The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-12 00:00:00

. STATE OF TRADE.
FOREIGN WOOL TEAM, LEEDS, AUG.rn
mand for foreign wools has continued steady throu
the past week, and prices are very firmly maintaine,
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Au°.
has been a large business done this week in en
wools, and prices may be quoted a little higher. Ct
ing wools have been well sought after, but the mot.;
turers seem little disposed to buy, except to- supplY
immediate wants, at the small advance which took
a short time ago.
snsittri
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, AUG. 4
come more freely to market to give the slight Adis
lately sought by the staplers, the lighter descripti-00
combing wools being most in demand ; but fromk
high prices given to the growers in all districts,
cannot be replaced even with this slight advance.
ket wool continues scarce, and worth rather more Wes;
YORK WOOL MARKET, AUG. 8.--.. The show uf,,y
was only moderate, and the sale rather dull. Tiie ,
ers asked more than the buyers were willing to Per
The prices for good mixed lots of Hog and Evre
14s. 6d., 155., and 15s. 6d. Moor Wool continues
not realising more than 75,, 7s. 6d., and Bs. I,,er ste"',
'
which prices a tolerable good clearance was ni,tde•
LEEDS.—There was more business done at the d 4
halls this week than for some time past, but -4111810
only from the circumstance that more goods y
brought to the cloth halls, as the stocks were left-3
same exhausted state at the close of the market es,'
been the case of late. Low goods are still lookini
but fine qualities are without any alteration in pricsi,
though there is a little more doing in them. Thert".„,d
bb en a good deal of business done in the wareb
durb the week, more particularly in heavy gone'
the wii,!er demand.

BAANSLI.:Y.—The linen trade is steadily imprlf
the weavers ace chiefly fully employed, and there
good prospect of a brisk autumn trade.
BRADFORD MAt;.,NET, THURSDAY.—There Is w
0
business doing in the p;ece trade, both by shippers 0
f
home trade merchants ; And as the prospects o 0
harvest are favourable, a fin:. trade is not generallio
pected till late on in the season. I'D prices there is 0°,4
terial ohange. In the yarn trade, very Little change hslL';,
apparent for some time past, an t 6 yarns gener/
taken off as produced. The stocks on hand are je
and prices very firm. The market is now well Oro
with all kinds of combing wool, both coloni1:1 antio
tish, and for which the demand is hardly so but,,lw"
last weak, but there is no alteration in prices. L 4
TRADE cy MANCHESTER, FBlDA.V.—Though tueote.
counts from eZicutta and Bombay are not very fa
able as regards tie trade 'of this district, still a
business is doing .at both places—whilst from 0
northern parts of Chioa the accounts are decidedly
vourable. The commercial intelligence brought by
last mail is on the whose deemed rather favour

though the effect produced on the markeion
was scarcely perceptible, the demand being much ji
same as on the previous week. Siece Tuesday theft
been but little change either in the demand or la
any kinds of cloth (thought the calico printers arePli
using an increased quantity, owing to the supply
water, by which their works are in full operation) ;
is owing to an increased supply of this kind of cool,
and caused by a number of manufacturers towing or
looms to the production of these fabrics. Twists; is 1°,41
abated demand, and the turn dearer for the Or
numbers.---Leeds Mercury.
NOTTINGHAM, AUG. B.—The lace trade cont.; 0.0
a lively state for fancy articles, and for coarse and jl,l
qualities in plain nets and quilling. This market ,
therefore, bare of stock of all kinds—even fine plain Jo
aro sold off, and scarcely any are making but to ?fai
Coarse yarns, up to one hundred and eighty, are deelT:te,
worth more than at any time during the late adoPio
and are daily becoming more scarce. A demand
.„4,
sprung up for both Scotland and Ireland of some rcr
nitude for these nu:nbers, accompanied by such s
vival at Bradford, as to render any material increst`o,
stock, and consequent reduction in prices, very
bable before next year. The sales of bobbin and
silk nets and laces, plain and figurt.d, white, colotLi
and black, have been unusually large both in EllgJi4'
and America during the past season ; and WO'
dently require more means to be provided for the D:jr•
ply of the coming one. Tips is a very important
Lion to the diversified operations of the trade, n0%50
manently located in this neighbourhood. The silk
certain blessing of an abundant harvest is cheerinfol
stimulating trade here as in most other great map'
tories.—Leicestershire Mercury.

