The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

V7SITECILILPEM

We had rather an inactive demand at our quotations.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb,
I4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8t1; and Pork, 2s 10d to
45 4d per Blbs by the carcase.
BREAD.

The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from
B%d to 9d ; of Household ditto, bid to 8d per 41bs leaf.

HIDE 11141.1tH.ET.

Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—liest Steers and Heifers,
5s 6d to 5s 10d; Middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; Inferior ditto,
4s to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per Skin :
Market Calf, Gs Gd to 8s ; Lamb-skins, Is 3d to 2s 4d ;
Shearlings, is to Is 6d.

maitiovra.
SMITIMELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ ISs to 4/18s ; u: erul
ditto., 5/ to Si 8s ; fine Upland ditto., 5/ lOs to; 5/ 16s ;
Clover Hay, 4112 s to 61 6s; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 11 18s ;
Wheat Straw. 1/ 18s to 2/ is per load. Supply but moderate,
and trade rather (lull. _ _

CumnEnt.ANn.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 5/ ; use-
ful ditto, 5/ 2s to 5/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 51 12s to 51 lis ,
Clover flay, 4/ I2s to 6/ 3s ; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 19s ; Wheat
Straw, 2/ to 2/ 28 per load. A fair average supply, and a
steady demand.
WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 41 18s ,
useful ditto, 51 to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to
5/15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 6/ 103 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/18s ,
Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. Trade steady, at
late rates.

New Meadow Hay 31 lOs to 41 12s 6d, and New Clover
4/ to 5/ per load.

0. T., AND ONLY A FIDDLER. BY THE AUTHOR

or " THE IMPROTISATORIO— we extract the following from the
Literary Gazette of this day. It contains one of the highest
eulogiums ever paid to any work of fiction :—" What we thought
of " The Improvisatore" is vouched by several numbers of the
Gazette, in which we paid our tribute of applause to the originality
and genius it displayed. And now, having read little more than
the first of " 0. T.," we cannot resist the wish to tell the public

not to wait for next week when we may point out some of its at-

tractions, but at once procure one of the most interesting works

which has issued from the press for years. Its pictures of Danish
life are most natural and most admirable; its illustrations of super-
stitions, its descriptions of scenery and external objects, its touches
of truth in character and incident, its exquisite drawing of children
and children's minds, its naivete and lively and sallies, its world
wisdom and imaginativeness, all briefly set before us, as if in flashes
of light and intellect, possess so entire a charm, that we do not for a
moment hesitate to say that this is a book which will afford the
utmost gratification to every class of readers, and deserve a place
among the most sterling works of fiction that ever were produced.
Fredericka Bremer must look about her now ; for the Fates have

ordained the appearance of another greater' than she, and the lite-
rature of Denmark will hardly bring forth a third greater still.'
In short, this is a very delightful book ; and we feel certain of many

thanks the sooner it is in the hands of the many friends who follow

our advice in the choice of their reading."—Litcrary Gazette.

ILLEGALITY OF INN TAYS.—Inc Excise have com-
menced laying informations against the occupiers of the taps attached
to inns, hotels, taverns, or other public-houses, for selling exciscable
liquors without license. A series of informations of this description
were heard in Hull before the Mayor and Mr. Palmer, on Thursday
last, when the facts being proved of the sale of the liquors, and of
the occupiers of the taps not being the identical pbrties to whom the

respective licenses for the inns were issued, the magistrate had no
alternative than to convict, which they dii in :the lowest mitigated

penalties of 121. 10s. each.—Yorkshire Gazette. • '
THE ORGAN GRINDING NUISANCE.—At the Queen-
square Polic-court, yesterday, Vincent Jaspereni, an Italian, was
charged with disturbing a sick lady, by playing an organ near her
residence in Chester-square, and was lined the full penalty of 405., or
fourteen days' imprisonment.
,THE THET/S CLUB OARS MATCH.—The pair-
oared race amongst the gentlemen of the Thetis Club, for a pair of
gold oars, came off on Thursday evening, and was won by Messrs.
Soames and Fielder, after a very spirited race.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHILD IN THE STREET.—
Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Rising Sun,
York-road, Lsunbetb, on the body of George Myer s Whiles,
aged seven years, whose parents reside at No. 16, Haddon-
street, Waterloo-road. The deceased left home on Tuesday
evening between five and six o'clock with his hoop, and whilst
trundling it along the pavement near Waterloo-bridge, he suddenly
fell down in a fit. He was picked up and carried into the surgery of
Mr. Cooke, but he died soon atter from some affection of the brain.
The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death."
SHAM SMUGGLING.—At the Mansion House,
yesterday, Henry Richardson and Peter M`Shane, the two
men who had sold a dress to a servant as of "foreign"
manufacture, which proved to be of insignificant value, and of
English make, were again brought up and convicted. The Solicitor
of the Customs said the Commissioners had instructed him to reduce
the penalty to 1/. each, and the Lord Mayor ordered them to pay over
to the servant the sovereign of which they had defrauded her.
CRICKET.—THE GENTLEMEN OF SURREY V. THE
PLAYERS OF SURREY. —This interesting match was resumed yesterday,
at the new ground, Kennington-oval. When time was called and

