The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-19 00:00:00

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY.

The Wheat trade is slow to-day, at an advance of Is. per
quarter ; the improvement being firmly demanded by the
sellers caused less business to be done than was expected.
Barley is dull, and the best samples only support last week's
rates. Oats and Shelling are without material alteration,
either in price or demand. Beans support their value.
Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel.
OLD. Naw.
Wheat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent Red to V 5.3i056
Ditto ditto White... 62 56 CO
Norfolk Red 55 48 52
Ditto ditto White... 58 52 56
Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red — 55 48 53
Ditto ditto White... 57 52 55
Yorkshire Red. 55 47 53
Ditto ditto White... 67 50 51,

_ .._
Foreign feed 54 &±I
Ditto ditto White... 56 60
Per quaver imperial.
Barley, Norfolk an Suffolk — 37 34 35
Yorke'lre a,cl Lincolnshire — 36 32 34
Grinding SO 32
Foreign 35 32 31
Per qr. of 631 b. to thz bust.el.
Beans, Small fine 3l 35 30 33
Ticks
Foreign
Oats, Potato and Pola,.d —s• —4 ••• .....f ,
Niltalint ..... ..„ 10.1. to 11d., Foreign —d to —cL t.et Sion..
5tra1ing...................... ....... ..••••....... 21s. to 21s. per Load.
Milt
Ripcseed•••••• 231.05 241.05. 251. Os. per 141, t.

STATE or TRADE.—Yarns have again advanced in
price this week. Wools still remain firm. No further pur-
chases of either yarns or goods are now making on specula-
tion, as the general impression seems to be that yarns have
reached their maximum, and that nothing further is to be
gained or saved by any further purchases than what are ne-
cessary for carrying on from week to week. London houses
are now:acting upon this principle, and consequently buying
sparingly, and only for present wants; the present business,
therefore, for.useful goods is limited to the actual consump-
tion at present going on. We trust there will be no further
speculation or advances upon material, as in that case, by in-
creasing the risks of accumulating stock, it will have a ten-
dency to throw workmen out of employment.—Leicester
Mercury. •
STATE OF THE LACE AND HOSIERY TRADES.—
The cotton manufactures in this district, which have been,
for some time, in rather an healthy condition, are placed in
a singular predicament from an unexpected cause; namely,
a great rise in the price of both hosiery yarn and lace
thread, which has, since the latter end of Novem-
ber, advanced 30 per cent. on the list price, to the great
benefit of the Manchester and other spinners, but
to the loss and inconvenience of the trade of Nottingham.
The cause is attributed to their being an extensive demand
in Yorkshire, where the woollen manufacturers have mixed
cotton with worsted, principally for warp, while others say,
that whole warps are composed of cotton, having a woollen
shoot, which are sold as being made wholly of worsted. A
considerable quantity of cotton yarn has, for many years,
been exported to Russia and Hindostan.—Derby Repor,ter
WALMER, FEB. 15.—This day, about one o
a party of about 50 to 100 farmers, gardeners, watermen?liannd
master seamen, met and pulled down a gate,podlosimr.nagi
&c., which had been recently illegally put up a
this
srascpkost byth theere
areles ss e ofix b thears an d turnpikegatest,r trusts. One
each
. Oonf em
whichle ft,..1
are demanded.
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KNACKERS' YARDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stu—ln common, lam sure, with many of your'
readers, I was much pleased to see it stated in your
paper that a petition, complaining of the inadequacy
of the present law with regard to knackers' yerds9
had been presented from the Royal Society for ar
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; by whom, of
same paragraph informed the public, a Bill for amend':
ing the existing Acts had been prepared, and would be••
introduced early in the present session of Parliament.
To those of your readers who recollect the account'
of the horrors of the knackers' yards, which appear
ed"
in many of the public journals a short time sine!'
and which painfully attracted public attention, the
necessity which exists for having such places Pl-1,,,_*
under stringent regulations must be very apparent'
By all who value the horse, and who would save ho'
from unnecessary suffering in any part of his carte"
the attempt to alleviate the misery he has
been made to endure, in his last and worst stage„
will be satisfactory ; and I trust sincerely that the
Bill in question, when it comes before Parliarnentri
will meet with that support which every measure.°
humanity deserves.-1 have the honour to be, Sir'
your most obedient Servant, been
G. lkf•

