The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-30 00:00:00

KIRKCALDY.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Kirkcaldy and
its vicinity was held on the 24th instant, at which it was
unanimously agreed to memorialise the Queen to continue
the sitting of Parliament till the Corn-laws had been
taken into consideration. The memorial is signed by G.
Anderson, Esq., the chairman, on behalf of the meeting.
A memorial to the Queen, to the same effect, has been
forwarded to London from the Kirkcaldy Anti-Corn-law
Association.

PRICES OF FOOD AT HOME AND

ABROAD.

The highest quotation of white wheat at Paris on
S.:turday last was 35f. for the 1 hectolitre', which
equals 535. sd. per quarter. The highest quotation at
Mark-lane on Monday was 80s. per quarter : wheat,
therefore, is 49 2-3ds per cent dearer in London than,
in Paris; or a man can buy in London only one bushel
of wheat for ten shillings, while in Paris he can buy n
bushel and a half for the same money,
The highest quotation at Hamburgh, on the 23d
instant, for the best Polish wheat, was 158 rlx-dollars
the last, which corresponds with 48s. Gd. tie quarter;
w heat, therefore, is 64 per cent. dearer in London than
in Hamburgh, and a man in London 'can buy for 11.
only two bushels of wheat, whereas..•An Hamburgh, he
can buy about 3 1-3 d bushels for fae same money.
Cured India beef of the first quality may be bought
at Hamburgh for 5 15s. the tierce of 3361b5; for the
same quality 81. is charged in London. The best cured
boa is, therefore, 39 per cent. dearer in London than in
I lamburgh, and a merchant victualling a ship in Ilion-
bargh may buy 5,8431b5. of the finest cured beef for 100&.
whereas in London he can only buy 4,2001b5. for '-no
same money. Mess beef, a secondary quality, but :much
more generally used for victualling ships, costs 4/. 7s. 6d.
the fierce in Hamburgh, and 61. 7s. 6d. in London..
India pork costs W. 6s. the fierce in Hambirrgh, ands
7/. 17s. Gd. in London. Mess pork cost; 2/. Bs. the
barrel in Hamburgh, an' 41. ss. in Lond",in. The fixed
importafion duty on cAred meat is 19.5: per cwt.
The best fresh beef is retailed. le_ Hateburgh at 4A-d.
per pound, in London at 9d. Tke best fresh mutton is
retailed in Hamburgh at and in London at Bd., but
it must not be forgotten 'that the mutton is of an in-
. .
ferior quality Hatubtr",gh, which' is not the case with
beef. .1 he best fresh: pork is retailed in Hamburgh at
41d. a pound, and;nLondon at 9d. The importation
of fresh meat tao England is totally prohibited.
In, New iork the prices of fresh meat, though in ge-
n"rtki s'am:,what higher than in Hamburgh, are consider:
~,b1; 'lower than in London. The best beef at New York
-,sts 12 cents or 6d. per pound, and the best mutton sd.
Perk is retailed in New York at 6 cents, or 3d. per
I,,und, which is less than is charged for it either in Lon-
don or in Hamburgh.
An ox in London, fit for making into India beef, and
weighing about 7001bs. without the offal, will cost about
2:1.; the same description of ox, fattened in Holstein,
would cost in Hamburgh about 121. in autumn, and
about 15/. in'spring. The people of England, however,
can derive no advantage from the comparative cheapness of
cattle in Hamburgh ; for let the price in England be
ever so high, the importation of live stock is, at all times
and under all circumstances, positively prohibited. •
Salt meat from Buenos Ayres might be imported in
millions of pounds, and sold at 1-.ld. per pound, a price
that would afford 100 per cent. on capital invested in
such trade.

PRICES OF BREAD AND MEAT AT FRANK-
FORT, &c.

(Correspondent of a Morning Paper.)
The middle classes may fancy that they have little or
nil interest in the abolition of the corn and provision
monopoly. But all heads of families should consider
the following facts :
In Frankfort-on-the-Maine bread is just one-half of
what it is here.

