The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-19 00:00:00

THE CHILD'S OWN BOOK.
In a very handsome volume, square 16:n0., price 7a. 6d, bound in
cloth.
lIE CHILD'S OWN BOOK,
Illustrated with nearly Three Hundred Engravings. The
Seventh edition.
London : Printed for Thomas Tcgg, 73, Cheapside ; and Bowdery
and Kirby, Oxford-street; where may be had, just published, with
entirely New Cuts, THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK, by Mrs. Child, the
Thirteenth Edition.

STATE OF TRADE. g?
pre'
MANCHESTER, JAN. 17.----This market fully
pates in the flatness and absence of demand vi11i°,31.4041
veil at the present time in all the principal nell;i0e0
commerce throughout the country. Very little bu o
has been done during the last three or four clsr, elb
in yarn or goods ; but, though some few parties let"
submitted to lower rates, prices are, in general, tOO
ably well maintained ; the spinners and manilf°39oP
evidently believing that the peculiar circumstanco
%et
fecting the money market will not be of much I°l3
continuance.
Arl
ROCHDALE, FEB. 16.—We have had a dull 17) ber°
to-pay ; a very limited quantity of flannels has
ocler
, sold at last week's prices. The wool market has ti
gone no change since last Monday. cDyke
LEEDS, FEB. 17.—At the percent juncture O. 13r
affairs, it can hardly be expected that business in 15;,.."
ral should resume anything like activity or buoys°l4
our markets do not offer an exception; they reinailiftett
, quiet, with steady price. The latest accounts ur AO
America are considered more satisfactory; and, co
, ,or 0(
with the anticipations of a telling majority in fa to the
the Ministerial measure, infuse a better spirit in
trading community. idet'
HUDDERSFIELD, FEB. 17.—There has been conso;
, rable demand for goods adapted for the shippingatrhecle;
but there is a great scarcity of this quality of 0400 '
manufacturers being deterred from providing 9011
until the present corn debate is settled, and the hold
iT the approaching wool sales is known.—Mane
Guardian.
„ A
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN f oeel
On Monday morning an accident of a serious nature occurrno-el,
Groat Western Railway, between Box and Middlehill If'
which the lives of several persons were endangered ; and
nioured that one person was killed. It appears that the up
-t.
Bath had an open truck, containing several ,„note,°_,
attached to the train ; and when between Box and Middlehl 011.12
the tire of one of the leading wheels of the truck new °,i 10,e
c. used such an oscillation, that either through fear a nuteltthef 70.
out, or were thrown from the truck by the motion. -74.,` t 11074
engine-driver nor the guards were cognizant of any sell, 0%
entering the tunnel, the echo of the screams of those In sod
alarmed the engine-driver, who instantly stopped the tratoje on.sce
g. jug back it was discovered that nine persons were on rpei to
s...riously injured that it was considered necessary to take trBl
hospital at Bath, and one of them, it is said, has since died'iod ttl&
stoppage the mail was nearly three-quarters of an hour a"'-pisit tP"...4a
Another detention took place the same day to the up daY"''',ihe.,,,tll.
but, fortunately, unattended with serious consequence. ge rde,
was propelled by the Proserpine engine, which, when het w, evs.A.F-
lingford-road and Reading, broke one of its cranks, 50 du': WM4
was totally disabled. On arriving at Reading station, an up.'" tterdet
train happening to be there, its engine the (the Hercules) w„„.'" it
ahead of the Proserpine, and conveyed it to Slough, L.'"„
station the disabled engine took the train to Paddlilgt°"' pfig
arrived nearly an hour behind time. g
NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.—On Saturday
of the receipts and payments on account of the din4"-ted
men ere
for the northern lighthouses for the year 1844, Pr-par 0,
Parliament, was printed. The receipts for the
46,632!. 6s. 5d., to which was added a balance ni,„;Ergi
32,904/. 6s. 4d., making 79,5361. 12s. 9d. The toi-9-,
flints were 40,0251. 16s. 3d., leaving a balance of
16s. 6d.
letter 11. ,0
A
Loss OF THE TRIAL, OF GLASGOW.--..
been received at Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, elee, fr°—
copy of a letter received through the Foreign ilihee, fa;
the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs at the is
if
porting the wreck of the Trial, of Glasgow, 01,, Cr°
ult., near Villa Real de St. Antonio, MontVim'''.
saved.
BIRTHS. of G TrOr'
On the 15th of December last. at Calcutta. the WY
Esq., of the Bengal Medical Establishment, of a We. 4 the P.'
On the 14t1r inst., at Uumington, Suffolk, the lady 0
of
Miller, of a daughter. the ladl '
On the 15th inst., at Aldborough Lodge, Yorkshire, of.i.
T. Weodd, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 15th inst., at St. James's-terrace, Liverpool, the if
°Ando
Bourne, Esq., of Heathfield, of a daughter. WY of
the
Ales
On the 16th inst., at the Terrace, Putney, Dover.
311ddleton, Esq., of a son.
On the 17th inst., in Baker-street, Portman-squarer Ce 4
of a son. tee,
Keming lig •
On the 17th inst., at St. George's-terrace, oct,
of a son. D. a• °ad'
On the 13th inst., at Herne-bay, the wife of
On it" Y
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A
of aaughter.
the 13th inst., Mrs. Thomas GurueY, 0., vac,-
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Wandsworth-road, of a daughter.
MARRIED.
On the 9th of December last, at the Cathedral,
Anderson, 0.14., Bengal Artillery, to Frances Sophia
dau4hter of the late T. C. Plowden, Esq., B.C•B. t
On the 12th inst., at the parish church, e....,pbter
Archer, 4th Dragoon Guards, to Eliza, eldest a."'
C.Aalreauttittae,..l:Juorirgeli
Rev.
Swetenham, Esq., of Sornerferd, Chester. e the Thorn
Ilea 3
On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Hanover Wirt,' e late
Blunt, to Charlotte Mary, second daughter 0 of VI;
Daniell, Esq., of Little Berkhamstead, Herts. _,,cigorty., _
Oa the 12th inst., Lieutenant-Colonel W.
Antrim, Deputy Quarter-Master-General,
,7.gment,
M`Gildowny, youngest daughter of the late J. 1;4"
inure, Antrim. b‘db
On the Gth inst., in London,DlED
Colonel Thar"' DuudAS carnP
004$
late of her Majesty's 50th Regiment, aged 79' wieloW of
On the 13th inst., at Ashurst, Kent, MarY, of the Is.
au"o'
On the 15th inst., at Hastings. Elizabeth' 'Yu°
Farley, Rector of Ducklington, Oxfordshiree' the c., intent de
room.
On the 16th inst., in New Millman-5a t
of J. ti
R. Garland, Esq. widow Dal.r-
On the 12th inst., Rachel Hutchinson,of Eeq,
Esq., late of Ilighbury•park, aged es • „us, porw, to
On the 12th inst., at Laverstoke, Wu
'oo'l'
stoke
thou
13 , Hants, aged
Cavendish-road.
91. st. johife
Onth inst., in ;
Gore Matson, late Captain in the 59th oa
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19, 1546.