The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-29 00:00:00

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mand, and the whole sold at prices that averagedth
'of the previous auctions : Calcutta 34 per centi
fraction, good white sold at 26s 6d, 6 per cent. g-6,
yellowish grey 265, 51 to 9 per cent strong dry gre3i
to 264 6d, damaged unrefracted 22s to 24s 6d, and soot
23s Gd to 255. Madras went at 25s for 10,f per cent-
Oms.—Prices continue firm for Cod Oil, and a rail
demand has existed at 291 10s to 301 per tun ; but in
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other descriptions of common Fish Oils the purchases b•
been limited, and holders experience difficulty in keer,llo,
up prices. Pale Seal has been at 301 to 311, yellow 27".4
to 281 10s, straw 291 to 291 10s, brown 261 to 9'l
and Southern low to fine 261103 to 291 per tun ; a Pere
of the latter is declared for public competition. "I"',,
has been a good demand for Sperm Oil, and an advaao
in the value has taken place, fine British selling at 86
to 884 and American of first quality 831 to 85/ per argil
the market is still scantily supplied. In Rapeseed, it-
there has not been much business transacted ; pa`eThe
36s to 36s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s 6d per cwt.
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market has presented a firmer appearance for Lint a
Oil, there has been a lively demand, and prices ha%
risen 6d per cwt, sales on the spot having been maclest
25s to 253 3d, and for delivery all the year ,11,.
25s 6d to 253 9d per cwt—the Oil is taken peel,'
as fast as it is produced, and there is a large quantl;l
being used. Cocoa Nut has been purchased re°,(l
freely; Ceylon at 27s to 28s, and from Sydney 24s el
to 25s Gd. Palm Oil has met with attention, and Is
has,been selling at 26s 6d to 27s per cwt, in bond.
Olive several purchases have been made, and at fill,
rates, that is to say—Gallipoli 411 lOs to 424 SPaiwoi
and Barbary 40l to 414 and other descriptions 39/ to 3'
lOs per tun.
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TALLOW.—There is little alteration to record in the
value of Russian Tallow this week. Merchants have et.„-;
pPrienced difficulty in obtaining 38s 6d to 39s per cwt
P. Y. Curdle of fine quality. The purchases made ba,.l"
been trifling for delivery, and 39s to 393 3d are the re'n
taken for the last three months of the year. Mle•
rican and Colonial may be purchased ou lower tertn;
Town Tallow is 39s to 40s per cwt net cash, and the
quantity at market is not more than the trade require.

DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE J 41145.
REEVES, C. 8., K.H.—This gallant and very distill'
guished officer died on the 14th inst. at his resideel
Bulstrode-street, Cavendish-square, in the 73d year
his age. His career was most brilliant in many quartets
If the globe, and at the important positions he held ed
several remarkable and critical occasions redounded ley,
much to his character as an officer and a soldier. 0
entered the army on the 9th of February, 1791, becenil
Lieutenant on the 29th of June, 1793, Captain oe the
21st of December, 1797, Major on the 10th of October'
1805, Lieutenant Colonel on the Ist of January, 1812,
Colonel on the 22d of July, 1830, and Major-General et
the 28th of June, 1838. Major-General Reeves was 30
the capture of the French West India islands by tl,O
army under Sir Charles Grey, and served in the brient
of Grenadiers commanded by the Duke of Kent. Wiles
the Duke's Aides-de-Camp were wounded, this
officer carried the Duke's orders during the rest of
action of' Morne Tortenson. He was subsequently
wounded at the storming of Fleur d'Epee. He lees !,:;5
pointed Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Dumas
galls%
in Ireland for three years, and in the rebellion of Ir,„
was at the battles of Kilcullen and Vinegar-hill. MaP,."
General Reeves was afterwards under Sir Ralph
cromby, and served under that General in the Egyptian
campaign in 1801. He was present at the holding s%
Aboukir Bay, on the Bth of March, at the action on wilt
13th, and at the battle of Alexandria on the 2.110,
of March ; in that of Rahmanie, on the Nile, on nt
9th of May ; and in the command of the Bth Regime,
at the investment of Grand Cairo, and at the surrert,e
of that city. He was afterwards in the Mediterraner,,
and when in command of the second battalion of t"...f
27th Regiment, in 1809, was present at the capture 4.!
the islands of Ischia and Procida. He concluded 131'
glorious war services in the Peninsula, from 1811 to 18d13,
when he took part in the storming of Aleoy, all i 0
the action of Biar. He commanded the light divi9l2o
in the battle of Castalla, and in the action a ,tf,
advanced pest at Ordal, where he was wounel
and sent home for recovery. He was create;
a Companion of the Bath for his services, and a
Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphee Order, 00
also received a medal for his services in Egypt. Ile Wd)
appointed Lieut.-Governor of Placentia (Newfoundlenbe
on the 14th of June, 1819, from which appointment
derived an income of 173/. 7s. ed. per annum.
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THE GRAVE-YARD NUISANCE.—The recent r-
exposure with regard to the practices at Spa-fields burl eof
ground has had the effect of diminishing the number
interments in many of the crowded burial-places in the
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metropolis. At Spa-fields burial-ground, where the
average number of funerals on Sunday has fur some
years exceeded twenty, they have diminished suddenly
on late successive Sundays from twenty-seven to fives
weftbut and two respectively, while last Sunday there weft
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but four. It will be recollected that, amongst the
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frightful cases of exposure brought before the Committst.
of the House of Commons were the grave-yards a
Anne's Soho; Portugal-street, Lincoln's Ins-fields; °,l'.
Martin's, in Drury-lane; Russell-court, White gait
street, chiefly used as a pauper burial-ground; and the
vaults under Enon Chapel, St. Clement's-lane. Tha
latter fertile source of disease to the district has for sow
time been closed, the old proprietor being dead; since
which the chapel has been occupied as a temperance"
hail, where balls over the remains of the dead al
occasionally held. The crowded state of the others, and
the complete saturation of the earth with animal matter
call for the interference of the Secretary of State to
order their immediate closing. Petitions have been got
up, and are being extensively signed, for the closing of
all places of interment in large towns.
DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A DUTCH JEWS.--190
Wedneslay morning considerable excitement was caused
in the neighbourhood of Islington by the discovery, at
an early hour, that a middle-aged man, most respectably
attired, was weltering in his blood in Bridle-lane, a eon:
paratively secluded spot on the north side of the Bri-
tannia, field., close by the Shepherdess public-house, and
near a small brook which flows into the adjacent Regent:3
Canal basin. The party had evidently met with 1.!v"
death from a wound produced by fire-arms, by which the
interior of the head was frightfully shattered., The
body was then warm, but life appeared q"te extinet.
It appeared that the case was one of dettel.niined suiefue'
although for several Ileum it was an-t,rehended that the
death of the deceased had been r...eusied by violence from
the hands of another party. Upon searching the bode,
however, several &v.:
arents were found, and their
genuineness havinr-,
the following been tested in the course of the day'
the may be relied upon:—From a bill-
head head it ar‘et,eared that the name of deceased is MeLehrue
Gonee, and that he resided at 80, Church-lane, Iv u."--
etepel. Formerly he had been in the employ of blessrt
Joseph and Percy Prockter, tobacco manufacture 7;
Bishopsgate-street. A note from the firm was also
the pocket of deceased, calling upon him without de'e,rh
to hand over a balance of about 12/. due to them. Tbe'd
was also a letter written in the German language'mr
which the following is a literal translation:—" UnhappyWife—Receive this, my last letter, as a thank for
my partner in my misfortune. Farewell to the wort
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I could no longer remain here without making you 90w,
my dear sweet children still more unhappy. lam n
resolved to make an end to my miserable life, but oci
the sake of our children do not follow my example, an
be aware that there is a God Almighty. One nieell
farewell in this sad world! Yonder we each other "`,.
see again no doubt. There is a God, and here once
more be confident in him who has created us; and bring
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our children up as Jews—that is, as Israelites; for on
belief—and specially the Jewish belief—is the true one'
There is a God, and that is the God of the Jews. pear
wife, as a mother, do impress truth on the minds of TI
dear children, that they may persevere in the Jewish
belief. You may tell them that their father died before'
the time; he was a Jew, and wanted to see them live
and die as Jews. Farewell for ever!—MeeEe Pe
GONGE." Attached to this letter was the followiee
postscript:—" Let the Hyman be said for me, as I have
died a Jew.—M. DE G." The body was conveyed to the
bone-house of Islington Church, where it awaits the „
quisition of a coroner's jury.
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On Tuesday night, between eleven and tw—lve
o'clock, some alarm was occasioned at Kingstom-bottom
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by a horse and gig coming down to the Robin Hood-gate
without any person. The horse was secured, and 500 e
men immediately proceeded up the road towards Lon
in search of the party or parties who were in the vehicle. About half a mile from the gate two gentlemen were
found lying in he road in an insensible state, and ver,v
much cut arid bruised. They were immediately Voild•
veycd to the Robin Hood public-house, and a ple"
gentleman was called in, who in a short time restore"
the gentlemen to a state of consciousness. One of then)
was recognised as a medical practitioner of Clapham.

BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at Bedford-square, the lady of r •
Carey, Esq., barrister at-law, of a daughter.
On the 23d inst., at Barbourne-terrace, Worcester, the lad!
of the Rev. B. Davis, of a son.
On the 24th inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. W. Aburr°l6
of a son.
On the 26th inst., the wife of Mr. Thomas Adams, of 1011-
bard-street, of a son.

MARRIED.
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On the 27th inst., at Cheltenham, by the Rev. Park
Whalley,Rector of Illington, Norfolk, Fred. Buxton Who'7.
M.A., barrister, to Frances Augusta Caroline, only child of
Major Hamerton, of Hamerton, county of Tipperary.
On the 25th inst., at Hampton Church, Captain Belli'. of
of the Royal Artillery, to Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter
the late Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget.
On the 25th inst., at Beddington Church, Joseph Laure,,er
Esq., of Beddington, Surrey, to Louisa Anne, second daugui
of Sir Charles Rich, Bart.
On the 26th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Sills John
Gibbons, Esq., of St. Andrew's-hill, Docturs' Commons, to
Ann, third daughter of William Crookes, Esq., of Montagu"
place, Russell-square.

D/F:2).
On the 7th inst., at liMfont Lodge, Middlesex,
daughter
Amelia, youngest dater of Colonel W. R. C. Costley, °
the Hon. East India. company's Bengal service, aged 15.
On the 23d inst., Michael Berkley, Esq., of Northam'
grove, Suffolk, aged 36.
On the 'Atli inst., Mr. John Sweeting, oyster march/Lilt'
of Bu' sham, Essex, aged 84.
On the 24th inst., in the South Parade, Bath, Willial3l
Crocker, Esq., aged 73.
On the 25th inst., at Lion House, Stamford hill, Marl
Ann, wife of Edward Baker, Esq.
On the 25th inst., at Cambridge-heath, Hackney-NI"
Harriett, the wife of Alexander Lewis, Esq., R.N.
On the 25th inst., Mr. Thomas Sawer. Mr.A.
On the 25th inst., at Foxley-road, Kennington,
Cartwright, of her Majesty's Customs.
On the 24th inst., at Walthamstow, Elizabeth, relict of the
late Edward Petty, Esq.
On the 24th inst., Mrs. Harriet Jacob, Carthusian-streett
Charterhouse-square, aged 81.

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Strald, in tho ?rocivet of the Batts,in the Coang
Middlesex, Saturdaj,, March 29, 1845.