The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-05 00:00:00

SHEEP.

At our Smithfield meat market this day we had a large
marnbr of cattle, sheep, and lambs. Prices of each gave
stay cinstderably from that of this day week—say beef
from Si. to 104. per 041., mutton .0. to id. per lb., and
lamb, 21. a head. The prices were for b,ef 535. to 565.
g)er cwt., mutton 511 to 64d. and 611. perib., lambs 14s.
Ito 22% each, and lase in trw day a great deal rem tined
unsold. The pig mar et W 45 very stoat], very few fit
tot baron, fur which 5S ‘. to 60,., was had, and for store
VOs. to 35•;. per cwt. Stull' kinds 12-,. upwards, for thk,
Litter there was an improved demand for feeding.
NEW ROMAN CA mimic BISI-101' OF CORK.

Ti-h, Cork Examiner of ye.terday says—. Letters have
-reached Cork from Rome, in which it is stated that the
"Very Rev. William Delany, P.P. of Bandon, who stood
IN-3J,.::,nd on the lis►, hAy been appointed Bishop of Cork
by i^ court of Rome ; and that the consecrating bulls
will be ?..‘ceived in a few days from this da•e." Father
Mathew, the leader of the teinper.mcv reformation, had
been first on tiin list forwarded to Rome by the clergy
c►f the diocese of Cork.
COUNTY OP CORK ELECTION.

'3'he Cork Exa rniner contains the following account
of the p ollino resterday (Wedoesday) :—" The contest
was renewed this day, when considerably more activity
wa,i,exhiMted in the di&rent booths. The repeal dee-
thie were cawing forward thickly and polled with all
possible &swatch white amongst Mr. Leader's adherents
the, want of na,,,n was apparent. The following was the
state of the grass pi-01 at eleven o'clock :
For Dr. Power 3OB
For Mr. Leader
Majority, fur Dr, Power --71
" At 12 o'clock the Ris& majority had advanced to
651 or G 4 upon the day's noting alone.
"The Assessor's Court was almost totally unoccupied.
At this period so few of Nfr. Leader's immediate friends
Raul prineipd supporters were to be seen engaged at
the boo:.hs, iliat it was conjectured an early retreat was
in tended.
"At two o'clock, four of the booths were cleared and
se acely an elector of either party appearing.
Stwe of the gross poll-
- For Dr. Power
For Mr. Leader... 306
Gross msjortty for 1)r. Power —ll6
" The tu!lowinq is the state of the poll, as declared by
the abet i 1 yesterday morning:—
Day's Pun.

Gross.

Power
Leader- l4B

Majority for Power

Ito"

