The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

TRADE AND NAVIGATION RETURNS.

The official returns of the trade and navigation of the
United Kingdom for the month and seven months ending
Aug. 5, have been issued.

The comparison of imports for the month ia as
under :-

1853. 1854.
Oxen no. 5,159 ...... 5,774
Sheep no. 21,811
Wheat qrs. 691,738
Barley qrs. 133,233
Oats qrs. 85,022
Flour cwt. 379,243
Coffee lbs. 8,277,077
Cocoa lbs. 827,230
Flax cwt. 82,419 - 196,103
Currants cwt. 23,045
Guano tons 14,807 ...... 20,624
Hemp cwt. 81,776
Oil, palm cwt. 51,738
Bacon, pork, and beef ...cwt. 40,983
Silk, raw lbs. 331,313
Rum proof gallons 441,177 ..... 724071
Brandy proof gallons 276,436 ...... 204,126
Geneva proof gallons 31,289 ...... 14,884
Timber loads 302,503 ...... 252,745
Tobacco lbs. 1,663,002 ..... 223,992
Wine gallons. 1,119,481 ...... 1,144,39'

-, -490
Cotton wool cwt. 731,019
Sheep's and lambs' d0...cwt.12,282,082
The declared value of some of the principal exports,
compared with that for the same articles during the car.
responding month of last year, was as follows :

1853.
1 1854.
Beer and Ale £103,846
Coals and calm 175,225
Cotton manufactures 2,259,545
Cotton yarn 524,204
Earthenware 127,213 ...... 128,887
Hardware and cutlery
Haberdashery and millinery... 499,783
Linen manufactures
Linen yarn
Machinery 161,863
Metals 1,254,901 ..... 1,509,491
Silk manufactures
Silk thrown
Soap
Wool 23,435 ....•• 100,973
Woollen manufactures 1,299,897
The total declared value of all the exports, exclusive of
the " unenumerated " articles, amounted to 8,372,1911.,
which, as compared with the ilk* month of last year,
shows an increase of 377,1051.

AN OLD HERITOR.—Wo understand that Dr. Aber-
crombie, one of the newly-elected members of the Cape
of Good Hope Constituent Assembly, is a native of
Edinburgh, an old Heritor, and alumnus of our Univer-
sity, at which he highly distinguished himself.—Cale-
donian Mereur)J.
THE CUTLERS' FEAST.—This annual festivity will
take place on Thursday next, under the auspices of
Thomas Moulson, Esq., the master cutler fog the en-
suing year. We learn with gratification that our noble
neighbour, Earl Fitzwilliarn, who has been absent from
this gathering for the past five or six years, will be
present on this occasion. The people of Sheffield
will regret that Lord Wharncliffe is unable to ac-
cept the master cutlers' invitation from ill-health,
he having been forbidden by his medical advisers to
attend public meetings. Invitations have been accepted
by Sir T. White, Bart.. E. B. Denison, Esq., M.P., J.
IMP., Win. Jackson,
A Roebuck, Esq., M.P., Oeorge Hadfield, Esq., M.P.,
Richard Monckton Milnes, Esq., 3
Esq., M.P., .L W. Wickham, Esq., the Mayor of Don-
caster, the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Alderman Moon,
London (the Lord Mayor Elect), Rev. Jos:Hunter, and
P. Fairburn, Esq., Leeds.— SAcjield Examiner.
A POLICEMAN SHOT AT °ETON, OfIESHIRE.--Yester-
day Mr. Knowles, of Oxton, formerly gamekeeper of
Mr. Price, the Lord of the Manor, was taken with a
fit, which left him so strange in his conduct that his son
was obliged to send for a policeman to take care of
him. That morning John Matthews, the district police-
man, went to the house, and was placed in charge df
Mr. Knowles. Between 7 and 8 o'clock the old gentle-
man came downstairs into the parlour, followed by the
police officer. While in the parlour Mr. Knowles took
down a fowling-pieoe, and presented it at Matthews, who
in alarm opened the door, ran out, and closed it behind
him. The old man immediately fired, and the charge,
passing through the panel of the door, entered the left
breast of the officer, who dropped and died in a few
minutes. Mr. Knowles was then taken into custody to
await the coroner's inquest. He states that he had no
intention of firing, his purpose being merely to frighten
the policeman, whose attendance he did not want.
Matthews, who was much respected, has left a widow
and six children.
morningmessre.
Knowlestwo
and
Sons,ere
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ntehaer
Two MEN KILLED IN A COAL PIT.—On Saturday
coal mine
under the following circumstances : Early in the
morning, the fireman, whose duty it is to report on
the iventilation of the mine, found that there was a
great deal of fire-damp, and issued directions that no
one should work without the use of safety lamps. Yet,
after this order, a man named Edward Croft took a
candle with a naked light into one of the workings in
which the fire-damp existed, causing an almost instan-
taneous, explosion. Two men, named Samuel Harding
and Edward Shorrocks, were killed and foul other
colliers severely burned, by this unfortunate occurrence;
and so soon as the requisite notice required by the Secre-
tary of State has expired, a strict investigation into the
conduct of Croft, and as to the whole accident, is
ex-
pected to take place before the
ing of the explosion one of the
colliers
of Messrs.
On the morn-
Knowles and Sons was in custody
contrary to the rules, and
M
naked light on a previous day,
was committed by a magistrate
the offence.
S. L. Trafford) to
seven days' imprisonment for offence.
CAPTURE OF ENGLISHMEN
BY ROssrANS.—The Eost
Prussian Journal states,
r English merchants, ess s .
the 30th ult.,-that
"four
Macdonald, Stovdt, Claphin, and Mattero (so the names
are written), proceeded from Crantz, a small bathing-
place under the head of Konigsberg,i
on the 27th, in company of two
excursion to the frontier, of the Kurische Haff, upon an
to give concerts at Memel, and a
ladies (singers), about c
tt
bent named iera i. Having accidentally
Greek mere
,
d the Russian near Laugallen, and being
crossed place on the north
side
without passports,
they were arrested by a patrol, and
carried off as prisoners to the nearest station atGarsden.Measures have been taken at Memel to deliver the cap
tives, who clearly had no evil intention."
CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION Or PARLIAMENTARY
VOTERS.— .
Mr T. V. M`Christie will commence the
revision of the lists of voters for members to serve in
Parliament for the City of London, on Monday, the 18th
inst., at Guildhall, and according to the
.refuse`, , -44cto
him under the act, the claims aneolptatiliWt`-s*, 1017 '::'
will he :—Freemen and liverymen,:iclaimiia.-1-4-„,,,. *-‘:''. (4'",`` "-'
93 ; inhabitant householders, cl4has,*l2"l3;' !i
407 ; total claims and objections,6.2l. 7 ../4041kett',4.,,,,
were :—Freernen and liverymen, 'eta* 1--lrigi '
308 ; inhabitant householders,
claiills,l74i4L.:!°"4. - ' 1,Q12 ; total claime and objections, 1319 i. - - , ;