The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-14 00:00:00

Some supernumerary boyof her Majesty's ship
Waterloo have been fent to Chatham for service in the
Meander, 44, Captain Charles Talbot,

EXPERIMENTS ON ANCHORS.
The preparations for the second series of anchor trials
have been commit:need ozi the beach off Garrison Point
The purchase for testing (with the exception of the use
of the sheers) will be on the same principle as that used
in the parade ground of the dockyard. The anchors are
to be cast at low neap tides in about 12 fathoms water,
and, having been placed in a proper position, be hove uP,
the beach on an inclined plane. The soil is composed et
clay, sand, and shingle. In consequence of the repre-
sentatives of the ship owner of Great Britain being tie-
able to be present on Friday next (the day fixed for the
commencement of the experiments) the trials are post-
paned until the 23d inst.

From an atteetive examination cf the results of the
recent trials, it appears that Trotman's Improved Por-
ter's Anchor was submitted to seven tests, proving itself
to possess vastly superior holding qualities to four
others of equil weight, as also to one 20 per cent•
heavier. In two cases only—viz.. when placed in op.
position to Admiralty anchors of 50 and 75 per ceat•
greater weight than itself, could it be drawn out of the
ground. _

Out of the three trials efforded Mr. Honiball, his
anchor proved superior in two of them, yielding only to
tts rival —Mr. Trotmau's. Mitcheson and Sona' proved
successful in five out of six trials. Rodger's in two out
of five. /The Admiralty new anchor of 25 cwt. in one out
of six, and that when opposed to Mr. G. W. Lennox's*
Mr. Aylen's in two out of five, beating the Admiralty
and American anchors.

So far, then, as the have gone, the heel
anchors, as iegards holding qualities, are, unquestioa•
ably, Trotman's, 'lonicsles, and Mitcheson and Sons', in
the order here given.
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, JULY 13.—Commander George R. vitol-
dridge (1849), at present tho senior Admiralty agent:on
board a contract mail steam-vessel, to command the In'
flexible, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop of 378-horse power,
at Portsmouth, vice Commander Pech6 H. Dyke, ill
charge of that steam-sloop since July 12, 1850.
Lieutenants Frederick G. C. Paget (1852), recently
promoted to be additional lieutenant on board the
Meander, 44, at Chatham; George D. Broad (1852), 10
the Megmra screw steam troop-ship, at Sheerness.
Mate F. A. Hume (1851), from the Queen, 116, at
Devonport, to the Meander.
Naval Cadet C. C. Hassell to the Meander.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander
W. H. Allen, arrived at Woolwich yesterday evening on
her return trotn towing the Isabel, Commander Ingle'
field, to Peterhead, on her way to the Arctid regions 10
search for Sir John Franklin and his long absent cool'
panions.

THE CO N Tit V MARKETS.
IPSWICH, JULY 13.
The supply of wheat at market is of the most trifling
charact( r; but the splendid weather we are now exPe:
vowing keeps the trade dull, and sales were made t
about a shilling per quarter in favour of the buyer. The
bean crop appears to be much injured and full price
are maintained.
PER. QUARTER. PER QUARTO
Wheat, red ........ . 39s to 41s Peas 3ls to 320
Ditto, white 46s to 478 Oats oos to 000
Barley
Ditto ..~...
Beans
... 00s to (I`'
AVERAGES FOR. TEE WEEK ENDING JULY 10, 1852.
Wheat
Barley
Beans ...... 33 „ 318 9d
Peas
'HULL, JULY 13.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states:—The
weather during the whole of the past week has bees
everything that the agriculturist could desire, and under
its influence, combined with the excitement attendant
upon the elections, business in grain has been W"
ow
suspended. There was only a moderate supply of wheat
from our farmers to•day; the market was dull at is be-
low the prices current last Tuesday, bat farmers were,
very unwilling sellers at this reduction. We did not
hear of a transaction in foreign wheat. The demand for
barley is only slack, and the market rather cheaper!
Other descriptions of spring corn are neglected, with the
exception of beans, which meet a retail sale at fun
prices. Only limited transactions in linseed; cakes are
rather firmer, and rape cakes have recovered their de-
pres.ion. The present arrivals of bones go to the yard.
The following are the present prices of grain
s. s.
Wheat, English, red 37 to 3P'"

Peas, white

."'
_.ite and yel. 3'2
...... so
Do. white — 4 l —43 Do. grey 28
46
Dantzic and Ko-
Linseed, Black Sea. 44 -- 45
nigsberg 4O 44 Do. Petersburgh ... 42 -- 40
39 Do. Konigsberg
Do. Riga & Archngl. 38 -- 40
''" 36p:to---n•
Pomeranianllamburgh and s 6
Danish, Holstein, &
Friesland ...... 34 —3B Lins. c Hull 71 Os Od to 71,,t Russian and Odessa 34 —3B Do. fine for. ...71 Os Od to Of to;
Oats, English
Do. Danish....
Do. Friesland
Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 —lB Tares, English 34s --' Zit
Barley,malting 23 —3O Do. foreign 083 -- .7),
Do. grinding ........ 25 28 Guano
Beans ............... .. 31 —33 Bones, do B7s 6d to ov-
-71 °I)
Do., foreign 29 32 Rye Meal
CORK, JULY 12.

