The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-08 00:00:00

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
8d to 9d ; of household ditto, 6d to lid per 4 lb loaf.
HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b tor 641 b, 5a to sid ; 641 b to 721 b, 54d
to 50 ; 721 b to 801 b, scl ; 801 b to 881 b, qd to ;
381 b to 961 b, 61 to 6id ; 961 b to 1011 b, —d to —d ; 1041 b
to 1121 b, 01 to 01; upwards, —d to —II ; horse hides,
Os Od to lOs Od ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Oa ; ditto
full, 8s Od to Os 03 ; Polled Sheep, 2310(1 to 3s 2d,; gents,
Os 01 to OsOd; Half-brads, Os Od t0..05 Od; Downs, 2s 0,1 to
2s 3d ; Shearlings, Os 01 to Os Od ; Lambs, 2s 61 to 4s 2d.
HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Os; new
do., 3/ Os to 3/ 15s; old clover, 11 Os to 51 103; new do.,
4/ Os to 4/ 153; and straw, It 6s to 1/ lOs per load.
Supply moderate, and trade ratter dull.
CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 2/ 163 to• 4l 4s ;
new do., 310 a to 3/ 16s; old clover, 41 Os to 5/ 5s ; new
do., 3/ 4s to 41 12s ; and straw. 11 6s to 1/ 12s per load.
A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECRAPEL.-011 meadov hay, 21 103 to 4/ Os ;
new do., 31 Os to 3/ 15s ; old clever, 4/ Os to 5/ 12s ; new
do., 4/ Os to 4l 15s ; and straw, it 6s to 1/ 103 per load.
Trade steady, at full prices.

LARGE ARRIVALS OF CORN.-MARSEILLES, Aug. 6.- shares at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the the
The numerous ships which have arrived here within the paid-up portion of that stock, leaving a balance of ~flie
last three days, laden with corn from the Black Sea, 1431. for the next account. A contract has been
have caused a considerable fsll in the corn market. clot
35,000 hectolitres of wheat, d various qualitie were concluded with the post-office authorities for the ado
conveyance. of the mails from Cork to Skibbereen did
off, r• for sale by auction yetterday, but of these only
12.000 hectolitres found hu i The last quotation.; The .nails
1- arri
Yer '
are-A zeff wheat, for immediate delivery, 33f. the charee jrtul
and Bantry.
of 100 Irtres ; Tagatrog, hard, 41f. ; Marianopolis, - arti
TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.
tend-r, 37f. ;P, lish, 29f. ; African, hard, 46f. my
MINES.-There was a good rise in the standard for -
Miles Receipts. Gei
copper ores last week and anuher expected this week, °paned, NAME OF RAILWAY.
in consequence of which we have had more doing in 0157.. 1857. 1856. 52(:
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copper mines than for some tirre pest, and several shares -
oth
which have been greatly depressed show symptoms of BRITISH. .i
115 Aberdeen
rallying. Tin mines are still in the ascendant as le garde
65 Belfast and Ballymena ......., ...... 1,343 1,-261 I(veixl
price, and there is a good demand for shares. Lead 17 Belfast and County D0wn............- -
mines are also looking up, and shares in those paying 83 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 3.205 2,942 Wil
dividends difficult to get. There is an uneaey feeling
ift;',4 EBorligtotnl,arstreburn,and West York •• ••
61,090',62 7 9554 in,
abroad in regard to the money market, but we do n :t
198 Calecloonian..Exet.er. •••••••••••••••••••••• •••• •••• •••• 16,537 13:840 n°
apprehend that the mining martet will be much affected, 9,ii Chester and Holyhead• • • ........ 6,741 6.5z2 oil
so long as metals centinue to rise, or even keep at the
26016 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage -•• •• 336111
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present standard. Two or thee speculative mines, in
been flat this week, end shores being 56 Dublin ina nand avi
Tel (fans t. ..1 .1.: ii. c. tio n. • .... .... • • • ••
more offered, prices 4014 Dublin and Kingstown ......... . 1,112 1,163 tie
which a large business had previously been doing, have 63 Dublin and Drogheda• •••••••• •• •• • • 1,634 1,781 N(
2,990 2,512
have receded.-Mining Journa; of this day. 16% Dundee and Arbroath ..•• •• •• ......• 715 701 gu
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junetior 1,294 1,183 ye
THE LATE FATAL BOMBS EXPLOSION AT THE 36 Dundalk and Enniskiiien.• •••••• •• •• 515 436 lit
RHYMNEY IRONWORKS.-We published in the early part 67
of the week, come particulars of a destructive and fatal 93 East Lancashire •• ••..•••••••• •• • • •• • . 6,855 '
boiler explosion at the Rhyrones Iron-works Glamorgan- 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. •• •• 3 26,694 26,252 D(
3A East Ang1tan........................
