The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-01 00:00:00

LADIES TRAVELLING,

Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of
the Sun, will find

ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, a most refreshing
preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan-
guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability. and immedi-
ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of
the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun-
burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolouratiens, are pleasingly eradicated
by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its
purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec-
tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those
of the Continent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aris-
tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the
Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the
Czar and the Salons Of St. Petersburgh and Miseow.—Price 4s. 6d.
and Si. 6d. per bottle.
*** Beware of spurious " Kstlydors" containing mineral astrin-
gents uttarly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel-
ant action, endanger health: The only genuine has the words
" ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND
and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the
Ron. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each
Mettle.

aweby the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per.
11111e111.

other " Kalrdore" are fraudulent counterfeits.

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Appetite cured by MORISON'S PILLS, the Vege-
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Mrs. Mary
of the British College of Health, New.
road, Untyeisa,
Anne Gardener, aged forty-one, residing
above cOMPlaints, with whichite-gate, St. David's, Exeter, cured of the
The particulars of this are well known to Mr. Havill, of 91,
she had been afflicted for many years.
public is
to Mr. Tothill, surgeon, lleavitree,
edentts°. sellln Mpiris°3 ilreby informed that no chemist
In'eoarre-Estxreeetet-rh.llliißßxeTtehre;
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there is not an agent, the
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_eing a post-offlee order to the
Britsh College of Health, payable to
, orm moiorin eases of cure,
College of Health has now opwardelnofordi Ma orliTlon. The British
sonian system.
which amply prove the truth of the Ifygetan

• -
ROYAL EXCIIANGE IMPROVEMENTs,—.The exten-
sive premises forming the corner of Threadneedle-street
and Old Broad-street, in the rear of the Royal Exchange,
are forthwith to be pulled down, for the intended im
provements. These premises embrace a long range of
shops and warehouses, extending to the Hall of Com-
merce, which, when cleared away, will afford a free view,
of the back front of the Exchange.

THE WELLINGTON STATUE.—bNTERTAINMENT OF
THE MESSRS. GODING TO THEIR MEN.—Tuesday night,
after the return of the men in the employment of the
Messrs. Goding (whose horses seemed not, on their !rri-
val at the stables, to have suffered the slightest fatigue
after their day's exertions), they were most bounteously
entertained with a supper of roast beef, geese, B°., at
the Watermen's Arms, or Goding's tap, Pedlar's-acre,
with several other men of the establishment, altogether
amounting to 38, the entertainment being provided by
the Messrs. Goding. Mr. Dale, one of the clerks, pre-
sided, and the usual loyal toasts were given with due
I your, iucludiikg than of thr illtvarious hero on who:,
.h.alf they had been engaged. Last evening the re
inamder of the men, amounting to 40, will be similarly
regaled.

