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

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, Nov. 27.—Buyers
generally have exhibited a good deal of caution in their
purchases during the past fortnight, evidently from a
desire to learn the result of the pending London sales,
before operating to any extent.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, Nov. 27.—There
has not been any variation in the sales of English
combing or clothing wools daring the present week, and
prices remain about last week's quotations.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—Nov. 27.—The state
of the wool market is quite stationary; the sales are ex-
ceedingly limited, but the impossibility of buying from
the ground to meet the rates here causes the arrivals
to be still more limited, and late quotations are sup-
ported.
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LEEDS.—There was scarcely anything doing at the
Cloth Halls except assorting to positive orders, either
on Saturday or Tuesday. The trade is as usual at this
period, falling off as respects the home demand, and
there is yet but little doing in market goods for ship-
ping. The same dull state of business obtains in the
warehouses; after Martinmas few buyers visit market,
and with the exception of a few orders, which are in
course of execution for the American spring trade, and
for the eastern market, the foreign houses are doing
very little.
BRADFORD MARKET, Tirunsper.—There is a better
demand for wool than last week, but still the demand is
an extremely dull one, even for the season. The supply
of wool is fully an average one. Prices, to the surprise
of every one in Bradford, do not give way. Clothing
wools are not in good sale. For home consumption the
demand for yarn is as usual at this season; but as little
is done in the export way, the trade is dull, and many
spinners are further curtailing their production. No
variation in price. For heavy piece goods there is con-
siderable inquiry. The manufacturers are in better
hopes, in expectation of a good American spring trade,
of which there are some indications. The manufacturers
are very low in stock.
MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNING.—We have had a
most gloomy trade in cloth this week, and which since
Tuesday has in no ways improved ; perhaps a duller
market than that of Thursday has seldom been expe-
-1 rienced, nor is there any prospect of things improving.
The dyers are exceedingly dull this week; a bad sign
this of the home trade. Yarns aro very heavy, and the
buyer has a further advantage.
BARNSLEY.—The linen trade during the last fortnight
has been rather better than for some months previous.
The drill houses are at present well employed, and a
few of the plain goods warehouses have experienced a
slight improvement, so that there is a much better pro-
spect for the winter than was presented a month ago.
NOTTINGHAM—The condition of the cotton hosiery
trade in any of its branches, whether wrought, cut-up,
or fancy stockings, has not mended ; at present scarcely
any English made cotton hose are consumed in France,
Spain, or Austria, these being rigorously and effectually
prohibited. The drawer and pantaloon branch too is
extremely dull. The silk glove trade is :n much the
same state. The lace trade, both bobbin and warp, con-
tinues in a very depressed state. In despite of this,
machines still keep up in price, and what is more sur-
prising, since the repeal of the law against the exporta-
tion of machinery, not more than from six to eight lace
machines have been shipped from Great Britain; France
in raising the duty from 15 to 35 per cent., having so far
encouraged smiths, that they make their onn machines.
Some of the Nottingham smiths have two establishments.
—.Nottingham Review, yesterday.

DISTURBANCE IN COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—
Last evening Covent garden Theatre was the scene of a
disturbance which lasted during nearly the whole of the
first part of the concert. No sooner were the doors open
than the entire space of the immense area was speedily
crowded from the basement to the ceiling, stage and all.
Notwithstanding this, money was still taken at the
doors, and the stream kept pouring in until the people
were literally packed together in one solid mass. The
first overture, Fidelio, was played by the band, and the
usual movement was attempted to be made towards the
6' promenade." To this movement a formidable obstruc-
tion opposed itself at the proscenium on either side of
the orchestra in the shape of a barrier, where the pres-
sure and crowding were very great. A scene of uproar
commenced which almost baffles description ; the music
was stopped by the groans and yells which ensued, and
it was with much difficulty that even Miss Birch ob-
tained a hearing, The new " Valse," " The Garland,"
and the solo performances of Herr Koenig were perfect
dumb show, and the appearance of a body of police only
added fuel to the flame. Another piece of music was
stopped, and M. Jullien essayed to address the discon-
tented, but the groans and hisses for some time pre-
vented his being heard. Ultimately he declared that
those who were dissatisfied should have tickets given for
the following evening.—(Cries of "Why take our money
when the place was over full ?") He assured them that
a placard was put out announcing that the theatre was
full —(Cries of " False, false !") The music again pro-
ceeded, but the riot now assumed so serious an aspect
that a reinforcement of police was deemed necessary, and
in a few minutes a large body of the F division, under
the orders of Mr. Superintendent Pearse, made their ap-
pearance, and took up their station at the barriers,
amidst the most discordant yells and other marks of die
approbation, and the post was not yielded until the police
truncheons were exercised pretty freely. Noise now
took the place of violence, and the concert proceeded
amidst cries of " Shame 1"—" Jullien, give us the
Police Quadrille"—" Jullien's new Police Polka," &c.
Ultimately the time arrived for the British Army Qua-
drille, the noise of which:completely drowned all attempt
at further interruption, and the theatre having become
considerably thinned, the first part terminated, but not
until nearly an hour after its proper time. A general
feeling appeared to prevail that the number of persons
admitted ought to have been more limited.

