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

10d to llid, stained- lOds to joid, good sbund is d ;
heavy Pepper taken in at 18a- for godd ; and Malabar
Ginger at 70s-for grd,bold•rather wormy. , ,
Rtrm, -1311.A.sr)v, 'AND' 11OLLANDS.-4amaica _num,' 30
per cent overproof sold at 3s 6d, 32 to 37 over 3s 8d to
10d,.= fine4s!•fo 6de:and extra - fine. ss. to 5s 6d per;
gallon. Demerara 35 to 37 per cent oveiproofat.33
,td 3s sd. - Leewards,--- 2s --2 d to 2s-2-d--paid' for.proof_
strength. Calcutta Rum, at is lidtois l i d per gallon,
proof strength. Brandy at the following rates:—Cognar.-,
beet brands of, the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s I Id, puns
5s 9d ; IBss7lihPOW9d;--puns-5g 7d -; 1840; hhds 5s 7rl,‘
puns 5s 54 ; 1841, hhds 5s 6d, 'puns 5s 4(1 ;'1842, hhds
[.ss 5d," puns 55.3d,-middling marks 3sT, 6d to 4s .Bd, and
_
low 2s 10d.-to 334(ifer gallon: Geneva for,.exportat ion
at 'ls 9d.; fine pale forduty is 2s 2d to 3s per, gallon.
English Corn Spirits ,and Gin ,firm.. • •
Saco..—Ordinary 13s to 14s, middling 15s to les, and
good t' fine leato,2os per cwt. Sago Flour is scarce,
and 211.' to 22; per cwt paid. This 'afternoon Pearl
_Sago, at 17s Gd for good. large Pearl ; small brown
taken in at 15s .per Jamaica--Arrowroot went at
7d to 10, and Berithida at .101 d to -Is 2d per. lb. .• •
Rice upon rather lower terms, sound
-taken in .at Ils 6d er cwt fOr mid white, sea damaged ;
first class at 10a '6d ;o 11s, second 4-6 -Ps to .105.6 d,
;:third do 9s ed to 10s,-and fourth do -8s per cwt. jaVa:
good mid' Whitd at lls to' lls 6d,‘ low mid and mid
'los td:ll=ii 6d, and 4s to' lOs per cwt for sea:damaged;
Carolinar-cleaned here, .at 21s to 265, and Patna tit
~.14s 6d -to -18s-per...6r t. 'To-day Madras Rice at 9s to
• 9s a per &A for yellow `;:liengal ils 34 t0.,11s 64 mid
white,, -
liinicd.=Theyinqttities`,have been-numerous for fine
• • sbipping escrw,,lo,nsiol„Bengal Indigo- this-week,--and_
bayers haye—been,...e.omp-dted:to pay an advance on the
rates of tie lait'kuarterly tale' of 4d to 5d per lb,; other
' kinds haveeii..gfeCelte-iirrequest. Spanish is wanted,
but few parcels are to be had, and the 'tendency 'of
prices is still ykitarcls.L:• , ••• • .
OILS.--Advanced; iittea-liii'Ve again been paid for
Olive Oil; Gallipoli at All-to 521,. Sicily sf)l,.Spanish
491 fo 49/ 10s, 'and l3arbarY' 481 -to--481 10s. Linseed
Oil 26s 9d to 275.1 4i-pe Oil at 39s for 'pale;' and 38s
for brown. 'Far- Cocoa Nut Oil. 31s . to.. 32s.paid for
prime quality., .Fine Palm Oil at-28s to 28s 6d, good
.at 28.1, middling 27s common; 2s .64 and very low
24s per Cwt. For SPernij)il the demand is good, prime
-.British 761-Per-tan;l34,riti_per tun -accepted for pale
Seal. Southern go* at-291.10s to 291 15s, and very low
271 15s; Newfoundland at-331155.t0 341 15s per tun.
TALLow.—.-Town; Tallow at 40s 6clto 41s per dWt,
nett cash. .I:eterbbUrgh-iellow candle at 40: 6d-to 41s
per cwt. Foi deliverY '42s per cwt in last three months
of .

