The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-24 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS

CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDAY'n r
Coastwise, the receipts of English Wheat up 10 gy
market
this week have amounted to 2,010 quartets'
und carriage and samples, the arrivals fresh up 'n,h
were small, and of very middling quality. Atith°7l.
the number of both town and country buyers in atteted
once was rather limited, holders of all kinds of Abe ore
ho me produce were firm, and Monday's currencies or of
supported in every instance. Nearly 6,000 quar,tedr,sor
Foreign Wheat have come fresh to hand. Selected —NC
plea sold somewhat steadily, at full prices;
the midulings
and inferior' kinds ruled dull.
The supply of English Barley was conslllidsli,
ably on the increase—that of Foreign s
Making parcels were in moderate request a.t lst,e2:atei
but grinding and distilling sorts were a dull iticluir.l ca
large quantity of Malt, nearly 7,000 quarters, beilig
offer, that article was very dull. Good sound Oats 1300;
ported lute figures without difficulty low qualities; hoe
on hand. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn,; and Flour whi-ore
change. The imports of the latter from France
3,420 sacks.

_—Flour'
Wheat. °ate.
- 1.............-...... -;-acta.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. (Pl. 31,31
English .... •• 2,010 6,590 6,450 go4o --
5c0tch........
........
Irish —
Foreign ...... 6,950

ARRIVALS THIS WEER

Barley.

Malt.

1,200 13,42e
--
SAO

1,140
SIOZITHZTELD.
Notwithstanding that the supply of Beasts in to•
ore
market was small, and that the weather we9:011
favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade rule! ode)'
3s
at prices barely equal to those obtained oil
sd Lu°olD.
il
the extreme value of the best Scots being
With Sheep we were seasonably well supPliecl'odilf
breeds were in good request, and a clearance wsBrat old
effected, at full rates of currency—the Pri°e",, the
Downs selling readily, at 4s 4d per 81bs. Cal— but
supply of which was modera'e, moved off sloe Pork
we have no change to notice in their value. for'
trade was heavy. The few Mitch Cows brough" All
• •
ward sold at from 141 to 181 each, including their
calf.

