The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The market to- day was
firmer and more cheerful, although it did not exhibit
that marked improvement which many persons had
anticipated from the more favourable prospects of the
harvest, and from the settlement of the Schleswig-
Holstein question, respecting which little doubt ap-
pears to be now entertained. The non-arrival, during
the hours of business, of the Ilamburgli mail, and the
again unsettled state of the weather, would have some
influence in checking business.
The demand for yarn was more active than for
some time past ; and on low counts a slight advance
on the prices of Tuesday last was, in some instances,
obtained. For goods, also, there was more inquiry,
and a steady business was done. Although no actual
advance took place in prices, there was a decided ten-
dency to improvement, the prices asked by manufac-
turers a week ago being pretty easily obtained.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY. —We have had a brisk
market to-day, and flannels were eagerly bought up
at last week's prices. The wool market remains in-
active, the manufacturers purchasing as if they
expected the raw material to be obtainable at yet
lower prices.

Another death from cholera has occurred on board
a Montrose vessel lying at Riga—the schooner Helen.
The victim in this case was the brother of the master,
Flockart ; and he has left a widow and seven young
children.—Montrose Review.
THE WEATIIER.—The weather since our last has
been umeually fine; and the temperature has been much
higher and more seasonable than for some time past,
though it has net, eve n for the last few (lee's, been at
all high, considering the time of the year. Saturday,
Sunday, and Monday were entirely without rain,
and although some rain fell about noon yesterday, the'
afternoon and evening were clear and bright. The
temperature, which on Friday last was only 61 deg., rose
on Saturday to 69 deg.; and was en Sunday and Mon-
day, respectively, 65 deg. and 68 deg. It will be seen
by the following return, by electric telegraph, from the
places undermentioned, at seven o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, that. the fine weather has been general throughout
the country :—Glasgow, S. fine; Edinburgh, S.S.E.
fine; Newcastle, N.E. very fine; York, S.E. by E. fine;
Hull, E.S.E. very fine; Normanton, S.W. fine; Leeds,
S.E. vi ry flee; Manchester, S.S.W. fine; Liverpool,
S.S.W. very fine ; Lincoln, S.E. fine ; Not N\ ich,
S.W. fine ; Peterborough, S.S.W. fine ; Brandon,
S.E. fine; Yarmouth, S. fine; Lewestofte, S. fine; Not-
tingham, N. fine; Derby, N.W. very fine; Leicester, S.
very fine; Birmingham, S. by E. moderately fine; Rueby.
S.E. very fine; London, S.V. very fine; Chelmsford, S.
tine; Gosport, S. tine; Poole, E. very fine; Southampton,
S.E. fine; Glcuees:er, S. fine; Cambridge, S.W. flee;
Chesterfield, W. fine; Spetchley, NV. very fine; New-
market, S. fine; Wisbeach, S.W. very fine; Dereham,
S.S.W. very fine; St. Ives, S. fine ; Ely, S.W. very fine;
Dorchester, S.E. fine.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SELF-MURDER.CLIAT..
ITAM, SEPT. s..—Last evening John Burns, a private of
the 58th Regiment, and who is servant to Captain W.
Temple Parrett, of the same corps, entered the shop of
Mr. Dunks, army outfitter and gunsmith, High-street.
Chatham, and informed Mr. Henneker (Mr. Dunks'
nephew) that he had been sent for a pair of small per-
cussion-lock pistols by his master, who was alarmed
about thieves, and wished Mr. Henneker to load the
pistols. Mr. Henneker, knowing that Captain Parrett
resided in the New-road, loaded the pistols with ball,
and placed caps on the nipples. On the man receiving
them, he took one in each hand, and instantly raising
them to his head, discharged them both at himself. He
THE HARVEST. immediately fell apparently dead on the floor, the blood
With the drawback of a few showers, the weather issuing from both sides of the head, above the ears. It
during the week has been favourable for the work of the being about eight o'clock, the streets were thronged with
reaper, and the cheering work of harvest is now going people, and the circumstance caused great excitement.
on vigorously around Inverness,. Barley and oats are Just at the time of the occurrence Mr. John I'. Caddy,
falling all round about, and the harvest will now go on assistant-surgeon of the Royal Navy, was passing, and
uninterruptedly to its close, should the weather continue entered the shop to render assistance. He was soon fol-
faveurable.—lnverness Courier. lowed by Dr. Bell, of Rochester, Dr. Robertson, of
From all that we can learn from others, and deter- Chatham, and Assistant-Surgeon Dartnell, military
mine by personal observations, says the Perth Advertiser, doctor from Fort Pitt. About two inehee above the
the potato disease upon the whole is making little or no ears, on the left side, there was a compression of the
progress. In some places, where a month or six Irene of the skull ; and on the right side, over the region
weeks ago, the " spot on the leaf" and partial black- of the parietal bone, was a hole sufficient to admit the
ening of the haulm, pointed out, as was thought, little finger. One of the bullets was extracted, and the
the certainty of the murrain, a renovation of the ether was found in the middle of the shop. After some
crop has succeeded, and dis,ipated or moderated time the unfortunate man recovered from collapse, and
every fear as to an unfavourable result. We frequently els bled. lie was then removed ou a shutter to the
hear that matters this year, as regards the potatoes, are Military Hospital, Fort Pitt, by a party of soldiers. No
worse than in 1847. We have no reason to think so, as ;lopes whatever are entertained of his recovery. He has
regards this part of the country. The same paper thus been seven years in the service, and has appeared
notices the progress of the harvest in the Highlands : strange in his le havour ror the last two or three days.