DEATH of THOMAS CLARKSON.
(From the Ipswich Express.)
This illustrious philanthropist died at 4 o'clock on Satur-
day morning last, at his residence;Playford Hall, near this
town. He had attained the age' of eighty-six ; but his
spirit burned bright to the last, and while he ceased not
to direct his thoughts to the great question of the eman-
cipation of the human race, he calmly looked forward
to " the crown of life " laid up in Heaven for the faith-
ful followers of the cross. He was born at Wisbeach, in
Cambridgeshire, March 28,1760. In the life of this great
and good man was truly exemplified the saying of the
sacred writer—" The path of the just is as the shining
light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
What a glorious career was that of Thomas Clarkson !
Who can estimate the amount of good which he was
instrumental in achieving 1 How much sorrow and woe
were not diminished by his undaunted and heroic self
devotion ! When Clarkson began hiS labours, England
was deeply engaged in the slave trade;— kidnapping.
burning, plundering, and ravishing from their lime:-
the unhappy Africans. That traffic which is now piracy
,by our laws, which Christian Englishman regard as ae
atrocious crime, and which ,the head of the Roman
Catholic Church has placed under ban, as a deadly sin,
was then accounted lawful. Maustealers were not
frowned upon by society; and the slavemonger hesitated
not to make a boast of his unrighteous gains. Thomas
Clarkson was the main instrument employed by God in
the suppression of the British slaie trade and in the
emancipation of thd slaves in the Weit India Colonies,
which was its legitimate consequence.
In the year 1772, a negro named Somerset was arrested
in London by a man who chimed- him as a runaway
slave. Mr. Granville Sharpe brought the case before the
Lord Mayor; and by-the Lord Mayor's orders Somerset
was discharged from the. Poultry Compter, where he had
been imprisoned., The master, however, in defiance of
the Lord Mayor, seized the slave and tore him away
from Mr. Sharpe. An action was brolight against the
master for assault ; and the case being tried, it was
finally referred to the tWelve judges ; who, after solemn
argument, decided, that. as ,soon es a slave sets foot on
English territery, he becomes free:—
" Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their kings'
Receive our air, that moment they are free.
They touch our country and their fetters fall."
This circumstance, it may be presumed, powerfully ex-
cited the youthful mind of Clarkson. In the year 1785
Dr. Peckhard, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, pro-
posed the following question to the senior Bachelors of
Arts, as the subject of a Latin prize dissertation—" Is it
right to make slaves of others against their will ?" At
this time Clarkson was a senior bachelor in the Univer-
sity ; and, having gained a prize the previeus year, he
resolved to enter the lists again as a competitor. While
studying the general question of slavery for the purpose
of the prize essay, the whole iniquity of the negro slave
trade burst upon his view. "It is impossible, he re-
marked, in his History of Slavery, " to imagine the
severe anguish which the composition of this essay cost
me. All the pleasure I had promised my self from the
literary contest was exchanged for pain, by the astound-
ing facts that were now continually before me. It was
one gloomy subject from morning till night. In the day
I was agitated and uneasy ; in the night I had little or
no rest. I was so overwhelmed with grief, that I some-
times never closed my eyes during the whole night, and
I no longer regarded my essay as a mere trial for
literary distinction. My great desire was now to pro-
duce a work that should call a vigorous public effort to
redress the wrongs of injured Africa." He came to
London to make inquiries, and to collect materials. He
shortly produced his celebrated essay " Or the Slavery
and Commerce of the Human Species." de obtained THE RECENT CHARGES AGAINST
the prize ; but the inferior motives of the collegian THE AUTHORITIES OF ST. PANCRAS WORK-
were annihilated by the nobler purposes of philan
thropy. His aim now became the deliverance of the HOUSE
On Saturday. afternoon, at two o'clock, a special meet-
African race. He made a vow of eternal enmity to the ing of the vestry of St. Pancras was held at their rooms
slave trade, and to slavery in every form. He resolved in Gordon-square, for the purpose of considering the
to consecrate himself to this gigantic and then apps- report of the directors and guardians in reference to the
rently hopeless task,
recent charges made against them at an inquest held by
"Yea, from the table of my memory Mr. Wakley, M.P., on the Bth and 9th inst., on the body
I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, of Mary Ann Jones, aged 19, a pauper, who, it will be
All saws, of books, all forms, all pressures past, remembered, destroyed herself under the painful cu.-
That youth and observation copied there;
cumstances detailed in the morning papers of the 10th.
And thy commandment all alone shall live
Within the book and volume of my brain, The meeting was numerously attended, and Mr. E.
Unmix'd with baser matter." Wagstaff; the junior churchwarden, was called to the
" Here," remarks a writer, in reviewing this period of chair.
our national history, " here was a spectacle which men, Mr. M`GAHAY, the vestry clerk, read the minutes of
according to their feelings, would have called sublime or the previous meeting ; and some other routine business
absurd—a young student of twenty-four, of narrow fur- having been gone through,
tune, and almost unknown, devoting himself to a work The CHAIRMAN said that they had now arrived at the
from which kings and senators would have turned with
special business, which was the reception of the report
dismay." But it was the cause of God, and it triumphed.
of the board of directors in reference to the recent serious
c
From this time Thomas Clarkson entered on his work charges made against the general management of St.
with renewed zeal; and he found that the further he in- Pancras workhouse by the coroner's jury.
quired into the evil of slavery and its traffic, the more Mr. PITT, the accountant agent of the board of di-
