The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-10 00:00:00

PREVENTION OF RAILWAY

ACCIDENTS.
(From the Railway Record.)
The London and Brighton Board have issued the following
very judicious circular to their servants. The plan of issuing
strict notices of accidents (as alluded to in Regulation No. 4)
was adopted several years since on the Manchester and Leeds
Railway :
" To all Officers and Servants of the London and Brighton

Railway Company.
"The serious accidents which have recently occurred
on several railways, have caused such anxiety to the Board,
and they desire to impress upon you the necessity for unceas-
ing vigilance, and an exact observance of the Company'
regulations.
"To secure these as far as possible, the following addi-
tional regulations have been adopted :
" 1. Every one in the service of the Company will be ex-
amined from time to time, to see that he has carefully read
the regulations relating to his department, and that he un-
derstands and remembers them.
"2d. Any neglect of the Company's regulations will be
rigidly punished, even though it should not lead to an
accident.
"3d. A donation of 251. will be presented to the Provi-
dent Fund for every quarter during which no accident occurs
on the line.
" 4th. With a view to enabling you to profit by the expe-
rience of others, you will receive from time to time a short
statement of any railway accident, wherever it may occur,
pointing out the cause of the accident, and the best means
of prevention.
" Should you have lost your copy of the Company's regula-
tions, you will at once apply for another, and you will be
required to have such copy constantly with you when on
service. _ _

"By order of the Board,
"T. J. BUCKTON, Sec.

"London Bridge, Sept. 1, 1845."

STATE OF TRADE.

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FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Nov. 7.—There has been
no material change in this branch of business since our last
report. Prices remain without variation, and about the
same moderate amount of business has been transacted.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Nov. 7.—The transac-
tions in this branch of trade, both in combing and clothing
Wool, have been small during the present week; prices are
nominally without alteration.
WALEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Nov. 7.—There has again
been a very limited extent of business done in Wool of all
sorts. In any little that has been done, the turn is rather in
favour of the buyer,
LEEDS.—Our Cloth markets at both Halls were very dull
both on Saturday and Tuesday. The rumours of scarcity
of money, as anticipated by many, have had considerable
effect in causing buyers to be very careful in their purchases,
and little is doing except to order. The stocks on hand at
the close of the season cannot, however, be large, as the
manufacturers have been acting on the cautious side for
some time. Business has been dull in the warehouses during
the week ; there is, however, a little more doing for the
American market than for some time.
LEICESTER.—Business continues in a healthy state in the
Hosiery market—Yarns are steady. There is but little doing
in long Wools, and the coarser kinds are dull of sale. Short
Wools still command high prices.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, NOV. 6.—There is no-
thing different in the irool department, the spinners acting
with caution, and only buying for present wants. In prices
we do not hear of any change. The very much depressed
Yarn trade is in no way improved. In short, all engaged in
itappear to be disposed to do as little as possible, the prices
being so ruinously low. Since our last report, another once
higly respectable house has had to submit to the pressure of the
present times. The continuance and general adoption of short
time working is the only apparent safeguard, to protect us
through the winter. We regret we cannot hear of any im-
provement in the Piece market to-day, either as regards
demand or prices.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENDIG.—We have had a very
dull and inanimate business in our Cloth market this week,
which to-day closes with increasing heaviness and declining
rates, and from appearances, there is no prospect of an early
improvement. Though spinners are doing better than ma-
nufacturers, still this branch is anything but brisk, and
where sales are made, a slight reduction has been submit-
ted to.

LANCASHIRE, Nov. 6.—At Bolton, the demand for Cot-
ton Yarns has been limited during the last few days, and
prices of some sorts are a shade lower. Counterpanes are
moderately brisk, and fine Ginghams are in particular re-
quest. Bleachers have more work than they had a month
ago. Machine printers in the town and neighbourhood are not
so busy as they were six weeks since, and calico block-printers
have very little work indeed. The broad Silk trade at
Leigh, Failsworth, Middleton, and the neighbourhood of
Manchester, is rather dull, yet it is not so slack as is usually
the case at this season of the year. The best qualities of
fine broad Satin Shawls, and new descriptions of fancy work
are in particular request. The Silk and Cotton Small Ware
business in the same districts is rather slack, and at some
silk mills hands have only four days work per week. There
has been a larger number of buildings erected this year than
for a long time past,

