The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-20 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant—R. A. Newman, to San Josef, vice Nicholas,
appointed to the Coast Guard.
Mate—W. A. Menton, to Inconstant.

Carpenter—Alexander Barclay, to Thunderer.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18.—The Pique, 36. Captain
Boxer, arrived this morning from Plymouth ; she is to be
fitted with temporary cabins, for the purpose of bringing
home the Marquis Clanricarde and family from St. Peters_
burgh, on leave, his Lordship's health requiring a tempo.
rary sojourn in this country.
The Reindeer packet, Lieutenant Dicken, arrived at
Falmouth on Wednesday, from Mexico. She left Vera
Cruz February 11; Tampico, on the Gth March, from
Havannah ; freight, 580,000 dollars. All was quiet, and
there is nothing in the shape of news by her, with the ex-
ception that a slight revolution took place about 150 miles
north of Tampico, which did not, however, give rise to
the least uneasiness. The Delight, the following packet,
had not arrived at Vera Cruz. Business was brisk at
Havannah. The Sappho sailed February 16th, from Tam-
pico for Jamaica, with a freight of about 800,000 dollars on
the Government account and for that of the Colonial Bank.
The Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant Littlehales, will be at Spit-
head, from Chatham, about the 22d instant, on her way
to the Cape and the West African station. Mr. Edward
Rowe, second master, to join the Andromache, 26, and
Mr. Batten, second master, for the Brisk, 10, will take a
passage in the Dolphin.
The Columbia steamer left Lisbon for the West In-
dies on the let April; and the Espoir, 16, on the sth, for
Cadiz. 1

The Harlequin, IS, Commander Lord F. Russell, and
Wolverine, 18, Commander Tucker, are ordered home
from the coast of Africa, to be paid off.
The Raven cutter sailed, on Tuesday, for Plymouth ;
and the Gypsy tender arrived to-day from Sheerness.
The new 16-gun brig, Bittern (of 481 tons) was launched
from this dock-yard to-day. We are sorry to say that,
immediately before the launch took place, Mr. Hepburn,
the master attendant, was jerked off the jetty by the bight
of a warp, and severely hurt about the head and face, by
falling against a shore. Ile was rescued from drowning
by Gilmore, a rigger, who jumped overboard after him.
The Prince Regent transport, Lieut. B. Shepherd,
agent, sailed on Saturday, with convicts, for Bermuda.
The Vanilia, freight ship, arrived on Tuesday, and sailed
yesterday with troops, for Halifax.
The British Queen left Spithead for the River Thames,
at noon, on Thursday.
The Merlin, schooner yacht, Captain Lyons, was at New
York on the Ist instant.
The
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ing,jan
and the Cape on the 12th February. At the latter date,'