diabolical and revolting did the system appear. That rectors, here read the report, which has already appeared
eminent statesman, William Wilberforce, who was one of in the columns of this journal.
the principal leaders in this great work, and who devoted Mr. Churchwarden HOWORTH then rose and addressed
all the energies of his powerful mind to the subject, did the meeting. He had much pleasure in moving the
not, however, enter the field in the cause of the negro, adoption of the report just read ; and in doing so, al-
until two years after Thomas Clarkson had taken a lively though he believed the facts were already before the
interest in the abolition cause. Between them no rival- public in connexion with the late inquiry, he thought it
ship existed. The question was not, " Who should have necessary to make a few remarks to the vestry upon the
the most honour?" but " Who should do the most good?" subject. lie begged to assure the vestry that the board
On the 22d of May, 1787, a committee was formed, of directors had entered into their inquirys4lotthtvery
consisting of twelve gentlemen, of which the deceased feeling to do justice towards the poor in the workhouse.
was a member. Their desire was that the subject of Their investigation had been, as the vestry were aware,
slavery should be brought before Parliament ; and in into the general treatment of the paupers, and they had
order to do that, the fullest information of the evils con- also minutely inquired into the character of the food
provided. It was true that when the rations were shown
tion to the mass of evidence already in their possession.
netted with slavery was sought *o be obtained in addi-
to the paupers there was considerable dissatisfaction
To obtain this, Mr. Clarkson proceeded to the ports of manifested ; but it would be found always amongst
Bristol and Liverpool, where he met with many friends
Paupers that if the food were of the finest quality, and
who were favourable to the cause in which he had em-
ten times the amount, yet there would still exist a
barked, and obtained much valuable information ;
but grumbling on their part, consequent upon the restraint
his labours there were so indefatigable and incessant as to which they were subjected in a parish workhouse,
to endanger his health. Mr. Clarkson successively and all the luxuries that could be obtained for them
visited Bridgewater, Monmouth, Gloucester, Liverpool, would not suffice.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") The law only
Worcester, and Chester, at which place he found many compelled them to supply the poor with a sufficient
friends, but the planters and African traders exerted amount of good and wholesome food. As far as the
themselves in every possible way to accomplish their parish of St. Pancras was concerned, that had been the
ends ; they even calumniated his character, impugned case in their workhouse. If the regulations of the house
his motives, and threatened to dismiss from their service had not been carried out in the manner they ought to
any who dared to furnish him with information. 'When
have been, he felt it did not rest with the directors.—
the object of his visit had become known at Liverpool, (Renewed cries of " Oh, oh.") He could assure the
attempts were made upon his valuable life, which was on vestry ever since he had been a member of the board
more than one occasion exposed to imminent danger, for every desire had been evinced to se© to the comforts of
he very narrowly escsiped being pushed from the pier-
the poor of that parish. He would confess his surprise
head by some persons who seemed determined to effect
at the conduct of Mr. Cooper, the medical officer, who,
his destruction. He had gone thither to collect evidence entertaining an opinion of the insufficiency of the diet,
to show that the traffic in human flesh was both ci uel ought to have reported it to the board. He (Mr.
and wicked, and the goodness of his cause inspired Howorth) considered, under all the circumstances, the
board of directors were wholly unworthy of any censure,
him with undaunted courage, and in spite of' all
opposition, he did not leave Liverpool until he had col-
and he trusted the vestry would be of a similar opinion.
lected much information, besides inducing the friends Mr. GOODWIN seconded the motion.
there to combine in the cause of abolition, and to act in Mr. MANN was much astonished at the arguments
concert with the London committee. On the 9th of which had been adduced, in calling upon the vestry to
May, 1788, the abolition of the slave trade was first adopt that report—a report which ho considered wholly
made the subject of Parliamentary discussion. It was undeserving of adoption by that body. He contended
eloquently defended by Mr. 'ox, Mr. Burke, Sir W. that the report was diametrically opposed to the evi-
Dolben, Mr. Whitbread, and by several others. The dence. From the evidence, as it bad appeared in the
discussion resulted in a motion that the suls;ect should press, Mr. Howortb had thought fit to make a personal,
be investigated in the ensuing session. When on a and as he (the speaker) considered, a most unjustifiable
visit to Manchester, at the earnest entreaty of several attack on Mr. Cooper, who, he thought had given his
friends, who knew he had been educated for the Church, testimony in a fair and impartial manner. Did they
he preached a sermon on the subject, in one of the mean to tell him that directors who had themselve been
churches there, selecting for his text Exodus xxiii., 9, in office for many years were not aware of the condition
"Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye were of that place in which the refractory females were kept?
strangers in the land of Egypt," from which words he —(Hear). He considered it a farce to fall back upon a
proved that slavery was at variance with the Scriptures. medical officer, and to shrink from the responsibility
which was clearly attached to the directors themselves.
In 1789 Clarkson was called upon to go to France to
promote the cause of abolition. Although that country He felt it his duty to call upon the vestry to appoint a
was in a state of political anarchy, and he was advised to committee to investigate the whole management of the
travel in another name, he cast himself upon the protec-
"house," as well as of the duties of all the officers en-
