The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

James Hall, a man about fifty years of age, by
trade a gun-finisher, and employed in the small arms
department of the Tower, was charged before Mr.
Ingham with stealing eleven pieces of gun steel plates,
the property of her Majesty.
It appears that for some time a great number of
gun-makers and others have been employed in the
Tower breaking up muskets, &c.. and other warlike
instruments, the materials of which are reserved for
various purposes. It having come to the knowledge
of the authorities that an extensive system of plun-
der was going on, policemen were stationed at the
gates to watch and search the labourers on leaving
the place, and many have been already convicted
of making free with the Government pro-
perty. On the prisoner being stopped by
James O'Connor, 177 11, coming out of the
eastern entrance with the above stated property
in his possession, the prisoner immediately said he had
been made the dupe of others, and he would take the
officar to a place in tba gun factory where gun•springs,
locks, and other things were concealed in a box. The
constable went with him, when he pointed out the
stolen property, and implicated four other men, who
were discharged immediately, and a special report
sent to the Board of Ordnance.

The prisoner, in bis defence said, that a fellow
workman, whose name he mentioned, gave him the
pieces to take out, and give them back to him outside
the Tower. Thatman had got his Wellington boots
made large for the purpose of concealment. He then
give the names of other persons who were concerned
in the plunder.
Mr. INCHIAIt said, it was clear there was a whole-
sale system of plunder going on in the Tower, and
he had no doubt that the prisoner and his companions
thought that as the property belonged to the Govern-
ment there would be no notice taken of it. In con•
sideration of his previous good character he would not
commit him for trial, hut fine him 41. for the unlawful
possession, and in default commit him for four weeks.

FOREIGN Hors.—The importations of hops which
we have recently been called upon to notice as having
taken place from the United States of America, and also
from Belgium, hare just been followed by. we believe,
the largest arrival of the kind which has taken place from
abroad this season, the first of such importations to any
rt cult' kable extent. The American line-of-packet ship
Hendrick Hudson, arrived in the docks from New York,
has brought 78 bales of hops to order, and also 50 bales
of the articles cansigned to an eminent house, the growth
and produce of the United States of America. The
duty leviable on foreign hops on importation into this
country from abroad is 21. ss. per cwt., which would
argue well for the value and quality of these hops from
America to bear an impart duty of so heavy a nature.
The supplies from Belgium continue to take place to
some extent. The vessel Fanny, since arrived in the
docks from Boston, has also brought 26 bales of hops,
con-igned to an eminent house as a portion of her cargo,
the produce of the United States of America.
ACCIDENT ON THE NOTTINGHAM ♦ND LINCOLN
RAILWAY.—On Thursday, when the mail train, which
passes through the Newark station at 4 A.M., had pro-
ceeded about three miles down the line towards Coiling-
ham, the brickwork abutments of one of the numerous
wooden bridges in that neighbourhood gave way under
the weight of the engine, and caused the coupling chains
connecting it with the carriages to snap asunder. The
extreme velocity with which the train was travelling at
the time enabled the engine to get clear of the frightful
chasm which had been so suddenly created; but the
violent breaking of the chains causing the carriages
behind to rebound, each was driven with a crash upon
the other, and after rocking fearfully fur a second or
two, the whole fell into the vast sea of water which the

