The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-18 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
The
Past week's arrivals of all kinds of Grain, as well
as of Flour, of home produce, were on a very moderate
74,1 et while those from Ireland and Scotland were quite
:;11iraPortant. Of Foreign Corn the imports were large,
4,-59,906 quarters of Wheat, 5,400 ditto of Barley,
.020,620 ditto of Oats, 1,708 ditto of Beans, 2,319 ditto of
'et"' 3,050 ditto of Indian Corn; together with 4,759
barrels re and 50 sacks of Flour. Fresh-up, to-day, the
and
of Wheat of home produce, coastwise, were
811141 from Essex; but those from Kent and Cambridge-
Shire were tolerably good. By land-carriage the arrivals
were 0--
u a very moderate scale. On the whole the stands
were fairly supplied with samples of both red and white,
malelle the demand for all descriptions—owing, in some
the
to the small attendance of country buyers, and
The large arrival of Foreign Wheat since Monday last,
htflth-- the prospect of a heavy importation this week—
fro of forty vessels laden with grain having sailed
,(411 Falmouth on Saturday for London—was in a very
depressed state, at a decline in the quotations paid on
Monday last of from 2s to 3s per quarter, and at which
a clearance was not effected. There was a somewhat
extensive supply of foreign Wheat on the market, and
the large portion of it was pressed for sale—especially
,erlnferior qualities—the trade was very dull, and the
trencies receded 2s to 3s per quarter, without any
i,ress. being made in sales. For export, compara-
reZY httle business was transacted. The show of
Gondar; and
Barley was small— that of the se-
ar; and out- of-coudition sorts moderately good.

Malting parcels moved off steadily, at prices quite equal
to those paid last week. In grinding and distilling
sorts, though we cannot call them cheaper, only a limited
business was transacted. superfine white Malt sold
steadily, all other kinds slowly, at late rates. The total
supply on offer was under 4,000 quarters. There was a
moderate inquiry for really sound Oats, which were
scarce, at full prices; but all other kinds were heavy, at
barely late figures. The sluggishness in the trade
was wholly produced by the large supply of
inferior foreign Oats on the market. All kinds
of Beans were in fair average supply, and
slow inquiry, at late rates. In Peas only a limited
business was doing, yet price-i were mostly supported.
Indian Corn and Meal were dull, and the turn lower.
The Flour trade was heavy, but no actual decline took
place in the quotations of English. Foreign qualities
were Is per barrel cheaper.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier 69s to 70s
Red. .• . • 495 to 555 Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 5Gs i2e Lincolnsh., _recd. 22s 21s
Norfolk and Lin- Potato
coin, Red..... 48s b4s Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White ••• • • . 65s 60s Black .•• • • 19s 22s
Irish, Red .. • • —s —s Cork, White .•• • • 22s 27s
Ditto, White .... •• —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 22s 245
Ryo—Old •••••• • • • • • • —s —s Beans—Tick •••• • • 37s 468
New... ••••• • • • • • 34s 36s Pigeons 46s 48s
Barley—Grinding .•• .. 25s 30e, ' Peas—Grey .. •••• • • • • 44s 47s
Malting ...•• • • • • 32s 31s Maple ...••• • • • • • 44s 473
Chevalier •• • • ... 363 :,7s White .••• • • • •• • —s
bait —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 49s 5;
folk .•• • • • • • 635 67s Flour—Town-made ..• 44s 49
Brown .••••• • • • • • 605 64s Suffolk •. ..
Kingston and Ware 665, 68s Stocktn & Norfolk 38s 428

F.IWITHFIELD

From the following, return it will be perceived that the
imports of foreign %lock into London, in the past week,
have been on as vP ry moderate scale :
From whence, Beasts. Sheep. Lambs.
Hamburgh 4 ... _
Harlingen . ll9 ... 639 ... 17
* Rotteream 2Bl ... 1,080 ... 31 ... 93
Antwerr)
Nieu i)iep
Tonuingen

