The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-17 00:00:00

SUPPOSED NEWS OF SIR JOHN

- - -
FRANKLIN.
An extra, published by the Colombo Observer, con-
tains, und,:r date Singapore, Jan. 6, the following:—
News from the utmost ends of the earth are always ac •
ceptable, more especially when the subject-matter is the
relief of the distressed, who have risked and it may be
feared lost their lives in a search after knowledge. I have
it in my power this month to give you later information of
the search which is being prosecuted for the recovery of Sir
J. Franklin and his party than even the Admiralty itself is
et possessed of. Her Majesty's surveying ship Herald
arrived here from the Arctic regions, rid the Sandwich
Islands and Hong-Kong, during the last week, and she has
the latest accounts from the tar north. Near the extreme
station of the Russian fur company they learned from the
natives that a party of white men had been encamped 300
or 400 miles inland, that the Russians had made an attempt
to supply them with provisions and necessaries, but that the
natives, who are at enmity with the Russians, had frustrated
all attempts. No communication could be opened with the
spot where they were said to be, as a hostile tribe intervened.
From the Esquimauxs they had this vague story very satis-
factorily confirmed, with the addition that the whites and
natives having quarrelled, the former had been murdered.
As to the possibility of these unfortunates being Sir John
Franklin's party I leave you and your readers who have paid
attention to the case in all its bearings to judge. Whether
these men spoken of were or were not Sir John's comPanY,
little hopes can now be entertained of finding them alivte!
their
their provisions must have been expended one year, and h
fuel, which is as necessary, must have all been burned out
nearly two years

A TAX COLLECTOR.
EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONd
—On Saturday Mr. Stone,
_of inrbabitant of the parish of
an old the situation for some
tax in that parish, was
St. Mary's,,Newington, and
years as collector of the_ p
Park-street, a rill E;fsetirye e
lodged, Cam d
ae
tn town,iiorse
mboyn Sg
ee rr
taken at his residence,
geant Quinnear.
1 Piinatnissued by the Commissioners of In-
lane gaol, on:a warrant
and charging him with being a de-
come and Property- st
faulter of the money collected by him to the amount of
It appears that a discovery of the defalcation had
been •
made nearly twelve months ago, and at that time Mr.
Stone a
eabsconded. A warrant for his apprehension had been
issued
t that time by the Commissioners at Somerset
House, and it was placed in the hands of the parish co-,-
stable for execution. For some cause or other, however, it
had never been put in force, and the Commissioners, from in-
formation which had reached them, issued another warrant
which they forwarded to Mr. Robinson, the superintendent
of police of that district, and that gentleman at once placed
it in the hands of one of his sergeants, Quinnear. This act.ve
and indefatigable officer lost very little time in putting it
into force, and soon captured his man. In this, as in many
instances of a similar description, the sureties of Mr. Stone
arc unable to pay a single shilling of the defalcations, and
the consequence has been that the unfortunate rate-payers
have been compelled by A re-sews/meat to make up every
fawn of the 1,500/.

THE COUNTI
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—N0 cl
demand inactive.

x. d. 5. dl

Wheat, per 701 b :
English, white ~ 5 G to 6 01

EtY MARKETS.
;hange whatever to-day, and the

Do. red 5 4 5 7
Irish, best red .• 5 0— 5 3.
Do, lower quality 5 0 5 2
Manx, red and wh. 5 4 5 7
Dantsic, high mixed 6 8 7 0,
Do., mixed .. .. 6 0— 6 3,
Rostock, &c.. .. 6 2 6 4
Hamburgh and

Lowerßaltic7. S 6 5 9
American & f white 5 9 6 4
Canadian, t red 5 4—5 10
Antwerp & Louvain 5 6 5 8
French, red .. 5 4 5 6
Hungarian and

