The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-04 00:00:00

No. 17)171.] LON DON, MON DAY •
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OCTOBER 4, 1847.

ards of the tunnel is bricked, and the remaining portion is proceeding
rapidly.

Two miles of the line are formed ready to receive the ballast and
permanent way, and about 500 yards of single line are laid down.
& great quantity of ballast is also provided, and on the ground.
A considerable quantity of permanent materials have been de-
vered.

There are now employed upon the works 729 men and 109 horses.
have great pleasure in stating that the works now done by the
contractor are executed in a good, substantial, and workmanlike
manner, and I am well satisfied with the exertion used by the con-
tractor in pushing on the works.
The whole of the plans. sections, aid drawings for Contracts Nos.
2 and 3 are ready. Contractors are preparing their estimates to
tender for these works, which may be let any day after the 24th of
this month.

One of these contracts will crozmence near Nottingham, by a
jtmction with tho Lincoln line, at Colwick, and will include the
bridge over the river Trent, and extend to Contract No. 1, at Bot-
tesford ; and the other will commence at Grantham, and extend to
the junction of the Sleaford Branch, making a total distance from
Colwick, near Nottingham, of twenty-three miles, including the first
contract.

The whole of the liae to Boston is staked out, as well as the line
to Spalding ard the Branch to Sleaford, the pl .ns, sections, and
drawings for these different contracts will be next proceeded w th.
On that portion of the tine from No' tingham to ilulwell, which is
making jointly with the Midland Counties, Nottingham, and Mans-
field Railway Company, a distance of four miles, several bridges are
now building, the fencing and (arthwork of the line are advancing
satisfactorily.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
JOHN U. HISTRICII.

Aug. 11, 1847.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 7TII AITGUST, 1347
RECBIPTB

From Feb. 8,
To Feb. 8, 1847. 1847, to
Aug. 7, 1847.

Total.

X a. (1. £ it. d. £ s. d.
To Fl rst Deposit of
11. 7s 6d. per
share upon 27.897
shares In the Not-
tingham & 803.
ton Company... 33,358 7 6
Upon 91 120 12 6 36,489 0 0
To First Deposit of
1/. 7s. 6d. per
share upon 17,237
shares ln t e .Not-
tingham. Vat of
Belv. dr, &
Gran-
tham Railway... 23,700 17 6 23,700 17 6
To Firs. Depo-it of ,
11 7s. 6d. per
share upon 18,480
shares in the Not-
tingham, Ere-
wash Valley, Am-
bar
Gate, & Man-
chester Company 25,410 0 0 25,410 0 0
To Second Deposit
of 11 ss. per share
upon 63,621 shares
in the Axiber
Gate. Notting-
ham & Roston, &
Eastern Junction
Company 79,326 S 0
Upon 120.... 150 0 0 79,676 5 0
MIMED
To Twelve Shil-
lings per share
npon2s,244shares
in Grand Union
claims fo" Amber
Gate shares .... • 16,146 8 0
Upon 915 549 0 0 15,691 8 0
To Second Deposit
of 1/. ss. per
share upon 92,540
shat es in Grand
Union claims
for Amber Gate
shares ..
Upon 2,009
To Int rest re•
celved 3,160 2,157 0 3 5,317 2 7
To Transfer Fees
received .. 110 6 ; 186 9 6 296 8 0

DISBURSEMENTIP.

i?.19,271 6 1

Perma- Sum the
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•A o Pre- taken additioa Bonus In duction of may bor-
n raium.
out ti Assured. Cask. Annual row on
ar. Premiums. Policy.
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s. 4. £ a 1. £ a. d. £ a. 4.
r 1837 243 9 3.112 5 18 4 6 494 8 10
£ Is. d. 1838 218 4 8' 99 $lO 15 13 5 445 0 0
1839 192 1 10; 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1
GO 1000 74 3 4 1840 143 510 66 8 4 919 1 34G 2 3
1841 138 14 2; 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
1842 111 8 81 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., nay be had at the
(Mice, or any et Its branches in the country ; or, on application, will
bt forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAINIRMIX, Secretary.

FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS.
Such is the title, and I can't help paying
A due respect to such a truthful saying ;
For certainly in every day's excursion,
A thousand proofs establish this assertion.
The sentiment which such a phrase discloses,
Is singularly suitable to MOSES.
1.405 E-• and SON have certainly display'd
The "finest feathers" ever known in trade,
" Feathers of faultless fashion," such as these
(Neat, smart, and stylish) cannot fall to please.
They decorate whoever may be wearing.
And add a grace where nature's rather sparing.
The dress of MOSES hides defects, if any,
And where the charms are few, it makes them many.
And many a person is pronounced a beauty,
Merely because these tailors do their duty.
Then imitate the birds in autumn weather,
And prudently assume a change of feather.
MOSES and SON solicit your inspection
Of autumn articles in rare perfection,
Which stand unrivalled, and which prove the words
Wihch here I quote—" Fine leathers make flue birds.
LIST OF PRICES.
NADI TO IiZAILSVII.
Cashmere Codrington, front ••• • • ..... ••• • • • £0 16 6
Taglionle, silk collar and cuffs .. • 1 2 0
Cambridge Coat, lined throughout ................ • • 2 5 0
0 16 0
Sporting Coat ....... • 0 13 6
Best quality manufactured 2 15 0
Frock Coat ... ........ .

Best quality manufactured ...... • ... • • • • •• .. • • • • • • 3 a 0
Rich patters Vests • • .... • • • • .... • • 0 8 0
Cashmere, or c10th........................ • • •• .. • • 0 8 6
Tweed Trousers .......... .................... • I
•
Mingle-milled Doeskin ditt .... • • • • • • • • ...... •• • • •• 1 2 0
Best. or Dress ditto ................ ..... 1 6 •
Boys' Hussar or Tank Suits ................... ...• 1 b 0

GEOLOGICAL MINERALOGY.
MR. J. TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE OF LECTURES ON MINERALOGY, with a view
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substance in the Arts. The Lectures will be illustrated by an ex-
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ccedin4 Wednesday.
Further particulars may be obtained at the Secretary's office.

R. W. JELL', D. 1;., Principal.
King's College, London, Octob r 4, 1847.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.
TIMES Nothwithstanding the apprehensions
which prevailed, the day has, on the whole, passed
off satisfactorily. In London no failures of any im-
portance have occurred, the only stoppage actually
announced having been that of a small, although very
respectable firm, Messrs. Boyd and Thomas, whose
trade was with the island of Ceylon, where their
capiral is understood to be locked up. From Liver-
pool, however, we have the failure 01 Mr. William
Maury, a commission merchant, chiefly in the Ame-
rican trade, and whose liabilities, in connexion with
shipments to India and China, are stated to amount
to 180,0001.