... 2,896 ... 31 145
* Pigs, sO.
The above falling off in the supplies is evidently the re-
sult of the very unrernunerative prices at which the
foreign stock has been lately disposed of, and the great
difficulty that has been frequently experienced in finding
buyers for it at any price, arising from its wretchedly
bad quality. As an instance of which we may state that
a large portion of the Dutch Sheep here this morning
have been ineffectually offered for sale on several pre-
vious market days ; and not a few of the recent arrivals
have changed hands as low as 6s to 8s each. Until,
therefore, a decided improvement takes place in the con-
dition of the foreign stock this will never prove a very
profitable market to the graziers. At the outports,
about 1,800 head of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Pigs have
been landed, wholly, we believe, from Holland, in very
middling condition, and which have been offering in the
various local markets at low figures. Owing to the pre-
vailing fogs, several of the foreign steamers laden with
stock had not arrived at the usual hour this morning ;
consequently, the show of Dutch and German Beasts, &c.,
was, comparatively speaking, small, while the quality
was again very interior. The numbers consisted of about
220 Oxen and Cows, 1,200 Sheep and Lambs, 50 Calves,
and 20 Pigs. The Bullock droves from our various
grazing districts, fresh up to-day, were seasonably ex-
tensive as to numbers ; but their quality was by no
means first-rate. The few really prime Beasts on offer
commanded a very steady sale, at, in some instances, an '
advance in the quotations of 2d per Sib, the primest
Scots producing 4s 8d per 81b, without difficulty,
and the value of all other breeds was well sup-
ported, the general Beef trade ruling firm.
From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire,
&e,, we received about 1,700 short-horns ; from the
eastern, western, and midland districts, 800 Herefords,
runts, Devons, Irish beasts, &c.; from other parts of
England, 750 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 220
horned and polled Scots; the remainder of the Bullock
supply being derived from abroad, and the neighbour-
hood of London. Notwithstanding there was a decided
falling-off in the numbers of Sheep, the Mutton trade
was by no means active; still, however, a fair clearance
of the sheep pens was effected, at prices fully equal to
those obtained on this day se'nnight. Prime old Downs
sold at 53 2d per Blbs. The supply of Calves being
small, on a comparison with that exhibi•ed on several
previous market days, the Veal trade was firm at Fri-
day's advance in the currencies of 2d per Blbs—the
highest figure being 4s 8d per Blbs. Prime small
Porkers commanded a ready sale, at, in some few in-
stances, a rise in value of 2d per Blbs. All other kinds
of Pork sold at fully last week's quotations.

Calves.

Total . 791

Per albs. to sink the offal.

8. d. to v. d
Inferior Beasts— 3 0 3 6
Second quality . 3 8 310
Prime large Oxen •• 4 I 4 2
Prime Scots •••• • • 4 4 4 6
Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 4
Prime small ditto .. 4 6 4
Suckling Calves • .18 0 23 0
Inferior Sheep .. 3 8 4 0

Beasts.
3,973

s. d. to s. d.
Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8
Southdown Wether 4 10 5 2
Ditto out of the wool.
Large Dogs ...• • • 4 • 4 6
Small Porkers • • . 4 8 5 2
Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 19 0
Lambs ••••• • • • • 0 • 0

SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Sheep. I Calves.
23,050 142

I Pigs,
350

NEIVGATE AND LEADENIiAI.L.

On the whole, full average time of year supplies of
country-killed Meat have been received up to these mar-
kets during the past week. With that slaughtered in
the metropolis we have been tolerably well supplied as
to quantity, but the quality has proved very inferior.
Each kind of prime Meat has commanded a steady sale,
at fully previous quotations. In all other qualities
only a limited amount of business has been transacted,
at barely stationary prices. About 2,000 carcases of
Foreign Meat—killed in London—have been on offer
in very bad condition.

At per stone by the Carcase.

s. d. to s. d. ! s. d. to s. d.
Beer,inferlor• ••••• 2 6 2 i Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 3 8
middling •• ••2 10 3 ---middling— 310 4 2
prime large •• 3 2 3 4 prime .... 4 4 4 8
prime small .. 3 ii 3 8 1 fork, large ••••• • • • 4 0 4 8
Veal.. —.• • ..... •• 3 6 4 I. email —•.•• • • 4 10 i 4

Lamb. Os 0,1 t® Os 0,1.
BOROUGH AND SPITALIPIELDS.

Fair average supplie% of Potatoes have been received
at the water-side since Monday last, and about 90 tons
have come to hand from Rotterdam. The demand is in
a sluggish state, on the following terms : York
Regents, 51 to 5/ lOs ; ditto Shaws, 4/ 10s to 51; Ktnt
Whites, 4l lOs to 5/ ; ditto Kidneys, 41 153 to 51.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.

Although there is rather more bus ness doing in most
kinds of new Hops than for some weeks past, we have
not the slightest improvement to notice in the quota-
tions, which are now ruling lower than for a series of
years past. Yearling and old Hops may be purchased
at unusually low rates. The duty is called 190,0001.
New Hops—Sussex pockets, 31 to 4/ ; Weald of Kent,
ditto, 41 to 4145; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 lOs to 51195,

CAPTURE OF THREE SLAVERS

BY THE FERRET.

