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

STATE OF TRADE.

IkaNCIT.72TST:, !. 7 —,l!els been rather
rf Tr"
chat], ea, -.4, sell to
to Ur•l3 ts
Large offers have been made for shirtings and .ig`n.e.a
on the strength of last reek's advices from CalcuttS,.u.';
theyg are at to 3d. per piece decline on light 404%0'
at
fiirtings and at 1&d. per piece decline on jaconets,rrco
however are
sellers were unwilling to do business. I)rinthi
r, are not quite so steady as last Tuesday. 47,4
short-timee system has actually commenced at Bisoku• r
though a good deal of doubt existed as to the deter,ol%,
ton of the manufacturers there to carry out their'',
gagement. Rather more indisposition has been, 0:11":10
fested, as a consequence, on the part of sellers 0, ",,ee
goods to accapt the lower offers above alluded to, °vb.
though accom
reduction. the heavy rains which have pre'ra' e bed
panied by offers for‘ large orderslatd trot,
some time back in Manchester and its neighb°ll' they
are understood to be by no means general, but.lw
have, notwithstanding, had a depressing Ititea
ence cm the market. The advices from the v.„O,
States also, showing a further decline of cotton sc'tr
Orleans, have an adverse effect on Oa market in it",Pthi
sent sensitive condition. In longcloths and r.esof
there has been some extra business for Alexia:ol-01
some of the Levant markets nearer the seat of lor,ciier,
the prices of these goods have been a little ste"
The market for yarns has been flat, and bug 'std
port purchases on rather snore favourable terms. mole
rates, however, are not quotably lower. For,_ ove
Tarns, suitable to India, the rates refused last wee
itiliesroerne cases been accepted, sellers appearing' to tho"
is less prospect of any immediate improveineatair
they did at the commencement of last week. The der
of
mans are buying moderately, chiefly in oreci:l„;:it4
small orders, and appear little disposed to do t
speculatively. For this market business does Dtut
pear to be so discouraging as for some quaters, 13.,ea
more active than of late. In other descriptions of 7-
the market has been rather in favour of buyers.
LEEDS, Aug. 7.—A fair attendance of buyers
cloth-halls to-day, and the business done has beet, log
average character. The trade is firm, the delouli,ffliees
about
equal to the supply. The winter trade P,„pe4r
well, considering the high price of food and the
ITrient3 which the war throws in the way of e%etenisr
he report from Huddersfield to-day is
ket has been rather quiet ; for, although there %V,
lf
attendance of buyers, they did 0 erste ow,
no
.0 Pchicf egg;
;Fancy goods, blacks rid
English wools are rather greys,givng 'sw'€arye tifslit,
annual wool fair at Doncaster yesterday there
as compared with the price obtained a few weeks 'es,icr
that 00,0
6d. per stone. The quantity of wool sold at ".0- qf
this year more than doubles that sold in the se6if, tte
1854. In this year, up to the last day of I,%'sts'i
quantity weighed by the officials in the risar'''o4
95,040 stone, against 45,120 stone in the like
last' year.

RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE WHIMSt no
f
A supplement to the Invalide Busse, °-
contains the following
NEWS FROM THE WHITE SO' of tO
Admiral Kroustchoff, the military goveralatifet°
city of Archangel, sends the following details rifebite St*
the movements of the enemy's vessels in the I'
up to July 18 : , VT
1. At 6 o'clock in the evening of 161 Licblivragf
steamer approached the village of LiatiltSti, " d
ated on the sea coast in the district of °nee, amore'taken up a position 400 sagenes from the 14;07
four boats carrying a red and a white flag, sndc°-
a considerable number of men, to the village.
The peasants, 34 in number, directed by Ll,°_,." pod
gl
returned from service, named Tzyrbaieff, e,;sitese
boats when they approached with a fire of
'n bob
and compelled them to return.
