The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-22 00:00:00

SEEDS.

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Per Cwt.
New English Bed C10yer...554. 90, St. Foin -s. 4S: 66
Old Ditto Uitto -s. -5. -S Its'e Gl'4ss . . -s. 40s. 441
New Foreign Ditto ...-s. 565. 30s. !"...cey Gross..._ -5. 3. .ft
Old Ditto Ditto s. , s. Liaseett, for tet ding-s. 44* .52;
New White Clover rill. 61.9. 70s. Ditto, for sowin , -5. 545. 56.3
Old Ditto Ditto s -s. -s. Ditto, for crush ing...-s 425. Q 64
Nes. Treroii . -s. 18 ''..r. !Canary .... ...... ,:. 70s. 80;
Old Ditto --.3. 1.22. tNs llenv - ... -s 33; 404
Trefolitiro 3 211 s :3 's Per 13 tshel.
English Carratv.ty -s. 525. 3t14. White Ides. tied ...I Is. 04. 14, lid. -
Foreign Ditto... ...... -3. ram. 565 Brown Ditto „_....! Is. od. 19., NI
Coriandar .
Rapeseed, Engli.i. is fine :per Last) '.li. 311. .. ....."'.`reign 25:. 25,,,
PRICES OF HOPS.
Farnham rockets (per cwt.) O, Os. 01. 03. to Of, cs.
East F.at Pockets. 4/ le,. 5/. :15s. to 61- ON
Ditto 8373 "1 to, 0! • 11, to -1.1 4..
Mid Kent Pockets 3/. 10s. 41..3 '05.40 5) l''.
Ditto Bags -;...11), 01.. ,o. t 5 4.. 4h.
Soss,!x 'V 04. (y. I. ', to 3 It,
Yearlings O/. Os. IL. .3 .to 31, We,
Old 4)141s " iii. ns ii,. 15. .to 21 10,
PRICES OF LEA'rIIEII.
Per Its. • - d. t'-' d - Per .11a. 41. to
Cropllldes,3lto 401 h. each II 1.14 4lorse [Fides, "Cerni.)n... 12 fi...?
.....- -........0 50 ll In - Spat Ilit:1 ... !3 :2"..
- --50 63 ..... ... 13 IS Cal f Ski ns,ll-I t 04011.4,,d0z) 15 '..4•.?
. Bull Hides .........„... 10 13 ---40 50 lB 74
- Bulls, V triol ... ...
• - English
' - Foreign . ...... .. I 1: IS Seal Skins, large„.. , ..... .11 is
I oreign Hides ........, 10 1..' 1-- sm.ALL ............ 21) ,22
Dressing Hides ... . ... 11 14 IKips ....: ..........
----. --Shaved... Id 17 Basils••• .
Bas Saddlers' Hides... Id let! Bellies
Horse Hides, English ... 11 I'. Shoulicrs -
',RICE OF DI 1...

I'uapoo il,brown, pa. ton, 35e. 03.--Itefi 0(1, 3;7,10s —1 i r seed 2 ‘2•21:
Liweed cil-Cake at the 3/ill (1.1:11), 141. ake, per tun,7l.

PRICE 01, TALLOW, S:)AP, ikc.. pt r I Nib. •
Town Tallow sss. Od. Yet:: w Sow —s. ed.
Yellow Russia... ......... I.os. M. Mottled . ...
White - ... —s. 0:1.
Soap Ditto ...
Dm.etittoloiatottguifil ......: ... - .....
I'RICE (F RAW F
Price. of Callow (as stated by tha

'AT, per stone of Slb.•
Tallow Me:ters) ...... •e•••• 3s._ Id.
CAN ()LES.
the Retail Shops is as follows :
iferior, S. Od. ; Moulds, Us. Gd.
discount for c.ssh.
lARKET.

PRICE (IF
The price of good Store candles in
Candles, pr dozen, Ss. Od. ; in
Sixpence per doze
COAL lit
8, d
Buddies' West Hartley
Holywell Main 2l 0
"•outh Hartley
Tilaifield Moor 21 0
To Ailey l7 3
Wylam.
Wills End Brown': -
Dittri unscreened 17 3
balls !•i'nd Heaton ...... fi
Walls End Hotspur
Walls 1, tcl Newmarch
Walls End Riddell's .
Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton C
Walls End Hetton • ....... 25
Weis End Lanabton ...... 25
Ships arrival sines

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S. d.
NValls End Russell's Hetten 5 3
Walls End Stewart's
Wails rind Wl'itwell "4 3
Walls End Hartlepool *2s G
Walls End Kello-!
Walls End Parrir teen Tees 19 n
Walls E,id Brown 's Deanery 22 3
Wall, End Evetrwaod :2O
Walls End Tees Retton
Walls End Tees... '2l 0
Walls End Victor a Tees 23
Walls nd ki,i est 'Tees
ql ythe I,
Howard's Nether.;on Mans 111

