The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-27 00:00:00

CORVICTION eon POACIIING.—Benjamin Shake.
shaft, labourer, has been convicted before W. L. Childe,
Esq., and the Rev. T. Woodward,- for being found ‘lll
lands at Cleobury Mortimer, armed with a gun, in Plir:
suit of game, and has been sentenced to three 11100th
d
hard labour, and at the expiration of that period to and
sureties not to offend against the game-laws for the ore
of one year, or in default to be further imprisoned for
the space of six months.—Shrewsbury Chrcnicle.
DRUGGING A POLICEMAN.—On Saturday morning'
about two o'clock, constable 183 L was discovered lying,
insensible in Arlington-street, Waterloo-road. fie "2:.,
immediately conveyed to the station-house, V)"
street. The divisional surgeon administered rotor
tives, and in three hours the constable was suffleient,/,
restored to his senses to state that while he was on ti
beat in Arlington-street, shortly after one o'clock, a Tiro
ro
of colour he bad some slight knowledge of treatedet,
to a glass of gin; he was requested to partake of a"t I which he declined, saying he did not exactly like the
taste of the first. Ile then proceeded a short di'tanfes
when he was overtaken by stupor, and fell down J -
sensible. The doctor stated that he had drunk a dead'',
mixture, which would have terminated his exigence 1'
he bad drunk half a glass more. The constable is .ti
steady sober man, and has been in the force about
eighteen months. The police are on the look out fur 00
person who gave him the liquor.
[ADVNRTISEMENT.]
AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE Or AN Anscass
TAR KNEE, BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PIMA":
Henry Croft, residing at 18, Castle-street, Southwark'
was an in-patient at St. Thomas's Hospital, for an ab
su=ssed knee, and came out as incurable on the Ist
June last year, after being there three months. lii JuV,
last he left Guy's HOspital, where he had been four
weeks, and pronounced ineurable--indeed, n cal;
mended his leg to be taken off—yet, however wonderfulr
it may appear, he has just been cured by the use
Hollovray's Pills and Ointment.—Sold at Professor Hol-
loway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice mad
f
be had gratis), sad by almost all respectable venders°
medicine throughout the civilised world.
DEATNESS, &c.—Messrs. S. and B. Solotnong'
Opticians and jurists, 39, Albemarle-street, directly or
posite the York Hotel, state that, after thirty years, e,s;
tensive practice, they have invented an Invisible Vox,:
Conductor, Sound Magnifier, of a metal to collect sotll3ll
peculiar to themselves. It is the size of a small fio
seven-shilling piece, and, when fixed in the cavity Of t,"
ears, it is not the least perceptible, nor more uncosnfo",
able than having a small piece of fine wool in its place;
It enables individuals at an advanced age, and of
and fifty years' standing of extreme deafness, 19 well
those who are only slightly dull of hearing, instantlfg;
to
join in general conversation, and to catch the sound
distant, low speaker, at church, theatre, &c. An in—:6
vidual, in company, can place it in the ear, and rea3("
it unobserved. It pours the conversation into the ear,
to such an extent, that in most severe cases deafness
o
cannot be observed. The Newly Invented Speotae:let;
immediately they are placed before imperfect via'°
either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullneo;
f
which appears before the eyes is at once removed, eleriti:
object becoming clear and distinct, so that the most tele,
and defective eye-sight becomes bright and brilliant'
and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original
state. Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, 31'c'fs
0
scopes, Scc., &c., of the same kind of lenses, to 41s
o)3
any ever yet invented.—Caution Messrs. S. and
Solomoris, Opticians end Aurists, are not in any al c°o.
nected with a person of the same name in their Itnui,.,
diate neighbourhood, 'tor in any part of the country-T91,9
prevent mistakes, he cautious, and observe—only
the
had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite
York Hotel.

