The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-14 00:00:00

LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Dec. 11

We had but a middling supply of Wheat, but there was
a fair demand for good qualities, at full as high prices as
this day week. Theie was an abundant supply of Barley,
and the best samples full Is. per quarter lower, and other
deicriptions were offered at a greater decline, and were
nearly unsaleable. Oats and Shelling nominally the same.
Beans met dull sale, and h.
...per quarter cheaper.

Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 601 b.
- York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ' 3is. to 345. ~"
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beans

Oats, Potatoe
—Mealing, Foreign 12id. to I:3d.,..English 11:4 to 12d. per st.
Shelling 2Bs. to 30s. per load.
Rapeseed, English, '221. to 24/.

GAMBLING AT PARIS.

PARIS, DEC. B.—lt has been our p3',
duty on various occasions to transmit toi
an account of the wofnl effects produce
gambling, and we have to add another 01c
woe to the dreadful list. It bears some

larity to a circumstance which took place
about 15 months ago. Mr. —, an
country gentleman, belonging to a very res}
able and highly-connected family, married, al
six years since, a young lady, possessed of'
siderable personal attractions, and a forted
30,000/. ; it was what is generally termed a b
match, the gentleman not having 501. per an
The money had been bequeathed to the
distant relative, and it was settled by the
l,' Jo,
that, in the event of her marriage, she sh°oitalr
become mistress of her fortune until fi''e
after the celebration of the nuptials : th3t
now arrived, and the husband and wife, lio
rit(
therto had been living in comparative oh
l
in a remote spot, near B—, proceedeet
London, to enjoy the pleasures of the ill
polis. Their income of 1,2001. a year was
found sufficient to keep pace with their'ege,P;
and their family now consisted of four chilo
they came to the resolution of spending °bee
years on the Continent,—and Nice had ;131.
fixed upon as their residence ; the mild an" ill•
lightful climate of, Piedmont, it was thougds,,
would benefit the declining health of thel3fo
They set out en their journey, and arrived 3 iep
weeks atc,,oin Paris, where they purposed re" 11
onlya short time. The husband had seen very beenn
of the gaieties of a town life, but he had n°t; ate('
many days here before he became int°:lioa
with the pleasures and dissipations of -":",,e15
society. He received a great number of foreigoo
at his house, and many English of snliclog
character were his daily companions. it pis
be necessary here to state, 'that previous t 6
leaving England he had been injudiciouslY 014
vised by some over-officious friends to sell fo,
the whole of his property invested in the bicli
glish funds, and transfer it to the French, ''' eit.
would produce five instead of four Per
The j
money was transmitted to a hanker;j,
Paris, but the order to purchase was defehlr'e,'
hate,
much
ch till at
ni on r e a
w
interest :ds a that
al rather a
a
the parties anticipating that the funds
e towards cline in value. Day after day, the banker si;it
gested the propriety of investing the money' ti,
the infatuated husband continued to r°cri
remonstrance from the worthy banker, who ,
m
strongly recommended to him, the imPrili tie
and unfortunate .man, in the irritation °-"
keif
r
moment, withdrew every shilling from the bag 0,1
and placed the money in another firm• Ule
not this circumstance occurred, it is pro
that Mr. ---- would have been saveu, "ilJe
ruin, as the banker we allude to would,
perceived that the principal was being squanuel":(
away, have informed the lady or her iriends„
the fact ; but the other merchant', to whop/ bhe
money was confided, knowing nothing of ter
par ties, -took no interest whatever in what nitollf,,
it was disposed of. In the mean time,
so,
had been induced by some unworthy es,
ciates (one of whom is well-known in Lon a° ,3
to visit the private gaming-house kept lrof
female calling herself Countess ; this ab°'h-oth
infamy is frequented by numerous sharks' :.the
English and French; and here it was .thtdill
ruin of the unfortunate Mr. -- was sl'nei-
effected. The whole amount of the 30,07 ,teLl
lost ! Hundreds of individuals were aecluatlliog
with the fact ; the only person who knew n° anJ
of the dreadful event was the hapless Wife' hers
when the intelligence was communicated t°
iider
it burst upon her ear like a clap of tiit o
This poor lady was in declining health,
r
state of pregnancy, having four infant e„, ;5 the
with her, and in a foreign country. Sue," 110,
situation to which the most baneful pass'°%erea
reduced her. A few charitable persons eel
into a subscription to defray the exre':_ica slip'
curred at the hotel where she .reside"' p7,5'
plied her with sufficient money to return
land, where she now has arrived. Her V- „b;ible
partner has disappeared, and it is veil' P pelt'
has, ere this, terminated his guilty career by
destruction.