The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-14 00:00:00

QUARTER TO THRAIs.
97j
97-4

,ULLIO II
Ditto Account, March 11

ONE
eItICES OF BRITISH FUNDS CYCLOCJi
Bank stuck
3 per Cent. Reduced Anne.
8 per Cent.. Consols Arakuitias..
New 31A par Cent. Arms,
Long Anne. to iixpireJ an. 18s0 7 1-16
Ditto, 30years, Oct. 10,1859.-- VA
Ditto 30 year*, Jan. 5,1860. 6-43
India Stock 259
Indies Bondr,l,ooo/.... 73 p
Ditto tinder .
for Account
-".xeheciner Bills. 11/4d.
t,OOOl.
_..... 63 58 p
5001.
Small. ..

CLOSI,> G
217

97'
991/2
7 1-16
67
6 13-16
259
73 p
68 p
971/2

p
58 p
58 p
CLOW N o
PRICES.
41/8

ONE
PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK-
Equador Bonds 443
Grenada Bonds, 11,4 per Cent. —
Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons —
Ditto, Deferred ...........
Mexican, 5 per Ct., ex Jan. Coupe —
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds. 5 par Cent— —
Ditto, Account
Ditto, Deferred
Portuguese ft per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
5...: iela ; per (_, lat. i S4l
._
I.)itto, Account
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Ditto. Account
Ditto, New Deferred •••
Venezuela Bonds. 3'4 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred
Dutch 21,E per Cent. 12 Guild —
Ditto 4 per .4;.t0 . C ',lnk:ate:. ..,

COURSE OF EXi
lonsterlacti •• 11 lk%
Ditto, three monthS • . 12 0
aotterdam • • 12 0
Antwerp •• .• •..••• • • • 28 60
Crussels• ••• •••• • 25 50
ilamburgb ,•31.ii . 13 10%
&tone • • .......• • • • • -
Paris, 3 days'aight - • 28 32%
Ditto. 3 months .• . 25 50
Marseilles • • • • • • • • • • 25 30
BourdeAux • • • • •• •• •
Irnutkforton Maine..:. 121
iarlin.• ...• • • • •
Vienna, effee. 110 •••• • • 12 ' 7
Trieste, ditto...• • • .. 12 40
Petersbargh, 211. Ebbe. 375 a
Madrid • AO
Cadiz ••50
istmeioaa ...• •• •• ••

II A N GE.-FRIDAY.

81,4

32

80Vill*•••• •• •• •• •• •• •. --

32t,4a
89%

4134

13 IA
59%
91%

Otbraltar— •• •• •• •• •• ••
Leghorn •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 30 75
iki18011.• •• •• •• •• ••
'ChM .. •• •• •• •• •• ••
Venice........ • • •• ••
Ziardee .• •• %
'alermo, perm. 121
Messina 12114
•)porto.• •• • • •••••• • •
tclo Janeiro • •

.uenos Ayres .. ••• • ••
Kew York, 60 daysislghl
.. • • •• • • • •
Immo OF BULLION, FIIN OS,
t, ()reign Geld In bars • • XII 17 (9,
Portugal Gold rota •.0 0
'.parish Doubloons • • 0 00
New Dollars •• •• • • 0
0 0 0
Sliver in bars ........

