The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

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THE CORN TRADI.
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The continued wet weather is now doing more or (-
injury, and, unless we have a speedy alteration,
wheat plant.ma3r.be permanently injured. That
appearance has;: within •the last week4)r ttvo, un-
gone an unfavourable change cannot be questioned;
4 though we are dispoied to believe that as yet the
actual mischief is not of & character to warrant-ap-
prehension, still -it must be admitted that there is
some reason to entertain doubts as to the future. The
quantity of rain which has fallen during the_l*three
months has greatly 'exCeetled:tlie 'u,ailal average, and
-the land is now, so saturated that it will- regairle a
considerable period to -restore it =to -good working
order., . The sowing Of spring corn; whichiin ordinary
seasons is generally completed about- the : elid of
March, is not yet finished, and that
.:which been
committed to the soil has in many cases beenlniln-
differently got in. There is still a good deal of :Work to
do, and, as we are now fast approaching May, its not
improbable that some of the land originally:Wended
for 4arley,,vill have to be devoted to other. purposes.
At Liverpool, on Tuesday, wheat rhetii 'steady-de-
=lad .-; the finest sorts realised 4d.,:isnd the common
descriptions 3cl..per.7olhs.,ahOve the rates current on
that day' se'nnight.
The ad vices from the other large consuming ns
in the north are of decidedly a firm character, still • buyers appe.,ar to have, acted with a.great _deal of cau-
tion, and no actual advaricnOn fornie_rterras could be
realised, either at Leeds or~
.Hull on Tuesday, or at
Wakefield later in the week: •
In Ireland the tendency of prices hag-also--bee ;op-
wards. Very little business appears,-howeVer; o are
1 Fees done there, the agitation for the repeal the
legislative union having in no degree subsided.
The market has been scantily supplied With lijtilfy
of home growth, but a fp, thotisluldtquartera: haze
come to hand from the Continent.. The best malting
qualities have been in fair, 'steady request;" and' the
sales made on Wednesday were on terms quite equal
to those realised in the beginning:of the week. The
temperature having, however, risen materially
,svfthin
this day, or two,
,we may expect that many 0f.411e
maltsters will 'discontinue` work '; and -we . cle::innt
calculate on prices going higher. In grindingarley
very little has been done ofj late, the-comparatively
low prices of other articles suitable fey feeding
having, to a certain extent, lessened the' consumption
of barley meal. The operations in malt have been
on a retail scale; but the article has .been,., held
firmly, and previous prices
.have been :fully. sup-
ported.
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The arrivals of oats from our coast and Ireland
have been trifling; but having received a fair quan-
tity from Ireland, in addition to 'a good supply of
foreign, there has been no scarcity of this grain. The
dealers who bought pretty freely on Monday seem
on that occasion to have secured sufficient for their
immediate wants, and there was certainly less incli-
nation to purchase on Wednesday ; notwithstanding
which, the slight advance established in the begin-
ning of the week was maintained.

English beans have come rather sparingly to hand;
and though the inquiry has been slow, no change has
occurred in prices.—Mark-lane Express.

