The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-04 00:00:00

AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIT WEEKS.

Weeks ending. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. ITS. 1 PRANG. TEASE.
.—......—.— ......,........................, ..............
Nov 25 5l 7. 32 1 19 0 30 8, 32 4 33 4
Dec. 2 5l 0 31 8 19 0 30 7, 31 10 33 0
1
9
16 ...
23. ......
30 .....

IMPSDIAL AOODZOATE AUSAGES OS THE SIX WSZia
Wheat...—. 50s. sd. Oats ISs. 11,1.1 8eanr..........915. 5d
Barley."... 32i. I Rye
DUTIZS OX TOZZIGX COAX.
Wheat 2os. Odd Oats ......... Ss. Od. Beans We. 6d.
Barley 61. Od. I Rye ..... 105. Od.l Pease los. 6d.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAT MARZETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31;
useful ditto, 31 5s to 3110 s ; fine upland ditto, 3112 s
to 31 16s. Clover Hay, 31 to 51. Oat Straw, 11 6s to
I/ 85 ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Both
Hay and Straw sold heavily, at about stationary prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 3135;
useful ditto, 3/ 5s to 31 13s ; fine upland ditto, 31 15s
to 41; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 51 ; Oat" Straw, 11 7s
to 11 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load.
A short supply, and a sluggish demand at late rates.
WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31;
useful ditto, 315 s to 3110 s ; fine upland ditto, 31 12s to
31 18s ; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 5/:; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to
1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply
good, and trade dull.
MEAT MARICETS.

SOUTHALL, JAN. 3.—For the time of year, the supply
of each kind of stock on offer to-day was good, and of
full average quality; still, however, the general demand
was somewhat active, and, in some instances, the quota-
tions had an upward tendency.—Beef, from 3s 2d to
4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ;
and Pork, 3s to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
supply—Beasts, 31 ; Sheep, 2,040; Calves, 49; Pigs, 353.
ROMFORD, JAN. 3.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in
steady demand, at very full prices; but in other kinds
of stock comparatively little business was transacted.—
Beef from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal,
3s 2d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per 81bs. Suck-
ling Calves, 20s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pig 3, 16s
to 24s ; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161
to 1915 s each.

LEWES, JAN. 2.—We had a moderate supply of stock
here to-day, and which moved off steadily, as follows : --
Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 35 6d to 4s 8d;
Veal, 3s 4d to 43 ; and Perk, 3s to 3s 10d per Slbs.

COAL DI)
Ships arrived since
i. d•)

KK ET
last inarket.day.. 31,

Huddle's West Hartley IS 0
Davison's West Hartley 16 6
Hastings Hartley
New Tan field Sloor l4
Ord's Redheugh l4 6
Pontop Windsor l4 0
Ravensworth West Hartley 15 0
Tayler's Hartley l5 6
West Hartley
West Wylam l5
Wylam
Walls End Clark and Co l5 6
Walls End aosforth
Walls End Heaton lB 0
Walls End Hilda l7 6

s. d.
Walls End Hotspur
Walls End Killingworth
IWalls End Riddell's l7
Walls End Haswell . ..... 6
Walls End Hetton 2O 3
Wahs End Pemberton
Walls End Russell's Hetton 19 0
Walls End Stewart's 2O 3
Walls End Caradoc 2O 3
Walls End Adelaide
Walls End Brown's Deanery 1% it,
Walls End Seymour Tees l9 0
Walls Ehd 'lees 'l9 6
Cowpen
Howard's W. Netherton 15 6

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 30.—The Senate, in its sit;ing to-day,
closed the first part of the session ; it voted unanimously on the
project of law on the duty on salt, and likewise the project of
law on the dotations and the public debt.
The budget of the ;public debt, providing for the payment of
the interest of the several loans ; of some arrears, and of the
expenses, amount to a sum of 34,216,4421.
In this sitting the Minister of Public Works announced that,
after the holidays, he intended to present to the Chambers a
project of law on the labour of children in the mines.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 2.—Yesterday bring New Year's Day, their
Majesties, having with them the Duke of Brabant, the Minis-
ters, the Officers and Ladies of their Household, received suc-
cessively the Diplomatic body, the Deputations of the Senate
and the Chamber of Representatives, of the several Courts of
Justice, and different public bodies.
BELGIAN FUNDS, Dxc. 30.—The 31st being Sunday, and
Monday being New Year's Day, there is no later quotation.
FROM TILE SULINA, MOUTH OF TIIF. DANUBE.—Nothing
whatever has been done during the year 1843 to effect the pro-
mised cleaning of the Sulina Mouth ; on the contrary,the danger
of entering or quitting it has become more dangerous than
ever, in consequence of the further accumulation of sand, and
of the ballast that has been thrown overboard.

GENERAL NEWS.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

PRISONER'S PROEERTY.—The Circular Letter just put
forth by the Lords of the Treasury ;to justices of Quarter
Sessions, is one which magistrates will, we think, be very re-
luctant to act upon, inasmuch as the legality of it (according
to the doctrines of Lords Coke and Hale, eminent judges in
their day) is questionable. If the property of a prisoner be in-
ventoried, and he is acquitted upon trial (and all are innocent
until proved guilty), the party taking inventory, or seizing the
property, would be liable to action ; and the property of some
other person, by mistake, would be inventoried or seized, and
there action would also lie. The editors of the Justice of the
Peace, a very able weekly publication, in remarking upon this
Circular, observe :—" Justices must be very careful to de-
scribe the property, so as to enable the sheriff to identify it,
for if he takes another person's, an action will lie. Altogether
the Circular is rather a lame affair, considering that the
prisoner, or his family for him, may sell his goods by actual
sale, that a vendee may legally buy them, and that where they
are not sold, it will be only because they are not worth it ;
and in such case it will be hardly worth taking them for the
use of her Majesty, even if they could be identified when the
time comes for them to be taken." That time would not be
till after a conviction (unless where an accused flies after ver-
dict of Coroner's inquest jury, as in the case, for instance, of
Lieutenant Monro), and, even then, abundance -,of actions
would be sue to arise.