The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-24 00:00:00

IsPeaking, the demand is in a very sluggish state, but w e
have no change to notice in the ispotqions.

At per stone by the Carcass.
S. d. to s 2
. d. a. d. to s.
neer,inferlor....•• 2 0 2 Mutton, inferior •. 2 8 210
•• •• 2 4 2 6 middling.. 3 0 3
Primelarge .• 2 8 3 0 -- prime ••.. 3 10 4 0
prime small •• 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 3 6
*1"
•• •• "•••• • • 3 2 4 0 small •• •••• .• 3 8 4 0
7107ROTYGEL AND SPITAMPIELDS.
or the time of year, these markets ure heavily sup-
PI
fore,w ith
especially
lyin excellent condition. The demand,
is as Bread is extremely low in price,
in a very depressed state, and prices are not supported.
east week's imports were only 109 tons from Rouen and
10 sacks from Antwerp.
York Per Ton. Per Ton.
Bootesh-• Regents. 70s to 20s Essex
Regents....
... 55s to 75s
Regents.. 60s to 70s Kent liegents.... —s to —8
be Regents..
& Cain- Essex Regents... —s to —s
pobr!dge ........ 60s to 75s Kent & Essx. Dlid. —s to —s
Li_reign ..... 50s to 60s Kentish Red Kid. —s to —s
gent Shaves.. —s to - Cambridge ditto —s to —s
eat Shawl ...... 55s to 75 Chats ......... —s to s
riOELOUGH HOP IMAIMET.
We have a steady, but by no means brisk, inquiry
for
selected samples of Hops, at fully last week's prices.
i.a.otber kinds very little is doing at late rates. Factors'
Prices for ready money—East Knt pockets, 3/ 16s to 61
sPer cwt; ditto bags, 314 s to 5155; Mid Kent pockets, ,
te 5/ 15s; ditto bags, 21 to 41 10s; Weald of
~ent pockets, 31 6a to 41 2s ; ditto bags, 21 to 31 10s;
411186 e X pockets, 3l 2s to 4/ per cwt.
WOOL.
Since our last report the public sales have been well
attended by buyers, and nearly the whole of the colonial
oalities have changed hands at very full prices. Fine
4.1.te the Wools have met a steady competition, but most
e lop parcels have been withdrawn. The auctions
z' terminate to-morrow. By private contract there is
713.. re doing in British Wool, at extreme quotations.
/17tweek's imports were 10 bales from Ghent; 148 from
Isnill3', 40 from Adelaide, 67 from Hamburgb, 67 from
n'rt Victoria, 115 from Constantinople, 607 from the
`llll3e, and 111 bags from Bilboa.
Sine TALLOW.
ttv, e Monday last only a limited business has been
"Bloted in this market, but we have no material change
is 'notice in the quotations. To-day, P.Y.O on the spot
little . iag at 373 6d per cwt. For forward delivery very
8 doing. Town Tallow, 37s per cwt net cash;
fat 2 ld per Blbs.

1847.

1848. 1849.

1850.

1851.

Stott ,
Nee " ,"' day• • • • 12,089
e.
** I t 5.11
sod
,„tto
fi; last week .. ,079
arripai,T__JUne 1 • 68.984
bu° ~.st week . 1,031
"utoTulle 1 70,414
te Of Town
52s Od
Qb4IPEEN'S BENCH.-J.HIS DAY.)
i"e court was occupied during the morning in trying
k• tere r4rtheard which was devoid of any public
St. Mae,
en u
lvt
(SittrYlON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
rlgi at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice
WE
JERVIS and a Special Jury.)
IT LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY v. LONDON AND
Thu% NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
breaZ w" an action brought by the plaintiffs for a
(1.6:1 of covenant. The declaration stated that the
fit -"uanta had areed to lease the West London line
defendants,gia le paying 60,0001. as a third of the-
the cost, 180,000/., and allowing the company half
eyez,Profit of working the line. The defendants, how-
tate,' from the period of making the contract, had never
toneted to work the line either with passenger or
5 traffic
•
likTe,h e proceedings were at great length, and seemed
'Y to last through the whole day.
Ex

• 10,390 32,418
523 Od 40s Od
tosls6d to OsOd
1,164 2,046
81,975 78,792
181 569
44,264 :103,377

40,147
36s 6d to
Os Od
1,741
72,839

Ib6
87,515
388 6d

54s 6d i 43s Od

(Bei() CHEQUER.—(THIS. DAY.)
Thre,
ga l arrest th e the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.)
for as ille " `Jona was occupie
details of which w erd this morning with e
of an un-
an action
.Portaat
,
nature.

