The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-26 00:00:00

DEVONPO RT.

DEVONPORT INDEPENDENT OFFICE,
Thursday night, Half-past Eleven.
Mr, Tuffnell, Private Secretary to Lord Minto, ar-
ti'ed at Elliott's Royal Hotel this evening.
13 At
nine o'clock many of the electors assembled in the
all-Pto. where the Honourable Gentleman was pre-
:7'l' to them by Capt. Foote, R.N.. of Stonehouse,
"5 cordially received. At the commencement of
I<lr, Tuffnell's speech he stated that he had been ap-
pointed a Lord of the Treasury. He declared himself in
favour of the Ballot and an alteration in the Corn-laws.

A public meeting is called for to-morrow, Friday,
the 25th, at which Mr. Tuffnell will attend, and reso-
lutions will be passed as to his being accepted or not
It; a Representative, in the place of Sir E. Codrington.
Tuffnell was accompanied by Captain Dundas,
Clerk of the Ordnance. The Gallant Captain was
loudly cheered.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.
Pair supplies of all kinds, and Fruits very plentiful ; Pine
Apples, 10s. 6d. to 21s. each; New Potatoes, Id. per lb.;
French Beans, 4s. per 100 ; Peas, 4s, 6d. per sieve ; Spinach,
13. per sieve; Cucumbers, 2s. 6d. per brace ; Apples, 4s. 6d.
Per bushel ; Lemons, Bs. to 10s. per 100 ; Oranges, Bs. per
WO; Turnips, 3d. per bunch; Brocoli, 4d. to Is, per bundle ;
Carrots, 4d. per bunch ; Onions, Is. 6d. per sieve; Celery, 9d.
t° Is* per bundle ; and Plauts, 9d. per dozen.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
Supplies good, demand dull, and prices the same as last
Poted• Beef 2s Bd. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton 3s. 9d. to 3s. 10d. ;
°
Lamb Bd. to 4s. Bd.; Veal 3s. 6d, to 4s. ; Pork 3s. Bd.
tp 4s• &l. ; Geese 4s. 6d. to 6. 6d. ; Pigeons 4d. to 7d. each ;
to 2s. 6d. to as. 6d ; Leverets Is. to 2s. ; Ducks Is. 6s.
us. ; Pheasants 3s. to 4s. ; Partridges Is. 6d. to 3s. ;
:-"uickens Is. 6d. to 25.;; Turkey poults 4s. to 7s. ; Rabbits 9d.
to Is. 9d. ; Eggs 50. 6d. to 7s, 3d. per 120.
HUNGERFORD MARKET.
Supplies good, and so was the eand. Prices stead.
Turbot, 6s. to 20s. ; Cod, Is. 6d. d
tom 13s. ; Good Salmony,
Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s 6d. per pair ; Lob-
sters, 10d. to 3s. -Beef, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Mutton, 70. to
Bid. per lb. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; and Pork, 7d. to 80.
Vegetables as last quoted.
WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET.
Country meat in small supply, but town killed abundant.
Beef, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton. 3s. 4d to 3s. 10d. ; Lamb, 4s.
to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 3d. ; Pork. 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d.
CITY FISH MARKET.
CFish cheaper, the supplies being good. Turbot. Eb. to 20s. ;
od, 2s. to Bs. ; Salmon, Is. (id. to 2s. per lb. ; Oyster,, 12s.
0 40s. per bushel; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair; Whitings, 6d.
to Is. , and Haddocks, ls. to 2s. 6d

HAY MARKETS.
good supply, and moderate demand; prices lower. Hay,
aoadrus to 9,55. ; Clover, bOs. to 115 s. ; Straw, 325. to 425. per

IILOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

tb nEAL. OCT. 25.—Wind N. E., strong breezes.—Sailed
P. arland, Tait, for Bombay ; ScourE4d, Frazer, As-
-3 LtvraPoot., 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Frances,
°,,l'st.on, from Calcutta; Dumfriesshire, Gowar, Quebec.
s
saiifrd the Argyra, Reed, for the Cape of Good Hope ;
Ridley, Santa Martha ; • Grace Darling,
~ockat, St. Vincent • Wo;Astock, Austin, St. Thomas ;
yorlt., Wilson, Mobile; Olderondack, Huckstaff, New
Balsrot- OCT.2S•—• The John, Curling, bound to
1
York, which sailed hence on the 4th instant, put
Pl,s_le_k to Kingroad yesterday, from lon. 20, leaky, and with
s" of main topmast and mainmast bead, &c. She will
rrie up to discharge. The Hamby, Allen, bound to
bbadoes, which sailed hence on the 22d instant, has put
it, With loss of anchor and cable.
n
h"htt OCT. 25.—The Orixa, Agar, arrived at this
t, from Canton, encountered a typhoon in the China
14712, on the 30th of May—lost topmasts, sails, jibboom,
,
cloarterboat, &c.

