The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-25 00:00:00

MARKET iNtAVS.--(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCII A C E-1110N DA Y.
The past week's arrivals nf English Wheat and Malt, as
well as Flour, for our own market was moderate, and of full
average quality, but those of other articles were small.
From Ireland and Scotland scarcely any grain reached us ;
while the imports of foreign Wheat and Flour were limited,
those of Barley seasonahly extensive. Taking the arrivals
and imports collectively, they have proved the smallest we
have had to report for a c,nsiderable period. From Essex a
fair average quantity of Wheat of home produce came to
hand this morning. ; and, on the whtile, the show of samples
of that article was moderate. The'attendance of town and
country buyers being good, the demand for selected qualities
of both Bed and White was steady, at prices about equal
to those paid on Monday last. In the middling
and inferior kinds exceedingly little business was doing; yet
the holders would not submit to lower rates. The market
closed rather heavily. With free foreign Wheats we were
fairly supplied. Notwithstanding the opening of the ports
and the suspension of the navigation-laws, the importers were
by no means anxious to realise. The sales, however, were
only to a trilling extent, at previous quotations. As the
duties will no doubt be remitted this week, nothingwas doing
in any article in bond ; hence prices were quite no-
minal. We understand that the stock of Flour under
bond at Liverpool is now about 400,000 barrels.
Owing to the proposition to admit sugar into the distilleries,
the Barley trade, although the supply of that description of
corn on sale was small, even including the foreign arrivals,
was very dull, at a decline in the quotations of this day
se'nnight of from 3s to, in some instances, 5s per quarter.
The show of Malt being on the increase, and as many of the
distillers are already purchasing sugar, that article was heavy,
and, to sell, Is to 3s per qr. less money must have been taken.
With Oats we were very scant Ly supplied, yet the trade was
dull at barely last week's (mu:lions. In Beans, next to no-
thing was done, at a decline in value of from is to 2s per
quarter. White Peas were qui: eas dear, but grey and maple
were to be purchased on easier terms. The Flour trade was
slow, at unaltered figures.
CURIt.ENCY 1.1•:1Z tel MEASURE
Arheat —Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier— • • 84s to SFis
Red, Nev . 68,, to 79s Oats— Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 74s 85s Lincolnsh., Fecd. 33s 36E
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe • • 36s 398
coin, Red... Gds 71s Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.... • . 753 79s Black . ... •• • 385 40s
' Irish, Red.. . • • • —s —a Cork, White ... • 395 413
Ditto, White .• • • s —s Scotch, Feed. • • 38s 36s
Rya—Old . •
New... .. • • .... 42s 44.3 Pigeons • .. 455 523
Barley—Grinding ... • . 333 44, Pease—Grey. 483 50s
Malting . ...• Vs ,2s .
Chevalier .... • • 523 53s White ... ... ••• .. 528 568
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .•• • • 565 588
folk.. ••• • • 77s SOs Flour—Town-made.— —8
Brown 74.4 Suffolk . ...... 608 65
Kingstonand Ware 80s 52s . Stocktn & Norfolk 483 52'
&MITZI rzzlat.
The following import, of live stock have taken place into
London in the past week •
From whence. Oxen.
Nordwycke .
Nieudiep
Harlingen ....
Boulogne...

Cows. Sheep,
16
_
69 ...... 266
4

Total
Nearly the whole of the above have passed directly into the
hands of the butchers, without appearing for sale here. At
the outports about 30u head of beasts and sheep have been
landed, chiefly from Holland. We had on oiler about 40
foreign beasts, and 100 shrcp, with which the trade was dull,
on somewhat easier te; me. With home-fed beasts, the
quality of which was ve y good, we were fairly supplied.
Although the attendance of buyers was numerous, the Beef
trade was in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the quota-
tions obtained on Monday last of 2d per 8111! the very
highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s 4'd per 81bs.
From the northern districts we received about 1,000 short
horns; from the eastern counties, 300 Scots, homebreds and
short horns ; from the western cid midland counties, 800
Hereford,, runts, and Devonvlse.. And from other parts of
England, 750 of various breeds The numbers of sheep were
considerably on the increase, and of excellent quality, owing
to which, the dlangc in the weather, and the heavy supplies
offering in the duo:at markets, the Mutton trade was dull, and
the currencies declined 2d per Slbr, the best old Dawns
selling slowly at 5s per Blbs. In Calves, the supply of which
was limited, Very tittle was doing, at barely stationary prices.
The Pork trade was dull, but we can notice no alterations in
value.

