The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-17 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) g 7

TirnI,VGA.T'E ILN D lizADEarta=,s.

These markets were tolerably steady, at the follow-
ing terms:—Beef, from 25 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s Sd to
4s Sd; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork,
3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 16s ; New
ditto, 21 5s to 3/ 8s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/ ; New ditto,
31 lOs to 4/ lOs ; and StraW, 11 4s to 1/ lOs per load.
A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.--Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; New
ditto, 2l 5s to 31 lOs ; Old Clover, 41 to 41 16s ;
New ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 Gs to 1/ 103
per loud. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull.
WIIITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 3118 s; New
ditto, 21 5s to 3/ 8e; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New ditto,
3/ lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 10s per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.
MEAT MARKETS. _ _

SOUTHALL, AUG. 16.—PrFmoleatTtand Sheep com-
manded a steady sale, at full prices. Otherwise, the de-
mand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s;
Mutton, 4s to Si; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d;
and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Blbs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, AuG. 16.—Our market was rather heavy,
yet prices were well supported.—Beef from 3s 4d to 4s ;
Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s
2d; and Pork,4s2d to 4s 6d per Blbs. Suckling Calves,
16s to 265; Quarter old-store Pigs, 16s to 21s ; and
Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each.
HAnsuAm, AUG. 16.—Both Beasts and Sheep moved
off steadily, at our quotations. Other kinds of stock
were a slow inquiry.—Beef, from 8s 6d to 4s 2d; Mut-
ton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 4s 6d to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d;
and Pork, 4s to 4a 4d per 81bs.
ARUNDEL, AUG. 15.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d;
Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 4s 4d to bs ; Veal, 4s to
4s 4d per Sibs. A fair average supply, and steady de-
mand.

CHICHESTER, Aug. 16.—Prime stock was in fair re-
quest, at lull prices; otherwise the demand was in a
sluggish state.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s
to is; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, Ss 8d to 4s 2d; and Pork,
4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 15s to
21s each.

COAL MARK E'

'. -YESTEADAT.

Bate's West Hartley... 14s 3d Eden Main l6s 3d
East Adairs Main..... 12s 6d Belmont l6s 3d
Hasting's Hartley l4s 9d Braddyll's Hetton l6s 9d
llolywell Main l4s 6d Bell
New Tanfield l3s Od Haswell l7s 61
Original Tanfield l2s Od Hetton .., l7s 3d
Ord's Redheugh
Pontop Windsor .... . 12s 6d Morrison lss 9d
South Peareth
'Canfield Moor .... ..... 13s 6d Stewart's
Taulield Moor Butes... 12s 9d Hartlepool l7s 3d
Townley l3s 6d Hudson's Hartlepool... 16s Os
IV ylain
Wall's End, &c. Kelloe l6s 61
Brown's l4s 6d Thornley
Clarke and Co.
Frainwell Gate......... 16s Od Richardson's Tees lss Od
Gilson
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Walker
Wham:like
Washington

Teea
West Cornfortti .. lss 9d
West llettou l6s Ud
Ships at market 93.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Agu. 16, 1848,:atde up from:the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. BEANS. I PEAS.
I PRICE .. 50s id 30s Id 21s 8d 29s 7a 363 Off, 135 s 2d

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. I BAILLET. OATS. 1 BT& BEANS. I PEAS.
Ss Od 33 6d2s 6d 3s Od 3s Od 3s cd

SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.

The half=yearly meeting of this company was held at
the offices in Southampton, on Tuesday—Colonel Barlow
in the chair.

