The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-05 00:00:00

10d to 14d, stained 10d to 100, good sound is d ;
heavy Pepper taken in at 18s for good ; and Malabar
Ginger at 70s for good bold rather wormy.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum, 30
per cent overproof sold at 3s 6d, 32 to 37 over 3s 8d to
3s 10d, fine 4s to 4s 6d, and extra fine 5s to 5s 6d per
gallon. Demerara 35 to 37 per cent overproof at 3s 3d
to 3s sd. Leewards, 2s 2d to 2s 2id paid for proof
strength. Calcutta Rum, at is lld to is llid per gallon,
proof strength. Brandy at the following rates :—Cognac,
best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 11d, puns
5s 9d ; 1839, hhds 5s 9d, puns 5s 7-d ;-1840,-hhds 5s 7d,
puns 5s 5d ; 1841, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; 1842, hhds
5s sd, puns 5s 3d, middling marks 3s 6d to 4s Bd, and
low 2s 10d to 3s 4d per gallon. Geneva for exportation
at is 9d ; fine pale fit for duty is 2s 2d to 3s per gallon.
English Corn Spirits and Gin firm.
SAGO.—Ordinary 13s to 14s, middling 15s to 16s, and
good to fine 16s to 20s per cwt. Sago Flour is scarce,
and 21s to .22s per cwt paid. This afternoon Pearl
Sago, at 17s 6d for good large Pearl ; small brown
taken in at 15s per cwt. Jamaica Arrowroot went at
7d to 10d, and Bermuda at 101c1 to is 2d per lb.
RlCE.—Bengal Rice upon rather lower terms, sound
taken in at lls 6d per cwt for mid white, sea damaged ;
first class at 103 6d to I Is, second do lOs to lOs 6d,
third do 9s 6d to 10s, and fourth do 8s per cwt. Java
good mid white at Ils to lls 6d, low mid and mid
10s to lOs 6d, and 4s to lOs per cwt for sea damaged;
Carolina, cleaned here, at 21s to 265, and Patna at
14s 6d to 18s per cwt. To-day Madras Rice at 9s to
9s 6d per cwt for yellow ; Bengal lls 3d to lls 6d mid
white.

INDIGO.—The inquiries have been numerous for fine
shipping descriptions of Bengal Indigo this week, and
buyers have been compelled to pay an advance on the
rates of the last quarterly sale of 4d to 5d per lb ; other
kinds have been in excellent request. Spanish is wanted,
but few parcels are to be had, and the tendency of
prices is still upwards.
OILS. —Advanced rates have again been paid for
Olive Oil; Gallipoli at 51/ to 52/, Sicily 501, Spanish
491 to 491 10s, and Barbary 48/ to 481 10s. Linseed
Oil 26s 9tl to 275. Rape Oil at 39s for pale, and 38s
for brown. For Cocoa Nut Oil 31s to 32s paid for
prime quality. Fine Palm Oil at 28s to 28s 6d, good
at 28s, middling 27s 6d, common 26s 6d, and very low
24s per cwt. For Sperm Oil the demand is good, prime
British 761 per tun; 34/ lOs per tun accepted for pale
Seal. Southern sold at 29/ lOs to 291153, and very low
271 15s; Newfoundland at 331 15s to 341 15s per tun.
TaLLow.—Town Tallow at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt,
nett cash. Petersburgh yellow candle at 40s 6d to 41s
per cwt. For delivery 42s per cwt in last three months
of the year.

AGRICULTURAL RETORT FOR
MARCH.

The present is, unquestionably, a most important
period of the year for agriculture, more particularly
as relates to ploughing the land for the reception of
Lent corn. As this operation is chiefly influenced by
the state of the atmosphere, a few remarks respecting
that experienced this month may not be out of place.
Its early part, although so closely following the" filly-
dyke" season, was seasonably fine; but, from the Bth
until the 20th, heavy showers fell almost daily in
every part of England, we might say of the king-
dom. These rains so completely saturated the soil,
especially in the lowlands—many of which were par-
tially inundated during several days—as to put a
stop, for a time, to the progress of the plough. Not-
withstanding, however, these visitations, the agricul-
ttirists were not idle; the various other matters con-
nected with farm labours having engrossed much of
their attention.

