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

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I The continued wet weather 'is now doing more or
less injury, and, unlesi yve have a speedy alteration,
the wheat plant may be permanently injurec4 That
-. Its appearance has, within the last 'week. or two, un-
dergone an unfavourable change cannot be questioned;
and, though we are disposed to, believe thetas vet the
actual mischief is not-of a. character •to warrint ap-
prehension, still itinust be admitted that -:.there is
• some reason to entertain doubts is.tethefntitte. The
quantity of rain fallen during theiast three
months has greatly exceeded, the '.usual average, and
the land is now so saturated that it will -require a
considerable. period to restore it to --gbed :working
order. The sowing of spring corn, which unordinary
seas-ons is generally completed about. the , end of
, March, is not yet fieished, and that4hinh.has been
committed to the.s9ll has in rriaui cases been but in-
differently got in. There is still a good deal of -work to
do, and, as •we are now fast approachieg May, it is not
improbable that some of the land originally4neended
for barley will have to be devoted to other purposes.
At Liverpool, on Tuesday, wheat met a steady de-
, mead ; the finest sorts realised-41, and the common
deseriptions 3d. per 701bs. above the rates current on
thatT hdeaayd
sveic'neVf roghmt. the other lar_ge_consurning-towns
in the north are of decidedly a firm charicter, still
buyers appear to have acted with a great dealof cau-
tion, and no actual advance on former terms could be
realised, either at Leeds or dull _'on -Tuesday, or at
Wakefield later in the week. • • •!
In Ireland the tendettcy of prices has' also been up-
, wards. Very little business appears, however; to have
teen done there, the agitation for the -repeal of the
legislative union having in no degree subsided.
The market has been scantily supplied with barley
of home growth, but a few thousand quarters !have
come to hand from the. Continent. The be,st.nuttting
qualities have been in, fair, steady request; and the
sales made on Wednesday were on terms quite gqual
to those realised in the.beginning of the week The
temperature having, however; risen materially within
this day or two, we may expect that,, many of the
maltsters will discontinue work ; and we do no t
calculate on prices going higher. In grinding bank .y
very little has been done of late, the cotaparative Iy
low prices of other articles suitable for feeding
having,..to. a certain extenti-lessened the 'consump'rion
of barley meal. The operations in naalChave 'been
on a retail scale; . but the article has.'bsen•Aeld
firmly,. and previous prices have been.:,fully sup.
ported.
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 gram. 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.

kiHURCHES IN CORNWALL.—There .are nearly 200
churches in this county; and though theprevailing sty' to
is that of the perpendicular period, it must not be sw p-
posed that there are no examples of an earlier de, ae.
Some of the Cornish churches are built entirely of
granite, and are remarkable looking objects. Otte ers,
built of serpentine, and perfectly black when moist, *re
pointed in white, so as to have a striped zebra loot ring
effect, Some of the most spacious churches in Corr mall
-are those of Liskeard, St. Neot'e, Bodmin, St. Mt Lbyn,
consists of a nave, aisles,
Lrostwithiel, Lanlivery, Powey, St. Austle, Pr lobus,
mTeuerto, and Helstone. The common interior art edige-
arch, or any boundary dividing
are not generaliy
south porch, and tower.
them from
tbhyei
rt!.a I:vl.eisn,
but
The chancels
reod-screens of carved woorr-vverme
aa.. early
-times, as may be proved by the remunaliTneraea 2
almost every church, hidden under :the ms odxeimillegatila
or cased over to form pews. They were in eveervicasse,
richly painted and gilt, but few perfect example are in;
there are good specimens still to_ be seen at St. Winnow,
on the Fowey river, and at Talland.—Builder.
THE LARGEST MAGNET IN THE WORLD A
PUTNEY COLLEGE.—We are glad to find that ain instituT
tion in which we take some interest, the ceßege at
Putney, partakes so much of the improving spirit of the
age. Dr. Lyon Playfair has lately constructed AU
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 metlurgy
by manipulation and assaying. The Admiralty al
experi-
ments on coals for the steam navy are continued her. On
the buildings 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.
aftweisu.—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,
ander-the agreement that the question of value should
line ettled within... month after--ahe completion of the
li We understand that Mr. Pennell claimed 2,0004
for the value of the land, and the amount of damages
sustained by him frets 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 see.
weed as before, and that the company bad 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
1 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 from the sands below
low watermark, and were, therefore, the property of her
' Majesty. These points had been referred to two um-
pires, Mr. R. Dymond, of Exeter, being chosen 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. Flamauk
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 compel:),
to Mr. Penmen is 1,3001., each party paying his own
costs.—Devonport Telegraph.
SOMNAMBULISM.—About two o'clock on Frid
morning last, a woman was seen in a state
of somnam-
ay
bulism, walking in one of the streets of Birmingham.
She was in her night dress, and had a plate in her hand.
thinking
app
p i
rt
a wasc ding
" a
her, apparition," i
ttihorne,w" Severalsway, On a policeman persons
0 hi
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not awake her the plate at his head in great indignation, but the crash did
, 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-leas
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 were sound
asleep in bed.—Liverpool Mercury.
THE EASTER HUNT WITH THE QUERE'S &JUL.
liOUNDS. --THE LAST PUBLIC MEET THIN SEASON IN
BERKS.—Notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable
state of the weather, with a cold north-easterly, wind
and a drizzling rain, an immense number
morning, some
mber ofpersonsWere
present on Stoke-common . tsn Monday
Merely to witness the uncarting of the stag, and others
" ' several officers of the two regiments in gar.-
(including
from Hounslow. and the
gar-
rison at. Windsor, and many
metropolis) to
,join in
the
chase.
The field of well-
m6unted horsemen numbered not leas than between 300
mid 400.
The families of all the principal residents
for miles around Stoke were
present in car-
riages, which extended in all directions in
tle vicinity The celebrated stag,
Rory O'More, ofwhichthe heath.
has afforded such excellent
sport during the past
three seasons, was selected
for the Easter Hunt. Rory, upon being uncarted, took
fel style to the left, down to Fulmer Bottom,
away in beautiful
where he was headed
back through Upton Wood, on to
to the farm of Mr. Nash, at Langley. He then made
for the Langley
sterne went right ahead for
Istation, whence, after crossing the line
Railway, he
of the Great
to
village the of Longford, where he
Ritching4 Fmrk' °lll
hdf - '
ken and safe y ouse , a ter a slow run through-
was ta
out of about two hours. The line of country, in conse-
quence of the long,-continued wet weather, was deep in mud and heavy in the extreme. Upwards of 200 were
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 belongin4 to the hunting stud, proceeded from
the Farnborough station, by the South-Western Railway,
into Hants.
2ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—DEWSBURY, APRIL
2. ATTEMPTED
(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 eontents of which entered his shoulder,
inflicting a dangerous wound. He was immediately
seized by, some gentlemen, and handed
_over to th
custody of Mr. Superintendent Green, who upon search.
• him found only a few trifling articles, together
with
mg
some verses addressed to a female acquaintance, for whom
he expressed the warmest attachment. Mr. Crawshaw
remains in a very precarious condition.
A FAIR OFFER.—Mr. Charlis Cooper, of Loug4-, : -
boropght will hang oat the lid -biloriging• .to the pan
which was stolen a few nights ago, if the person who
stole it will send word what night, he will fetch it..
Leicester*Journal.