The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-01 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

if GENERAL AVERAt4E PRICES OF BRITISH fief
t,
For the Week ended Oct. 'l6, iS3S, made:up from the Iteturties,r-
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and '
Imperial Quarter. 10i'
Wheat Rs. 4d. I Oats
Barley 3ls. Id. Aye
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE FIX W. -
PRECEDING.
Beans. ......• .09'' O.
bd.
Wheat r4s. 7d. Oats
Barley... 3ls. 6d, I Rye
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Oil
Wheat......... 225. Sd. Oats 1 l
Barley 153. 4d. 1 Rye
Ils 9
lis..
3d. lean
rßoases . .......+.
.........1,1: 611

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LOAN FUND.--A meeting will be held -..blisb:
o'clock to-day at the Town Hall, for the purpose of ekt,:relioe
ing a Loan Fund Society for this city and neigh°"" tlnit
pursuant to the Act of Parliament. All accounts eon, the
these Societies have conferred incalculable blessings ? rcs•
localities in thich they have been formed—and for ibis opt
son we look forward with much anxiety to the eatabliso
of one of them in Waterford,—Waterford Chronicle.
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THE QUEEN.--BIUGHToN.—We are still vir-tMu
will
information as to the precise day on which the Queen ga-
arrive at Brighton. It is believed that the time of Fiera cleft'
jesty's departure from Windsor will not be fixed till son:1" On
cite arrangement has been made with regard to Canada'
o,oold
Palace carpets are put down ; and three days' notice . 0....,
be sufficient to prepare for her Majesty's recepti°
Brighton Gazette.
PRECURSOR SOCIETY.-The national confeaera;
tion which gives promise of lasting benefits to hello:1cl% rtb of
been remodelled on such a basis as to ensure it the AIN"-
the Irish people.—Waterford Chronicle. Af
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT DnourslNG.--
one o'clock this day an old gentleman, very
dressed, threw himself off Waterloo Bridge. A lighter
sal;
who was mar the spot went immediately to hi; assistance,ai:,
succeeded in rescuing him. He was conveyed to thek
respeorotabli-
Palace public•house, where every assistance was render.,e„,i
On beinc, examined by a medical man, it was discovered_sitp
he was dreadful) bruised. We understand that be is ! !lace
of Germany. No reason for the rash attempt at self-ner..oe
tion has been ascertained : it is thought that the unfortaP
man is labouring under insanity. nociiet.
The General Steam Navigation Compaq s tritwerP'
Rainbow arrived at half-past five this morning from
A loot
after a passage of seventeen hours and a half, having exPer
strong gales and very rough weather.
rn st es,
THE LATE HURRICANE.—One of the ---° r sot
traordinary and miraculous escapes which bas conic unaef 30,
noticf, during the late ;term, occurred in the house nitboet
Rattenbury, 21, South Molton- street, Bond street' b th°
half-past three o'clock, a stack of chimneys fell throng 000
attio, second floor, and first floor, and the escape of the° Die
A in these rooms was most miraculous and providential.
seat
,
who slept in the attic was carried with the ruins to the tot of
floor, her bed with the broken timbers, &c., falling 00 floor"
a gentleman, and thence both descended to the firs`sa 07
where they were upheld by a wrong four post bed-stede,ptie
whieh their lives, as well as that of the gentleman wb°,be tbre:
the first floor were probably saved. The furniture in '0.0,0"
rooms was completely destroyed, but no personal daraae
ii
a few slight bruises has been sustained. Georgth
An inquest was held yesterday at St. 0 °
Hospital on the body of James Griffiths, who died le re
effects of the late scaffold accident at BarVrater• t ,„°
ticulars of which have already appeared in The Sus' of IS
of the witnesses, who was on the scaffold at the titn,eboar.;,.
accident, deposed that deceased and his fellow-1s 0
ta
were hammering some bricks which projected ft le,
front of the building te make a straight surface., bell
formation of moulding, then the cornice above thes"crofr
gave way, falling upon them, and carrying away thetestioll
ing. The foreman of the works corroborated the - clii Ale
el
of this witness, and added that the men ought to baver,,rd, 0
the bricks instead of hammering them. Mr. Pouts'' 010
was on the spot, desired witness to tell the men Teo et
but they continued in their work, centending that Qty
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no danger. Immediately afterwards the cornice fell' IP
witnesses gave similar evidence. Verdict—Accidents
to
Deodand Is.
"Please, Sir," says an Irish reaper on Satull:3oif ti
_.,„.a
Mr. Ross, the superintendent of the vagrant deP'"Zrelreland{„oo,
police establishment, "will you give me a Pass Teeth'', ot
as I have not a cross to pay my passage." " flavilC;eei°b;itli
fellow," interrogated Mr. Ross, " let me feel the , ; iel
the rags which are about you." A slight interferneocoes
Paddy's garments brought out 245., which Wag
iio.
amongst them.—Glasgow Chronicle. this t,' ha
BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The works on
.„Lige hibe
undertaking are progressing with great rapidity DI; forl4
whole extent of the line. At Clayton Hill, the she, forw;pt
tnnnel are nearly completed, and the drift way is i„,"batks° if
state; while the great work of the railroad,—the e-ne, v-
at Keymer,—has been commenced by Mr. Thoo,t'',. brs:oo
employing a host of labourers. On the Shore"6l-00 I,,eee
the work is in a still more forward state. Near
has 'O.
of the driftway of the tunnel, under Lashmar's mill' and e e 5
accomplished, and men are engaged on the cuttineu'r bri4of
bankments along the line for nearly four miles. Fo
c0ur,94°,0,
have been completed, and three others are, e,eat 13`; the
construction, Rails are temporarily laid in due' art of
for a distance of nearly two miles, and everYja'otte. ~.....
work is going on most satisfactorily.—Brighton (-7 00'4 he
IRISH MISCHIEF AND LORD JOHN Ile! rt .°E,toti
The howl set up by the Times, on getting the r-reess`. ft'
Meath meeting, was echoed by Edinburgh know 11° at
the
‘,yece
Tuesday, in the following words :—" We the the to
says the liberal and sympathetic Scot, if whether.ts Objectel
visit of Lord John Russell to Ireland, had for luickellitill.
rekindle the lanotid embers of agitation, and goof ie're
demands of the disaffected Roman Catholics for aititoeSoo
merit of ' justice.' Yet,.if effects afford any If Lorcl;eocs
sumption to infer causes, the journey of the Noble
oh?°'-tee
have been undertaken for other ends than inculcating
1 to the laws, or teaching the people of I
Crown, and respect for the Protestant religion.
_d johnl, aro
symptoms that lead us to the conclusion that Loirnischie , of
sion has had some occult connection with Irisb.he CO
the proceedings that have just taken place
_I 24th ,11, of
Meath, where a great meeting was held 011 tir
0,6,00 0,0
relandlliogi°n_no.ther
(last Wednesday), ' to petition for the total e nieetinfPaoil
tithes, in substance as well as in name.' 17_e witbio,....sio
are told, was numerously attended ; the audience
the
the crowds on the street, ' demonstrating tne
of the poop
)°
which were entertained by all classes
a fool
the subject under discussion.' " we maintain:psi, at:
TR& IRISH RAILWAYS.--
local, P!rsh rOs°
the first that the opposition was factious,
that it ivtiewteoruyldhcaesrhetaienill
of misc..- Dow'
y already yield
me.nt, They did their best in theway
to the influenceachieved.
B t, onf:el.
etriit-ehtieri ear
esti
tr:e.:
according Y'
must not :allow the malcontents to rest quietly ', t,:ef to .e..
public, and they must be punished ac
.Evening Poet,