The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-05 00:00:00

BRRA").

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
9.d to 10d; of household ditto, Bid to 9d per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.

Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to Od. ; 641 b to 721 h, 3P
to 30 ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3P to 4d ;
881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 104
to 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s
6d to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2a Od to 3s Od ; ditto, fall,
6s Oct to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os Oct; gents, 6e
Oti to 7s Od ; Half-breds, 63 Od to 7a Od ; Downs, 4.
to 5s 91; Lambs, 2a 3d to 3s Od ; Shearlings, 10d to Os Od.

RAY MARKETS.
SmrraFlELD.—Meadow hay,
2115 s to 51 Os Od; clover
ditto, 3/ 0) to 6: Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 10s per load.
Supply tolerably good, and trade steady.
IiIIIIBERLAND. Meadow hr.y, 3/ Os to 51 Os; clover
ditto, 31 Os to 6!, Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1112 s per load.
Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full quotations.
WHITEotiAPRL.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 51 Os; clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 61 Os; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1. las per load.
A fair average supply and a good demand.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)

____.—..--
fine.
N.N.E. ; fresh breeze. and E -,er E, Arrived—Eweretta,
4 —Wi, ... .
COWES, May •
LONDON,
46-mana ale Rocks last
from Callao.
c 4.--Wind, N.E. Arrived—Doris, from
PLYMOUTH, Daay .
Dunbar, London, for the C • • Crimea ,
Hamburg ,
Callao, for Exet r, with damage.
May s.—Wind and weather this ~.....
Isabel: Neatb, for
, „.. ship, supposed to
FALMoUTEI, May
1 struck
be an emigra —e-'id
oNn.Eth.-:
d afterwards struck on Godrevy Cove.
night, an A Wind /4 4 Arrived—Admiral
PORTSMOUTH, May --7 , N.E.
Tromp, from Akyab and Corunna, for Amsterdam,leaky.
Sailed—Delia, for Quebec.
OFF PENZANCE.—Patricia, from Jamaica.
YARMOUTH, May 4.—Wind, N.E.
utikrvesse4,
Arrived—Martha,
from Grangetaouth, for Dordt, l
for Hull, with damage. ea ; Sarah, Antwerp,
DUNGENESS Roans, May 5.
St. Domingo, for Hamburg, Arrived—Aurora, from
POOLE, May 4.—The Creole
Newfoundland, hen (brigantine), of St. John's,
back, making f hence for Liverpool, has been assisted
feet of water per hour.
CARDIFF, May 4.—Wind
anus
N.E. Sailed—Maria Jacobs,
for Hon.
t,.g ong ; Rapid, HaV h.
HOLYHEAD, M ay4.--Wind, N.B. Arrived—Nautilus,
from Laguna, for Liverpool.
JERSEY May S' .—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Bolins, for
Labrador.

noon,

BLACKBURN DRAINAGE.—Looking at the past un-
healthiness, the high rate of mortality, and the filthy
condition of the place, there is no town of its size in the
kingdom that more requires the introduction of an im-
proved system of drainage. To effect the object in
1501., and 501., for the three
indefatigable,,,,rationriensolpvreoci
vmmowti,ngthteowmnaiymorp,rowvebnolenbtass,
and
dethe
o
some months since to invite competition
fob the
system of drainage and the
These designs were sent in on
three prizes, of 3501.,
salof
or before the Ist of March last, and there were delivered
bdiesspto
no less than 23 sets of plans. These were referred to,
and reported on by, an eminent engineer of Manchester,
designsth fsoerwaage.
at the request of the corporation ' • and upon his report
the corporation decided that the three best designs were
originated by Messrs. Morgan and Horne, Mr. R. M.
coog a n,- of Liverpool, and Mr. Hamilton H. Fulton,of
Westminster. The designs are characterised as being
most complete, and as reflecting the ig b h est credit upon
the engineers who designed them.