The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-30 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET,

At this (la;,S market, which exhibited a good many
coarse and half-fat beasts, but was otherwise rather scan-
tily supplied, each kind of meat met a dull sale, at from
2d. to 4d. per stone beneath Monday's prices.

PRICES PER STONE Or 81. BS. TO SINK Tnk OFFAT.S.

s. d. to s. d.,
Inferior Beasts 2 8 3 0
Second quality ditto 210 3 6
Prime large Oxen 4 2 4 6
Prime Scots, 431 c 4 6 4 101
Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 2
Second quality ditto 2 0 3 4
Coarse-woolledditto 4 0 4 4
SouthdownWethers 4 4 4 8

s. d. to s. d.
Large Lambs 0 0 0 .0
Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves-4 2 4
Prime small ditto 5 4 5 8
Large Hogs 4 2 4 6
Small Porkers 4 10 5 2
Suckling Calves 12s to 42.. each.
Quarter °la-Ig, 12s to 18s. each.

SUPPLY, AS l'Elt C.
Bea,ts. I Sheep.
61.3 • I 2,990
An useful short horns Mikh
worth from 191. to 221.

RIK'S STATEMENT.
Calves. I Figs.
ISO i 202
)ow, with her small Calf, was

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NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL.MARKETS.
At pet stone, by the Carcass.
a. tl. to s. d. s. d. to s. d
Beef 2 6 • 310 Veal
Motto.'

FISH

-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

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The arrivals of fish this morning were tolerably nume-
rous, and the market exhibited a fair stock. Cod-fish
were exceedingly fine, and sold rather lower than the last
qtiotatiOns..-,-The 'following were the prices :
Prime Turbot, each los. Od. to 20s. Od.
Ditto small,. per do. 5 0 • 7 0
Fine Cod-fish, each 0 0 10 0
Inferior ditto
Gurnetts, each • 1 0 1 6
Smelts, per 26 ... 6 0 8 0
Lire Flounders, per quarter's
Fresh Herrings, per hundred 6 0 6 0
Fine Lobsters, per score 5.... 40 ' 0 50 0
Inferior ditto 2O 0 30 0
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine Prawns, per lb.
Beet Common Gliters, per bushel ' 10' 0. 12 0
• Natives ... 0 0 28 0
"Little alteration in the prices of other fish.

CITY MARKETS, TwiLvr o'CLocK.

PLANTATION SUGARS.--in 'consequence of some
of the importers, who have hitherto been holding
out for higher prices, having become sellers, a fair
portion of.business has been done this week, and to
induce the buyers to .come forward, a dedine of fall
Is. to 2s. per cwt. from this day week has been sub-
mitted .to ;. this, however, does not appear to have
brought them into 'the
,market with any degree of
spirit, although the business done has been upon a
more ,extensive scale than for some weeks pavt.—
The Refiners appear to be picking up a few quietly.
The deficiency in the Stock continues to be reduced,
being now only 13,567 Mids. and tcs. To-day
2,198 bags' Mauritius Sugar were brought to public
sale, when the .whole sold briskly, but at a decline
Of full IS. 6d. to. 2s. from the last sale.
Delivered last week" from West India Docks, 2,318 Mids.
195 tcs.

Stock on band in West India Docks (26th inst.) 39,821
hluls. 3,562 tcs.
Stock on hand in West India Docks; (Nov. 28, 182 q.)
,52,439.hbd5. 4,213 tcs.

FOREIGN SUGARS.—Nothing of any consequence
can be noti-ed this week.

REFINED SUGARS.—TheYdernand for low goods
continues brisk ;
,large Lumps 84s. to 81s. 6d.,
small d0..855. to 'Bss: 6d., and single Loaves 86s.
foepacking,' but of these des6riptions the market is
the most scantily supplied : of crashed, a few sales,
have been Made this week at the prices quoted, but
none to any extent ; the good and fine descriptions
continue to. be much neglected, as the grocers are
doing very little at present for the home trade ; the
prices of these qualities rate much lower in propor-
tion to those of low goods : there is a fair stock on
hand.

