The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-14 00:00:00

11UNGERFORD.

Coarse Meadow Hay ,£3 5 to -£:). 10
New Meadow flay
Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay , .... ....... 4 2 4 5
Clover Hay 4 5 5 5
Old Straw XI 12 to X 1 11 Wheat Straw

The estimate for the re-construction of the interior
of Newgate, with separate cells, agreeably to the plans sub-
mitted to inspectors of prisons, is 70,0001.
The average number of prisoners committed to New-
gate for the last five years has been 2,978 ; the least was in
1834, the greatest in 1832.
WORCESTER, MAY 11.—The report from the
plantations is generally that the late weather has improved the
plants; prices are firm in our market.
THE BOROUGH OF CONGLETON MAGISTRATES.
—We mentioned last week that three of the newly-appointed
borough magistrates had qualified and taken oaths before the
mayor, preparatory to commencing the execution of their
duties. Since then, doubts having arisen as to the validity of
the qualification so made, the Town Clerk has written to the
Home Secretary on the subject, and has received a reply to
the effect that before they can legally enter into the execu-
tion of their offices it will be necessary to take out a "dedinius"
as in the case of a county magistrate, but that an act was at
present in progress through the House of Lords, which, if
passed, would render it unnecessary for them to take out a
dedimus. Seeing that a dedimus would cost each of them
near 81., we believe, in fees, the magistrates have declined for
the present to take any steps whatever in pursuance of their
office until the passing of the Act we have alluded to.—
Cheshire Examiner.
THE COAL TRADE AND THE LONDON COM-
MON COUNCIL.—The Noblemen and Gentlemen in London
connected with the coal trade have held a meeting. Lord
Wharncliffe was in the chair, and several resolutions wero
adopted, which furnish the best answer to the misrepresenta-
tions which have been propagated as to the principles on
which the coal trade regulation in the North has been founded.
They call for inquiry before committees of either, or both,
Houses of Parliameat, and express their anxiety to meet the
statements and allegations made against them with an imme-
diate and direct denial. Perhaps Mr. Charles Pearson and
his colleagues of the Common Council are not aware that the
coal trade combination, as it has been called, have expended
vast sums of money in preventing the pitmen from dictating a
most exorbitant amount of wages, and have thus made vast
pecuniary sacrifices in securing an ample supply of sea-borne
coals in the port of London at a fair and reasonable price.—
Newcastle Journal.
MURDER.—At Sheffield, last Wednesday, an in-
quest was held on the body of a girl about fifteen years of age,
supposed to have been murdered by a woman named Stacey.
One of the witnesses said that about half an hour after she had
done the deed, she attempted to hang herself with her pocket-
handkerchief, but was prevented by the apprentice, and the
mother of the deceased deposed as follows :—About a fort-
night ago Mrs. Stacey attempted to hang herself in our
house ; she bad been watched and taken care of since. I did
not consider she would harm any person ; sometimes she ex-
pressed herself incoherently. At times I think she was not
herself. I do not recollect hearing Elizabeth and Mrs.
Stacey quarrelling, or the latter saying anything against my
daughter. On going into the room, we found Mrs. Stacey
standing by the bed-side, on which my daughter was lying with
her throat cut, and a razor lying on the pillow on the bed, near
the garret door. My daughter gave one sob after we got up
stairs, and that was all. I said to Mrs. Stacey, " Dear me,
what have you done ?" She did not reply. I observed her
hands all blood ; she was undressed, being in her night-gown
and chemise.

VIENNA, APRIL 29.—Tlic late Prince of Lichten-
stein had founded Majorati for three of his sons, and an ap-
plication for a fourth, for a son born in 1809, was, it is said, on
the point of being acceded to by the Emperor. According to
his will, each of the eleven children of the Prince is to receive

150,000 florins in money, and an appenage of 4,000 florins per
annum, The Princess, his widow, is provided for in the same
ample manner. But the Prince has erected an imperishable
monument to himself in the memory of the inhabitants of
Vienna, by ordering that all the improvements which he has
made in 40 years in the environs of Vienna, the buildings, pe,
laces, &c., shall remain ope❑ for the enjoyment of the publics
and that his successor shall keep them in order. This has
caused the greatest joy here, and added to the popularity which
this illustrious family enjoys among all classes of people.—
Suabian Mercury.

THE WEATHER IN WALES.—TIIC severity of
the Spring season has scarcely ever been equalled. This
month opened with anything but its characteristic mildness;
and displayed more wintry symptoms than any of the winter
months. The mountains are covered with snow, the mornings
are intensly cold, the air is chill, and vegetation is completely
stationary. In vain do we look for green fields ; the grass
roots for the last two months have scarcely thrown up a single
blade. The wheat fields however have stood out very well,
and if they have not progressed, certainly they have not retro-
4aded. The lambing season has been most disastrous, not
only on the mountains, but also the lowland farms. The losses
of ewes as well as of their offspring have been immense. The
aspect of spring in fact was never so late in visiting the land.
In the mean time prices of stock and produce of all descrip-
tions are on the advance.—Carriartion Herald.