,1,0„,20, 991 d
01
Eastern Union ...• • • - •• • • • • • "• • •
shire, by which the engine driver, Owen Davies, and two 6,632 6 180 se;
142 Edinburgh and Glasow ..... ..•••• ••
of the workmen engaged in the "bulling department, 128 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee•• •• •• 3,735 3,742 th
..._
were killed, and about twelve otaers more or less severely 6 Exeter and Crediton.. •• •• •••••• •• •• _ Wi
_
22 Furness Railway •• • • • •••••• .•••••
injured. The inquest, commence:l by Mr. G. Overton, the , eee, 7,768 7,332 lei
..e-et Glasgow, and South-Western.• - •• ••
coroner for the district, on the body of one of the men, 283 Great Northern.• •.. ...... •••••• •• •• 23,303 22,738 th
Robert Hobbs, and which was adj on rned for the purpose of 2,„14 Southern and Western (Ireland) 373..55'7285
371,t252
7 'le]
enabling seine experienced engineer to examine the frag- 74'c, Great.!!_ ?.s..
n arisnSWouin eErnast.e.rn.:•••• ••• ••• ..• ••
: •••• ••• 217 251 lie
ments of tbe iron was resumed Vie day beforeyesterday, at 90 Lancaster and Carlisle•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 7'3" 7 l'is wl
27,663 25,906 pi
- Leeds Northern •• • .•••••••• •• • ' '•
the General Picton Inn, and excited a good deal of into 286 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............
rest. Mr. Herbert Black worth, one of her Majesty's
16j Liverpool, Crosby. and Southport •• •• - - vse
Inspectors of Collieries, attended, by direction of the 637 London and North Western .....•• •• 73,399 70,K3 tu
Secretary cf State, to watch the proceedings, and assist
141 iii i toonloonn,aid Bi
Brighton,ackw anid .;30. n.t.h..ai1...t... 212,744511. 213:'82082 to
in the inquiry.-Mr. Rich. Phillips, boiler maker, who 277 London and South aWestern. •....5..: 18,650 20,944 „C,
60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 769 792 "'
was well acquainted with the boiler of the Rbymney
Iron Works, dep.sed that he saw the boiler very shortly - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &e. - -d(
before the explo ion took place, and it was then in very 173%,_ Manchester•Sheflieldoind Lincolnshire 11,106 9.756 hi
If hi Manchester and South Junction...... 1,355 921 ~
good repair. The witness was questioned a good 28 Maryport and Carlisle •• •• •• •• ....., 1,101 1,082 it
der 1 by the coroner and jury, with a view to elicit from
• him the probable cause of the accident, but he was un- 567 Midland .....- ..... .
177 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••, • • • 3,426 l 3,492 :7,,
_ i
able to give any satisfactory explanation of the ace.- 52 Monklands ••..•••••• •• •• " `• *"• '• '-
3,-161 3,147 tl
7834 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• ........ •• - -
dent.-John Jones deposer.: that be was a stoker in the 6,073 5,974 tl
149 North British •• •• • • •• • • •• •• •• '• '• • •
employ of the Rbymney Company, and at the time the 233 North Staffordshire .. •• •• .• •• •••• • • 81,r098 71,414178 -u,
explosion took place he yetis assisting in working the 47 North-Western ••• .• •• ••
engine. Almost immediately before the explosion took ll
503 Scottish Central
an d . .... .... .. .. .... .... .... .... .... .. ..
place, witness tried the gauge cocks ; there was a suffi- 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .....„ 1,952 1,947 ,
ciency of water in the boiler. Mr. Furman, the chief We Shrewsbury and Chester •• •-• •..... 3,828932 3,3674 ti
engineer of the iron-works at Dowlias, was also exa- gl lift rph ierveolln a i,°,n, , ..., ::::: : •,
:::,: : • • • 3,087 3,81133
mined at considerable length, but confessed himself 301% South Eastern.• •• ••••••••.• •• .. ••• .... 25,564 25,871 , U
having occupied nearly nine hours, the
unable, although he had examined the remains of the 171 South Wales ...................... 7A3281 ,94r1 f
bailer, to say •:rom what cause the accident had arisen.
