The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-18 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL.

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Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; veal,
4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81b by the
careaso.

BREAD.

The price of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
6id to rd, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.

Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2-id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to
31-d ; 721 b to 801 b, 314 to 30 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3141 to 4d ; 881 b
to 961 b, 4d to 4-1 d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b,
Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to 108 Od ; calf-skins, light,
2s Gd to 4s Od; full, 6s Gd to Os Od; polled sheep, 12s Od to
14s Od ; half-breds, 10s Od to lls Gd ; Downs, 7s Od to 9s Od;
shearlings, is 7d to Os Od.

HAY MARKETS.

Siarrnymn.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 10s; clover,
£5 lOs to 46 lOs; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Trade inactive.

CUMBERLAND.-31eadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to £6 108 ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
A slow demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4los to £5 108 ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Trade dull.

COAL MARKET, FEB. 17.
Price per ton at the close of the mark,.t.
s. d. s. d.
Bowers West Hartley 15 0 Tunstall
Cowen Hartley. :".'• .il 0 South Hetton
0 Walls End Hetton
Davison's W. Hartley --
Walls End Haswell,.. Z 3 6 i lietton Lyons 22 9
Braddylle Hetton 22 9
Ships at marker

30;ty golu,

STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CYLDE.—In...
of a fleet of steamers now being built for the postal
and general service of Java and the other extensive Dutch
possessions in the Eastern Archipelago, has been launched
from the yard of Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co. The ves-
sels are to be built on the composite principle, in which the
whole of the frame or skeleton is of iron and the interior of
wood. Tho numberof vessels required is nine, varyingfrom
1,000 tons and 200-horse power to 500 tons and 100-horse
power, with large freight and passenger carrying capabilities.
The construction of the four largest of, these steamships has
been intrusted to Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., and
they are being fitted with horizontal geared engines, likely
to be attended with economy with respect to fuel. The ves-
sel just launched •is named Koenig William 111. She is
225 ft. long, 51ft. broad, and 22ft. deep, and her draught of
water when loaded will be 12ft. The fine steamer Europe,
one of the fleet of three built by Messrs. Scott and Co., for
the French Compagnie Generale Transatlantiquo, has
made a satisfactory trial of her engines in Victoria Ilar-
honr, Grsenock. The burden of the Europe is 3,400 tons
builder's measurement, and she is a sister ship to the
Washington and Lafayette, at present plying between
New York thid Ifavre. The machinery of the Europe,
like that of the sister ships, was made by the Greenock
Foundry Company. The engines are side levers of 850-
horse power nominal, and the diameter of the cylinders
is 941 in., with a stroke of 108 in. The paddles are 37ft
Gin, in diameter. The boilers of the Europe are six in
number—four of them are for working the engines, the
two others being donkey boilers. The fuur large boilers
weigh, when empty, 60 tons each ; they aro 22ft. long, 14ft.
high, and 12ft. broad. The four boilers have among them
1,131 brass tubes, each ift. long and 3in. in diameter, and
they are fired by 24 furnaces, each 10ft. long.
DEER DYING IN THE HIGHLANDS FROM WANTOF
FOOD.—In the neighbourhood of Craithie, adjoin-
ing the Royal estates of Balmoral and Abergeldie, the
storm is so severe that the deer are very badly off fort food,has
and have in some cases died from want. Nec
made them bold, and they have begun to pluudordtshsaolsLaancyk:
yards of the farmers, by whom they are reqardee
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