The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-06 00:00:00

much devoted to sports of the circus, and once remarke
he believed he shouki be able to imitate hang*, with-
out: fatal results attending it, but upon experimenting
found it to fail.—Buffalo paper.
was visited by
PHENOMENON.--Yesterday our city
thick swarms of small flies, that hovered about the
roofs and corners of our buildings, and presented the
appearance of dense and black clouds of smoke arising
out from the chimneys or the roofs. They flew
to cover the passer-by, and their hum was like the dis-
tant roar of a waterfall.—Chicago Amer.
NORTH PROVIDENCE.—At the late town meeting in
North Providence, it was decided, by a very large Ma-
jority, to grant no licenses for public-houses for the en-
suing year.—American Paper.
An English editor, with much gravity, says that the
so low a
way they procure black writing ink in South Carolina,
by whipping the negroes until they cry, and then eaten
ing the tears.—American Paper.
shot ot!
length, and
measuring
.eighingni evnesty.seinx fpeoeutndsse,vwenasinches
A
animal
the 30th ult. near Crab Orchard, Ky. No other
of that species has been seen in that vicinity for twenty
or thirty years.—American Paper.
DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.—A German narne,,,-1 Michael
Mourer was mortally wounded a day or two since tourer
accidental discharge of a gun. It appears that Ms
was hunting with a friend—the latter being a few Pa"
in the rear, when a vine caught the trigger of his guri
and the contents were discharged in Mourer's back,
en-
little above the hip. No hopes of his recovery are
tertained.—American Paper. ea
FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—One of the prisoners confin
in the city jail, was at work in the yard on Saturda3:
afternoon, blasting rocks. He was loading the rock witns
powder at the time the thunder storm came up. 11° wa
told to desist, but he said he could complete the charge
before the storm, and went on with his work. Scarcely
were the words out of his mouth, when at the first flasi!
of lightning the electric fluid, attracted by the iron rol
with which he was ramming down the powder, 4217.
the charge and shivered the rock on which he was slit
ting. It was at first supposed the man was dead.
n.
proved upon examination, that the right hand was 1 t
ared ra
, though not seriously, and the chest was so
ewun nurned. He is fast recovering from the effects of his oval
imprudence.—Brooklyn Daily News.
REMARKABLE TREE.—Mr. Agricola at Goh_ets, ,e
1
Altenburgh, has in his garden an apple tree,lvhich in the
year 1816 bore 268 sorts of apples and other fruit. lot
fact, the tree has on it above 300 sorts, but those has
grafted have not yet borne fruit. This gentleman
hni.` z
effected this curiosity for his amusement by in°°llaTtie
and grafting, and has fastened to every branch s hoe
board, with the name,of the sort of apple it bears' apes
tree has a strange appearance, from the various 611510
and colours of the leaves, blossoms, and fruits. s°Lilid
years ago, the Russians bivouacked near this ti's' -the
were so surprised at the strange shape of it, an' it,
number of little boards, that they did not inint; e
though they cut down other fruit trees for firewneu• ker
Eight layers of stone have been added to the 8u13,.et
Hill Monument this season, each layer being two
eight inches in thickness, making an additional height,°,
tweiny-one feet four inches. The monument is n°Tici
consequently, upwards of one hundred feet in height, all,
it is rapidly,increasing in altitude. We predict that e
" top stone ' will be laid on or before the 17th of Jun
1842.—American Journal. r,deer
THE GRINDSTONE CHEESE.—The Philadelphia
of Friday contains our story of Parsis butting the gri,ll,
stone, and credits it to the Picayune. Pie 's a, On h
but he can't have our nigger. Since his trial ofrstrengkii
with the grindstone, Parsis has made another unlutethe
experiment, by undertaking to bump his head gains and
ceiling of a low room. He sprung up like a rocket,
shot his head clean through the plaster and laths, boh 'lO5-
stantly the latter gathered round his neck, so that -.op
caught like 'a rat, and could not be unhung until '`
tion of the ceiling was cut away.— Boston Post

THE MARKETS.
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• The highest rrite of P
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The highes rrae of lreut O
Li theropolis Is .. tbe
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Loaf. Gold Bread may be had at 71 _ _

PRICES OF SEEDS.
Per Cwt. I
New English Red C10ver...56s 84s St. Foin . .. ....5•5
...4 .....
Old Ditto Ditto .... .... —s --s —o Rye G s ....... : s --I:ii
New Foreign Ditto —s sfis 60s Pacey G ass . . ,
011 Ditto Ditto —e —s —s Linseed, 3::l:l:rer.f...eedi.C2:•:::::::'::,—:: 5:6; .....*:;6
New White Clover 41is 55's 035'Dit: o, for sowing ........ 4es 47,
Old Ditto Ditto —s Cs 463•D1tt0, for crushing :: .• . 4.4
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New Tre 'oil .... —s 20s 91s'Hem ............ .. ...... .----8... oltio
"Old Ditto —s 19s 30s Canary .........••••• .... L or:
'cr folium - s 48s 70s1 Per Bushel to to 15s
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English Carraway —s 50s 5 tsiWhite Mustard...o.2l2 0,111" to 171,i"
Foreign Ditto —s 948 50s;Brown Ditto... .. ....ivs_.„ tc, it 4
Coriander —s —s —siTares .................4 6s ix
PRICE OF OIL. fro 10
Rape Oil, brown, per ton ...»
Ditto, refined ......... ..... ....... .....•........... ....... . Fri ci
Linseed Oil ......55 ~2 JO
Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) ..... .. ........ 56 Ili
Rabe • ake. per ton ............... ......................." 6
PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per ii.—
...AI " °
Town Tallow
White £22
68
66
DMietlttoinigioSugtubff............. .............. :2 4:
00
Yellow Russia
0 0 0 Graves ...... .......... _ .
Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs ..........•""
PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Ml* A iii 4
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Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Menem ..... ...