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

BO W.ST REET.

A gmom, named Smith, was charged on suspicior,
with being concerned in stealing a quantity of plate,
value 1001. and upwards, the property of Mr. William
Spence, a solicitor, residing in Alfred-place, New. road
but, as sufficitu.t evidence was not adduced to warraut
the Magistrate in detaining him, he was ordered to be
discharged.

Sir P. ROB received an annonymmas communication,
enclosing the sum of 451., with a request from the donor
timt an equal portion of 't should he sent to each of the
Metropolitan Police-offices, for the purpose of having it
applied to the relief of the poor by the Magistrates in their
several districts.

THE MARKETS

COAL MAR
s. d a. d
Adairs 2O 6 Walls End Stewart's ..... .... 23 9
Holy well Main l3 0 Walls end Whnwell .... .... 21 3
Origir al Wholsor's Ponta!, 21 0 Walls End 11art1ep001........ .23 9
Pontop Windsor
.21 3 Dixon's Butterknowl .. Li 0
:south Hartley 2l o Walls End Adelaide
Wylam 24 0 Walls End Barrett
Walls End Bell aid Brown 2; 0 WAN Eml Cragweod 2l 0
Walls End Hilda 9l 0: Walls End Gordon ............ 2!
Walls End Killingworth lO 01 Walls End South Durham.. '-'l 9
Walls End Newmarch .... 20 ti; End Tees ................ "2 ti
Walls EndßraddylPslletton `.23 3;W:113 End Victoria Tees.— 2.1 0
Walls En I liaswell 23 al Walls End We,t Tees
Walls Fnd lieton
Walls End Lambton `:a th
Ships tirtived since last IDTATIct-day, 12.

.ET.—March 13

COUNTRY CORN MARY TS DURING THE WEE

VS' twat.

131 l ey

fiat s.

I'S (::iUY;.

l'eae.

Per Quarter. B. tb IL s. to s. ,s. to s. !T.,. to s. B. Be. -S.
Ablngdon.... c. SO i3O 34 ,22 30 30
Andover 74 52 99 31 i 25 43
dirmingham 1:3 80 30 40 i Iti 22 :ti
Bridport.....— 73 60 3'2 36 , 3.1 39
Cirencester ni RI 57 32 20 05 3.2 40 -
Faringdon; 05 SO 26 30 26 30 46 —. _
Guildford., 08 14•1 251 35 04) 30 49 ..._
Hen1ey,,,.,,,, 72 79 33 32 23 26 43 --
'1; : i2()(16 a". - ---3
—444
Hereford-- 03 88 i.SI 32 22 29 46 e
flighwerth ... 04 70 32 42 28 34 56 _
Maisionhead.. (M) 75 24 36 20 20 34 44 34 33
Monmouth 64 '74 32 34 22 29 34 40 u_
Readlng—.--. 64 75 25 35 ~ 20 27 33 42 34
Salisbury ...... 64 74 30 34 120 28 41 46
Southampton 6i 75 33 40 128 32 49
Stroud --- 63 74 28 36 iOO 24 —„, .
Tewkesbury.. 81 35 - Z.l 32
Uxbridge-- 70 71 20 32 17
Wantage ....... 63 72 24 34 20, 25 33
Warminster.. 67 70 9'.7 3a 2,2 26 26
Windsor ..... 79 --•— 21 _ 24 g
Worcester.... 65 70 nt; 36 30 22 46 46
CHP'...fENIiAM MARKETS. 48
Per Bushel. I. 3. to s. d, Pet lb. 6. tc d.
Wheat
darlay .. ....
Oats
Beans .
.. 4 6 6 0 Pork
Niue 5 0 5 6 Lamb 0 0
Hay 31.155. to 4!. 10s. Od. per ton.

