The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-25 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

COAL 111A3;
Felling 30s. 6d.
Heaton 35 g
1 leblaurn 11ain 34 0
Ilolpren,..— 52 6
35 0
31 0
Oril's Itecihngh 30 9
Pelmv
Sliipcote 3l tt
Tanlicid • 32 9
fownlec 33 0
Wylain
WallmEntlllenricke&Co. 35 9
Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 35 0
Ditto Brown's 33 3
Ditto Carr and Co. 31 0
Ditto Clarke and C 0..,,, 33 0
Ditto Crainlington . 31 0
Ships 41 market, 2113 i —Mil

Kr.r.—Dee.
Walls god Newmareh,.. Ssil
Ditto Northumberland
Ditto Perkins and Co.
Ditto
Ditto Russell's
Neskani Main
Russell's High 51.1
Walls End II
Walls End Lyons 3+4
Walls End Stewart's
Russell'elletton'sW.E. Stl
Myth
Hartley
W. E. Henderson :o,i
Silkstone Field and Co. 10
Primrose 17

rps io.d, 36—thasold, 175%1

COUN'PRY CORN MARKETS [HIKING THR WB!
Whent. I Barley. Outs. 800
__. --__. --...._,............."
Per Quarter. a. to a. a. to s. s. to s.
A bittgdott—....... fki 81 35 42 35 48
Andover....,,---. 89 27 28 .... i
10rininghatn--. 72 &./ al 90 24 36
Bridi,ort --.. MS 74 09 39 23 34
Cirencester .......-- 60 80 31 40 '2l 36 ntringdon---.. 54 B—6
36 40 26 98 —.
Guildford --. 44 80 50 4.5 21 93
Henley 56 Oft St 48 23 34
Hereford 60 P 4 38 4.5 :Si 40
flighworth —... (Id 80 34 48 'l9 34
Maidenhead ...--. 60 84 23 42 24 :36 I
Oakinz.Otarn ... 58 76 90 38 24 '34 -••
Reading ----,..... 86 9; IN 44 al -55 —. li
Salisbury 8E 92 35 42 21 28 ;
Southampton . 54 .T 8 87 40 2EI 32 . 1
Stroud ---- 61 30 al .36 if.c 34, A'
T.mkesbnry .N ...,. 56 7S- 40 92 90 38 —."A
Uxbridge 56 81 35 42 26 32 :
Wa5tage........._ 50 74 28 31 20 34. r
Warminster -- 80 90 92 45 20 24. ... '
IV iiittsor—...— 54 80 32 42' 20 36 ,A '
Worceiter—.—.. 72 80 34 44 183 36
CHELTENHAM MA RKE'r.—Dee. 23.
Per Bushel. F. U. to e. d. Pet lb. d. to dI .
Wheat
Barley
Clots
Beans 4 0 0 6 Lauda.".l.. 8
Pmse 5 0 8 0 Pork a
Hay 3l. 156. to 4/. 4e. pet ton.
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We regret to state that, on Saturday morning
last, an accident which had nearly been attended with fatal
consequences, occurred in the Trent, near Burton Stather,
by the Hero steam packet running foul of the Ilfercury,
iu the coarse of their paai,re from Gainsborough to this
port. We hare been requested to lay before our readers
the following statement connected with this unpleasant
transaction, the parties from whom we received it having
pledged themselves to its truth :—" On Saturday last, as
the steam-packets were returning from Gainshorough in
the morning, the Hero having got the start by about a
mile, upon the Mercury corning upand attempting to pass
her in a proper manner, which she would have accom-
plished, had the Captain of the Hero permitted it, the
latter, instead of keeping a regular course, laid his vessel
athwart for the purpose of preventing her from passing.
This was repeated three or font• times, till the vessels came
foul ofeach other, when the Mercury pamied, taking the
lead 60 or 70 yards. While the last named vessel, how.
ever, was taking in goods and passengers at Burton
`tattier, the Hero corning apparently at her full speed,
with a square sail set, ran into the /Mercury's stern, curry-
ing away her own figure-head, and the Mercury's boat.
The pswangers on board the Mercury shrieked out,
and the men called out to the Captain of the Hero to put
his helm round, to prevent accident. Either from the tide
running strongly from the Mercury's quartet., or from the
concnasion arising from the blow given by the Hero, we
cannot say which, the passage-boat went down, with two
ferrymen and a female on board. The former were carried
by the current to the Hero, and taken on board, but the
woman sunk, and Wll3 at the time given up for lost. A
lope, however, that had been thrown oat few the purpose
ofsaving liar, on Fein pulled in was found to be entangled
round her body, and she was to this fortnnate circumstance
indebted for her life, after having been under water far
several minutes. Fortunately, the Kern's stern had
twieted round after the blow, or it is probable there would
have been little chance of saving either of them, as the
ferry-boat had sunk, and the Mercury's boat drifted away
full of water. At the time the accident occurred, them
was plenty of room on either side of the Mercury for the I
Hero to have passed. The proprietors of the Mercury,
it is understood, intend to institute legal proceedings
against the Captain of the Hero, as they consider the acci-
dent to have been caused entirely by his very improper cam- , Pitumn and Prartstign by MURDO YOUNG, at the
duet on the octusion."—lfumber Mercury.
1 BoN 011110 E, 112, Sulam), LoNvenr.

