The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

There was a little more demand yesterday, both for goods and
yarn, than ou the preceding Tuesday ; but little actual business
was done, and the Market continues extremely flat, so much so,
indeed, that several of the manufacturers of heavy goods, and a
number of spinners have this week begun to work short time. To
what extent this has been carried, we are not able to say precisely,
having heard some conflicting statements on the subject 5 but we
have no doubt, that unless there should speedily be a change in the
Market, the number of mills wholly or partially stopped will be
considerably increased.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, FED. 4.—The market
to.day has been more unfavourable than that of last Monday. In-
deed, but a very limited number of pieces have been sold at any
price. The wool market has been quite as dull, and prices are
rather inclined to give way.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKHT, TUESDAY, FED. s.—This was a brisk
market, although there was an apparent dullness its the Piece Hall,
and comparatively few buyers. The fact is, most of the business
is done to order. The:principal demand is in light fancy woollens,
such as doeskins and tweeds, and in fine broads. The demand for
some styles in fancy woollens is far beyond the supply. In fancy
waistcoatings, especially swandowns, there is a fair demand. The
warehouses, during the week, still continue doing above an average
trade for the season. Prices on the whole are remunerating, not-
withstanding th,, high price of the raw material, which is bought in
confidence that wools will maintain their present price.

Those of our readers who are subscribers to the
Mendl,ty Society are well aware that the tickets of the Society
are in very ill odour with street beggars, who always turn up
their noses atibem. The other day a beggar called at a house
in the Tything, and had a ticket given to him. He looked at it
for a moment with huge disdain, and exclaimed " None of your
paper currency—l am for cash payments ;" he forthwith corn.
mitted the obnoxious " rag" to the kennel. It is very clear to
us that if the " benevolent" would Issue paper only, our streets
would be still more free from beggars. We are indebted to the
Society for our comparative exemption from these impel tinences.
DR. CARSON'S METHOD OF SLAUGHTERING
CATTLE.—The terms smothering and strangling have
ignorantly been applied to the new patent method of
slaughtering; but the patent method differs so far from
these modes of destroying life as to be exactly the reverse
of them. If an ox be killed either by knocking, pithing,
smothering, or strangling, or by any other method, and
immediately stuck in the usual way, a mass of fluid, to the
amount of between forty to seventy pounds, and contain-
ing, with the colouring matter of blood (which is admitted
to be renewed at every breath from the purest part of the
atmosphire), the lymphatic, lacteal, and serous juices of
the parts traversed by the larger circulation, nearly all the
edible parts of the body, and the chief nutritive fluids, will
be instantly discharged ; while the same animal, if •killed
by the new method, and stuck in the same way, would not
be found to yield more than a spoonful or two of this mass,
which, when properly distributed, is the most delicious and
nutritive part of the frame, and which, if entirely with-
drawn, would leave the remainder unfit for human food._
Liverpool Albion.
We understand Lord J. Russell has appointed
Mr. Wedgwood, the ex-Peace Magistrate, Registrar of Hackney
Coaches.

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We are authorized to state, that in consequence
of the death of his father, the Right lion. Henry Labouchcre, was
not present at the dinner given by Lord John Russell to the Parlia-
mentary supporters of Ministers on Monday last.