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1-1 wtlen
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Nalton
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N otting hatn
Watita.ge
NV:trwick
Wr,r ;ester
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68 Ffl

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31 44
3,2. 37
18 40

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28 32
2.4
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25 RS
23 31
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57 F.
83 76
61 83
57 7,
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32 42
35 3S
35 4•
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25 30
2.2 3
25 32
29 :36
22 28
32 37

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60 70

PETITION ! PETITION ! ! PETITION ! !
WAItZURTON.

nasicseamtebluesernainoi
" Now's the day and now's the hour."
Mr, Villiers will bring forward his motion for considering
the torn-law on the 29th of March. Thirty-three days, then,
from this date are all that remain, and upon the use that is
made by our friends of this short interval, will depend the fate
of that eventful day—a day pregnant. with consequences the
most important to the welfare of our beloved country. Not a
day, not an hour, not one waking minute must be lost : let
every patriot throw aside minor duties, and postpone all other
obligations, to devote his undivided energies to the one great
and paramount object of giving bread to an oppressed and
hungry people. A thousand ways of aiding the cause are open
to alt ; there is one way by which every one who can write his
name or make his mark can help us—sign a petition for the
total and immediate., epeal of the bread tax! The man who
suffers the next month to elapse without having .r.ffixed his name
to a prtition will have failed in his duty to his country, and
slighted the sacred obligations of morality and. religion.— Anti-
tiNf AT NORWICII.—We call the at-
Corn- Law Circular. •
tentSio°nColfAthLei Bishop of Exeter to the proceedings of certain
members offol,,,nairtiqolutshterraede:irin
the
me
purposeCityof NoforTreicchtin g As. Stioacllie toyf
his been
mayare haallv
with their wives and children to acquire and comma-
estaintendociennat
Science,' or Trades' Hall, where operatives and others may
knowledge,nted tn
carryand
out
h where theyp lan
but the Norwich 'Tories are terribly
amusement at a trilling expense. The great objects of the
alarmed, and pray for assistance from the Anti-Owonite Bishop,
very Com Committee
way ;
as th lir own Diocesan being imbued with the education ma-
nia, is no doubt favourable to any scheme for weaning the work-
ing classes from public-houses, encouraging th inking habits,
and directing their attention to higher and bette.r objects—the
emancipation of the body and mind from the th raldorn of ig-
norance.

TESTIMONIAL TO MB. CHARLES KEMBLE.
—On the retirement of Mr. Charles Kemble from the sage
several noblemen and ethers, his friends and admirers, set a
subscription on foot for the purpose of presenting him with
some token of their regard for his professional t alent and domes-
tic virtues. The result was a massive silver cup, weighing
upwards of 700 ounces, and of the value of ii 501., which has
just been completed under the superintenden,!e of Sir Francis
Chantrey ; the chief portion of the design having also been fur-
nished by that celebrated sculptor. The for m of the cup is
Grecian—the body of it occupied with a .!epresrtitalon of
S'aakspere's Seven Ayes its bas-relief. It is composed of frosted
silver, and is placed upon a square pedestal o$ polished silver.

2,101 N and CI T Y E V /S.

(FRIDAY EVENING.)
TlMES.—Nearly all the interest of the Money M arket
centres in the transactions in Exchequer Bills, upon v bleb
for a few days to come will depend whether the new Bills
about to be issued will get into circulation on the old G erms
or not. Large sales of them contir,uo to be made, , and
among others was one this morning by the Goverm nent
broker to the amount of 90,0001., at ls. premium. The
same broker also sold 100,000/. Consols in 'the co arse
o' the day, which are supposed to be for the B ank.
of England. Whether the Exchequer Bills are for-
the account of the Government or not is uncet
but suspicions of that kind are freely expressed, ; as it
is far from improbable that there may be alma' ly &
large amount sent to the Treasury, for which . pay-
wilt in money is claimed, and such sales would at . least
gain the time wanted for other resources, or for an ar-
rangement with the Bank. The at undance of ;lac Aey,
which is very gr at, seems tot to have been of the a mall-
t avail in checking this decline in Exchequer Bills, and
according to present appearances it seems not at all im-
probable that the holders generally; of all bills adver .iscd
to be paid off or exchanged on the 16th of March sh, luld
demand cash for them (as they have the uption of dolt ig),
instead of exchanging them for new bills. This o auld
not but cause great embarassment at the Treasury, and,
however ready the Bank may be to lend a helping- Land,
it is not nt all unlikely that it may be beyond theil—pOwer
to do so effectually. In that case, no course is left.; but a
rise in the rate of interest or an immediate fundinf '
The form in which the new bills are to be worded is a
s•abject. connected with this, of some additional i ntcrest.
Formerly, all Exchequer Bills might be paid in fo r duties
four months after the date of issue, but the issues of.:3larch
and June last •were not made so applicible till twelve
months' currency, in which most of the holders we re taken
by surprise, and much complaint was made at the time on
the subject. For a long period of the past year, during
which bills were at a discount, they were al but incon-
vertible, and the holders nearly as helpless as if they had
h a similar amount of Spanish bonds. Of the in stances
of trifling with public credit with which the Whigs.; have
been charged, the management of the Exchequer 13ills
exceeds them all. But the trial of the system is at 'w at
band, and it is likely to go very hard with them.