_...„
tw .sTaucTivE FIRE. Last night, about
• %-11'e o'clock, the greater portion of Messrs. Low
gad Pewtress's paper manufactory in Bermondsey
Southwark, were consumed. The brigade tn-
Ricca, as well as that of the West of England engines,
44d firemen, were soon in attendance, but, in conse-
'Pence of the want of water, only the latter was for a
!Mein use and thus the destruction of property occa-
"fled. The firm are insured in the Licensed Victuallers'
and Pbcenix Fire Offices.
h, METHODISM AND CHARTISW—Amongst the argu-
ments which the Methodists, we see, use to prove that
they aro the favoured and chosen people of God, is the
Increase of their 'numbers, now said to be 1,115,932.
abut such arguments from prosperity will be found to tell
MUCh against as for the Methodists. What, by the
se'lle rule, can they say for the Catholics of Ireland ?
fWhat, for the idolators of Hindostan and China ? What
or Mohammedanism, which at one time prevailed
°:eir nearly all Asia and a large part of Europe
'Meth
Africa ? What, by the same rule, will the
waleethodists say of the Chartists who, springing up as it
_ re last year, in less than a twelvemonth numbered
"lore than a million members and frightened the rest
toll the
community. The Methodists have been exposed
chino particular persecution. Ridicule has been the
fotef weapon directed against them, but the whole
ree of the law has been turned against the Chartists.
lleY have not stood the test of time like the Wes-
' eja_ea, 13 theit success, and the success of a hundred
polit;cal and religious sects, makes the inference
Methodists from their present success, that they
I: .God's chosen and peculiar people, one of extreme

COURT CIRCULAR.


WINDSOR, FRIDAY.— Her Majesty, accompanied
by Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, rode out in th.!
at halt past three o'clock this afterno.n.tn .at'tended by
Baroness Lebzen, Miss Quentin, Vis'zoilut Melbourne,
Viscount Finkland, Count I.,,olitn,tatli, Hon. C. A.
Murray, Sir F. Stovin, and Mr. George Anson.
Lady Cateline 13arrington and the Hon. Mrs: Grey
follows 4 the equestrian patty in a pony WiYaeton ; and
Olt Dowager Lady Lyttleteis, lion. Miss Lyttleton,
Hon. Miss,Lavinia L.yttletrm, and the Hun. Miss Paget,
drove out in a carriage and four at the same time.
The Onthess of Kent walked for some time to-day
in tlik Slopes.
The Hon. Miss Pitt, left the Castle yesterday ; Miss
Paget remains. Lord Hill took his departure this
morning. The Hon. Mrs. Grey has arrived at the Castle
on a visit to the Queen. The lion. Spencer Co, per
.irs,l the Hon. Charles Gore are expected to-day at the
Castle.

The Roya ,Unner Party this evening is expected to
consist of Kerr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
their Serene Highne,ses the Princes Ernest and Albert
of Saxe Coburg, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmer-
ston, Lady Lvttletou, the Hon. Miss Lyttleton, Hon.
Miss Lavinia Lyttleton, Hon. Spencer Cowper, Hon.
Charles Gore, Mr. G. E. Anson, Lady Charlotte Dun-
das, Hon. Miscs Cocks and Paget, Lady C. Barrington,
Baroness Lehzen, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, Vis-
count Falkland, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben,
Lord A. Paget, Hon. C. ,A. Murray, and Sir F. Stovin.

The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Princess
Augusta yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's, and
the Duchess of Gloucester.. Her Royal Highness re-
turned in the evening to her residence on Blackheath.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with the Prin-
cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, are c xpected
to leave the residence of the Duke of Devonshire,
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, this morning, on a visit to
Earl Howe, at his seat, Gopsall, Leicestershire, where
her Majesty the Queen Dowager is at present staying.
The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday to
Hampstead in a carriage and four.
Lord Hill returned to town yesterday, from a visit
to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.

- -
The Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council on Education, had a meeting
at one o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Council-
office.

The Commander of the Forces and Mr. Powell had
interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at
:he Home-office.

Colonel Moberly, Secretary to the Post-office, and
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday in Downing-stre:t.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Sir Henry and Lady A; kwrigiit and family, at the
London Hotel, Albemarie-street, from the Duke of De-
vonshire's seat, Chatsworth ; the Right lion. Sir Charles
Grey, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Tynemouth ; Sir
Rufane and Lady Anne Maria Donkin, from Killarney ;
Major-General and Mrs. Hull ; Lord Caledon ; Sir John
and Lady Williams; the Hon. Mr. Wellesley ; Lady
Lucy Lowther ; Prince Esterhazv ; Lady Adelaide Web-
ber; the Solicitor-General, in Spring Gardens; Sir W.
and Lady Follett, in Duke-street ; Lieut.-Col. Burdett,
in the Albany ; Mr. and Lady Caroline Pechell; the
Dowager Lady Clarendon.
DEPARTURES.

Lord Blayney, for Castle Blayney; the Dowager Lady
Ellenborough and Hon. Miss Law, for Weymouth ; Ad-
miral Sir Edward and Lady Hamilton, for Leamington
Spa ; Lord Saye and Sele, for ditto ; the Hon. Mr. and
Mrs. Lindsay Burrell, from Craw'ey's Hotel, Albemarle.
street, for War ickshire ; Henry Tuffuell, Esq., for De-
vonport ; Mr. and Mri. Wise, from their residence,
Highfield House, Devonshire, for York House, Bath.