8
Per Blbs. to sink the offal. .03.4' d.
8. d. to s. d. 3 4 1°
Inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep '3 8 3
Second quality -• •• 4 ,
Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Coarse-weolledditto44
Prime Scots ...• .. 2 6 3 8 SouthdownWether 00 6
Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Ditto out of the wee,2 10 s 4 0
Primesmall ditto .. 3 8 310 Large Hogs •• •• •• 3 8 „, 0
Suckling Calves •• 18 0 24 0 Small Porkers •• "•18 0 -
Lambs •• ••• • • 0 0 0 0 Quartz!' old Pigs • •
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Pigs
Sheep. Calves. I 300
3,020 1 200
SCOTCH. PIO
I Sheep. Calves. I
40
FOREIGN SUPPLY. 1194-
80
Beasts. I Sheep. Calves.
184 680
ZTENATGATE AND ZialiliZl472AyZ' ow"'
These markets ruled heavy, ou the followingter
At per stone by tee Carcase. 0. d. to °;
s. d. to 8. d. 2 3
'.eet,interlor.• •• 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior" 2 106 10
middling 2 4 2 --- middling" 38 ; 6
primelarge 2 8 30 I -- Prime .96 4-
prime small .. 3 2 3 4 1 Pork, large •••" • 3 8 -
'I •al •••••••• • • • • • • 3 0 310 -- small • • ....
nonouGs HOP
There is rather more business doing in "`
,11 ten'
and, in some instances, prices have anuria. lore
oof
dency, notwithstanding that the supply on offer Is
ock
Factors' prices, viz., ready money—East KentP 5/ 50;
per cwt., 31 15s to 61 15s; ditto bags, 31 4s 10 2/ WMid Kent pockets, 21 5s to Si 15s; ditto bags.O hol,
41 10s; Weald of Kent pockets, 314 s w4l ; (IW
21 to 3/ 10s; Sussex, 21 16s to 31 14s.
COMONX,A.Z. ll tbdij
SUGAR.—The market has been extremely di3fo.o-
week for all descriptions, and prices have ruled In Ai, go
of buyers. Barbadoes by auction has realised
44s for low mid to fine yellow. at 49°
REFINED.—Brown grocery lumps have been
per cwt. e rtle,l
EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been rather -13,,,gp-
brown 326 to 36s 6d, and yellow 37s to 423. .`1;004
declined 6d, 6,046 bags being offered. B,nare°l4lo
and fine white brought 434 to 455, and low and fni" 600
to 42s 6d; fine yellow-like Mauritius 40s to 41°10
grainy white 48s 6d to 495 6d; and fine strong rill
44s 6d to 45s 6d. Madras, 3 597 bags, only 130,
Al'd -004
found bu 3 ets, and at rather lower rates; mid and
mid yellow 35s to 37s 6:I; and Native kind 316 "
33 6d. ; 01°
FOREIGN.—Very little has been done, and Pees
barely been maintained. d, 6f3P
COFFEE.—The market has been very dePr'l6eNatif9
there is not the least disposition to operath,.,olo,
Ceylon has declined to 495, and 48s for ord. 0'
sold at 55s to 583 for low mid and mid bold coloeqii to
61s to 54a for fine and fine fine ordcoloury, and 1300 d g°
bBs for pea-berry. MochA has been quieter' 533 t 0
barely firmer prices. Madras has been sold a"t. pal
58s fur low mid, and at 481 for good ord. Plsa.
has been taken in at 43s to 44s for good ord roil° a fot'
r; staro_,
Bahia at 453 to 466 for pod end tine ord, h blow--
low mid. A cargo of 2,000 bags St. Doming°
sold afloat, supposed at 44s per cwt. h bel
COCOA.—Not much has been done. Bahia -,a6a so
-
taken in at 30s to 31s. Red Trinidad is 525 10
""
grey 48s to 525. cd to 4 ,1
Sracus.—Cassia Lignea has been sold at 389 " ,t,
for very low and broken, and mid white PePP ,:r 131117
per lb, other parcels selling at 6d to lid per 51-
tends upwards. Malabar 3id to 3i, and other es rto ono
to aid. Nutmegs have been in good demand; 101 l r, /IP
brown 2s 8d to 3s 7d. Mace has been rather ea 95s to
2s Id to 28 5d per lb. Jamaica Ginger realize, st
1003 for mid and good, and Calicut was taken `-
to 100 s for small to good bold. a 10
RlCE.—Prices have been steady, but with fe-,
doing. dope 1
COTTON.—A moderate business has been -
steady rates.
RUM.—This article is quieter. neptedi
SALTPETRE.—Rather lower rates have been ae—
with limited 'sales. sa

Boasts.
605

Beasts.
31

TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been inactive at 370 ,
37s 6d per cwt. on the spot. 1, so
TRA.—There has beenno great disposition to del!. Toet
prices have ruled heavy, but opinion is rather in 'fiefirlf
of the article, as the shipments from China are f'd the
4,000,0001bs less than in the former season,
stocks here are much lower than last year, °llicas;
,000,0001bs, taking the whole of the United Nillgd
ord
while the consumption has increased. Ord to 0,45:
Congou is worth lid to Is id, but mid is Id to s'io ba;
Pekoe kind, la 4d to Id 80; Twankay good ord goal
mid, 100 to Ild; Canton kind, 8d to 9d; HYS°I3OII7I/).
ord,_ is 2d to is 3d; and Imperial, is 3d to 2s 6d Pool
GREEN FRIJIT.—OraDges are lower. Tbreforo.ol
from St. Michael and a parcel per steamer from Lisudoodofi
by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at reod i;
of 2s to 3s per package. Lemons have iraPr° 00
price, the stock being less than has been the.cjoisP#
some seasons past. The stock of Chesouts is aiwosber
hag, and any of sound character are in request,
kind of nuts without alteration.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY„:0)p0084
The Lord Chancellor, after disposing of the unt73o far
lunatic petitions in his paper, proceeded to blrinneo
then arguments in the part-heard appeal o'
Sayer, which occupied the Court the whole 113°`"
ROLLS' COURT. THIS DAY oin;
Do
His Lordship, the Master of the Roils, after diner
of the case of Cunliffe v. Whalley heard 03°ti°
nothing of interest occurred during' the morui°S.
VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS D
E)„
(Before the Vice-Chaucdlor 13141)"„„e
His HONOUR having disposed of the tfooPrtips "4
tions in his paper, proceeded to bear excePJl
further directions.
ROGD E N v. THE SoUTH•EASTERN ft the
The arguments in this case occupied tile
whole morning. 0.)40f
(Before the Vice-Chancellor Lord CRAM-
His Lordship heard unopposed cause p etiti°lr
of which there were no less than 55 in his rirrein. 13
g •-
case of public interest came before the Court ciu
.
entire morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH—•THIS D4.3i10"
The Court sat in Banco this mn" andr; Pet'
gurneots on demurrer in CBS9Niorn
none of which possessed the slightest public int