Per Ens. to sink the offal.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts-- 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2
Atcond quality .• • 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woollea ditto 4 4 4 8
Prime large Oxen • 0 4 0 Southdown Wetlie.. 410 5 0
Prime Scots . .
Large coarse Chives 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs
Prima small ditto 4 8 0 Small Porkers •• • 4 8 5 0
Suckling Calves —lB 0 '29 () ar ter old Pigs l6 019 8
Inferior Sheep • • • 3 6 3 0 Lambs •• •• •••• • • 0 0 0 0
SUPPLY AT AtAltI{ET.
Ideasts. Si;pap. Calves. I Pigs.
I 3,004 23,30) I 70 300
2%1•LI.VE;(11.'.1":>:: ELT=
The arrivals of country slaughtered Meat for these markets
having been large since this day se'nnight, and the supplies
killed in the metropolis seasonably extensive, and of excel-
lent quality, the general demand has been much less active
than for some time past, and, in some instances, the quota-
tions have had a downward tendency. About 40 carcases
of Foreign Beasts, and 260 ditto of :Theep, have been on sale,
and disposed of at lair priers.

'A t per stone, by the Carcase,

s. d. to S. d. I. d. to O.
Beef, inferior.... 2 6 2 8 , Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 6
- middling .... 210 3 0 ; middling.. 3 8 4 0
- prime large 3 2 3 4 prime .. •• 4 2 4 6
- prime small 3 4 3 6 , Purk, large.... ••• • 3 8 4 6
Veal.... - small

Lamb. o.s Oil to Os Od.
Bonouen /inn 5P1T.A.7.14XEX4.118.
The receipts of Potatoes from our own coasts have been
very small; but from France 455, and from GuernseyBl tons
have come to hand. Owing to the want of supply, very
little business is d,ing; yet prices are considerably on the
advance. York Rev,ents, 200 s to 2405; Lincolnshire and
Cambridgeshire Regents, 140, to 185 s; Ditto Kidneys, 140 s
to 150 s; Kent. and Ess,x Regents, 200 s to 2405; Ditto
Kidneys, 200 s to 210 s ; Fi encli Whites, 140 s to 160 s per ton.
The export of Potatoes frui France is now prohibited.
B0a01:7U41. Sop rezann..r.
There is still a moderate doing in the best hops, at
full prices. Otikry, ise the &wand is in a very sluggish
state. Present pi ices rule as tioder:—Sussex poCkets, 3/ 16s
to 41 7s ; Weak! of Kent, do., 4/ 2s to 41 12s; Mid and East
Kent, do., 41 10s to 6110 s.

During the past week the imports of Wool have consisted
of CS bales from the Cape, 400 do. from Spain, and 200 do.
from various other quarters. In the private contract market
rather more business is do i:.g in English Wool, at full prices,
but foreign and colonial qualities are much neglected.

TALLOW.
The price for fine Y U is :toady at our quotation; and for
February and March the price is quoted 51s 9d. In new
Y C for the autumn delivery (say the last three months)
there has been business dime during the last week at 45s 9d
to 46s for cash on the delivery of the Tallow. The demand
continues very good. Town Tallow 520 to 535, net cash.

