The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-04 00:00:00

speculation, however much to be deplored, ought scarcely
to excite surprise.

STATE OF TRADE.
(Front the Manchester Guardian.)
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUG. 2.—The mar-
ket to-day has been quite equal to that of last Monday.
There has been a brisk demand for flannels,. and many
have been sold at rather better prices. Beside the mer-
chants, there have been several of the large manufactu-
rers to-day in the market, who have bought rather
freely. The stocks on hand have been considerably di-
minished the last month ; but July, August, and Sep-
tember, are generally the best months in the year for the
Blackwater market. Wool still maintains its price, but
the manufacturers have bought very sparingly.

HUDDERSFIELD MARKET-, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3.
The demand for middle and low-priced woollens, both
plain and fancy, was tolerably brisk to-day; prices, how-
ever, have not improved. In superfines there was little
done. In light fancies there was less cause of complaint.
Wools are firm. Business in the warehouses has not un-
dergone any material clAnge.

LATEST BETTING AT MAN-
CHESTER.
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.

It appeared, both ftom the strength of the room,
and the absolute desire to execute business, that the
Goodwood events have not exactly suited the Lanca-
shire books. Be that as it may, we never remember
such a sample of business before. Wolverhampton
races and the Pottery meeting being actually " on.' A
variety of events were spoken of, not forgetting the
Mostyn Mile. This at once shows that real business
was not in fashion. The annexed are a few of the
offers, &c., taking up time until nearly two o'clock.
THE CuP (THIS DAY).—Even betting, then 5 to 4, and
after 6 to 4 offered agst Bellona.
THE COPELAND HANDICAP (TO-NORROW).-2 to 1
against Bellona (taken, then 5 to 2 offered) ; 2 to 1
against Ararat (offered) ; 4 to 1 against Ruler (taken);
4 to 1 against Dr. Caius (taken) ; 5 to 1 against Bellona
winning the two (taken) ; to against Mustapha
Muley for the Cup and St. Leger (taken).
WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES.-50 to 20 against The
Corsair (taken) ; 7 to 2 agst Recorder ; 5 to 1 agst
Black Bess ; 7 to 1 agst The Currier ; 8 to 1 agst any
other.
THE LEA3IINGTON STAKES.-7 to 2 offered on the
field.

ST. LEGER.-6 to 4 agst Coronation (taken) ; 4
to 1 against Van Amburgh (offered) ; 8 to 1 against
Middleham.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The works
at the eastern part of Chelmsford are rapidly progress-
ing. The embankment to form the line from Spring-
field over the river Chelmer has been raised to within a
few rods of the bridge now erecting, by which the line
will pass over New-street ; the arch of the bridge is
completed, and exhibits a skilful piece of workmanship;
it is supported by ten buttresses on each side. The em-
bankment. also, at the western side of the town is fast
approaching the river Cann. These two contracts,
which are expected to be completed early in the spring,
will form about two miles of the road in our immediate
vicinity.—Essex Herald. _ _

THE OYSTER SEASON.—The sale of oysters
commenced this morning at six o'clock at Billingsgate,
where forty sail of vessels were moored last night, and it
was expected that the fleet of oyster smacks would be in-
creased to sixty with this morning's tide. Mr. Gold-
ham, the chief clerk of the market, and " yeoman of the
water side," was busily employed during the whole
of yesterday in making arrangements to prevent confu-
sion and robberies formerly so prevalent at Billingsgate
when the hatches were opened at midnight. A party of
the City police have been retained to preserve order and
prevent accidents among the thousands expected to at-
tend the market this day. The supply is good both in
quality and quantity, and Mr. Goldham reports that the
oysters are finer this season than he has seen them for se-
veral years.

MARCH OF IMPUDENCE.—An impudent trick
was practised yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, in
High Holborn, by a " shabby genteel" fellow who was
loitering near a book-stall opposite Day and Martin's.
A gentleman who had been looking for some time at a
volume which was lying on the stall, marked 7s. 6d., at
length took it up, and, thinking that the individual
above alluded to belonged to the shop, said to him.—
" I will give you ss. for this, if you like." " Why, Sir,"
said the man, with the most perfect nonchalance, " busi-
ness is very bad, so I suppose I must take it." The
gentleman dropped two half-crowns into the fellow's
hand, and he was out of sight in a moment. The shop-
keeper, who had been busily engaged, happened to per-
ceive the gentleman walking away with the book, and
stopped him, when an explanation took place, and the
gentleman had the Mortification to pay a second crown
for his " bargain."
SHOCKING ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW-
CLEANING.—On Monday afternoon a shocking accident
happened to a young woman, named Helen Labern, 19
years of age, housemaid in the service of Mrs. Wagstaff,
a lady residing at No. 24, Lower Belgrave-place, Bel-
grave-square, Pimlico. It appears that, she was cleaning
the first-floor window, when she let go her hold and fell
into the area, a height of nearly 30 feet. The poor girl
was taken up in an insensible and bleeding state, and
conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where she was at-
tended by Mr. Lee, house surgeon of the institution,
when it was found that she had received a severe lacera-
tion of the right thigh, besides Many other severe in-
juries. The poor girl is not expected to survive many
days. This is another instance of the improper practice
of allowing young females to expose themselves in so
dangerous a situation in cleaning windows.
ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT ISLINGTON.
—A preliminary meeting was held last night at the
Thatched House Tavern, in Islington, for the purpose of
taking the necessary steps for the formation of a branch
Anti-Corn-law Association. A deputation from the
Society attended. Mr. Richmond took the chair, and
shortly stated the object of the meeting, and his hopes
that the great measure they were struggling for would
soon be carried triumphantly. The parent Society at-
tributed some importance to the formation of a branch
society in Islington, as the character of that district
was in general Tory, and they hoped that the formation
of such an association would act as a beginning to a

