The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-24 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DA

CORN EXCHANGE. il5,
The boisterous state of the wind has occasioned the arr-cto
of Grain to be short this week. In addition to the elPeope'
agitation of the Corn Laws, the mildness of the weather
tioo.
rates to keep the trade here almost in a state of stagnate
Oats is the only article in which any business is experiell
Flour retains its late heaviness.

SMITHFIELD. 14e/I'
A very short supply, but the large quantity of Meat at e./
gate market has caused a general decline of 2d. per at°firie
Head of Cattle at Market—Beasts 495 ; Sheep 2,703 'All
603 ; Calves 117, price per stone of 81bs. sinking the, 6tl,
Beef 3s. to 4s. 2d and 4s. 6d. ; prime Mutton 3s. Bd. to 4'
and ss. ; Veal ss. to 6s. ; Pork 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET. 015114
The supply was short, and prices very high—The (I,el.
fair. Cod, ss. to 20s. ; Turbot, Bs. to 30s. ; Crimp,'"
mon, ss. per lb.

SEED MARKET. seep/
There was very little business doing in any kind Of
and previous prices ruled.
of
TALLOW MARKET.
There were very few purchases of Tallow, and the rite
P. Y. C. was 495. 6d.

t 1
M. elPalji
This great market ntinCOLONIAL co ues very A
steady, RKET d
both as to vor
and prices; the business doing being mostly in the Pr' ye!'
commodities. B.P. Sugar sells steadily, brown at 60Vore
lows, 615., and fine 635. We had some small
were
01 11 to
zil, Bengal and Havannah Sugar, which were too sitaiittle
affect the market, and they sold at former rates. Vero' 001
small t
doing in the Coffee Market by public asle. There erer"e 11°
lots of Java and East India 9d. duty, amounting oioe
above 900 bags altogether, and they fetched about Pfe„ubl'A
rates. Good pale Java about 755. to 765. We had ,
sales of Bengal Rice—good white Bengal 155., OA. PI
00"
quality of Java 14s. Pimento was at 4d. per lb. $
quality. In Pepper no variation. The imports of g
the Custom-house continue light.
PUBLIC SALE OF TEA.
„Tbefe
A pubtc sale of about 8,000 chests of Tea took plac'd
eere
was a very large attendance, and the sale progress
briskly, and all sorts fully supporting the market prices.
kinds for sale were mostly Congous and Twankays.:

• Ar- - -
The Right Hon. Edward Ellice arrived In
lingten-street on Saturday last from a tour. 111j•
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thornhill will leav° 04'1
dlesworth Hall, in Norfolk, in a few days, for Berkele) ipte‘l
Lord Dinorben is, we understand, aPP,°,,te
Militia Aid-de-Camp to the Queen, in the place of the
W. W. Wynn.
felt!
Pooß's-R A TES.—At the Uxbridge
filit
Sessions, on Wednesday, a number of the poor inhabitantsk
parish of Hayes applied to be relieved Sewn the payment
rates.—William Burr, owing a rate of 3s. 44d., said -heads/.
earned 13s. per week, out of which, besides his rent, he ,d oy,
support his wife and six children, neither of whom earn
farthing. He was relieved accordingly.—The wifeof W. osev
attended, for her husband, who, she said, earned 13s. e,s per
They had only one child, but were too poor to pay co
riotT heb
eßreenl
icehv
eds a. id their The
o efarms
eielr thought the
y was small
be too hard with the poor man, who was much distresse°_,
. erov:
,
business was only to recommend those he considered poll 101 l
jects. The overseer replied that an execution had ,rby
B e Bench t
ought they
11°V9
Bench considered that was no business of the oversee'
since issued against Carter's goods, which were fistula eon
constable to be insufficient to pay the expenses, and tiler oil
stable had in consequence said he would not execute an°tsour them. The Bench said they would see to that. The'
see that the constable performed his duty. riv6tl Sir Frederick and Lady Bathurst have trip.
at Mivart's Hotel, from Clarendon Park, their seat in "'erik:
A SHORT CUT FOR EiIIPS FROM IVIAL„"-aHd —A correspondent of the Brighton Gazette says, ere3-leorY; one of her Majesty's ships, which recentl arrived ,81%,
mouth--" This ship is from the Mediterraynean in i-Isee cfrt
last, and having taken a circuitous route b pihsj
Lisbon, which
she left on the 10th inst., brings no nenotoltfr
ever." This writer probably knows a shorter route from,
which her Majesty's ships can pursue than by the Gut of hilt
and the Rock of Lisbon. It is certainly a roundabout9tvhat tb
ocean spreads in that direction, and we never heard 0 to W
Canal of Languedoc, even if the French would allow
it, will float a seventy-four.
m~e.
MEETING IN THE LYCEUM.—.A. pu-
ing of the citizens of Glasgow was held in the Lyceull'n bel'
on Monday last, to address and petition her MajestYl%sest'hst
of the unfortunate men now lying under sentence ° coneses
Wales. The meeting was called en a few hours' annou°
rid e,
vet the Hall, side-rooms, and entries leading to it, as, eacii,
Nelson-street, were choked up by thousands of citiee!se
to testify the interest which they took in the fate of tined tbety
viduals, and the wish that a pardon might be gra,n,t:scetolf
From the immense number who could not gain adrinibe aired'
Bazaar was applied for, but this place happened to „ogers re,
engaged. Messrs. Moir, Pattison, M'Farlane, and R asd
dressed the meeting, exhorting them to calm ail of
spectful behaviour in this appeal to the Qu-goiepl
mercy. There are many reasons why hee, prtir
should yield to the solicitation of her subjects at t"ithort
tl
moment. The age could stomach the execution °„005 'se(
tal sentence passed on Mr. Frost and his two cornPra".eatehel
would assuredly disgust every right-minded person 0' -I;sesl'"e
sect or party in the kingdom. Scotland has, as Yet' s bevee
nothing but peace and order since the present agitati°
fore Di
A petition or address coming from this quarter is thq,e. 001,01
titled to respect ; and it is
much to be hoped that tbe v
effective. Mercy is the brightest jewel that adorns. o 0,
diadem of any Monarch ; it surely will not be sullie but
sfe
brow of Victoria. Human blood, no matter how shed'5 ber 0{
accords with female purity. We cannot let oursciveswerler
that "Victoria"
will ever be adhibited to the deatho
of town whose sole crime was an infatuated attempti stain
natural rights upon their fellows; or that she
will ists 30
bridal wreath with the blood of patriots, for as patr
heY
will ever be regarded by those for whose deliverance
themselves in danger.—Scots Times.

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