The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-09 00:00:00

THE GREAT EASTERN.

It was expected from the progress made with the
repairs necessary to the great ship that she would
have been floated off at the last spring tides, the
largest of which was on Monday, and in the firm
belief of this the vessel was advertised to sail for
New York on the 18th inst. A very unexpected
circumstance has for the present frustrated this in-
tention. The strong westerly gale which prevailed
on Sunday at the time of high water caused the
Great Eastern to float, and she moved about four
feet from the position she had previously occupied
on the temporary gridiron. This carried her away
from the excavation which had been made to enable
the workmen to effect the necessary repairs on the
lower portion of her hull, and although only a few
rivets required to be put in these cannot be fixed
until a new excavation is made under that portion
of the ship's bottom to enable the mechanics to get
at them. The proceedings necessary to effect this
are being rapidly and spiritedly carried out. The
ship did not sustain the slightest injury by having
been thus prematurely floated and shifted from her
position. The only inconvenience occasioned by it
is the additional cost of the new excavations and
the delay in effecting the repairs—the completion
of a single line of new plating on the out skin of
the ship. The level of the beaching place is upwards
of 18 inches below the level of the "Old Dock sill ;"
consequently there is plenty of water to float the
ship at any spring tide. It is therefore confidently
expected that she will be floatel off on the 17th or 18thinst. The company will not now fix the day
for the departure of the "great ship" until the com-
pletion of the repairs is placed beyond doubt.

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THE BRIGHTON VOLUNTEER REVIEW.—The
following accidents, which occurred at the review on Mon-
day, were reported to Colonel M'Murdo, the Inspector-
General, besides several other minor casualties :-1. Cor-
poral Harding, fracture of the left thigh bone, caused by
falling on his rifle. 2. Corporal Cox, severe burns of the
head, face, neck, and hand, caused by the explosion of the
Waste cartridges. Both were members of the London Irish
Corps. _ _

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IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING..

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening.
The quarterly assemblies of the ironmasters of
this district commenced in this town this afternoon.
The attendance was only moderate, especially so
as regards consumers, or those who are connected
with the export trade. Not much disposition
was manifested to do business, and the transactions
were on so moderate a scale that it was gene-
rally considered a fiat quarter-day. It is most
likely, however, that in3reased animation will be
displayed at the Birmingham meeting. Unless
such is the case the second-class firms will find it
difficult to obtain as good prices as they did during
the last quarter. The principal makers are toler-
ably well supplied with orders. So far as they are
concerned the trade scale of prices is strictly ad-
hered to.

The inquiries for pig iron to-day were only mode-
rate, and that branch of the trade is not in nearly
so satisfactory a state as could be desired. For some
time past the prices obtained for good mine "pig"
of Staffordshire has been barely remunerative to the
producer, who has now to contend with a further
difficulty in the shape of an increasing tendency to
advance in the price of native ores, which are be-
coming so scarce as to very much imperil the pros-
perity of the trade. Even now the pig-masters
who do not raise their own " mine" are doing but
poorly, and they have to encounter a competition
which is daily increasing with North Staffordshire,
the Forest of Dean, and the makers in the Cleve-
land districts. These have advantages which South
Staffordshire does not now possess, and the only
chance which the district has of maintaining its
position so far as relates to the make of pig iron is
by producing only that fine quality which gained
for it the supremacy it has enjoyed. The number
of furnaces in blast is about the same as it was
three months ago, and last quarter-day prices are
asked for the best hot-blast iron. For cinder pig
there is little material demand.

A topic discussed at the meeting to-day was the
notices which the puddlers have given for an ad-
vance of wages; some of these expired last Satur-
day, and the men have been making holiday since,
the masters having refused to accede to the demand
made upon them; in fact, they are not in a position
to do so, inasmuch as the wages scale is higher noW
than in former years in comparison with the price
of finished iron. There is no probability that the
men will stand out when they see what the deter-
mination of their employers really is. It is the
custom to select a holiday time as the period when
notices for an advance of wages may expire, so that
there may be an excuse for a few extra days'
"play.'' On this occasion it may go over to the
end of the week, but by next Monday or Tuesday
it is most likely that all the men will have gone in
again at the old prices.

