The Sun. — 1838-10-26 (London, England)

MARKET.— Oct. 23 623. to , s'io 1 Stilk, 601 b. .--- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 543. to 68'' I,' Barley, Norfolk and Suilblk 0 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire os. ... Grinding Beans 63lb. 28, Oats, Potatoe 279. to tone-Mealing, For. Ild. toll 4d Eng. 121. to 131. Per!,(o. Shelling 3ls. to 324. Pe. jot. Rapeseed, English, 311. to 351 . _ Foreign, 341 to 261. Per  eras.. It is with much pleasure we state that our vell•,arlf and highly-esteemed Lord-Lieutenant, Earl Somers, in n. ses recovered from the severe attack of illness he recently elr rienced. —Hereford Journal. hall The equinoctials are come at last ; hasithe thirty hours of heavy rain. Better late than never; it ars first regular rain since May. The wells and water tu"sirso well filled, and the washerwomen are in a good humour. a no. fire in New Jersey will be put out, but the buckwheat an r tatoes are destroyed.—American Paper. Afjciir An inquest was held on Wednesday,at the wesex Hospital, on the body of Thomas Row a musical his ment maker, who cut his throat with an old knife use of trade. The deceased had been 16 years in the ernr)ol Messrs. Tomkisson, the pianoforte manufacturers, bunt riod been discharged about three months ago, since which 'ls he had been very low spirited. He had plenty of °. his own account. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. On Tuesday morning, between six and seven, b-iuring named Philip Bickliff, was proceeding across °Pirie Islington. fields, near the Liverpool-road, when he disellethee a small rush hand-basket bound round with a piece of %lola line. On opening it he found the body of a new-born l',00; child, wrapped in a very old and dirty piece of printed e°' art the knees of the infant had been bent up over the lower Po sa of the abdomen with brutal. violence, to compress itb trea.. small a space as possible. No professional aid had eer; are dered at the time of birth, and all appearances of the Wei indicative of the child having been born alve. Fairs are growing out of fashion.i The long:esta' blisbed one held on Devizes-green from time immelo,rlnils the 20th of October, was the smallest ever reeelleeteang a season. About on much hutth e2O game, oo o termssh eep a weresat wpeeynhni Aantdonc:ps ,;_rlead and the iFueprrriisce.of the sale was remarkably dull, but rallied about noo The finestni. remaining lots were swept away without any maternal &CIO gfo rpde,n aonfdlafmettc)sheedxli2i9bist.edeabeehl.os stock a • very indifferent show and flat sale. Of horses sear". cely a good hack, or anything else of value. Some jumpr' just imported from the Emerald Isle amused the publi%6: some hurdles expressly pitched for the exhibition, and didt.b„! price bid 1001, work cleverly. Thirty guineas was the highest Of hornea any of them. In the pleasure fair never was seen so ineefrro., ged t display. No menagerie, no fire-eaters, nor equestrian K,: for mance. The lamps burnt blue and dimly again last nig,Dtrker a brief space, then became extinct, and left the Green .100 green than ever. The rapid improvements in comm with the throughout the country, and facilities of intercourse viLlt.pd of metropolis, will obviously very soon put an end to this 1•140, barter, to the great discomfiture of thieves, pickpocs. gipsies, &c. COS: DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A POLICE dyof irrAnus,—About seven o'clock yesterday morning the:"P enPolice Constable Collison, C 96, was found in the then A tine river. Deceased had not been in the force more .oroas, few months, and had resumed his duty, after a short I constable on Monday. He was last seen alive by a brother eollsduty, at eight o'clock on Wednesday night, and was then day-dateon but was not present at the usual inspection of the th constables at nine. He was found in full uniformsni 1110 exception of his stock, which was on the bank. fc:.sogell footmarks there can be little doubt that he had at first 'lot& a spot too shallow to effect his purpose, and had then °et too another. He had been in a desponding' state for the I" or three days  _ Or -----