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
p
of a single line of new plating on the out skin
upwards
of
ds
the ship. The level of the beaching place isw
of
consequently t 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
18tn inst. 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.—Tbe
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 iroianasters of
this district commenced in this town this afternoon.
The attendaLce 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 flat qu'irter-day. It is most
likely, however, that inzreased 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 gold 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 paddlers 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 employees 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, &Os to 66s Barley, grinding.. 27s to 30s
Red do 43s to 48s Oats, old, .. 26s to 29s
Old white ........ 50s to 56s New do 22s to 275
Red do 43s to 48s Beans. 42s to 45s
i
Barley, malting 37s to 41s Beans, new.. 35s to 390
Peas, .... 33s to 38s.

HULL—TUESDAY.
A moderate supply of English wheat to-day, which met
a fair sale, at about last week's currency.sans steady.
Barley dull, and hardly so dear. Oats as before.
Wheat.... Old white per qr. sos Od to 52s Od
Old red
),
New white .. „
New red .... „
Barley.... English malting ...........
Grinding 27s 6d to 29s 08
Saul and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 2Bs Od to 29s Od
Oats ......E
Grindi
lisnhgold 2Bs Od to 31s Od
ng, 26s Od to 28s oa
Archangel and Riga, per st osl2lid to 13d
Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 05130
Swedish and Danish osl2 id to 08138
Beans ....Enwglish, old, per qr 4ss Od to 46s Od
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od
New tick
Egyptian
Peas Foreign boilers
Grinding
Tares ....Spring.
—5 Od to —s Od
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding 62s Od to 56s Od
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to £lO 0 0
Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0
Bones 5 5 oto 510 0

LYNN-'

A tolerable show of wheat
at a reduction of is per qr.
the same may be said of oats
White .....45s to 63s
Rid.. 445 to 47a
Beans
New 368 to 38s

COAL

i-rioed of Coal per Ton a'

'UESDAY.

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

s. d.
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley l5 3
Carway and Duffryn
Malting ,..19 6
I ,ambert's West Hart-
ley 15 3
Davison's West Hart-
ley
..15 0
laniield Moor ........ 12 0
fantield Moor Butes ..12 0
alker Primrose .....11 0
Eden Main .. 14 9
Wylam 15 61
Hastings Hartley l5 3 i
Holywell l5 3

Barley. 3ss to 400
Grinding ..32s to 339
Oats .22s to 249
Peas —8 to —0

ARKET.

the close 01 the market.

Walls End.

8. d.

ships at marks

Haswell ...... .. 17 3
Hetton l7 3
Cassop l5 0
Riddell
Hartlepool 16 9
South Hartlepool_ _l5 0
K elloe
South Kelloe l5 6
South Hetton ~.17 3
Wharneliffe l4 3
Gosforth l4 3
Br3ddyll's Hetton 16 3
Tunsta►l

1,, 85 ; sold, 63.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.,
Auslralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 18.
via Marseilles .. Apr. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Apr. 6.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. , May 3.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarnpton.Apr. 18.
via Marseilles ...Apr. 12.
Falkland Islands
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. Apr. 20.
Portugal.... May 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Apr. 10.
via . Marseilles May, 5.
Newfoundland ... .........
Oporto and Vigo Apr. 15.
.............
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Apr. 15.
by U.S. packet.,
b Canadian packet.. 10.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Ty eneriffe Apr Apr. 10.
Bahamas, via New York May 7.
Mexico
.... Apr. 2.8.
All plifornia, anarts of Wed
British st Indies,
Colluu incmbiading Chili, Peru, 1 Apr. 13.

Importing Tea 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.
DUFP.—On the 6th inst., at Drummuir, Banffshire, the
wife of Major Gordon Duff, of a son.
LARPENT,--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.

—On the Sth inst., at Paddington, Chris..
HEATH--PECKtoherHeath, Esq., F.R.C.S., of 31, Sackyille-street,
Piccadilly, to Sarah, third daughter of the late Rev. J.
Peck.
PECHELL—BECKFORD.—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.

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THE NEW THEATRE COMPANY
(Limited).
Established under "The Companies Act, 1R62," limiting the
liability of the shareholders to the amount subscribed.
Capital, £125,000 in 5,00) shares of £25 each, with power to

increase.
Deposit on application, XI per share ; and on allotment,
X_ per share.

It is anticipated that not more than £l2 per share will be re-
quired to be call d up. Ts..o months' interval between
each call.

rATnozi s.

The Duke of Wellington. l The Earl of Hardwi ke.
The Duke of Leineter. The Ea 1 of Sefton.
The Marquis of Dom- gal. The Earl of Pudley.
The Marquis of Normanby. , The Earl of Westmoreland.
The Earl of Malmesbury. Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P.
The Earl Grosvenor. Colonel the Honourable J.
Macdonald.