The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-11 00:00:00

EDITIOg

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).
The CORN EXCHANGE.
Roada
supplies of English Grain last week were tolerably
t° riv nd of Irish Oats considerable. The navigation of
~141eser bein still impeded, the factors have showed few
t"lt for , and gso very little business has been transacted
merree prices vantr be altered. In Fleur the trade continues f. m

-eaten; ON
"............._ ,u.(l,d) BOARD OF SFIP
......._ 7tiute fr, ,t, ...... --S. -s. Beans, Small new) 43: 45s
••• ...:2-......... Rti i• t/
52m.
.-•!..
I',e ..•a42)
L ---- Tick (new) :37 :39
••••............v. ~,pyrdTi. ... ...... 555. 57s
'1.... 'it (184,. 58' ',.!3, Harrow (new) 40i. 41s.
"•••,...„-•-..'ine
..... , •
..
..... •,-1••• -- (old) ..... 44s. 41r.
,t'••••,.......i7 supern•
„„ .... ,• :23s • 13rank
Rt.... 0re,,,,, a', ......655. 70s. Oats, Fced
di......... • ...... ult. 706. -- New
••.-4 • .............. .....38s. 40s. ••••••••• Poland -s •8,
-..... Gri:7, ..............21335. 37s New 23,, 28v.
67's' 11/ 1 411 g.... . •,6os '
Alt a t nig
.......... a- -s• -- Potatoe A A.
~._ ...... ............ 325. 37., --___ 1.1,w
"6.. 303.
p----• Fin, •••••.. ......... 34' tics. ea
_5 .i„.,,,,. ......
,_;8. -....-• SCO tcn "7, 30s.
`•••••.,' 1,1 .ty, New ........ `6l,e - (434• -....... Irish 18s. 21<.245.
'''.......„ L. 4,1, ••••-...3`.4. 38s. Flour 'lown 'per •• •k) - 5
„„........
.vh,t,
.New • ~1.0.3. 41s. conds '"
-”45'6),', ',3BrZ
.31s 3's
ART. ilsoiler -, • - —•- Nsrth Countr • ' -
'37s. 38N. Bran
'OVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST Ivi,•,6E- EK.
• I Wheat. Barley.
4,442 qrs. 0,607 qrs. I;f3l;r:,r t 11"'
12 37,820 ' a 3,5111 Sachs
1
- I 8,9.•..0 rls

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5,753 i
SMITHFIELD.
The trade for both Bei.f and Mutte,e was brisk, the sup-
„r,?.,but randerate. The supply of Calves was very short,
Z.', the trade was equally brisk. The trade for Pork was
riud there being prineipr:ily large Hogs and Stores
4ththe
r and very few good Porkers. Beasts, 2,425;
4 e 01). 20.350; Pigs, 4a9 ; Calves, 58. Beef, 3.4 8d to
g 8d ; Nikut to n 3310,d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 43 6d to St 10d i
ork, tO ss'