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SALE OF A WIFE AT LEEDS.-011 SAtIlTuaY tijob
noon one of these disgraceful and illegal transaelff
the sale of a wife, took place with all the orainall,4o,
malities, in the butter and poultry market, in thisw
ho#l
The wife, who was a rather good-looking woman, 6001
25 years old, made her appearance according to ens _470
with a halter round her neck, which, in our opwrol
might with some show of justice, have been tralisfel#
to the neck of her worthless husband, and male to ge
little more tightly. A large crowd of people hal'il eor
thered round, the husband, George Woodhead, -1-'0:
worth, near Doncaster, who officiated as auctioneer•4o
ceeded with the sale, and speedily " knocked down 'los
better half (as he is said to have done many ai
before, in another way) to the highest bidder,
her,
lier, William Idle, of Ousewell-green, near Rotheol
who purchased the lady for five shillings. She fir.been married to Woodhead, who is servant with 00
Allen, farmer and butcher, of Hemsworth, about jeff
years, three of which she had lived in service, in ,01,01
it is said, to escape from his ill-usage. The 5110 it
been mutually arranged between the parties, heiwa"
took place, the woman having contracted a second va.4
riage with Idle in January last, and been 11'7' tho
him since that time. The people who assembled 0n bet
occasion would have handled the husband rahtlie,
roughly, had he not escaped into an adjoining Pu;ee.
house ; but he did not, however, long escape the Pc7:,ef
he being apprehended soon after by Mr. Read, the eri'-og
constable. After being remanded for some days, du for
which he remained in prison, he was brought 1400
final examination, before George Goodman and
Clapham, Esqrs., at the Leeds Court-house yestert:"„
when, on his master and himself entering into re,
niaances for his good behaviour during the ne%tor
months, he was discharged. The woman, who Ass be.
prehended by Sergeant Hepworth, will be brought
fore the West Riding magistrates, on a charge of big'
—Leeds Times.
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LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.-.••-.-rr-- co,
on this line, for the week ending Saturday last, prole,.
the enormous sum of 22,0671. 16s. 5d., of which nod
than 17,8901. were derived from passengers alone. "';‘,/
is the largest amount ever taken in the same sPuc te of
time upon any railway in the world. It is at the Ili, le'
1851. per mile. The nearest approach to the total"
ceipts was on the Great Western Railway in .b* ore
week ; but then the Great Western and its branches.d.
upwards of 220 miles in length, whereas the Biro§o
ham, with its Aylesbury branch, is only 120.--fia
Record.
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CONSOLATION IN DISCOMFORT.—In a colt. -110
last winter a druggist was awakened by a °rood
rapping at the door. Going down, he found s irbe
fellow who wanted to purchase a dose of salts• ptA
shop was entered, the dose prepared, and a half die2w.tsoo
in the drawer. "How much did you make bhotir
operation?" asked his wife, as he got into bed. A bcents," was the reply. " A shame it is, returneu,o. 0
irritated dame, "for a man to disturb your rest inat,
dose of salts." " Recollect, my love," said the druglot,
" that the dose of salts will disturb the man's rest '-
than it has mine."—American Paper. bays
Letters from Constantinople state, that there Ts'
boon some terrible earthquakes in Persia ; Tabri*,
heran, and Ispahan equally f.glt them. Kiashar, re
and various other cities, towns, and villages, we bled
or less overthrown, leaving many inhabitants
ander the ruins.
A Circassian nobleman having lately giverltoo:
Russian General a blow upon the face in Warsn% the
to flight on his white charger, in order to rear 00
Prussian frontier. This noble beast cleared the diisThe
of sixty leagues in twelve hours. Two mounted qv,
agents, who pursued, were unable to overtake
though they changed horses three times.

BIRTHS. a 6 tb°
On the 25th of June, at the British Legation, Cartic-iati-
,
lady of Belford Hinton Wilson, Esq., her Britannic lukr
Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, of a son and heir.
~,, 10
On the 4th inst., at Doddershall, near Aylesbury, l'''
of
OG. Pigotsthinst E q., of a auhter. f PP
n the., in (Lincoln's Inn-fields, the ladY °
Lister, of a son.
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On the 6th inst., at Counter-hill, New-cross, °'2l.'
en
Barlow, jun., of a son. of.
lis
On the 6th inst., the wife of F. Barlow, Esq., '''''
daughter. J. )1.
On the 6th inst., at Brighton, the wife of the Bev' f
Neale, of a daughter.
el cif °
On the 6th inst., in Albion-street, Hyde-park, the
Ce°ll
R. G. Stevens, Esq., of a son. f
On the 6th inst., in Upper Brook-street, the lady ° Jo,
joy
Fane, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. , tte
On the 7th inst., in Chester. terrace, Regent's-Par'" journef
of John H. Cancellor, Esq., of a son
On the 7th inst., the wife of George William nisc
_....„...
Esq., of Norton-street, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the Bth inst., at Plymouth, by the Revo° h_ll 1(12/8
j!
Rector of Bradford, Devon, William Augustus 13Y113posilleci
son of John Francis Byrne, Esq., late Captain Scotch, rd
aD
Guards, and grand nephew of the late Lord Crag ° 0:33'
Lindsay, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late
tilt°
mender John Yule, R.N. rt Ar to
On the 23d inst., at Stoke Church, near Devonpo 'tbe $
Arundel Browne, Esq., to Dora Anne, only child of
Rev. St. John Browne, of Kinsale, Ireland. FrsseCt
On the 6th inst., at Caversham Church, Thonlasonezi-t
Sandeman, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's 70 goer Caver
to Amelia, fourth daughter of W. Crawshey, Esq" etc,
sham-park, Oxon. now ,
On the 6th inst., at Trinity Church. Mr. pas'
of Oxford, to Mary Anne, only child of the late
Blackall, of Vauxhall-bridge-road. Tate °
On the 6th inst., at Colton, Major James Johnele bite , •
the 44th Regiment, to Anne, eldest daughter of the
Penny, Esq., Bridge-field, Lancashire.