The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-10 00:00:00

ONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLO cR - .
The arrivals this morning consist of a French mail, a mail
r!-Oro Vera Cruz, •by the Sheldrake-sailed on the 10th No-
velr ber, Havant-13h the 30th August ; also, ship letters from
11Q aduras, Oporto, Canton, and St. Helena-Sydney the 11th
of August, and Mauritius the 27th October.
We have received Sydney papers to the 11th August. The
-following are extracts :-
" Tne WEATHER.-The Northern districts of the Colony
ore looking extremely bad for want of rain, and, judging from
khe -present appearances, the crops will be a failure.
"" A fine large whale was captured in the harbour on Satur-
illy last.
" The following arc the last market prices from the Hobart
Town Courier,. 20th July :-There is no alteration in the
-prices of Colonial produce since last week. Wheat, ss. 9d. to
6s, ad. per bushel; Potatoes, 3/. 53. to 41. 10S. ; Hay, 5/. 10s.
to 6/. 103. per for:. The sales of Wheat have been brisk
during the week, and is still in demand. No alteration in the
price of Flour. Butchers' Meat 6d. to Bd. ; Mutton 4id. per
lb. - Pork, 7d. to Bd. ; Veal, 10d. to Is. per lb."
. 4AN RIVER -We have received some numbers of the
• PeraGazette down to the 17th June :--.1 The Natives-Some
: little jealousy has been created amongst the Perth natives, by
a. a. arrival of the King George. Sound natives over land.
" Rain is much wanted in the pastoral districts, the reports
nee have received from the York district regarding the state of
the flocks, we regret to observe, are not very favourable; we
hear of s:-veral lambs leaving died for want of nourishment."
We have received Canton Papers to the 22d August. It
was reported at Canton that the Chinese Admiral bad made
an apology or an excuse to the British Admiral, for the act of
'aegression committed by the Bogue fort, in firing on the
schooner Bombay, and having explained it away by assuring
Admiral Maitland that the act was unauthorised by any order,
and 'vas committed by an inferior officer. This is not credi.
40- and we think it impossible that Admiral Maitland could
Evare been imposed upon by such a flimsy and false explanation.
COMMERCIAL REMARKS-IMPORTS,
Cotton._.The sales during the week have been numerous,
'but the aggregate quantity of Cotton sold, small.
Cotton Yarn-Continues dull, the stock is heavy, with pro-
. specs of large importations.
' Long Cloths-A good deal of inquiry existed last week,
- several thousand pieces white were sold at dols. 4-20 a 4-40.
Long Ells-Are rather firmer, and about 2 000 pieces have
vhanged hands.
• Opiume-For these last few days there has been an native
ti'vmand both for the .Bengal and Maliva drug ; prices have
;.gradually advancFd. Melilla, 700 dollars cesh, and 720 at a
. • fortnight. New Patna, 600 dollars cash, and 615 per chest
for two weeks. . Deliveries of Opium from the Ist to the Isth
- :inst. :-Patna, Old, 130. New. 411 ; Benarcs, Old, 17, New,
100 • Maliva, 541 ; total, 1,199 chests.
Woollens continue steady, and a few sales have been made.
The Sheldrake, from Vera Cruz, has brought a freight of
100,000 dollars. She sailed le: fere San Jean d'Ulloa was
captured by the French squadron.
A vessel has arrived from Philadelphia, at Liverpool, with
papers two days' later cl,tes than those previously received.
. They do not contain any fresh accounts from Canada.
Mauritius Papers received to the 17th December. From
Ole Price Current of the 16th inat : -Exthange, Mauritius
Government Bills, thirty days' sight, q
Tier cent. premium ;
Bank Bills, six months, nothing done ; Priwe Bills, nin, ty
'days' sight, from 2 to 3 per cent. discmunt.
