The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-16 00:00:00

COTTON WOOL.
LIST OF IMPORTS ANT) EXPORTS.

This
year.
Bags, &c.
Liverpool 1.59,157
London
Ulasgow
Total exported in 1828

IMPORTED. EXPORTED*
pe- IPrcile
g nod la ly thls
year. year.„„

Bags, &c. ; Bags, &c.
186,069 I 259
10,945 ; 1,140
19,431

Bain 4rc'
4,10
t0,5',1

II -
~ 16,097.

SCOTCH MARKETS.

GLASGOW MARKETS, APRIL 12.
Inwards the end of the week a cargo of 400 cask' °,l
Demerara Suca as, recently imported, was brought toji
the market ; the whole were taken off by the Grocers 0
Refiners at full prices. A cargo of 460 casks Demer3rl
and one of 460 casks Trinidads, are now landing, and $l,!
be in the market next week. Refined Sugars are 'w'
scarce, and in good demand.
No sellers of British AIOLASSES under 225. 6d. ; 1
pune. of Demerara Molasses were sold at 25e. from t'
quay.
The sales of COFFEE are confined to IG tierces of 104
middling Jamaica, which were taken by the Grocers at b.
_ .

Nothing done in PIMENTO or GINGER.
About 45 puns of Jamaica RUM have been sold at 51'
id. a 3s. 2d. for 16 0. P. No sales in Leewards, whic4
are held at 2s. ld. for Proofs and Low 0. P.'s.
The transactions in COTTON amount to 1,496 pack
taken by the Trade at last week's quotations. The 10'
culars are, 31 Sea Islands, 13d. a 15d. ; 5 i Stained ditr
Gd. a 10d. ; 132 Boweds, 6D. a 6d. ; 313 Orleans. u,":
a ;21 Demerara, 9d. ; 896 Egyptians, id. a BFl't
46 Surats, 4.1 d. a 41d.
of
The sales of DYE-WOODS are confined to 11 tops
Spanish Fustic at 8/. 10s. ; the small stock of jalllsiir
Logwood at market is still held at six guineas.
ASHES continue very flat, and the sales are trifling PaAt.'
eels in retail 'Pots 30s. a 315., and Pearls 325. Gd. a
About 20 'thds. of Virginia TOBACCO have been PO'
by the trade at sd. a sfd. for Leaf and Strips.
TALLOW continues dull and going lower, trifling parch'
are selling at 425. 6d. a 435.
Although the demand for FISH OILS is very limited, /II
prices are getting higher, Whale 21/. 10s. a 22/. ;
22/. ; and Pale Seal, 22/. a 22/. 10s. per tun, old measur:i
There has been a fair demand for all description,
GRAIN this week, particularly for Wheat, which has 8i
vanced Gd. a Is. per boll; Barley also, in consequence"
the limited supply, is 2s. per boll higher ; Oats steady

quirle;llllE.y ItvheAYlateToMl\*.VcEoAuTLTl:lteh•Trrichhdbanprkoepr,erwtyol,,
produce of a long life of honest industry, and strict ate,
non to business : in this, perhaps, he had few equals.
one occasion, when a gentleman, who had been one of "ti.
school-fellows, came to town, Mr. COUTTS invited hiol
dinner ; and a large party was assembled to do him liotOcc;
The next day, the gentleman had some business to traoss;
at Mr. Courrs's banking house, when there was a peep
in change due to Mr. Courrs. " Well," said the gesve,'
man, " I shall not give you that." " I must have it," stv;
Mr. COUTTS. " Why," said his astonished friend,, " bal
singular is this ! Yesterday you gave me a dinner vibic,
must have cost 1001. ; and to-day, you will not give 01e,c
penny !" " True," replied Mr. Corms ; " and it 1011)
being rigidly correct with matters of business, that enat„ ,1
me to give you a dinner." fler late Majesty, Qu°,,,:e
CHARLOTTE, why kept cash with Mr. COUTTS, sent o°-'4,
that she should withdraw it in three days. Mr. CO
sent an answer, presenting his humble duty, and 0011
her MAJESTY, " that to withdraw half a million of ttenPY
from the house of Titomas Couvra and Co., three NO,
notice was all that was necessary." It is almost superso,'l"
to add, her MAJEsrv, after this communication from the
principal, did not withdraw her confidence.

