The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

Per Slits. t• sink the •Ifal.

e. d• to v. d. s• d. te v. d.
Inferior Amts... 3 4 3 ti Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6
lecond quality ... 3• 311 Coarse-weolled ditto 4 r~ 6 0
?rime large Oxen.. 4• 4 4 Southdown Welker i 0 6 2
Prime Scots ...... 4 p 4 8 Dine ant arthe weal
1.413 e muse Calves 4 4 h • Large Hogs •. • ... 4 • 4 6
Prime ninall ditto .. 5 2 h t Small rafters ••.. 4 3 6•
Suckling Calves ..2. 4 2, • Quarter old rigs •.19 II 26 II
Inferior tihev, .. . 3 6 alO Lambe •• •• •• •
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SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Skimp.
3,4)69
I 14.670 I C a 10% . I
P2iglne.

71771VITGATIs AND ZZIADENRAII36.
The arrivals of country-killed meat for those
marker's, since our last report, have been on a
fair average scale and of average quality. The
supplies :on offer, this morning. slaughtered in the
metropolis, were tolerably good. As the weather
operated against large purchases, tho demand for most
kinds of meat was in a hluggish state, at our quotations.
With foreign meat we have been very scantily supplied,

At,per att., by Um Carcase.
P. 4. to I. d. s. 41. to e. d.
•• 3 2 3 4 I Mutt's, inferior 3 4 3 6
-- middling ••• • 3 4 3 1 -- middling.. 3 8 4 II
- iodine large .. 3 6 8 8 prime ••.. 4 2 4 4
- Wino small .• 3le 4 2 tork, large •• •••• • • 3 2 4 e
4' 2 3 4 - !Mtn ........ 4 b 2
Lamb. no ed to Os Ad.
DOZOUGH AND SPITALPIELDS.
Any further advance in prices has Oven checked by
somewhat hrge arrival: of Potato( s coa,,tsvise and by
railway. Prime samples are in good request, at fully
last week's quotations, but all other qualities are a slow
sale. Ware pare' Is are becoming very scarce.—York
Regent's, 1303 to 'Ws ; Scotch Cups, 1803 to 140 s ;
Kent sad Essex Regent's, 1203 to 160 s; ditto, Kidneys,
1406 to 170* ; ditto, Shaw's, 120 s to 140 s; ditto,
Blues, 1206 to 1404; ‘Visbeack Regent's, 1206 to 130 s;
ditto, Blues, 1103 to 120 s.
DOROUGII HOP MAILMET.
-Rather more money tas been paid for the best colory
Hops, but the improvement does not justify any altera-
tion in our quotations. Inferior and old Hops are in
very moderate request. New Hops—Sussex pockets,
21 154 to 3165; Weald of Kent ditto. 2/ -18 s is 31 103;
Mid and Enna Kent ditto, 31 6s to 5/ 126 per owl.

Wocm.
Last week's imports of Wool, into London, consisted
of 198 bales from Smyrna, 106 do. from the Cape ; and
80 do. from Callao. Public sales, of about 20,000 bales
of Colonial, and 1,800 do. of foreign are appointed to
take place. The first auction will be held on Thursday
next. In the mean time the private contract demand is
in a very sluggish state ; but the holders and importers
are sanguine as respects the future.

TALLOW.
For all kinds of Tallow the market is very firm, and
prices are quite 23 to 2s 6d per cwt higher than on
Monday last. I'. Y. C. on the spot, is 51s 9d to 423
per spit. Town Tallow, bls to 52s per cwt. net cash.
Rough Fat, 2s Ild per albs.

THE MURDER IN BIRDCAGE-
WALK.—INQUEST ON THE BODY.
(THIS DAY.)
An inquiry into the cause of the death of Henry
Ducker, the soldier in the second battalion fifth
company of the Coldstream Guards, who was shot on
'Friday afternoon by a young female in Birdcage-
walk, was opened this morning, shortly after eleven
o'clock, at the Artillery Arms, Rochester-row, by
Mr. Carter, the coroner.
The court having being opened in due form, and
Mr. Gregory appointed foreman of the jury, the gen-
tlemen composing that body proceeded to view the
body of the unfortunate young man, which lay at the
hospital to the. 'Wellington Barracks in Vincent-
square, about a hundred iyards-,from the tavern,
whither it was removed shortly after life
was found to be extinct. l'Ve were informed
bi the deceased's sergeant that he was a native of
East Retford,- Nottinghamshire, that his age was
twenty years and ten months, and that he had been
two years and eleven months in the regiment. It
appeared that he had communicated the intelligence
of his death to his parents, and that he had also
.received a note this morning from them, stating that
they c.•uld not be present at the inquiry, and request-
ing him to send them "a large lock of his hair.
The first witness examined on the return of the
jury
wa,s—Sergeant Love, of the Coldstream Guards.
said said the body the jury had just seen in his
presence, Was that of Henry Ducker. His age was
twenty years and ten months ; he was a private in
the sth company of the regiment.
Sarah Sexton next deposed that she lived at No.
20, West-street, Pimlico, and that she was a servant.
On the evening of Friday last, about twenty
minutes before five o'clock. 'Witness said I was walk-
ing in Birdcage-walk, near Queen-square, towards
Storey's-gate, when I saw a young woman take a
kistol from under her cloak and shoot the deceased. I
new nothing of her ; she pointed the pistol at the
soldier whose back was towards her, and let it off;
Idle pointed it close to the back of his head. I did
not see anything that took place before. The man
fell instantly, the woman threw the pistol down at
his aide, and walked away. Ido not recollect what
took place after. I saw the same woman at Bow-
street on S'aturilay under examination. I was within
a few yards of the woman when she fired the
pistol. The woman walked past me after she fired
the pistol. I was within a few yards of her when she
fired it.

Mr. James Beattie, of 205, Regent-street, stated
that Le was a gunninker. He said he sold n pistol to
a female at a few minutes before eight on Thursday.
She said she wanted to purchase a single pistol, but I
told her I Wits not aware I had one which would
answer her purpose, as they were very dear. She
said she wanted it to destroy a Newfoundland dog. • 1
sad her a pistol. That is the one produced. (The
Pistol, which is a large common holster one, was here
shown to the jury.) I told her it was not usual to
sell pistols to ladies, and offered to send one of my
Illen to shoot the animal. She said sha had a bro-
ther, who, though h could not well come, as he
wkis lame, for he lived at Hackney, was well capable
of killing the dog. I loaded the pistol at her request.