The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-13 00:00:00

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THE BALL—A TALE.. •
bood D-oetor i..,'irrTgx, was a matt
Of "prightly mirth and glee,
lie gave.a very splendidßa.B,
Andash'J his Friends to Tea:

The Party met, and all was joy; .
i.;:enty Within;
The mlisie ; the Doctor said;
" let the (iiMf 4.egin•!'

Now Doctor COTTON, .tiOrt and fat,
Did ask a Lady tall, -
With her fair hand tOhonour hint;
And with bins ope the Ball.

But as she tripp‘d it nimbly down
With foot of London Ilef
Wishing to follow where she led;
The Dbctor slipp'd, and fell.'

The Lady kingled, and, joking, saicli
0 ! pray, good Doctor, trot-on;
%to all May roll, for well we know,
It is a-=Ball dtetitton., •
IiEMN

THE MARItETS.

• CORN tXCE4ANGE, JUNE 13,—The supply pf
Wheat this morning from Essex and Kent was not
large, but quite equal to the, dtinand ; fine sai-.
.ples at the early part of the morning fully•sup-.
ported, he prices of this
.day week, but towards
the close the sale :Lyra dais. _ 0,01. .---y—he_p_rulsi,
dereirthe as last Friday, which wa
lower than this day week: Barley and Malt were .
dull. Rye was the same, and.ls. lower. In Nase
and Beans there •was no alteration.. Flour re-
mains" the saline. •

English Wheat 475. 575. 675.
Fine ditto. - 755. —s. —s.
Foreign do - 475. 575. 775.
Rye
Barley - - 2.75. 30s:
Fine dittO - - 7 '-'33s.
Malt - - -
.60s. 655.
Fine ditto - -70 s. 725.
,WhitePease (boil.) 525. 60s.
Fitie ditto - - - 635. —s.
Grey Pease -

Fine Grey Pease y -475. —s,
Tick Beans - - 3es, 4:35,
Small Tick Beans 475. 495,
Feed Oats - - 265,
Fine ditto - -•- 325.
Poland ditto '7 . Us. 28s
Pine ditto - :335.
P4tatoc ditto. -28 s. Ms,
Rape Seed' 351. --t,
Fine Flour - 6os. .655,
Seconds - -60 s.

. . . .
• SMITITFiELD. JUNE 'S.—This day's Market was, well, sup-
plied with prime. Beasts, and the show of Cattle in g-eneral
was considerable ' Beef, Mutton, and Veal,"-were cheaper
Pork was dearer;
.ILarnb.sold at last price;. and OK trade, for
tin-most part, was.middling. The sales in the. Hay -market
were pretty livety-:- Clover fetched a better price ; Hay and
Straw obtained last prices. We subjoin an accurate state-
ment of the Prices and numbers : ' '- -

. .
- ' To sink the (Nth!, per stone of Sib. •
Beef,- ss, 4d. to 6s. 2d. - Mutton, st. lod. to 6s: 6d. Veal,
ss. to 6s. 6d. Lamb,. 7s. 6,1. to SS. 6d. Pork, 7s. 6d. to Bs. 6d.
Beasts, 2100. Sheep and Lambs, 12,000. Calves, 185. 'Pigs,
300.

• 1-JAY-MARKET.
. Hay, 31, (is. to 41. 10s. Straws 11. Bs. to 11. IGs. Cloi•ex,
41. 10s. to 71. os.

The price of gold hnllion is reduced to' 51.
The guinea, which was lately at 28s. is reduced to
245. All the foreign exchanges are rising.
A new Musical Farce is forthcoming at Drury-
lane, the music composed by Mr. PARRY.
We have been favoured with a Programnie of
tyre
_IICW and magnificent Plan upon which the"
Patriotic Concerts are preparing. The First Sec-
tion explains the particulars of the Grand Triple
Orchestra : the second, presents a Pros'pectus of
the Performances. We shall lay the whole before
our Readers to-morrow.

Among the many instances of Philantbropy and
Benevolence .which render the present period-so
brilliant; even in the annals of this Charitable NA-
ticin, we cannot refrain from the gratification of
giving to our readers the two'folloWing characte-
ristic Subscriptions: for the relief of the suffering
Germans A Donation has been received by
one of the Secretaries of the Westminstet Asso-
ciation, with oalv the signature of a German's
Daughter," 100/..;- and, by the• twopenny pOst,
the same Secretary received another Donation,
with only thisdesignation, "'Consolation for the
aged, 2001.f0r the German SOfferers.'!--We for-
bear' to' add any comment if. our own, as we are
sensible that publicity is alone.wantinn. to render
such anuni tiCence the theme, of general nn•ation.
This is indeed complying with the Divine Direc--
tor, " Let your alinsi be in secret, that your right
hand know not what your left 'hand doeth !"
A Coroner's verdict of ~l ilful Murder was- on
Mandlaylast'found against:a girl.or the name of.
Hucklebridge, residing at Twertop, near Bath-,-
for-. having destroyed her illegetimate new-born
offspring.
Lakt Thursday 120•ropeniakers.and labourers,
besides several Women and. boys, were discharged
front this dock-yard.---LOn Wednesday the centinel
of the Cygnet sloop of war fell froni the gangway •
on the deck, dislocated his neck, and expired
mediateiy.---0n 'Tuesday lair, a seaman belonging
to the l'revoyante store-ship, in, walking 'over a
brow front the jetty-head, unfortunately lost his
balanee, and pitched on the• gunnel:of a float
beloW, which so fractured his skull that be
.died
on the7folloWing day..—(Nymotah Telegraph.)
A ceremony, respecting a peColiar tenure,, for
lands situated in the parish of.l3roughton, in Lin--
colnshire, takes place at- Castor ,Church every
Palm Sunday. A peisOn enters the churchydrd
with
.a green silk purse, 'containing ten shillings
a and silver penny, tied, at the end of a cart-whip,
which he stnacks thrice in the porch; andeontitmes
there till the seoondlesson begins, %Them' he pies
into the Church', and sniacks the Whip thrfe.timq
over the Clergyrnan's• bead. Aftet, kneeling be:
fore the desk dUring the-.reading of the, lespn, he
presents the 'Minister with `tit; purse, and then re-
tiring to the choir, waits the rtmainder of,the ser.7
viee.-L,-( York Herald.).

'The P . trul distressing and Patal
dent occurred. last evening„ nbonthalfioast eight
o'clock :—As Mr. Hooper, Attorney, "of this city,
wasTeturning how Leigh,' with his brother and,
another Gentleman, he was thrown from his
near the Branceford turnpike,.p.6d received:
so much internal injury as to cause his death in
a few minutes. Mr. Hooper , was a: man of con-
siderable talent in his prolesion, and filed the
ce s of Deputy Town Clerk, end Clerk to the'
CominissiOners of Assessed Taies, for this city.
An inquest will be held on the body this evening.
(Worcester Herald; June IQ) •