The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6.1 d to 7I d ;
of household ditto, 5d to 14 per 41b. loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, SlLt-to 44 ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 41: ;
721 b to 801 b, 4i41 to Il; 801 b to 881 b, 414 to 54; 881 b to 961 b, 54 tO
Sid ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to 51d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od • upwards,
Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s Od to 10s Od ; calf skin, light, Is 6d to
ss Ed; ditto, full, 68 Od to Os 0.1; polled sheep, 2s od to Ss 64 ;
/Cents, es od to os Od ; half-brads, Is Od to Is 6d ; Downs, is 641 to
Is 10d ; shoarlings, Os Od to us Od ; lambs, 2s 6d to 4s Od.

HAY AND STRAW.

Smithfield-0A ineeit7Whity,7sol7to ass ; new do., fles to *Oa;
old clover, s 5. to 105.; new do., 85s to 90s; sad straw, 20i to s2s
per lead. A fair average supply, and a slow trade.
Cumberland—Old meadow nay, Os to ,•66; new do., 60s to Sr's ;
old clover. • 64 to it 6.: new do., 16s to P‘Os ; snd straw, 31s to :4s
per load. Both hay and straw were in fair supply, and trade steady,
at our quotations.
Whitechapel— Old meadow bay, 60s to Rfs ; new ditto, [Os to &4s;
old clover..si to 105 ; new do., f 5s to 101 s ; snd straw. 29s to 53s
per load. The trade generally was less active, at barely previous
rates.

MURDER AND SUICIDE AT CARLISLE.—On Mon-
day afternoon the body of a child was observed floating
down the river Eden, at a short distance above the town.
Ultimately it was droned out, and conveyed to the Turf
Hotel, to await identification. At midnight the body re-
mained unclaimed, and it was supposed that the child
belonged to some of the villages up the river, and had been
accidentally drowned. During the night, however, a man,
named Robert Irving, a bookbinder, became alarmed at
the absence of his wife and one of his children; and having
heard the report concerning the drowning of the child, he
went to the hotel about six o'clock next morning, and
found the body to be that of his little girl. He then appre-
hended that his wife was also drowned; and, having com-
municated with the police, the river was dragged, and
the body discovered about noon on Tuesday, near the
place where the child was recovered. An inquest was
held on the hodi,s the same at'erooon, when Irving
pta ed that at dinner time on Monday there was no
dinner ready for him, and they quarrelled; but not more
than usual. She had been in the habit of drinking for
years, but he saw no appearance of unsound mind. She
came to the shop about five e'cleck on Monday after-
noon pith the child, and he asked her to come in, but she
turned round aad went away.' Ile :had always been kind
to her, except when he had to find fault. George Edgar,
the deceased's brother, said he called twice to see'her on
Monday, and he noticed a wild restlessness in her manner,
and was of opinion that her tnind was not sound. She
wag u,ually very "tidy," but he noticed to her that her
dress was dirty, and she replied, " Oh, it will be clean
saon." There were no marks of violence se.: the body, and
the jury found that the deceased ha'] destroyed herself and
child while in a state of tv:sound mind.
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—The works of the new
bridge are proceeding steadily and satisfactorily, under the
supervision of Mr. Page, the eminent engineer ; the abut-
me :As, both on the London and Lambeth sides of the river,
being now nearly completed—at least as regards half of the
roadway. One-half of tke six piers in the river longitudi-
nally are also carried to the required height, and ready to
receive the beautiful elliptical iron arches destined to rest
upon them. These piers are to be surmounted by octagonal
pillars, which are now in course of preparation, anti consist
of immense blocks of grey granite; they have moulded
capitals and bases, all to be cut from the solid,
and when finished will assuredly be amongst the finest
examples of granite masonry in the kingdom. We trust
the engineer will resolve to have them palished, in
which case the great beauty of the material will be brought
out, and they will thus, when completed, defy the action of
cur London smoke, and remain for ages objects of real
beauty. To give our readers some idea of the magnitude of
these pillars we may state that the blocks of which they are
being constructed vary in weight from 15 to 20 tons each.
They have been cut at great labour from the quarries of
Cheesewring and Penrhyn, in Cornwall. The new piers are
19 feet 0 inches above low water level, and are of the most
sound and substantial construction, the details cf which we
gave in our former notice. We may now only add that we
have the satisfaction to state that, both with reference to the
abutments and piers, such is their solidity that there has not
been the slightest settlementor shrinkage in the entire stone.'
work, which is more than can be said of the old bridge, built
111 sears ago, fur two of its arches fell, and were obliged
to be rebuilt, before the structure was entirely completed.
One-half of the approaches to the bridge are already
eroded to their ultimate level both on the Surrey and
Westminster sides, the former being close to the Old Red
Lion Tavern, and the other at the base of the clock-tower
of the Houses of Parliament. As a matter of course, the
old tavern will have to be cleared away, and also property
on the London side, in order to widen the approaches. The
works at the bridge are now entirely shrouded from view by
lofty hoarding, so that the public at large can have but a
slight idea of the vast operations that are now proceeding
silently (with the exception of the crash of the ponderous
"monkey" used in driving the piles) withla for their special
convenience. We may state for general information that
the new structure is proceeding entirely independent of the
old bridge, the new piers having been built between the
old stone arches, and the additional width is being obtained
on the upper side, next the Clock-tower of the Houses
of Parliament. The half of the roadway will be opened
to the public without at all interfering with the old
bridge, and this is, we understand, the intention
of the engineer, as soon as one-half of the new
arches are completed, by which arrangement the
ultimate half of the new bridge will be proceeding whilst
the finished one is in use. The first half, we may state, will
be within 3 feet of being as wide as the old bridge—viz., )42
feet 11 inch ; the total intended width to be 84 feet 3 inches
ill the clear between the parapets. In preparation for the iron
arches, what are technically called the " skewback stones,"
are all set at an angle of about eight degrees from the
vertical, and are constructed of Yorkshire slabs, 15 inches
in thickness. These form the springing-line of the arches.
Messrs. Cochrane Brothers and Co. have the contract for the
whole of the ironwork, and will be ready to commence
operations as to the fixing of one-half of the width
of the arches in about a week. In prosecution of the
works connected with the bridge we may add that, as well
as our legislators, the workmen have suffered much from
the abotnivable stench proceeding froth the " noble river,"
so much so, that as many as six and seven men at a time
have been compelled to leave their employment, having been
seized with sickness, nausea, and general physical prestra-
Lion. We are sorry to learn that, in consequence of the
excessive amount of casualties, the sick fund of the opera-
thesis catiroly exhiiusita."-Bui/ding News.