The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re-
ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize

Week Miles Total.
Name of Railway.
ended Opened. X. s. d.
0ct.15 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 43 1,517 8 11
14 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 2,077 0 1
8 Branding Junction 25 673 13 6
14 Chester and Birkenhead. ..
16 Dundee and Arbroath ...
15 Edinburgh and Glasgow
16 Eastern Counties
15 Glasgow and Ayr 40 1,038 11 2
15 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 762 19 1
15 GrandJ unct., Chester & Crewe 113 7,954 5 7
15 Great North of England 45 1,467 10 4
16 Great Western
Sept. 23 Hayle
0ct.15 Hull and Selby
Lancaster & Preston Junction 204
14 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,776 5 9
15 London and Birmingham ll4 16,399 17 10
20 London and Blackwall ......
15 London and Brighton
Ditto Shoreham Branch
18 London and Croydon
20 London and Greenwich 34 876 10 4
16 London and South Western
13 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 561 4 104
15 Manchester & Birmingham
15 Manchester and Leeds
15 Midland Counties 574 3,003 16 0
15 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi 1,426 13 7
13 Newcastle and North Shields 7 381. 1 2
16 Northern and Eastern
15 North Midland
14 North Union
15 Preston and Wyre 194 187 6 6
15 Sheffield and Manchester...— 7 205 15 0
20 South Eastern
Taff Vale
16 Ulster
13 York and North Midland 28 1,804 17 1

STAVE—OFTRA DE.
(From the Leeds Mercury.)
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, OCT. 21.—We
can only this week confirm our last report. Prices
are at present very firm, and the sales of the past
week have, perhaps, rather exceeded in amount those
of the preceeding one.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, OCT. 21.—Our
report of this branch of trade is much the same as
last week. Sales of combing wools are not extensive,
and prices are tending downwards. In clothing
wools there is not any alteration. .

TRADE OF LEEDS.-=At our Cloth Halls this week
there has been a little improvement in the demand for
fine and middle cloths, as compared with the markets
of the last three months; but prices are exceedingly
law. ,There has been a falling off in the demand for
tweeds and fancy cloakings, but in beavers there has
been rather more done; on the whole the markets
both on Saturday and Tuesday may be fairly stated
as an average. Business is steady in the warehouses,
and a general expectation is entertained that as the
season advances there will be an improvement in the
demand for winter goods.

BRADFORD 31 inIET, THURSDAY.—We are sorry,
we 'cannot report any better doings in the piece mar-
ket. Orleans and Merinos are the least plentiful in the
market, and perhaps realising the best price of any-
thing offering. The fancy trade is rather dull, and
the sales made are still at ruinously low prices, which
may be fully accounted for by the vast many who
recklessly commenced making them, and thus brought
a stock into the trade, which, we are sorry to hear,
must fall heavy on the manufacturers. We should
recommend great caution in the product of articles
solely depending on taste, style, and fashion. We
hear of many abandoning the use of the Jacquard,
and resuming plain manufacture, which has lat-
terly proved most beneficial. The demand
for yarns is very similar to what it has
been for many weeks past, very steady, but not exten-
sive ; the shippers have not taken as much as is usual
at this period. The spinners continue to act on the
d€fensivc, and the continued short time run by several
of the most extensive houses, has had the effect of
preventing any accumulation in stock, or material
alteration in prices. Although the supply of wool is
not considerable, it is fully equal to the requirements
of the spinners, who are buying only for immediate
consumption, seeing no prospect of any alteration,
except a shade in favour of the buyer.
TRADE or MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.--
We have been further retrograding in our cloth
market this week, that is as to prices, whilst the de-
mand has been unusually small. We have now
arrived at as low a point as to value as was ever
known' and there are prospects of a still further de-
cline ;.for it is clear that the present increased pro-
duction cannot find a legitimate vent, and in such
cases the result is easy to predict. With the excep-
tion of some branches of the fustian trade, we have
nothing favourable to report as regards the home
trade, and these exceptions are the printed and plain
velvets. This branch is brisk, and affords remune-
rating prices.
There is little change in twist, but if anything the
prices are the turn lower.
LEICESTER TRADE.—WooI and yarns remain as
they were. The worsted spinners have been reducing
their stocks, and are . not inclined to increase them
again. In the staple trade, and in the fancy branches,
considerable sales have been effected, but not at pro-
fitable rates.—Leicester Mercury.

JOHN-J-AMES AUlltiBON.

