The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-18 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(YESTERDA

HAY IVIAREETS
31 S 5
sst
to
144F1751.5p; . —a Meadownd st
raw,
,Hiaiy6,
22
to 1i
tol Ipsesr
but moderate, and trade dull.
14 Clover
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 d,
ditto, 318 s to 41 14s; and Straw, 118 s to 11 12s per loads
A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. r clover
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow 2/ 53 to 31 I's'
ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 11 Gs to 11115 per load•
Trade dull at the above quotations. ;loCadlo.versudpitptio;

MEAT DTAILICETS.
U 16.—Our market to-day Was well stir-
plied with Leach kind of stock, the demand for which Tio_
heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s In
to 45 bal
Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 48
and Pork, 4s to 4s Sd per Blbs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, JUNE 16.—A fall of quite 4d per Sibs took placefoni
in the general quotations, with a heavy demand. 8,e45; to
3s 6d to 4s lUd; Mutton, 5s to 5s 4d; Lanw, sibs.
6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s Bth and Pork, 45 to 4s 6d Per 165
Suckling Calves, 20s to 28s; Quarter-old Store rgrth 201
to 223; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, lv
each. 40
Dfutto
LEWES, JUNE 15.—Beef, from 4a to 5s 4d; Bat
9
to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 2d ; and Veal, 4e to 4
per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade dull.
1V11176/GATE AND zainzralLA-1611" Moo
Bee
We bad a very dull trade he re on lower terms veal 311
3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 55 to Ss;
10d to ss; and Pork 3s 8d to 5s per Sibs, by the carcase'

