The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-09 00:00:00

THE SISTER OF BURNS.

A sister of Ill!rus, the best survivor of his father's
family, stin lives. Siie is now a widow, at an ad-
vanced age, and resides at the village of Tranent, in
liaddingtonshirc, with two untiarried daughters,
who endeavour to support her by the exercise of their
needles. She is a decent-looking old person, with a
good deal of the poet's physiognomy, and particularly
his fine dark eyes. The youngest of William Burns s
children, she was twelve years old at the time when.
he died at Lochlea, a broken-spirited man. She was
one of the household at Mossgiel during its occupancy ,
by Robert and Gilbert Burns in succession, and she
afterwards married a person named Begg, who, for
ten years, conducted the business of Gilbert's farm of
Dunning, on the estate of Sir Charles S. Monteath,
of Closeburn. Since the death of her husband, her
sons being all removed from her, and unable to assist
her, she has been dependent on her two daughters,
who, though active and most respectable young
women, are barely able to keep house for themselves '
and their venerable parent. In short, the sister of
Burns has fallen' in the course of Providence, into
poverty, and her last years are threatened with those,
distresses, the dread of which is the theme of so many
of her brother's verses. I was much affected on hear-
ing her say that having, in her earliest years, been ,
witness of the troubles which lowered over her fa- ,
ther's house, having afterwards partaken of the hard- •
ships at Mossgiel, having passed through a long mar-
ried life in circumstances at no time easy, and .
being now reduced to absolute indigence, she felt
as if she had walked side by side with grief froth
her very childhood. One only alleviation of her
fate has sprung from the fame of her brother, '
in the shape of the most trifling annual pittance from
the Scottish Exchequer. She was lately a candidate
for the benefit of a fund called the Craig-Crook Mor-
tification [Anglice endowment] ; but her application
for the meantime failed. lam satisfied, from rigid
inquiries, that Mrs. Begg and her two daughters are
perfectly worthy persons, and that complaint would r
never have been heard from them, if. the most self
devoted industry on the part of the young women
were sufficient to keep their mother in comfort. The r
public is, doubtless, much taxed ; hut, on the other
hand, some claims are sacred. The poems of Burns
daily give delight to thousands, and will continue W
do so for ages. His productions wax yearly in public
esteem, as time passes on and brings no second Burns.
The name of the Ayrshire bard has even been assn.'
ciated by some living writers with those of
England is proudest. While he soars so high, to think:
of one so near and dear to him as a sister sinking int
penury—hearing from a cold ingle-cheek the echoes
a nation's acclaim at every mention of the name sl*.
bears—she, the last of the real members of that groli?:,'
which, as a poetical picture, must live for ever in the
" Cwtter's Saturday Night"—in short; the " sister d,,
Burns"—to think of all this, is more than I can. stir,,
pose the public patiently enduring, burdened as it
—Correspondent of the Inverness COurier.

THE MARKETS.
COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. I Few.
--....-
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to .. e. to.s. a. to 1. s. to i• •
Boston
iSraintree 52 70 27 34 93 29 33 38 35 4
6, ighton 55 70 27 31 20 26 32 41 34 31
Cambridge — 66 25 16 29 P' "
Chichester 6O 61 26 32 20 24 36 40 24
Dunmow 47 57 20 31 19' 25 23 40 32 .0"
Grantham
Grimsby 56 74129 33 Ifs 21 36 40 1 ,
Hailsham 66 72 26 32 19 21 30 34 29 P.''
Hitchin 150 67 27 34 UO 30 34 45 i
Ipswich 151 60 22 281 21 26 V 30 29 ,
Lewvs 5B 68 27 28 .
.' 19 • 20 34 36 33 ' rt,
Lynn 54 66 24 29 jl4 20 28 32 36'
Maidstone 59 67 36 39 '26 32 38 40 • al.
A
Norwich
Petworth
Rom ford Si 62 24 30 18 16 54 34 26 4,1`
:;
Sandwich 6l 71 23 34 95 30 33 39 36 fc '
"Cnetford .....
Wisbech ....
~a.'"
Witham Si 61 21 26 19 25 24 34 26 ',',
Yarmouth 6O 69 SO 32 24 30 38 40 asi ,4. ',
WAKEFIELD CORN 51A RI•E•I'
The supply was moderate, and prices of Wheat, Oats, ShOP
ling, and Beans, were rather higher. No variation in Barbi'

