The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-24 00:00:00

61 Os ; Span;sh 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 155 per stone.
Ilemp 3214°341 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 19 to 00s red
ditto, 26, to (Ds per barrel ; Newfoundland, 11/ 5s to 00' Per
ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton; red pine, 31 10s; yellow
ditto, 2/ 153 per ton; deals, 12s to 155 per 100. Hide.'"
Market 241 to 311; salted 25s to 345 per cwt ; calf skirt
3id to 3/,d per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d; Minion),
10d to 13d. Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 101; Ichaboe, 8/ to 9105
per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barreL

THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES.
WOOL TRADE, LONDON, MARCH 20.—The imports of
wool into London during the week ending to-day have been
2,972 bales, including 1,516 from Port Phillip, 1,161 from the
Cape of Good Hope, 168 from Bombay, and the rest from Italy
and Singapore, The market is steads-.
FOREIGN WOOL.—LEEDS, 21. For see."l
weeks past this branch of trade has been unusually inactive
but during the last few days there was more inquiry for various
descriptions. Prices are pretty firmly maintained on the 14§,1
of last February sales' rates, and there is a prevailing feeling a
confidence that business will shortly improve.
LivEßroot, WOOL, tL 20.—1 f it were not for the
American buyers, trade here would be at a stand still, as none
of our home consumers appear inclined to buy anything at all.
Prices are not so firm. Imports for the past .4week—
India, 21; Lisbon, 136; East India, 30.
TRADE or LEEDS.—We have had dull markets at the
Cloth-halls both on Saturday and Tuesday, but there hi!, been
some pretty heavy deliveries of goods to direct order during the
week, more particularly in Spanish stripes and other geed.s,n'
the India and China markets. The stocks in the hslls in
moderate compass, and prices keep steady. The business"
the warehouses has ruled dull since this day week, but there
rather an improvement in the foreign demand.
BRADFORD, MARCH °O.—There is no improvement yet to
be reported in any branch of the Wool trade; The inn is
for some time past have been buying for less than what
.5
requisite to keep machinery emplioyed; but the reduction In
price has fallen far short of what was expected, and no induo-
merit is offered to warrant any renewed transaction:, The
country dealers are willing to sell out before shear day, but t
prices they seek totally preclude it coming to the se at of con!
gumption. The supply here is fully an average for March, "
and,,
without extended operations, will last out till new eo.m and
market. Nods and brokes are' only made in small quantity
There
very unsatisfactory prices compared with long IN 01'•
1
!here are no stocks on hand.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
Total,
COPPER ORES SOLD AT SWANSEA, MARCH
1,008 tons , average produce, 24
• quantity of fine coppers 242
tons 7 cwt ; amount of sale, 18 746/ 151 Od. —Total,
COPrER ORES SOLD AT TRURO, MARCH 20,—Total,
,„, --
,565 tons ; average produce 9i • qtit 1y of fine copper,
.2) -40 tons 5 cwt amount of 'sale 15,67718s Od ; average
standard, 941 12e Od. Last Sale—'Standard, 981 830 d pro-
duce, ' Average price per 21 cwt (312 s 6d.
COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT TRURO, MAI!'"
Great St. George 573—Consols 558—United Mines
South
490-7
Treviskey 325—Par Consols 061—South Tolgus 239—.
Caradon 225 —Trethellan 90- re T leigh Consols 77
Mars (Redruth) 70`-70`—Wh.—h. Ellen—
61—Cbarlestown United 615
1.
—Wh. Henry 31—Wh. Mary ( Bodmin) 29—Carthew Conso
24—Wh. T owan 16—Wh. Penhale 7—Total, 3,237 tons.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL 22.
STOCK EXCFIANGE.—The, s M
hareARCH market 105 firmer to
day, but very few sales were effected.
LIVERPOOL, MA.RCH 22. this
STOCK EXCEIANGB.—The share market on opening
the
morning was again dull, and continued flat througheris
day, prices having a downward tendency. The trausactions
sicre (late
were as follow : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Übe
C. and B.), 191,4 Ditto, 221. Shares, 434 dis.—Caledoniatl?
15 %—East Lancashire, 17% Kendal and Windermere, 01
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6134—Leeds and Thirsk, 15e*
—London and North-Western, 130—Ditto, NOW QUArt ry,
514 p.—Midland, 63'4—Ditto, Halves. 13 dis.- Shrewsbutl
and Birmingham (B), 6541—Shrewsbury and Chester, 191..
—Ditto, Thirds, 934—Ditto, 101. Shares, %dia.—South-East
em and Dever, 27% York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21S
—York and North Midland, 274.
MANCHESTER, MARCEI 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fodl;
low :—Ambergate, dis.—Lincoln Union, 2Ai dis*--Lee d
Stock, 62 East Lancashire, 17 13.16—South-Easter°
Cale o-
Dover, 273 Sheffield, New 61. Preference,
niani Preference, 651i—Eastern Counties, 7 15-16—York gla
North Midland, 23.
BIRMINGHAM, M.Lncii 22. •ly
were
this
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened beev,
morning, but afterwards improved 'The ndis.
as follow:—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3
131%-o'l
Ditto (B), 234 dis.—London and North-Western,
land, 6-11/2—Ambergate Nottingham, and Boston, 21/4 dis.''
- Birmingham and Oxford' Junction (calls duly paid), 11"
—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Val eY,
Eastern Counties, 8% —North Staffordshire, 5% dia.— '-',„ll`
Staffordshire, 23/4 dis. ex div. - Shropshire Union. 2%, "Al"-
cd
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Preference, 111/2---Idonaa
North-Western, Quarters, 5%.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN%
xfli •work'
230
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles is
--Return of Traffic for the Week ending March 9, 1851
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ....£3,911 19 4
Merchandise and minerals 3,569 17 8
Cattle ... ... 174 4 2

