The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-23 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
Potatoes, COVENT—GA.R.D
5s to Gs per cwt.; French Beans, is 3d
to 15 8d; Apples, is to 3s ; Pears, 28 to 5s 6d; and
Onions for pickling, 55 per half-sieve; Walnuts, 6d
to is per hundred • Greens, is Gd to 2s 3d ; Turnips,
2s to 2s 8d ; leeks, is 3d to 2s •, Onions, is Gd to
28 3d; and Carrots, 4s 6d per dozen bunches; Red
Cabbages, 2s to 5s 6d; and White ditto, 8d to Is ;
and Cauliflowers, 2s o3s 6d per dozen• Pine Apples,
4s to 8s each; Celery,t 8d to Is 6d ; and' Horse-radish,
is to 4s per bundle ; Mushrooms 4s to 7s, and
English Hazel Nuts, 2s 3d per bushel; 'Hothouse Grapes,
2s to 4s; Out-door ditto, 3d to 8d ; Filberts, 4d to Bd,
and Cob•nuts, 6d to 9d per lb ; Peaches and Necta-
rines, 2s 6d to Gs per punnet ; Brocoli, 9d to is per
bundle ; Spinach,
Is Gd to 28 per sieve.

NEWGATE AND I.EADENIKAI.I..
The general demand was again fine at our quotations.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ;
veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per
81bs by the carcase. Geese, 5s to 8s ; Fowls, 2s 3d to
4.„s I Capons, 5s 6d to 6s ; Chickens, is 9d to 3s ;
Ducks, is 8d to 3s; Rabbits, 8d to is sd; Leverets,
21 Eld to 3s 6d ; Grouse, is to is 3d ; Partridges, is
aci to is 9d; Pheasants, 3s to 4s; and Pigeons, 6d to
10d each. Fresh Butter, 10d to is ld per lb.
NEWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 101 ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ;
veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s 2d to 5s 4d'per 8113 s.
WITECHAPEZ.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ;
Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to is 2d per Blbs.
BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 8s to 17s ; Brills, 2s to 8s ; Cod-fish, 3s to
63 6d; Haddocks, 8d to 10d; Whitings, 4d to 9d ; and
Lobsters, is 2d to 3s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 9d per
air ; Thames Flounders, is 2d to is Bd, and Fresh
errings, 8d to is 4d per dozen; Salmon, 10d to ls; and
Bela, 6d to is per lb.

HUNGE N FORD .
For most articles, the supplies of which were season.
ably good, the demand was steady, and late rates were
Well supported.

The BREAD.
ces Whead in the
tometro pers 4lbs
loaf.

HIDE ILICET.
Market Hides, .',6lb to 641DI
b,A 21d to 2:7d per lb; ditto,
641 b to 721 b, 2id to 3d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 34d to 3,N;
ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 3?-4d. to 44d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 44d to
4d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, qd to 54d; Calf Skins (each),
4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 2s 3d to
2s 9d; Rents, 2s 2s to 2s 7d; Downs, 2s to 2s 6d.

HELY ZICEBItBETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 12s 6d;
Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 8s to 1112 s
per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/12s to 31 15s ; Clover
ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 13s; and Straw, 11 9s to 1/ 13s per
load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 14s ;
Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41175; and Straw, 118 s to 11 12s
per load. Supply good, and trade dull.

COAL MARKET.—FRIDAY.
Buddle's W. Hartley 19s 9d
Carr's Hartley
Chester Main lBs 6d
Ilasting's Hartley l9s 9d
Iciew Tanfield I 6s 6d
Original Pontop
Ord's Redheugh
South Peareth
Tanfield Moor .....
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.
Bell Robson
Gosforth
Hotspur l9s Od
Hebburn l9s 3d
ikillingworth 203 3d

Belmont 2ls Od
Braddyll's Hetton 21s Od
East Hetton
Haswell 2ls 6d
Hetton
Keepier
Lambton
Russell's Hetton
Richmond 2os 6d
Stewart's .
Thornley
Adelaide
South Durham 2os Od
Tees
W. Hartley Netherton 19s 9d
Sidney's Hartley
1-68 sold.

7J arrival;

PERIODICAL MAPS.
SHARPE'S MODERN MAPS. Parts VII. and

VIII.
These spacious and accurate maps, constructed
Upon a system of scale and proportion from recent
authorities by John Sharpe, and engraved on steel by
J. Wilson Lowry, are proceeding with undiminished
excellence. When the intended number—fifty-four
--shall be completed, the work must prove one of the
most valuable atlases ever published at a price so
Peculiarly moderate.

NAP OF CANAAN. Lithographed. By James
Wyld4, With a Key. Part I. By Miss Jane Smart.
As an illustration to the Bible, this map must
prove (from its remarkable dimensions, exactitude,
and distinctness) inestimable. It represents the
Country (and surrounding principalities) of Canaan,
according to God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, being intended also to describe the Israelites
wanderings in the Desert from Egypt to the Land of
Promise. The relative positions of these remarkable
places, the proportionate extent of the different terri-
tories, and the geographical peculiarities of almost
every spot mentioned by name in the Scriptures, may
be discovered in a moment. Beyond all this, the
Geographer to her Majesty has combined in
its production breadth of surface and neat-
ness of execution. In the " Key to the
Map of Canaan," entitled " Aunt Jane's Conversa-
tions with her little Nephews and Nieces about the
Promised Land," an attempt has been made by Miss
Jane Smart "to fix many important scriptural
events on the minds of young children." The writer
is already favourably known by her chronological
arrangement of history, called " The Stream of
Time;" her present effort is more aspiring than any
of Peter Parley's, and is as graceful in manner as the
best of Mrs. Barbauld.

