The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-28 00:00:00

isit-wry and Enniskillen 7
Newark. Sheffield, and
Boston . . ~. 1%.. ... ... ........ ..
Norfolk .. ...... ......... —IOO
Do. Half Shares ..... 9
Do. Extenston
North British ... ..... ... 2.5
1)0. Half Shares ll ... . 161
Do. Fifths . 5
Do. Quarters
Do. Extension 5/8 — •
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
Do. New
North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3% 4 p
North Wales .. 3% — . ...
Northern and Southern
Connecting
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton

•••• —Cr HIS DA V.)
MARKET NEI*
3s to 5s ; and
6 ash
Pine Apples, 4s to 7s; Hothouse Grapo,
Desert Apples, 3s Gd to 8s; Culinary ditto, 44 to 5 ;Pears,
Desert gliPers,
4s to 12s per half sieve ; Oranges, 6s to 153 per 1,4)
100 Ib
Filberts, 85s to 90s ; and Cob Nuts, 85s to 100 s per s ;
Cabbages, 6d to ls 6d ; good ditto, is to 3s ; Brocoli, Gs to
12s ; Cauliflowers, is to 59 per dozen; Artichokes, 3s t.:) 5s ;
and Jerusalem ditto, Is to 2s per half sieve ; Carrots, 3s to
6s ; and Turnips, 2s to to 2s 3d per dozen bunches ; Spinach,
Is to is 6d per half sieve ; Seakail, 2s 6d to 3s per punnet ;
Mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per pottle ; Asparagus, 3s to 6s per
bundle.
NEGATE AND MEADENECALTA.
We had a very inactive trade here to-day, on the follow-
ing terms:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to
4s Gd ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per
Blbs, by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 7s 6d ; Geese, 5s
to 7s; Ducks, is 3d to 2s 3d; Tame Rabbits, is to is 8d;
Wild ditto, 10d to is 3d; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each ; Surrey
Fowls, 5s to 8s; ditto Chickens, 3s to ss; and Barn-door
Fowls, 2s 6d to 4s 6d per couple. Eggs, English, 9s to lOs ;
and French, 7s 6d to 8s Gd per 100. Fresh Butter, is to
Is 3d per lb. Pheasants, 2s to 3s 3d; Partridges, is 3d to
Is 9d; Hares, 2s to 3s ; Leverets, 2s to 3s; Woodcocks,
2s 6d to 3s 3d ; Grouse, is 6d to 2s 3d; Snipes, is to
Is 9d; Teal, 6d to is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 4d to Is 8d;
Widgeons, is 3d to Is 9d : and Plovers, 8d to 1 each.

- `The prosecutrix, a middle-aged woman, stated that
she had left her husband, and for eight months before
the commission of the offence had been living with the
prisoner, but had determined to leave him, and told him
so. With this purpose she left the place where they
were living at, and when she had gone a tew doors away
the prisoner followed her, and she felt his hand upon
her shoulder, and he swore that she should not enter the
house to which she was going. She struggled to get
away from him, and immediately afterwards fell down ;
while on the ground she felt something go across her
throat, though without pain, but she found herself in a
moment covered with blood. It was discovered that
there were two wounds in her throat, one above the other.
Mr. Michael Warren, a surgeon of Guy's Hospital,
described the nature of the wounds.
Henry Harding, a policeman, deposed that, on the
day stated, he had apprehended the prisoner in Kent-
street, immediately after the offence had been committed.
He said, " I did do it, policeman, and I'll die for it. I
will go with you quietly."
Mr. RoBINSON cross-examined the witness to elicit a
declaration from him that the prisoner was intoxicated,
but was unsuccessful in his object. He then addressed
the jury ou Lehalf of his client.
The Learned JUDGE, summed up, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of Guilty on the count charging him
with inflicting the wound, but not with intent to murder.
The Learned JUDGE. in passing sentence, said that it
was his invariable custom when a criminal was charged
before him with any offence in which a knife was used.
to take care that the person found guilty of such an
offence should be removed from the country. It was his
duty in the present instance to pass a severe sentence,
and he accordingly adjudged him to be transported for
fifteen years.

Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham..„
Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% — ........•
Preston and Wyre
Do. % Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 3/. 125.
Richmond
Royston and Hitchen ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 12% —
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek
Pot terie,s, andCrev,•e... 1%
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Do. Lincolnshire June. 1M
Do. & Great Grimsby. 10
Do. do. Extension 425. ....
Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 47ti 5% ..
Shropshire Union
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordsh. Junc. 21/
Sligo and Shannon l% - -
South Devon 4O
South Staffordshire June. 21j2
South Eastern & Dover. 33% 37

RTEiX7POIer
Beef, from 2s to 3s 8d; ),lutton, 3s 6d to 43 8d;
Tea
3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 8d tc 4s 10d per Blbs. A fu]
average supply, and a slow trade.

SELLINGSGATE.
The supplieS of Fish on sale to-day were but moderate,
while the demand was firm, at fully last week's prices.

WHXTZCHAPEL.
Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 8d Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s Gd; Veal
3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Blbs.

HUNGEN.FOILD.

There was a fair demand for the best Beef and Mutton, at
full prices. Otherwise, the trade was in a very depressed
state.

It being, however, represented to the judge that this
was more than the law allowed for the offence, the pri-
soner was recalled, and sentenced to ten years' transpor-
tation.

BREAD.

The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
9d to 91Ad; of Household ditto, 8d to 81/2d-per 41bs loaf.

NEW COURT.
A Luaus
VERDANT LAWYER.—Benry
Jones, a man having the appearance of a saint rather
than a sinner, was indicted with stealing on the 3d of
the present month eight sovereigns, the property of a
young and green limb of the law, delighting in the name
of Thomas Barker Hill.
From the statements of the prosecutor, who appears
to have more money than sense, it appeared that he
was a solicitor, carrying on his profession at Manchester,
that three days previous to that named in the indict-
ment, he arrived in London, and that on the day in
question, he entered into conversaticn with a perfect
stranger, when in the neighbourhood of the Royal Ex-
change. In the course of that conversation he stated tbathe
was going to Oxford-street. The stranger said he was going
in the same direction, after calling in the Borough, and
the result was that they both went in the direction of
London-bridge together. In the course of their walk
they called at a public-house called the Crown, and
there had something to drink, and ultimately they arrived
at the Yorkshire Stingo at Paddington. Here they met
with an old man and the prisoner, who appeared to be
entire strangers to the new-made friend and pilot of the
prosecutor. Some refreshments having been called for,
and the four having made themselves comfortable and
acquainted with each other, it was proposed that they
should have a hand at cards, but some demur having been
made as to some of them having money enough, the
quondam friend of the prosecutor produced a purse,
containing a large quantity of what appeared to be
sovereigns, and the old gentleman exhibited his pocket-
book, which displayed a goodly array, doubtless
of flash, but what appeared to the prosecutor good
Bank-notes. Determined not to be outdone on
the keeping up a respectable appearance, the prose-
cutor produced his purse, evidently the most valuable in
the room, although it only contained six sovereigns and
about ten shillings in silver. Thus equipped the cards
were introduced, the prosecutor declined playing, he ob-
jected even to touch them, but he felt no disinclination
to pursue the more gentlemanly occupation of looking
on and betting on the game. This turned out a most
unprofitable speculation, sovereign after sovereign de-
parted from the purse of the prosecutor, until at
last, being reduced to his last shilling, he was
offered the loan of a pound from the feeling friend he
had met with in the neighbourhood of the Royal Ex-
change. This went too, and upon his stating that he
had no means of returning it, he was gently reminded
that he had a watch in his pocket and a chain about his
neck, which would soon set all right, if he would only
allow it to adorn the strong room belonging to his uncle.
Green as ever, notwithstanding his losses, he allowed
himself to be led like a lamb to the slaughter, accom-
panied by his friend of the Royal Exchange, to a pawn-
broker's hard by, where he exchanged his geld watch
and appendages for eight sovereigns. These he placed
in the pocket of his great coat, and returned to the
Yorkshire Stingo, his old friend only accompanying him to
the door, where he bid him a final adieu. On going into
the tavern he found the prisoner and the old man still
there. He took off his great-coat, hung it on a chair,
and left in the room for a short time. On his return he
found the prisoner and the old man gone, his coat still
hanging on the chair, but the money in its pockets had
departed. The prosecutor gave information of the rob-
bery and the prisoner was taken, but the other two de-
linquents were no where to be found.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and
The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced him to one years'
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection.

