The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS.—There was a full average quantity of low
priced goods sold at the Cloth-halls, on Saturday, but a
very limited quantity of fine and middle cloths were
taken out, but on Tuesday the market was dull for all
sorts. Prices continue steady, and the stocks in the ma-
nufacturers hands remain less than usual at this period
of the year. The elections keep town and country buyers
at home, and, in consequence, there has been little done
in the warehouses this week.

BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There were very
few sales effected in combing wools, in a great measure
owing to the high prices asked, which the spinners are
unable to give. The supply of wool is also very scanty.
There is no alteration in the yarn market. At present
prices the spinners have no inducement to bring their
unemployed machinery into use. Owing to the nomi-
nation day fbr Bradford election being on Thursday,
there was comparatively little done in the piece market.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had
less doing this week in all descriptions of cloth, and the
market is scarcely so firm as on this day week, though
prices are not quotably lower; and to-day, owing to the
election for this borough, no report on which reliance
can be placed can be well obtained. Yarns are steady
in demand and price.

ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER
CARDIFF CASTLE.—BURSTING OF THE
BOILER.
On Tuesday evening last, about half-past six o'clock,
en alarming accident occurred on board the steamer
Cardiff Castle, at Kilmun, the consequence of which, it
is to be feared, will prove fatal in the cases of one or
two individuals. Just as the vessel was about to sail for
Glasgow, the passengers were startled by a tremendous
explosion, evidently caused by the bursting of the
boiler. As is usual in such cases, the danger was greatly
magnified in imagination by the fears of the passengers;
and the actual risk to which those on board were ex-
posed, was much increased by the precipitancy with
which many of them strove to make their escape. The
utmost confusion followed upon the report, and the
screams of the women and outcries of the men were
dreadful. Many of the passengers attempted to make
their escape by leaping over the stern of the vessel.
A woman, a German, named Rudolph, in the excite-
ment of the moment, threw two, if not three, children
—either her own or under her care—into the water.
By prompt exertion on the part of the captain and
crew, aided by those of the passengers who had retained
their self-possession, all the people who leaped overboard
were rescued, but all more or less injured either by
scalding or immersion in the water. The principal
,ufferers were a Mrs. Cullen, wife of a sailmaker at the
Liroomielaw, and her child, who were both severely
We understand that the recovery of the child
is hopeless, and that-of Mrs. Cullen doubtful. Dr. Lyon
and the Rev. Mr. M'Dougall exerted themselves
vigorously, and with great presence of mind rushed into
the water to aid the sufferers, while their exa.nple and
exhortations to the people not to jump overboard tended
,nuch to allay the confusion and alarm that prevailed.
Mr. Black, surgeon, Calton, who had gone down in the
forenoon to Strowan Point, was promptly at the scene
of the accident, and, along with Dr. Leon, did all that
skill and humanity could suggest for the relief of the
sufferers. The Rev. Dr. Black, of the Barony Parish,
was thrown with some violence to one side of the vessel,
but escaped without material injury ; and his lady, who
was also on board, displayed admirable presence of mind.
In mentioning these parties, we may also refer to one
or two incidental circumstances of a rather impressive
character with which the disaster was accompanied
It appears that the wife of Dr. Lyon having died at
Kilinun, the coffin containing deceased's body was being
conveyed on board, and had just been placed on a couple
of small tressels near the vessel's stern when the acci-
dent occurred. The Rev. Dr. Black was standing along
with Dr. Reid beside the coffin, and the former had just
pronounced the words " in the midst of life we are in
death," as appropriate to the circumstances, when the
explosion was heard. Amongst the persons who exerted
themselves in rescuing or alleviating the sufferings of
the passengers, we may mention the landlord of the inn,
Mrs. Sinclair, the wife of Mr. Sinclair, of the firm of
Fraser and Sinclair, clothiers in Glasgow, the Rev. Mr.
Anderson, of Helensburgh ; Rev. Mr. Paterson, of Hut-
chesontown, &c. The captain of the vessel also exerted
himself very much for the comfort of the sufferers. The
passengers were all taken on board the Pilot steamer,
and conveyed to Glasgow, where they arrived about
half-past ten o'clock. We understand the accident was
,f such a nature that no„blame can properly attach to
any one on account of it. The explosion was caused by
a tear or tent having taken place in-a certain part of the
boiler, probably caused by some unsoundness in one of
the plates, which had previously escaped detection, as
there was no unusual or extreme pressure upon the boiler
to account for
.its bursting; and the machinery and fit-
tings-up of the steam-vessels belonging to the same com-
pany are celebrated. for their substantial and durable
,cter.—Glasgow Courier.

