The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-19 00:00:00

COUNTRY MARKETS.

ERPOOL.—Fxs. 18.
The attendance at our Corn-exchange this morning r
slender, and the general demand languid. Holders steal','
adhered to the rates as quoted on Tuesday for wheat, 11,(),.
and all other articles of the trade, and patiently 005'0
good demand, which they anticipate must come 11P°11
before long.

WAKEFIELD—FEB. 18.
Tho arrivals of grain reported this week are
The wheat trade is firm to-day, and we have exrienc
steady consumptive• dema.ml, at rather over t o rates es
paid shell/ ig
last week. Barley full as dear. Beans, oats,
each maintain late rates. Average for the 320
2,320 qrs, at 46s
20 is lid • barley, 1 479 qrs.►
qrs., 3 j beaus, 156 qrs. 36s
31d. moder
easto;

EXETER .FEB. 18.
The average price of wheat, per inspector's return, for
the fortnight ending Feb. 14, is 6s 14d per bushel. T}
A
business to-day was not brisk; wheat may be quoted
for
os 6d to 6s 6d per bushel ; in some few instances 6r! 9l
given for prime samples ; barley, 4s for malting; "id for
grinding ; oats, 2s 7d to 2s 9d per bushel.

COAL MARKET—no. 18.

Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the markets --

s. d. ;
Chester Main 17 6r Braddyll.. ................. •
Holywell ... 18 6 Hetton ....................
North Percy Hartley ...17 6 Haswell ..................... 6
. 19
Tanfield Moor l6 0, Kepler Grange ........... 0

•••- ----------- nit
Tanfield Moor Butes l7 0 Lambtou .................. 6
Wylam l7 6 Plummer . . ............... 1:r, 0
Willington Hartley . . l7 6 Russell's Hetton ...........
Wall's End, &e. Stewart's'.....••••••••••••...r, 6
Gosforth 18 9 Cassop ... . ..................
Marton
-......18 91 Marti spool .................
- Harvey Wyk]

an, uus. l5 6 HeughHall ................. ;,-0 0
18 6 Kelloe ....................... 0
18 9 St. Cuthbert ............... Af 0
21r
18 0 South Hartlepool ..... . 6
_l9 •ift 0

_
Hebburn
Hedley.. ...........
Johnson ,
Morrison

3 Thornley . ................... ;..
Northumberland lB 0 Tees
Northumberland E. l7 6 Powell's iniry ... n ..... . ftii 0
Hetton Lyons Main l9 6, Victoria Steam ........... '''
Lambton Primrose 19 61
Ships at market lO2 j Sold 9l.

THE END OF A LOTTERY.—The return of +1,...0 i .01?,
La Foi, which was dispatched from Havre in Dee eta the
1851, with 310 emigrants, sent out to California h/tero
French Government from the proceeds of the 1-4, tbs
des lingots d'or, makes the public acquainted with t
result of that celebrated expedition. It appears thed
few days after sailing a portion of the emigrants fora 5.
a plot to overpower the officers and crew and talc°
session of the vessel. The affair having been discofe docl
and the ringleaders put in irons, the captain 1°1110(1.
them at Goree, where he touched for the purPc'se' tor'
where he would also have left some other doubtful re•
acters, but for the refusal of the local authorities 'lgo
ceive them. After passing the equator a verY,
quantity of preserved meat, with which the el'S re'
stored, was obliged to be thrown overboard.
o
place this the captain put into Montevideo on /he f
of February, 1852, and here no less than 131 'lst °I
emigrants left him. He sailed again on the 2vorcb,
1 February, and put into Lima on the 28th of
„,r
having been forced to do so on account of anot,ilf,
prehended outbreak among his passengersj; and. with
he arrived at San Francisco on the 13th of June,gof
the remnant of his selected cargo. The entire Pisaich
which occupied 140 days from Havre, only 113 of of he
were under sail, furnishes a curious exposition,oritieS
class of persons selected by the Ministerial aut'of the
at Paris as the fittest to receive the advantages these
golden scheme, and as the most likely to exercise Ol a
qualities that enable men to meet the difficulties
new career.
general Meet-
ingE
of
Tt h
iIsNDcA INDIAN
company RAILWAY.—The A
wasl LWAhve.l—d
Old Broad-street; Mr. H. A. Aglionby, M•F''bijoheci'
chair. The report, which we have already Pu_, of the
was then read. A balance-sheet, and a statement Jso
receipts and expenditure during the past year,
eviv_ts, for
yesterday,Th e
annual
at th e t6ht
submitted to the proprietors. The home re
,e,q,:jaares,
calls on original shares, deposits on extension_ p.
guaranteed interest, &c., were 200,068/. Us.
9,985/. 6s. lid. ; total, 210,503/. 18s. Payne India'
eluding interest to proprietors, 144,3841. 12s. 7clzo
161,2281. 13s. ld. ; total, 305,6131. ss. Bd.
wi_joh
;
.I,nu
we
man moved the adoption of the report, %ego
unanimously agreed to ; and, in reply to
.n,
_ll4ereace:ti
stated there was no reason to apprehend.any tel,. woo':
asbe raeffgaeerdstes'ia.nyAotvheetrelinefe,
thanks
bhyanwkhis chtothtehire
directors terminated the proceedings.
interests

BIRTHS. 414
A SON. __
On the 18th inst., at 3,P Upper Seymour-stre°to the
Caroline Lister Kaye.
OF A DAUGETER• the °f
On the 16th inst., at 82, Eecleston-squareP
Captain H. J. Codrington, R.N.

MARRIED. • st,
J rllttilf
On the 16th inst , at Walton-on-the-Naze, J. '
Esq., of Colchester., to Sarah, third daughter °L
On the 16th inst ,at All Saint's-church, l'Thrwwci..dliters. c.
Brook, Esq., of Dies,. Norfolk, to Selina, only alb'''.
the late J. E. Turnley, Esq., of Brixton.

On the 15th inst. at Norton-court, witon,
DIED.
EN., late one of th Commissioners of Customs,
e
of the Right Hon. S. R. L h. gto us in n.
of 33,shepper-
On the 16th lust , Edward Bliss, Esq~
cottages, Islington: • na SiblA
On the 15th inst., at Maidstone,Sent, Willis
Esq., M.D., late Physician F ces•_..•
to the or •
S. G.Ltisibdiol„ii

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