POST.—The broker who has been operating so ex ten-
sively in Stock during the last two or three days efle eted
a considerable sale of Exchequer Bills this morning, sup.
pased to be for account of Government. The price oh-
t tined by him WB3 only Is. premium. Na other business
worth particularizing was done in the English Ni.rket, and
the transactions of the. foreign housa and in shares wcro
equally unimportant.
A deputation of the Committee of Spanish bondholders,
consisting of the Chairman, Richard Thornton, Esq.. Sir
Thomas Lethbridge, Bart., Capt. Britten, Joseph Task!r,
Thomas Thornton, and R. C. Wyllie, Esqrs., waited by
appointment to-day on General Alava, the Spanish Arr-
bissador, at his residence in Harley-street, to request his
Excellency to transmit a memorial from the Committee to
the Queen. Regent of Spain.
The General received the deputation, we understand,
is the most free and courteous manner; expressed his ap-
proval of the memorial (which the Chairman read to him),
and his readiness, at all times, to exert himself to the
utmost for the interests of the bondholders, whether
with the Spanish Government individually, or in con-
cert with Lord Palmerston. His Excellency promised to
forward the memorial by packet to-morrow, as well as to
write in support of its prayer; and expressed his willing-
ness, on all future occasions, to be made the medium of
enrnmunication between the Committee and the Spanish
Government.
The English Committee have received the unwelcome
intelligence that the very able and active Chairman of the
French Committee. Dr. Pyradis, is lying so dangerously
ill that scarcely a hope is entertained of his rrcov.ry.
de Breuvery. the last Mayor of St. Germain's, replaces
Dr. Pyradis; for the present, as Chairman.
We hear that the Liver Fool steamer does net go again
to New Yo k. It is stated that her next yr)) age will be to
Alexandria in connection with the Peninsular,Steam Navi-
gation Company.

SUN.—Colonial Markets were firm, but not brisk
this afternoon, and the Tea sales went Alf rather better.
The holders, in many instances withdrew their lots at
an advance of 2d. per lb. on yesterday's prices, and
there was more actually sold, the- trade being readier
purchasers. The speculation going on in the Tea Mar-
ket is considered by many to be of rather a hazardous
character. . .

A slight improvement occurred in the rates for Con-
tinental Bills of Exchange. On Paris they were done
at 25 55 to 57k, on Amsterdam at 12 21, on Ham-
burgh at 12 91 ; and on Frankfort at 15.01,
The Funds closed higher than • tney were in
the. morning, Consols being quoted 90i. -I, both
for money and time. Exchequer Bills, after ral•
lying to 35., left off at 2s. premium, not having re-
covered the (fleet of the large sales. Bank Stock fell
this afternoon to 178, and East India Stock to 248.
We understand that his Excellency the Spanish Am-
bassador has promised his assistance in supporting the
Memorial to his Sovereign from the English national
creditors. There was no variation in Spanish Bonds
tc-day, which were quoted 271 to 271 for the Actives,
and 7i for the Passives ; Colombian closed at 26,
Mexican at 29, Brazilian at 78, and Portuguese Bonds
at 34.

Tee Shares were a little better, but oLly a few bar-
gains took place.

POLITIC-AL SUMMARY OF•, THE

MORNING JOURNALS.