.6 54 •34 26 0
Sandwich 6l 71 23 34 95 30 '33 ;.9 36
Thetford .....
Wisbech
Witham Si 61 21 26 19 25 24 34 26 a'"„
Yarmouth 160 69 SO 32 24 30 38 40 314 ,41' '
WAKEFIELD CORN 51ARKET
was moderate, and prices of Wheat, Oats, Sisk
ins, were rather higher. No variation in Bold '
idles.
Essex and Kent -a. 60s. to 621. fine OP*
Norfolk and Sistiblk ...... --s. 51s. to 595. fine O.
--- Lin. and Cam. -s. b4s. to 5Ss. tine 61..
.----- Yorkshire -a. 565. to 595. fine 61.. • ,
-- White , -a. CO.. to 625. fine 644.•
.---- Foreign, tied -a. -s. to 613. fine 451.
White -s. -s. to 66.. sine 9131.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 24s. to 26;. One es- i:
.----. Lincolnshire ',Gs. to 28s. fine :70,
---- Yorkshire Wold . 263. to 28s. WO.. • ,
- Foreign
Beans, New
----- Old
Oats, Potato --s to 225, fine 245.'
---- Poland -s. -s. to 225. snit Ns=' •
- w'riezlan.l and Smal:
-- Nealing
3holling
Malt
-1 0s . 243.1....t01.2 73:5.17ns..PpterfL" --'l5:. '..
Rapeseed
LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.-Ma 3 91,W' '
WHEAT, English, White, per 701 h....
-- Red ... 9 3 011
- scotch, Welch, and hlanx ' 0 0 -6. ft '
-. Irish, White 7 0 7.. 9, ;!
--- Red 6 0 - 10 '.O
- Foreign
OATS, English. Welsh, and Scotch, per 45113. .. 2 .
---- Iris!.
- Foreign • r. u 0
tA EtLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter SO 9 c-4
0
- Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs.
Feeding
3 6 310
-
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3O U 40
- Irish, &c
36 0 33 :,'
- Foreign
PEASE, Englisn, per In.i.:erial quarter 3O 0 42 ‘'
--Foreign
iloua, English, per 2801 b. 8 0 54 0
- Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24filbs ...... ..... .. 45 6' 27 t',
INDIAN Coax, per 4801 b. w......., .48 0 40
Rita, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter ... 4b 0 62 I/

The suppl.
ling, and lien
and other art
Wnest, Rea

LEEDS CORN 51 A RKET.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. .. 535. to 635. .1
York. and Lincoln. 601 b....
Barley, Norfolk and Sulthlk
- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
- Grinding
Beans 031b..... 3ls. to 385. i. 1
Oats, Potatoe
-lilealing, For. 9d. tolOd ...... .......Eng. 9)4d. to IN a. per 51°:A- ',.;''
Shelling .. 27a. to 295. per I"
, , ,
DEVIZES CORN MARKET. d
Per Sack. s, d. s. d. Per Quat ter, a. d. ,i.l 9
First Wheat 33 0 to 35 0 Oats ... ...... ....... SO 0 to a.
Second 94
29 u 31 0 Beans (per sack)... 16 0 "
third
Barley 26 0 83 0 Bread (pet gallon). 1 9 ''''

CHELTENHAM MARKETS.
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d.tc ti' ',
,i, seat
dusk 6 y 3 0 3 9 Mutton
1
Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal
Beans
cease 5 0 8 0 Lamb 7 ..9
Hay 41.55. to 41. 103.0 d. per too. ' ' •
CANTERBURY MARKET. '
Wheat, white............. 655. to 70.5. ....... 01d....—5,t0 76s • ;
red........... Bus. to fin 5...... 01d......7., —s,
—s. to I '
Barley, Malting ..... 30s, to 34s ..—.. Grnding.. —I. to ••••i• •”,
Oats
Beans.....
Pease .....-----... 40s. to --5..... Grey...... 345• to --1...
'
CHELDISFOR MARKET. . 46
Wheat, White 1.4 to D 69 Oats l9 to
- 34
Red
Carley
Chevalier '2 33 Beans, Tick 2B
__ -.. 34

Qrinding
HULL CORN MARKET.
Wheat, White (per Quarter) 6oi, Ws. 668.
Red
Foreign
Barley, Malting. 3os 325. 938.
GriEding 2B, 298. 31".
Oats, British
Foreign (in bond) lBs 205.229.
Beans 32s 3es. 40s.
Pease, Grey
Blue and White 36s. 385. 409.
Linseed
Flour per sack
Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) ..