QUARTER-SESSIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. A
SIR,-Mr. W. Milnes is about bringing into OtteParlini
Bill to fix the holding of Quarter-Sessions in corr„fcr
towns, and it is thought that the time intended to bl 3 r
posed will be immediately before, or directly after, the :
ter-Sessions for counties. Most certainly it would be aciltro,
tageous to hold them a short time before Assizes (at d
Assize periods), as it would materially lessen the labor
Judges, who have now to try so many trivial cases ; and or
not see why the Bill should not provide the same for it
ties.—Your obedient servant, IMPROVEMES'
Feb. 14, 1844.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
ttos
v 41,.
We extract from the Railway Magane i.--_;5 fo„r
received on the principal Railways of Great Bll4'llo
the week ending on the day of the month pi`e.nl for
each. The return includes the money recei / sr
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, ant, 14
chandise :
Week T ofal-
Name of Railway.
ended X. 5. 0
Feb. 10 Arbroath and Forfar lOB 8 9
10 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,195 15 0'
9 Birmingham and Gloucester -
10 Brandling Junction
9 Chester and Birkenhead Bl6 6
$
13 Dublin and Kingstown 615 v
18 11
11 Dundee and Arbroath 194 in I
10 Durham and Sunderland 595 iv
0
10 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1,748 18 k
11 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 3,124 0 .0
10 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,151 15 m
10 Glasgow and Greenock
10 Grand Junction 6,577654 11: 4 5
v 5.:
10 Great North of England • 1,370 11 $
11 Great Western
9 Liverpool and Manchester
10 London and Birmingham
25 London and Blackwall 582 ! 0
10 London and Brighton
13 London and Croydon
15 London and Greenwich 702 1°
11 London and South Western 4,290 16 0
8 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 724 ‘4, 6
10 Manchester and Birmingham 2,585 '`
10 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 2,357 6 6f
2,317
10 Midland Counties
,4 3
10 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,350 " $
11 Newcastle and 3•.;prth Shields 303 ,2, 5
10 North Midland
9 North Union
7
6 Paris and Orleans '' 3,253
304
.0,0
60
12 Paris and Rouen •••
Preston and Wyre
10 Sheffield and Manchester 447 13 i
2 1
15 South Eastern ,, 2,255 4 2
10 Taff Vale
11 Ulster - 6 f
10 York and North Midland

