The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-18 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.
A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in
to-day's market. The attendance of buyers was by no
means numerous, yet the demand for all kinds was firm,
at prices fully equal to Monday's improvement.
We had a steady, though not to say brisk, sale for foreign
wheat, at extreme currencies. The show of samples was
very moderate.
Floating cargoes of grain, off Falmouth, was held for
more money.
Barley and malt on former terms; but the inquiry for
those articles was rather inactive.

Oats, beans, and peas were in moderate request, on
former terms.
We had a steady sale for flour, at full quotations.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK
Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats
English 740 90 i 2,140
Irish
Foreign 8,760 3001

Flour.
860

4,510 j 1,940 sks
I blr

WHITECHAPEL.

The trade generally is very inactive, as follows :
Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ;
lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s
2d to 4s 2d per 81)4., by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market to-day is very firm, and in some instances
prices have an upward tendency.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YasTERuvr.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 15 11 151
Antwerp
Brussels — 24 971 25 24
Hamburgh
Paris 3f
Short. 25 21 25 71
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine —115 i
14 0 15 0
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 311 32
Madrid
Cadiz — 49 49
Leghorn — 30 90 31 20
Genoa .— 25 90 26 0
Naples
Palermo — 117 1171
Messina — 1171 1171
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

• •
E.I. bla. House Ms. 60d
•• 231

Calcutta, Co.'s rupee
Bombay ditto - .
Madras ditto
6I•
East India Company's B ills
Maydrawn, from tho 2d to
the 10th .

Bengal .....................
Bombay .............
Madras ..................

£0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

LO 0 0

Of all combinations, and combinations are now
prevalent, the most important is that uniting the photogra-
phic art with portrait engraving. We have seen many en-
graved portraitures, calling forth much admiration, pro-
duced by the pencil and the graving tool alone, but these
are mere relies of a by-gone age now that photography
gives the engraver the very reflex of the countenance he is
required to produce upon steel. Amongst our portrait en-
gravers of the higher class, Mr. W. Roll takes very elevated
rank, and perhaps his happiest effort is one of his most re-
cent works, a portrait of Professor Holloway ; this has been
attained by the happy combination of art we allude to, and is
pronounced by competent judges equally excellent as a life-
like portrait as it is beautiful as an artistic effort.
We understand that Mr. Holloway had been re-
quested to publish a portrait of himself, especially
by his many foreign friends, for a long time with-
out avail, but yielding to solicitation, he has now
had one executed in the best possible manner, which he offers
to those who desire to possess it, at one-half the price at
which it is produced, and in such a form as may be deemed
most desirable, recommending itself as much on account of
its merits of manipulation as it does for its faithful delinea-
tion. The proof-impressions (with autograph), may now be
obtained in a very unique frame, elegantly got up in crimson
Utrecht velvet and gold, forming a worthy accompaniment
to this excellent portrait, suitable to be hung in the cabinet,
drawing-room, or boudoir—its truly chaste design ensuring
it a favourable reception everywhere. These may be had,
framed as we have described, size 15in. by 13in. at 10s. 6d.
each, packed in a case and forwarded carriage free by send-
ing a post .office order, or postage stamps, to Mr. Holloway's
establishment, 244, Strand, London. We may also mention
that in order to secure his friends proofs possessing that
sharpness of line deemed so essential by admirers of en-
gravmg, Mr. Holloway
.has determined that only a very
limited number sholl be asued.

MR. WILLIAM BEAD ON.

[Our contemporary, the West Somerset County
Gazette of last Saturday, furnishes full particulars
respecting the Ballot candidate for Taunton ; it
seems he had occupied a somewhat more public
position in the district than our inquiries had led
us to suppose. His highest position, in our eyes,
is his readiness to fight the battle, irrespective of
party, for what we both deem the most substantia]
of reforms.]—ED. " SuN."
Some years ago we-gave our readers sketches of
certain notabilities connected with Taunton, which
were discontinued in consequence of some adventi-
tious circumstances.our London contemporary,
The Sun, having published the above laudatory
article on Mr. W. Beadon and the Liberal party
with which he is identified, seems to confound M:e.
William Beadon with some other individual; and
we are therefore induced to make some comments
upon the subject.
The late candidate, who has aim;- s evinced
a deep interest in great political questions, is
a country gentleman, residing 0;.1 his estate, in
one of the most strikingg and_ handsome places
to be seen in this neighbourhood ; and he is
a Justice of the Peace for two counties, namely,
Somerset and Devon. His father, who was a
near relative of the late Dr. Beadon, Bishop
of Bath and Wells, was also a country gen-
tleman, one of the oldest magistrates for Somer-
set, and, according to Burke, sprang from
a very ancient Devon family. On his mother's side
Mr. W. Beadon has a long and strong connection
with the town and neighbourhood of Taunton,
being descended from the ancient family of Mus-
grave and from the Hammets, the latter of whom
represented the borough in Parliament during a
long series of years in the person of Sir Benjamin
Hammet (a great benefactor to the town), and his
'two sons, James and John. Mr. Beadon adopted,
and for awhile followed, the honourable profession
of medicine, of which he has always expressed him-
self an ardent admirer, and which, by enabling him
to have the privilege of free and kindly intercourse
with the humbler classes, he has publicly stated, led
him to become acquainted with the wants of the
working classes, and the wrongs inflicted upon them
by class legislation and oppressive laws. Although
deeply interested in the prosperity of the soil, he
early recognised the injustice of the corn laws, and
was one of the first to join the Anti-Corn-law
League, to which he rendered such essential aid
that he received a vote of thanks from the Council
of that Association. It is not forgotten that the
landed aristocracy determined to hold a series of
county meetings for the avowed purpose of " put-
ting down the League." The first of these was at
Bridgewater, having been convened through an
influential requisition to the High Sheriff. Mr.
Beadon thereupon boldly published a handbill in
the county, calling on the people to support a coun-
ter resolution at the meeting, which he declared it
to be his determination to move though he stood
alone. He kept his word, and moved a vote of
thanks to the League:for their patriotic efforts; and
the result was that the High Sheriff was obliged to
declare the amendment carried, to the dismay of
the landed aristocracy, whose frowns, of course, he
has had to endure in no measured degree. Mr. W.
Beadon's speech on that occasion received a com-
plimentary notice in the Times newspaper. The
people assembled at night before his house and
cheered him most lustily, and a demonstration was
made in his favour by the neighbouring town of
Wellington. The effect was, as might be antici-
pated, to put a stop to the projected county meet-
ings, which at first threatened t•.) be so formidable+
as to throw some damp on the League.
It will be gratifying to Mr. W. Beadon to know
that these facts are not forgotten, as well as many
others affecting the 'general and local welfare, in
which he has taken an active and consistent part.
Having injured his health by his exertions against
the bread tax, he has retired far many years past
to his estate on the Hills, whence he has always
shown a readiness to come to the support of the
cause of rational liberty, and where, we have reason
to know, he is respected by his neighbours, however
they may differ from him in political opinions. Our
contemporary, The Sun, will see that Mr. Beadon
is something more than a private gentleman, and
that he has strong claims upon the public.