The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-30 00:00:00

THAMES.

DIE WILD SPORTS OF TYE EAST.—Anna Lyons, aged
26, 7, Russell-court, Blue Anchor-yard, Whitechapel, was
brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with assaulting Mary
Monroe, an elderly woman, in the same place, who cane
into court with her head bandaged and in a very weakly
condition from the loss of blood.
It appeared there was a quarrel between the two women,
who dwelt in an Irisb colony, where rows have been very
frequent and plenty of wounds have been inflicted by the
people upon each other. In the course of the scrimmage,
as it was called, the prisoner struck the prosecutrix several
times on the head and face with a stone and rendered her
insensible.
Mr. John Domley, surgeon, High-street, Whitechapel
said he had dressed the wounds of the prosecutrix. She
lot a large quantity of blood. There was a triangular
shaped wound on the forehead penetrating to the bone, and
a second wound near it not a serious one. There were also
contusions on the face.
Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for trial,
Mary Sullivan was charged with assaulting and wound-
ing Mary Toomey.
The parties live in another Irish colony, Garden-curt,
Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, where there have been many
savage affrays. The magistrates have either punished the
parties engaged in these encounters severely, or committed
them for trial; but without discouraging the quarrelsome
disposition of the inhabitants. The parties, Sullivan and
Toomey, two strapping Irishwomen, quarrelled and
fought. Mrs. Toomey got the worst of it ; but this was not
all. The prisoner, elated with the victory over a vanquished
opponent, obtained an earthenware jug, and struck Mrs.
Toomey a tremendous blow on the head with it. She re-
ceived a severe wound, and was carried to the London Hos-
pital. She now appeared with the head-dress of the Hos
pital—bandages with the name of that valuable institution
painted in large capitals thereon.
The prisoner, in defence, said that Mrs. Toomey took up
a knife and threatened to stab her; and produced. a very
large knife without a handle, of which Howland, an officer
of the Court, No. 89 H, touk possession.
Mr. Woolrych believed some provocation had been given.
There was, however, no doubt a brutal assault had been
committed. He sentenced the prisoner to six months im-
prisonment and hard labour.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES .—HAUXLEY, NORTIIUMBER•
LAND, Saturday Night.—The schooner Theophilus, of and
for Aberdeen, coal laden, went upon the Bond icai Busk Rock
the night before last. The wind at the time was blowing
strong, and there was a heavy sea, the weather dull and
foggy. Some fishing cobles attempted to reach the vessel
but failed; thereupon the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat
Institution was launched and succeeded in bringing ashore
the schooner's crew of five men in safety. This valuable
lifeboat had on previous occasions rescued the following
shipwrecked crews:—Brig Sophie, of Oporto, 11 men ;
schooner Georgians, of Inverness, 5 ; schooner Susan and
Isabella, of Dundee, 5; schooner Prospect, of Berwick, 6 ;
schooner Little Aggie, of Berwick, 4; and schooner Theo-
philus, of Aberdeen, s—total lives saved, 36.
It is currently believed that the Admiralty, in
in n
anticipation of some of the recommendations
of
3fstence
Walpole's Committee being carried out by the
Pcl eUsding in
of some of its members, have decided wog
the forthcoming Navy Estimates a certain sumrwsh._ich,r is to
—Army
be devoted to the increase of pay of naval office Ad
and Nary Gazette.
nIIE AT LIVERPOOL
AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS
s are due at
THIS WEER,—The following
stefrafme Canada and the
Liverpool this week with mails,
last boat of the season
United States :-1 he Boherniatt,S;c:li
on Wednesday next,
from Quebec, is duo at Londonderry r
the Edinburgh, from
with dates from Quebec on the 21st
New York on the 21st,
also duo at Queenstown on the
same day. Ou Saturday
is
xt the Cunard steamship Asia
n
due at Queenstown, with dates tram
Poston ou the 25th
and from Halifax early on the morning of the 27th. After
the 21st the Canadian. mail steamers will cease to call at
Quebec during the winter menthe, their port of call and
departure until next spring being Portland, Maine.
The late Lord de Saumarcz s residence, Mont-
pp
Cheltenham, was offered for sale by
le
r Lodge,
11'
auction oa Monday, but found no purchaser, and was
bought in at £3,100. The first bid was £1,500, from which
a succession of advances carried the price up to £3,000, at
which point competition ceased, and the vendors exercised
their right of bidding by advancing another huudrad, up m
which no further bid was made, and the property was cc:h•
sequently declared still for sale by private coutrtwt.

