The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-11 00:00:00

a aluggith state, and late rates are with difficulty evy-
P?rted. About :1,000 carcasses of foreign Meat were
disposed of last week.

At per stone by the Carcase.
t. d. to a. d. , s. d. to s. 1.
heef,lnterlor...... 2 0 2 4 -.Cotton, Inferior .. 2 4 2 8
•••••••- Middling •• 2 F 2 8 middling 210 3 4
PrinielP.l•ge .• 210 3 0! prime •• •• 3 6 3 8
pe Prira".., small .• 3 2 3 4 l'ork, l argo• •••• • • • 2 6 3 4
••••••• • • • •• 2 8 3 4' - small ••• • •• 3 6 3 8
Lamb, 3s lid to 4s Bd.
80N.017021 AND SZ.IT.ALFIELDS.
The supplies of home grown Potatoes on sale have
den considerably in excess of the demand; prices are
again lower, viz., from 3110 i to 41 15; per ton. These
are the lowest figures on record for the time of year.

HOZLOUGH HOP NIATLHET.
The accounts from some the plantations being more
lAvourahle, the duty has been done at from 90,000/.
t° 95,000/. Fine Hop* are in,mod( rate request, at full
Prices; but all other kinds are very dull. Mid and East
Kent Pockets, 90s to 1555; Weald of Kent ditto, 80s
I° 105 s; Sussex ditto, 84s to 965.

W.
Last week's attendance O
a OLt
the public sales was cx-
Lreraely large, and nearly the whole of the Wool offered
Z(is disposed of at extreme quotations. About 50,000
alas have now been sold. We have more activity in the
Private contract market, at very lull prices. The im-
Pc!rts ;
L &
Marseilles,
Monday last have amounted to 54 bales from
6uQn, 41 from 37 from Callao, 230 from
I,'
44413aburgh, and 1,680 from Sydney.

LLOW.
Little or no change haw taken place in our market
sillob Monday last. The deliveries, have amounted to
x'424, the imports to 1,312 casks. To-day new P.Y.C.
11 the spot is quoted at 38s 6d; old, 37s 9d to 38s per
ewt• Town Tallow, 37s per cwt net cash, rough far,
2
Id per lb. The last accounts from St. Petersburgh
gtve the shipments at only 10,500 casks.

•
1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 18.1.
i11x.t44 this day 7,682 7,502 22,619 25,380 32,541
"100 Of y. C. 48s
toosOod 43s d
to 4
43°Odd to"soB3odd "08960010 t03735,390dd
711 2erY last week •• 1,453 1,384 1,207 1,272 1,424
from June 1•... 8,.18 13,152 ' 11,741 11,493 13,052
bl sls last week - • 2,722 6,593 149 1,591 1,312
tto from June 1 ... 8,481 20,911 , 8,917 11,249 9,060
4100 of Town ••• • .. 523 Od 463 6d j 403 Ocl 38s Od 39s 6d
TIEPORT OF THE CHURCH BUILDING COMMISSIONERS.