In bulk, the crops will be an average, especially oats, Captain Parrett is at present from home.
peas, and beans.
The fine weather which has prevailed for the last few Tile LAW OF BANICRUPTCY.—The Act of
the
days has done much to benefit the crops in the upland Pat•liainent, to empower the Commissioners of the Court
of Benkrutcy to order the release of bankrupts from
parts of the country. Harvest in the neighbourhood of
Kelso is fast coming to a termination, and much of the prison in certain cases, which took effect on
86.t11 B
ult., has just been printed, 11 and 12 Viet., coafp
grain brought under the sickle has been carted to the *has been
y
barn-yards in excellent condition. Although the yield tide Act it is provided, that where
adjudged bankrupt, and has surrenderedarr,,st the fiat and
cannot as yet be correctly ascertain( d, it is generally ad- obtained his p
mitted that the white crops will be under an average* practice in Bar-rknriutepettei,iffstoumeh person shall be in prison
such protection, any Com-
The potatoes in this locality are strong and healthy, and at the time of his obtaining
lyiaor mayupon
sucheotidiititeoransaes-
f • torder his • -cf first rate quality.—Ktlso Chronicle.
' BERwICKsIIIRE.—The work of the harvest is now ,litrerrfiseioner asectienigtbueir,naebrsostliucthe
cnOlmeamiLiener shall think fit, which release is not
general in this district. The report of the cropsalmnoefs.t
rs,7 ahtff ct the rights of creditors deteinieg him in prison.
universally is, that in quantity they ar fair,
ua- The second clause is a very important one, six.—'And
ther to be complained nor boasted of„dtdi while
vitse
qbest be it enacted, that if any bankrupt, 'chose last examine-
crop ; oats are generally good, and in' syome cases tion shall have been adjourned sine die, or whose certifi-
are decidedly a great crop; while respecting wheat it (ate shall
have been suspended or retnsed, shall be in
is still reported to be light, and short in produce, though execution or be taken in execution under a eapfas ad
ra-
in some parts of Berwtelishite the crop is in every re- tislaciendum, at the suit of any creditor who might have
proved under the fiat, and detained in prison, any Corn-
bspeeeent,g,eoryud good. The turnips, for which the weathavourable, are a splendid crop. The er has
disease inissiouer acting under hi;, flat may order his release
in the potatoes, which we announced a few weeks ago after he shall have undergone such term of imprisonment
as then observed, has not made any serious progress, nor riot exceeding two years as to such Commissioner may
does the alarm appear to be general in this neighbour- seem a sufficient punishment for such offence as he Tay
hood.—Berreick Advertiser. appear to such Commissioner to have been guilty of
Since our last the weather, to which so much cense- T
at the
lIE SANITARY CONDITION OF WHITECiIAPED.
(pence is now attached, has been exceedingly broken till
James Barter,
Yesterday an inquest was held before Mar. Baker,
yesterday, when there was an excellent harvest day.
tre effects of fever
1 London Hospital, on view of thebody
Little progress has consequently been made, but there is
neighbourhood
a good deal of corn ready for the sickle. We are glad to 1 aged thirteen years, who died from.n
the
produced by 7.inpure atmosphere, i
state that, upon the whole the potatoes are standing out of Whitechapel. Mr. James Brown,o the
nsp ector of
4th of July
nui-
better than was anticipated. This time last year, every f settees to Whitechapel, stated t
hat n i
field almost was blackened, but at present few indeed
Princess-street. The room
show much of it, and if the potatoes continue as they are, her buck kitchen, No. 17,
I last the mother of the deceased called his attention to
there will be no dearth of this valuable esculent. In
Inverness-shire harvest operations are prcceeding, and Witness was directed to call the a en-
was overflowed with filthy water, and the rflluviattwas
most dreadful. ,
were it not for the broken weather this week, would have tion of Mr. Liddle, surgeon for
.the district, bye the
churchwardens; and atter examining premises,i
been general.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
Towards the close of the present week the weather has certified
from
thaenwaotffeernfla
jovwoeddrtabirno,ugbtetiotnhgeinwg.aitlooNl
o.oBle,
improved considerably, so that harvest operations, which kitchen,
were greatly retarded by the heavy rains that prevailed I
.}loss-buildings,romconsttirgeueotu,As.etroe
6l;sroinieneSaS• S tbraede LeorSliVteior aril
for some time, are now being prosecuted with vigour.
