The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-14 00:00:00

KELLY'S POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.

" Kelly's Post Office Directory" is a work which
needs but a simple announcement. Its merits are
so thoroughly recognised that to commend it would
be as much a work of supererogation, as to coat-
mend what may be termed a Counting;House Bible.
For ourselves we can only say that we find its
services indispensable. The preface to this edition-
mentions that " several additions have been made to
the present volume : lists of hundreds and poor
law unions have been included in the topography
of each county ; it is stated under each parish in
what hundred, union, and county court district it is
situate, as well as the diocese, archdeaconry, and
rural deanery; and the college and university of
every beneficed clergyman have been given. The
post office savings banks have been noticed; the
names of the parish clerks are given under each
parish ; and lists of farm bailiffs of gentlemen
farming their own land have been added. The
bulk of the Directory has again increased con •
siderably : the third edition consisted of 1,420
pages; the fourth had increased to 1,752 pages;
and the present contains 1,986 pages. The value
of the Directory, however, will depend principally
on the fact that it has been most carefully correc-
ted, every parish having been personally visited by
the agents during the last six months."

LARGE ARRIVALS OF COT7ON FROM
BOMBAY AT LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, Monday.—lie following vessels have at'
rived at this port from Bombay, with cotton :

Matilda Atheling
Pericles 4,766
Zuleika
Camperdown
Douglas Castle
Morning Light

Total
In addition to these large arrivals. 1,300 bales are 0'
petted by the Peterhoff, advices of whose arrival at Hall"
fax from Nassau have been received. There is also at sea
a cargo of 1,000 bales of American cotton, shipped frora
Spain, and consigned to a firm in Liverpool.

STATE OF TRADE.—NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE
Oct. 13.—The iron and coal works of this district continue
to be well employed, and the colliers and miners find but
little difficulty in procuring work. Wages, it is true, are
low, as compared with what was received some years ago,
but if a sufficiency of work can be obtained there is no rota
to complain. The quarterly meeting of the ironmasters 01
Staffordshire was looked forward to with some interest /0
South Wales, and the favourable reports have exercised 0n
important influentee on the trade of the district. A fort-
night since the demand for merchant bars had slightly re-
ceded, but within the last few days several large order.
have ccme in, and the market is quite brisk as regards thle
particular description of iron. The same may be said of
rails, and there is a considerable inquiry for plates and
sheets. The orders that have been recently received fr.:tea
American houses have taken the ironmasters rather by Bur'
prise, as they expected but little from that quarter until the
present fratricidal struggle is over. The present quotation
of rails at the works is £6, and merchant bars £5 los. to
£5 15s. The coal trade evinces increased activity, and the
different collieries can hardly keep up with the demand.
Preparations are being made for opening several new coal-
fields, which will greatly increase the supply, The 9ft.-
vein has been struck at Abercarn, and it is expected thatthe colliery will commence working in a short time. Tll°
Machen Company's new pit at Bedwas is progressing
favourably, and there are several other new openings about
to be made. The present prices of steam coals, free on
board, are 7s. 6d. to Bs.; house coals, Bs. 6d. to 9s. 6d.
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday, as the Parlia-
mentary train, by the London and North-Western
Rail-
way from London,was on its way to Manchester it 'let-
narrow escape from destruction at Longsight. The tr."'
was due at Manchester at 5.35 p.m., and as it neared Lour
sight, soon after 5 o'clock, the driver saw approach'
ing a train from Manchester on the same line of rail;
He was slackening but
found to stop at Longsight, 0
found it necessary to reserve his engine and
put on 11
breaks to avoid a collision, so imminent seemed the dange".
r 1
The driver of the other train did the same, and, fortnoci
ately, both trains were stopped, but the two engines ro
approached within a yard of each other before this could
effectually accomplished. Tho train from Manchester
an engine engine and two empty cattle trucks, and the driver .1;
peared to have been running up the wrong line to t 1
Longsight depot, for coke, notwithstanding ever effort
a;
stop him as he passed the Ardwick station. The tray t
from London had fortunately been detained at Stockl)°r,t
four minutes beyond its time, to have extra carriages Pt,
on, or in all probability it would have met the other train
between Longsight and Ardwick, when both were at big eu'e
then
were and the loss of life might have been great; as icr,
were 14 carriages nearly full of passengers ire the Per 1a
_.
mentary train, The conduct of the driver of the cattle trauguo
who is said to be from Holyhead, will, no doubt, unde.rn t
inquiry, as the rules of the company are severe agai 5
driving on the wrong line under any circumstances.
AN AGED RAVEN.--A sportsman in the neigh,
bourhood of the wood of Clairmarais (Somme) shot i
days ago an unusually large raven of its,
having round one
ords,
legs a small iron ring on which were engraved the
cc Born at Courtry, in 1772." This fact is a coiosvo:
of the opinion of certain naturalists that ravens live for
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