The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-26 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AuGus". 23.
We have not to report any alteration in this branch
of trade this week. Sales are steady, prices firm, and
the manufacturers are all very fully employed.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUGUST 23.—We
have no material change to notice in the foreign wool
trade this week. Sales progress steadily, and prices
are firmly supported.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, AUGUST 23.—During
the last week we have had rather less inquiry for
Combing Wools—what sales have taken place are at
old prices, at which holders are very firm. Blanket
Wools continue to be scarce at market, and in good
demand at late prices.
YORK WOOL MARKET, AUGUST 22.—There was
not much business done in the market to-day, the
show being small, and the prices asked being higher
than the buyer seemed willing to give.. What sales
were effected we re done at rather lower figures than
last market.

LEEDS.—There is nothing new to report of the state
of our markets. The supply of goods to the cloth halls
has bean light, whilst the demand has been lively for
shawls, cloakings, beavers, pilot cloths, and other heavy
goods calculated for the winter trade. Prices are
steady, and the stocks unusually low. Business is
very brisk in the warehouses. There have been a
good many wholesale buyers in the town this week,
who have bought freely, particularly heavy winter
goods.

HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, AUG. 22.
We are glad to report favourably of the state of this
market. On Monday, there was a good attendance
of merchants, hut few samples shown, most of the
manufacturers being engaged to order. On Thurs-
day, the attendance was not so good.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The favourable
change in the weather appears to have inspired con-
fidence that the harvest will be well secured,
and the prospect for the home trade being generally
favourable, somewhat more has been done in the Piece
Market than last week, and prices very steady. There
is about an average business doing in the Yarn
Market, and at prices the same as for several weeks
past. In Wool there continues a dullnes3, which
may, in some measure, be attributed to the very full
supply now in the market, and the consumers buying
only for immediate use, as the current prices offer no
inducement to more spirited doings.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had
less doing in cloth this week, especially with the prin-
ters, who, finding the supply now fully adequate to
the demand, are become shy in their purchases, and in
consequence lower rates are current, say 2d. to 3d. a
piece, and to•day the market closes heavily at that
decline. There is not much difference in the value
of other kinds of grey cloth from the rates current
last week, though the market is anything but bouyant.
There is a considerable business doing in Ireland.
The home trade is in a most unsatisfactory state.
Yarns are without any decided change, though we
think there is not that eagerness to purchase that has
for some time past been the case.—Leeds Mercury.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUGUST 23.—A few
brands of middling and fine Antiguas have constituted
the chief attraction in the market this week. These
have brought from 60s. to 685., being very
full prices ; but the low and middling descrip-
tions of raw sugar continue neglected, and former
rates are with difficulty supported ; the transactions of
the week do not exceed three hundred casks. Bengal
and Mauritius are quite neglected. Rum has been in
good demand, and nearly every puncheon offering has
been taken by the trade at improved rates.—Bristol
Mercury.