EVENING E

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Admiral Eliot had not heard of his appointment to the
Indian commend ; he was still on the coast of Africa. The
ship Herefordshire sailed before the Malabar, with the
widowed Lady 'Maitland on ',nerd, and may be hourly ex-
pected.
The Journal de S,n.irne of the 20th ult. states—" Ad-
miral Louis 11..,s shifted his flag to the Ganges from the
Benbow, which sailed on the 27th of Malta. The Dutch
frigate Rhine, with Prince Henry of the Netherlands on
board, came into the roads this morning from the PirmuY.
At. S pithead Pique, Peal I.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Magicienne, Vanguard, Jupiter, Victor, Messen-
ger steamer, and Gipsy tender.
APPOINTMENTS. - Surgeon—J. Wingate Johnston, M. D.
to be superintendent of the Asia convict ship. Clerk—W.
H. Granville, to the Vanguard. Mate—Arthur Gladstone,
to the Vanguard. Midshipman—R. 0. Serjeant, to the
Pearl. Volunteers. First Class—Francis Samuel Marryatt
and r3orkhurst Chase, to the Vanguard. Boatswain.—
Joseph Flynn to the Vanguard, vice John White, to the
Hospital.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17.—The Pique, 36,1. Capt. Boxer,
sailed, on Wednesday, for Portsmouth. The Persian Will
go out of harbour to-day; it is expected she will proceed
to the coast of Africa. The Cyclops steamer sailed, on
the 10th, for Malta. The Cambridge, 72, arrived, on
Wednesday, from Sheerness. The Louisa freight
will call at this port for 3 officers and 51 men of the second
battalion of the Ist royals, and 2 officers and 62 men of the
84th regiment, for conveyance to Quebec. In Hamoaze
—lmpregnable, San Josef, Thunder, Inconstant, Persian,
Nautilus, Sheldrake, Sylph, and Carron. In the Sound
—Cambridge.
MALTA, APRIL s.—The Benbow, 72, arrived here on
Thursday last from Vourla, Rear Admiral Sir John Louis
having transferred his flag to the Ganges. The Hastings
has proceeded from Smyrna to Vourla, and from thence
comes down to Malta; the Implacable is also expected
here from that quarter. The Gorgon steamer, will"
left this port on the 14th ult , arrived at Alexandria ee
the 21st idem, last from Vourla, with despatches from Ad-
miral Sir Robert Stopford, for her Britannic Majesty
Consul-General. The Jascur brig arrived here on the
2d instant, from Corfu ; and the Hydra steam-frigate, on
the 3d, from the coast of Sicily. The Confiance arrived
on the 31st ult., from the lonian Islands.
The Asia has reached Vourla after a most boisterous
and long passage, and with some, but not very material,
damages, chiefly caused by a water-spout. She took
refuge for some days in Milo, and in the course of the
voyage was at one time in very great danger.
The Rhine, Dutch frigate, encountered the same Pies
in which she was obliged to lay too for a whole week, but
had reached Athens, after a very long voyage, from Malta.
The Zebra, on her way to Corfu, went ashore on Cape
Blanco, and knocked off a part of her false keel.
The Beacon and Magpie will leave. on Monday next,
proceeding in the first'place to Athens, where they will re-
main about a month fitting out their tenders. ,From thence
they will proceed to resume their last year's surveys, or to
the Dardanelles, according to the orders which Lieutenant
Graves may receive.
The Palmyra transport, with a draft for the 59th regi-
ment, arrived here frmn Cork on the 26th ult., and landed
the troops on the following day; and on the 31st .tbe
Prince George (Lieutenant Davison), also from Cork an°
Gibraltar.

GRAHAM SHOAL.—Captain Andrew, of the schooner
Vinilia, which arrived at Malta on the 20th ultimo, from
Liverpool, reports, that on the day previous, on, passing
the spot marked down in his chart as the site of the ex-
tinct volcano, between Sciacca and Pantelleria, he 01)"
served a column of smoke rising from the sea, which be at
first took for the steanhz for England, and actually bore
down under that impression with the intention of begging
that his vessel might be reported.—We understand tbet
the Palmyra transport, which arrived from Cork on the
28th ult., likewise saw smoke issuing from the sea in the
same quarter.
of
In Port—Princess Charlotte, 104 (bearing the flag .of
Admiral the Hon. Sir R. Stopford, G. C. 8., G. C. M. G•/'
Bellerophon, 80, Benbow, 72, Jaseur, 16, Beacon, 8,
Magpie, 4, Ceylon, 6 ; steamers, Hydra, 4, Aelarnil,
Blazer, Confiar,ce, Phoenix, Alecto, and the Freon°
steamers Sesostris and Leonidas.