A letter from Messrs. Birley, Corrie, and Co.,
dated yesterday, received insertion because it ar-
rived too late for its statements to be checked, and
it was desirable to give the firm the immediate
benefit of their assertions. It is necessary, however,
now to put them in a right position. We stated on
Friday that it was announced from Manchester that
this firm had stopped ; that the cause of their diffi-
culties was in their having received remittances on
Reid, Irving, and. Co., and Perkins, Schlusser, and
Co. ; that they had houses of correspondence in
Calcutta and China; that Mr. Corrie is no longer a
partner; and that it was apprehended the liabilities
would be found to range between 200,0001. and
250,0001. To "the whole of these details" Messrs.
Birley, Corrie, and Co. have given a flat denial, and
they `• feel much aggrieved" that they should have
been stated. Of course Messrs. Birley and Co. must
have much better means of knowing the details of
their own affairs than any other parties, but it may
perhaps be useful both for them and for the public to
be informed-1. That their failure was, as we asserted,
announced " from Manchester" not as a report, but as
a positive statement in letters from the best possible
authorities to leading joint-stock and private banks as
well as mercantile houses, the " temporary inconve-
nience" to which Messrs. Birley and Co. admit them-
selves to have been subjected, having probably been
construed by the literal writers of these letters
into a temporary inability of the firm to meet their
engagements ; 2. That no doubt whatever is en-
tertained of their having received remittances upon
Reid, Irving, and Co., and Perkins, Schlusser,
and Co., although Messrs. Birley and Co.
must be the best judges whether such remittances
have had anything to d? with their temporary incon-
veniences; 3. That it is likewise positively affirmed
that they have a duplicate house of correspondence
at Calcutta ; and, 4, that the circumstance of Mr.
Corrie having retired is also an unquestionable
fact. Perhaps the only point on which Messrs. Bir-
ley's letter was necessary was in relation to the
amount of their liabilities. That we were correct in
stating the nature of the "apprehensions" enter-
tained as to the amount cannot be questioned, but it
appears that these apprehensions arose from a most
undue estimate of the importance of the firm.
If it be thought that in thus allu ling to the matter
we have devoted more space to it than it deserves, we
would remind the public that some remark is neces-
sary, since the guarded efforts of the Times for the
pre-ervation of all sound commercial interests call for
a better tone on the part of such correspondents as
may deem it necessary to convey information, than
that which has been exhibited in the ill-advised letter
in which, on the present occasion, our accuracy has
been called in question.
The dividend declared at the half-yearly meeting
of the Ulster Railway Company was 11. 4s. per share,
leaving 1,3291. 16s. 2d. to be added to the reserve
fund, while the report read to the meeting showed a
progressive increase in the traffic of the undertaking.
The position of the Midland Great Western (Ireland)
Railway, so far as the works have yet proceeded, is
described as highly favourable, and the receipts on
the portion in operation seem to have exceeded gene-
ral anticipation. In accordance with the proposals
made by the directors the shareholders have em-
powered them to borrow and take up at interest any
sum of money not exceeding 333,0001. on mortgage
debentures. The Waterford and Limerick Railway
works, taking into consideration the state of monetary
affairs, are to be first "confined to the comple-

tion and opening of the line from Limerick to
Tipperary," so that an early productive return
may be secured upon expended capital. To facili•
tate the progress of the line, the directors, under
the sanction of the shareholders, will shortly
endeancur to borrow 250000/. The Irish South-
Eastern Company have reported on the condition of
their affairs, which, notwithstanding confessed difficul-
ties, is said to be satisfactory when regarded in con-
nexion with " a period of unprecedented distress."
At the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford meet-
ing, the balance between receipt and expenditure ex-
hibited 7.5401. 18s. 7d. in favour of the company. The
first call was, it appears, in amount, 22,2001., of which
no more than 11,2001. was paid. On the second call
the directors barely received 7,500/. The agreement
for the sale of the Rhymney line was confirmed on
this occasion, the purchase-money being stated at
120,0001, the deposit 10,000/., and the contract void
if not completed within seven years.
The Havre journals publish some particulars con-
nected with the new Haytian tariff, which was to
come into operation on the Ist of the current month.
The reductions made in the duties payable on the
leading articles of import are stated to amount to
from 25 to 30 per cent. These include wines, spirits,
silks, cambrics' ribands, lace, white cottons, and
mahogany
porcelain, &c. Among the articles of export, coffee
will hereafter be rated at 19 gourdes, instead of 22 ;
Cam peachy wood at 1 gourde, instead of 6 ;
at 20 gourdes, instead of 29 ; cocoa at 9 gourdes, in-
stead of p
of le0r;
ton. It
insteadcoltttonisatmle4etgieort:erdies,asaguide
tde
to
of 16.
Tonnage duties will be reduced from 2 piastres to 1
parties interested in French commerce, that the true
value of the Haytian gourde on or about the 2d of
August last, at Port-au-Prince, was from If. 16c. to
If. 20c.

