The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-08 00:00:00

SPATE or TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Aug. 7.--There has been rather nivr°
inquiry_ for cloth, but it has not led to much busivbts;
Large offers have been made for shirtings and jacge L.
on the strength of last week's advices from Calcutta, 1,11,' .
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they are at Ild. to 3d. per piece decline on light
shirtings and at I!,d. per piece decline on jaconets, Prices
atho which sellers were unwilling to do business. Pri,el;
however are not quite' so steady as last T.uesday.
short-time system has actually commenced at Blackbuilit
though a good deal of doubt existed as to the deteraliDe.
thin of the manufacturers there to carry out their el: ,
gagement. Rather more indisposition hail been non
felted, as a consequence, on the part of sellers o these
f
goods to accept the lower offers above alluded to, evea
though accompanied by offers for large orders at the
reduction. The heavy rains which have prevailed for
some time back in Manchester and its neighbolub°
are understood to be by no means general, but lel.
have, note ithstanding, had a depressing ) bitted .
mice on the market. The advices from the ~,
States also, showing a further decline of cotton its.l.leOrleans, have an adverse effect on the market in Pi
sent sensitive condition. In longcloths and T clothe,
there has been some extra business for Alexandria al
some of the Levant markets nearer the seat of war' In
the prices of these goods have been a little stearlirant,The market for yarns has been flat, and buy The
port purchases on rather more favourable terms.
For pupo
rates, however, are not quotably lower.
yarns, suitable to India, the iates refused last Week have
itnhesroeniie cases been accepted, sellers appearieg tott
than
less prospect cf any immediate imrrovem taw
they did at the commencement of last week. The of
ms axis are buying moderately chiefly anytbl 6
mall orders, and appear little die posed to do
speculatively. For this market business does n,,°t taPi's
pear to be so discouraging as for rouse quarters, a 0
more active than of fate. In other descriptions of 1
the market has been rather in favour of buyers- : the
LEEDS, Aug. 7.—A fair attendance of buyers 10, 0
cloth-halls to-day, and the business done has been ei jag
average character. The trade is firm, the den3and mbei es ,
in elcecuti°°.o-
- equal to the supply. The winter trade Pr°, ";:ji•
well, considering the high price of food and the ar„rti 0.
The
which the war throws in the way of exporl:o3-
kehtereport from Huddersfield to-day is that the fog
has been rather quiet ; for, although there vaLseaeelf.
attendance of buyers, they did not
;Fancy goods, blacks ix' in chief reqe`",,
greys, were . Atte
English wools are rather giving way in price. NI,
annual wool c .air at Doncaster yesterday there
sago, of
as 6 compared with the price obtained a few weeksA7,-:tet
d per stone. The quantity of wool sold at ncinc,ns of
operate ir-,16,
s year more than doubles that sold in the ea:,,
1854. In this year, up to the last day of tf,,iy 0
quantity weighed by the officials in them ar'eari Wei
95,040 stone, against 45,120 stone in the like 13" (141
.
last year.

RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE WHITE S$
Tim
A supplement to the Lalide Busse, of

