The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-12 00:00:00

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
6jd to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2i d to 2td ; 641 b to 721 b, 21d
to 3d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ;
881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4td ; 1041 b to
1121 b, 41d to sd. Horse hides 9s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins,
light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s fid to Os Od ; polled sheep, 7s
Od to 8s 6d ; half-breds, 6s 3d to 7s 3d; Downs, 5s 2d to
6s 2d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od.
HAY MARKETS.

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SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 155 to £6 7s 6d ; clover,
£6 Os to £6 103 Od; and straw, bs to £1 Os per load.
Trade slow.
CUMILEILLAND—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 75 6d; clover,
£5 Os to £6 100 Od; and straw, £1 5s to £l_93 per lead,
Demand inactive.
WHITECKAPEL,—Meadow hay £3153 to £5 7s 6d ; clover,
£5 Os to £6 105 Ud ; and straw, £1 55 to £1 93 per load,
A dull inquiry.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Mlles Opened.

Reoeipts.

Rallwayg.

1884. 1853.

1864. 1863.
£ £

Belfast and N. Counties ..... 136 136
Belfast and County Down. ••• 49 49
Blyth and Tyne ............•
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211
Caledonian
Cambrian
Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61
Cork and Youghal .. 321 321
Cornwall 6st 651
Deeside . 17 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 54
Furness, &a 5O 5 )
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 387 853
Great North of Scotland 5B 59
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711
qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 3731
Great Western 12221 1109
Hull and Hurnsea .
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno lO7l 1061
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1.9 i
Irish North-Western 145 145
Kent Coast 27 27
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 401
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241
Limerick and Foynes 2O 261
Llanelly 46 461
Llynvi Valley .• 20 20 t
London & North-Western ... 1274 12341
London and Blackwall 5l bt
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2671 2611
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 721
Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 101
&lan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
blanch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9l 91
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6511 641
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 262 2591
Monkland 7ll 711
Pdonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Dark 1095
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254
Rhymney l9l
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B
Somerset and Dorset O6
South Devon .. ..
South-Eastern ......
Taff Vale ......... —...„.,, 57
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd . 10
Vale of Neath 431
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 271
W. H artlepool Ilarbr.&ltail.•
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO
Whitchaven Junction l3
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 828
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction. • 201 2,11
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851 1851
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern Bengal
Eastern of France.
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 1335
Great Central of Belgium 220 220
Great Indian Peninsula st 3 5381
Great Luxembourg 134 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 3;5
Madras 532 447
Madrid, Sarag,rossa &Alicant 650 650
Northern of Canada ...... •
Northern of France 097 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Meditcrrn lBO5 1713
Paris and Orleans 1614 1491
Pernambuco ..... 771 771
Scinde
Ditto, Punjaub
South Austrian
Southern of France .... 770 680
Victoria
Welland
f West Flanders
West &N- Westn of France 950 960
oy

2,246 2,208
811 691
2,187 3,8 0
6,276 5,9.7
19.632 17,585
1,65) 1,473
330 295

352 313
161 143

450 424
1,535 1.270

294 297
1,466 1.432
1,764 1,7,8

339 222
4,091 3,213
3,172 2,462
8,60 J 6,376
32,313 30,339
36,08) 31,901
1,325 1.642
145 647
8.147 8 335
65,7b5 19,310
65

1,350 1,271
1,685 1,181
1,702 1,721
720 300
34.308 31,100
172 131
124 126

681 995

-430 370
103,965 95,834

1,783 1,733
22, 34 19.363
19,732 17,10
5,725 5,013
1,250 1,020
18,:97 17,856
1,280 1,127
1,534 1.281
2,303 1,78 u
47,83 z 42,280
4,74 4,804
1,688 1,670
2,821 2,3u6

5831
1095
9
251
19i
113

21,155 20,170
59,006 54,625
11,047 2,944
8,908 8,548
961 822
0,73 f 0,314
4,710 4,699
877 614
3.519 3,255
22,650 20,438
6,1, 3 5,3t3
2,644 2,417
162 139
2,899 2.305

61,
SOB

1055
10
431
31

300
1,461

716
4.659

647 682
1,073 01:
897 777

44, 53 32,213

318 345
1,4 2 1,818
6,871 6,120
6,180 1,878

66,126
17,394
,25,329
6,275
9,154
4,779

blil
12,e75
6,i#12
18,307
1,47)
61,251
1,021

;,11
143,723
68,M2

532
1,:i80

2,6
61,155
26,%25
6,609
281

;48,452

43,920

ARCTIC VEGETATION.—The latest explorations
of the polar regions show that at a certain remote
period vegetation was far more active there than it is now,
Armstrong, the naturalist, states that there exists an enor-
mous deposit of native wood on Bank's Island, where
branches and trunks of trees are seen protruding from the
clay in which they are embedded, Without much digging
it is easily perceived that the mountain of the island is of
igneous composition. Some of the trunks are rotten or
bear marks of carbonisation; others are hard and have pre-
served their forms. Some, 26 inches in diameter and more,
stand in water, and still preserve the appearance of wood.
Many acorns and fir apples may be seen there bearing
marks of petrifaction. There are many trees there
which, when struck with a hatchet, will crumble
into dust. There are pieces of petrified wood which emit a
metallic sound, and on some of the hills circular strata are
perceived formed of trunks still covered with bark. M,
Erman states that similar deposits abound in Siberia. Dur-
ing his travels in that country he visited Jakoutsk, on the
Lena River, where the soil is composed of marl, fine com-
mon, and lerruginous magnetic sand, to the depth of at
least 1:0 feet. These strata were deposited there by water,
which must have covered the whole country up to the
Polar Sea. In the deepest places there are branches and roots
of beech and willow; and as the Lena annually forms new
islands, similar remains are observable on the ground thus
laid bare. Everywhere throughout these immense beds the
fossil bones of antediluvian animals aro to be found
mingled with vegetable remains. In Nor, wajr, Mr
Rooker was struck with the fact that large trees for-
merly grow on the island of Qualoen, where Lainuaerfest
lies; the only vegetation now existing there being a few
stunted birch trees. Some large trunks of the same species
aro still standing, their bark being distinguishable.
Now, since the air of Qualoen possesses remarkable preser-
vative qualities, it is not impossible that these remains of
trees may date from many centuries back, such trees not
having been seen to grow there within the memory of man.
GUN ACCIDENT.—WhiIe Lord Sandys was shoot.
ing over his estate at Ombersley, near Worcester,
on Wednesday, by some unfortunate accident the charge of
a gun lodged in his leg. He was immediately conveyed to
Worcester, where ho was seen by Mr Carden, surgeon, who
extracted several of the shots, but was t,,able at the time to
remove the wholo. He directed the removal of his lordship
to Obersley-court, where he is for the present confined to
hie bed.— Birm.pyhain Post,