The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-01 00:00:00

rather lower, refined at 535 6d per cwt. Palm Oil at
325 to 32s 6d for fine quality. Cocoa Nut Oil in de-
mand, Ceylon at 40s to 40s 9d per cwt, duty paid.

IRISH MARKETS.
CORK MARKETS.—Nor. 27.
Wheat (per 204.)19a 0d.10361. Od. Oats (per 14st. .. ss. 0.1. to 13s. 2d,
Barley (per 165t.)15 6 17 0 'Floor (per cwt ).. 8 ° .23 Oatmeal er ocl to 14s Od
Reef, 61. to 7d.-.Mutton, soft—Veal, 44 to 51
Pork, 41.1. to 5d.--Fresh Buttes, 114. to 12d per lb.
PRICE OF averse.
To the Merchants. To the Country;
drat Quality... ........ 90. sl s
Second
Third "" .11 •••••••• ....... 77
'7O
Fourth 000000000000000000000000000 .•• 72
Fltth
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46
Sixth .......... ......... ......... 56
CLONMELL MA RKETB.N.Nov. 27
a. d.
Per Clot.
1. d. s. d. a.
New Butter 9B otoP9 0 Hides &APO ~ d.
•••••••••• utC 24 0
Oatmeal 0 14 6 Bacon C 46 0
Rendered Lard — 0 52 0
Fleur , Second 0 49 olt Per Bag.
.... 0 11 0
—Household 0 38 0 I Fourths.,,.. 18 U 0
Per Barrel.
rtapesead SO 0 Sere —o I liarley 0 13 0
13 0 1 CAIN

KIL
Wheat.psrbarrel)2Bl.od.toK ENNY MA RKEIS. Us.
Barley It 0 19 0 Od. Beer :perils.... Os. Ad, 10 Os. ed.
05 0 6
it 5.............. 0 /5 0 Pork 0 4 0 7
sir (per baii) `24 0 :31/ 0 boas .A.0..4 6 r
•yr(percvrt.) 0 0 lOtt 0 knish 0 0 1 0
Pigs 45 0 46 0 %Alt Dltto 0 6 010
1 0 1 POIaIO4IIIWK SW 0 9 0

30,0 t.,
Ste'
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HAMBURG
GR
Witeit, Marge 450 to 459
Magdeburg 458 to 561
--.., AtMalt, white 480 to 540
red 450 to 555
Bainswick 450 to 459
Mecklenburg 444 to 553
Polish 495 to 555
Holstein
Rye, Mecklenburg
Dantzic
Elblag and KO-
nigsburg 224 to 236
-- Upland 224 to 225
Riga . 224 to 236

con
Carolina and Tennessee 71,it0 9%
Georgia. Ist soft 7%
2d 6% 71,4
3d and 4th
COF
Mocha . . 13 to 13%
Batavia 4% 5%
slurnatra —
Rio :41 b%
Bahia 336 5%
SUGAR.—(Witt
Havannah, White 3 to 3%
Brown 236 2%
Rio, White 2A, 4
Brown . l% 1%
Manilla. Brows

MARKETS..
AIN.
Barley, Kealestbelrgh 180 to 192
—..--k$01,000)gh 192 to 204
'is...ft:- 180 to 192
- Butillter 144 to 171'
Oats, Bider ..... ... 108 to 139
- Met.kleüburg
---- Holstein l4 t to 159
I--- Rut Friesland lO5 to 135
Pease, Mecklenburg
Beans,. ,
Buck 14;1;t‘, 2lO to 253
RaPeseed. th-hover 6.15 to 654
Malt 174 ts 143
Tares
.'ON.

Mar: nham
Madras in to 7%
Surat 1
4% 5
Domingo ..
T E.

Domingo 3 to 4X
Le Guayra 4% 7/6
Porto Moo 6% X
llavannah 4% :X
18% DIgCOUllt.)
Bahia, White 2% to2X
Brown IX 2Ye
Pernambuco. White 2% 3
Brown IX 111

,n„ 2% to 2%

THE FASTING MAN FEASTED.

