The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 6.—There has been a little
more business in yarns than was expected, at a
decline of aid. to ld. per lb. on the late high prices
obtained. The market closes with a better feeling,
and there is decidedly more disposition un the part
of agents to execute the orders on hand at the prices
now practicable. Yarns are very scarce, and this
causes the market to assume a firmer appearance
than earlier transactions warranted. In cloth there
has been a continued depression since Tuesday, with
a complete absence of business, but the engage-
ments of manufacturers are so large that there is no
inclination shown on their parts to give way in
price to any material extent. Where there are
stocks (and such cases are exceptions) a shade less
would probably be taken ; but while producers
mostly on account of their engagements, are firm,
buyers, on the contrary, seem but little disposed to
operate. The advance which has taken place in the
Bank rate of discount has had the effect of checking
cotton speculations, and the raw staple is quoted
Id. per lb. lower, a change which of itself has
naturally a depressing effect on this market. On
the trade with India the advance of discount to 6
per cent. means 61 to 7 per cent., and
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prices at which shipments have been
expected to affect the exchange unfavourably.
CARDIFF, 6th,—The iron trade is active, and the
late improvement in quotations is fully maintained.
The demand for steam coal is etill in advance of
the supply. In a few weeks, however, it is ex-
pected the trade will return to its usual normal
state.
NOTTINGHAM, 6th.—We had a faiermaattnedndfbarneleaeaet
this exchange-hall today. The d
yarns, however, was buyersslow,ebuness i done was at trying hard to
place orders at lower rates. Holders refused to sub-
mit to any concession, and the
late prices. The inquiry for hosiery yarns was also
quiet, at little or no alteration from the late rates.
Silk unchanged. There was more doing in brown
nets, and prices, if anything, h?d a tendency to
advance.

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

the dockyard by means of the floating sheers. Its weight is

between 19 and 20 tons, and it is considered one of the
finest pieces of forging ever sent out from the establish-
ment of Messrs. Penn and Sons, Greenwich, who are mak-
ing the engines and machinery for the Achilles.
Rear-Admiral Pulling, on the retired list, died at his resi-
dence, in Plymouth, on Monday. He has been in failing
health for some time past, and was in his 76th year.
The inspection of the transport ship Empress, in readi-
ness for the embarkation of the 4th battalion Military Train
at Woolwich, took place yesterday by the garrison authori-
ties as well as the transport officials from Deptford, who all
expressed themselves in terms of admiration of the arrange-
ments for the convenience and comfortable accommodation of

the troops. The 'tween decks appropriated for the men are
over S feat in height, and the married men's quarters are
remarkably well arranged. During the whole of yesterday
the ship's company were engaged in receiving live stock and
stowing away ammunition and powder, consisting of 3,000
quarter-barrels, in her magazine. The embarkation of the
troops has been consequently deferred until this morning.
The schooner transport Paddy Slater having shipped 350
tons of war Stores for her Majesty's ship Edinburgh, left
Woolwich-pier yesterday morning. 7,000 shells and a num-
ber of cartridges and other munitions of war were yesterday
despatched from Woolwich for shipment on board the
Yangtsze, in the docks, for Hongkong.
The following appointments and promotions were made
yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry T. Marsden, to
the Hawke ; J. F. Hayes, nominated to a naval cadetship ;
J. Slater of the Curacoa, H. T. Ludlow of the Himalaya, J.
Pickles and J. Adams of the Asia, J. Butchart of the Cum-
berland, Francis T. Russell of the Indus, T. M. Thompson
of the Blenheim, for the Charon ; G. A. Moss of the Geyser,
and J. M'Garahan of the Dee, promoted to be first-class

assist•engineers ; James Bell (b) of the Challenger, Sopar
T. Sugden of the Wanderer, and Lewis P. Lewis of the
Hecate, promoted to be acting first-class assist-engineers.

THE ARMY.

Yesterday morning a disastrous fire occurred at the camp
at Aldershot in the stables of the Military Train, adjacent
to the barrack stares. The building in which the fire origi-
nated formed nearly two sides of a square, the angles being
respectively about 100 yards and 75 yards in length. It was
built entirely of timber and straw, and formed one of a

