The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

woollen trade in this county. The woolcombers are but par-
tially employed. Sheep shearing has commenced, and in the
course of a few days it will become general.
PONTEFRACT WOOL.—There was a large supply of wool
this day, and a ready sale at last week's quotation, viz., 14s.
per stone of 141b9. for mixed hog and ewe. A few parcels of
fine hog realized 15s 6d.
HOWDEN, WOOL, JUNE 4.—There was a fair sepply of
wool at the first market this season, and a numerous attend-
ance of buyers from the west of Yorkshire. All descriptions
of wool met with a ready sale at the following prices :—Che-
viot hogs, is to Is Old; hog and ewes, lld to I1}('; Alashami
10d to 10d per lb. The next wool market will be held on
Wednesday, the 18th of June.
ENGLISH Woor„ LEEDS, JUNE 6.—There is no change
this week. Sales have been to a moderate eztent, and prices
are the same.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, JUNE 6.—There has been only
a quiet market for foreign wools this week, buyers being
anxious to learn hew prices are likely to be at the pending
German fairs before operating to any extent.
13aADFORD, JUNE s.—Wools—the spirit evinced in every
quarter of the wool trade (except here) is one of cheerfulness
and animation, and prices commanded are not at all commen-
surate with the current rates of this market : noils and broker
are as we have noticed for several weeks back. Yarns—The
state of the yarn market is most gloomy. The opening mar-
kets for wool are at prices far beyond anything the spinners can
afford to give, and instead of better prices being realized for
yarns, they continue dull sale at rates that must have the effect
of inducing the spinners to curtail their production, for to effect
sales of many kinds the prices of spinning wages must be
wholly sacrificed. At no period, even in the time
of the
greatest distress in 1817 and 1848, has the margin between
the cost of wool and the price of yarns been so small, or the po-
sition of the spinners so ruinous as at present. Pieces—There
has been part doing by some of the home houses, and the
11 prices at which they are laying in their stocks are such as will
- only entail a great loss upon the manufacturers ; for, ruinously.
low as yarns are selling, we regret to say that the prices u!
goods are equally depressed, and the whole trade is full of
gloominess and murmuring. The position of the trade in this
branch in June, 1850 and 1851, is without a parallel at the
same period of previous years, and yet the increase in the pro-
duction by additional machinery has kept the demand for la-
bour active, and the wages paid are much higher now than in
former periods of manufacturing distress.
TRADE OF MANCHESTER, JUNE s.—The Arctic's advice(
have not much affected our market, but there is still some little
distrust of the cotton market, and though the sales of Yarn'
and goods have been to a fair extent, they are not so consider-
able as might have been expected. There was a great deal :,I
inquiry on the Exchange, which did not lead to business, but
prices were generally maintained with firmness, though seareeq
so steady or regular as last week. Our spinners are supplying
themselves more freely with cotton, and the demand from this
cause has kept up prices at Liverpool, and this re-acts to some
extent upon our own market", and tends to support the prices
of yarns and cloth, in the face of the impression naturally Pro'
duced by the later advices from the United States.
TRADE Or LEEDS.—There has been some ltttle
ment in our cloth markets, both on Saturday and Tuesday, and
also more goods have been delivered off the market days than
has been the case for many weeks. Stocks are very low for
the season, and prices are steady. Few buyers have been downduring the week, and business has been dull in the warehouses'
The foreign houses are doing more than of late. improve.:

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
COPPER ORES SOLD AT CAMBORNE, JUNE s.—Total,
4,575 tons ; average produce, 7 ; quantity of fine copper,
321 tons 7 cwt ; amount of sale, 20,863/ 12s Od ; average
standard, 1041 I s Od. Last Sale— Standard, 10316 s Od ; Pro'
duce, 7i. Average price per 21 cwt, 41 lls Od.
COPPER ORES SOLD AT SWANSEA, JUNE 3.--T°,014
1,779 tons ; average produce, Ili ; quantity of fine copper, :%
tons 14 cwt; amount of sale, 15,5291 Is 6d.
COPPER. ORES FOR SALE AT SWANSEA, JUNE I°‘7.
Cobra I,429—Bearhaven 350—Knockmahon 111—KaPunn'
.
82—Cuba 65—Port Lincoln 42—Glo'sters Slag 13—Tots,
2,092 tons.

COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT REDRUTH, JUICE 12.4 r. Carn Brea 813—Tywarnhayle and Nancekuke 622—W,
Buller 441—Par Consols 327—Alfred Consols 263--.‘,,.:
berrow 181—Levant 155—West Wh. Treasury 142.—"
Agar 115—Wellington Mines 103—Providence Mines 102--
Botallack 81—West Wh. Seton Bl—South Wh. Speed 46--
St. Aubyn and Grylls 3B—West Alfred Consols 37—Wb•
„t
Friendship 14—Reliatian 7 South Wh. Fortune 6.--"'1
Wh. Treasury s—Wh. Tehidy 5 —Spearn Moor 4—Tots •
3,534 tons 21 cwts.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JUNE 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
fol-
low :—Great Western, 85%, LAUD, 171. Shares, 1414—Miu.
land, 53%—South-Eastern and Dover, 24.
LIVERPOOL. JUNE 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened dull to-day, bet
prices were higher before the close. The transactions were
as follow :—East Lancashire, 15—Kendal and Windermere,
Preference, 6 per Cent., 13/I p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
55:%4 Ditto, 6 per cent. Preference, 13 - London and _North-
Western, New Quarters, 3% p.—Midland, 5314 _Ditto,
Halves, 165(3 dis.—North Union, Preston and Wire, Pr"
ference Shares (No. 3), 7 Ditto, Halves (No. 4), 814 P.'".
South-Eastern and Dover, 23 ix, Great Southern and Western
(Ireland), Preference, Eighths, 13-16 p.—York and North
Midland, 22,/s.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 7.
Bronx EXCHANGE.—The share market was worse to-day,
with prices tending downwards. The transactions were as
follow :—East Lancashire, 151/4—Edinburgh and Glasgow,
30—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 5532—Ditto, Fifths, 71% die.
—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), Bti p. _,Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29—South-Eastern and Dover, 23

BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 7.
STOCK ExcHAzeox.— The share market during the greater
part of the week has been spriritless and depressed, and
prices generally, if they have not absolutely fallen, have had
a downward tendency. London and North-Western to-day
were done at 124, being a shade better than the closing
prices in London; and Midland (New) were transacted at
16A, dis. Shrewsbury and Birmingham, after the recent
rejection of the Bills for the joint occupation of the London
and North-Western station, have still further declined. Tho
following were among the closing prices reported on
'Change :—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley,
10:%—Coventry and Nuneaton, 2,4 p.—Caledonian, Prefer-
ence, 7—London and North-Western, Quarter, 414
London and Brighton, 6 per cent., 136t/2—Midland (Bir-
mingham and Derby), 111 Ditto ( Bristol and Birming-
ham), 133 North British, 712—Sbrewsbury and Bir-
mingham (A), .5 dis.—Ditto (B),1 dis—Ditto, Preference, 11
Shropshire Unions, 3'A dis.—South Staffordshire, 3
York and North Midland, Preference (Hull and Selby,
par), 1 dis.

DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION.
BRISTOL, JUNE B.—Yesterday morning, a little after
seven o'clock, the boiler of a steam-engine erected on
the premises of the Starveall Colliery, at King's-wood,
Glouca,tershire, and situate about five miles from this
city, burst with a fearful explosion, involving a large sa-
crifice of human life. The utmost consternation was ex-
cited is the neighbourhood, and several of the sufferers
were promptly conveyed to the Royal Bristol Infirmary,
while others were so severely injured that they could not
be moved. On proceeding to the spot we gathered the
following details of this distressing occurrence:—lt ap-
pears that the engine in question has now been at work
for a very considerable period, and the proprietor, Mr.
Brain, had determined on taking out the old boiler and
substituting a new one in its place; yesterday morning
was the last time it was intended that the old boiler
should be used, as it was arranged that the new boiler
should be put up to-morrow (Whit Monday). As, how-
ever, that day is usually kept as a holiday by the col-
liers, in order to get forward, it was determined yester-
day morning to take down the brickwork from the old
boiler, and as the men were in the act of removing it
the boiler exploded, injuring severely, if not fatally,
fifteen of the men. Three have since died at the
Bristol Infirmary, and it is stated on good autho-
rity that others are also dead at Kingswcod. The
whole of the poor fellows were dreadfully scalded
and others severely injured, the copper being torn
from its bed, and a quantity of the machinery, with
burning coals, &c., being scattered in every direction.
Mr. Brain was present at the lime the accident occurred,
and immediately dispatched messengers for medical as.

sistance, and in a short time Mr. Biggs, of Kingswood,
Mr. Grace, of Downend, and Mr. Waddle, of Fishponds,
were on the spot, and did all in their power to alleviate
the sufferings of the unhappy men. Some of them were
placed on beds in carts and dispatched to the Bristol
Infirmary; but the majority, at their own request, were
taken to their own homes. Mr. Brain himself had a
narrow escape—his hat was knocked off, he was thrown
to the ground senseless, and his right hand much in-
jured. The engineer and his son were also dangerously
wounded, the skin being literally torn from their bodies.
The majority of the sufferers, we regret to state, are
married men with large families. A coroner's inquest
will be held on the bodies of the deceased men, and a
full investigation be made into the circumstances attend-
ant on this catastrophe. Mr. Brain states that the en-
gine at the colliery had completed its work—that he had
ordered a man to shut down the engine, and had sent the
men to another pit to go up, when his bailiff requested
him to wait a few minutes, and he would lend a messen-
ger to the men to come up, and so prevent the men from
having to go a distance of three-quarters of a mile un-
der ground; and there were 25 men and boys altogether
present when the boiler exploded. The explosion is sup-
posed to be owing to an accumulation of Steam while the
engine was standing still. Thu utmost excitement exists
at Kingswood consequent upon this calamity; and so far
as yet has been ascertained, the following is a correct list
of the killed and wounded:—Dead—Daniel Mountain,
John Burden, jun., and 1V illiam Burchell. Dangerously
scalded—Francis Bryant, James Long, James Ricketts,
John Burchell, sen, Samuel Bryant, Abraham Golding,
and Joseph Wiltshire.

Dispatches were received on Saturday from the Go-
►ernor of South Australia.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
On the 4th inst., at Waterloo, near Liverpool, the wife of
W. Richmond, Esq.
On the Ist inst., at Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire, the
wife of Captain Weare, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment.

. -
OF A DAUGHTER.
On the sth inst., at I3yecroft, Herefordshire, the lady of
Henry Oakcley, Esq., R.N.
On the 2d inst., at the Master's-lodge, Marlborough Col-
lege, the wife of the Rev. M. Wilkinson.