The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-17 00:00:00

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—There is still no life in the market,
and though business is limited in amount, it does not affect
prices at present; but this can hardly be expected to continue
without an improved demand for most goods. There is no-
thing fresh to notice either in yarns or wool.
Leans, TUESDAY.—Things are not quite so brisk as for
the last few weeks ; but this, it must be remarked, is gene-
rally the case during harvest operations. The high price of
wool has, no doubt, its effect, as it is now fast approaching the
high rates of 1836, which makes the most extensive buyers
very cautious. A large business is expected to be done on
Irish account as soon as the fields are cleared. Although a
good business is doing at present for America, it is by no
means equal to what it has been known. Wool, it is gene-
rally thought, cannot maintain its present high value; indeed,
we think it would be possible in some cases now to buy on
more favourable terms.

HULDER9FIELD, TURSDAL—Things arc very brisk to-day ;
every description of goods found ready buyers, and at prices
satisfactory to the manufacturers. The inquiry for fancy
articles is unusually good. Wools are held firmly for late
prices.
BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—AII kinds of plain goods for
printing continue in demand, and the lower qualities of 6-4;11
merinos are really scarce in the market. In consequence of
t'ie larger buyers for the home trade coming into the market
rather earlier than usual, the stocks in the warehouses have
been considerably reduced, and now the country purchasers
are in the market. The stocks of finished goods are there.
fore not large... Yarns :—These sell readily at very full
pr:ecs. Wool :—The finer qualities are most in demand. A
fair amount of business is doing in other kinds at the prices
last reported.
YORK WOOL MARKF.T.--The market to-day was well at-
tended by buyers, and a large business done at the fu'l
prices of last week. Half hog and ewe, 1.5 d. to 16d.—Man.
chester Guardian of Sept. 15.

On Friday Mr. Grove, the Magistrate of Wor,hip-
,Areet Police-office, directed the attention of Mr. Smith, the
Solicitor to the Board of Trustees of the parish of St. Luke,:
to the shameful state of the paving of Moor fields, one of the
most ert.-nsive thoroughfares in the metropolis. lie observed
that on the City side the roadway was smooth and level, but
in their parish all up the road there were continual holes and
ruts. Mr. S.nith said that he would make a representation
to the Board of the state of the road.
MAGISTERIAL APPOINTMENT.—Maurice Swa-
hey, Esq., Barrister-at-law, has been appointed a Magistrate
of Union-Hall POW Office, vacant by the resignation of Mr.
Wedgwood, which' tick place some time back. The appoint-
ment of Mr. S abey, who is well qualified, having filled the
_situation of Pollee Magistrate some years ago, has given ge
neral satisfaction. to the inhabitants of the Southern division of.
the Metroi.oliv, by whom he is known as a clever and
ictelli-
gen Magistrate.

• `Ye. have -:been told that there is " nothing in a
name," end that " a rem by any other Tiara?, would smell as
sweet." We are n.it at all inclined to dispute the correctness
'of these axioms, for we are about to relate ao anecdote in sup-
po- t4f ttletn. A worthy gentlelnan of this town. distinguished
alike for the urbanity of 'his manners and the hospitality of his
fable, invited A lb,w friends to stepper one evening, when he dis-
• evered ut the f. give board a Lyon, a Hogg, and two Lambs,
ail feeding out of one dish.—eirmbei land Pacquet. •
Great numhers of harvest men are in the practice of
standing in the open'space called " The Cross," at Oswestrv,
on the S. td ah, waiting for masters. M. Clarke, the ,aptl.st
Minist(r, took his stand behind the sign board
entrance of Messrs. David Thomas and son, on Sunday ',lSt,
and addresszd about 400 perso-,, trom Meth. xx, 6 V. " Wmhy
stand ye here all ay idle r which a poor hong. uenneex,
ployed•
v Cafur.lan loully replied to, in the words t"
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The unpropitious weather, which for so long a time im-
peded the maturity of the grain crops, has at length been suc-
ceeded by a succession of cloudless skies and bright sunny days.
The wheat harvest has become general nearly all over the
country. In the Fylde country a great breath has been cut in the
course of the present week. The same may be said of the Ribble
and Lune districts, and of the corn country between this town
and Ormskirk. The crop is in many instances much prostrated
by the unfavourable weather of July and August, but it is other-
wise free from injury, ths, quality of the grain being generally
very good. Although, as regards this neighbourhood, to expect
an abundant harvest would be inconsistent with present pros-
pects, yet very little short of an average yield will be realized.
Barley and Oats will prove good crops. With regard to
these and other descriptions of agricultural produce, our report
of last week is confirmed by the accounts subsequently re-
ce;ved.—Preston Chronicle.
The harvest has been going on actively during the week in
this neighbourhood. The weather has been highly favourable
with th:! exception of a day or two, and the crop will be, at all
events, fully an average one.—KendalMercury.