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DJtlape.)rAla°'
The Court proceeded with the demurrer
day, but the cases argut.d during the morning
void of interest.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(TLIIS DAY.) r
The Court sat this Enernin c Westraiost;et.
heard appeals, of which there wgtre five on the 11:-,;
The Court WAS occupied the whole morning to
tog parish appeals. -

ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.--YeSter"%illtlift
was a large attendance of persons concerned in thed,"e salted
up of this company, before Master Richards, wile" roceetheg
ment of the supplemental list of contributories WO Ptv, sigo,
with. Mr. George Webster, one of the writers to tthe list for
in Scotland, objected to have his name placed on for the
500 shares. On the other side Mr. Daniel, coursed.
official manager, contended that it should be retainetbe se!:
Master adjourned the case. In proceeding throug4,,,o
plemental list, objections, chiefly technical, were ta"',.e t 13,11"
most every case, so that at the end of a sitting of tn°.:gre, dts
two hours, very few matters, and those unopposed, the wow-
posed of, and to most of the names were appended t 7
" query" and " adjourned."

LITERATURE.

HARRISON AINSWORTH'S ROMANCES.
Ns. XIII. and Xi V.—The Lancashire Witches.
2 Vols.
With these two volumes the cheep republication of
Mr. Ainsworth's romances has been brought to a
"finlusien. Fourteen volumes, in every respect
beautifully "got up," and comprising, besides other
shorter and less popular productions, his ten most
celebrated fictions, have yielded to the subscribers a
little library of romance. By a very appropriate ar-
ranAement, the last work contained in the series, the
°ne now lying before us for consideration, is the very
00e the scene of which lies principally in the native
county of the novelist,:among " the:woods and wilds," we
InaY presume to have been familiar to his childhocel.
Pe ape Forest has been selec'ed by him for the head-
quarters of the heroes and heroines of his " Lan-
Vshire 'Witches," that tale wierd and marvellous.
Yet any more explicit reference to the work here
notice d would be scarcely short of an inipertineree,
see
ti Ing that the merits of the narrative are by this
rnio tolerably well known to the nojerity of the
,eaders of imaginative literature. The excellence of
the cheap edition of Harrison Ainsworth's ro-
tpnces has been practically acknowledged by
of
.public through the extraordinary , rapidity,
its circulation—several of the earlier vo-
'nines being already, by this time, wholly cut of
Pistint- It is consequently with pleasure that we ob-
se
so announcement intimating their speedy re-
Production in an improved form, each volume to be
printed in uniform type throughout. The fact must
be satisfactory to as
the romancist, inasmuch it
ti kffurdLs a very visible testimony that the cheap edi-
on nas tended to extend his popularity among the
masses, and in this manner to advance most mate-
rially his
already large reputation. Among the
readers of Harrison Ainsworth it is obviously un-
ofecherry te remark upon the prominent peculiarities
diff i-
erent. It
genius as a novelist. With others it may be
may be as well, for example, to remind them
Flat in the
very selection of his subjects our romancist
has ,h
•ta k. °wn that his genius is essentially national in
Ith ind, racy of
the soil, growing as it were out of
inest warmth of his patriotism. In this manner, for
msoli.n,ee, be has flung the fascinating and fantastic
pas'
of his fancy over the palatial halls of Eels-
Well-linking his own memory with the venerable
and
08,ef,...the Tower of London, of St. James's Palace,
ea; , Windsor Castle, and summoned again into
.B'enee Cathedralcleared away for the foundatioa of the present
Witi)derstructure. In he
Rookwood," again, the
Rinatioannd mysterious creatures of the ima-
-I,beingwere redoubled in their awfulness
°ecur intimately blended with every-day
renees—a bolder venture than was ever made
even in her most daring movements by the genius of
o"intnhelta„de..lifie. In " Crichton," the marvellous story
yen Incomparable" was told with a power and
atpiltiattGmtY which but few writers of fiction could have
ed
like n
; and this, as well as other works of the
Rind from the same hand, was profusely embel-
ed with snatches of song and ballad, which, from
heir Peculiar combination of grace and vigour, have
Placed Plarrison Ainsworth in the ranks of our first
,• a, Seizedforce the popular imagination with a
'Vain
that calumny and vituperation have in
attempted to shake off—presenting to the
pi'lnd's eye" of the reader one of those powerful
h„,etnres, criminal and lugubrious in its nature, in the
Ire-1,11'12Z of which, in another way, Hogarth has in-
hi3 name with immortality. A grand moral
, saassn
in the narrative of the housebreaker, and
• n
wall a terrible power—yet for the sake of a
hast for the sake of a semblance of morality, the bock
vili been scouted as pernicious in its tendency and
the fictions
in its character. Perhaps the finest of all
9. in this Rembrandt-like gallery of romance
these one Which we have not yet particularized,
be favourite of its author, the beautiful and
these story of the " Miser's Daughter" With
h_ese for his subjects, William Harrison Ainsworth
Way
Contrived to win himself a popularity which in no
hiaY. Rives token of its diminution. On the contrary,
2._lnduence as a romancist appears to be increasing
r'reeptibly among the masses—insomuch that we
allgar well for the reception of the reprint of his pre-
sent cheap republication.