The excitement of the merchants in the City still con-
tinues to ascertain further pea-ticulars of the dreadful
hurricane at Liverpool, and wt- are sorry to say that the ac-
counts received this morning continue disastrous. Neverthe-
less, we have some consolation in announcing that the steamer
which returned to the Lock:mods has saved a number of per-
eons from perishing 'in that wreck.
We have reeeived• further accounts from Canton of the
25th August, which state that Admiral Maitland had obtained
from the Chinese Admiral an ample apology for the insult
offered to the! British flag, by firing on the Bombay passage-
boat- Admiral Maitland had in consequence resumed his for-
Tller annhoa-age in Tung-kool Bay. The pleasure-bouts which
ad not teen allowed to sail during the dispute had again been
Permitteel to do so. The edict of the Viceroy was strictly en-
f )
1)-4*.d, to prevent passage-boats going up the river.
COllBOl5 opened:this morning at the prices they closed at yes-
lerdaY, 94i- i for the Account ; Reduced, 931. 3; Exchequer
,:laills, 66 68; India Bonds, 63 65 ; Bank Stock, 2021- 203 k.
, In the Foreign ' Market Spanish Active may be quoted
'Ft -a; Portuguese, 3341 :1; Three per Cents, 21-i 22 ; Bel-
gian, 994 i; Brazilian, 77-4 78 ; Colombian, 271 284; Alexi-
'earl, 244 i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 54-1 i ; Five
per Cents., 104 i.
The Spanish mail of Tuesday, as well as the Ostend, are
still due.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
555 , India Stock
-a Per cent. Red. 9314 i ' ............ ......•••• ---
Ditto Bonds 64 MI.
9 Per 'CLiit. Cons. 9-A % . Smith Sea Stock - '3'. nee Cent lold Annuities -
LDit ro Ited. looli% : New Ditto -
iew "! 4 per Cent loo,i %; 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... -
New 5 per Cent.
.ran. Ba, ,k Long An to expi re ' Ditto &X)
5, 1860 l4 15-16 15 Ditto Small 63 66 pm
Jan. 5,
Oct. 10,
18 1859
..14 12-16 ,Ditto Commercial - - pm.
Jan. 5, 188060
-- Ditto Advertised ......... - - pm.
April 5,. 188(1
-- ; Bank Stock for Account -
-- India Stock for Account
Jan. 5, 1870
-PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds , Peruvian Bonds
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds -
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bouds
Ditto Account - 21% Ditto Accoußt
Chilian Bonds -
~ 1' tto Account -
yolumbian Bonds Ditto Account -
ali' Account
nililaii Bonds, 1824 ......28 77i 8 Spanish Bonds . -
-
13iiit_to Account
.)11,*p Bonds
Ditto Bonds 1834 -
14,,,,13cc0unt .................. - Ditto Accot sr. IN% D,
11Z11%. i.w................ - i French, 5t
Per
eceelil,tt..
~....... LI: -c:
11,./)xilctia) Account
1--- 3 roe cent.
oitton Bonds, 5 per Cen'.... - ---- Exchange. -f. -c.
Ditto Account ...... ... ........ - Dutch, 2,4 per cent.
thtt"o"P Per Cent .............. .. - ' Ditto Account
Nea,„..„:7cmunt ... .............. 24', Ditto, 5 per cent... ..... -
"&nali. .......................... -1 Ditto Acc0unt........
?PACES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
fruition Imperial Mining Co
Ditto AlacmbasC (lssued at 5/. pm.) Pa'..iNdl. Per Shate,
tuenm.ties Railway
Birmingham and D "aes '2s , '
astern co er"
Ra"waY
Company
tate?aesso
In
Railway Company ... .
'at arli:chk.s_tnedr aßnidn:i:nhi:ll al!: hi
45
Ccrnpsr.y S,f)
.4 dots and Croydon Railv,ay Company 2O
Railway lO
''''. Do, Extension .............. 3%
lli-rth land Railway Company.
