The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-20 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.
4,4,W00L TRAnE, LEEDS, DEC. 19.—F,,mign
iN:er,en heavy of sale this week, and transac-
,l4,lY are very limitid in extent.
•of WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC. 19. This
ttrade has remained during the pres"nt weok
Eii state as named in our 10.,t week's ri port
4111-41) WOOL MARKET, DEC. 19.—The firm-
Ate growers of wool renders it impossible to
tsarket at the late reduction in price; and the
Mlllle trade and the unsettled state of the
arketand of politics, occasions consumers to act
b
Itve arlenrally t o e idised to operate
11 atu thgesee rates, so thatn fewsp sales have been

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,ii„t, 4‘e present state of the country, and the
'zt,iltoftlie measures likely to be brought forward
Ilabcovili attending a short supply of food, has
1444'e effect upon our cloth markets: both on Sa-
"r l' u"day the marketa were dull. There is,
4:4-1 improved demand for goods calculated for
,th. States for the spring trade, and also for
'ill th is prcbably on the speculation that as
twiliiequire to be a large importation of corn and
,iatvgive an impetus to the demand for British
~li 'quarter of the globe. The home trade is
1614c1 little is now dein.. in purchases
the for the
. els, either in the clotlihalls or in ware-

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itta,"•—The manufacturers complain seriously
ssibility of disposing of their goods, in any
;tic!! a la.rnunerating price, and consequently
The time has become general at nearly all the
t, weiiii4ilure of Mr. Edward Rawson, merchant,
'1; thi materially add to the depression; his a:
itil a district being stated at more than 60,0001.
Ntile,,ine!ew eut season of the year, the dearness
It the scarcity of employment,
.workingan
...
of " be feared, will have to experienetenn.
Truhae4ls' and deprivation it is fearful to ctm t
.3,,' "ue admonitory lessons of monopoly are
p„,11, will our legislators consent to do our in-
ettlat•
I, k0\,,,,,1g0 justice?
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DEC.(111::111.; ls.—The trade of this place
~,v5 that much this last month, and it may be
t7h1,",1 lt gradually decreased as the price of
li''M'"" We had a dull market to-day, and a
i/4-14°11'.4atilf buyers. owing partly to the weather.,
,dsof ,ARRET, THURSDAY.—The dullness for
~'"4cloia*,;-:'1 is not in the least degree altered. The
I,'t Of 4 1.4
a mere trifle, certainly not more than 30
'P$ taol'eira,ge times; yet there has been no giving
The ilutlee the spinners to extend their pur-
-1 4
V•!coit6t"el: in the staplers' hands here i▪ s fully an
1114.1 scarld brokes are not very plentiful, which may
.11el :by the very small quantity making, and
r,tlllot Cees at which they have been latterly sold.
hose It of any better tidings among the spin-
tttei, eo,twplaints are not in the slightest abated,
41 ithP;tlee can yet be obtained for yarns; there
,NZIT than 'for some weeks past, and by no
li4-2 Jobs pressing on the market, which have
4843' c for little over the cost o.f• the
der i cases
to e' Pre S' however, a prospect of better. times:
lio,lent production stocks will not increase,
i
;'," St the turn of the year to see a more
~o• r'n'4le of things. All will rejoice in this, for
'kt i-41. oPerative classes, whose privations are
`'ILtPo-rtt this inclement season of the year. We
I'7l hi litiSthino• different in this day's market,
'41:)-1 been dull, nor is any marked animation
iititiritltiring this. ar. Our next, a hich will be
Pkv-e"a3., will closee this profitless year, and it
;.1144,,.g "eat boon to all engaged if the new mar-
'Nti,s- "h the year 1846, should assume a more
t4tlltat.
;111, i:2411, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have been
" Pirestriee this day week in our cloth market,
Ptri„es and in demand. The market at the
.kliki:', exhibited considerable firmness, but since
,Ni„.(>4 of Sir Robert Peel we appear to have losd
,4La'; , confidence. Price may be called
tital"4', but the little that is doing is decidedly
(g the4l than on this day se'nnight. Yarnse are_
'tad ante state, there being no confidence in the
/ It •
41 t 1 Is not a slight reduction that would tempt
4t/t ,ttge scale.
~Y to-`„Ll`loTTricitam.—The Nottingham Review
'iittri7ltins a 'very gloomy statement of the trade
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‘4ICI.2:LWAy ALMANACK for 1846.
'; ANZ,k might be properly entitled the Cora-
'll4,-44 In the calendar, in addition to the
,t,.1 ‘l,-„lttia contained in that portion of
bank
p`l:Fee: lurid the various railway meetings,
li;orda to be holden in the ensuing year regu-
i'6. -"'N,ir It is, in fact, a. diary of those meetings
,'°llt, Ile have also lists of both Houses of
~,,, „."4„ of the stock-brokers in the three
•ct •Gilciii'4,lway officials, of all existing and pro-
-I,,lllstra7B, dividends, the funds and a railway
i4.13' it,tsa of all Parliamentary returns relatingthe
4 otd"lters, and digests of railway law, oflt
iZet; ,"8, and of legal decisions on rai▪ lways. .
ever°l4Plete year book of commercial statistics
4,1,1 beenpublished.
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4ties.--„P AitING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— On
t"kg, about seven o'clock, as a man named
whee- this parish, was on his return home from
near thlle,had been to receive came money, he was
th, nt' eslevan Chapel, Pickleden wood, by two
". Other :In Placed his hands over Skinner's month,
btu - 'died his pockets of three sovereigns and a
o Rlthe land although it was moonlight, he is unable
Yfri en
descpion of the offenders, being so ex-
ctich ,getenod. Skinner is a journeyman shoemaker,
ktl4l4!‘,Bl)ected in this place.—Dorer Chronicle.
e I)Ec. 18.—The Corp)ration of Dublin
'4l to an address to-- the Queen, rePre-
great distress likely to arise from the
t u
o e Potato crop, and praying that the ports
101 Pk wed,ro and facilities given for the extension
'lkt the t by railways and public works. A
tigea-m4dress was ed to Sir James Graham,
t that her Majeforward sty's pleasure might be signified
Ce when the Lord Mayor and the deputation
'Zttl„Present the address might proceed to London.
"tgoihl" the town-clerk, Mr. Ford, received the follow-
.
Q4tion from the Home-office
" Whitehall, Dec. 18, 1845.
directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to
',,t‘4eoht the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, en.
~),giti'"Y,of the address of the Lord Mayor and Corpo-
,lltilfbctY. of Dt.iblin, and
.requesting to be informed
it 44 her Majesty's pleasure t? receive the address
Mayor and a deputation from the Town

