The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-16 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

GENERA r. AVERAGE TRUCES OF BRITISH CORN,
for the Week endtkl Feb. 10, 18:17, in.ioe up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the tlifrerent Cities and Towns in Englan.l and Wales, per
Imperial thiarter.
Wheat ...... ... s's id. 1 Oats
Barley 34s 2d. 1 Rye
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TUE SIX WEEKS
PRECEDING.
Wheat 5411. 4d. 1 Oats
Barley :353. 6d 1 Rye
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat. 2Bs. &l. 1 Oats
Barley 9s. 40.1 Rye

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)
HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBEIiI AND.
coarse heavy Low Mod Meadow Hay..., ..£4 0 t,. .£4 5
New Meadow ........ ...................... 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 4 5 4 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay
Clever Hay
5 5 6 -0
Oat ..... ..X2 Bto £2 10 I Wheat Straw 2 10 2 12
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SMITHFIELD. enar,,e heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £8 15 to £E4 0
New Meadow Hay 0 0 - 0 0
Useft.l Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
llay extra -t•G 0. Generally ...... 5 5 5.15
Sat Straw .12 4ia .E 2 61 Wheat Straw 2 8 2 10
• WHITECHAPEI,

Coarse Meadow Hay
New Mei.low Hay ,
Usefol Old Ditto
Fine Upland Alowlow and Ity,
Clover Hay
Old Straw

-V 15 £4 0
60 0 0
4 0. 4 5
110 b
55 6 0
2 8 4 10

.grass Hay I lIIN.

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'2 Y j Wheat Straw

The Hon. and Very Rev. J. Bourke £4,200
The Very Rev. Lord E. Chichester
The Very Rev. T. Gough
3,400
The Venerable H. Stool',

otopford 2;400
The Hon. and Rev. C. Le Peer Trench....... 1,800 -Freeman.
THE PACKET FORGERY.--31F. Steele, in a letter to the
Pilot, writes, "I think it prudent to state publicly that I never
uttered a word or a syllable of what is ascribed to me in the
speech of the Packet. l• attended no public meeting of any
kind in which the conduct of the Member fur Limerick county
was the subject of discussion."
COUNTY WicKLOW--Anourtox OF TITHES.—Kildare has
bestirred iNelf. Iu two large and influential meetitiEls held on
consecutive Sundays, it has determinedly but respectfully an-
nounced to the Legislature its unalterable resolution to endure
every privation rather than submit 'to the degradation (1-this
blood-stained impost. The contagion has spread. Wicklow
has spoken out in the very camp of Orangeism—in the centre
of the banded and disciplined Tory Aristocracy—its resolu_
tion to combat this oppressive tax, and.to petition the House
of Commons for Corporate Reform and Vote by Ballot.=
Freeman.

• ORANGEISM RECOIIMENCED.-The great Orange meeting at
the Mansion-house still continues to bring forth its fruits.
On the 3d inst., a chapel in Louth was broken into by the mis-
creants—the altar torn down—the silver candlesticks stolen—
and the crucifix shivered to atoms in the body of the chapel.
On the day after, in the county of Cavan, the Orangemen
lay in wait for the poor people coming from the fair of Bally-
jamesduff ; they were assaulted by the armed fiction_fifty-
were wounded—one murdered—and three past all hopes of
recovery.—Freeman.
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PROTESTANT PETITIONS.-DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY.
-The Mail is employing all the Orange rhetoric and coaxing
Conservatism of the politiiml caste to which is belongs, in or-
der to persuade people to get up what its columns purport to
be Great Protestant Meeting Petitions. This abortive* at-
tempt illustrates the proverb that drowning men will catch at
straws. Ilow many simpletons will sign—how many flats will
our Contemporary catch ? Few, very few, we opine.
The same organ of the crest-fallen faction has grubbed up
—where or how we do not' stop to inquire —" a document,"
which it protests contains damning evidence of the existence
of a nefarious " conspiracy against the liberties of the people I"
The Mail feels it necessary first to make known to the people
of Ireland the unheard of criminality of O'Connell, who, so
avers the accuser, " has put in nomination for the borough' of
Athlone his son JOhn l" and published a placard to that effect.
That the placard has been put in circulation by some of the
Mail's own men we have but little doubt.
FRIGHTFUL Loss OF LIFE.-During the past week alone,
the city and county coroners have held no less than thirty-filar
inquests on the bodies of persons who came by their deaths
by drowning.—Freeman.

