The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-10 00:00:00

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and in going to the back room !,he found that the
desk had been taken. She, findinthat the brother knew
nothing about the mutter cAltd n the police, and in the
course of hall an hour the prisoner returned and was
given into custody. The prisoner and his brother were
not " sweethearts" of here, nor had.she asked them to
come
and see her. She had known them for a great
length of time, they having been lodgers in her father's
noose.
The prisoner, in defence, said he knew nothing about
the matter, he only having stepped out of the house fur
the purpose of buying some tobacco.
Mr. CORRIE said tie should remand the case until
Monday next, for it was one of great suspicion.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The buyers of yarns
cave evinced, to-day, a disposition to hesitate about
business, which was not observable last week. This
is partly a natural effect of those previous operatiocs
that have placed buyers under large engagements
With sellers, and partly a consequence of less buoy-
ant advices respecting cotton from the United
States. Perhaps the latter cause has had more in-
fluence than the former. Spinners, however, have
been affected only to this extent, that they have
Modified the extreme and merely nominal quo-
tations of last week, and showed, in many instances,
More willingness to sell than they did then. But the
Market remains firm, at the full attainable prices of
Friday. Any offers below these are at once de
dined by producers, who feel very much at ease
respecting further contracts just now. The preceding
statements are chiefly applicable to water twist in the
Warp and the bundle, to pin-cops and cop twist, and to
reeled mule below 40's. The overland accounts have
somewhat strengthened 40's and 50's; and there is a
hardening in such yarns as are adapted to the Brad-
ford trade. Some counts of doubled are fully as high
as before. As goods have been all along in the
rear of yarn, they are less affected than yarns by
the American accounts. Domestics continue to be
neglected ; but for various other fabrics there is a fair
demand, at the previous rates. The India merchants
are operating in T cloths, 40-inch jacconets, and the
tower qualities of 40 inch abirtiugs; and, as the pro-
duction of these shirtings is greatly dimiuished,
their value is slightly improved. We are glad to
observe that the present advices from Calcutta indi-
cate a more marked change for the better in that
market than the previous accounts did. In con-
nexion with business at Bombay, we give the
fn°llnwing remarks from Ritchie, Stuart, and
".'s circular as to the stocks that are there
held of Manchester goods : of Manchester
Woods and yards the stocks are probably lower" than
they have ever been known at this period of our active
season. An attempt has been made by our Chamber of
Commerce to take stocks on the 31st December last,
and we are glad to say that an appeal to im-
Porters for the requisite details, under assurance
that they should meet the eye of the secretary only
and be destroyed after registry, was cordially re-
sponded to, with two or three exceptions. The result,
though not yet fully known, quite confirms the im-
pression we had entertained that stocks of almost all
Manchester goods were extremely light. The prone-
Celle of natives to exaggerate figures, and the combi-
nation was exists among them, coupled with the fact
that for information respecting sales and stocks in
different hands holders have had hitherto to depend a
Rood deal en the reports of these dealers, have
not failed often to induce parties to make sacrifices on
what were really slight grounds, and it is therefore
eminently desirable that we should have such a guide
proposed by the chamber in the taking of unsold
stocks in importers' hands once in six months, viz., on
the 31st December, when the season is at its height,
and 30th June, when, there being no outlet far any
gooda, sales are almost entirely suspended."
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been another
very dull market to-day in flannels, without any
change in prices. The price of wool has been fully
maintained, but the demand has been very limited.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Our piece hall has been
but thinly attended to• day, and the business trans-
acted has been very limited. The yarn market is
fully as depressed, and working short time is rapidly
extending. Wool changes hands slowly, and in the
middle and lower qualities there is scarcely so much
firmness.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY, MARCH 9.--We have
had an improved demand for silk manufactured
goods the last few days, and sales of some descriptions
have been considerable. Thrown silks are more in-
quired for, and prices are looking up. Some large
Parcels have been taken for continental account.
Raw Silks—The market remains about the same as
last reported, with moderate business doing.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—In the Cloth Hall we
have had an improvement upon last week's market,
the demand being chiefly for light mixture doeskins
and crapes for the spring trade. Rather more has
been done in the warehouses during the week. Ship-
pers are at present not doing much. Wools have
been more in demand, at about the same prices as last
Week. Generally there has been more doing, and a
better feeling has pervaded the market than tor some
time past, and prospects of a good spring trade are
generally held out.

THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE,
LONDON.
A statement was issued at the conclusion of lasi
week by the Central Committee of the Association of
Employers of Operative Engineers, according to
Which it appeared that upwards of 7,000 workmen
bad signed the " declaration," and resumed work in
the shops of members, up to and including the 28th
of February, of whom more than 1,200 had done so
ill London shops alone ; but a statement furnished to
the executive committee of the Amalgamated Society,
by the dispute committees of the different metro-
Politan districts, of the number of skilled
Workmen who bad resumed work after sign-
ing the declaration, up to Saturday last, ex-
hibits a very different result. It is not given as
exact, but as a close approximation to the truth; and,
embracing fourteen of the largest factories in London
and its neighbourhood, is, as follows, viz.:—Mawis-
lay's, 52 ; Penn's (exclusive of " casuals"), 38 ;
Robinson and Russell's, 27 ; Seaward's, 4 ; S wayne
and Bovill's, 43; Easton and Ames's, 29 • Simp-
son's, 29; Blyth's, 45 ; Miller and Raven hill's, 34 ;
Donkin's, 10; Myddleton's, 8; Scott's, 9; Horn's,
6; Grissell's, 10 : total, 344, composed of fitters,
erecters, turners, pattern makers, moulders, and
smiths. It will be observed that there is a dis-
crepancy between this statement and that issued
by the employers of not less than 900 men,
Which would not be accounted for even if the whole
number of " labourers" (unskilled) at first thrown
out of work were included in the former; although it
is known that about two-thirds of their number still
remain idle. The number of society men of all
branches
of the iron trades included in the smaller
total is said
,to be under twenty
• sod as the relief
books of the
ri
iety exhibit no decrease in the num-
ber of applicants,
accession apas it is known that no consi er-
the provinces, a d
Skilled labour has been derived dfrom
doubt
necessarily arises
as to the
accuracy in detail, ,
, ofthe statements furnished by both
parties, although noth,
tally by proper
works belonging to
probably,might be made to
explanations,willnot be known until after
It is not unlikely that
the real state of the case
II he termination of the strike.
WOLVERTON.
On Monday. evening a public meeting, consisting
of about 500 individuals, principally workmen
Company,
tooko then -
neeted with the extensive
London and North-Western Railway
exist-
place at Wolverton, to consider the
to be adopted in consequence of the prolonged
ence of the dispute between the engineers and their
employers. Mr. S. Dawes, an operative, took
the
chair, and Messrs. Newton and Usher, who attended
as a deputation from the executive council of the
Amalgamated Society, addressed the meeting at con-
siderable length in explanation of the views and pro-
ceedings of that body. Ultimately the following re-
solution was unanimously adopted :..-•
concurs in the
i
"Resolved—That this meeting sully
wisdom of the proceedings of the Amalgamated Society
of Engineers, &c., and is of opinion tha, the conduct of
the employers is unjust and tyrannical in requiring a de-
claration to be signed by their workmen before allowing
thew to resume employment; and this meeting tilt re-
fore pledges itself to contribute towards the support nt
the workmen, by weekly subscriptions, till the end of
the contest."

TEE HUNGARIAN MUSICAL COMPANY.—Last night
the first of a series of six concerts was given at the St.
James's Theatre, by the Hungarian Musical Company, under
the direction of M. Kalortli. It is well known that this
company has already performed with great success in the
principal capitals of Europe, and their merits h ive met with
due recognition in 'this country. Their performances last
tight were characterised by the same energy of execution
and faultless harmony which marked their formersa,
and the audience gave frequent manifestation of its layout able
opinion by a hearty applause at the close of each piece.
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Music consisted of selections from Flotow, Kalozdi, er
Rossini, Strauss; moat of them being encored. M. Kalozdi's
execution as a violinist possesses rare merit, and the clear,
/meet notes of Horanyi's cornet never failed to elicit applause.
The house was exceedingly well attended, and amongst the
aristocratic visitors we noticed his Serene Highness the
Prince of Nassau. The Duchess of Somerset, Comte Buol-
Schanenstein ( Austrian Minister), Marquis d'Azeglio (Sar-
dinian Minister), Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Ashburton,
Comte Blondoil, Lord Cranborne, Baron de Paviavicini, &c.
THE WEAR BAIL—On Friday morning, the en-
trance to the river Wear presented a spectacle no, witnessed
during many a long year, a spectacle calculated to cast dis-
may into the minds of the shipowners and mechanics, but
especially of shopkeepers, and more especially still of
vasthe
owners of property in Sunderland That specacle
nothing less than a sand bar visible above water, across the
entrance to the river Wear I Right across the harbour the
sand set up its back, and only close out by the north pier on
the one side, and by the south pier ou the other, was there
anything like a channel ; whilst in each of these channels,
such as they were, a coble was aground, drawing only some
Inches water.--Sunderland Nam