The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-16 00:00:00

The following are the present prices of grain :
s. s.

Wheat, English, red 42 to 46
Do. white
Dant zic and Igo-

S. 9

nigsberg 4B 50
Pomeranian and
Hamburgh . 42 44
Danish, Holstein, &

Peas, white and yel. 25 30
'llo. grey
Linseed, Black Sea 39 41

Friesland 3B 42
Russian and Odessa 36 42
Oats, English
Do. I)anish l4 16
Do.Friesland l6 181
Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 161
Barley,malting 24
Do. grinding 2O 221
Beans 2B 32
Do. foreign ...... 26 -- 281

Do. Petersburgh ... 34 39
Do. Riga&Archngl. 35 37
Do. Konigsberg .... 32 35
Per ton.

Linseed cakes, Hull. 71 lOs Od
Do. fine foreign
Do. inferior foreign 5/ 5s
Rapeseed
Rape cakes ... ..87s
Tares, English ......00s —00 s
Do. foreign 20s —26 s
Guano 6/ to 9/ lOs
Bones, do 92s 6d to 93s Od
Rye meal 6/

IPSWICH, MAY 15.
We' have very little change to report in the corn trade to-
day. Wheat at about last week's prices. Barley and oats
found buyers at our last quotations. Beans and peas are a
better sale.

PER QUARTER.! PER QUARTER.
Wheat 3Bs to 48s Beans
Barley ...... 2ls to 31s Peas 2ss to 32s
Oats ... l7s to 2ls Malt . - 47 s to 53s

Rye ..... ........... 21s to 23s Flour, per sack ... Ms to 41s
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 12, 1849.
Wheat ... 1,189 quarters at 445. 4d.
Barley
Oats
Beans 26 „ 30s. 2d.
Peas
LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.--At this day's market there was a
good attendance of the town and country dealers, and a fair
business was done in wheat at the prices of this day se'nnight.
Oats met with little inquiry, but must be noted id per 45Ibs
d. arer. Oatmeal was neglected, and without 'change in value.
For barley, beans, and peas there was a slow retail sale, at our
late quotations. An extensive demand was experienced for
barrel flour, and favourite brands realised 6d per barrel ad-
vance. Indian corn was again in active request, and but few
of the late arrivals being on sale, the decline of Friday was
fully recovered. Indian meal was 3d to 6d per barrel dearer
on the week.

