The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-03 00:00:00

CORN-BXCHANG E.

The supply of grain of Irish growth was brit mode-
rate, but of foreign bread-stuffs there was a barge show
on sale. The holders not accepting of lower prices,
caused our markets to pass over without a single trans-
action of any importance taking place. In the few retail
sales made to needy consumers, the reduced prices of
last Friday were obtained

DEATH OF SIR J. EARDLEY EARDLEY WILAIOI7,
BART.—Died, at Hobart Town, on the 3d of February, Sir
John Eardley Eardley Wilmot, Bart., late Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of I'm Diemen's Land. Sir Eardley Wilmot represented
a branch of the Derbyshire family of Wilmot of Osmaston.._,
and was a descendant from the ancient house of Eardley or
Audley, of Staffordshire. Sir Eardley 'Wilmot was born in
1783, and was twice married,—first, to Elizabeth, daughter
of Mr. C. H. Parry, a celebrated physician at Bath ; and, se-
condly, in 1819, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Robert
Chester, of Bush Hall, is Hertfordshire. In politics, Sir
Eardley Wilmot was of the moderate Tory party, and is
d the appointment
Early in 1843 Sir Eardley
WilmotreceiveLand, and was su-
persededof Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's_
returned by the Liberal interest for the. county of Warwick.
Latrobe,
who arrived on the 13th of October~_.
Eardley's
death is
John Joseph
asaciministrator
of the Government.
in his appointment
complete exhaustion of the frame--a
stated to have been
The embi, i
s- e Alort.
sJIL r
decay of nature.
This melancholy event, subduing all pri-
vate animosity,
forththe usual and party has called
de-
monstrations of regret. We believe it was his expressed
wish, previous to his decease, that his remains should be
conveyed to England, to be placed in the family " resting-
place. —Hobart Town paper.
DEATtI OF LADY DUDLEY STUART ,'--We
.-- e regret
to announce the decease of this lady, who expired on the
19th ult. at Rome. Her Ladyship
..:
~,,as the second daughter
of Lucien Buonaparte, Prince of Canino, and was married in
1824 to Lord Dudley Cuutts Stuart, by whom she had one
son, Paule Eminliusovho is • a
lieutenant in the 68th Regiment
of Foot.
DEATH Or SIR WILLIAM FITzGERALD, BART.—
This gentleman died on the 30th ult. at his residence in
Dublin. He was brother to Lieutenant-General Sir John
Foster Fitzgerald, Colonel of the 62d Foot, and was the re-
presentative of a family for many years settled in the county
of Clare. He is succeeded by his son Edward.
PRISON BREAKING AT WINDSOR AND ROBBERY.—
Yesterday afternoon, while the gaoler, Mr. Sims, was at tea
with his family, two prisoners, named Ireland and Saunders,
who were undergoing their terms of imprisonment for larce-
nies, _
and who were to have been once privately flogged,
managed to eflect their escape, by dragging out the iron bars
of the window of the prison day-room, and getting clear
away. of
They carried off with them a suit clothes belonging
to the gaoler, a pair shoes, of and other property.
MK. CCBDEN'S PRINT WORKS.—We are autho-
rised to give a decided and full contradiction to a statement
which appeared in a Preston paper on Saturday last, to the
effect that a Mr. Cobden's agents," at the Cross Hall Print
Works, had proposed to the workmen employed there large
reduction of wages. There is not the slightest foundation
for the statement.—Manchester Guardian.