QUEEN'S BENCIL—(THIS DAY.)
LIBEL.—TILE QUEEN IN The PROSECUTION OF MRS. JANE
BARKER v. THE REV. MR ROBINSON.
This case was tried at Gloucester some time ago, and ex-
cited much attention at. the time. It was an indictment at
the instance of Mrs. Barker for a libel, the libel complained
of consisting of letters which were addressed to her by the
defendant, expressing his surprise that she should revisit
Cheltenham atter the reports which had been spread as to her
previous conduct in the same place, and plainly charging her
with having committed adultery. The letters bore the initials
of " W. P."
The case now came before the Court in the usual form, and
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD (who, with Mr. Alexander, ap-
peared for the prosecution) prayed judgment upon the
defendant, who appare,! upon the tb-or of the Court.
A great number of affidavits were handed in by both sides,
the reading of which occupied it more than two hours. Those
of the prosecutrix went to show that there was no truth in
the allegations of the defendant, whilst those of
the defendant cap eased his sincere regret that he
had penned such -letters, and attributed his conduct to
the excited state of his feelings at the time, in consequence
of the reports which he heard They further stated that he
had made an ample apology, before these proceedings, and.
that he had offered to pay 501. towards the expenses in-
curred, which terms he understood were accepted. After
dwelling upon the fact that he had founded a Magdalen
Hospital in Cheltenham, and that he had taken active steps
to prevent prostitution, and to reclaim those who had fol-
lowed such a ceuree of life' he threw himself upon the
merciful considerat on of the Court.
WIIATELEY, Q.C., proceeded to address the Court on
behalf of the defendant, and in mitigation of punishment.
He dwelt, at some length, on the various offices which the
defendant had filled for the last few years. In 1844
he removed to Cheltenham, and took a house on
Pitfield-parade, -within two or three doors of which
Mrs. Barker occupied a house. She was frequently visited
by a nobleman whose name had become too familiar in the
records of public intelligence (Earl Fitzhardinge), and car-
riages and °the,. vehicles were constantly at the doors of her
house. To a gentleman of an excitable temperament, who
had pupils in his house, and who was living there with his
wife, and being responsible fur the morals of those pupils, and
being, moreover, a minister of the
.Gospel, this was an in-
tolerable grievance. There was everything to induce him to
believe that the reports which had been spread as to her
conduct in Cheltenham were true: Mrs.. Barker. was the wife
of a poor player, and came to Cheltenham, in the first in-
, stance, from a small town within two miles of Berkeley
Castle, with the hounds of the noble owner of which she was
frequently in the habit of hunting. Some stress had been
laid on the fact that the letters were signed with initials,
namely, IV. P., and that he thereby intended to fix their
authorship on sonic one else. Ile had no such intention; but
as he wrote anonymously, lie affixed these initials, a plan
very frequently adopted by persc,ns advertising for servants.
He had addressed Mrs. Darker on the occasion of her pre-
vious visit, but no notice was taken of his communications;
and when he addressed the letters, out of which these pro.
ceedings arose, he believed that she was about to take up her
residence at Cheltenham. llc, however, sincerely regretted
that he had penned them. It was understood that the de-
fendant would not be brought up for judgment at all, and
negotiations and .correspondence had taken place between
the parties to that end, but as the 'name of Mrs. Barker had
been frequently mentioned in the painful correspondence
which bad taken place between Earl Fitzhardinge and Mr.
Grantley Berkeley, Sir. Rubinson had been proceeded
against, in order that the reflections which attached to Earl
Fitzhardinge, in consequence of his connexion with Mrs.
Barker, might be removed by obtaining a conviction, and
consequently the assumption that Mrs. Barker was free from
we
suspicion. He held, hoeer, that the apology which he
had off
neredENwlarsts su:q,id
Ici,er;et.
Lord
what the counsel for the 'prosecu-
tian would deem a entlicien)t
Rhich tSheergedaenfltnla'ameitrotnennide:e;:i'l
\Nl.:l:adhdit,ion to the apology
but he refused
greaov nigrc.et thett annoyance which
to accede to it : --"
these letters have occasioned, en, I hereby declare that the
charges which they convey
aro holly unwarranted."
refused to accede to this,
or to consent that his refttatilione
should be published in the n,,'
his regret at havinrittell:e
Lord DEerelex—h o He simply expressed
g- w
y
there. is anything in that
which a person sending stroll letters ought not to make?
Mr. Wrt IT ' nem - m v
Lord DENMAN thought - Lord.
a that the publication of such an
apology could not be te, and that upon calm re-
flection the Learned Co:;n.sel would consider it his duty to
advise his client to accede to it. It was not one which he
ought to refuse to make.
111 r. WITATELEY did not hesitate, on the part of his client,
to make the required npelogy.
Lord DENmAN—Then we ruse that this puts an end to
the proceedings.
Mr. Sergeant TALFGURD accepted the apology, on the
part of his client, and applied to the Court to make au order
onthe
odfeftehnedapnroteeteodpinagys soet!iing more towards the thanex-
penses the 50/., which sirs. Barker
proposed to devote to charitable purposes.