The following letter is from the surgeon of Reading
jail :

READING, Nov. 28.—0 n the eighth day of Cava-
nagh's confinement I had good reason to believe that he
had taken a portion of the gruel which had been left in
his cell, and on careful examination I found that the al-
lowances for the three or four days previous, which
were preserved were much thinner in consistence then
when served to him, proving to my entire satisfaction
that he had taken a portion of it daily, and had substi-
tuted for it some water which had been given him to
drink, or some fluid which I will not specify, so giving
to the vessel which contained it the appearance of not
having been disturbed. The peculiar smell which it
had acquired confirmed me in my latter suspicion.
Had I been aware of this circumstance a day earlier,
I should have prevented the publication of the document
which appeared in the morning papers of Saturday, in
which I stated that I believed he had observed a total
abstinence from food and drink during the whole period
he had been confined.

I believe that notwithstanding the utmost vigilance
on my part, and the most scrutinizing care on the part
of the turnkeys of the prison, we have been deceived
in this trial, and that Cavanagh has, by some such
stratagem as I have mentioned, contrived to consume a
small quantity of the gruel daily without exciting suspi-
cion.

That Cavanagh can exist for a limited number of days
without food, or with only a very small quantity, I am
not disposed to doubt ' • but the possibility that he lives
without eating, or that he has not eaten for the last five
years and a half, as he asserts, cannot be entertained by
sensible and thinking minds, and his assertion may be
considered as one of the grossest attempts at imposition
that has ever been practised on the credulous portion of
the public. . _

It be interesting for medical gentlemen to know
that the result of this trial has assured me, beyond a
doubt, that Bernard Cavanagh does not possess, as be
stated he did, or as is in some measure thought, the
slightest constitutional or acquired power of controlling
the execretory functions.

On the ninth day, notwithstanding the deception he
had been detected in practising, Cavanagh was observed
to hare become very weak, and to falter in his gait as he
walked from the cell to the chapel. His pulse, which
during the first days of his confinement had maintained
its force, and had continued at about 7& was found to
have fallen to 60, and to have become exteedingly lan-
guid and weak. He looked haggard and worn, and
asked anxiously when the medical gentlemen would be
satisfied with his powers of abstaining. As he com-
plained of cold, he was taken down stairs for a short
time to warm himself.

On the tenth day the appearance of his having taken
the food which had been left in the cell, was obvious ;
his pulse was at 80, and scarcely perceptible at the
wrists ; his hands cold and clammy, and he tottered
very much as he walked across the room. In the even-
ing he was taken down, as usual, to the fire, and in
endeavouring to return to his cell he fell down, apparently
thoroughly worn out and exhausted by the privations to
which he had submitted himself. Being unable to rise,
he was taken back to his cell, and supplied with a quan-
tity of gruel and port wine, and some bread, of which he
heartily partook.
Taking all the circumstances of this trial into consi-
deration, I am convinced in my own mind that beyond a
power of abstaining from food for a limited period, the
result, probably of gradual habituation, the doings of
this man are not entitled to much wonder; nor can I
think otherwise than that he belongs to a class of im-
postors who, by their own specious pretensions, continue
for a time to excite the curiosity of and deceive the
public, and in a degree the medical profession, but who
are, under favourable circumstances and ordeals, such as
he has undergone, sure to be discovered and unveiled.

F. A. BULLEY.

THE OXFORD PROFESSORSHIP

OF POETRY.
As the election of this Professorship of Poetry is now
a matter of some little agitation in the " high places" of
Oxford, and the necessary qualifications for the vacant
Chair seem somewhat matter of dispute, it may not be
uninteresting to take a cursory glance at those who for-
merly filled the office.
The Professorship of Poetry for Oxford was founded
by Henry Birkhead, a barrister of the Temple, and
D.C.L., some time of Trinity, afterward Fellow of All
Souls. The Professor is elected by thu Members of Con-
vocation for fire years, on the expiration of which he
may be elected for five more. The Professorship, how-
ever, in common with all others which are in the gift of
the Convocation, cannot be enjoyed by two persons of
the same College successively.
The following is a list of the Professors, chronologi-
cally arranged from the foundation of the institution
down to the present time :