The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-28 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 26.—At the Congregation on Wednes-
daLlast the following degrees were conferred :
BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.—Joseph Stoney, St. pvter's
College.
BACHELORS or ARTS.—George Ambrose Dimock, Sidney
Sussex College; William Alfred Waring, St. John's College;
John Henry Hughes Hallett, Caius College ; John Horatio
Bastard, Trinity College.
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. T. Tunstall
Smith, M.A., of St. Peter's College, in this University, to the
vicarage of Whaplode, Lincolnshire.
The Rev. J, M, Lowe, B, A., of St. John's College, in this
University, has been preferred to the perpetual curacy of
Grindleton, Yorkshire ; patron, the Rev. J. A. Addison.

,TATE OF TRADE.—We are sorry that we cannot
report any improvement in trade, but the contrary. COttOtl
maintains its price; but wool is rather lower. We have cqn.
tinually cautioned the sraill,oll this qubleter and now the
psanufacturers have been driven to lige fAreign wool, and to
flibstitute 'cotton instead of our own wool, which of late
Yclirs has been higher than the trade could afford. The gre-
ater has withheld his wool from the market, until the time
has come when the mischief will fall on his own head. We ex-
pect It will be the same in corn : the farmers will be ;coking fq
higher prices, until the country is filled with. fbreigri under
the new regulations; then the evil of an iiiiaterent priei
seen—brought on by the(*ir.ifatibiegsl't an'
euitirirors.-:—Leicesrer'forgrnia.
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"Amber. OryF4e4 that „. .
'st was 2;66,4, *l4 114." entered Algiers during
.
Vitftl 214,015* ...e that cleared 2,034; their burthens
.vas, and 202,547 tons respectively. There were
only one-third of these vessels under the French flag.

AMERICAN FLO UR. & PROVISIONS
We have been favoured with an extract from a circu-
lar addressed to the Liverpoel Anti-Monopoly Assoeia-
by Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co., dated New Or-
leans, January 17, 1842. It shows how admirably the
soil of the valley of the Mississippi is adapted for the
growth of the food of man, and what supplies of &W-
-and provisions might be drawn from New Oileans.alone
for the subsistence of our people, thousands of %horn are
now. famishing from want of the bare necessaries of life.
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British manufactures in return for the produce of their
farms. Thus a most extensive and rapidly increasing
market would be opened to our cottons and our woollens,
our cutlery and our hardware, giving employment and
good wages to artizans,- as well as supplying them with
bread at a lower price than they can ever hope to buy it
while our own agriculturists enjoy the monopoly of the
home market. We fear that the Corn-laws, with Sir
Robert Peel's latest "improvements" will effectually seal
the Mississippi, so far as the export of flour and provi-
sions is concerned, and cut us off from all supplies from
that quarter, while, even under a moderate fixed duty,
not to speak of a system of free trade, an extensive im-
port from the New World would take place :
" As the laws affecting the introduction into England
of grain and other provisions will shortly be discussed in
the -British Parliament, we annex the present price of
flour, pork, and a few other articles, remarking that,
under laws favourable for such trade with England, the
supplies which could be drawn from this port are truly
unlimited, as au industrious population of more than four
millions of people are the cultivators of an extent of
many millions of acres of the richest lands, and their sur-
plus produce is carriel at a cheap rate by means of the
numerous navigable rivers which converge into the Mis-
sissipi • these stream are now navigated by more than
three hundred steamers, from 800 tons burthen down-
wards. Nearly half a million barrels of flour ; 262,000
sacks and 163,000 barrels of corn (maize) ; 210,000
barrels of pork ; 8,000,000 pounds of cured pork ; and
1,378,000 pounds of bacon were received here last year
from the interior.

"Flour, superfine, dull at 5 dols. 75 cts. per brl., or
225. 6d. per 1961b5.
Pork, per barrel, mess 8 dols. per brl., or 325. per 2001bs.
" " prime 6s. " " 245. "
Bacon and hams 3 cents per lb. or 14d per lb.
Cured pork 2to 2f " " ld.
Cheese 8 " " lid it
Butter Bto 14 " " 4d. to 7d. "
Lard 4i " " 2id.. "
—Liverpool Albion.

DISCOVERY OF AINUMBER OF

HUMAN SKELETONS.