TIIE SPERNIACETI WHALE.—At the Zoological
Society meeting on Tuesday, a paper was read from G. Ben-
nett, Esq., on the habits of the spermaceti whale. The mothers
appear to have great affection for their young, and the males
exhibit a very strong degree of attachment to the females,
especially when they are wounded, swimming around them,
and by their actions apparently soothing and consoling them.
Notwithstanding the number of vessels engaged in the fishery,
there does not appear to be any diminution in the numbers of
those diet with ; but on the contrary, they appear to be on the
increase. The longest period that he had ever heard of one
keeping under the water was one hour and twenty minutes,
and the depth to which it descended in the ocean 1,680
fathoms, or about a mile. When they intend to descend for
a long time, it is known by their putting their tails upwards,
in order to make a strong and powerful plunge. They always
steer in direct courses, and may be followed for many days to-
gether in one track, without deviating from it ; but when seen
in a large shoal, no one individual from the number would be
struck, unless at least a mile distant from the rest for fear of
alarming them ; but with careful management eight or ten
may be taken in one shoal. When dying they generally point
their head upwards to the sun, as if contemplating that lumi-
nary. Underneath the cuticle is a very fine fur, much like
that of the mouse, and which the author considered might be
employed in ladies' dresses. The species of delphinus, called
the killer, is a great enemy of whales, attacking them severely
at the lip, and adhering with great pertinacity.
SHORT COURTSIIII).—A few days ago, a diseon-
solatc Benedict, of Pilham, tired of single blessedness, waited
upon the widow of a well-known character, Black 7'onony, at
Gainsburgh, wishing to speak with her a few words. Of
course he was desired to walk in. After a short colloquy, the
business of the gentleman was broached ; he wanted a house-
keeper, and bad been recommended to her. " Well," re-
plied the dame, " what family have you ?" " Oh, only myself."
a sitting-room and one bed-room." " Ah, but where am I to
sleep then ?" 44 Why, I was thinking we had better be mar-
ried first." After a little consideration, a bargain was struck,
and on Monday morning last the happy couple were joined in
the holy bands of matrimony.

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COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY.
speculations in joint-stock companies, it is highly important;
both to the Government and to the public!, to understand wha,_
--Under the excitement that prevails on the subject of
the relative situation of the commercial interest is ; for it
that should be provod guilty of speculation and overtradingf
the more serious will the crisis be for w11;11 most men arc nov
preparing themselves; and, on the contrary, should our md!
and. manufactures be found to rest on the sold basis of suPPIY
and demand, the better shall we be prepared to weather thee
storm when it does come. On this head all the inquiries ca.
be most satisfactorily answered, and the mode of making, this
the
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perfectly clear will be to make a comparison of the state ef
chief articles of import and consumption in the beginning°
1825, and in the present year. There will be found no excess
in any one point beyond what the healthy and flourishing', state
of our trade t equires. No symptom of speculation in fiY
aka bin'
commodity is discernible. We' are indebted for the following
figures to a gentleman whose operations necessarily rna-
fully conversant with these details.
At the cud of 1825 the stock of cotton on hand Was
360,000 bales, on a consumption annually, of 460,000, and the
price of New Orleans cotton was from 17Ad. to 20d. At pre
.
sent the cotton on hand is only 180,000 bales,
sumption of nearly 1,000,000; and the prior of New Odeon
is 11d. to 12.,1d.
In 1823 the stock of coffee was 30,000,000 lb.; the price
of good middling plantation, 955. to 985.; at present the stock
is only 13,000,0001 h.; the price 100 s. to 105 s.
In 1825, the stock of plantation sugar was 43,000 hogs:
heads ; and the price 58s. to 675.; at present the stock 19
10,000 hogsheads ; the price, 61s. to 695.
In 1825, the stock of tallow was 42,000 casks ; the Prie,e:
on an annuals
355. 6d. per cwt.; at present the stock is 18,000 casks ; tu"
price 445.
In 1825 the stock of rum was 25,000 puncheons, the price'
Is. lod. to 2s. 6d. per gallon ; at present the stock is 9,50
puncheons ; and the price 3s. to 3s. Bd. per gallon.
The comparison might be pursued through several oth.e.r.
articles, but the result would be the same, and those me'
alone.ind, and tflaieet,pirticise
tioned arc by far the most important. The inference is irre.
sistible.k We are encumbered with no large stocks of saYci
niostokreioputs utphaatpopuarrternatdlye
ib.sysoth:r deree.uh
osPere"
and so rapidly on the increase, that the chief difficulty with
merchants and manufactures is how to get the orders they the
,:ve executed. They must pay the market price of for
artics: they want, but they charge at a corresponding rate 0
the artic,,,o they supply to the foreign consumer, and °,O
transaction .is adjusted to the other. If these high ,11,,c
will necessarily'
should force ot.: a glut of production and importation, a uecr..
manufacturer will be no worse ;
chant and the mfaoillow,
them no embarrassment, but the relative position of the Ille_
it will catty
hal'
lower their charge to the Foreign consumer. This is t nurse,
amidst the distractions of an uns7
last which will keep the vessel
nt, and they will simply be eng.bled to
i of the state steady on its ca
speculations of people who have ,Morethan wit'''.
money
Times. cittled currency, and the w"
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