BARNSLEY, Nov. 28.—The collieries throughout the
whole district of South Yorkshire are in full operation, and
many of them are doing as much business as possible to
meet the demand not only of the metropolitan but provin-
cial markets. The greatest activity is manifested in the
trade, and coal merchants generally are preparing or stock-
ing their yards for the winter. The demand to Hull via,
Keadby is as good as it has been for some time, and there is
a fair inquiry both for house and steam coal. For Decem-
ber the prices are as follows :—Old Silkstones, 7s 9d and
85. per ton at the pit mouth; gas coal, unscreened (Silk-
stone), 6s 9d and 7s per ton ; steam coal, 6s ; malting coke,
6s ; Silkstone house coal, 7s to 98; and other descriptions of
house coal runs as low as 4s 9d per ton. Locomotive coke
without change in [nice.
BIRMINGHAM, 28th.—The trade of this town is in a very
healthy state ; with the exception of the gunmakers and
some branches of the fancy trades the manufacturers are all
of them well employed. In the course of the last fortnight
orders have come in freely on account of the country trade.
The factors' travellers are doing well both in the manufac-
turing and agricultural districts, and have sent home better
filled order-sheets of late than they have done for the last
three or four years at this season. For the class of hard-
ware goods which are in general domestic use there is a
steady demand—in some instances manufacturers have a
month's orders on their books—these, with such as may
come in hereafter, will keep our trade brisk up to the end of
the quarter. The export trade is reported quiet, but there
are grounds for the belief that the orders in hand are not
below the average at this period of the year. In reference
itaoparticular branches there has not been much change of
late—the
dracers,theerdogllein_rgo-omi
millaskaerree, loww
alhloolnat.fualrletimmeen,nafnedotuthreerew,ainrde
tinplate workers, aro all of them doing a good trade.
BRADFORD, 28th.—There is a fair quantity
ofwool
changing hands. Prices in all classes i
lassesaremaintained with
tended to create a better fedi
great firmness. The improvementg
and rtiothe cotton-market has
Spinners frequently seek to obtain givel h
tmoreconcession, confidence.
a slight but
are rarely, if ever, successfulintheoiseffort. The business
chiefly confined doing in worsted yarns is
The
continentalned to the home de-
mand and for Scotland. •
o
exercise great caution in the present stateunsettlmederch an
ot merchants, , whGer-
many and Denmark, refrain from doing any new business.
little which
Spinners, however, are well employed on
contracts
will not expire for some time to come.
There
is
ttle new
business doing in fabrics. Plain goods are not indemand,
and the business doing is confined to all kinds of fancy
arti-
cles. Fancy manufacturers are very busy. Stocks are low.
Prices are hardening.
DUNDEE, 27th.—The demand for flax was not active to-
day, but sellers are very firm, and the few transactions re-
ported are at fully previous prices. Common tow and co-
dilla are quiet and easier to buy, but medium and fine are
in good request, at steady rates. The fall in the price of
jute in London on Wednesday has for the present checked
the demand here, and, excepting for the finer qualities,
which are wanted and scarce, the rates of last market day
could with difficulty be got, Holders, considering that stocks
are light and the demand for goods great, expect to see
prices rally a little again, and do not press sales. Few par-
cels have therefore changed hands to-day. The yarn market
was rather quiet, but spinners, especially of flax and tow
yarns, are very firm, and as they are so largely foresoldthey
can afford to look on for a little. Jute yarns have not to
any appreciable extent gone back in prices with jute, but
few of them were sold to-day, and if material keeps lower
they may also give way a little, but no great fall can be
looked for, so many spinners having orders to occupy them
for months without further sales. There was a good in-
quiry for linens to .day, and prices are fully maintained.
HALIFAX, 28th.—The closing market for the present
month has been satisfactory. Though there is a little fall-
ing off in the business doing with Germany, the general con-
dition of the worsted, the carpet, and the woollen trades is
sound and healthy. The manufacturers keep in steady
employment, and neither yarns nor goods are much in ex•
cess of the demand. Both the sales and the orders in the
home trade are to a full average extent for the season of
the year. Prices in general are well maintained, and those
of wool keep very firm.
HUDDERSFIELD, 28th.—There has been a little more
business done in the woollen trade here this week than' last.
Purchases, however, have been a good deal confined to small
parcels of miscellaneous goods. Woollen and Bedford cords
are still in fair demand, and the better qualities of plain and
fancy trowserings are not difficult to sell. Spring goods
are sought for, but, except where orders have been given to
the manufacturers, chiefly as patterns. The shipping houses
are not doing much, but as Canadian buyers are now coming
over to look o it goods suitable for the early part of the en-
suing year, it is probable that an improvement in the ex-
port trade will soon take place. Though wools are purchased
cautiously of the local brokers, prices keep very stiff.
LEEDS, 28th.—There was quite as much business done
in the woollen cloth-halls to-day as last Saturday. Indeed,
there was a better attendance of buyers, but they purchased
sparingly. In other respects the market was cheerful, the
general expectation being that the year's business transac-
tions will b dance well, and that there will be a good demand
for spring goods. There was a large quantity of tweeds sold
to-day, both of the commoner and finer qualities. A mode-
rate business was also done in light meltons, but only very
little in pilots and witneys. There is no change in the prices
of either wool or goods.

