The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

The reports of the state of trade in the provinces
during the past week show no diminution of the activity
which has so long prevailed in all parts of the country.
At Manchester the increasing demand for goods renders
it difficult to obtain them, except by long previous orders.
There have been more purchases for India within the
last few days, and the market has had a very firm ap-
pearance. Disquiet, however, is felt with regard to the
exciteable state of the Liverpool cotton trade. At Bir-
mingham it has been announced that at a preliminary
meeting of ironmasters not only has the anticipated
further rise in the price of iron been resolved upon,
but that, instead of 20s. per ton, it is to be 300.,
making the advance during the past month equal
to thirty per cent. In wages there is to be s pro:
purtionate increase, and fears are naturally expressed of
the influence of these changes in checking the demand,
especially from the United States. In that quarter, as
elsewhere, however, the progress of railroad and other
enterprise is likely to prevent any sudden reaction,
whatever may be the ultimate result. In the general
manufactures of the town of Birmingham there is a
large and continuous business, particularly in marine
engines and copper sheathing. From Nottingham a
slight improvement in the
and considerable orders are
riving from America. In the woollen districts there has
been no alteration, and it is affirmed that they never ex-
perienced a more healthful trade. The Irish linen-
market bas been steady, and, although there has lately
been an increased production, stocks are still light and
wages are advancing.

VIOLENT STORM AND HIGH TIDE.
Yesterday the metropolis and suburbs were visited
by a heavy storm of wind and rain, doing consider-
able damage to property. The rain commenced
shortly before one o'clock in the morning ?::,doXiln
tinned all day long, but shortly after three 1
the afternoon the wind changed from the
to an easterly direction, when it blewina
a and distant
ricane, followed by torrents I::fect hur
thunder, and for nearly an bonrth°feeirhbi:ihetaiTmtrni-lhetoehmieergrmotef
was darkened by the black heavy
lasted till near six o'clock, during
thehgut.te.rafbeing stopped
Was e out. 0 the adacent
the streets were impassable,
up with dirt and rubbish
ortly before si 'c o'clock in the
s unusually high, ovrerflowing the
courts and alleys. Sh A
evening the tide wa
a pwpeirneg 13_a
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cellarsd e , B e rimn
banks of the river in many places.
Those' parts which
suffered most
completely inundated, places
hithe, andonaldlseiyi,\,osietother-
although coL viderable
being
water rushed with great force up the
but
have recently been made in the o`tainage,
lalti drains,
talC.eon made its way into the underground dwt 'fling
of the poor people who inhabit them.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BLACLWALL RAILWAY
STATlON.—Yeiterday an inquest was held by Mr. W. Baket
a,t_the London Hospital, on the body of Mary Phillips, aged
u years. The deceased was the wife of an eating..bouse
keeper, eper, of No. 3, Horse Shoe-court, Clerkenwell. On the
evening of August 29th, the deceased and a male frie.nd
proceeded from Blackwell by railway in a third-class car.'
riage, and when the train stopped at the Fenchurch-street
station, the deceased got out on to the platform, being at
the time intoxicated. Directly afterwards an alarm 'vas
raised by the guard, just as the train was starting on its re-
turn to Blackwell, when the deceased was lying between the
rout of the platform and the carriages. The deceased was
released by the servants of the company, when she was
found to have received a severe injury to her rigt Rashand,
whereby several of the fingers were cut off. She con-
veyed to the hospital, where she died on Saturday last. Mr.
Alfred Dale, the house surgeon, said the deceased died from
exhaustion from the operation and shock to the system.
Verdict, " Accidental death."
RARE callEd the " gr( at weever'
( Trachinus draco), was caught off Usan the other day, and
has been presented to the Museum. It is exceedingly rare
on our coast, and some peculiarities in its conformation
render it worthy the attention of naturalists. One of the
moat remarkable of these is a large spine at the end of each
of its gill-lids, or operculie, which are charged with poison,
and with which it can inflict a serious blow. The possession
of these remarkable instruments of warfare induced the
ancients to call it " draco," or the sea-dragon. The weever
is predatory and solitary in its habits, living at the bottom
of the deep sea. There is no record of a specimen ever being
caught in our locality before.—Dundee Courier.
Intelligence received of the Cleopatra screw..
steamer, which sailed from Plymouth on the 7th ult. with
200 passengers and 160,0001. in coin for Australia, gives the
expectation of a speedy passage. It appears she arrived at
Madeira in five days and four hours. Her burden is 1,500
tons (900 register), with 300-horse power, Arid she was dis-
patched by private enterprise.