TEA MARKET.
well° transaetions were upon a small scale, awl( 'prices
Co, re
Vcry unsettled. Sales were made in rjonlpany's
%,3-gdtt r.t Id per lb advance on the sales of Stt•drday, and
~„..410 of the holders withdrew their sat--.4.,es from the
o.cet altogether. The cash price of 4uP,lvas Is 7d per lb. Company's Con-
TALLOW MA rA( ET.
The demand for Russia: Tr
but.o prices were steady at Tr' on the spot eras dull,
It ek is much larger tha- %es 6d to 47s per cwt. The
'twas last year at this time.
ii. a 1..
for fine descripti:
A fair demand .t.)P MARKET.
.ins, of
Hops, and prices firm, particularly
of which the supply was small.
Li..o yll —
Lori - -11":"S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
of yyst•°Y, JAN. 11.--It thawed very fast during the whole
IttlYQ, i• er say, and c, rainues to-day.—Wind this day at
b, if ,lit airs, at S.W. by W.
442;4' L, JAN 9.—Strong breeze. 10.—Wind S., fresh
I); ' • —.Arrived the Eleanor, from Quebec.
%,
AlEn, JAN. 10. -_Arrived —Arrived off, the Superb, Shannon,
Batavia.
' ~.., alma.
JJOIILIN, JAN. 9.—Arrived the Transit, from Quebec. •for C(inic. JAN, B.—The Brilliant, MaKenz.e, Greenock
Port Philip has put in here ; the crew and pass
en-
rcira having insisted upon the vessel being taken into
Pori on account of its having been impossible to work her, ,
fr°n3 the lumbered state of the decks.
Tunas% dal.% 4.—The sloop Young Alexander, Ste,
al'i"*re lqi, hence to Rosehearty, wes driven on shore. d'.ring a
gale this morning, and is expected will. oecome a
l‘setk.
1, kill', JAN. B.—The Alice, from London, in making
c''''• Tyne this morning, got on the rocks and bilged, and
'BlZipeeted to become a wreck.
te, 1-PUNDEE, JAN. B.—The Prompt, strait ►at '',"he entrance of
river Ne.s, has been raised and brot,ght up to North
'er,rll Beach.
7, IRI..DS, JAN. 9.—Arrived, the Arrow, Tristram, from
t onrog. Sailed Cowslip, Savarmah.
f °tr.INDRELAND, JAN. B.—Arrivo<, the Defender, Duncan.
t°l`cd, Quebec.
)40.CARBuROUGII, JAN. 8 ......The Industry, Turner, which
INo4easeezlisiei,tlri
~setl
e near
• 10. the Emma, Clarke, from London to
too,rlodiong
;-,erlevra: totally wrecked on Bland's Point this
saved. The Sovereign, Whitby, from
storm, ri' wet.' on Tiley Brig in the night during a snow-
Farad,
publi. mni, JAN, B.—The Thames (steamer), from
Casa 4' to London, was totally vrfeckeri on Rosevear
Irnei'-'1118eilly) on the morning of the 4th instant. One
ligt - three women saved; about sixty persons are
std to have perished.
l'ovvduLWL'erajeAcNk., 9—Win .:t S.W. by W.—Arriveki the
zet y gale thil‘slitel Miratnichi. 10. It blew a very
irnston. from atra'rbing at S.S. E. The Edward,
'wrecked - S.,'underland to London, was totally
10 4. , °,ll, AI! Bull Sand this morning ; crew saved.
11."-", ' .gitt airs at S. S. W., nearly calm.
itur tni ''AIX. 10.—The Ivan, Kea, Grotins, from Hon-
ing a ---t• CSunderland, was driven on shore last night dur-
thitt i geavy gale, at south, about three miles south of
11.,t. 'arbour. The Dove, Hynes, was driven on shore at
I::,,nnts time, but both vessels are expected to be got off rpon---;-N. JAN. 10.—About 140 snit were &riven from their
•cii—t.'nga by the ice yesterday morning, and drifted in all
treetions. The Peggy, of Whitley, drove foul of the
thinggealAncut.bride, and was totally dismasted. The Wood-
the)oi of pot t, was also totally dismasted. The ;,IYing on the opposite shore, fills. The Queen of
ha; 'Ble‘. Celerity, and Sally, and many other vessels,
erie vece'aed material damage. The shipping is secured
r,4!ht present in a temporary manner until the frost
p tip,
44.'411.11ATE JAN. 10.—Arrivcd off port the Superb, from
riktkia; l'iary, Williams, Quebec.
- Lis.
41 nti'ooL, JAN. ill—Wind S.—Arrived the Ann
40rY Ann, Lane, from New Orleans ; Elizabeth, St.
ril "n.Bl New Brunswick ; Esk, Paraiba ; Hanover, Bald-
iaore,
„ailed the Montezuma Selkirk, for Valparaiso ;
48:3; l'elliPeviey, St Thoma's ; Ocea Queen, Wilson,
Afiianntlat! Belvidere,.Spear, Baltimore; Bombay, Spuir,
Weti4' naq, Remp,iSydney ; George Henry Harrison,
f ''''all, Hobart Town. Off port, the Eliza, Radcliffe,
11:%" Lima.
IiterORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9. Wind S. to S. S. E, , fresh
13ateatris:
,and aqually.—Arrived the Adclaar, Noltee,
.from
at ---; "lament, Rio de Janeiro ; Albion, Harrison,
• John's, New Brunswick; Timbo, Wooldridge, Africa.
IiILooCESTETt, JAN. 9.—Arrived Bruce, Wright, Quebec.
f VAVilhitlalcyl, ' h s
Janrq. 10.--The John Barrow, from London
t
"%l s
et iwd Put in here leaky, having been on the
WtATlikat IN THE COUNTRY.

