The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-05 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
NEWG.A.TE ZIATIs LEADENEIII.7..
The general demand was in a sluggish state, at barely sta-
tionary prices. Beef; from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d
to 3s 8d; Veal, 26 10d to 3s lOs ; Pork, 2s 4d to Ss 8d perBlbs
by the carcase.

HAY MAR/LETS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s Od to 3/18s Od ; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 41 7s Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 6s per load.
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 41 Os Od; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 41 ss; and Straw, 11 Is to 117 e per load*
Trade firm, at late rates.
WHrrEcHerat,.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 17e; Clover
ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 8s Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 6s per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.

MEAT IVEAREETS,
SOUTHALL, FEB. 4.—Our market has ruled dull for each
kind of stock, at barely last week's prices. Beef, from 2s Sd
to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s to 33 8d; Pork,
3s to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, FEB. 4.—The general demand is heavy, and
late rates are not supported. Beef from 2s 10d to 35 Sci
Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d ; Pork. 3s t°
3s 6d per 81bs; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 168 to 19s each.
LEWES, FEB. 3.—Very little business is doing here to;
day, as follows :—Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 35 4'
to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs,

COAL BIARKE'

N.-....-YESTILRDAY.

Prices of Coal per ton at t,
Bate's West Hartley 13s Od
Boddie's W. Hartley 13s Od
Carr's Hartley ..... 13s 6d
Chester Main l4s Od
Newcastle Hartley
North Percy Hartley l3s Od
Ord's Mail ...... 12s 6dl
Redheugh Main
South Peareth
Tanfield Moor
ranfield Moor Butes l2s 3dl
West Wylam
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.

Acorn Close ... 15s 9d
Gosforth ...
[futon
Northumberland
Ships at market,

he close of the market :--
Eden Main ..... l6s Od
Lambton Primrose l6s Od
Braddyll
Lambton
Russell's Hetton
Plummer
Cassop
Denison lss "
'Hartlepool 165 9'l
,Thorniey
West Kelloe
.1 Whitworth .
INT,__ ........... _ „
•-i,a Hartlepool
IMaclean's Tees
. Cowpan Hartley
Hartley _ _ ........ ..„ 135 Od
,iSidney's Hartley

122 Sold, 70.

CORN AVERAGES
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Jan. 29, 1852, made up from the Returns of w'
In.pectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales''
per imperial Quarter.
WIILAT. I BARLEY. OATS. RYE. WEANS. I PEAS. A
PRICE I:3 9 s 10d 28s 6d lbs 'MI 27s 6d 128 s lid 288 4'

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WIIEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PE.
1. Oel is Od is Oct is Oct is Oct Is 0"
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEBIi•
Wheat, 111,925; Barley, 105,930; Oats, 29,800; Rye, 113; Baia,

