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

THE CONFLICT' IN PRUSSIA.

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 com-
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 state 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
hulk 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 FROg
BOMBAY AT LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, Monday.—The following vessels pave ar-
rived at this port from Bombay, with cotton :

BALES.
Matilda Atheling
Pericles 4,766
Zuleika
do Camperwn
4,633

Douglas Castle
Morning Light

Total
In addition to these large arrivals. 1,300 bales are ex-
pected by the Peterhoff, advices of whose arrival at Hali-
fax from Nassau have been received. There is also at sea,
a cargo of 1,000 bales of American cotton, shipped front
Spain, and consigned to a firm in Liverpool.

STATE OF TRADE.--NEWPORT, MONMOI7THsHIRg
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 sg°'
but if a sufficiency of work can be obtained there is no roots
to complain. The quarterly meeting of the ironmastera of
Staffordshire was looked forward to with some interest in
South Wales, and the favourable reports have exercised an
important influence 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 orders
have ccme in, and the market is quite brisk as regards this
particular description of iron. The same may be said of
rails, and there is a considerable inquiry for plates an
sheets. The orders that have been recently received frona
American houses have taken the ironmasters rather by sur-
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 £slox. 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 that
the colliery will commence working in a short time. The
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.--011 Saturday, as the Parlia-
mentary train, by the London and North-Western Rail-
way from London,was on its way to Manchester it had
narrow escape from destruction at Longsight. The tram,-
-
was due at Manchester at 5.35 p.m., and as it neared Long'
sight, soon after 5 o'clock, the driver saw approach-
ing a train from Manchester on the same line of raga•
He was slackening
found it necessary speed to stop at Longsight,
cessary to reserve his engine and put on 111°
breaks to avoid a collision, so imminent seemed the daeger.
The driver of the other train did the same, and, fortuad-
ately, both trains were stopped, but the two engines b.%
approached within a yard of each other before this could was
effectually accomplished. The train from Manchester 91_,
an engine and two empty cattle trucks, and the driVer *le
peared to have been running up the wrong line to
t to
Longsight depot, for coke, notwithstanding ever effor'sio,
stop him as he passed the Ardwick station. The tr rt
from London had fortunately been detained at Stookl)filt
four minutes beyond its time, to have extra carriages !:.jr,
on, or in all probability it would have met the other t. 7).
between Longsight and Ardwick, when both were atfi:ro
speed, and the loss of life might have been great, as "...lily.
were 14 carriages nearly full of passengers in the
mentary train, The conduct of the driver of the cattle
who is said to be from Holyhead, will, no doubt, und rst
inquiry, as the rules of the company are severe again
driving on the wrong line under any circumstances.
_h_
AN AGED RAVEN.—A sportsman in the neow
bourhood of the wood of Clairmarais (Somme) shot all
days ago an unusually large raven, having round
(3n:verdet
legs a small iron ring on which were engraved the .
"Born at Courtry, in 1772." This fact is a conflrat,ator w:
of the opinion of certain naturalists that ravens live I
century and uPWAßlB.—Galignani,