The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-12 00:00:00

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PRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1868.

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MANCHESTER, Oct. 9The market for ship,
ping yarns has been very quiet to-day, with
scarcely any business offering, and even at lower
prices buyers do not seem disposed to operate more
freely. It closes quietly, with a downward ten-
dency in prices. In home trade yarns also prices
are lower than on Tuesday, without any increased
disposition to business. Practically, the advance
asked at the:end of last week and the beginning of
this is lost, and prices are reduced nearly to the
level of seven or eight days ago. The Cloth-market
has followed the same course. Since Tuesday prices
have given way, and business has fallen off. The
lower tone of the cotton-market has been freely re-
sponded to by manufacturers, and buyers appear
at the present to have entirely lost heart. On the
other band, manufacturers, as a rule, seem to be
tolerably well engaged with orders, and stocks of
all, except the lighter makes of cloth, are reduced
to a comparatively small compass, so that there is
no pressure to sell. To-day the inquiry there
is
has been exceedingly languid, and none but the
lowest prices have been offered. The business of
the day has been small. The fall of prices since
Tuesday has been about id. per lb. on yarn and 3d.
per piece on cloth.
LEICESTER, 9th.—The change in the weather has
had the effect of causing a little more cheerful tone
to prevail in this market than for some weeks past,
and in all branches of hosiery and worsted spinning
more orders have come to hand. There lhas been
much more doing in wools during the last six or
eight days, and the better classes, such as bright
haired wools, have made id. per lb. more money,
while in the inferior sorts higher prices than have
been made for the past few weeks have also been
reached. But little is coming in from the
growers, who hold firm and ask higher rates than
the trade can afford. Worsted spinners are fairly
engaged, and there is an improved demand for all
descriptions of lambs' wool goods, repetition orders
from London and Manchester having been received.
The Australian demand continues good. In striped
hosiery there is considerable activity as far as re-
gards low goods, and an improvement is noticeable
in the cotton manufacturing district of Hinckley,
consequent on the upward tendency in the price of
the raw material. There is a falling off in the elastic
web trade, orders being of a limited nature and
only to meet urgent requirements. The boot and
shoe trade, however, continues good. The chief
demand is for boots for winter use, in the manufac-
ture of which all hands are actively engaged. Ma-
terials present no noticeable alteration in price at

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THE. MISSION FROM CHINA.

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NEIVS.

(From the Anylo-American Times.)
FOSSILS FROM TIIE CRETACEOUS FORMATIONS.--
L. Lesquereux has an article in S'illiman's Journal for July,
describing some 53 fossil plants from Nebraska, mostly
collected by Dr. Hayden, of the Geological Survey. Those
make a total of seventy-three species from the American
cretaceous formation. The great number of 'new species
thus established is duo to the fact that cretaceous fossils
have heretofore been scarce. The writer says that " the
more wo know of the floras of the geological ages of Ame-
rica, the more we recognize in them peculiar types which
in their grouping constitute what may be called an Ame-
rican facies, which by successive transitions has passed
to our present flora, and assigned to it its general charac-
ter." These cretaceous fossil plants have a closer relation
to the present flora of America than to any stages of the
Tertiary in Europe.