A few days since some workmen employed in cart-
ing earth out of a pit in a field-adjoining Risby toll-
gate, and the road leading to Fornham St. Genovieve,
about two miles north-west of Bury St. Edmund's,
discovered a considerable number of human skele-
tons, some of them within about a foot of the
surface ; the bones generally were in an ad-
vanced state of decay, but the teeth in some of the
skulls were ' very white and perfect. It is supposed
these skeletons are the remains of a portion of the
slain who fell in the battle between the troops of
King Kenry 11. and those of his sons, more than 600
years ago. In a work entitled " Historic Sites in the
County of Suffolk, by John Wodderspoon' " the
author observes, " The village of Fornham St. Geno-
vieve is celebrated in history as.being the spot where
the peaceable retention of the English Crown in the
person of Henry 11. was decided by a bloody battle,
which took place in the year 1173. The obliterating
hand of time has, of course, removed from the place
much evidence of the ground having been occupied
as a military position, but there are mounds still exist-
ing by the lonely road side, beneath which the dead
were huddled at the conclusion of the fight, and which
serve as memorials of the event, and of the immensity
of the slaughter." The circumstances which led to
the encounter were briefly these The sons of Henry
11. having taken up arms against their father, were
joined by Robert, Earl of Leicester, who, having
insulted his sovereign, was obliged to fly the country;
he took refuge in France, and there collected an
immense army of Fleinings, and, passing over b)
England landed at Walton on the 21st of September.
He marched to Framlingham Castle, and hearing
that the cause he had espoused wanted prompt assist-
ance in Leicestershire, he directed his march towards
that part of the country, and while passing Fornham
St. Genovieve, was attacked by the King's troops
lying at Bury St. Edmund's. The battle soon be-
came general, and the result was that the Earl lost
the day, and ten thousand Flemings were slain upon
the field. The' battle took place on the 27th of
October, 1173.—Essex Herald.

FROM THE FRENCH—PAPERS.
'We find the following in the Courrier des Etat
Unis A French broker having sold several lots of
ground to an American gentleman, and having called
upon him for the money when the promissory note
which he had given was due, the debtor said---' I
have great respect for you, and therefore, instead
of deceiving you by asking for time, I will be candid,
and give you my word of honour that I will never
pay either principal or interest.' The broker replied,
that in that case he would immediately go and get
judgment against him. Well,' replied the debtor,
I will show my gratitude for the way in which you
take up the affair. A judgment will cost you 40 dol-
lars ; but if you will go to the three houses in Wall-
street, of which I will give you the address, you will
obtain judgment against me in due form for 10 dollars.'
—Another debtor implored for time from his creditor,
who consented, but added that, in order that things
might be done regularly, he would get judgment
against him, but would not put it in force. You
are so good,' said the debtor, that I will make a bar-
gain with you. If I was to oppose the judgment it
would cost you forty dollars, but by my consenting to
it you will save thirty. I will do so, and, by way of
acknowledgment, you shall send me in two tons of
coals.' "

It is stated from Barcelona that several parts of
Catalonia are invested by banditti and bands of rebels.
Near Sellera, the Alcade and a rich landowner had
been carried off, and a ransom of 1,300 ounces of
gold (about 420,000 f.) demanded for their release. At
Panadella, a diligence had been stopped and plun-
dered, and near the Seu d'Urgel, there had been
a conflict between a banditti and the inhabi-
tants of a village, who rose en masse, and ob-
tained a complete triumph. On the 27th ult.,
one of the chief leaders of banditti, named Marcos
Basan, was arrested, and thrown into the prison of
Berga. This man had for some time past held priso-
ner in a cave a youth, upon whose liberty he had set
a price of 250 ounces of gold. On the 28th, a Court-
martial at Barcelona, condemned four men for deser-
tion, pillage, and incendiarism.
As a countryman was coming into Paris from
Sceaux, about 4 o'clock the morning before last, his
attention was awakened by some feeble cries, and,
searching for the source, he found on the road side an
infant which could not have been many minutes be-
fore brought into life. He carefully wrapped the
babe in his blouse, and carried it to the found-
ling hospital. Inquiries being set on foot, it was soon
discovered that, on the same morning at a rather
earlier hour, a man and his wife, named Meunier,
were coming to Paris from Palaiseau in a cart,
with milk for sale, when the poor woman was
taken in labour, and actually delivered of a child
in the cart. The husband, in the confusion occasioned
by the distress of his wife, and the darkness, unwit-
tingly threw the new-horn child out of the cart,
and then hastened to carry his wife, in a senseless state,
back to a. midwife at Palaiseau, who immediately
ascertained that the main part of her duty
was already performed, and inquired what had
become of the child. This brought the poor man to
his recollection. He hastened back on the road to
Paris, and soon learning what had been done with the
infant, went to the hospital, reclaimed it, carried it
to its mother, and, it is said, they are both likely to
do well,
Pinaud, a youth, only 16 years of ago, was two days
ago brought before the criminal tribunal for a rob-
bery with false keys. Notwithstanding the evidence
was clear and positive he pertinaciously denied its
truth, and defended himself with so much effrontery
that the President lectured him with great severity,
assuring him that persistence in such conduct would
ultimately lead him to the scaffold, Still he refused
to make the confession the judge wished to extract;
but when the magistrate read the articles in
the Penal Code relating to robberies with
fable keys, and which in certain cases im-
pose the punishment of hard labour at the hulks for
twenty years, the prisoner imagining that this sentene
was pronounced upon him, fell into violent paroxysms
of despair, threw himself on the ground, and attnst
every prominent angle he could find, en
dasll 114 brains out. was ill (taVOUrfng to
that the muni-
6PM guards in Qiiarpeo
rermting, th.. ...weavouredto
him from
.-• ins youth exempted -
—le penalty of the law, and that his punishment
was limited to four years' confinement in a House of
Correction, for he continued his desperate attempts at
self-destruction, until after the guards had carried
him out of Court, which was accomplished with great
difficulty.