BIRTHS.
lath'
On the 21st inst., the wife of George Walter, Esq.,— g°-
street, Greenwich, of a son.
On the 21st inst., the lady of Charles Main Worthingt°l4
Upper Montague-street, Montague-square, of a daughter.
On the 224 inst., the lady of Dr. Golding Bird, MychielOn
square, of a daughter.
On the 22d inst., at Rectory Villas, West Hadraion
William Maxwell, of a son.
On the 22d inst., at Cambridge-square, Mrs. T. Entwi'le'
jun., of a daughter.
On the 224 inst., the wife of G. M. Gray, Esq., of LfPP
Bedford-place, Russell. square, of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., in forrington-square, the wife of Phil
Ht O'
Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, of a son. th.
On the 14th inst., at Abercromby-place, Edinburgh. ,d
Lady of Sir William Listoi Foulis, Bart., of Woodball to
Millburn Tower, of a daughter. tunri
On the 10th inst., at Stoke Hall, Ipswich, the lady o.s- '-
Phillips, Esq., of a daughter.

MAR.
On the 2lst inst , at St. Mar RIED
y's, L ,„afet
ambeth, Mr. F. J. 01
Iligh-street, Clapham, to Sarah, third daughter of 1%11"
Baigent, Esq., Kennington.
On the 23d inst., at St. Georges's, Bloomsbury, Thojiirrs
Mathews, jun., Esq., of Castle Carv, Somersetshire, to 1$ " j
Anne, only daughter of the late John Buckiagliam, I;'q.
Broad-street, St. Gilea's-in-the- Fields.

DIED. „i to
On the 19th of Aust, on lila passage from St. lit."-olip
the Cape of Good hope, Captain Thomas Palmer, of t". -
Isabella, aged 27. le*
On the 18th inst., at Edgbaston, Mr. John Hear!' i'°"'"
of
OBroad-street, Birmingham.
n the 218 t inst., at Paris, Susanna, eldest daughter of t",
late John hone, Esq., of Great Marlow. ano.
On the 22d inst., at York-terrace, Regent's-API:
Ritchie, Esq., late of Bombay.
On the 22d inst., at Oxford-terrace, William d B''
On the 22d inst., John Guillemard, Esq. F.R.S, Age late
en the 221 inst., Andrew, fifth eon of dr. F. Corbet' w
.Nethercot, Oxon.
On the 23d inst., Emma, infant daughter of Robert Willis.°
Peacock, Esq., of Nottingham-place, Regent's-pork'
On the '23d inst., in Leman•street,
Samuel Samuel, Esq., aged 82. it mu FA'
On the 22d inst., at Southamptan, F. T. de 13e7c-)o't,
On the 2'2d inst., at Ruthin, Arthur Ellis Roberto,lorls.
Yiving son of the late Rev. Ellis Roberts, Vicar of I' Felton,
On the 23d inst., Sarah Ann, the wife of Jan°
Es 9,, ofUpper Clapon, Middlesex. orsb'
On the '23d inst. t
at Melton-street, Dorset-square,
S
the wife of Samuel llamersleY, Eeq. Wick
On the 23d inst., John Watson, Esq., 0f
Brighton, aged 72.
On the 24th inst., in Leather-lane, Mr. John Vll.A.leaeltiur;t4ll
On the 25th inst., ut Kensington Gravel-pa", Sir
Null Calleott, ILA., aged 65.

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No. 112, Strand, Printer,the at The OPZt
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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savor, in
Middlesex, Wedneedzy, November 27,14

