The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

STATE CIF THE WOOLLEN TRA DE.

(Front the _Leeds Mercury of this clay.)
The imports of wool into London during the week
have been 10,6,3 S bales, of which 2,310 were froth Port
Philip, 1,261 . EOTII Port Fairy, 3,971 from Sydney.
2,076 from, 01.3 Cape of Good Hope, 436 from New
Zealand, 237 fr, mi. Buenos Ayres, 86 from Belgium, and
the rest from G -erniany,
In the forei, wool trade the comparatively light
stocks both of :oreign and colon" al wools that have as
yet appeared in tEe market are being gradually cleared
off at recent quo Cations, the manufacturers being the
chief buyers.

In theEnglisli wool market we have had another flat
week as to sales; .of wool; prices tend in favour of buyers.
In the Livemo. A wool market trade is very quiet, but
as stocks are non at all heavy, we cannot remark nr..leh
change in price., Imports for the past week have been
—4lB bales Bu en.os Ayres, 72 Rio Grande, 73 Lisbon,
73_Gibra!tar, an.d. 673 Trieste.

In the woolle u. trade cf.-Leeds, there was a decided
improvement in ie market on Saturday. The demand
for nearly all des,criptions of goods was brisk and animated,
and a fair quant it rof cloth changed hands.' On Tuesday
there was a flat a 3d quiet inarket,and only an indifferent bu-
siness was transa .ct ed. The trade in the warehouses ha been
flat and quiet tl us week for the. home market ; but there
are, and have. bt:en, several Canadian buyers in the
town (hiring the. :last few days, and the shipping busi-
ness is conscqu( ar;ly beginning to move a little.
RunnEnsFtErm..—We have had about an average
amount of busi ne:ts done for the season. Still the mar-
ket is comparati'.vcly quiet, but manufacturers continue
to be well employ ed. New patterns are chiefly looked
after, and in an y class of goods meet with purchasers.
ROCHDALE )FLANNEL.---There has been a tolerably
fair'amount of intsiness transacted in the piece market,
at prices much th e-same as those of the preceding week.
The wool mar‘klit -continues dull and inactive ; the
manufacturer buy very sparingly, and prices aro in
favour of the b uyer.

ELECTION or ;SHERlFFS.—Yesterday a Common Hall
of the Livery of London was held in the Guildhall, for
the purpose off nominating and electing two fit
and proper pc rsons to serve the office of Sheriffs of
London and SI-Leriff of Middlesex. The Lord Mayor,
attended by a Large body of aldermen and civic autho-
rities, entered I;he hall and took the chair at 20 minutes
after one o'clock. The Recorder then briefly opened
the proceeding 3. The Common Sergeant announced the
names of severril persons in rotation to servo the office of
sheriff. Mr. I )eputy Peacock came forward and asked
that Mr. Turn'tey should be excused from serving during
the present ye, sr. (Cries of " No, no.") The name of
Alderthan Wir, 3 as the next alderman to serve the office
being read, it \ vas received with loud cries of "No, no."
The names of ?lir. Norris, Mr. Turnley, and Mr. Shep-
person having been put to the hall, the show of hands
for the two lat':.er gentlemen was almost universal. The
sheriff (Mr. Alderman Carter) then declared Mr. Turn-
ley and Mr. Shtopperson duly elected to serve the office
of sheriffs. Sir John Key having been re-elected Cham-
berlain, addressed the Livery, thank'ng them for the
support he had received. The usual officers of the cor-
poration wero then elected, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday, after the Com-
mon Hail, a Court of Aldermen was held. The election
of Mr. Joseph Townley and Mr. Thomas Shepperson as
Sherif& was returr.ed to the court, and the report of the
Comptroller upon the balance of cash in the chamber
vas presented. The Reform Committee of the Court of
Common Council presented by the clerk of that court
the resolutions the adoption of which they recommended
to the Court of Aldermen. They were in favour Qf dis-
continuing the Aldermanry of Bridge Without, repealing
the act of council relating to it, and for abstaining from an
election to fill up the present vacancy. Upeil receipt of
these resolutions a conference was appointed with the
committee, and immediately took place. Upon the re-
turn of the deputation, a discussion took place, and the
resolutions of the committee found little favour. It was
at length resolved to fill up the vacancy. Alderman
Thompson Sir P. Laurie, and Alderman Farebrother
having declined to take the ()Mee, the question was put
to Alderman Wilson, who accepted it. The Lord Mayor
announced that he would immediately give orders for
issuing a precept to fill up the vacancy in the Ward of
Castle Baynard, vacated by Alderman Wilson.
FATAL TERAIINA''!ION OF A LUNACY COMMISSION.—
Mrs. Cumminv, who it will be remembered was some
months ago thje subject of an expensive and protracted
cher ommission. (rig lunatico
ence in St. John's-wood, inquirendo, died last Tuesday at
'from physical infirmi-
consequent upon her advanced age and the inces-
sent anxieties to which she was subjected by the lunacy
commission, and the further proceedings that were to
have taken place thereon but for the intervention of her
death.