OXFORD.—Acceptances for the 1 )xf ird 1-tandicap.—Lot-
tery, 14st 41b (and ilbs extra)—Chtylad, 124 Colum-
bine, l2st 41'b —Croxby, I2st 21b—A non) mous, 12si 21b—Con-
sul, 12st 21b ; Luck's-all, 12st '2lb ; Tlin Returned 12st 21b—
Pauline, 12st—Tallybo, 11st 121b—Usarovr, I 14,12.11)—Clicioot,
11st 121b—Jemmy, list I Ilb—lley th, ou. 1 I,t I 11b-116de-
rick Random, 11st I by Yarborough, I Ist 111 b
Danebury, I Ist Sib—Negro, I Ist 41b—Little 'onnny, list
41b—The Pony, I Ist 41b—Memento, I lit 41b—Little Comber-
ton, list 41b.

INORTHAMPTON.—Aceeptances for the Handicap of 25 sows.
each, &c.—Lottery, 13st 21b—Gayla,1. I2st Ilb—Consul, 12st
41b—Anonymous, 12st—Ltutk's- all, 1 Ist 21b h, by Creeper,
list 91b—St. Lawrence, list 71b—Paulina, list. iih—Mer-
chant, 1 Ist 51b—Agricola, 1 Ist 1 lst—Lazzaront,
1 lst—Danebury, lOst 41b.
WORCESTER.—Entry for the Birthday Stakes.--Lottery,
13st 21b—Peter Simple, 12st 1 Olb Gay Lad, 12st 41b—
Charity, 12st 41b—Bangalore, 12st 21b— S.im Weller, 12st--
Consul, 12st—Croxby, lOst I.2ib -- Perfection, I Ist 121 b
Luck's-all, 1 Ist 121b—Tallyho, II t I 210—Anonymous, I Ist
10Ib—Tom Tug, list 101b—Negro, list 81b—Shamrock,
list 81b—Dragsman, I Ist 81b—Goblin, I Ist 71b—G., by
Scarborough, list 71b—Brown Stout, 1 Ist 71b—Little Tommy,
I Ist 6lb —Forty-t wo, 1 Ist 61b—Duenna, I Is; 41b—Merchant,
list 41b—and Roderick Random, 1 Ist 41b.
LlVERPOOL.—Everything here is assuming a degree of gaiety
and liveliness that we have not witnessed for some time, in
consequence of the approaching coursing, steeple chases, and
hurdle race. The meadows of Altcar are in fine order, and
the hares stronger than usual, so that great sport may be ex-
pected from the long-tails on Tuesday. Wednesday brings on
the " tug of war" for the national prize. The Prince of
Wales's Cup excites an interest from a new grade of horsemen,
who may be called " The Junior United;" as we don't hear
there will be any veterans among them. The Hurdle-race is
sure to be good from the numerical strength of the field and
the quality of the animals. Then, as a wind-up, comes Thurs.
day, for the' greyhounds ; thus giving three days of interesting
sport which no ether place can equal. Stabling has been en-
gaged for upwards of thirty horses. We hear that the water-
jump opposite the Grand Stand will be .12 feet, a foot wider
than last year.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER..--(FRIDAY.
)
CHESTER CUP.-8 to 1 agst Lan.e-cost ;12to I agst Vtd-
can-14 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorii —1 I to 1 agst Marshal
Soult, (taken)-16 to 1 agst The ,:quire, (taken)-18 to 1
agst Jolly Tar-28 to 1 agst Johnny. The rest as before.
DERRY. —7 to 1 agst Attila, (t. )—I6 to 1 agst Chatham
—3O to 1 agst Wiseacre-40 to I agst Auckland, (taken)
50 to I agst Meteor. No other change ; nothing done upon
the Oaks

THE DERBY.—It was reported at the West End on Thurs-
day-night, that Chatham had broken down ; and 2.0 to I was
laid against him to a small amount. Lord Miltovrn's Derby
horses. Scalteen and Master Edward arrived at Scott's stables,
Mahon, on Monday last.

