The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-15 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET.—Dec. 13.

The sup'ly of wheat from our farmers to-day was less than of
late, and the sale was quick, at an advance of Is. per quarter on
the, best samples. Of Oats the' supply was liberal, with a good
demand, and the whole went off freely, at late prices. Barley
keeps moving off, though slowly, many of the principal buyers
being stocked for the present. Fine Malt, steady sale. Little
doing in Rye. Beans and Pease as our last. Fresh Flour sells
readily, but at the annexed low prices:—
New. Old.
%Vhe-J, Northumberland ............ r,..,.. 41s. Tis. 4141
-- - Norfolk and 5ti1101k..... ....... r.9.. 415...... 39.. 416.
Berwick and Scotch 3(l*. - 5....... —a. 391.
_ For,ign
Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 934..`3•....... -...6...,-.s.
-- Foreign 111:. 324 ......, .., ,:
Barley, Malting, Norfolk And Suffolk... 2114. 3.54 —a..-s. I'
Grinding and Feeding. "'a. 28+ —s. —a. :1
):Alt, N.,,r,,ik and Suffolk 574. 60. —s. 575. 3.
—..
Beans, Small "s~:Yis
—.--.• Tick 144. 35: -41 S 1J
tease, White 114 Stk. ... —,„ ~.I.
Gray "44. f 1.13:......, -s. —4.
Oats, N 4thitinherland, l'otatoe .•,. 24. 241. 27..
------... Feed
Foreign
I Io 1 ,r. FOlO 11m r sack) —s.— .

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEc. 13.
Our cotton-market has been in an unsettled and depressed
state throughout the week, particularly on Tuesday last, when
there were some forced sales made at a decline of Id. per lb.
on the highest point of improvement. The market, though
still flat, is evidently more steady, and purchases cannot be
made so well as on the day alluded to by II per lb. The
decline since yesterday week is id. per lb. on American, par-
ticularly of the common to fair qualities. Little change in
Brazil, save Bahia, which are id. lower, and Surats are
somewhat easier to buy. Speculators have taken 4,500 bales
of American ; 1,000 Surats are declared for auction on Friday
next. The import is 25,553 bags, and the sales are 9,000
bags—namely, 80 Sea Island. 191 to 23d. ; 3,640 Boweds,
81(i. to ; 2,350 New Orleans, 81-d. to 11:>;d. ; 1,520
Alabama, fve„ 80. to lOid. ; 110 Pernams, 131 d. • 100
Bahia, 11id. to 12d. ; 930 Maranham, 12id. to 131d1 ; 20
Demerara, iold. to 131 ; 100 Egyptian, 16d. ; and 100
Surats, 7d. to Bd. per lb.
Our cotton-market appears rather more settled than it has
been, and the business done amounts to about 2,500 bales, the
greater proportion to the trade, and a few taken on specula..
tion—namely, 50 Maranhams, 131 ; 50 Pernams, I3d. ; a few
Surats, 7id. ; and the remainder in American, from 81d. to Ild.

Comparative view of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into
and from the whole Kingdom, from the Ist of January to the
6th inst., and of the imports and exports for the same
period last year.
Into the kingdom this year.

Bags.
American 700,626
South American
West Indies, Demerara, &c.
East Indies
Egypt, &c.

Total of all descriptions 900,531
Same period last year.
Bags.
American
South Americus 162,222
\Vest Indies, Demerara, &c 9,640
East Indies 88,440
Egypt, &c.
Lcreasc of imports as compared with
the same period last year . 13,342
Exports in 1834.
American, 42,955..—8razi1, 11,333—East India, 33,766—0ther
kinds, 10.

Total in 1834 . . ... .
Same period last yew, 68,876

TONS OF BIBLES !—At a i.3.1)1e Society. last week,
one of the speakers said, " formerly they used to hear of so
many copies being exported, but he was glad to announce that
no less than 40 tons were 'going off to Jainaica."..-:..Chester
Courant.
GENEVA.—According to a statistical account
recently published, the medium age of both solos in the city
of Geneva is at present 41 years, and the probable duration of
life 45. For the female sex the first is nearly 43 years, the
latter nearly 49. In the latter half of the 16th century, the
average at Geneva was only 21 years and two months; the
probable duration eight yews and seven months. One birth is
reckoned to take place for every 46 inhabitant.. The propos'.
tion of male to female children is that of 13 to 12 ; in Franca
it is as 17 to 16. Illegitimate births appear to be nearly equal_
The natural children, during late years, have only amounted
to about a thirteenth of the whole number of births. It is truss
that the mothers of these children very frequently retire into
the country for their confinement, and foreigners are sent mat
of the canton before that period arrives. One marriage is cal-
culated for every 70 inhabitants, and one divorce in 44 mar-
riages. The average number of children born in wedlock is
about 241, and hi France it is 3.8 ; formerly in Geneva it was
four. On the other hand a great number of children died
young. The greatest number of births occurs in the first fivel
months of the year; from December to April are the most
deaths ; the months of June, July, and August have the fewest
births. The births and deaths are nearly equal in Geneva.
The increase in this city. which in 1806 numbered only! 22,000
inhabitants, and which now amounts to 27,000, is principally
to_be attributed to the permanent influx of foreigners.