WHOLESALE SHEEP-STEALING.—The graziers and'
farmers in various parts of the country have recently been
thrown into a state of much alarm in consequence of the
wholesale plunder they have experienced of their sheep and
other produce, and information of the robberies were forwarded
during the' past week to the officers and stations of the Metro-
politan and City police—viz., from the grounds of Mr. Thomas
Hargreves, of Lamb hill Fell, near Slainburn, Yorkshire, were
stolen a few days since no fewer than 120 sheep, of different
ages and kinds ; from a field at Northfleet, Shadwell, were
stolen 36 sheep, the property of Mr. Westhopp, biscuit-baker
of that place; from Bransop, Hereford, the property of Mr.
Adams, farmer, 9 ewes, and 2 lambs; from Peopleton, near
Upton Snodbury, the property of Mr. John Rogers, butcher,
5 ewe sheep ; from Abbington Lodge Farm, by the shepherd,
3 wether sheep, the property of Mr. Etty ; from a sheep-fold.
at New Farm, Bagshot, 2 tegg sheep, the property of Mr.
Lane, farmer; from a turnip-field, on the farm of Clifford
Forge, 2 lambs; and from a field near the Ferry-gate, Rye,
were stolen 3 ewe sheep.
SHOCKING CASE OF SEDUCTION.—A shocking case
of seduction has been brought to light this week at Hunslet
in this parish. The young lady is of a most respectable and
well-known family ill that place; and the supposed seducer
is the assistant curate of Hunslet Chapel, the Rev. Mr.
Sweet, a young married man with four children. The gen-
tleman denies his guilt; but a correspondence has come to
light which proves it beyond all doubt; and such is the po-
pular indignation that when, on Thursday evening, Mr.
Sweet went to the house of the lady, the house was sur-
rounded by women and others threatening to pull him to
pieces. Application being made to the police:oflice, a strong
body of police were sent to rescue the culprit from the be-
siegers ; and he was brought off in a coach to Leeds, having
narrowly escaped with his life.—Leeds Mercury.
DUNSTER CASTLE.—The fate and fortunes of
Charles I. afford one of the most striking subjects for his-
torical fiction, and Mr. Hewlett, in the entertaining work he
has just published, under the title of "Minster Castle," could
not have selected a period more fruitful of picturesque events,
nor one more produaive of eminent and interesting charac-
ters, for calling general attention to his volumes. Of the his-
torical personages who figure in his work, we find Charles and
his Queen, Henrietta Maria—their sons, the Prince of Wales
and the Duke of York—the Princes Rupert and Maurice—
Hyde, Earl of Clarendon—Earl Pembroke, Chancellor of
Oxford—Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury—John Pvin and
Hampden, the patriots—Colonel Sir John `Wyndham—and
the Earl of Essex. The story is an animated narrative, in
which the most dramatic features of the great rebellion have
been carefully preserved in a relation of the romantic adven-
tures of a particularly interesting hero and heroine. There
can be no doubt that " Dunster Castle" will add considerably
to the distinguished reputation the author has already ac-
quired, and will be a lasting favourite with the public.
THE POTATO DISEASE AT SUNDERLAND.—A quan-
tity of potatoes, grown in the neighbourhood of Sunderland,
was brought into that town on Thursday for sale. Several
potatoes in the heap, on being picked out by a medical gen-
tleman, were, on examination, observed to tie covered with
small white fungi spots. Curiosity was excited, and, on fur-
ther examination, he discovered innumerable small white
worms, somewhat similar in appearance to the wire worm,
extremely active, and measuring from a quarter to three
quarters of an inch in length, imbedded in a species of spawn,
chiefly attached to the eyes of the potatoes. On cutting up
some of the potatoes, they were found to be of a chocolate
colour, and quite spongy. He also observed, though almost
imperceptible to the eye, several very minute red insects,
running about with the greatest activity. It is considered
an excellent preventative of the disease to sprinkle slacked
lime amongst the potatoes previous to their being pitted.
Tyne Mercury,
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