COFFEE.—There have been very few transactions
in this article this week. No public sales were
brought forward until to-day, when tv o, consisting
of IS4 casks and 446 bas Plantation, nearly all
Dutch, were offered ; the Demerara.. fine ordinary to
middling quality sold readily 60s. to 655., the Ber-
bice was all taken in 68s. to 70s. 6d.; a few lots good
ordinary Jamaica brought steady prices, from 425.
.to 465., and fine ordinary fOxy to 48s. 6d.: in Fo-
reign there has been nothing done.
Delivered list week from West India Docks, 532 casks;
741'bari. •
Stock en haTol in West India Docks (on 26th inst.)
'12;474 casks ; 74,745 bags.
Stock on hand in West India Docks (Nov. 29, '1826),

11,608' casks ; 79;086 bags.
Fatiry.—There are two or,three more arrivals this
week : "`a public sale of the following . description
was brought forward to day" ;. viz...99$ barrels new
Red Smyrna Raisins, quality .very good, nearly the
whole of ivhii.ll sold briskly a`s2s:, a few lots, qua-
lity fine, a 535.; 27d.drumS ditto 535. a 545.; a
small parcel old Trieste Currants, slightly damaged,
a SOs,, shout 70 butts sound were taken . in a 82s.
In new Turkey Figs and Sultanas there is no alte-
ration ; there are several arrivals which will be
brought to market with all possible expedition : for
new Valentia Raisins,, which are held for 605., the
demand is not quite so lively, in consequence of the
quality of the Red Fruit being good, and the price
at which they have been sold moderate; for old
Valentia Raisins there, are some enquiries a 425.;
fine btinch AlitScatells' are taken off slowly at the
prices quoted.
SPLCES remain much the same as noticed in our
last report..
The Ruhr market is in a stagnant condition, if
any thin& the prices are a 'shade lower. Leesvards
are steady at the former rates:
THE WOOL • TRADE.—The imports of, foreign
Wool, particularly from Hamburgh,. have fallen off
considerably within the last fortnight, and it is there-
' fore hoped tbdt prices will advance on the present
low quotations. The consuinptien of English Wool
for some months has been very, great, but the ample
supply of foreign Wool has prevented any improve-
ment in price. The accounts from Hamburgh state
that the large stock which had been accumulating in
Russia for the last two vears.bad been. decreased to
that extent that the exports . to. England,
would be
very trifling during the remainder of the year. Pig-.
fish Down fleeces are quoted from Bd. to 9d. per_lb.,
and :Lambs' at about 11d, per lb. Spanish and all
other fOreign,Wools are flat. The imports of Sheep's
Wool from Hamburgh this week have not exceeded

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81,1941biL. The' deliveries troni"thdiVareltOuSe'liaVe
been.rather:extensive, viz. 205;0001k' •
The advices from Russia- this 'morning are im-
portant in a commercial point of view. The dates "
reach down to the 14th instatit,-at which time. the
frost had set in with unusual severity, and the com-
munication completely stopped. About nine vessels
were frozen in, and were expected to be kept there
all the winter. The exports of Tallow, and other
Russian produce, therefore, - for the present season
are over. The Market in London is rather more
firm, in consequence, this morning. - The 'total
quantity shipped from- St. Petersburgh of Tallow is
stated at 152;000 casks. The arrivals this week,
have exceeded- 46,900 cwt. There is no material
alteration in the prices of Hemp, Flai, or Bristles.,
SALTPETRE continues at almost the same price as
in the early part of the Week,. the demand for it not
being very pressing. The deliveries from the ware-
house since. Monday, have been 651 cwt. The
imports th;s year, 99,650 bags.
INinoo.—The latest accounts from India repre-
senting the Indigo crop as being abundant, the
Market has been rendered heavier than in 'the early
part of the week... The shipments continue exten-
sive to the Continent. The prices. are about the
same as at the last quarterly sale.
COTTON.—The demand for Egyptian Cotton' is
brisk, and the highest prices lately obtained have
been 'maintained. The accounts from LiVerpool
still advise considerable briskness there
,in the Cot-
ton Market, at a slight advance. The prices here
:are about the same; with rather art increased dispo-,
sition to purchase. The deliveries of East India
Cotton this week have been 70,610 lbs.

