The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-06 00:00:00

MARKET NEW.L(THIS DAY.)

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CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
Although We had only a moderate supply of English Wheat,
the demand for it was in a sluggish state, and Monday's quo-
tations were barely supported. Foreign Wheat, free of duty,
sold steadily, but in bonded grain exceedingly little was
doing. The Barley trade was very inactive, and prices were
barely supported. Malt, Oats, and all other Grain moved off
heavily, at late rate's.
ARRIVALS iitta •

Wheat.
Eng1i5h.,........ 1,950 qrs,
Irish

Barley. 1 Oats. Tour
800 qrs.' 1,110 qrs. 1670 ,acks.
17,4:30

Foreign.. »....:I 1250

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Malt, 300 qrs.
WHITECHAPEL.
Our market to-day was very moderately supplied witl
meat, while the demand ruled heavy at the following prices :
Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Veal,
3s 6d to 4s §d; and York, 4,3 s 10d per 81bs. by the
carcass. -,

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PuciEism.—Yesterday the long pending prizefight
between CUllen and Rowe was decided near Gravesend. The
men were matched fur a stake of 504 and a good deal of
betting took place, Cullen being the favourite. A steamer,
provided for the occasion, started from Hungerford pier, with
the combatants and 'a.strong muster of the pugilistic fancy.
On arriving at the appointed locality the men prepared for
action, and, after shaking hands together in the usual way,
they immediately commenced with great severity, when Rowe
soon gave evidence of his being the best " general." How-
ever, the men continued the contest with great courage and
science for fifty-seven minutes, when Rowe was declared the
winner amidst the cheering'of his friends.
MAPLE WOOD.—It having been the practice in
taking the dimensions' of maple-wood, for the purpose of
charging the duty thereon, to admeasure the same singly,
notwithstanding the planks" or slabs may be under twenty-
one feet' in length, on account of the unusually large inter-
stices which would be 'occasioned by the irregular fonns of
the plank, provided the same were piled for affineasurement
in bulk, under the provisions of the 29th section of the Act
sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 47; and the Board of Custems
being of opinion that maple-wood, in common with all*).
woods chargad with duty by measurement, should, 1.)441,',.,
ference to the Act above adverted 'to, be measured, 18 *in L,
have ordered that the proper officers do govern themse VeS
accordingly.
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EFFECTS OP LARKING.—A—IeW _.days ago, Of He'd'•
ford, a party of men were amusing themselves by destroying
a colony of rats in some old premises. Some of the party had
guns to make more sure of their game, and one of them, in
order to play ajoke upon the rest, went inside the building,
and pushed a dead rat through a hole. This was no sooner
done than the gums were fired, under the impression that it
was a live rat making its escape,. and part of the charges
passed through the hole, and shattered the man's hand off!
A sad verification of the proverb that the " biter is sometimes
bitten."—Cambridge Chronicle.
THE Quj. TAMS.--In Goodbourn v. Marley, 2 Str.
1159, and Blaxton v. Pye, 9 Wils. 309, it was held that
laying abOve 101. on a' horse race (though for a legal plate)
is an illegal bet, within the statute of •Anne, on the ground
that the •statute ought to be extended to all sports as well as
games, in order to prevent excessive betting ; and in Lynall
v. Longbothanii it-was also •decided to apply to
foot racing.