The Morning Post of this day, alluding to yesterday's
proceedings at the Freewasons' Tavern, says: —" Tyran-
nical privilege is
.evidently on its last legs, now that it
seeks and obtains the aid of confederated rtfii ms.. The
tierces of the Middlesex County Meeting will find that
they have mistaken the character of Engiishmen, in sup-
posing that an important constitutional question can be
settled in this country by any possible combination of
trickery and violence."—The Morning Chronicle thus
speaks of the Tory opposition last night in the Corm-netts,
to Mr. Fox Maule's motion for a new writ for Perthshire :
_4, They endeavoured to distort a plain case by misquot-
ing precedents, misapplying facts, and mystifying a question
which the veriest ignoramus, unbiinded by party spirit,
could not fail to understand. A Scottish Peer dies. His
son succeeds immediately to his honours, and becomes
disqualified . ivy the. Act of Union from representing a
Scottish constituency ; and one of the first promised
acts of Stanley-obstruction is to keep the extensive
county of Perth unrepresented till it shall please the
Carlton Club to .say—vre are now ready, and the writ may
be moved. We trust the electors of Perthshire will mate
this event."—The Times contains a long article on the
subject of Alderman Harmer arid his weekly Journal, which
possesses little or no public interest.—The Morning Herald
observes, with reference to the disturbance at the Free-
masons' Hall yesterday :—" The disgraceful and rufiianly;at-
tempt to prevent the expression of the opinions of the Free-
holders of Middlesex on the tyrannical incarceration of their
Sheriff by the House of Commons, at the meeting in Freema-
sons' Hail, yesterday, has struck a blow to Privilege,' from
the moral effects of which it can never recover. The
people of Eagland would be, indeed, only fit to be the
most abject of slaves under the most callous of tyrants—s
tyrant House of Commons—if such as outrage upon po-
pular rights and free discussion as that committed yesterday
by a band of privileged rioters, supported by hireling ruf-
fians, did not excite their deep and universal indignation."

FltOki THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The electors of Middlesex are receivincr while they
ere conferring honour, in their determination to cele-
brate the jubilee of Parliamentary service rendered by
their long-tried and faithful representative, Mr. Byug.
Such a period of unbroken Parliamentary services is of rare
occurrence. When such a period',has been spent in the ser-
vice of the same constituency, the long enduring connexion
mutt have derived its constancy from no common quali-
ties in the individual, which have been recognised and
prized by those who continued to confide their inte-
rests o his keeping, without eren a desire of change.
The undeviating consistency of Mr. Byng's political career
will be recorded to his honour, hen the time (we trust yet
distant) shall arrive for enumerating the excellences which
form a character of wbieh his country may well be proud,
and which, from his long connexion with the metropolitan
county. may be said to belong to its history, in the most
eventful times which ever passed over this and the other
nations of Europe.
( From the Standard )
The county of Middlesex meeting to vindicate the authority
ithe law, and the rights and liberties of the people against
tl c ustirpation of the House of Comnions, is held today.
We observe that the Radicals are summoned to resist the
vindication. We have no very high (pinion of the Radi-
cals, but we almost doubt that they are base enough to
plunge so low. Be it as it may, however, the cause
of truth, law, and liberty, must gain, whether by their
forbearance or their degradation. The Morning Chronicle
to-day treats the postponement of the writ of inquiry, in.
Stockdale's case, by Mr. Justice Williams, as proof that'.
the Judges wish to retrace their steps. Our ingenious Con-
temporary, however, finds it convenient to sup-
press the proceedings before Mr. Justice Williams,
which prove that the Judges will not retrace their steps.
The omission is significant. We have received a multitude
of letters upon this subject, many of,them complaining bit.
terly of the conduct of the leading Conservative Members.
Some of these letters of a milder character we feel it our
duty to publish, in order that public men may see their
true position in the eyes of the country.
(From the Courier.)
Another meeting of the freeholders and electors of the
county of Middlesex will be held in a few days. After the
object of the meeting of to-day had been defeated by
Messrs. Hume, Waklev, O'Connell, Tufnell, and others,
by a preconcerted plan, the Sheriff read the Riot
Act, and the meeting thereby was dissolved, amidst the
greatest confusion and riot. Several gentl mien were
robbed on the bustiks. A large number of the free-
holders and electors then retired to another I.o:en, and the
requisition to the Sheriffs for another ClE:elin4 Was imme-
diately prepared and signed. A Committee, also was

appointed for the purpose of making preparations for the
nest meeting. It should be_ known that the hustings
were token possession of by a trick, and forcibly hell
by a knot of persons eNidently sent there for that pur-
pose; by which the Under-Sheriff, whose province it was
to preside on the occasion in the absence of the Sheriff,
was prevented from taking the Chair. Of the numbers
present, the majority was certainly 5 to I against the
wurpation of Hume, Wakley, 0!Connell.- Tufnell, and
their organised abettors; but as the parties came to blows,
the l'rg►e majority of the meeting stood aloof in indignation
and disgust.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

-
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 19.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Thomas Wilde, Esq., her Majesty's Soli-
citor-General, and one of her Majesty's Sergeants-at-Law.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 19.
The Queen via.. this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon William Martins, Esq., Gentleman Usher of
the Sword of State, and one of her Majesty's Gentlemen
Ushers Daily Waiters.