The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-18 00:00:00

MARK LANE,

With more favourable reports from the agricultural dis-
tricts respecting the growing crops, the grain trade has been
quiet to-day. The supply of English wheat has been short,
brt has been amply sufficient and met requirements. Sales
Lave progressed slowly in both red and white produce, and
the tendency of prices has been in favour of buyers.
The show of foreign wheat has been tolerably good. The
inquiry has been limited, at previous quotations.
The supply of barley has been moderate. The trade has
been quiet at late rates.
Malt has been dull on former rates.

Oats, the show of which has been tolerably good, have
sold blowly at Monday's reductions.
Beans have Wen quiet, and prices have been in limited
request, but prices have been supported.
Flour has been at late rates.

ARRIVALS—English and Scotch whezt, 290 qrs; do barley,
00 ; ditto peas, 20 ; foreign wheat, 11,920 ; ditto oats,
2,860 ; ditto flour, 260 sacks 11,540 brls,
Comparative Quantities and Prices of Grain.

For the week ending
May 14, 1870.
Qrs. Average I - Qre. Average
a. d. a. d.
Wheat
Barley .... ..... 3,657 33 6 Barley
Oats . ... .. 2,830 21 1 I Oats ...

For the corresponding week
last year.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Sales probably 10,000 bales. Harket dull and irregular,

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

According to Reuter's telegrams the French
lentes to-day were quoted 74f. 95c. Flat.

The stipulations between Austria, Russia, and the
Principalities on the Danube relative to the navigation
upon the river Pruth have been published in the Imperial
Gazette of Vienna, accoi ding to which, as far as commq.cial
traffic is concerned, the navigation is open to all nations.

A collision occurred last evening on the Cork and
Bandon line. A waggon on the rails was propelled by the
wind, and came into collision with the afternoon train near
the Chetwynd Viaduct. The engine and the van were
thrown off the rails at the embankment. The passengers
escaped unhurt.
THE REVENUE.— The returns published last even-
ing show the receipts between April 1 and May 14 to have
been £7,499,765, against £9,185,858 in the corresponding
period of last year. The balances in the Banks of England
and Ireland amounted to £8,606,648, against £4,707,285.
The income tax produ ed £600,000, against £,16:6,000.
An association on the co-operative principle has
been formed at Deptford, to enable its members to emigrate
to one of the Western States of America. The Rev. B. A.
Finch, the rector of St. Paul's, Deptford, has received a
letter from the Braucepeth Colliery Works, Willington, Dur-
ham, to the effect that there is a great scarcity of labour iu
that district, and workmen can have outdoor employment,
con,tant,at 3s. 6d, per day, th, demand not being caused by
a strike. 4
PRESERVATION OF COMMONS.—The sum of
71,347 12s. 3d. has been subscribed to the fund now being
raised for the preservation of Wandsworth and Clepham
Commons, in addition to £l,OOO given for the same object
by Mr. IL W. Peek, M.P. A memorial, numerously
signed, has been presented to the Home Secretary, by Sir C.
W. Dilke, M.P., praying for the release of Samuel Sullings,
who was sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment, with hard
labour, for breaking down fences which obstructed the use
of au old footpath on Wandsworth-common.
FOURTEEN MEN IMMERSED IN THE THAMES.—
A serious accident, fortunately unattended with fatal
results, occurred on Tuesday night at Messrs Henley's
Telegraph Factory, North Woolwich. It would appear
that while 14 men were standing on a staging loading the
ship Hibernia, the staging gave way, and all of the men fell
into the water. It was with the greatest difficulty that
the unfortunate men, who fell into the Thames near the
Telegraph Factory, were pulled out of the water by men
in boats. They were carried to a neighbouring tavern,
where after being subject to the process adopted by the
Royal Humane Society in cases of drowning they were
declared by a doctor to be out of danger.

ESCAPE OF A SHIP'S CREW FROM SAVAGES.—
The crew of the barque Belcarry, which was driven
ashore on the coast of l'erra del Fuego on the morning of
the 4 hof March last, during a heavy gale, had a vary
narrow escape from falling into the hands of the Patago-
nian savages. As soon as the vessel was observed to be
ashore by the natives, they came dwn to the beach iu large
numbers, all of them being armed, some with spears,
and others with bows and arrows, with the sup-
posed intention of attacking or capturing the crew of
the ill-fated barque. Seeing the dangerous position of
himself and crew, Captain Edgas decided on abandoning
the vessel, although she was perfectly dry at the time, but
embedded eight fee in the sand. The captain and his
wife and eight men took to the longboat, and the chief
officer and four men to the pinnace. The latter boat
reached Stanley, Falkland Islands, in four days, but no-
thing, up to late despatches, bad been heard of the long-
boat of the people in her. The agent at Stanley had sent a
number of schooners t') the sceno of the w-eck, iu order to
save as much of the calgo as possible.

THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP.
The London correspondent of a Scotch paper writes :
*f Many indications have occurred of late, bearing out
what I hinted some time ago, that there is a scheme on
foot for gradually retiring Mr. Disraeli from the leader-
ship of the COnservative party in the Commons, and
pushing Mr. Hardy to the front in 'his room. This is
probably with Mr. Disraeli's own consent. He has en-
joyed all that fortune can reasonably have in store for
him. He has been Prime Minister, and even if his party
were coming into power again—of which there is at pre-
sent little chance—the Premier would in all probability
this time be selected from the Upper House. Even if
he were to be once more installed in the front place, it
would be but a repetition of the old failure, with-
out a repetition of the first gloss of novelty and brilliancy
of position. Why should he continue to fight when there
are no more prizes to be had ? He has got all he ever
cared for, and may be well content to repose upon his
laurels. Like the soldier in Gay's ' Fable ' he
may well say, " Let him take castles that has
n.e'er had a groat." Besides, he is getting up in years,
and his health has of late been indifferent ; and more
than all, no man who ever aspired to lead the House
of Commons would have ventured to give such
offence to the Roman Catholics as he has done in his
novel " Lothair." No ; " Lothair " looks more like Mr.
Disraeli's political testament than anything else. Any
way, he is not in the House as often as was his wont ;
while Mr. Hardy leads the forlorn hope of the Tories,
and night after night acquires fresh ease and confidence
in his new position.

BALLOONING.

The annual report of the Aeronautical Society states
that at the Exhibition at Lyons in May next year a
special class has been allotted to aeronautics. Alluding
to the death of the veteran aeronaut, Charles Green,
last March, the report says :--" To him is entirely
due the first application of coal gas for the inflation of
balloons. In whatever locality he undertook to make an
ascent he always gave directions concerning the quality
of the coal to be used for making the gas, and the period
and manner in which this! was to be obtained for the in-
flation; consequently he n ver failed in making an ascent
for want of buoyant power ; while others, desirous of
emulating his achievements, failed from ignorance of
the facts. As the result of his precautions, he made
in person upwards of 700 ascents, and took up several
hundred passengers, without any serious accident. To
him is due to the suggestion and application of the guide
rope for preventing the necessity of parting with either
gas or ballast durinc, a long voyage. This was used in the
memorable journey from London to Nassau in November,
1836, and is also to be employed in the projected journey
from America across the Atlantic. The 'Nassau '
balloon is said to be still in good condition, and is now the
property of Mr. Coxw ell."