The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-20 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET

This day's supply of each kind of fat stock was indifferent,
both as to numbers and quality. The trade with prime Beef,
Mutton, and Pork, was somewhat brisk, at an advance of 2d.,
prime small Lamb and Veal 2d. to 4d. per stone ; with inferior
meat very dull at Monday's quotations. Mitch Cows, though
rather numerous, fully supported their last week's prices, a use-
ful Short-horns, with her small Calf, producing from 171. to 20/.
PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS.
s. d. to s. d. 8. d, s. d.
Inferior Beasts
Second quality ditto 2 4 210 Prime small ditto 0 0 5 4
Prime large Oxen... 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 8
Prime Scots, Bce. 4 0 4 2 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 8
Inferior Sheep 2 6 2 8 Large Hogs ...... 3 4 310
Second quality ditto 3 4 3 6 Small Porkers 4 4 4 8
Coarse.woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 Suckling Calves 12s. to34s.each.
SouthdownWethers 4 6 4 8 Quarter old Pigs 12s.to189.each.
ERK'S STATEMENT.
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Calves. Pigs.
I 250 l7O

SUPPLY, AS PER C
Beasts. 'Sheep and Lamb
600 1 6,050

MR. DUCROW'S BENEFIT.—We perceive
that this enterprising and meritorious caterer for the
public entertainment, will take a benefit next Monday, at
Astley's, and we have no doubt, looking at the bill of
fire for the occasion, that his admirers will have a rich
treat, and himself a crowded house.

VICTORIA THEATRE.--SHAKSPEARE'S
Richard the Third was performed at this amusing little
theatre last night, when Mr. WARDS undertook the part
of the Duke of Glo'ster. It was a bold undertaking—
especially when it is considered that KEAN is still fresh in
public recollection. Nevertheless, Mr. WARDE was in no
ordinary degree succes ful. His performance was, through-
out, marked by judgment, and, in the latter scenes, full of
spirit and energy.
IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO HAVE BEARDS.
—A week or two since a paragraph appeared in many of
the London papers, whence it was copied into the provin-
cial ones, stating that it had just been discovered that
quick lime, applied lightly to the chin, was an excellent
substitute for a razor. Among other journal., the Hull
Rockingham copied this paragraph, which, meeting the
eyes of some unhappy gentleman who, it would seem, is
cursed with a beard, as hard and black as a shoebrush, he
made instant trial of the specific—with what effect the
following angry letter, addressed to our Hull contempo-
rary, will show :—" To the Editor of the Hull Rock.
inpliam—Sir, I have tried that infernal quick lime as a
substitute for the razor, as recommended in your last paper,
and though I find it will remove the beard, I have, to my
pain and sorrow, also discovered that it removes the skin
along with it. Now, this fact you either knew, and
therefore ought to have stated, or you were ignorant of it
when you published the paragraph. If the latter were the
case, and I am inclined to think it was, it must strike you
that all such statements ought to be verified before they
are recommended to the public. By giving this a place in
your widely circulated journal, you will in some measure
atone for the mischief you have, perhaps undesignedly,
perpetrated." Mischief indeed! We can imagine the
torture that this afflicted individual must have suffered by
the application of the specific in question—especially if he
happen to wear a double chin—and the rage, amounting
to desperation, with which he must have sat down to pen
his intemperate remonstrance. We know of nothing more
calculated to affront the sensibilities, than being skinned
alive. It would discompose even the patience of Job.
Perhaps, as the gentleman found quick lime a failure, he
will allow us to recommend a brick-bat. It is astonish.
ing what an admirable substitute fur a razor this makes!
It will grind down the most refractory of beards, and
shave one clean to the bone in less than a minute. And then
the saving of soap ! Surely this isan object!—ED. Sun.

The recent letters from the Cape of Good
Hope, which now appears, altogether, to have become one
of our most thriving colonies, manifest a very proper
anxiety about receiving from the Government at home due
protection and encouragement for its growing industry
and extendeii means. Among the objects to which the
colonists have lately directed their attention is the rearing
of cattle, to be used as salted provisions for the supply of
shipping generally, in which way, as has been before stated
they are already doing business on a very large scale.
They are now, however, taking active measures to ob'ain
the supply of the English market also, their claim to
which is, that they are able to furnish, as they allege, an
article equal in quality with Irish beef at a less charge by
from Id. to 1 per lb., but they find that they are met
by a prohibition, or heavy duty amounting to prohibition,
and that all the English commercial code will allow them
is the privilege of bonding it for exportation. For an
argument in favour of more liberal treatment on the part
of the mother country, we borrow that of one of the
letters iust received, dated the 13th of July last, which
says—" This colony only requires fair play—viz., to be
considered an integral part of the kingdom, and to be
allowed to send provisions to the mother country on the
same footing as Ireland, and on the same principle as
Great Britain compels us to receive the manufactured
goods of Manchester, Gla,gow, and Cork—that is, we
receive British goods here at 3 per cent. duty on the de-
Oared value ; now surely, in common re ison and fairness,
Cape productions should be admitted as a like duty, espe-
cially as by so doing we shall be able to buy more goods
from England, and the shipping interest (so much depres-
sed) will be able to get provisions at a saving of 30 to 40
per cent., and the manufacturers will be benefited in the
ratio of our increased consumption of their goods." It
is expected that sonic memorial on this subject will shortly
be presented to the Government o❑ the part of the mer-
chants trading with the Cape of Good Hope.
STUPENDOUS HAND MACHINES.—The
introduction of power factories in the bobbin net trade can
scarcely be considered as yet complete ; but at present the
hand-worker competes successfully with the power ma-
chine. The article he produces is confessedly not inferior,
and the chief advantage enjoyed by the owner of the
power machine is, that he works it with no labour but
that of superintendence. Juvenile labour is not yet ex-
tensively introduced, as the complexity of the machinery is
such that even a boy of 14 or 15 cannot in general be in-
trusted with the management of it, unless over-looked by
a more experienced workman. The labour of working
the hand machines must be very severe, and as fresh ex.
periments seem to be constantly making on the degree of
toil which the human frame is capable of sustaining, some
of the recently constructed machines are such as none but
the most athletic can manage. In 1829 the widest ma-
chine known was a 12 quarter, that is, capable of making
a piece of net three yards wide. Since that time they
have progressively enlarged, and I saw one man at work on
a stupendous hand machine, 20 quarters, or five yards
wide. When it is remembered that, independently of
the enormous toil of working this frame, in which both
hands and feet are actively employed, the workman, who
sits in the middle of the frame, has to watch every thread
in a course of net extending on each side of him to the
distance of seven feet and a half, some idea of the degree
of proficiency may he formed which is attained to. As
yet there are only two machines of this width in the
trade, and the opinion seems to be that they have now
attained their maximum.—Factory Reporij