The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-23 00:00:00

THE SUN,

Frederick Long, importer of foreign lace, Vine-street, i
Oxford-street, Feb. 5, at two, and March 2, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lanP; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-
street, Cheapside.
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sent operated in with caution, moderate as prices
range, small pearl being obtained at 14s 6d to 17s, large
ditto 21s to 234, and common at lOs to lls. A tsar
trade is doing in Farina at 143 to 17s. Holders of
Arrowroot are firmer; and the demand is better, the

Thomas Footman, huckster, Virolverhampten, Feb. 9 it sales privately of Bermuda made at Ild to is lid, other
and March 3, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham sorts West India 2ict to 7d, Brazil and East India lid
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; to 2d per lb.
Smith, Walsall; James, Birmingham. SPIRITS.—For Leeward Island Rum there is a
John Hurley, linen-draper, Birmingham, Feb. 10, brisker demand, and the parcels sold were at is 4d to
and March 1, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis- is 5d proof; on the part of holders there is also
trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; firmness. A good demand prevails for East India at
Depree, Lawrenc e-lane, Cheapside ; Motteram, Knight, Is 3d to is aid proof, with not free sellers. In
and Emmet, Birmingham. Demerara several purchases have been made at 2s
Robert Squire James, wholesale ironmonger, Leeds, to 2s 3d for 32 to 40 over proof, and less desire is evinced
Feb. 5 and March 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District to sell. Prices are not better for Jamaica; the demand
Court. Young, official assignee Leeds; Benson, Bir- is, however, lorger than last week; but home dealers are
mingham; Courtenay and Compton, Leeds. the chief operators, and supply is plentiful; of common
William Belshaw, builder, Manchester, Feb. 9 and to mid operations are to a fair extent; fine to superior
March 9, at 12, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, 34 to 38 over proof at from 3s to 4s 2d, good 32 to
official assignee, Manchester; Rowley, Manchester. 35 over 2s 7d to 2s 10d, mid 2s 4d to 2s 6d, and com-
James Henry Gillan, commission merchant, Liverpool, mon 27 to 30 over 2s 2d to 23 3d per gallon. For Brandy
Feb. 5
at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis- there has been a fair business concluded. Cognac best
trict Court. atid 5
rt. official assignee, Liverpool; Greatley, Brands of the vintage of 1851 realised 4s 2d to 4s 4d,
Liverpool. 1850 ditto 4s to 4s Bd, 1849 ditto 5s 93 to 5s 11d, 1848
ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 6s 6d, low to mid
qualities 2s 10d to 4s, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 23 4d.
Geneva met with a slow sale; common at is 7d to Is 8d;
flee home trade sort is 93 to 2s. There is still a firm
market for British made Spirit; a good demand exists
at 9s 8d to 9s 9d, net cash; and Gin at 8s for 22 under
proof.
FRUIT.—A large demand exists for old Currants at
22s to 255, new are operated in at 31s to 365. In Valen-
cia Raisins little is doing; there are sellers of new at 31s
to 335, and old 22s to 28s. Turkey Pulled Figs are dull
of sale at 36s to 70s. Sultanas 44s to 555, and Musca-
tels 40s to 50a per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—At auction 580 bgs Calcutta were _dis-
posed of; retraction lid to 4 per cent. wont at 27s to
29s 61, 154 to 8 ditto 24s to 25s 6d per cwt. The value
of Madras is from 24s to 265. A good sale exists for
British refined at 29s to 29s 6d. Nitrate of Soda is
held for 4s to 14s 3d; there is little doing.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the market for Cochi-
neal presented a lively appearance, and there was an ad-
vance of fully Id per lb. At auction 180 bgs Honduras
were sold, low to fine silvers realized 3s to 3s 6d; 33
bgs Mexican silvers 3s to 3s 6d; 33 bgs Mexican silvers
3s to 3s Id, 3 bags black realized 3s 2d to 3s lld for
ord to very fine.
OILS.—To-day 600 tons Seel Oil were offered at
at auction, and partly sold, pale and tinged 311 to 311 10s,
and brown 281 to 28110 s.
TALLow.—This afternoon the parcels of Tallow
offered at auction nearly all sold; 500 pkgs of South
American at 34s to 35s 6d; 280 eks Australian, good
Mutton 36s to 36s 6d, Oz 34s 6d to 355; 50 s old
P.Y.C. 35s 6d.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY AND
STRATFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.

The first public meeting of this recently formed
society was held last evening in a large room con-
nected with the railway works at Stratford. Mr.
D. Waddington, M.P., presided, and was supported
by a number of gentlemen connected with the rail-
way and the town of Stratford. The room was
elegantly decorated for the occasion with flags,
banners, and evergreens, and was brilliantly illumi-
nated with gas in various devices. The report of the
committee stated that there were now 241 contribu-
tors to the funds of the institution, including 20
honorary members, at the head of whom were Mr.
Waddington, 1!,41.P., and Mr. Peto, M.P. The com-
mittee were indebted to the directors of the railway
for the use of a temporary building, in which the
reading-rooms and library were conducted. These
had been opened on the 28th of November; the ave-
rage number of persons using the rooms had been
between 30 and 40 per day ; the average
number of volumes in circulation from the
lending library was 100. The library contained 960
volumes. Three rooms of the building were devoted
for reading-roomy, which were well supplied with
daily and weekly papers and periodicals. Already 48
persons had given in their names as wishing to john
classes of instruction; those for drawing and writing
were in operation; others were about being com-
menced for dramatic reading and music. The
Chairman, after remarking on the value and
importance of literary and scientific institu-
tions generally, said it was most essential at this
moment that correct views should be disseminated
amongst the working classes
.on their duties to
themselves, their families, and thraneighbours. Their
duty was not to combine for the particular benefit of
this or that class, but for the general welfare of all.
As they advanced in knowledge, which the facilities
held out by this institution would enable them to do,
their views on these questions would become clearer and
more defined. Now that an agitation on the question
of labour was spreading through the country, he
thought it right to remark that it was the duty neither
of the employers to combine to deprive their men of
employ nor of the men to combine to take em-
ployment from others. It was the right of both
classes to make the best bargain they could for them-
selves. There was a spirit abroad calculated to in-
terfere with the rights of labour, and, by conse-
quence, with the duties which a man owed to his fa-
mily. This institution was eminently calculated to
promote peace and goodwill amongst them all; for the
cultivation of science and literature was eminently con-
ducive to this end. The committee of the institution
were chiefly working men, who had no end in view but
the promotion of their own and their fellows' welfare.
By their exertions a new building would probably
soon be raised for the institution, in which object he,
as chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway, should
be happy to aid. Still the success of the society
must depend on the exertions of the members
themselves. Let them recollect -the brilliant ex-
Apple of George Stephenson, once in as humble
a position as themselves, who, by his stupen-
dous engineering works, had earned for himself
imperishable renown, and shed an unfading lustre
on the mechanical class at large.—(Cbeers.) The
Rev. Mr. Holloway briefly addressed the meeting.
Mr. W. .B. Adams (who was stated to have made a
donation of 867 valuable books to the library) said he
had always been anxious that every workman should
have a fair day's wage for a fair day's work, and that
his workmen should possess the means of acquiring in-
telligence, believing they would be all the
better for it. The books he had presented
to this institution bad been used by his
own workmen up to the time of his establishment at
Fairfield being broken up; andconsideriug that he only
held
them as a trustee, he had handed them over to
this institution, whose objects were similar. He
trusted to see the day when employers and employed
would be avowedly what they intrin.ically were—
eiders and assisters of each other.—(Cheers.)
A concert of vocal and instrumental music followed.