The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

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Provincial of Ireland .. 25 .... 44 .......... _ _
Union of London .. .. 10 .... 12 ...... ..L. 12
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Real del Monte, Unregistered 31,4 ..........

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
Loienobr, May 12.—Wiud S.S.E., slight breeze, and cloudy.
DEAL, MAT 11. —Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. a barque,
Sydney, New South Wales, and sailed for London ; Amwell,
Fine, Calcutta. Sld. Alfred, Cape of Good Hope and Singa-
pore. Arrd. from the River, Agnes, for Trinidad.
Orr DOTER, MAY 11.—Ralph, Bernal, New Zealand.
OFF Poe:maim, MAY 10.—Agostina, Volenn, Launceston,
Van Dieraen's Land ; Calypso, Effingham, Jamaica. 11. Jane
Francis, Crosby, Hobart Town.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 11.—Wind variable. Arrd. Trio,
Winter, Monte Video. Sld. Cressy,Adelaide, South America.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 11.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd.
Devon, Langley, Bombay; Belle, Rosewell, Valparaiso;
Themis, Brown, New Orleans ; Agnes Gilmour, Anderson,
New Orleans. Sld. 10. Spartan, New York. 11. Culdee,
Bombay; Cassiopea, Cape of Good Hope ; Alexander,
Philadelphia • Queen, New York ; Wanderer, Boston ; Paole,
Staten Island; Junior, Quebec. Off port, Princess Sophia,
Islay ; Cheshire, Van, and Bella rartena

CLYDZ, MAY 10.—Wind W.—Arrd. Calypso, Colville,
Trinidad; Morea, Kind, Boston. Sld. Margaret, Trinidad;
Indian Chief, Port Philip and Sydney.
NEWPORT, MAT 11. —W ind S.S.W.—Sid. Monmouth,
Grenada.

MILFORD, MAY 10.—Wind S.—Sld. Predera, New Orleans.
SCILLY, MAY 10.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Little Pet, Tre-
garthen, Porto Rico. The Hero, from Malaga to Liverpool,
was passed, sth inst., with bowsprit gone, bows stove, having
been in contact with a large ship unknown.
SUNDERLAND, MAY 11.—Wind Thorndale,
Quebec.
WATERFORD, MAY 10.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrd.
Harriet, WiWarne, St. John's, Newfoundland.
LYNN, MAY 11. —The Oline Christine, from Grufawald,
sprung a leak this morning, and filled ; cargo (linseed)
damaged. _ _ _

Hal, MAY I.—The Phoenix steam-tug, Gainsborough
to this port, has sunk in the Trent, near Binton Stather ; cargo
iron) expected to be saved. _

.MAY I I.—A vessel, supposed to be a barque of
about 400 to 500 tens, dismastod and waterlogged, and appa-
rently abandoned for two or three months past, was passed,
sth inst., lat. 42.30 N., lon. 10.25 W., in a position very dan-
gerous to vessels passing Cape Finiiterre by the Oriental,
arrived in the Downs. The name on die stern was not
visible, the letters being covered with grass, with the excep-
tion of N B at the end. She bad a patent windlass, painted
ports, woman bust-head, and appeared to be a nearly new
vessel, and New Brunswick built.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, May 11.
QUANTITY OF WHEAT IN THE COUNTRY.
Earl HARDWICKE said that he wished to put a
question to the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) of which
ho had given him notice; and however the Noble Mar-
quis might please to answer it—if he should answer it
in a distinct manner it would be of great service to the
country—and if he should decline to answer the ques-
tion, he (Earl Hardwicke) should infer from his silence
that the situation of this country in reference to its
supply of food was a bad one. He had been induced to
put this questioa to the Noble Marquis in consequence
of his feeling a very strong impression on his mind that
the quantity of food in this country was not sufficient
to sustain the population, at the present rate of con-
sumption, until the next harvest came on. He was led
to that conclusion by seeing the very rapid decrease of
wheat, and finding that in the markets of this country—
in Oxford, Cambridge, and other places—that the com-
petition with the farmers was so great as to raise the
price of wheat during the past week from 965. per quarter
to 120 s. Upon further inquiry, he had placed in his hand
a document to which he begged to call the attention of
the House, for although it was not what is usually con-
sidered an official document, for unfortunately it was
nothing of the sort, still it did appear that there were
some persons who had endeavoured to ascertain, as ac-
curately as they might, the state and condition of this
country; and these persons had written to all the coun-
ties in England, for the purpose of ascertaining what
was the state of the country, and the quantity of corn
in it. From that statement, to which he now begged
very shortly to refer, he collected the condition
of the counties in the worst state, and he could
assure theirLerd,e
shirpe sts,tihll veattriy badlyto,sewh ooffwere Two-thirds notinthe
worst condition were
of the year siazo last harvest had already passed, and
there were still four months to run before corn could be
brought into the market, and one-third of the produce
which ought to remain was not here. He had commu-
nications from a Mr. Playkir, in Scotland, on the sub-
subject. (The Noble Lurd here read extracts from re-
turns which he had received from several counties of
England, Scotland, and Wales, with the object of
showing that the supply of grain now was much under
the usual quantity at this period of the year.) The
usual quantity was about one-third; whereas in all the
counties referred to, with the exception of one, the
quarter's supply was about one-fifth, and, in a great
number, the supply was nut more than an eighth, and in
some scarcely any at all. Under these circumstances,
he thought it was necessary to call public attention to the