By a French steamer, arrived here from St.
Thomas's, we have accounts of the capture of four
slave vessels—three of them by the Ferret, 8, Com-
mander Sprigg. The first captured by the Ferret
was taken June 27th, after a long chase by night.
She was a Brazilian brigantine of 180 tons, fully
equipped, and bound to Cape LopE z. The Ferret,
three weeks after that, captured a small schooner
named the Sebastiano, also fully equipped ; and on
the 16th of July, off Marguerita, gave chase to a
Brazilian brig, which turned out on capture to be
the Faiska. She heat the Ferret in sailing; but the
wind falling light, Mr. Mitchell, the master, with a
boat's crew, was detached from the cruizer after
her. Great credit is due to Mr. Mitchell for the gal-
lant and spirited manner in which he dashed along-
side and seized the slaver, who, from her appearance,
was just the craft to make some. resistance, especially
as from the time the boat shoved off to coming up
with her she had gained two miles on the Ferret.
She is a splendid craft, and quite new. She was
from llamburgh, Liverpool, and Rio, which was the
only trip she had made previous to being captured.
She had a picked crew of twenty men, notwith-
standing they all threw their arms into the sea when
the Ferret's boat got within hailing distance. The
Rapid, Commander Dixon, captured her prize off
Loango, on the 6th of July. It was a Brazilian
brigantine of 160 tons.—Scotch Reformers Gazette.

SMACK RUN DOWN BY A
STEAMER.

About five o'clock on Tuesday morning, the Cecilia,
a small decked smack of fifteen tons register, belong-
ing to Campbelton, and trading between that port and
this city, was run down in the channel between Bro-
dick and Ardrossan, while returning home laden with
coals, by the steamer Vanguard, from Dublin. The
crew on board the smack—consisting of Archibald
M'Millan, sen., the master ; Archibald M'Millan,
jun., his son, aged 21 ; and a boy, about 14 years of
age, named Robert Hennie—saw the lights of the
steamers a considerable way ahead, when the boy
Hennie showed a light, which did not seem to be
observed, as the Vanguard held on directly in the
same course as the smack. On the approach of the
steamer those on board the Cecilia added shouts to
their signal light, but these also seemed to be
disregarded by the 100k-out of the Vanguard,
which came on at full speed, and struck
the smack amid-ship, completely cutting her in two.
The after-part of the vessel, in which was the
younger M'Millan, who was steering at the time,
immediately went down, and the unfortunate
man was seen no -more. The fore-part, on which
were the elder 111‘111illan and the boy, went down
also, but, getting rid of the cargo, it turned keel up-
permost and floated, throwing the two persons who
were on deck underneath. Fortunately both could
swim, and by extricating themselves they were
enabled to get to the surface, laying hold of part of
the wreck, which they clung to till rescued. The
master had a narrow escape from being struck by the
paddle of the steamer as it passed him at full speed.
Those on board the Vanguard observed what had
taken place as the wreck was floating past, but the
steamer was a considerable way ahead before she was
stopped. A boat was then lowered, and the survivors
were taken from the wreck. The unfortunate suf-
ferers were in a very exhausted condition, having
been about twenty minutes in the water. On board
the Vanguard every attention was paid to them by
the passengers and crew. We understand that this
matter will be made the subject of investigation by
the proper authorities.—Scotch Reformer's Gazette.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Who is my Husband .? Such is the question pro-
pounded divers times by Mrs. Smith Thompson, a
formidable woman in black velvet (admirably per-
sonated by Mrs. W. Clifford) to the unfortunate
Daniel Tootles (who can he be with such a name but
Keeley ?), an apothecary's assistant in a remote village.
Mrs. S. T., it appears, had, some years before, com-
mitted matrimony with a dashing sea captain, who,
three days after the marriage, was compelled to ab-
scond, and who possessed such a number of aliases,
that she never could make out who he was. She has
not, however, been left to starve. A certain weekly
allowance is regularly paid to her by Daniel
Tootles ; as regularly she asks who is her husband,
and as regularly is answered that Daniel knows
nothing of the matter. At length Daniel himself
is about to be united to the fair Sophonisba Mull,
his master's daughter, but the wedding party is
broken in upon by Mrs. S. T. with her regular in•
quiry. Sophonisba becomes jealous, and Tootles,
in the madness of his desperation, declares that
Mrs. S. T. is his wife, that if she is not he
will marry her, and keep continually marrying her
every day and all day long before the door of the
jealous Sophonisba. He, moreover, threatens to go
to London and plunge into the vortex of dissipation
by visiting the playhouses, the casinos, and Wal-
halla. The acting of Keeley and Mrs. W. Clifford
kept the audience in a roar for half an hour, when
the opportune return of the lost husband put an end
to the fun, and restored Daniel Tootles to the arms of
the repentant Sophonisba. The farce was announced
for repetition amidst general applause. It was pro-
ceeded by London Assurance and succeeded by Twice
Killed. The House was crowded.