THE CORN TRADE.
(From the Mark Lane Express.)
One of those sudden changes which under peculiar
eircumstanass are not infrequent in the grain trade has
taken place. Up to the commencement of May the
wring was cold and ungenial ; and as the autumn sown
Mops were supposed to have been previously more or
hiss injured by the extreme severity of the winter, the
most gloomy forebcdings respecting the probable result
of the next harvest were entertained. The uneasiness
en this score was greatly heightened by the exhausted
state of the stocks in granary, by the belief that the
quantity in the hands of the growers was likewise very
ort, and by the daily exports on an extensive scale
from this country to France and other continental states.
There was, consequently, nothing extraordinary in the
limpid rise which occurred in prices ; indeed, for several
weeks in succession the supplies proved inadequate to
meet the home and foreign demand, and holders were
gabled to obtain almost any price they chose to ask.
At first the beneficial change which took place in the
'weather produced little or no effect, but the wonderful
improvement which was gradually being worked in the
growing crops soon began to operate, and in districts
where scarcely any corn was before supposed to be left
the supplies increased, at the same time arrivals from
the Baltic began to drop in at several of the principal
maritime ports, whilst buyers contracted their operations
in proportion as sellers manifested anxiety to realize,
until business has come to a complete stand. Having
arrived at this point, it may perhaps not be amiss to
examine a little into the real state of the case, and en-
deavour to ascertain in how far our position is actually
changed for the better. The chief, if not the only
*lteration in our favour, appears to us to be, that the
harvest, which threatened to be a very late one, may
now be reasonably calculated to commence as early as in
average years, whilst there is nothing about the aspect
exile crops to give rise to any fear as to the probable
yield. This is certainly an immense point gained, as
we are likely to have the new crop ready for consump-
tion three weeks earlier than was supposed would be
the case, which will make a great d rference in the
quantity required to be imported. Til,2 cessation of
(exportation to the continent has, besides, done away
with an extra drain on our stock ; and the reaction
in price thus far appears, therefore, warranted by
circumstances. There is, however, some danger that
the fall may continue too long. We say danger, for in
that case the demand from foreign countries would pro-
bably revive ; and if prices here were to recede below
the level of the continental countries where scarcity pre-
'rails, a portion of the supply originally intended for
Great Britain would be sure to be diverted from us to
those states, which might prove a serious inconvenience,
in case anything untoward should occur to render the
:harvest less favourable than is now expected. The fall
in the value of wheat from the highest point, taking one
market with the other, cannot be estimated at less than
15s. per quarter up to this time (Saturday, 29th of
May) ; and there is every appearance of prices going
considerably lower ; but when once the lowest point
shall have been reached we are likely to have an ex-
tensive demand. The millers, dealers, and bakers are
'working up their stocks without making any purchases;
sand this they will probably continue to do so long as
they have anything left. So soon, however, as they
have exhausted what they have on hand they must
again come into the markets ; by that time sellers will
probably have recovered some degree of confidence ;
and if in the interval the weather should become at all

!doubtful, a portion of the decline would speedily be re-
covered. Prices of all kinds of spring corn and pulse
have been affected by ":the reduction which has taken
place in wheat ; and this will, to a certain extent, con-
tinue to be the case so long as the latter article recedes.
The advices from Scotland do not speak so favourably
of the weather as might have been expected ; but in
:Ireland plentiful showers, with a high temperature, al>
Tear to have been experienced, under the influence of
which the crops have been forced rapidly forward.
'The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have not
been large this week, the total quantity received up to
this (Saturday) evening amounted to only 3,475 quar-
ters, which, compared with the supply of the preceding
week, shows a falling off. The display at Mark-lane
by land-carriage samples from the home counties has
Also been moderate ; the town millers having, however,
come to the determination of not buying whilst they
have any stocks, the trade has been miserably dull, with
a decided downward tendency in prices. On Wednes-
day scarcely a bargain was closed, in which position of
affairs it became almost impossible to quote prices ; but
had purchasers come forward they might have bought at
2s. to 3s. per quarter lower. On Friday it would have
been necessary to have made a further concession of 2s.
to 3s. per quarter to have effected sales, and this factors
were not indisposed to do ; but so averse were the millers
to act, that hardly a transaction took place. Of
foreign wheat we have again to report a fair ar-
rival, viz., 20,952 quarters ; and a portion of the pre-
viously received supply having remained unsold, there is
now rather a large quantity at this port on board ship.
Importers are naturally anxious to avoid incurring
landing expenses, if possible, and have consequently
mattifested some anxiety to realise; but the country de-
mand having suddenly ceased, it has become impossible
to sell largely, even at considerably reduced rates. In
this state of affairs a part, if not the whole, of what has
lately been received will have to be taken to granary,
and when this has once been done there is likely to be
less pressure on the market.
After our last Monday's report was written, the town
millers determined to lower the top price of flour from
.85s. to 80s. per sack, and they have been freely offering
their best marks this week at the latter rate without
being enabled to induce the bakers to buy. Ship samples
have also been very difficult of disposal, and Norfolk
households have in many cases been offered .ss. to 6s. per
sack below the extreme rates of the preceding week.
American flour has been wholly neglected ; and the de-
cii ne in the price of the latter has been fully as great as
oat that of home manufacture.
The quantity of English barley brought forward has
bean small, and the receipts from abroad only moderate.
The reduction in wheat and flour has, however, had the
effect of lessening the inquiry for all other kinds of
grain, and barley has not failed to feel the influence.
The trifling business done has been at terms decidedly
below those of Monday last; and the difficulty experi-
enced in making sales was greater at the close than
earlier in the week.
The operations in malt hare been on a strictly retail
scale, and, the turn has been greatly in favour of the
purchaser.