WaLits.—Our accounts from the more re-mote districts of
the county are on the whole favourable ; and if fine weather
continues there is no doubt that the crop will be safely secured,
although we fear that it will scarcely turn out a full average.
The weather has been favourable for harvest operations since
our last, and considerable progress has been effected ; yet the
scarcely diminished rates demanded for every kind of grain,
combine with our various reports to warrant the conclusion
that the crop will scarcely reach an average, although the
major portion may be housed in pretty tolerable, or even ex-
cellent condition. This remark is of general application:
With respect to imported corn, but little can be expected in
the prevent state of the Continental markets. Low prices
are therefore quite out of the question. We deem it our duty
frankly to avow this, in order that our fellow citizens may take
heed and prepare, while there is yet time, by habits of industry
and economy, for the rigours of the coming winter. Bread
at Carnarvon is now nearly double the price that it bore last
w inter.— Carizarvon Herald.
SCOTLAND.—Since our last, the weather has been geneally
favourable for harvest work, though rather unsettled, and not
without occasional showers. Harvest in this neighbourhood,
is as general as the state of the weather will allow it to be;
and we feel certain that, with a continuance of such fine wea-
ther as we enjoyed yesterday, the crops will soon be safely
lodged. Fine weather has of late been general over the
country.—Edinburgh Courant.
A favourable change has taken place since the sending of
the following report from Fife :—" Olie of the most tremen-
dous torrents of rain, comparing it; duration with its intensity,
poured out on us on. Thursday last which we ever recollect to
have witnessed, conjoined with a very heavy gale from the
east. It faired somewhat after midnight, and on Friday it was
bright and clear. The wind having set in to the north con-
tinued there till Tuesday, and though the sun shone out the
atmosphere felt most unnaturally cpld—severe frost and heavy
rhymes, by which the potatoes in the low grounds have suffered.
severely, prevailing over night; those of Sunday being par-
ticularly felt. On Monday evening the wind changed, to
south-east, and the temperature is since somewhat improved.
Yesterday a thick drizzly rain set in about mid-day, a•.,d con-
tinued with little intermission till late in the evening. The
barley harvest goes on rapidly around us, and some wheat has
been cut by Mr. Carstairs, and by Mr. Brown, Balgarvie. A
few samples of barley have already been shown in the market.
We have seen no oats as yet in the stook, though they arc
whitening rapidly—we fear too rapidly."
A stalk of oats was pulled a few days ago, on a field be-
longing to the Rev. Dr. Grierson, minister in the parish of
Cockpen, which measured six feet in height, and near the
root one inch in circumference. The head contained 259
grains.

- The crops in our neighbourhood seem nearly all ready for
cutting, while others are fast approaching to maturity.; and
notwithstanding the recent boisterous weather, they are unin-
jured in condition. The fields of wheat are without's spot or
blemish; the oats only ate in places laid down. The weather
of the week has generally been favourable, the heavy rain on
Wednesday afternoon being the only exception. Hiring at
the Gate has been partially commenced ; on Tuesday, some
parties were engaged at 20d. per day.—Berwick Advertiser.
The weather here (Glasgow) continues variable. On Wed-
nesday and Thursday we had heavy _falls of rain. Harvest
operations are consequently suspended in the meantime, but
a considerable portion of the crop is ready for the sickle,
and fair weather is all that is wanted to get it in.—Scots
Times.

