Wilton has lent his elegant hunting,
box at Melton Mowbray, Edgerton Lodge, to the Earl
of Rosslyn for the approaching huntingseason. Lord
Rosslyn has also the Noble Earl's fine pack, the
Atherstone hounds, during the season.
ARRIVALS AT LONGS HOTEL, CLIFTON
HOT WELLs.—Sir William and Lady Maxwell, Sir James
Smyth, Captain, Mrs., and Miss Carroll, Mr. and Mrs.
Ayshford, Viscount Ward, Mrs. Stacey, Major-Gene
ral Sir James and Lady Bathurst, Col. Ireland Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. Macnamara, &c.
The English Opera-house will open, on Mon-
d,y next, with the Concerts a la Musard, on the same
principle as those which were so much the fashion last
season. _ _

There is a fellow in Arkansas who is so short
that he has been often mistaken for pie-crust.
It is rumoured that a matrimonial alliance is on
the tapis between the Hon. Captain James Bosville
Macdonald, of the 2d Life Guards, and the beautiful
Miss Wombwell, daughter of Sir G. Wombwell, Bart.
The Earl and Countess of Eldon leave Dun-
eombe Park, Yorkshire, where they have been staying
sevetai days, on a %..,16 Lo Lord I e,k-Ira.l.aw, tut Ingle-
borough, near Settle, to visit Mr. Ferrer.