HARDENED CRIMINALS. ost,
The Court of Assizes of the Nord was, on the 6t1,10
occupied with the trial of three as hardened ruffians A atA,,e°
stood at the bar of a Court of Justice. They werel;tir
named Colin, already under condemnation to hard la- WO
life, for an attempt at murder; Druon, under sentence
same punishment for ten years ; and Friedlander, tnnoTbec
demned to the hulks for life, for attempt at murder- to 04
were charged with having, on Nov. 26, atternptedrikeett
fire to the Central Prison at Loos, by which one Pach„Liir
named Delvigne, was sacrificed, and three others g
jured. The three prisoners avowed their crime, decla: en
they did it to get removed from the prison, were 1 ~14neer,.
the scaffold. The Director of the establishment, in 41,' 17e4,7
dence, declared that, from circumstances, he was 040 'P;
think Friedlander less guilty than the others: on w"-,.
lin rose, and told the Court that the reason the Director
thus was, that finding their plan was not likely to of fr,,
this time, they wished to secure some future mesysdare
venge for the hardships they had been made to ell pea'
the Central prison. They therefore considered the,.;, 01,
lander, having always conducted himself well during
finement, had the best chance of being acquitted in 7,44°`
fair, and would at a future opportunity repeat the offelictos
better chance of success. liriedlander acknowledPt:he riot:
be their plan. In the course of the trial M. Guilmot, iff
geon of the prison, was called on by Friedlander to teSecit A
the truth of some fact, but which that gentleman de'llniee
short time after, just as the President was about to COlaa'S
his sununing up, a cry was heard to proceed from the r, 901'
bench, and M. Guilmot was seen to fall to the ground' der°
ing copiously from a blow on the head from FrienTbit
heavy wooden shoe, which the latter had thrown
While M. Guilmot was being removed from the CO,,dlim
true 1
prisoners conducted themselves most violently, 0-
with the gensdarmes, and crying out that "it was des,' 77ered ,
wished for, death rather than the Central Pris°°'
guard was immediately increased, and the soldiers 00
use their bayonets on the slightest riotous move-10%K
part of the prisoners. Each of them was held by tiv, pp'
darmes, and a strong party were stationed around.
soners were all condemned to death.
TEA DRINKING. —What a Curious tiuDD ot4r;
that all of a sudden, the remotest nation of the 0574
wise unknown and foreign to all our habits, should c°
us a domestic custom, which changed the face of our.,,Kis
ing refreshments ; and that instead of ale and ineef,Oo4l
all the polite part of England should be drinking a Chi
fusion, and setting up earthenware in their bons"' itiosP"b
with preposterous scenery. We shall not speak contelnPnaticee
for our parts, of any such changes in the history of jiell 101
habits, any more than a change of the wind, °kilos •
comes from the west, and now from the east, of of tek
some purpose. It may be noted, that the institution
drinking followed the diffusion of books amongst ilse,kten
growth of more sedentary modes of life. The b,forseicie
upon cold beef and " cool tankards," were an active o,c, si
generation. Tea-drinking times are more dome °1•110 W,V,O
to reading; riders in carriages, or manufacturers at.00(•11
or the steam-engine. It may be taken as an tt/FloctiOlLt•
more sedentary, the more tea-drinking. The conithiagf
not the best in the world; but it is natural, till sort iapate
ter be found. Tea-drinking is better than dram "10,067;ig
practice which, if our memory does not deceive 11°,45,citnit.
ing in amongst the politest and even the fairestcicr
j3a e{
the transition from ales to teas. When the late 1.11-fflessnif
by an effort worthy of him, suddenly left off the el to ptsPele
brandy and water, by which he had been tempted eat
his disappointments, or rather to loosen his tongla jolt
pleasant hour of supper, he took to tea-drinking, a; IV °_°,o;;
be owned, was latterly tempted to make amends
for his loss ofexcitement, in the quantity he allow% a Or
but it left his mind free to exercise its powers,
as Waller beautifully says of it, .eit)
" The palace of the soul serene ;" ereJ is
not to be sure, the quantity, but the tea itself, cOinp jonW
the other drink. The prince of tea-drinkers was v•iiabes',. the
one of the most sedentary of men, and the most tboi/POl.
It is to be feared his quantity suited him worse ;,.bout,
cups, which we hear such multitudinous stories
very small in his time.—Leigh Hunt. ftsll
CURE roll HOOFING-COUGE.--It is 'other eta
superstition in Cornwall, Devonshire, and olneiebaltid°
of England, to inquire of any one riding on a Fver .
of a remedy for the hooping-eough, and whale this
named is regarded as a specific.—Mirror. „) inso.o
Some time ago, two tailors (father and to them 00
county, not many miles from Chesterfield, went astial Pihsi
of one of their employers to work (which i°_.,eningt,htf
neighbourhood), and on returning home in the f,e,
to
were horror-struck in crossing a field to see, as,,Proaxwe
a man standing quite still near the path. After bold food,
pause as to what was best to be done, the father
blow,
vanced, and holding his stick in readines,sbfuotr te ‘!
" Who are you—what do you want ?' 0 replY• 604
rogue, being deaf and dumb, made 1,1,
you will not speak (said the tailor) glele"10c
you ;" but the stupid fellow rerna'neh 0000rolt,
which accout he received a severe blow, www`in potviar
stagger. " Now, sir (said the tailor), if You second fling'
I will strike again." Receiving no answer, a ound; tOl
blow was given, which brought him to thegrend saha er
however, towards the tailor, who fell also,
came 13g i
worse, the rogue uppermost. The son then epliedio hef
said, " What is he doing, father?" " o.o,;eut
think I can turn him ;" and after some vt d bonwte g
disentangled himself, and they both hasteneievf bro
their escape. Next morning, on going
they found the villain lying at full lengtht been
the
discovered that the farmer of the field had be:l!esreers^
tsl°
therein, and had put up what they called a °
Derby Reporter. since,.
rive
A RARE VISITOR.—A few days
Searson, of this town, shot, on the bank_e:feetillieed jr:,;rol,
a rare visiter, from the Arctic region. a uovely,„of
Of all°
Grebe. It is beautifully marked, and bent
south, was placed in the hands of Mr. Reid, 0 Oft
preservation.—Doncaster Gazette. _- ?"of thr;
" Father, what do printers live for for or?
child ?" " You said you had not paid him Aglit
years, and yet you have his paper ev about
the child out of the room, what does he Nun"

wrong ? _----- Ate
BIRTHS.
of
On the 11th inst., at Tartaraghan Rector!, the 1-143:,-cli
Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements, of a son. , the 0`
ed
On the 14th inst., at Park-place, Cheltenoa."'
John Beaufin Irving, Esq., of a son. wife of d
On the 16th inst., in Finsbury-circus, the
Milligan, Esq., of a daughter.

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MARRIED. ci, bi tt,ilice;
On the 15th inst., at St. Mary, Wallin gfliver-,Sora
John Langley, 111. A., Mr. Henry Grissell, o;_,er of P
City-road, to Marian Greenwood, eldest daugiu e doll*
De" or
Wells, Esq., of Wallingford, Berks. -ash call
to t'l of
On the 30th of November, 1843, at the
British 0
Rio de Janeiro, James Edward Le Breton,
Annrdaughter of Joseph Dickinson, Esq., a
Leeds.

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DIED EsseX,
On the 4th inst., at Little Walthani, Dia
widow of the late William Napier, Esq• kivde-P51.14 ff
On the 6th inst., at Cambndge-terra
Jane, I" ce, i cli
Barton, aged 70. l 0f tli
On the 6th inst., at Chesham, Bucks, 8
i6l.
Osborne Reynolds, Curate of Chesham. p*lol6ll
On the 12th inst., at Ware, Herts, Miss Ann

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