The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-09 00:00:00

THE S 0 N,

has been summoned forthwith by Mr. James,
when every further information obtained by that
gentleman will be laid before them for their consider-
ation and guidance. Mr. Stratton, besides being one
of the proprietors of the Bucks Chronicle, was agent
to the Royal Exchange Assurance-office, secretary to
the Buckingham Building Society, and also secretary
to the Aylesbury Benefit Building Society. It is
stated that the books of the Aylesbury Building So-
ciety have been ascertained to be in a state of con-
siderable confusion. As regards the books of the Buck-
inghamshire Building Society, they have not been in
his possession, but placed in the hands of a party of
great integrity, so that no fears are entertained of
any meddling with its funds by the fugitive. There
appears to be very little doubt that an uncle of Strat-
ton's will be a sufferer from the dishonesty of his re-
lative to a very considerable amount. A large sum
of money had been placed in his hands to be invested
in good security, the whole of which, it is feared, he
has decamped with.—Moriting Paper.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MAICEBSTER, TUESDAY.—The operations in yarns,
on foreign account, have nlt been extensive. The
buyers of 20's and 30's water twist rather hesitate to
pay the required advance of id. per lb. on the late de-
pressed prices; the producers, however, will bate no-
thing from their quotations. And, as regards India qua-
lities, although the rise upon 40's, 50's, and_6o's mule
somewhat startles the merchants, yet the scarcity of
these spinnings renders them remarkably buoyant.
Yarns for home manufacture have been in very fair
request, at an addition of id. to the rates of last
week. The light and medium qualities of
cloth, of almost all descriptions, are so ge-
nerally under contract as to preclude any great
extent of business at the present time ; whatever
there is in the market goes off readily at full prices.
Printing cloths are scarce, particularly in the lower
qualities, which are still hardening in price. All the
various widths of shirtings are taken at the
quotations, so far as they are offered for sale.
Low jacconets are engaged for some time to come.
The stocks of long cloths are now light; but their pre-
sent value affords no inducement to increase the produc-
tion. T cloths continue flat. Considerable as have
been the sales of stout domestics, for home consump-
tion, within the last month, it is with extreme
difficulty that a trifling advance has betn obtained,
and prices continue in a most unsatisfactory
state. On the whole, the tone of the market,
both in yarns and goods, has been firm and cheerful.
Letters from Constantinople to the 22d ult. repre-
sent the market for our cotton, particularly printed
calicoes, as still in the course of gradual improvement,
although some slight check had been felt from the
intelligence of a backward movement which occurred
in our market, from a month to six weeks ago.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—This has been what is
called the new or first market, and every fortnight
market from this is called the great Monday, when
the oil and wool dealers from other towns principally
attend. We have had a fair demand for pieces at
former prices, and wool has been much the same as it
was last Monday.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have still to notice
the favourable appearances of trade which have been
manifest some time, the steadiness of which, and the
entire absence of failures, testifying a very healthy
and sound state of business. Manufactured goods
are freely looked after, and there has been
considerable inquiry for thrown silks, at
fr the old rates ; the stocks on hand of this
article, are very light. The accounts from Lyons,
of the Ist instant, report the manufacturers busily
engaged with extensive orders for the Paris
houses, and that prices are improving for some
descriptions of silks. The dyers remain very busily
employed for the spring trade. In the raw silk market
there is no new feature to observe. The brokers'
monthly circulars, just issued, all speak of prices being
firmly supported. The stock of silk left on hand, of
all descriptions, on the 31st December, 1849 (not-
withstanding the very large imports of the year),
being less than it was in the corresponding period of
1848, shows a considerably increased consumption
over the previous year.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The year opens well,
and to-day's market has been very brisk in almost
every kind of goods in woollens. The stocks are very
low, and quite insufficient for the wants of the season.
At this season business was scarcely ever known to
be in a more healthy state.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—AIthough the inquiry for
worsted goods is scarcely so active as it was, yet the
new year has commenced very favourably, and there
is every prospect of a good steady trade, provided it
be not unduly checked by the rapid rise in the cost
of the raw material. The manufacturers have not
yet been able to obtain, either on plain or fancy
goods, an advance equal to the enhanced price of
yarns ; but as there are no large stocks on hand, and
most of the business is dune to order, they are thereby
better enabled to stand out for a proportionate ad-
vance. Long wool has again advanced, and considerable
sales have been effected. Yarns continue to be in
brisk demand both for export and for home consump-
tion, and the spinners are in expectation of their
following the rise in wool. Short wools are firm, and
rather less doing.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—No change has occurred since
last week ofany moment. Very few goods sold to-
day, owing to the dull heavy weather. The manu-
facturers are well employed, and more is doing in the
warehouses than is usual at this season of the year.

