The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-24 00:00:00

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURIN

THE WEEK.

Wheat. I— Barley. Oats. Beans. Peace.
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Per Quarter. a. to a. a. to a. a. to a. a. to a. a. to a.
Abingd0n................ 44 50 30 34 22 30 38
And0ver.,............... 47 52 29 31 25 43
Birmingham...,..... 36 48 30 40 16 22 33
Bridport ........—... 38 50 32 36 26 30 39
Cirencester ........... 44 51 27 32 20 25 32 40
Earingdon--- 35 46 20 30 26 30 46
Guildford .. 38 54 28 35 20 30 46
Henley _ 42 58 26 32 23 26 43
Hereford 36 49 21 32 22 29 46 40
Highworth —.......... 42 60 32 42 28 34 56
Maidenhead 32 58 21 30 .20 20 34 44 34 38
Monmouth---,... 46 43 32 34 22 29 31 40
Reading ................._ 34 57 25 35 2) 27 32 42 35
Salisbury---..—.,, 44 54 30 34 20 28 41 46
Southampton- . 45 51 33 40 28 32 42
Stroud . 313 44 28 36 20 24 46
Tewkesbury ........151 35 22 32 40
Uxbridge „ .. 40 48 28 32 17 28 40 42
Wantage 32 52 24 34 20 25 33 42 33 48
Warminster 3O 40 27 34 22 26 36 48
Windsor _ . 59 I 21 22 35
Worcester,. 153 56 32 361 30 32 46 46 48
CHELTENHAM MARKETS.
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d Per lb. ci. tc d
Wheat
darley 5 9 7 3 Mitten
Oats 3B 46 Veal
Beans
Cease 4 6 6 8 Lamb
Hay 7l. 6s to 61. 153. od. prr ton.
LEWES MA RKE I.—N v. 22.
Per Quaver. s. d. to a. 1. Per Quarter. s. d. to a. d.
Wheat, White ... 50 0 6(1 0 Oats 24 6 '26 6
'---- Red 52 0 56 0 Pease 32 0 37 0
Barley

HULL MA lI.KET.—Nov.:22.
Wheat, 01d.... ...... .... 4S.s sls. Os. New soi 5Ps. 645.
Foreign —s. —s. —s. ln bond... —s. —s. —s.
Oats, Poland
-- Small or Feed.... —a. —s. 20s —s. —s. 235.
-- Foreign —s. —s. —s
Barley, Norf. & Suf ... —s. —s 325. Line. & Wold —'.3ls. 355.
--- Foreign
Beans 365. 325. 425. Foreign
Pease, White......... ...... 365. 3.is. 433..6 rey 325.26+. 40s.
Tares .„ 4os. —s. 44s Foreign 34s. 365. 3.1. i.
Rapeseed, in bond none Free, per last 321. 33:. Os.

There will be five eclipses in the ensuing year, two
visible and three invisible. The visible ones are both of
the moon—the first will take place on Thursday, the 20th
of April, at 47 minutes past five o'clock in the afternoon ;
and the second on Friday, the 13th of October, at 32 mi-
nutes past eight in the evening.

During the night of Thursday last the diligence
from Angers to Paris, belonging to the Messageries
Royale:, was overturned between Menug and Saint-Ay,
four leagues from Orleans. The concussion was so violent
that the imperial was undermost, and the wheels in the air.
One woman wi killed, and several of the other passengers
severely wounded. The accident is attributed to the care-
lessness of the conductor and postillion, both of whom were
asleep at the moment.—Gazette de France.

On Saturday morning Mr. Jasper Holmes, residing
at Groat's-place, Blackheath, committed suicide by cutting
his throat. The unfortunate gentleman has been for some
time past labouring under low spirits. He was the trea-
surer of the Greenwich Saving Bank, and one of the prin-
cipal subscribers to the Blackheath Bible Society. The
deceased has left a family and a large circle of friends to
lament his untimely end.