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LLOYIYS SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Fan 14.—Wind at noon 5.8., light breeze and
dull hazy weather. The Fairy Queen, Sunderland to Lon-
don, whilst at anchor in Yaring4hui,hbrßiguawdisthonwthhietenigsihdtesof'atnhde
7th inst., was run into by a n
ce
rhatd
, thei
t
and which damaged her stern verysruemn
TORBAY FEB. 13.—The Waterloo of Hull, Shields to
painted ports,
New York, was in contact last evening offsetahaetStthaertt,.imweit.h
foreign barque and went down ; crew saved. Fears are a
en-
tertainedcrewhaileihdaftortbaesslisatttaenrcve,esbseultmiutsctouhladvenoatlsboe
Griffin was
blowing a violent gale with a very heavy
on shore on
Qui, ENSikAYN, FEB, 12.—Wind st w. A
quiqua.
FEB.°N IF3i. —I3.A r 1 r3d. DThe
ke, rrd. Nile, pa.
Firth of Forth, for Lon-
SGortn7BAymr:
Black Jack Point.
don, with considerable
- damage
contact with the Speed, from B rato hull and rigging, from
from Carthagena, ncaster; Numa, Sunderland,
leaky, and loss of Cutwater.
FISHGUARD, FEB.
for Limerick, which sank 13.—The Elizabeth and Ann, Liverpool
shore, hashere, and afterwards drove on
Partly discharged
OFF DOVER,—Pe ; her bottom is much injured.
nard Park, Sydney, New South Wales.
DARTMOUTH, FEB y
with loss of * 13.—Arrd. Pearl, London, for Ferrol,
bowsprit, cutwator, &c., from contact with a ves-
sel off the Start;
from Conte Cyprus, Shield., from Galati, with damage
contact with a ship off the Start.
FALMOUT
vi(v_ R. —PIA back, James, Barbadoes.
W HITEHAVEN Put back, Sarah Bragg, for France, and
the •
Henry,enry for Cardiff, both considerably damaged, having
been in contact off the Isle of Man, llth inst.
BIDEFORD, FEB. 13.—Portions of the wreck and stores of
an old foreign-built vessel, of about 150 tons, covered with
metal, have washed on shore.
BEAUMARIS, FEB. 13.—The Isabella, of Cork, has been
brought in here, a derelict, by the Ayrshire Lass steamer.
STORNAW AY, Fan O.—The Koniger Elizabeth Louise, of
and from Danzig, for Liverpool, ran on a sunken rock at
Aritneb Point, and assisted off very leaky.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.—It appears the directors of
thisdetermined on recommending the pro-
prietors declare, at the ensuing meeting, r dividend tor
the ha
if year ending the 31st of December, 1851, at the rate
of 2 per c
ent. per annum on the consolidated stock of the
companYr i
and to carry over a balance of 31,0004
companyto
THE LITERARY GUILD._ 'he performance of Mr,
Charles Dickens and the other amateurs took place at the
Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on Wednesday evening. Up-
wards of four thousand persons were present, compriskg
most of the wealth and influeitee of the t wn. The audience
warmly and repeatedly testified their approbation of the per-
fortna.,ces, and the amateurs were called before the curtain
at the concla,ion of each piece. Mr. Charles Dickens re-
turned thanks at the close of the play. The pecuniary re-
sults will be very imtigigictorp ammulting probably to not
tap 011111 5904

MARKET NEWS,-(THIS DAY%)
COVENT GARDEN.
For the time of year, our market to-day was heavily sup-
plied with both Fruit and Vegei shies, for which the demand
was less active, at bur little alteration in prices. •
FRUIT.—Pine Al pies, English, 45 Od to 8s Od per lb; Hot-
house Grapes, 4s Od t, 7a et ; Lisbon ditto, 9d to is Od per lb;
Cooking Apples, 2s Od to 6:1 per bushel ; Dessert Pears,
2s Od to 6 • Od per (Jowl; Lemons, la td to 2s per dozen;
Walnuts, 12a Od to 22s Od per bushel ; Almonds, 6s per peck;
Sweet ditto, 2s to 3s per lb; Oranges, 6s to LOs per 100 ;
Barcelona Nuts, 20s to 225; Brazil ditto, 12s to 14s per
bushel; Filberts, 70s to 903 per 100Ibs. .
VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 8d to Is per dozen ; Broeoli, 841
to Is 3d, Asparagus, 4s to Os per bundle; Seakael, is to 2a
per basket ; Rhubarb, 911 to Is fid per bundle; Potatoes, 45.3
to 80s per tun ; Turnips, Is to 2s per do ..bun. ; Carrots. 4d to tal
per bundle ,Cuculiniers. is to 3s each ; Celrry, 6d to 1$ 6d per
bundle; Brit s, Is Sprouts, Is ~d to 2s Od per half sieve;_
Spinach, ; s teat to is 6d per sieve; Onions, is to 2s per half
siege; Endive, 9d to 2a per scow; Red Bret, 6d to 15;.
Pa,suips, 6d to Is per dozen; Le: ks. let to 2d per hunch,
Shallots, 6d to 8d; Garlic, 6(1 to 8(1 per lb; Jerusalem Arti-
chokes, :i to is per halt sieve; Small Salads, 2d to 3d per
punuet ; Ilor6eradish, Id to 4d per bundle; Mushtooms, Is
to 286 e. per pottle; Parsley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches.
IVEUTGATZ A.ND LEA.33ENUALL.
Turkeys, 4s Oil to itis Od ; Geese, 4s Od to s Od; Duks,
Is 9d to 25 6d; Tame Rabbits, is Od to is 6d; Wild ditto,
8d to is ; igeons, .d to 7d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s to 6s 6d each;
Surrey Fowl, 68 Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to ,aod;
Barn-door Fos. Is, :is 6(1 to Os O,i per couple; English Eggs
8s Od to 9s Od ; French ditto, is 9d to t.,5 3rl ; Irish ditto,
a Od
iLse Leverets, e ttso, 228s33ddt;‘, 3ssn
ibpde
saws, 3s 120;3
aFtirdes;hp
aßriti
rtitdegr,e
Ids od
tlos
138 d
9pde;r 1 b ; Phea-
Bares and
Wild
,19Vdootodcolsck0s,da•s TOedalt,o6sds tood9;dtrue.
Ducks, is 3d to Is 9(1; Widgeons, 9cl'to la 3d; and Plovers,
6d to is each.