REPORT OF THE CHURCH BUILDING COMMISSIONERS.
"^,r, 04 Saturday the 31st annual report of her Majesty's
parliament,
for Building new Churches, presented to
arliament, was printed. It seems that in the last report
the
Commissioners stated that 470 churches had been corn-
4Aeted, in which accommodation had been provided for
per ,066 sons, including 291,190 free seats for the use of
the Pao r. They state that 27 churches have, by the aid of
grants from the funds placed at their disposal, been since
completed. In the 27 churches accommodation has been
Provided for 20,313 persons, including 14,412 free seats for
the use of the poor, as far as the same can at present be
been in the whole 497 churches have now
peen • Thus,
completed, and provision has therein been made efor
,379 persons, including 305,632 free seats for the use of
eh, P,°or• Further, the Commissioners report that 22
have
are now in course of erection, towards which they
th'"! certaia conditions contributed pecuniary aid from
h ° 'ands placed at their disposal. They also state that plans
ot1":e been approved of for building 17 other churches, and
c er Plans for new churches are under consideration. The
proramissioners since their last report have afforded, or ex-
theesosed their willingness to afford, the facilities contained in
Pros.s_rch Building Acts for obtaining the enlargement, or
places 'twig new and additional burial -grounds to several
set forth in the present document.
ACCIDENT AT WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—On Satur-
t7 afternoon a singular accident, which might have been
Nii-:_nde.(l with very serious consequences, occurred in the
151..trainster• bridge-road, Lambeth, near the foot of the
pii.Uge• It appears that for several hours on Saturday the
onlabgers of the various omnibusses running along the road
brhieaebing that portion of the thoroughfare between the
se•s'ita and Stangate-street, experienced a very singular
znae3a,tion similar to the rolling f a boat on the water. No
e, however, could then tell the cause, but at length the
°' of one of the horses drawing an omnibus stuck into the
hie,darnized road, and upon extricating it, it was found that
neath the layer of broken granite was a hole half as
a moderately-sized house, and of great depth.
surveyor of the bridge having been sent for, an
fetiakination of the place was made, when it was
fereilnd that the hole was about 42 feet in circum-
th,,, ca. and immensely deep. After a survey had been
th,.‘m it was ascertained that an old sewer running under
fra road into the Thames had broken in, and the ground
ss9iitt the surface had dropped into it and been washed away
teay.the tide, so that the carriages in passing over the thin
kateting at the top made it spring like a sheet of ice. Fortu-
hor.'Y none of those ponderous locomotives drawn by twenty
itin."B, such as frequently travel along this road, were pass-
-14 at the time; if the ground had been forced in by such a
tOht, it is impossible to conceive what would have been
th: result. Immediate measures were taken for shoring up
the earth-walls around and placing a barrier round the im-
ale,.sa opening. That having been done, carriages were
p4d to pass on each side. It is impossible to tell whether
th 3; Other part of the sewer has given way, but if such is
ek„ ease, the road must be in a very unsafe state. It is
re,ee.Qted that some days must elapse ere the damage can be
le ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION...—. A deliberate at-
ettnPt at assassination was committed on Saturday evening,
I),,_tbe London-bridge Wharf, by an American named Henry
It.."Ke, on a French merchant named Hache. It appears that
t3o was acting as an intepreter at the Cafe Frangais, on
*t'a,„ atreet-hill, kept by Mr. Nusworth, where he fell in love
en Mr. Nusworth's daughter, a prepossessing young widow.
correspondence was carried on between them till Mr.
e.:°ile came to reside at the house, when he also took a
Feat
to the widow, and Page was discarded. This had so
tOt an effect upon Page that he became violently excited
o St Mr. Hache, and on Saturday he followed him down
tee"r'don-bridge, where he shot at him with a pistol. For-
hleatelY the ball did no further injury than passing through
ktaenlat; it then lodged in a thick wall. Page afterwards
ead Mr. Hache with the butt-end of the pistol, and
let_a!pured to knock his brains out. He was, however,
hordiately seized by a policeman and taken to the station-
teLie• About two hours after he had been locked up he
114—e e, a desperate effort to destroy himself. He was found
vta,ging by his braces to the grating of the cell window, but
Pret,24t down. Two policemen were placed in the cell to
bat'flt any further attempts upon his life. He will be
atilt up before the Lord Mayor for examination.
-per OWNING-STREET GOSSIP.—A pension of 2001. a
Ifeek9n the Civil List has been conferred upon Mr. Silk
'ielleinkgbaria, who has contributed much to literature, espe-
helfhoy his useful records of travel. A pension of 2001. a
atper ,48 also been given to Colonel Torrens, the. author of
ritithr,a' Works on political economy. Mrs. Jamieson, the
Peetreas of Characteristics of Women, The Female Cha-
lsioos of Shahspeare's Plays, has also received a pen-
s, n the Civil List of 100/. a year.—Sunday Paper.
411,:uteh3 Rev. John Harding, D.D., late rector of the