'44RIBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Chrk .-OCKETS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Joseph
h
Itte was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with
park Dung to pick the pockets of several ladies in Hyde-
:l at P oe, i
e -const able, 184 A, stated that about four o'clock
relay afternoon he was on duty near the Crystal
foUass-
in Hyde-park, when he observed the prisoner
d,,e ladies, and feel the outsides of their
tatiisaes•several Witness watched him, and after following him
e jsddistance, he saw the prisoner put his hand into a
k SP's
ih Pocket. Witness then rushed forward, and took
o
Ratio custody. The prisoner was searched at the
n. but nothing was found upon him.
• 14.2 e prisoner, who stoutly denied the charge, was re-
4uned until to-morrow.
eLP.
—sitliS of the PEACE, and J (ISTICES'
CLERKS
St TirE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
kott:'h---, he Bill introduced into the Houie of Com-
elerk:Y the Government, for the purpose of restricting
dttetin"." the Peace and Justices' Clerks from con-
.eise:sTerheinal prosecutions, is upon a correct. pring-
hoes' ci-,!o,should go further, namely, to restrain
• as elerks-i'' from being concerned (beyond their duty
Feb 0, as solicitors in parochial appeals. ,
1851. OBSERVER.

srb TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
tio;7"-The house I now occupy_ has thirty-two win-
ood
, and pays nearly 12/. window-tax. Sir Charles
doo, Proposes that I shall pay 8/. in future. My next-
}'gu has a house with the same number of
iiii"l°,wa but, being " wiser than the children of light,"
'locked some of his until he reduced his tax to
na;Pounde. He will now open up his windows, and
collar•°°lY 4/. a year for my 81., our howes being exactly
in all respects.
jitallY help our Chancellor to explain the wisdom and
dle of this arrangement.—l am, Sir, yours. &c.
THICK HEAD.

B,b TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Mathissaaving had my attention called to a paragraph
e Sun newspaper of Thursday last, the 20th inst.,
tetiYa to a fire on the premises of Mrs. Fletcher, at
prey of
wherein you state, " that it is suspected that it
Pre,,l°t the result of accident," and that the same
then :'es were on fire a short time ago, and there were
1014
strong suspicions on the part of the fire offices of
fee
i playa" I beg to inform you that there were not
you for are at the present time, such suspicions as
,tanuate and have published to the world.
to IVY add that the premises and stick do not belong
is ati r.
Fletcher, as you state, but to Mrs. Fletcher, who
basie:ge(l , widow lady, and has carried on an extensive
arty 14"45, as a furniture broker, far upwards of
yea --I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Leeds, p - EDWARD MAUD.

