The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-28 00:00:00

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MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GAnDEN.
A large supply of Vegetables was on sale to day, but
the show of Fruit was not large. A few forced luxuries
have made of,
appearance.
Fruits—Pine Apples, 4s Oa to 6s per lb; Hothouse
Grapes, 3s Od to 6s; Portugal, 83 to is 03 per lb;
Pears, is 03 to 3s Od per dczen; ditto, 6s to 15s per
half sieve; Apples, dessert, 3s 6d to 8s per bushel ;
cooking ditto, 3s 6d to 6s 03; Oranges, 63 od to 103
Per 100; Lemons, 6s to lOs ;per 100; Pomegranates, 3d
to 6d each; Almonds, 6s Od to Os 01 per peck; ditto,
Sweet, 2s ed to 3s Od per lb; Walnuts, is 03 to 2s Od
Per 100; ditto, 12s Od to 24s Od per bushel; Barcelona
Nuts, 20s Od to 22s Od per bushel; Brazil ditto, 12s 03
to 14s od per bushel; Filberts, 60s od to 70s Od per
100 lbs.
Vegetables—Brussels Sprouts, Is 6d to 2s Od per
half sieve; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to is per dozen;
Greens, Is 6d to 2s 6d per dczen bunches; Cauli-
.flowers, s6d to 4s Od per dozen; Brocoli, 6s 03 to 10i
Per dozen bundles; Potatoes, 60s to 1003 per ton ;
ditto 3s 03 to 5s Od per cwt; ditto, is 93 to 2s 93 per
bushel; Turnips, is Od to 2s 3d per twelve bunches;
Cucumbers, 6d to is each; Leeks, Id to 23 per bunch;
Celery, 9d to Is 63 per bundle; Carrots, 2s Od
to
Ss 03 per dozen bunches; Spinach, 03 93 to is 3d per
half sieve; Onions, is 6d to is 9d per half sieve;
Spanish ditto, 16 Od to 18s Od per box; Jerusalem Ar-
tichokes, Is 63 to 23 Od per half sieve; Endive, is 03
to Is 6d per score; Horseradish, is Od to 4s Od per
bundle; Red Beet, 6d to is 03 per dozen; Mushrooms,
• 12 3d to is 6d per pottle.
NEWGATI3 AND I.EAMENBAI.I..
Turkeys, 4s to 123 03; Geese, 4e Od to 8s 03; Ducks,
Is 93 to 3is 03; Tame Rabbits, is Od tole 9d; Wild ditto,
8d to Is 03; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 8s
each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 10s 03; ditto Chickens, 4s 03
to 6s 03; Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 7e 03 per couple;
English Eggs, Ils Od to Os Od; French ditto, lOs 01 to
0, ; and Irish ditto, 9s 3d to Os 03 per 100; Fresh But-
ter, is to is 2d per lb; Partridges, Is 3d to 2s 03;
Hares, 2s Od to 3s Od; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s 3d; Grouse,
28 Od to 3s Od; Pheasants, 2s 9d to 4s Od; Teal, 6d to
Is; Snipes, 9d to Is; Wild Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 3d; Wid-
gcoll2, 9d to 2s Od; Plovers, 6d to ls; Ptarmagau,
12 6d to 2s 6d; and Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s each.
NEWPORT.
,„.Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d;
veal, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs.
WIIITECHAPEL.
~.Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 43; Mutton, 2s gi to 3s 10d;
Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s Od per 81bs.
BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 6s Od to 15s Od; Brills, 6d to is 63; Soles,
Sato 21:0d per pair; Haddocks, 10d to Is 6d; Flounders,
Gd to 2s Od per dozen; Cod Fish, 3s 03 to 9s Od each;
Whitings, 3s Od to 6s Od per 15; Eels, 6d to 10d per lb;
Lobsters, 9s Od to 4s Od each; Crabs, is Od to 3s Od
each; Herrings, 2s to 4s Od per 100; common Oysters,
6,2 to 12s per bushel; Smelts, Is 3d to 2s 01 per doz;
oelmon, is 63 to 2s Od per ib; Salt Fish, 2s Od to 3s Od
Per lb; and• Sprats, is Od to 3s Od per bushel.
BR.