Vtke 4 Parishes of St. Andrew's and St. Ann's, Blackfriars,
the Yesterday consecrated Bishop of Bombay, in the place of
tlitee'lglat Rev. Dr. Carr, resigned. The ceremony took
M Lambeth Palace.
et/
ate,alOUS ENCOUNTER.—On Monday afternoon as
iadter in cattle belonging to the town was driving a ram ~.'
et h"° ewes along the Glasgow road, he was overtaken by
Nerel dealer driving a bull and two queys. The latter
~utitet; being in haste, endeavoured to pass the first with his
:ear' When a singular circumstance happened. On the
deal approach of the bull towards the ram, the latter mid-
ttith' wheeled about and made a spring at the bull's head
11r0,t such force and precision as laid his }nigh neighbour
a4llrate on the road. . For some time it was thought the
deafaa killed, so stunning had been the blow. but the two
Ilts4tla managed to get him upon his feet, and with consi-
-4t4„,e difficulty prevented the ram from making a second
1,7"---Perth Courier.
C14,,k
WACT RELATING TO THE EXPENSES OF PROSE-
141:31is.—An Act has lately received the Royal assent to
to d the law relating to the expenses of prosecution, and
ofte..4ke further provision for the apprehension and trial of
beuders in certain cases. By this Act, costs and allowances
11 by the 7th Goo. IV., c. 64, are extended to other mis-
thert'4l2ours than those set forth by that statute. Hitherto
1.teiz,,..45.5 been no power to award costs at sessions and
go, 1,-*, in cases of common assault, but the expenses may
ve allowed as in cases of felony. Another branch of the
Meadrelates to the payment of clerks of the peace by salaries
the , of fees, which may be fixed by justices, subject to
tleenfirrnation of the Secretary of State. It is anticipated
,ttp,:ille sessional business will be incre,iTed, as a clause is
he Zed which restrained the trial of certain offences. There
ZtliciAt in the Act by which the Middlesex Sessions may
'''•,l9 and the deputy chairman need not be in the corn-
wli4n of the peace. There are 25 sections in the Act,
k is not to extend to Ireland or to Scotland.
~t4lt 1.1.1: Arnold, the magistrate at Worship-street, will
or:elim,..e._place of Mr.
.Burrell, in the Westminster court at
.teZ, aquare, and will be sucFeedded at Worship-street, by
`'ltsi4:Yricourt, the newly appointe magistrate of the police
a lo
;at PIONEER.--A Buffalo paper states that as two
toe Were feeding upon the grass sear the precipice be-
es'aties..- the ferry and the Horseshoe-fall, Niagara, one of them
g too near the brink, fell over and was precipitated
'"R urttorri, a distance of nearly 150 feet, without receiv-
se 4Y other injury than a few slight bruises. When dis-
afs t% ztd he
was taking a drink from the boiling flood at his
ere never horse drank before. His mate witnessed
O°nd stood looking over at him with much concern.—
, 110 r/1 Evening Post.
4011 di! GrhatuLlNG.—On Tuesday evening the annual
)tlieligiler took lace at the Queen's Head Inn, Maidstone,
i 4441 I:141111)er of gentlemen dined together who are either
sPhets ed •
i 4 ;la offgri dutyp betting, or both. The bet-
,avour the y averaed at about 115,0001.,
yr the test
„ year we gave it at 180,0001, a decided change
ttir he••°rBe, as indicative of public feeling on the subject of
Zgecif) Prospects. The usual set for the sweepstakes
Vasa etrrall 50,000/. as the lowest, to 120,000/. as the highest
Lclee ~totltingencies, whereas last year the scope was much
);" 'n"'°°ol. being the lowest, and 210,000 the highest
-tsere eostea
doh • On the whole there was a good deal of busi-
tti, °;,-- Sussex Express.
‘irtOrs IN WEST LANCASHIRE.—Both wheat
ot, oats.
atm,. °n rich soils, are promising to be rich crops, but
hß,°rn, and also on weak light lands, both descripticns
Zf,:athe-r"rinsually light. On the whole, however, should the
nem Prove favourable for the harvest, the produce may
1,4 th)- an average of former years, though rather less
tielati 0; Past year. Beans are better than they have
eably zee some late years. Winter potatoes, with
fei_Piion of the later kinds of kemps, are looking toler-
''acle ; but on the moss land, where they have been so
14144(0Jared by the frost, and where the largest breadth
till be 443 i. been planted since affected. by the disease, they
th i,2l,e,riably poor. The " question of the day" with
eleoe 4108; s part appears to be, `.‘ What is to be done with
and ?" The answer might soon be given sow
th„ rye grass, or any description of grain, rather than
"'Pest_ '_exPense of planting such land with potato s.
fav e Right Hon. Sir George Grey is progressing
ourabi
List L/W INCLOSURE ACT.—By a new Inclosure Act
tlitze's : (14th and 15th Victoria, chap. 54) the following
'lll see_ad. Y
be inclosed :—Hadleigh, in Essex; Hainworth
141 Sur;' 111 York ; East Anstey, in Devon ; Pitfold Manor,
kedb eY ; Letton Common, and The Fleete, in Hereford ;
the rooke.e
sag,. urn-Saltfleet, in Lincoln; South Somercotes, in
ti', Atoll"; ewe'uf,Y, ;..Ru.dgwick, in Sussex; Bentley, in South-.
4gsear in Suffolk; Aylesford. in Kent; and
14% in Middlesex. This is the second Inclosure Act of
session.
cllc)rsstilrilsGeercoruoTn; CANDLE.—There is one small fact
which is not generally known, but
candle be „own
.as saving time, trouble, and temper. If a
Sleazier n out holding it above you, the wick will not
upond may, therefore, be easily lighted sin;
blo"
7411 downwards, the contrary is tile case.