For meat of the finest quality you pay :—Beef 3d.,
mutton Rid., butter 6d. per lb., potatoes Is., apples ls.
per be,shel, hares Is. 4d. to Is. Gd. each, fine white sugar
6'l. per lb. These are the prices generally in all the towns
a!ong the whole course of the Rhine.
Even at Brussels poultry is just one-half the price it
is in Leadenhall Market ; a fine large fowl of the best
quality costs ls. Gd. For a pair of fowli of simiki qua-
lity you are asked in Leadenhall Market Bs. 61
Let all the families of the middling classes judge
whether they would benefit by an open trade in provi-
sions. There can be no doubt but that their means
would go just twice as far as at presers__and how strait-
ened is almost every family ! It behoves them all to give
their best energies to assist in fr(Ang our country from
these iniquitous laws.

THE MURDER, IlsT EASTCHEAP.
On Blakesley's arrival at Newgate he was immediately
placed in a solitary
His state of exhaustiors was so complete as to requireo
immediate attention: from the medical attendant, 1!•11.
cell, apart from the other prisoners.
directed that some generous mutton broth should be im-
mediately niediately prepared for him ; having partaken of which,
with a portion of the meat, he revived, and requestedr.
that he might have pen, ink, and paper, for the purpose
of writing to his wife , for whose recovery ho exPtrhat it
a strong desire, and frequently ejaculated
might be speedy and complete. These were
t. tluntable, and
iii
It
th
hate c
blie:n.itshtat him
.v i l l a g
es
supplied, and the wretched man sat down "-; the table,
which
wrote with apparent facility a long letter to ist!se
h sealed and
filled three sides of a sheet of foolscap.
Thi-atched one of
directed, and Mr. Cope immediately desnp
to
deliver it
the messengers in attendance at the prisroiter
had so at the house at Eastcheap, 'acre the write
to whom it was
cently attempted the life of the
woman
th© kind relative
addressed, and had actually murderedetien.
On the mes-
senger whom she was indebted for pirrost.c
1, Burden, she imme-
otin7 murderer of
senger delivering the letter to . prayer'm immediately
immediately
exclamation,
desired the messenger
tore the letter into fragmenttos,.
idleiartehltyisbrecanor
aiisieddotttheerinhgaialtivvr.xiteitn:innotfi
to say there was no answer tt
iy directed that no commu-
nication shall be held
A wilerrgyman of the prison. Two
PrVrthe prisoner, except by the
Mr. Cope has very
medical attendant
attendanceand
upon him, and are locked up
turnkeys are in
day and night, going on duty at six
morning and eveneidng,
that Blakesley was seen and spoken
and thus relieving each other.
after the murder by persons who knew
nearth the metropolis,
l thejournals,
t., on the day
the imperfect knowledge possessed by the
him. To show
e been
rence
read by thousands in towns and
cities throughout
been
• the young man Brown, with whom Blakes-
t he empire,
ed at Potter's Bar on the day after the mur-
ky. conversed
' and to whom he even mentioned his having resided
der,
inliabsitawltiseloifliathre
published . . .
at Seven Oaks—thus establishing his identity as the man.
who stood charged with murder—this young man never
heard the murder mentioned until the Friday afternoon,
and then furnished the first clue to the track of the mur-
derer.

The Liverpool Agricultural Show will be held on
Thessday next, as usual, in the Old Infirmary `Yard, and the.
di- :ner in the evening at Lucas's Repository. Lord Stanley
'sill take the chair.
The Rev. Dr. Gordon, Moderator of the last
Assembly, together with Dr. M‘l'arlan of Greenock, Dr.
Buchanan of Glasgow, Mr. Bannerman of 0 rmiston, Mr.
Candlish, Robert Bruce, Esq., of Kennet, and John Hamil-
ton, Esq., advocate, are at present in London as a deputation
to her Majesty's Government in regard to the Church question.
Are the gentlemen who every six months is ke these trips to
London on pretence of visiting her Majesty aJcid enforcing the
veto, paid out of the General Assembly's fut ids? According
to the accounts laid before the last Assembf y the annual ex-
penses had increased enormously,
and we betheve the Treasury-
box is now empty. The reverend fathers, we suppose, trust
to a loan or a subscription for their expense's.
.'

