The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

send you the amount of duties received for the
five last years at the Custom House here:-
1829 X 57,000
1830 90,000
1831 94,000
1832 109,000
1833 106,000
The decrease in the last year is to be attributed to the
high gales, which prevented the arrival of several vessels
with valuable cargoes until after the making up the yearly
account at the customhouse. One of these vessels is laden
with brandy, and ought to have discharged her cargo here
early in December, but was detained in a French port for
nearly six weeks by the violence of the gales of wind.
Had she arrived in the last month there is no doubt but
there would have been an increase of receipt over the
former year. The vessel alluded to brings here two car-
goes of brandy annually, but last year, from the circum-
stance abovementioned, only one. The duty payable upon
such cargo is about 25,0001.—1 am, Sir, yours, &c.
Gloucester, Jan. 24, 1834. A. H.

GLOUCESTER AND BERKELEY CANAL.—
The following statement of tonnage and receipts upon the
Cabal, from the period of its opening up to the close of the
last year, will afford a good criterion of the steadily in-
creasing traffic to this port:—
Tons. Duties.
1828.....
1827 ......... 106' 996
223574
1829......... ,
.... 236'467
um. ........ 29556.1
1831 ......... 323'344
1. ........ 321,854
346,773
....Gloucester Journal.

BRIGHTON, JAN. 26.—Several pieces of
timber, evidently part of the wreck of some vessel, have
been picked up on the beach within the last two days, and
also four hats. It is likewise stated here, this morning,
that the bodies of six men have been washed on shore near
Worthing.

MR. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY.--Nine-
teen out of the twenty-four Benchers of the Middle Temple
are slid to have assembled in conclave upon this gentle-
man's case, and delivered their opinions seriatim, but una-
nimously against his admission to the Bar.
Dn. DOYLE.—We had the gratification of
stating, some time ago, that a great improvement bad
taken place in the health of this renowned and venerated
Prelate, though at one time there were scarcely the
slenderest hopes of his recovery. 'We have now the plea-
sure of announcing that all unfavourable symptoms are
removed, and that no doubt whatever is entertained of his
final and complete recovery...7D üblin Morning Register.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAIL-
WAY.— The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors
of this railway was held on Thursday last, in the cotton
sale-room. The Treasurer read the report of the Direc-
tors, from which it appeared, that for the last half year the
receipts Were 97,2341., and the disbursements 56,3501. ;
leaving a profit of 40,8841. A dividend of 41. 10s. per
share was then declared. The sum of 4,0881. was set
apart as a reserved fund, leaving 1,3001. surplus towards
the expenditure of the ensuing half year.
SEEING IS BELIEVING.—The celebrated
Boyle mentions a gentleman, who, during :a distemper he
had in his eyes, had his organs of sight so sensible, that
when he waked in the night, he could, for awhile, plainly
see and distinguish colours and other objects ; and the
same author gives an instance of another person, who after
getting fuddled with claret, if he waked in the night
could see for some time to read moderately-sized print.
Grimaldi tells that some women of Megara were able, by
their eyes alone, to distinguish between eggs laid by black
hens and those by white ones. —Mirror.
CHILDERMAS, OR HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY.

,--December 28, was, in the calendar of superstition, of

most unlucky omen. On this day, none ever married, it
was not lucky to put on new clothes, &c., and the corona-
tion of Edward IV. was put off till the Monday, because
the preceding Sunday was Childermas Day. To the poor
children it was indeed unlucky, for they were whipped on
Cliildermas morning, that the memory of Herod's murder
of the Innocents might stick the closer, and in a moderate
proportion to 'act over the cruelty again in kind. But
we hope " the'schoolmaster" has whipped such follies out
of our happy country, —Mirror.
MONOPOLIES IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN
ELIZAUETII.--The grievance of monopolies had gone on
continually increasing ; scarce any article was exempt
from these oppressive patents. When the list of them was
read ver in the House, a Member exclaimed, " Is not
bread among the number ?" The House seemed amazed.
NaYs" said he, " if no remedy is found for these, bread
will be there before the next Parliament."— Hallam's
Constitutional History, vol. i., p. 282.
HOTELS IN LISBON.—An English tra-
veller, visiting Lisbon for the first time, writes thus:—
" If any hotel-keeper in London who is not thrivin4 over.
much should chance to see this, let me recommend him to
come over here, and start an hotel on reasonable yet safe
terms, and I can venture to say be will have every reason
to congratulate himself on having done so. I have tra-
velled a great deal in the course of my life, but I never
was in a place where a man is so much at a loss to find
everything
that can in any way lead to his comfort. Even
inheart of the Sierra Morena of S ain you are not so
badly off as to filthy streets and filth in every shape ;
nothing to equal it is to be met with an where else; S 5
much
to so, that if all the Eau
in de Cologne that is required
were be consumed, Fara could not produce t fast enough." i