The steamer then opened a fire of ball, grk
shells, and rockets against the peasantry and t".°,lsePioli
After three hours' firing, two boats were aga.l,, ct°j
the shore with soldiers to land, but the peassn'',"lab??
not allow them to disembark, and the boats $lll7ll
to regain the steamer. Toe latter cannonade`yoge Pr
all night, and did not put to sea until biz dc-
morning. ffr'b;
Besides the inhabitants of Liamtsa, a citizen :4
angel, named Alexander Lyskoff, who WIPPee of
there at the time, and Pierre Lyskoff, the Prie"t $110.114
village, who encouraged the peasants by his O
nt.
tions. contributed to repel the enemy,and tbe r dr
named Soverschaieff and Tzumoffpartictila://
guished themselves. 4.4
bj
Notwithstanding the length of time occoPw- olfatf;
bombardment, the peasant Tzumoff was theZge,
fender of Liatntsa who was wounded. The /,-,coo-v,
fered very little, and the inhabitants owe% berAt
slightest possible loss, the greater part of toe%
shells, and rockets failing to burst. After tug7obird
departure the peasants picked up very nearly :10010
2. In the morning of June 28 an English s" iogiu
preached the Island of Solovets, and after stoPP
until evening took to sea without attemptleg.rs
against the monastery ; but the English shto-ce;
upon the neighbouring island of Zaiatsky, an' 9Ce
on board. tbe
3. On June 30, two steamers were seen 13Thttare0
zoff islands, at 30 versts from Kemi, and a °,.;"if ij.l)
the island of Kollovara, at 20 versts from the
cutter's crew, numbering 30 men, landed 00",04 1
and attempted to carry off some reindeer belo:000
the inhabitants of Kemi, and which are eve,7,l.
out to pasture. Twenty inhabitants Of 1°3o40?
with muskets, left for the island, in order to
act of brigandage ; but the enemy, having Pr°v,,-toij
the movement, hastened to remove his cutte' Oro o
tance, and immediately afterwards the stesnlyroPol
to sea, in the direction of the town of °pegs.
.01:0'
traces fiund upon the Island of Kollovara, it;too r
the enemy only managed to kill and carry on
rA,
deer. oi
4. On July 14, an English steamer, with tin-f„ 0710,
appeared near the Island of Kti, in the Gol`;101;01
and at 15 versts from that city. A gun-boat
two cannon, and two little boats with Scott
nearly fifty men, approached a floatieg, of On
house, used in connection with the wood traoet;oit
and which was anchored near the island, and,„
cQ be
it different articles of clothing, and also stoazil
firewood, &e., from an old vessel of light
longing to the Krestnoi Monastery.
At this moment there are none of the enemy
before the bar of Archangel.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DA.."-'ll'
db;;AIO
Admissions on payment, 12,177 ; ditto by fle—'4°l3 001
649—Tetal, 12,826. , the 4)
OPENING
OF FULHAM-BRIDGE —Yesterokr war
country traffic lock of this bridge, closed sincotooe"
ult. for the erection of the Chelsea watercvorke the
was re-opened for navigation. toe -
The Calcutta Christian Advocate calls attenZsals'ticll
announcement of a selection from " HuniesZge,
Robert Hand, E,q., of the Presidency C°7 0-e"
has been authorised to be used in the Gover- agir
l
leges, by the Director of Public Instruction. the !',l
The East India Company have notified te,
Indian Peninsu!ar Railway that 5 per neri"gibieboid,
allowed on the 100,000 shares of 51. each .°n it ig
is paid. The passenger traffic of the
continues to exceed expectation. tut° sir
A SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.—QUEENS.-jio
—The Brodrene (Norwegian ship), from Carhoten yod
stantinople, with coals, was fallen in with, vile,ol, sbe
out, about 180 miles W. by S. of Cape Clear, de
with rudder gone, and her crew were taken )0'
Augusta, Nerdrnm, which has put in here. ger 01
On Friday a girl, 17 years of age, ealiguna3l4oo
Waddell, farmer, Craig end, having been reP"
father for something she had done amiss, in, °roll toll
of rage rushed across a field and threw °Poo 0° sot
a waste coal pit. The wretched creature 000
dreadfully mutilated, but death soon put aPe ftel
tO
sufferings. t1114,.1,1
Yesterday a return was issued, which 811.,°"erabe. boa
the summer assizes. and before the 16th 174°' eitOt
year, the number of cases triable only at the solin,ii;o;
not on hail, committed, was 49 on the 1-10111,1„1,10t
on the Midland, 21 on the Norfolk, 51 on tl4 101 r
78 on the Oxford, 54 on the WeAerl4 soao
of
Nol Lb "Falco and Chester, and 26 on the $0
Circuit.