GOVERNORSHIP OF JAMAICA.—It is stated that Mr.
Henry Barkley, Governor of British Guinea, who has
recently arrived in London, has been offered the gover-
norship of Jamaica, and is likely to proceed thither
almost immediately to. replace Sir Charles Grey.
DISTURBANCES BETWEEN WELCH AND IRISH WORK-
MEN.—Several disturbances have taken place, and the
greatest antipathy has been shown, between the Welch
and Irish labour ers and workmen employed on the iron
works at Nanty Jo, Beaufort, and Brynmawr. This ill-
will originated in. a severe case of stabbing, which took
place in a put dic-house at Ebbw-vale, when, in a
drunken brawl, Welchman was severely stabbed in
the abdomen. As soon as this outrage was known
among the hills t be greatest indignation was manifested
on the part of I he Welch against the Irish, and the
former employed at the forges and elsewhere showed
great hostility. In many places the Irish were pelted
with stones, and at Brynmawr a mob of 3,000 Welch-
men paraded the streets threatening death if the Irish
did not leave. Stones were thrown, but the Irish
residents immediately left, selling their tools for what
they would bring . Hundreds of men were thus thrown
out of work. t ,nstables were sworn in to preserve the
peace.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

A decree in the M oniteur appoints M. de Manpas,
senator, to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minis-
tee Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, in the place
of M. A. Barrot. —Another decree gives the nomination
of M. A. Barrot to the Court of Brussels, in the place
of M. His de Butenval, who is appointed member of the
Council of State.

An imperial decree in the Moniteur nominates as
members of the Senate M. de Padoue, Councillor of
State ; M. Berger, ex-Prefect of the Seine ; M. P. Me-
rimde Member of the Institute ; and the Marquis de
Lavalette, ex-Ambassador.

The Emperor has nominated M. Haussman, Prefect of
the Gironde, to the place of Prefect of the Seine, in the
room of M. Berger, raised to the dignity of Senator.—
M. de Mentque, Prefect of the Loire-Inferieure, is re-
moved to the Gironde ; and Al. Heni; Chevreau, Secre-
tary-General' of the Interior and Councillor of State
unattached to any section, is named to the Prefecture of
the Loire-Inferieure.

The Moniteur contains a decree from the Emperor,
modifying the organisation of the Ministerial Depart-
ment of the Interior, so as to meet the changes called
for by uniting to that department the Ministry of Pollen.
The Moniteur contains a report to the Emperor front
the Duke de Plaisance, Grand Chancellor of the Legion
of Honour, insisting on the necessity of laying down
more stringent rules for the practice of wearing fbreign
decorations in France, and proposing regulations to that
effect. The report declares that all decorations, whether
called FrenCh or foreign, conferred by'chapters, corpo-
rations, brotherhoods, or p7etended grand-masters or
their delegates ought to be considered illegal, and pun-
ished by fine and imprisonment. In the same way, the
order of Malta cannot be worn by a French subject. un-
less conferred by a sovereign, and duly authorised by
the proper authority in. France. An imperial decree
follows, carrying out the suggestions of the report.
The market for Government Securities was generally
active throughout the day, and, at the termination of
business, an advance had taken place in every descrip-
tion of stock. The concluding quotationS were :—For
cash—Three per Cents., 77f. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 101 f. 75c. For the account--Three per Cents.,
77f. 20c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 65c. Bank
Stock, 2,680 f. No transactions took place in the shares
of the Mortgage Bank, which are still quoted at 700 f. ;
in those of the Societd Mobilibre, however, there was
an advance of 15f., the final quotations being 8,000. There
was a considerable movement in affairs at the Railway
Share Market, and eventually a general improveme:A
had been established in that description of public secu-
rity. Closing prices : Northern, 890 f. ; OrleanS,
1,065 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons,
904 f. 50e. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,015 f. ; Lyons to the
Mediterranean, 727 f. ; Western, 710 f. ; Rouen and
Havre, 470 f.