UNFOUNDED-RUMOURS.

(From the Manchester Guardian.)
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On Wednesday last we felt it right to. condemn the mis-
chievous practice of circulating rumours Affecting the credit
Of mercantile and trading establishments, which in times
like the present, is so common and so. extensively mis-
chievous. Since that time several circumstances have trans-
pire, tending to show the extreme folly and mischief of the
practice. The London Evening Papers of Saturday con-
tained rumours of the failure of two or three houses, one of
which was mentioned by name, on which rumours the fol-
lowing instructive commentaries appeared on Monday
" It turns out that there was no truth in the reports of se-
rious failures alluded to on Saturday ; such rumours should be
received with extreme caution."--Globe.
" We have to state that we committed an error on Saturday,
in saying that the. house of Messrs. Dennys and Co., of Savage
Gardens,.engagedin the wine trade, had stopped payment ;
and we hasten to offer all the reparation in our power, by giving
a positive contradiction to that statement. We are assured on
the best authority, that there is no truth in it, and no foundation
whatever for making it. Being quite aware of the importanoe
of mercantile credit, we hope that the present notice may pre-
vent our former statement from causing any injury to the house
in question ; and we reiterate the assertion that it was and is
wholly. unfounded. " Courier.
It is quite true, as the Globe observes, that " such 'ru-
mours should he received with great caution ;" and it is at
least equally true that they should be circulated with great
caution, a maxim the observance of which would have pre-
vented any necessity for the apologies and corrections which
the two papers above quoted have been compelled-to make.
In addition to the London rumours, we find, from the Li-
verpool Times of yesterday, that reports affecting a very
respectable Manchester house were prevalent in that town
last week—reports which were just as unfounded as those
of the metropolitan gosips. It is to be hoped that every
possible discouragement may be given to the promulgation
of such stories, which have great effect in preventing that
renewal of confidence, which is the only thing requisite for
a restoration of a sound and wholesome.state of prosperity.

