The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-16 00:00:00

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CORN EXCHAN GE.—(FRIDAY.)
Fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise and by
oeosddayc,letahre-
land carriage, the arrivals of English Wheat were
eat were
limited, but of fair average Asa alicdign
truce was made both on Monday
Although the
sinotttl.l._ era 'rot very
show of stale samples was very
attendance of both town and country thin
moderate, the demand for alflulklinds wheat
or horn.
We have
at which holders
produce ruled steady at very
were not to say ready sellers.
wards of 14,000 quarters of foreign ays received up-
To-day the supply of that grain ehiVeZeeaxt -tgrhiasnaw;ye—k.
was extensive. Fine (omit
full rates of currency, les moved off freely, at
kinds were a,but the middling and in-
ferior slow sale,
Iu floating cargoes very little doing; at late rates.
rous offers from Dwain and elsewhere. buwe h tA very
large
quantity of Foreign BEnglish was arley was in market, but that of
about very
small.
The trade was leis active, at
stationary prices. No change took place in Malt.
We,
,Iness were well supplied with Foreign Oats, in which a
Beans, was doing, at previous currencies.
Yeas, Indian C,,rn, and Flour as on Monday.

.Vftli IN A i.et TIII WEEK

Flour.

' Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats.
_----
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. blacks
Engllah ...... 1,570 390 2,790 b5O 2,450
340
rortlgn ...... 14,020 10,770 27,050 5,920

SIDIXTETIMLD
Although the supply of beasts on offer in to•day's
merket was somewhat extensive for the time of year,
and We weather by no weans favourable for daughter.
ing, the &ef trad, ruled steady, at pnees fully equal to
tholie °btu 410 on Idmiday—,he ime6t Seot,,h aviug sold
reAdily at 3s 6d per B!bs. The nueabera of Sheep vrcre
tolerably good, yet the demand for that description of
stook wa. Ninewbat actiye at s improyement_in 'Niue

o 2d per Sibs, the bet old Downs being quoted at i
101 per 81bs. Lambs were in lull average supttly, an:
stettly in,q&ry, at: a rise ot"21. per Sibs, the highest 410!
being„ 5F 8i per 81bs. About 600 reached us from till
Isle of Wivht. Prime smell Calves moves off freely's.'
fua prices; wherwite the Vizi trade was very inactive.
In Pigs next to nothing doing. Mslch Cows sold hey
AI at from 141, to 181, each, incln7insf their small 0614
II Per to sitilt the offal,.
c a. to %.41
. ti. Lops, d.
Inferior Beasts-- 2 4 2 6 Inferior Skeet. • • 2 1.0 Sa 1
Second quality ...• 2 8 210 Second gnat. Sheep 3 .
Prime large Oxen— 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto3 6 :01
Prime Scots —••.. 3 4 3 6 Southdown Weiler 3 1 : 1
Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 4 Ditto eut of the w 00l 0 0 '; 4
Prime small ditto .. 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs •••. . • 2 6 : 1
Aickling• Calves —lB 023 0 Small Porkers •• •• a 6 I
',awn ~,
"•••••• •• •. 4 8 5 8 Quarter old Pigs ••16 0 .0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Pigs
Sheep. Calves- I
240
I 6,452 210
SCOTCH.
I Sheep. I Calves. I
80 PIO.
_
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
'l:easto., I Sheep. I Calves.
r12(111
184 300 80
A1EN47021.11211 AND LE.6.331111111.19.X.X.•
Thera waA rather more doing in these markets t 0.410
and prices were well supported.
At per stone by the Carcase. a ti•
s. d. to s. d. 1 fl. cl• t° ' 8
neer,intertor....•• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, interior •• n a e
2 6 2 I
-- middling .... 2 6 2 8 ralddling•• 3 ; g I
primelarge • • 210 3 0 prime •• •• 3„ ,4". 3 4
:: prime small •• 3 2 3 4 I Pork, large •• • •
•••• . ; gl/
Veal •••••••• • • • • 3_ 0 310 , 5ma11........ 3 ~

T,loststi.
974

Beasts.
269

Lamb. 4$ 6d t• b.-6d.

ZIONLOUG if mOP IMELIC.IO3T. fullf
Really fine Hips are in steady demand, at price.
equal to those obtained last week. In all other . A.
the supply of which is good, very little is doing. 141
tors' prices asfollows:—Mid and East Kent pocks Soy'
4s to 61155; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 144 to 4/48;
sex ditto, 31 5s to 41 per cwt.