THE COUNT DE PtIONTEMOLIN.—His Royal High-
ness, we are informed, usually spends the morning in
transacting business, and afterwards receives visitors.
Besides several distinguished foreigners, his Royal High-
ness received yesterday the Earl of Charleville, Captain
Ryder Burton, R.N., and Mr. Peter Borthwick, M.P.
His Royal Highness, accompanied b♦ the Marquis di
Villafranca, General Don Juan Montenegro, Colonel
Merry, and Mr. Borthwick, inspected yesterday the
works of the new Houses of Parliament, and was pleased
to express much interest and admiration at the design
and progress of this great national work.
WiLson's ENTERTAINMENTS.—Mr. Wilson gave
one of his entertainments on the songs of Scotland, on
Wednesday night, at the Eastern Institution, for the
benefit of the Tower Hamlets' Dispensary, to a densely
crowded audience. We understand that there were
nearly 1,400 within the walls. Mr. Wilson was in
splendid voice, and the applause which greeted him was
incessant.

DISCOVERY OF A DEAD CHILD IN A RAILWAY
PACEAGE.—NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY.--AbOHt nineteen
days ago, a wicker basket was booked at the railway
station in this town, and was sent off in a regular way
by train to London. The person bringing the basket
particularly requested that it might not be placed out-
side the carriage, nor crushed, and if possible it might
be put inside upon a seat along with the passengers, as
it was to be conveyed with great care. The parcels
office being at the time rather thronged, the porter,
Willoughby, did not take particular notice of the per-
son giving him the directions, but to the best of his
recollection it was a female; rather low in stature, and
of a dark complexion. Yesterday (Thursday) the basket
having been refused was brought back to the station
by the mail train arriving at half•past two o'clock in
the morning, and, according to custom, when an owner
for a parcel cannot be found, Willoughby opened the
basket, when, to his utter amazement, he found a dead
infant. Its mouth appeared to have had considerable
moisture in it, which had become quite mouldy and
green. Underneath the infant was a quantity of cloths
and straw, and a letter addressed to " W. J. Smith, Esq.,
Suffolk." . The letter was in a decent handwriting, and
from a young female in a village within six miles of
Nottingham, and after requesting that the father of the
infant would take care of it, warned him against seducing
any one as he had done her. The basket with the child
rod letter Ivoye, immediately handed over to the police.