Captain Bernal, M.P., is authorised, we see by the
Gazette of Friday, to change his name on his marriage
with Miss Osborne, which has taken place, to that of
@sborne. Henceforth the gallant Member will, we pre-
sume, be known as Captain Osborne.
EXPERIMENTS IN THE WOOLWICH MARSHES.—
Major-General James Webber Smith, C. 8., Director-
General of Artillery, Colonel Peterson, Colonel Lacy,
Royal Artillery, Colonel Sir George Hoste, C. 8., Royal
Engineers, Lieutenant-Colonel Densey, C. 8., Lieutenant-
Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, As-
sistant Director-General of Artillery , Lieut.-Colonel
Colquhoun, Major Hardinge, K.H., Captain and Ad-
jutant Mitchell, Royal Artillery, Brigade Major Sand-
ham, Captain Stotherd, Captain Howorth, and Captain
Lloyd, Royal Engineers, assembled in the Marshes, at
half-past one o'clock, P.M., on Friday, to witness expe-
riments with four 24-pounder guns, placed at 600 yards
distance from a target, and recoiling on a platform, the
invention of Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, of the Royal
Engineers. Ten rounds were fired from each gun, and
out of 40 shots fired, exactly 30 entered the target, which
was knocked down in the last round of the second gun
on the right. Previous to the commencement of the
practice 100 shots had been piled in rear of each of the
four guns, and it is intended to fire the whole 40 rounds
to test the strength and efficacy of the platform. The'
principle on which the platform is constructed is very
simple, consisting merely of eight pieces of timber, 3i
inches by 4i inches thick, and 9 feet long, joined together
into four sleepers 15 feet long, over which is placed
crosswise 36 pieces of similar dimensions, held together
by wooden pegs about three quarters of an inch in dia-
meter, and having only the two outer pieces attached by
bolts to the sleepers. At the conclusion of the practice
to-day one of the platforms was taken to pieces, and the
wooden pegs were found to have held all the pieces per-
fectly together without any of the pegs being in the least
injured or strained out of their original position, and the
sleepers retained their position without the slightest ap-
pearance of having been displaced by the weight of the
large guns and carriages during the recoil. Before
leaving the marshes Mr. Hale exhibited specimens of his
rockets in the presence of several members of the Select
Committee. Nine of the rockets were fired at 900 yards
range, and ten at 1,100 yards range from wooden tubes.
Some of them went as far as the butt, and others fell
considerably short of that distance, and it did not appear
that a straight line could be depended upon. One other
rocket on a diffiment principle was fired, and it pro-
ceeded, after escaping from the tube, a distance of about
150 yards, at an angle of about 45 degrees. and entered
the ground of a raised bank to imitate the walls of a
fortification, against which the balls used in ricochet
practice are directed. The practice during the experi-
ments was carried on under the command of Captain
Garstin, with Lieutenants Thomas and Turner, Royal
Horse Artillery, and Lieutenants Barker and Strange,
and five non-commissioned officers, 46 gunners and drivers,
and three buglers.
FIRE AND Loss or LIFE.—On Friday morning,
shortly after seven o'clock, a fire was discovered on the
premises of Messrs. Woolley and Lofthouse, tar and
turpentine distillers, Pump-fields, Vauxhall-road. It
appears that three men were at a work in a shed in the
yard, when one of them called out, " Save yourselves,
men." The next moment an explosion took place, the
cause of which has not yet been ;Noe •tained. Two of
the meo ',lade their escape by jumping nut of the window.
Tre third was seen to advance as far as the door, where
he became enveloped in flames, and was not afterwards
seen alive. Mr. Hewitt, with three engines, water-carts,
&c., arrived on the spot at half-past seven o'clock, and
was soon followed by a large number of the fire brigade;
and the engine belonging to the West of England fire-
office was also in attendance. By the most praiseworthy
exertions the flames were subdued in about twenty
minutes, and prevented from doing further damage.
Mr. Hewitt and his men then commenced digging for
the poor man who was missing, and near the door where
he was last seen, his remains, burned almost to a cinder,
were discovered. Another of the three men had his arm
burned, and the hair of his head was much scorched.
The premises, we believe, were insured. The name of
the poor man who lost his life is Thomas Okenshaw.
He was steady and industrious, and has left a widow and
child, who were dopendent upon his exertions, entirely
cloth ute.---,Liverpool Mercury,

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MARKET NEWS.—SATURDA—
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COVENT-GARDEN.
Of foreign and English Fruit, as well as of vegeti;
of home produce, the supply was extensive, wb
general demand was somewhat active, at but little
Ition in prices :—Potatoes, from 4s to 6s Gd per vf
Onions, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Turnips, 2s 3d to 3s 3d Li
1 Carrots, 4s to 6s per dozen bunches ; Wabulw,
pickling, Is 8(1 to 3s ; Onions for ditto, 3s 63 O
Spinach, 6d to is ; Gooseberries, is 8d to 3s 6d.fs;
rants, 2,6 d to 5s ; Orchard Plums, 2s to 4s ; urN
io
ditto, 3. 6d to 5s 6d ; Green-gages, 4s to 6s
Beans, 6d to is 8d ; Peas, 2s 8d to 4s ; Apples
Pears, 2s to 3s 8d ; and French Beans, is Gd to 35)ii
half-sieve ; Pine Apples (English), 4s 6d to 7s 6d per
Ditto (Foreign and Colonial) Os to 4s ; and Meweiip
td 5s each ; Peaches and Nectarines, 6s to 123;
Cabbages, 2s to 6s ; and White ditto, 6d to is per do,
Cucumbers, 4d to 8d per brace ; Horse-radish, is
per bundle ; Small Salad, 2d ; and Mushrooms, Salcc
per punnet ; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen bands'
Lettuces, Is 2d to ls 6d per score.
NEW GATE Awl) LEADENE.AII",
Prime Beef and Mutton, the supplies of whicurio
i rather limited, commanded a steady sale at full Po
In other kinds of meat very little was doing. Beet"
2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s Scl ; Lamb, Vol
to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3. 4d to 4s 4ci ; and Pork, 2s
3s 10d pe; 81hs by the carcase.—We had a fair n 5
supply of poultry, hut, the demand was in a 51°6°
state at about stationary prices.
EUNGERPORD. tt
Although the supply of most kinds of produce:a
rather limited, the general demand ruled inactive, s
little variation in prices.
NEWPORT. it,a.
There was rather an inactive inquiry for all to,
meat, on the following terms :—Beef from 2s Su a
9d ; Mutton, 2s Btl to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 10d to ;is
LO
Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 641 to 3s 10d r
BILLINGSGATE.
Salmon was very plentiful, and in demand at flnif
to 8d per lb. Other kinds of fish sold steadily
rates.
WHITECIIAPEZ. west
The supply of meat was moderate, and yet the 6e641
demand was heavy, at late rates. Beef, from 21 Si
3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 8° tole
8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 2s Gd to 35
per 81b.
HIDE MARKET. Of.
Rawhides at per stone of 141b.—Best steers and,fea%
5s 6(1 to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s Sd to 5s 4d ;usio,
hides, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep and calf skins, at per
Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s 6d ; lamb skins, is t°
shearlings, 10d to is 4d.
BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the MetroFra
from 7id to 8d ; of household ditto, 6d to 7d r
loaf.

