The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-22 00:00:00

ARRIVALS oF GRAIN I

Wheat Barley. Oats. o acicS
English I 656 2 qrs I 9,759 qrs. I 9,:_;5,) qrs. 6,7 -
Irish . - - 9,2,i0
Foreign I

SMITHFIEL
The supply to this day's marke
dull, at the following

) MARKET.
was not great, and the trade RN

PRICES PER STONE OF BLII. TO SINE THE OFFAL!" qd•
s. d. to s. d d. to • • 0
5; 4 3 a
Interior Beasts o 4 2 6 Intetier Sheep l.. • 3 ....
Second quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Second quality ditto ..... •'3 4 4 4 5
Prima large Oxen 4 0 4 4 Coarso-wolled ditto ...• 4 t, 511
Prime Scots, 8,,c
410 5 2 Small Porkers ...... . ••••• 14
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs ............. 4.. 3 ° 4 '
Prime small ditto 4 0
S•ickling Calves each —l4 c 30 0 i Quarter old Pig, each. 10 1,

..,
SUPPLY, AS Pelt CLERK'S STATEMENT. ,
Beasts. PfP"'
2,630 2SO"F7eOIO). I Calves.2:'s 1
4;0
i • ' .220" g
About 300 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban'; road ; about,,ofer-
the other northern roads; mon. 220 (including Ina) from the.,d (air
all midland ,tistricts : about 111-0 trono Not folk, Suffhlh, I.:ssex,',..l„,inde
b7idgeshire ; about 140 from Rent and Sussex ; and most of the rein
rom the marshes, &c. iu the neighbourhood of London.
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NEWG ATE AND LEA
At per stone, ii. to s• i;
s 61. to 8 d s .
. 6 I
Beef, inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior ......... . ~, 3
- middling . ..... >.,
-- prime large '3 4 38 - prime ............ :' ''' '
4 4 3
-- prime 6mat ..........1 8 310 i Pork, large 3
Veal 3 8 5 it
I____small
.................. 4 4

JENHALL MARKETS.
,y the Carcusi

NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET —Feb. SI.O. for
Our supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day was large,
off
which there was a good demand, and the whole was takenlast
readily, at an advance of 2s. per quarter on the prices Of ere
Saturday. Oats met a dull sale, and last week's prices '',..e,
barely supported. Fine Barley in good demand, and late Pl;_lcat
are fully supported. Malt slow sale. Beans and Peas wit' ai,
change. Rye nominal. Ship Flour in good demand, at
advance of Is. per sack.
New. Old.
Wheat, Northumberland
Norfolk and Suffolk 39s. 47, ..... .. —°. --- '
- Berwick and Scotch 370. . ....... 4115.
- Foreign —s. —,..•,,... —s'. —'•
Bye, Norfolk and Suffolk -
Foreign s. s —s. --'• D,
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sulfolk... 28s. 31s
---- Grinding and Feeding :23s. ifs
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 504. 55, —s. --`•
Beans, Small lls. 333 . —S. --':
- Tick 303.313 --s --0•
Pease, White 4os. 425..... —s. —O.
- Gray
Oats, Northumberland, Fotatoe ......
----- -- Feed 173 19; . 194. 203.
Foreign —s. N G. . j
1 Flour (per sack) s.: s ....... 30,4. 323.

