The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-15 00:00:00

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MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA 1, ')

AY

CORN EXCfIANGE—MONDI- -I:erk
rhe arrivals of English Wheat up to our market la!!!'qor
were on a very moderate scale, white the receipts °fairly!: of
articles of home produce were scanty,
Malt and Peas. From Ireland and 'Scotland scarcely
Grain came to hand. The imports of Foreign Whe.ll ~sod.
especially r°_....
unusually small, those of Barley and Oats tolerabifss.:,,,
Fresh up a fair average quantity of Wheat
Kent, but that from Essex, Cambridgeshire( he r.'', ci
&c., was rather limited. On the whole, the disPtvar.,
lana
samples—a portion of which came to hand by pas
riage—was seasonably good, and of full arcrair,O,ether
lity. The favourable change in the weather, tog
to g"
with the unwillingness evinced by the French buy-0,16010 to
reachedot.tr:
the asking prises, caused the demand for all descoriphi
coo„
bs less active than was generally expsct«l ;vita t I_,ust bs
mencement of business. Still, however, the tradenorter
considered Jinn, and, in some few instances, /s Per 1 and
inure money was paid for selected samples of both JR-1,
_„nt
white Wheat of home growth; but this
considered general. The market closed firm, and we dsi
the. prices Is to 2s per quarter higher than o ix, not
semight, but at which a total clearance Was red
effected. There were about 500 quarters sorter'
disposed of Mr shipment to France at 806 pert' Os
advaoce
esscproio
We had a very scanty show of foreign Wh,e_srb• s nties
article was in good request, at an improvement m torte.
obtained on this day se'nnight of front 2s to 3s Perrl Oat
The total sales-4,000 quarters being fa- France_ >~ Of a
7,500 qua, tern, mostly red. The quantity of l'A,rel;;flatiel„
full average, including the foreign arrivals ; yet `„,,arted.,l
trade was firm, and last week's quotations were surrosal'
every instance. Notwithstanding the show of Mehra mar
the sale for that article was very dull, and prices heu„niiitiel•
ward tendency, particularly those of the secondacY,44 oar
Wifh English Oats we were scantily- supplied, Init'" ualifP
tity of foreign was fair, though by no means goad 'Voice isit
A large business was doing at 6d to is per quarter s t iota
Monday's prices. The sale for Beans was Al, 4605 Pit
t,
.late rates. Maple I'eas, for seed, sold us high , fist,
quarter. In other Peas very little was doing. ',-,,,r5 0'
trade was firm, at extreme currencies. Indian u'"
very dull, and 3s to 5s per quarter lower.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASLES . 795t050
Wheat—Essex & Kent, . Malt—Clievalier.• ••'
' Red, New.... 77s toB3s Oats—Yorkshire 87 290 3•52 g
Dltto,White, New 795 87s Lincohish., Fes": 37,
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoc .-.•• •• ~ . ~.
coin, Red... • • 73s 78s Youghal andCor7 0
1
30 ;48.
Ditto, White...... 745 8•1 s Black .••• • •• ,
_ql
Irish, Red .... •. —5 --s Cork, White. •• • pg :,
Ditto, White .... • - —8 —s Scotch, Feed. ••" 40 1.1;
Rye--01d.......• •••• —8 - s Beans—Tick .••• • - . bos sps
New. .......• •• • • 508 58s Pigeons .• • • '''' 50$ by
Barley—Grinding ... • • 41e 45s Pease—Grey. ••• • '• ..,
50 800
Malting . ........ 528 54,,, Map1e........ .. 0, ,
Chevalier .... •• • 56s 578 White ... • • ..... : 580 liro
Walt—Suffolk and. Nor- Boilers •••• • • ' • 60 08
folk .. ••• . • . 768 778 Flour—Town-nutde ;•• oc di
• Brown . .. 68s 70s Suffolk • • ..... • • 531; '-
Kingston and Ware 77s 79s Stocktn &Norfolk,
SMITHPIELD. I. .t.• este°
During the past week, the following imports of.ir-,.
have taken place into London:— ' - -.`
aft'
From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. ,3
Rotterdam
Ditto - 5O ...... ,-- •••"' ...'
Ditto ...... .. 10 - ...... 6 ...... --- "" -•"'
Ditto ........ ...... 40 - .......
~,,
_--
Ditto
Ditto
Nieudiep —
Harlingen
Ditto
1 Total ...... ....... 65 333 306 Sit
heelh
At the outports about 300 Oxen and Cows, 50
~,.,,„,uos
20 Calves have been received, chiefly from Holland. .."LOPij
of Foreign Stock on offer was comparatively small, "" .
, OW,
100 Oxen and Cows, 90 Sheep, and 5 Calves. De, :_,,SSIP
quality of each description being by no Means.)7l
progressed slowly, at barely last week's quotatiertipplt,
our own grazing districts a full avenge time of_yes,rtk its 7,
Beasts came fresh to hand. The Devon and l'4oll°*.affil,.!,
were in excellent condition, but those from otherpalbar a„,""
land were not to say first-rate. Although the icet ova
become mild, and the attendance of both town se" r
buyers was not to say large, the finest Scots, e,
pe
.runts, and Herefords, , were in fair req at
uests at
Ls'''.
about equal to those paid on Monday P- 'ld "-
quotations for the former breed ranging from 4.5 toted dater
81bs ; but the middling and inferior kinds of Beef rt to LI
and to effect sales a slight abatement was subtait_,Yrisidr,
the salesmen. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and CeR a slisir
shire, we received about 1,200 Scots, homebreds, B.,,ati fierr.
horns ; from the western and midland counties 4f,thstoi,
fords, runts, Devons. &c. ; from the north, 300 sliu*:„4110:
from other parts of England 600 of various kinds; P-0 fel
Scotland 220 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep 7,,,,j, got
on a comparison with former seasons, scantily suPP'sot.att''
their quality was_ very good. On the whole the berfa
trade was steady, at fully, but at nothing quotith.,e i 5 is:
last week's prices. There were a few Dorset Lan" p fi'F'
ta 10n trod.
market, but the sale for them was very heavy,
Although the supply of Calves was small, the `P,
was in a very inactive state. at about stationarigio
Prime small Porkers moved off steadily, other quaint
Pork slowly, at unaltered quotations.

