The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-22 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A COMMISSION AGENT IN

DIANC HESTER, TO J. BROOKS, ESQ.
Alancheilter, July 20, 1842.

Dear Sir,—No doubt the article in the Guardian of yes-
t..rday caused you quite as much surprise as myself.
Ist. As regards tie United States, I felt it my duty
as the representative of an extensive calico printer, to
endeavour to obtain some of those considerable orders
for prints alluded to in the Guardian. I called upon
Messrs. (mentioning three houses), and you well know these
are the principal houses in the united States' trade, and of
course would be a fair criterion to judge by. They were quite
astonished at my asking for an order, and treated the whole
affair as a hoax.
2d. In the West India trade, I asked Messrs. (two extensive
firms), the latter of whom showed me his correspondence re-
ceived during the last three months, the whole of which gives
the most discouraging accounts you can conceive—that few
sales were made, and those only at a great sacrifice.
3d. As regards Canada, there is a very small business doing,
much less than former seasons.
Another house says the accounts from Canada were very
discouraging, and that the improvement in the West Indies
was not of recent date, alluding to Jamaica more particularly,
where business had been at a complete stand.
Bradford Reform Club Rooms, July 21, 1842.
Resolved—That the Rratlford United Reform Club, having
seen with considerable satisfaction the bold and zealous manner
in which the An►i-Corn-law Conference, now in London, have
pressed upon her 111ajesty's Prime Minister the absolute neces-
sity of destroying the odious imposition on the bread of
the poor, cannot but award them its best thanks for so doing.
But more especially as some members of the Conference have
declared their intention of demanding the removal of the mother
of all monopolies—the monopoly of representation; as, in the
opinion of this Club, cheap, equitable, and efficient Govern-
ment will be looked for in vain, so long as the present partial
system of representation exists.
That while we hail with satisfaction the exertions of the Anti-
Corn-lam League generally, we cordially invite them to come
out unanimously, and aid in gaining for the people that political
power, which will at once and for ever destroy the aristocratic
domination by which this country has been reduced to its pre-
sent indescribably distressed condition, and which, if not de-
stroyed, threatens its utter ruin.
That the spectacle now presented to the nation of a Parlia-
ment, extensively corrupt, perpetuating monopolies in the food
of the poor, squandering the resources of the nation in disgrace-
ful warfare, rejecting the just petitions of the people, and dis-
regarding the most faithful and alarming representations of
their destitute condition, ought to excite the indignation of
every virtuous citizen, and justifies the people in withdrawing
their confidence and support.
That this meeting, therefore, respectfully but earnestly calls
upon the representatives of the Borough of Bradford, W. Bus-
field, Esq., and J. Hardy, Esq., to use their utmost influence
in Parliament, in co-operation with the advocates of popular
rights, to prevent the granting of further supplies to the Go-
vernment.
REPORT OF THE STATE OF TRADE IN THE

EAST OF LONDON.

In Wapping, and the adjoining parish of Shadwell, there
are hundreds who have not earned a shilling since the last ten
weeks, and this in the midst of summer, when these very men
usually calculate on obtaining full employment. Our neigh-
bouring Docks, the London and St. Katherine, are full of
vessels, the greater part laid up, which, under ordinary cir-
cumstances should be sailing to, or returning from, the
different ports of the Continent or America. Of those
which are loading, the greater part present a hopeless
‘, laying on," the export trade, being, as I know, but
trifling, particularly as regards manufactured goods, the order
of the day being, for what they do get, dead cargo--that is,
the raw material, taken to the Continent and other parts, to
be manufactured at the place of destination ; so that, as
an old Rotterdam Captain observed to me, a few months
since, live cargoes with us have almost ceased, so that
freights scarcely pay wear and tear of ship. It may
be urged by Sir Robert Rd or his friends that they have
seen something lately doing in the docks and river ; true, that
something being nearly confined to wheat and flour, working
into bond, till the sliding-scale is worked to a low point of the
duty, say to 6s. per quarter, if the weather continues fine ;
Is. if in the course of this week we should be presented with a
week of continued wet weather.
The distress I have described as prevailing n the Tower Ham.
lets is scarcely less severe than in Hotherhithe and Bermondsey,
particularly amongst watermen, lightermen, porters (fellowship
and corn ), shipwrights, barge-builders, ballast-heavers, and ma-
riners. It follows that the shopkeepers must suffer in the same
ratio, and in my own case I may truly state that my business is re-
duced to less than one-half what it was this time twelvemonths.
Many of my neighbours, unable to hold out against such a state
of things, have closed their shops, driven to despair.
Turn we to the neighbouring poor-houses, and we find
them filled to repletion, and additional hundreds seeking relief.
As yet there has been no great increase in the amount of
crime, but the neck of the slimmer being broken, as we say
here, and no hope of improvement on this side next spring, and
the passible contingency of a severe winter, the patience of
these suffering people will be severely tested.
mr, sEuTTLEwoRTH said the Guardian had been for
the lust twelvemonths in the habit of giving such repre-
sentations as the one that appeared in the last number,
though the state of things was worse there than it had
ever beer. before.
(The Meeting had not concluded when we went to Press.)

