The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-20 00:00:00

THE "MARKETS.

• ' CORN EXCHANGE, Jag. 20.
The continued severity of the frost keeps business nearly at
a stand in this market. There is but little doing even in gra-
nary parcels of Corn ; and the prices may be quoted the same
as last week.
Wheat, Old, "6s 46s Pease, White .... ....... 23s 283
—New 10s 48s —._.___. Grey .. ........ ....26s 27s
Rye 163 23s Beans ".ls 34b
Barley "Os 33s Oats 15s 26s
Malt 40s 48s Flour 3os 401

AVERAGE PRICE or CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
Wheat, 40s. sd. ; Barley, 28s. 4d. ' • Oats, 17s ld. ; Rye,
21s. Bd. ; Beans, 255. ; PC43, 30s. 011.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 15th day of
January, 1822, is 295. B.ld. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD 3IARKET, jar.r. 20.
There WAS a great supply this morning at market, particu,
larly of Oxen, among which were a number of good Cattle.
In Sheep there were also a great number, for which a higher
price was asked than last market day ; but Beef has some,
what fallen in price.
(To sink the Offal, iyer stone of 8114)
Beef 2s 6d to 3s 4d Veal
Mutton 2s tid to as Od Pork 3s Ott to as 10d

Lamb Os Oa to Os (hi.

HAY AND STRAW, rim LOAD.
ray £3 O to £4 Os f Clover ...... £3 105 to £4 55
Straw ' 4.1 85 to LI le m.
. .

SINGULAR WAnEa.---On Friday five sovereigus
were actually sold on London-bridge for a penny a piece. The
fact was, two Gentleman in the City laid a eonstderable wager
as to the number of sovereigns which should be sold in one lieut.,
by two boys, on the bridge, who of course were not in' the )q,:.
cret. A number of the true coin were put in the aids of two
saucepans, and the bOys placed on the bridge to dispose of
them, as the Jew.boys do medals ; and the result was, as we,
have stated above, that only five were disposed of. We under-
stand that one thousand guineas was the venture between the
parties. Many of our readers will probably recollect that th e.
same thing was done in Paris, and with the sane success. L.
is mentioned, we believe, in Mercier's Tableau de Paris.-2
( New rinses.)
Some time ago, a French soldier, addressiug
himself to an old Austrian grenadier, said, How
happens it, comrade, that we who are boys, al-1
ways beat men like you Because,' replied
the grenadier, t you are boys commanded by'
men, and we are men commanded' by boys.'
DREADFUL FIRE NEAIt THE ELEPHANT AN D,
CASTLE.---ADOUt three o'clock yesterday moraa
ing an alarming fire broke out in the house of
Mr. Moss a cheesernonger, immediately opposite
the Elephant and Castle, in the Walvvorth-road,
which in a very short time communicated to the,
next house (a corner one) occupied by Mr. Clapp,
a confectioner and pastry-cook, and shortly
afterwards, from Mr. Clapp's house to the house
of Mr. Callaway, a fruiterer, in the entrance of the
Kent-road, all of which were destroyed.—T he tlil
ferent families had a narrow escape for their lives
some of them were severely hurt in the attempt to
save themselves. Mrs. Moss, the wife of thtcheeSe•
monger, where the fire commenced, in atteMpting
to escape from, her bed-room, was dreadfully
hurt by the fall. Mrs. Clapp had otlly time to
save herself in her night dress, leaving under her
pillow '1,5 sovereigns, and a much greater sent its
Bank-notes, which had been taken in the course
of Saturday. Very little property was saved.
On Tuesday evening, about eleven o'clock, a
person from the neighbourhood of Huddersfield,
was so incautious as to wander out intathe streets
of this town in a state of intoxication, with a large
sum of money in his possession. Somewhere in
the neighbourhood of Deattsgate he met with ,a
abwboooomuka who
t,
ohoi which contained,
in contrivedt
iifivee tagocuci: k s
at rct.la
notes pocketol s of
thef c cto tat his,
of Newcastle-under-Lyme, two bills, amounting
to about 2001. and a quantity of Bank. of Eng-
land notes, making the whole stun about 1,600/.
not ‘the least trace of which has since been tlis-
covered.--(Manchcster Guard(an.)