AGRICULTURAL REPORT 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 wrt of England, we might say of the king-
dom. These rains so completely saturated the soil,
especially in the loWlands—many of, which were parr
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-
turists were not idle ;• the various• other matters con-
nected with farm labours •haring engrossed muth of

;heir attention. '
From the latter period -Abby& referred' 'to, until the
month's conclusion; •the• -temperature • was dry, •and
consequently seasonalzrle.; 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 suffil
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 sgri-
cultUral distriets gre such its 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 OOeSideratiOn' 'at this Moment, fin. 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 thug. having • a tendency to influence
prices.- Some few of our statements-complain of-the
ravages 'con mitted 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 preinatUre eiuheranee 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-
' ceedecb, the demand became extremely heavy, at a
decline of from li. to 3s. per quarter in the rates of
wheat, while barley 'ha 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 derriand 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 vety . little- firdijlCel
of any immediate...improvernent.' •faking • ' place in
the value of wheat. is obvious; but When we consider
that the produce-oflast 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-
cludemore 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• Scaland 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 strong and
healthy, but the supply of wheat and barley in the
hands of the: farmers Is acknowledged tole-small. I
The shipments of corn to England from the various
Irish ports 'have been small, while the different
markets have been scantily supplied ; prices, however,
have nndergene no change. worthy -of notice. Most
of the winter propS have been already sown, under
favourable ansplees.--.Farnier's Magazine. -
5.14 ' ----- .

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. ' SticiDE:-.--An inqueSt was 7 held yesterday at the
Welch'Harp; .EsseX-street, Whitefriars, before 'llYr. Payne,
the-Coroner, on view of the body of Louisa. Matilda Gilligan,
aged seventeen, A professor of music and dancing. ' Several
Fitne,sses,y.t-ere examined, tint the snbstancct of the-. evidence
nOY'be briefly stated: The deceased ' was the. daughter of a
'COachltaker, residingAt No. 10i. Denmark-street, Soho, and
Obtained her living by-teaching music tiud; dancing to some
.Young persona of both sexes, what'll she fnet at Icortis's Coffee- ,
houae; Little Dean-street. . About it year ago slie• becatne. ac-
quainted with a piing man . Of; the name of Webster, who
frequented the same cofft;&house. ' At., her request he con-
ducted her public. ballsi and ',very soon he paid her. so much
attention that their friends believed they would be Married.
The.intimaey con tirtued.until about two months ago,When she
gave i'dress ball at sonte rooms in ox-ford-street.. Wehster, 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 ehose a young gentleman, a:stringer to him; and in un-
dreseW as her partner, in the first set of AuadrilleS, and during
thcevening 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 gbing to
the coffee-hou'se every Sunday evening to meet her
,pupils,
and take part in what the witness called a "temperance con- -
versazioner 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 oh the night: of Sunday, the 25th
of February, she' told Miss` Appleby,'. one of ,her pupils, that
She would hail 'a watery grave that night- A,.young man,
tiatiied,Capji, :walked home 'wfth -her,.but .she;uninediately
went out again; and going, :direct to WaterlOo-ibridge; threw
herself into the water. r. The body was not tointid' until Mon-
!:11y last, when a waterntati.Aikovered it floating at Temple-
stairs.. The.folloWirtA lines, supposed. to,:be written :in allu-
sion to her nnforttinate quarrel with-Webster,; in
her bex :--,: = ' .'-' - - , . • ._ . if..) Frri i.a.rw.,;>:
..- .-,.: ' ~.-Fain,,fain.'would Imy grief impart„ ,
'' ' : . Yet dare not, for your anger; ' ' '-' lE' .3
.!•7)1/;7 • t.,• , Slit ker,et. love will break my heart,' -
? •' -If I'cOnceal it longer." 7 . "
. .• - ..
The witnesses said 'they thought that deceased's mind was
. affected, and the iury•returned a verdict of "Temporary in
sanity. '! : . : : ..: . , ,, . .. .
SERIOUS Loss Av SußEr.—Within-the last few days
.. ,
' the gxtrdordipary, number of forty-nine sheep haVe been lost
by Mr, Fountain, of Lealte, under the following eirdun-;
stances :—The flock `vas a short time since, and had been for
-seind weeks, '-kept on `SWede turnips,:and'on being removed,
was driven fora few mikes, •ancUplaced‘on a piece .of recadaw
thick The nest morning; many of 'the sheep were .pe,reeived
to be afflicted ivith.syMptoms of. lethargy, mid- :appeared ' to
be'othorwise ;quite out of conditinn ; and within fortYi..eight
hours of their beipgplaced on the, nieailow land, it was timid
'necessary to slaughter from fifteen to twenty ; since then they
Ihave, continued dying, and on Friday night the number lost
amounted, -as' above stated, to forty-nine. The' animals, it
scans, were afflicted with inflammation of the kidpeya,,sup-
pdsed to 'have been 'produced :by' the distarice• they, were
rdriven,_,and the sudden change of keep. The greater portion
'''': thet 1 .4e3oat(citithiesk hbalvitechberiiinsettslcattlee rizuersold
' ild, hat° probably, graced, the-.tables .Of. ;the tirants,of
IloSton-,though' it is: but fair to state that :iiot i "single car-
;age:Jun; ',been:•Nrchasecl,f)y spy' butcher .of the ten
Rogan, ,Fr t3i ,tr.fri().:;i Ini, -r• ' . .
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