The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

prices. Zante and Cephalonia 475, and Patna 49s to
per cwt.
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Wool.—The market has an improving niTea'"
for Wool ; there has been a good demand from $
home trade, and full rates are paid ; the accounts fromfor
the manufacturing districts are more favourable
Woollen goods. The arrivals of Wool here since L'
day week have been 472 bales, 244 bales of which o,
silted of Colonial.
COCHINEAL.—The market has a firm appearance'
there are several purchasers, and in some cases therlttil
offered are rather above those previously quoted
merchants are unwilling sellers, and still refrain f'
offering any at auction.
TALLOW.—The market has been better suppliot—to
South American, and a decline in prices has
place ; at auction 411 pkgs were disposed of at 1,164
to 38s 9d for low to fine quality. 9 casks of l'").0
American fetched 39s 6d for good quality. New S°llo
Wales is plentiful, and lower rates are taken • 288 es,
at auction fetched 36s to 41s 6d for mid to fine .fitt
In Russian there has been little business transacteander
spot, and in some cases the rates taken are rather 10160
those previously quoted, I? Y C selling at 403 to 40se
per cwt: the trade only purchase sufficient for th.oo
present necessities, and the stock is large for the Perl er
of the year ; for forward delivery there has been O
little passing. Town Tallow has been in good delliglinell
prices are low, and rule at 40s Gd to 41s 6d per Olt, "
cash; there is a fair supply at market.
Oms.—For Rape Oil there are ready purchasers,oj
prices are advancing, pale fetching 36s to 36s
brown 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. There has been s
demand for Linseed Oil on the spot and for delivery If
low rates that prevail causing buyers to operate lsrbiil
Palm has been taken sparingly, and not more tha..,,°•tc
6d to 25s is to be obtained for good and fine citip:4
Cocoa Nut has been little called for, and parcels
only be disposed of upon lower terms, 24s to 279 ter
cepted for low to fine quality. The consumption is wo
fered with by the cheapness of Tallow. Olive 6
has met with more attention. Although the swetoll.
common descriptions of Fish Oils is very small, 8v3.2,10
in; to only 1,400 tuns, still prices are going °O,
and buyers have purchased reluctantly. For
301 lOs to 311 accepted ; pale Seal 331 109 to
stra.v 32/ to 32/10s ; yellow 30/ to 311; brown 281t.,4°
lOs ; and low to fine southern 281 to 331. SPe,,h-,0
wanted, and holders manifest firmness, several pure"
made at 881 to 901 per tun for fine British.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCD:)
THE WINDSOR GRAND MILITARY ST•6E—
CHASE. 110
The entries for this sporting event, which
dc;
place on the 25th of March, closed on the Ist 0;4
In consequence of the serious accidents which occo4
last year (three valuable horses, it will be remeev-o0
having been killed, arising from the highly daggefiei'
leaps over the land then selected in the immedietedi
nity of the town), it was at first contemplated thii,„pi
runs should come off this year in the neighbotalToe
Ascot Heath. An excellent line of country,
has been selected by the stewards, within about tiverrbree
of Windsor, and close to Dedworth-green.
events have been announced to come off on the 0-ri?
day (Easter Tuosday)—viz., a military chase, for b
the property of officers ; a chase for a sweepstakreeji4
five sovereigns each ; and a hack chase for one sec•or!
011
each. The following are the entries for the
chase :
Lord Glamis's br g Tea-fighter, aged—Earl ofC ifo9:
ford, 2d Life Guards, names The Dentist, aged--9ra
Blanes, 2d Life Guards, br g The Martyr, 6 yrs,,,k,
tain Schobell's, 17th Lancers, Cock Robin—Lord
17th Lancers, The Colonel—Lieutenant Langleliiiio
Life Guards, the Cardinal, aged—Hr. Pyett's br
don—Captain Boucherett's, 17th Lancers, The 103r„,rj,
Mr. R. Sutton and Sir Charles Kent, Ist Life t.'
Major Ogilvie, and Mr. Heskett, 2d Life Guards''
paid forfeit. The stewards are Captain Mountl. e
tyn arid W. A. Tollemache, Esq., 2d Life Guar
Major Lawrence, 17th Lancers.
Some excellent sport is anticipated, from the

known character of the horses already entered,
line of country selected by the stewards.

