The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-16 00:00:00

HULL MARKET.-July 14.

We have had an increased demand for Wheats during
the week, and a fair extent of business has been transact.
ing at gradually improving prices; to-day the supply of
English Wheat was very trifling, and we may fairly pre-
sume, from the weekly return in our market, that the
stocks of the farmers in this neighbourhood are neatly ex-
hausted ; the weather has also been very unsettled, which
caused more money to be demanded for Wheats, and an
average of 2s. to 3s. per quarter has been realized on the
best runs of both English and foreign, with a better sale
for the secondary qualities, at an improvement of Is. to
2s. per quarter.—All descriptions of spring Corn remain
without any alteration ; we do not therefore a!ter our quo-
tations, but consider the demand very limited for each ar-
ticle. Rapeseed and Linseed without alteration. The
duty of 10s. Bd. has been paid this week on 16,513 quar-
ters of Wheat, 5008 quarters of which are from ship.
Wheat, om —s. —s. —s. 565. 65s
Foreign s 60s. 655. ln bond... —s. —s.
Oats, Poland —s. 20a. 24s Old —s. —s. 265.
Small or Feed.... —a. 12s. 18s.

Foreign —s. Vs. 245.
Barley, Norf. & Suf ... —s. 265. 28s. Litic..& Wold —s. 28s. 30s.
L-- Foreign —s. 30s. 225.
Beans 345. 365. 38s. Foreign —s. 365. 38s
Pease, White —s. 365. 40s. Grey —s. 30s. 31s.
Taros —s. 345. 365. Foreign —s. 28s. 325.
Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, per last —l. 26/. 281.

THE NEW CITY LIBRARY.

The new library some time since determined upon.
by the Corporation is now completed for public use,
and open from ten in the morning until four in the
afternoon of each week day. It is in rooms ad-
vantageously situated, and elegantly fitted up, which
open in. the front of the Gtiildhall. AV:Herbert, the
author of the History and Antiquities of the Inns of
Court, mid several other learned productions, has
been appointed librarian.
The library commences under the most favourable
auspices., It already contains 'the* finest collections
of works•in the kingdOM; relative to the history of
the metropolis, and of the progress of society. Now
that good arrangements are made for the reception
and care of scarce works, and that dtie honours are
paid
.to donors, it is expected, and, in several in-
stances, it is promised, that many rich collectors-in
the metropolis will bequeath their 'libraries to the
use of their fellow citizens, rather titan allow them
to be dispensed by posthumous sales or leave them
to heirs by whom they will not be appreciated.
Nearly all the works belonging to the library are
elegantly and substantially bound. A number of
valuable works have already been presented, and do-
‘4tationis. have been made to the use of the library.
Several members of the coiToration have set ex-
amples on the occasion. Fifty guineas were given
to it by the late sheriffs, Messrs. Wilde and Spottis-
woode.

Mr. Bolland presented a very splendid and valu-
able copy of Hakluyes Voyages.
Alderman Wood presented a complete and highly
valuable set of the Journals of the House of Com-
mons, from their commencement, in the reign of
Edward VI., with some scarce reports, making alto-
gether 92 volumes, folio.
Mr. R. L. Jones, the Chairman of the Com-
mittee for the Management of the Library, has pre-
sented to it a valuable manuscript collection towards
a History of London.
Mr. Henry Butterworth, of Fleet-street, has pre-
sented 42 volumes of scarce tracts relative to the city
of London.