,BoRorGit OF litssALE.—The Liberal electors of this
borough tissembled on l'uesday, the Rev. Dr. Murphy,
P.P., in the chair, and alort-d the following tYsoluilon,
so that Mr. Watson's re-election is a matter of crrtainty
That with a view to secure the return of a Liberal
representative at the approaching general election, we
consicEir t desirable that all persons should unite
for
supportive Mr. Watson, who so ably
the pa,t five years." represented us
CoUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—At the county meeting, in
:
Cashet on Tuegiay, Mr. N. .M,Lher consent, fi again to
be pat in nomination. lVe believe th:t Mr. Fralcis
;Scully, the second son of the lamented James Scully, of
Tipperary, will be chosen as the second Repeal candi-
date.—Tippera).y Vindicator.
OF YOUGEIAL. One of the Ponsonby
family is announced as a candidate for Youghal, on the
Duke of 1/evotishife's interest.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCT.I.—YESTERDAY.
WALL v. WALL AND ALCOCK.
This was an directed by an order of the Lord
Chancellor, bearing date the 20th day of February,
1847, to inquire into the legitimacy of the plaintiff. Mr.
James Witham Morris Wall, son of Mr. Janes William
Morris Wall, late of the 18 h Drattoons, and grandson
c George Morris, of the c.unty Waterford, deceased.
The case occupied the Court from M oday morning
until five o'clock last evening, when the jury found a
verdict for the plaintiff, thereby establishing his I.,giti-
maey and right to the possession of the property in
question,
about 1 3001. a year, now enjoyed by Sir Ben-
• in :Morris tr all, his uncle.
31111' The Poor-law Comtnissioners dissolved the Ballinrobe
and have appointed paid guardians, selected
' • D blin
fr.)rn the office in —Limerick Chronicle. u •
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Saturday evening we
were, informed of a, fatal accident which occurred on th,
Limerick and Waterford Railway. at the cross of Baher,
by e‘bieh it was stated two mven were killed on the spot.
to ad:l that only one man
-Upon inquiry, we are 11311)..
met with the untimely
.Jayne; Curtin, of New Pa
fate ; but two others, IlrayeF3,.o' f
.Grange, and Ryan, of
C 1 441 e. Connell, were so severely iniuredt,htehatotThhetiyn•uweeir:).
where
removed te, the county infirioarY,
.a very PrE'.earion2 state. While the woric3'n? en were at
knowln
tittinev, spp,ar, that some vile miser' nt-
that the engine woul.l traverse the line, maliciously
placed a broken
chair upon the rail, which was
supported by
smsll stones, convenient to a permanent
one sunk in the timber ot a sleeper, but so well COD-
strazted as to avoid detection. There were eight wag,,'
gins in advance of the engine, containing, from 30 to 40
vvorkinen, and as each wet with obstruction it was upset
plYthe rail, anti precipitated about a 11,,i h't, of 12 feet.
Fort:ln:ll42lY the engineer was enabled to%' ck the speed
of the „engine be', re the last waggon turned
over, elsehe
conseque,eces might have been truly awful. ewr' eu the
eonseque.ces might have been ti uly aWiul. 'Vtt under
!stand two p;rsons haye hen arrested on suspicion (
being coneernej in the atrocious outrage, cleai. is"
ned, it )
thought, through feelings of revenge consequent up
the reduction of lahourers.— I ineriek Chronicle, "

LONDON DOCKS.--I.he half-yearly meeting of the
proprietors of stock in this company was held On Fri-
- thy, to reef:lye the report of the directors, and for the
declaration of a dividend, It appears from the state-
ment read that the number of loaded ships which en
tered the docks from foreign ports during the six inoaths
endiitu: the 31st of May was
.048, and the tonnage
150,570 t,:ns, In the corresp,,ndlng period of 1846 the
vetatvo nunOers were 593 ships, and 142,533 tons,
being o.'l increase this year of 8,037 tons. The earn-
.if the company for the six mouths, to the 31-t of
tiny, were 1936261. 11s. 5:1., and in the corresponding
period of 1846, 191,2415/ 12s. 7,1. The expenditure for
th 3 tthix inoitv.ing the income-tax, was 108,114/.
34. SI.. and dart thi: saw? period of 1946, 98,082/. 18s.
81. P..rt of the inevlaiftd expenditure arose from the
heav i-r daytnents f,Jr taxes, especially poor-rates. The
virtv,iiiir. to the cr.-Ait of the einnpany was '394,5081., I"it
of wiiicirihe directors recommended a dividend at the
rate of per cent. for the half-year. The balance in
itivoar ot rite coinnany was 201,965/. 18,, 3,1.; but of
this amount` 173,4031. 13:. 7.1. was due upon goods in
.v,trehouses: bin for outstanding charges, &c. The
iAtiliek 01 goods in the warehouses of the company on the
-31st of May was 103,106 tons; and at the same date in
1846, 105,276 tons. The cost of the additional ware-
houses and vaults, which the directors had no doubt
IvottM prove remunerative, was 84,0001. After a few
remarks from the proprietors, expressive of satisfaction
at the report, the dividend was agreed to, thanks were
voted to the d reetOrs. and the meeti-ig adj,iurned.
THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MESSRS.
M.•tusDLAY's---The subcription to replace the tools of
forts- of the workmen, which were all destroyed in this
terrible fire, goes on prosperously, about 300/. being
already- contrilluted towards the amount required to
replace th©m viz-v 6001.