The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-30 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JULY 28.—The recent in-
telligence from the United States, comrennicating the
fact of the passage of the Tariff Bill by the House of
Representatives, and the probability that that important
measure will also pass the Senate ; catis,cl some im-
provement in the demand for printing cloth to-day, and
produced a generally improved feeling in the goods
market, but without causing any advance in prices. For
yarn, the demand continues very languid, and rather
lower rates have been accepted for some numbers of
mule twist suitable for the Eastern markets. Prices,
generally, are now so unremunerative that some of the
spinners, particularly those in the neighbourhood of
Blackburn, have begun to consider the propriety of
working short time.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY, JULY 27. We have had a very
limited demand for pieces to-day, and a thin attendance
of buyers, considering it has been the fortnightly Mon-
day. The wool market has been inactive, and the dealers
complain of the little bnsiness transacted.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, JULY 28.—There have
been a good many buy ers to-day, both for home and
foreign markets ; aad large purchases have been made
in the Cloth Hall, of every description of fancy woollens.
Greater activity has also been felt in the warehouses
during the past week.
LEEDS, TUESDAY, JULY 28.—There was a very fair
attendance of buyers at our cloth halls to-day, but, from
want of the articles mostly in demand, the transactions
were necessarily limited. Our manufacturers, are, how-
ever, pretty well employed in executing orders, and,
upon the whole, trade is in a sounder state than at this
time last year. Fortunately, none of our merchants are
interested in any of the failures which cast such a gloom
over the Manchester markets last week.—Manchester
Guardian.

MYSTERIOUS CASE OF SELF-
DESTRUCTION. _

A coroner's inquisition was held at eight o'clock on Satur-
day night, the 25th instant, at the house known as the Beef-
steak House, at Shorne, by the deputy-coroner, John
Clabon, on the body of Mr. Thomas Swatland, who was
found hanging to a tree in a wood abutting the turnpike-
road leading from Rochester to Gravesend. The body was
first discovered by Mr. Luke Richard Sykes, a gentleman
connected with the London and Westminster Bank, who was
walking from Gravesend to Rochester, on Thursday afternoon,
the 28th instant, and on hii rising Shorne-hill. shortly after
three o'clock, he turned from the turnpike-road into a cop-
pice, and haring walked a few paces, he saw a man standing,
and apparently looking up a tree, with his hat on, and as his
position was somewhat strange, he stepped up, and found him
suspended with a rope round his neck to the limb of the tree.
Heimmediately cut him down, and on the rope becoming
loose, a noise proceeded from the throat, which was the
escape of the confined air from the body. Ile immediately
went to the nearest house for assistance. The body
was stiff and cold, and was not touched until the arrival
of a parish officer, when on searching him 191. 10s.
in gold, a 51. Bank of England note, and 1/. 19s. 6d. in silver,
was in his pockets, also several letters and papers, and a short
pipe. His walking-stick was standing against the tree. In
the hat was his address, which led to his discovery. When
first found the toes of deceased touched the ground. The
branch of the tree was about seven feet from the ground.
Mr. William Banston, partner with deceased, to a ques-
tion from the jury; said, he never knew of any improper
conduct of the wife; the deceased generally called his wife
A.shie. A letter produced is in the hand-writing of the
deceased.
The CORONER then read it :
" My dear Ashie,—You and I have disagreed, and it bas
broken my heart and spirits; that I cannot any more come
home to see you, and I bid you farewell, and hope you will
find a better partner than I have been. You have done well
by me ; disagreements have done all this, so farewell from
your loving husband, " THOS. SWATLAND."
After some desultory conversation between the Coroner
and jury a verdict was returned '",That the deceased de-
stroyed himself by hanging, while ilia state of temporary
insanity." The deceased was forty-four years of age.