iLECTION or A NEW inStroll
FOR ARGYLL AND THE ISLES.
(From the Ldinhurgh Chronicle.)
In obedience to a mandate from the Primus, the
clergy of Argyll and the Isles met at Oban, on the 141 h
inst., to elect a new Bishop. There were present the
Very Reverend James Paterson, M.A., Dean of Ar-
gyll and the Isles, the Reverends Samuel Hood, of
Rothsay ; M'Lennan, of Fort William ; D. M'Kenzie,
of Portnacroish ; ar.d H. Montgomery Moore, of Stor-
noway (Lewis). The Reverend Samuel Hood, of
Rothsay, opened the proceedings, and at considerable
length pointed out the necessity of electing a pious and
good man, and at the same time one who was a gentle-
man in habits and connexions, and who would carry with
him, and exercise an influence and respect worthy of his
high station both in the church and in the world, and, if
possible, one who had the means of properly sustaining
himself, and, at the same time, of aiding rtal assisting
his poorer brother. He admitted it was desirable that
the individual should possess a confpetent knowledge of
Gaelic, but .a person thus qualified was .not to be found
among themselves, and when they considered the
circumstances under which they were assembled, it
became the In to consider whether a lo.owledge of Gaelic
on the pre sent occasion was absolutely indispensable.
They were aware that the Right Reverend Bishop Low
intended to assign the whole o. his income as Bishop of
Moray, and Argyll, and the Isles, as a present provision
for their new bishop, and that at his (Bishop Low's)
death, he meant to give the sum of 8,000/. to the diccese
of Argyll and the Isles, as a permanent endowment; and
in msktng this munificent intention known, he had at the
same time recommended the Rev. Alexander Ewing, of
Forres, as bis successor. Mr. Rood asked whether they
were not bound to take such circumstances into their
serious consideration, and decide (perfectly free as they
were to act, even without such a recommendation)
whether there were any serious objections to Mr. Ewing
which ought to induce them to reject him. He was well
spoken of in the Church and out of the Church as a good
man—as a gentleman, with ample means, as far as
regarded this world, to be useful. As to his knowledge
of Gaelic, what was to prevent his acquiring as much as
was needful for his public ministrations? The present
Bishop of St. David's in two years after his consecration
acquired a sufficient knowledge of the Welsh language
to enable him to preach to the people in Welsh—and
there was no reason why Mr. Ewing should not do as
much. But suppose he might not make such progress as
Dr. Thirlwall in the acquisition of a language, would
such a supposition, if they had no other objection against
him, justify them in refusing to elect him as their bishop?
Mr. Hook certainly thought not.
The Very Reverend Dean PATERSON next rose, and
said he could not but concur with what Mr. Hood had
said; and, after a few remarks upon the subject, he
proposed that they should elect the Rev. Alexander
Ewing as their Bishop.
Mr. HOOD seconded the motion; and, after a good dead
of subsequent discussion, Mr. Ewing was elected as the
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, and the meeting was
then dissolved.
'I he reverend gentlemen afterwards dined together at
the Caledonian hotel in the greatest harmony.
The new Bishop, we understand, is likely to build a
church, and make Oban his permanent residence. This
will diffuse quite a new spirit in the place and the
immediate neighbourhood, and we have no doubt will
prove a public benefit.

CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN

INDIA.

Towards the close of last month, the Manchester Com-
mercial Association addressed a letter to the Directors of
the East India Company on the cultivation of the cotton
plant in India. In that letter they drew attention to the
increased consumption of cotton in this country, and ex-
pressed their fears that owing to the diversion of land
and labour to other products, the production of the ar-
ticle in America would rather diminish than increase.
In their opinion, " a crisis in the cotton trade appears to
impend;' and they are therefore extremely anxious that
the Court of Directors should, by energetic, liberal, and
comprehensive measures, clear the ground in India for
the tiee exercise of British enterprise and intelligence
in the culture of that most necessary article to this
country, and especially to Manchester and the surround-
ing district. The association point out the prominent
obstacles to increased and remunerative production,
which are—the Government assessment or land-tax,
amounting, in two presidencies, to seventy-five per cent.
on the pioduce; the want of a regular local market for
the ryot; the badness of the existing roads; the pressure
of local transit dues; dishonest packing, and the igno-
rant or careless use of the saw-gin. The experiments of
the East India Company have, they think, proved that
American cotton san be grown in India, some of the
earliest sown fields having this season produced 7001bs.
per acre; and they contend, on the authority of expe-
rienced parties, that the cultivation " ought now to be
transferred to the native ryot and merchant, who are
prepared to take it up, and who could produce it at least
fifty per cent. cheaper than the company." In reply to
this letter, the Commercial Association have received
the following communication:—

" East India House, Nov. 17, 1846.
" Sir—l am commanded by the Court of Directors of
the East India Company to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter, dated the 20th ultimo, stating that fears are
entertained that the diversion of labour in America from
cotton cultivation, for the purpose of increasing the
production of sugar and other articles of food, will bring
about a crisis in the cotton trade seriously affecting the
manufacturer and operative in the northern districts of
England, and urging, on this and various other grounds,
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the great importance of extending and improving the
cultivation of the cotton plant in India, by the removal
of all obstacles that present themselves to an increased
ail remunerative production, by the establishment of
local markets, and the construction of roads; and fur-
ther pointing out the frauds that coktinue to he practised
by the natives of India, for the purpose of increasing
tile weight of the cotton; lAkewise the injury to the
staple by an unskilful use of the saw-gin; and also re-
questing on the part of the Manchester Commercial As-
sociation, certain information regarding the quantity of
cotton ordered by the Court of Directors to be forwarded
to England, the arrival of which, you state, is expected
with much interest.