HAY MARZETS. 4/0'
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Pay, 3/15s 0100
Useful ditto, 41 5s to 4112 s ; fine Upland ditto!. t
51; Clover Hay, 41 16s to 6/6s ; Oat. Straw, qv" poll
8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8a to 11 lOs per 100..00
Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely 60
prices. 410
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31185 t,°o
Useful ditto, 418 s to 41 14s; fine Upland ditto, 4‘rilltl
Si ; Clover Hay, 4115 s to 61 10s; Oat Straivtlico
10s; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load.
tolerably good. and trade rather dull. 4111'
WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/156 7o!
Useful ditto, 415 s to 4/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto,4` 11!
4/ 18s; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 6/ lOs ; Oat Stray'
to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 10a per 10'
moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
New Meadow Hay sold at from 31 5s to 4141',
• New Clover, 4/ 4s to 515 s per load.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRI
Per qr. of 601 b. to the
Since this day week the weather upon the so"- I
been favourable for harvest operations, and the i 0
is now progressing rapidly. The supply of 1111 i
small for this day's market, but sales are slow, 6.,,,5itt,
duction of Is. per quarter. There is a large cluTrstr
free Foreign Barley offering, which is dull sale 610,01
lower prices ; a sample of new Lincolnshire Mir yOO
sold at 395. per quarter. Oats and Shelling red 11."
before, but Beans are in request at an advance °
2s. per quarter. 4
Err at O.)!
Wheat Suffolk, Essex, and Rent Red....... -to 5,!, 9! ,
Ditto ditto ..... White... -5; P
N0rf01k........... „ ... ....„ Red ..„.. - 54 .
Ditto
ditto White....- ,530 fa ii
Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red..... -- 1 i •.. 5 5
Ditto ditto ..... - ." •
4. r
Yorkshire. Red. - 49 4. i
Ditto ditto ..... „ White... --
--
53,0
10.101
Foreigi Red a
Ditto
er 91,1011
ditto ........... White - '-er 4
7
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ....... - g
Yorkshire and Lincoln;hi;e ..... -.......», -
..,
Grinding ...................
Foreign ................. „ ......
Per qr. of 631 b. 0 • a
Beans, Small ins ................ ....... .................., -' g '
Ticks ........ .............. ...................«....« -- sy ,5
Foreign. ..... , ... ..... .......... ........„ -- g ...so
Oats, Potato a: .d ...... d --.--," no •lik
Moiling-. .. ild to 1236 d . Forcign .....d. to --.• r-_,,f io.-i
5',11ing...................... ............. ......... u6t. to --s Od• nr IP-.6
M tlt
••••••••••••• ..... 40s• fine 43i. per
R toeseed 241.0 a :25'.14. -1- W. 1--

