The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-11 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
Since Monday, the arrivals of English Wheat hare
been only moderate, and the show of samples of that
grain was limited. The finest parcels were quite as dear
as on Monday ; but other kinds were a mere drug. in
Foreign Wheat, next to nothing was doing, at late rates.
Barley and Malt were a dull sale, at barely stationary
prices. Oats, Beans, and Peas, were quite as dear.
ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Earley. Oats. Flour
English...„ 1,530 qrs. 110 qrs. I C 430 qrs. I I,o4osacks.
Irish.
500 2,530
Malt. .110 qrs.

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560

MIXITSCRAPZI..
Although the supply of each kind of Meat was but
moderate, the general demand ruled heavy, at barely
precious rates. Beef, from 25 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton,
2s 6d to 3s Ed • Lamb, 35 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to
4s 4d ; and Pork,: 2s 6d to 35 10d per 81bs, by the
carcase.

A supplement to the Gazette of last night gives,
at length, a programme of the ceremonial at the baptism
of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, on
Friday last. The programme has already appeared in
our columns.

We regret to learn that the accounts received from
Drayton Manor yesterday morning are of an unfavour-
able tenour, and the most alarming apprehensions are
entertained of Miss Peel's eventual recovery ; although
it is impossible to foresee how soon a favourable change
may develope itself. We understand that throughout
yesterday the youthful patient experienced great diffi-
culty in breathing, and her throat was much ulcerated.
The subjoined particulars are extracted from a private ,
letter received from azeley yesterday afternoon by the
three o'clock train :—" Miss Peel continues in a very
alarming condition, all the symptoms remaining unabated;
she has passed a very restless night, and the most in-
tense anxiety is experienced by Sir Robert and Lady Peel
for some favourable change. There is reason to believe it
is a fever of the worst form that the youthful invalid is
suffering from, it having originated from a cold. Miss Peel
was taken ill on Thursday last, and the disorder has gra-
dually increased ever since." Mr. Stevenson, private
secretary to Sir Robert Peel, received letters from the
Right Hon. Baronet yesterday afternoon by express, in
which Sir Robert writes—" We continue in the greatest
anxiety." Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Gloucester,. and Princess Sophia sent mes-
sengers to the private residence of Sir Robert Peel yes-
terday afternoon to learn if any fresh information had
been received from Drayton Manor, and to request that
all particulars regarding the health of Miss Peel should
be transmitted to them respectively. The inquiries were
very numerous, the Earl of Jersey, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailsa, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lady
Harriet Corry, his Excellency the Dutch Minister, his
Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Countess of Verulam,
Sir George Murray, Viscount and Viscountess Hawar-
den, Mr. and Mrs. H. Twiss, the Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress, tk,c., being among the personal calls.
THE RIVER STEAM-BOAT PIERS.—The proprietors
of the various floating piers which have of late been
thrown out both on the Middlesex and Surrey shores of
the Thames, for the embarkation and debarkation of
steam-boat passengers, have very recently received the
following circular :7" Sirs—The committee appointed
to regulate the navigation of the river Thames have
caused a survey, by competent persons, to be made of the
various floating piers for the use of steam-boat passen-
gers in the river, and from their report that the same
are unsafe, and an obstruction to the inshore navigation,
the committee have directed a model and plan to be pre-
pared by their officers of a suitable pier on piles, which
in every case will be required to be substituted for those
now in use. I have the directions of the committee to
inform you that the plan and model will be ready for
your inspection at the Town Clerk's-office, Guildhall,
within fourteen days from this date, immediately after
which the committee will be prepared to receive an ap-
plication for a license to construct a pier in that form in
substitution of that w hich now adjoins your premises.—I
am, Sir, your most obedient servant, N. SAUNDERS,
Water Bailiff. Mansion House, Sept. 5, 1844."
DARING ATTEMPT AT STEALING A LETTER BAG.
—lnformation wis yesterday circulated to all the sta-
tion-houses throughout the metropolis, that on the morn-
ing of Sunday last, the Bth instant, a desperate attempt
was made to rob the postman at Beckenham, in Kent, of
his letter-bag. It appears that between eight and nine
o'clock that morning, as the postman was proceeding
along Hays-lane, in the parish of Beckenham, he was
attacked by a man of gipsy appearance, who, seizing
the bag, attempted to wrest it from his hand. A des-
perate, struggle, however, took place between them, and
footsteps being heard approaching, the fellow took to his
heels across the fields. The fellow is described as about
twenty-four years of age, five feet ten inches high,
dressed in a flannel jacket with blue buttons, corduroy
trousers, a red handkerchief tied round his neck, but no
hat or cap.