Mariaropoli 5 6 5 9
Odessa, Polish .. 5 5 5 6
Do., common .. 5 0 5 41
Egyptian • • .. 3 9 4 2,
Flour, English &
Irish, per 2801 b 29 0 30
Do., extra fine 31 0 32 0

d.
IDo.Meal, perl96lb 15 0 to 16 0
'Barley, English, pr

imperial quarter 26 0 —2B 0
!Irish, Scotch, and
Ilanx,per 601 b.. 3 4 3 6
Foreign, grinding 3 2 3 4
, Rye, par 601 b •• 3 3 3 2
Beans, English, pr

imperial quarir 29 0 30 0
Irish and Scotch,
per 4801 b.. .. 25 0— 27 0
Dutch .. 26 0 28 0
Egyptian .. 22 6 23 6
Peas, English, per
imperial quartr 30 0 32 0
Foreign .. 27 0— 31 0
Oats, per 451 b :
English, Scotch,
and Welsh, old
est
mealing .. 2 61— 2 7
Do., feeding .. 2 b— 2 6
Do., foreign .• 2 6 2 8
Oatmeal, English,
Scoteh,pr24olb 23 0 24 0
Irish, new .. .. 21 0— 21 6
Do., old .. 2J o—2l 0

2 9 - 2 10

United States, per
barrel .. 20 0— 23 0
Canadian •• .. 21 0— 22 0
Indian corn, per
4501 b, white .. 29 6 32 0
MANCHESTER, FEY. 15.—Nothing has yet occurred to re-
lieve the trade from the monotonous inactivity which has been
so long experienced ; the transactions during the present week
have consequently been on the same restricted scale as pre-
viously noted, any change in prices which may have taken
place being in favour of buyers. From Ireland and our own
coast the arrivals into Liverpool are only scanty, whilst the
imports from abroad consist of a moderate quantity of wheat
and beans, with a liberal supply of tour, the latter article being
chiefly from France. At our market this morning wheat re-
ceded in value Id to 2d per %lb. For Jour the demand vms
extremely limited, and in the few sales effected some conues-
sion in prices was necessary. Oats and oatmeal moved off very
slowly, and must again be noted the turn cheaper.
.NOTTINGHAII, FEB. 15.—We had a small attendance of
farmers at market to-day, and fine samples of wheat were
scarce ; such maintained their prices, but secondary and out-of-
conditioned were very unsaleable. The barley trade was very
flat, with but little business doing; we do not alter our quota-
tMns. In oats and beans no alteration.

WORCESTER, Fas. 15.—The highest general price of wheat
must be quoted at 16s per bag, but 14s 6d to 15s is nearer the
mark for average samples of English-grown. Malting barley
from 3s to 3s 6d per bushel, and distilling about 2s 9d per
bushel. English beans 4s to 4s 4d ptr bushel, and foreign from
3s 6d to 35 BJ. Old English oats 3s 2d to 3s 3d per 39,k, and
new 3s to 3s 2d. Irish 2s 6d to 81. Spring vetches As to 4s
2,21 per bushel, and winter sold at 4s 6d to 4s 10d. White peas
averaged 4s, and gray 3s 8d per bushel.
At Stourbridge on Friday there was a fair demand, and all
kinds of grain maintained last week's quotations, except a few
damp samples of wheat, which could only be disposed of at Is
per quarter less money. Average price of barley 26s 3d per
guar. er.
At Wolverhampton the supply of wheat from the farmers
was not large, but the millers were careless buyers, though
farmers would not submit to a reduction in prices , in a few
instances 6d per quarter reduction was made. Fine dry samples
of English wheat sold at last week's rates—red being worth 14.
64 to 15s 6d, and white 15s 6d to 16s per bag of 9 score 101 b.
Malting barley in less supply, and sold freely at 24s per quarter.
Beans moved off slowly at lls 6d to 12s for old, and 10a 6d for
new English. In oats little doing at 18s to .20s per 3121 b.
The price of the 41b loaf (brown bread) in this neighbourhood
is 40.
Dannitint, Fra.l3.—The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st191b, 17st 81b, and 16st
121 b. Oats, 13st 01b, llst 131 b, and lOst 61b. Barley, 16st 61b,
16st 11b, and 14st 121 b. Peas and beans, 19st 01b, 18st bib,
sad 16st 41bs.
Qrs.

Best.

Current.

Inferior.

