The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-21 00:00:00

AURIVALS LAST WEEK.

English Wheat, 4,3l9—Barley, 2,955—Ma1t, 4,952—0at5,
s,4s4—Beans, I,366—Peas, 512—Irish Oats, 3,23s—English
Flour, 9,459.

AVERAGE PRICE OP CORN IN ENGLAND AND WAT.EIL
Wheat, 50s. 3d. ; Barley, 31s. 11d. ; Oats, 225. 2d. ; Rye,
28s. 11d. ; Beans, 295. 4d ; Peas, 335. 7d.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 16th day of
April, 1823, is 345. 70. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 21.
There was a good silpply of all descriptions of Cattle at
market this morning, but the trade appeared very heavy, al-
though the prices demanded for Beef and Mutton were lower
than last week, and it is expected a number of Cattle will re-
turn unsold.

To sink the Offal, per stone of 81b.
Beef 3s 8d to 4s 4d Veal
I Mutton 3s Od to 4s 4d Pork 3s Od to 4s Od
Lamb 5s Od to Gs Otl.
NAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
Hay I:3 10s to £4 4s 1 Clover £4 Os to ..C4 108
.._ ... .._

Straw X2.10s to 42 18s.

MURDER.—(Extract of a Letter from Deal,
20th April.)—ln addition to the particulars I
gave you relative to the late horrid murder per-
petrated in this place on Wednesday evening
last, I have now to add, that Joseph Bell, the
only son of the deceased, a youth just turned of
18 years of age, has made a full confession of
his guilt. By his own statement, it appears that
on Sunday evening last, he conceived the horrid
intention of taking the life of his father, and
intended to have administered poison in his
food; not being able, however, to obtain
the poison, he purchased a gun of another
youth, and about nine o'clock, in the evening
he took his station at the back of the house,
and deliberately fired through the window of the
room where his father and mother were sitting
at the fire side, and killed his father, who uttered
but one groan, the shot passing through his body.
After having committed this horrid act, be threw
the gun into a ditch and joined two other young
men, and spent the night in dissipation, then re-
turned to his father's house in the morning, ap-
parently as though nothing had happened ; sus-
picion, however, falling upon him, he was taken
into custody with his two companions. To..
morrow the Coroner will hold an Inquest, the
particulars of which shall be sent you.

RESPITE.—After the irons had been knocked
off Edward Hales this morning, pereparatory
to his execution, at Horsemonger-lane, a respite
was received, deferring the infliction of the sen-
tence till next Thursday. The wretched culprit
is only 18 years of age.
SALISBURY, Amt. 19.—(A costly subject.)--
A surgeon and apothecary, not 100 miles from
this city, desirous of having a subject, for the
benefit of his pupils, agreed with some of the
all-night people to procure him one. At about
half-past eleven on Saturday night last a subject
was accordingly brought, and placed in the par-
lour for the night. The surgeon retired to rest,
and early on the following morning he went to
the parlour for the purpose of removing his pur-
chase to the dissecting-room. 'rho bag was
there, but—the subject had left, most uncour.
teously, taking with him plate to the amount
of 401.

SMUGGLING.—On the morning of the 10th inst.
at Seaford, the officers of the preventive service were foiled in an
anticipated seizure of some extent, by a deception. They were
all on the alert to capture a boat which appeared to be approaching
the shore. No sooner was the boat within their power, than they
exultingly seized the rich prize, which was found to contain
20 new tubs, iron hooped. The impatience of the officers to
ascertain the nature of the precious fluid was extreme. 'Tub after
tub was tapped, and pure and transparent was the fluid. But
what was their mortification to discover, that instead of aqua
vitte, their palates were excited only by pure sea-water. This
saline beverage became more nauseous to the taste on
soon discovering the design of this deception. Whilst the
officers had been all on the alert in seizing this prize, about half
a mile distant, 'near Newhaven tide niill, 300 tubs of spirits
were safely landed, from a confederate boat, and so securely
stowed away, as to elude the discovery of the officers, although
the whole of the day was diligently employed in searching for
the dispersed spirits. The transaction took place about 4 o'clock
in the morning.

A disorder has been prevailing in Paisley
these ten days past, which is a slight fever,
oocasined, as it has is supposed, by the late
cold weather. It is allowed to be contagious, as
some hundreds of persons have been more or
less affected. Whole families in different parts
of the town have been confined for two or
three days from the disease. It is neither very
sickly nor deadly, but still it is the constant and
general complaint almost in every company, that
they, or some of their relatives, have been suf-
fering under the prevailing malady. The fair
weather, it is hoped, will soon remove the infec.
tion. The same disease, under the name of In-
fluenza, is pre valeta in Edinburgh and Glasgow.