more liberal state of feeling and opinion. Mr°. Wickham,
of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association, then
addressed the meeting, and stated the desire of the Asso-
ciation which he represented to organize the metropolis
into regularly-constituted associations, having for their
great object a repeal of the Corn-laws. Already three-
tourths of the Metropolitan districts were regularly
organized, and the system was being carried out in the
neighbouring counties of Kent and Essex. The ques-
tion that an auxiliary association be formed, was, after
some discussion, triumphantly carried. The necessary
arrangements having been made, the meeting separated.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—A dreadful oc-
currence has happened at the Giant's Causeway. On
Tuesday, the 20th of July, a party of fishermen be-
longing to the above placer discovered the body of
a female lying in a small port immediately under
that part of the Causeway called the Chimney-tops.
The body was recognised by several persons in the neigh-
bourhood as being that of a woman who had been ob-
served wandering about the Causeway on the previous
Sunday, who had also been met by a man named
Harris going in that direction on Sunday morning, who,
on questioning her as to where she was travelling to,
was told that she was in search of her husband, who
had left her, and as she was so nigh the Giant's Cause-
way she intended going to see it. It is conjec-
tured, from the place where she was found, that she
had fallen from the Chimney-tops, which is one of
the most elevated and dangerous points of the
basaltic columns—so much so that the most adventurous
tourists are unwilling to ascend it. Her skull was frac-
tured from the concussion 'she had received in her descent.
On searching her person there were found ninepence in
copper, and a written character, supposed to be of her-
self, in which she is called Jane Glass. The documentis
signed by eight persons, and dated from the parish of
Aughentulogh.—Londonderry Sentinel.
SUICIDE FOR LOVE.—On Tuesday evening an
inquest was held at St. Nicholas Southelmham, nearßun-
gay, on view of the body of Priscilla Rodwell, aged
sixteen. The deceased lived with her aunt, Mrs.
ltumsby, and destroyed herself by swallowing a large
quantity
of arsenic mixed with pork lard that had
been laid in the cheese chamber for the destruction
rasli action ti
of ra.ts. No
• motive .could be assigned for this
appointmezt part of the deceased, other than a
thedis-
ing attentions of a young man of the
name of Hundtec he
transferred from herself to an-
other. The
having taken any on
being
first taken ill denied
poison, but as her agony and
danger increased, she
fact. Medical aid le at last acknowledged the
be of any effect, andv"sh called in, but too late to
hours from the time of takinge the
died within twenty-four
andcommhe poison. After the Coro-
some
timented upon the evidence,
Coroner then communicated
Coro-
ner bad summed up
the Jury deliberated for
andth returned a ver
diet of "Febo de se." The
the verdict to the parents of the and 2
bmadeody ou
his warrant for the private interment of tlt
be-
tween the hours of nine and twelve at night, pursuant
to the provisions of a recent statute.—Essex Herald.
The boy Jones would not be taken on board
the Diamond at Cork, for Port Philip. The master,
Capt. Taylor, refused a handsome apprentice fee, which
the Bow-street officer, who accompanied him here of-
fered. Jones is the lad who has so often intruded on
Buckingham Palace.—Limerick Chronicle.
GAME.—We learn by accounts from several
districts, that game of all kinds is unusually plenty-.
Pheasants and partridges are numerous, although Coveys
of the latter are not generally very full in number.
Hares are strong and plentiful. One of our informants
counted, in one small field, a few days ago, no fewer than
47, and this too on an estate that was well shot and
coursed over last season. Indeed, the depredations of
puss are almost everywhere pretty evident, in the nibbled
appearance of the corn fields, in the neighbourhood of
preserves. The moors give promise of excellent sport.
The fine weather lately has been favourable to the
young grouse, which all accounts coincide in describing
as remarkably strong on the wing. Few cheepers may
be expected to be heard or seen this season. Sports-
men, generally, are anticipating that if the 12th be a
fine day, they will manage to make the fellows who
carry their bags groan and cry, "Hold, enough," long
before sunset.—Ayr Advertiser.
There is an amusing anecdote told of Captain
Anstruther, when in confinement in China, which is said
to have come in a private letter from himself. One day
a Mandarin sent him a very savoury stew, garnished
with sharks' fins and birds' nests, in compensation for a
likeness which he had taken of the nodding gentleman.
Captain Anstruther having tasted the delicious contents,
;ave an inquisitive look at the attendant, and pointing
to the stew, said, " Quack, quack, quack?" The servant
;hook his head and replied, "Bow? wowI wow."—lndian
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