The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-05 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1837.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

MAY MARKETS.—(At per Lead of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay......, £4 i to Z 4 IS
New Meadow May .... 4 5 5 5
4 15 g 0
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 5 5 blO
Cloverillay is 5 6
Oat Straw £1 IS to £9
ITHFIBLD 01 Wheat Straw 2 . 2 2
SM.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 5 to £4 15
New Meadow Hay 4 i 5 0
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
Clever Hay (extra tine ......£7 0 Generally b • 6 5
Oat Straw LI 16 to £IHITECHAPEL lg I Wheat Straw IIS 2 0
IV.

Coarse Meadow Hay •.X4 • to £4 i
New Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto 4 IS 4 B
Fine Upland Meadow aud Rye•;raaa Hxy
Clover Hay 5l) 41 IS
Old Straw .... ....... ..V2 Ito .£2 21 Wheat atraw

PRICE OP BREAD.
The highest prier of Bread i■ the Metropolis is ed. for the 4.1 b. Loot,
Good Bread may be had at 61,4 d.

,EDS.—Sept. 4.
Per Quarter.
St. Fein ifs. 3Ss 42r.
Rye Grass 2Ss Ms. ass.
Pacey Grass —s. 41i. 455.
Linseed, for feeding 431 50s. —s.
Ditto, for 6wwing —s. 525. siii.
Ditto, for crushing s 426. 4135.
Canary 33s 425. 535.
' Hemp —s. 465. :As.
Per Bushel.
White Mustard Ss. (.:. 10s. Cd.
Brown Ditto los. tkl. 12s. 03J,
ITares 4s. lid. lei. Id.
it) 371.:,91. Foreign 361. 361.
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THE QUEEN'S SUITOR.

Mr. Edward Butter Hunnings, who, we understand, held
the situation of tide-waiter in the Customs, was brought
before the Magistrates under somewhat extraordinary cir-
cumstances. The accused excited considerable observation
in the town for several days during the last week from his
eccentric manners. It was soon rumoured that he was
one of the persons who -had lately made great endeavours
to obtain an interview with her Majesty : on one occasion
he got into the hall of Buckingham Palace and refused to
leave for some time, stating that he had been invited to
dinner by the Queen, to whom he requested his card might
be taken. At another time he was about to accost her
Majesty, when he was prevented doing so, and, fearful of
being taken into custody, he ran as fast as his legs would
carry him towards the Serpentine Canal, into which he
plunged, and swam across, to escape from his pursuers.
When her Majesty arrived in Windsor she was followed by
a considerable number of vehicles, one of which was the
phaeton of the accused, who carried a small flag with him.
He had since been seen riding about the town on a cu-
riously coloured pony. He was respectably dressed, but
►ore very dark mustachios, and his head was surmounted
by an enormously broad-brimmed hat.
It appeared that on Saturday evening the defendant went
into the boxes of the theatre in a state of intoxication, and
while there created much disturbance.

The defendant, whose deportment before the Magis-
trates was the very antipodes to what it was on Saturday
night, expressed his regret for having created a disturbance
in the theatre, and stated he would be more guarded in
future. He was sorry to understand that an impression
had gone abroad that be intended to molest the Queen,
which he assured the Magistrates was wholly untrue. He
had never been in Windsor before, and he thought he
would come here to see the Queen make her entrance.
When he saw her Majesty arrive he merely bowed to her
Majesty, and one of her attendants returned his " move."
He had not seen her Majesty since, nor had he at all
thrown himself in her way.
Capes, a policeman stationed at the Castle, who had
been ordered by some of her Majesty's suite to attend the
examination, stated that the defendant went to Bucking-
ham Palace, and said that he came to dine with her Majesty.
Defendant—l will explain that. I had purchased a
quantity of furniture at a sale at Kensington the day be-
fore, which came to thirty pounds, for which I gave a check
on Sir Chapman Marshall, who is a co-executor with me.
That check was dishonoured, which drove me wild, and 1
went to the Palace and treated some of the guards with
liquor to drink her Majesty's health. In my excitement I
went inside the Palace gates to inquire for the Queen, but
was refused admission, and I went home.
Capes—But you gave your card, and said you had come
to dine with the Queen.
Defendant (laughing)-oh, I merely sent in my pri-
vate card.