GREAT PEDESTRIAN MAT°

FOR TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. cif
The great runiAng flinch between Sheppard, $
Dd
brated pedestrian, ut Birmingham, and Jtiekson,
the American Deer, a noted runner, for 1001. tot
was decided on Monday in favour of the latter, "0"
complished a feat said to be unparalleled in the V
of pedestrianism, that of running eleven miles I',
100 yards, within an hour. The match came off sal
Hatfield-romt, a short distance beyond Barnet, sty'
trained a large assemblage of spectators, a, the es:
for some ti ..e past excited considerable intere6"lo
speculative manly in the sporting world, partisl
suing those who delight in feats of streng
speed, and considerable sums were pending the jcli
0
Sheppard at one period was the favourite ""d
about six to four, but a rumour obtained eurree%;
week that he vsas "amiss," and a rraction
bating was con,equently the result. The wienetrii
admirably trained by Fuller, the well-known pode6ef?
but who is now somewhat passe. He has, h° it
kept his man at work lately, making him ditilf,'ot
said, get over forty miles of vround, in order to
speed and powers of endurance. Sheppard is 00;
must extraordinary runner, his previous perferi>
fully justifying the confidence of his friends and bo
For instance, on the 4th of November last, 110
. it)4
miles at the Vauxhall-gardens, Birmingham, i$ ttriti
minutes and a half:Some of the cognoscenti f i
his defeat to his -having been trained " too filie'ret:
that he had been compelled but a few days since tt)nott
to aperient medicine, which had produced techde: Bay. Jackson has always been considered
" crack" man at a long distance, and it is recfmr,'
him that when he ran Maxfield, the " North op
Peckham, he accomplished three miles in four ot`
under sixteen minutes. The event will excite e°,,.'"
able sensation in the provinces, particularly in Dl'
ham, where Sheppard is held in high estimation:A P:
In betting 6 to 4 were freely laid on ShePPIPP;,
perhaps on no other running match was so rnuel'o,,
speculated. One mile of road was measured, ore',. ,
the match was to be decided. The competitors 'f.e,
at about the rate of one mile in six minutes. Thfie,e
tinned nearly together till the eighth mile, whom,
pard appeared at an advantage. Upon the aPP;oref
the tenth mile Jackson increased his speed, soicu,:ecf:
his opponent, and on the turn of this mile
staggered and fell completely exhausted. Jacks'
proceeded at a slackened pace for the remaindloisr
way, and the one hour had passed as he was 1
of 01
from the 11th mile. The performance is gresoo4',
this, as we learn from a source on which we cos tJtati
depend, that this is what is termed a long
point of fact it exceeds that distance by 21 Yar,f
are indebted to a sporting man who has recesZpre,'
sured it for this information. During the race LP-bir
a large body of horsemen riding alongside, the
keeping the quadrupeds in a good sweat.