" In reply, lam commanded to acquaint ycu, that the
interest the Court of Directors have for many years
manifested in the important subject to which you have
drawn their attention has in no degree abated, and that
there is reason to conclude that the exertions of the go-
vernments of India to improve and extend the cultivation
of the cotton plant, and to introduce machinery for ra-
pidly and effectively cleaning the cotton, are likely to be
attended with the best results.

" I am commanded to add, that in order to test the
success of the experiments which have been undertaken,
the Court have given directions for shipment to England
of cotton to the extent of 5,000 or 6,000 bales, if pro-
curable, from each presidency, in the expectation that
the attention of capitalists in this country and in India
will be thereby drawn to the subject, and that they will
be induced to take advantage of the important improve-
ments in the cultivation and preparation of East India
cotton, effected through the measures which have been
introduced for that object, at considerable expense, by
the East India Company.—kam, sir, your most obedient, •
humble servant, " JAMES A. MELVILL.
" James A. Turner, Esq."
—Manchester Examiner.

AERONAUTICS IN GERMANY.—Mr. George Green,
son of Mr. Charles Green, the celebrated aeronaut, has
just returned from Germany, where he has made several
ascents in his new balloon, " Grosz Behren," so named
from his having descended on that celebrated plain, on
bis first experiment at Berlin ; he afterwards visited
Leipsic, Dresden, and some other places, concluding by
an ascent from Hanover, on which occasion rather a
droll accident eccurred. We extract the account from

the VoMs Blast of the 1I th instant, by one of the
voyagers:—" The ropes were slipped at a quarter-past
three o'clock; the superb machine took a south-westerly
direction, and was soon afterwards lost in the clouds,
whence, after a delightful voyage of an hour's duration,
it descended. At its first appearance, and whilst still
at a great altitude, a number of boors had assembled to
witness the strange sight of what they imagined to be a
monster bird, and one of them fetched his loaded rifle,
to have a shot at it ; but the voyagers were luckily saved
from such a catastrophe, by the rapid descent of the
balloon undeceiving them as to its character; it was only
after considerable hesitation that any of the spectators
would venture near the machine ; but at length some
lads, more courageous than their older fellows, were
made to comprehend what was required of them, and ,
they seizing the ropes, soon drew it to a place suitable
for a safe landing. The greatest altitude attained in this
ascent was 14,000 feet." The balloon seems to have
excited the greatest astonishment everywhere, from its
enormous dimensions. Mr. Green has been accompa-
nied in some of his trips by very distinguished per-
sonages. The Swedish ambassadors, amongst others,
ascended with him from Berlin.
CAUSES OF HASTE AND CARELESSNESS IN BUILD-
ING.—We have on various occasions pointed out the im-
perfectptherisforsmtaetde
in England, and the causes w
manner in which brichkilcahy
have ceased
i
of things. " Operatives, speaking. generally,
ilnl agv s ledno two
over the ground, and very often
this is the case with their masters too." " Hasty bad
to feel interested in the production of good work ; all
capable of
work,
h •
induced by competition and the
as become so much the habit of our
bricklayers, that it is difficult to find menoperations of spe-
culative builders,
producing superior work; or, at all events, it is difficult
W induce them to abandon their hasty, careless mode of
proceeding, and exercise the skill they possess." Use
begets indifference : whatever has answered the purpose
once, will do so again, it is thought; and so men go on,
house after house, in the same defective course, without
once thinking of its inefficiency, or making any efforts
at improvement. The wonder is, not that an accident
does occasionally, too often, indeed, occur, but that
structures so raised should stand at all.— The Builder.
EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE OF A RAILWAY
EMBANEIIENT.—A very extraordinary event has just
taken place in the works connected with the Scottish
Central Railway. It was necessary to erect an embank-
ment fifty feet high in a field near Allan Bridge, where
the railway was to pass. The works accordingly com-
menced, and many thousand loads of earth were piled
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in the requisite place, and the work was left for the pur-
thiteinegxeietptairninof int
few feet. On inquiry it was found that the field had
originally been a bug, and the weight of the soil neces-
sary to form the embankment had broken through the
external solid earth.
LAURENT'S CASINO.—This popular place of enter-
tainment is nightly crowded. Among those who have
lately visited the salon, may be mentioned the Earl of
Uxbridge, Viscount Ranelagb, Viscount Cantelupe,
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Charles Thynne,
Lord Cecil Forester, Lord Harry Vane, Lord Loftus,
Sir Henry Hualock, Sir W. Anstruther, Sir W. Car.
michael, Sir J. Key, J. Spalding, Esq., G. Wombwel4
Esq., See.