s. d.l°4
Second quality ditto 4
10 °,
Coarse-woolled ditto 4'l g
Aouthdown Netter 4
Ditto out of the wool 4 ;
Large Hogs ••• • • • .l
Small Porkers •• • • • ; 19 .
Quarter old Pigs • .16 • w
Lambs 0 0

rer 8lbs:to sink the offal.
s. d. to s. d
anferlor Beasts-- 2 8 210
•;econd quality .•• 3 0 3 4
Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots ... • • 310 4 2
Large coarse Calves 4 4 410
['rime small ditto .. b 0 5 4
-zi:e.tlinx Calves ..18 0 29 0
Inferior Sheep . 3 6 310
SUPPLY AT MARKET. rift
yeasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I 29t,
3,390 21,270 103
zazturozvrs AND xasitamrcruk land
From Scotland and the north and west of Eng t 1i
average time-of year supplies of slaughtered m_et. yieM
been received upeto these markets during the pia:wo gad
while with that slaughtered in the metropolis We „11„„i,
tolerably well supplied. Prime Beef, Mutton, Yr' 00,"
Pork were in fair request, at full
prices. In all other rte&
of meat exceedingly little was doing, at barely lat°„,l-P
About 90 carcases of foreign Beef, 30 ditto of Aluttoat'"
ditto of Veal have appeared on sale.

At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. I s. t° S.
Beef, inferior.... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior •• 3 .7, i
- middling .... 210 3 0 - initialing ••X 1- 4
- prime large .. 3 2 3 4 -- prime .• 4 3 4
prime small.. 3 4 3 6 I Pork, hirfe• ••• .. 3 6 ~
ea 1....... •• •• 4 2 4 4 1 --- small .• • • .... 4
Lamb. Os 0(1 to Os Od
BOROUGH AND SPITAUMCELDS. onoll
The arrivals of Potatoes, coastwise, hale been veblo ;or
during the past week; but about 120 tons lig?! descrilr,
ported from Germany. Although the supplY yorkshi,'
tions is trifling, the demand is heavy, a:, follo,"aigro Sbaws'e,
guess;oire
Regents, 180 s to 2206; ditto Reds. 180 s to 22
By
180 s to 200 s; Lincolnshire and Cambrid
170 s to 200 s; ditto Kidneys, 160 s to 180 s; Fr-
160s 160 s to 180 s.
BOROUGH HOP IV/ARBSI.• 06°1
• tteg cliO There is not the slightest alteration to notice' 4. otea
features of this market. The best Hops move
,°„—n. in nee.
at full prices, but all other kinds are very .41 5s -
Sussex Sussex Pockets, 41 to 4/ 8s •, Weald of Kent Gilt"
.11 16s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 Iss to 61125.
WOOL. 1.., fel
The imports of Wool since Monday last have 7,40 fru.",
small, viz., 35 bales from Constantinople, and 100 Alp A-
Hamburgh. There is a fair inquiry for 'English 1"-tbi0%
lull prices. In foreign and colonial qualities next to
is doing.
TALLOW. 'CIS I
There is still a full average amount of business clenol rgecl•
this market, and the quotations are firmly /11,1r-srCeIS„,
P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 51s 3d, and for sow P46OP,
of very tine 516 6d per cwt. For arrival, the price isnly
o 46s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow is in moderate suPrii
fair request at 50s 6d net cash. Rough fat is no"' "
per 81bs. •

• THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—OH Saturday ni—
ght
President of the Royal Society had his third convert oft
at his Lordship's residence in Piccadilly. As at the,.°oooo
reunions which bare preceded it, the attendance of 'Laid
and members of the different literary and scientific IbllO
was exceedingly numerous, for on this occasion not Ws: ci
600 individuais honouted the Noble Marquis with thq,
pally. Among the general visitors we observed 005
lency Count Schemmelpennick, his Excellency Nr%Arlr,
croft, the Duke of St. Alban's, the Earl De Grey, the "
Ranfurley, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Sheffield, 0600
Grey, the Earl of Roseberry, the Earl Somers, 17pod''
Mahon, Viscount Courtenay, the Earl of Morley, Le,,'"'ol,o;
ley Stuart, Lord Campbell, Lord Beaumont, Lord A, roam
ley, Lord Byron, the Lord Mayor, the Vice-Chance CO!,
England, Count Valerian Krasinski, Chevalier Ribeirevor
waiter de Berardi, Lord John Manners, the Bishop e!fisil•
wich, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,. the,: the
Sir George Rose, the Right Hon. Sir Frankland Le,ll.oo'
Dean of Hereford, the Dean of Westminster, the Rig"
Sir John Beckett, &c.
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POISONING AT BEDFORD.—BEDFORD, MAnjt
—An inquest was concluded last night, at the Generall
tbo
tirmary, Bedford, on the body of Sarah Adams, toucliiefoo,
cause of her death. It appeared she had been in the Of
of George Sharp, Esq., of St. Peter's, but, being titeaf
alarmingly ill, was removed to the institution above • r too
when it was discovered that she was labouring nedeoile
eflects of an irritant poison. The poor girl died on TbueditO
morning. On the inquest it was shown that the deceasre'
live months gone in the family way, and that she haVos:
viously borne a child, a young man named Howard, an
founder, of Bedford. being the father; and that the „J O
it!
had applied to one Newman, who had caused her to ta'-iOO
gin a large dose of cantharides, and that Mr. Howaild be
requested Newman to set the girl to rights, and he vicligor
a friend to him. The jury returned a verdict of Willf,Ttectfer
der against Charles Newman, and he was fully comin"A' 010
trial. The deceased was a fine handsome woman, and
22 years of age. np
THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE RIVES. .et
Saturday an inquest was commenced before Mr. Ler,h
of,
the World's-end Tavern, Tilbury Fort, on the peuiefsbe,
James Emmett and Henry Shillebeer, two of the crew gas;
Rose, who perished through the late collision with the•
Victoria steamer. The principal witness examined TOLsoti'
Webber, the master of the Rose, who recounted the Pop
culars of the accident as the have already been made P the
The proceedings were then adjourned until the return °,OOO
Royal Victoria from Scotland, for the evidence of her on'
and crew - tbil°

The Universal German Gazelle announces tba
Prussia has just concluded a treaty with America for
reciprocal extradition of:criminals.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT GRAVESSic;bIS'
GRAVESEND, SATURDAY EVENING.--Shortly after tweets' to
morning the town was again aroused to a state of alarm , the
the outbreak of a fire in Harmer-street, in a line vit oft
Terrace-pier, originating on the premises, No. 13, sit""use•
the east side, occupied by Mr. Powis's fancy toy war
iu
It was discovered by a person who observed a great lighto
the front shop. He lost no time in giving the alartut •0g
arousing the inmates, who effected their escape by .itonP„oo'
out of the windows at the back. On the arrival of the bf
corporation engines no one seemed to have any knowledge,,
their proper management, and the greatest contention
veiled among the firemen as to who should have pri°4llo
At one period there was a fight to obtain possession 0' oe
branch pipes. To render the confusion worse, no water
base
•
procurable until the premises were in flames from the 1015`to
ment to the roof. The Custom-house engine was brought
the spot with equal alacrity, escorted by a strong detachineilt
of soldiers from the Gravesend barracks,
exerted themselves most energetically. The inhabitalleris
fearing the conflagration would extend to the 3diacto.
houses, which at the height of the fire, seemed very P„
bable, dispatched messenrs to Chatham and Dartford I°`
the assistance of fa ebrigade forces and engines, which
the
ceeded in reaching Gravesend in about an hour. la
meantime water was obtained, when the Custom-bouse,
gine was brought to play on the adjoining houses, by wo!_,s
they were preserved from injury. The fate of Mr. Pow_td
who throughutoo,
premises was very different—the whole were destroyed, adl'er..
the contents consumed. The fire was not finally et lah.
till near jour o'clock. As to the cause, not the slightest
formation could be gleaned.