- The markets have been very sparingly supplied with
oats of home growth: from our ewn coast only 381
quarters, from Scotland 830 quarters, and from Ireland
1,244 quarters, having come to hand. Having, how-
ever, received 21,335 quarters from abroad, no scarcity
has been experienced. Neither on Wednesday nor
Friday were any purchases of importance made by
buyers from the country, and the local demand being
very restricted the trade was languid in the extreme.
Under the:3e circumstances accurate quotations cannot
be given, for whilst needy buyers had to pay nearly
former rates for the small quantity they required, it is
certain that, prices Is. per quarter lower must have been
taken to have sold largely.
Beans arad pease have met with very little attention;
and with tr ifling stocks and small supplies the value of
these articles has tended downwards.
The inquiry for Indian corn has fallen off very consi-
derably ; and though sellers have manifested a dispo•
sition to meet buyers by taking less money, they have
been una'ble to make much progress.
The effect of tne late decline in the value of wheat in
the Briti.ih markets on quotations on the continent can,
of course..., not as yet be known; but the general tone of
the advices from the near ports is somewhat subdued in
consequence of a similar alteration in the weather to
that experienced here. At Dantzic, however, prices
were apparently still on the advance on the 22d inst.
The supplies down the Vistula had been small, and a
good many orders having been receLted to buy, high-
mixed why gat, of 621 b. weight per bushel, had realised
equal to 255. 6d. per quarter, showing a rise on the
rates of tb.at day se'nnight of about Bs. per quarter.
The arrivals from the Bug, the Vistula, and Lower
Poland together would, it was estimated, amount to about
120,000 quarters by the end of June.
At Konigsberg, on the 22d inst., business was quite at
a stand for want of supplies, and very high prices were
asked for the trifling stocks in granary.
From Rostock we have no advices this week; but a
letter from Stettin of the 24th of May informs us that
holders of wheat were then asking :equal to 90a. per
quixter, free on board, for qualities weighing only 5 91b.
per bushel. Rye had been, and still continued, in gr eat
request for the interior, and prices corresponding with
72. v. per quarter had been paid for the article. The
trat isactions in wheat had not been of much importance,
owing, in the first place, to the scanty nature of tl to
stock, and, further, to the extreme high price asked. The
weather had been cold for the season; still there were
no complaints of the appearance of the growing crops.
At Hamburgh much less effect appears to have been
produced on the market by the dull English accounts..
the complete exhaustion of the stocks on the spot and
the continued demand from the interior having given
confidence to the sellers. The firmness of the latter
had been further increased by the news from Sweden,
stating that the Government had determined to prohibit
the export of all kinds of grain except wheat. Buyers,
h generally acted with much caution ; but their
wants being pressing 945. to 955. per quarter had bee z.
barley, and oats.
Paid fur wheat in re-tafl,and equally high rates for epr,
In the French markets rile. very marked alteration ap-
pears to have occurred
wquotations. At Paris, on.
Thursday, the wheat trade
Izltasveuiet, but there was rob
decline. The accounts from
pg worthyaoo
is
reoafre of a similar cha-
racter; and the only thin
thatnotice in the int€ -
ligence from the latter
buyers of flour, for delivery in' June, there were still
which would appear to indicate that public t hi
opinion
tinned in favour of a rise during the summerra
At Marseilles, on the 21st of May, holders
oorntwhisi.e
were rather anxious to realize. Poli. Odessa on tl'e:
orth only 635. per quarter, end for delivery •
spot wee w
very •
in June 58s. per quarter.
From Leghorn our advices are of the 19th of May ;
the wheat trade was then decidedly dull, and Egyptian
was obtainable at about 365. to 375. per quarter. Ma-
riaeopoli and other good qualities, on the spot, were held
at equal to 645. to 68s. per quarter free on board, but, ;
there were sellers for June delivery at 595. to 605., or for
delivery in July- at 56a. to 58a. per quarter.