A letter from Naples of the 23d ult. says :—" Pro-
fessor Zahn has this moment returned to town with the in-
telligence of a most curious discovery that has just been
made at Pompeii. A complete table service in silver has
been found. It consists of forty-four plates, a large dish,
three small vessels, two spoons, and four forks. The work-
manship is admirable, and the articles are all in the highest
state of preservation.—Nationel.
COTTON-SPINNERS' TURN-OUT.—As we an-
nounced last week the whole of the cotton-mills in this town
were locked up on Monday, and hands to the number, it is
estimated, of about 15,000 have been unemployed during
the week. The turn-out hands held a meeting on Monday
morning, and passed a series of resolutions, indicative of
their determination to persist in their demands for an in-
creased rate of wages. Their conduct upon this occasion,
as well as during the remainder of the week, has been of
the most orderly and peaceable character. We have reason
to believe (and we state it with extreme regret) that no
progress has been made towards an adjustment of the dis-
pute, and, consequently, that thereis not at present any
reasonable ground for the supposition that its settlement is
at hand. On Sunday last the undermentioned troops
arrived here ; their billets were previously prepared,
and it is expected that they will remain with us
some time—thirty-one of the Ist Dragoon Guards,
commanded by Captain Tyson ; and a company of fifty-five
of the 7th Fusileers, under the command of Captain Ha-
milton and Lieutenant Mildmay. They are quartered in
different parts of the town.—Prczton Chronicle.—Up to
Wednesday night, (the date of our correspondent's letter)
the spinners remained out, and no terms of conciliation ap-
pear to be entered into up to that period. Spinners and
their piecers are leaving the town daily ; and should this
difference continue long it will be a very difficult matter for
masters to collect their hands together when the dispute is
ended. We hope this affair may be settled soon. The
number of persons now out of employment is estimated at
15,000, about 600 of whom are spinners, who are supported
by their unions ; all the rest are nearly destitute. Messrs.
Birlf)3, and Swainson have very charitably commenced
making soup for their weavers, &c.—lVigan Gazette.
On Tuesday evening the following melancholy and
fatal accident occurred at Brompton :—About seven
o'clock a female about 54 years of age, named Anne Ro-
binson, residing at No. 2, York Cottages, Old Brompton,
went while in a state of intoxication to the Bell and Horns
public.house, in the Fulham-road, but was refused being
close by, offered Rhoads, the landlady, who, knowing that
sh e e
to see 'Mrs. Robinson home,
which she did, assisted by her servant. In about a quarter
of an hour afterwards Mr. Robinson came running to the
servedr s
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dMir
Bell and Horns, in a state of great alarm, and saying that
his house was on fire. Mr. Rhoads and other persons im-
mediately ran to the spot, when, on Mr. Robinson, who was
also intoxicated, opening the door, the passage was found
to be in flames, which were extending themselves up the
staircase. Mr. Rhoads instantly rushed in, and, with the
assistance of his companions, tore down the paper hangings
and extinguished the flames. After the smoke had some-
what subsided a melancholy spectacle presented itself, Mrs.
Robinson being found lying at the bottom of the stairs quite
dead, with the upper part of her person dreadfully burned.
On going up stairs an elderly gentleman, who is insane, and
of whom Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have for some time had
the care, was found in bed in one of the upper rooms, in a
state of insensibility and nearly suffocated by the dense
smoke ; he, however, soon revived. It was most fortunate
the fire was so soon discovered, or the consequences must
have been far more lamentable than they have proved.
M. de Lamartine, the French poet, has been suffer-
ing for some time from a painful luxation of the knee.
There is, however, nothing alarming in the state of his
