The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-18 00:00:00

SO-GUN SHIP.

HULL.—Weight of timber (estimated in tons), 1,6531.
Iron, 1191. Copper bolts, 40. 3,850 copper sheets,
14L Metal nails, pintles and braces, and lead, 13.
Oakum, 13g. 45 barrels of pitch, 41, 106 barrels of
tar, 1117. Whiting and white leaf, 61 400 gallons of
linseed oil, 11. Three coats of paint, 44. Total weight
of the materials used in the construction of the hull, 1,8824.
STOWAG E, &c.--Weight of-iron ballast and tanks, 247.
Water, 355. Provisions, spirits and slops, 2411. Coals
and wood, 78. Men and their effects, 78. Total weight
of men and stowage, 1.C29.1.
MASTS, &c.—Weight of bowsprit, 11. Foremast 15,e.
Mainmast, 20. Mizenmast, 51. Topmasts, top-gallant
masts, yards, caps, &v., 37. Spare topmasts, booms,
&c. 161. Total weights of masts, &e., 105 L,
RiGGlNG,—Weight of fitted rigging, 28;1. Running

rigging, 171. Blocks, 11. Total weight of rigging, &c.
56i.

SAILS.-12 947 yards of canvas, 71. Spare set,
7,844 yards of ditto, 41. Total weight of canvas, Ili.
CA BLES. —Five hempen bowers and one hempen stream,
29i. Three iron bowers and one iron stream, 361.
Total weight of cables, 661.
GUNS, &c.—Guns, carronades, &c. 2244„ Gun•
powder, 25. Shot of every kind, 981. Total weight of
guns, &c. 3474.
SUNDRIES.—Anchors, four bower and one kedge, 17i.,
Boats and their gear, 94. Boatswains' and carpenters
stores, 5 If. Gunners' stores, 27. Total weight of sun-
dries, 1051 .

SUM OF THE FOREGOING.-Total weight received on
board, 1,7224, to which add the weight of the ship's hull,
viz. 1,882*, and it will be seen that the total weight of.
the ship, when complete fur foreign service, is 9,606 tons.
EXPENSE.—Labour, at the rate of 5/. ss. per toll,
11,9761. Materials, at the rate of 23/. Bs. per tont,
53,3031. Total cost of ship's hull, for labour and mate•
rials, 65,279/. Masts and yards, 3,5061. Rigging and
blocks, 2,997. Total cost of masts, rigging, &c. 6,593/.'
Furniture and sea stores, 15,114/. Total expense of bull,,
masts, yards, rigging, and equipment, 86,896/. The
above is calculated at the war prices of labour sad mate-,
rials, a deduction of nearly twenty per cent. from that
amount will show the expense at the peace rate of ries&
TIMBER AND TIME.-A ship of this class will require,
4,339 loads of timber. One matt can work up 284 loads
in a twelvemonth. It would consequently require 153
men to build the ship in that period.
CREW AND GUNS.—An 80-gun ship will require froul
650 to 700 men. She will carry on her gun-deck thirty
32 pounder guns. On her upper deck, thirty. two 24
pounder guns. On her quarter-deck, font g4-pounder
guns, and twelve 32-pounder carronades. On her Tote•
castle, four 24-pounder guns, and two 32-pounder carro-
nades. On her poop, six 18-pounder guns.
MASTS.-Her bowsprit will be 72 feet in length. Fore
mast—lower mast, 108 feet. Topmast-62 feet. TN,'
gallant-mast-30 feet. Mainmast--lower mast, 119 feet
in length, top-mast, 69 feet ; top-gallant-mast, 34 feet.
Mizen mast-1 ta.er mast, 82 feet, topmast, 50 feet, top-
gallant-mast, 241 feet.
We have seltcted the foregoing particulars with great
care, from Edye's work on the equipment and displacement
of ships of war. We think it due to Mr. Edve to make
this acknowledgment.

THE MARKETS.

COAL MAB
Per Ton. s. d.
Adair's . 17 6
17 3
Bensham Main .......... 18 0
Bishop's Main 16 9
Dean's Primrose 17 9
East 17 6
Hepburn Main ... , 19 9
Holywell
Ord's Itedhugh 17 0
Pitt's South Moor ~ 16 9
eontop Windsor --. 17 3
Sbipcote (unscremed)..... 16 0
18 6
Townley l7 9
West Hartley 18 6
Willington 20 0
Walls End Bell & Brown 20 0
Ditto 13ewicke and Co.— 21 3
Ditto Blake lB ti
Wall End Callerton ....... 17 0
Ditto Clarke and Co.—. 18 0
Walls End Gosforth ....... 21 0
Walls End Heaton.--...... 21 0
Walls End 19 0
Ditto Killingworth 20 3
Walls End New arch,,,.,, 90 0
Ditto Northumberland.. 19 0
Ships arrived since

KET.—Oct. 17.
Per Ton. s cf.
Walls End Riddell's 20 6
Ditto Perkins and C 0..... 19 6
Bells Primrose-- 16 3
Walls End Helton 22 „
Walls End Lyons 19
Walls End Lambton
W, E. Russell's Hetton.. 22 6
Ditto Russell's Lyon's.... 19 9
Walls End Stewart's.... 22 6
Walls End Stobart's 17 if
Ditto Steam-boat --. 17 2
Walls End Adelaide 20
Walls End Cleveland.... 17 ?.
Walls End Tees 22 0
Blythe' l6 6
Cowpen _ 17 t
Hartley « _ 19
Netherton Main,......
Flockton,Alain
"'" 17
Milne,
and Co. IS 6
W. E. Preston Grange.. 17 0
Walls End Selby 16 6;
Silkstone Field and Co._ 19
Silkstone Wilson IS ,
Thorpe's Gawber Hall 17 6
Greenwich Hospital.—...., 17 0
Ncwbiggcn small , l4 ()-
last market-day... 59.

COUN CRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. s. to a. s. to s. a. to B. I. to B.
62 81 31 43 30 38 •-••
Andover—. 73 80 37 41
Birmingham....—. 56 66 40 44 24 32 52
Bridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 54
Cirencester 50 62 26 38 21 25 36 41 .
haringdon 54 86 36 40 26 34 48 ,
Guildford 48 74 23 32 26 35 43
54 83 30 35 20 30 40
Hereford 84 92 44 48 52
Highworth ...—..... 62 80 32 42 28 34 Irts
Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 93 56 al
M0nm0uth............ 34 58 23 32 17 32
Reading 65 70 31 47 21 27 34 • 42_
5a1i5bury...—........... 46 56 30 35 20 24 36 5.4
Southampton ...... 54 58 33 40 28 32 - 4f.
Stroud 64 78 37 38 22 32 •48
Tewkesbury ...—. 65 74 30 42 30 38 ,
Uxbridge 48 74 37 40 23 33 46
Wantage---.--.. 58 80 27 43 21 30 34 42
Warminster...—. 46 58 33 36 22 27 34 46
Windsor .------- 59 -- 21 22 52
Worcester-----.. 65 R 6 44 54 11 ns 0
LEWES MAltKEl.—Oet.l6.
White Wheat (per quarter) X 2 1.1 0 to £2 18 0
Red ditto•••••• 0.0.1••••. MM... wwee.A.wal 2 10 0 2 12 0
Barley 1 5 0 1 16 0
Oats, New5,,.,,,.,,,.__ 1 0 0 1 3 0
Pease 1 13 0 1 16 0
Oil Cake, 12 0 0 per thousand._

MARKET.—Oct. 10
Per lb. d. to a•
Beef 6 7
Mutton
Veal
Pork
Lamb 7 8
to Si. 15s. Od. per ton