,
Bief 'Zent. consols ........... ee Grand Canal Deis. it per cent. 93%
. ier C Stock ............ 100 Ditto, 4 per cent. ••• ....... •••• -
Ditto Cent.eed ............. . -- Hibernian Bank 24%
Nrc, 7,1830 ......... 100S4 City of Dublin Steam Company 1153 i
~,,,i,
stott . Debentures .. 92% National Insurance Company -
Y5l
R Canal .- ... ......... .... 196 City Debentures, 4 per cent -
*rand sto Ballast Office Debenturess4 per -
Canal Stock
-- . cent -
HALF-PA ST ONE. ;.,!be accounts received this morning from Dublin of the Bth
~7t bit,_, we are sorry to state, are of a similar disastrous nature
ruth.ose from Liverpool, with the exception that it was a land
dov:icane. At Athlone from 40 to 50 houses were blown
sh n ; entire ricks of hay and corn were carried across the
tr2nnon• The town of Lougbrea is nearly all consumed by
houses
houses burnt, and 100 levelled to the ground ; 70
t ,"en consumed in the town of Moate ; on the es-
Ta_tes,af the Earl Illf Clancarty, not a tree is left standing.
fa",a,Aelaryborough an immense destruction of property took
tz: • Carlow has suffered much. In Newry there was an
di,ei, use destruction of property. Further particulars of these
sr...teers will be found in another part of the Paper.
The be
letters from Canton is morning, of the 25th
August,,rl. state that there was nothing filmportant in the Papers.
rtiim:ee,nz tea had not made its appearance in Canton at that
it was expected that much injury had been expe-
ct in the tea districts by the heavy rains, and the crops
.71 expected to be very short. .
cING-nese THIS MORNING, HALF-PAST 10 o'CLoCIt.-
The Tea sold at public sales, imported from Assam, and
t valued by the brokers to the East India Company at Is. 7d.
s"poerilsb. i
.9d.p,h;er lb., was sold at 2s. 44. to 3s. 4d. per lb. ; at the
le time Tea of better quality from China, was sold at Is.4d.
der lb. s must evidently 'be bought by the puffing tea-
a ers,
9 p
3 Consols may be quoted at 94/1- -,} for the Opening ; Reduced
0
04 ; Ex:ock, Exchequer Bills, 68 66 ; India Bonds, 64 ; Bank
in the Foreign Market Spanish Active 173- i- ; Portu-
Rtlese sae
' ; Three per Cents., 21,-I.i- ; Belgian, 99+ I ; Bra-
Zilj
b an' 771 784-; Dutch Two-encl.:, Half per Cents, 544- 1
,ie,
'' Per Cents. 104 i.
cThe above report of the Assam Tea is correct ; there were
}:!lign 1) : eight chests, and we suppose they were purchased at that
price as R curiosity . ,
Government Brokers purchast d six thousand Consols at
921 ex-dividend.
a There is little doing in Shares-Great Western 12 prem. ;
koedon and Birmingham 77i prem.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 941 i
Th

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168 7%
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the e beautiful piece of carving in the parlour of
aith,oAurngberican Stores, 56, Oxford-strect,,is not, as reported,
. Work of the celebrated Italian modellist Cavilliac,
evidently the masterpiece of an artist his equal in
genius end talent.
wb9tl Tuesday a Young man, named Richard Keefe:
employed in the -factory of Messrs. Hughes. a
'ler, of Ny,,
accidentall, got entangled in the
nlachinory of aPPste'arn-en' • e and before he could be extri-
"ted he was mangled ignma' shocking manner, and was at
7o e- removed to the London Hospital. On examination
cr,''iters found that hi, left arm, and the thumb and the two
. fusers of the right land were so shattered that awn-
t''ttpcin Was deemed absolutely r.ceessary as the only means
Al,. reserving life. The operation has been performed by
Hamilton, one of the surgeons of that institution, with
Tl'uFh care and skill, and from the present state of the
patient there is every hope of his recovery.