HAMBURi4 MARKETS. .
GiLAIN. 10
Wneat, Marks 414 to 492 Barley, Mecklenburgh 356 to et
.-- Magdeburg - blagdeburgh....l62 to ;70
,4
Anhalt, white 420 to 491(--- Holstein l3O to 'l4 4
----- red ... 372 to 480 ---: Oderbruck. 165 to ~,gt
.---- Brunswick 414 to 492 Oats, Elder
.--- Mecklenburg.. 375 to 468 -- 'Mecklenburg
----- Polish -65 to 525 -- Holstein 126 to ...., ~
-- Holstein - Upland
mil
...
Rye, Mecklenburg .....46 to 9.491P0a5e, Mecklenburg , 210 1011 ~..
-- Marks 252 to 28 Beans 258 to Otkv'
-- Elbing and Ko- Buck Wheat 231 1° det 1.
nigsburg - ,::
-- Pomeranian 2 4 to 2hl Malt
-- Antra
corroN.
Carolina arid Tennessee 7%t0 9% bO s larrnham 180:ctir ;:
b 1.
qeorgia„ Ist suit 7% 8 Madras 5„,, ' 434, 1
2d 6% 654 Surats.
3d and 4th ... 4% ti Domingo ......,........0 5
COF 'EE.
Ifeeh,,. 13 to 13% Domingo
Batavia 4% 5% lA, Guayra
,sumatra -- Porto ttico
Rid 2% 5% Havannah
Bahia 2% 5%
$ UUA it.— (Wit
Havannah, Whit
Brown 2% 2%
Rio, White
214 4
Brown
Manilla. Brow

4 6 1
~4 NESS 11
sp, io A . ,
h E 335, Discount.)
Banta, White
Brown 1
Pernambuco, White ..:1i t°g3924 ''
Brown l% 1,

!it. 2% to 2%

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY, Mir A
is
The wind has at length changed, and arrivals are "coming
fast. The greater part of the two small cargoes reaeutlY
ceived have been sold at rather extravagant prices,
general expectation is that the buyers will now do better.
London, prices are already rather easier, the sellers being itull'"
more inclined to give way.—Bristol Mercury. t
A horrible fratricide was perpetrated last week 11
St. Just (Loire). Two brothers, named Tholome,havill
quarrelled, the elder of them, on the same day, entered a fie
in which hie brother was at work with his wife and two odic,
persons, and deliberately taking aim at him, at a distance of
few paces, with a gun which he held, shot him dead. but

BIRTHS.
On the Ist inst., at Tours, the lady of Thomas Butler, E4l.'
of Brunton, Northumberland, of a son and heir.
On the 2d inst., Airs. Kislingbury, of High Holborn, of a 5°,.;
On the 4th inst., at Lavender-hill, Surrey, the lady of PP
Brightman, Esq., of a daughter.
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tbe
On the sth inst., in Hanover-terrace, Regent's-par..,
lady sof Lieutenant-Colonel Goldie Taubman, Scots
Guards, of a sun.
MARRIED. fa 1
On the 3d inst., at Wandsworth Church, Kingstnill GIL°,
Key, Esq., eldest son of Sir John Key, Bart., to Mary Sip
second daughter of G. H. Hahn, Esq., of the Orchard, w'''''
worth.
On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Al%f
A. Spong, late of the King's Rifles, to Susannah z-elby,
of the late James Selby, Esq., of Town Mailing, •

DIED.
On the 3d inst., at Dorking, Elizabeth, the wife of I4lBs'
ander Hart, solicitor. r
On the 4th inst.. Mary Teresa Louisa, the eldest &II
of William Church, Esq.
Or. the sth inst., at Leamington, Thomas Colbeck, 554.'
surgeon, of Hertford, aged 69.
3 OfMaw c.carzosa—,
London: Printed and Published ly MURDO YO/TL,•V -a, it'
No. 112, Strand, at The SUP. Office, No. 112, Stray'
the County of Aliddlesex, Monday, May 9, 1842.

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