The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-09 00:00:00

THE MARREITS.-(THIS DAY•)

CONIAL MARKET. •
The amount of businesLO s
done by private treaty via' n-
and the public sales went heavily ; in prices, however, litbe '
riation took place. The arrivals were to a fair extent.

TEA MARKET. ,Lr at
demand limited for Free Trade, but in prices no t
tion of moment took place. Company's Congou dull a so--
Is. 7d. cash. Large auctions have been declared.
COTTON MARKET.
This market was very firm, and somewhat higher prices Neer
paid for East India descriptions, which were much sought si
by the shippers. Ordinary quality could not be obtained telow
4.0. per lb.

TALLOW MARKET. being
The prices were without alteration, fine Tallow Candle - t
quoted at 465. to 46s 6d. on the spot, but the trade bob I
sparingly.

. .
WHITECHAPEL HAYMARKET.
a former
There was a large supply, the demand limited, anu
prices were barely realized. Straw very firm, and a fair
tra
done at 325. to 345. per load.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THis DO')

LONDON, MARCH 9.—Wind this day at noon, 5.W,,.,145.
DEAL, MARCH B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the 1.,0urt.,_;
Dixon, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Clarinda, ForeeT,
Dominica; Ambassador, Shields, for Constantinople. L.l;n;
rived from the River—George Fyfe, Pike, for Port ~locPT A.
Forester, Parker, New Tangiers ; Renshaw, Taylor,
dore; Expnclite, Eekerman, Grand Canary ; Jane Smith' Sth°it'e,
Trieste ; Azariam, Philips, St. Michael's ; Audax, WI lei,
ditto. Sailed the Carib, King, for Demerara; British -5
Muirhead, ditto. xbY'
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH B.—Arrived off, the Essex,
from Van Diemen's Land.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind W.N. W., fresh breeze.-;
Arrived the Leeds steamer, from Gibraltar, which she lef‘tigo
the 25th ult., Cadiz 26th, Lisbon Ist inst., Oporto 3d,h,.. ;
4th ; Asia, Pattison, Calcutta ; Pigeon, Hiscock, Marsullegcl-
Coquette, Morrison, Aux Cayes ; Sir Charles Fitzroy, frog
with, from Shields, for Constantinople ; Tagus steamer, for
Southampton, for Vigo, &c. Sailed the Star, Does' He-
Antwerp ; Leeds steamer, Parsons, Southampton. The .2.44
roine, of London, from India, was lost near Cape E.„tsbetl.
about 18th ult. ; 25 persons are reported to have Pe,_'"" for
Vessels spoken with :—The barques Glasgow and Pe,'"°: 9;
St. John's, New Brunswick, sth inst., in lat. 49 Jetne,.* 49
Pollux, from Newcastle to New York, 6th inst., in `3`:27th,
long. 5, by the Coquette, arrived here ; Iberia steamer, 00
ult., off Cape Espichel ; Royal Tar steamer 4th lot"
Oreza Island, by the Leeds steamer, arrived here. oath
SouTHAstrrox, MARCH B.—Arrived the Leeds ate
from
BR Gibraltar.
IDLINGTON, MARCH 3.—Arrived the Persaverata°;
Hogg, Shields for London, with loss of foremast and bath

mats.
HULL, MARCH 8 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the rza eral
Rebow, Lord, from St. Michael's ; Ant, Utting, Dunkirk ; 4"st.
gusta, Antwerp. Sailed the Lord Nelson, Quinton, f°rick ;
Michael's ; Sovereign, Markham, St. John's, New Brunt/ t.
George, Berridge, St. John's, New Brunswick; best
Smales, Halifax. The Princess Victoria steamer put in

with damage to.machinery.
Cowus, MARCH B.—Sailed the Theodire Korner, merge.
dian, for Rotterdam. 11 ,
.- .
OFF DOVER, MARCH B.—North Ash, Sprague, Villa -
Sailed the Elizabeth Margeretha, Groot, for Amsterdam* dos,
HASTINGS, MARCH B.—Arrived of the City of L°ll
Morton, from the Mauritius. „ 97
The Newburn, from Mauritius to London, 11th ult.,
long. 27, schooner, No. 372, St. Michael's to Hull, and 'fa,
lequin, from Algoa Bay, spoken by the City of London,
rived off Hastings.
mi the
LIVERPOOL, MARCH B.—Wind W. N. W. —Arriv..-1401.,
Australia, Blanshard, from Bahia, sailed 17th Januar), ;
son, Bayres ; Sir George Provost, Mackie, Savannah ;
Hope, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Mary Ann, ChaMico
Oporto. Sailed the Hector, Anderson, for Pernambuco;
Brooks, Jackson, Buenos Ayres ; M'Leod, Pattersono3'o,,,,
Janeiro ; Robert Lawson, Rio Grande ; Stephen *hi ; sr
Popham, New York ; Susan Drew, Babbidge, Bostoas .tey,
lina, Lythgoep. Africa ; Falkland, Appleton, u
pVeton Naples ;Th e
Langmaid, Genoa ; Eliza Mary Ann all, Messina. B.irof
tive, hence to Lisbon, which was abandoned in the ,n4ttf
Biscay, was carried into St. Thomas's 26th Jan. The "0 of
Lass, Price, is arrived from Holyhead, with part of the earlr.
the Adelaide, from Charenton ; Paul, Emilie, Martinique,
Bordeaux, Ist ult., lat. 28 lon. 61. t. 51'
The Cossack, from Glasgow to Antigua, sth inst., la
lon.. 7, by the Brigand, arrived at Liverpool. 97th
John Pink, Bermuda to London, with loss of sails, Ste:o d at
ult. lat. 46 lon. 32, by the Australia, Blanshard, 3,1°1
Liverpool.
...in, A Y.
STAFFORD and RUGBY RAIL vY

