The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-17 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JAN. 14.—We have
had but a limited demand for foreign wool during the
past week, though prices have undergone no variation.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JAN. 14.—Sales
continue limited, and prices without any alteration from
last week's quotations.
BRADFORD MARKET, THFIRSDAY.—We cannot re-
port any improvement upon last week's Piece Market.
Merchants manifest great caution in their operations, nor
do we anticipate any material change at present. Prices
continue about the same. In Yarn there is no observ-
able difference since our last report. Spinners continue
to work short time, and thus prevent any material accu-
mulation. Prices are firm. A continued dullness pre-
vails in wool : prices, however, are not affected, which
may be attributed to the market not being glutted with a
superabundant stock.—Leeds Mercury.

EXETER MARKETS, JAN. 14.—Cattle : We
have rarely seen a smaller market than the one of this
morning ; every thing, however, was sold at our late
quotations. Cows and Calves fetched high prices.—Pork
Carcases : There has been a larger supply this morning
than has been seen for some time, and the demand not
having been greater than usual, a good deal remained
unsold. Prices also have declined to 8s to 8s 6d.—Pan-
nier : Poultry, Game, &c. : Turkeys, from 5s to 9s ;
Geese, 4s 6d to 5s 6d, Fowls, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; Ducks, 4s
to ss; Pheasants, 7s; Woodcocks, 6s 6d to 7s per couple;
Snipes, is 6d per couple; Hares, 3s Gd to 4s; Rabbits, is
to is Gd.—Vegetables : Carrots and Turnips, Id per lb.;
Onions, lid per lb.; Savoys, id to 2d each; Celery, ld to
2d per stick ' - Potatoes, 7d per score.—Fruit:. Pears, is
t 9 is 6d per dozen; Apples, 4d to 5d per dozen; Eggs,
14 to 16 for is ; Butter, is to 14d per lb.—Corn : A
slight reduction has taken place in Wheat ; the prices
are at present from 7s 6d to 8s 3d. The market, how-
ever, is pretty brisk. Barley and Oats, which are dull
of sale, remain at late quotations.—Seeds : Oats, 2s 6d
to 2s 9d per bushel; Beans, 5s 3d to 6s; Barley, 3s 8d to
4s. Oats rather on the advance. Early Beans, 6d per
quart; Early Peas, 8d ; Linseed, 8s 6d to 9s.—Western
Times.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Saturday
morning, about a quarter past seven o'clock, the follow-
ing melancholy accident took place on the river within a
short distance of Vauxhall-bridge. It appears that two
young men of the names of Charles Phippson and Henry
James Phippson, brothers, both button-makers, and who
resided in Ebury-street, Pimlico, were proceeding to
Hungerford-market in a boat, when, by some accident,
they ran against a coal barge which was lying near the
terminus of the South Western Railway. They pro-
ceeded onward, little imagining what was to follow,
when, to their terror and astonishmment, they found
that their boat had sprung a leak owing to the concussion
with the barge, and in less than two minutes it was filled
with water, and went down. Charles Phippson, being
an expert swimmer, swam to the shore, but his brother,
we regret to state, sank, to rise no more. Every endea-
vour was made to save him, but without success. The
unfortunate young man was in his 23d year, and was
to have been married on Sunday week. Ilis brother
took off his coat and vest, and dived in after him, but
without avail.

LORD ASHBURTON AND THE SLAVE QUES-
TION.—It is said that Lord Ashburton is a great holder
of land in New Orleans and Texas, which is cultivated
by slaves. It is quite possible, if this be true, that his
Lordship may have a direct and immediate interest in
the transport of slaves to New Orleans. He or his
agents may have been the purchasers of some of the
slaves in the Creole, and the possibility of such a circum-
stance occurring, much more the probability, and the sus-
picion that it has occurred, with the known infirmity of
the Noble Lord of basing his judgment on his breeches
pocket, his sensorium, as we have before stated, lying
in his right thigh, must make the Noble Lord a totally
unfit man to manage the delicate negotiations now pend-
ing between the two countries. From his negotiations—
founded on the mercantile principle of making money,
which, though allowable in commerce, is contrary to na-
tional intercourse—it is impossible that either advantage
or .
honour to England can arise.
Th::! tnportant Corn-law Conference- for the
eounde3 of lia.nrs, and Dixsct, including the
Isie of Wight, will take place in bouthampton on the
Ist ,of February next.