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 10d;
Veal, as Od to 3s 10d; and Pork, as Od to 3s 10d per 81bs.

WEIXTXCECELPIEL.
Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 4d to &I 8d;
Veal, 3s Od to 3s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs.

BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are front
7d to 71¢d; of Household ditto, 5d to 6%d per 41b leaf•

BILLINGSGATE.
Eels, 4d to 10d; Salmon Trout, is 4d to Is 8d per lb;
Soles, 4d to 2s Od per pair; Lobsters, • d to 2s Od each;
Oysters, “s Od to 30s Od per r,ushel; Bloaters, 1s 2d to is 6d
per dozen; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 6s Od each; Turbots, bs
Od
to 12a Od; Plaice and Sprats is 6d to 2s per bushel; aliu
Fresh Herrings, Is to is 6d per dozen.

BIDE MARKET.
Market Hides, 561 b to 6411), lid to Od; ditto, 641 b to 721 b
lid to Od; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 2d; ditto, 801 b
881 b, 2d to 2id ; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, id to 21d; ditto, 9616' tios
1041 b, 3d to 3id ; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, aid to Od. '
Ca„
Skins, light, Is 6d to 3s Od; ditto, full, 3 6d to 4s n;
Horn Hides, 58 6d to 6s Od ; Polled Sheep, 6s Od to Is cl"
Kents,ss Id to 6s 3d ; Halt-breeds, 4s 9d to 5s 9d; POP'
3s 9d to 4s 9d; Shearlings 6d to 7d each.

HAT MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s Od to 3/1 7s 6d;
ditto, Si 58 to 4/ 78 Od ; anu Straw, 11 Os to 116 s per load•
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBJCB.LAND. Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 410 s Od ; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 41 s; and Straw, 1/ Is to 11 71 Per lo►er
Suppy tolerably good, and trade dull.
WHITECHAPICL.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 1341; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 41 7s Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 68 per lop—
Trade dull, at our quotations. Clover

