The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-03 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS -(THIS DO.)

HAY WEAUETS. hi 50
SMITHFIELD.— Old Meadow Hay, 3/ 123 Od t 0
SMITHFIELD.—
New ditto, 21 15s Od to 31 13s Od; Old Clover, 3',/120
5155; New ditto, 3110 a to 4/ 8, ; and Straw, 1/ 811_10
pe load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish traue.4l 81;
CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 153 t° rag tO
New ditto, 2/ 17s Od to 31 15s Od Old Clover, 41,1"; to
51 Oa; New ditto, 31 103 to 41 8s; and Straw, 11
11 143 per load. Trade steady, at our quotations' 50;
WHITECHAPEL.-01d Meadow Hay, 3I 146 to 41 50
New ditto, 21 15s to 3/ 139; Old Clover, 41 43 to 5/153
New ditto, 31 184 Od to 41 12s; and Straw, 1183 W
per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull'
coZONZILL. foil
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SUGAR.—At auction 350 chests of Barbadoes
buyers at 30s to 38s for low to good grocery "3 for
tius, 2,306 bags were mostly taken in at 3ls 10 "led
mid to good. The quantity of British Plantations'l9so
last week at the East and West India Docks 10gen
hhds 241 tierces and 1,028 barrels; there wereni669
for home consumption 1,864 hhds 243 tierces °„ bhdi
barrels. The stock in the same places is 22.2"
2,791 tierces and 5,304 barrels. Won in
CONFEE.—Native Ceylon, 1,356 bags were
tioiso
at 46s tor good ord. Holders are firm for Planta
Rom.—The quantity landed last week at theTbers
and West India Docks was 630 puns. and 2 hhde•A slid
were taken for home consumption 115 puns 4 11,11'8'ssle
exported 163 puns 286 hhds. The stock 10 -
places is 14,005 puns 599 hada. for
old
RlCE.—Madras, 3,470 bags sold at 8s to
to good white. oicn°
TEA
. There is more inquiry both for the de
and finer sorts of black, and at full prices. The
ries are satisfactory.
rates.
oni
COTTON.—The demand is good, and at fall
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 383 3d per cwt. on the BO'
Town, 39i 6d per e t.

SUICIDE ON THE G 11
(GREAT WESTERN ,--WDerlt4
On Saturday afternoon the village of Cholsey, _ urest
closely adjacent to the Wallingford station of the aerie°
Western Railway, was most painfully excited in eons'l
loan
of the sudden rash and determined act W. saicisie bY ,see,
in the employ of the company, named Thomas Wet°, 03e.
with his family, had for a length of time resided at the_eigb,
named place, and who was greatly respected by hie
_see of
hours. It appeared that the deceased was an old Elbe
the railway company, having ever since the formatioawo!
line been employed as plate-layer on the rails, and ice
markable for his general cheerful disposition, as well .eft be
his sober and steady habits. On Saturday
hismorning lee'ede
heal
o'clock was 0— lie,
ed
services were needed, and about twelve
to
to be standing apparently in a thoughtful mood nearexprese
and on its approach towaar aereo
left home to see, as was his custom, where or his w
Shortly after that hour an da the
Wallin gford station.
rganupf'orward and threw himself for
stationtre i n wastthe
es seen
ecaosi:di
etvheerYcarerfri:gretswpaass
the rails. By the engine he was struck and knocked 10,''ios
at least 150 yards, and then, although an alarm he,u_ volt
given by the guard of the train, who saw but too laltsu pro•
grass,
him in a dreadful manner. His face was cut so 0 tesas p-
his identification impossible, added to which, that leis
membered, and so frightful were the other injullesd pa one
had octchuerrwedb,oal
on d
of
semdaodveert to
iawrr,:to itliesaticregt
body was literally cut open, his heart being fe,°serje
-
part of the line and the lungs on another. .I"7bes Were
of the unfortunate deceased being collected togs' ociaett;
Abe conveyed to the nearest tavern, there to await iat aji
Deceased was about 42 years of age. No eau" can
of Oise"'
assigned for his committing such a determined acore
destruction. He leaves a wife dap
and seven children to
i
their loss. to re'
nebt
IMPORTANT TO ELECTORS.—EIeCtOrS ,astuk
member that to-morrow, the 4th of August, is the 10 or the
for sending in to the clerk of the peace in countie%
On the
town clerks in cities or boroughs, claims to be place r3OO
Parliamentary registry, in cases where names har?ch naul
properly omitted, and objections in cases in 'Wu' • °-
appear on the register which ought not to be therc-000.
duty of attending to this important matter must be G.relf
•
It is now said that the Right Hon. Spar „'meat 'meat
~t
Bart., has no intention of seeking a seat in ,11. Cu
present, bat purposes taking an extensive tour longl the fat
neat for the benefit of his health, which has
from satisfactory.—Newcastle Journal.
t fr°„rn,
HATNAU IN HAMBURG 11.—A eorreppee° ifico).;
Hamburgh writes :—" The new salon de jest is 11110 delay
victim bo.
and alas ! regardless of their fate, the little
in it from morning to night. The only winner ths_itt`ot bt
heard of is General llaynau, who was better tcro'rmiets
the Bank than by Barclay's draymen, as, after a 'ariCS•
residence, he left last Saturday plus 40 or 50,000 francs
5
Tit,o 75„•
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS AND RAILWAY gee ise-,a.13
A proposal is on the tapis for communicating betw that thel
in motion and stations by means of electricity, °siva air
may reciprocate signals in the event of danger at
tances.
SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE CLyDE.'":72:oCatir,.,,retl
,s
morning, at half-past nine o'clock, a serious coIIP:Ze, frin'ees
on the Clyde, a little below Govan, between ;,"; GlesgS-
Alice, on her passage from Londonderry, and ""h-darafigmic"'
Citizen river steamer. The Citizen is veryy entie,"leave b 7,1
and we regret to add that a mother and cliou.,' woro.„,"'"
drowned, and several people injured. The you-' be,
who, with her infant, has perished by this catastroP
the wife of the pilot of the Dunoon Castle stealusr.
case is under inves:igation.—Scotsman.
O(let'
Loss or LIFE AT WAPPING.---YesterA7 hboari
noon, between the hours of one and two, the neiglairfs
hood of Green Bank, Wapping, was visited with a I 01
catastrophe, which destroyed a vast amount of properti_lor
was attended with fatal consequences to one person. 01dtif
rious results to several others. The scene of this 011'700
was the steam saw-mill belonging to Mr. Ai. Temkin,: with
building in which the misfortune occurred was coverea,lol
hed in one direction no' V
between a span roof, and stretched
and one hundred feet, while it was something like forved eP
wide; it was used as the boiler house, and was WI ray
with a steam-engine of. 60-horse power ard the no.sieve
chinery.
The wheelwrghta' and smiths' workshoP:ss 0
contiguous, and those parts of the premises not iw" he'
shops were filled with timber, sees. About a quarter s 0
fore two o'clock the neighbourhood was startled talleff;
explosion which resembled the discharge of ainto
the roof of the premises was shattered $01;
thousand pieces, the massive iron engine was sPlits _,e -
er e
I3efi
the district was obscured with dust, while every
was shaken. A woman named
Margarete D°l3°ibll)°-
lived in one of the contiguous houses,
on hearing situ clefs
rushed forth to learn the cause, when she was It." abbisli;
by one of the walls and completely buried itletertvielj,!'
All hands at once set to work, but it wasuPwaru't" feti'd
minutes before she could be extricated W33e-ellen°/°:eaci
that she was so seriously injured as * require to -re even-.
to the London Hospital, where
she
to requi.
he remained lot ,n $0
nf 06,-4,1 in
A man named Warrell, between 60 and 70 yearsis,, hen
was at work at the time of the explosion, was 3...„'Sabl I
the debris, and when taken out was pethctly inswstie; P-hair•
frame was completely crushed. He was removed to that
dun Hospital, where everything was dose for hinieseet, 1.
inanity or surgical skill could devise, but without e"
he died within two hours after his admission. fot the
The clearances from the port of Loudo2o.B skein
gold colonies of Australia daring the past week 700PoI
been large. They consisted of four vessels to Fs% dnelo
an aggregate capacity of 3,027 tons, and three to ;
1,491 tons. There was also one of 534 tons rod sideeifi
South Australia. The exports to Port PhiliP taiteongialred
of goods, tobacco, and spirits were very heav•P comp is
the latter there has been a slight falling off, as eiellicee
with previous weeks, on account of the heavy 5,1 11..„0,
already made. The number of emigrants is supoosee 34
been upwards of 1,000. The steamer Sydney, „,'
sails to-morrow (Tuesday) from Plymouth. "reierPne
Britain is to be dispatched on the 21st Met, frost' 11.00.14'
and the Sarah Sends on the 18th of September
Cove of Cork. eovi alie°
The reports of the state of trade in the rficehs e" $
for the past week describe the uniform continu— rjge
healthy business. At Manchester there has bee° tbi" -
•wit
prices, but scarcely to an extent corresponding have bee
lLos
the Liverpool market. The transaction however', mingle
satisfactory, and orders are numerous. At •'-';l:Dr*".grecib
manufacturers are well employed in almost even
although the uncertainty with regard to t`"' JO:
supply of copper produces m
inconveniences' 030
any
woollen districts there has acreage t4lO,
been a large in the number of operations, and prospects are very ; 001130
The accounts from Nottingham show duineeLf „eti
market, but considerable • • d verl.e) activity as re t ,be
expectations of the approaching harvest ha and
to augment the confidence generally prevalet
population in almost all districts are fully employe
pn I'lo
A CONJUGAL DIFFERENCE --A fisher ca°ilrettY
banks of the Rhine had been tormented by his Ptoe on "ell
to go to the grand fete at Strasburg, but he object "ere-a blearsar
count of the expense. Violent quarrels and h bet- be
tic d
were the consequence, and discord reigned so 123 se. ati „er
them that it was decided they should go to nott,i, a"00
formally separated. They did so, and the 11°'Theriee,,s
vainly exerting all his eloquence to restore peaolsoureene,
the couple, promised to draw out the necessarY ono
The parties then left, but on returning home slhe etwod
and their boat foundered. The husbaud reached
by swimming, but the moment he landed he tuna 0,4
and saw his wife struggling with the current' into
quarrels we
ral
were in a moment forgotten, and he sp
river and saved her. On the following day they Went.
°
gether to the fete.—Asseniblee Nationale. der,
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SOMERSET-HOUSE AND WHITEHALL.-7,Vir
that
the
decl
stand -that it has at length been finally u
eustedat 7se
whole of the Asimirc,:ty departments Shall be loc
establishment, and thLt all the branches at Oetnew
obau be /alloyed to Wbiohall.