The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, MARCH 27.
Business at New York was improving. Stocks
firmly maintained their previous value. Money con-
tinued easy. Exchange on London, 110 ; Paris, 5.111
to 5.11.

ASHES.—The market was without change and inu-
re, at $6 25.

BREADSTUFF/I.—Flour—The market, notwithstanding
some arrivals down the river, continued steady, with
sales of 5,000 to 6,000 brls., included in which were
common to good choice state at $9 to $9 37, and fa-
vourite ditto at $9 37 to $9 50 ; common and good
brands of Western, $9 81; and extra Genessee at $ll 50
to $l2 75. Canadian was in good demand at $9 37
to $lO 75, with sales of about 2,080 brls. Southern
was in good demand, with sales of about 1,200 brio..
medium to good grades at $9 12 to $9 94. Rye
Flour—The sales embraced 100 brls. superfine at $7 25
to $7 37. Meal was unchanged. Wheat—Sales of
3,200 bushels good white Southern were made at $2 28
to $2 30 ; Genessee was heid above the views of buyers.
A lot of very handsome Mount Savage Maryland prime
white was on the market, and held at $2 25. Rye—
Sales of 2,000 bushels Canadian were made at 133, at
60 days. Corn was active, and sold freely at a decline
of about ic. per bushel. The sales embraced about
69,000 bushels at 96c. to 97c. for white, and 98c. to
983 c. for yellow.
-13BovisioNs.--Pork.—Thesales embraced about 1,000
barrels old mess, delivered in May at $l4 lie; and 1,000
ditto new ditto ditto at $l5 50 : and about 314 barrels
good new prime were sold at $l4 to $l4 12 ; about '2OO
boxes bacon sides, short middles, were sold at Bc. Cut
meats—Sales of 250 packages were made, including
hams, a. Bc. to 9c., and shoulders at 6ic. to 6ic. Beef
was unchanged, with sales of 200 barrels country mass.
COTTON.—The market was steady, with sales of about
1,000 bales, chiefly for domestic consumption. Dealers
were still anxiously waiting news from Europe.
FREIGHTS.—Owing to the non-receipt of steamer's
news] engagements were at a stand, and very little of
moment was doing, while vessels for Liverpool were
asking higher rates for corn, sd. in bulk. Cotton was at
5.32 d. to 3-16 d., while provisions and flour were no-
minal ; and 400 barrels rosin were engaged at is. 9d.
To Hamburg, 50 tons measurement goods were engaged
at 30s.

ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN.
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.

The Hermann, with advices from New York to
the 24th ult., arrived off Cowes this evening at five
o'clock, and after despatching the English mail by
a small steam-boat, proceeded on to Bremen.
The arrival of the Africa brings news to the 27th,
three days later, which will be found above.

I EDUCATION AMONG JURYMEN.—A Parliamentary re-
turn just published shows that, in Herefordshire in
1851, there were 422 coroners' inquests ; in 1852, 466 ;
and in 1853, 527 ; that the average number of jurymen,
in each case was 12 ; and that in the three years jut
specified, 195, 294, and 112 jurors were unable to sip;
their names. The proportion is much larger in Glou-
cestershire, where, in 1851, 422 inquests were hold ;
in 1852, 466 ; and in 1853, 527 ; while in the first-
mantioned year, 1,260 ; in 1852, 1,188 ; and, in 1853,
875 jurors had a mark opposite their names. In 1853,
one of the five coroners for Gloucestershire was ill and
unable to attend to his duties, so that the returns in
regard to that year are incomplete. In the borough of
Hereford during 1851, 1852, and 1853, there were alto-
ther 56 inquests, and the gratifying fact appears that all
the jurors were able to write.
BURSTING OF A LOCOMOTIVE.—FIVE MEN INJURED.
—On Thursday morning, about half-past six o'clock, a
number of men were engaged near the railway station at
Greenock, in getting one of the locomotives into going
condition, to be ready for one of the early train's, when
the cylindrical barrel of the engine burst. A young man
named Frederick Lang, a cleaner, was at the time on
the top of the locomotive, and was pitched over upon
the top of some hot slag, which had just been withdrawn.
from the furnace, and he was so severely injured that he
was instantly removed to the infirmary, where he lies in
a dangerous state. John Dunlop and Wm. Madden,
two cleaners ; John Davidson, a fitter, and Alexander
M'Caughan, a labourer, were all more or less scalded,
and otherwise injured, but none of them so seriously as
the poor fellow Lang. The locomotive, which was com
paratively new, -
was very much injured. No explanation
can be obtained of the accident.—North, British Mail.
FALMOUTO.—On Thursday, at noon, Mr. John
gen, the master of the ship Lord Daerin, of Belfast,
from Callao, was brought before the magistrates of this
borough, on his own previous intimation as to the cir.
"instances attending the death of one of his crew. Four
magistrates were on the bench, when Robert Gustavus
Burnett, the steward; John Coppel, the second mate;
John Johnson, a seaman ; and Charles Wilson, a sea-.
man, were examined. Their evidencee was to the effect
tbat the vessel sailed from Callao on the 24th of Novem-
ber. On the 28th, four days after sailing, the vessel
made a deal of water, when the men requested the cap-
tain to return to Callao. On his refusing, they all struck
work, excepting one seaman. The captain, mate, second
mate, steward, and a passenger navigated and pumped
the ship. On the 29th, at eight in the morning, the
master ordered that son e clothes tied to the clew garnet
should be tiken down. The deceased refused, saying,
that he would not take them down ; he did not put them
there. The night before there had been a consultation
by the officers, after which a musket, a revolver, and a
blunderbuss were loaded as a preservation for their own
lives, and of the ship and cargo, against the insubordi-
nation of the men. The captain ordered the musket to
be brought to him on the refusal of orders, saying that he
would put a shot into him, and fired. Deceased, Wm.
Dawson, was shot, and died instantly. The crew sub-
sequently returned to work, and had been good men
during the voyage after this circumstance. The wit-
nesses thought the act justifiable. The second mate ad-
mitted that the crew had not shown the least hostility
previously, nor did they interfere with the navigation pf
the ship ; and they had no arms. After a patient in-
vestigation of four hours the court committed Mr.
gen to Bodmin gaol to take his trial on a charge of wil-
ful murder, to be preferred against him at the next
assizes, but would take bail in 5001. for himself and 2504
each for two other axinrnviati narann a