late floods had collected in the valley of Trent. Hap-
pily there were no passengers in the train, or the effect
would have been very distressing. The stoker was
seriously injured about the head, and the guard some-
what injured about the hip, but the engine-driver and
post•oflice guard escaped with a fright. It is scarcely
necessary to explain that the accident was caused by the
flood sapping the foundation of the bridge.
UliS OF GUTTA PERCHA. 1N HOUSE REPAIRS.
Hitherto the remedy to make good defects occasioned by
shrinking, &c., as in fluor boards, has been to let in be-
tween the joint slips of wood, putty, &c.; but this can-
not be depended upon, as in case of further shrinking it
drops through, neither is it waterproof. I propose that
gutta, percl.a be used. Thus : Warm the gu:ta percha
till it become glutinous, then with a heated iron or
chisel point all along the joint, and it will be found that
the adhesiveness of gutta percha is such, after two or
three minut' s, that the whole surface becomes as one
board, the great merit being that there is no occasion to
use any solution or cement to make the gutta penile
unite to the woodwork, as is the case when al:plied to
leather and other purposes ; but there exists such an
affinity between the two, that, for example, supposing a
hole six inches square were cut in the flooring, with
nothing underneath for support, and to make good the
same a new piece were let in, well set all round in gutta
percha, it will so unite with the boards as to enable that
portion to bear as great a weight as any other part.
What has been said of making good the space between
the floor boards will equally apply to all joiners' work,
as in the panels of doors; and a shake in them has
hitherto b •en without any effectual remedy. Also to the
skirting running round the rooms, which is often to be
found le Lying the 11 tor boards, Sce. The great teature
gained is, that gutta percha not only fills up the space,
but, at the same time, hardens and unites the whole.—
Correspondent of the Builder.
APPALLING EFFECTS OF DISSIPATION,-..0H Satyr.
day, Mr. 11. M. %Vakley held an inquest in Foley-place.
Marylebone, on Emma Lovesing, an unmarried female,
aged thirty-fow. It appeared that, although most re-
spectably connected, she gave herself up to such habits
of dissipation that she was seldom sober. She had
been drinking the day previous to her death, and on the
morning of her death one of her companions left ber,as
she supposed, asleep on her wretched pallet, but she was
then insensible and dying. When her companion re•
turned deceased was dead. One of the jury, horrified
at the wretched rppearance of deceased's room, w he:
her body lay on some planks, asked her cotnpanion
whether that was the bed on which deceased lay ?
She rep!i-d, " No; and that she had a few rags that
form d her bc:d." Deceased's mother, addressing the
coroa r, sni.l, "My daughter, but for her dissipated
habits, might have had her carriage." Verdict—Natural

[ A DVELTISEM ENT.]—The following extraordinary
Cure of a Swollen Leg by Holloway's Pills and Ointment is
published in the Adelaide Observer, South Australia :
" Gemge Mundon, a settler in the colony, had been suffering
for many months with a swollen leg, and the pain was so intense
as deprive him of sleep. He was recommended to try Hollo-
way's Ointment and Pills, and by using theist as directed for
about a fortnight, a cure was so far effected as to permit him to
walk to Adelaide, a distance of twenty miles, to give this state-
ment to the editor of this journal, for the information and bene..
fit of his fellow• creatures."—Sold by all Vendors of Medicine,
and at Professor Holloway's Establisissneat, 244 Strut
London.

'FITE COUNTRY MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. B.—The trade to-day is inanimate,
wi•hout change in prices.
MANCHESTER, DEC. B.—Although rather more busi-
tees has been passing in flour during the present week,
owing to some of the dealers and bakers being compelled
to purchase, all whose stocks enabled them to do so
hare continued to act on the reserve, and the transactions
collectively were only to a limited amount, some reduc-
tion on the previous currency being generally conceded
by factors. Oatmeal has met a languid demand, without
change in value. The imports of oats, oatmeal, and
flour fr,im Ireland, at Liverpool and Runcorn, are only
to a moderate extent, and of other articles thence the
supplies are very scanty. From abroad the chief arri-
vals consist of 7,553 barrels of fl ,ur and 5,384 quarters
of Indian corn. No material alteration in the state of
the trade was apparent at our market this morning; ell
articles met a slow sa!e, and (with thd exception of flour,
which must be not4d rather lower) we do not vary the
(potations of this day se'nnight.
COLCHESTER, DEc. B.—The markets of this district
hare been dull and declining again this week.. The price
of the best white wheat in our market to day was only
quoted at 495, and the finest r(d at 495. Barley was also
the turn cheaper.
On Friday, at Chelmsford, sales o! wheat could not be
ffected unless a reduction of I s to 25 Der quarter was
con►ented to. Barley was is lower. White wheat 444
to 47•; red. 40s to 444; malting barley, 27s to 295;
grinding., 23s to 245.