OLD SHEATHING.—It has been decided by the
Revenue authorities that old metal sheathing, stripped
from British vessels, in foreign ports, is entitled obe
admitted free of duty, on the same terms as apply to old
copper sheathing similarly circumstanced. A vessel,
recently arrived from abroad, has brought a quantity of
this old metal sheathing, stripped from her in a foreign
port, from which she has returned, and is about to he
re-coppered or re-sheathed, and on an application from
the master, who .was also the owner of the vessel, in
which it appeared that the sheathing had not changed
hands, but hal continued to be property, to which
effect he was competent to make declaration, permission
has been given for its delivery, duty free.
WORCESTER HOP-MARKET, SATURDAY, OCT. 16.
—We had a further decline in prices at our hop-market
to day, and matters do not appear likely to mend as
long as the pressure upon the money- market is main-
tained. Usually, at this season of the year, we have re-
presentatives from most of the great hop houses in Lon-
don and other places, who buy up the growth, but this
year the buyers are very limited in number, and every-
thing like speculation is abandoned. The following
are to day's prices, where sales have been effected :
New hops, per cwt., 60s. to 70s. ; ditto, inferior, 50s. to
60s ; yearlings, 555. to 655. ; old olds, 30s. to 50s.
Although the Kent planters are endeavouring to obtain
a postponement of the payment of duty, the Worcester
planters have not yet stirred in the matter ; the Wor-
cester duty is estimated at somewhere about 2,0001. Last
year the duty paid for the Worcester district was
36,0811. 19s. 5Ad., being the largest amount on record as
having been paid for this district, with thelexception of that
for the year 1808 ; Worcester hops then fetched 80s. to
9.05. for best, and 60s. to 80s. for inferior. Unless grace
is obtained at head-quarters the duty will be collected
in about three weeks or a month from this time. The
number of pockets of hops weighed at the public scales
to-day have been—new, 97 ; old, 69. The number
weighed in the week, since last Saturday, has been—
new, 51; old, 40.

CUSTOMS APPOINTMENT.---Mr. Howe, senior in-
spector of the waterside department of tho Customs in
London, succeeds Mr. Weston, the late surveyor-general.
Observer.

ROTHSCHILD'S WlDOW.—Amidst the gothic facades
and the sombre buildings that characterise Jew street,
at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, is to be seen a small man-
sion, which is distinguished from all the rest by its
cleanly, neat, and cheerful appearance. There dwells
the widow of M. A. Rothschild. In that mansion he
acquired his wealth, and a name that is known in what-
ever quarter of the globe you travel. His widow has
declared that there she will continue to reside until she
is transferred to the tomb ; and yet palaces are occu-
pied by her family in Paris, London, Vienna, and
Naples.

MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.-011 Saturday the Society
for the Relief of Prisoners for Small Debts received a
legacy of 2702, bequeathed by Miss Emma Turner; and
2381. from the late Robert Sorrell, Esq., in aid of the
funds of this society.

ACCIDENT AT AN IRON FOUNDRY.—On Friday, as
five men, employed at the iron foundry of Mr. Mahon,
at Manchester, were working a travelling crane (such
as is used by stone masons) on two elevated wooden
beams, to lift some girders for a railway bridge, one of
the beams suddenly broke under the immense weight
they were moving, and they were precipitated, along
with the crane, to the earth. One of the men (James
Mason) was so severely hart that he survived the acci-
dent only a few hours. Three others were conveyed to
the Infirmary, with but slight hopes of recovery ; but
the fifth man, strange to say, escaped without the
slightest injury. They fell a depth of about twenty
feet. It is believed gnat the beam was strong enough
for the purpose, with ordinary care, but the men had
not attached the slinging chain, so as to prevent a slip,
and the sudden jerk thus produced snapped the balk of
timber in two.

A YOUNG SPORTSMAN.—Master Francis James
Mackenzie, of Applecross, a youth of 13, has brought
down several splendid deer during this season; and a
few days ago two fine animals were shot by him right
and left.—Glasgow Paper.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—ANOTHER
LIFE LOST IN THE TUNNEL.—LaSt Wednesday after
noon, between three and four o'clock, another fatal ac-
cident took place in the tunnel, whereby a person of the
name of M'Grigor lost his life. We are not able to give
the particulars of the accident, as we could get no infor-
mation from the railway officials, who appear to be
anxious that it should be concealed from the public. All
we can learn is that the man was run over by a truck
coming down the line, and was so shockingly mutilated
that he died at six o'clock the same evening in the
Royal lufirmary.—Scotch Reformer.' Gazetk.