tion of Providence, and prosecuted his labours fearlessly. gaged therein. It was proposed in the report to erect a
On his arrival in Paris he was introduced to the Mar- new building. Now he was strongly opposed to the
quis de la Fayette, who was a stanch friend to aboli- erection of the new vestry rooms, and still thought it
Lion. Clarkson had also free access to M. Necker, who would have been much more creditable to the directors
was then at the head of the Government; he was also fa- if they had spent the money in food to comfort the poor.
vourable to the sacred cause. Clarkson every each day —(Cheers.) The project of Dr. Bermingham, with re-
wrote a letter of from 16 to 20 pages to Mirabeau, to ference to the exhibition of diet before the board, was,
place all the facie in his possession, to enable him to to use the words of some of the papers, " the greatest
bring them before theassembly. The Abbe Siezes, upon failure that was ever attempted." He would now move,
his departure, accompanied him to his hotel, and said, as an amendment to the adoption of the report, that a
after presenting him with a copy of his works—" lam committee of ten or more members of the vestry be ap-
highly pleased to have been acquainted with the friend pointed to inquire into the whole management of the
of man.' Aftt r a residence of six months in France, workhouse ; also the duties of officers therein employed.
Mr. Clarkson returned to England, and after travelling Mr. Bourne° seconded it.
many thousand miles in quest of persons who could give Mr. HATTON said, that he had at a meeting of the
evidence bfore a committee, found that no evidence could board of directors moved that the master should be
be given as to how the slaves were obtained in Africa in brought forward to give an explanation of the difference
such large numbers. The planters said they were pur- of the rations of food. In one of the meals there were
chased at fairs—the abolitionists, that they were kid- two very nice slices of beef and seven good potatoes,
napped. It was difficult to get evidence, as but few whereas the quantity distributed on the same day to
Europeans were permitted to sail up the rivers. Clark- the paupers consisted of beef of a very different nature
son was informed by a friend, that he saw a man twelve and only three potatoes—(Cries of " Shame, shame")—
months before, who was a sailor, who had been engaged and the latter ration was brought into the board-
in the trade ; he.deseribed his person, but knew neither room too.
his name nor his residence—he appeard to belong to the Mr. T. H. SMITH said! that although he had no desire
navy. On this information, Clarkson started, and visited to shrink from any inquiry which the vestry might think
successively all the ships belonging to the navy at Dept-
proper to make, he could not as a director vote against
ford, Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness, without sue- the adoption of a report of which he had already
cess. From Chatham he proceeded to Portsmouth, and
approved.
examined all the vessels there, with a similar result. Dr. BERMINGHAM said, in doing as he had done he was
There was but one port left, which was Plymouth, up- actuated by the desire to see the poor had proper diet,
wards of 200 miles off. On the first day he boarded 40 and for that purpose he had visited the workhouse twice.
ships, but did not find a single person who had been to He added that the food placed .before the board was pre-
Africa. After passing a restless night, with drooping cisely of the same character as that he (Dr. Berming-
spirits, he entered the boat the next morning agitated ham) had tasted in the house on the days he accidentally
alternately, by hope and fear ; and in pursuing his task called in. Now, if such was not the case, they could
on the fifty-seventh vessel, ho found the man who had only arrive at one of two conclusions—namely, that
been described. either the board in having those rations placed before
Delighted with his success, Clarkson returned to Lon- them had been most grossly deceived by the master, or
don with his witness, who had, on several occasions, that the paupers bad uttered falsehoods. He then sup-
orted the character of Mr. Cooper, and complained
been present when natives had been forcibly torn front' 1)
their homes. In 1793, Mr. Clarkson's physical and bitterly of the attacks upon that gentleman in some of
mental powers gave way ; the excitement had been in- the newspapers.
tense ; for seven years he maintained a correspondence Mr. E. F. SMITH could not think that such a report
with four hundred personi, and wrote a work annually as that proposed by the directors could either be consi-
for the cause. He travelled upwards of thirty-five thou- dered satisfactory to them or to the ratepayers at large.
sand miles in search of evidence, performing a great part The report did not say one word of any grievances which
of these journeys in the night. Not until 1807, after existed in St. Pancras Workhouse—grievances which
twenty years' incessant toil, was the abolition of the had existed for so long a period. Mr. Smith then de-
slave trade carried. It was the last act of the Grenville tailed several instances of neglectful and oppressive 1
and Fox Administration. The seals of office and the treatment of the paupers. Amongst other incidents, he
royal assent were given simultaneously. stated that on going into the boys' school-room, in order
Mr. Clarkson now turned his attention to literature, to test the quality of food, there were upwards of 95
and his first work, the " History of the Abolition of the boys at their dinner, out of which number only thirteen
Slave Trade," 2 vols. Bvo., was published in a few months. had partaken of the gruel that morning, whilst not more
He afterwards published, " Thoughts on the necessity
than fourteen were able to eat the broth.
4)fvAbolishing
~Stlavery, ;"
William Penn,"PortraitureA 2 vols. Bvo., e
of Quakerism,., After some further discussion, the motion was put by
3 the Chairman, and the amendment was negatived, there
&c. These pursuits never diverted his attention from
being but 5 in its favour, and 23 against it, and out of
the great cause to which he had devoted his life. In
that number the majority contained about 18 directors of
the poor.