ICE FLOATS.
TO TH. EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Having observed in your journal of Monday,
and in the Advertiser of Tuesday, an account of an
economical method of saving persons from drowning,
by " Humanitas," allow me to tell you of my plan.
I will not now say a word about the machines already
in use, but I have made since I saw the accidents on
Sunday three models, which I will engage to ex-
tricate persons at any distance, say 60 to 70 feet,
within a minute or a minute and a half after the
accident. The first plan is—l have a float 30 feet long,
1. foot 6 inches wide, and 8 inches deep, round bottom,
and filled with compressed air. I place weight
enough to draw four inches of water, and at each end
I have a piece of iron similar to the iron on a skate;
that is to make it go over the ice from out of the
water. I then send it forth with poles six
.feet long,
with spring joints instead of screw joints for quick-
ness; a line is attached on each side of the float to
guide it. The person immersed lays hold of the rope
handles round the float. I then draw it home again
and undo the joints. The second is a round water-
proof belt, filled with compressed air, with iron
skates attached under, and then work it as above
with spring joints. The third is cheaper, but not so
good. Take a bit of 3 inch deal plank eleven inches
wide ; nail rope loops round ; place the skates under,
and work as above. Lastly, I will undertake if I had the
means to make my float to save any person, at any
distance on the water in any of the parks, within
a minute and a half of the accident ; if not I will
(although a very small tradesman) forfeit for my
presumption 51., to be given to the Royal Humane
Society. I saw a person in the water 20 or 2.5
minutes in St. James's-park on Sunday ; and had it
not been for the praiseworthy treatment of Mr.
M'Cann, the surgeon, assisted by young Mr. M'Cann
and the society's men when brought on shore,
he would have lost his life. Had my float been in
being he would not have been in the water one
minute; the more you push it the more it travels
over ice, then into water, over ice again, till it meets
the person.—l am, Sir, &c.,
50, York-road, Lambeth. H. CRAKE.

THE LATE FORGERY IN SOUTH WALES.—More of
the forged notes on the bank of Messrs. Bailey and Co.
have been detected. Twe of these were passed at Rag-
lan. The swindlers went from Monmouth to Whit-
church in a phaeton, and from thence they afterwards►
proceeded to Pencraig. They had some game with them,
and some parcels which they took on the road. The
man who appeared at Carmarthen is described as five
feet eight or nine inches high, twenty-seven to thirty
years of age, light hair, fair complexion, ruddy, marked
with the smallpox, Birmingham dialect, middle stature.
He had the following articles of wearing apparel, which
he changed—a dark brown Newmarket-cut coat, a dark
brown over coat, a plum or crimson•coloured waistcoat,
supposed to be velvet, striped dark neckerchief, with a
knot in front, which may be a stock, and dark trousers.
While we write Mr. Adams is still from home, pursuing
his inquiries respecting them, which we sincerely trust
may prove successful. Last week the firm on which
the forgeries were committed issued hand-bills offering
a reward for the detection of the parties who issued the
notes.—Hereford Times.

ELECTIONBERING MOVEAUINTS IN PERTH. A
good deal of idle gossip is current on this subject, which
we think it right to meet with a plain statement of
things as they are, and of the intentions, so far as we
know them, of some parties in the city. It is
true that a requisition to Mr. Charles Gilpin to
stand for this constituency has been got up, and is now
in course of signature. It is true that it has received the
signatures of one hundred and fifty of the electors. But
it is not true that the requisitionists intend to start Mr.
Gilpin in opposition to Mr. Maule, should a dissolution
of Parliament or any other contingency, lay the Right
Hon. Gentleman under the necessity of again appealing
to the electors. Mr. Gilpin's requisitionists intend to
start him when the present Member retires from the
field, but not till then. So, at least, we are informed
by gentlemen high in their confidence, and we believe
that the information is correct.—Perth Advertiser.
IRON SHIP BUILDING IN CORK.—Mr. Pike is
building an immense iron vessel at his iron ship-
building-yard, Hargrave's quay. She is intended for
the New York trade when completed, which it is ex-
pected will Lw in June next, and it is to be commanded
by an experienced mariner, a native of this city—Cap-
tain Hall. This vessel will be steam-propelled, and her
tonnage is computed at 1,400 tons.—Cork Constitution.
Mdlle. Clara Novelle) who quitted the stage on her
marriage with gentleman of rank and fortune, has
returned to her profeesion—ehe is engaged A 9 prima
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