At Witham the best white wheat realised oply 455.
In the markets of Suffolk the supplies have ht .en good;
in some iu.tances very huge; and prices have every'
where declined.

At Womlbridge wheat was 2s; the best barley 25;
and iuferior samples, 3s per qutArter. cheaper.
At Bury the wheat trade was heavy, and beans and
peas were cheaper.
A t Stowmat ket, on Thursday, wheat was reduced 15.
and barley Is to 24 per quarter.
GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 6.—At our market
to-day the numbers ware—i.xeb, 581; sheep, 2 916. The
supply of cattle being small, prices had an upward ten•
dency. Best ox be.•f realised luily 50s per cwt, second
quality from 45. to 48.4 per ditto, inferior from 344 to 405,
per ditto, sinking the offal. A good clearance wsl
effec.ed. B.st mutton brought 51d per lb, current frost
4d to 4i per ditto, of 1 ewes 3d to 3id per ditto, sinking
the offal. A few turned ~tit unsold.

DALKEITH, Due. 6.—The relative weight per four bushel
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 51b, 17st 91b, and 161$
lllb. Oats, 12st 121 b, list 9lbrand lOst 51b. Barley, 16st 01h,
15st 91b, and 13st 131b2 Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, 18st 51b,
and 16st I.olbs. '
Qrs. Best. . .
Current. Inferior.
278 Wheat ... . . .... . Z. 2 4 0 £1 14 0 £1 1 0
1520 Oats
1285 Barley 1 3 6 0 19 6 0 15 0
39 Peas and Beans 110 6 15 6 018 0
Avetage of wheat 33. W.
AzzantzN, DKc. 7.—Grain—Oats 131 to 13s 6d, 401 b per
bushel; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s; foreign oats, 00s Od to 00s od
per qr.; barley, 19s to 00$ Od, 521bs per bushel; bear, 19s to CO.,
52Ibs per bushel ; wheat. 40s -to 451 ; oatmeal, 11. 6d to 12s 6d
per boll ; flour, 34s to 38s per sack. Provisions—Beef,
5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 54

to 7d; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; lamb, per lb, Ed to 7d;
tallow, per stone, 45 to 4s 61; potatoes, per peck, Is to Is2d ;
hay, l e r cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each is to ls2tl; hares, each, if
to Is 3d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os; butter, per lb, 7d to 8d;
eggs, per doz, Is to h 2d • cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; bens, per
pair, 3s Od to 3s 6cl; chickens, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducks, ditto.
33 4d to 4s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Is tid to Is Isd; turkeys, each, 4!
to 4s 6d; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s; butter for exportation (prate!:
cure), per cwt, 50s to 525; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, lig
to 10d; 41b loaf, 6d; 2lb loaf, 3d ; pork, per 'toile of 14Ibiti
3s 6d to 41 3d; pock fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork lug*.
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to oi.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to is 3d; barley dust, 7d to Bdl
peasemeal, Is 8d to Is Ilti; sidst
,6d to 7d ; beermeal, is tid
to is 3d , flour, is 10d to 2s; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley
flour, is :.!d to Os Od.