\,. (Front the Papers received in town to.day.)
1P 4t srmorierAND........The state of the weather during the
„ ths,"" or five weeks is a very good illustration of the
whoie'lty of weather almanacs. We have had, on the
'clay& rerY fine weather in Westmoreland until about ten
Which."' 104 thc dry, frosty weather, with a little. snow,
consid marked the end of December, was too mild to be
co 1.1(.4 as really winterish. Yet, while we enjoyed
Lori..:44"ely fine weather the inhabitants of Pars and
vs`‘)", of Edinburgh and' Glasgow, have had intense
1414'llarql dense fogs.- Atpresent the frost.continues more
venalh",, it has been known in this neighbourhood for
3.,_eara• The E
„iinburgh mail has been, each day
Z Week, two or three hours later than usual in passing
rough Kendal.
HALIF
tote Aa.--.on Monday evening the frost set in. with
press, and has continued up to the time of our going to
ttor • Thy consequence of such a long protracted snow
tthein has been to retard travelling, and the mail and
ri coaches have been thrown some hours out of their
fertime, and several of there have travelled their dd.
is .114 nt routes with six horses. We believe four years have
ced sinen Po great a fall. of snow was experienced
frora ountry in the same length of time. Our accounts
t104r;,t)115 quarters describe the drifis as being of front
t mhos
yards in depth, according to locality,—
Lifaz .E.rpress
"ano 4;1•7"---We *have an intense frost, and the fall of
larger. Thursday night was the coldest which
hootion experienced for many years in this neighbour-
Yesterday (Friday) morning, as late as nine
snet , Whilst the sun was shining brightly, the therm°.
'free
stood in the shade at 11 deg. (or
21 deg. below
nvtrz44 Point.) The River Usk at I3recon is frozen
ee ' "en the Pwll Tro under Llanvaes Bridge, being
°e4:o by a sheet of ice, a circumstance which has nut
L within the last 25 or 30 years.—Silurian. ‘IabuTLAND.--The frost has been very keen the last few
of and Peveral falls of snow have taken place, but not
th "g duration. Nearly all the mails have been retarded,
ahl,Bll,ry some parts of the country being of consider-
Perth"Pth. On Tuesday the mail from Inverness to
datt, Was upset in a ow.reath, but fortunatel no
damageaviaZia Was sustained. sn
Thew celd, during the last two
has been intense.—. Scotsman.
tab 'Rtiasiee_lia the afternoon of Wednesday, and during
ditQs;rly part of the night, we had a heavy fall of snow ;
vvhich a sharp frost set in, and has since continued
t:ithnut cessation. The canals are frezen, and the health.
and delightful, though dangerous exercise of skating,
ha proceeding on all the locks and ponds in the neighbour.
bnnd of the metropolis. It is the first severe frost we have
ad for a considerable time, there being for the last five
supply scarcely as much ice procurable as was sufficient to
inninnthe confectioners and fishmongers. In the after.
there were some indications of a thaw—Dublin
t'uning Afail.
The snu
w and sleet storms of Sunday and Monday have
°
7,een succe
s eded by an intense frost. Already the Lough
;.a heet of ice, in many parts sufficiently strong to sus-
The
kater The thermometer stood, at 9 o'clock this
tvithning, at 25, being 7 degrees below the freezing point,
dr bright blue sky, sunshine and perfectly calm.
."The
ponder of the atmosphere," writes an esteemed corres-
dry Colt' "prevents the cold from being disagreeable, and
at tioci'tnesS, though it checks vegetation, is rarely hurtful
43 cagy period of the year. Reporter.