Do., No. 1 2G —
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
Do., No. 4
St.Alban's, Hatfield , an d

HIDE DIARILET.

Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d
to 3%d; do. 721 b tc, 801 b, 3d to 31,2 d; do.Bolb to 881 b, 31/0
to 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 41/2d to 5d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to
6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Horn Hides, 13s ; Polled
Sheep, 4s 4d to ss; Kent and Half-breds, 3s to 4s 4d; and
Downs, 25 10d to 3s 4d.

Hertford Junction ... 425.
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% —
South Wales 5
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 2
Vale of Neath 2
Wakefield, Pontefract. &
Goole 221,E ..............

Warwick and Worcester 425. ..
Waterford and Kilkenny 11
Waterford and Limerick 224

Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wieklw,
and Düblin
Wexford, t aterford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ... 2
Welsh Midland

West Riding Uni0n...... 42i.- 1%3/4 p l3/4 p
West Cornwall ...... 2 ... ..
Arexfotd and Carlow ... 2%
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth

Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby
York and Carlisle 234 •••••• •• 00000 • -
York and Newcastle. ... 25 ..
Ditto New
Do. Preference ...... 2 ...... 714 7%
York and North Midland 50
Ditto % Sharea ..... ... 25
Do. Selby
Do. Extension
Ditto, Preference
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo-Belgian 4
Barbadoes 1
Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2%
Boulogne and Amiens... 16 ...... 13%
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ...
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk, and West

Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond
Harbour ....... ..... ... 7s. ......
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast
Central of Spain ... .
Ceylon ... . .. ..- ss.
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and

Madras _
ss.
Dutch Rhenish 6
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 31A
Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ...
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Jersey
Louvain a la Sambre ... 6 ...
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon 2 —
M adras 1 —
Madr as, INT ellore, and
Arcot %
Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... ..
Mauritius ..
Namur and Liege
Nn of France Constituted 5 ......
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6
Over Yssel 4l es 4d —
Paris &LyonsConstitubed 5
Paris and Orleans 2O —
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
Rouen and Havre -
Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 ....
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic
Tours and Nantes Con-
stituted ... ..... ....... 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 8
Trinidad
West Flanders ...... .... 6

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Alfred Brooks, errand boy to Joseph Dean, tailor, No.
1, Leicester-square, was charged with robbing his master,
and Sarah Brooks. his mother, with receiving the goods,
knowing them to be sOblen.
William Hall, in the employ of Joseph Dean, said
that for some time-the boy had been suspected of robbing
the shop ; they were, therefore, on the watch. Last
night, about a quarter-past nine o'clock, he missed a
satin waistcoat piece. The boy was gone. He went out
after him, and found the police-constables that were in
waiting for him standing opposite to a public-house
door in St. Martin's-lane. Witness went into this house,
and called the boy out, and had him taken back to his
master's shop, where he was searched, and the waistcoat
piece was found on him.
Police-constable Jeaps, 146 C, had been watching the
boy, and last night he followed him along Leicester-
square to Bear-street, where he met his mother, and
both went into a public-house in St. Martin's-lane.
Police constable Connor, 158 C, searched the mother's
house, and found a piece of plush. While engaged in
this the mother threw a number of duplicates into the
fire. He was able to save but one of them, but the rem-
nant of that showed that a piece of satin had been
pledged with Hartland, a pawnbroker in Lambeth. He
searched her bikes, and she pulled out a drawer which
contained several more duplicates, some of which were
for pieces of satin, plush, and satin waistcoat pieces,
pledged in the name of Mary Smith, some in the name
of John Smith. In her box he found a remnant of silk.
The witness Hall swore to the remnant of silk being
the property of his master.
The prisoners made no defence.
Mr. LONG remanded the case to Tuesday next.
John Thompson was charged with attempting to steal
a coat and a pair of trousers from the shop of Orlando
Latrielle, 53, South Molton-street. It appears that he
came to the shop this morning inquiring for work, and
as he walked in he drew down a pair of trousers off a
brass rod at the door, and was in the act of handing
them from behind him to a man who stood close by the
door. He had also drawn a coat which lay on the
counter towards the door, when Mr. Latrielle's foreman
collared him, and gave him into custody.
The prisoner said nothing to the charge.
Mr. LONG committed him for trial at the Middlesex
sessions.