IRELAND. —The prospects are most gratifying. We con-
tinue to be blessed with July weather, as July ought to be.
In truth, we doubt whether in the annals of Irish meteorology,
Ireland has, for half a century, seen such a S.eptember as this
month has hitherto been. The therneameter stood at 69
Fahrenheit at midnight; the barometer at the same time crept
back towards " change," but it advanced again thiemorning,
so that there is every prospect of the continuance of the most
glorious harvest weather ever recollected in this country. We
may, therefore, calculate on a fair, if not a full, crop. There
will be some defieioney in the wheat, but none, we should cal-
culate, in any other produce.—Lublin Evening Post.
Since our last report the Corn trade has remained in an in-
active state, and very little business has transpired. The
weather has been for some time very variable, and though -eat
bad, yet damp enough to retard the maturing of the clops_
Reaping is progressing,, however, and in a short time ..so ex-
pect to be liberally supplied with new grain. The cluality of
the wheat we have seen is very indifferent, being with scarcely
an exception, green, and in very damp condition. Oats, on
the contrary, promise by sample to be of good quality. Barley
is very variable, and we do not think the crop will be so good
as is generally imagined. Potatoes are not so well spoken
but as yet we have seelt no reason to doubt of their yieldiarg
well. The English and Scotch markets have been declining
rapidly for all 'rinds of grain, but more particularly for wheat,.
which has fallen 15 to 20 per cent., in consequenee.of fine
weather, and a cessation from speculation; howev,er, we still
hold to the opinion expressed in our last (and, the find it cor-
roborated by all the leading agriculturists)---that as soon as
the foreign grain is released, and the deficiency in the new
wheat becomes apparent, we shall have a considerable re-
action in prices, particularly as but a comparatively srnill pro-
portion of our new wheat *ill be of prime quality,' conse-
quently requiring a large mixtua.e of superior old, of which
there is an unusually reduced stock.—Belfast News Letter.

After 'clue usual service at Surrey Chapel yester-
ItY sZ;veiting, a paper was read by the Rev. Mr. Newth, stat-
lag that on Friday last a person, who was yet unknown, bad,
after attending evening service in that place, droppied down
dead, tire remiains of whom now lay at the parish workhouse
in Marlborough-street. On proceeding thither„ the follow-
ing particulars were elicited :—The deceased Lad been seen
on Friday morning, by Mr. Shermau's servf.nt, sitting on the
steps of the chspe, apparently very ill, and, had been conveyed
to Mr. Sherman's house, where, she had the attendance or
Mr.• Bratty, surgeon, several times during tire day. Feel-
ing herself better towards evening she went to chapel, bu'
on her return was so ranch worse as to induce the partiei•
to send to the relieving Ocor, who directed that she
should at 'once be conveyed to the workhouse, where every
attention eposld be given. Before she, .arrived there,
however, the vital spark was extinet. In ',her possession
Was a hymn-book, in which was critter. William Bridges.
which the is understood to ~ave said was her decease
liesiere ra rm.?. The. Nev. Mr. Blaekbern, of Liintron‘
whose name she had mcritic.ned in the course of the day
was sezit far, but did not snow her. Jt is stilt uncettai,
to whom she belongs.

AI A Tut NI 0 NY.; .--I've been afeerd to ventur- 0„
mail
•men y myself, and I don't altogether think that I shall
spekelAte in that line for one while; it don't jist suit a rev
like me. It's a considerable of a tie ;—and then it a in*
i•••,. a horse-cleat, where, if you don't like the beast, you
put it off in a 17.111 c or a trade, or swop and suit yourself I.
ter; i,ut you must make the best of a lead bargain, on
up with it. It ain't often you meet a crittur of the nigh
t yet gentle ; easy on the bit, sure-foots
spry;•ic—ie
P•Lbediti -
le, no kiekin', or skulkin', or racin' off,
tes.n' to go, or rennin' back, and then clean-limbed: nn
carriage. It's about the diiiimltest piece of busi•-jeas
on.—Sam Slick,

MAILS

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning,

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