number of temporary stables allotted to the horses of the
Royal Artillery and Military Train stationed in the south
camp. The fire was discovered about five minutes past five
o'clock by a sentry on duty near the spot, and by whom an
alarm was promptly given. in a very few minutes a large
body of men were in attendance, and the moat strenuous
exertions were used to remove the horses. Unfortunately,
however, from the nature of the building, this was found to
be impossible. The flames spread with the greatest rapidity
and in 10 minutes the entire building was one mass of flame.
The screams of the horses, which were tethered to their
stalls by chains, were terrible, and only 11 were saved. The
means of ingress and egress were few, and from this circum •
stance, together with the quantity of forage ablaze inside, it
was dangerous to attempt to enter the building. The camp
fire-brigade, under Mr. Superintendent Burke, was promptly
in attendance, with three engines and a large number of
fire-screens, but owing to a scarcity of water, only one en-
gine could be brought into play. The horses in the adjoin-
ing stables were turned loose, and driven away from the
scene of the fire, some of them roaming into the country
for many miles round. A strong south-west wind was
blowing, which had the effect of carrying the flames directly
away from the adjoining stables, which being of the same
material as the blazing building must otherwise have
shared the same fate. In less than an hour the stable was
burnt to the ground with 75 of the horses. The origin of the
fire is not known, but it is supposed to have been occasioned
by a suspended stable lamp setting fire to the thatch of the
building. Fifty-two of the horses burnt belonged to the sth
battalion Military Train, and 26 to the 2d battalion. Their
value is roughly estimated at £2,500. This, however, does
not represent the total loss, as the harness and accoutre-
ments within the building wore worth at least another £5OO.
Sad as is the occurrence, it is only the fu;filment of a pre.
diction long since made by many persons who have noticed
the construction of these temporary stables at Aldershot
Camp. A court of inquiry assembled in the Orderly Room,
R Lines, at 11 o'clock, Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchel, Royal
Artillery, president; Captain Burden, 13th Hussars, Cap-
tain Akers, Royal Engineers, members.
The following is an extract from a letter from a Cadet in
the Royal Mill ary Academy at Woolwich :—" The 23d of
October was the anniversary of the great mutiny here of
1861, when the guns were loaded with bread and fired at
the Lieutenant- Governor's windows. To commemorate the
occasion two fellows in the A division loaded the 4-pounders
at the end of the parade and fired them off as the clock struck
10 p.m. Immediately soldiers and officers were seen running
about to know the reason of this alarm. The soldiers on
guard at the barracks, the arsenal, and the dockyard, turned
out under arms ; orderlies came riding over the common, and
there was a regular bustle everywhere. It was soon found
out that the cadets had been up to some of their old pranks,
and accordingly the usual Saturday and Sunday leave was
stopped. This created great discontent, and on Saturday, the
24th, the Roster swords were all thrown into the reservoir
excepting 9, which could not be carried off. One fellow was
stopped by a corporal going into the place where the swords
are kept with one sword under his arm, which he said he had
found lying about. As his character was by no means good,
he was told that if he did not resign he would be expelled.
So accordingly he resigned. The two fellows who fired off
the guns were found out and expelled ; but, not satisfied
with this, they called us in and asked us each individually
whether we had taken any part in the disturbance on Satur-
day night. The invariable answer was ' No, Sir.' Then they
asked whether we knew of anybody who had had any part
in the disturbance, and the ' No, Sir,' invariably followed
it. Three fellows declined answering at all, and they were
put under arrest immediately, leave was stopped till further
orders, and the whole cadet company got a double allowance
of drill. The authorities, finding it impossible t.n and
o
take
stronger measures without exasperating liar g
having given the three fellows plenty of arrest followed
, wie
e,
by plenty of confinement to the enclosure, ancl
stoppage of leave to the end of the term—
tliarbe decimated,
o' o course,
w was over,
and we are now no longer fearing that weshall
as it was at first given to to understand. For one thing or
another three fellows have been expelled and seven fellows
have been rusticated this term, a largernumber than has
been known for a very long time.'

..,.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— x eaterday
morning a report was circulated in Guildford that a
soldier stationed in the town had murdered his wifo and
committed suicide. On inquiry it turned ova that a sergeant
of the 3d Buffs, who, with a woman supposed to be his wife,
had been staying at the Coachmakers Arms,, Norel-street,
since Sunday evening, had murdered his coopanion, and
afterwards attempted self-destruction. They occupied a room
On the second door, and are stated to have been remarkably
quiet and civil persons. On Wednesday last they hall break-
fast and tea, but they had no food yesterday, although the
man in the course of the day ordered some potatoes .to be
boiled, and stated that the woman's mother was coming to
visit them. Nothing was seen or heard of either the
e'"-
geant or his wife during yesterday evening or this morning,
came
In consequence of this the inmates of the house became
rather uneasy. A sergeant of the 37th, who was
billeted
in the house, asked to be allowed to break open the door of
.
the room, but the landlady refused to allow hltu
at the door for somestuimpeevitietnhdoeunttjokers, elicitingv
, and after
knocking
reply they sent to the police. any
Superintendent
ac-
companied by Sergeant Steads and Poli
at once proceeded to the spot, and fore.e. Constable Davis,
The man and woman were then found lyingced
open the door.
parently dead. The woman had evidently in the bed ap-
and her head was frightfully swollen. been strangled,
gash on the woman's throat, and There was a large
there were twe vessels filled • by the side of the bed
table-knife which was stained with blood, and an ordinary
surgeon, of Dudley-house ' with blood. Mr. F, D. Ross,
together with Dr. Chapin ' Was
promptly in attendance,
the bodies. A small9.A, of the 37th Foot, who examined
quantity of
man, upon which he slightly brandy was given to the
It is the opinion of the rallied, and spoke a few words.
been dead for two o medical men that the woman had
which the man wort:. three days. On examining a medal
Mahaig, he had
appeared that his name was Joseph
and that
war. It is not had served in China during the last
woman positively known whether, the murdered
an was his wife or •
tall, good-looking, not , but she is stated to have been
Mahaig's
wounn_g, and, apparently, about 28 years of age.
wounds were dressed, and he was removed to a
separate room, where he is in the keeping of the police.
file body of the unfortunate woman was also removed, and
it now awaits the coroner's inquest. No motive has been
assigned for the commission of the horrible act, and the
parties were both strangers in Guildford.
REPORTED DEATH OF MR.PRITCHARD.—A letter
from Papeiti, in the Ceurrier des Etats Oils, announces the
tragical fate of the once famous Mr. Pritchard. A schooner,
while proceeding from one island: to another, having on
board the American Consul at the Fejee Islands, and Mr.
Pritchard, the English Consul, and his family,
was lost,
and all on board perished.
As You WERE.—The borough of Tenby makes a
curious figure in the population returns. The population
at the census of 1851 was 2,982, and again the census of
1861 found exactly 2,982 inhabitants. There was one more
ono
female in the place in 1861 than in 1851, but there was o
female less.

A numerous party of mechanics were to be employed the
whole of last night on board the iron screw frigate Achilles,
at Chatham dockyard, in fitting the first portion of the
shaft for the screw propeller, in which operation they were
engaged the whole of yesterday, and up to a late hour the
previous night. The shaft was landed a fow days since at