Q4117R ; a Novel. By the Author of " The Ogilvies.'
3 Vuls. Chapman and Hall.
The authoressof " The Ogiivies" found many ad-
baier% for her first novel. The story was not a
KIli-leasing one, but the character of the impassioned
atherine was depicted with so much force and ap
Parent truthfulness as to render her history most in•
il'esting and to a certain extent attractive. A very
""fferent 'heroine has now engaged the same powerful
gPea• Instead of the violent and selfish Katherine
gthls we have the gentle, devoted Olive, deformed
13ers°n, but gifted in intellect, and richly endowed
Yet greater blessings—a loving heart and a meek
is nu qu let spirit. The beautiful character of Olive
delicately drawn and effectively developed. The
znother of Olive, a silly, thoughtless woman, who at
first recoils in horror from her infant when she dis-
:°hvers its deformity, and afterwards depends with a
submission upon her strong-minded,
gentle-hearted daughter, is well sanie stern Described. The
archaracteristics which, to our thinking,
red "The Ogilvies," are, however, to some extent
- le in " Olive." The artist, to whose teaching the
hitiletne owes so much, is somewhat repulsive, and
areal 14 the character and alternations of mind
of
e-d (the hero) are portrayed with con-
seiderable Power, there is something in his story,
avneda in the fact of his position—a clergyman
Withinan infidel—which, although of course
the l• •
_ units of possibility, is not in harmony with
'4.sYropathies and tastes of the generality of readers.
atit,w. e must not expect too much. Few writers can
eanalbine opposite characteristics ; and a pen which
, Powerfully describe strong emotions may natuz
hraoiwlye be deficient in softness. The author of ".olwiv.en,g
thes 'Jar) can occasionally infuse into her drawing
the e touches of nature which give an attraction to
the least attractive theme. The sister of the artist,
so_enlother of Harold, the old Scotch aunt, and.
i others of the characters introduced in
Olive" are so attractive and aS
ake
seen
no „ll
us regret that the authoress so
shouldnatural ever
she can Y
a° to astonish and to pain her readers, when
easily fascinate and delight them.
The
ROMANCE of the PEERAGE. By G.
Lillie
Craik
at That truth • Vol. Chapman
and Hall.
ls stranger than fiction is verified in the
tovv'lge and interesting events recorded in this work,
wheth°llepleted by the publication of the third volume.
stories er
regarded only as a collection of romantic
chapter
or as a supplemental and most attractive
by
kl,h" to the
of history of Great B
unritain,
s folded
,44-v4r. Romance
Craik, is at once a most interest-
tere.od most useful contribution to historical litera-
of his 4414 mg the most conspicuous and attractive
1)114 stories in this third volume, is that of Anne
eas of Monmouth and Buceleuch, to whom the
v 1,2 minstrel " recited his memorable " lay," and
dumeutsieontnisfortunes are commemorated in the intro-

