The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

Accounts from Rome of the sth state that a very
had feeling exists between the Pontifical and the
French troops, and that several serious collisions ye
occurred.

shock of an earthquake was felt at Massa on
the 31.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian)
Uatusat
AIANCIUSTER7 TIIESDAY.—The tendency apparent
in the accounts latterly received from the United
States to enlarge the estimates of the cotton crop,
has become more decided in the cdvices which ha-,,e
come to hand this week by the Africa. This
has increased the dulness of the Liverpool market,
and caused all classes of buyers here to hold
more markedly aloof from business than they
did before. Tne saps of goods have been very
inconsiderable ; and in general some concession has
been made from the late quotations. In yarns, the
home consumers have done extremely little ; as have
also the German merchants ; and both classes of
buyers have been able to supply their comparatively
trifling wants on rather lower terms than they could
have done last week, except in the better descrip-
tions of fine numbers, suitable for the Bradford
trade, the value of which is supported by the ex-
tent of contracts in the spinners' hands. There is en
inquiry for twist adapted fur India, which is still

coinparatively scarce. The brief and vague tele-
graphic notice of the, annbay and Calcutta market,,,
received by way of Trieste, appears to 6,3 favourable
for Cotton yarns and cloths, taking into account the
continued high rates of exchange. This state of the
fxcharigr-s, so favourable for our shippers to India,
promises to be sustained by the demand for eaitern