Total .. £7,656 1 2
Corresponding week, March 10, 1850 (143 miles) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,229 16 4
Cattle ••• ... ... ... 1,599 311

Total ... ...

... 2,529 0 8

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS•

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons*
FAIDAY, MARC'S 21.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the abOill
Committee :
1. That in the case of the Manchester Improvement Bill,
petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought
to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted
to
introduce their additional provision, if the Committee on the
Bill shall think fit.
2. That in the case of the Great Western Railway
of O (Ar"
rangements with reference to the Purchase, tic.,
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, &c., Railways) Bill, Plittl;
tion, for additional provision, the standing orders ought
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to intr‘-iIL
duce their additional provision, if the Committee on the B
shall think fit.
3. That in the case of the Lee River Trust Bill, petitire
for dispensing with standing orders Nos. 105 and the
said standing orders ought to be dispensed with : 1. ',lon
the parties be permitted to be heard upon their petlt'iu,
before the Committee on the Bilt,-notwithstanding the ss r
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days sfte
the second reading of the Bill.
Resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

A singular and important trade has very recentl7
h:IL':
_
sprung up in Southampton. Two companies of mere
rent large tracts of the mud land at the bottom of that t
Wue
for the purpose of feeding and preserving
London market. A telegraphic message is now P
di' 8 oysters
from London to Southampton, and any quantity formerof
can, in four or five hours afterwards, be received in the
steri
from the latter place by rail. A large quantity of 03_ the
are opened in Southampton and sent to London withiou_t,r.
oysters fortebtald
i
shells, and thus a large amount of carriage freight A sauces.
th
The oysters that are thus sent are fir pickling An'eir own
They are sent in cane securely covered, and in
on the
juice, and keep well during the few hours they argthenir
rail. The quantity of oysters now lying in the Son „II be
ton beds is worth about '2,0001., and this quantity i"to b,
enormously in creased very shortly. A slip is about t a,_
built on purpose to land and open them. The
YL et°L
will be in operation ill the year round, and ".Y.
shortly between thirty and forty vessels will be ei'
ployed in it. A large number of persons are employed n,'
parking, landing, and opening the oysters. The railisql
waggons which take them to London are brought down by
a tramway close to where they are landed. These oysters
are caught near th e Channel Islands, and as soon as a bbip-
load a
is caught they are sent to Southampton. They are
there thrown on the oyster grounds, and at low water tbei
are placed in rows several layers thick, with spaces between d
'
•
This is called parking them. They are continually shifte
to and from the empty spaces to prevent them from being
choked by the mud. Tenpence a thousand is paid for d-
ing,park-
and fifteenpence a thousand for opening them. ~,