,_I4O!4DON, SATITADA.Y
THE

(lAMB URG LI MAIL

BRESLAw, Nov. 20.—1 n consequence of events at
Cracow, a deputation from this place is to go on the
22d to Berlin. It is composed of several of our principal
merchants, and we hope that they will succeed in pre-
venting the ruin of the Silesian trade with Cracow,
which is very importunt.
THE RHINE, Nov. 18.—Respecting the incorporation
of the republic of Cracow with Austria as a circle of Ga-
licia, an offensive and defensive alliance has been con-
cluded between the three protecting powers.
It may be affirmed that Russia chiefly insisted on the
incorporation. Prussia afterwards acceded to this
view. If such an event were to take place, the re-
public of Cracow could hardly have been ceded
to any power but Austria, which possessed it till
1809, and gave up the idea of re-occupying it after•
1813, because it was a favourite project of Alexander
to form a state in the centre of the ancient kingdom of
Poland, with which the appearance of the independence
of Poland was connected. Perhaps Alexander hair
greater sincerity is this step than was afterwards at-
tributed to it. Facts and events have oppused the rea•
lisation of his views.

VIENNA, Nov. h.—Yesterday afternoon a report was
spread on 'Change that the English and French Ambas-
sadors at this Court had prototed against the incorpo-
ration of Cracow with Austria. But it is evident that
this must be a false report. Prince Metternich has, in-
, deed, communicated this (fait accomplis), for the pro-
clamation took place in Cracow the day before yester-
day to the diplomatic body, but the formal declaraticn
will not be made till a few days hence. A protest
cannot have been made, for Lord Ponsonby sent an ex-
traordinary English courier to London only the day
before yesterday, and who will probably return with
Lord Palmerston's answer.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 17.—General Count Bjornstjerna
is not recalled from his post as ambassador in London,
as has been stated, but obtained on the 27th of August,
leave of absence for three months, beginning on the Ist
of October this year, and he is now here. Meantime
his place is- filled by Baron Rehausen. Count Bjorst-
jerna's son, who was lieutenant in the body-guard,
had lately the misfortune to be run over, and was dan-
gerously hurt, for which reason a prize which he had
gained in the military academy, has been handed by his
Majesty to his father.

Winier has at length began here. The day before
yesterday all the streets were covered with snow, which,
though thin still remains. We lately heard among
other places, from Linkoping and Calmer, that the wea-
ther was so warm that the rye was beginning to form
the ear, for which reason they were beginning to cut it.
This will not now be necessary.
VIENNA, Nov. 20. The latest Austrian Observer
contains a very long article (19 columns) on the recent
history of the republic of Cracow, for the explanation
and justification of the incorporation which has taken
place. We find in it a series of statements, as results of
the several political investigations, which have been
occasioned by the movements in Poland since 1830.
We extract the following passages respecting the relation
to the other protecting Powers :
" The result of the campaign of 1812 put the Emperor
Alexander in possession of the several portions of the
territory which, united into one mass, had formed the
duchy of Warsaw. In consequence of this state of
things, negociations were entered into by the three
Cabinets of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, the result of
which was, the establishment of the present kingdom of
Poland and the other incorporations concerning these
territories ; among these was the establishment of the
republic of Cracow. The three Courts inserted the
regulations that had been made in the treaties of the
21st of April (13th of June, 1815), and the other
Powers which had signed the act of th© Vienna
Congress confined themselves to accepting this reso-
lution, as a result of the direct negotiation between the
three Courts, without interfering in the regulation of the
territorial relations therein stipulated, with which they
had nothing to do. Cracow, therefore, was from the
year 1815, a municipal town, subject only to the pro-
tection of the three powers, and was connected with the
rest of Europe, merely through the mediation of its
protectors.

rERCANTILE ALAIANAC AND BRITISH

TARIFF FOR 1847.
It has long been a matter of surprise, that whilst
almost every special mercantile and trading interest
bas its own especial almanac and year-book of
reference, there has hitherto been no publication of
this nature, which furnishes that particular species of
information which will be found useful to the mercan-
tile world generally. This want is, however, well
supplied by the publication of the " Mercantile
Almanac," the first number of which is now before
us, and which, in addition to the usual contents of an
almanac, gives us the British and American tariffs ;
extracts from the Navigation and Customs Lawa ;
forms of Custom-house entries, inwards and outwards;
and, in fact, every species of information that can by
possibility be useful to the merchant in the conduct
of his business. It is clearly printed and admirably
arranged, and will henceforth be the merchant's code
mecum.

DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—SOOII after
midnight on the 17th inst. a desperate affray took place
in the preserves of T. W. Beaumont, Esq., of Bretton
Hall, near Barnsley, between the poachers and the
watchers. There were six of the former, and four of
the latter. The poachers were shooting pheasants in
Hoyland-bank Wood, when the keepers, William and
Frederick Hodgson and Moses Trout, came up to them.
A desperate fight ensued. The poachers attacked the
watchers with their guns, until these weapons were
broken to pieces. Severe injuries were inflicted on both
sides. The watchers, who appear to have acted with
determined resolution, succeeded in capturing four of
the poachers, as well as on© gun, two gun stocks, one
gun barrel, three pheasants, and a powder flask. On
Friday the offenders were brought up before a full bench
of magistrates at Barnsley; and, after undergoing an
examination, they were committed to York Castle to
take their trial at the ensuing assizes. Their names are
John Hargreaves, Joshua Bedford, John Smith, and
Daniel Harrison, all from Clayton West.—Doncaster
Gazette.

A SENSIBLE LANDLORD.—One of the first acts of
the new Earl of Yarborough is indicative of a wise and
successful career in the management of the vast estates
which have come into his possession. He has given his
tenantry at Cadney with Howsham and Newstead full
and permanent permission to kill game on their several
farms, with no other restriction than that of keeping out
of the woods and covers which are not in their posses-
sion. The contiguous estate of his Lordship in that
parish, &c., amounts to about 4,500 acres, upo❑ which
the game has been very carefully preserved for nearly
twelve years. You may drive twenty miles in nearly a
straight line over the contiguous Lincolnshire estates of
the earldom. The business habits which the present
Earl has acquired during his long, efficient, and laborious
representation of the county in the Lower House, and
his constant communication and association with his
tenantry and constituents, together with his well-known
Liberal principles, eminently qualify him for becoming
one of the most popular and usetul landlords in the
kingdom. His revenues would not suffer by an exten-
sion of the above leave to destroy game.—Doncaster
Gazette.

WEYMOUTH.—The sea was very rough on Friday
morning, and the wind setting in towards the bay, the
waves were carried against the Esplanade with gnat
violenee, the spray being dashed as high into the air as
the houses on the opposite side of the road. Besides
damaging the works of repair which were in progress,
the sea made several breaches on the Esplanade, and
forced up the public road, the water and gas pipes being
laid bare. The pitching and piles in front of the ice-
house at the end of Greenhill, as well as the seawall and
fencing, were all washed away. Immense quantities of
the beach hate been carried over the turnpike-road, and
great portions of the cliff have been brought down by
the violent action of the sea. Fortunately the wind
changed with the receding tide, and veered to W., or the
L.onsvquences must have been much more alarming.—
Sherborne Journal.

