The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-02 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE.
There was very little English Corn fresh up, but of Foreign
Wheat and Oats the quantities were good. The best parcels
of English Wheat obtained Monday's prices, but for tender
samples there was scarcely any sale. Other grain as previously
reported. The Flour trade has been very dull this week. The
duty on Foreign Wheat will be 10s. Sd. next week, and large
entries have therefore been made at the Custom-house.

Wheat.
English ..... :2,0 0 ors,
Irish
Foreign
______24B9

ARRIVALS.
Barley. 0
irs. I

Oita. Flour.
840 irs 1,150 acks
- brls.

.........
),320

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NENVGATE 'AND' LEADENHALL.
The supplies of killed Meat were very large-the demand
(lull, and prices rather lower. Beef 3s. to 3s. Gd. ; Mutton,
3s. Bd. to 4s. ; Lamb 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal 3s. Bd. to
4s. Bd. ; Pork 3s. 6d. to 4s. 8(1. Poultry and Game in large
supply, but trade dull, and prices unvaried. Leverets 2s. to
; Geese os. to Bs.; Chickens Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Fowls, 2s. 6d.
to 45.; Rabbits, 9d. to Is. Id.; Pigeons 3d. to 6d. ; Hares
3s. to 4s. ; Turkey Poults 4s. to 6s. 6d. ; Grouse 2s. 6d. to
4s. ; Eggs ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per 120.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
Good supplies of most kinds of Fish except Turbot. Trade
steady. Good Salmon, ls. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Soles, 9d. to
3s. Gd. per pair; Lobsters, 10(1. to 3s. Gd. ; Turbot very
scarce ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel ; Whitings, sd. to
10d. ; and Haddocks, Is. to 2s. Gd.

METAL MARKET.
Large supplies of East India Tin have caused prices to decline
2s. 6d. to 3s. per cwt., fine quality being sold at 70s. to 70s. 6d.,
and since then at 70s. Ronca, nominal, at 775. Spelter firm,
and sells well. Spanish Lead secured a business at from 171. ss.
to 171. 103. But little doing in Copper. Other descriptions of
Metals as formerly quoted, and languid rather than otherwise.
SILK MARKET.
There has been a good demand of late for Bengal and
Chinese descriptions, and rather advanced prices have been
paid for the finer kinds of Teatlec. Italian descriptions move
off steadily, and very firm prices have been obtained.

MR. ARNOTT'S LECTURE AT THE KING'S
Cow:Gr.—The Introductory Lecture to the Medical
Classes at the King's College was delivered yesterday
by Mr. Arnott, the Professor of Surgery. The such-
euce was numerous and attentive. The discourse was
worthy of them, and promises well for the instruction
the young men will receive and the success of the
teacher. It was rich in good advice and in sound views
of the duties of medical men. Than Mr. Arnott no
person is better calculated to impress such duties on
the minds of his pupils, for no surgeon performs them
better. It is the general remark of the profession, and
of those who have come into contact with him, that a more
careful, conscientious, as well as skilful practitioner does
not exist in the metropolis. He, therefore, could most
appropriately recommend duties he most carefully per-
forms. The discourse was rich, too, in scientific il-
lustrations, and in the history of the medical art. A
disquisition on the Origin and Dates of Hospitals,
enabled the Lecturer to contrast the want of humanity
amongst the nations of antiquity, particularly the
Romans, those much-vaunted military barbarians, with
the humane practices of the modern and the Christian
world. It will be as well to add, considering what
uncharitable opinions proceed from that religious party
amongst us with which King's College is more imme-
diately connected, that Mr. Arnott traced the establish-
ment of hospitals up to the charitable services of the
Catholic priesthood. St. Bartholomew's was originally
connected, he said, with a priory ; so, likewise, was St.
Thomas's, both hospitals having been in existence cen-
turies before the time of Henry the Eighth. In
an account of the studies which a medical pupil
should follow, was interwoven a description of what
the King's College does for medical instruction ; and
the addition of an hospital to the establishment enables
the professors now to give those practical lessons at
the bedside of the sick, which the Lecturer described
as giving life to instruction. If all the lectures at
King's College are like Mr. Arnott's opening lec-
ture, great utility will result from the institution, and
it will obtain a well-merited reputation.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, who
is Colonel of the North Hants Yeomanry ; Sir William
lleathcote, Bart., M.P., Major ; and the officers of the
corps, will give a grand ball and supper to the nobility
and gentry of the county on Monday next, at St. John's
House, Winchester.