The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-13 00:00:00

lIISM 211C.11.31.15CMT5.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, t 0 31 lOs; Clover
ditto, 31 los to 4/ ; and Straw, 11 2s to 119 i per
load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 103 to 3/ 13s ;
Clover ditto, 31 103 to 4/ lfb; and Straw, 1/ 4s to
1/ lOs per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish
demand.
WHITECHATEL. MPlllintlr Hay, 21 7s to 31 11s;
Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to I/ 9s
per load. Supply good, and trade 'Very dull.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Justice ERLE, after hearing two or three unim•
Portant motions, sat at Nisi Prius, and tried severe: Middlesex common jury cases, which presented no fea-
ture of public interest.

EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court took the peremptory paper to-day, but no
Case possessing any feature of general interest came
under hearing during the morning.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOOLBURN.
This IN RE MANSON.
bankrupt was described as of Lloyd's Coffee-
-13°113e, underwriter, and to-day was appointed for his
ast examination.
._,The official assignee said that an adjournment must
"we Place, as no accounts had been filed.
• The bankrupt's solicitor said that the delay had arisen
Voconsequence of the books having been in the posses-
nof the bankrupt's former solicitor, who claimed a
'"9„rip 18pon them. The accounts were very complicated.
..,
Journment, Horton& said there could be no objection to the
ilu
and asked the amount of the failure.
The official assignee said about 3,000 L, and the assets
Would probably be 500/. or 600/.
The examination was then adjourned for six weeks.

Jilt C. NAPIER.—We are requested to contradict
a Statement respecting Sir C. Napier's prize-money,
Which is the reverse of the fact. It is said he re-
ceived batta in addition to the prize-money, whereas
44 batta was deducted from his prize-money by the
directors.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE MENAI STRAITS.
*--A fatal accident occurred on the night of Tuesday last,
on the Menai Straits, near the town of Carnarvon,
h*hereby four men met with a watery grave, the
arry-boat in which they had embarked having
vn totally lost in a tremendous gale of wind.
bt appears that the vessel plied between Carnar-
~alre and Anglesey, running from a point about
fa mile from Carnarvon. On the night in
Question one of the ferrymen bad gone to the above
town, in order to fetch the boat, which had been under-
going some necessary repairs; and having obtained pos-
session of it, he proceeded to the Ferry-house on the
"truarvon side, in order to take in passengers, prior to
e
ehr°B.Bing the water. On his arrival at the Ferry. house,
ffound that three men were there waiting for a pas-
,titc ; these were taken on board, and at, about ten
u.elock at night the boat started on her voyage to the
_Acloglesey shore. Shortly after, another, a larger and
mre commodious vessel, left the Ferry-house to cross
the
~_Straits. This boat succeeeed in reaching the
l'PPosite, shore in safety ; but on their arrival it
"eir.found that the first vessel had not reached her
ote t!nation. As the gale of wind then blowing was most
1916,0, it was at once conjectured that an accident
fain
in
Some tidings respecting the missing boat. All a-
. h wever, proved ineffectual, and as time wore
On it camebea too apparent that the boat, with all on
board, eslifs in the tremendous seas. The next
day the boat wa
tered—but too clearound. on the sandbanks, much chat-
birolazdc.f.
evidence of the melancholy fate of
the poor fellows eil
from the southwest. The wind was blowing
of the vessel was named ferryman who had charge
Passengers were resident in am Jones, and the three
to the ferry. One of the bodies living adjacent
3 onl has been recovered.
AGIILITARY WIT.—A soldiery
errin
day entered a
country shop, and seeing some rc(loobe
at is them ?" The
(\co...tinter, asked the shopkeeper._., Wh them
upon the
other repii.,...,,
eu " T em's
«I shall
sir..,,
elairnedthe son of Mors, . take they Well," ex-
With that frn up as de-
With tliat°ll; theY
prise of t- are hers without leave of absence," and
e walked off with the lot, to the no Small aw-
-1,. he shopkeeper.
Of 1:7-YRISON AT NORTHALLERTON.—Mr. John-
b,„ , = tau tow,
,has contracted for the masonry and
ZnrieKwork wanted in the erection of the new House of
iffr::
o;otnhiat Northallerton. Messrs. Peet and Hinch-
Plumbers' s town, have succeeded in obtaining the
works and glaziers' work required St the same new
i • The new L arge, w;i, W winding though very far from being
0fre,,,,:2,08 Partly in imitation of the Wakefield House I
--"Lion.—.DP-
u gkefield Journal.