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
Lomax, JULY 22.—Wind this day at Noon, N.
DEAL, JUtv 21.—. Wind W.N.W. to N., by W.—Arrd.
Caes, Honduras, Sailed Symmetry, Ceylon; Fourteur, Con-
turian, and Harrison, Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21.—Wind W.—Sid. her Majesty's
ship Sulphur, and Termagant, Eastward.
Afr.
I'AL-moirrit. JULY
ica2o.—Wind variable.— Arrived off,
Seabird, Ormond,
Arty Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd.
A.skew, Valparaiso left Bth April Mary Scott,
HorsbLlß
erg, - Oxford' R thbo e New York • Herna,
Africa and Demerara a n ,
• •-eal ; Christine, St. Antonio. sailed Holy-
Sanderson, Mon, "olumbia, Jamaica ; Isabella, Baltimore.
wood, Monte Video ; Albion, Warrington, St. John's,
CORE, JULY 19.—Arrd.
New Brunswick ; Maria.
OFF BRIXHATS, JULY
OFF PLYI4IOUH, JULY
OFF THE WIGHT, JULY 21.—John STit,
COWES, JULY 21. —Arrd. Caselda, Hall, Trinidad au,
OFF WAREHAM, JULY 21.—.Carnatic, Hyne, Calcutta.
BRISTOL, JULY 21.—S1d. Sybella, Mauritius.
SWANSEA, JULY 20.—Arrd. Amethyst, Daviion, Cuba.
SCILLY, JULY )2.—Sld. Susan, Quebec.
CORK, JULY 19.—The Prince of Wales, from Montreal to
Liverpool, with loss of fore-topmast, &c., having struck the
ice on the Eastern edge of the banks, was spoken on the sth
inst., by the Maria, Clarke, arrived here, which vessel fell in
with large quantities of ice on the 2d inst., during a gale, and
in thick weather, in lat. 45.

vron, Cape.
govey, New York.
Macao.
4 Cuba.

THE MAKKETS.-(THIS DAY).
CORN EXCHANGE.
This week's arrival of English Grain have been moderate,
but considerable of Foreign Wheat and Oats. The Wheat
trade was dull, but the holders would not take less prices than
on Monday. All other articles sold slowly at last quotations.
Flour as last reported. London average—Wheat 5,201, 665. Id.
SMITHFIELD.
The supply of Beasts was rather short, but good of Sheep and
Lambs. Prime beef, Veal, and Pork sold freely, but there
was little, if any alteration in prices. Beef 2s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ,
Mutton 3s, to 4s. 2d.; \'cal 3s. to bs.; Pork 2s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ;
Lamb ss. to bs. 4d.
COLONIAL MARKET.
A good business was done, and prices were well sustained.
TEA MARKET.
The demand cont:nues steady, and at the public sales a fair
proportion was sold at full prices. No Congou of sound quality
could be bought below Is. 81/2d. per lb.
TALLOW MARKET.
The market was extremely dull, but prices did not give way;
P. Y. O. 4tis. on the spot, and 495. for arrival. According to
the latest advices from St. Petersburg, it appears that the ship-
ments of Tallow were about 2,000 casks less then in 1841, to
the same period.

THE FUNDS—(CLOSINci PRICES.)
BRITISH FUNA S.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. .... ... 91h :Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. C0n5..... 9oa Ditto Old Annuities
3i her Cent. Red.........100i ,Ditto New Annuities —
New 34 per Cent... ...... 100 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 46 pm
New 5 per Ceti' Ditto 500/..... .46 pm
Lonv, Annuities to expire Ditto Small
Jan. le6o ... ...... • Bank Stock for Acct —
Oct. 16159
Jan. IE6O PI Consols for Acct....... 914
FOREIGN FUNDS.
i a,6leer
e
Austrian, 5 per cent. .., Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian
hnn Bonds...
en t Prussian,, 5 per cent....
Bueno s Ayresti per cent. IRussian, 5 per cent. ...• 114$
c
Ditto, Metallic ...... . ....
Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2lh
Ditto, 1624 — Ditto, Deferred.... ,
Danish, 3 per cent --French, 5 per cent —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent 36i French, 3 percent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 137 I Dutch, 2} per cent. sli
Peruiian,lB2s,6 per et. l 6 , Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... :01A
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 484
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 46,E
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid . •
Great Western Hallway (65 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) ••
London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) 52
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
North Midland Railway (100) ............... 59$
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 22a
York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 88
1):tto New Shares (20 paid) ........ ... : 35i

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INDISPOSITION OF THE LORD vILANCELLOR.—We
regret to state that yesterday,
during the judicial proceedings
in the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor was so much indis-
posed as to be obliged to leave the House ; and the Earl of
Shaftesbury presided, bath tin the appeals and when the House
afterwards sat in the evening for Parliamentary business.
THE POTTERIES.—THURSDAY MORIIING.—The col-
liers are still out here, and,without any prospect of returning to
-work. The troops Wore been removed to Newcastle from the
race-course. Intellixotle has beeJi received here that the col.
Hers and others at Ketly, in Shropshire, a distance of about
thirty miles frow this district, hale turld rut? and, if truth
goo 1--- -
itted vtolellCe? W--c--
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