lit ; only deprived of exercise, as the 'physicians
have recommended the patient to remain in the most abso-
lute repose.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Tuesday an inquest
was held at the Adam and Eve public-house, Rotherhithe,
before W. CARTTAR, Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, on the
body of Mr. William Goodwin, jun., aged 30, the son of a
respectable tradesman in Paradise-street, who was found
drowned in the Surrey Canal, near the Plough Bridge.
The circumstances stated on the inquest are of a romantic
character. The deceased, who up to that time was of a
cheerful disposition, about three years ago contracted an
acquaintance with a young lady whose parents reside in
Bermondsey. Their affections were mutual, but their
union was opposed by the friends of the lady, who con-
sidered his situation in life inferior to hers. In a fit of
despair the young lady put an end to her existence by
hanging herself, and her lover was by this melancholy oc-
currence almost driven to distraction, and, it appears, never
recovered his self-possession. He wore mourning for up-
wards of a year, and his manner was reserved and me-
lancholy. Soon afterwards his father was thrown out of
his gig, and suffered such injury from the accident that
his life was for a long time despaired of, and about the same
time his mother was attacked by a serious illness, which
deprived her of the use of her limbs. These misfortunes
appeared to have increased the deceased's despondency to a
most alarming extent. About three months ago, he, how-
ever, attended the wedding of his youngest sister, and gave
a handsome sum towards her marriage portion. and at the
earnest solicitation of the bride and bridegroom he joined the
wedding party on an excursion to Gravesend, where it was
agreed they should spend the honeymoon. The -desceased
appeared, howeier, to have no relish for the pleasures with
which he was surrounded, and left his sister and friends to
return to town in the Medway steamer. During the passage
there was an alarm among the passengers that a man was
overboard. The steamer was instantly stopped, and, by the
praiseworthy exertions of Captain Turner and his crew, Mr.
Goodwin was taken out of the water in an apparently life-
less state. There was much difference of opinion amongst
the passengers as to whether Mr. Goodwin had fallen into
the River by accident, or thrown himself in. It was seve-
ral weeks before he recovered from the effects of his im-
mersion, and he remained till his recovery at the house of
his brother, a tradesman, in Southwark. On his return
home, he found his sister, who had so lately been married,
labouring under a dangerous illness she had contracted by
sleeping in the draft at one of the boarding-houses at
Gravesend. She died on Thursday, the 10th instant, and
on the melancholy news being related to her brother, he
appeared much dejected ; he left his house the same evening,
and was not seen after. On the following day it was
ascertained that he had been observed the previous even-
ing proceeding to the Plough-bridge, with some iron weights
in his possession. A 14Ib and two 71b weights were shortly
afterwards missed from his father's warehouse. After
much time spent in searching in all directions for the de-
ceased, on Sunday it was determined to drag the canal, and
the deceased's body was then found near the Plough-bridge,
with a 141 b weight attached to it. The unfortunate man
was attired in the same suit of mourning he had so long
worn for his bethrothed, but which he had not worn for
many months previous. There could be no doubt but the
death of his sister, to whom he was fondly attached, had
tended to augment that mental depression of which he had
been so long the subject, and had induced him to commit
the rash act, under the mistaken idea of ending his life and
miseries together. The deceased was much beloved by his
family and respected by his friends, and the circumstances
attending his death has created feelings of deep interest
amongst the inhabitants of Rotherhithe.
The jury, after expressing their sympathy with the friends
of the deceased, returned a verdict of—" Temporary de-
rangement."