the stumps were drawn, the score stood thus:—Gentlemen, first
innings, 1'47 ; second innings, S 2. The Players, first innings, 150 ;

geeona innings, 16. The Players, therefore, have 44 runs to get

to win.
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTHERN AND
EASTERN RAILWAY.—On Friday morning Major-General Pasley, the
Government Inspector of Railways, proceeded down the Northern
and Eastern Railway by the express train, to institute his official in-
quiry into the cause of the recent accidents on that line, and to make
a further and more minute inspection of the roadway with a view of
ascertaining its solidity.
SINGULAR CASE or SUSPENDED ANIMATION.-
Yesterday Mr. Carter went into an inquiry at the Windmill, Wynd-
ham-road, Camberwell, as to the death of Mrs. Mary Wells, aged 33,
of Thomas-street, Wyndham-road. On Tuesday, about midday, the
deceased was standing by the side of a corn binn, giving directions
about the preparation for the dinner, when she sudden'y fell on her
back on the floor. Iler brother went to her assistimce, and disco-
vered she was turning black in the face. Medical assistance was
sent for, and on the arrival of the surgeon an attempt was made to
bleed her, but only a few drops could be obtained, and she was pro-
nounced dead. Mr. Chabot, of lligh-street, Camberwell, surgeon,
stated lie had often attended the deceased, who was frequently at-
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tacked with suspended animation, arising front disease of the heart,
and that was, no doubt, the cause of her death. Verdict, " Natural
death."

At the Bristol Assizes on Thursday an action was
tried, in which Mr. Bromhead sought to recover from 3lr. Hall, an
attorney, the sum of 1981., which the plaintiff had to pay as costs of
an action, which the defendant Hall had defended without any autho-
rity from the plaintiff. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for
the amount claimed.
At Liverpool Assizrs, on Thursday, an action was
brought by a workman in a factory at Wigan, to recover one month's
wages in consequence of his being discharged without notice. The
case was of some importance, as it would regulate the decision to be
given in many other cases of the kind. The plaintiff and others i❑
the same factory had " struck," though not for ',Wes. The plaintiff
failed to make it appear that the custom was to give a month's
wages or a month's notice, and he was accordingly nonsuited.
IMPORTANT TO NEv‘SVENDERS.—CONTRADICTORY
LAW.—On Friday, in the Court of Requests, Kingsgate-street, a case
came before the Commissioners for adjudication, in which a news-
vender summoned a person for a small sum for "reading" the various
newspapers. The plaintiff, in stating the case, said the defendant had
been in the habit of seeing the papers daily, for which one penny per
day was charged, and the present proceedings were taken to recover
a balance due upon that account. Mr. Commissioner Dubois—Then
you cannot recover, as you have been guilty of a gross fraud upon the
Stamp office in letting the newspapers out for hire. The plaintiff—
But lie was in the habit of coming to my shop and seeing them.
Mr. Commissioner Dubois—That does not matter; it is a fraud upon
the Stamp-office, and you render yourself liable to an indictment
being laid against you for it. The defendant did not deny that he
owed something, but from the dictum of the Commissioner in the
first instance, " that the plaintiff could not recover," thought it would
be his province to dismiss the case. This, however, was not done ;
and in opposition to his previous opinion that the defendant was not
bound to pay a debt contracted under illegal circumstances, the Com-
missioner ordered the defendant to pay the full amount claimed.
A PALPABLE REASON.—Is the Duke of Richmond
president of the Agricultural Association and a feeder of fat cattle ?
Yes. Then why does ho allow his brother, Lord Arthur, to take
office under a Free-trade Government. —Because Lord Arthur is a
lean ox, and place is very likely to fatten hint.—Joe Miller the
rovnger.

THE CHARGES AGAINST THE MASTER OF THE AN-
DOVER UNlON.—Every necessary arrangement has been made by
the Board of Guardians of the Andover Union for fully and satis-
factorily examining the whole case connected with the conduct of
Dougal, the master. So greatly has the matter excited the
public attention, that it is expected tie large room at the Union will
be too small for the ratepayers, in which case provision has been made
for an adjournment to a public room.
A HUNGRY RAT.—Yesterday morning, a poor
woman of the name of Walters, residing in a kitchen or cellar in
Dudley-street (late Monmouth. street), went out at an early hour to
purchase water creases for the purpose of vending, leaving her hus-
band and !Want asleep in bed on the floor. The father of tile child
was awoke by the screams of the infant; on looking to see what was
the cause, in turning down the sheet, a large rat ran from under it,
and escaped into a hole, the child having been dreadfully bitten in
the lett breast and side of the neck. The parts bitten have since been
cauterised.
We have been informed by the friends of Mr.
Mordaunt (the gentleman who was seriously injured on Wednesday
last by the coming off of a wheel of ono of the Notting-hill omnibuses)
that he is going on most favourably. His injury is confined to a
severe compound fracture of his leg.
CONSECRATION OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH AT
Muiroti.—This beautiful structure having been completed, was, on
Thursday last, consecrated by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ro-
chester, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Joynes (the incumbent), eon of
Dr. Joynes, Vicar of Gravesend, in the presence of a vast assemblitee
of the inhabitants and visitors of the town of Gravesend.