Although the accumulated weight of upwards of four
score years pressed heavily upon the shattered ener-
gies of Mr. Clarkson, so long as life and being lasted his
great anxiety was do pod. It was indeed a noble sight
to enter his apartment, and see this venerable man with
sight impaired, and his once fine frame bowed down by
the exertions of added years, still engaged, under much
physical suffering, in efforts to lessen the sorrows of the
human'raCe. Within the last few months of his death,
the cause pf the sailor occupied much of his attention ;
the wrongs under which this useful class is suffering
deeply mov'ed his heart, and induced him to write a
pamphlet and take other steps in their behalf. Indeed,
the tones human misery never fell upon his ear with
out painfilly affecting his soul, which could not rest
satisfied until.
. That oil which lubricates the heart
When frictionized by care.
had soothed the sorrow&of the distressed. There are
feelings of affectionate veneration connected with the
memory of this distinguished man, which will be shared
.in by altivhb have heard of Slavery and Clarkson, but
which will peculiarly affect those who were privileged to
have a personal knowledo of the deceased. The spirit
of :Ma-last -and most di§ 'shed member of as noble a
knot of men as ever bin! ther in the sacred cause
of philanthropy h . v_assed away to another
world; and, notwiths an. mg ifie bright home to which
that spirit has been gathered, the lover of his kind feels
a melancholy feeling stealing over him as he says—
Thomas Clarkson is no more! On taking a review of
his life we may say,
W ell for the world, the love of lleav'n
Finds not its limit there ;
Its symphonies are sometimes caught,
And sweetly echoed here.
Clarkson was one of those rare characters, who, in the
course of every two or three centuries, are called by Pro-
vidence from obscurity, to work some stupendous moral
change upon the history of an empire, or the human raw
at large; and who can believe nothing impossible, be-
cause the work which they have to do appears an impos-
sibility. Our readers will no doubt call to mind the
masterly sketch of Clarkson's character by Lord
13rougham in the preface to his Lordship's speeches on
the slave trade ; but perhaps the noblest epitaph upon
his tomb would be—" Here lies the man who excited
Wilberforce to labour for the abolition of the Slave
trade." Granville Sharpe and Wilberforce have been
honoured with monuments in Westminster Abbey ; and
it is not too much to anticipate that a similar tribute of
national gratitude will be bestowed on the memory of
one greater than either, who laboured more abundantly
than all others, by a Ministry, under the auspices of
some of whose members the slaves in our West India
Colonies were legally disenthralled.