The Duke of CLARENCE returned to Bushy
yesterday, and will preside this day at the ,Scottish Hospital
Festival.

Prince HOHENLOHE LAUGENBOURG came
to town yesterday from the seat of the Duke, and Duchess
of CLARENCE at Bushy Park. His Highness dined with
the Duchess of KENT, at 'her apartments in the King's
Palace, Kensington. In the evening the Duchess of Kswr,
accompanied by the Prince and the Princess Fsonottu,
Baroness tit SPAEDTH, and Sir JOHN Comtov, honoured
the performance of the new Opera of Isidore de. Merida,
at Drury Lane Theatre, with her presence.
The Princess SOPHIA MATILDA, came to
town yesterday morning from her seat on Blackheath. Her
Royal Highness paid a visit to the Princess AUGUSTA, at
her residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER visited the Prin-
cess SoFHIA yesterday, at her apartments in the King's
Palace at Kensington. _ .

The.LORD CHANCELLOR entertained a large
party yesterday at his house .irt George-street, Hanover-
square.
Sir GEORGE WARRENDER, Bart. had a
dinner party yesterday, at his beuse in. Seymour-place.

Prince LIEVEN entertained a distinguished
party yesterday, at Ashburuham House, Dover-street.

Miss FANNY AYTON, Signor DIBEGNIS,
and the remaining part of the company from the King's
Theatre, are now at Birmingham, where they will per-
form, for a few nights, the same operas in which they have
been so eminently successful and admired both at Man-
chester and Liverpool; after which it is expected they will
immediately return to London.
Mr. WEDDERBURN, afterwards Lord LOUGH-
BOROUGH, was once asked whether he really delivered in
the House of CORMIOiIs a speeds which the newspapers
ascribed to him? "Why, to be sure," said he, "there
are many things in that speech which I did say ; and there
are more which I wish I had said."

iViELoms.rs' CLuis.—,This Club, whose ob-
ject is the encouragement of ?Melody and Ballad Composi-
tion, opened its season yesterday, with a splendid meeting,
at Freemasons' Tavern. The members and their friends,
who, by the rules of the society, can never visit a second.
time, sat down to an excellent dinner. On the cloth being,
removed, Non Notis Doinine was sung by all the vocal
strength of the Club. On the toast, ". Prosperity to the
Melodist!' Club," being drunk, Mi.,St N C I.A I R sung the
ballad of " The Breast-Knots" very delightfully, and was
encored. • This ballad was the first that was published for
the Club, and its popularity, all /aver the kingdom, has, it
appears, induced one or two piracies.
A number of individuals in Bradford . have
formed themselves into a society for the cultivation of
musical science.—Leeds Intelliyencer.
SUSPENSION BRIDGES.—We learn from a
well-informed correspondent, that suspension bridges of
the kind described in our paper of Wednesday last, are not
unknown. There is one of fifty or sixty feet span over the
Almond, near Mid Calder, which supports a conduit form-
ing part of the aqueduct of a feeder of the Union Canal.
Some of the American wooden bridges are constrticted ou

the same plan.' Our correspondent saw one which crosses
the Delaware at Trentan, consisting of a wooden road-way,
suspended frOm arched segments of Wood. Many of these
American bridges are very curious pieces of mechanism.—
They are sometimes a mile long; they have always two
carriage tracts, one for coming and the other for going, di-
vided by a partition ; and they are roofed over for the pre-
servation of the timher.—Scotsman►.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28.—There has been an