The prices of Wheaten BEA
rea Dd
in the metropolis are
from 7d to 73d; of Household ditto, 5d to 63d per 41b
lOaz
BIDE MARKET.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to Od; ditto, 641 b to
721 b, lid to 2:1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 23d; ditto,
801 b to 881 b, 23d to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 33d;
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 33d to 4d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b,
4(1 to 41d. Calf Skins, light, is 6d to 3s 03; ditto,
'all. 6s to 03 Od; Horn Hides, 5s 6d to Os Od; Lamb
Skins Os Od to Os 03; Polled Sheep, 5s Od to 68 8d;
Rents and Half-breds, 4s 4d to 5s 3d; Downs, 3s 2d to
43 03 each.

MAT BULIMMTS.
SpirrnFlßLD.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31151; Clover,
al Os to 4/ Os ; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 7s per load.
heavy demand, at barely late rates.
CUMBERLAND. - Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 17s ;
Clover, 3/ Os to 4/0s; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 8s per load.
Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, yet prices were
Well supported.
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to Si 16s;
Clover, 3103 to 4125; and Straw, 1/ is to 117 s per load.
4 full average supply, and a sluggish cleaned.

CORONER'S IN QUEST.
(THIS DAY.)
THE LATE SUICIDE AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION.
"—This forenoon, at eleven o'clock, an iuquest was taken
c‘bY Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., on the body of Christian
Schmidt, a German merchant. aged 49, who was con-
cerned in the robbery of Mr. Marks, silversmith, Shef-
Vlld, and who committed suicide by hanging himself in
cell on the morning of Christmas.day last.
Isaac Le Broom, watchman, stated that about seven
o'clock on Wednesday morning he knocked at the de-
• ceased's cell, when he found him suspended to the gas
Pipe by a shawl, which was tied to a piece of tape, and
attached to the gas-pipe. Witness cut him down. There
was a chair by his feet, which he had flung down.
iThe gas was turned off by witness a few minutes be-
ore nine o'clock the previous night. He was then per-
fectly calm and collected. He arrived on that day (Tues-
(lV) from Sheffield.
, Sudikadi, interpreter for the deceased at the po-
lice-court, said that deceased described himself as a mer-
e/111ot, and a Holsteiner, but did not mention the town.
Verdict—" That the deceased strangled himself, but
there was not sufficient evidence as to the state of his
mind when he committed the act."

T RIb..—HUNTING ON THE RAILWAY.—On Thurs-
-4.3. week, a stag turned out by Baron de Rothschild, fol-
• lowed by about thirty couples of hounds, jumped on to the
railway near Cheddington, and dashed along the cutting in
.ae direction of Tring, at a time when both the up and down
laails were due. Our old friend Tom Ball, although dread-
ing that both the bounds and the stag would be destroyed,
.did not lose his presence of mind; and, getting on to one of
• the bridges, luckily succeeded in calling the hounds off the
• ins prior to either of the trains coming up. The stag, how-
ever, was unfortunately cut to pieces.—Bucks Chronicle.
COTTON SEED.—The vessel Golden Spring, which
has arrived in the docks from Bombay, has brought, as a
portion of a large general cargo of East India produce, 20
bales of cotton seed, consigned to order for home use.
ILLICIT DismwerroN.--Last night, at eight
Qeleek, having received information, Mr. Frederick Par-
• geter and Mr. Benjamin Elmy, officers of the detective branch
of the Inland Revenue Department, proceeded to a house in
Guildford-street, Walworth-road, and having obtained ad-
• relation by a back room window, they found the house fitted
' as a very complete distillery. The fittings consistedtubs, of a
large copper still, set in brickwork, with worm, pipes,
ee and at the time the officers entered the still was quite
arm, proving that it had been recently at work. They also
found about ten gallons of strong spirits that bad been
" shortly before run off, and upwards of '2OO gallons of molasses
wash in a state of fermentation to continue the working. No
'• • Person was found on the premises, and it was supposed that
the owner was out enjoying Christmas. A van being pro-
vided the seizure was conveyed to the Inland Revenue-office,
in Broad-street.
A TALE or MYSTERY.—An extraordinary event
• occurred on Tuesday last, at Kidwelly, which has been the
theme of much astonishment both in that town and through-
:. Out the neighbourhood of Carmarthen. On the day in
question, Mr. Probett's omnibus arrived at the Pelican Inn,
from Swansea, with its usual heavy load of passengers,
amongst whom was a genteelly dressed female, who c •rried
- an infant, apparently a fortnight old, in her arms. During
the time occupied in changing horses, this female proceeded
to the Castle Inn, and sat for some minutes before the fire,
• assiduously warming the infant. She entered into conversa-
tion with Mrs. Thomas, and finally asked her to hold the
~. child while she proceeded to fetch her box from the vehicle.
