The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-14 00:00:00

CORN A VEIIAGES.

GENERAL AVERAGF, PRICES OF BRITISH C 01114,4 n'
i?or the Week ended March 8, 1.839 made up fr.:in/1,03e Ret4l:o?-04
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englari
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
c"
Wheat 73s. -ii. 1 Oats ... ...... 245. 3d. Beans .ils. I 0
Barley 3la. I Pd. 1 Rye .... ..... 41s. 2d. Pease ...... ...;i9s.
.., .
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES or THE fIX WrX.-5
PRECEDING.
111
Wheat M. fid. I Oats
Id. Beans ...... ...381'..
1
Barley 39s. Id 1 Rye

DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat......... ls. Cd. I
Oats
4
Barley 3s. 4ct. Rye

MARKETS -(T HIS DAY.

).

HAY MARKETS.
Supplies fair, demand moderate, and prices unaltered.
HUNGERFORD MARKET.
• fe
The market well atte7Aled and supplied, and a good busl°
done ; prices varied, very little from our last quotatim
u.
i;OLONIAL MARKETS.
British Plr.ntatien Sugar sold slowly, but prices • contiou
firm ; 2,600 bags Manilla sold steadily at 20s. 6d. to 235. ; ~,
bags Bengal at els. to 63. ; 200 bags of Bengal Rice, OId! is
about 14s. ; 70 casks British Plantation Coffee ;sold at preo°
rates ; 600 bags of Saltpetre at 235.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—Ort the forenoo'
of Wednesday last, the following rare, if not unpreci
dented circumstance occurred in the town of Newtor
Stewart, to the terror and danger of every beholder. i
spirited and stately mare ran away, having tecen fribt
from the removal of the blinkers. After proceeding
fearful rate for a considerable distance, she plunged
chop window cart and all.__Dumfries Courier.

THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATCH.t't
The price in gold cases, with vert;.eal movement £7 ,
Ditto, with well-finished hor',zontal movement, in
double-bottomed engine-t,urned cases, jewelled in I
four holes, with silver tial
T. COX SAVOP.Y, Working Silversmith and J 411:::fr'
47, Cornhill, London (Seven doors from Gracechurch--49trec'
N. B. the Hor;.zontal Construction is particularly re.p.
mended for is superior accuracy.

BIRTHS. tk
On the 11th inst., at the Lodge, in the coin% oy &dor'
lady of Edward Salway, Esq., of a daughter.
the
'new Excellen a nil!
At Malta, on the 28th of January last,
Duchess Sforza Cesarini, Princess of Sa'„iii, &c. was
delivered of a daughter, which, on 4th of Februal Iced
baptized by his Grace the Archbisk,op of Malta by the n 01°„- of
Bianca Maria Father Pietro Par' -`op
Principal of the 0 ~r0e:01
Capuchins at 'Malta, acting as 'proxy for his Eminence C AP;ts'
Micaro, dr:, godfather of th.e infant. There were pr, tie iet,
the ceremony his Excellency the Governor, Admiral SS! o'
bert Stopford, Lady ar.',l Misses Stopford, arl and Cony zn„„
Sheffield, Earl and countess of Southampton, Earl Ho eteaary
Lady Georgian? Curzon, Earl of Denbigh and Lad I Zits,
Fielding, the, -Bishop of Larada, the Vicar-General of I,:ibes-
Mrs. and 'Miss Duckworth, Lord and Lady Hamiltos Ch,:ce
ter, the Hon. Miss Hudson anal the Hon. Miss I,,l'Acheil, sod I
neral Sir Andrew Barnard, Rear-Admiral Lulu s, Ladf ept, Miss Louis, Mr. Greig, principal Secretary of :dr,: Goverlyis,
and Captain Louis, Captain Fisher, commanding the ship
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the Rev. T. R. Wood, Sir David Davies. Captain 414.1.- • Commander Best, A.C., Captain Lockhr.i and others. j,, of
On the 10th inst., at Tubursye-hous,:,Conwa
C 11 the la"' Francis Hodd, Esq., of a son.
Al Oarston, n the 12th inst., in Torrington-"square, the lady of Th°114.4
Esq., a a daughter.

MiIRRIED.
Mr. On the, hth inst., at St. John's Church, Manchester,stig
r-
. •!.. Crake, to Miss Jackson, eldest daughter of IVlrs.
faker, of Oxford-road, Manchester.
ga. of
On the 6th inst., at Kensington Church, John Gee, '4140r 1
Friday-street, to Mary Ann, second daughter of 111 r. 0
of the above place.
On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras, Joseph Nichols, Esi:ll.' off
i
Glouce,ter, to Mary, widow of Smithson Waller, Esq., 11' "
the Grove, Kentish-town.

Mr. SALomarts, senior, did not think that the Prot:-',r_
tars ought to be called upon to reduce the dividr:,,, with-
out some reason for doing so being laid bet,te them.
Mr. LLOYD was certainly one of f
to reduce the dividends, withq;;;;; good reason. The eyes
',.:sse who did not like
of the whole trading community of the country was upon
them. He trrated, therefore, that the Proprietors would
on, that occasion act with du, caution and deliberation, At the Barony Glebe, Glasgow, on DIED.
26th WoruarY, 11°
not only with regard to their own interests, but also Rev. John Burns, D.D ,in thes
0w46t7 theear of hi. age it nd 7 gtill
with regard to the interests of the public. It of his ministry. This venerable and y excell.„t man vras -- e
was a matter of surprise to him, that during the Father of the Church of Scotland.
surviving child of M. C. Seton, Esq,P . Melt
whole of the discussion the real and most important ques- On the 24 inst., at Park-place,
tion had not even been alluded to. He apprehended that
JoloWu
the object of the rest was to enable them as a Company to On the 6th inst., at Taghmon, 'county of Wexford,
have something like steadiness in their proceedings, and to Petrie Esq., aged 52.,
Francis
give something On the 10th
like an assurance to the public. It would w • inst.,- c,.,
' t B - - - -mont-street, Marylsbone, Fr
therefore be sAtiscaotory if the Governor would state whe- right, Esq., 3.7.:,ci 76,
fain .l'
On the IP'' • rof Cap
was tLe reduction recommended by the court of Directors P. paso ~n inst., Oetavia, youngest daughte
was founded upon a conviction that the diminished profits 0 „ey, of Teignmouth, Devon.
• relict of the
of the Company arose from circumstances which it might , ..i the llth inst., at Tonbridge Wells, Marja,College, 01-
ads'lington, Miles's, e•
be fairly and reasonably hoped were only temporary.
..kiend of four Asev. Robert Finch, M.A., formerly of Balliol ,
....o,
ale Direotors bad acted upon such a sursonsit:
ce:ti.t. ' ford.
thought it would be only fair and reas^ .Ijr''. -4", yciUNG, !''
so much as would make the div;" lO take out London : Printed and Published by MURDO _
and, is
of the funds of the Com, ny but per
ea ,ti the circumstances the county of hliddlesex.—Thursday, March ,
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