The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-29 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD,

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay /3 10 to £5 15
New Meadow flay
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
Clover Hay (extra fine. /6 0 Generally
Oat Straw /1 16 to -£1 181 Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0
WHITECHAPEL.

Coarse Meadow Hay ..f3 10 to £4 0
New Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and llye•grass Hay ..
Clover Hay 5 0 0 0
'ld Straw , £1 16 to X: 131 Wheat Straw .... ...... 1 13 2 0

In the Sheriff's Court, at Birmingham, on Friday,
Mr. Peters, a wine-merchant, obtained a verdict, with
8001. damages, against Mr. Ladbury, an assistant of the
plaintiff's, for crim. con.

Goldsmith once startled a brilliant circle at Sir
Joshua Reynolds', by beginning one of his stories with—
" When I lived among the beggars of Axe-lanc"—just as
Napoleon did, when, among a circle of Crowned heads at
Dresden, he began his story of—" When I was a Lieute-
nant in the regiment of La Fere !"—Prior's Goldsmith.

Between the hours of nine and ten yesterday morn-
ing, a young female, apparently about eighteen years of
age, was observed by one of the L division of police to
throw herself into the Grand Surrey Canal, close to the
Docks. He immediately proceeded to the spot, but the
wretched woman perished before any assistance could be
procured. _ _

Coals have fallen in price to the consumer about 3s.
a ton, owir, to the late prevalence of North and North-east
winds, which have been favourable to the arrival of colliers
in the Pool.

The Caffre Chief, Tzatzoe, has been addressing
several congregations in the Dissenting chapels at Notting-
ham, on which occasion upwards of 701. was collected.
_ _

It is confidently expected that the whole line of the
London and Birmingham railway will be completed early
in the summer of 1838. The communication between
London and Hemel Hempstead will be opened to the pub-
lic on the Ist of June next, and will be continued as far as
Tring before the close of the year.

A certain couple had trudged on together in the pil-
grimage
of life for about a quarter of a century ; but Ellie,
the weaker vessel, instead of being a help-mate for her
husband, was cross-grained, and always seated herself on the
cross-benches when any domestic bill was brought in by the
head of the house ; even in the uphill pulls of life she was
apt to put " the drag" on the laudable exertions of John.
The connexion at last was abruptly terminated by John's
death, who was drowned in attempting to cross a ford when
the river was swollen. The wife, as may be conceived, was
inconsolable, and went to her father, a crusty old cake as
ever was fired in the oven of social life—" Father, my man's
drowned! John's dead ! and I'll never marry again in this
world." " Save us !" quoth old crusty, " wilt thou no baud
thy tongue ? you're unto soon thinking about it—wha's
seeking thee ?"

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Department from the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, and
the lonian Islands, and despatches were forwarded from the
India Board for the Governor-General of India.

The mails have been very irregular in the times of
their arrival, during the past week, owing to the state
of the roads, which have, in many parts of the country,
been impeded by heavy falls of snow. Yesterday the Bir-
mingham mail did not arrive till ten o'clock, and the
London mail also was much beyond its usual time of
arrival. There was quite a famine of news, the morning
papers not arriving at all.—Liverpool Albion.
Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, as a man,
named Brashenen, was in the act of clearing away some
snow from the roof of 61, Wellington-street, Cavendish-
square, he missed his footing and was precipitated from the
fearful elevation, and in his descent he fell on the iron area
railings, two of which entered his side to a great depth,
where he was suspended for several minutes in the greatest
agony, and before he could be taken tt/ Middlesex Hospi-
tal, he died.