The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-30 00:00:00

choked, cargo shifted, and five feet water in ber hold;
in coming in, she got on the rocks and suffered much ;
the cargo is discharging, and will be sold.
STRANGFORD, DEC. 27. A mast was picked 'up a few
days since, near this place, about 47 feet long, painted
green above the deck, bright varnished middle, and
white mast head.

DOVER, DEC. 29.—A boat, much damaged, • marked
" John Pearson," came on shore near Cornhill Coast-
guard station this morning.
PORTSHOUTE, DEC. 29. The Stadt Berlin, froui
Dantzic to Shoreham, which put in here yesterdays
leaky, has ben surveyed, and must discharge.
IsLE ORNSAY, SKYE, DEC. 25.—The schooner Sarah,
of Ramsay, from Liverpool to Montrose, was driven 011
the Callick Rock, 23d inst., and cannot be got off until
next spring tide.

PETERHEAD, DEC. 27. —The master and crew of the
Johannes, from Lubec to Leith, have been landed here
by the Maria, Breckwoldt, from Hamburgh, having
abandoned their vessel in a sinking state, near Bludden
Point, and shortly after went di wn.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
MEAT MARMETS.
SOUTHALL, DEC. 29.—We had oily a moderate suppli
of stock here to-day, and which met a lair demand, 00
the following terms :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Mutton,
3s 10d to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s to 4s Bd.; and Pork, 4s 2d to
is 8d per CI) to sink the offal.

ROMFORD, DEC. 29.—Prime Beasts and Sheep, which
were in short supply, moved off readily, at full prices.
The business doing in other kinds of stock was by no
means extensive. Beef from 4s to ss; Mutton, 4s to
5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 8lbs;
Suckling Calves, 20s to to 265; Quarter-old Store Pigs►
90s to 255; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 141
to 171 each.

LEWIS, Duc. 28.—Beef from 4s to ss; Mutton, 4s 2d
to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 6d; and Pork 4s 2d to 4s
8d per Blbs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade.

NENVGATE AND L•EADENBA&M.
Prime Beef and Mutton were in steady request, at full
prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state•
Beef from 3s 2d to 48 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Vol,
35 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81b5; by th°
carcase.

MELT BTAXICETEI.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 128 ; Clover,
ditto, 31 lOs to 41 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 48 to 11 91
per load. Trade dull, at our quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 3l 15s ;
Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4110 s; and Straw, 115 s to 11 108
per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand.
WHITECHAPIAL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 1015 to 3l 136;
Clover ditto, 31 48 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 44 CO
11 9s per load. Supply good, and trade dull.

COAL MARKE'
Carr's Hartley
New Tanfield lBs 6d
Ord's Redheugh
Pontop Windsor
South Peareth
Tanfield Moor ..... 19s Od
Wall's End, &c
Bewicke and Co 24s Od
Northumberland
Washington
Bell
Braddyll's Hetton 24s 6d
East Hetton
Haswell 2ss Od
Hetton
Lambton
Stewart's ..
Ships at mark 4

7.••• YESTERDAY:

'Whitwell
Hudson's Hartlepool 243 6d
High Thornley
South Kelloe 241 Od
Adelaide , 248 84
Denison ... 228 Od
Seymour Tees
South Durham 248 04
Tees
Tees Hetton - 203 6d
West Hetton 238 6d
West Pease
Whitworth 2O. ofl
Brancepeth
,1
Cowpen Hartley
Killingworth ' 215 1)4

it, 68—sold, 60.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN „..
for the Week ended Dec. 30,1847, made up from the Returns Ow-
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Earland and Walt.
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BAILEY.' OATS. I WU. I slim. riAlr,
PRICE .. 531 Od 31s 3d 218: 3d 31s Id I 40s 6d 1441
The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIGHTON STEEPLECHASES.—WzDNEsnaI.„
These steeple chases came off to-day, and were well
attended considering the severe character of the weather'
The course was nicely adapted for the purpose, and in
good condition. The leaps were twenty In number,_ and
among them were three or four of a dangerous kind.
At three o'clock the following started, for a
A Sweepstakes of 151. each, 10 ft, with 30L added for
the second horse. H.W. Four miles. (10 entries.)
Amateur riders.
Mr. Cornwall's g h Chartist, lOst 81b... (Owner)
Mr. Campbell's b g Eagle, llst 71b •••
Mr. Wesley's c g Albert, list 31b
Mr. Preston's b h Ould Ireland, lOst 41b . -.•
Mr. Camerall's b g Cossack, lOst
Mr. Lewis's b m Victoria, lOst 71b ••• •••
Mr. Campbell's c h Major, lOst 121 b •••
Mr. Hall's b in Celeste, lOst •••
Mr. Gordon's br g The Duke, lOst -
Chartist was freely backed against the field at 6 to
4, and Eagle, Albert, and Victoria, had each, their
friends. The race was uninteresting. Chartist ridden
with care, having victory in his reach all the waY
(barring accidents), finished an easy winner by twenty
lengths. The speed was very good, the ground being
got over in eleven minutes.
Mr. Cornwall, after the race, sold the 'whiner for
the foreign market at a high price.
At four o'clock the second contest took place, for
A Sweepstakes of 34 each, 2 ft, with 25Z added. H.W.
Three miles. (8 entries.)
Mr. Drake's Bangalore, lOst 121 b ...(Mr. 1
Mr. Cornwall's Legacy, 12st ...
Mr. Mess's Faith, 9st 71b ... • ...