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4 10
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LEWES MET.—Des.. 23.
IN'hite Wheat (per quarter)A RK
.E 4 0 0 to £4 3 0
Red ditto
Parley
Oats, New - 1 6 0
0 00 2 0 0'
Oil Cake, New v l9 0 0 per thousand.. -
HULLMARKET.--Dec.
We have a moderate chew of farmers' Wheat to the- -
day's market, the general condition of which was istat'
&rent; these Well! taken MT by the Hilliers ate decline
Is. to 2s. per quarter ; we do sot, however, notice any fir
cline in the beat ruse of foreign, whirl, are held
lower prices would have been submitted to on the sece ll'.
dary qualities, had there been any disposition manifegtew..:
to purchase them. Beans, Pease, Oats, and Barley, renoo'4.
in the same inanimate state tee have had to neticc 14ii
sali
ev e
do
( nwo et
,e k
therefore, a ck,
alter seao•ur:vely aurrennycyinquiry
proweedr the
ire do not, thesefoie, alter our currency. Rapseeetl afl ;
4
Linseed remain as last noted.
IVbeat,
Foreign —e. 755. 841
Oats, Poland ...... 24e. Wt. Old —s.
~„..
---Small or Feeti.... —s. 18s. 91e.
FOreirtl —6. ..0; •
Bar;ey, Norf. & Suf —s 384. 335. Line. & Wold —s. &U.
Foreignlleane —a. 404.
424. U 4. Vie. Foreign —4. 495.
Pease, White —a. 484. 508. Grey ...... 408. 4IEV"
Taros 406. Ws. Foreign 40.4.
Rapeseed. In Itond none.

LI VER POOL CORN EXCHANGE.-..Dec,
The impel is of Wheat sinoe Tuesday have considerablY
exceeded those of the previous week, and the supply is /IP
creased by the arrival of two or three cargoes of foreign %
it is, however, still below the quantity actually leaving the
market. Of Oats, Oatmeal, and Flour, the imports coe"
tinne small; 8,000 to 4,000 qre. of
_lndian Corn have sr
rived from the United States, the quality very fine; eh°
about 1,000 barrels of sweet Flour from the same ootn'trr'
and a cargo of Flour from the North of Spain. The
creased demand for Wheat last Tuesday, oseasioned by the
purchases of the interior millers, ceased with the day, and
the sales since have been on * very moderate scale ;
speculative purchases were effected in the early part
of the week, at nearly previous rates; but on Saftsr-/.,
day, both here and in the surrounding country, the •
trade was dull, and prices rather lower. The traneae-
gone in Oats have been exteneive, and at full prices, but
mostly on the speculation. Some large parcels of Oatmeal
have also been taken on the same account. Both these-
artieles brought rather more money, at the close of the
week, in the Manchester market. Prices of Barley
Beans, and Pease, are unaltered ; for the first article there
has been a little more inquiry. It is estimated that
5,000 to 6,000 quarters of Indian Corn have changed
hand* n ithin the last few days, and it is now generally
held for an advance of 2e. per quarter. This morninee
market was extre►uely dell, and the few sales effected in
Wheat were at a decline of fully 4d. per 701bs. Oats sup"'
ported the quotations of last Tuesday; the transactions in
them were, however, very limited. Flour was offered
fully 2s. per sack lower ; but prime Oatmeal, beieg
scarce, brought quite as high rates,

A HINT FOR DRAMATIC WRITERS.-'
Sheridan is said to have given the following advice to an • .
author, whose comedies were generally reduced by the
critical computation of Managers from the fair proportion
of five acts to two, and even one, with the ordinary sag-
geation " necessary alterations !" " Why, my good fellows
do not be disheartened, I world advise you to present a
comedy of a score of acts, and the Devil is in it if five be, •
not saved."
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BIRTHS.
On the 18th inst. at Cleesby, near Darlington, the lady
of Ottavins Yirray, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's
Bengal Medical Service, of a son.
On the 19th inst. at Pakenham Hall, Ireland, the
Countess of Longford, of a daughter, still-born.
On the 21st inst. at Farnham, Surrey, the lady of Cept
Alexander Brown, of a daughter.
At Cobham, Mrs. T. Bakr if if,

.antglater.
The lady of Thomas Penton Peterson, Esq: of Mangote-
field-house, Gloucestershire, of a daughter.
At Edinburgh, the lad,

_ ,ady of Jeut.-Col. Forbes Leith, of
Whitehangh, of a son and heir.
On the 20th inst. in Cumberland-street, Portman..
square, the lady of Dr. Harington, of a son.
On the 23d inst. the lady of Archer Ryland, Eeq. bar.
rister-at-law, of a eon.

MARRIED.
On the 224 inst. at Winchester, by the Rev. Frederick
Yonge, John Wiekey Stable, Eeq., of Welbeek-street, Ca-
%widish-square, to Louisa, only daughter of Robert Jes-
sett, Esq. of the Abbey, Winchester.
On the 18th inst. at M 4ebone N,

a► _iary; sew Chez refi,- Thoroas
Denman, Esq. of Buckingham-street, Fiteropsqtrare, to
Miss Deiphine Brown, of Dover, Kent.
At Brotherton, Lord M

,oneaster, of Warier, Yorkshire,
to Frances Catherine, the youngest daughter of Sir J.
Ramaden, Bart. of Byrom.
On the 18th instant, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, by
the Rev. William Goode, M.A., Philip Bartlett, Esq. of
Buckingham, to Harriett, eldest daughter of the late Joseph
Seeley, Esq. of his Majesty's Exchequer.
On the 11th instant, at Fdinburgh, by the Bev. B. Q.
Shannon, A. 8., Lieut. John Barilemae, Berigal Infantry,
to Mary, only daughter of the late A. Alaedesald, Esq. of
Laig, Inverness-shire.