CORN AVERAGES.
Coax
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII _, 0010
For the Week ended June 17, 1847, made up from the Retml vole,
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England In
per Imperial Quarter. i 1 rs-O,A•
WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OITL 1675E I tr""a",.t. I 5911 '-
RI'ICE .. 1 885 10ii 52s Oil 34s Id ld sis '-
The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING. 10101,
LONDON, JUNE 17.—Wind S. W., light breeze, and mit
OFF BEACHY HEAD, JUNE 10.—Charlotte, Gunther
York, for Bremen. 16tbs
LIVERPOOL JUNE 16.—Wind S.S.E., fresh•—•s7i. Ann,
Otterspool, Wickman, Calcutta • Tapley, ditto;
Pernambuco ; Frances, Corkhill, Barbadoes;al ditto;
Frances, New Orleans; Harry Lorrequer, JeL""—igobile;
Julius Caesar, Carter, ditto; Champion, Cochrane, r, New
Urgent, Rogers, Apalachicola; New York, CrOe 16th.
York; Affghau, Black, ditto; Ellerslie, Harvey, dittocoo,
Cordelia, Hughes, Calcutta; Benjamin Boyd, Clark' Boy-
roons; Picwick, Africa ; George, Mansanilla; London,.
•
New Orleans; William Penn, Canighlan,
thagenian, Jack, ditto; Anglesea, Virginia; Mod Queen of
ner, Philadelphia; St. John, Richardson, ditto ;.
.r ditto;
the West, Woodhouse, New York; Lady Bruns-
Southerner, Palmer, ditto; Warrior, St. Johns, r'err_..ss for
wick. The Plums, Hannah, sailed from St. Andr.enrda;
Liverpool, 4th January last, and has not since been haia‘b,.....
DEM, JUNE 16.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W. • ron., act ° Boor
Arrd. Winscules, Sprout, Port Phillip ; Briery Grant,
`Per
bay ; Toup, Coast of Africa ; Arequipa, Crag. Callao;
sallyr
waldsen, St. Croix ; Emma, Walls, New Orleans ;_
Bruce, Mobile ; Emma, Wise, Newfoundland. The
lope, of Jersey, has been lost on the coast of Africa. or
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind S.W.—Put back, bar
jesty's ship Growler, with damage. dittos;
rtic.
reeZeV:i
FALMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind S.S.W., b vow
passed a, oil
Arrd. Anna Watson, Stirling, Colombo, which
of about 300 tons, water-logged and abanduned, ane
only bowsprit standing. nosed iii
FALMOUTH, JUNE 16.—A vessel, bottom up, was r- how
lat. 47 N., lon. 9 W., by the Swedish brig Esperance,
to Marseilles, spoken by the Eleanor, arrived here. .b• of
MIDDLES/30b.OUGH, JUNE 15.—The William and Sart* was
Exeter, got upon the Tees Breakwater yesterdays bn
assisted off next tide without much damage.
WHITBY, JUNE 15.—The Bramble, a Idarwicb, for.--r•"_,knferi
toffe, sprung a leak in Robin Hood Bay last night, aad
master and tw o men drowned.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following have been posted at Lloyds':--
t,847.
Hydrographic Office, 20th Alay,
HAVANNAH.—NEW LIGHTHOUSE ON Tl:th
MORRO.COO
Information has been received from her Majesty's , op the
at Havannah, that a new lighthouse has been erecteu
Morro of Havannah, in lat. 23 deg. 9 sec., long. ht at
sec. west of Greenwich, exhibiting a revoving long
It lei 01
minute intervals. The light is 158 feet above the e
the sea, and may be seen at the distance of 20 maw.
PUERTO RICO.—NEW LIGHT AT SAN JI-L°-`i,:the
The new light has been exhibited at the entranee.a- deg•
harbour of San Juan, lat. 18 deg. 29 sec. north, long. the
7 sec. west of Greenwich, at the height of 187 feet above
Mal w'
level of the sea. It revolves in eight seconds, and
seen 20 miles. POKE;
GULF OF VENICE.—NEW LIGHT ON THE
ROCK, NEAR CAPE PROMONTORE. Ex _u
Poser
e
Notice has been given by the Deputation of the ‘"
at Trieste that a new lighthouse has been built on the
g.
Rock in lat. 44 deg. 46 min. N., and lon. 13 deg. 53, that
of Greenwich, to replace the temporary one, an a 11l
fixed light is now exhibited thereon, at the height
feet above the sea, and 88 feet above the rock.
LLOYD'S. i
The committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's baY
r "ev
had their attention directed to the important assisteAuess
dered to British vessels in distress bi order of his
Mehemet Ali Pacha, have unanimouily passed the f nu"
resolutions :
to‘h‘
behalf of the subscribers to Lloyd's and the
* and valuable
iTshHatigthhneersesspiseicethfuelmthetanAklsiopf taheihsa?ovmicmeritorobfeeoEergnx.l733.ppreties:iei
shipping interests, for the generous, prorn„P',,, „eds orders,
assistance rendered on all occasions by his 'lige—coast "der
to British vessels stranded or in distress en tbother instance
his Highness's government; thus affording !II ,is Highness
of that enlightened and liberal policy for whicn
iS so justly distinguished."
SUSPEN-
FALLING OF THE DEE
SION BRIDGE.
rrh Coroners
CHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.---~."e lung of
inquiry relating to the late loss of life, by the fa, pee,
the Chester and Holyhead Railway-bridge, over tn
;01,010.
was resumed this morning at ten o'clock, for the
time, at the Exchange Hall of this city, before .tuil
Hostage, the Coroner, and the jury of citizens previously
empannelled.
The CORONER, in re-opening the inquiry, announce!
that he had a list of nineteen additional witnesses handed
to him by the superintendent of the police; they coat-
prised passengers by the train and other parties, whot
he was informed could speak to some new facts.
maPnreovtitohtie j
Previous taoryca,llbinegggtehdcrnto,
aSsikr EthrS..sltVepahlkeenra,oathwehforbe
adopted timber baulks in a bridge of 30 feet span, asywas
the case with the one over the King's Ferry, and omitted
them in one of 90 feet span?
Mr. Tyrrell put it to the Coroner whether the trey
tion had any reference to the inquiry.
Sir E. S. Walker contended that it had.
The CORONER thought they had better keep to the
bridge that had led to the accident.
Mr. Stephenson said he was ready to give the wort%
Knight the fullest explanation, and which could
answered by any scientific gentleman. He was cent°
to leave it to Mr. Walker. He had nothing to conceal'
and it was well known that their use or omission 1016
mere matter of convenience, and did not affect the secu-
rity of the structure.
Mr. J. Tomkinson, merchant, of Liverpool, was thteblie
sworn—l was a passenger in the train that met with
,se
accident. I was sitting in the second compartment
dvi
the first-class carriage next to the tender. To the bet_
of my recollection the speed of the train before it got Pi
nbsn
rtwii aboutdongthewas
aot esn
Wne
crossing
nhre
oencsiobsyinrnivodgeugrr ea
theaa wttit:edrawn miles
fi l
had
has
det ao napa
apparently
rumbling,et
ilrys was:ost
whenyren,
seres do
when we felt the line give way from us, and we drop Pen
The carriage fell on the bank, and rolled over sever 7
times, stopping on the brink of the river. The resod
why I think it rolled over is, that I was on fol:En-
several times. Having no bones broken, I got "'la e.
found that all the train had fallen through the bri
Several carriages, wrecks of them at least, were lying vo.,
the bank, and some immersed in water. Seeing alr
man struggling, I ran forward, and kept her up till as'
sistance came and rescued her. tea
Hy the CORONER— I do not think the accident resul
from any blow the b • times I wa.
on ridge, for, at the
sating with my face towards the road. „..no
By Mr. Walker—Up to the time of the moi""'"t'he
acrosi
heard no bumping of the carriage, to show that is.
tender was off the line. There might have been aahe
teral blow given the girder, but I did not hear it. n 0
carriage did not fall sideways, but seemed to go doff
the bridge sunk.
After much further evidence of a similar chars°
the inquiry was again adjourned.

- -------7 total nub'
PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND).—The gross
ber of men employed on public works in Ireland during t''
`-,cl ot
Ivieek ending Saturday, the sth of June last, amount
8,E87, and the total expense to 49,3"i_—..--____
_------

S.
2On the 13th inst., at theBIRTH
Fort Bristol, the wife of T. 0
Tyndall, Esq , o a dau
at ghter
On the 18t h infst., \Voila. ton Rectory, Nottingham, Dire
Charles Willoug, of a son.
On the 14th inhby,t., at Hornsey, Mrs. J. L. Aubert,of 35°13.

MARRIED.
On the 12th inst., W. H. Yell, Esq., to Mary Lancaster.

DIED.
On the 14th ult., at Toronto, the Hon. Christop,har
ander Hagerman, one of the Judges of her Majesty Court ot
Queen's Bench, Upper Canada.
On the 10th inst., at Montpellier-road, Brighton, Caroline
third daughter of the late Silpin \Varner, Esq.

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