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEE'

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas°.
Per Quarter. a. to S. a. to s 8. to a. I. S.
Carlisle 60 39 30 41 4'
Hexham 33 68 32 38 22 34 42
Morpeth ........ 48 60 36 40 22 28 48 40 Du
Penrith 69 38 27 33 45
Sheffield 67 33 27 47 -- sg
Winchester 68 . '7B 28 40 23 27 42 45 35„ j.
Per Bushel. s.d. 8. d.; s. 8.4.,5.d, s.d. s.d. s.d. s• d• 00
Cardiff---. 00 9 0 0 0 40, 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 X 00
Carmarthen— 00 94 00 5 0 0 0 29 56 00 p 0 p 0
Cowbridge.—... 10 0110 6 0 56; 3 0 26 50 53 0„ 00
Swansea --.... 84 9 4 6 0 7 0 3 4 40 56 60 u v
Per 8011. 0
Barnardcastle II 6 16 6 8 0 93 70 88 90 12 0 76„ 0
Durham--.... 126 18 6 7 0 90; 69 8310 0 !loay g
go
Richmond ....... 12 0 19 070 9() 50 80 9 114 90.
5t0ckt0n.........113 0 16 6 90 991 6 0 •80 76 80 00
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Wheat, RI

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.
~ Norfolk and Suffolk
Lin. and Cam.
. Yorkshire
--, White
Foreign, Red
White
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire Wo 1 d . ................. ... . . . 1-1.-. . sgs.a: .1; -- 4-
- '6:- . "1"7486491 t'. to
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3 2163
Ss
.7451,..!
Foreign
Beans, New ••••••••• ....... ••••• 4.... ..... .
---- Old .
Oats, Potato
-- -- Poland .... ...s. to Ws..
-a. 41
Wt042:4:. flue 304,
vriezland and Small .... -s 4-:: it: 485.325. 611-flUattnnneee4sl
-- I,oaling ..... ..... lid. to 14d. per Stone.
Shelling
Malt ,.
.. ....,. ...... .....s. 44a. fine 4SL per. Ag:
Rapeseed -1. Os. 25/. Os. 261, Os, per JAI'
NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. •
Red. White.
Wheat, Northumberland ... 56s 70s. 7ls. 76i
Norfolk and Suffolk .. 762i5e.. 765553............. 7.....Lai..,687:1,
Berwick and Scotch
Foreign 65.3. 715........ OW. 0..
4 Rye, Norfolk ond Sutlolk -
.---#Foreign 32g. 330••••• • ..,...... ."4. , '
.....
Earley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffblk ass. 441....... -46 y _ ',:d
- Grinding and Feeding POs. 39s --4*
cr
°- • ••• 011
....s.
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 63s 735....... ""s''
_, v;
Beans, Sinall 36s. 405....... --c ---s;
- Tick 42s, 44s l. --S.
?ease, White 42s. 435. ..... .".• .".4._.
....
Gray -s.•
Oats, Northumberland, l'otatoe 3os. 31s ---s• -4._,_
Feed
303. 3ls . --1. ...7
,i,
-.... sls. 53a. "" "'-'

- Foreign ......
Flour (Par sack)

ITCH M.

.RIVETS

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans.
...............„Oatniva •
413crdern 70 to 80— 28 to 34 20 to 25 —to 37;t0 ti)
Berwick fio 45 20 23 17 20 23 30 40
....,
Coldstream
Ciiiiar (Fife) 48 65 126 31 18 22 22 26 -7 '42
Dunbar 4B 68 26 49 73 27 40 42 .' ...
Elgin
Inverness
Kelso ..,..,,, , 34 51 25 29 19 29 32 34 ."- ..
Kirkaldy
l'crth
it_-:;.- Thu size of the measure
varies
throughout the countrY•

On Saturday her Majesty's Royal bounty, the
,; teal
Gate Alms, to one hundred and sixty-eight persons (thirteen
each person) were paid by Mr. Hanby, the Secretary
and Yeoman of the Almoury. All receiving this bounty at,
coed the age of sixty years, and are persons who have
as
scended from comparative affluence. Among them is ~
Aris, who is nearly in the hundredth year of his age, and "n
formerly governor of Coldbath Fields prison. The supero
merary Maundy men and women, or those who could nlst
be continued upon the Royal list, the number of whichi e
governed by the age of the Monarch, were also paid at
same time. These persons being very very aged and infir°'
her Majesty was graciously pleased to command that they
should continue to receive the Royal alms during the realain'
ing period of their lives.