46
Tho ugh
----- she had known adversity,
born of such a high degree,
In pride of power and beauty's bloom,
}-11(1 wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb."

ear",B4SSINATION AT VERSAILLES. —On Sunday,
Perren, of the Ist regiment of Carabiniers, stationed.
e Petites Ecuries at Versailles, passed an inspection ofd
Ureet°7lPanY, and severely rebuked one of the soldiers,thneamdaey
beforte or not having his arms in good order; and, as
tilt the man had not appeared at muster, the captain
anreettned him, in the event of his again. offending, to re-
Priv: 4'1.41 from the first class of the repiment, and to de.
fane,;hlnl of place he held in the fencing school. Grut
ane,:4lg that the captain had conceived hatred against him,
his tVta,
itreating him with injustice on that account, loaded
the —°` and Waited. for the captain on a staircase. When
PitorirfiTanate ,breast appeared the. man dischargerdeatuhde,
and th, gn,t in hi. The captain fell to. the g
the eo,, 441 every assistance was afforded to him he died in
resist:l'Be of a few hours. The assassin made no attempt al : peenat
and
d was secured; his conduct in the regiment bad
goo.
ha, 1, tbORE POWDER MAGAZINE.—PubIic attention
0,1; 'Jaen aroused to the extremely unguarded and danger-
swa c"ndition of the powder magazine at Laudore, near
powder This magazine, which contains a store of gun-
ys er amounting to nearly six tons, is situated in deo ger.-
is d• Pr°:timity to the South Wales Railway, from which it
_ e istant only a few yards, and it is nightly passed by TIU•
ro
I as workmen hearing lighted torches, and often carrying
inangerous combustibles. The danger, however, is greatly
the:eased at the present time, from the fact that there is in
Iti; roof a hole nearly half a yard square; and should fire by
tore,
chance communicate with the interior through this aper-
re, the consequences would be fearful to contemplate.
rnt CORNWALL RAILWAY.—We hear that this
II-
°", _Net Will be forthwith achieved, and that arrangements are
, n utg y which the Cornwall Railwa y Coin-
VtaY makin
will carry out theirexistin railwayg from Plymouth to Pal-
ih, as intended when their Act was obtained.
antxrLosioN or A. MAIL SAO.—An accident of a
gular nature, and likely to have been attended by great
oeenience occurred to the Canterbury letter-bag from
.!-ondon, en donday night. On arrival at Dover (whither
'lle Canterbury mail is conveyed), it was thrown on the
cart, when a sudden and violent explosion took place, re-
aenibling the firing of a rocket; and, on opening the bag, it
"le
..as discovered that the contents were on fire, but, owing to
tight manner in hich th letters and pape were Packed, fee/ were burntw , the fire smouldering more.rs Wag'Bow-
many were scorched and blackened. A box, which it
.esupposed occasioned the explosion, was detained for fur.-
t_nar inquiry. Whatever it was that caused the accident, it
sw, evident that the explosion arose from the tag being
•nrown u,
o which brought the combustible into forcible con-
tact—Kentish Observer.
ThSTATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—
ere is no decided change in the yarn market since Tues-
e.4l3',the same features continuing to appear, the slight altera-
11'gtriaprices favouring the buyers as before ; notwithstand-
,ot for,trinis e manufacturer:, are still well engaged; if it were
, the dullness of the market would be felt more.
tilutgands ntho . ere is a little more inquiry since Tuesday, but
re Di cbange in prices.