GRAVESEND, OCT. 22.—At the sitting of the magis-
trates here this morning, William Wilson, charged with
having caused the death of his reputed wife, was brought
uP for further examination. The principal additional
evidence was that of Mr. Sanders, the medical man
Called in to see the deceased, who repeated the testimony
he had given before the Coroner, and when pressed for
an opinion as to whether the blows the deceased re-
ceived from the prisoner had caused the apoplexy, said
that he did not think they had. Owing to the indispo-
sition of one of the witnesses, and the consequent impos-
sibility of completing the depositions, the prisoner was
again remanded.
GAS COMPANIES.—On the motion of Mr. Hume,
returns have been procured from the various gas com-
panies in the United Kingdom. These returns disclose
some curious facts. The dividends fluctuate exceed-
ingly in amount, and on several occasions while they are
as high as 10 per cent. one year, there are no dividends
at all next year. The highest rate of dividend ever
paid was in the case of the Derby Gas Light and Coke
Company, which paid in 1841 the extraordinary divi-
dend of 351. per 'cent. The rate of dividend it is now
paying is 71. 10s. The highest rate charged for gas is
lbs. per 1,000 cubic feet, and the lowest for ordinary
consumption 6s. There is one of the companies men-
tioned in the returns whose profits are not received by
individuals but go towards a public purpose. The Man-
chester Gas Committee of the Town Council applies the
Profits of the company to the payment of the expenses
incurred in carrying out improvements within the town-
Ship of Manchester. Its dividend last year was 151. 15s.
per cent. on the capital.
SOOLOO.—RETURN OF THE PIRATES.—By [the
arrival at Singapore of the Velocipede from Sooloo, par-
ticulars have been received of the advent at that place of
three piratical prows belonging to the fleet which was
attacked by the Hon. Company's steamer Nemesis at
the end of May last, when near the Bruni River, Borneo
Proper. Of the six that escaped at Borneo three only
arrived in safety at Sooloo about the middle of June.
The Velocipede has brought in two Chinese captives
who were taken by the pirates at Lingin, but managed
to swim off to the Velocipede while at anchor at Soolco.
A Manilla man has also been brought over, who with
the assistance of a bamboo managed to swim off to the
vessel after being in captivity two years.
CAUTION TO PERSONS EMPLOYED ON RAILWAYS.—
We are glad to find that the Brighton Railway Com-
pany are pursuing a system which appears calculated to
diminish greatly the casualties attached to railway tra-
velling,—namely, in every case where a breach of the
regulations occurs, of taking the case before the ma-
gistrates for adjudication. Last week, James Saxby, a
point and signal man, was examined before Mr. Simeon
and other magistrates, at Croydon, on a charge of
having, by neglect of duty, caused a collision between
two trains running in opposite directions. From the
evidence it appeared that on the night of Friday, the
Ist instant, at forty-eight minutes past ten o'clock,
when an up and down train were due at the Croydon
station, the defendant, instead of being at his points,
was in his box on the other side of the line, in conse-
quence of which the trains were on the same line of
rails, and a collision took place. By the careful look-
out a
nd prompt exertions of the engine-drivers on both
trains, and the steam being shut off, the shock was not
*very great, and the injury was of a slight nature.
-Under these circumstances, and Mr. Acton (the Super-
intendent of Police) and others having given the pri-
soner a good character, he was fined only 10s. and
costs--Last Friday, Edmund Brown, a gauger, in the
employ of Mr. Hoof, the contractor, was charged before
taron Tessier and other magistrates, at Epsom, with
leaving. some muck waggons on the line near the Ewell
Station, without signals in the front and rear, in con-
equence of which the first up•train of empty waggons
ran into the muck waggons, and did considerable mis-
enief. He was fined 40s. and costs.—On Monday, six
men in the employ of Mr. Bushby, at the Forest Hill,
Were charged before Mr. Trail, at Greenwich, with
negligentlythrowing a piece of wood across the rails,
Whereby the lives of passengers on the line were ex-
Posed to danger. It appearing, however, doubtful whe-
ther the men had been made acquainted with the com-
Paors regulations Mr. Trail suggested that they
Should be discharged, and that Mr. Dilloway, the fore-
-115,110, should take their place. Mr. Dilloway consented
'A' the magistrate adjudicating without a summons ;
and proof having been given that he had been guilty of
the oe-gligence in question, he was fined 403. and costs.
--Brighton Gazette.
DR. PUSEY.—The Tablet, Roman. Catholic paper,
States that Dr. Piney is in the habit of hearing confes-
t!i.ons, not only in the diocese of Oxford, but in other
dioceses of England ; and that he is also in the practice
of administering vow's to persons (females) whom he calls
nuns—regulating all the details of the convent (situated
In the metropolis) with the authority of a lady abbess.
--Church and State Gazette.
BARNSTAPLE. —Mr. R. Brembridge, M.P. for
laarnstaple, was entertained at a dinner on Wednesday
ast, by the members of the Devon and Exeter Attor-
lleYs' Club, to congratulate him on his return to Perlis-
' Illent for the borough.;