NEWspAPER STAMP DUTY.--Ilis Worship tl)9
Mayor, in compliance with a requisition to that effeet,;bBs
called a town's meeting to consider the propriety of petitni
ing Parliament for the repeal of the taxes on newspape°' p- telt.
the means of communicating knowledge generally. Them-
ing will take place in the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, °a.
Thursday. —Liverpool Chronicle.
GLASGOW ELECTION.—At twelve o'elok ou `Nerd'
nesday, Sheriff Alison, in presence of a large crowd In fr To
„To
of the Court-houses, made the official announcement 0'
state of the poll. Bailie Bankier, as Chairman of Lord 11
Liam Bentinck's Committee, in the name of that nobleman,
returned thanks for the high honour which had been conferred-
upon upon him by appointing him representative of a constituency
large and influential as that of Glasgow.
TAX ON NEWSPAPERS.—The people can Ilie%erli
roperly attain any perfection in, what we call, their P°ltio•
education, as long as the present oppressive and °die° aer
upon newspapers is continued. Great as has been their dsa
vance, of late years, in this branch of knowledge,
has been their thirst for it, driven on by the general mare bag
intellect amongst us, there is no doubt that this irnP?"" Ce
qualn"ll f
shut out countlessnumbers fthat • •
from intimate ac
strength
o-
with the state of public affairs, the position and boparties, and all those great and important matters wbie•thout'
only be derived through the medium of the press, and ',..l;hich•
which no man can feel that interest about his country n..
c' ton-
ought to glow in the breast of every Englishman. ople'
increased
01
dency of this mischievous tax, therefore, is to keep the Pe,,isao
in ignorance ; and ignorance is the very state in which l°r'icin•
would delight that they should continue.—Liverpool Cht"
The swollen state of our Northern Rivers, in CO;
queue° of the snow and rain, has proved very injurious
prosecution of the salmon fishing, and the number taken 'IST
trifling.—Leverness Courier.
fr
Co Yl%lf
RESTORATION TO PERPENDICULAR.-- lel3lol,
ton-mill in the course of erection at Walshaw-lane, near tool,
which was blown out of its perpendicular by the late sfi re-
has, by the judicious application of windlasses, &c., been
stored to its former erect position.—Liverpool Chronieleq•
„
NEWSPAPER PROSECUTION. —A man tio,
Brown, a bookseller, was last week convicted for sellingnots;
stamped newspapers. He was convicted of five septabraattene; but in consequence of a statement in mitigation
tended to discontinue the offence in future, was 'fined ir.,;iinif
10/. for each, instead of 20/., which the law awarded: ' -
to pay, he is to be imprisoned for two months. NjOir
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF RESCUE.—`-''' ere
day last, as a corporal and a file of men of the 23d Foot
phis
escorting a soldier from Manchester to our barracks, °n re
way to the hulks at Woolwich, being a transport, theYi
joined on the road hither by two fellows, as the segue thi.
show, companions of the convict. When they reaehed. n
town, an invitation was given to the party, by the two
eg in
terested ones to halt at a public house in the Market-Plaire'sh.
order that the man in charge might partake of sonic re ed
ment, along with the whole party, before he was consigneog
the black-hole in the barracks for the night. Not ausP,ve coo'
the trap which was laid for them, the escorting Par'Jciiall-
sented, and they all partook of some-beef-steaks and a aro
tity of ale, which they continued to enjoy. The soldiers bee jog
so intoxicated in consequence of the ale given to them being
" drugged" by the two fellows, that they became 0:11-the
either to defend themselves or protect their charge, and la
of'
general row which followed, kicked up no doubt for the pin
pose, pose, the prisoner contrived to slip off the handcuffs alho-
double-quick time made his escape. The two fellows, °°t
ing how well the plan had succeeded, lost not a move;Fieli
taking their departure also, leaving the three soldiers tO
the cud of bitter disappointment, and to return to iria9rl
ters with a sad report of their own indiscretion.—°`°r
Advertiser.
r Aber
EXCOMMUNICATION.—The Presbytery 0. ode
deen are making an attempt to restore the revolting rroe
of bringing matters of scandal before promiscuous co
,g of
tions on the Sabbath-day. An individual, accused e or
breach of the Seventh Commandment, and of contul, "ag
a refusal to obey the usual summons of the Kirk Sessio before
publicly cited, from all the parochial pulpits, to appear blame'
sars'r
the ensuing meeting of Presbytery ; and it was at t a, this_
time intimated that this step was taken, in accordance
s'e`nte,,,cet
rules of the Church, preparatory to pronouncing the so that
of the greater excommunication. As it was well I'ol°
ref, this horrible species of Church censure had not been 3lf 5
to, at least in this part of the country, for more than beets
century, and as even common public rebukes had lag joie
discontinued, the citizens generally, and the more lesPieorticti:i
and moderate of the adherents of the Establishment lot alr'
larly, heard of the intimation with mineled astonishirai.. re'
indignation. On Sabbath last, however, the eitationesaessarl
peated; and it is now understood that, after the
_eijetv
steps have been taken, the sentence of the reater exce,arti•
nication will be duly pronounced against the offendilinrcking
For the information of our readers, and at the risk of sea'
Of tu h
their religious feelings, we shall reprint the form 0 roe
is to tence. The day being come, " the minister
sermon suited to the solemn occasion ;" and, after )gr,dater
" with great gravity and authority," to pronounce
lido
excommunication.—Aberdeen Herald.
ti-teke 113 d
TIIE LACE TRADE.--Since our last, •
_A a
been several buyers in the market far white goods, an
,e 51);,
considerable amount has been sold by the man
and neli
_
cially fancy goods, which arc in good demand;
terns are eagerly sought for.---Nottingham Review'.
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