The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-04 00:00:00

FORSIG

RYE ELECTION-(THIS DAY).

The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, and
were engaged with hearing evidence respecting former elec-
tions for the borough, the principal part of which was do-
cumentary. The voters in the election of 1701, which
election was afterwards confirmed by a Committee of the
House of Commons, consisted of the mayor, two jurats,
and fifty-two freemen of the borough. It did not appear
at that election that any of the resident inhabitants, not
being admitted freemen, voted. There is an ancient privi-
lege granted to the Cinque Ports and the two ancient towns
(..f Rye and Winchester, that they shall elect a certain num-
ber of Barons from each port and town to carry the
canopy over the Kings and Queens of England at their
coronation. Evidence was given of the manner in which
the right was exercised, and the mode of electing the
Barons to perform the office. It appeared they had always
been Jurats of the Borough, and no instance of an in-
habitant not being free of the Corporation had been elected.
Mr. Proctor, the Town Clerk of Rye, was then called
and examined. He read a great many extracts from the
Records of the Borough, from the year 1448 down to a
late period. _ _ .

The examination of this witness was not concluded
when our Reporter left. It is expected the Committee
will not come to a decision for several (lays.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, MAY 3.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed the outward bound.
Prxmourtr, MAY 2.—Wind \V.—Arrived the New Eagle, Rose,
from Sierra Leone.
FALmourit, MAY 2.—Wind variable and high breezes—Arrived
the Nightingale packet, and his Majesty's steamer Mellon, from
Plymouth.
CORK, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Amphitrite transport, from
Deptford,
LIVERPOOL, MAY 2.—Arrived the Coral, Dickinson, from Sa-
vannah ; Majestic, Maxwell, from Mobile ; Shebboleth,
Andrews, from Welmington ; Providence, Miller, from Lisbon,
and the Sandback, Bisphain, from Demerara.
HOLYHEAD, MAY 2.—Off port the Horne, from New Orleans,
and the Rankin, from St. John's, New Brunswick.

Off the Start the Burrell, Metcalf, from the Mauritius.

The Rambler, Sanders, fiom New Castle to Kiel, was on shore
in the Slater Hook, near Elsinore, on the 27th ult., and it was
feared would not be got off.
The Nile, Miller, from Hamburg, bound to London, was on
Hasbro' Sand, and obliged to throw overboard 100 quarters of
wheat.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY)

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.

Coarse heavy Lo land Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15
vew Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto

Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0
Clover Hay 3 10 5 5
Oat Straw £2 4to £2 8 I Wheat Straw... 28 _ 212

Supply of middling and inferint Flay great, of that of the first
quality, as also of Straw, limited ; trade very dull throughout,
and prices stationary.

SMITHFIELD.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 3 8 3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0
Cl,,ver Hay (extra fine)...45 10... Generally
OAt Straw /2 sto £2 101 Wheat Straw 2 10 2 14
Straw from 3s. to Os. per load higher than last quoted ; in prices
of Hay no alteration. Supply short, and trade very dull.