The General Steam Navigation Company's new
steam-ship, Caledonia arrived at Blackwell yesterday
evening,
at half-past six o'clock, having made the passage from Edin-
burgh in 46 hours, against contrary winds which prevailed
during the greater part of the voyage.
Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square,
the long-expected nuptials of the Honourable Emily -Begot
and the Earl of Winchilsea took place at half-past one. The
Bishop of Oxford performed the ceremony. This young lady,
daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Bagot, has been for several
years the admiration of all who knew her; and her beauty is
only equalled by her acquirements and the sweetness 'of' her
disposition. Most of the relations of the two families were
present, including the Duke of Wellington, Lord and Lady
Robert Grosvenor, the venerable Mr. Hatton, &c. &c. Lady •
Mary Fox, with whom the young lady has for some months
been travelling, was also present. Her grandfather, Lord
Maryborough, by whom from early childhood she has been
brought up, gave her away. The happy couple left town im-
mediately for Lady Errol's villa, in Richmond-park, whence,
in a few days, they proceed to Lord Winchilsea's fine place at
Eastwell, in Kent.
•
I)EsTRuCTt VE FtnE..Shortly after one o'clock
(this morning) a most destructive fire broke out in the exten-
sive warehouses belonging to Mr. Maclennan, oil and colour
merchant, High-street, Whitechapel. The premises arc situ-
ate in the rear of High-street, and partially stand in the
Kentish Coach-office-yard, and are three stories high.
About the time above-mentioned flames were perceived to be
raging on the ground floor, and in a very short period extended,
to the upper stories with amazina'rapidity. The consternation
that prevailed at the moment baffles all description. Numbers .
of individuals.were seen running in various directions with only
their night-clothes on, and conveying their goods and furniture
to different houses. On the discovery 'of thelre, messengers
were sent to Watling-street engine Station,•and others for the
assistance of the engines.- About half-past one an engine ar-
rived, with a body of the brigade, under the personal direction
of
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powerful streams of water on the devouring element ; but.
from the combustible nature of the materials in the buil:t-
ing, filled on every floor 'with tallow, oil, turpentine,
tar, pitch, and varnish, the water increased the fury of the
flames, which spread on all sides with instantaneous rapidity,
and raged from the bottom to the top of the premises, showers
of light fat in a state of fusion descending to the ground, and
running down the gutters. At two o'clock the row of houses
at the back of the building in Castle street had ignited. The
branches of one or two of the engines were brought up, and
after some difficulty succeeded in saving them, but not before • several of them were greatly damaged. At last after twohours
laborious efforts the flames were entirely got under, but the
engines still continued to play on the burning ruins, which, at
intervals, burst into, a body of ilames.• `There were present du-
ring the raging of the fire, a force of the K and D divisions
of the 'police, under inspectors Morgan' and Pearce, and, from
their excellent arrangements, they not only prevented name.
mug robberies being committed in the contusion that prevailed,
but kept the great concourse of spectators from pushing among
the firemen, and thereby retarding their operations. The Ara
is supposed to have originated by the breaking .of a bottle.of
turpentine. It was said that some other buildings have beeB
destroyed, but from the lateness of the hour and the confusion
it was impossible to ascertain. Whether the parties are insured
or not we have not heard.

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COUNTY OF CAIILOW.—The battle has begunN
andEß. it isl 4. con-
fidently anticipated that Bruen- will be beaten. 'A clergyman
of the Establishment has addressed the electors, imploring
them to vote for Visors, of whose success there seems not the
slightest doutot. His majority, according to all calculation on
the point, will be from otl to 100. Messrs. Blat.kney, A.
nell, and French, have done their work well ; their addrcs.sel
to the people, particularly at the fair of Slygutf, on Monday,
where there mire more than b 000 persons present, [Java
roused the cleetors—Brucn calls them savages—to the user.
tion of -their electoral rights, and stimulated their determine.,
tion to vote for Vigors.
Troops have been stationed In the vicinity, to remain then;
during the election.
BOROUGH OF CARLOW.—Mr. G. Latouche is a candidate.
A truer Liberal or more genuine friend to the cause of Ire-
land could not be found. We cannot doubt his 'success. He
is just the man that Carlow wanted.—.Preeniutt.
DUNCARYAN.—TIIC election for the borough began 011
Monday. The step-son of Mr. Shell, young Power, is quita
safe: Mr. Galway, his opponent, has been a Repealer, a 14.
dical, and a trimmer.
REPRESENTATION OF DROGIIEDA.—A deputation has been
appointed by the Drogheda Registry Association Club to wait
on Sir W. M. Somerville, to learn his feelings as to the be-
ing put in nomination for Drogheda at the neat general
election.
Tug MtwoN' LOAN. —The day of retribution has come.—
a circular has issued from the Treasury, calling on those
• clergymen whose privations were relieved by loans from the
million fund to disburse, or to chew cause before the sth of
April why the prosecution of-proceedings to recover the same
should be suspended. Those parsons who drew most largely
from the starving fund, as it was called by Mr. Goulburn,
were, of all others, those who stood least in need of any relief
—were the most rigid in the enforcement of their dues; we
are at a loss therefore to learn what cause the following ho-
nourablc, venerable, very reverend, and reverend gentlemen
can show why they should not forthwith refund the sums at-
tached to their names, which they received from the starving
fund:—

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1837.