ALSALL, FRI D 4Y.—The canvass goes on fa-
-4,48r4b1Y, and there is every prospect of the return of Mr.
He has.uli, although the contest will be a sharp one.
% °7. received a number of pledges from persons who re-
to prorniee their votes to Mr. Lyttelton. Addresses
IZ,__fle electors have been received from the Anti-Corn-
ii4`i?ssociations in Stourbridge, Rochdale, Kendal, Car-
.l3,'lton, Warrington, Great Torrington, Mitcham,
'j' °e' and ,Steekport.—illanchesier Times.
NIL RI AL FOR MURDER.—JuIiu Wilson was
%it(' thP bar, at the High Court of Justiciary, Scotland,
both Cr h Itimary, charged with the murder of Eliza
the ,‘-'4)11, or Wilson his mother, in having, on or about
en'ti%ll of Septcnibe'r, in a house, in or near Eliiltown of
tion ands inflicted a wound on her forehead, and a contu-
The"the top of her head, from which she died soon after.
tlve prisoner pleaded Lot guilty. Tie Jury retired about
onentY utes, and returned with a verdict, finding, with
N 1,7 ''ze°Ption, the panne' guilty of culpable homicide.
froemoniders_tand that the single Juryman who dissented
the toe rest was for a verdict of murder. Mr. Milne
st"tethdd that a Lumber of certificates from respectable
1
pr.l'icluals had been put into his bands in favour of the
nnls'ler's former good character. Lord Mackenzie pro-
a l inn L :.,...ntence of transportation for fourteen years, in
dtirevo,7d ittlonerierf cot curred ; and after all itupreL,si“..
cordi
ac iroliA Lord Meadowbank Wilson was sentenced
g y.