DUBLIN, DEC. 7.—We had a small supply of all de'
scriptions of grain at our market to-day, and we have no
alteration to report in the currencies of Tuesday; We
therefore report that day's quotations. The sale of
Indian corn continues in retail, but holders are rather
firmer as to price :—White wheat (new), IBs to 225; Red
ditto, 16e to 20a; barley, lOs to 14a; oats, old (per brl).
8s 6d to 9s 9d; Oatmeal, 103 to lls 61; second flour (per
owt), 12s to 16s; Indian corn (per 4801 b), 25s to 28s.
CORY, DEC. 7.—We have to report a few arrivals of
foreign grain. Those of home growth continue mode
rate, the receipts for the week being: —N9 heat,2,780 ban
at 15s to 21s 9d per brl; barley, 3,400 brls at 7e Od to
lls 8d per brl ; oats, 5,997 brie at 6s 6d to 9s 6.1 per an.
In the green market, whether for wheat, barley, or oats*
we have little change to notice, the prices obtained being
much the same as those of last week. In prepared Irish
wheat we know of one sale of 500 barrels having taken
place at 225. I's ime foreign wheat, however, is scarcoo
and in demand, and if to be had, would fetch high prices*
the greater part of what is offering being of inferior
quality. In prepared barley we have no transactions W
record. Malting samples are still scarce and sot
after. In oats little, it any, business has been done*
while prices continue nominally the same as last quoted.*
In fact, as regards the prepared market—and the reutri‘
applies to all descriptions of grain—holders are unwilling
to give way in value, while purchasers, deterred by the
poor prospect of realising at the other side the paces
asked here, are equally unwilling to enter into engege.
meets. Irish flour continues a very dull sale. Foreign;
and foreign mixed flours, however, are in goo"
demand, and sell readily at full prices. Coosa
descriptions continue to be inquired for. Indian
corn meets a very slow and restricted sale at the cur'
rency of last week. Indian meal is totally neglected.
Flour—First 12s 6d to 135 6d ' • extra 14s di
seconds, I Is to 12r 6d ; households 9s to 10. 61; thirds, 6s toil'
per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6d to 10s; Indian meal es ed toes etl; wheat'
meal, 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 125 e Od to 130 s Od per tea.
Bran 3/ i Os to 3/ 1 /a 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 26s to 40s; average
345; dealers 31s to Ws Od; average 38s per ton. Straw—farnse_ra
Ids Od to 25. Od; average .0s; dealers 27s 04 to 005 00
average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Whesten loaf dd to 6i141./
household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh batter, 8d to
9,1 per lb. Eggs - Ers 6,1 to 6s 8d per hundred. Coalel
Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Nest'
Calm 13s per ton. Tallow 39. Od to 008 per 0Y...b.'
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Men
—Beef 3kd to sd; mutton 4d to bd; Taid 4d to
Od ; pork 3d to 4d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausagos bd
lb. Hops bl Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312. 6d to 31 51,11
ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 tool; Free
7/55 ; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stone!,
Hemp 32/ tote/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 185 to 19s; re;
ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 00/ 00s to ON P°
ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality.
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to I
salted 13s to 18, per cwt ; calf skins 2d _to 2 d per lb'
Potatoes, white Old to 9d; Minions Ild to 12a;
Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archanfie'
195 per barrel.

RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS-
LIVERPOOL, Disc. 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather (10,11
to-day, and prices were lower. The transactions were
follow : —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late C. Lt.
It.), 6 per cent till 1850, 12%—East Lancashire, 12% d
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves, 20 dis.—London sad
North-Western, 112—Ditto, New Quarters, % p. —Mid I al,:
4934—Ditto, Halves, 211 h dis.— Belfast and Ballymena, 18 /I
MANCHESTER, Dac. 1.
STOCK EMMAKGE. —The transactions to-day were si
follow : East Lancashire, 12—West Riding Union, 614 die'
—Manchester and Birmingham (C ). Quarters, 1 9-16 Pcr
North Staffordshire, dis.—South-Eastern and DO'
(No. 4), Scrip, 6 9-16.
BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 8.
STocK ExcruNoE.—The transactions to-day were °
follow :—London and North-Western, 113—Midland, 50%"
Chester and Holyhead, lOLA—Eastern Counties, New, gulici
rant:>ed 6 per cent., 11A p. Midland Con. (Derby Lian,
Birmingham), 26—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (Pit
6 dis.
YORK, Ditc. 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.— -The transactions kO•uA ay were
follow:—Great Northern, 7LA Midland, 503 —1011 h
Staffordshire, 81,8—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preferep,"
10—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Exteneio"
113/4.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DKC. 8.
STOCK e,xcria.Nom.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, ph per Cain,
10 —Eastern Counties, 714 Ditto, New, 6 per cent. g.Pl.,_
teed, 11% ex in.—Great Norther.' (B) 6 per cent., 41r
North British, 104—York, Newcastle, and Berwick
N. E. Purchase), 3%.