Mr. Drake's Scarlet Runner, llst 31b ... ••• 0
Mr. Mess's The Queen, list... - 0
Mr. Ball's Brighthelmstone, lOst •••
Mr. William's Duke of Richmond, 9st 71b.... ••
Faith was favourite, though Bangalore and Lego/
were backed with considerable spirit. The race Will •
very exeelleat one, Bangalore gaining the laurels and
the prize by three lengths, after a hard contest, 10
which all the horses.were well up. Time—nine minute,'
two seconds. Though there were several falls We °re
happy to say no one was injured.
A pony match wound up the amusements.

SAYINGS BANKS. The National Debt Comm'
sioners sold, on account of the trustees of savings baeka
between the 16th of June, 1847, to the 9th of Deeewher;'
j the following consolidated and reduced stock :—Coesol--
dated Three per Cents., 380,000/. ; Reduced Three Per
hich
Cents., 745,0004; total, 1,125,0001. The amount.w„,--,„
June,pric e
and variedB ol f7rso. m6d
6d, received
the Commissioners received was 951,9101. 25.6 d.
receivedon th e 4thono
ft hiceo3eoor
eisvs.ed'bet'.
No Exchequer-bills were sold during the period. bogs
DRY MEASURE.—An amateur performer, 11:"of
delivery was chiefly remarkable for the prolongation
the syllables of such words as he wished to make Pa'
cularly emphatic, performed Othello one night in
before a crowded gallery and a very thin pit and boxes;
On coming to the passage, " I'll wear my heart terd
my sleeve for dawn to peck at," he laboured very
to make a " point" on the word " peck," and dwelt on
its first letter, p-p-p-p, so long, that an impatient deitl
called out from above, " Hallo, Blackey, how Infini
pecks to the bushel ?"—Family Jo Miller. rr he
EXAMINER OF RECOGNIZANCE* OFFICE.-r-",
following is the list of counties and boroughs in wh'°
the seats of the sitting members are petitioned spiel
The sureties in all of them have been perfected, vet
the exception of Athlone :—Great Yarmouth heOng
Lord A Lennox and Octavius E. Cooper;_ Montgonorg
borough, Hon. H. Cholmondely and D. Pugh, double
return; Stockport borough, James Heald and Alderman
public
Kershaw; Maldon borough, David Waddington and
B. Lennard; Cheltenham borough, Sir Willoughby
Jones, Bart.; Gloucester county, western division,44.
Hale and Hon. G. F. Berkeley; Great Marlow hos:ought
T. P. Williams and Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. Knox;
Kinsale borough, Richard Samuel Guiness; Abingdon
borough, Sir F. Thesiger; Lyme Regis borough, Thos.
Neville Abdy; Carlow borough; John Saddler; West-
bury borough, James Wilson; Lancaster boroughs
Samuel Greyson and Thomas reene; Peebles count.
William Forbes Mackenzie; Leicester borough, Sir
Walmaley and Richard Gordon; Drogheda borough, Right
Hon. Sir W. M. Somerville, Bart. ; Bodmin borough, James
Wyld and Henry C. Lacy; Carlisle city, John Dixon
and W. N. Hodgson; Bolton borough, W. Bolling. en
John Bowring, L.L.D.; Aylesbury hundreds J•
Deering, Lord Nugent; Bewdley borough, T.J. Ireland;
Stafford county, northern division, C. B. Adderle/ an
Viscount Brackley; Nottingham borough, John Waite'
and Feargus O'Connor; Harwich borough, John Big.
show and John Attwood; Andover borough, William
B. Coles and William Cubitt; Lincoln city, Colonel Sib;
thorp and Charles Sealy; Ilythe borough, Edsve,,,,r°
Drake Boorkmen; Essex county, northern division, or.
J. Tyrrell and Major W. Beresford; Colchester borough
Sir G. Smith and Joseph A. Hardcastle; Newcastle.
under-Lyme, Samuel Christy and William Jacks°l2;
Walsall borough, Hon. E. R. Littleton ; Dundalh
borough, Charles Carroll M`Tavish; Derby borough,
Hon. E. Strutt and Hon. F. L. Gower; Monmouth
county, C. S. Morgan and Lord G. Somerset; Pbitlin
city, Edward Grogan and J. Reynolds; Horsham bo;
rough, John Jervis; Sligo borough, John Petriel
Somers; Athlone borough, William Keogh; Longter"
county, Major W. Blackall and R. M. Fox.
We have been requested to state that Miss Bill"
Stanley, the report of whose death we contradicted.Yee.
terday, has been pronounced by her medical attendants
quite out of danger.
To-day (Thursday) his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort intends to honour with his presence the per
tormance of the Addphi by the Westminster scholars'
For this purpose his Royal Highness will come to
London by a special train from the Slough station of the
Great Western Railway, at tour o'clock in the after-
noon, accompanied by the Marquis of Abercorn, and
tended by the Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel BouVerin-
The royal party will dine at Buckingham Palace ce
their way to Westminster, and after the performance
they will return to Windsor Castle the same evening bi
the old turnpike-road, through Breutford. Hounslow, 361;
The Earl of Burlington and the youthful Lord
Cavendish have arrived at the Earl of Carlisle's, Castle
Howard, from Holkar Hall, Lancashire. 'Viscount Mc"
petb, Lady Dover, Viscount Clilden, and a numerous
family circle are passing the holidays with the venerable
Earl and Countess.
Lord Brougham was to leave Paris on Tuesday last,
for Cannes, in the south of France. The Noble and
Learned Lord, after a sejour of four weeks on his esti°
there, returns to London by the 4th of February.
A company has just been formed at Copenhagen,
for establishing steam communication between Denmark,
the Faro Islands, Iceland, and Scotland. The cominn.:
nications, which will take place every fortnight, ere !
be commenced on the Ist of April. The Governmentt
has accorded a reduction of port and anchorage duties to
the steamers which may undertake thera..