The inquiry 108%
39 ,14roar
vla'toerk., •Doncaster, and Goole ••
4'BBB 4:180 f,
1,558 1,514 1
jury, niter a short consult Aim), returned a verdict that 77 Waterford end Limerick • • .....• .... 1,112 1,337 1
the deceased was kill: by the accidental explosion of a 27 West Cornwall ••• • • • '..... ••••• •• 638 622
12g Whitehaven Junction .•• •••••• - •• •• 452 448
boiler, the cause of which explosion is at present un- ' 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
known. The coroner for, Monmouthshire, held an in- , York and North Midland & Leeds.. - -
quest on the body of Owen Davies, the engineer, whose )
body had been removed into his district, and the jury in 109 Dutch RhenishFORE•IG.N •• •• •••• •• •• 4,10 C, I 3,721
body of the third man having been erroneously buried
that case returned' a verdict cf accidental death. The
without an inquest, an order for its exhumation has been_
36434 Lyonsmonte andrea u
aMediterraneannd
Troyes.
...
.. :.. .. .... .... .. .. -,_
...
is-ued, and an inquiry will yet take
rljno.Bth.Ae ”members of your associa-
!thee. 445 Northern of Franco •• •• •••• •• ...... ,
- Namur and Liege ..................
36 7-94 37,210
July 20, 1857. S - Orleans and Central .• - - 1
NEW YORK YACHT CUR.-The folio wing challenge 387 Paris and Lyons .• •••••••• • • • • •• " - _
has been ~sued to the members of all foreign yacht - Paris and Rouen. •-• •••••••• •• " .• - -
oi rn kf
0, 566 Paris and Strasburgh •• •• ••.••• ~ .• - _
_
It's,- ..... Konen and Havre •• .... ..... ..., _
op; West and North-West of France •• •• - _
tion that the One Hundred Guine.i Cup, won by the
(:1-irec‘NtedewtYo
Yacht America, at Cowes, England, August 22nd, A. whole village at Dartford, near Loughrea, was
1851, at the Regatta of the Royal Yacht Squadron
clluabms
Squadron, levelled to the ground last week by a body of men called
as a prize offered to yachts of all nations, has been i the " Crowbar Brigade." The tenants bad been ejected
presented to the New York Yacht Club, subject in theof the law, butstill held possession of their
process
to the following conditions, viz. r-' Any organised cottages. The work of demolition was carried on under
yacht club of any foreign Country shall always be entitled the inspection of the sub.sheriff.
through any one or more of its members, to claim the Ilor T -NTELLIGENCE.-A portion of the grounds about
right of sailing a mach for this cup, with any yacht or Canterbury, which went early into blight, have reco-
other vessel, of not less than 30 or more than 300 tons, vexed themselves very much, and bid fair to grow smile
measured by the Custom-house rule of the coun- hops. Others are still looking very black and bad,
try to which the vessel belongs. The challenging although the vermin generally have left them. It is now
party bound to give six months' notice in writing, ' certain that the growth of hops in this neighbourhood
.
fixing the day they wish to start-this notice will be very spotty, but the appearance generda y
total
to embrace the length, Custom-house measure. tainly better tban last week. In Hammon en a d
ment, rig, and name of the vessel. It is to be distinctly , blight has set in in large portions of many groun s,
understood that the cep is to be the property of the club, although there are few grounds in the parish that will
and not of the members thereof, or owners of the vessel not grow some hops. In the neighbourhood of Maidstone
winning it in a match, and that the condition of keeping the vermin, by which some of the grounds were infested
it open to be sailed for by yacht clubs of all foreign a short time ago, appear to have entirely died off, in
countries, upon the terms above laid down, shall for ever ' consequence of t continu
areed dry and hot
from the
: for friendly competition between foreign countries."' .drought.-South .Eastern' Gazette.