.GLASGOW, DEC. 6.
STOCK ExCITANGE. - The transactions to-day were r),
follow :—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No.
614 - Clydesdale Junction, 4641—Edinburgh and G 12511-„,,,, d
57% Glasgow and ,Greenock. Preference, 7 lktidlan
Halves, 81/2—North British, Preference, Scrip, 51. le.

COMMISSION or LUNACY Olt A OB LBMAIIG
Within the last few days the Lorti Chancel:or has issued
a commission de lunatic() inquirendo to inquire into fall
asc,rtain the real state of mind of the Right Hon. the
Ext.( of Albemarle. The commission was issued Ole
the application of the immediate friends of the N"b;
Earl, and will be opened on Wednesday next, at Fts„
.„.'
ran::,-'s Hotel, before Mr. Barlow, a Commissioner P"
Lunacy, and a special jury.—Sunday Paper.

BIRTHS
On the 2d inst., at the Free Manor of Tester, East 1,03.11i11jt
Mrs. M'Kenzie raser, of a daughter. Steel On the :3(1 inst., at Reigate, Surrey, the wife of J.
Esq., of a daughter.
~e
On the sth inst., at Halton, the wife of the Rev. Ge"'
Hill, of a son.
On the sth inst., at Thornes Parsonage, Wakefield, M
H. Smyth. of a daughter.
On the oth inst, at Bradford, Wilts, the wife of COoil'
S. IL Palairet, ot a daughter.
13'
On the 6th inst., the wife of Mr. C. F. Hancock, o'
ton-street, of a daughter.
110
On the 7th inst , at Brunswick-house, Hanover-squarer0.
lady of S. Wetmore, jun., Esq., of Canton, Chi <a,

MARRIED. O.
On the 6th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-
ware, 00
Rev. R. W. Thackeray, rector of Hunsdon, Herts. 0111Yati
of the late Rey. Richard Thackeray, of Hadley, Hert:4. "tt,
Downham, Norfolk, to Ann, daughter of the late W. Gil's'
Esq., of Ovendon-hcuse, Sevenoaks, Kent:
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DIED !I tb.
On the 4th ir st., at Cromwell-colage. 01,1 BromPr°-'t of
II n. Thomas Stapleton. F.S.A.-, F.R.S„ Vicc-Prealueterd
the Soei ty of Antiquaries, brother of the Right Her'
Beaumont. aged 44. „geSt
On Wedne3,fay last. at Raywell, Sophia, the 3.°u--
surviving daughter of Joseph Sykes Esq
On the ith inst., at Margate:Eliza' betb., widow of
Lathuli ()shorn, Esq. aged tO.
On the sth inst., Charles Wyatt, Eeq., son of the Jure IV.
Wyatt, R-q ,of the New Forest. 00
On the :411 imt., at Woodland% Bagshot, Anne Midi'
wife of John U borne, Peg , aged 78. re of
On the CO inst , in New Oxford-streot, Ann, the w"
Mr. William Fu,.;'er. era Jr•
On the 6th inst., at Rutland-gate, Hyde-park, Cart
Kemp3on, E q., of that place, aged 0
theist°
On the 7th inst., Thomas Day, Esq., for nearly 50 Ye
clerk to ..he Coinmissi .ners of Tgxes for Southwark7,-7---:,

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