ENGINEERS' STRIKE,
f,FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
The disputes between the masters wed the men vexes lie:,
and the more so as I have alwas been the champion °f t
latter; they had my cordial aid as to the alteration of the
law, as to the emigration of artisans, and as to the combs'
nation laws.
Now I think they are trying to abuse the freedom theft
have gained by becoming despots themselves. 012 whits
principle can they justify their dictation to their' In", ..ere'
who have a clear right to employ who they,
and what terms they please,
engagements? As a maker of machines out of Era
land I should say that these workmen ate doing, `L-
and all is my situation, good service. I employ who I PTB—'
and my men are too thankful if I will let them work overa.---,1
I have never during twenty years found it necessary to scud
to my,
to England for any of these gentlemen., and yet I
so that they fulfil
their
sell we make as good engines as are turned out of Engles
shops.
The cost of the raw material here and in England tilt;
stantly becoming more on a preventrand if with this our lab°,,,
roacbl•
is much cheaper, what is to our sending
to England, in competition with those made under such c°:,,„
ditions as the English workmen demand? Even suPP°°l
that foreign machine.makers cannot invade the obores,o_f
England with their machines, it is clear that their chanc°,,,
°_
,elling hem on the Ci ntinent will be so much the greater'
as the price of English machines is augmented by dear
labour. the
Probably these brave fellows are little informed as!? ti..
enormous progress made in this business all over the'2,fflit s
nent, and this without their aid or assistance. Whateier
to
they may extort t om their masters, they may rest in, .
that the men here will not, and cannot follow their 108131
we have no apprentice law, no regular servitude, 13, „-y
course no class apart of mechanical workmen. Sows
best hands never worked at this craft until I put them told,
They now get much better wages than they formerly stn
and will certainly not risk being turned out fur making
reasonable demands.
Sardinia, 30th January, 1852.