cOLONI.B.S.
SUGAR.—There has been a firm market for British rale;
tatton, but in the absence of extensive dealings. Tboe.rbs•
are, however, decidedly above the average of late. .—sai
does, by auction, sold at 42s to 423 6d for fine yellow'
at 3's to 39s 60 for mid.
REFINED. Brown and grocery Lamps have been Ist 1,1;
EAST INDIA.—About 26,000 bags of Mauritius, offer..tes;
auction, chiefly found buyers, and at fully previous ".'n 405
fine and superior yellow 41, to 435; good and mid 38,1 7,ti to
6d; ord 37a to 383; fine brown 37s 6d ; and washed 386..00,
40, 6d. Of Bengal 4,200 bags mostly sold at previous "'390
Benares fine whits 42s to 43s 6d.; fine soft yellow 395.Attn°
6d. Penang, about 1,400 bags realised full prices, oll—/sid
white 39a to 40s 6d; low to good yellow 34s to 381"
brown 31s 6d to 33a, and up to 36s for good. 4r,11,,,,i drl
to
a"
3,t6; bags sold at full rates, soft brown 28s to 31e,
u
mid, like /Mauritius, 35s to 38s.
.40St
FOREIGN has been in demand. Fine brown Bahl*
sr
has been sold at t9s 3d; ord clayed broWn 11115 his
alised 0s to 313 6d ; yellow Havannah, by auctios,A, 0
been sold at 403 to 42s for good and tine; and at 38s v".„
39s 6d for mid; white mid and good has been tid", ig
at 26s to 30s. Bahia, ord to good brown was taken u`
33s to 365. Paraiba sold at 41s to 44s 6d for middliolt:.
fine white. Cuba Molasses were taken in at 155 6d for rd
COFFEE.—There has been a slight increase in the deodJ.
for Ceylon, but not much has been done in other kiPod,
Good ord native has been sold privately at 405 toe!, AI
Plantation went at 49s to 53s for low mid and mid, Ail% to
44s to 478 for triage. Rio, good ord was taken in St 7ros
40s 6d, and Mocha at 45s for ord ungarbled. Costs 0
sold at 44, to 45s for good and fine ord pale, at 48s to 48°
for fine ord, and at 53s 6d for pea-berry. 448
COOOA. —Trinidad, ord to good red has been taken
to f'-os, and grey at 41s to 445, Bahia fine has been
at 325.
014
Smts.—Black Pepper has realised 2%d to 3d for etag
mid Penang, being about previous rates, which 130%4
sold at
,7dto 7A id for mid and good. Mace has re Tot.
Is (3d to Is 10d and 2s Ild per pound, being lower. 'st,
mega also Dave been cheaper, ord to mid brown 2s 3d W
and good and fine 3s 2d. Pimento sold at sd.
RlCE.—Madras has been taken in at 6s 6d to as per c/I4
and Bengal sold at 9s to 9s 6d.
SA LTPETRE.-- The demand has rather improved, in-A S
to 10,i per cent. refraction has been sold at 2486 d to 2`15;t5
Corrost.—The market has been dull, and prices are „
lower.

INDIGO.—The sales have proceeded heavily up to °
time, at 2 1 to 3d under the previous auctions.
TlLA.—Priees are barely supported. ale
ALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 33s to 36s 6d per cwt. on
spot.
GREEN FRUIT. —The demand for Oranges has iroPr°red.
1,000 boxes Iles‘ina 8A) boxes Palermo, and 400 W
at
Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at rA
advance of is to Is 6d per box. Lemons have not improrst
in value. Nuts are not meeting with the consumption tb,
was expected, and an imprcvcni nt is looked for nextinont

FATAL OCCURESS,CE AT BLACILFRIARs-BRIDGIV°
Yesterday morning, about half-past five o'clock, a man eb°-
4
40 years of age was passing over the Blackfriars-bridgef;
wards the City. On getting about midway he moue,'"
the seat in one of the recesses and got over t
ed
wall. One of the London Fire Brigade men, name"
Hinter, who was proceeding towards the floating engine.d6
go on duty, seeing that the man contemplated NW°
rushed forward, accerapanie by two or three other peesoett
in the hope of preventing him from destroying'hirtre:6"
The fireman, at the risk of losing his own
climbed over the wall, and the men who yore
near held one of his arms, while he, with the other,
succeeded in grasping the hand of the unfortunate rra.,
i_'
He held him up in this state for some time, but his weir'
was so great that it was impossible for him to pull him ot
He called for some one on the bridge to get a rope to 105
under the man's arms, but before that could be accomplieb7
the weight of the poor fellow nearly exhausted him, ec,,,
being unable to keep his hold any longer the man fell into
the river beneath and immediately disappeared. Boats vie!
instantly put off from the steamlxat-pier, and the rife'
dragged near the spot where the deceased had fallen, but the
body could not be found. Who the unfortunate deceased
was is at present unknown. From his dress he appeared to
have been a labouring man or journeyman bricklayer. Teo
much praise cannot be given to the fireman, who thus 0
heroically risked his life in endeavouring to save a fellose
creature, for had the men on the other side of the buttress
of the bridge for one instant relinquished their hold of hio
ne must have been pulled by the weight of the suicide into
the river along with him.
Intelligence has been received from the Civil Coin'
missioner of the Seychelles Islands to the effect that there
is an a most inexhaustible supply of guano in that region.
These island, about thirty iu number, are a group resting' 00
sand and coral in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Mods-
gasear, between 3 deg. and 5 deg. south latitude, and 55
deg. and 56 deg. east longitude, and were formally ceded to
England, together with Mauritius, in 1815. No particulars
have yet been given regarding the quality or precise locality
of the guano which has been discovered, but if it should at
all approach the Peruvian in its chemical properties, it May
prove of immense importance not only to the agricultural
interests of Great Britain, but indirectly to the promotion
also of the prosperity of Natal and Mauritius, as well as to
the much-desired extension of commerce with Madagascar',
Its situation, however, near the equator and in the midst of
the ocean (the African continent being distant about 80°
miles), would lead to the supposition that those peetili°
conditions of climate which have operated in favour of the
Peruvian guano may be in a great measure wanting, and that
hence its nature is inferior.
F 110•: aro) Loss of LIFE IN RATCLIFF-HIGLIWAT.— '
Yeste-dav morning at an early hour the premises of Itcr•
Joseph Lawson, No. 6, Vine-place, Broad-street, Ratcl:o4
were perceived to be on fire. As soon as the fire was borne;
what got under, a room was entered, when it was fount,
that Mr. Lawson was burned is a most frightful manner
over the whole of his body. A medical gentleman '9lO
immediately sent for, who promptly attended ; but during
the brief interval that elapsed, the unfortunate sufferer
expired. Owing to the exertions of the inhabitants, the
fire was confined to that part of the premises in which it
begun, but the furniture therein was destroyed, and the
lower part of the house severely damaged by water. The
unfortunate deceased was in the receipt of an annual pen-
sion from the Trinity House, and it is stated that he took
his quarter's money the day preceding his melancholy
death. He was described as being a very sober man, but
invariably smoked a pipe of tobacco of a night in bed to re-
lieve him of the asthma. From the fact of a pipe being
found near the bed, there is no doubt but that was the m.
of the outbreak.