MILITARY EXECUTION IN SPAlN.—Captain Do-
mingo Martin, of the Regiment of Estremadura, who
assaulted his colonel, has been condemned to death, and
was shot on the 17tk at Valencia. lie entreated to be
allowed to give the platoon the word to fire upon him.
On coming to the place of execution he delivered an ad-
dress to the soldiers, saying—" Be faithful to our
Queen; be firm and courageous in battle, and be patient
in fulfilling your duties. Never allow your passion
to carry you so far as to commit the crime for which I
am about to suffer. I shall pray to the Almighty to
grant that none of my companions may ever follow
my fatal example." He then embraced the priests
who attended him, and gave to the lieutenant who com-
manded the platoon an ounce of gold, to be distributed
among his men, whom he desired to fire at his head and
his heart, that he might die instantaneously. In a few
moments more he gave the word, and dropped a corpse.
By his will he left 2,000 reals to a charitable institution,
1,000 to the poor, 4,000 to his orderly soldier, that he
might procure a substitute, and also his uniform accou-
trements, arms, wardrobe, and other effects ; the whole
of the arreas of his pay to the corporals and privates of
his company, and 160 reels to be divided between the
men who bore him to his grave.
STATE OF TRADE.—LANCASHIRE, Nov. 26,
The dcmand for cotton goods at Blackburn is limited,
and manufacturers are obtaining scarcely any profits,
but, in many instances, some descriptions of manufac-
tured goods are sold at less than prime cost. The yarn
market is very dull, stocks continue to augment, and
prices, in some instances, are rather lower. The calico
block !minting at Accrington, Church Parish, and Colne, is
very dull,
.and operatives have not half employment.
The trade in the cotton mills at Oldham, Royton, Shaw,
acd vicinities is rather better, and this week several
occu-
piers of factories have given notice to commence work-
ing full time again on Monday next. The batting
branch at Stockport, Hyde, and Oldham is un-
usually flat, and many hat-body makers are totally
destitute of work. , The woollen cloth trade at Sad-
dleworth is dull at present. The flannel and coarse
woollen trades at Bury, Rochdale, Bacup, and vici-
nities is not brisk. The operatives in the same
districts employed in cotton mills, are principally work-
ing full time, but manufacturers make loud complaints
of the smallness of profits. The silk smallware trade at
Manchester and the neighbourhood is exceedingly flat,
and at many mills hands are only partially employed.
The operatives employed in the cotton and worsted small-
wares, at most places, are working short time. Cotton
hand-loom weavers in the towns ten or fifteen miles
round Manchester are in wretched circumstances; most
of them are only partially employed, at a very low rate
of wages.—The Hat Trade.—We are sorry to have to
announce that the hat trade of Denton is in a most de-
pressed state. Very little is doing in either felts or silks,
and a majority of the inhabitants, who are entirely de-
pendent upon the hutting business, are consequently in
the greatest distress—in fact, a great many are receiving
elief as paupers.

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

-maw
NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.—It is currently ru-
moured in Westmoreland that the 1 ork and Carlisle
Railway, now amalgamated with the Yorkshire and
Lilasgow Union, and the Leeds and Carlisle Companies,
have abandoned the portion of their line for which they
obtained a separate Act last session, from Bishop Auck-
land,in Durham, to Kirkby Stephen, in Westmoreland.
i Theimmense tunnel of two miles in length, which would
be required on Stainmore Fell, through a strata of solid
limestone rock, is, we understand, now looked upon as an
insurmountable difficulty—that is, the undertaking would
occasion the expenditure of so large an amount of ca-
pital, that the probability of an adequate return ever
being realised is thought to be problematical. About
two months ago the projectors of the York and Carlisle
line, endeavouring to obviate the difficulty, had a partial
new survey made, by which they sought to carry their
line from the south-eastern extremity of the proposed
tunnel, over the summit of Stainmore—leaving the ori-
ginal line to the south-west, and proceeding northward
44 miles, close by Brongh to Hall Garth, where they
turn again to the south-west, and run into the
original line at Smarldale (at which place the York-
shire and Glasgow Union line, adopted by the
united companies, is crossed), and proceed for-
ward thereon to Tebay, near Orton, joining the
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway there. The adoption of
the course, however, is found to be quite impracticable,
owing to the steepness of the gradients over Stainmore,
and the promoters therefore have no other alternative
but to desert the undertaking—a result much to be re-
gretted, as the railway promised to be of great utility,
not only as a traffic, but as a passenger line, and the
benefit alone which it would have rendered the cow

of Westmoreland and the southern districts of Cumberj-
land by bringing coals, now so dear an article, at amuch
cheaper rate, would have been vast. At Appleby and
Kendal, the average price of coal throughout the year is
ls. per cwt., the former town being supplied from the
West Pits in Durham, and the latter from Wigan, in
Lancashire ; whereas, by a transit on the York and
Carlisle line, coal from the Durham pit, of by far the
superior quality, could be laid down at each place at not
more than 6id. or 7d. per cwt.
GREAT NORTHERN (LONDON AND YORK).—About
75,000 tons of iron rails will be required for the forma-
tion of the entire line during 1847 and 1848. The first
instalment of sleepers on which to lay them amounts to
500,000,

There are no fewer than fifty-six applications to Par-
liament for new lines and extensions in Norfolk and
Suffolk.

A rather rough rencontre took place the other day be-
tween a surveyor and some labourers, on the property of
Mr. N. Mickleth wait, at Taverham. The parish COB-
stable and his myrmidons drove them off and lodged
them in custody.