ET, eb. 22, 1851.
PA4,ragraph in question was copied from the
avertiser.—ED. Sun]
ST.
tdrarn,i. °OS'S THEATRE.—On Saturday evening
83eue ej`le Performance in aid of the Copper-plate Printers'
~."env:lt Fund was 'given at this theatre by "gentlemen
""entese with and interested in the trade." The entertauoif-
tyoueeuirnenced with Sir E. B. Lytton's play of,the Lady ,
buorrin'oB,4Ported by Messrs Bustin, Thomas, 1 ringle,
The -part of 'Pauline was sustained by Miss
1et548.1 whose imitation of an eminent actress was too close to
eneb.
ow„ 'erved ; had this 3 oung lady depended more upon
b•'irs, Powers she would have pleased us much more.
arxer, of
iztcßellaerst, Drury-lane Theatre, was the Madame
and is without doubt the best delineator of the
the London stage. Tobin's Honeymoon, in which
Hartwell, Bennett, Scares and Christian appeared,
`Leda long night's amusement.
NATIONAL
ro•th,- ARCHERY MEETING.
—The
',;t4 trt-r,"`i e for conducting this meeting, whose last toxopho-
getinelser;aY was held at Edinburgh, have just officially an-
Merin their intention of holding their eighth annual ga-
ItijshPe " eLgintt Leamington in June next, in accordance with the
'4•'Pl'etised in a' requisition signed by Lord Guernsey,
the ord
Leigh, Lord Newport, the Hon. C. Bertie Percy,
Pal 1
„rot' Buchan Mr. M. Wise, Mr. H. C. Wise, Rev. C.
anus t'° r• C. M. 'Caldecott, and Mr. B. Granville. The
Sioely Am-,e offered for competition will amount.in value to
amongst which will be some local prizes, exclu-
eetbitylrf Ilkdies. and gentlemen bond fide residing in the
map_er4:_ed.MfOmt"TtaiewiticTl"AßLE CLOTH.—M. Suer has or-
quilton.h celebrated firm of Jeffery, Morrish, and Co.,
I, ws hu; ore:a iverpool, a table cloth one hundred yards
.-"e" to cover the principal banquetting table in
Symposium, at Gore-house.
4:vr PALmansToN's ASSEMBLY.--Vicount and
Bcoontes
°TO Se ut d Palmerston gave a magnificent entertainmentto
-18 BoLaY evening, at their house in Carlton-gardens,
trite. e Yal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and a
.diqind-
circle of the aristocratic world. The guests.invite.
Idster'et tlie Prince included his Excellency the Russian Mt-
Ilion 4.4(1 the Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the SaTcli-
Clati!.4l4istr, the Marchioness of'Ailesbury, the Marquis of
the D'earde, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Earl Bruce,
eetin.-tV of
Besborough, Viscount Jocelyn, M.P., and Vis-
klb sonsui?celyn, Lady Ashley, Colonel the Hon. George
alnlePier and Mrs. Anson, &c. After the banquet Lady
Li's'Ain opened her salons for the reception of visitors.
`utteroe7sYBlliP was honoured with the presence of lac
characters
nu-
of the da'3!tnPany, including many of the politics
o Pah., •
oberCsdlTrUL ACCIDENT AT THE WATERLOO-ROAD
111°4t R,n--"This morning beetween nine and ten o'clock a
tainu„---40113 accident took place at the Waterloo-road ter-
Porte; .nt‘ the South Western Railway. Richard Bangs, a
!aged the employ of the railway company, while en-
%ree. some portion of his duties at the platform, endea-
k ip cross the line to the other side of the station, and
the eartlng the engine and tender, by some means, caused
eetne Pagee to meet each other where they had been was
e'ed, and before he could get out of the way he was
of utineed between the buffers. His screams brought several
front h`.)ther servants to his assistance, when he was released
*boot 15 fearful position, having been completely crushed fiat
keyed itbe chest and abdomen. The poor fellow was re-
'leen L.eot. Thomas's Hospital, and on his admission was
whoMlTurdo the senior surgeon, and his assistant,
eerioC'eertained that 'the internal injuries were of a most
Still ail; end complicated nature. This day at noon he was
T---ve, but faint hopes were given of saving his life.
for sialnßa DUTIES.—It is steted that the contracts
t'keaPPlYit!g timber to her Majesty's dockyards are to be
ordeßt Prices which will not include the duty; in other
Navine ' that the timber is to be served in without any duty
to snoghibeen paid upon it. The practice hitherto has been
he to. `..3. duty-paid timber, and the result of the change will
the she th-e navy estimates' look lower, at the expense of
6"atnms revenue.— Shr.pping Gazette.
announce
Op THE HON. Miss DE lios.—We regret
te. _
....ounce the demise of the above young lady, the dau.gh-
,„`,..??Lord and Lady De Ros, and niece to the Duke of Rich-
Ftr.d, who expired at the Noble Lord's town residence, on
Tee
dlast, after a short illness, in the flower of her youth.
un 4.re. informed that the Marquis of ,:allsbury
tht Ltoltfitcultlatiyrbicribeid. t4e sum of 201. to the funds of
91113-Altwen.