The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-01 00:00:00

THE WEATHER, FRUIT, &c.

Such a tract of fine weather at this season has not
been witnessed, we believe, by that hoary-headed chro-
nicler, the " oldest man living." One fine sunny day
succeeds another without a single hearty shower, or even
those violent gusts of wind which are so common at this
season. Yesterday at three o'clock the thermometer
stood at 7-1 in the shade, and several of the preceding
days have approached this temperature.—Scotsman.
THE CLYDESDALE Oactraans.—Last year the fruit
blossom only served to feed the caterpillars and the
wasps. A meeting was held of some of the orchard-
men, for the purpose of applying to Parliament for a
protecting duty on foreign fruit, but it would have been
of no advantage whatever, as they had nothing to pro-
tect. This season, however, in all appearance, will make
ample amelds for the last, should the weather continue
good. A better appearance of a plentiful crop of fruit
has seldom been seen.—Scotsman.
Similar weather prevails, as we have already stated,
through the whole of England and a great part of
France. No person recollects an April—proverbially
showery—almost without a drop of rain. In England,
too, as in Scotland, the bloom on the fruit-trees is most
luxuriant. The cherry orchards of Kent, Surrey, and
Sussex, are completely white with bloom. Hundreds
of trees may be seen without a single branch or twig
which is not covered with beautiful blossoms. The
pear-trees are also splendid. The apple-trees arc not
yet in full show, but they promise most abundantly•
The wild crab and cherry trees in the hedges and woods
are as full of bloom as the cultivated trees of
the orchards, and we are informed by a geatleman who
has just just made an excursion through the counties
above mentioned, that such a season is not remembered
there. It is at least a fortnight earlier than usual. In the
good old times the frequenters of Maidstone May Fair
which is held on the 12th, had a treat if they saw the hedge
lined with may, and the orchards in full bloom on that
day. At the same time the weather is calm, and the
sky for several days has been almost cloudless, an al-
most unexampled circumstance in England at any sea"
son. We trust that these harbingers of a fine summer
and an abundant harvest may be followed by those bles-
sings, and that all hearts may share in and be gladdened
by the bounties which Providence vouchsafes to map•
We quote from another Scotch Paper another evidence
of the same propitious weather : .

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LAMBING SEASON, 1840.--Most of our inquiries have
now been answered from the hills and moors ; and upon
the strength of these we may safely characterise the
present lambing season as one of the most favourable
that has occurred in Scotland for a quarter of a century.
The writer of the last Clydesdale Agricultural Report
that has fallen under our notice states confidently,
that nothing equalling the late seed-time for oats as
well as barley, in the west, is remembered 6. by the
oldest man living," since the first year of the pre-
sent century ; and possibly enough the remark
which the reporter confines to plains and braes,
subject to the plough, is equally applicable to the hills
and moors. A few years ago, weakness or taint crept
in from continued stress of weather, and the scarcity
which invariably follows in its train ; but unsoundness
in the flocks is rapidly disappearing, and should nothing'
altogether unforeseen cast up, will henceforth be known
more as a matter of history than painful reality. It is
always good for the woolly people when an open
winter
ushers in a favourable spring. Already the staplers,
and their numerous subordinates, arc on the out-look
respecting the concerns of the " muckle pack," and
somehow or other " a little bird has whistled" that fleece
1840 bids fair to be one of the heaviest that has been
cast for a cycle of seasons. We are well aware that
prices latterly for clip 1839 were far from realizing the
expectations of dealers ; but trade is improving at least
incipiently, and by fall time, or before that period, one
of its most powerful allies will be abundance tending t°
cheapness in the fruits of the soil, including the great
commodity that gives such buoyancy to the workshops
and warehouses of Yorkshire.—Dumfries Courier.

THE MARKETS

COUNTRY MARKETS.

Wheat. Barley. I— Oats. I Bea..s. Pease
Per Quarter s. to s. s. a. a. to s. a. to a.t°
Bath
Blandford 73 7S 32 40 26 30 48 50
Bridport 68
Chard
Gloucester 54 80 34 52 25 35 41 43 37
Exeter
Guildford
Newbury
Reading 50 84 35 47 23 34 40 53 a,'
Salisbury .... 56 94 28 46 124 34 40
Sherborne 7O 78 42 58 26 30 42 48
Sheldon Mallet 60 78 33 54 30 34 48 50
Uxbridge —..— 37 431 28 32
Warminster 52 78 36 54 27 39 50 58
Winchester 64 76
freovil (.9 70 40 48 30 32 46 50 """ ,
LEEDS CORN MARKET.—ApriI 28.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.

