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 is as
under :

Oxen ..
Sheep..
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Flour
Coffee

1853.
no. 5,159
no. 21,811
qrs. 691,738
qrs. 133,233
qrs., 85,022
cwt. 379,243
lbs. 8,277,077

1854.
5,774
36,625
281,060
101,679
110,017
250,104
8,06,059

Cocoa lbs. 827,230
Flax s cwt. 82,419
Currants cwt. 25,045
Guano tons 14,807 ...... 20,624
Hemp cwt. 81,776
Oil, palm cwt. 51,733
Bacon, pork, and beef ...cwt. 40,983
Silk, raw lbs. 331,313
Rum proof gallons 441,177 ..... 721,071
Brandy , .proof gallons 276,436
Geneva proof gallons 31,289
loads 302,503
Timbero)acco lbs. 1,663,002
W ine gallons. 1,119,481 ...... 1,144,390
Cotton wool cwt. 731,919
Sheep's and lambs' do...cwt. 12,282,032
The declared value of some of the principal exports,
compared with that for the same articles during the coy
responding month of last year, was as follows :

1853. 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... 489,783
Linen manufactures
Linen yarn
Machinery 161,863
Metals
Silk manufactures
Silk thrown 1?,587
Soap
Wool 28,435 ...... 100,973

Woollen manufactures 1,299,897
The total declared value of all the exports, exclusive o f
the " unenumerated " articles, amounted to 8,372,1911.,
which, as compared with the like month of last year,
shows an increase of 377,1051.

AN OLD HERITOR.—We 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 Reciter, and alumnus of our Univer-
sity, at which he highly distinguished himself.-o«le-
denier/. Mercury.
Tuu CUTLERS' FEAST.—This annual festivity will
take place on Thursday next, under the auspices of
Thomas Moulson, Esq., the master cutler for the en-
suing year. We learn with gratification that our noble
neighbour, Earl Fitzwilliam, 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.
A Roebuck, Esq., M.P., Ceorge Hadfield, Esq., M.P.,
Richard Monckton Milues, Esq., M.P., Wm. Jackson,
Esq., M.P., 3. 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.— Sheffield Examiner.
A POLICEMAN SHOT AT OXTON, CHESHlRE.—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 of
Mr. Knowles. Between 7 and 8 o'clock the old gentle-
man carne downstairs into the parlour, followed by the
police officer. While in the parlour Mr. Knowles took
down a fowling-piece, 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 waft.
Matthews, who was much respected, has left a widow
and six children.
Two MEN KILLED IN A COAL PIT.—On Saturday
morning two colliers were killed in the coal mine of
Messrs. Knowles and Sons, Clifton, near Manchester,
under the following circumstances :—Earl in the
morning, the fireman, whose duty it is to yreport on
o nr eea s
hdoeualld
the ventilation of the mine, found that there was a
gt
of
workfi re
-wd iatnhlopu, t andth e use issued
ofsafety d ire
lc t iaomn
ps s
.t h a
yt
ent o,
after this order, a man named Edward Croft took a
candle with a naked light into one of the workings in
which the fire-danp existed, causing an almost instan-
taneous explosion. Two men, named Samuel Harding
and Edward Shorrocks, were killed, and four; 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 thcoroner. On the
morn-
essrs.
ing of the explosion one of the colliers ?f
Messrs.
Knowles and Sons was in custody for
workingrules,with a
and
naked light on a previous day, contrary to
L.
Trafford) to
the
was committed by a magistrate (Mr.
—The Eost e. S. .
seven days' imprisonment for the 0r if
noe
P
CAPTURE OF ENGLISHMEN BY I
Prussian Journal states, under the head of Konigsberg,
the 30th ult., that " four English merchants, Mess s.
.
and Mattero (so the names
Macdonald, Stovdt, Cip
dafhrom,
from
Crantz, a small bathing-
place on the nortare written), proch
eeediceie
of the Kurische Haff, upon an
excursion to the frontier, on the 27th, in company of two
ladies (singers), about ~.
to eive concerts at Memel, and e
Greek merchant named Cieratti. Having accidentally
crossed .
the Russian frontier, near Laugallen, and being
without passports,
they were arrested by a patrol, and
carried off as prisoners to the nearest station at Garsden.
Measures
have been taken at Memel to deliver the cap
tiv9, who clearly had no evil intention."
CITYe OF LONDON REGISTRATION OF PARLIAMENTARY
VOTERS.—Mr. T. Y. 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 returns made to
him under the act, the claims and objections this year
will be :—Freemen and liverymen, claims, 0; objections,
93 ; inhabitant householders, claims, 121 ; objections.
407 ; total claims and objections, 621. Last year thee,
were :—Freemen and liverymen, claim, 1 ; objection',
308 ; inhabitant householders, claims, 173 ; objectiqll
1
1P 3 012 • total claims and objections, 1,494.