The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last meeting,
and the following report:—" Notwithstanding the general
depression of trade and commercial enterprise, the busi-
ness of the company is still progressive. The earnings
for the half-year to the 30th of June, 1848, have been
9,3511. 10s. 7d., those to the 30th of June, 1847, were
7,6261. I ls. I Id. ; being an increase of 1,7241. 85. 3d. in
the earnings of the half-year to the 30th of June, 1848,
as compared with the earnings of the corresponding half-
year of 1847. The accounts exhibit a balance, after the
payment of expenses, of 3,180/. 13s. 11d.; and the di-
rectors are, consequently, enabled to recommend a di-
vidend, clear of income-tax, of 11. per cent. for the half-
year (ten shillings ' per share'), being at the rate of 21.
per cent. per annum. The directors have the satisfac-
tion to report that they have concluded an arrangement
with Mr. Joseph White, of East Cowes, for the establish-
ment on the company's land, contiguous to the dry
docks, of a yard for building ships of the largest class ;
and that the necessary workshops and offices have been
already erected. This arrangement will ensure at all
times every possible facility for the repair of ships in
the company's dry docks. The directors have been
much disappointed by the rejection, by the Committee
of the House of Lords, of a Bill which had passed the
House of Commons, for the construction of seven miles
of railway between Harrow and Brentford, which would
have connected Southampton with the North-Western,
the Great Northern, and all the narrow gauge railways
in the kingdom, and would have afforded to the docks an
unbroken narrow gauge communication with the whole
of the manufacturing districts. This connecting link is
on every account so important to the interests of the
country at large, as well as those of the port and the
docks of Southampton, that the directors feel satisfied
that its construction must be sanctioned in the next ses-
sion of Parliament; and as the works can then be exe-
cuted in less than a year, that they may still rely at no
very distant period upon the means, without change of
carriage and break of gauge, of distributing imports to
all parts of the country, and of bringing down from the
north to the ship's side in the docks return cargoes,
which are alone wanting to ensure a vast increase of
trade, and to render Southampton one of the first ports in
the kingdom. In the meantime, the beat must be made
of the accommodation which is about to be afforded by
the opening of the Great Western line from Reading to
Basingstoke."
Comparative statement of earnings for the half years
ending respectively-
30th Juno, 1844 £9sB 13 4
30th June, 1845 3,862 2 11
30th June, 1846 4,800 18 0
30th June, 1847 7,626 11 11
30th June, 1848. 9,351 10 7
31st December, 1844 3,059 14 1
31st December, 1845 5,115 8 1
31st December, 1846 8,402 3 5
31st December, 1847 9,707 2 8
The CHAIRMAN then briefly addressed the meeting,
observing that he would not detain them long, but
should be most happy to answer any question that might
be put to him. He then drew attention to the satisfactory
increase in the income of the company and the decrease
in the working expenses; but in works of this character
there were expenses to be met, whether the concern was
profitable or not. At present the great object was to
have a direct communication with the north of England,
and to get ships for the East and West Indies, America,
and all parts of the world. No port in England was so
well adapted for the purpose as the port of Southampton.
Mr. LANKESTER believed that every inhabitant of the
town was desirous of procuring a railway to the north-
ern parts of England, and trusted that every exertion
would be made to procure a narrow gauge to the north.
The CHAIRMAN said that if the North- Western as well
as the South-Western Railway Company took up the
line, theramould be a perfect
secthuipnpainnig temiintyirnestth,eanqduetshteioinn.;
and with their support, h
habitants along the line, any opposition they may meet
with in the next session of Parliament would be over-
come, and the Bill triumphantly carried. He then pro-
posed that the report be:printed and circulated, which ho
was the more happy to do as it declared a dividend.
It was then proposed by the CHAIRMAN that a divi-
dend of 2i per cent. be declared, which was seconded by
Mr. Show, and carried unanimously.
In reply to a question from one of the shareholders,
the CHAIRMAN said that their dry docks would take in
the longest steamer ever built without difficulty, or even
the Great Britain; and he was quite sure that they were
sufficiently capable enough for an 120 gun ship.
Votes of thanks were then passed to the auditors, the
chairman, and directors, and the meeting broke up.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A few weeks ago, when
the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards were stationed at
Nottingham Barracks, two of the privates quarrelled,
and one bit the other in the finger. The wound festered,
and at length the man's whole body became affected, the
bones, denuded of flesh, protruding through the skin.
The sufferer lingered until Monday, when he was re-
lieved by death. A dispatch had been sent to Manches-
ter (where the regiment is now stationed) for witnesses,
and with orders for the man who so savagely attacked
the deceased to be taken into custody, prepa-
ratory to an inquest being held on the body. The
case has excited great interest in a medical point of
view.

IMMEDIATE MEETING Or THE IMAM BISMOI"S.
Rumours have reached us of the probable intentions of
the Government in reference to the State prisoners. It
is thought that marked leniency will characterise their
acts, now that they have practically i
succeeded in assert-
ing their authority, and extinguishing insurrection. It s
also said that the Catholic Bishops of Ireland are sum-
moned, by Archbishop Murray, to meet at once in
Dublin ; and that the principal object of their imme-
diate assembling is to petition the Queen, through
the Lord-Lieutenant, for the pardon of those engaged
in the late movement. It is believed that their
petition will not be altogether disregarded. At any
rate, we understand that the Catholic Bishop of
Cork has received a summons, and has gone to Dublin.
Rumour also has it that another subject will come
under the discussion of the hierarchy—namely, the pro-
bable intention of the Whigs to propose some provision
for the Catholic clergy. What may be the decision "of
their Lordships on this subject, of course, it would le
presumptuous to speculate ; but while they will un-
doubtedly repudiate pensioning and State connexion, it is
probable that the attaching of a house and glebe land to
each parish, as a permanent endowment, may meet with
their approval.—Cork Examiner.
LAUNCH or A Suir.—On Thursday next a ship,
named the British Tar, of 367 tons, will be launched
from Mr. Bayley's ship-yard, at the Cliff. She is a
noble vessel, and is the largest that has been built at
this port for many years. Excursion trains are adver-
tised, in order that persons from a distance may witness
the interesting sight. We understand there will be
other attractions, but we have not been favoured with a
detail of them.—lpswish Express.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 16.—The steam-ship
Tiger, Captain Bingham, arrived here this morning
from Oporto, with a cargo of very fine oxen, which are
being landed for sale in the docks.