RB-APPEARANCE OF THE POTATO DISEASE.--
We have received a letter, written on Saturday, from our
Carlow correspondent, confirming the statement recently
published in the Carlow Sentinel with regard to the re-ap-
pearance of the potato disease in that county. The discovery
of it at so early a period, when we were to be visited by such an
.affliction, is regarded as fortunate by our correspondent,
-who begs of us to impress upon the public the advisa-
bility of sowing beet-root and turnips in lieu of potatoes
'wherever the disease shows itself. The appearance of the
other crops, particularly wheat, and the breadth of land sown
under them, are spoken of as the most encouraging ever wit-
nessed.—Dublin Pilot.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 2.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
On clause 15 being proposed,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he rose to ex-
plain the reason why the Committee had adopted the
course they had done on this matter. They considered
that if they gave full costs they would be encouraging
prosecutions, and if they gave none they would be sup-
pressing prosecutions, and therefore they thought it
right to steer a middle course.
After some conversation the clause was agreed to.
The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and
the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow.
POOR AND HIGHWAY RATES EXEMPTION.
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. P. SCROPE said that the principle of this Bill
should be applied to local as well to general
taxation. It had been found extremely diffi-
cult to collect rates from the poor, and by the
24th of George 111. the poorer occupier was exempted
from the payment of local taxes. The result of not
adopting this course had been productive of the greatest
inconvenience and expense. He proposed to apply the
same simple process with respect to the collection of the
local rates that was in operation with respect to the col-
lection of the general rates. He thought the system
of taxation should be placed upon a regular footing.
He concluded by quoting an extract from a work of Mr.
Pigot, stating that in the south of England, whilst the
population was increasing at the rate of 200,000 a year,
cottages were decreasing. Poor families were obliged
to use one room in common, and it was the duty of the
House to afford them an opportunity of having two
or more rooms, to encourage the building of cottages,
and so promote the comfort and happiness of the indus-
trious portion of the people. Speculators in house
buildings were frequently aspersed, but he considered
that they were public benefactors.
Sir GEORGE GREY agreed with his Hon. Friend
that increased cottage accommodation should be afforded
to the poor, but he did not think the Bill would accom-
lish this object. He had referred to the evidence of
Mr. Pigot, but he seemed to have forgotten that the
greater number of small cottages were exempt from the
payment of rates. • Then, if it were passed, a direct en-
couragement would be given to speculators in house
property. By it the assessing of cottages to pay rates
would be left on a very uncertain basis, because it would
rest; upon the amount paid for rent and upon the evi-
dence of surveyors at Quarter Sessions. He thought,
therefore, that it would introduce many evils, and
as he strongly objected to it, he felt it his
duty to urge upon the House not to accede to the second
reading.
The motion having been put,
Mr. WAKLEY said it appeared to him that the Bill
would not accomplish the object which the Hon. Gentle-
man had in view. It was true that the poor were un-
duly rated, and that the rich were in many cases exempt.
—(.‘ Hear, hear," from Mr. Scrope.) But the Hon. Gen-
tleman seemed to forget that the cottages, in but few
instances, belonged to the parties who occupied them ;
that they belonged often to rich persons, and they screwed
them down to pay a❑ exorbitant rent. The subject,
however, was fraught with many difficulties ; and he
trusted that the Hon. Gentleman, who had brought for-
ward the Bill with the best motives, would withdraw it,
and that the Government would bring forward a Bill on
the subject in a future session of Parliament.—(Hear.)
Sir J. PAKING'TON said his Hon. Friend the Mem-
ber for Suffolk had brought forward a Bill on the same
subject, but it was opposed by the Government, and now
when the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stroud
mooted a similar measure, he also was opposed. The
poor throughout the whole country were suffering
much from the present state of the law, and he
trusted that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir G. Grey)
would take the whole subject into his consideration
and in a future session introduce a measure to remedy
the existing evils.
Colonel WOOD quoted an extract from the evidence
of Mr. Gulson, to show the injurious effect of exempting
cottages from the payment of rates. It was to
the effect that a considerable sum of money was
borrowed by parties from the corporation of Coventry
for the purpose of building cottages for the poor.
The parties made 12i per cent. out of them, because
they were exempt from the rates, and they charged
Id. and 2d. more for some of them in consequence of
this exemption. The result was, that a rate of 17s. 6d.
in the pound was levied upon other persons, who loudly
complained of the heavy tax thus placed upon them,
whilst an immense number of cottages of this kind were
entirely exempt from the payment of rates.
Mr. P. SCROPE said, after what had passed he should
withdraw the Bill, but in doing so, he trusted that the
Government would take the subject into their own hands.
Bill withdrawn accordingly.
MEDICAL REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL
LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

Mr. WAKLEY begged leaved to postpone this Bill,
as the evidence taken before the Medical Committee
was not prepared. He did believe that a very valuable
report would be laid before the House in the course of a
few days.
The Bill was then postponed till Monday week.
Mr. WAKLEY moved that all petitons presented
for or against the Bill, should be referred to the Select
Committee.—Agreed to.
ROYAL MARINE SERVICE BILL.
This Bill was read a second time, and the third read-
ing was fixed for Thursday next.
MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL.
Mr. B. HAWES presented twenty-four petitions from
various places in favour of the Medical Registration
Bill and the Health of Towns Bill.
The House then adjourned.

RAIL WA Y COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP IL

This Committee met at the usual hour this morning.
DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH
(DEVIATION LINE).

The preamble to this Bill having been proved, and the
clauses disposed of,
THE DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH AND
LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST
AMALGAMATION BILL
waa proceeded with.

At the close of the evidence the Committee decided that
the preamble had not been proved.
READING. GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE

( D EVIATIONS).
This case was then gone into. After hearing evidence in
its favour and the opposiiion,
The Committee decided that the preamble had been
proved, but they would take care that clauses were intro-
duced into the Bill to secure to the Direct London and
Portsmouth Company all the privileges which they now
enjoy under existing Acts and agreements.
The Committee then adjourned.