It is steed, on the authority of the Continental
papers, that the Government of Russia are about to
exempt for 10 years the fishermen of the northern
coast of that country from the payment of all duties
on the salt employed in the preparation of the produce
of their fisheries.

On the 23(1 ult. the rate of exchange at Gibraltar
upon London was 50. Spanish pillared dollars were
selling at 21 per cent. premium.

CHOLERA MORBUS.
Letters from Malta of the 18th of September
mention that the cholera had manifested itself at
Trebizond on the Black Sea, and that a case had
occurred and ended fatally on board the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steam-packet Sultan, Captain
Brookes, on her voyage from Trebizond to Constan-
tinople; by reason of which, after landing her pas-
sengers at the small lazzaret of Cavak, this vessel had
been ordered to ride out a quarantine of ten days at
the Princes' Islands in the sea of Marmora, and in
order not to delay the India mails, the 'tiger, belong-
ing to the same company, would be dispatched to
Malta in her stead.

By the Overland Mailjust arrived we have re-
ceived further interesting advices to the 25th of
September, containing intelligence from Trebizond to
the 11th idem. Of the cholera, of which in this city
a Mussultnan was the first to be attacked on the
night of the Bth, two new eases had occurred on the
9tb, all of which proved fatal. On the 10th five
more cases, but not of a very virulent character;
on the 11th there were some thirty new cases, but it
was hoped, that as soon as the unusually hot weather
which prevailed, broke up, the disease would cease
spreading.
This scourge of mankind had, according to letters
from Tabriz of the '2oth of August, re-entered the
Persian territory, by Carabagh, and on the 24th of
August was raging very violently for thirty leagues
around Tiflis, which city, what with the fugitives
from fear of the disease, and the going out of the
people to the military encampment outside, had be-
come almost abandoned.
At Erzeroutn from twenty to twenty-five new
cases daily presented themselves, of which full one-
third proved fatal. Throughout Georgia, at Redoubt
Kale, and at Batoum on the Blael,
Sea, it also pre-
vailed, as well as at Taganrog, Kertch, Roston, on
the Don, and at Lougane, in which Russian towns
the mortality amounted to full two-thirds of the
attacks. Up to the 17th of September no case had
occurred at Constantinople, but great fears were en-
tertained that the disease would not only find its way
there from the Black Sea, but also penetrate into
Europe. A quarantine of observation had been
enacted at Constantinople for all arrivals from places
affected. On the 31st of August the health magis-
tracy of Genoa had laid on a quarantine of fifteen
days on arrivals from Taganrog, and ten days on
arrivals from all other Russian ports ; and the
Supreme Board of Health at Palermo, under date of
the 18th of September, has determined on refusing
admittance to all arrivals from the Russian ports of
the Black Sea, under any circumstances. The Board
of Health at Malta has not yet come to any determi-
nation on the point, but will, no doubt, be governed
by the proceeding 3 of that of Marseille.,, though ex-
perience has proved the utter inutility of resorting to
quarantine restrictions as a means of keeping out
cholera morbus.

Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Ceylon.

COUNTY COURTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,-If the grievance of which I am about to
complain could be redressed wi:hout the aid of public
opinion I would not seek to obtrude myself on the
notice of your readers, but 1 have to impugn the de-
cree of a County Court judge, a magistrate despotic
by law, and, unless the press intervene, irresponsible
in fact.