111°
A very nunwrous and highly respectable meeting °f ih-
principal landowners and inhabitants of the town and °Lehi
bourliocd of Tamworth was held at the Townhall, Tori'vopoe
on Saturday, March 6, pursuant to a requisition calling ,o of
the Mayor to convene such meeting, for the ParP°- the
taking the sense of the town and neighbourhood upon
above measure. chair'
T. BUCKERFIELD, Esq., the Mayor, was called to the
equi..
who opened the business of the meeting by reading the rain-
sition, which he remarked was signed by eighty of tbedroolY
cipal inhabitants, and added, that he was indeed eale,,oefi $
gratified to see that the inhabitants of Tamworth tot,'t the
watin interest in the proposed measure, and he thonzaleent
best course they could adopt would be to petition Pa;r:l"„se of
at once in favour of the Bill now introduced into the 'l°-
Commons. &or
II:NRY STOKES, Esq., Chairman of the Railwal.,e a
mittee rose and said that he had that morning.req,l;dieecs
letter from London, communicating the gratifying inte";olit-
that the petition for the Bill had passed through the C° long
tee on Standing Orders in a day and a half, notwithsta
the nowetrul opposition of several combined Compaidesoters
it will be remembered, succeeded in keep ing the proTtders•
of the measure last time twenty-two days on Standing so
He was convinced this information would be most plea
every well-wisher to the town of Tamworth.—(Appla,gs-;,,erl
JOHN HALL, &q. (Magistrate), said he should °dee-
glad to see this important line of railway carried into -solo-.
He had, therefore, very great pleasure in- moving the re
tion in his hand (for which see Ldvertisement).
Mr. PLArrs.having seconded
The same was put from the Chair, and carried unaln; eesS
W3l. PArrsoss, jun., Esq. (Alderman), in moving °id bet-
resilution, stated that he certainly thought nothing F°O..„,,gorth.
ter show the warm interest which the inhabitants of 13'; (or
took in this measure, than the fact that the requisition jaw
vene this meeting was signed by eighty of the prineipaht, tizo„
bitants of the town and neighbourhood He tliclessieng
few opponents to the Bill in this locality in former .ties,
had been worked upon and deluded by interesteduriodo
seeking rather to uphold monopolies than the pub uro-
to place themselves in a hostile position thed ph?
motets of this measure, when, if they had consider to lha
own interest, they would have been warm friends eonvic.
undertaking, and he believed that such was their \ ge
lion at the present moment.—( Great cheerirfitegbi
would ask how it waa possible that the Stafford allitinieg-
Railway, if made, could injure the town? Had the Poo the
ham and Derby Railway injured Tamworth 7 No.
contrary, it had given great facility to travelling, a. fie
afforded great convenience to all parties.—(Cheer );ieir aid
concluded by calling upon all persons present to lend
to the Company in getting the Bill passed into a rw:. i
a it ics
Mr. ROBINSON briefly seconded the resolution' a
carried unanimously. Sir ?°-
Mr. requested hen moved " That the Right 1191: had on'
bert Peel be to present the petition whic",-,,,001011'
read and adopted by the meeting to the House of ‘-'43 in his
and also to support the prayer of it by every mean
power." as carried'
Mt. BRAMALL seconded the resolution, which w
nem. con. i..., been.
The Mayor having left the chair, and the same ha: "gnigb'
taken by John Harding, Esq., of Bonehill, 111 r• boa
moved the thanks of the meeting to the Chairman, wh,etles pre-
seconded, was carried amidst great applause. the
sent then proceeded to affix their names to the
House of Ginunons More alluded to, and the meet
of
panted.
'1 he Right Hon. W. Y. Peel and Edmund Peel, were Mr
Bonthill, who signed the requisition to the Mayor'
fortunately prevented attending the meeting by foe'
position Apleltlittironntg°

There is a gossip afloat that the Court, instebaitsi
of rctiring to Windsor during the East r holidays, a° No..
hc
er: its wort, 'will this time adjourn to Claremont' for
thing is more probable than that such will be the case!
co
it is only at Claremont that her Majesty and the ?WI
can experience what prvacy and retirement is. —...Chelit'fr
ham Looker-on. at
PA It S, SATURDAY.—This training, 4..
quarter bi fore eleven, there was a crowd of curioug P- 0,
s-ms in the Court of the Tuileries, The King, stale,
nied by the Queer, M. Daguerro, General Hayttne99 Al
he fg"
de.(arnp, and Baron Fain, secretary, appeared in-; His
yifion de l'Horloge in order to be dsguerrotyPe.„„tes
Majesty, with his face turned to the sun, sat three
of
without movirg a muscle. He was in a chair 0' 'vet
satin, with g ld border, and ore foot on a vielet-Telst,
cuslion. • The Kirg had en a black coat, white criaooo
and no hat. A new daguerrotype on a flesh trio
uscd uscd for the purpose.