A few days ago there arrived at the hotel erected
near the Niagara Falls, an odd-looking man, whose
appearance and deportment were quite in contrast
with the well-dressed and polished figures which
adorned that celebrated spot. Ile seemed to have
,
just sprung from the woods. His dress, which was
made of leather, stood dreadfully in need of repair,
apparently not having felt the touch of the needle-
woman for many a long month. A worn-out blanket,
that might have served for a bed, was buckled to his
shoulders, a long knife hung on one side, balanced
by a long rusty tin box on the other ; and his beard,
uncrepped, tangled, and coarse, fell down upon his
bosom, as if to counterpoise the weight of the dark
thick locks that supported themselves on his back and
shoulders. This strange being, to the spectators seem-
LAUNCH OF THE CUMBERLAND ingly half civilised, half savage, had a quick glancing
AT CHATHAM. eye, an elastic, firm movement, that would, no doubt,
Yesterday (the anniversary of the battle of Tra- cut his way through the cane breaks, both of the 1111-
into the
falerar) was chosen for the launch of the Cumberland, derness and of society. He pushed his steps .
0
70 gun-ship, at Chatham. The weather was un- sitting-room,
unstrapped his little burden, quietly
usually fine, and a great crowd of people attended to looked round for the landlord,
ht
and then modestly
at first drew back with
witness the launch—a matter at all times peculiarly asked for breakfast. The host
interesting to Englishmen, whose flag, to make proseamong the genteel
evident repugnance at the apparition, which thus pro-
of a verse, as " familiar as household words," has braved p?sed to intrude its uncouth f
the battle and the breeze fora thousand years.
As usual the most ample accommodation was af-• `ed his doubts. The stranger took his
visitors; but a few words whispered in his ear
stieedil satisfied
forded the public to witness the spectacle. The dock loutright. Yet, reader,
in the company, some staring, some shrug-
Pt/ lace
and some laug-hing
gates were thrown open, and the customary booths -in-' in that single man than in all the
here was more
g. He was an American woodsman,
had been erected on either side, and in the rear of
the vessel ; and a very brilliant assemblage the booths
as he called himself; he was a true, genuine son
t rest of the throng.
presented of fashionably-dressed women, attired, per-
of nature, yet who had been entertained with dis-
haps, for the first time during the season, in their
tinction at the table of Princes ; learned societies, to
winter dresses, which a fine brisk easterly wind musthad do
wn
have ".hick the like of Cuvier belonged, bowed
have taught them the value of long ere the vessel WAS
to welcome his entrance ; Kings had
launched, rented when he spoke ; in short, he was
been compli-
The time fixed for the launch was half-past one
fame will he growing brighter when the one whose
o'clock. Within a few minutes after that time every-
who laughed at him, and many such
fashionables
thing was declared ready, and Mrs. Airey, the lady
~ than they, shall have perished. yromh, greater even
of Professor Airey, the astronomer royal, christene every hill-top,
and every deep shady grove, the
the vessel am;dst very hearty cheering. The band birds, those blossoms
of the air, will sing his name. Theit little wren will
wide 1-)
teats in the river were now warned to take . iwith her t. I• me - 13 mn about I
our louse ; the
'clock the ex-
berths ;and at twenty minutes to two o . oriole carol it from the slender
d ' • the
ow s ,turtle-dove roll
of the newly-
citing notes or the bug:es, from the stern . rests . the '• • d res , many ce moeking. bird.
through the secret fo-
christened Cumberland, announced to the anxious , ,
the air • and the imperial pour it along
b
multitude that she was about to make, her " first eagle, the bird of Washing-
move." In a few seconds simultaneous shouts of 'sits •
ton, as . he. in his eragty home, far up the blue
mountains, will scream •
" she moves," brokefrom all quarters, and, ere they .nlesu J. ,►., it to t e tempests and the stars.
. He was onn James A
had died away, the stern of the launch was ploughing . 5 .alidubon, the ornithologist:—
American Paper.

Vienna, effee. tl. 3M. 10 2:4)hiladelphia
4V
Trieste, ditto ... 10 3 'PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01. .
Madrid ...
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 11,
. _