The House of Lords did not meet yesterday.
In the House of Commons, Lord LEVESON (a Reformer)
the new Member for Morpeth, took the oaths and his seat.
Several petitions were presented for the Abolition of Church
Rates, for the repeal of the Soap Duty ; and on other sub-
jects. The inaccuracy of the lists of the division on Sir
W. MOLESWORTH'S motion on Tuesday evening was ad-

vetted to.
Lord STANLEY stated that the Trustees of the British
Museum had endeavoured to carry out fully the recommen-
dations of the Commons' Committee, by opening the Na-
tional collection on holidays, extending the time for keeping
open the reading-rooms, &c. ; but that the Museum would
continue closed throughout the whole of every Sunday in
the year.

Sir E. KNATCHBULL, in presenting a petition from
certain burgesses of Hythe, who had bee❑ excluded from
the roll because they had neglected to pay the shilling re-
quired far registration, asked the ATTORNEY-GENERAL to
postpone his Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill,
in order to provide against the grievance in question.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the measure did
not admit of any postponement : and accordingly carried
the Bill into Committee, where it was considered at great
length. All the clauses were agreed to, and the Report
was ordered to be received on Tuesday.
Mr. BAINES obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend
the Municipal Corporations Act, so as to relieve those per-
sons who had conscientious scruples against making the de-
claration required by that Act.
Lord l'atmEasToN, in answer to a question regarding
the seizure of the Vixen, said that he could not produce
papers, or furnish any information on the subject, while the
c,uestion was yet under negotiation.
The Vagrants' (Scotland and Ireland) Bill was read a
second time. Leave was given to Mr. ROBINSON to bring
in a Bill to amend the Act of 3 and 4 William IV. c. 85,
so far as related to the compensation provided for the Ma-
ritime Officers of the East India Company.
The House adjourned shortly after nine o'clock, in con-
sequence of the slight indisposition of the SPEAKER.

At the Finsbury Reform Dinner which took place yes-
terday in celebration of' Mr. WAKLEY'S return for that
borough, but from which the lion. Gentler:: in was unfor-
tunately absent, owing to sudden and severe indisposition,
much occurred that is calculated to cheer the Reformers,
and much also to occasion them deep regret. They can-
not but be pleased to find that the friends of the good
cause are determined that it shall not retrograde through
any lukcwarmness of their own ; neither can they fail to
lament-the dissensions which such unflinching zeal is giving
birth to. Messrs. O'CoNsELL, HARVEY, and ROEBUCK
are all of them Reformers whose sincerity cannot be
doubted ; why, then, do they persist in putting arms into
the hands of their opponents by quarrelling with each
other ? We address ourselves more particularly to
the Honourable Member for Southwark, because, though
his last night's speech contained many sentiments of
which we cordially approve, yet there was occa-
sionally a something in its tone calculated to call
forth feelings of no very conciliatory nature. It was manly,
but dogmatical. For instance, Mr. HARVEY observed,
" The Radicals ought to make a firm stand at once ; for
the fact was, that the power of the Government lay in
their hands. But there was a certain timid class, who
were growing much more so as they grew older. What
ought to be done by the Radical Members was this—not
to be going forward with isolated measures, but at once to
embody in a Bill the three great measures for which the
people were anxious, namely, the shortening of the dura-
tion of Parliament, the Vote by Ballot, and an extension
of the Suffrage. Let this Bill be taken to the Govern-
ment by the one hundred and fifty Radicals, and let
their support of the Government depend upon its
assenting to the Bill." This proposition would
be all very well, were it practicable ; but unluckily it is not, •
and what is more, never can be made so. It is a mere
crotchet, to the full as visionary as any of those propounded
by the fantastic professors of Laputa, and as such was sum-
marily disposed of by Mr. O'Covlsrt.t. "It had been
said by .Esor," remarked the Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man, " that there was once a grave consultation how to
subdue the feline tribe, vulgarly called cats. These ani-
mals kept such a racketting about son ie rats, that they held
a convention, when there rose up amc ngst them an ancient
s taid rat, grave and grey, and partly b ald by age, who with
very distinct enunciation said, I will .tell you what to do
w ith these cats, we will bell the follows, ~111:1 whenever they

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