BECCLES.—OPENING OF THE CORN EXClit7j
Our market-place, " which centres in a spaeictt: coT.O
presented a de,erted scene on Saturday last, 'fil'ortif,
quence of the announcement of opening the ,f,'o4
change having been publicly made known. i gaor
and commodious building, we are happy in tried,
was at four o'clock well filled with merchants%, tr,
and farmers, connected not only with our e!tro,i,
but others from Bunga, , Halesworth, J-4,10‘1
&c., lent their aid in the stirring business 01,,eia•;ti
We believe we are right in stating that each e"' eel,
engaged by two occupiers, thus proving tbeipeiß
ableness of this long wished for and excellent nf be
merit. The projectors will thus see a prospect Vib'
amply repaid for their spirited speculation. Tbe,„, ii/oil,
band attend,. d and played the National Antii,el:io Dil;f
commencement, with many favourite airs. .J
-P.6.49
.
ing, which has a noble external appearance,. ihicr`:"
length to our well known and spacious Assefeu lchf,'
and considerably wider and larger ; bronze glartil
Tiers are introduced, and when the appropriate ' oi,:i
ori,aments, &c., are finished, it will vie with ell f ,i'
public edifice in the county. Perhaps at oat
period has there been more corn exported from
than at this period.—lpswich Express.
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.BIRTHS. ilite,V:
On the sth inst., at Waresley-park, Huntingdooe
Caroline Duncombe, of a daughter. 00#11
nf 0 ;4'
On the Ist inst., the lady of J. de Prati, M.P., ,q- et.
On the 2d inst., at Brighton, the lady of the '' ii','
Green, of a daught the er. lif
On the 2d inst., at Catherine-place, Limerick, )1,
Captain H. Lugard, Royal Engineers, of a son. IVA' ,
On the 3d inst., at Coleshill House, Barks, the 1
Edward Pleydell Bouverie, of a daughter.
.0 life"
On the 4th inst., at Clapham-rise, the wife of 4"
Evans, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., at Stanmore Villa, WeYbridge' ;f
lo .
Webster Flockton, of a daughter.
aatli+ P '
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On the 4th inst., at the Parsonage, Leaven-o,ui
by -Nayland, Suffolk, the wife of the Rev. H. T. CWIlt 0 P e
On the 4th inst., at Wadsley, near Sheffield, " 00'
the Rev. Walter Scott Dumergue, of a son. go.
On the 4th inst., at Bromley, Middlesex, et'
Berger, of a daughter. Ajt r ,for
1101 1
On the sth inst., Mrs. Frederick Heisch, of a 4, jo iv, ,/
On the sth inst., at Reading, the lady of GIP°
_.de,l'
ray, RN., of a son.
i: h.-9 'vet, V
On the sth inst., in Wimpole-street, Cavendish St r,l
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lady of the Rev. George Bethune Norman, of a daii:ote
On the 6th inst., at Shaftesbury House, 134
lady of Thomas Davidson, M.D., of a daughter. -
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. ..,dec-,

HARRIED. A 0.1
On the 12th of November, 1844, at Bellary, y
Esq., Madras Civil Service, to Isabella F01;4;4
daughter of Major-General Leslie, KM., corninal_

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DIED. A pliti*
On the Ist inst., at Cheltenham, Sir Jacob Au°/' of
AO
Inspector-General of Army Hospitals. r"
On the Ist inst., at Cheltenham, Lady Burdett, ",,(1
late Sir William Burdett, Bart. „ Diall'rflol;
On the 28th of August last, on board the siorbr sa4,
her passage out to Bombay, Emily Henrietta, cli„Os'a 'A,
daughter of the late Nathaniel A. Austen, Esq" op D0..0f v
aged 19 ; and on the Bth of October following,,,steis9
same ship, her brother, Lieutenant Augustus
0:4- rill
Bth Regiment Bombay Native Infantry, aged; :,-f t.'" ,
On the 7th of November, 1844, at Calcutta, y, P
wife of W. Toiler, Esq., commander of the Welicteorg"
On the 15th of November last, in Jamaica, 13°i
thong, Esq. ~,i C- „;'
On the 28th ult., at Romsey, Hants, Wil“'"" Apr
Ile" Esq., solicitor, of that place. , of ,4
On the Ist inst., Augustus Manning, -nag' oJ''
street, Mayfair, aged 77. d ra, I OfrY
On the 28th ult., at Epsom, Mr. James Gard °°f' f 1 6 '
On the Ist inst., Augustus Manning, Esq" ° •do 4
0'
street, May-fair, aged 77. hello! t 4
On the 2d inst., at Stoke Newington, laa- freip
Captain David Young, aged 81. pre
On the 3d inst., at Woodlawn, Dulwich, gra'

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