8,374 ; Peas, 2,

4962 quarters.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY•)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
laced
Two men of the names of Woolf and Lyons were p
at the bar charged with obtaining goods under false pre-
tences. The prosecution was directed by order of Mr. Cora'
missioner Holroyd.
Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared for the prosecution, raid
that the prisoners having entered into business as Par.aso
manufacturers without capital, had become bankrupts
the space of thirteen months, when there appeared a
ficiency of 3,0001. between their assets and liabilities. vr.
the inquiry at the Bankruptcy Court Mr. Commissioner 11°,
t
royd had been so dissatisfied with the whole appearance
their manner of doing business, that he directed the presep
prosecution. He would give one instance of the Mat:
ner in which the prisoners were in the habit of liis
taining goods. The prisoner Lyons went into to
and Everington's, in St. Paul's Churchyard, asking
see some patterns of silk for the purposes of his basin
Patterns Patterns were accordingly sent to him, and sherl
afterwards an order for silks was given by the prisoners t
the amount of 651/. 19s. 2d„ which were delivered to then?,
and shortly afterwards parted with at a considerable 5af...r..:
flee to a Mr. Hart. The goods thus obtained were
n'l3`i.
quently pledged or disposed of by the prisoners at n° her
say whet
derable sacrifices. It would be for the jury to
these were bona fide purchases for the purposes of business
of
number
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call a
witnesses in support of his statement, but the case Was
concluded when we went to press.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. ,
On Tuesday, (James Simpson, Esq., Vice-President,
the chair), on the renewed discussion, which occupied tll'
entire evening, on Mr. Jee's paper " On the Cast Iron Via-
duct erected at Manchester, forming part of the joint
she station
t;
of the London and North-Western, and Manchester,
field, and Lincolnshire Railways," Mr. llawkshavr describeid
.
a nearly similar structure which had been erected at d
fcrd, in 1842, forming ajunction between the Liverpool and
Manchester, the Manchester and Leeds, and Manchester
aand.
Bolton Railways. In this structure the columns were plced
in pairs, and, instead, of planking between the transver!
girders, flat brick arches, set in cement, were introducedrs
Some interesting experiments on the strength of the gird!
were given, and the ingenious steelyard lever testing machl.ll
was described. The question then turned upon the pecuhad
form of the wrought iron girder bride i
g over Store-street, ulft),
on the manner in which the experiments had been wade h
ascertaining its strength. From minute calculations whi co
were given, it appeared that the bridge was, foot for flies
strong and stiff as wrought iron, cellular-top, tubular gl
iya
of the ordinary form, and thought in this instance, the
of the cylindrical top, which was required to be large o"f_
to admit a man for painting the inside, and for necessar9,4-i.
pairs, might seem disproportioned to the depth of the of
luthe
yet this would not be the case if the span and deptk °1
ill re-
girder was increased, as the cylindrical top might still
main
By so of the same size.
me speakers, however, it was contended, that ills aaPn;
plying wrought iron to girders of comparatively 513811either;"P
there really was no necessity, nor was it advisable, o
regarded strength or convenience, to adopt the cellular fos7o
but that the girder should be of the ordinary, einaPlet d b of
T section, with the bottom flange, and the middle We _ -of
wrought iron, and the upper flange either of wrought, °lb,'
cast iron, the latter being the best suited for resisting
compressive strain to which that part of a girder W
s Id
jeeted ; and it was thought that both of these forms 7,1,0 of
be a more economical application of material for girulbese
limited extent than cellular tops. A modification 01 ceeil•
different plans was described to consist in a kind of flattA the
triangular top, of which the base was uppermost, au7 tag
plates were thickest, representing the upper flange to
ordinary girder, the two sides being merely tin PisAtee-Alie
prevent the edges of the upper flange from buckling 1113'
compressive strains. the
Doubts were also raised as to whether painting 'vimsad
best mode of protecting wrought iron from oxidataul,'ould,
it. was suggested, as an improvement, that the iron shed at
in the first instance, be thoroughly cleaned and 0104
a low heat in common oil, and then dried. An alloy fire,
iron, containing a small portion of tin, was also said to r
vent effectually the injurious effects of oxidation. „Up
The method of combining wrought with cast iron'
Stirling's process, was also described, and the great teas
and strength of the metal was fully admitted. were
At the monthly ballot, the following candidates,,,.
duly elected : Captain Claxton, , Lieut. Fraser, viva
Lieut. Kendall, 8.E., Captain Owen,. R.E., and lar"
Paterson, as Associates. f T'ler
The paper announced to be read at the meeting of
day, February 10th, was " The Construction and P."tioal
of the Permanent Way of Railways, and the mediraates•
most suitable for Egypt, India, Scc.," by Mr. W. D.

- - -
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS' , of
LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. —13.00,"
Traffic for the week ending Feb. 1
parcels,:—
Pmaes.:cehnagnecirs,ise...........£2l:BBBs44
1175
97
17 088 9 11
Cattle

... ... £39,823 3 3
Total
Ncte.—The returns*le
dersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, (I
are 3e9; cllouos i vle6 1001 t%
nNgs.rhyarme,s h i
roeu South
Railways,
wu nacytsi,o
and M
oa
in cthhees tper,ro
pa °rot;
trafficCo orfretshpeolinduidng weekals.;.ssptuybelaisrhe a
Buxton, a
Union,
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the o°'
Staffordshire Company.
2410
Prnesdtonnuari
Tux GRIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.....(MiIeS in work, -......
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending Jan. 25, 185:2•
passengers, parcels, carriages,
Merchandise horses,
dogs,
nada Ind
Cattle iinnearilasl.9
7....X54:589933 1:
1
8-
•••
—* ... ... 121 1 1
Corresponding week, 1851 ---------,
(23.6 miles):— 10
Total "
• ....E10,608 3
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,854 13 3a
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. . 3,626 12 '
Total ... ... ... £7,481 511 tof
LONDON AND
S OUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY• Ara°lll2
Traffic for the week ending Feb. 1 :
Passengers ... ... ... £6,427 4 t
Goods ... ... ... ... 2,190 3 '
Total ... ... ... £8,617
,i 7 371
Corresponding week last year... 8,055 2 poi
260 (
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. •••••- • ~ 4
open.)—Traffic for week ending Feb. I ....£15,111 7
Corresponding week in last year (260
~, 3 5
milesg open)
STAFFORDSHIRE .. ... ... ....E13,2u 1ig.).0
No
SHIRE RAILWAY.—(MiIes open,
Return of traffic for the week ending Jan. 25 :-- 0 0
aT
Railway and canal ... ... £1,615 0 10
Corresponding week last year ... 4,410 0 0;410,
Note. —The above is exclusive of the receiptl .I,,,rostelP
under the agreement with the London and North
"
Railway Company.
~.,48 for tb°
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.•••Tr4A—
week ending Feb. 1 :

Passengers MAIN LINK.
.••
... £9ll 12
Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... 86 1 4
Goods, cattle, &c. 495 170 0
Mails ... •••
Total .. £2,071 10
MOLD.