LEICESTER, 28th.—The hosiery trade is fully as active
as it usually is at this season. In the country districts
business is without material change, and the operatives are
quite as well employed as they are generally at this ad-
vanced period of the year. Wools are selling at very high
rates, and there is still a fair consumptive demand. The
yarn-market is firm, and high rates are realized.
MANCHESTER, 28th..--. A reaction set in early in the
week in both yarn and cloth, and prices advanced about
id per lb. on cop yarns up to 50's on Tuesday, with a fair
business. Since Tuesday there has been more or less in-
crease of activity, with an improvement of fully id more in
price. Shipping yarns have increased Id per lb during the
week. Some of the largest agents report the advance of ld
to 2d per lb on shipping, and 2d to 3d per lb on home-trade
yarns, with heavy engagements for several months for-
ward. There is no doubt that a great deal of irregularity
has prevailed. Some large orders have been waiting to be
put in hand for several weeks past, and probably the sud-
denncss of the reaction in prices will account for the discre-
pancies. The irregularity is very great in all classes of yarns.
Manufacturers have advanced their prices somewhat in the
proportion of spinners, but they have not succeeded so well
with buyers. There has been more business doing all week,
but some of the fabrics most in request, such as 71b and 81b
4oz. 39 inch shirtings, are scarce in stock and difficult to
meet with in quantity. Shippers who would take such goods

if available for immediate shipment hesitate to give con
tracts at the prices which would now be required to cover
the increased cost of cotton and yarn. The stock of East In-
dian cotton has increased through recent imports to 186,000
bales (while there are still 165,000 at sea), and the total
stock of all kinds is 259,000. A letter from a respectable
cotton merchant who has gone from Liverpool to New Or-
leans, dated Nov. 4, speaks of cotton being sent forward
more freely than hitherto from Natchez, Baton Rouge, and
the Teche country, and thinks that 5,000 a week way be
relied upon. The tone of his letter altogether is calculated
to give a still more hopeful prospect.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, 28th:As we approach Christ-
was business gets a little quieter, but the general trade
keeps materially good. There is a considerable demand for
coke, and prices are improving. The iron trade is firm,
and the steam coal trade is moderate, but in a better state
than at the same period last year. In the chemisal market
the shipments have been moderate, but some large
ear's
con-
tracts, chiefly for alkali, have been made for next y
The
delivery, at prices which did not transire. present
quotations are—best alkali, lid. ; seconds, lid per cent. ;
;
Hated.
crystals of soda, £4 5s to St 108; bicarbosoda, £ll
bleaching powder very stiff— 108 to The. ton.
-
e in the rate of interest has
NEwpouT (Monmouthshire) 28th.— iron trade con
tinues active, and the advance .
free on boar ; rails, £6 12s 6d to
hardly affected the trade, oscinrugati/thalodrdneohrtsecipnkuhretahhnaedsbetrseaindge.
the result of a substantial de
a tan- on
speculation. The following are the average quotations :......
£7,gcod inquiry for steam coal, and prices
plates,
oaffatiorildne732Bsen_ferTbhoetrheCiOskne
£B6axisdsf 6
Tlh7ser6edistoa
are firmer. 'louse coal is in moderate demand,
and high freights e
no materialch arco
l •
alteration in
but the
A few orders have beeanndcompleting this
and The scarcityrt
There
ei s works are well employod.
:::ogttuonAmgloods both for America
weektheN °
n the demand for
Conti-
nental markets. There is no improvement i for the lace trade.
silk laces. Silk Mechlins and quiltin
Trade generally is expected to be If g 8 are still in request.
There has been a fair demand for hosiery
until after Christmas.
week, more particularly for shipping. goods during the
been sought after and more orders Suitable goods have
very firm, showing an upward placed. Yarns have been
Nonwion, 28th.—onthetendency.
cially in the shoe trade, whole, employment here, espe •
The amount ex appears to be pretty well main-
tained.fortnight ended 21pended in outdoor relief during the
Nov,
period
of
was £603, against £639 in the cor-
respondings'6l per cent. '
rhe 1862, showing a decrease of £36, or
reflected in the general trade of the eastern district, as
Railway, appears to Ice
' traffic of the Great Eastern
be in a progressive state, the amount
acquired
under this head in the week ending Nov. 22 hav-
ing been £17,432, against £15,998 in the corresponding
seven days of 1862, showing an increase of £2,145.
W OLVERIIAMTTON, 28 b.—The demand for iron con-
tin, ues Very good, and the firmness of the market is shown
by the fact that already the large merchants are desirous
of entering contracts for next quarter at present prices.
In some cases there is a disposition to ask a little more for
some kinds of iron, and the idea of any reduction for some
any one. Every dep
time to coma is not entertained by
ment is brisk, and orders are in hand which will last foart-
r
some time after Christmas. Fig iron is firm, and there is a
disposition to seek an advance for some kinds. Fur coal the
demand is very brisk, and an advance of 61 err on
ton h
areas
been made by some coalmasters. The hardware s
generally active, and the home orders show a continued im-
provement. 'I he Australian and New Zealand advices by
the last mail were more favourable than by the two pre-
vious iii,,m. The price of tin was reduced £3 per ton
early in the week, making common bars £ll2 ; fl re-ned
ditto, £ll7.

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