The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-03 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

The Court were occupied the whole of the morn-
ng in deciding an action of no public interest, by a
sailor against his captain for wages.

TIIE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

Mil-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

This morning's market exhibited a tolerably good sup-
ply, both as to quality and quantity. The following were
the prices :
Prime Turbot, each
Ditto small, per do.
Codfish, each 6 0 12 0
Soles, per three pairs
Salmon, per lb.
Fine Whitings, per 15 4 0 10 0
Scate, each
Haddocks, per dozen l2 0 16 0
Brill, each
Gurnetts, each
__. 1 0 1 6

_ ..
Live 1-11;, per sth.
Dutch Plaice, per basket 3 0 6 0
Fine Lobsters, each
Fine Crabs (each)
Shrimps, per gallon 2 0 2 6
Fine larmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 6 0 7 0
Scotch ditto 5 0 6 0
Pickled Herrings, per 100
Best Common Oysters, per bushel
Natives 3O 0 38 0

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10
Best New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grass Hay 3 10 4 4
Clover Hay 3 S 5 0
Oat straw
Straw 2s. per lead higher than last quoted. In prices of Hay
no alteration. A good supply, and a steady trade.

• SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15
Best New Meadow Flay 2 15 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 0 4 0
Clover I-I,y (extra fine)....£s 5 ... Generally 3 5 415
Oat Straw XI 10 to .£1 15—Wheat Straw 1 15 1 19
A fair average Tuesday's supply, and a dull trade, at Satur-
day's prices.

FIRE AT CIIARING-CROSS.—An alarming
fire broke out last night about eleven o'clock, at Mr.
Clowes' printing-office, in Charing-cross, which in a short
time destroyed the two upper floors of the premises and
offices connected with this branch of Mr. Clowes' establish-
ment. At this office most of the printing for the Army
was carried on, but the greater part of the stock of books
was saved, so that the service will sustain no inconvenience
for the want of a supply, and as the principal part of Mr.
Clowes' establishment is carried on at his extensive office
in Duke-street, Stamford-street, his general business will
sustain no important injury. The premises and stock were
insured. It is supposed that the fire originated in an old
chimney, where a beam was exposed, and as no person
slept on the premises, it had probably been smouldering
some time before it broke out.
SIIEFFIELD.—The interest excited in this
part of the country by the Oxford University Election, has
been unprecedented. The state of the poll was regularly
entered on the way-hills of the guards of the Birmingham
mails and coaches, and thus the progress of the Election
was transmitted with great rapidity to this town, and from
hence throughout the neighbourhood. The intelligence
was likewise posted at one of the Newspaper Offices. Mr.
Peel's friends, at Manchester, had daily expresses from
Oxford.— Sheffield Courant.
Amongst the extraordinary efforts which have
been made by Newspapers at various periods, perhaps none
ever equalled that made on the present occasion by The
Sun Newspaper. The speeches, and the state of the poll
of the Election for the University, announced at four o'clock
on Thursday, was printed to the extent of two columns in
The Sun at half-past eight o'clock at night, and the Papers
containing the report were in Oxford at six o'clock the next
morning. This is an instance of dispatch never equalled ;
and we should have treated it as incredible had we not ocular
demonstration to support the fact. If early intelligence be
the criterion of a valuable Paper, The Sun certainly deserves
to be supported.— atford Journal of Saturday.
The whale still continues to attract numerous
visitors to Whitstable, the stench emitted from it having
considerably subsided. Upwards of 40/. has been realised
by its exhibition on the beach, and the sailors, who were
offered in the first instance 2001. for it, have sold it to a
Mr. Sturge, of London, for 60/. That gentleman has
erected coppers upon the beach, where the fish has been
cut up, the blubber is boiled, and has yielded already
nearly seven butts of fine oil (252 gallons each), which is
valued at 801. a butt. It is expected the animal will
finally produce nine. Mr. Sturge has, with much gene-
rosity, presented the captors with 40 guineas more,
making 100 in the whole. Before Mr. S. gave the other
40 guineas, the sailors divided the prize-money in the fol-
lowing proportions—to the seven boats three guineas each ;
to the 21 men three guineas each ; and to every boy half
that amount. The skeleton is destined for the Zoological
Society of London, and some gentlemen from that Insti-
tution have been for several days busily employed in
scraping the bones of this enormous animal. The lower
jaw has been cleaned, and measures 15 feet in length, and
may be seen lying upon the beach. —Essex Herald.
On Thursday last was launched, at. Chatham
Dock-yard. a frigate named Eurotas. The ship was
christened by the Hon. Lady Blackwood breaking a bottle
of wine on the stern—the dog-shores were then knocked
away, and the remaining blocks under the keel being cleared,
the vessel glided very beautifully into the river. The slip
from which the Eurotas was launched is immediately to
be occupied by the frame of a new class of frigates carry-
ing 44 guns, of the calibre of 32 pounds; of the same
length but rather greater breadth than those of the present
46-gun frigates, carrying only 18-pounders on the main
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