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e were mostly taken in at 411 d for middling,two lots 501c1
lat 414. 29 bags of 13,_mgal Ginger were taken in at 16s
per cwt for ordinary w. rm.
Rum. BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—lmporters of Ja'
maica Rum refusing to submit to lower rates checks
business, and only small parcels have been disposed of at
the former currency. Tne market is firm for Leewards;
the supply is rather small, and a fair demand exists at
2s 4d to 23 5d per gallon proof strength. In Demerara
there has been little business transacted, and the mer-
chants are asking 3s 3d to 3s 7d for 32 to 395 per eat-
ovenproof, and Calcutta at 2s 2d.to 2s 2id per
pilots
proof with certificate.
To-day there was a brisker demand for Leeward
Island and Calcutta Rum, in consequence of the Go-
vernment contract for 100,000 gallons of Rum adver-
tised to be taken on Thursday, and prices are firmer
,sales of the former made at 25 4id to 2s 5d proof,
and the latter at 2s 3d per gallon with certificate. lu
Jamaica there is at present not much business doing,
For Cognac Brandy of the vintage of 1842 there i 5 ti
large demand at 4s 5d to 4s 7d per gallon.
FRUIT.—This afternoon at public sale 50 barrels 0f
red Smyrna Raisins went at 465; 555 drums of Sultans
635; 12,919 drums of Turkey Figs 46a to 573; 14 cask.
103 brls 209 boxes of Greek Figs 34s to 38s; 56 butts
of New Mores Currants, part damaged, 453 to 'C'as'
48 crtls ditto 46s to 50s, 22 brls ditto 50s to 51s; 50 hf-chts,
of new Prunes 38s ; 450 half cartons of new Imperial
French Plums 6/ to 71 10s, 1,368 quarter ditto 61 to 61
10s ; 216 f ditto 6/ Bs, and 100 quarter chsts 75s to 76.1,',
RlCE.—l3engal is much wanted, but the market is still
sparingly supplied, and prices rule firm, sales by private
treaty of mid white have been made at I Is, good mid id
11s 6d, and good lls 9d to 12s per cwt ; none has again
been offered at auction, and a further decrease has taken
place in the stock. Of Java some parcels have been sold
privately at full prices, but at auction the sound of 1,698
bags was taken in at 10a to lOs 6d for mid broken white,'
being above the value, the damaged, however, sold et
5s to 9s per cwt. Madras has met with ready purchase"
by private treaty, at 8s 6d to 9s per cwt for yell"' ;
indeed, the market has been nearly cleared. The miller'
are still issuing a large quantity of Rice, notwithstanding
the low rates that prevail for Wheat. The market °
firm for cleaned Ric,!—Patna at 133 6d to 18s, and Ca"
rolina at 23s to 27s per cwt.
W'ooL.—There has been a better demand for nearly
all kinds of Wool, purchases to a fair extent have I?en,
made, and at steady rates ; ,the accounts from the ma'
nufacturing parts of the country are of a morn
favourable nature for the article. The advices come to
hand from Sydney state that prices had advanced
fur Wool. The arrivals of Wool front the first
January to the 31st of October have been as follows:—in
London 36,179 bales of Foreign, and 7°,364 bales of Cu;
lonia]. Into Liverpool 33,600 bales of Foreign,
9,736 bales of Colonial, and into Hull and Goole 60,11
hales of Foreign, making the total 130,698 bales °
Foreign, and 82,100 bales of Colonial. Thy arrivals last
week were 3,274 bales, 1,445 bales of which consisted of
Colonial.

INDIOo.—Tho export demand for Bengal has been
limited, and for home consumption there are very fe'r,
purchasers ; prices as compared with those of the his'
quarterly sale show a decline of 2d to 4d per lb. )11
Oude and Kurpah little business has been done. I°',
Spanish the demand is trifling.
TALLow.—Previous rates are fully sustained for Ells;
sian Tallow; on the spot the trade have purchase,'
largely at 40s 6d to 40s 9d per cwt for New P Y
of first quality, and merchants are not inclined to Preß;
sales. Town Tallow has been in excellent request
41s to 41s 6d, nett cash. New South Wales Tallow 81
auction sold at 38s to 41s 3d for mid to fine quality:
South American at public sale at 35s 3d to 39a 6d r,
common to Ene quality.
OILS.—The common descriptions of Fish Oils bsvi
been taken sparingly, and previous rates are with diffi'
culty supported. For Pale Seal 34/ to 35/ ha"
been accepted, 301 to 331 fur coloured Seal, 321 103 t°
331 for Cud Oil, and. at 281 to 32/ for Southern'
Sperm 881 to 90/ for fine British. Of American SPI:
macetti 83 boxes at auction fetched Is 2d per lb in bon
American Lard Oil is fetching 40/ to 41/ per tun.
Prices are still going down for Olive Oil, 421 to 43/ hill'
ing been accepted for Gallipoli, 40lto 41/ for Spanish'
and 39/ to 39/ 10s per tun for Barbsry ; at these low
rates, however, buyers aro more inclined to operate'
Linseed Oil at 23s 3d to 235 Gd. This afternoon 0S
public sale 11 tanks 107 pipes 166 hhds of Ceylon
Cocoa Nut Oil were bought in at 271103, and inferior at
261 per tun.