The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-14 00:00:00

FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

Fish were both scarce and dear at this morning's mar-
ket, especially the superior kinds. The following were
the prices :
Prime Turbot, each 2ss. Od. to 30s. Od.
Ditto small, per do.
Fine Cod-fish, each
Inferior ditto
Codlings, per dozen
Fine Whitings, per 15 .
State, each
Haddocks, per dozen l2 S 24 0
Fine Soles, per three pairs 2 0 10 0
Brill, each
Gurnetts, each
Live Flounders, per quartern
Fresh Herrings, per hundred
Sprats, per bushel 0 0 4 0
l ine Lobsters, p•r were 45 0 50 0
Inferior ditto 0 0 20 0
Fine Prawns, per lb.
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine 1 armouth Red Herrings, per hundred 6 0 7 0
Best Conamou Oysters, per bushel
Natives ~ 0 0 28 0.
No alteration in the prices of other fish.

Woburn fair on Tuesday se'nnight was well
supplied with stock of all descriptions, the buyers nume-
rous, and the trade in general brisk, but advanced prices.
The demand for horses was considerable, and they sold
well.—Buckinyhain Chronicle.

Tit ANIES TUNNEL, THIS DAY.—Upon fur-
ther investigation of the bed of the river, in the imme-
diate vicinity of the aperture, it has been found that the
soil 's composed of firm clay, so that comparatively little
difficulty will be found in stopping the hole. For this
purpose the men are still actively employed in filling bags
with clay, and placing them in barges to be thrown into
the hole as soon as the diving bell has been again lowered,
and a more accurate view taken of the extent of the injury.
The dragsa-e still in use for the recovers., if possible, of
the bodies of the unfortunate men, but this will probably
not be effected till the water has been drawn off. The
op is considered by the engineers a task
bstyzipage
smeaonfsthe hoe
difficult,l
although at this season of the year
the boisterous state of the weather will render the work
arduous. No further particulars have transpired relative
to the accident ; in fact the letter laid before the Directors
on Saturday from Mr. Ban Nat, jun. contains all the infor-
mation necessary to the Proprietors relative to this unfor-
tunate occurrence. As far as can be ascertained the shield
is uninjured. The Directors aro to assemble to-morrow
afternoon, when it is probable the resolution of calling a
general meeting will be adopted. Should the project be
discontinued, it is satisfactory, to know that but few indivi-
duals will be materially hurt by the loss of capital, as the
Proprietor; ore kw ill ;talker) arld W SAKAI

Letters from Java of the sth of October an-
nounce, that the truce agreed on between the Native Powers
and the Dutch Government had been broken, and that
hostilities had again commenced on the 30th of September.
Letters from France state, that since the battle
of Navarin, the most marked attention is paid by the Court,
and all the nobility, to the English of distinction now re-
siding in Paris. His Majesty the King of FRANCE, a few
days ago, was pleased to show a special mark of favour to
an English Protestant gentleman of Hampshire, by raising
JAMES DAWES, Esq., to the dignity of a Baron of France,
by the style or title of Baron de Flasson, with letters patent,
under the great seal of the kingdom, granting naturalization
to JAMES DAWES, Esq., to authorize him and his heirs for
ever to hold and possess the Royal domain of Flasson, pre-
sented to him by his Royal Highness the Prince DE CONDE.
Mr. DAWES was married, last year, at Paris, to the daughter
of Rear-Admiral MANBY.—Hamphire Telegraph.

Some days ago, Mr. E. W. PEARCE and
THOMAS lino/tits met in a field, a short distance from
town, to settle an affair of honour ; the former attended by
Lieutenant BURROW, of the Ist Regiment of Royals, the
latter by WILLIAM Stmrsox, Esq., M.D. Ten paces
were measured, and the parties fired two shots each with-
out effect. Mr. PEARCE then proposed to shorten the
distance to six paces; this was objected to. The parties
again took their ground at ten; Mr. HUGHRS again fired,
and missed. Mr. PEARCE then fired his pistol in the air'
which terminated the affair.

Our naval readers will no doubt feel gratified
at seeing the dimensions of the largest frigate ever built,
and now employed, as Lord COCHRANE'S flag ship, in the
Greek cause. The frigate Hellas, built in America, mounts
sixty-four guns, and is 1,980 tons ; upper deck, thirty_
two 42-pounders, and two long 32-ponnders in her bow-
ports, as chase guns; main deck, thirty-two long 32-
pounders ; on each deck a solid brass capstern ; extreme
length, 185 feet ; extreme breadth, 52 feet; bobstays three,
of chain same size as her cables ; martingales cinain also ;
bits fitted with an iron core to ship for the chain-cable, and
unship for the hemp cables—Devonport 2'elegrapla.
HANNAH MORE.---This.distinguished Lady,
who has comparatively retired from the world of letters,"
is living, at the advanced age of SG, at her beautiful cottage,
Barley Wood, near Bristol. She is in possession of all
those faculties which generally desert the few of mankind
who number yeari beyond " three score and ten." She
reads without spectacles, walks with a dignified, and even
firm step ; her voice is as unbroken as that of a person in
the prime of life ; and her conversation, powerful, interest-
ing, and varied, cannot fail to remind the hearer of those
written records of that superior mind which has so much
benefitted her fellow beings, and conferred so much honour
on the liter tare of her cottptry.