The jury'
have had excellent tied the air was very impure. returned the
Thursday, Friday, and to-day, we _ . : drains in
.thesiime
liss conse- following verdict—"'That the deceased died from fever
harvest weather, and a great dealle of reaping Itnlge crops are caused by noxious r filuvia from a privy draining intothe
quently been going on. In the
tully one half cut, and in the west country,w-
of both wheat back part of the house in which he resided; and the
jurors strongly recommended that prompt anti • I
and oats, there will be an average yi.eld.nscompared with I
, I._
_present further
theparochial authorities for the
previous years. Wheat, however, is likely to be a little rneasures be adopted by
abatement of the nuisance so caused, to • ,
interior iu quality, from the length of time it has been in
andy'aocqatctiair%it'rittheemtowtihthe
ear before becoming fully ripe, but the quantity, it is mischief." The coroner said he
churchwardens of the parish,
expected, will be considerable. Of beans there
With the sentitnents of the jury.
t accounts from
.., BRomrroN HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION. From
isreaspfeacirt
I crop, and a consideorytbsl,eatebrtehaadtththgerloaat'ens.
counts from
the report just published it appears
to the potato, we m
that, there is a most
different quarters of the country confirm the remarks I,e.
partial nature of the (i. . .
o. . .
Iseeks to arrest. The r. umber of out- door patients
istreeler, increase of the malady whieli this charity
have elsewhere inserted, a to the
disease. One gentleman ins this neighbourhood has in- i
I already exceeds a hundred daily; the in dour upaards
lifted nine bags of early potatoes,
formed us that, having
of seventy. Indeed, there are eighty-six at preEtnt on
lie had only from two to three pecks of diseased in addi-
the books, but whose admission is necessarily deferred.
lion, and in these the disease was so slight that it wouldi k
not injure the tubers for the use of cattle. Independent \ ,. .staff
The meuical has been increased proportionally,
of the disease, he remarked the crop of sound tubers was .
tine the recent appointment ef assistant physicians (Jobtk
more than an average tor the breadth of ground they 1 '
owie,, Esq.,. 1.1. Quail),and. 11 B
.Cotton., Esq.)
lifted from. This, we believe, has been the genet al I et.j,• 13,
were . the ' • .of farmers around this quarter ,
result of examinations
is intended to proceedwith chapel
of the country. It, travelling over a large portion of I
aid eastern wing as speedily aspossible, and when the.
Scotland lately, we remarked tiat there is not such a !,1 , -
breadth of the potato planted anywhere else as in the i W l''''e is completed,
west country. The farmers in other districts seem nut i within the walls to upwards of' two hundred i a 'St
accersmoriation il! be sfl'ff%dted.
to have entered into potato growing kith the same spirit from every part of the kingdom.
as those in this neighbourhood.—Glasgow Saturday Poet,
His Excellency Chevalier Bunsen gave elegant
entertainment
Wednesday was alternately wet taut dry, some of the last evening at time
Prussian' Leeation, on
r 1.
showers being very heavy, and, w Carlton-house-terrace,
e believe, accompanied in compliment Extraordinary to an-
and
of his Excellency
er Ea by thunder. Thursday was fine, but yesterday was dull Benin Andrian, the Ambassad
and lowering. As the barometer, howeveris rather nounce the recession to power of the Archduke Regent.
tending upward, we would hope harvest operations will There were present to meet his Excellency his Sere ae
not be impeded. The recent rains have done no in- highness Prince Lowenstein, Viscount Palmerston, his
jury beyond retarding the progress of cutting ; while eney Count Kiclmansegge, Baron Koller, Count
I:xedik• eir. Syndicus Banks, M. Sieveking, M. Dutnm-
-1 turnips and pastures have been greatly benefited by the
• f
mois.ure. The grain crop generally is not so bulkly
rbeicmkner,i'llr: Meyer, Profe'sser Samwer, Archdeacon
Hare, Mr. C. Bunsen, &c.

HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market to-day
has been well attended by buyers, and goods of the
best qualities have been freely purchased. The ware-
houses have been also busily engaged during the
week, and there is everything to justify the hope that
we shall have a good autumn trade.
llALtrax, SATURDAY.— Although the weather has
bcome more cheering, and the price of corn is re-
ceding, yet we cannot note any improvement in the
demand for worsted goods, either plain or figured.
Neither have we to record any alteration in the yarn
trade, which remains much the same as stated in our
last report. Wool continues to sell rather more freely,
' and the staplers are asking a trifling advance on some
of the sorts that are most in request.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The state of our market con-
tinues satisfactory. The fine weather improves the
prospects for a very good home trade in the autumn,
and other causes of a political tendency infuse a better
spirit into our commercial community generally.—
Manchester Guardian.