Some time back a nobleman, after putting a letter
into the post-office letter-box at my house, entered
my shop, and asked for certain goods. They dis-
pleased him ; he disparaged them in terms and in a
manner that to me appeared contumelious, and I
ordered him repeatedly, and, no doubt, in an angry
tone, to leave the shop. He refused, and
sent for a policeman to remove him. Whilst this
noble intruder was remaining in my shop
not for the purpose of purchasing or inquiring after
goods, nor for any purpose connected with my duties
as the keeper of a post-office, but in defiance of my
order to quit it, a policeman passed; the intruder
went out to him, returns with him, and recommences
the altercation. I, then, after requesting him to
withdraw (but, as he maintains, without any such
request,) came from behind my counter and pushed
him into the street, with that degree of force which I
judged necessary to overcome the resistance I had
reason to anticipate from a man more powerful than
myself; but without any wanton act, and also
,vithout the least injury, in fact, to the person
or dress of this personage. He brought an
action against me in the Westminster County
Court. I felt too strong in the justice of my cause to
seek the aid of a lawyer, or to invoke the interposi-
tion of a jury; and the result was that the judge of
that court gave a verdict against me, with 201.
damages, besides costs. I was advised that the ver-
dict was wrong in point of law, I felt that it was so
in point of justice ; and I applied by counsel for a
new trial. The application was refused, with costs,
upon three grounds :-Ist, that I used " gross vio-
lence;" 2d, that as a tradesman I cannot revoke the
permission, or, as the lawyers call it, " licence," which
by keeping a shop he gives to each one of the public
to enter it, I had no right to turn this noble in-
truder, or any one else, out of my shop: 31, that
as a keeper of a post-office I had no right to clear the
post-office. As to the first ground, I am advised that
a man is not entitled to recover damages even for
"gross violence" if he has provoked violence, unless
he can prove material injury to his person or pro-
perty, or acts of vindictiveness. As to the second, I
I am told that the permission to enter and remain in
his shop, which a tradesman gives to the public, is
limited to the purpose for which the shop is kept, and
like any other licence, may be revoked at pleasure,
without reason assigned. As to the third, lam in
d that the keeper of a post-office is not deprived
of his right of owner against persons who enter or are
in his shop for purposes not relating to the post-office.
If the judge of the Westminster County Court is
right in his law, there is no outrage short of personal
vii lence which a shopkeeper—especially if he keeps a
post-office—must not endure in his shop without re-
dress ; for if he may not himself turn out those who
insult him, so neither may a policeman, and clearly no
action can he, as the injury would be of a moral, and
not a material character. . .

Take the case of a shop in which a young girl is
compelled to serve, are the importunities of an avowed
seducer to be endured by her and her parents or
friends without resistance ? Yet there is no right of
resistance, says the judge of the Westminster County
Court, and as, if there is no right of resistance, no
evidence of the cause of resistance could be admttted
at a trial, the person contemplating seduction might
bring his action if turned out, and punish the pro-
tector of innocence, perhaps by a fine of 201. I will
not trouble you with further illustration. If
now the judge of the Westminster County Court is
wrong in his law,what redress, Sir, have I ? What
redress has any tradesman in Westminster who before
that judge justifies an assault committed in defence
of his possession ? If such redress there is none, it
is only through you, Sir, it can be obtained.
I um, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A. CLARK.
132, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Sept. 30, 1847.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EAST OF FIFE.

The adjourned meeting of this company was held
on Thursday at Edinburgh, for the purpose of receiving
the scrutineers' report on the state of the votes taken
the day before at the half-yearly meeting, on the
motion for adopting the report of the directors, Mr.
C. Halkea in the chair.

It appeared from the report of one of the scru-
tineers, that a difference of opinion arose between
them respecting the validity of three proxies, repre-
senting 43 votes. The result of the scrutiny, how-
ever, confirmed the state of the poll then given,
namely, 205 votes in favour of adopting the directors
report, and 104 votes for the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN accordingly declared that the
motion had been carried by a majority of 101 votes.
Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.

MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDCAR.
A special meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday, at Darlington, Mr. J. C. Hopkins in the
chair, for the purpose of considering a pr. position '
for leasing the line. After some discussion, it was
resolved that a lease of the line, with its appurte-
nances, should be granted to the Stockton and Dar-
lington Railway Company for the term of 999 years
from the Ist of October next, at the yearly rent of
2,880/., which is equal to 6 per cent. on the share
capital, and an additional yearly rent of a sum equi-
valent to pay the interest on the present and future
borrowed capital of the company.
The meeting then adjourned until after the meeting
of the Stockton and _Darlington Company, which
occupied about half an hour, when
The CHAIRMAN stated that the Stockton and Dar-
lington Company had agreed to accept the lease of
the Middlesborough and Redcar on the terms men-
tioned, but subject to the repayment of 3741. ad-
vanced by that company towards paying the past
dividends under the guarantee, including some other
conditions.
Resolutions were unanimously passed acceding to
the terms, and releasing the York and Newcastle, the
Great North of England, and the Stockton and Dar-
lington Railway Companies respectively from every
guarantee given by them for insuring the payment of
any per tentage or dividend to the shareholders of
this company. Thanks were voted to the chairman,
and the meeting adjourned to the 23d of October.

WEAR VALLEY.
The special meeting of this company was held im-
mediately after that of the Middlesborough and Red-
car, and in the same office; Ir. H. Stobart in the
chair ; for the purpose of considering the propriety of
leasing the line to the Stockton and Darlington Com-
pany. After some discussion resolutions were passed
for granting a lease of the line, with its appurte-
nances, which include the Bishop Auckland and
Weardale, the Weardale Extension and Wear and
Derwent Railways, and the Sheldon Tunnel to the
Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, for the
term of 999 years, to commence on the Ist of October
next, at the yearly rent of 47,0371., less income tax,
which is equal to six per cent. on both the old and
new share capital, provided the Stockton and Dar-
lington Company agree to expend 60,0001. in improv-
ing the railways during the first seven years.
After a short adjournment, the chairman was ena-
bled to inform the meeting that the Stockton and
Darlington Committee had agreed to the terms for
leasing the line.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the meet-
ing separated.

STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON.
At a special meeting of this company, held on
Wednesday, at Darlington, agreements were approved
for leasing the Middlesborough and Redcar and the
Wear Valley Railways (the latter including the
Bishop Auckland and Weardale, the Wear and Der-
went, the Weardale Extension Railways, and the
Sheldon tunnel), for a term of 999 years, at a rent
equal to six per cent. on the capital.

LOSS Or Two LIVES ON THE RlVEN.—Yesterday
afternoon, between two and three o'clock, an accident,
resulting in the loss of two lives, occurred on the Thames,
a short distance below Woolwich halfway reach. A party
of five youths had engaged a boat for a pleasure excur-
sion down the river, and they had proceeded in safety to
the above mentioned spot, when, owing to the rough
state of the water, and the boat being somewhat over-
loaded, their passage became exceedingly difficult and
dangerous, and the water was repeatedly dashed into
the boat, to the alarm and consternation of its occupants.
Two of the party were rowing, while a third (who per-
rished by the accident) was endeavouring to bale out the
water, when, by a sudden swell of the stream, the boat
was overturned, and the whole were immersed in the
river. By great exertions, three young men were rescued,
but the remaining two, notwithstanding every effort
made in their behalf, were drowned, and the bodies
floated away with the tide. One of the unfortunate per-
sons who perished was wholly unknown to his com-
panions, but the other sufferer was stated to be the son
of a respectable tradesman of the name of Tomlinson,
residing at Shoreditch.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
L ou Saturday night from Ilickleton Hall, Yorkshire.

retticE SD.

