The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-04 00:00:00

FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

Thin morning's market exhibited but a scanty supply of
fisb. Salmon was of prime quality, and sold briskly at
an advance on the prices last quoted. There was an im-
mense attendance of buyers. The following were the
prices:—
Prime Turbot, each 2ls. Oct. to 245. Od.
Ditto small, per do.
Fine Dories, each 7 6 18 0
Soles, per three pacrs
Salmon, per lb.
Grilse 0 10 1 0
Trout 0 7 0 8
Fine Whitings, per 15 :1 0 15 0
Scate, each .....
Brill, each
Gurnotts, each
Live Flounders, per quartern
Live Eels, per 51b.
Dutch Plaice, per basket 5 0 8 0
Fine Lobsters, per score 6O 0 0 0
inferior ditto
Fine Crabs (each)
Fine Prawns, per lb.
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hunlred 6 0 7 0
Scotch ditto 5 0 0 0
Pickled Herrings, per 100
Best Common Oysters, per bushel 8 0 13 0
Natives

MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Aug. 2.
The favourable change in the weather at the beginning
of this week in some respect counteracted the effects of the
incessant rains of the last, for during the present week, up
to this day, which was rainy, we have had fine harvest
weather, consequently the trade ruled heavy iu all articles
at the prices quoted on the ttith ult. The attendance on
'Change this morning was small ; the show of fine Wheats
limited ; the first runs fully supported last Saturday's rates;
Irish, and the stale samples are Id. to 2d. lower ; in
grinding aiatley there is little passing ; Oats are held firmly
at the quotations of this day week; Boiling Pease continue
nominal ; but good bright Beans are in request. The de-
mand for Malt (considering the unfavourable reports from
the Barley districts) remains dull ; Fine fresh-made English
Flour is ready sale, having very little of such descriptions
on the market; the supply of Oatmeal is liberal, and prices
as last noted.

Quar. of 8 Imp. Bush.
s. t'. to s. d.
64 9 70 21 S' '+,
64 9 68 4 %,.,g c.
61 '2 63 0 m.:4:-.C.
61 2 64 9 0,...F...;94.
61 2 66 7 ~ ~.,.
55 9 59 ,it'''''
51 '7 51 0 6.;.:;-'
9 6161 2 68 4 ,:l'"'
I.

Custoinary Bushel.
Wheat (701 b.) s. d. to s. d.
English, Old !) 0 9 9
---- Fine 9 0 9 6
:ecolut Run. . 3 6 8 9
Scotch & Welch 8 6 9 0
Irish, Fine Old . 8 6 9 3

Inferior .

7 9
7 2

Foreign,jiee

7 Barley (60lb )
English, Fine
Irish

8 ti

8 3
;s

50 5 3

4 2 '4 :3
-- Inferior for grinding 4 0 4 2
Oats (431 b.)
English, Fine Poland 3 6 3 7
Scotch, Potatoes- 3 5 3 7
Irish, Mr Mealing 3 3 3 4
----- Provender— 3 2 3 4
Foreign, Old 3 0 3 1
Pease (Imp. litish.)
Blue, (boilers)
White (ditto) - 5 9 6 3
13e— "Ir-

34 8 31 8
28 10 29 5
27 8 28 10.

• PV

Di 1 26 9'
25 6 !Pi 9
24 3 24 10
22 7 24 10
24 0 24 S.

56 0 54 0
.46 0 50 0
Aeans'rnli. Qr.) s. to s. d. (Per Sack 2801b5.) s, to s. d.
English a , 46 0 .47 0 Hour Norfolk and
Inferior— 41. 0 46 0 'Suflblk, Fine 48 0 50 0
Irish, Old 11 0 44 0 Yorks., Fine 47 0 48 0
Foreign 43 0 4ll 0 Seconds 41 0 44 0
Malt (ver 1044 oft; Imp. Bush.) Irish, Fine-. 46 0 48 0
Nottingham, f10e.... 46 0 47 0 litiperfine 48 0 50 0
Yorkshire 44 0 45 0
—.4-Jested or stale 40 0 41 0
Irish and Inferior— .16 0 42 0 Per load of 2401 b.
Per Sack ef 2801 b. Oatmeal, Englisit—. 25 0 26 0
Flour.tiotts. Fine 49 50 0 --Scotch & Irish 25 0 26 0
Sup. .19 0 51 0 Feeding 21 0 22 0

CRABBE NO POET.----M---r. RABBE has
somewhere in his various and voluminous prefaces, claimed
for himself the name of poet. If every body comprehend-
ed all the terms in dispute among men, that is, felt their
force as well as understood their meaning, there would 1:e
a real "end to controversy," instead of all those so-styled
protiuctions, which have fed the flame they were designed
to extinguish. We are persuaded, not merely that 511.
CRAM is not a poet, but that he has very much injured
himself by attempting to be one. Composition in verse
raises a legitimate expectation of a certain finish and beauty
of the work ; for it 'makes every word important. This
scrutiny the writings in question will not endure. It also
prepares us for a different strain of feeling from that of
ordinary converseion ; and here, also, we may say, a This
was looked for at your hands, and this was balked." The
tone is sometimes sufficiently comic, sometimes sufficiently
tragic, for poetry ; but it is often sernoni proprior, and
sometimes miserably flat and mean. The versification is
on no system whatsoever ; and there are constant traces of
the habit of forcing and filing the meaning to fit the
couplet. --dthencruni.