At the Deptford Petty Sessions yesterday Mary
211‘Carthy was charged by Pearce, a cheesemonger, re-
siding in High-street, Deptford, with having stolen in his
shop, between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday night last, a
large Cheshire cheese, weighing nearly thirty pounds. Tze
prosecutor having noticed that the prisoner was longer in
his shop than is usual, having only purchased a small quan-
tity of bacon, his suspicions were aroused, and on watching her
he saw her take the cheese under her shawl, which was af-
terwards found on her person. The prisoner pleaded that
she had mistaken the cheese for the bacon. She was com-
mitted.

It having been for some time past in contemplation
to present the Marquis of Breadalbane with a piece of plate
in testimony of the approbation of the Liberal electors of
Perthshire of his services while Member for the county,
Monday last was fixed on for the purpose, when a de-
putation of the conveners of the Election Committee pro-
ceeded to Taymouth Castle, where they were sumptuously
entertained. The plate was presented by the Hon. Fox
Malik. It consists of a target, a broad sword, a dirk, and a
case of pistols. The shield is of beautifully wrough t gilt silver.
A. double cable moulding surrounds it at the edge, a wreath
of flowers being betwixt the mouldings. The boss of the
shield has a dead ground, ornamented with enriched studs.
On the middle, in beautifully wrought relief, are the arms
of Breadalbane—the galleyed shield, the boar-head crest,
and stag supporters of the Campbells. The claymore is a
fine old Ferara, re-fitted with a splendid gilt hilt and
scabbard. The dirk is of a very rich and beautiful work-
manship. The pistols are of blued steel, inlaid with gold ;
on the one side is a Marquis's coronet, on the other the
boar-head crest. The inscription runs thus :—" This Shield
is presented to the Most Noble John Campbell, Marquis of
Breadalbane, Earl of Ormelie, Viscount Glenorchy, &c., by
the Liberal Electors of Perthshire, as a testimony of their
esteem for his private worth, their admiration of his public
principles, and their gratitude for his distinguished services
in the great cause of Liberty, and as their Representative
in their first Reformed Parliament of the United Kingdom,
to which he was triumphantly returned on the 29th of
December, 1832, by a Majority of 574."
THE HARVEST.—We are now in the middle of
November, and have still to report the progress of the
harvest in the upland districts. This week corn cutting
has been going briskly forward at the Path of Condie,
and in other places among the Ochills there is a good deal
to cut as well as to carry. Both oats and barley are better
crops than could have been anticipated after so long a pro-
tracted season and extreme weather. The barley which
was not secured before October storm, will, of course, be
unfit for malting ; but at the advanced price of oats and
potatoes, and the general bad quality of the latter since the
frost, barley is likely to be greatly in request for domestic
consumption.—Perth Courier.

SEAL HUNTING IN CAITHNESS.—This truly
manly and exciting sport has, it appears, been lately pur-
sued with considerable success at Latheron-wheel, in the
parish of Latheron, in this county. On Tuesday, the Ist
inst., a party, consisting of the Hon. Mr. Fitzroy, son of
the Earl of Southampton, Major Frazer, Captain Sinclair
of Lybster, the Hon. Robert Dunbar, and Mr. B. Wemyss,
resolved on trying this adventurous amusement, and hav-
ing procured a boat, sallied out at midnight for the purpose
of waging war with the monsters of the deep in the enemy's
own citadels—the caverns that abound on the coast of
Latheron-wheel estate. Some of these caverns are very
narrow and difficult of access, many of them running not
less than 300 feet under ground, and to make this sportin-
teresting, no inconsiderable share of both courage and
dexterity is required on the part of those engaged in it. In
the course of this expedition the party visited no less than
seven caves, in one of which were found no fewer than tea
seals ; here the engagement was truly fierce and sanguinary,
and the scene wild and terrific in the extreme. The despe-
rate though unavailing struggles of the monsters ; their sa-
vage howling ; the noise of the assailants' bludgeons, as
they dealt out death ; the cries of each combatant, as
success or defeat crowned his labours, joined to the hi-
deous glare of the torch light that was required to explore
the caverns, formed altogether a scene of the most pic-
turesque description, and greatly more than compensated
the amateurs for the dangers and risks they had to encounter.
On one occasion the Hon. Mr. Fitzroy had a narrow
escape ; he attacked an enormous seal, which he was on
the point of felling to the ground, when the torch-light,
which one of the seamen held, was suddenly extinguished,
and the animal, in making a desperate plunge to regain its
native element, very nearly threw him into the water ; in
this predicament his friend Major Frazer came to his assis-
tance, but notwithstanding their united efforts, the animal
finally made its retreat good. Much danger exists from the
rapidity with which the water runs out of the caves, and if
the weather be not particularly favourable, it requires every
precaution on the seaman's part to prevent the boats being
crushed or upset. Major Frazer, not aware of this circum-
stance, had at one time leaped out of the boat before it was
properly secured,. and was exposed to the danger of its run-
ning over him, had not one of the seamen, at considerable
risk to himself, rescued him from his perilous situation.
This was the first time that either Mr. Fitzroy or Major
Frazer had enjoyed this animating sport, and. both expressed
themselves highly delighted with the expedition. The party
did not return to Mr. Dunbar's, at Latherton-wheel House,
until eight o'clock next morning. The seamen considered
that the seals would at the very least produce thirty pints
of oil each.--John o'Groat's Journal.