-:1-1Alicris: OF CRUELTY IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM.
1---tAt the Southampton Quarter Sessions last week, Char-
t-; 11°11e, the nurse employed at a lunatic asylum near
not!thampton, was convicted and fined W. for an assault on
b_ Inmate of the asylum named Strong. The case, it will
hew,orecollected, excited much interest during thu inquest
the re the Coroner, the .Tu y- having returned a verdict that
tri.death of Strong had been accelerated by ill-usage. The
.„;II of another person on a similar charge was postponed
nu next sessions.

THE HURRICANE.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
provinees, as
From all the papers we have received from the
well as from Scotland and Ireland, the s+- -
..erm appears to have
estructive in its cense-
been wider in its scope, and more.
quences than any previous
ee we remember. To the ac-
:ceders yesterday we have to add much
counts leid before our
'7,ence furnished by our arrivals to-day. The
additional intell
..eport begins with briefly noticing the calamitous
following
t'ffre.4l of the hurricane in England, proceeds to Scotland, and
concludes with Ireland, where the violence of .the elements
appears to have done even more injury than elsewhere.
MANCHESTER —ln the township of Manchester there has
been Mush less damage than in the outskirts, and less shah
tcrcd parts of the town ; but even there the devastation has
been frightful. And in addition to numerous comparatively
slight disasters, such as roofs being stripped of the lead, an fl
windows being broken in numerous houses, we regret to state,
that eight cottage houses in Rider-row, between Great An-
coat's-street and St. George's-road, have been completely de-
stroyed.
At Stretton there was one fatal result to life of the storm
in this township, at Clapper Hill, an old house, occupied as a
farm by Mr. Goodier, one portion of which was the residence
of an elderly single lady, Miss Royle, with whom re,ided her
niece, M-s. Sandiford, and her child. 'A little after seven
o'clock in the morning, Miss Royle and the child were in one
bedroom, and Mrs. Sandiford in another part of the house,
when the wind blew down a tall chimney through the roof in
the bedroom where Miss Rule was at the time kneeling in
prayer by the side of the bed. Part of the brickwork struck
her on the back of the head, dreadfully fractured her skull,
and killed her instantly. The child was in bed, and escaped
without injury. 'Lie servant, in another bedroom, was driven
to make her escape; slates from the roof coming through the
ceiling of the room, and falling upon the bed in which she was
tying.
In the country surrounding the town of Manchester the tem-
pest has left traces of its fury. On all sides (says the Guar-
dian, whose account we subjoin in an abridged form) we hear
of buildings demolished or unroofed, large chimneys blown
Cowin trees uprooted or broken, and other melancholy cone
quences of the storm.
OLDHAIL—The storm we experienced here with great seve-
rity, and caused great and wide-spread injury to the roofs and
chimneys of houses, factories, &c., and to the timber and
fruit-trots growing in the neighbourhood; and the following
rases are of a serious description :—A factory, four stories
high, and ten windows in length, newly built, and not quite
finished, belonging to Messrs. J. and J. Wilde, of Turf-lane,
Roy ton, and which stood in a very exposed situation, was en-
tirely bloWn down a little after six o'clock in the morning, and
now lies a complete mass of ruins. What seems very extreme
dietary is, that the roof of the building was found lying upon
the wreck of the walls and floors entire, not a beam or a ratter
heing displaced, nearly the whole of the slates and ridging.
?toies in their places, and, what is 'most extraordinary, con-
,idering the height from which it had fallen, the greater part
of the glass in the sky-lights unbroken—one sky-light in parti-
cular not having lost a single square ! At another unfinished
mill, belonging to Mr. Jacob Taylor, of Scott Field, Prim-
rose Bank, the chimney was blown down, and, falling upon
the building, cut through it, from the roof to the ground flour,
leaving the whole interior a mass of ruins.