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COLONIAL PEODUCE.—Very numerous arriva,
have taken place, within these few days, from the Ca-
nadian ports, and form an importont item in the supplies
of grain and provisions from North America. The fol-
lowing are the latest which have taken place :—the Con-
rad, from Quebec, brought 2,923 barrels of flour and
100 barrels of oatmeal; the Douglas, from Montreal,
2,765 barrels of flour and 9,671 minuts of wheat ; the
Robert Stride, from. Quebec, 2,259 barrels of flour, and
other productions ; the Adelaide, from Montreal, 7,525
bushels of barley and 1,383 barrels of flour; the Chap-
man, from Montreal, 1,353 barrels of flour and 9,000
bushels of wheat; the Jane, from Montreal, 1,510 qrs.
of wheat, 772 barrels of flour, and 500 barrels of Indian
corn meal ; the Jemima, from Quebec and Montreal,
6,438 barrels of flour and 7,983 bushels of wheat ; the
Montezuma, from Montreal, 2,637 barrels of flour, 560
barrels of oatmeal, 9,525 bushels and 345 bags of wl7earot,
63 kegs of butter, and 55 of hams ; the gavoes, fea,,
Quebec, 4,490 barrels of flour, 79 barrels 9fbarreis
189 kegs of lard, and 262 barrels an 501
2halfba
of pork
s
pork; the Celeste, from Montre
"Charles Jones, from
and 2,778 barrels' -of flour ;
Montreal, 1,509 barrels a
nd ort6rhs,e
bla6r2relksegosf oofatinbuetatelr:
1,300 quarters of wheat,
a 3
215 barrel 7640 flour ; the
the Isabella, from Montreal' _Liebe°, barrels o
Eliza Pirie, from Montreal
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Leo,
from Montreal,
tiour, and 391 bags of wn barrels of flour; the
12,425 bushels of el 86 Sof flour, 25 barrels of
the whole the
Hebe, from Quebewc;44eiass46o6:n- eibndarrdlian meal ;
oatmeal, and 25 barrels
t_o,f the vessels had, in ad-
produce of Canada,
do'niza:
od large quantities of wood
dition to these supplies. -
eluding sleepers for railways,
various kinds, In
goods of
.f that British province of North America.
the production o
FATAL ACCIDEN
T• —On Saturday afternoon an
inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body
ofq William Hendrick, aged four years, who was run
over by a cart. On Thursday afternoon, deceased,
whose mother is a laundress living in Wentworth-street,
Whitechapel, was swinging behind a waggon in Osborn-
street, when a man exclaimed, " Oh, you young rascal."
Deceased let •go of the waggon and attempted to run
away, in the act of doing which he was knocked down by
a horse in a cart. The man pulled up, but the wheel of
the cart went over the child's head. He was taken to
Mr. Profit's surgery, who found an extensive fracture at
the base of the skull, and he died in a few minutes. Ver-
dict—Accidental death. _ .

THE POTATO DISEASE—ALARM.—A week or two'
ago, a gentleman in the northern part of the country,
whilst searching amongst his potatoes, found one at each
root which he considered diseased. He hurried off tohan
neighbouring gentleman,- to whom be mentioned
andt
circumstance, who immediately called his gardener,
rdene l 0 W -
a similar appearance was found. Thefgha
ever, soon explained that the caus
only the set, a circumstance which
knowledge of' gardening the two i eir fears was
°their theoretical
inntleman had over-
looked, and, their alarm quicklyge subsided.—Ipswich
Express. has • been arrested on
The Spa
nish Colonel NoAal
the frontier of France, and sent into the interior of the
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