The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-08 00:00:00

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Buyers suspend operations in consequence of the varied chi pot
the accounts. Those from Kent are favourable, those from Sussex
so much so. Prices continue merely nominal, and the duty is 1.80,'

SPIRIT MARKET.
,s-3111
Prices remain exactly as quoted yesterday, and the Market gal-
ls quiet. The stock of Rum is 11,386 puns, and 925 hhds.
TALLOW MARKET. sOi
P. Y.C. to-day is 475. on the spot, and 465. to 465. 3d. to arrive,
not much doing.

L MARKET.
Transactions are veryMETA slender still, but prices do not droop but are
steady.

CLNIAL MAR
To.day there were not maOny public sales ofKETS. East or West India V;
duce. The market was quiet, and prices continue s eady. Coffee, !co
casks Jamaica, and 244 bags Ceylon, sold steadily at about Pre*lcer
rates. The stock of B. P. is 4,110 casks and 4,039 brie. and bags
lon 10,149 bags; Mocha 4,250 bales ; Brazil 52,149 begs. Sugar
sells steadily at previous rates. To-day we had no public sales of s,iugog
The stock of B.P. is 33,941 hhds. and trs. and 2,182 brls.; Befigal,,lh.'s;
bags; Manilla 62,115 bags; Mauritius 100,125 bags; Bice 3,99' :pea
Bengal sold at steady prices ; Cocoa, 106 bags. British Plantation fe7,00,
previous rates. The stock of British Plantation is 9,841 barrels and g2OO
For to-morrow we have advertised, 2,200 baskets Java Sugar; Rice' 900
bags Java; Coffee, 350 casks and barrels British Plantation, and 9,
bags Ceylon. The Imports are slender.

CON ARKET, ix. 7.
The supplies, of all sorts of graiß Mn, since our last report, bas'ocel,
small, and owing to the weather having proved unfavourable, an
‘aost
lent Inquiry was experienced for bonded grain of all descriptions• 7 /DO
vas sold Is. to Is. 6d., and Flour 25. to 3s. higher than the rates 0
sieti
flay week. In English Wheat there was not much done, the iddero-,'
being unwilling to accede to the advanced rates asked by 3g.
viz , Is. per 9011)s. for Wheat, 3s. to 4s. per 2801135. for Flours 3
to 4s. per 2401b5. for Oatmeal.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 6. be,
The market is going on steadily improving. 5,000 bags ba`-sclus'
sold to-day to the spinners and dealers. In prices there is "°_.,
change, but the better sorts are rather tending to advance. Th..
been some inquiry for export to-day.