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EDINBURGH RACES.—THuirsDAr.
Her Majesty's Plate of 1051. Heats, two miles .
Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie, 3 yrs—Robertson 1 1
Mr. Merry's Smike, 3 yrs 3 2
Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 3 yrs
The County Members' Plate of 501. Heats, once round
and a dis.
Mr. Ramsay's Recorder, 6 yrs ..... (W. Noble) i a
Mr. Merry's Cable, 3 yrs 4 0 2
Mr. Meilttam's Temptation, 3 yrs 2 .ir
Mr. Birnie's Maid of the Mill, 5 yr 5.....,,., 3 dr
Free Handicap of 1 sov. each. with a Purse added. Once
round and a dis. Winner to be sold for 150/.
Mr. Ramsay's Zoroaster, 6 yrs (fir. Noble)
Mr. Binnie's Maid of the Mill, 5 yrs •
Mr. Meiklam's Florence, 3 yrs 3
Mr. Binnie's The Laird's Brother, aged . 4
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Shute House beagles, Mon., Hunter's Lode, up Lyme.
Mr. lure's hounds, Tuesday, Easton; Thursday. Bey.
ton-green-10
Mr. Long's harriers, Monday, Ell Barrow ; Friday,
Sign-post, Warminster-down-11.
Cambridgeshire hounds, Monday, Kneesworth ; Friday
Long Stanton—ioi.
Essex Union hounds, Tuesday, Asheldam-bridge ;
Saturday, Moor-gardens-10
Earl of Harewood's hds.,!111;11., Collingbain Bar; Wed.,
Boot and Shoe ; Fri., Bickerton Bar ; Sat„ Harwood
Bridge.ork
York
and Ainsty lids., Mon., Strensall ; Tues., ti:ing-
houses ; Thur., Pill Moor ; Sat., Moreby.
Cleveland hds, Mon., Kildale ; Thur., Wilton-lane.
end-lo}.'
Simmington hds., Tues., Dalby Bush ; Fri., Gilli-
mere--10.
Shropshire lids., Tues., Hawkstone ; Fri., Petton.
F. B. hds., Mon., Penwarne Gate ; Fri., Casawes
Wood-10.
Mr. Archer's hds., Mon., Viverdon ; Thnr., Hornat-tot
Chapel.
Mr. G. L.Coham's hds., Mon., Ebberley House, Bobo-
rough ; Thur., Hele Bridge, near Hetherleigh-10.
Mr. R. Cockburn's hds., Mon., Worth House ; Fri.,
Polecleeves, near Bickleigh Bridge-11.
Mr. Robertson's hds.. Mon., Link Hall ; Tues., Twizel
House ; Thur., Semington Branch ; Fri., Roddatn-114.

THE INCOME-TAX-IRELAND.

" I have exempted Ireland from the Income Tan."
Sir R. PEEL.

The sly and cunning Peel never uttered a grosser
humbug to the so-called representatives of the people
than when he said he exempted Ireland from the In-
come Tax ; but he had not the candour to tell them
that, at the same time, he gave them the new "Stamp
Duties' Bill."

The (now) old Stamp Duties were always consi-
dered oppressive in this country ; but what has Sir
Robert done ?—He JULY doubled the old Stamp Du-
ties. has he stopped there ? No ! There is a fiction
in law which renders it necessary that on the grant of
any freehold, there should be a previous Deed of Bar-
gain and Sale: this Deed of Bargain and Sale was usually
executed in the olden time, when there were n o Stamps
but it was found so intolerable a nuisance that an Act of
Parliament was brought in, about the year 1710, to
remedy the inconvenience, by which it was declared
that the recital of the bargain and sale in this
grant should be sufficient evidence of it. Sir Robert
has raked up this vision, which had slept for ages, to
impose a tax upon his great difficulty—lreland. A
word to his Tory backers—l mean the Irish Orange
landed proprietors :—Most of youhave large properties,
and a good many of them a little "dipped." When some
incumbrancer squeezes for his charge, you must raise
the wind, and when you come to pay your solicitor's
bill, then, and only then, when it touches your
pocket, you will find out whether Sir Robert Peel
has exempted Ireland from the Income-tax.—Southern
Reporter.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday evening an in-
quest was held by Mr. Gell, upon the body of George
Ladbrook, stableman with Mr. Battley, of Lower
Belgrave-street. It appeared that on Monday morn-
ing, while the deceased was dressing a horse belonging
to Commander Davis, R.N., which was at livery in his
master's stables, he went behind the animal, and while
stooping to pick up a sponge the horse kicked him
severely in the lower part of the abdomen. A surgeon
was called immediately, and erery necessary attention
was given, but the patient gradually sank, and on
Thursday expired. A post marten: examiiation was
made by Mr. Jordan, surgeon, of Lower Belgrave-
street, when it appeared that the smaller intestines
were ruptured. The Jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death," deodand Is.
ConisnssioNs OP BANKRUPTCY. Yesterday, at
twelve o'clock, the new Commissioners of Bankruptcy,
whose names have recently appeared in this Journal,
attended at the Lord Chancellor's residence, No. 25,
George-street, Hanover-square, for the purpose of
being sworn into their respective offices. His Lord-
ship arrived in town from Hunslet at an early hour,
accompanied by his private secretary ; and the usual
preliminaries havingbeen gone through, the customary
oaths were administered by Mr. Nailor, of the Crown-
office. The appointment of a second Commissioner in
Lunacy having been conferred, within the last few
days, on Mr. Winslow, for manyyears his Lordship's
private secretary, that gentleman was sworn in at the
?Anne time; and, in conjunction with Mr. Barlow (of
the Chancery bar), who entered on the office about a
month since, will carry out the provisions of the Act
of Parliament passed last session, by which the law
of lunacy has been entirely re-modelled. Richard
Clarke, 'Esq. (the Lord Chancellor's nephew), has
been appointed to succeed Mr. Winslow, as private
secretary to his Lordship. The Lord Chancellor
(who looked extremely well) left town during the
afternoon, for his country seat.
TnE LATE COLONEL DENNIE.—The public will
learn with regret that the family of this Gallant Offi-
cer, to whose heroic conduct the successful defence of
Jellalabad is in great measure owing, and whose death
on the field of battle, while leading on his troops with
but too rash gallantry against Akbar Khan's camp,
must be fresh in the recollection of our readers, are
by no means so well provided with this world's goods
as could be wished. His only son, who is in the
army, will, of course, be provided for in his profession,
but his four daughters are left with scarcely any
other provision than a Tension of 801. each settled on
them by the Government. In these times of retrench-
ment, this may be considered a liberal allowance from
the public funds, but we should hope that the East
India Company will not allow the descendants of one
of their bravest soldiers to remain without some sub-
stantial mark of their gratitude for their father's
services.

