The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-30 00:00:00

COVENT GAR

. There was a good supply to thi
was very dull at nearly last week';

s. .1. to ci
Pulatces ...... 4 0 7 0
c,Ca".Eaves, White (12) 0 10 2 0

Ditto .led

' 2 0 4 0

Cauliflowers 1 0 2 6
H rce Hadish(hth.d;e) 3 I) 4 0
Celery
Carrots ,I2b,,hches) 3 0 6 I
16 3 0
Coleworts or Gre•ens 1 6 2 6
Onions 1 6 2 (i
Turnip Raudishes 0 10 1 6
09 1 6
For. Grapes (per Lb.) 0 8 2 0
English, Forced .. 2 0 5 0
Pine Apples (lb.)
Cherries
Filberts 0 6 010.
Sea Kail (punnet)
Small Sam!
Peaches 3 0 5 01
Nectarines '3 0 5 0'
Green Gages 1 0 I 6

HAY MARKETS- At per Load of 36 Trusses . 0
l
4 fri° 0 Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow HayCUMBERLA ND.
£3 15 w
New Meadow Hay .
4 15 )
Useful Old Ditto
5 5 6 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
5
Clover Ha;'
Cat Straw. ....
SMITHFIELD re i -
Is la ..0
- 4
CJarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay , 0. , New Meadow Hay
Use
J
Ftne Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay . 4 0 I
Clover Hay ;extra fine ......6 U Generally ~ ..... 116
Oat Straw ...... .. .x.l 14 I, Al. Hi i Wheat Straw

SI
X 3 15 so 0 0
Coarse Meadow Hay 4 50
New Me :dm Hay 4 5 5 0
Useful Old Ditto
5 5 5 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye gra.-8 Hay
Clover Hay
Oat Strae l IS_.y

HUNGERFORD.

12t0.£114 I V

Wheat St ra,

PRICE OF TALLOW
Town Tallow 4ss. Cd
Yellow Russia
White s
Soap Ditto s. Od
Melting Stuff 3ls. Cd
D tto Rough s

SOAP, Sa. per 1 IvILL
Yellow Soap . ........... . .....
Mottled ...... ..................
Curd ..............................
IFS, d
Graves .......................
Good Dregs ...................

ROMFORD MARKET.—Aug. 27. to fl
s. d. to s. d. c. n
3 6
3 0 4 0 Veal
• ..... 3 4 4 4 Pork
'
Sucking Calves, 14$. to 30. ;—Sit,srie 41to 5 " 1
Mulch Cows, with their small Call, 10/.114`.-....'1! 2,0 0
3L
Supply moderate, and trade rather dull

Bees
Nlutton

4.i.ii LEWES M A itKEl2.—Aug. L 6. atO 0
Beef 3s. 4d. to 4s. 21. I
Veal
Mutton 3 2 4 4 Pork . 0 0
$t pet
Lamb 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d.
A moderate supply ; trade with the pr meat Beef and Mat°
brisk, but otherwise dull

the
,ito
The average number of deaths, one year,sccievelof
other in Europe, has been estimated by a Frenc'„:llios93,4i
publication at 2,256,010, out of a population of 210 to Prbe
Inhabitants, or very nearly one in 40. In the nert7,-6
the proportion is one in 44, in the southern one in '-'OCP
least mortality is in the countries near the Polar circle' ,
Sweden, Norway, and Iceland.
IFP3r/
of
It is a curious circumstance, that the first a pePr3
hunting which procceeded from the press, was fromt" f ,o
a female, Juliana Barnes, or Berners, the sister ,cioitt
Berners, and prioress of the nunnery of SopeWell,
5'
year 1481.
4r.
The number of bricklayers, together wit l'• thcoo-
bourers who attend on them, out of employalent„til 0 Ogget
quence of their having struck, is computed to be al)°— aver irb
and supposing that they earn, when employed, on 31/„0 ic;bt
20s. a week each, which is under the mark, the 000
they and their families have lost during the last
011°/
amounts to 30,0001.
pr 0.
A letter from Coventry, written by a P—sriclit`)%ls
well knows the state of that city, describes the ci"°-hous,3cler
the weavers there to be wretched in the extrelne• a 12.,,` rr,
of them are wholly destitute of employment ; and `.-.1 s•bilh
sary consequence, the wages of those who have %Pi? fol%boa
duced to the very lowest pittance. In the parish Iv rfrt
which contains a population of 7,000, .prineiPa dslOt„,/
weavers, there are more than half the worksbc??atic''
The winter is looked forward to with gloomy ant'el' of
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Derby Reporter.
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GRAVESEND STEAMERS.—A party CO- tto vti
three ladies and four gentlemen on Monday last 'cell Patrbeit
gerford stairs, with the intention of embarking °,Tiog
Woolwich steamer, to view the Arsenal, but clianlo &pa
minds, made an arrangement with two watermen oar. tbP
them in a wherry, wind and tide being in their la`ll.
boat reached its destination in safety, but on rete
the leR
wind being contrary, and blowing a stiff breez,irae
was kept in an undulating motion from the, "ri the
Woolwich until it reached Greenwich point, 1",,e-greaAt'slis
caused by two of the Gravo3end steamers was sissel", 01'
before the watermen could row in shore the beat,-°tialii„e4
as if upon a heavy sea, and in a moment wasP:arry Pr,:fect;l
with water, and had it not been for the extraorni'-a pc.ool,i
of mind of the whole of the party, who remaive.o PletC'/
still, although completely saturated, and sitting CO'l
water, nothing could have saved them from being 040„0.",
swamped; and by the exertions of one of the n' t„ 0.131 P,
backing water, and the other baling the water e.'
e .t 1,1
0' tel
to drift alongside the bank, and reach the nealtbe n 11";
place. It is but justice to state that the inninert,,cre
of the steam-boats perceived the danger the Parti prel4o3
in, they moderated the speed of the vessels, an hieb
render that assistance the imminent danger of sc
St 010
apparent to them.
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. OLD ST. PAUL'S.—One of the strangeuse 0j t°
0
ceremonies in which the clergy of the cathedral
rely, io9o,
was that which was performed twice a year, nacoaversoilv
day of the commemoration and on that of the, t doe, by 10
St. Paul. On the former of these festivals, a Ic9harel" or
.the latter, a fat buck, was presented to the web th
Tt
family of Baud, in consideration of some land_w 1;
of the Dean and Chapter at West Lee, i_7saucl, tr
original agreement made with Sir William Le.th the arc'etlio°
was, that he himself should attend in person ". the P 0, to
but some years afterwards it was arranged tha';_ JcP aco,t
•cd Y je•
tion should be made by a servant, accomParn on con ti,e
of part of the family. The priests, bow e When boir,l io
perform their part in the shOW themselves. to the c ose,d
was brought to the foot of the steps leading iv, it, tilecol4j
reverend brethren appeared in a body to roe ,leads u itoic
their full pontifical robes, and having their 0,00 ha'ti,
with garlands of flow ers. From thence IteaYi., „heree'theof
as the servants led it forward to the high d atnetir7top
been solemnly offered and slain, it was divide ,0 the 000 f
sidentiaries. The horns were then fastenFaciot„paiolee
spear, and carried in procession by the 1
wh° °horns ergo 116
inside of the church, a noisy concert of hick 10000P10,
their march. This ridiculous exhibition,, wiedecee,/
parody on the pagan ceremonies 0f
thetr P.,irid el ID'
priests of Diana, was continued by the cash.n"
to the time of Elizabeth.—London Journal