GREAT CENTRAL GAB CONBIIIWERB COMPANT..-'
Yesterday the Committee on this bill, to incorporate the
Great Central Gas Consumers Company, met for the first
time. Mr. Sergeant Wraugham, Q.C., and Mr. wilds ap-
peared in support of the Bill; and Mr. Talbot, Q.C., sad
Hope against it. Considerable discussion took place se
to the locus standi of the city gas companies, and of the
Paving Commissioners and merchants and traders petition-
ing against the Bill. Eventually, on the room being cleared.
the Committee decided in favour of the locus standi of the
parties. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, in a speech of considera-
ble length, then opened the case. recapitulating the principal
fbatures of the measure as set forth in the Committee of last
session, when the company, he said, was thought to be one
that
eta
facts? not iwended tc be carried out. What, however,
were since then the promoters had erected their j
owrti)grkinsa,
laensdtiina
laid
tedoof Inxs
down their
mains
and
wereat7 O/.
now
ly
or
sBuooppLwillghin the
per ',OOO cubic fret the best gas to 4,600 consumers
iant the
City. The company would not have been compelled to ex-
pend n'arty so much as this had it not been for the expen-
sive Parliamentary contests in which they had been in-
volved, and they moreover were in a position next month
on the present amount of consumption to 5 per cent., and
retain a surplus in addition. Mr. Croll, the company's engi•
neer, and Mr. Dakin, the chairman of the company, were
examined as to the general position of the company's affairs,
and in corroboration of the statements by counsel, and the
Committee adjourned to this day at 12 o'clock.
GRASS PARKS IN DUBIFRMSSHIRE.—The letting of
grass parks has now been nearly brought to a close; and,
as
far as we can learn, the prices given are not
those current during late years, but decidedly nly equal
higherto in gene-
ral.—.Dumfries Courier.

BIRTH&
OF A 80)1.
On the 13th inst., at Thorpe. Hamlet. Norwich, the wife of
the Rev. F. L. Currie, Clencbwarton, Nod Ik.
On the 12th inst., at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, the wife of
G. Hall, Esq., Governor of the Juvenile Reformatory Prison.
OF A DA UGHTYR.
On the 13th inst., at Upper Gower-street, the wife of Jobs
J. Clarke, Esq.
On the 13th inst., at Stanhope-street, Regent's-park, Mr&
W. C. Homersham.

ji A
luau,
On the 13th inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, George
Edward, eldestsonjanoef
sthtoenlea, ugtedaMr.htSe.r Lowe,
imr.
owe,oA. Lowman,'
Eastcheapp
City, to Elizabeth
of Priory-ioad, Wandsworth.
On the 13th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, C. B.
Price, Esq., of Duke-street, Manchezter-square, to Martha
Colley, Princes-street
Elenor, only daughter of Mr. T.
Westminster.

On the 13th inst., at the Priory, Lewisham, John Thacke.
ray, Esq., aged 75.
On the '3th inst., at Little Knightrider-street, /ketone- ;
commons, John P. Buckland, aged 46.
On the 13th inst., at Totnes, J. B. Morgan, Esq., of Po•
wick, Worcestershire, aged 68.
On the 13th inst., at Cecil-street, Strand, Maria, relict Of •
Boyle Arthur, Esq., late of Brompton.
On the 11th inst., at Hascomb Rectory, Surrey, Amelia
Elizabeth Charlotte, wife of the Rev. 'l'. C. Stone.
On the 13th inst,, at St. Leonard's-on-the -Sea,
Richard G. Godfrey, aged 27.

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