488 Wheat ... ...... X 2 2 0 £1 15 0 £1 8 0
1224 Oats
485 Barley
51 Peas and Beans 1 9 6 1 8 0 1 4 0
Average of wheat 34s 11id.
ABERDEEN FEB. 14.—Grain—Oats (old), Os Od to Os Od;
401bs per bushel; oats (new), 15s 6d to 16s Od, 401bs per bushel;
barley, 20s 6d to 21s, 52Ibs per bushel ; bear, 1910 d to 20s

0d,521bs per bushel; wheat 46s to 005; oatmeal, 1286 d to 13s 6d
per boll ; flour, 31s to ns per sack. Provisions—Beef,
4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d
to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s to 3d ; lamb, per lb, 4d to 6d;
tallow, per stone, 3,6 d to 4s ; potatoes, per peck, 6d to 7d;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, lid to 8d; hares, each, 1s
6d to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 10a ;
eggs, per doz, 8d to lid ; cheese, per cwt, IBs to 2350 d ; hens,
per pair, 2s 6d to 3s; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducks, ditto,
Is 6d to 2s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os; turkeys, ditto, es Od
to 9s Od; geese, ditto, 6s Od to 7s; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cwt, Os to 645; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 61
to tihd ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stose of 141 be,
3s td to 3s 6d; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large,
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, is 4d to Os Od; barley dust, 7d to 8d;
peasemeal, Is 8d to is 10d; side, tid to Od ; beremeal, is 2d
to Is 3d ; flour, is 8d to 2s Od; barley, per lb, ld to 2d; barley
flour, ls 4d to is sd.
GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 13.—The numbers at
our cattle market te.day were —Oxen, 800 ; sheep, 1.,497.

The large supply of cattle caused sales to be rather slowly ef-
fected. Best ox beef aold at 45s to 46w, current from 42s to
445, inferior from 30s to 36s per cwt, sinking the offal. The
sheep market was well supplied, but no alteration in the prices
of last week. Best wethers brought 6d per Ib, current from
5d to sid, inferior from •Id to 4,1 per do, 'lnking the offal. A
few of both oxen and sheep tuinea out ur..old. Prime fed
calves in demand. Pigs dull at from 2Ss to 36: per cwt.
DUBLIN, FEB. 14.—We had an extremely dull market
to-day for every description of grain but we do not alter our
quotations of Tuesday. White wheat, 21s OA to 24s 6d ;
red ditto, 19s Od to 22s 6d ; barley, 12s ticl to 14s hd ;
oats, is 9d to los 3d ; rapeseed, Its Od to 200 Od per
barrel; oatmeal, lOs 6d to Ila 6d; second flour, per cwt,
12s 6d to 15s Od ; Indian corn, per 4301 b, 29s to 335.
CORK, FEB. 14.

The trade during the week has been quiet, and the business
passing of moderate extent, Indian corn, stocks of which are
small, being the only article in which anything like activity
manifests itself. The supplies of home grain are very limited,
the receipts for the week being only : •Wheat, 151 brls, at
16s 9d to 20s per brl ; barley, 943 brls, at to 12. s per brl ;
. .

. -
oat,, 3,857 brls, at 7s 6d to 9; S(i per brl. Whe:tt is un-
changed in value, but oats and barley manifest a downward
tendency. The business doing in prepared and loreign wheat
is very moderate in extent, and restricted to the supply of the
immediate wants of the tt ade. Egyptian, however, owing to
the demand for coarse flour, has sold pretty freely at about 17s
per brl. In barley we have no transactions of moment to re-
cord. Oats are very dull, and it is almost impossible to effect
free en board sales of the article. Prices are nominally the
same as last quoted. The flour trade continues in the same
state as last noted. Coarse qualities are scarce, and continue
in good demand. but the business passing in the finer descrip-
tions is restricted and dull. The stocks of Indian corn are

light, and this, coupled with the fact that a steady consump-
tion demand ixists for the article, has led holders to look for
an advance of 5s to 7s 6d per ton. We quote the value of the
article 7110 s to 7/. 15s per ton.
Barrels. Currency.
0 White wheat oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 stone
18 Red wheat 17s 6d to 18s 9d 00s Od-20 do