RAILWAY RETURNS. ,#
We extract from the Railway Record the ,„10(
received on the principal Railways of Great Pr !red ii
the week ending on the day of the month prefn fol
each. The return includes the money receiTor
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and
chandise :
W OL
eek V
ended Name of Railway. J. S I
1
Aug. 17 Arbroath and Forfar r9 1
.c
16 Birmingham and Gloucester 3,101 1$ 4
17 Brandling Junction
17 Bristol and Gloucester 138 1, 8
16 Chester and Birkenhead
15 Dublin and Drogheda 7430 11
20 Dublin and Kingstown 132 9,
18 Dundee and Arbroath "5 5
, 17 Durham and Sunderland 586 1 ' t
no 6
17 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,70' A
15
18 Eastern Counties and North Eastern -,a--7 10.0-8 . 0
17 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,6.' 15
17 Glasgow and Greenock 1,127 /
11
17 Grand Junction 10,223 15 °
17 Great North of England 1,978 1110
nal i
18 Great Western -
16 Liverpool and Manchester
17 London and Birmingham
18 London and Blackwall 1,263 13 "
17 London and Brighton
20 London and Croydon
907 I Pm
22 London and Greenwich 6 •
,f 419 4 b
18 London and South Western ....... ....• , ~,-A 5
15 Manchester, Bolton and Bury v4,- 15 „
17 Manchester and Birmingham 3,531 4 "
705 l7 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc -s, 1. A 0
17 Midland Counties lo° 4
17 Newcastle and Darlington 914 7 '
4
17 Newcastle and Carlisle 2,151 5
18 Newcastle and North Shields 427 ,j 11
1 835 `8 6„
16 North Union and Bolton and Preston ~
19 Paris, Corbeil. and Orleans
19 Paris and Rouen A2S 7 6
..., A
17 Preston and Wyre 653 51v
0
17 Sheffield and Manchester Bl4 0 ,
22 South Eastern
17 Taff Vale
5 i
18 Ulster 6 115 1
48 Yarmouth and Norwich ... ... . 3.0
17 York and North Midland

AOl. •
HARROGATE AND KNARESBOROUGH 4. " re ,
v.-
The promoters of this line, which was, it will be_.,o4
bered, rejected in Committee of the House of CU; te.lo,
resolved, at a meeting held last week, to W., 001
application next session. Mr. George Iludso°l4,„"wer
be favourable to the scheme. His name is "$ 4
strength."—Railway Record.
LYNN AND LEICESTER RAIL*A.Y.'-'4l,ftherfolli
changes, the proposed line which was brought
under this title (afterwards altered to " 1,11';0
Eastern Junction Railway") is withdrawn esigopto
pendent pri tject. It is to form part of the ith of:d
extension lines of the Midland Company, w"frOP—
the promoters have entered into arracgements.'
Record. 3;1
The opening of the new Royal Exchangef_„3 000,
said, will take place on Saturday, the 28th of n"' OP;;€
WHIRLWIND.—The Indicateur of Avigli!;e4_4° •
that, on the night of the 10th, a whirlwind Pros no'
the commune of Monbouton, and produced var1,°,402 j•
dents. The strangest circumstance connected b, sr•
progress was the overthrow of part of the e 13,1 bs34Asg
falling in of some of the foundation, which 1$11r10;•i•
great portion of the tombs in the churchyard, If!, it 0°
up the remains of the bodies, dispersed them tv
derable distance.

Tiao„ol,::che,?2ltFd:,
,inst., at Tewkesbury, W inialn b '
On the 3dDIED goill°Poi
t it ji
MaOrnia,thueiel-wi the inesfto.,-. h Be' v.
at Cronstadt, Wurtemberg, the vspoo
Parsons,Vicar
__ of Sanderton and Arundel, and late
j,
Magdalen College, Oxf
inst.,l ' Int "', ,f. W. M. Richards. surge° ~
ord.
'Wales.
On the 20th inst., Sophia, widow of G. W.
astatttehre, GErascin.d, Hefost;ldndeenEostlee:: 50Sitih.-
On the 22d inst., at Connaught-terrace, -EdgeWii'--•
Luke Wade, Esq., aged 77. v 08-
On the 21st ult., at Otl ye , Suffolk, the Rev. J. A oud, Si
On the 22d inst., at Haver-court, near Graves°
rietta, the youngest daughter of Mr. C. A. Becket. fue
On the 23d inst., at Hornsey, John Cooper, Esql °
Bedford-place. Pl'
On the 23d inst., at Tredegar-place, Bow'. Dire' Pill°
cher, relict of Mr. Henry Fulcher, aged 76. Lyndon:. ro'sj,

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