contains the following
NEWS FROM TELE WHITE SEA' of tb°
Admiral Kroustchoff, the military govorn°riotie t°
city of Archangel, sends the following details Oho SO
the movements et the enemy's vessels in the Wr'
up to July 18 : hos o
tg°
1. At 6 o'clock in the evening of July is
steamer approached the village of Liamtsa, walcd haii°l
ated on the sea coast in the district of Onega, Itia, , 9113;
taken up a position 400 sa4enes from the shoreol3l
four boats carrying a red and a white flag, and con
a considerable number of men, to the vidage• 0801"-
%.
The peasants, 34 in number, directed by an ° tati t
returned from service, named Tzyrbaieff, greensheffil
boats when they approached with a fire of ID
and compelled them to return. mrapegb°4
The steamer then opened a fire of ball, 5" v ,„,
shells, and rockets against the peasantry and the
sent
After three hours' firing, two boats were again on
the shore with soldiers to land, but the peasantriablirA"
not allow them to disembark, and the boats s°_,°l:o oarA
to regain the steamer. The latter cannonadea,va ow
all night, and did not put to sea until six o'ol°
morning. f
Besides the inhabitants of Liarntsa, a citizen of to,
angel, named Alexander Lyskoff, who haPPene °et'
there at the time, and Pierre Lyskoff, the priest borti
village, who encouraged the peasants by his
tions, contributed to repel the enemy, and the Pelo
adistir
named Soverschaieff and Tzumoff particularly
tb°
guished themselves.
.oci 1,1
Notwithstanding the length of time ()OW off
bombardment, the peasant Tzumoff was te°,6
fender of Liamtsa who was wounded. The vus`overl
fered very little, and the inhabitants experie° 015
slightest possible loss, the greater part of the Doi
shells, and rockets failing to burst. After the„ejelt
departure the peasants picked up very nearly ova" sr%
2. In the morning of June 28 an English stet; tbA!'.
preached the Island Solovets, and after stopPlre,
until evening took to sea without attemptingitt;
against the monastery ; but the English shot
upon the neighbouring island of Zaiatsky, and
on board.
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3. On June 30, two steamers were seen near '
tte
zoff islands, at 30 versts from Komi, and a as
v
the island of Kollovara, at 20 versts from the city
cutter's cutter's crew, numbering 30 men, landed 00 t'-diniAs
and attempted to carry off some reindeer bela!,..° ra.
the inhabitants of Kemi, and which are every 3r-00'ho
out to pasture. Twenty inhabitants of lie o$
with muskets, left for the island, in order to pre `b-if eor
act of brigandage ; but the eemy, having PNE!tcroL;
the movement, hastened ton remove his eutte, 4.0
tance, and immediately afterwards the ste2lol;ol's.
to sea, in the direction of the town of Onega• gar
traces fund upon the Island of Kollovara, it27,..orP"'
the enemy only managed to kill and carry en I". A,
deer. tr
4. On July 14, an English steamer, with tbreceopl
appeared near the Island of Kii, in the Gulf tejoli
and at 15 versta from that city. A gun-boat 81."-crevcd;
two cannon, and two little boats with
nearly fifty men, approached a floating j"-olkelr'
house, used in connection with the wood trade wnic
and which. was anchored near the island, and t0:0„0."-
it different articles of clothing, and also 8019",400"
firewood, &c., from an old vessel of light 0%00
longing to the Krestnoi Monastery.
At this moment there are none of the ened°
before the bar of Archangel.