nE
NEW ACT ON WEIGHTS AND MEASti,,--- gbeellzp
Parliament (18 and 19 Vict. c. 72) basins' are fr
for legalising and preserving the restored w
of the
weight-, and measures. So much of the 3' of
Geo. IV. c. 74, as relates to the restorationtre of,
penal standard yard and of the standardioaneleA
respectively, in case of loss, destruction, de tod.;
other injury, is now repealed. A restored Orio
in the office of the Exchequer is establishe'vras 00'
5 Geo. IV., as relates to weights and 01e:gols o
remain in force, and copies of the old stand
0°
A .00
tinue to be legal.
NEW ACT ON WEST INDIES RELIEF
LOA ry-Iloi
the acts just printed is one to authorise tl-e
coot,
era of the Treasury to make arrargementthe Isiiid°ll
certain loans advanced by way of relief teiwe ofcoool,
Antigua, Nevis, and Montserrat. The td satert
merit of the loans to the islands mentioned tee
in cll.
of earthquakes, &c., may be extended, 00010 bpi'
which was 4 per cent., reduced to 31. 50. r"i00
responding advarlages are to be secured t. 4007,001
titherowers. In case of default of payment a . ,nOO.-
t
under this act, the rate of interest an ag°
on agreed upon may be required. 0 /0111000)
PROGRESS OF MORMONISM.—Thent3IOOO3OI/
"Prophet" Joseph Smith organised the
_blob
with six members. At the present time the
_%optlegfrifoi
Territory contains three presidents, seven_L`r 514 Frio of
"seventies," 715 high priests, 994 elder!!,,,til „ior:g
471 teachers, 227 deacons, besides the n:et arvootP.,
persons in training for the m'inistry, but:11)11V iciilt/r;
and 489 missionaries abroad. Dur!rg last, 96, 61,0
ending with the beginning of A pril 8 peroot}36 strr
were born in the territory of TJt,h, 27 b, 0010
479 were baptized in the Mormon fait lows
excommunicated from the church. 13'50011°nlea ert
1854, and April, 1855, the number of sotes, Svn
e(
!eft the port of Liverpool for the Unitedo,o 231 of
for the Salt Lake, was 3.626, of %hew total °u
lish, 401 Scotch, 287 Welsh, &c. bee° .0,/iii°fo
the Scandinavian mission is said to ir ;,1,3 saroofeiscro,
whom 409 were Danes, 71 Swedes, anaddy ore t
A few days since, says the Essex Her 0101 be e'sf
rare birds, the rose-coloured Ouzel, vy,_ce,
_fecl
cht.rcb, by Mr. George Oxley, of that
bleeri pre-e'
which is a beautiful specimen, ha lacy.
Mr. J. Parslees, of the county consta
of
tviiitarg 04
The transport Matilda, with ncarg°„,faitap dept
left Woolwich yesterday morning for bin 09,i,
.55 , ;lie
The paddlewheel steamer Pluto, ? to. pi.
100 horse power. arrived at Woolwich, ';`g isi
A.trica on Saturday. She is to be pio"
and placed in ordinary there.