The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-30 00:00:00

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The christeriiTi of The Marquis of Exeter's infant daugh-
ter, who is to be called Victoria, after the Queen, to whom
his Royal Highness Prince Albert stands sponsor, will take
place in the course of the ensuing month.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have gone to Hampton
Court Palace on a visit to Lady Anne Culling Smith. Mr.
Culling Smith left Beaufort House early in the morning to
meet the party.
The Earl Brownlow and Viscount Alford have returned to
town from Lincolnshire. The Countess and Ladies Cust left
Bolton House yesterday for Castle Ashby, the seat of the
Marquis of Northampton, where they intend to remain until
the return of the Earl. The family are not expected to re-
turn to Belgrave-square until April next. •
The Earl of Chesterfield remains during the week at Mr.
R. Errington's, in Warwickshire. The whole of his Lord-
ship's stud are now there.
Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor have' arrived in Park-
street from Eaton Hall.

Lord and Lady Prudhoe have returned to Stanwiek Park,
from a visit at Eaton Hall.

Lady Mildmay has returned to Belgrave-square from Dog-
mersiield Park, at an unusually early period, in consequence
of the serious indisposition of her son.
The Hon. Colonel Rawdon and the Dowager Visaountess
Cremorne arrived in Stanhope-street, Mayfair, after an ab-
sence of two years passed in France and Italy.
M. Moura, Secretary of Legation to the Portuguese Em-
bassy, has arrived in town from a visit to Colonel and Mrs.
Rolt, at Trunkwell House, Berks.

The courty ball (which had been postponad.-on account of
the melancholy :death of Lord Inverury) took place at the
George Hotel, Northampton, on Friday last, ...under the
stewardship of Sir F. Goodricke, Ambrose Isted,
.Esq., and
Bainald Knightley, Esq. Among the company were the
Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Lord Cantalupe, Lord and
Lady Dillon, Lord William Graham, Lord and Lady Enaest
Bruce, Lord Brooke, Lord Maidstone, Lady Dryden and Miss
Dryden, Sir F. Goodricke, &c.
MISCELLANEOUS.

A meeting of the tenant-farmers and tradeSmen of Amer-
sham, Chesham, Chenies, Beaconsfield, Penn, Coleshlll,
Chalfont, Missenden, and of all the parishes within the.,
hundred of Burnham, Bucks, has been convened, to take,
placo to-day at the Town-hall, Amersham, by a requisition
signed by between seventy and eighty of the principal and
most influential tenant-farmers of the above-named agricul-
tural district, for the purpose of determining upon the mea-
sures to be adopted "to protect the agricultural interest, at
the present most important crisis."
A requisition is about to be presented to the High Sheriff of
Somersetshire, requesting him to convene a county meeting,
for the purpose of taking measures to oppose the Anti-Corn-
law League in the most efficient manner. The second preli-
minary meeting, for the arrangement of the proceedings, will.
take on Saturday next at Taunton.
The Duke of Buckingham, President of the Royal Bucks
Agricultural Association, will take the chair at the annual
Meeting of the members; at Aylesbury, on Saturday next,
when sonic most important•business is expected to be brought
'forward in reference to the Anti-League movements in the
county of Bucks.
-On Monday, at twelve o'clock, the Saracen's Head Inn,
Friday-street, ono of the oldest in London, was sold by auc-
tion 'for its building materials. Large Manchester ware-
houses are to be built on the site. This inn was extensively
connected with coach proprietors and waggon-carriers down
the Great Western-road, the traffic of which has been broken
up by the establishment of the railways.
.It_is stated that the grand music-hall, which is in course
of being built at Liverpool,:will not be ready this year, con-
sequentty no festival will take place in that town until the
autumn of 1845. The meeting of the three choirs, Hereford,
Worcester, and Gloucester, will be held this year in the latter
city.
A Tory Contemporary says the negotiations between the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Governor and Deputy Go-
vernor of the Bank are proceedinq; and the American Minis-
ter has commenced the discussion of the Oregon territory
with Lord Stanley, at the Colonial-office.

MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.)

EAT DIALTUCETS.

