The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-26 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MARKET —Oct. 24.

The farmers supply us liberally with Wheat, but the
demand to-day being liberal, the whole sold readily at the
prices of last Saturday. Of New Oats tlae supply was
good, and sales heavy, with little change on last week's
prices ; Old Oats math inquired after. Barley, if of fine
malting quality, finds ready buyers, and one cargo has
to-day brought 38s. per quarter. Malt dull. Rye in
moderate demand. Beans and Pease w;thout variation.

New.
Wheat, Northumberland 50s. 60s.
No,rfolk and Stn:4k 58s. GUs.
-- Berwick and Scotch...
Dantzig
llye, Norfolk and Stiftlx 3,2 s 36s
Foreign —s —s.
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suflblk 345. 3Ss.

Old.
565. 60s.'

563. 58s.
625. 645.
---S.
30s. 335.

Grinding and Feeding 28s. 325.
Malt, 'Corti,lk and Stiftlk
Beans, Small
Tick
Pease, White
---- Gray
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 2ss. 275.
Feed 20s, 225.
Foreign
Flour, Fine (per sack) —s —s.

—S. —S.
565. 60s.
38s. 40s.
395. 40s.
—s. —s.
30s 325.
265. 29&
—8 --s.,
40s. 425.

The " turn-out" is reaching the farmers ; a
gentleman who represents one of the oldest families in
Lincolnshire, has received notice from nearly forty of his
tenantsof their intention to quit their farms.—Stamford
Mercury.

STATE OF TIIE ROCHDALE WEAVERS.-
We are glad to have it in our power to announce a return
of the weavers from the turn-out of last week, but the
return, unfortunately, does not include the whole number,
from the scarcity of work which prevail. The manu-
facturers, who last week atttempted a reduction of wages,
have since agreed to pay the usual price for some time
longer ; and, indeed, why any reduction should have been
attempted at a season which is acknowledged tube the most
favourable for business, seems quite unaccountable. At
present all is tranquil, nor is there generally manifested,
during the cessation of the operatives from their employ,
those symptoms which should cause any alarm to the pub-
lic.—Manchester .eicivertiscr.

THE COTTON-SPINNERS.—There appears to
be considerable dissatisfaction amongst the body of jour-
neymen cotton-spinners, at an attempt of some of their
employers to enforce regulations which the men never ex-
pected to be made, one of which is, that the men shall
sign a document, by which they individually engage not to
quit work without giving a fortnight's notice ; and further,
that only one man out of each room shall give notice, and
no other to he allowed to do so till a fortnight after. Upon
this principle, if a master have one hundred spinners, two
hundred weeks must expire before the whole body could
give the requisite notice. The wages of the card-room
hands in one or more of the factories have been reduced.
One gentleman, who professes to be a zealous friend of the
working classes, has reduced his carders and strippers, who
had 15s. per week, to 13s , and all others in the same pro-
portion. The grinding system in cotton-spinning ap-
pears to have commenced, and we fear it will not end, till
the condition of the people employed in factories be re-
duced to the level of that of the poer famished weavers.
In order, if possible, to stem this downward progression of
wages, a number of different trades are, we understand,
now forming, the promoters of which state their determi-
nation to resist, to the utmost of their power, any further
reduction of wages, till a corresponding reduction in rent,
and all the necessaries of life, take place also.—Manches-
ter Times.

FUNERAL OF THE ECCENTRIC JAMES
HIRST.-The remains of this eccentric individual,
placed in the coffin which he had for years exhibited to
the public, and had used as a cuphosrd, were interred at
Raweliffe, on Saturday last, the 17th instant. It was his
express wish to he maid to the grave by eight old maids,
each of whom was to be paid 10s. 6d. for her trouble;
and if this could not be effected, eight widows were to be
engaged at 2s. 6d. each, to perfOrra the same service.
The former wish, however, could not be complied with,
either from a want of a sufficient number, or from a desire
of not publicly acknowledging a designation of such a
contumelious and appalling import. The funeral pro-
ceeded from the house to the chapel, about four o'clock.
The corpse was borne by eight widows, and a solemn
tune was performed the while with a bagpipe and fiddle,
the former being played by a Scotch shepherd, and the latter
by a person of Rawcliffe. During the ceremony, the
chapel was crowded to excess ; and the number of spec-
tators from the surrounding villages to witness the obse-
quies to a man whose eccentric habits had become pro-
of 1,000.—Doncaster Gazette.
verbial throughout the district, is computed at upwards

LAW IN ► LLIGENCE.-(TiliS DAY.)

conz r OF

A. ALA RIC WATTS V. LAWSON.

Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom were Mr.
BaouGuA3l and other ventlemen) stated to the Court,
that this was a ease of libel, to wbioh the defendant had
pleaded a ,iti,tinitatiot'.. Ati afti.lavit had, however, been
'worn bet Ore the Court, which set 1.k1,1 that a witness
was absent, whose evidence was very material to his
client's (the defendant's) case. The witness was a lad
named Phillips, who was living with a person earned Levy,
whose name had been mentioned in the libel. Levy had
been requested to serve his servant With a subposna. He
bad stated however that the lad was ill, and could not
come. An attempt had been made to serve him on an-
other day, but the person was then refused access to Phil-
lips. Levy afterwards told them that the lad was ill and
had gone to his father's. Application was made to the
father on Saturday last, but he said that the boy had gone
to Portsmouth for his health, and refused to tell his ad-
dress. It was very necessary for the defendant that he
should appear here to .day. Before, however, his address
could be found out, it was too late to permit of his being
brought here to-day, even if be had been well enough to
have come. Under these circumstances the Learned
Counsel begged permission of the Court for the cause to
stand over till the next sittings, when they had no doubt
that they should be able to procure his attendance.
Mr. DENMAN (for the plaintiff) said that he was not
aware till that moment that such an application as the
present was to be made.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL--It bas only been decided on
a few minutes. . _ _

......
Mr. DinarArt—lt would be very desirable to have the
case disposed of now, as it has already been put off twice
by the absence of two witnesses on the part of the plaintiff
who are now present.
Lerd TENTERDEN--Is it a case of publication in the
newspapers—is the witness necessary to prove the
publication ?
Die ATTOANEY-GENERAL—The publication is ad-
mitted, my Lord. It is, however, very material for the
justification, that this witness should appear. It is a news-
paper publication, my Lord.
Mr. Dzlrmsx—The affidavit states, my Lord, that an
application was made last Sunday to see the lad. Does
your Lordship think that such a ground is sufficient for
postponing the case? At all events your Lordship will
order the defendant to pay the costs of this day.
Lord TENTERDEN—Of course it must be on payment of
costs.

Mr. DENMAN—We are very desirous of going to trial,
my Lord. We have now two material witnesses, one of
whom has been abroad, and both are going again. Colonel
Stanhope is going, and Mr. Emerson, a most material wit-
ness, is going to Vienna immediately We have there-
fore to request, my Lord, that those gentlemen may be ex-
amined by interrogatory,
The ATTORNEY--GENERAL—At which we may be pre-
sent, my Lord.
Lord TENTER/NEN—Of course it will be de bent esse.
You!will have the opportunity of cross-examiniug.
After some further consultation, it was agreed that the
case should stand over till the sittings before next Term.