From the latter period above referred to, until the
month's conclusion, the temperature was dry, and
consequently seasonable ; hence very great progress
was made in the fields. With the exception, there-
fore, of the drawback above alluded to, there is every
reason to congratulate our readers upon the time just
elapsed. As to the position in which farm labours
now are, we have to intimate that it' is quite as satis-
factory as could be desired ; in fact, both ploughing
and sowing—which are fully expected to be concluded
within the time usually allotted to them—are suffi-
ciently forward. From time immemorial, the pre-
sence of March dust has been considered an omen
of a good future harvest ; of that commodity there
has been a fair share. Let us hope that the prognos-
tications of ancient may hold good in modern years.
A large portion of wheat, barley, and oats, including
beans and peas, has now been sown, with the land, for
the most part, in good working condition.
It affords us very great pleasure in being able to
state that the contents of the letters received from our
numerous correspondents residing in the great agri-
cultural districts are such as to enable us to convey
to our readers a most flattering statement of the win-
ter wheats. This is a subject worthy of the most at-
tentive consideration at this moment, for we need
scarcely say, that upon the present condition of the
growing crops depends, in some measure, the future
prospects of the agricultural body, increasing or les-
sening as it does the demand for the stocks of grain
on hand, and thus having a tendency to influence
prices. Some few of our statements complain of the
ravages committed by the slug ; but, considering
that the past winter has been one of comparative mild-
ness, the losses thus experienced form but a small,
very small, item for consideration. It is to be ob-
served that we have had occasion to make remarks to
the same effect as these during the last three or four
years. May not this effect have been produced by
the progress agricultural chemistry is making through-
out the length and breadth of the land ?
We are but little admirers of theory, but it
occurs to us that, in years yet to come, science
will be the general basis on which agriculture
will be conducted. To use a technical expression, so
regular have the wheats appeared that the land upon
which they are growing has almost the appearance of
a bowling-green ; while premature exuberance has
been seldom complained of.
, The corn trade of the month has not exhibited that
buoyancy of character which many persons were led
to anticipate. It is true that in its early part the
value of most grain was supported, with a steady
demand for the best descriptions ; but as it pro-
ceeded, the demand became extremely heavy, at a
decline of from ls. to 3s. per quarter in the rates of
wheat, while barley has retrograded to the same
extent. In all other corn no material variation has
been noticed, though the trade has ruled inactive. As
might be expected, this state of demand has some-
what perplexed the speculators in foreign corn, and
prevented orders to any extent being transmitted
to the various grain shipping ports up the Baltic
and elsewhere. That there is very little prospect
of any immediate improvement taking place in
the value of wheat is obvious ; but when we consider
that the produce of last year's crops was barely an
average, and that the stocks of that of home growth
are far from large for the season, we are led to con-
clude—more especially as the supply of foreign, both
free and in bond, is limited—that higher rates will be
obtained during the months of July and August.
From Scotland we learn that great progress has
been made in out-door farm labours, the whole of
which are represented as being sufficiently forward.
The wheats are looking remarkably stron6 and
healthy, but the supply of wheat and barley in the
hands of the farmers is acknowledged to be small.
he shipments of corn to England from the various
Irish ports have been small, while the different
markets have been scantily supplied : prices, however,
have undergone no change worthy of notice. Most
of the winter crops have been already sown under
favourable auspices.—Farmer's Magazine.

SUICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday at the
Welch Harp, Essex-street, Whitefriars, before Mr. Payne,
the Coroner, on view of the body of Louisa Matilda Gilligan,
aged seventeen, a professor of music and dancing, Several
witnesses were examined, but the substance of the evidence
may be briefly stated. The deceased was the daughter of a
coachmaker, residing at No. 10, Denmark-street, Soho, and
obtained her living by teaching music and dancing to some
young persons of both sexes, whom she met at Norris's Coffee-
house, Little Dean-street. About a year ago she became ac-
quainted with a young man of the name of Webster, who
frequented the same coffee-house. At her request he con-
! ducted her public balls, and very soon he paid her so much
attention that their friends believed they would be married.
The intimacy continued until about two months ago, when she
gave a dress ball at some rooms in Oxford -street. Webster, in
his evidence before the Coroner, said that his love for her ceased
at that ball ; for though he was there in characteristic costume,
she chose a young gentleman, a Stranger to him, and in Un-
dress, as her partner, in the first set of quadrilles, and during
the evening danced with a Mr. Capp, a mere acquaint-
ance. After that he had some words with her, and the
match was broken off. She was still in the habit of going to
the coffee-house every Sunday evening to meet her pupils,
and take part in what the witness called a "temperance con-
versazione ;" but after the discontinuance of her meeting
with Webster, she was pensive and thoughtful. She often
threatened to destroy herself, saving that her acquaintances
had scandalised her; and on the night of Sunday, the 25th
of February, she told Miss Appleby, one of her pupils, that
she would have a watery grave that night. A young man,
named Capp, walked home with her, but she immediately
went out again, and going direct to Waterloo-bridge, threw
herself into the water. The body was not found until Mon-
day last, when a waterman discovered it floating at Temple-
stairs. The following lines, supposed to be written in allu-
sion to her unfortunate quarrel with Webster, were found in
her box :

"Fain, fain would I my grief impart,
Yet dare not, for your anger;
But secret love will break my heart,
If I conceal it longer."
The witnesses said they thought that deceased's mind was
affected, and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary in-
sanity."
SERIOUS Loss OF SHEEP.—Within the last few days
the extraordinary number of forty-nine sheep have been lost
by Mr. Fountain, of Leake, under the following circum-
stances :—The flock was a short time since, and had been for
some weeks, kept on Swede turnips, and on being removed,
was driven for a few miles, and placed on a piece of meadow
land. The next morning, many of the sheep were perceived
to be afflicted with symptoms of lethargy, and appeared to
be otherwise quite out of condition ; and within forty- eight
hours of their being placed on the meadow land, it was found
necessary to slaughter from fifteen to twenty; since then they
have continued dying, and on Friday night the number lost
amounted, as above stated, to forty-nine. The animals, it
seems, were afflicted with inflammation of the kidneys, sup_
posed to have been produced by the distance they were
driven, and the sudden change of keep. The greater portion
of the carcases have been sent to the London epicures, and
others sold to a butcher in this immediate neighbourhood,
and have probably graced the tables of the ban vivants of
Boston—though it is but fair to state that not a single car-
case has been purcha.ted by any- butcher of the tow:L—
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