After some further enquiry, the defendant was dis-
charged, after declaring that he would leave the town.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER, SEPT. I.—The nearer we approach the '
period of hop-picking, the better the reports from our plan-
tations meet us, and it is now evident that the present pro-
duce will be equal to the growth of any year we recollect,
as the hops are large and suity in their growth, and :ex-
cellent in quality. Picking has partially begun, and will
be general by the middle of next week, and as it proceeds
we trust the planters will be particular in their manage-
ment, and show, by their samples, such an excellency of
quality which no preceding year has surpassed. The duty
has been backed higher since our last, and is now esti-
mated at 27,0001. to 24,000/., and as the plantation is in-
creased since the year 1826, when the duty was upwards
of 30,0001., it is thought that we shall reach this year near
that sum.—lirorcester Herald.
EAST RETFORD, AUG. 31.—1 t is pleasing to observe
that a more propitious season has but seldom been known ;
indeed, with the exception of the years 1822, 1826, 1832,
and 1834, this neighbourhood has not experienced one so
fine and congenial for the last fifteen years, and the pros-
pect now before us is of the most cheering description.
The general duty (old) of the kingdom is not estimated at
present so high as the years just alluded to, nor even so
high as the last year, which were as follows :-1822,
203,7241. ; 1826, 269,331/. ; 1835, 235,207/. ; and 183(1
200,3321. ; but, with the exception of 1826 and 1834, the
North Clays are likely to pay a higher duty than they have
done for the last twenty years. Should this prove to be
the case, the new growth will necessarily be good and not
very high in price, more particularly where the stock on
hand is taken into consideration ; these circumstances com-
bined, and knowing that a partial failure is anticipated in
Kent, may be the cause of considerable speculation, and
tend to enhance the value of the new produce, and thereby
afford a more ample remuneration to the anxious culti-
vator. At all events we may safely assert that the
sample promises to be very fine, so that the new crop will
be capable of doing business well for some years to come.—
Doncaster Gazette.

The Kelso Chronicle claims for a Kelso cooper the
honour of producing the largest onion ever seen there. Its
weight is 150 z., and its circumference 13 inches.
A most extraordinary pig was farrowed at the farm
of Mr. Webb, of Calcot, at the beginning of the week ; the
head of the animal was partially divided, exhibiting three
distinct snouts and mouths, the latter being moved by one
underjaw ; also three eyes, one of which was in the centre
of the forehead ; in other respects the formation was as
usual, with the exception of the skull being incomplete. It
is now at the Philosophical Institution Museum, for public
inspection, but not to be seen alive.—Oxford Gazette.
Notwithstanding the very unpleasant state of the
weather on Sunday last, the number of passengers by the
London and Birmingham Railway to Boxmoor, Watford,
and Harrow, was very great. The arrangements with re-
gard to starting are greatly improved and simplified, and
the consequence is, that persons who intend going at any
particular hour can rely with certainty upon being accom-
modated. The average number of passengers on a week-
day now exceeds 1,900 ; on Sundays it is more than double.
The daily receipts amount to about 2001. It is expected
that about eight additional miles of road will be completed
in the course of a month, in time to admit of excursions to
Tring before the breaking up of the season.
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—We are requested to
state that the following new works are published this day
by Mr Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street, and may
be had at all respectable Libraries throughout the king-
dom :-1. " Uncle Horace," by Mrs. S. C. Hall, authoress
of " Sketches of Irish 'Character," " The Buccaneer," &c.,
3 vols. 2. " The Spas of Germany," by Dr. Granville,
author of " Travels to St. Petersburgh," 2 vols. Bvo., with
38 Illustrations. 3. " Stokeshill Place ; or the Man of
Business," by Mrs. Gore, authoress of " Mothers and
Daughters," 3 vols. 4. " Travels in Circassia, Krim Tar-
tary, &c., in 1836-7," including a Steam Voyage Down
the Danube, by Edmund Spencer, Esq., Author of " Ger-
many and the Germans," 2 vols., Bvo., with numerous
Illustrations. 5. " Memoirs of Colonel Charles Shaw,"
K.C.T.S., late Brigadier General Spanish Auxiliary Legion.
Written by Himself, 2 vols., Bvo., with Portraits. 6. " The
Hussar," by the author of " The Subaltern," &c., second
edition, 2 vols., post Bvo. 7. " Gentleman Jack," a Naval
Story, by the Author of " Cavendish," " Will "Watch," &c.
3 vols.,

SHADE OF THE DEPARTED.—One of the Ame-
rican papers gives an account of a lounger in his edito-
rial office who had been in the habit of sitting so long, that
when he died his shadow was found fixed upon the wall.
An elopement in respectable life is causing consi-
derable small talk just now in Lincoln. The fugitives
were stopped before they got married at Hull, with the
aid of the police. The gentleman (who is from Kyrne,
and has filled a situation at Lincoln) attempting a rescue
of the lady, has involved himself in some criminal pro-
ceedings.—Lincoln Mercury.
Marlborough House, intended for the town residence
of the Queen Dowager, is now ready for her Majesty's
reception. Last summer it was newly roofed in that part
next St. James's Park, and the chimneys above the roof
rebuilt. The sub-apartments have undergone a thorough
repair, which are remarkably spacious 'and commodious,
extending to the Park and Pall-mall. It is now furnished
throughout in the most splendid manner, and the furniture
is remarkable for its elegance and taste, together with
the decorations in the principal apartments, and it is alto-
gether worthy of being a Royal residence.
Upwards of fifteen persons in the neighbourhood of
Bristol have been bitten by mad dogs within these few
days, and one person has died in all the distressing symp-
toms of hydrophobia.—Sherborne Journal.
We saw the other day, in the garden of Mr. Wright,
at Dumbreck, a kind of wonder in its way. This was a
gooseberry bush producing berries, some of which were
white and some red. The white and the red were grow-
ing on different branches, but the quality was identically
the same in other respects. The bush had not been grafted,
but grew from a slip in the usual way.—Glargotu Courier.