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CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.-"'''—tiCV.ll
Admissions on payment, 12,177 ; ditto by seas °
id
649—Total, 12,826.
OPENING OF FULHAII-BRlDGE.—Yesterday tbteite
country traffic lock of this bridge, closed sine% acitlw
ult. for the erection of the Chelsea waterworks a•u
ye
was was reopened for navigation. li
v,: •/,
The Calcutta Christian Advocate calls attee„,"‘ e ...,0
announcement of a selection from "flume's -o's‘-'lOl,l,
Robert Hand, Egg., of the Presidency Collegeol
has been authorised to be used in the GoveriaMe
ieges, by the Director of Public Instruction. A, 611
The East India Company have notified to will! 1/,
Indian Peninsular Railway that 5 per eettt'icliielj
allowed on the 100,000 shares of Si. each ou is r"
is paid. The passenger traffic of the liner '"
contnues to exceed expectation. Aufli e
Al SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.—QUEENSTOI,4 to it)?
--The Erodrene (Norwegian ship), from Cardin t
stantinople. with coals, was fallen in with, whei:Aeeirl4oo
out, about 180 miles W. by S. of Cape Clears ':fe bi- '
with rudder gone, and her crew were taken -
Augusta, Nerdrum, which has put in here. „r of of
On Friday a girl, 17 years of age, dang"„%—oalt,o
Waddell, farmer, Craig-end, having been repre;rogpes
father for something she had done amiss, ie aLlf dffet
of rage rushed across a field and threw ber-d
a waste coal pit. The wretched creature W.-od to
dreadfully mutilated, but death soon put a pert Atf
sufferings. r-
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Yesterday a return was issued, which sho bet* 01
the summer assizes, and before the 16th Nolele%
year, the number of cases triable only at the ce6irctOfse
not on bail, committed, was 49 on the liom,e sartbetbc
on the Midland, 21 on the Norfolk, 51 on tne,,4 01010
'
78 on the Oxford, 54 on the Weetern
North Wales and Chester, and 26 on the o°`'
Circuit.
NEW ACT ON WEIGHTS AND MEASURE-. p,
Parliament (15 and 19 Vict. c. 72) has just ewer"bL6th
for legalising and preserving the restored le"'i the or
weights and measures. So much of the act (3 the pod
Geo. IV. c. 74. as relates to the restoration ero'y 0 Of
penal standard yard and of the standard trieot;4o
respectively, in case of loss, destruction, defsc`cord
other injury, is now repealed. A restored 10, 11 05.
/0 tO
in the office of the Exchequer is establisheec•oreer eV
5 Geo. IV., as relates to weights and me 2,.As to
remain in force, and copies of the old standd•`"boa
tinue to be legal. 5.". ATll•cir
T.n A 01
EW ACT ON WEST INDIES e-- roi
theN acts just inted is one toRELIEF
authorise tl'eeow otior l
ers of the Treasury to make arras gement° e id's pOr
certain loans advanced by way of relief to tha of ,014
Antigua, Nevis, and Montserrat. The tile, ;0 o°"rer
ment of the loans to the islands mentioneo isitecor
of earthquakes, &c., may be extended, and t",,-opt. her,
which was 4 per cent., reduced to 3/. ss. Per ceps'
responding advantages are to be secured t° Pititoes_P-0
rowers. In case of default of payment at the. 4,ilm
under this act, the rate of interest and the 111' tIO
originally agreed upon may be required. mop,'
PROGRESS OF MORMONISTC—TWeStrfiV,e4,IIOI3,'VP:io
"Prophet" Joseph Smith organised the 3n.orob 113 Oh
with six members. At the present tit-Path° e'oclesr..j'esteei
Territory contains three presidents, sever' 3P 514 Ptio
" seventies," 715 high priests, 994 eldersrotti 0003;
471 teachers, 227 deacons, besides the tti,ot or° oletb
persons in training for the ministry, but note 1:041,
and 489 missionaries abroad. During 965 c
dr
ending with the beginning of April last,
erooliao6 oftOr
were born in the territory of Utah, 278 Poci %lob°,
479 were baptized in the Mormon faith, -of _
excommunicated from the church. Betweoeri;oeite°o4t;
1854, and April, 1855, the number of l‘lsotest Po(
left the port of Liverpool for the United 231 wer her
of
for the Salt Lake, was 3.626, of whom 11A,,
lish, 401 Scotch, 287 Welsh, C. hewTe 11'1 beer' egino
the Scandinavian mission is said to ,; ebc"
whom 409 were Panes, 71 Swedes, and u,i'd ore ° 001'
Hera, at
A few days since, ;aye the zssex 0 30. who u
rare birds, the rose-coloured Ouzel, 'lsce, 'reed
cherch, by Mr. George Oxley, of that Pen Prase At
which is a beautiful specimen, bee be_s _toff
Mr. J. Parslees, of the county conetabel goiitary
The transport Matilda, with a carglidt,
left Woolwich yesterday morning for
6 fOll9 bur700.,0;
The paddlewheel steamer Pluto, 35- tht
100 horse power, arrived at Woolwich Ira jog
Atrica on Saturday. She is to be paid_
and placed in ordinary there.

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