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Bowing an institution of learning in Hoboken, and ho has
also directed that the "Stevens Battery" bo completed at
a cost not exceeding $1,000,000, and then presented to
the State of New Jersey.
Intelligence received at Gotha, Oct. 4, of the
progress of the Swedish Expedition to the North Pole
says that the highest latitude at which observations were
taken was 80 52, which it reached on the 30th of August,
and it is believed the expedition has been as far as lat. 8110.
Soundings were taken north of Spitzbergen Sea, showing
the depth to be over 2,100 fathoms, or nearly 15,000 feet.
The Washington Evening Star says it has every
reason to believe that the cause of the protracted session
of the Cabinet, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, was a discussion of
the questien whether there was a session of Congress on
the 21st. If so, all the appointments made during the
recess had terminated, and the offices are now vacant.
The President held that he had not been notified of aIY
session, and therefore did not recognize any.
A great change is about to be introduced in
German schools, viz., the abolition of all afternoon classes.
A terrible conflagration is raging in the forests
of Oregon and California. The fire is estimated to have
already spread over an area of two hundred square miles
on both sides of the Columbia river, Oregon. It is feared
that the towns of St. Helens and Ostoria will be destroyed.
A tract of five miles of woods near San Rafael, Dilarin
County, California, is on fire, the smoke from which core"
pletely enveloped the harbour and city of San Francisco.
A. contract has been entered into with the city
of Paris to buy up all the old paving-stones for the par-
pose of shipping them across the Atlantic, where they are
to be used to pave the principal thoroughfares of Buenos
Ayres and Montevideo.
It is computed that there are at present seven-
teen lines of steamers making 1,322 voyages per annum'
between England and America.
Rooms have been appropriated in the Cooper
Institute for the use of the Artists' Fund Society, free of,
expense. The only condition made is, that the society
shall establish and maintain a perennial free exhibition of
paintings and works of sculpture by American artists, and
this will be a material aid to the development and culture
.
of art, as well as a benefit to artists.
The propeller Congress, of Detroit, after fully
testing the invention, has adopted and just commenced
running with petroleum for fuel. The cost is half the
cost of wood, while the oil to do the work of 40 cords of
wood can be carried in the space of four cords, leaving the
space occupied by 36 cords for freight.
A Cuban vessel, at Boston, Thursday, Sept. 24,
had on board several rough sticks of wood, which on
vestigation turned out to be nicely contrived boxes, con-
taining in all 2,000 cigars.
By late news the steamship Japan had arrived
at Yokohama faom San Francisco, making the passage i°
22 days. Minister J. Boss Brown and party were on
board, all well. They loft for Shanghai, August 28. TO
Great Republic grounded in Yokohama Harbour, which
bad detained her three days, as noticed last week.
The milk train on the Housatonic Railroad WO
to commence running from Pittsfield, October 1. A year
ago this business was commenced as an experiment, w.llOO
44 cans of 40 quarts each was the whole quantity sent,
which has increased to 340 daily. Ten cans are promised
from Pittsfield, which doubtless will be increased ten-
fold. The net price to be paid for October is 4} Oa°
per quart, for November and December 5, January
and February 6, and in March it declines to 5, and in A 1361
to 4, which will make a yearly average of 41 cents. With
butter at 50 cents per pound milk is worth 4 eents Pe_kc
quart, and as it takes four quarts of milk to a pound
cheese that sells at 14 cents, it follows that the farmer
who sends milk to New York makes more money than he
could by cheese or butter making, besides saving an it°-
menso amount of labour.
A conference of representatives from the different
Swiss cantons will be held in Borne next Monday, to con'
Sider what means shall be taken to alleviate the distresq
of the sufferers from the inundations in the cantons Clll-
- Valais, Tessin, and St. Gall.
DOTY'S DECK LIGHT AND SIGNAL LAMPS.—orb
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ell
Bangalore, Captain N. Roskell, is being fitt id with a pair 0
these lamps, which, after a series of trials under the direction
of committees, consisting of commanders and chief officers
to
the company's service, have been recommended to the &se,:
tors for adoption on board the company's steamers.
pair of lamps are accompanied by a small portable air pti°3l:
(easily worked by a boy), and india-rubber hose to connect
the lamps with the pump, all of which are stationed on or nes
the bridge, one lamp on the port and theother on the star
board side of the vessel, and theair-pump under the hal:
diato control of the " officer of the watch," so that on sigi'
rt °`
ing a vessel dangerously near ahead, or on the po
starboard bow without being able to make out her courSe,
the officer in charge could (by turning the air-pump) ill;
stantly present brilliant white lights directly ahead, an,,
red and green corresponding with the " Board of Trade
'
regulation sidelights to vessels appearing on the port
starboard bow, and illuminate ship, spars, rigging, 'Stc,„l
in such a manner as would clearly indicate his course
the strange vessel. In the event of a casualty at Oa iah;
volving the necessity for lowering boats at night, t°,
officer in charge could immediately command a clear vie';
of all the' boats and their surroundings, greatly faell[
tate their being properly manned, quickly and 501°'1,
lowered, and prevent much of the confusion always $ f
tending these occurrences at night, whioh (in the absence c
good deck lights) invariably fills the passengers with 11°-,
governable fear, and seriously affects the good order,
cipline, and efficiency of the crew, and not unfrequeutijo
causing the loss of life and boats. As each lamp prodeef
a light equal to 300 sperm candles at au expense of 4d*P°,
hour for fluid, they wall bo used for embarking and laud
ing passengers, receiving and discharging freight, coaling
ship, and for night signals, which latter will be o°l,
plished by simply turning a cock in the "hose" connec,t
ing the air-pump with the lamp. Short flashes of ligd%
(one second in duration), and long flashes (three sec°°
in duration), may be produced, by means of which "D°lllo
Universal Code for Night" signals Zan auxiliary tot
commercial code of signals), may be successfully emploY. „
to telegraph arrivals, communicate with "signal stations'
,4
) making distress and other signals, thus superseding the 117.
of rockets, red and blue lights, &c.
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DISI URBANCE A 7 AN OYSTER FISHEfi

