The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-17 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)

Dennis Durham, a boy about ten years of age,
was charged by his mother, Mary Durham, residing
at No. 8, Horse-shoe-lane, Golden-square, with
robbing her of two half-crowns and other silver
money.
The mother, who seemed deeply affected, said that
within the last two years he had robbed them several
times; he took the clothes of his little brothers and
sisters, which he sold for a mere trifle at a marine
store dealer's, and nothing upon which he could lay
his hands was safe. Latterly they used to lock up
their money, but he managed to pick the lock of the
drawer in which it was placed, and broke no less than
two locks, one of the room door, and the other of the
box. She had d.me all she could to reform him, but
finding him incorrigible, she determined to pro-
secute.
He was fully committed for trial.

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN
TRADE.
As a good deal has lately been said about the coin
parative quantities of Wheat delivered during the
three months succeeding harvest this year and last,
we beg to submit the following table of the sales at
the towns where an official account is made up for
the purpose of compiling the averages. The state-
ment appears to us to prove that the stocks of old
Wheat were used up much closer this autumn than
in ordinary seasons ; but when we consider that the
crop is admitted to be a full average, we are inclined
to think that, making every allowance for the small-
ness of the quantity of old in farmers' hands, the
scanty manner in which they have hitherto brought
forward the new must render them quite as large
holders as in former years at the same period.

- 1847. 1846.
August 21
1, 28
September 4 46,697
)9 11
» 18 61,172
, 9 25 74,833
October 2
0 9 9
f 9 16
„ 23
„ 30
November 6
» 13 ... .. 87,008

Totals... 1,042,484 1,926,269
In connection with the above subject an account of
the imports of Wheat from abroad into the United
Kingdom in August, September, and October (the
November return is not yet officially made up), may
prove of service to our readers :

1847. 1846.
Qrs. Qrs.
Month ending sth August ...... 409,550 ... 152,036
Ditto sth September 439,583 ... 101,787
Ditto 10th October .

Total 1,253,759 ... 333,216
Though we have had occasional showers during the
week, the weather has, on the whole, been favour-
able for outdoor work, with which further progress
has been made, and the sowing of Wheat is now fast
drawing to a close. Hitherto the supplies from the
farmers have, however, continued small, and the ar-
rivals of grain from abroad have, on the whole, been
less than expected. The trade has, nevertheless, been
very languid, and at most of the leading provincial
markets prices have tended downwards. _ _

The supply of wheat coastwise into London has been
very small; indeed up to the present time we have
received very little from Lincolnshire or neighbour-
ing ports, the shipments from thence having been
principally directed to the northern markets. The
quantity of Wheat exhibited at Mark-lane by land
carriage samples from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk has
like wise been trifling. 04 Wednesday there was scarcely
any fresh up, the show consisting of those parcels
which could not be placed on Monday. The millers
were, however, exceedingly cautious in their operations,
and it was necessary to make a slight concession to
succeed in clearing the stands. On Friday, with even
less on sale than before, prices is. below those of
Monday were accepted. The market has been only
moderately supplied with Foreign Wheat; still the
receipts have somewhat exceeded expectation, and se-
veral large cargoes are reported to be off Falmouth
from Black Sea ports. In the meanwhile the country
demand for Foreign Wheat has decreased, and where
purchases have been made by buyers from distant parts
of the kingdom they liave been on a more restricted
scale than previously. Even under these somewhat
discouraging circumstances holders of really fine
Wheat have remained very firm, it being the general
opinion that the finer sorts, such as Dantzic and
Rostock, will throughout the winter meet a steady
sale for mixing with the damp qualities of our own
growth. Small, therefore, as have been the transac-
tions, no quotable alteration has occurred in prices.
Inferior sorts of Wheat have in some cases been
offered at Is. to 2s. per quarter lower without exciting
attention.—Jlark-lane Express.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlEE.—Yesterday, at St.
Peter's Church, was solemnized the marriage of Ernest
Rodolphe Baron Bertouche to Louisa Henrietta, fourth
daughter of the late John Gage, Esq., and niece to Ad-
miral sir William Hall Gage. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Sir Henry Dukinfield, Bart. The
bride was given away by her consin, Viscount Gage,
and was attended to the altar by the Lady Charlotte M.
Bertie, the Hon. Fanny Gage, and the Misses Gage,
sisters to the bride. The ceremony was strictly private,
and immediately afterwards the Baron and Baroness
Bertouche left town in a travellinc, carriage and four for
Firle Place, the seat of Viscount Gage, in Sussex, there
to pass the honeymoon. Among the company we ob-
served his Excellency the Danish Minister, Viscount and
Viscountess Gage, the Earl of Abingdon, Lady Charlotte
Dundas, Mr. and Mrs. John Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Del-
mare, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott York, Baron Ferdinand
Berteuche, &c.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—The market for pig
iron during the past week has been very depressed, and
only a limited business done, at rates rather under last
week's quotations. The number of furnaces that will
mostvery soonme be put
materially
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set
ethbepsrt in England
oduetio and W
production
hisartiaels will
lee, and
so cause a greater demand from the south for Scotch pig
iron. To-day prices are nominal at for No. 3. 495. 6d.;
for mixed Nos., 50s. 6d.; and tor No. 1, Ms. 6d. per tt,n
cash, f. o. b.-IVational Advertiser.
RAPID DECAY OF TIMBER IN THE SEA.—A piece
of the planking (American elm) of one of the groins at
the South Eastern Railway Station, which was this week
removed for inspection, though it has been in use a com-
paratively short time, exhibits all the symptoms of total
mdinenocrhaeeys.rethsTeicmhkibsletssaistroeusephecwi worm
omod en, which was originally two
eattehnanansodliwd timberasted, tha; taintd now
circumstance has induced strong doubts in the minds of
some of our practical men as to the prudence of continu-
ing to use timber in such situations.—Dover Chronicle.
Wild fowl, in large numbers, have already arrived
along the banks of the Severn. This is a fortnight earlier
than usual, and the weather-wise prognosticate a hard
winter.
The Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, and
family have just arrived from the Right Hon. Gentle.
man's chateau, near Magny, France, where they have
been passing the autumn.

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SUPPOSED MURDER.—We understond that an in-
dividual, who followed the vocation of an itenerant ven-
der of gingerbread, and articles of a similar description,
was apprehended in town on Monday forenoon, on sus-
picion of being concerned in the supposed murder of the
woman whose body was lately found in the Union Canal.
It is said that she was last seen alive in his company,
and several other circumstances have tended to fix the
suspicion of guilt upon him. The case is at present un-
dergoing investigation by the authorities.—Edinburgh
Witness.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. Robert Foxcroft,
stonemason, of Wrayton, near Melling, has at present in
his possession a cat, which, a few weeks ago, brought
him a number of kittens ; but he, not being desirous to
have them reared, gave orders for them all to be drowned,
and in the room of liaty'S feline progeny he placed under
her maternal care a number of young rabbits, which
were found in the warren near to his own house, and
which the old dame suckled and fostered until such time
as they were able to run about. At length the rabbits
were taken away from her, but she never rested until
she became acquainted with the place to which they had
been removed, when she was seen to bring them, one by
one, in her mouth, and replace them in the corner
which she had selected for her nursery; and, what is
more strange than all, she was in the constant habit of
rambling in the woods to seek provisions for her little
ones, and would now and then bring to them, as a treat,
one of their own species.--liresinwreland Gazette.