The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

NEWPORT.

Baef, from 33 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 33 61 to 43 6d ; lamb,
4s 4d to 5s 6d ; veal, 33 8d to 4s 6d; pork, Js 10d to 43
6d per Blbs , by the carcase.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef from 3s 2d to 45 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8(1 ; lamb,
4s 2d to 5s 6d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s 8d to 4s Gd
per 81bs., by the carcase.
BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 2s Od to 20s ; Brills, is Od to 105 each ; Salmon,
lOcl to is Od per ib ; Cod Fish, Gs to 9s Od each ; Soles,
3d to is 3d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per ib ; Lobsters, is to
3s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s Gd ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ;
Common Oysters, 16s to —s ; Natives, 40s to —s per bsh. ;
Mackerel, 608 to —s per 100 ; Smelts, is 6d to Os Od per doz. ;
Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon ;
Bloaters 8s Od to Os Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 6s
to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per
bushel ; Doreys, is to 2s each Haddocks, 4s to 12s pox
doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 5s Gd to 8s;
Mullets, Os Gd to 2s 6d, each; Plaice, Gd to is each; Halibut,
Gd per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to Os Od per doz. ; salt fish,
Od to Od per lb,

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
9d to 10d; of household ditto, 7,id to 86d per 4 lb loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to Od ; Glib to 721 b, 4d
to 4id ; 721 b to 801 b, 44d to 4id ; 801 b to 881 b, ‘W to 5d ;
881 b to 961 b, 5d to s,fd ; 961 b to 1041 b, sid to s,id ; 104113
to 1121 b —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; Horse hides,
6s 6d to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s O 1 to 3s 6d ; ditto,
full, 7s 6d to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 2s 4d to 2s 10d ; Keats,
Oa Od to Os Od ; Half-breds' Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, is 104
to 2s 2d ; Shearlings, 2s Oclto 2s 6d ; Lambs, 2s 4d to is.

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HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 61 Os ; new
do., 31 Os to 4/ 8s ; old clover, 41 lOs to 6l 10s; new do., 3/
Js to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 8s to 11 14s per load. A fair
average supply, and a sluggish demand.
CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, Si 58 to 61 Os; new
do.. 31 Oa to 41 lOs ; old clover, 41 lOs to 61 lOs ; new do.,
315 s to 510 s ' • and straw, 11 lOs toll 16s per load. Supply
good, and trade dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 61 03 : now
do., 3/ to 41 108; old clover, 41 lOs to 61 les ; new do., 31
12s to Si 5s ; and straw, 1/ Sc to 11 14s per load. Both
hay and straw sold slowly, at late rates.

In c onsequence of the difference of opinion which ex-
ists with regard to the bearing of the New Joint
Stock Companies Act, 185 C, on fire and life assurance
associations, the question has been brought under the
consideration of the law officers of the Crown, whose
opinion is expected in a few days. The registrar of
joint-stock companies and the Board of Trade are tin;
derstood to be of opinion that the act has totally re-
pealed the 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110.
EXTRAORDINARY AND PAINFUL AFFAIR.—An extra
ordinary circumstance has occurred in a village not far
from King's Lynn, Norfolk. A clergyman, who had
teen missed for three weeks, was found a few days
since in a field of corn in a dreadful condition ; he was
just alive, but flies and insects had actually eaten his
skin. It is supposed that the unfortunate gentleman,
who is insane, had passed the three weeks in the field,
and that he had derived a scanty subsistence from the
scarcely ripe ears of corn.