DEPARTUREnTERpOOL.
_OFForAneFarLIyEEaT
fortnight
rnighMt En•••--- 114 o
,„,ati 11%
FthßeOmprlevalence of strong gales or adverse winds, th'ellgulll7
ber of ships windbound iu the Mersey has been greater tbsu
ever before remembered. The wind having shifted on Ttleit;
day afternoon to the south, the most active prePerstrof
commenced for the departure of a numerous
Duringthe
Atli,
eersee::: nainndg
in
ntidt f t fle;lobe.
merchantmen, bound to all climes and quarters 0,.. -Igo ping
eheofaft
tide ut Wednesday no less than 88 ships considerableforein portsad-
left
ditional number, independently of hundreds ot coastirlf
vessels, of which no account is taken. the appearancr•eds_
the port of Liverpool throughout the whole of Yen° dj,
was very animating. A beautiful, mild, sunshiny n the
hundreds of well-dressed persons of both sexes od with
'erruneosodnayaand rue .._ r
sshores of Lancashire and Cheshire, the river crowde ,
_,113
kips. many of them in tow by steamers, and the nutWou
and activity at all the docks, formed a scene for were it..
five miles in extent such as has rarely, if ever, beenabie
nessed in any seaport in the empire One most felnnorfk ails
and unusual cif eumstance connected with the sailing• ward'
unprecedented number of vessels is, that not a single In .
bound ship entere the port throughout the day.
„if The
Tit_
DE FLOODS ON THE .WYE AND SEV.E--A.-; Ana
rush of waters down these rivers on Friday, Saturlet,a''.DipilY
Sunday last has now subsided, and although it has -.--il Jifer
not been attended by any fatal consequences to blirilio-ng Oa
there has been a great destruction of live stock e' Legg,
course of these rivers and their tributaries, tem e has
Arrow, Avon, Terne, and Verniew, and great doing f the
also been done to the bridges, buildings, and crops :sot.
district. At one or two points on the Wye great em but
nation was caused by breaches being made in the,.„, bag
through the vigilance of the inhabitants
ments raised to protect the lower grounds and villages'
these t bays
were happily repaired, or the consequences lane „soli
been most disastrous. The Severn has been svrolla u,:e last
a foot higher than it has been marked for ws foot
twenty years, and to within little more On; roe a
of the highest flood on record. At Shrewsburftio7, and
foot and a half higher than the great flood °I, sad neve°
been on
also higher than the flood of 1831. It has infhb,r bridge
among the bridges in Montgomeryshire. AOw - orrieclP
some seventy miles shore Shrewsbury, has sbUfY
away. It rose to the highest point at Sloe,
__se mi
Saturday, when it began to subside, but again. rose
oho
Tuesday. At W,,rcester it reached the highest polri, rgeS,
tour o'c;ock on Sunday evening.
heir moorings mi
moored above the bridge, were torn
tfrre their moo'wgs
moored above the bridge, were tor
at the bridge, which, wag
the rush ut water, and tweed
'l4B,nrwere completely wrecked,:
shaken terribly. Fi.ur of the harkens
the meadows. The ' fill"
anti some of the darts is lying ill I,
At Hereford five lit hi,
parsec safely through one ut the arches, and was afterwau
DESTRUCTI at the
rday (Friday) mornina fire broke out
Knowles, a Manchester and Wo''lle°
4, 5 and 6, Rat ell* flap's
warehouseman,
cis.
~. . 1 e-cross. The
.e
not entirely extinguished until some hours had &Ps ..
were
liprOetinte.roYfettei
sj.
waS done, hich is e.-
one, w Jigs.
fled by Mr. Superintendent raidwood ;—•• No. 6, Ratci 4
J. Knowles.—The side rooms,
and not until the tollowidng dtama.ge
cross, Mr• second-floor used_ts
stroyed, and rest of premises and contents seriously
warehouse, and bed-rooms ender, burned out, the roof See
dafnaged
by water. Contents insured in the Royal Exchange a.al4
same street, Mr. J. Knowles, staircase, flooringitaiai,waareg 86ucs:
underin s second-fluor -fiflrtetoarntidamaged
wa
twater.
cobnyt
efiartes,oafntdh i
ssit)ouci
building
2 n g
Globe Fire Office,. Cause of fire unknown. No.
lit: Exchange 4.17..
THE Re, PRESENTATION OF PLYISIOBTH.--(lnuinTilltirlitras.'
day evening Mr. Bingham E.cot.. addressed the electors. aet
...
ccaohnidiinagataesc,anvidz.id,amter.foßrottiedebioirpouagimh.er,
Mir. R.
the Mechanics' Institute and stated his intention of P___
P•
Collier,
Mr. T. Braine, and Mr. Escott. f the
The Hon. Frderick Walpole, R.N., third son 0
5,
Earl of Orford, was, on Thursday, married, at Sf• Illigt...
Wyndharn-lace, to Laura, only daughter of Francis
pole, Esq., of Upper Seymour ,street.
The Cein:
.FATE' Or THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.-- - nor-
• and rr-
!I!
.now Vim.
missioners appointed by the Treasury to inquire ai.,, Gisas
on the proposed purchase and appropriation Of the oaten
Palace have concluded their is,vestigstion. They havc_, sr.
the evidence of Sir Charles Fox. Sir Josevh-pasto% gr.
Dilke, Mr. Cole, Mr. Hawkins, of the British Mase,n_u:oura
Kelk, and others; and the various suggestions for trie ' were
eget °-
Ilse of the building were fully considered ; among these' f
the projects for a winter garden,—a gallery in aid or. r_.4. in •
the British Museum,—and an industrial and educatio.afodon,
stitnte to combine te leading scientific societies Of l'uci cost
the School of Design, &c. The questions of site an , there
were necessarily carefully considered. It appears flo'ortion
is a project for removing the transept, with a certain
apedeps;
of the nave east and west, and re-erecting it in Kew-gbbai, yet
but we are not able to state that the Commissioners
ieCt t°
agreed upon any report. Ihe ultimate decision (81? ,4 the
the sanction of Parliament) will rest with the Lords v
•
Treasury._Builder.
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OF A SON. of
On the 13th inst., at Cricklewood, Middlesex, the
A
Adam Rivers Steele, Esq.
tam
At Dawlish, Devon, on the 9th inst., the wife of CO
Hugonin, 39th Regiment.
On the I Rh inst., at Melia, Somerset, the wife of the Bev.'
Edmund Stansfield.
OF A DAUGHTER. 0 f
On the 11th inst., at Langton-lodge, Dorset, the wi f
George P. Manse!, Esq.
On the 10th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, the wife
of Charles H. A. Itlartelli, Esq.

... ___
MARRIED. heal'
On the 11th inst., at tit:, private chapel at Lath
the
palace, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury/ 1.
Right Hon, Lord Hatherton, to Mrs. Davenport, of C4Pe
thorne in the county of Chester.
DIED.
On the 11th inst., at Hulfield-grange, &wry 080°4
Hanbury, Eaq., aged 67.
On the 9th inst., at Exeti-r, aged S 6, the Rev. C. Tuc,ktero•f
On the 9th inst., at Os,end, Mrs. Mary 13ourchier, Woe
Rear .Admiral Liourchier, aged 62.
: whaweilf
On the 11th inst.. at Surbiton, Kingston-upon'
- .
cf
Mrs. Tealing, aged t 46.
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