Barrels.

earrencti• ,ade
0 White wheat 00e Od to 00s Od Od-20 0 Barley ......... Od to 00s Od
o Ditto ......... 00s Od to 00. Od 00s do
0 Ditto ......,.00s Od to 00s Od
0 Bere ........ ....001 Od to 00s Od Os Od
66 Oats. ......... ..10s 2d to 11s Od)
0 Ditto ...... 00s Od to 00s Od 10. 6d—O do
0 Ditto ..... 00s Od to 00s Od)
0 Pigs. ........ 00s Od to 00s Od 001 Od per evit
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:
0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley; 0 bere; 19 ostai
0 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last weeks...*
Wheat, 1. Barley, 1. Oats, 700. Pigs, 0.
PRICES OF BUTTER.

CANT. CUMLINCY. gm
First quality
Second quality
Third quality 6ls Third quality 49;
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
Sixth quality ...... .... ..... 40. Sixth quality
Coax.—Flour—First 121 6d to 13, 6d ; extra 141 :5049gi
seconds, 10. 6d to 12s • households 9s to 10s 6d ; thirds, 70 1, per cwt. Oatmeal 10. dd tolls Od; Indian meal tog 886 d; whiP,:a.
meal, 108 to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 7115, 2e 6d per Lo
Bran 8080 d to 00s per ton. Hay—Farmers 18s Od to 255; arels
00s; dealers ;28 to 388 Od; average 03s per ton. Straw_ Faro ;
211 Od to 22s Od; average 00s; dealers 271 Od to 00s fi;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to so
household loaf 5d to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, B°',.,
10d per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Co
righ
Newport 14. Od ; Lydney 15s • Landore 001; Cw,ift.,
12a 6d per ton. Tallow 392 s Od to 40s per sat
t
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. 4 r "to
—Beef 4d to 7d ; mutton 5d to 64d ; veal noPO
7d ; pork 44 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb "en& 818 s to 910. per cwt. Bangor slates 2117 s 6d to 310 s pe' "ii-e.
Bark, red 71 to 8/ lOs per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 15s per ste_..d
Hemp 291t0 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 18s to 190;
ditto, 24s to 00, per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/4f
ditto,to n Timber—Memel, i nlbsesr
per 11, Iteoron 71,
deals,
shir
15
per
ton
to on;
red pine, 3151; T 0 ,
181 per 100. HI
s. ~.s
Otes to9dll/t4pe
Market 18, to 261; salted 20s to 22s per cwt • calf
.„1“);
3d to Od per - • ..... ' aro.
10d to 12d. Gtian°--_e,ru 1'1'1411: Viii.
Archangel, 19e per nerTe.-
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pPotaintanooll,,,vv:llli

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS-
BRISTOL, JULY 13.
sTocx EXCIIA.NGE.—The business to-day was very limited'
but prices firm. The only transactions reported were—Brist°
and Exeter, 104 cash—Great Western, 10434.
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gauoTr Inwhtai:teEos.
di
transactionsaTi h,i e. . . .
.os nhEdaa
sr share
pricesmeL raea rnakcseatfsohll or z presentedgenerally:2_l
had
a anb_de
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dtefe
ei:
LIVERPOOL, JULY 13.
provedSTOc appearanceK
burtle u—gc YEh auasnpt wde ranGr dl
31%—Edinburgh, Perth, and Pur:4-77,54'
—6l3—ittGo,reFaitft\hVzs2tlrnd,isl.o_3l/2Liv—eLrpaonorhcirroesabnyd Yorkshire,- t.
207/B—London and North-Western, 135—Ditton,FdifSth°311,th6P71,,„7
—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34%—lgicll'" '
79th—South-Eastern and Dover, 23%.
MANCHESTER, JULY 13. 100
done STOCK
to-day,
o. d
aEyx, EXCHANGE.—There Li
without
. —Th
materialer e Ni
transactions were as follow:—Blackburn (No. 1), 74. •
Chester and Holyhead, 23% —Eastern Counties,_ 14—EdS
burgh and Glasgow, 3,1,/,, —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 201. P..
alterationa s a fairan?lnounprtrsb. us
i T.i.38
Wilier"
..0
Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 2% p.
33—Manchester
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Midland, 79.
Shares, 1-16 p.—London and North-Western, New
South-Eastern and Dover, 22 11-16.
—Scottish Midland, 14—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A),
BIRMINGHAM, JULY 13.
isToca EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was rather it
mited, but prices were firm. The transactions were as f.,,c,
low :—Alidland, 7734—Shrewsbury and Birmingham 0".
634—Shropshire Union, 2/. 16s. 3d. dis.

half'
LONDON AND GREBNWICII At ,_,The e
yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at The
office, in Coleman street. Air Shadbolt took the chair.
.na
accounts showed that the receipts were 21,580/. 7s. 5d., - the
the balance in hand was 10,2951 15s. 6d., out of which
re, directors proposed to pay a dividend of 4s. 9d. per share'
being ad. more than at the last half-yearly meeting. AA.
some discussion the accounts and dividend were adopted
Mr. Levi moved, and Mr. M'Laren seconded, a vote of thgns4
to the chairman and
meeting adjourned. directors, which was carried, when