The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-01 00:00:00

ARRIVALS.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour.
&Wish . 1,040 qrs. 2,150 qrs. 1,550 qrs. 3,250 sacks.
Irish —l 1840
I ()reign

CITY MARKETS.—(TWO O'CLOCK )
Suczu.—There has been an increase of business in
plantation Sugars this week, and good Sugars, of which
there are now very few remaining in the market, obtain
advanced prices, while inferior sorts are without any
alteration The total amount of sales this week may be
stated from 1600 to 1700 'Aids. In Foreign Sugars few
bargains have been made ; there is some enquiry for
yellow Havannah ; of Mauritius some parcels have
changed bands at former prices; Bengal Sugars maintain
the late advance, Is. a 2s. per cwt. ; a quantity of Manilla
has been sold at an advance of 6d. a Is. on the last sale
prices ; in Refined Sugars a few purchasers have been in
the market, and have taken common packing lumps at
former prices ; ordinary large at 705., and fair small at
725. per cwt. A few contracts have been entered into for
future delivery from 721. a '73s. per cwt. The stock of
Plantation Sugars is now rather above what it was at this
period last year.
COFFEC-There have been no pudic sales of Planta-
tion Coffees. Some ordinary St Domingo by private
contract realised 31s. 6d., and good ordinary Brazil,
325. 6d. per cwt.
Ruat.—The market for Jamaica is heavy, and where
sales pressed the former quotations could net be maintained.
The same observation will apply to Leeward.; prices are
nominal.

SHAKSPEARE'S TRAGEDY of MACBETH.

Every body is acquainted with the story of the
witches in the tragedy of Macbeth ; and those
who know any thing of the localities of the North
of Scotland are aware that the spot at which
Macbeth met with the witches is almost univer-
sally supposed to have been on the estate of
Brodie, between three and four miles on the
other or west side of Forres. Such is undoubt-
edly the place at which Shakspeare himself sup-
poses the celebrated interview to have occurred.
There are the strongest grounds, however, for
believing that the immortal poet, and Boethius,
the celebrated historian, who is his authority on
the subject, were both in error in regard to the
locality of the meeting in question. Macbeth is
represented by Shakspeare as asking the ques-
tion, when he met the witches, " How far is't
called to Forres r and was on his way at the
time from Fife to Inverness. It necessarily fol-
lows, therefore, that the spot referred to could
not have been the place of the meeting between
Macbeth and the witches, for in that case the
murderer of King Duncan must have passed
through Forres, and been several miles on the
other side of it, and consequently could never
have asked the above question. There is every
probability in the supposition, that as it is dis-
tinctly stated, that the interview in question oc-
curred on a moor, that moor is the one in the
vicinity of Gateside, about eight miles from
.Elgin, and four on this side of Forres. Such,
at all events, was the route which Macbeth must
have taken in going from Fife, to Inverness
through the town of Forres, and on this hypo-
thesis, and on no other, can we perceive the
propriety of his putting the above question of
" How far is't called to Forres?"

Since on this subject it is worthy of observa-
tion, that no distinctive character seems to be
ascribed by the overwhelming majority of Shak-
speare's readers, to the three weird sisters or
witches, whom Macbeth met on his way to
Forres. They had, however, peculiar offices
assigned to them. " They were," says Pennant,
the tourist, " the Fates, the Valkyrie of the nor-
thern nations, Gunna, Rota, and Skulda, the
handmaids of Odin, the arctic Mars, and styled
the Chusers of the Slain, it being their office in
battle to mark those devoted to death." It
would appear from several ancient and veritable
authorities, that besides singling out those that
were to be slain in battle it was the special office
of these three witches to conduct their spirits to
Valhalla, the paradise of the brave, the hall of
Odin. Shakspeare seems to have been aware of
this ; hence the lines :
We the reins to slaughter give,
Ours to kill, and ours to spare :
Spite of danger he shall live,
Weave the crimson web of war.
Though these witches are described by Shak-
speare as having been when his hero met them
" withered and wild in their attire, it would ap-
pear from several historians, that " they fre-
quently presented themselves as very beautiful
in their appearance, covered with the feathers ol
swans, and armed with spear and helmet."—
Elgin Courier.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.

♦TTOINTMENTS FOR THE PRESENT WERE.

(In consequence of the frost, the Appointments for several
Fox Hounds have not been made as usual.)
The Conbclc Harriers, on Monday, at Ell Barrow ; and
Friday, at Haskings's Penning—at Eleven.
The Crai•en Hounds, on Monday, at Foxfield-gate ;
Wednesday, at Sandleford-house ; Friday, at Catmore ;
and Saturday, at An'vil Farm—at Half-past Ten.
Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Kettle-
thorpe ; Thursrday; at Branton Wood ; and Saturday, at
Skellingthorpe—Otleven.
The Hambtedon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Basing,-
park"; and FrOsy, at Botley-gate....at Half-put Ten.