The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-29 00:00:00

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended Dec. 23, 1831, made up from the Returns
of the Inspectors in the diftbrent Cities and Towns in England
and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat-- 89s. 3d.1 Oats ----. 2:25. 04.1 8ean5......... 38s. hi.
Barley 355. Rld. Rye --- 375. 10d I Pease--- 395. Bi.
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE FIX WEEKS PRECEDING.
Wheat—.....6la. 0.1 I Oats 925. 10d.I Beans--....... 395. 7d.
Barley--- 375. 103.1 Rye 38s. Id.Pease 435. 3d.
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat--..—. 253. Sd.l Oats 13s. Ils.
Barley-- 6s. 4d.1 Rye ..---... 12s. 6d.1 9s. Od

HAY M A RKETS.—(At per Load of 36 frusses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10
New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10
Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0
Clover Hay 4 5 510
Oat Straw __Xi Sto £1 10 I Wheat atraw 1 12 l 14
Straw '24. per load lower than last quoted ; prices otherwise sta-
tionary. Supply moderate, and trade sluggish.

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SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to X'2 15
New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10
Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 3 15
Clover Hay (extra fine)...Xs 15... Generally
Oat Straw II 10 to £1 12 I Wheat Straw 1 12 1 14
Supply moderately good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted.

BRIGHTON, DEC. 27.—Their MAJESTIES
and Royal relatives remained within the Palace. The
KING honoured the Duke of RICHMOND with an audience.
The christening, before dinner, of the infant son of Lord
and Lady FALKLAND, took place in the presence of the
Court, by the Lord Bishop of WORCESTER. Their MA-
JESTIES were the sponsors. The invited dinner guests at
the Royal table to-day were the Duke of DEVONSHIRE
Duke of RICHMOND, Lord and Lady BELHAVEN, Hon.
Majl? KEYPEL, Mrs. KEYPEL, Sir F. BURDETT, Mr. and
Lady MARY STANLEY, and Lord A. HILL.
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His MAJESTY most graciously sent an invi-
tation to Mr. MATHEWS (who is o❑ a visit at Brighton)
on Friday evening, when he had the distinguished grath
fication of affording amusement for upwards of three
hours, with a varied selection of humouruus songs, &c.,
from his " Comic Annuals." It is not generally known
that Mr. MATHEWS was frequently simildrly honoured by
his late MAJIESTY, not only at Carlton-house, but at St.
James's.

The Hon. F. BYNG took the oath of supre-
macy this morning at the Westminster sessions-house.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Hon•
C. F. NotcroN, Lieutenant in his Majesty's 52d Regiment'
and Member for Guildford, will shortly lead to the hymeneal
altar the beautiful and accomplished Miss CAMPBELL,
eldest daughter of Major -General Sir COLIN CAMPBELL,
K. C. 8., Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth. The cere-
mony will take place at the Government-house, Portsmouth.
Orders were issued from the Horse Guards
on Tuesday evening, and forwarded to Portsmouth, for
the immediate departure of the 7th Royal Fusileers and
tll st Regiment, for Bristol. On the following morning,
at ten o'clock, those regiments were on their way from
Portsmouth in Government vessels, for their destined point,
Bristol.

The protracted deliberations of the Conference
on the affairs of Holland and Belgium appear likely to ex-
haust some of its members, however inexhaustible the
subject itself may be. We hear that, on the last occasion
of the members being summoned to the Foreign-office, all
the Foreign ;Ministers assembled ; but the unaccountable
absence of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs pre-
vented any discussion taking place, and the diplomatists
departed as they came.—Morning Herald.
UNITED STATES BANK.--The President's
Message had an instantaneous effect on the stock of the
United States Bank. As soon as the message was made
known yesterday, it was considered that the President
had so far abandoned his hostility to the institution, that
he would not, in case the Charter passed both Houses of
Congress, put his veto on the bill. This advanced the
stock from 128 4 at which it was sold the dry previous,
to 129, 1291, 129,,k, and after the Board of Bankers ad-
journed to 130 per cent., making a sudden rise of nearly
2 per cent. on this fact alone.—. New York Advertiser.
The report of the recall of two or three of
the Ambassadors to the British Court was again revived
yesterday evening at the West-end of the town.
A portion of the fine collection of animals at
the Tower presented by his Mai esnr to the Zoological
Society, has already been removed to the gardens in the
Regent's Park, and the remainder will follow in the course
of the present week.
REMARKABLEANNOUNCEMENT.--At
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eaten, near Coventry, the first sign is peculiarly faceti-
ous, i.e.:—" The Cheshire Cheese, Nuneaton" (none
eaten). In the same town are the following curious an-
nouncements :—" Fresh eggs laid every day—by me,
W. BEWLEY." And at an inn—" Coaches four times a
day, and returned chaises stop going and coming !"
We are grieved to have to state that the atro-
cious offence of incendiarism which has been carried to
such a frightful extent in the south, has made its appear-
ance in the county of Durham. Early on Friday morning
last, the stables of a highly-respectable gentleman, JACOB
MAUDE, Esq., of Selaby Hall, near Staindrop, close to his
mansion-house, on the borders of the counties of Durham
and York, were set on fire, and four fine horses, two of
them hunters, and two coach horses, worth from
4001. to 5001., were entirely destroyed. The family did
not retire till one o'clock in the morning. No doubt is
entertained that this is the diabolical work of an incen-
diary. This is the second attack. The stables were
partly on fire the Sunday previous, but it was got under.
—Tyne Mercury.
We have lately seen and tasted a new article,
Elalopino, the invention of M. Huesca, a German chemist,
introduced •!a a substitute for tea and coffee, and which,
from concentrating the beneficial virtues of these diet
drinks, with many medicinal qualities peculiar to itself,
bids fair to supersede their use in all families where an
economical and wholesale diet chink is a desideratum. An
eminent chemist, who has lately published some ingenious
views respecting the chemical characters of contagion has
certified to its purity and quality, and particularly recom
mends it, from its aromatic virtues, as a chemical preven-
tive to contagion. Our readers are invited to follow our
example by paying a visit to the Manufactory, 121, Al-
dersgate-street, where they can convince themselves of the
merits of this excellent beverage, which is always kept
ready made for tasting, The preparation is sold in dif-
ferent packages to suit the convenience of all classes of
purchasers.