ASHTON AND STALYBRIDGE. —A lamentable accident occur.
red et the old factory belonging to Messrs. Thomas Harrison
arid Sons, Stalybridge, where a chimney, which had been re-
built about twelve months ago, broke di at the square of the
tesilding, and the upper part fell in one solid mass upon the
roof of the mill, breaking through that and all the floors down
to the boiler-house on the ground floor. This occurred about
half-past six o'clock in the morning, when the hands were all
at work, and for a time the most exaggerated reports prevailed
respecting the loss of life. It happened, however, most provi-
dentially that the rooms upon which the chimney fell were prin-
cipally used as store-rooms. One, however, on the second floor
frsm the ground was used as a drawing-in room, where 9or 10
persons were employed in drawing in and piecing the ends of
warps. A large portion of the floor of this room (which was fire-
proof), together with the See persons who were standing upon
it, was carried by the falling chimney through the next floor,
and down to the ground floor of the engine-house ; and one,
a woman, was killed on the spot, as well as the engineer of the
mill, who happened to be in the engine-house at the time.
Four others were more or less severely hurt; one, who is now
at the Manchester Infirmary, having a leg broken, and some
other severe injuries. Four of the persons employed in the
drawing-in room were fortunately standing, at the time of the
accident, upon that arch of the floor which was the farthest
from the chimney, and which was left standing, and they es-
c-ped unhurt. The mass of falling rubbish broke the main
steam-pipes leading from the boiler; and it is believed that
tl.e engineer lost his life rather from the steam which rushed
out, than from the falling materials, as no •serious wound or
fracture could be found upon him, but he appeared to have
teen dreadfully scalded. We understand that an inquest is to
be held upon the bodies, at the White Hart Inn, Stalybridge,
this morning.
BURY.—In this town no less than seven large chimneys
have been wholly or partially demolished. Several dwelling-
Louses have been very severely injured, amongst which are
the rectory-house, the house of Mrs. Haslam, at Cliesham,
and that of Miss Clegg, who was much hurt, and very
narrowly escaped with her life, a chimney having fallen
through the roof into her bedroom. The number of dwelling-
house chimneys blown down, and of houses partially or wholly
unroofed, is here as elsewhere extremely great; and the
streets were covered with bricks, slates, and chimney pots, in
every direction.
ROCHDALE.—Notwithstanding the great amount of damage
tq property, and the numerous instances in which house-chim-
neys fell through the roofs or rolled into the streets, we can-
nit learn that a single person has been killed, or seriously in-
jured. The storm began about two in the morning, and ap-
p-ared to be at its greatest height from four to six. About
*lye o'clock the barometer was observed to stand at 27. 80.
Bolero:v.—Throughout the whole town almost every build-
ing has suffered more or less damage; but, we are glad to
add, there has been no loss of life. The buildings and trees
in the country about Bolton have also very generally suffered
ft om the storm.
BLACKBGEN.—In this town, and the immediate neighbour-
hood, the devastation produced by the storm has been exces-
sively great, far exceeding any thing of the kind that has oc-
curred from a similar cause within the memory of man. No
less than eleven factory chimneys have been levelled, namely,
those of Messrs. Feilden and Townleys, Messrs. Cartwrights,
Messrs. Turners, Messrs. B. Eccles and Co., Messrs. Eccies
and Abbott, Mr. J. Forrest, Mr. J. Thompson, Messrs. Brier--
and Messrs. Co.,
Messrs. Bulcocks, Messrs. I'. Livesey and Co.,
Cort and Harrison. Several of these chimneys,
ley and
we believe, have done very serious damage. At Messrs. Cart-
wright's factory, in King-street, the chimney cut clean through
the building from the roof to the ground floor, and the damage
mill probably not be less than 1,0001. In consequence of the
of these chimneys, and the threatening appearance of many
others, none of the factories in Blackburn were at work until

the afternoon. In the surrounding country also very extensive
mischief has been done, the exact particulars of which we
hate not beer, able to learn. At Clitheroe, we understand, a
large drying-stove belonging to Messrs. Thomson and Suns,
calico printers, was entirely blown down, and much other
(I.:mage done.