The great meeting of the trade will take place in
the Town-hall at Birminghom on Thursday.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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NEWARK--WEDNESDAY.
About the usual quantity of wheat offered to. day, and
prices generally the same as last week. Barley was slow,
and in favour of the buyer. Oats unchanged. Beans
scarce, and at extreme quotations.
White wheat new, 50s to 56s Barley, grinding.. 27s to 300
Red do. 43s to 48s Oats old, .. 26s to 290
Old white sos to 56s , New do 22s to 270
Red do. 43s to 48s I Beans. 42s to 450
Barley, malting.... 37s to 41s I Beans, new 35s to 390
Peas, ....335 to 38s.

HULL—TUESDAY.
A moderate supply of English wheat today, which met
a fair sale, at about last week's currency. Beans steady.
Barley dull, and hardly so dear. Oats as before.
Wheat.... Old white....per qr. sos Od to 52s Od
Old red ...... ~ 46s Od to 488 Od
New white ..
~
New red .... ~
Barley.... English malting 328 Od to 388 Od
Grinding 27s 6d to 29s Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 2Bs Od to 298 Od
Grinding 2Bs Od to 31s Od
0at5...... English, old 26s Od to 28s Od
Archangel and Riga, per st osl2id to 13d
Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 08131 d
Swedish and Danish osl2ld to NMI
Beam ....English, old, per qr
New pigeon
New tick.
Egyptian
Peas Foreign boilers .. 36s Od tu 38s Od
Grinding
—8 Od tc 38s Od
Tares .... Spring.
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 56s Od
crushing . 4os Od to 52s Od
Linseed cakes (HuR) £9 15 0 to £lO 0 0
Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0
Bones

LYNN—'
A tolerable show of wheat
at a reduction of is per qr.
the same may be said of oats
White 4ss to 53s
R6d 44s to 47a
Beans 3ls to 38s
New 36a to 38s

COAL

'IIESDAY.

to-day, with a slow demand.
Barley dull, at late rates, and
and beans.

Barley. . 35s to 400
Grinding ..32s to 338
Oats .22s to 240
Peas —s to —0

ARKET.

Prtoes of Coal per Ton a'

the Close of the market.

Byass's Bebside West s. d.
Hart1ey,,.,,,,, 15 3
Carway and Duffryn
Malting ..... 19 6
Lambert's West Hart-
ley ..... 15 31
Davison's West Hart-
ley 15 0
rantield Moor 12 0
fanlield Moor Butes l2 0
alker Primrose ll 0
Eden Main 14 9
Wylam l5 6
Hastings Hartley l5 3
Holywell 15 3
Ships at market

s. d.
Walls End.
Ha5we11....... l7 3
Hetton 17 3
Cassop 15 0
Riddell l4 3
Hartlepool 16 9
South Hartlepool, 15 0
li el loe . . ...
South Kelloe . 15 6
south Hetton.. 17 3
Wharncliffe l4 3
Gosforth l4 3
Brsddyll's Hetton 16 3
Tunstall ... ..
It, 85 ; sold. 53.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.,
Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... Apr, 18.
_ ........r. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds, byvia BrM arseillesitish packet. ...... . . ApApr. 6.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena..
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.Apry . 18.
via Marseilles ...Apr. 12.
Falkland Islands
........................ May 4.
Gibraltar, via Southampton ................ Apr. 10.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..Apr. 18.
via Marseilles.... Apr. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton .... Apr. 10
via Marseilles . 20.
Portugal.... .................... May Ap
4.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Apr. 10.
via Marseilles May, 5.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Apr. 15.
by U.S. packet....
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W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tey neriffe anadian packet. Apr. 10. A
10.
Bahamas, via New York ...................... May.
7.
Mexico.
.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, }Apr. 13.
California, and British Columbia. ...........
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mporting ea without colour on The leaf pre-
vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual
kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always
good alike. Sold in packets by 2.280 agents.

Births.
DUFF, the 6th inst., at Drummuir, Banffshire, the
wife of Major Gordon Duff, of a son.
LA.RPENT.—On the sth inst., at Thorpe Morieux, the wife
of the Rev. George de Hochepied Larpent, of a daugh-
ter.

MORANT.—On the 7th inst., at Manatan Lodge, Hamp-
stead, Mrs. Robert Morant, of a son.

Marriages.
HEATH—PECK —On the Sth inst., at Paddington, Chris-
topher Heath, Esq., F.R.C.S., of 31, Sackville-street,
Piccadilly, to Sarah, third daughter of the late Rev. J.
Peck.
PECRELL-13ECKFORD.—On the 7th inst., at Broadwater
Church, Sussex, Augustus Pechell, Esq., eldest son of
the Rev. Horace and Lady Caroline Pechell, to Lucy
Jane, only daughter of the Rev. Charles D. Beckford.