The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-12 00:00:00

STATE Or TRADE.

There was a very flat market for most descriptions of
goods and yarns yesterday, and some 'descriptio-,
of goods, and especially printing cloths and dor.les_
tics, were a shade lower than at the close of
last week. There was, however, an improved de•Lna.in.
for some descriptions of yarn, and for 4r inch
shirtings, suitable for the India market. TP.,5 demand
caused an impression, which the arrival
Morning Papers showed to be correct,' , ! n•
inat interitgeL‘ee
of the Lamina
.kidia ; and it is pr,
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elligence cannot have
been
hadlini
ebdve
eetr7;
atu unfavourable,
receivedtfai
regret to say that a eon
siderable number of fail':,res have been announced
vourable. We
within the last few dP.45 ; but the majority of thtm
are of firms net 'very directly connected with the
staple business of the town, though two or three :ire
so. Yesterday afternoon there was a'report, which ir
countenane -.d by one of the London Morning Pape,„,,
of the failure of a most extensive retail house at the
west end of ,London ,* and the debts were stat-eel to
amount to an enormous sum, but to be owing princi-
pally in a foreign country. Whether there was any
foundation for the report was, perhaps, very donbtfut ;
but it helped to increase the gloom which was gene-
rally prevalent. Amongst the reports whiff' we 11,
upon the exchange, was one to tke effect that
Mr. M'Gregor, the English Env at the Court of
Naples, had succeeded in concl.liding ' a c'Arnnercial
treaty with that country, tinder the g'.4arantee of '
Austria, and on fair and. equitable terrris. Amongst
these were the ahr,iition of tie alasurd and mis-
chievous the
of brim.stone,, of which our
the other hand
manufacturers have so justly complained, and, on
, tine admisF,ion of Neapolitan oils into
this country on. the same terms as Spanish oWe
this statement will turn out to be correctil., thouebe., Li-
therto it 'Alas received Lo confirmation from the London.
papers.—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday.
. There is no truth in the report.—En. Suit.

Mr. and Lady Mary Ross have arrived i'.c town
for the season.
SUPPLY OF COAL.—The enormous czonsum
tion of coals produced by the appliew.in ei the steapm-
engine in the arts and manufacture.,, as well as to l-
ways and navigation, has of late 'fears
excited the fearairs
of many as to the possibility og, the exhaustion of our
coal mines. Such appreb.ensicins are, however, altogether
groundless. If the ~,rese'.at consumption of coal he
estimated at sixteen mill:ons of tons annually, it is de.
raonstrable that ',:he coal fields of this country would
not be exhausted for many centuries. But, in specua-
tions like these, the probable if not certain progress of
improver...tent and discovery ought not to be overlooked ;
and we may safely pronounce, that long before such •a
period of time shall have rolled away, before d
mere
powerful mechanical agents will supersede the ur,e of
coal. Philosophy already directs her finger at sr,
urces
of inexhaustible power in the phenomena of electricity
and magnetism. The alternated decornpositkm, and re-
composition of water, by magnetism and elocetricity b' As
too close an analogy to the alternate processes of vap..,ri-
zation and condensation, not to occur at °n e 8
mind ; the development of the gases from, solid Tfiatter
by the operation of the chemical affie:ities, subsequent condensation into the li,.fuid forra, has al-
ready been essayed as a source of power. In a word,.
the general state of physical scier4ce at the present mo—
ment, the vigour, activity, and sagacity with which re-
searches in it are prosecuted 'to every civilized country,
the increasing co.osideratirA in which scientific men are I
held, and the •dersonal honours and rewards which begin ,
to be conferred upon them, all justify the expectation
tact we are on the eve of mechanical discoveries still 1
greater than any which have yLt appeared ; and that the I
steam engine itself, with the gigantic powers conferrer','
upon it by the immortal Watt, will dwindle into insi
f?
nificance in comparison with the energies of nat ore
which arc still to be revealed ; and that the da' / will
come when that machine which is now extendi•
blessings of civilization to the most remote skirt ,eli the
globe will cease to have existence, except in tt
.de page Of
ae• the
history.—The Steam Engine, by Dr. Lard 4er.
SINGULAR DEATH.---OR the 2:4th ult. an
inquest was held at Mid Levant en the, body of Ann
HaNett, a girl just 16. The deceased was under
nursemaid in the service: of Wm. Webber, Esq., and.
came to her death by t:rie following extraordinary acci.
dent :—Mr. Webbe.r's footman. bad been brewing -cm
Wednesday, the 9:lth ; the beer had been taken dawn
into the cellar, and a portion of it was standing a
tub to cool. The servant left the cellar between in
six
and seven o'clock in the evening, having placed a lighted
candle on a block near the bottom of the stairs, end just,
opposite the tub of beer, to prevent accident in. case as 41
one went down in his absence. At about half-r.ast
seven, it seems, the deceased went down to, get some
coal, having a lighted candle in one hand •and a .dkuttle
in the other. By some means she fell over the ,
and immediately returned up stairs, winere 'Am met a
fellow-servant, to whom she observed, "' I am in
pretty mess" (pointing to her cl'athesl, and, that she had a
hurt her chest. Soon after ;lie be(zame unwell, and de.
sired to be taken to bed, vttere she became hysterical,
and shortly afterwards speechless. A surgeon was )
immediately sent for, but she died beforeihis w
ade,
en
the inquest a post taut examination Was made, when
no rupture of any blood-vessel was discovered, tend
every part was in a perfectly healthy state, except the
liver, which was much diseased. It is supposed.irthat 1
the deceased struck the pit of her stomach agai•nstith A
edge of the tub, and so, from the state of the lirer,'derAth
ensued.
H eAxharraem. atßkaobbleerteHasoeppoefr,sgttavlehri:
(laxboh'apt'ssic'xctyclifrea.erds atof
age, and who is deeply marked wi',,h the mall.pox,
which he had when quite young, is under the same complaint.
questprosp eoeft7.olf,(r)or_olillistinogytoheehalabt7ers,Mr.
"'New/castle Chronicle.
We are glad to state, tha' at prese..it labouring
i; there is now a fair
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from New Orleans r
Courant. elative to the money.—Elgiet
The most appropriate punishment for the coin-
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author of Othello Travestie. by the
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SUP:ADE AT S'"
.. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HANG-.
VEP...SQUARE.-7( esterday morning a suicide was co.,n-
mitred in
f1,,._ one of the vaults of St. George's Church,
_.,over-square, by an elderly man, an out-door pauper
belonging to the parish, who occasionally tolled the
church bell. He was found hanging by the neck, ult.
dead.