CHURCHES IN CORNWALL.—There are nearly 200
churches in this county; and though the prevailing style
is that of the perpendicular period, it must not be. sap-
poled that there are no examples of an earlier date.
Some of the Cornish churches are built entirely of
granite, and are remarkable looking objects. Others,
built of serpentine, and perfectly black when moist,-are
pointed in white, so as to have a striped zebra-looking
effect, Some of the most spacious churches in Cornwall
are those of Liskeard, St. Neot's, Bodmin St. Mabyn,
Lostithiel, Lauliver , Fowey,
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nasnida
tsHoefl sat one:Y The commonSt.
lA' n tues:rit•loer' aPril.'anbguels-'
The chancels. are not nave,
aisles, so.uth. porch, and tower.
arch, or any boundary dgiernideirnagllyth
tenmnicfraotemd
tbhyttleTheanbcuetl
rood-screens of carved wood were universal in early
times, as may be proved by the remains existing id
almost every church, hidden under
,the modern seats
..
or cased over to form pews. They were in
levery clue'
richly painted arid gilt, bat few perfect exam
there are good specimens still to be seen at IS)te.slgninnaolwn;
on the Fowey river, and at Talland.--Badder.. ,
THE LARGEST MAGNET IN THE WOLD:4T
PUTNEY CoLLEGE.—We are glad to find that an institu
tion in which we take some interest, the college at
Putney, partakes so much of the improving spirit of the
age. Dr. Lyon Playfair has lately constructed an
electro-magnet larger than any hitherto made, and we
shall be curious to hear what new facts it may bring to
light. A new department has also been added to the
chemistry course, for special instruction in metallurgy
by manipulation and assaying. The Admiralty experi-
ments on coals for the steam navy are continued here on
the buildine,s erected by the Government for that
purpose. The report already presented to Parliament
of the progress hitherto made promises that this inves-
tigation will be one of national importance.
Diwusn.—An arbitration meeting had been fixed
for Wednesday last, at the London Hotel, in this town,
for the purpose of determining the sum to be paid to Mr.
Pennell by the South Devon Railway Company, in
respect to certain lands required by them for the con-
struction of the Parson Tunnel, and portions of the line
contiguous, of which they took possession very nearly four
years since, and for which they have been paying rent,
under the agreement that the question of value 'should
be-Ruled within # month after -the completion of 'the
line.- IMifirerszeutt—ttest--2,ae.--rentiall claimed 2,0004
for the value of the land, and the amount of damages
sustained ,by him from the operations of the company.
This valuation was made on the assumption that the
land was suitable for building sites; that Mr. Pennell
had been prevented from enjoying the benefit of the sea
weed as before, and that the company had taken atone
belonging to him from the beach, for the construction
of their railway. On the other hand the company were
prepared to show that the formation of the railway had
been beneficial to the collection and preservation of the
sea weed, and that numbers of persons had exercised a
public right to the sea weed for the last forty years.
They were likewise ready to prove that the stones which
they had used had been taken Ircina. the, sandc . below
low watermark, and were, thereforeolte-propertyf her
Majesty. These points had been referred to twoo um-
pires, Mr. R. Dymond, of Exeter, being chnsen on the
part of the company; and Mr. Elliott, of Lympstone, by
Mr. Pennell; and these gentlemen being unable to agree
had appointed Mr. Snell, of Stonehouse, to be their re-
feree. Mr. Snell was to have heard and decided the
case on Wednesday, and the parties were in attendance,
with their counsel, solicitors, and witnesses. Mr. Pennell
had secured the services of Mr. Cockburn. Mr—Flamank
of Newton Abbott, being his attorney. Mr. Sergeant
Kicglake had been retained by the railway company;
attorneys, Messrs. Kennaway and Buckingham, and Mr.
Brutton, of Exeter. The proceedings were intended to
have commenced at ten o'clock, but were delayed, And
eventually rendered needless by conferences between
the parties, which resulted in an amicable arrangement.
We understand that the sum to be paid by the company
to Mr. Pennell is 1,300/., each party paying his own
costs.--Devonport Telegraph.
SomNaranumsm.--About two o'clock on Friday
morning last, a woman was seen in a state of somnam-
bulism, walking in one of the streets of Birmingham.
She was in her night dress, and had a plate in her hand.
Several persons thinking it was an " apparition," ran
away. On a policeman approaching her, she threw the
plate at his head in great indignation, but the crash did
not awake her, and she continued her walk for about
thirty yards, totally undisturbed by inquiries which were
addressed to her. She was at length aroused to a state
of consciousness, and becoming aware of the somewhat
peculiar appearance she presented, expressed great
astonishment. It appeared afterwards that she fancied
she was going to the butcher's shop for meat. She was
taken to her residence, when it was found that the door
of the house, which she had unlocked, was shut but un-
fastened, and her husband with the children wipre Sound
asleep in bed.—Liverpool Mercury.
THE EATER HUNT WITH THE QUERN'S BOCK"
HOUNDS.--THE LAST PUBLIC-DIRET--THIlk-SEARCrit IN
BERKS.—Notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable
state of the weather, with a cold north-easterly wind
and a drizzling rain, an immense number of persons were
present on Stoke-common on Monday morning, some
merely to witness the uacarting of the stag, and others
(including several officers of the two regiments in gar-
rison at Windsor, and many from Hounslow and the
metropolis) to join in the chase. The field of well-
mounted horsemen numbered not less than between 300
and 400. The families of all the principal residents
for miles around Stoke were present in car-
riages 4 which extended in all. directions in
the vicinity of the heath. The celebrateduc t
Rory O'More, which has afforded s hexcellent
sport during the past three seasons, was selectedfor the Easter Hunt. Rory, upon being unctirtedf -took
away in beautiful style to the left, down to Fulmer Bottom,
where he was headed back through UptonWood,on
madeto
for the Langley station
to the farm of Mr. Nash,,whaeLnLcea,nagfiteeyr Langley.
11ehen
crossing the line
of the Great Western Railway,
he went right ahead for
Ritchings Park, on tothevillage of Longforrudn, where he
after a Glow
was taken and.safelYhoused,
out of about two hours. The line of country, in conse-
quence of the long-continned wet weather, was deep in
heavy in the extreme. Upwards of 200 were
mud and
up at the finish. The hounds left the kennel at
Ascot this morning, for Lyndhurst in Hants, for the
purpose of hunting in the New Forest to-morrow, Friday,
and Saturday. The royal pack, and upwards of twenty
horses belonging to the hunting stud, proceeded from
the Farnborough station, by the South-Western Railway,
into Hants.

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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—REWSBITEY,, Alma,
22.—Yesterday (Good Friday) a most cool and deter-
mined attempt was made at noon-day to destroy the life
of Mr. Simon Crawshaw, currier, residing in Market-
place, Dewsbury, by a person of genteel appearance
named George Waterhouse, the son of a late respected
minister. It appears that when the occurrence took
place, Mr. Crawshaw was returning from ;chapel. He
was met by Waterhouse, who, when he had got within a
distance of two yards, instantly fired at him a loaded
pistol, the contents of which entered his shoulder,
inflicting a dangerous wound. He was immediately'
seized by some gentlemen, and handed over to the
custody of Mr. Superintendent Green, who upon search:,
ing him found only a few trifling articles, together with
some verses addressed to a female acquaintance, for whom
he expressed the warmest attachment. Mr. CrawShaw_
remains in a very precarious condition. _ .
A 'Fan - OrrEa.—Mr. Charles Cooper, of Leugh.
borough, will hang out the lid belonging to the. pan
which was stolen a few nights ago, if the person whe
stole it will send word what night-he will. fetch item,
LeicescirJourtial. •