BI'RNLEY.—The hurricane commenced here about two, and
raged with great fury until screw, having done considerable
earrage in Burnley and tie neighbourhood. No lives have
been lost, though several persons have sustained more or less
injury. The mercury was down at the very lowest point in
tire barometer.
LANCASTER.—The storm extended to this town, though,
apparently, its force was not quite equal to what was expe-
rienced in the Southern part of the county. Several factories
and private houses were more or less damaged, and three of
the well-known elm-trees or: Castle Hill were blown down.
We hear little of the storm to the Northward of this place,
except that the mail was twice blown over on Shop Fells ;
and the guard, finding it impossible to proceed with the
coach, was obliged to put the bags in a cart, in which he pro-
ceeded until he was able to procure a post-chaise.
TODMORDEN, HALIFAX, &c.—The fury of the storm was
v( ry great in the vale of Todmordcn, where two mills, one in
Dalesgates, belonging to a Mr. fimmerton, and another be-
longing to a Mr. Hinchliffe, near Mytholm Bridge, were
entirely blown down ; as was also a chimney at the mill of Mr.
Frith, of Todmorden ; but wo do not hear that any lives were
lost. In the neighbourhood of Ripponden, two chimneys were
blown down—namely, those of Mr. J. Whiteley and Mr. H.
13inns, the latter of which fell upon the factory, and did very
groat damage to the building and machinery. In Halifax, the
house of a man named Jennings, a cabinet-maker, situate in
Pellon-lane, was entirely blown down ; and the poor man,
with his wife and child, buried in the ruins, and killed on the
A severe accident also happened to Lewis Alexander,
Esq., the well-known solicitor of Halifax, who was at break-
fast. when one of the chimneys of his house fell upon and very
severely injured him. We are glad to learn, however, that
he is considered out of danger. We learn, also, that at Leeds
arid Hull the storm was exceedingly destructive ; but we have
not heard any particulars of the damage done, except that
many vessels had been lost in the neighbourhood of Hull.
HULL.—We regret to state that the result of the hurricane at
this place has been an extensive loss of Ff.,: and property, both
en water and land. We commence with some of the casual-
ties on shore. The accidents have been very numerous.
About 40 feet of an octagon chimney attached to a new steam
corn-mill, in Wincolmlee, the property of a gentleman named
Morris, residing at Leeds, which was finished on Saturday
last, fell into the river about five in the morning. The round
top and sails of a lofty mill in Trippet, called the Cato Mill,
was severed from the machinery, about half-past nine, and fell
partly into the river, but chiefly upon a warehouse or shed,
the roof of which was entirely destroyed. The top of an-
other mill on the Holderness read was unseated about the
same time, but did not fall down. About an hour earlier one
of the pinnacles, with a vane, fell from the tower of Christ
Church, through the roof, into the gallery, the floor of
which it broke, but did not pass through. In the course of
the forenoon, while some workmen were removing the rub-
bish, another vane, with part of a pinnacle, fell through
the other side of the roof, and alighted within two yards
of them. occasioning a similar damage ; the remainder of the
pinnacle presented a threatening appearance, as did also one
of the pinnacles of High Church. During the day one could
scarcely enter a street or a yard in the town but it was strewed
with fragments of chimney-pots, bricks, tiles, or mortar; se-
veral other gable ends, particularly in West-street, and one in
the Groves, and numerous stacks of chimneys, have been de-
molished, but we have not heard of any personal injury in the
town, excepting that of Mr. T. 8.. Blundell. Spring-row,
through whose roof a stack of chimneys fell early in the morn-
ing, part of which falling on him while in bed, wounded
him seriously, but not dangerously. There have been se-
veral narrow escapes. In one instance a gentleman living