CORK. MAY 14.—Flour.—Firsts 14s to 14s 6d ; extra 153 Od ;
seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s ; thirds 8s to
per cwt. Oatmeal 13s Od to COs; Indian :real 93 togs 3d; wooat
meal, lOs Od to llsper cwt. Indian corn 8/ 7s 6dto 8/15s rr ton.
Bran 41 to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay—Farmers 30s Od to 475; average
425; dealers 483 to 50s; average 00s Od per ton. Sttaw—Farmers
20s Od to 38s Od; average 00s; dealers 00s Od to 00s Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6d;
household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
9d per lb. Eggs —3s 10d to 4s per hundred. Coals—
Newport 16s; Lydney 17s; Landore 16s; Best Neath
Culm 145 per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to bid; veal 5Ld to
7d ; pork 4d to siel ; bacon 7d to 8d; sausages 6d per
lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ lOs ; Valonia 141 to 01; French
7/10a; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone.
Hemp 34/ to 36/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19s ; red
ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10s to 12/ per
ton. Timber—New Memel 4/10x; old scarce; red pine 3/
15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, '201; second
quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market 10s to 16s; salted Ils to
16s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 24d ; market 2d to 214 d per lb.
Potatoes, white 12d to 14d; Minions 19d to 20d; Guano—
Peruvian, 11/ to 11/10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel,
19s per barrel.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The Canadian Tories have given us another
touch of their quality. They have proved their abhor-
rence of tumult and sedition by pelting her Majesty's re-
presentative with rotten eggs, and burning down the
House of Assembly. We are not in the least surprised
at it. It does not alter our estimate of the party, of its
temper, of its wisdom, or of its power. It only adds the
last testimony wanting to the value of the Liberal Con-
stitution we have fortunately given to Canada. Riot, in-
sult, and conflagration are the acts of a party which de-
spairs of attaining its end by peaceful and ordinary me-
thods. The conduct of the Canadian Tories, now for
many months, has been quite in character with this hril-
liant finale. A month since the steamer brought us an
account of Sir Alan 11• Nab, with a dozen or two
brother legislators, dining iu public, drinking destruc-
tion, both of body and soul, to the Governor-General's
responsible advisers, and standing in a balcony after
dinner to see the chief of them burnt in effigy before
the windows. In England we have only one opinion of
such proceedings. Lord Stanley is a warm and rather
reckless politician; but if his Lordship invited a party
of friends to dine and see Lord John or Sir Robert burnt
in effigy in St. James's-square, we should conclude that
he thought his chances of power somewhat desperate,
and was, in fact, taking it out in revenge. This is the
case of Sir Alan M'Nab and his associates. They are
now a despicable minority. Low as they are in numeri-
cal strength, for they barely count a quarter of the
Legislative Assembly, they are still lower in character
and fortune. With all their jobs laid bare to noon-
day, their characters blasted, and their fortunes
ruined ; with the doors of office closed against
them, and incapable of honest employment,
they have no alternative but to throw things
into confusion, it they can, and make every-
body else as miserable as themselves. We have no
wish to give these desperadoes a greater share in this
last crowning outrage than facts fully justify, for there
are many modes and degrees of participation in crime.
Perhaps they have no more to do with the burning of
the House of Assembly than Lord George Gordon had
with the destruction of the Roman Catholic chapels and
Newgate. The experience of this country shows that
very lamentable events, of apparent political significance,
may arise on a very short notice, and by very casual in-
struments. In the Nottingham and Bristol riots, the
mob being then and there assembled, finding themselves
in force, perceiving that there were leaders, and hearing
a cry, rushed at five minutes' notice to acts which
they probably had not dreamt of before.
Of course, they outstripped the vigilance of the authori-
ties as much as they did their own senses. Once in the
work, they knew not where to stop. At Montreal we
trust it was not worse. We trust there was nothing
organised in the destruction, though the cutting of the
gaspipes looks rather like plan. The mob was convened
and excited at a mass meeting. Thence, as by sudden
impulse, it rushed to the House of Assembly. From
breaking windows to effecting an entrance, and from
that to firing the bulling, are easy transitions. Unfor-
tunately, a temporary wooden gallery adjoined the house,
for the stationery department. Two or three years back
there was a similar combination of combustible material
in our own Westminster-hall, and prudent people
shook their heads at it. The papers once flung
about and a candle applied, ten minutes and a high
wind put the matter beyond human control. The gar-
rison marched up with all speed, and arrived in time to
see a splendid conflagration with the usual crowd of de-
lighted spectators. They fired neither into the edifice
nor the crowd, and in fact could do nothing. The fire-
men played upon the adjoining buildings, which was
their wisest course. We had forgotten the police, who
mustered sixty strong under two constables, and kept
order on the ground. When everything was over, the
authorities, the military, and the police were all on the
qui vice ; the soldiers were marched to and fro ; sus-
pected parties were apprehended and marched off to
gaol ; and when the post left order triumphed at
Montreal. Nothing is so easy as a surprise, nothing so
worthless when there are no means of following it up,
and nothing so wicked where there is no solid advantage
in prospect. Why, one man might have set that house
on fire, and it is said that one man actually did. Under
ordinary circumstances it is impossible to guard against
a surprise. We remember another House of Assembly
in North America, situated fifty miles within land, in the
heart of twenty states and ten millions of men. One
fine day a handful of men, about as large as the Montreal
mob, sailed up a bay, landed, marched through some
woods, fought a smart action, walked up to a city,
passed a quiet night, and the next day burned or blew
up all the buildings of the capital, marched back as
merrily as they came, got to their ships, and sailed fur-
ther, where they fared worse. It was all a mere piece
of mischief, unworthy of the name of war, doing no-
thing but exasperate the people and widen the breach,
and proving nothing but that it was impossible
for us to hold a single inland position in the
enemy's country for more than 24 hours. Such a
feat is calculated to diminish our surprise both at the
folly and the success of the Montreal conflagration. The
minority which is making all this commotion is nothing
more or less than the old "family compact" turned out
of doors, and become by this time rather out at elbows,
and ravenously hungry. The M'Nabs, the Sewells, the
Boultons, the Robinsons, and the Fentons, who divided
all the offices in Church and State, in the tribunals, in
the Bank, in the Canada Company, and every other
public establishment, between them—who made a ma-
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