The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, DEC. I.—The market re-
mains nearly in the same state as during the last tour or
five weeks. There is, however, somewhat better demand
for good 40 inch shirtinga, suitable for the Chinese
markets ; from whence, it is understood, more favourable
accounts have been received by the last mail. We are
not aware that anythiHg new has occurred with respect
to the working of short time.
ROCHDALE, Nov. 30.—The flannel market remains in
its former depressed state, and the severe frost that has
set in has not yet had any effect upon the demand for
goods. The wool market is still languid, but prices are
firm.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY, Nov. 28.—Fewer merchants
have been in the hall to day than for some weeks past,
and the amount of business has been much less; but
prices remain unaltered. The yarn market continues very
flat, with curtailed production; but there is no alteration
in prices. A little more long wool has changed hands,
which has given more firmness to the sellers. There has
been rather more inquiry for short wools, and prices are
somewhat firmer; but not much business has been done.
HUDDERSFIELD, DECEMBER I.—Our market is again
flat, although there have been more buyers in, and some
little business done. but not to any great extent. Wools
are firm, and have fully supported their price at the late
sales in London ; still sales cannot be effected to any
considerable extent, and we do not think there will be
much done until the new year. Some of our manufac-
turerst are still busy making to order in the fancy trade,
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will revive with the new year.
LEEDS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER I.—The business done
to-day at our cloth halls has been very limited. In prices
there is no alteration ; but wool is rather firmer.—Man-
chester Guardian.

PERTH. --MELANCHOLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
About six o'clock on Tuesday morning, John NH-lane,
railway labourer, met with his death in a fearful
manner, at No. 3 shaft of the tunnel on Moncreiffe-
hill. The night miners, before leaving, fired off a
number of charges, which caused a great volume
of smoke to ascend, and the morning being dark,
the mouth of the shaft was not so easily dis-
tinguished. Deceased, when approaching the open part,
for the purpose of descending to his work, missed the
platform and fell to the bottom, a depth of two hundred
feet. When brought to the top, his mangled body pre-
sented a shocking spectacle ; it was found necessary,
before removing it, to have it properly rolled in linen
cloth. The deceased was a native of Ireland, county
Armagh, and was perfectly sober at the time the acci-
dent happened.—Perth Constitutional.
MACHINE FOR MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF
RAILWAY TRAINS.-Mr. M. Ricardo laid before the
late meeting of the British Association a model of his
very beautiful machine for registering the velocity of
railway trains. The object of it is to furnish the rail-
way companies with a record of the work done by each
train, and the manner in which it has been done. By
this means they would be often enabled, in case of any
accident, to assign correctly the nature and cause of the ac-
cident; so as to prevent its recurrence:The machine is closed
up under the seat of a railway carriage, and when placed
there it marks on a strip of paper the speed of the train,
the time of its passing every half mile and the length of
every stoppage at a station. It is, in short a mechanical
inspector of trains. He described the apparatus, and
stated that it had gone some thousand miles without
accident. He also showed the work of a machine for re-
gistering the resistance of trains. Some discussion en-
sued, and several questions were put by the president as
o the nature of the machine, which appeared to be satis-
actorily answered by the inventor.

A clause of the new law for the establishment of
Courts for the recovery of Small Debts enacts, that no
barrister, attorney, or other person, except by leave of
the judge, shall be entitled to be heard as counsel in
any proceeding under the Act, and if the judge do allow
an attorney he is not to be entitled to any fee whatever,
unless the debt claimed is above 405.; to more than 10s.
unless the debt be above 5/. ; nor to more than 15s. in
any case. The barrister is bound down to a maximum
fee of 11. 33. 6d. Fees of barristers or attorneys are not
to be allowed in taxation of costs, in case of a plain iff,
where less than 5/. is recovered—or in case of a defend-
ant, where less than 51. is claimed ; or in any case what-
ever, unless by order of the judge.