COURSING.
ALTCAR CLUB, FEB. '22 AND 23. —The Cup (16 dogs),
was won by Mr. N. Blundell's Berry, beating Mr. Swan's
Stork; the Sefton Stakes (8, all age,' by• Mr. Lamb's
Lapwing, beating Mr. Ridgway's Kirkham ; the Croxteth
Stakes, for 8 bitches, by Mr. E. l-lornb3,'s Hempseed, beating
Mr. Kershaw's Kalmia ; the West Derby Stakes (8 subs.) by
Mr. Lamb's Leader, beating Mr. N. Blundell's Busy ; the
Sapling Stakes, by Mr. E. Hornbr.: Hermit ; the New Ditch,
in, by Mr. Clowe s Cinderella; and th Heuse Stakes, by
lkir. Kershaw's Keen.

WHITEHAVEN STRING MEETING, FED. 2I AND 22.—The
Cup was won by Mr. Brisco's Bead, Leafing Mr. Bragg's
Carronade.

HAMPTON LUCY, FEL 22.--Tly, Silver Cup of sixteen
guineas, was won by Mr. 31arslial's Smoker, beating Mr.
Lucas's Fly.

RAILWAY R L T URNS.

We extract from the Railway illagazi;e the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize

Week Miles
Total.
Name of Railway.
ended opened. £. s. d.
Feb.l9 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 905 1 - 4
1S Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,431 13 2
... Brandling Junction 25 No returns
18 Chaster and Birkenhead ..
13 Dundee and Arbroath
20 Eastern Counties
.. Glasgow and Ayr .. ......
19 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenn,k 24 684 2 1 1
12 Grand Junct., Chester &Crewe 103 6,483 14 0
19 Great North of England 45 1,105 0 6
20 Great Western
19 Hull and Selby
19 Lancaster & Preston Junctio:i 201 393 11 6
18 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,856 15 8
19 London and Birmingham__ 1124 12,739 18 5
24 London and Blackwall ......
19 London and Brighton
19 Ditto Shoreham Branch
22 London and Croydon - 332 0 11
24 1.-,ndon and Greenwich 34 760 13 4
20 London and South Western
17 Manchester, Bolton, and Nary 10 536 4 9-1
21 Manchester & Ilirmingl.ant
19 Manchester and Leeds
19 Midland Counties ..
19 Newcastle and Carlisle 604 1;277 6 1
.17 Newcastle and North Shields 7 315 18 0
20 Northern and Eastern .....•
19 North Midland
72 3,688 11 101
18 North Union
900 13 5
19 Preston and SVyre 194 137 2 0
21 Sheffield and Manchester 7 216 14 7
20 Ulster .
19 York and North Midland 23 1,362 15 6

STATE OF TRADE.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LE F. Dti, FEB. ehave
noticed a slight improvement in the ge"eral il!:;mand for foreign
wool this week, and prices are firm,
ENGLISH WOOL TRADE LEEDS, P.LS 25.—Sales of English
wool have been limited this wer.),. Previous prices are with
difficulty maintained.
TRADE of LEEDS.--Every week discloses more and more
the gloomy fact that there is no a prospect of any material
improvement in 'trade. This week bn iness at our Cloth Halls
has been as dull as in any week si .ce the commencement of
the year. The prices of cloths of tine and middle qualities
are merely nominal, whilst even for low goods there is but a
very limited demand. Under these circumstances many of the
manufacturers are still further curtailing their operations;
several are shutting up their mill: entirely ; and although
this will have the effect of still further increasing the
distress which already exists ani,eigst the labouring poor in
several of the clothing villages, it i- the only course the menu-
facturer can pursue to save him elf from ruin. There have
been a few of the London buyers eown during the week, but
they have purchased so sparingly, that we may fairly state that
there has been no improvement in business in the warehouses.
BRADFORD MARKET, TM:USDA the Piece Market
we had a good attendance of mer( rants, but their purchase*
have not been of so extended a character as we could have
wished to have been able to report ; in fact, the business doing
is far short of an average of this season of former years. The
demand for yarn has somewhat improved, owing to the ship-
pers being in the market, who have taken a small quantity, but
for the home consumption things remain very flat : prices are
unaltered. We cannot learn that anything different is visible
in the demand for wool, which is chiefly confined to the lower
kinds ; the finer descriptions coot i.:ne very dull, and lower
rates are submitted to.—Liverpool Allercury.