even as the tide begins to flow : the oysters, if narrow',
watched, may be seen opening their shells to take in nutri-
ment, and at dead low water they may be seen eientille
water with some force. If they have not power to eject —i
close their shells. The dead oysters'are carefully p
muddy particles mixed with it they soon die, as they cantle
the living, and thrown away from the grounds. N° jitter,
arises to the inhabitants from the decay of peer!Weer!
for the mud land swarms with minute crabs who ent b
tween the shells and ravenously devour the dead fib.
ger 5'
FATAL BOILF.II. EXPLOSION.—GLASGOVirt T— !Ida
DAT EVENING.—This district is obtaining icked front
tenttPaaicci-
amount of notoriety for the frequency and ex of itse en.
dents on land and water. Last night the in the
gins to the flax-spinning works of Messrs. Finlay men and
village of Johnstone, exploded, by which
eigebyted that the
boys were instantly deprived of life. It is belbie
, t workpeople
works had been temporarily suspended wbilebii,
sv the engine-
were taking some refreshment; but boiler 0"1 1.
man had kept the safety-valve fully lomadeaeda tbe
The persons who
of which was a tremendous explosion.
themselves in the
ting
were killed had been smoking or res .
was blown down
fire. room. A large portion of the building
sufferem from
and while exertions were making to rescue the consequence
been driven
the ruins, it was discovered that the mill itself
This was caused by the hot cinders haeirg
of the fate-
through the partitions into the inner apartments .
___ bon
tory. The fabric, with its valuable contents, MAT°
almost wholly destroyed.d
Ointment an
[ADvER,TisEmENT.] Holloway's
nd COO-
- an infallible Remedy for Tumours, Swellings,
wlith it &-
was on tire.
tracted Joints. Ann Carter, housemaid, residing
her
right
roily in Murton-crescent, had an immense tumour 0_
.a, bend
knee, which increased to such a size that she could o'_-",„,._
here w"
the joint, and was in consequence obliged to leave her °°",,,,
tion. Her medical attendant informed her that t
atate the
chance of cure, and it would be necessary to awl'
ed wing
limb. This opinion not satisfying her, she coon:l%y God's
Holloway's Ointment and Pills in good earnest, "rfect cure,
blessing they have been the means of effecting A Pe l
a
e I Drug-
and she has resumed her former situation.-64 1'44, Strand,
gists. and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, -
London.
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BIBTII~.

BOY
On the 19th inst., the wife of. Charles Esq., °
Doctors'-commons.
On the 19th inst., at Willow-cottages, Canonbury, grfs'
Charles J. 13Iackith.
OF A DAUGHTER. -
On the 29th inst., at Waltbamstow, the wife of Albert
Pelly Esq.

ABBIED.
On the 18th inst., at St. Stephen's, Hammersmith, gr'
Edwin Bryant, Percy-10.,ge, New-road, Hammersmith, t°
Susanna, youngest daughter of the late Arthur Fry, EBT'
surgeon to the Royal Marines.

DIED
On the 15th inst., at Newton Manor-house,
ilorY
Chawner, Esq, aged Sri.
On the 15th inst., in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, 3"
Byng, sister of the late George Byng, Esq., MP., and of the
Earl of Strafford.
On the 19th inst., Thomas Moss, Esq., of Leonard-Pleee'
Kensington, aged 64

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