MORN MG SUN
FASHIONS 41VOCTOBER.

(From the London and Paris Ladies' Magizine of
Fashion)
Coutils (le laine, cachemires harhare,qce, moire a
urban colour, cendre de roses, pekinets in small stripes,
particultily violet arid black, some in Turkish patterns,
l'armure perlinu glace, velours des Irides, &c., are now
taking place of the lighter materials for dress. Re-
dingotes with peletines have made their appearance
this season ; when of muslin the pelerine is
trimmed with lace, but in foulard, with gimp or
silk embroidered in tambour, the embroidery
forming., tunic oc the skirt ; the corsage is a
chile ; dresses of lighter materials are generally made
with double skirts, the upper one being embroidered.
in silk, chenille, or worsted ; the corsages are in fed&
or square, or with draperee, short tight sleeves. In
walking dresses the skirts are trimmed with two rows
of fringe, or en tablier, with biais and flounces of a
mere than usual width ; the bodies continue to be made
tight, with revers a chide, trimmed with fringe ; some
are made full at the shoulders and waist, high on the
shoulders, but low in front ; the sleeves continue tight
with jockeys trimmed with fringe, or with bouillons
lengthways. For young ladies the prettiest style is a
dress of tarlatans, with deep tucks divided by. a row 'of
large spots, worked in tambour.
In fichus there are several novelties, the col'ar giselle
a revers, the cel a naedaillon, and the collars a gerber,
are pretty accompaniments to a silk redingote, forming
quite a stomacher of splendid embroidery, from the
weds* to the throat, encircled with lace ; many collars
fl has and cannezoue are made with inlets of lace and
nark, some closing with gold buttons, or with six small
pearl brooches, connecting with a gold chain. Caps
continue to be made very flat, and almost adhering to
the cheeks ; the newest are a la Baigneuse a i'ingenue,
Combs are considered decidedly to be again returning
to favour ; those ornamented with cameos are pre-
ferred, but more simple ones are made of tortoiseshell.
inlaid with gold ; those enriched with diamonds and
precious stones are exclusively reserved for full dress.
Shawls of filet are preparing, as also scarfs ; those
of cachetnire are fashionable in Paris now ; one or two
mantee.ux have also appearee, one was formed of an
entire square in full gathers at the throat, and with
rood trimmed &l round with velvet in vandykes, and
fast cacti with jet buttons ; another was of the Arme-
nian form, an entire circle, also trimmed with velvet en
doh., which finishes in a hood.
Bean is have taken rather an oval form, and
arc very (12ep at the ears ; the stra.ght cottage
continuos in favour, they are frequently almost
covered by the violette of lace, tvlich is attach-
ed to the form by a couronne of ribbon of the colour of
the bonnet, or demi guirlande of flowers. For autumn
wear, gauze bonnets are lined with satin ; capotes de
riz are ornamented with demi couronnes of leuillage in
velvet, and a niche at the edge of the bonnet.
Flowers will be in greater variety than ever ; there
are snowballs in velvet of every colour, beautifully
shaded, wreaths of clematis and roses, with dewdrops ;
and the last novelty is the chute d'Eglantler.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

A nnin&r of town and country bail cases, and unop-
posed applications, came before Mr. Commissioner Rey-
nolds, in which there appeared no feature of public in-
terest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Win...Tainsini was placed at the bar Lefore the sitting
Aldi rman. charged with stealing a handkerchief, the
property of Eichard
It appeared that the prosecutor was going through
Fleet-street, when a policeman saw the pri.soner follow-
ing Mr. Wilson, and knowing him to be a bad character
he watched him, and saw him take the handkerchief
from his pocket.
The prosecutor said he was unaware he had been
robbed until.informed by the constable.—Committed.