Mrs. Thomas readily complied, and held the slumbering babe
Probett had started, and until long after the
last sound of the bugle of that capital performer, Ed-
. wards, had " melted into echo " far away on the Carmar-
,:
then road. Inquiries were then made for the child's mother
and it was elicited that she had proceeded onwards to Car-
' Marthen. At first Mrs. Thomas was somewhat at a nonplus,
but at lenghth humanely engaged a nurse, and agreed to
• Pay 2s. per week towards the future nourishment of the un•
s! expected legacy which had been consigned to her. To her
astonishment, however, on Christmas-day a box arrived, di-
rected to " Mrs. Thomas, Castle Inn, Kidwelly," containing
• a large quantity of bah linen and twenty sovereigns.
Before the wonder excited by this singular arrival had sub-
aided, a new source of curious speculation developed itself,
for yesterday a woman from Carmarthen called upon Mrs.
.• Thomas and presented a note which directed her to give up
the child and its clothes, which was accordingly done, al-
though we have not heard whether the 201. was also stir-
, rendered. At present the whole affair is enveloped in
Complete mystery, but it is surmised that the gea-
teelly dressed female is probably one who has " loved not
• wisely but too well " and thus seeks to conceal the evidence
of her shame.— Welchman.
CALEDONIAN CANAL.—The influx of ships passing
and repassing through the Caledonian Canal is tears back. season,
- e believe, more numerous than for a good many
• Shipowners and others are daily becoming more convinced o
Greatf
• the safety as well as quickness of passing through the
Glen of Scotland, instead of going round the very dangerous
and circuitous course of the Pentland Firth and Cape Wrath.
On Friday a large barque from Liverpool, laden with salt,
V't• passed down through the Canal; an dwe believe that no less
4than forty cargoes of potatoes passed through the Canal
"Ik.. during the last. two months, all of which were exported from
this town and neighbourhood.—lnverness Advertiser.
A HAWKER'S MARRIAGE.—The marriage of a
Scotch crockery ware hawker would furnish material for a
eae„ -. chapter or two by Dickens; and a curious scene took place
at one held recently at Perth. All parties were assembled
in the house of the father of the bride, in the Skinnergate,
and the minister arrived, when suddenly the bride's father
esv started from his seat, and to the surprise of the clerical gen-
tleman, and the rest of the company, thus declared himself.
" Jenny, if ye tak —, ye don't get a farthing from me. If
- the minister marries you, I'll kick the whole o' ye down the
stairs. He's no up to his trade, an' besides he's an ill-loakin'
fellow, an' you a bonnie lassie. Mind my words—not a
Eltiver." All parties as well as the minister looked aghast at
this announcement, with the exception of the bridegroom,
who seemed to be no ways much disturbed. After a pause,
the latter rose and delivered himself thus :—" Auld man, it
widna cost me a thocht to bunle ye not at the window : but
I care no a haet. If ye dinna think I'me a match for Janny,
and Jenny thinks the same, there's as good fish in the sea
‘,,, as ever cam' out in't, sae I'll awe to —, as bonnie a lassie
as your dochter ony day." And so saying, the wrathful
bridegroom donnee his bonnet and out at the door. Jenny,
however, was not long in being after him—brought him back
•-• got the father pacified—herself married—and all after went
' merry as a marriage bell, and still continues so.—Newcastle
Journal.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. Last Sunday three of
the sons of a respectable butcher in Perth had each a child
baptised; one in St. Paul's Church, one in the West, and
one in Edinburgh. The children were all boys, and all were
•;.., named Walter, after their grandfather.
THE IRON TRADE.—We understand that the large
works of Messrs. Stephenson
orders for locomotive, mae, thatan d
'461 stationary engines, so as to require them to take on new
Durham; Chronicle.
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4, orthern diver
A GOOD BREAKTAST.—A great. p
,ad shot at-the mouth-of the--Spay one morning lately, was found
It; rtl.otnthavean his pouch no fewer ,than nineteen flounders and a
'441107 oaiiiehnon. trout I , A fair 4aorthilg'i work the diver had made.
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