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47, Cornhill (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), L°ll"°e't
The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons and Forks, -
7s. 2d. per ounce. The following aro the weights racer
mended, but the articles may be had lighter er heavier at the
same price per ounce :
de.
Fiddle pattern BAs sas ic. d,
12 Table Spoons 3O at 7.25 i.
... 10 15 0 ... ll
40
12 Dessert ditto - 7 157
12 Table Forks
12 Dessert ditto
aatt
77 22 ...... 107 153 04 ...... I.} 1 :
2 Gravy Spoons .. ... 10 at 7 2 ... 311 $ ... , 1
1 Soup Ladle
4 Sauce ditto
10 at 7AI ... 316 S ••• 4 0
1
4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 I ---
1 Fish Slice 2 10 0 .•• „ 11 s
0
12 Tea Spoons .. . II at 7 1 ... 3 16 11 ..- ‘ 17
1 Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 0 15 • ••• " •,„ole
The Classic is a new pattern, ynuch admired for its 51-"'Of
elegance. The Fiddle Pattern is with the handle the sluefo-1.
a fiddle, quite plain ; it has been approved, and in request
more than thirty years.
N.]3.—Pattern Spoons can be sent into the country

R Henry John Toone! ' -
Esq., of Camden-town, of a son. captitia
On the 16th inst., at Camden-town, the lady of
Cecil Godsehall Johnson, of a datteeter.
On the 17th inst., in Trejlick. _crrace, the lady 0f the gel.
S. M. Morgan, of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at Norwood, Mrs. Charles BeYn-
olds of
a son.
On the 17th inst., at Mecklenburgh Cottage, Mrs. Chamr
new Alitiebin, of a daughter.
On the 18th inst., Mrs. W. B. Sams, Barbican, of a 9". of a
On the 18th inst., the lady of Major C. Hamilton,
daughter.
Isarvey,
At Bradford, Wiltshire, the wife of the Rev. Henry 4"
of a daughter.

11144R.R1ED.
On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, William 11°17
Watts, Esq., of Mount-place, Peckham-rye to Isabella IViar/'
second daughter of the late John Pittman,-Es'q., of South Lam-
beth and Warwick-square.
On the 18th inst., at Stoke Newington Robert
Lewis, Esq., of Brentwood, Essex. to Mary, Catherine, 00 1
daughter of the late W. Cressev, Esq. of Stock, Essex'
On the 18th inst., at St. Mark's,' Kennington, Cha
Storts
James Heath, Esq., of Hart-street, Mark-lane, to Jane
youngest daughter of the late Joshua Rowland, Esq., of NeW
ington-place, Kennington.
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DIED.
On the 14th inst., at Huntington Lodge, Peckham, 'Surrey,
George, the sixth son of Mr. Lund, of Cornhill, aged, 21•
On the 14th inst., at Melville-street, Edinbugh, ,„.
John William Collingwood, Esq., of Lilburn Tower, Northam"
berland, aged 38.
On the 15th inst., at Heronden House, Tenterden, Hester,
the second daughter of the late Richard Curteis CrQught°°'
Esq., aged 19.
On the Isth inst., Reynold, second son of the late Morgan
Morgan, Esq., of l3odwigiad, Breconshire, aged 23. ,
eu-
On the 15th inst., at Peterhead, Mr.' John Low, 0"
church-street, and Euston-square.
On the 16th inst., Mary, the only child of W. G. Anderson*
Esq., of Canterbury
a half.
Maida-vale, aged 17 months end

On the 17th inst., at Peckham, Mr. John Elisha
street,youn gecstitson
y7anotti
Peckham,thelate Surrey Alru.
rElis, agedhaN V
3i1520.n, of Graoechurc;

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Strand
county of Middlesex.--Monday, April 20, 1840.
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