SMITEEFIELD.—U;Tse Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 5s ;
Useful ditto, 316 s to 3113 s - fine Upland ditto, 3115 s to
41; Clover Hay, 31 to Si; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s ;
Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs per load. Both Hay and
Straw moved off slowly, at barely lastweek's quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2112 s to 318 s ;
Useful ditto, 3110 s to 31 15s; fine Upland ditto, 3l 16s to
41; Clover Hay, 313 s to 4/.155; Oat Straw, 117 s to 119 s;
Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 Its per load. Supply li-
mited, and trade somewhat. steady. Prices fully sta-
tionary.
WHITECHAPEL.—COMe Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31 5s ;
Useful ditto, 318 s to 3l 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 13s to
3/18s ; Clover Hay, 313 s to Si 3s ; Oat Straw, 115 s to
11 7s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs per load. A good
supply, and a dull trade, at the above currencies.
COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is firm, and
about 300 hhds have been sold at fully previous prices. The
public sales have contained 1,334 bags Bengal, which were
nearly all taken in much above the value, being held for
higher prices. The quantity of British Plantation landed last
week at the East and West India Docks was 530 hhds, 24
tierces, 177 barrels, and there were taken for home consump-
tion 1,336 hhds, 06 tierces, 113 barrels. The stock in the
same places is 7,515 hhds, 898 tierces, 892 barrels.
COFFEE.-603 bags Ceylon, 47 bales :Mocha, 258 bags
Dutch Company's Java, and 105 bags Costa Rica have been
brought to auction. The Ceylon, Mocha, and Java found
ready buyers, the former at 61s 6d to 65s for good ord pale
and broken to very good ord coloury ; good mid clean gar-
bled Mocha at 70s to 71s 6d, and good to fine ord Java at
47s to 48s, being for all descriptions rather dearer. The
Costa Rica was taken in at 50s for good ord pale and coloury.
RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 85 puns 29 hhds; there were taken
for home consumption 179 puns 19 hhds, and exported 123
puns 1 hhd. The stock in the former places is 12,079 puns
2,076 hhds.
SALTPETRE.—Of 4,082 bags at auction, nearly the whole
was brought in at 24s 6d to 25s for 14 to 114 per cent. re-
fraction—a few lots 7 per cent. refraction sold at 265, being
for the latter description the extreme value.
TALLow.—P.Y.C. is dull at 41s per cwt on the spot, and
Town at 44s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—The market is firm, with a moderate business doing,
and a good consumption.

COAL M

Ships arrived sin

A It KET
:e last market.day, N.

d.
Davison's West Hartley ...•16 0
Hastings Hartley ............15 0
Walls End Clennell ' 15 6
Wall% End Hilda ... 17
Walls End Hedley l7
Walls End Hotspur
Walls End Kill'ngworth
Walls End Peareth l5 9
Walls End Wharncliffe lB S
Walls End Belmobi
W. E. Braddyll'alipttr. tl
PRI E:.! 0
-

s d.
Walls End East Helton IS 3
Walls End Helton 2O 3
Walls End Lambton ...... 20 9
Walls End Russell's Hetton 19 9
Walls End Stmeart's 20 3
Walls End Barrett lB 3
Walls End *Arrington Tees 16 9
Wal t Ent Clarence Hetton 16 6
Walls End Hopper l7 0
Howard's W. Netherton 14 6
Llangennech Coal ....... 20 6
F SES.US
Pet %twine.

Per C.—.
thew English Re,:: C10ver...35s 56s St. Rim ........ ...... ..-.1. 2111 s 45,
Old llitu• Ditto ~.......—s —s —s Rye Grass. —s iNs En
New Foreign Ditto.- ..—s 351, Ms Pacey Grass —s —s —s
Old Ditto Ditto —s —a —s Linseed, for feed'',; ..—s Ms 56.
New White (.‘over 45s fins fkiDitto, for sowing .......—s h2s 66=
Old Ditto Ditto .... —s s —.Ditto, for crushing ....—s 50, 53,
New Trefoil .--s 12s 24s!Hernr. .-1 3t:s 42`
Old Ditto s—s —s'Canary , —s 60s 6es
frefolium —s --s —til Per Bushel.
English Carraway —s 40s 41s White Mustard....loa Od to 121,0 d
Foreign Ditto —s 40s 46s Brown Ditt0........ 103 Od to 143 0e
r.itial:,...t.r —s 'is 00s Tares . ...... 4s eit t., .. pe

HAMES t week .26,i-/J6 I..rsons went
through this structure.