The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-06 00:00:00

FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

There was a considerable quantity of Fish, of a finer de-
scription, in the market this morning, which looked par-
ticularly' excellent, and the prices were lower than at our
last quotations.-Prime large Turbots sold from 14s. to
18s. each ; small do. 6s. to Bs. each ; Salmon, Is. 2d. to
Is. 4d. per lb. ; Salmon Trout, 10d. to Is. do. ; choice
red Mullets, 245. per dozen; Brill, ss. to 6s. each;
Haddocks; 61. to Bs. per dozen ; Whitings, ss. to 6s. per
basket, containing fifteen ; Flounders, from2s. to 3s. per
quartern ; live Eels, 3s. per five lb.. Lobsters were very
plentiful, and sold low-fine large, 10s. to 12s. per score ;
small ditto, ss. 6d. to Bs. ditto. Crabs and Cray Fish
were not numerous. Prawns, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per lb. ;
Shrimps, 2s. to 2e. 6d. per gall. Mackerel appeared very
good, the prices were, 325., 485., to 60s. per hundred-the
supply was not great.

THE HYPOCHONDRIAC.

Now conscience wakes despair
That slumbered, wakes the bitter memory
Of what he was and is. PARADISE LOST.

Yee, day unvaried rolls on day,
And I am still the same,
Youth's bright but visionary ray
No longer lights to fame.
The hopes which once my manhood held
Are cowed and sunken now,
111 y health is gone, my spirit quelled
And death sits on my brow.
From hour to hour, in blighting thought,
I muse, I sigh alone,
'Till heart and brain, to madness wrought,
Hurl reason from her throne.

I sigh to think of days mispent,
Of friendship misapplied,
Of tenderest ties asunder rent,
Of love estranged by pride;
Of love for one who now unmoved
Can view ray altered state,
Neglected first, theif madly loved,
And idolized too late.

Yet once my dream of bliss was bright,
My hope on earth was high,
I never feared the sleep of night,
Nor felt a heavy eye :
A friend trod with me, rich in mind,
The tempting road to power,
He onward pressed, I lagged behind,
Beguiled in pleasure's bower.
And now, oh God! I wake to tread
Life's clouded path alone ;
My hopes are with the hopeless dead,
My friend is passed and gone !
I look behind, the road is dark;
Before, 'tis equal gloom ;
Lit only by one flickering spark,
That glimmers on a tomb.
Oh, may I from this tomb derive
Reflection, stern but high,
Like Timon, all unheeded live
And unlamented die. _ _ _

A SMALL POET.

The new foreign theatre which is building in
Paris is to be used alternately by English and
German performers.

This is glorious weather for the hop growers.
The rains will destroy the fly, and with the fly
the hopes of the gamblers in hops.

It is generally supposed that a severe struggle
will take place in the Upper House on Mon-
day, on bringing- up the Report on the- Corn.
Bill, to restore the altered clause to its original
state ; and that not only an unusual number of
Peers will be present upon the occasion, but that
proxies will be called for.
Plymouth is fast becoming the medium of
communication between Devon, Cornwall, and
Somerset, by way of Guernsey and Jersey, with
France, a steam-packet having been lately estab-
lished, which starts regularly for those places.

A . DISAGREEABLE. HYPOTHESIS:---TWO
persons were once engaged in an argument.
" Suppose," said one of them, " that you owe
me two thousand crowns." " I wish,' replied
the other, "that you would suppose some other
hypothesis."

IMPROMPTUS.—It is a difficult matter to
make a good impromptu. I believe, for my own
part, that none are good but those that are made
at leisure.

DomEsric ECONOMY.—Some courtiers were'
talking of their household affairs, and in parti-
cular of the wages they gave their servants. One
of them observed that he gave his maitre d'hotel
a hundred pistoles ; a second, that he allowed
his six hundred ; " And I," said one, " I go
far beyond either of you, for I allow mine four
francs per annum." At first the whole
were astonished- at this exorbitant allow-
nAt last one of them thought of putting
thousandpay
a.
thearctquestion,
" But, do you pay him ?" Oh,
no,' said he.