the quality caused the new to bring higher terms
than were obtainable for the growth of last year,
and the former was therefore sold in preference to the
latter. Nothing can in our opinion afford a stronger
proof of the healthy state of the trade than the fact that
pi ices have steadily advanced in the face of such large
supplies as have recently been poured into many of the
markets in the agricultural districts. In considering the
probable future range of quotations, this must not be lost
sight of ; and it must be borne in mind that a material
falling off in the deliveries from the growers must be ex-
pected so soon as the preparation of the soil for autumn
sowing shall have been fairly commenced. It is true that
the millers are now tolerably well stocked; still there ap-
pears little chance of any permanent re-action taking place
in quotations when once the supplies from the farmers de-
crease. At present there is no prospect of arrivals of
consequence from abroad, and holders of the foreign
wheat in granary at the different maritime ports are not
likely to become more anxious to realise, •now when they
are sure of having less competition; and we are,
therefore, inclined to believe that the upward move-
ment will receive no serious cheek. That the •produce
of potatoes of the United Kingdom will prove miserably
deficient is now regarded as a certainty; and less is
consequently said about the matter than was the
case when some degree of doubt was supposed to attach
to the subject. The failure of iris article of food fully
warrants the rise which has already taken place in the
value of wheat, end affords sufficient reason to calculate
on a further enhancement later in the year ; hence we
feel no surprise at the firm tone which the trade has
maintained at all the leading markets. The inclination
to purchase has rather increased of late than diminished,
and higher prices have been obtained towards the close
than were realised in the early part of the week.
It appears from our Scotch and Irish letters that the
potato disease is likely to prove even more sel•ious in
those countries than in England. The extra consump-
tion of flour and meal which must take place, in conse-
quence of the loss of S 9 great a proportion of the cus-
tomary food of a large class of the population, will
unquestionably diminish the shipments of wheat and oats
to the English markets, and we must, therefore, reckon
on much smaller receipts of Scotch and Irish produce
than in ordinary years.
A considerable proportion of the 10,000 qrs. of wheat
reported as received during the week got up previous to
Nlonday's market, but not in time to be included in the
list of arrivals then published; the actual supply coast-
wise into London has been only moderate since then.
The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land-carriage
samples from the home counties has meanwhile been small;
and as the demand has been tolerably active, prices have
tended upwards. The few parcels offering on the Essex
and Kent stands on Wednesday were held above pre-
vious prices, and though no quotable advance was estab-
lished, good qualities could scarcely be brought on as
easy terms as in the commencement of the week. On
Friday factors displayed increased firmness, and needy
buyers were under the necessity of paying the prices
demanded, which were in most instances ls. to 2s.
per quarter above those current on Monday. The
averages are now beginning to exhibit the effect of the
late rise ; and the aggregate return for the kingdom
having advanced on Thursday last to 48s. 2d., the duty
receded to 9s. per quarter. Next week it will probably
fall another step, and before the end of November the
duty is likely to be at the minimum. There was not
much doiug in foreign free wheat in the commence-
ment of the week ; latterly, however, more inclination
to purchase has been shown. Several parcels changed
hands on Wednesday at rates not previously obtain-
able, and the business done on Friday was at an en-
, hancemement of fully Is. per quarter. Wheat in bond
is very scarce, the shipments to France having greatly
reduced the stock in warehouse; the certainty of the duty
receding to 4s. per qr. in a short space of time has caused
holders of the little under lock to raise their pretensions,
and the prices asked for bonded have been within 4s.
per qr. of what similar qualities would bring free, By
the official return just published it appears that there
were, on the sth instant, only 47,626 qrs. under lock in
the United Kingdom, of which 14,512 qrs. were held in
London.