_
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary r
..he C..
ing was held yesterday afternoon, H. M. Dyer, Esq , V.P., vol
Amongst the company were the Duchess of Marlborough, the Se,
Se,
Aboyne, Lord Sondes, Lady Domvile, Hon. W. F. Stratsgsvele:dgs;
Mrs. Harcourt; Sir H. Rycroft, E. W. Pendarves, Esq., ill, ' re ,
Lawrence, and ocher distinguished horticulturists. Dr. LindleJ 000;
's"
paper from Mr. Sellars, gardener at Mostyn Hall, Denbighshire', plant
cultivation of combretum purpureum, a well-known green' one
The specimens exhibited contained some interesting varieties', by
the most valuable was the fruit of the vanilla plant, cultivated so OP
fessor Morren, of Liege, who gave to it the same attention zs; frO;
ployed in the cultivation of melons and cucumbers. The estr*C.'l9oll
the "Meteorological Register" kept at the gardens, front
August 7, gave barometer highest, July 19, 30.198 in. ;
24, 29.507 in. ; thermometer, highest, July 19, 78 deg. Fah* 'ging
July 24, 40 deg.; and quantity of rain, 1.15 inches. The zee-
journed to August 21. ell
As a certain gentleman, on his way home tilrsC;
Tremadoc, happened to be riding a shy and high-spirited Mare'. sa
fright at something on the roadside, reared up, and in coSa,n-osol'if
upon her forelegs pitched him through a window. In his fa°1010,,,,i.
through the window.frame, and several panes of glass were e°,...sy
shivered on the table in the kitchen, where the family sat at tea'
narvon Herald. levcil'
aged Yesterday morning Caroline Davis, age
was conveyed to the London Hospital under the follasvir'g gstet.,o
stances :—lt appears that she is an orphan, and lived with her -off,
No. 18, George-street, Tower-hill, and while the sister hadotits,
market the child was locked in by herself, when, by some urlonseLef
event, her clothes caught fire. Her screams soon brought sn-t.sto",
sons to her assistance, and on bursting open the (Soor the P°-0-0 o'o
was discovered to be enveloped in flames. Or, reaching 'Des
hospital she presented a most dreadful spectacle, and s'w
tit
scarcely any hopes of recovery.
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HINT ABOUT UMBRELLAS.—A oOrfe-t
of the Liverpool Mercury suggests an improvement which beestri
been found most convenient by all who *have adopted it, viz*" of
your umbrella hung from the braces. fiCi°,o(
Some of the corn in Sussex is very fine ; 01'00
Dantzic oats, just this side of the Plough, on the London rnau'odr'citi
the finest we ever saw. On the contrary, the crops up the e°4l is effr
light soils, are very light and thin indeed. The hay hazt", n-espti°
generally in, but the crop is remarkably light. A fine field - S'
wheat was cut last week near Shoreham.—Brighton Herald 4•4' tPc
ACCIDENTS ON THE GREAT WESTO3'id
dosilreo'
wsv.—Several exaggerated statements have been publisheur die 'los'
week of circumstances that have occurred on the line °'
eper or
Western Railway, and serious consequences attributed that. our 7/
pines. The only authentic particulars that have come t°,s 00'4
ledge are the following, the accuracy of which may be relie".,see'oo
h •an empty train was returning on Sunday evening, the Nort ti,so"
ran against two ballast waggons. Not a single carriage 0 00'1.4, o°,
the line, nor was any one of them broken. The engine it
much injured; the cross timber liar was broken, ansl the
re Na th
pipes between the engine and tender were severed, but. tbei;sest 'Per
ary other material consequence. A second accident eansf pefiosilee;',
detention of the down trains for two hours by the melting °the i"oese,/
one of the steam plugs, which disabled the engine for too(' „ca(,.,
but was not attended with other loss. T.`ust no series"' C-tast
resulted from these circumstances is proved by the fzet,'lsSV e
2,000 passengers were conveyed on the following day Pl' 40111,
lot Mirror.
MEAT FOR THE LONDON MARKS''
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'
days ago a fat bullock, probably overdriven whilst in a 5 t°,s s'tse
fell down within a few miles from this town on its Ptl;teitsle'' it
field market. In order to render its carcase available, deaf at
procured to do execution upon it whilst in the throes °f
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shocking condition in which the poor animal was maY besiej
the fact that three pigs to whom the offal was given, 1,1°,00
scantly, and that the mouth of one of the butchers, frootherin glut
knife there, was completely ulcerated, and the arm Of twilit „slit lel
and inflamed to the shoulder. The carcase. weighing;" stro""resz*
was, however, forwarded to the London market.
"" ,sst
the meat must have been in a state et' putrefaction s
1,1011,/
there—Bury Herald.
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Cornet Drew, Scots Grevs, who died su
week, bad been playing the flute in the Royal Barracks' slt
he lod tGe
sent his servant for a brother officer, to whom he rvish`,sdc
servant was absent only a few minutes, and on his gets found 'soon"r
014) ,
Drew a corpse. On a post mortem examination it W 3 -t
cause
rupture of a Wood-vessel on the brain was the immediatefile°
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—Limerick Chronicle. „.
A veteran, named Mr. John Lusk, agte
lately at Warren, Tennessee, America. He tbugh".stner'."ie'sJ
dWuroilnfegothniet:LesvTopilouatiniosno,fanAdbecaolniatimnu,
continued
a soldier in the to his of
military pensiolle ess
week have tendedNtoli.n—crealise°tPheS.m—ourrld peals 0"
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and the hitt%ricevll,, ,1/000 0
coming in burr, bear an unfavourable appearance.
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h
the neighbouring parishes the hops have been much b",srnoh
rfeti
I,le heavy alt or,t vie
gales, and come but slowly into burr. But rarely a "
cC°
to thOe
to be found; and there is no mould worth inentionitTi
_rig 0 it
Dejogo(o',,,°
nReTv.O ace
ffeevrseoini
Elausht,g,
toan, fatal acs
ri.ad:esbire•
peared the Rev. Gentleman had retired to bed, hut,
stnirs Peand p iss;
ton', ed
the doors were all made fast, attempted to go doll
th
ark I)3' Vest' gif
when we
aist regret teocsoauyi,db he fell t from the,t l, top
the opinion of the medical attendant and the )urvYef;iot ace' tbe
the fall produced apoplexy, and returned their tu
visi 0,90'
Cambridge Press.
who has • re 10
THE CARTOONS.--Any one vr their
damp
any at Hampton Court must be convinced
_tit:1;000,
any place would be preferable to their rcmainingi
to which they have been hitherto consigned.
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