_
Ma Tern, the architect, hal much pleasure in se-
conding the motion, end cengra!ulated the' directors
upon being once more in a position to pay the pro-
prietors a lieerai and aceeptehle bonus. At the first
blush the surplus capital might appiee- small in com•
prison. witti teat of other joint-seek bulks, but it
should be remembered that this (-stab' ishinent hal a large
additienal paid-up capital to fall back upon in eases of
need. He, however, warned the directors.not te compete
too severely with ' the private banks, but in giving
them that advice he must couple it with this remark,
that extreme caution was as baneful as'ritsh specula-
tion, and should always be avoided. They had to
contend with formidable concerns conducting their
husioesa upon the Scotch system, or allowing more.
extravagant interest on deposits, and in order to keep
up with them and:sustain the prosperity of the bank,
they might safely extend their accommodations to the
public.
Air. JOUNSON was willing to give the directors
full credit for skillful management, but he unhesi-
tatingly objected to the last proposal of the Honour-
able Proprietor who preceded him. He never wished
to see the field of their operations expanded at the ex-
pence of their security, nor did he think it would be
sviaa or judicious to reduce their surplus' below
160,000/. It was little enough a surplus in all consci-
ence for an establishment of this magnitude, and he
therefore deprecated the very idea of decreasing their
business by reducing the
fin balance of unappropriated pro-
. With regard to the retrospect of the Hon. Chair-
man, he had failed to arrive at the conclusion that gen-
tleman had propounded to the meeting. The policy
at' the directors since 1847 was not so free from
blame or error as the Chairman would have them be-
lieve, for had they confined their advances to home
securities, instead of extending them to the colonies
and colonial produce, the bank would have been in a
better situation now. However, the experience of
the past would be of service in guiding them in the
labyrinth of the future, and he was willing to forget
these raistaltes, and accept the present dividend and
wails with gratitude.
Nl.r. CROUCH thought the directors were not making EFFORTS IN SEARCH OF DESPAIR
the most of the surplus profits in hand. If they would His cousin was drowned by the upsetting of a
pleasure, boat. At such a calamity it was reasonable
ae.opt the suggestion of Mr. The and increase their
'operations, or invest the money in securities. , • ,to
yielaing 1 despair—to refuse comfort—to leave his hair len-
t
arse interest, the dividend would be worth receiving. . combed—to look constantly on the ground—to lose
1-1,, looked upon the present division of
profits all appetite—to write flowing verse. Mr. Black-
as insignificant and unsatisfactory, and it would
never brook entered upon his vocation with a full sense of its
be otherwise until they resorted to the, Scotch system. heroism. At least one hundred lines would be expected
A PEOPICIETOR wished to know if the bank was I from him on so tremendous an occasion. The catas•
trophe was so poetical ! The sea-weed might have been
still incumbered with debts, or had it sustained an
represented entangled in the golden tresses of the poor
losses this hall year. He saw by the paper., that thye
girl, had the accident happened only a little nearer
bank was litigating a claim on anothet concern, which
the Nore ; and the print of her fair form might have
was likely to result in a serious loes.
been faintly traced upon 'a the ribbed sea. sand."
The Cuainaiaei said there were no losses in the last
"'his was unfortunate. In reality the as melancholy
halfayear worth mentioning, except the one which '
was now the subject of litigation, and which was likely occurrence" took place at Richmond. Mr. Black-
tobrook began by calling upon the willows of Richmond
_ be recovered in the end. In fact, he might go the
letagth of sayieca, I and. its immediate vicinity to dip their tender branches
%ustain no loss froth that
that the bank would ultimately
ihn the stream in token of their grief. Mr. Bhick-
quarter He did not think it
necessary to answer Mr.' t., rook felicitously remembering that Pope once lived not
the
Seetch system, but he m roue .. far fr
..om Richmond, next invoked that poet's shade,
(;roach's ergument about
and begged the loan of his melodious rha thm. But
ofst remind the Honourable
Proprietor that the natureu
pus in seem-. ' - '
them to invest the sue I • their business compelled
the Shade in question not answering to the
vertibility. .. ~ thee of easy con-' ! all that remained for the sor • do summons,
rowing poet to was to
'Mr. ,LEVIr • was quite astounded to hear any man take down his dictionary of rhymes, and tune his
say he W 43 nOt'Satisfied with the dividend. In .i. own lyre to its most mournful cadences. He set to
irly,hl work. He called the Thames a treacherous stream ;
seven per cent. was not a good dividend, hp
glad; to know what the d-1 was
pleasure party embarked at Rich-
?—.(l.augh't4,ll,7-1-In'e I he christened the wherry a barque ; he declared
his part he was quite satisfied with i., and so 1
the business remained at its present height, hopedheeong aso
mend-bridge, that when the
Death, the lean fellow, was stand-
the directors /multi never dream of the Scotch % ing upon the beach with his weapon upraised.
tern: His advice to them was, let well along. (t
-- I Asterisks described the death ; and some of his
Ir. Maanaw had heard it said that the newt i friends declared this passage the best in the poem.
paid-up capital was an incumbrance oil
the bank, ; Ile then went on to inform his readers that all was
Now if that wore so, why not return it?
,
I over; but by this expression the reader must not
The CuAffrNlA infer that the dirge was brought to a conclusion. ByN explained that it had been celt as 1
1 ;etas tag
state
an incurn bradce during the period of the recent coin-
I tnhoameans. Mr. Blackbrook had made up his mind
menial deere.s;sion, when money could not be lent
hundredevoted
)t a ltvhe id ndi«ituite expression. He.
.otf despair required at least_.
.
out with .t,al tv, but the capital was well end profit- i
twent
ernelecous:n
.eatoofe.fly—surely, then , a f
able,' invest( a 'new, and he very much feared the tato- !
1 deserveduone rreii
" hundred. This logical refiexion spu
prietoris
wr4.11;1 exerience great difficulty in disposing I iiim
on. lie puiled dawn the blinds, RA in a gloom
Of their morayiota ',, qr./. manner if it were returned 1 that suited't • •
t, them. - „ ..
well %wn his forlorn stet; of mind, he be-
gan a picture of his condition,
With the aid of his
A Pea,
11111: .•ziaToa, objected t i the thaulPin:g st.7l°. - I dictionary. having asserted that the '
hesoroud eta wrapped
!flg.e 'wo speahers whien Mr. I,?vy alvvaYs tog- i a cousin 'a Mien, he reflected that envied the plic, of
"'"0-ii• 10 :•,pife of his emphatic q aestioa and strong 1 the winding-sheet, and was •ealuus of
uz_Psn(4,l4J ,e-a he was not afraid to a 'ow that he for one 1
I felt that he was warinin intoj l ' ' ' the
worms, lie
g. hs suoject. He tried
3 (Ili a athdied with the di ' ' b 1" ' 'l' I 1.
'of • •
vidend Other anal, ma, L. to tome- the condition in which the remains of his
e
r) oe nte and why eenici , • •
1 .elative would speedily be ; and
not file 7 ?having carefully re-
The I ...'l,4,3amaea re • plo-(1 sinue'. because they could i f errsd to an eminent medical work, as to the 1- ,11 •
- .-ng, of
not gee it withuut mind ' Li.
thing:• ng great xisk of losing every- 1 time which the human body requires to resolve itself
)
Ate some lin to its original earth, (for he was precise in his state-
a 1 Er-
further discu
, °Pt"td, the dividend declared ' mon the report was nweits), he proceeded to describe, with heart-rending
ared, the
the retiring faithfulness, the various stages of this inevitable decay.
dire eto re. re-elected.
That was true poetry. He declared that the worm
1 Pac ?RIETOU proposed that theyshoulda
which Pass a i would crawl upon. tbose.lips that the lover had fondly
vote of t 7 lacks to the officers,
eel, el te • • . •, and the motion. being red ,• .
UI '4' 13' ac- I presse !
.ed to writieg, magically was now motionless for ever. Having
was car :led by acclamation. so magica
brought this tragic description to a conclusion, be

produce, and the large supply of China bills at Cal-
cutta and Bombay drawn upon England.
Roc LIDA MONDAY.—Considering that it lA
the first nrirket (a day which is kept as a general
holiday in Rochdale), we have had a fair business
doing in pieces, with little or no change in price;.
There is little change in the demand for wool, and
last week's prices are fully maintaine
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The improved feature
noted in our last, in preparing for the coaling season,
continues to the present time ; and if this state of
things !hould last the weavers will soon all be put to
work. Manufacturers complain of buyers not giving
further advances, which must be attained ere long.
Goods are evidently wanted, though buyers will hod
back as long as they are able. They will find that
the stock of goods on band is very light. There is
nothing new in respect to the raw and thrown silk
markets, which are very firm.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have had an ave-
rage number of buyers in town for the commence-
ment of the season, but not much business has bean
done, as the manufacturers have been standing out
for an advance in prices, but which the merchants
seem not very ready to comply with. There has
been a good demand for wools during the week.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The business in our Piece
Hall has not varied much from that of last week.
The demand for low lasting; continues; and fancy
fabrics, of low quality, go off freely at a slight advance
in price. We have no alteration to report either
in yarn or wool, in both of which there is a steady
trade, with the quotations very firm.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Without lming had a very
brisk market to-day, still a fair business has been
done; prices are looking up a little, and a steady
business continues to be done in the warehouses.