52 78 ,
6-4 76 ,
(,9 70 40 48 I b.
LEEDS CORN MARKET.—ApriI 28.
Pe
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.
.1.
York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
iv
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beans
Oats, Potatoe
—Nlealaig, For. —d. to—d
GUILDFORD MARKET,6. o
Wheat, Old (Per Load) 191. to 201. ts. —New, 161. to 211. fill.
Barley (Per Qr.)
Oats 2l 34 I Rye 4O 44
4t.t
01 63d8. , . per
pc
ts atone
Shelling
Grey Pease, 425. to 445.
DEVIZES COItN MARKET. d
Par Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. s. 4. s• (
First Wheat '34i 0 to 3/4 0 Oats 23 0 to ..*: (
Second '3 0 35 (3 Beans (per sack)." 20 0 . P
Third
Barley 23 0 42 6 Bread (per ga11.)... 1 5 ...-

PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN LIVERPOOL.
Corporation of Liverpool in less than ten years laid out upwards
of 700,0001. in widening:the streets, enlarging the doc d
os-
af
fording other facilities to the growing commerce of that pr_
perous town. Nothwithstanding which, it was the subject of
observation by strangers visiting the town, that the architectu-
ral beauty and importance of its public buildings, were not at
all in keeping with other improvements. On the contrary,
their appearance was calculated to inspire a mean opinion 01
the taste of its inhabitants. The Town Council have, however'
at length awakened to the necessity of vindicating
ter of the town, from the imputation—within the last 6 Incmt
designs for two splendid buildings have been adopted—the or
a grand hall, to be erected partly by subscription, and part
out of the Corporation funds, at an expense of 40,000/. ;
the other for the Assize Courts, which will cost a similar
sum
It is intended that they shall both be erected to constitute two sin
of a quadrangle, next to the erections which form the terminus ft„
the railway. Liberal promises of 300 guineas for the Br'
design and 200 guineas for the second, for each buildingi;
were offered by the Committee, which, operating in conjunct&
with the reputation of the members selected to decide,
talent and impartiality, caused no less in each case than betvre''
80 and 90 competitors of the first rank and talent in the 11%
fession from all parts of the kingdom. The designs wera
the charahc;
reduced by ballot, in the first place, to 20, then to 10, aof
finally to 2. In each case Mr. Harvey Lansdale Omni.
Park-street, Westminster, obtained the first prize ; and - ra
Abraham, of London, the second prize, for the Hall;
Mr. Samuel Greig, of Paris-s:reet, Exeter, the second Pad.
for his design of the Courts. It is understood that both bli" f
inns will be speedily commenced under the superintendence °
the successful competitors.
THE AVON LIG TH OUSE.—ThiS bUilding'
which has been in course of erection during the past year';
v"% now completed, and forms an object of considerable will
to the visitors of Penpole and the neighbourhood. Carmel
prove of great utility to vessels coming up the Bristol C,
to Kingroad, and greatly tend to ensure the safety of this r°3
stead. —Bristol Journal. 23,
Extract of a letter, dated Cabul, Jan. '-
1840:—" At present we have much at stake here, and tiler
employed share a vast responsibility, for we are fast draWing,':
that point when two great nations, England and Russia, m
sib
measure their strength on the plains of Central Asia. 11
is by no means disposed to take our advance into this coon",
quietly, and a crisis is far nearer at hand than the great statead-
men and speculators wish or desire. Ere long England ar'e
Russia will have warred with each other in Tartary., or come
to the tacit conclusion that the Oxus is the boundary line "'hie
shall separate them."

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On the 28th ult., at Heß 1 R
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Mrs. Bicknell, of a daug mife of
On the 28th ult., in the Prec:n....ts, Canterbury, the 51
the
Onev. George Wallace, of a d...gnter. cll ireß the 28th ult., i%lr(. James 'kers, Manchester-but
Parliament-street, of a son.
of a s°ll.
Lee, s
On the 28th ult., at Garrett House, Mrs. George Lee, 5 Hood,
On the 30th ult., in Nottingham-place, the Viscount
of a daughter. '
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On the 30th ult., Mrs. William Everington, End
sleigh-
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Tavistock-square, of a son.
Step
On the 28th ult., at Leamington, the Lady of Major
of a daughter.
of milbl
On the 24th ult., the lady of E. B. Hartopp, E`4.,Hall, Leicestershire, of a daughter.
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On the 23d ult. at St. Pancras New Church,
MARRIED.
Bancroft, Esq., of 'Manchaster, to Sept ma Elizabeth, d lir:
land-street, Fitzroy-square, daughter of the late Dr. Thorn °t's
On the 28th ult., at War rave Chur h, the lev. Thof
Hayes, of Heckfield. Hants, tiigi.ouisa Eoceldest daughter -
pc.
the Rev. J. Hitchings, vicar of NN'argrave, Berks. -a nod
On the •
28th ult., at St. Edmund's, Salisbury, i'er,-:ne,
Senior, Esq., of Comptorr Pauncefoot, Somerset, to J.
youngest daughter of W. B. Blackmore, Esq., of Salisbury.
On the 29th at Kensington, William James H. Illify'
Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, eldest son of Wigrani ''''iijiain"
Esq., to Elizabeth Margaret Douglas, only daughter of W
Moffat, Esq., of Harperton, Roxburghshir
P.obort Nevi

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DIED.
On the 24th ult., at the Franchise Burwash, Sussex, scOrynrigtheeou2r3ldvetdildte.r,bautrnß. algarvie, the Hon. 3lrs. FredAerli,nc:
Dyko, wife of Captain H. H. Ilaviland. Aft
On the 25th ult., Capt. L. O'Brien, late of the Royal
lery, aged 75. •. bn er
On the 26th ult , Edmund Garland, Esq., Captain 1
Majesty's 69th Regiment.
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On the 25th ult., at Greenwich, G. Thrower, E•sl', la
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county of Middlesex.—Friday, May 1, 1840. -_:—....1
relict of