Cnenetec-caoss HOSPITAL.—On Tic's' ey the twenty-
fifth annual meeting of the governors and friends of this insti-
tution, founded in ISIS, was held at the hospital, Charing-
cross. The Rev. George Hall Bowers, 8.D., rector of Sr..
Paul's, Covent-garden, presided. The report stated that the
ameliorating influence of the charity had been greatly ex-
tended during the past year, in the course of which 9,129 in-
digent sick persons were admitted on the books for relief, at a
cost of 2,4651. 17s. 10d. ; of .these, 1,128 were in-patients' and
8,001 were out-patients, many of whom were visited at their
own homes, and the greater part were restored to the bless-
ings of health and to their occupation for the support of
their families.. Tbe.eases of accident amounted to upwards
of 1,100, 303 of whiCh were so dangerous as to require to be
immediately admitted as patients. The receipts amounted
to 2,8231. 19s. ; the expenditure, less by 354/. The report,
which spoke very highly of the medical school, was then
adopted, and the chairman acknowledged the piece of plate
which had been presented to him. A vote of thanks to the
chair terminated the proceedings.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is
15% per. mille, which, at. the English Mint price of 31. 17s.
101/2d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25
54 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25
72%, it follows that gold is 0.72 per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold
is 4.35 per mark, whicheatthe English Mint price of 81. 17s.
10%d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
13 10; and the" exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 11, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in
London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New
York on London is 108 per cant., and the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it
follows that the exchange is 1.58 per cent. against England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60
days' sight, tke interest must be deducted from the above
difference.
THE MOPS, YESTERDAY.—Frorn the Sussex planta-
floss we learn that generally tbs bine is short, that the hops
are coming into burr, and it seems tile prevalent opinion
that there will be a full crop, although the late winds have
slightly damaged the tips of those bran 'cites which bear the
most hops. From Kent the accounts •.a Te of a similar cha-
racter, the hops having improved.conside.7ablY since the last
week, and promising. more than an averawe good crop. TE a
only complaint is tardiness of coming into- time in some few
quarters.
THE MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.—The ;adjourned in-
quest on the body of Robert Lowthin was held on Monday
night, and adjourned for a week, there being, no evidence of
a satisfactory character elicited. The man who was appre-
hended has been discharged, as the superintee teient of police
was unable positively to identify him as being the person he
saw with deceased at two o'clock on Saturday morning,h re. and
o
the man sufficiently accounting for himself els
trace of the deceased's watch has yet been di ama have
as he was intoxicated at the time, it is thought e-cc
be bvv
yered, but
the water accidentally. At present tho
been robbed of it -by loose women, and afcteasrvireairsclsintiliTedinitno
mystery, but the police
911;:mensnie:::actively pursuing inquiries re-
specting it, and an adje for one week veas deemed
necessary to afford them
CRITICISM EXTRAOALL
I,orf Saturday last—it out eht to be
k is unnecessary to pit ty-goers,
appears in
tthhoenelghtetere irinettn
that Perrot is a dancer, an d certainly never exerted his
" loveliest voice" on any stage, nor indulged in "high falsetto
notes," or false steps _Furittakti, which was given for
M. Perrot's benefit on Thu rsday evening, enabled this
rapidly rising artist still further' to show the progress he has
recently made. lie sung the L Ist act in his loveliest voice,
and with admirable expression, but he is too fond of at-
tempting a fac-sinzjle of Rubit ai's high falsetto notes--in
this,needlessly subjecting himself, ;re the charge of imitation."
ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.— SALE OF EFFECTS.—The
great end of the League having be era achieved, the goods and
chattels in the office of the executi see were on Tuesday dis-
posed of by public auction, on the premises in Fleet-street.
Much competition was expected, from the circumstance of
the various articles submitted tot he public for sale having
been in the use of the indefatigable leaders of the League;
this, however, was not the case; for many of the valuable
pieces of furniture went under the hammer of the auctioneer
at almost less than half their on vinal value—the auction-
room, nevertheless, was crowded I kya large body of sales-
men. Among the articles which a died forth the warmest
;ittding wereethe model of a printir press, presented to the
Leesite Bazaar, held at Covent- g arden Theatre; after a
b sharp contest, the model - was sold to the highest
somewhes A set of Spanish mahogany dining-tables,
bidder for 465.
4as a Council t Able by the Board, were
which had been use.,
ancient-carved oak chair, and
sold for 13 guineas. e
tir is
several office-stools, for 235. .
and is upwards of a century old, alpon
beautifully
Scotland
v
P arn
its richly carved
c ed
ras
as a present to the League ;it bears, 11 "17 43." The hand-
panel the initials "J. R.," and the 44'e ,astle for the Bazaar,
some wherry " Leander,"-made ;I.oi having reached the
was put up for competition, and after vhen the bidder was
price of ten guineas was knocked down, welve o'clock, and
non est inventus. The sale comrAenced atA
tomilaaVol ohyrtly ate; Our.