The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JULY 4.—The demand
for new wools has been pretty brisk during the past week, and
there being now a good assortment in the market, a full average
amount of business has been transacted. Prices are firm, anti
without any apparent variation.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JULY 4.—Sales of
English wool are steady ; and as the stocks at market are not
large, prices are firm, though not so high as to leave a profit on
the rates at present asked by the farmers for new wool.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JULY 4.—There have not
been many buyers of wool this week, which probably arises
from Vie reduced state of the stock at market ; any sales that
are via le are on fully as good terms.
YORK WooL MARKET, JULY 3.—The wool market has
been well supplied this day; in the morning last week's prices
were obtained, but rain coming on, caused a dull sale, and
rather lower rates were submitted to, leaving a few lots unsold.
LEEDS.—There has not been quite so much business done
at our Cloth Halls this week as of late, but there have been
considerable quantities of goods delivered to order ; on the whole
the deliveries of goods at the warehouses during the week has been
above an average; the principal demand is for beavers, double
milled cloth, cloakings, and shawls, but fine and middie cloths
are duller of sale than of late; prices are firm and the stocks
moderate. 'I here has been a few of the larger London buyers
in the town during the week, and there has also been consider-
able sales made for shipping ; on the whole a good steady busi-
ness is doing in the warehouses.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The business doing
is not extensive. The spinners cannot give the prices
now sought for combing wools of fine quality. The bare
supply in the market, and the high prices demanded by the
growers, preclude all hope of any immediate decline. New
brokes and noils are much inquired for; the stocks being low,
and command very high prices, which may be accounted for by
the diminished operations of the spinning trade. We cannot
report any change from last week, nothing having tran-
spired that will in any way improve the condition of the
spinner. There is a great deal of idle machinery, and whilst
the relative pi ices of yarns and wool continue at the t ive
extremes, there is no doubt that the business will continue to
be limited. The business doing, in point of extent, is tolerably
satisfactory, yet there is not that buoyancy usually apparent at
this season of the year; and although yarns are so univerally
low, yet the price of goods offers no inducement to extended
operations.
Masicsixsma, THURSDAY EVENING. •-•-- The business in
establishing recent advances, and coupled with a
extensive this
week, fully
cloth, of nearly all descriptions, has been very
general refusal to enter into contracts for a lengthened period.
The market to-day closes very buoyantly. The printers can-
not be called busy, but still are moderately employed. Spin-
ners are doing remarkably well, having no difficulty in getting
stocks at very full prices.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF SHOOTING
A BOY, AT EAST GRINSTEAD.
James Taylor was brought beftire Robert Crawford,
Esq., on Wednesday last, charged with shooting at and
wounding Joseph Dyer, a little boy, aged 5 years.
Mark Dyer, aged 12 years, deposed that on the 21st of
June he was in a field belonging to William Neve, with
his brothers, John Dyer and Joseph Dyer and
William Avis. They were fishing in a brook
which runs between the lands of Mr. Neve and
Mr. Taylor, having had permission of Mr. Neve to do
so. His brother Joseph was at the bank. He saw
Mr. Taylor come down to to the brook with a double-
barrelled gun, and he swore he would shoot Joseph, and
blow all their livers out. John and Joseph ran away,
and then Taylor fired. Joseph screamed, and he
was led by John to Mr. Avis's house. Taylor came
up to him at Mrs. Avis's, and said he would shoot them
dead if he saw them there again. Mrs. Avis brought
Joseph out, and showed Taylor his hands, which were
covered with blood, and Taylor said she had been dip-
ping them in bullock's blood. John Dyer, aged ten
years, deposed that he was on the ground when his
brother Joseph was shot. He was about a rod from
him. He saw Taylor come to the brook. He said,
" D—n your eyes, I will shoot you." He saw Taylor
stoop down, and heard him fire. His brother fell,
and witness led him to his aunt's, Mrs. Avis's.
It was about half-past two in the afternoon. Martha
Avis deposed that on the 21st of June, about half-past
two, she heard a gun fired, and soon after Joseph
Dyer was led up by the boys, who told her Mr. Taylor
had shot Joseph, and the blood was then running from
his hands. Taylor came to her house, and said, "D
—n
their eyes, I will shoot them all." She ran back to get
the children away, and asked Taylor what he meant by
shooting the child, and he said he would shoot him again
if he caught him there. Witness then went away, fearing
he would shoot her. The witness produced two shots
which she had picked out of the child's clothes. Thomas
Brown, who works for the last witness, stated that he
asked Taylor what he meant by shooting the child, and
he replied that he would shoot them dead, and that
he would shoot him if he did not hold his tongue.
He had a gun in his hand. William Avis cor-
roborated the evidence of Mark Dyer, and said Mr.
Taylor fell when he fired the gun, but witness was con-
fident that he fired the gun first. William Wallis, sur-
geon and apothecary at Hartfield, deposed that he had
examined the child and found that one shot had passed
through the middle finger of his left hand. Another
shot had hit the right hip and perforated the skin. Two
shots had remained in the back of the thigh ; and from
the back to the front of the thigh, one shot had gone
quite through. The prisoner was committed for trial at
the assizes; but it was intimated to him that bail for his
appearance would be accepted.—Brighton Guardian.

SERIOUS FIRE NEAR LINCOLN'S INN-FIELDS.—On
Saturday night the inhabitants of Great Queen-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, were thrown into a state of
feverish excitement in consequence of a fire of an alarm-
ing character suddenly bursting forth from the blind-
manufactory belonging to Mr. Snoxell. From inquiries
made of one of Mr. Snoxell's men the reporter learned
that whilst one of the blind-makers was employed in
heating a pot of glue, some of the burning coals fell out
of the grate and set fire to a quantity of shavings, the
flames from which speedily extended to the stock in trade
deposited in the building, and in less than ten. minutes
,
subsequently the whole was wrapped in one immerse-,e
sheet of fire. From the peculiar construction ell
the
premise, they being surrounded by the extensi- jo
offices
of Mr. Cox, Mr. Howard, type-founder, -M r. Brooks
coach manufacturer, and a range of stablir g, the greatest
fears were at one time entertained that .the whole would
have fallen a prey to the violence of the flames. By
eight o'clock all danger was over. Eis needless to state
that the damage will amount to -a considerable sum, and
it is at present unknown wk'eater any of the property was
insured.

UNIVERSITY INTELLI• GENCL-OXFORD, JULY 4.—
In the convocation to be VEolden to.morrow, at ten o'clock, a
letter from the Chancellor respecting his nomination of a Vice-
Chancellor will be read to the house.-11. B. SYMONP,
Vice-
Chancellor.