The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-27 00:00:00

STEAM NAVIGATION IN GERMANY.

The advantages which must result from the
intended introduction of steam vessels on the
Rhine and Danube will be fully appreciated
when contrasted with the following account of the
" Descent of the Danube," by Mr. Manche :--
" The boats on the Danube, though of vari-
ous names and sizes, are nearly all of one shape.
That which I hired is called, in the peculiar
patois of the Bavarian boatmen, a Weitz-zille,
and is the sort of conveyance particularly appro-
priated to private travelling. It is about forty
feet long, and composed of rough deal planks,
nailed rudely together, the ribs being of natural
branches, and caulked with moss. In the centre
is a kind of awning, or rather hut, of the same
unpretending materials. It is flat bottomed, as
arc all the craft upon this river, and in short, iJ
little more than a large rude punt. Sails are un-
known upon the Danube ; it is therefore rowed
by two men, and steered by a third, with long
clumsy-looking paddles, tied to upright posts,
upon which every now and then water is flung
to make them work easy and avoid ignition.
The coche d'eau, or common passage boat, is
rather larger, and is called a gamsel, or a kell-
haimer. Those used for the conveyanCe of mer-
chandise arc known by the names of hochnauen,
klobzillen (facetiously termed vessels of the line
by Professor Schultes), nebenbeys, schwern-
mern, &c., all of the same fashion, keelless, sail-
less, their plain deal sides daubed with broad,
perpendicular stripes of black paint, their only
ornament. Some of the larger are nearly one
hundred and fifty feet long ; and, in 'ascending
the river, are towed, four or five together, by
from thirty to forty horses. The drivers are
called jodelen, and a more singular set of beings
can scarcely be imagined. In appearance they
are something between the English dustman and
drayman, but the lowest of either of those
worthies might pass for a scholar and a gentle-
man by the side of a real jodel. From the mo-
ment the Danube becomes navigable, till it is
again chained up in ice, these fellows never en-
ter the humblest hovel, or mix with men of
other callings, but even sleep upon the river's
bank beside their horses. A miserable super-
stition exists among them. They believe that
some of their number must every year be sacri-
ficed to the Spirit of the Waters, and, conse-
quently, when an accident occurs, they all
scramble for the drowning man's hat, but never
think of stretching out a finger to save him,
whom they look upon as a doomed and de-
manded victim. Professor Schultes declares

that he once saw five jodelen, with their horses,
precipitated into the river, when their compa-
nions hastily cut the ropes, to present the rest
of the team from following, and drove on, leav-
ing the poor wretches to their fate."

THE MARKETS.

COAL MAR
Adair's , 28s Od.
Beaumont 26;,0
Burdon 25 9
Forrest 25 6
Heaton 51 0
Het)laurn Main 27 0
Holywell 2l 3
Killingworth 28 9
Liddell's Maim-. 25 6
Ord's Redhugh -...-..- 25 0
Petaw 27 0
Percy East --- 26 3
Pontop Windsor.-- 26 0
Tanfield Lea - 27 9
Townley 26 6
vVylain - '2B 0
Walls End Bell and Cc. 27 0

:ET.—Aug. 26.
Walls End Newmarch«, SOS. 6d.
Ditto Northumberland 28 0
Ditto Pearetli-- 25 6
Ditto Perkins and Co._ 28 3
Ditto Bidden's, ,30 6
Ditto Russell's . 3l 0
Ditto Walker 30 6
Nesham 23 0
Walls lietton.--... 32 It
Ditto re-shipped---..... 31 3
Wall's End Lumley— 30 6
Walls End Lvons ~ 29 6
Walls End Stewart's 33 0
Ditto Simpson 24 6
vlyth
irtley '9 0
Llangennech Coal 38 0
Silkstone— 26 0
6
W. E. Old Etherley_ 28
Pelaw Trader—, . 27 0
Hetton small —....... 17 0
Russell's small 13 6
Old Etherley small...—. 16 3
Tyne small 18 0
ips bold. 594—Unsold, 18.

Ditto Bewicke an 1 1 0
Ditto Burraton 29 6
Ditto Carr and C 0...—. 16 9

litto Cramlington.,-- 15 9

Ditto I filda 27 9
Ditto 27 6
Ditto Heaton--- 30 9
bliips at market, 7714-Sli

cOUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING 'rim WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. s. to s. Is.to s. s. to s. 7. 8.
Abingdon---. 58 82 32 38 21 32 42
Andover* 67 36 22 29 46
Birmingham 72 82 32 36 24 36 46
Bridport 56 74 32 39 26 34 54
Cirencester --. 52 '72 30 31 23 25 44
Faringdon--- 51 86 36 4(1 26 38 46
Guildford . 49 74 32 38 24 33 45
Henley-- 51 83 30 35 20 30 40
Hereford 61 84 38 45 36 40 (8)
Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 56
Maidenhead 65 84 28 38 2.2 51
Oakingham -- 56 76 30 36 18 32 43
Reading 60 82 32 37 24 34 42
Salisbury*. 54 '76 33 36 24 31 M
Southampton 54 78 37 40 28 32 48
Stroud —.... 66 80 :31 38 22 32 42
Tewkesbury 65 87 40 42 30 38 51
Uxbridge ---- 48 81 33 36 23 31 43
Wantage 5O 78 30 37 22 30 42
Warminster .19 80 36 23 35 50
Windsor..----... 1.0 82 31 36 <5 36 54
W0rce5ter—............ 70 75 36 40 24 32 44
CHELTENHAM MA ItKET.—Aug. 25.
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Pet lb. d. to d.
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Beans 4 9 5 6 Lamb 7 9
Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork 6 7j
Hay 3l. 10s. to 3/. 15s. per ton.

LEWES MARKET.—Aug. 25.
White Wheat (per quarter) £3 10 0 to £3 12 0
Red ditto
Barley
Oats, New 1 2 0 1 6 0
Pease 1 17 0 2 2 6
Oil Cake, New l2 0 0 oer thousand.

HULL MARKET.-Aug. 25.
During the we.k the weather has been wet and unfa-
vourable, and several parcels of Wheat have been taken off
at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter, with more demand
for the secondary qualities. To-day is fine, and although
the advance has been maintained, yet there was not so
much life in the trade as might have been anticipated,
from the certainty that New Wheats must be secured in
soft condition ; in consequence of the immense quantity
of rain that has fallen, the complaints this morning are
very general of considerable injury, especially to the heavy
crops in this neighbourhood, and the holders of Old Wheat
by no means anxious sellers. We still have inquiries after
lock Wheats at our quotations. We continue in the same.
dull and inanimate state for all spring Corn, and no altera-
tion can he noted in the value of any description. Of
Rapeseed but little offering, and our quotations fully sup-
ported. Linseed without alteration.
Wheat, Old -s. s. -s. Now -s. 60s. 703-
-- Foreign
Oats, Poland -s. 203. 24c Old 265.
- Small or Feed.... -a. 12s. 18s.
- Foreign -s. 20s. 245.
Barley, Norf. & Sut -s 2(35. 28s. Line. & Wold 28s. 30s.
Foreign -s. 303. 225.
Beans 31s. 365. 38s. Foreign --s. 365. 390.
Pease, White -s. 345. 365. Grey -s. 30s. 325.
Taros -s 345. 365. F0reign......... -8. 28s. 32r.
Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, per last -1. 261. 28/.