THE DIAMOND.--The most extraordirO
fact respecting the diamond is, that it is combustible : 114 f
it is, in fact, so far as chemistry can discover, nothing b 1
pure charcoal in a state of chrystallization. It is scaelfl,
less extraordinary, if any thing can be counted extraor"!
nary relating to Sir ISAAC NEWTON, that he should ha'e,
discovered, by conjecture, this combustible property Of 01
diamond, long before it was experimentally proved
burning it. Ile had remarked that all substances are c°',;
bustible which have a great power of refracting light, "t
bending it out of its direction. Amber, for example, ttf';
sulphur are combustible, and at the same time strosglY j
C
fractive. By generalising the remark, Islx‘rrox inferr"
that both the diamond and water are combustible, an i 9;
ference now fully established in both instances. Before t;
lustre and water of the diamond can be well understood JIP'(
refraction of light must be thoroughly known. Every Irdi
knows the nursery experiment of putting a piece of n3or,
in an empty basin, retiring till it disappears, and then dill
iag it to re-appear by water being poured over it
.to reli
the light. On the same principle a clear stream appears to t,
of less depth than it really is, and this has allured man!,
unwary youth to his destruction. A more wonderful cite
cumstance is, that this principle of refraction causes tot'
eesr . insteado of
This
sun and the rest of the heavenly bodies to appear,
where they really are, but where they were some time 'A
fore; and in the case of their rising and setting, we
by means of the refractive power of the air, see them 1i,44e
thehoist. diamond‘ie(,switni
re
thegt
mr oruaa.syssbp
to as er:r:ofi
before they actually rise and after they actually set. 'te
btlihrgrihloltivagtnhiclayti,,t,faN'vl'islisich no art can fully imitate. It is this, Itc;#
highly refractigvoelanspsioti,'
not any phosphorescent property, that causes it eve ,0
sparkle in the dark, of which so many fables are related
the Arabian Tales. In the deepest darkness there are °0
ways some wandering rays—some stray pencils of light
render the " darkness visible," and these, how fey/
small soever, the diamond collects to a point, and flag(
them back into the gloom. The property of sparldil;
therefore, is one test by which a genuine diamond ma)" 01
knows from spurious imitations, or from the more aplende
sorts of rock chrystal, and other gems, which are set'r
times passed off for diamonds.— Verulant.

BIRTHS.
On the Bth instant, at Thiekbrown Cottage, Staflor
r'
shire, the lady of John Shawe Manley, Esq., of a daughtt
still-born.
On the 12th instant, at Brighton, the lady of Willie
Ryves, Esq., of Ryves-castle, of a son and heir.

MARRIED.
On the 15th instant, at St. George's, by the very fte'y
the Dean of Carlisle, John Wilson Patten, Esq., of 130 v
Hall, Lancashire, to Anna Maria, youngest daughter of
late Col. Patten Bold, of Bold, in the same county. tg
At Oxgang, John Graham, Esq. of Ballagan, advocate,
Mrs. Major Davidson, youngest daughter of the late s'.
John Stirling, of Glorat and Renton, Bart.

htis '7sth year.
DIED.
Ond ' the 14th
ii: sitrain at Upper Homerton, JO'
On the l sth instant, at his house in Bedford-street,
ford-square, Charles Stable, Esq., one of the Sheriff" °I,
London and Middlesex ; he was seized with apoplexy
Friday morning just as he was about to leave home to
tend his duties at the Old Bailey. Mr. Stable was big.Pii
in an amiable disposition, anll possessed of virtues „
endeared him in private life; long and severe willthe grief of his family and friends.
On the 14th instant, suddenly, the Hon. Philip POse''
aged 82.
On the 4th instant, at Inveresk, North Britain, SK'
Boone Inglis, Esq.
Goteryllppo,!
On the 13th instant, at his house, Readincr,'Berks if
his 58th year, Peter Guillemard, Esq., late ef°llackneY'ai
On the 29th of September last, at Keitah, in consolu,,,,i
c-,
of a fall from his horse, Lieut. Charles Erskine, of the P...
gal Army, third son of David Erskine, Esq., of cardr°''
North Britain.
In November last, at Bombay, Lieutenant William
win, 3d Regiment of Native Infantry, aged 22, third 7'ol
of John Wright Unwin, Esq., Coroner for the county
Middlesex.
e
On the 22d of Nov. last, at Kaira, in the East Inti 0
Mr. Henry Willis, Lieutenant in the Istßombay
of Native Cavalry, aged 26, son of Richard Willis,
of Dartford, Kent.
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