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, SEPT. 30.—The gloomy and unfa-
vourable condition of business matters, as indicated in
our last circular, become comparatively unimportant
when viewed in reference to the actual position of
affairs during this month—a period which, for its
intense severity, svill be long remembered. We may
endeavour, but it is utterly impossible, to make par-
ties at a distance intelligibly acquainted with the in-
fluence which arising from a series of disastrous
tidings has had upon this lscality. Failures, we be-
lieve, exceeding five millions sterling, and many of
them bearing either directly or indirectly upon the
cotton trade, could not be expected to happen without
engendering general and wide-spread distrust, nor
without aggravating very materially the state of the
money market, and consequently rendering discount
facilities more difficult of attainment. But fix a
perceptible improvement in our home trade, and the
existence of a very good demand consequent upon
that improvement, during the last three weeks, we
should have had to report something approaching very
near to a suspension of operations in cloth. As it is,
the business done is of a limited extent. Stocks of
both cloth and yarns are generally heavier than they
were a month ago, though to no material extent.
Prices of both must, in many cases, be considered
perfectly nominal, and determinable only by the
situation of the producer, and the character and extent
of the operation submitted to him. Though cotton
has declined about lid. per pound, from the highest
point, the position of spinners and manufacturers is
not essentially improved by it : yarns and goods hav-
ing also given way, with a certainty of a further
downward tendency. The accounts by the overland
mail, though far from favourable, are considered to be
as good as might have been expected. We believe that
we were amongst the first to predict that bad conse-
quences would result from the immense and indis-
criminate shipments which were being made to India
and China. No regard appears to have been paid to
the legitimate wants of these important markets ; on
the contrary, supplies have been sent forward as if
the consumption were boundless, and the sources of
payment in return inexhaustibly valuable. The last
intelligence is painfully confirmatory of our views.
We may notice in conclusion, that the last American
steamer, which arrived in Liverpool yesterday, has
brought a fair amount of orders, and with them the
agreeable intelligence that the matters in dispute
between the United States and Mexico may now
reasonably be expected to be soon adjusted. Such,
we hope, will be the case; if so, a valuable market
will again be open to us.—From Messrs. APNair,
Greenhow, and Irving's Circular.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, OCT. I.—There
is a continued depression in the foreign wool trade,
mid as the business done is so extremely limited, prices
are merely nominal.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, OCT. I.—The
demand for wool is limited to the immediate wants of
the manufacturers, who hold light stocks of it. In
prices there is no alteration.
LEEDS.—There has been a much better feeling as
regards business this week than for many weeks past.
at both our cloth halls. There was more business
.lone both on Saturday and Tuesday than recently,
and the sales have been in goods of finer qualities for
the home market; but there was not so much done
in low priced goods for export. Prices are without
any alteration, and from the great caution exercised
by the manufacturers, the stocks are lower than usual.
There has been some little improvement in business
in the warehouses, but principally with the country
drapers.
BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—There is DO improvement
in the wool market either in demand or prices. The
stocks in the hands of the staplers are small, and they
are not anxious to replace them at present prices asked
by the producers. Noils and brokes being scarce,
fetch higher prices. The spinners are in general
working to order, but the prices are quite unremu-
nerating, and the spinners are curtailing their pro-
ductions as much as possible. There was less doing
in the piece market. Checked fancy goods continue
in fair request, but the piece market is on the whole
very languid. This is in part attributable to the
failure of several houses, not in Bradford or the neigh- t
bourhood, but connected with the Bradford trade.
LEICESTER.—There is a better demand for useful
goods for the home trade, and the London and Man-
chester houses are doing a good business. Yarns still
remain flat, and the spinners are curtailing their pro-
duction as much as possible. Wools continue firm,
1 and in good request.—Leicester Journal.

THE LATE BOUNTIFUL HARVEST
(From the Obserrer.)
The public thanksgiving for the late bountiful har-
vest has been ordered by her Majesty in Council to
be generally observed on the 17th inst. Her Majesty
has also been graciously pleased to add that collections
should be made in aid of the destitution in Ireland
and Scotland, which has unhappily not yet ceased.
The selection of Sunday for the public prayers on the
present occasion will, it is hoped, add materially to
the amount of the public contributions, and it will
also have the effect of not depriving the industrious
classes of a working diy.