One of the most intrepid instances of smuggling
on record occurred in the vicinity of Hastings, Sussex, a
few days since. It appears that a party had for some,
months determined on an endeavour to run tubs at the
most inaccessible part of the cliffs to the eastward of the
town, near Ecelesbourn, and directly under the nose of
the Coast Guard men on duty. The cliffs at this spot aro
appalling to look up at, being Tull of projections, and over-
hanging to a fearful ext,:;nt. Still that was the spot se-
lected for the enterprise. The boat contained about 70
tubs, Information had been given to the officer on duty,
but the apparent impossibility of the daring attempt
caused it to be treated rather as a feint to dirert atten-
tion from some more accessible spot. Still the
officer visited the place about the time, when, from what
has since transpired, the liquor was all but held to his
nose, without his being able to smell it out. A
dog that was with the man on duty on the cliff, was
far more sagacious in detecting the presence of the plum..
derers of the revenue, for he kept baying at something
under the cliff, which excited the attention of his mast -,r,
who approached, the edge to ascertain what it was, i:ut was
desired by his officer to retire, lest he should fa' over. At
length the tubs were all run, without the knowledge of the
look-out. When morning dawned, the fact wasitliscovered,
but scarcely believed. it appeared that the bold smug-
glers had contrived, to bang tli) a, ladder of rope, with
wooden rounds, From several projections on the cliff, which
they climbed with the tubs, thereby avoiding the immense
diffieulty of ascending an overhanging precipice, of, at least,
250 feet in height. The slightest fault, in any form, must
have been instant death to the adventurers, who would in-
evitably have been dashed to atoms on the pointed rocks
beneath. A bolder attempt, it is everywhere admitted.
s not recorded in the annals of heroism. —l-lants Advertis'er.
RAILWAY AND STAGE COACH TII.&vEL.,
Ltmo.—Considerable interest has been excited 1-, the a
pearance of a document just published by order of the
House of Commons, being a return of the mileage and
composition duties on railway and
ge carriages respec-
tively, in the years ended the of January,
1837, 1838,
and 1839. It appears frOr:, this Parliamentary Paper that
4,800,000 less person' travelled by stage coaches in Is3B
than in 1836: 14,400,000 more persons by railway in
the same pCliOdS,

PLUI`...DERING GRAVES.--A dealer in metals,
nar:,ed Barnett Josephs, residing in Middlesex-street,
Whitechapel, was on Tuesday examined at Guildhall in re-
ference to some portions of leaden coffins alleged to have
been recently in his possession. The prisoner, it appeared,
had sold two tons of old lead to Messrs. Pontifex, of Shoe-
lane, and, in the course of an examination of the metal, it
was found to consist in part of portions of leaden coffins.
Coffin-plates were picked out with the following names :
Sarah Hickley, died 1831 ; Susan De Mattes, died 1794 ;
Sarah Graves, died 1834; John Oldham, died 15117; and
Anthony Chuptnan, died 1767. Josephs said be was not
aware that the lead had ever been in his possession, but if
it had, he could not tell of whom he had purchased it.
He was held to bail for his future appearance.
THE COAL TRADE WITH FRANCE.--Ac-
cording to a convention entered into in 1826 between the
French and English Governments, all captains of French
ships taking in coals in English ports, were bound to en-
ter into an engagement, in which some responsible mer-
chants had to join them as security under a penalty of
301. to produce, within six months, a certificate from
an English Consul in France, that the cargo had been
landed in that country. The captain had to pay five
shillings for a stamp on the bond, a commission to the
merchant who became his security, and 11f. 40c. for the '
Consul's certificate. These regulations having been coin_
plained of as oppressive, the Minister of Commerce has ad-
dressed a letter to the Chamber of Commerce at Havre, as
stated by the Journal du Havre, announcing that, in pur-
suance of a new arrangement with the British Government,
the penalty of 50/, will co lcnger be exacted, the obliga_'
tion of the captain and mate of the ship, without any other
security, for the payment of the export duties, will b e alono
required, the five shillings for the stamp arc to be rein_
ittoh giveout
maki
of bursed,thel
aanndditalgiatoftltich.eEcnogallisshinCoFnrsaunl
France
ea r
certificatese
ncham_
barber, at Ghent, has had the droll "d
_eg any
charge.
of
,rAge a
. distributing cards, announcing that if the Belgian
heC'iliviiteonr military, at two
bers accept the 24 Articles,
every man's moustachios, whether • gage to shave off
centimes (or a farthing) a-piece !