On'
an inquest was held at St.
George s Hospital, on the body of David Boyd, a Chelsea
pensioner, aged. 59. The deceased was extremely fond of
and noted in. Chelsea as a
Abe good things of this life,
tax
dinner
ate an
regular gormandizer. " On Tanhdurspdoaryk
of greens
enoruaous quantity
then went out fora walk. About four in the afte: and
he was fonnd by another, pensioner, sitting on the dn,Zrn.
Steps of Lord Rivers 's
.house, in Grosvenor-place. He
said, " Oh ! I am very ill; I have got a violent pain i.
1113 Y stomach, and I wish you"
He was conveyed to the would assist me to the Hos_
Pita', as I am going to die."
H•ispital, where he expired in a few minutes. Mr. Hut-
chinson, the apothecary to the Hospital, said that on a
Post mortem examination he found aconsidis insideerabl hadequa
n.
tity. of undigested food in the
tau
been greatly injured by excessive drinking.
Hrinking. Verdict—
Died from Natural Causes."
DREADFUL FIRE AND SUPPOSED N-
I on Tuesday
CENRIARIsM, NEAR SUNDERLAND.—EarIy
farm
of Mr.
morning last, a serious fire took place on the,which
has Thoroas Elliot, near Offerton, near this town, .
a. consumed twenty entire stacks of wheat, oats, and
firne
.)y
"Jr.
Elliot was apprised of his stack-yard being on ble tinwoomminegn. knocking at his door abort four o'clock in li
He immediately arose, and found the whole
of thent, with the exception of one stack at a little dis
tance
an in ftrhoernsathe others, in. ii.am. es; and from their being
all have me degree of tion, it is evident they must
' it
is taken fire at the same time, and from this tact
suspected to have been the work of incendiaries. The
engines fisoo arrived, and so reduced the fire as to prevent
uncleommunicatin with the house. The property
itsh,en,deanrstand, insured,g but not near the amount of
ge•
respected in thi Mr. Elliot is a man of property, and much
ne"
; and
h
' neighbourhood for his integrity in busi-
"e prided himself much on his stack-yard,
17ohuincth
was
ryw,... Scenr,.4taaienlicinci Herald.
oneofthe best in this part (f the

ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK.
tel 4 P..t
From Whence P; ;;`,7 1"
Qrs. Qrt. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks.
Aldboroligh llO 382 22 12
Bridport
Clay . . - 410
Dartmouth
~., Colchester — 500 11 409
Harwich
r, • Leigh 229 179 30 193 91
k Blaldon :1602 288 152 20 655 471 2825
Exeter
Hastings lO3 33 25 39 142
Hull llO 210 220 100
Ipswich 499 956 1043 16 50 046
Kent B3O 359 529 C 3 242 251 497
Lowestoft 2l 510 245
Lyme — 506
Lynn 27 2i 70 45 1130
Newport 55 101
Plymouth 243 166
Poole 764 234
Portsmouth
Southampton ' 50
Southwold lO9 275 36
S'ockton — 610
Wells 905 120
Weymouth
Wisbeach 3lO 967
Woodbridge 63 366 15 15 35
Yarmouth BlB 1531 43 1811
Aberdeen lO 330
Arbroath
Banff lB 300 3 --
Berwick
Dundee 7 ' 105 113
Inverness
Kirkaldy — 71
Leith — 30 12
5360 7269 5775 3644 1502 1069 10633
IRISH.
Cork 6O I 763
Limerick 55 422 9173
Sligo — 1200 :
Waterford 502 I 1945 125
FOREIGN.
Hamburg — 870
Total

Total ...I 3.175 I 8253 I 5775 115966 I 1502
AGGREGATE QUANTITY OF OTHER KINDS 0
Rye, 0--Tares, 189—Linseed, 1806—Rapeseed, 0-
Mustard, 0--Seeds, 212.

' PULS
•Brank,

SMITHFIELD MARKET.
This day's supply of Beasts and Sheep was moderately good,
of Calves and Porkers limited, and the trade was somewhat
dull, at the following prices :-
-- --

PRICES PER STONE OF SLR& TO SINK THE OFFALS.
s. d. to s. d. a. d. s.d
inferior Beasts 2O 2 2 Large Lambs 0 0 0 C
Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0
Prime large Oxen... 310 4 0 Large coarse Calves 310 4 4
Prime Scots, &c..... 4 0 4 2 Prime small ditto 5 2 5 8
Inferior Sheep 2:B 3 0 Large Hogs
Second quality ditto 3 6 4 2 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4
Coarse-woolled ditto 416 418 Suckling Calves 103. to 28e. each.
SouthdownWethers 410 5 0 Quarter old Pigs 12.5. to 18r.each.

SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs.
I I
2,389 I 16,100 85 210
About 700 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's road; about
620 up the other northern roads; about 950 (including Irish)
from the western' and midland districts; about 150 from Nor-
folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire; about FO from Kent
and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c
in the neighbourhood of London.

NEW GALE ANI) LEA
At per stone, 1
s. d. to s. d.
Beet, inferior 2 4 2 6
- middling 2 6 2 8
-- prime large 3 4 3 6
-- prime small 3 6 3 8
Veal 3 4 5 4

DENHALL MAIMETS,
by the Carcass.

