The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-07 00:00:00

PRICES OF FOREIGN WHEAT.

The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at
Hamburg') is 85 rixdollars current the last, which answers to
275. sd. the English quarter of eight bushels imperial mea-
sure; and the highest quotation of red wheat of the first qua-
lity at Hamburg is eighty rix-dollars current the last, which
answers to 255. lod. the quarter ; and therefore the mean
price at Hamburg of white and red wheat together is 265. Bd.
the quarter. The highest quotation of white wheat in Mark-
laue is 565. the quarter, and the highest quotation of red
wheat is 50s. the quarter, and therefore the mean price in
Mark-lane of white and red wheat together is 535. the quarter.
It appears, therefore, that wheat is 981 per cent dearer in
Loudon than at Hamburg, and that with the sum of 21. 13s.
a man may buy 15i- bushels of wheat at Hamburg, whereas
with the same sum he can buy only eight bushels in London.
The highest quotation of Zealand white wheat of the first
quality at Amsterdam is 185 florins the last, which answers to
.29s- 10d. the quarter, and the mean price of wheat in London
Deang 535. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 771 per cent.
dearer in London than at Amsterdam.
The highest quotation of red wheat of the first quality at
Antwerp is 74- florins current the hectolitre, which answers to
acs. 2d. the quarter, and the highest quotation of red wheat in
London being 50s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 65/ per
cent. dearer in London than at Antwerp.
The highest quotation of red wheat of the first quality at
Stettin is 38 dollars current the wispel of 24 scheffels, which
equals 255. 11d. the quarter, and the highest quption of red
wheat in London being 50s. the quarter, it follows that wheat
924. per cent. dearer in London than at Stettin, and that
with the sum of 21. 10s. a man may buy 151 bushels of wheat
at Stettin, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8
bushels in London.
The mean or averages of the prices of wheat of the first
quality at Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Stettin is
28s. 2d. the quarter, and the mean price of wheat of the first
quality in London being 535. the quarter, it follows that the
mean price of wheat in London is 88* per cent. higher than
the mean price of the four above-mentioned places.
The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat into
England is 395. Bd. the quarter, which is equal to the follow-
ing rates:-To a rate of 150/. 12s. Bd. per cent. on the prime
cost of wheat at Hamburg ; to a rate of 1321. 19s. 3d. per
cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam ; to a rate of
131/. 9s. 10d. per cent. on (he prime cost of wheat at Ant-
werp ; to a rate of 1531. ls. ld. per cent. on the prime cost of
wheat at Stettin; and to a rate of 1401. 16s. 7d. per cent. on
the mean price of the four above-mentioned places.

The Surrey Sessions commenced this morning at
the Sessions' Heuse, Newington, before Robert Hedger, Esq.,
Chairman, and a full Bench of Magistrates. The calendar
is numerically heavy, but we are happy to state, that none of
the charges are for offences of a peculiarly aggravated cha-
racter.

DEATH BY KICKING.—On Monday I__
last two men
in the employ of Mr. Adam Kay, a farmer near Bury, while
engaged in mowing, had a dispute about their relative capabi-
lities ; and after much vulgar abuse had passed between them
they resolved to settle the question by an up-anil.down ight,
One of the combatants named Hatfield, received a severe
kick in the abdomen, which produced inflammation of the
bowels, and caused his death in twenty-four hours.—Man-
Chester Chronicle. ..

DEATH.—On Monda last, d eighteen months,
Mrs.a
'William Edward Ball,
An accident was the immediate cause of the death, the infanty son of Ball, of this city.
cir-
cumstances of which are very melancholy. The infant was
playing
with the nurse in the back room of the upper story of
the house. The child was on a table close to the window,
which was formed of two sashes, the upper one of which slided
down, and was at the time open five or six inches. At this
moment no person could possibly have surmised the most dis-
tant danger; but while the nurse was turning her head aside
to
..some object in another part of the room, she heard the sash
It
ft 11 down, and although she instantaneously turned her eyes
owards the window, they were only in time to behold the
poor
ld rocuhildin the act of being precipitated into the area below !
appear that in a playful mood the child had clasped
the,..11
etop of the upper sash, which being hung with great nicety,
sit directly the pressure of the little hand was upon it. The
erectly
of the nurse was painful beyond description ;in fact,
almost to the present time her sufferings have been most dis-
tressin
g, she ha*ving sustained a succession of epileptic fits.-
xi ereford