WALSALL ELECTION AND ANTI

CORN-LAW LEAGUE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sfa,—There are some points in connexion with the
contest for Walsall, which mark he paramount impor-
tance at the present moment. hitherto the conflict of
parties has had for its watchwords Whig and Tory.
The field of battle has suddenly presented a new party,
standing aloof from the two political armies, and ready
to do battle against both. The cry of alarm and dis-
may, mixed with abuse, which has resounded Iron,
the camps of the two contending hosts, proves at least
the strengo..t of the Anti-Corn-law party. It proves,
too, the. 'wisdom of its leaders in taking up a flank posi-
tion :so the political battle field. But, say the Whigs,
Yow. are going to destroy the Liberal party. Nov,
•Jir, the Anti-Corn-law party know no Liberals in the
persons of bread-taxers. Mr. Cayley is as illiberal to
them as Mr. Disraeli ; and I think we arc under an
obligation to them for giving a better test by which to
know the character of a man than that of the very vague
denomination of Conservative and Liberal.
Look at the Liberal party in favour of " Justice to
Ireland," it musters 300 and odd at a division upon a
trial of strength upon an appropriation clause ; but
when the quastiou becomes one of vital importance to
the bread ealers, aye, and potatoe eaters of Ireland,
how m. 5v of these Liberals are to be found at their
post :e Let me refer you to the division on the 22d of
J'ase last,on Mr.Labouchere's motion foradtnitting foreign
"Lir into Ireland. It should be premised that Atnari•
can flour is admitted into England at the same propor-
tionate rate of duty as foreign wheat ; whilst it is not
allowed to be imported into Ireland at all. This is, I
presume, a sop to the Irish millers. However, in con-
sequence of the wet harvest of last year, the flour in
Ireland was quite unfit for human food, and the very
health of the people depended on an immediate cereal
of the law which shut out the dry American flour.
The President of the Board of Trade brought in
a Bill for that purpose ; and Mr. Wakley, no mean
authority, declared that all those who voted against it
were voting for typhus fever in Ireland. Well, Sir,
how went the division? By the Anti-Corn-law Al-
manack I find that the motion was lost by 90 to 79!
There were nine and seventy Liberals only who could
he mustered to rave the poor of Ireland front the visits.
tion of pestilence and famine, whilst 300 and odd might
be found to support an appropriation clause ! Now,
Sir, what is the moaning of such cant as " Justice to
Ireland ?" Are these liberal men, who cannot bestow
a few hours' attendtnice in their places in the House of
Commons to secure a sufficiency of wholesome broad
for the people ? •
The League is scolded for risking the overthrow of
a lihcrel Ministry. The responsible head of that Mi-
nistry, who can cashier any other Member of the Cabinet,
just as you would do one of your reporters, not only
votes against even inquiry into the Corn-law,
but declares to God the free-traders are mad—
for saying what ?—just that which Mr. Deacon
Hume, and Mr. M'Gregor, both in the employ
of the Government, declare would be of the
greatest advantage—nay, that it is of the most vital
necessity to the State, viz., the abolition of all protec-
tive duties. And is this modern Pestus, who declares
men to be mad for uttering words of " truth and sober-
ness," to be called liberal forsooth ! And are the
people to submit to a monopoly of food, because such a
politician and political economist as our nonchalant
Premier must not be disturbed in his palace of indo-
lence ? 1 hold, Sir, that better tests than the hacknied
terms of Whig and Tory, or Conservative and Re-
former, are wanted for the future contests of parties,
and where could we find one so universally applicable
as that of the bread-tax ? Let all candidates, and
especially those dubbing themselves liberal, be asked
whether they for or against the food monopoly. l

I am, Sir, &c.,
A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.
Jan. 7, 1841.

WALSALL ELECTION.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
SATURDAY EVENING.—Mr. James Acland still Con-
tinues lecturing every evening to the inhabitants, on
Free Trade and the iniquitous Corn-laws ; and in gene-
ral the meetings are well attended, although we are
sorry to say we can percek:e that few of the electors
attend ; and it is certain that none are more needful of
information on these momentous questions, especially
that portion of them who are saddlers'-ironmongers, and
are likely to be the strongest opponents of Mr. Smith.
These gentlemen seem to act under the impression that
the repeal of the Corn-laws would be their ruin, inas-
much as that, deriving their principal support from the
agricultural districts, and being told that the prosperity
of the farmer depends wholly upon the existence of
these laws—they are thus taught to think the moment
a repeal would be effected, they would as certainly be
deprived of their trade and means of living. From
this delusion, principally proceeds their hostility to Mr.
Smith, which if overcome, would do much to secure his
election ; and it is the more important to gain them,
seeing their influence so great over the small manufac-
turers. whose goods they arc always purchasing ; indeed,
the effects of last election are yet seen and felt, of
their will and power to do injury to those who voted
against them. The League ought to direct , their
especial attention to this point, and have the particular
case considered in a full and comprehensive manner,
relative to the abolition of the corn monopoly, in a dis-
tinct article, and freely circulated amongst the electors.
Such an article could not fail to do much permanent
good. _ _

A Non-Electors' Committee was formed last night,
to adopt every legal means in their power to influence
the voters to support Mr. Smith.
Both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Smith are at present
temporarily absent, but the latter will return on Tuesday
next, to resume his canvass and abide the issue of the
contest.