COVENT-GAnnrs.---The next operatic novelty will
accord-
inglst tho f present
November, arrangements,‘yiwith
be Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segrcto, which,
•aill
ll
ob:i
o s producedtrongo n
cast; the
the following
Carolina, Miss Kemble ; Lisette, Miss Rainforth ;
Fidalma, Mrs. Shaw ; the Count, Mr. Leffler • Gero-
nimo, Mr. Giubilei ; and Paolino, Mr. Harrison.
This novelty, it is understood, will be succeeded
by a new opera by Mr. Benedict, and Mr.
Rooke's opera, which was accepted last season,
and in which the character intended for Madame
Vestris will be entrusted to Mrs. Shaw, will speedily
follow. We sincerely trust that these promisiug
arrangements will not be frustrated by the ru-
moured closing in February to make way for a
German corps.—Dramatic and Musical Betio:. ,
e.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 "Si' C I
named Tbombp-
nesday afternoon last, as a young man,
son, who resides in Bedford-street, Abcrcrom y-
' -1-street on horse-
square, was proceeding along Crown
-street
off at a
back, the animal took fright, and dashedPembrokez
furious rate along Crown-street, down
The
young
place, London -road, and Shaw's-brow.
man continued to keep his seat till the horse reached
the bottom of Shaw's-brow, when he was thrown
street at some
off, and fell upon the
w
dis-
tance. Inspector Anders, ho happened to be near the
with a man named.
spot, assisted, together young,,
the unfortunate
Charles Forde, in conveyingyouth
to the infirniarv, where it was found he had received
a severe contusion on the right leg, and an excessive
fracture of the skull. He received at the infirmar
the best attention and treatment that medical skill
could devise, but he lingered only till yesterday
morning at four o'clock, when he died 'We believe
that an inquest will be held upon the bZdy this. day.---.
Liverpool Mercury.
THE MORMONITE DELUSION.— it d* •
Mor-
mon is on a visit to this town, and -
has iscipla of
in the Lion Fields, where he hired a room.
in preaches five or six
times a week. The strangeness of
to excite the curiosity of many persons of different
creeds, and sometimes he is openly contradicted, when,
as may be expected, a noisy discussion ensues. On
Sunday last he entertained his auditory with an account
theprayed, Mormon faith, as follows : ne
to God for fourteen days without re-
ceiving an answer,•
but just as the fortnight expired,
he was struck dead
; after which God commanded him
to be baptized (by immersion). When he came to
life he exclaimed, " Yes, Lord, I'll go! I'll go! even
if the water is boiling hot." Being baptized, he can,
he says, work miracles, and speak in unknown
tongues ; of the latter he often gives specimens, but
upon being asked for " the interpretation thereof," he
declines. Strange as it way appear, he has made a
few converts, who have been baptized by him in the
river Stour after dark.—Wolverhampton Chronicle.
The Obserrateur of Brussels says "We have just
seen a letter from the Hague, which states that a
courier had arrived in that town with the agreement
of the Belgian Government to the proposal of Holland
on the financial questions. It seems that the Ca-
binet of Brussels has purchased for the State all the
estates of King William I. and 11. in Belgium, and
that their Majesties have parted with them on terms
which do honour to their aisintere tedn s ess. This ces-
sion comprehends, besides other property, the domi-
nion of Tervearen, the hotel of the Place Royal,
and the palace of the Prince of
levard.
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