The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-01 00:00:00

,NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Haulm loan Oroer of the Honourable the Howse of Commons,
ditted the Bth of December, 1837, for copy or abstract of the ten-
ders deliteted by builders for the embankment and the terrace and
a portion of tba foundation of the buildings of the Houses of Par-
liament ; and stating which of them have been accepted :—Also,
an abstfect of the estimates made by Messrs. Walker and Burgess,
eng:neers, and Mr. Barry, the architect, for the same works, as
approved of and confirmed by the Surveyors of the office of
Woods and Works, and contained in the Report made by the
Comtninsioners of the Woods and Works, and laid on the Table of
the House of Commons.

Abstract of the Tenders delivered by Builders for the Embankment
and the Terrace and a Portion of the Foundation of the Build-
law:, of the Houses of Parliament.
Hugh APintosh .. • £82,000
To complete the coffer-dam within seven months.
To finish the whole of the works within twelve months.

William Cubitt
To complete the coffer-dam within eight. months.
To finish the Thole of the works within fifteen months.

George Monday
To complete the coffer-dam within eight months.
To finish the whole of the works within two years.
Henry and John Lee
To complete the coffer-dam within eight months.
To finish the whole of the works within sixteen months

George Baker and Son
To complete the coffer-dam within nine months.
To finish the whole of the works within eighteen
months.
Grissell and Peto .

. ...... ... 83,900

To complete the coffer-dam within ten mviths.
To finish thv whole of the with twenty months.

Ihe e;:oflllcssrs.lient;;;dYohnfeC, being the lowest,
was accepted.

Estimae, made in part by Messrs. Walker and 13urgess,
engineers, and in part by Mr. Barry, the architect, for
the embankment to the River, with steps, coffer-dam,
&e., examined and adopted by the surveyors of the Of-
fice of Woods and Works, and contained in the Report
made by the Commissioners of Woods and Works, and
laid on the table of the House of Commons 44,000
The tender of Messrs. Lee for the embankment and a ter-
race, and a portion of the foundation of the buildings
of the Houses of Parliament
Deduct the amount agreed to be allowed by the contrac-
tors for the materials of the darn after it has served its
purpose

7,000

£67,373
N.B. The works included in the above estimate of Messrs. Lee
were proportioned by Mr. Barry in the following manner :
Cost of embankment wall, with the steps, coffer-dam, &c.,
included in the estimated sum of 4400/ 42,465
Cost of further works for the foundations, considered as

part of Mr. Barry's general estimate for the buildiig... 24,908

Office of Woods, tic., Dec. 16.

£67,373

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday, Dec. 30.)

TRADE of LEIDS.-On Saturday there was an average
quantity of goods sold at the Cloth Halls, but on Tuesday,
from its being Christmas time, there was a very thin attend-
ance both of clothiers and buyers in the markets. The weather
was also so exeeedingly dark during market hours, that it was
almost impossible to judge of the quality of the goods ; in con-
sequence there was very little business done. There continues
to be quite as much business doing in the warehouses as can be
expected at this season of the year.
HuDDeasneDD MARKET, TUESDIT.-We are happy to be
able to announce that there has been a fair demand for goods
to-day, and that trade in general is quite as brisk as is custo-
mary at this season.
BRADFORD MARKET, TitußsnAy.--There has not been so
much activity in the piece market to-day as for some weeks
past ; but probably not less business has been done than is
usual on the market day previous to the commencement of a
new year. In the last market-day in the year we never expect
to do much business, yet we may observe that the demand for
yarn continues very fair, quite equal to the last two or three
weeks. The advance in price is fully maintained. The late
extensive sales in the wool market appear to have stocked many
of the consumers, as much less business is now effected. The
staplers remain quite firm in their prices, and are not eager to
make sales.

ITActrAx MARKET, SATURDAY.—\Ve have again the plea-
sure of reporting a very fair demand for stuffs to-day. Stocks
have considerably decreased in the manufacturers' hands. A
small advance on most descriptions has been obtained, but it is
not equal to that upon the raw material. The demand for
yarns gradually improves, and prices for all kinds have a ten-
dency upwards. The stocks of wool in the warehouses are fast
increasing. The sales have again been numerous. Prices
are firm and steady. 'Middle weathers sell at 14/. per pack.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Fattmx.—As might have been
expected in the last week of the year, we have not had many
buyers, but wool of all sorts fully maintains the advance quoted
within the last few weeks, and is held firmly.

LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Dxv. 29.
The demand for cotton has been very moderate during the week ;
and, as imports have come forward more freely than was generally
expected, a decline of ?id. to id. on last week's prices has been
been generally submitted to. The sales to day have been only
1,500 bags, and the market closes very quietly. About 500 bales
American, 500 Surat, and 150 Pernams, have been taken on spe-
culation ; and the total sales for the week are 13,550 bags, viz.:—
1. it.
Demerara ! Bto 0
70 Peruvians B4 94
270 Laguayras 6} 8
210 Surats
30 Bengals
520'Carthagenas 5i
20 Manilla 8 0
West India . 0 0
- Barbadoes
Smyrna 0 0
12 bags, viz.* 26,501 from tho
lrazils ; 1,247 from the West In-
are three vessels yet to report,
Bahia, and one from Paraiba.

10 Sea Islands .... 18i to -.7

80 Stained ditto 6 —ll
4,720 Uplands 7 - 9
Mobile, &c.
3,070 New Orleans 6l 9i
MO Egyptians 9 13
450 Pernams, 9tl- —lO
350 Bahias
360 Maranhams 8
Sawginned 0 0

The imports amount to 29,21
United States ; 1,144 from the Bi
dies, and 20 from Egypt. There
viz., one from Savannah, one Iron

Mr. Cooke seems disposed to favour the second
Rockingham Ministry ; we, on the contrary, think its forma-
tion one of the greatest blunders in the history of party; the
Whigs repeated their old error of making an Aristocratic Ca-
binet, admitting no one to important office but the connexions
of the great Whig families ; they retained Thurlow as Chan-
cellor, and made Kenyon Attorney- General, passing over the
claims of such mon as Glynn and Dunning ; and they equivo-
cated with the question of Reform, the only meaus of giving
stability to their party, until the reins of power slipped from
their hands—Athenceron.—Cooke's History of Party.