The City Solicitor has given a rare plan of the
city as it existed in the reign of William and Mary,
together with some volumes of curious tracts, with
a superior set of the Parliamentary History.
A collection is in the course of formation of prints
and plans, with documents relative to each of the
city wards, arranged under the head of each word.
The collection of newspapers in the city library
is, with the exception of the collection in the British
Museum, the most complete in the metropolis. The
city collection commences in the year 1640, and
continues to the Restoration. It is then continued
on by the London Gazette, and this is followed by
complete sets of the London Chronicle, the St.
James's Chronicle, Lloyd's Evening Post, and other
daily papers. Altogether there are already 362
volumes of newspapers, exclusive of the copy of
the London Gazette, which is the most complete
copy in the kingdom.
It is remarked that not one of the Aldermen, ex-
cept the one whose donation has been mentioned,
and Alderman Lucas who presented to the library a
marble statue of Shakspeare, has given either money
or books towards it ; nor have the higher city
officers, with the exception of the town-clerk and
one or two others, displayed any zeal in its favour.
The Court of Common Council have, by an un-
animous vote referred to the library committee to
.consider the best mode of indexing their records.
These consist of about 1,000. volumes, containing
the most valuable historical matter, which has
hitherto remained useless and untouched, from the
want of proper facilities of reference and access.
Several of the most intelligent members of the cor-
poration discard the silly and superstitious notions
entertained formerly, that unless these records were
carefully locked up, the city would lose either its
property or its privileges.
It ►s proposed to deposit in the library as histori-
cal matter the various ancient records of the prisons,
and magisterial books of examinations, &c., which
now lie neglected, and arc rotting at the Mansion-
house and other places for want of proper care.
A number of Roman and other antiquities, found
in various parts of the city, have been deposited in
the library, where they are kept in a state of good
preservation.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METROPOLIS,

Nearly the whole of the houses to be erected on
the ground now in the course of being cleared in
Charing-cross and its vicinity have been let, and
at extravagant prices.* The ground rent is also
exceedingly high, so that Goverment will, notwith-
standing the great outlay incurred in making com-
pensations, be considerable gainers. The ground
in the vicinity of the site of the late Carlton
House is not let by the foot, but at the rate of one
hundred guineas per house, each house containing a
frontage of about twenty feet.
The Commissioners, it is stated, refused to let
Mr. Clarke (whose family has occupied Exeter
'Change for more than a century) a site of ground
in lieu of that taken away, and the whole of the
ground in the narrow part of the Strand is under-
stood to be let to Mr. Baker at 5/. per foot, which
has since been underlet, some as high as 6!. and 71.
per foot. Sir Thomas Farquhar, the banker, has
taken the whole of the ground in Little St. James's-
street, at five guineas per foot ; and has since, it is
stated, refused eight guineas per foot, for individual
lots. High as these prices may appear, they are
comparatively low, compared with the ground rent
of Crockford's house, which is nine guineas per
foot, and that of the United Service Club, ten
guineas per foot.
The embellishments in the neighbourhood of
Charing-cross, the Strand, &c., promise to be as
profitable to Government as those made in Regent-
street, which, on the outlay of a million sterling,
now pay, it is understood, an interest of 3/ per
cent., yielding a great profit, to the State aver and
above the per centage required to be paid on the
advances.

The improvements at Charing-cross and the
Strand cannot be completed for at least three or
four years, in the event of no greater activity being
shewn than is exhibited at present.

• The majority of them are to pay a rent of 3001. per
annum, besides premiums for leases, varying from 51-0/.
to 1,0001.

BASINGSTOKE.—It has rained for nearly a
month with very little intermission ; the consequences 01
which, in the agricultural world, have been various.
Thousands, and tens of thousands of loads of upland and
meadow hay have been spoiled—the former so completely
as, even with the assistance of salt, to be scarcely worth
the expense of stacking, and much of it will be drawn into
the yards fur manure. On the other hand, had it not been
for the rain—barley, oats, and pulse would have been under
half a crop. The wheat could have dispensed with it, for,
with the exception of now and then a feeding- shower, it
fructifies more abundantly under a cloudless sky and a
warm sun. Neither is this all—the heavy showers, as-
sisted by the driving winds, have broken much of the
straw, which will not only prevent the ears from filling
well, hut a handsome sample is never produced from lodged
grain--in addition to which, it becomes an easy prey to
birds, who could Aot alight upon it, if upright. On the
whole, I have reason to hope the harvest will not be an
unproductive one, and the excellent plant of turnips, which
the late showery weather has ensured, will obviate the
damage to the hay, which does not appear to rise in price.