improved demand for Cotton to-day, and about 3,000 bags
have-beeu sold at an improvement of id. per lb. on last,
Saturday's quotation : 1,000 bags of the above have been
taken by speculators.
The stocking-makers are so brisk, that the
hosiers cannot get their orders completed fast enough, and
many of the frames are standing idle, only for the want of
hands. A meeting 'of the operatives was lately held, to
solicit the hosiers for an advance of wages, as the hose;
which in 1811 Were 2s. 2d. per pair making, are now
manufactured for 10d. per pair, and all the other gages in
proportion.—Blackburn Mail.
THE SILK TRADE.—An 'attempt made by
the manufacturers in the gauze and figure department, in
Coventry, to reduce the wages of their workmen, has been
opposed by the latter, who state " that they are determined
to suffer no abatement of the present prices, as the state of
trade does not require it." In an address to their em-

ployers, they say, "we have no wish to oppose you, except
'to ensure ourselves and families from extreme ruin." It

one of these resolutions they express their resolve, " by all
legal means to resist the proposed reduction."—Blackburn

STATE OF Ir,
RADE.—Business continues ex

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ceedxnagly dull, we might almost say depressed, in the West-
Rfriodniingthie
„Tthheer apclcaocuesntuslfran
,\lNe'altetfiele)ldi,neanstlovieiel(li,aasretvheolaye
gloomy, though few hands have yet been deprived of em-
ployment. Wages however arc extremely low, and little or
nothing transacting in the wool trade. Our. Hiuldersfield
correspondent, a competent .authority, writes under date
of Tuesday last, the market-day in that town, in these
'terms *" tradeis dreadfully dull—next to nothing doing !"
In Mtuichester and the- other cotton districts there. is like-
wise a considerable declension of business, and we observe
that'from the imPosaihility of otherwise coping :with im-
ported fabrics, there is a serious struggle between the
masters and their men,in the silk trade, at. Coventry.
former insist on reducing wages still lower, as the only
means of enabling them to compete with foreigners in the
• home market ; and the latter appeal to their employers
Whether they are not already half starved, on the pittance
they are. enabled .to, earn at the existing rates.—Leeds 10-
telligencer.
A DISTINCTION.—Our • modern humorist
(Ensign O'Doneiver) has well observed, that Irishwomen
are usually cleaner than Englishwomen, in proof of which,
he asserts.that he never yet met with an IrWiwoman whom
it would be impossible to shake hands with through the
medium of a 'pair of tongs.
PRACTICAL JOKE.--On Friday se'nnight
the Royal DraVonk marched into Cork, and as the streets
of that city do' not happen 'to be in the highest state "of
cleanly perfection at the present time, the hand struck'np
Buy a
m .B
arnowto the infinite amusement of the popu-
lace,
red with loud cheers.
who
sotre,'
On Wednesday morning, about three o'clock,
the. watchmen of Westbury met three fellows, loaded with
poultry. The latter were armed with immense bludgeons,
and the former with cutlasses. The thieves being ordered..
to :surrender were much alarmed, and offered all the
money they had, Amounting to 1:780.1e6d.,hi11. lto
permitted
to escape. •.The captives were matched, however, towards
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the White Lion, at-the bottom Thebe watchmen
bad the folly to disencumber the villains of their burthen of
ducks and fowls, and clapped the lo'ad upon 'their own
backs ; they neglected also to take away their sticks. The
,•onsequenee was that the fellows watched their opportunity,.
mud suddenly filling upon the watchmen, fnetimberea with
the spoil, knocked them down, and after beating them
unmercifully, escaped in triumph. One of the watchmen
' had a collar-bone 'broken'and an arm dislocated. 'Snell
the effect of bad generalship, Which has again turned these
depredators' loose upoittlie'pnblie.—Do7'set Chride.