Mutton, inferior
middling
prime
Pork, large

s. d.tos. d.
24 2 8
30 3 2
3 6 310
30 3 2
, 3 4 44

NEWCASTLE CORN MA RKET.—Jan. 25.

The bulk of the Wheat at market to.day was again in poor
condition, and though a few picked samples supported last
week's prices, yet the trade on the whole was extremely dull, at
a decline of Is. to :is. Per quarter. Oats went off more readily
than of late, without any change in value. The best samples
of Barley are in fair demand, and supported their late prices,
but it is difficult to find a buyer for anything or inferior quality.
In Beans, Peas, and Rye little doing. Flour heavy sale.

_
New. Old.
Whint, Northumberland 40s. 50s. ..—s —B.'
Norfolk and Suffolk.— ....... ...ASA. 50s —s. —s.
Berwick and Scotch.— ...........425. 46s —s. —B.
Foreign —s. —s ....5. .....11.
Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk .375. 40s —s. —s.
Foreign 30s. 34s —s. —6.
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk...26s. 31s
Grinding and Feeding 245. 265...... —s. —B.
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 50s. 56s —s. —s.
Beans, Small 30s. 32s —s. —s.
Tick Ds. 31s —s —s
Pease, ‘N hite
--- Gray ... „„ „. `,7s. 30s —s. —s.
Oats, Northumberland, Fotatoe 16s 19s l9s. Ds.

Feed

14s 16s
Foreign —s. —s
Flour, Fine (per sack) —s. —s. 3ls. 378.

FLOODED STATE OF THE COUNTRY.-
Alarming accounts continue to be received from various
parts of Munster and Connaught, respecting the injurious
effects of the unprecedenredly severe weather during the
last two months. Wheat sowing has been much more
limited than usual, and it is feared that a considerable
portion of the seed will be unproductive. Agricultural
operations have been nearly suspended, in consequence of
the flooded state of the country. A great portion of the
potatoe crop of last year, left in the pits, has been de•
stroyed or deteriorated in quality, and the ground is totally
unfit for the reception of seed for early potatoes. We
are told that in Galway, Roscommon, and other grazing
counties, the sheep are suffering from the " rot," and
great numbers of them have died. This has caused a still
further rise in the price of wool, which, owing to various
causes pointed out in this Journal in August last, bad
been in very brisk demand, and at a much higher rate,
than for many years past. We may also add, that fodder
for black cattle having become scarce and dear, many
graziers have found it most difficult to sustain their stock.
Altogether, the accounts which have reached us afford
ground for serious alarm ; but we trust that a favourable
change in the weather will soon dispel the apprehensions
now so generally entertained.—Dublin Morn. Register.
_ _

.., ,
Monday, the Rev. Hugh Hunter and Mr
Wm. Howitt, the gentlemen appointed by the Nottingham
Dissenters to present their memorial on Church Reform to
Earl Grey, were introduced to the Premier by Lord
Duncannon, and a conversation of about a quarter of an
hour took place. Mr. Howitt said the memorialists
prayed for the separation of Church and State. Earl
Grey was sorry for it. The expression of such sweeping
desires as the destruction of the establishment would em-
barrass Ministers, would alarm both Houses of Parliament,
and startle the country. He wished they bad confined
themselves to the removal of those disabilities connected
for,
marriage, burials, registration, and such matters, &c.,
coorileon these heads, there existed, both in himself and his
press upon
opavieilsrsyendtiesrpso.sition to relieve them. What, in
reality, did they ask ? He could not conceive, if these
disabilities were removed, what actual grievance would
ilvta:ied
aI.;YH. Hunter said Did they want entirely to do
edwpirthecisel establishments of religion ? Mr. Howitt
Dissenters were kr'
precisely, that was what they desired. The Rev.
Lordship need not wonder that the
time the Minister
pathi'seedu
against the Bishops. At the
y mig
House of Peers, tkiey h,,ed caarrying the Reform Bill in the
hty torrent to stem, which
torrent was vastl increased
as the friends of civil
prelates ; and just in proportion
the influence of the
and religious freedom sym
same proportion their indignviot with vit I r Ministers, in the
those men. Earl Grey thought that s
raised against
greatest cause to complain of this. Rut
i
Ministers had the
decidedly, he should give his strenuous oppositteiownould say
attempt to remove the establishment. He belonnetdo teovery
the
church, and he would stand by it to the best of hi
ability. He considered it the sacred duty of every go-
vernment to maintain an establishment of religion. -if
the Nottinghau. Dissenters thought the country at large,
nay, that the Dissenters in general, would go along with
them, he believed they were deceived. He believed the
country desired an establishment, and that many Dissen_
tern were favourable to it. By going too far, they would
probably have their claims thrown out by Parliament, as
the Sabbath Bill had been. After the conversation ended,
the deputation withdrew,.—Nottingham Review.