The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-17 00:00:00

POOR LAW PROSECUTION.

Upon Mr. O'CONNOR being nominated as one of the
Committee he begged leave to apprize the Convention that
from a prosecution being entered against him at the
instance of the Poor Law Commissioners, he could
not attend to this Committee in the manner he
wished ; indeed, from the infamous manner in which the
Government took up the case, making it a criminal
information, he was afraid that for some time his whole
energies should be directed to get rid of this tyrannic pro-
ceedino.; and therefore that he would find it difficult to
pay all the attention which he wished to the affairs of the
Convention.—( Hear.)

SIGNATURES TO THE NATIONAL PETITION.

Mr. O'BRIEN proposed a resolution to the effect that an
advertisement be put into the Morning Papers, and the
Weekly Papers in the interest of the working classes, giving
notice of the different places in London where the national
petition is lying for signatures.
After some suggestions of Mr. O'CONNOR, as to the
papers most proper, it was resolved that they be the
Teams, Son, Morning Advertiser, Dispatch, Operative,
Charter, Champion, and Weekly News.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. FENNY announced before the Meeting separated,
that a new a:legate was appointed for Bolton in the room
of Mr. Wood, who had accepted a Poor-law Guardianship.

The largest ox in the world, the property of Mr.
SNarvori, of New York, and weighinz 5,0001b5., is now,
its owner, on its way from that city t ) Liverpool.

Owing to the heavy rains during the last month,
epring seiNing is remarkably backward, scarcely any barley
or oats being as yet in the ground. Indeed, in the stiff
clay soils, to the west and north-west, the farmers complain
of the utter impossibility of working the ground ; the last
week has 'brought a bitterly cold cast wind, which, though
it tray obviate the former evil, will, we fear, have a very
deleterious effect on vegetation in general, which is ex-
taernely backward. The apple bud is said to look well,
except on those trees which suffered so very much from the
worm during the last summer, and eider is rather declining
in price ' • very good may now be bought at 435. per hogs-
head.— Sherborne Journal.
HYDROPHOBIA.—A dog, belonging to Mrs.
Pryor, of Great Beddow, on Sunday last, showed decided
symptoms of hydrophobia, and was immediately destroyed :
it had been shut up about a fortnight, at the recommenda-
tion of Mr. Gooch, veterinary surgeon.— Essex Herald.
—[As to " symptoms of hydrophobia," there is not one
man in a million whose opinion on the subject is worth a
straw. And we have reason to believe that hydrophobia is so
rare a disease that almost every dog that is slaughtered falls
a victim to the foolish prejudices and absurd fears that pre-
vail. " A mad dog" is a bug-bear, a raw-head and bloody
bones that scares many persons who ought to be above
such childish alarms.]
A HOAX.—Last week, the good folk of
Llanidloes, Newtown, and Welshpool, were ingeniously
and successfully hoaxed by a wag spreading a report that
a regiment of infantry was to march through those towns,
on their route from Brecon to Liverpool. The inn-
keepers were upon the alert to provide lodgings and
other necessary accommodation ; some had engaged
beds at other houses, choosing rather to be subjected to
a trifling' expense for lodgings, than the inconvenience of
having so many (as were expected) at their own houses.
On Saturday the greatest anxiety was manifested to see the
" bilve 42d," (for that was the regiment selected for the
purposed but, alas, one portion of the inhabitants were
doomed to disappointment, while the others congratulated
thmselves that they were not to be put to expense Of in-
convenience.

STATE of TRADE.—Except in shipping goods
there is but little doing in the general trade, and the li-
mited supply of orders in that line will soon be complet.d.
The fancy branches are in tolerable activity, and wools and
wages remain unaltered.—Leicestershire Mercury.
ExTu.
• AORDINARY FACT.—It has been ascer-
tained, by a recent investigation, that the average value of
clover and rye grass seeds, annually sold in Ormskirk,
amounts to the sum of 2,0001., which at a cost of It per
acre would sow 2,500 acres of eight yards to the rod. We
think this a circumstance which speaks highly for the
farmers and occupiers of land, and for the excellent mode
of managing land in this district, viz., net to have more
than three crops on the same land, before having a crop
of clover and rye grass.—Correspondent of the Preston
Observer.

From To A v•r age.
119 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 34 0 42 6 so 0
0 Bcre l6 stone — 0 6 0
f 0 Barley
191 Oats l4 stone l4 6 17 0 15 Z
0 Flour, per cwt ... 8 stpise — 0 0 ..- 9
0 Oatmeal --.......... 8 stone — 0 0 9
Sold to Bakers only.
16 231 Cwt. Flour 22 0 25 6 24 4
' Average price of Wheat and Flour 65., 4.1. per sack.
Receipts of Flour, 11,7+3
F 1 irsts from 225. Od. to 255. Od.
an., ****** Seconds from 19s. Od. to 22a. Od.
Sale' of 11°. 18,"" Tnirds from Ws. Od. to 124. Od.

PRICE OF BREAD.
Quartern Loaf.... ..... 10,1. Half Quartern
CORK MARKETS.—ApriI 13
Wher.t (per 205t.)13s 6d. to 325. Od. Oats (per 14st.) ...Ile. 64. to 14s. 4d,
I Barley (per 165t.)19 0 2a 0 Flour (per cwt )...16 0 94 0
Oatmeal (per cwt.) Its. Od. to 16.,. 6d.
Beef, 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, 441. to 6d.
Perk, 44d. to sd.—Fresh Butter. 10d. to Ild. per lb.
PRICE OF BUTTER.