Last year Mr. J. Anderson, fishmonger, Georges
street, obtained from the Duke of Buccleuell t".O
sole right of taking oysters from the oyster scalps °
of
Granton, belonging to his Grace, to the exclusion,
the Newhaven fishermen, who from timeimmeraori'
had exercised the privilege of fishing from thesee;
fee'
As might be expected the Newhaven fishermen-
very keenly on the subject, and there have be
,ei
some cases before the sheriff of alleged trespass Pio
fishermen on Mr. Anderson's ground. There be
the peculiarity in the case, we understand, that t,.0
fishermen have a right to dredge for mussels on t'ti
ground (if such a term may be used for the °ei
bottom) leased to Mr. Anderson, but tbef
may not legally retain any oysters that 11110°''s
come up in the dredge along with the 1111155e.ng
On Tuesday forenoon Mr. Anderson, seed),
about 50 or 60 Newhaven boats on his gr°ll'o,
got a steam tug to go off and inspect their Pro
ceedings. The boats' crews, however, saluted t' t,
steamer with volleys of stones from their balt°o
and, not contented with that, they proceeded i%
attack, in the same manner with stones, five Oristo
English smacks that Mr. Anderson has hireutio
dredge for him, and which were so employed 3t„l‘e
time, and compelled the crews of the smacks to ",
refuge with their vessels in Granton Harbour'
Edinburgh Daily Review.
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LADVERTISENIENT.I Holloway's Ointment. -- +OlOl,
Affections.—'.11 the var'eties of tulle distressing c0n11,1,00,
may be readily and effecAvely treated by rubbing this Oirit':alls
twice a day upon the neck and chest, and supporting the stro"ro,
by suitable nourishment. By this simple means diplltteool,
ulcerated and related throat, irritation of the windpipe, 'l'l'; or
and all glandular enlargements will have their p_•ogre,,i6-thl(rf
rested, and the destruction they have caused repaired.
way's Ointment is the most trustworthy remedy for all int'eell
and eternal throat ailments, and may be safely and effecde" of
employed in every case, without regard to season, se.":, ",}o'
constiaition. It is highly extolled for its ready cures of
modic coughs, chronic hoarseness, and all disagreetibl°
charges from the throat and nose.

Births. oo',
BATEMAN—Oa the 9th inst.. the Lady Bateman, Of A 0" Ok
COURTNEY—OR the 10th inst., at Aberdeen, the
Captain Courtney, R.l;, of a son. tie
HAWES—On the 9th inst., at 11, Woolwich-oon3o2°'
wife of Captain Arthur B. Hawes, of a son.

Marriages.
ATWOOD—GREY—On tho Bth inst., at the parish
Ham, Walter, son of the late Richard Atwood, Pol.&
Kew, to Maria Alice, second daughter of Jame°
Esq., of Falcon Villa, Kingston.
SAUNDERS—TEATIME. --On the 9th inst., at ov;
C. R. Saunders, Esq., of Nunwick Hall, Cu nbe° tO
F. E. 'feather, second daughter of John Teo.tber,
of Keswick, Cumberland.

Deaths. ,100
EARLE —On the 9th inst., at 13, Great Cumberland-r
suddenly, Emily, wife of Charles Earle, Esq. 1109'
GREEN—On the 9th iust., at Sprangewell, Ware,
off
Henry E. Green, aged 30. c 0 • 6 I',ll
GARDINER—On the 6th inst., Sir John B. W. S. ,3 a
Bart., of Roche Court, Farehain, Ilants, aged 54..,, t
llowAnD—Ou the Bth ingt., at Donningtou Rect°N,icr
Hon. and Very Rev. E. J. Howard, D.D., Nati °
field, aged 73.
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1 Aliddlosex.—Yonday, October 12, 1868.