The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-27 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENT AT ST. rAues.

Mr. HAYWOOD presented a report on this subject,
in which he stated that the plan proposed for throw-
ing open to the public the western area in front of
St. Paul's Cathedral, and for widening the thorough-
fares around the cathedral, would afford a carriage
way of an uniform width of forty feet between Paul's-
chain and Ludgate-hill, and thereby prevent the con-
stant inconvenience arising to the public from the
stoppage of vehicles and the dangers of collision, so
frequently occurring in the present state of that im-
portant thoroughfare.
The report having been received,
Mr. BARBER. took occasion to state that he bad re-
cently received a letter from the canons and minor
canons of the cathedral, expressive of their desire to
see the proposed improvements carried out ; and he
hoped, after the liberal speech of his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury at the Mansion-house on last
Friday, in connexion with the great Exhibition of
1851, that this project would meet with no obstruc-
tion to its completion before that event should take
place, from those ecclesiastical authorities whose ap-
proval was an indispensable preliminary.
Adjourned.

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EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT
FRAUD AT NEWCASTLE.
An application was made to the sittingma aglaissttr,abtes
at the police-court in this town on Tuesdyand Mry
Mr. W. J. Thompson, of North Shields,v
i•
Re
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extraordinary Clay, o f
Newcastle,
attempt
at hearfrau edimddeaniCee respect--
sons who had been lately app
The particulars of the case are
these :—ln
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of July, 1849, Mr. the same' timee
in business as brokers, received at
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'Thompson and Mr. Clay, who ar
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tlementthe prices specified in the instructions.
These coals were to be shipped in certain French
vessels, which had been chartered in Nantes, and
several' of the French ports in the Channel, by M.
Moult, a French broker at Nantes. Fifty-six French
vessels accordingly arrived in the river Tyne, con-
signed to these gentlemen, but, as the reference given
by Michellon aryl Co. did not seem satisfactory, they
applied to the French Consul at Newcastle, with the
captains of the vessels, for his advice on the subject.
An inspection of the correspondence satisfied him that
the captains had been the victims of a fraud attempted
on M-ssrs. Thompson and Clay, or the coalowners of
Newcastle, by a gang of swindlers in France. Under
these circumstances they declined to load the vessels,
which were accordingly detained in the river for z-ever4l
weeks, awaiting further instructions. The opinion
of the Consul proved correct, for a 3 soon as the ficti-
tious house of Michellcn and Co. were aware that the
loading of the vessels had been stopped they absconded.
It then appeared that the house of Michellon and Co.
had carried on their operations on a most extensive
scale, the principal seat of their business having been
established at Lyons, in the beginning of 1849. The
parties were, Francois Pes re, a watchmaker living at
Nantes, a liberated convict ; Auguste Michellon, ex-
clerk in the dockyard at Toulon, living at Lyons;

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Fanny Battin, his wife; anti Jean Julea Dague
soi-disant Saint Award, lsodowner and mer-
chant, lately a bankrupt, residing at Lyons.
The principal part of their professed business was
to rneive credit in foreign countries; and, at the
same time that they had begun the transaction
with Newcastle, they had given numerous orders in
Switzerland for watches and jewellery, and, under
false pretences, bad obtained authority from various
persons to receive money in Jersey and North Ame-
rica. Information, however, having been received,
suspicions were roused, and the susp.cted persons
were arrested. A warrant from the Juge d'lnstruction
at Nantes has been received in this town, through the
Consul, re-questing the Mayor to take the examina-
tion of Messrs. Thompson and Clay, to he used on
the trial as evidence against the prisoners, and it was
arranged that such evidence should be embodied in an
affidavit, and attested before the magistrates. The
trial will take place at Nantes as soon as the prelimi-
nary proceedings are completed.—. Newcastle Journal.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, MARCH 26.
Our market this day was fully attended, and we had a more
liberal supply of wheat. It sold at a trills advance upon late
prices. B irley was in considerable supply, and many of the
malsters being about to give up steeping for the season, caused
it to drag heivily, and a reduction of is per quarter was gene-
rally submitted to. All other articles nominally the same.
PER QUARTER. PIA QUARTER..
Wheat, red .... 37s to 3'a Peas . 26s to GOs
Ditto, white
Barley, malting
Ditto, grinding 20s to 00. Malt . . . 001 to 00s
Beans ... . 26s to 00. Flour, per sack ... 00s to 00.
AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING MARCH 23, 1850.
Wheat ...
Barley
Oats ....... „ —s. Od.
13 „ 225. 9d.
—l. Od.

Beans
Peas .....
HULL, Maack! 26.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—The weather
since our last has been very severe, and on Sunday we had a
heavy fall of snow. The trade has more tone and firmness,
but transactions are still without extent. Our farmers mode-
rate their supply , and millers not being in stock, have to pal
Is advance on last week's rates: foreign is held for more
money, but sales are quite in retail. Malting barley neglected:
grinding sorts go off at our currency, which is very low. Beans
al-0 offering at a speculative price. Not many oats held here,
and for them, as well as peas, demand is limited. Linseed and
cakes each somewhat better to sell. No transactions in rape-
seed ; while buyers have an advantage in rape cakes, of which
the last few days have brought us some fresh arrivals. In bones
but little passing.
The following are the present prices of grain:—
Wheat, English, red 34 to 37 Peas, white and yeL 24 27
Do. white .....
Dantzic and Ko- !Linseed, Black Sea 45 —46
nigsberg 4O —45 Do. Petersburgh 38 —4b
Pomeranian and IDo. Riga& Archngl. 38
Hamburgh . 34 38 Do. Konigsberg .... 36 —• 39
Danish, Holstein, & Per ton.
Friesland
hussian and Odessa 30 35:D0. fine foreign ...... 61 5s
Oats, English
Do. iianish.... lO 12 Rapeseed
Do. Friesland l2 14 Rape cakes...oos Od to E2s 61
Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 —141 Tares, English .3os 003
Barley, malting l9 —211 Do. foreign 20s 30$
Do. grinding........ 18 19 Guano 6l to 91 Ws
Beans 2l 26 Bones, do ...... 00s Od to 85s Od
Do. foreign .. .23 —251 Rye meal 6103
CORK, MARCH 25.—Flour—First 12s Od to 131 ; extra 14. ;
seconds, lls Od to 12s ; households 9s to 10s 6d; thirds, 7s to 84
per cwt. Oatmeal los Od to 00s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s ; wheat-
meal, 9s 61 to 103 per cwt. Indian corn 130 s to 1321 6dper ton.
Bran 3117 x6lto 4 Os per ton. Hay—Farmers 26s to 365; average
33s ; dealers 32s to 40s Od; average 31s per ton. &taw—Farmers
18s Od to 25s Od ; average 22s ; dealers 27s Od to 00s Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6P;
household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. - Fresh butter, fld tO
10d per lb. Eggs —3sBdto 3s 10d per hundred. Coals':
Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Neat
Culm 14, per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 001 per orti
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal Id
61,ct ; pork 30 to 31d ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd par
lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt.., Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 31 51 Po
ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to bibs; Valonia 14/ to 01; Preach
71 ss; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12a per stone;
Hemp 321 to ,0/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 171; re a
ditto 20s to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 910 s to 111 lo
ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 18s:
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 141 to 201;
salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2id to ehd per lb.
Potatoes, white 8d to 10d ; Minions 12d to 131; Guano";
Peruvian, 111 lOs ; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton; Tar—Arelaange4
191 per barrel.