The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-02 00:00:00

THEATRZCAL.

Mr. and Mrs. Wood have arrived from America, and
make their first appearance at Yarmouth on Monday
next in Somnambukt.
Mr. Charles Keinble is at present in Paris, having
lately recovered from a severe illness.

courvr-FASEZIONAIILE.
Yesterday, at half-past live, her Majesty, Prince Al-
bert, and the Princess Royal and nurses arrived in their
carriages at Claremont, to stay there for a few days.
The Privy Council, for receiving the Seals from the
retiring Ministers and presenting them to the Members
of the new Administration, will, it is expected, be held
to-morrow at Claremont.
Sir Robert Peel remained in town this morning at
his residence in Whitehall-gardens. •

Sir Watkin Williams Wynn arrived at Wynnstay on
Monday last to make arrangement for the festivities there
next week.
The Countess of Cardigan has returned from a brief
visit to the Continent.

IVIISEXMANEOUS.
There is now growing at the Bev. John Peel's, Wares-
ley House, Worcestershire, a species of snake cucumber,
of the extraordinary length of seven feet, the growth of
seven weeks.
To-morrow will be the anniversary of the deaths of -
Sir Edward Coke, who died in 1634 ; and of Oliver.
Cromwell, who died in 1658. •
Yakutsk, in Siberia, is supposed to be the coldest spot
on the earth's surface. This is a mistake. The coldest
spot—at least in a politician's estimation—is a backseat
on the Opposition bench.
Mr. Pistruca, has just executed a very beautiful medal
of the Duke of Wellington in gold, silver, and bronze.
The front bears the likeness of the Duke : the reverse
an heroic helmet, &c.
The King of Prussia is stated to have a splendid tent
of cast-iron frame-work, which cost nearly 40,000 francs,
made at Berlin, for the camp of Silena, with a view to
giving in it a dinner and other entertainments to his
officers.

RUMOURS OX' THE DAY.
It is stated that owing to serious affliction from his in-
cessant labours in the cause of science, Dr. Farraday is
obliged to withdraw, at least, for a time, from the Royal
Institution.

CORN AVERAGUL4 .
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,'
For the Week ended Aug. :.'B, 1031, m.tde up from the Return*
the Inspectors in the di derent Cities and 'fawns in England anti
Wales. 'ter Imperial Quarter.
Wheat itts. Id. Oats
13aricy 39s. 7d. t Rya
AVERAGES OF THE LAST 511 WEEKS.
Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY.! OATS. I EVIL ; !BASS.

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July 23
30
Aug. 7... 6668 32
3332 9
11 .1 I! 11 5 7
3409 36 4424 ft 41
:to 5 34 6 :3 U 1 35 11 41 5 44 5"
14 . IL ,r, LI 23 11 36 3 42 1 43 14
21 - 3 46 a
21
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE ME wittxx
VVhcat 7ls. 41 I Oat S......... '23s. Pd. Beans.— ........ ild ..
Barley, 3sa. 7d. I Rye
DUTIES OK roaxtax CORN.
Wheat rs. 84. Oats
I Barley 9s. 4d. Rye

THE MARKETS—THIS DAY. •
COLONIAL MARKET.
The operations in this market. were to a small extent. Ship-
pers, as well as the home trade operated with caution, but
holders were firm, and former rates were fully supported. The
imports were fair from most parts.
TEA MARKET.
The demand was limited, but holders were firm, .and in
prices little variation took place. 2s. 3jd. was the value of
Company's Congon east,.
TALLOW MARKET.
The Market was dull, and former rates were barely sup-
ported.
ported. On the spot P. Y. Candle was 495. and 48s. 9d. or
delivery in the last three months..
WHIIECHAPEL HAYMARKET..
The supply was middling, the trade on the whole very fail;
prices without alteration. Clover, 31. to 61. 6s. ; Meadow Hip
21. to 41. 15s. ; Straw, V. 6s. to 21. 12s.

LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY).
LONDON, SEPT. 2.—Wind this day at noon S. to S.E. ,•
DEAL, SEPT. I.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Arrived
the St. Ann's, from Quebec. Arrived from the River , •
and sailed, the packet Cape of Good Hope, Commo-
dore, Newfoundland ; James Lyon, St. John's.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. I.—Wind S. to W.S.W.—Arrived
the Cicely, M'Leod, from Sydney, New South Wales,
Sailed 25th April, and from Pernambuco 17th July
Champion, for Bombay ; Broad Oak, Bahia ; Fortune,
Tobasco, with loss of maintopmast ; Ann Moore,
Patten, Quebec ; Lady Ann. Newfoundland. Sailed the ~•
Herrings, Bathurst; Mary Balmer, Singapore ; Mary ,
Ann Peters, Africa •, Valiant, Demerara ; Traveller, •
Jamaica ; Oswego, New York ; Sovereign, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Lady flora Ilastings, and the Duke,
Quebec; Courier, Montreal. Arrived off, the Hopkinson,
from Calcutta ; William Gillies, Bombay ; Renard,
Monte Video ; Chilian, and Ann Baldwin. The Acteon,
Duniam, was to sail from Sydney on the 26th April for
Valparaiso, and the Emma 29th April for Liverpool.
STUDLAND BAY, SEPT. I.—Arrived the Ann, Ham-
burg, for Newfoundland.
r OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 31.—The Onyx, Brown, from
Ceylon ; Harrison, New York ; Stakesby, Quebec ; Jo-
hannes, Bremen.
FALMOUTH, AUG 31.—Wind N.N.E. to N.N.W., fresh.
—Arrived the Linnet packet, from Rio Janiero, sailed
July, 8, Bahia, 18, Pernambuco, 31, with 35,000 dollars
on freight ; Hope packet, Tampico, sailed July 3, Vera •
Cruz, 10, Havannah, 27, with 175,000 dollars on freight;
Syrian packet, West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas's,
4th ; Ctesara, Huelin, Monte Video, sailed June 24.
Sailed the Dundee, for Rio de la Platt. Arrived off,
the Emerald, from New York, for Havre : Arve,
Smith, Quebec. • t
OFF HASTINGS, SEPT. L—The fedora, from Ant- 'Pr
werp, for Madeira.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. I.—Sailed the Oriental (steamer)
d
for Alexandria.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind N. to S.W.—A
the Scotia and Windsor, London. for Calcutta. Sailed
her Majesty's ship Elect
A d
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Win,. :e •
Superior, fr the
om Swansea,Alexander,
for Sydney, New f
HeslecniLALly'.la.Ab rlav,afl,:rs.the Nest
South
rlsed, frotmwMal tua.p
and sailed on the soth for Malaga.
. Sailed the Excel,
Messina ; Gazelle, Alicant ; Flying Fish,
andT
t: Bosphorus,)rSEPT.
Newfound-
anr New y •
the Great Western steamer,
o
SWANSEA, AUG. 31.—Arrived the Bravo, Lulea, from
i .3d H ;
E I.—Sailed Sr a.
Quebec,
WORKINGTON, AUG. 30.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Wil-
son. Sailed the Argo, for Aliramichi.
DUBLIN, AUG. 30.—Arrived the Hampton, Jewett,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Perseverance, Scott, Quebec. • ,
CCRK, AUG. 30.—Arrived the Rebecca, Piance, from
St. John's, New Brunswick ; Agostina, London for Syd-
ney, New South Wales.
SHIELDS.--Sailed Elizabeth, Boston, United States.
STOCKTON.—Arrived the Sheraton, Grange, William
and Thomas, and Doncaster, from Quebec ; Thomas and
Robert, Dalhousie.
SUNDERLAND, AUG. 31.—Sailed the Jane Lowden, for
Constantinople.
HULL, AUG. 31.—Arrived the Stentor, from Quebec.
YARMOUTH, AUG. 31.—Arrived Jubilee, Crute, from
Quebec ; Napoleon, bound to Marseilles, with damage.

TUE WEATHER.—NOON, SEPTEMBER 2•
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE•STRSFT'
Barometer
Thermometer... 70 Highest - 73 Lowest ..... 43
Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

A Ni.w PaocEss FOR PURIFYING THE WATERS SUP
plied to the metropolis, as described by its author,
Clark, professor of Chemistry in the University of Aber-
deen, consists mainly in adding quick lime to the Water,
which separates the chalk from it, and chalk, in one •
sluTe or another, is the principal substance which con-
taminates the water.. By Mr. Clark's process the water
is rendered much softer, and a considerable quantity of
soap may be saved. It prevents the water from furring.the
vessels in which it is boiled, which, as all housewives
know, is a great injury to kettles, boilers, and cocks, $
perpetual source of expense, and is sometimes the cause
of boilers bursting. The fur stops up the feeding pipe'
and the boiler bursts in consequence. Mr. Clark's pro-. •
cess, for which he has a patent, is specious: and if
answers, it Will be equally ativantavous to himself an . •
the public.