The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-15 00:00:00

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORN MARKET.—Jar. 18.
We had again a moderate supply of Wheat from the interior at OUT
Market to-day, and the fresh arrivals from the coast also being small.
the whole was in fair demand at an advance of Is. per quarter on the
prices of this day s'nnight. For Barley there was rather a better We,
and our last quotations were fully supported. Oats, though in good
supply, were cleared off at Is. per quarter more money. Malt continues
in the same dull state, and last week's rates are with difficulty realised.
In Rye there is little doing. Beans and Peas remain wiihout altera-
tion. For Flour there is more demand, though prices cannot be noted
any higher.

New. OIL
Wheat, Northumberland 4Bd 59s b2s. 51.,1
-- Norfolk and Suffolk s2s. 62s
- Berwick and Scotch... 42i. -a --s d 5.•
- Foreign
Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk
- Foreign -A. -s -6. -6.
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk- Us. 34s -s. --s.
- Grinding and Feeding ....... ..... 235. 24e ....11. -s.
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s2+ 54s .--6....A.
Beans, Small 37►. 395. ....1 -4.
•-•- Tick Ms ills -6. -a.
Pease, White ¶3s. 3U. .... -s. -4.
-- Gray 2os 324....... -s. --a•
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 2os. Vs 2ss. 27d.
--- Feed 17s 21s As 25i.
- Foreign
Flour (per sack) -s. -s 4ls. 44e.
DERBY, JAN. 12.
Our Corn market to-day was very well supplied with all
of grain; Wheat was in much better condition the last week a'
quarter higher. Best Wheat, 545. to 581. ; tine Barley 30s.
Grinding, ditto,26s. to 2Ss.; Oats, 21s. to 255. ; Old Beans, 425. '
New, ditto, 30s. to 365.
MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.

sorts of
t 18 per
to 33e.
to 45i.;

The imports from Ireland arc moderate, and though we do not report
any very extensive business since Saturday last, the trade has preserved
a firm aspect, and very full prices have been obtained for all articles of
trade. The same description also applies to the Liverpool and Wake.
field markets of yesterday, and at Wakefield there was a fair arrival
of Wheat and Barley.
Our Corn Exchange was well attended this morning, and the canals
being closed by frost, a fair business was done in 'Wheat and Flour, at
an advance of 2d. per bushel on the former, and It per sack on the
later. For prime Oats and finer qualities of Meal there was a moderate
inquiry, at rather better prices. Malt, Beans, and Peas steady at the
rates of our last market day.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, J.N. 13.
We have had an exceedingly quiet day in the Cotton trade, only 1,500
bags having found purchasers; yet we have no alteration to report its
prices ; on the contrary, holders remain extremely firm. 160 Pernam,
9! d., 91d. ; 40 Madras, 41d. ; 810 American, 7id., Sid.; 350 Egyp-
tian, Old., 12d.; 150 Surat, 4hd., bid. Total, 1,500.

REVIEW ofthe LIVERPOOL COTTONMARKET
for the WEEK ENDING JLx. 12.
We commenced the week with a steady and somewhat brisk demand
for Cotton, prices showing some disposition to rise. During the last
three days, however, there has been an eager desire with some parties
to sell, and this circumstance having depressed the market, we close
with a slight decline to our quotations. If we may express an opinion.
however, this decline can hardly be considered as permanent, as many of
the largest holders have refused to sell under last week's quotations, and
are not offering their stocks at present ; so that, although some brokers
quote id. to id. per lb. lower, the difference is hardly so much.
The sales during the week amount to 19,260 bags ; of this quantity,
1,000 bags American and 100 Pernambueos have been taken by the
speculators.

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.

(From the Scotsman.)
SERIOUS RIOTS.

For the last two days the peace of our city has been seriously die•
turbed, and the lives and property of the inhabitants exposed to not A
little danger, by the riotous and disorderly proceedings of a large
body of the students of the University.
The disturbances are supposed to have originated in a enow.bali
skirmish in front of the College, between a party of students and
few idle tradesmen on Thursday afternoon, between the hours of
two and three o'clock—the ordinary dinner hour of the work-
ing classes---and at which time the streets are usually pretty
throng. The affray commenced, we have no doubt, In a
a silrit of harmless amusement; but from some cause or other which
we cannot explain, it had not proceeded far when, on the part
of the students, it assumed a more alarming aspect. From
a good-humoured encounter, they proceeded wantonly and
indiscriminately t• attack all passers by, and maliciously to
break the windows on the opposite side of the street. At length
the police interfered and succeeded in apprehending several of the
assailants, who subsequently obtained their liberty, however, on the
intercession of about fifty other students, who, along with the
prisoners, all pledged their word of honour not to resume the warfare.
No sooner, however, were the prisoners released, than they, to the
amount of about 300, met in the quadrangle of the College, and came
to a resolution to renew the disturbances on the following day, and to
arm themselves with bludgeons and other we.ipons for the occasion.

Accordingly, they met at the College yesterday, and the assault com-
menced with more fierceness than ever. They ensconced themselves be-
hind the gate of the College; from whence they sent forth an almost
unintermitting shower of snow-bails—frequently with stones in
the heart of them—for hours together, breaking an im-
mense number of panes of glass in the windows on
the opposite side, and severely wounding passengers. A large crowd
soon collected, and almost all the shops in the neighbourhood were
shut. About three o'clock, the police (a few of whom, we beliere,
had been in attendance most of the afternoon) assembled in
considerable force, and, led on by the captain and lieutenants,
made several strong but ineffectual attempts to burst
open the northern gates of the College, and disperse the rioters. The
struggle between the two parties was at times of the most desperate
description. Sticks and batons were freely used on both sides, and
several were severely wounded. The police succeeded in capturing
thirty-seven of the students, whom, one by one, they dragged to the
Police Office, but who were subsequently allowed to get out upon bail.
About half-past three the Lord Provost and Magistrates appeared,
and attempted to restore order by mild and conciliatory measures,
but in vain; the students would not listen to them. His Lordship
then drove up to the Castle, and brought down a detachment
of the 79th Regiment, with muskets and fixed bayonets, who
soon took the College by storm, and somewhat cooled the courage of the
assailants. As evening came on the crowd gradually dispersed, and the
military then retired to the Castle.
During the whole evening, however, the students paraded the streets
in the same way as on the preceding evening, with a large crowd at their
heels shouting and helloing. A.scuffie occasionally ensued between theist
and the crowd, and numbers of windows broke in their perambulation, but
no other serious disturbance took place. The Magistrates and High
Constables were in waiting in the Council Chamber till far in the night,
to be ready to act in case of a renewal of the disorder. We understand
that the students have agreed to open a subscription among themselves'
to remunerate such of their number as may be fined by the Magistrates,

Mr. PRESCOTT'S NEW WORk•-•—," THE
TORY OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA OF SLAIN.". ,' Tlii
remarkable and important work," says the Literary Gazette,
"is the production of an American, and there is singular
fitness that it should be the task of one whose country ive°o
as it were, called into existence uring the very age h de-
picts. Mr. Prescott has chosen one of tho most evee
ntful
periods in modern history, and one, too, which exercised the
greatest control over succeeding times. The foundation of
power and influence were then laid; and it is curious to
note the germs of after consequences in the great occurrences
of the day. It was an age of great events and of great men.
Too mach credit cannot be given to Mr. Prescott for the
manner in which he has executed his laborious and important
task. No reader but will ba touched by the simple manner 1n
which he alludes to its temporary suspension. The work let
however, now complete ; and this valuable history is one with-
out which no library can be complete."