The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-06 00:00:00

WOOLLEN TRADE.

( Prom th,e Leeds Mercury of Saturday.)
LEEDS, Oct. 27.—N0 material change in the state of
the woollen market. There was a fair, steady business
done in the Cloth-halls both on Saturday and on Tues-
day. The manufacturers and woollen merchants are
operating with great care at t.ho present wool sales,
and we probably may have during the coining winter
restricted hours of employment in the mills. There
have been very few buyers in the town during the
current week, consequently the trade in the warehouses
has been rather dull.

HUDDERSFIELD, Tuesday.—Business was exceedingly
dull to-day in the Cloth-hall. There appeared to be
scarcely any buyers in the town. The reasons assigned
are generally the advanced price of cern and our bulli•
gerant position.
ROCHDALE, Oct. 30.—The demand for flannels con-
tinues very good, and it is quite equal to the supply.
prices are firm. There is no new feature in the wool
market to report; the manufacturers continus to buy
sparingly.
HALIFAX, Oct. 23.—With regard to the piece and
yarn markets, we can only repeat our last week's notice
i)f these branches, in which there does not yet appear
the least sign of improvement ; nor is there anything
better to report of the wool business, sales being still
extremely difficult to effect, at somewhat worse prices.

Temple to the vacant canonry in Rochester Cathedral.
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Master of the
—Observer.
ST. MARY'S PRInY CHURCH, Nrw. SLIOREILM—We
are sorry to have to state thdt an explosion of gas has
to
,such injury Open this venerable structure, in
I,low itig out sonle of the windows d
en 4 lam the
tlt'.ings, that e xtensive works will be immediately requi-
site to render it again fit for divine service.

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THE UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

This day the Royal Mail steam-ship Europa,
Captain N. Shannon, arrived in the MerSey, with
the usual mails from the United States and British
North America. She sailed from Boston on the
25th ult., and Halifax on the 27th, and has
brought, besides the mails, 103 passengers, and up-
wards of 200,000 dol. in specie, on freight.
The royal mail steamer Africa, from hence on
the 7th ult., arrived at New York on the 20th, and
the royal mail steam-ship Washington, from Bre-
men on the 11th, arrived on the 24th, the Indiana
on the 21st, and the Canadian Company's steamer
Sarah Sands arrived at Portland on the 24th. The
ships West Point and Governor Morton from hence
have arrived at New York, and report having on
board 64 cases of cholera amongst the passengers.
The news of the loss of Captain Sir J. Franklin
and his unfortunate companions had reached New
York, and had caused considerable excitement.
At the steamer's departure business was mode-
rate, money tighter, but stock very unsteady.
The cotton market is reported dull, and easier.
The market for breadstuffs was brisk, with a
slight improvement in prices.
There was a fair demand for provisions in the
market, and prices firmer.
Freights dull, and without change.
Exchange on London, 109 to 1091 ; ditto on
Paris, 5 111 to 5 n.

THE RAILWAY ROUND PARIS.

(From ealignani's Messenger.)

The railway de ceinture, which goes great part of the
way round Paris, to unite the different lines, is com-
pleted. It has been executed by the Administration des
Ponts-et-Chauss4es, and has cost 12,000,000 fr. Of this
sum the companies of the Rouen, Northern, Strasbourg,
Lyons, and Orleans railways each contrihuted 1,000, 000 f.,
and the State gave the remainder. The line commences
at the goods station of the Rouen Railway, at the
Batignolles, and proceeds near the fortifications to
the Northern and Strasburg lines, beneath which it
passes, and which it joins by branches ; then
.it crosses
the Canal de l'Ourcq, and reaches La Villette, through
which it is carried almost entirely on arcades ; afterwards
it passes in a tunnel through the heights of Belleville,
and through another to Charonne ; then it attains the
Avenue de Vincennes, which it crosses on a level,
and next reaches the Lyons Railway, to which it is
joined ; and finally, it crosses the Seine, near Bercy,
to join the goods station of the Orleans Railway. The
entire length of the line is 17,600 metres (nearly 11
miles), including the junctions. But the works of art
are extraordinarily numerous, and some of them have
been very difficult of execution ; in fact, almost all the
various works which a railway requires tunnels,
arcades, viaducts, and bridges, in stone and in iron—
are to be found on it. There are, for example, 2 tun•
nets, 1 bridge over the Seine ; 3 viaducts at the junc-
tion of the railways, 23 above roads, quays, or
streets, 6 aqweducts, 7 passages below railways, 1 level
crossing ;ar 4 series of arcades 1,093 yards in length,
varying in height from 16k to 23 feet, and with arches
of from 13 to 16k feet span. On the whble the works
of art form nearly one-fourth of the total length of
the line. The more important works are—the bridge
over the Canal de l'Ourcq, which has two arches,
each of 651 feet span ; the tunnels of Belleville and
Charonne, which are 2,406 yards long, and have cost
about I,ooofr. a yard ; and the bridge (called Pont
Napoleon) over the Seine, which is nearly 171 yards
wide, and serves both for the railway and for ordinary
traffic. The rails on this bridge are nearly 14i yards
above low water mark, and the arches over the river,
five in number, are each 371 yards wide ; there are
also two arches on the quays each 131 yards wide.
To form the foundations of this bridge, it has been
necessary to drive into the bed of the river 15 wooden
piles, 15} yards long for each pile. The bridge is
a noble structure, and though only commenced at the
end of July, 1853, it was terminated at the end of the
year. The only two railways which come into Paris,
and are not placed in communication with the railway
de ccinture, are the Orsay and the Western ; but the
former does not convey goods, and the latter is joined to
the Versailles right bank railway by a branch at Viroflay
—which railway passes by the Batignolles, and serves
as the head of the Rouen line.