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rtt4t° inform you, in reply, that Sir James Graham
t earliest opportunity of submitting the subject of
the Queen. But, under existing circumstances,
tlth ts,"le delay may take place before her Majesty's
Vttlt,' notified.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant.
ourrox. William Ford, Esq., Town-Clerk of

:4r4POLT, , VISITING
N ' lit . ".N AND RELIEF ASSOCIA
N, br i'ttFond annual meeting of the members and sup-
NA, AiLia institution was held yesterday at Willis's
f.4ll4ll"naiees's. The Right
.Rev. the Lord Bishop of
VI kettiag taken the chair, briefly to open the business
.INtilg. Mr. Haly, the secretary, then read the
" .:it LC' report. It stated that the society had for its
::'itlif3„-iisleal, moral, and spiritual improvement of the
IlVta..;- regard to religious distinctions ; and he spoke
„Ir'ai,'l",,g terms of the success which had. attended its
'l, A."`,Ve4,,' he balance sheets showed an income during
017. ",,including former balance, sale of Exchequer-
,.(ii It of 8,6911. 10s. 3d. The grants amounted to
IC'stilato'nalt,d there was a present balance of 896/. 3s. Mr.
id ri. s,e',al-P., proposed the adoption and circulation of
tit ithe The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster se-
v'esolution, and it was carried unanimously. Sir
I)4,4llerit'' 'toyed the second resolution, to the effect that
Olt it thett.of another year had justified the hope e.x-
-1 Vstlet vie:institution a the society, that the formation
7,118 V" societies throughout the parishes of the
jtVii tha'ad been fully realised. Archdeacon Hale
0p*,41, lvf.jesolution, which was carped nem da. 321 r.
Ot"ilts4,,, r.i moved another resolution, recommending
t,tki,W44',enlent of provident societies amongst the poor,
4 '''''lm Seconded by the Rev. T. Gibson, and carried
ttlil. a .y ..,.
gtlciit,,. votes of thanks were then severally passed
1) 're and the chairman, when the meeting sepa-
y), r.
,ty a ),,,. , °LYTECIINIC INSTITUTION. There is
''titill ,1K Passes without some addition to the number
?1„, li: carriages and machinery connected with steam
,:."..t`tia ollaion, locomotive, and stationary engines, in the
Ntve this excellent Institution, and among the more
1,41,, ii observe a beautiful adaptation of pneumatic
Vin, the`
onsist form a miniature steam-engine playing a
l'' ii Wholeing an elegant article of vertu. The
;',i.cArZnerated by spirits of wine, and. carries
.out the
f
iiitliilth:ss of a stationary engine, having a cylinder o
tkett." of an inch diameter,. with pump., cranks, fly-
LN'tlfr'i "tnplete. The fountain is attached, and in
174 d. th Zlss, in which may be placed gold-fish, and presents
Nl' itse,,vrtiofs that the ornamental and useful may be so coin-
t'tliii:iita," Produce sensations of extreme gratification. This
d was a • ,
o,lk -the ,designed and manufactured by. 15.1. r. T. Smitli,
,t.th IL . oonour a short time since of exhibiting it to his
'4 4'-:tsitiness Prince Albert, who was pleased to pay a
1, ,yl4ment upon its ingenuity. It is now deposited in
„tlviated °,lYteclinic Institution, and will no doubt be much
q,stitar ul I)3' the visitors during the Christmas holidays..
't thY he ere are numerous novelties in embryo which will
'IN ila feit.produced to amuse and instruct
.the sight-seekers
OF ,(41 (Ire season of the year, more particularly those who
At,' (1
sPending the day in, places of more quiet enjoy-
,„ 'le ht
tlop",',E4,- ye Major-General John Mayne, C. 8., of the
k1:45,Q, Iteadia Company's service, Bombay, late of Edin-
tiOriii °rth Britain, has left personalty in England
tit tingi;t° 5,0001. By his will, dated Feb. 24, 1845, he
kia 4trvi eon James Edmund Mayne, Esq., in the mill-
-4,C404 iii'ete,°f the Hon. East India Company, two hundred
14, hi/. 1 . the Northern Coal Mining Company, for which
1,40 e;-.8 originally paid. All his other property he leaves
tl An. cutors in t.t f his children the interest of
t 0.,,
~ t, , Ms or .
terk Vie at the disposal of his daughter Mary, wife of
,Priil6°rinald of the Bombay Artillery, for her life, and
tt,n`rict .alto her children at her decease To his daughterss
t,r'alt,Thaert. Hannah, and son. John, 2,2501. each; hi
'IN are Jan
1,i50/. The residue am og the.m. The execu-
s,iiia4„ a 'nes and Robert Mayne, Esqrs., his brothers, INT,lhio
kaa Was Minted the guardians of his infant children. e
'• p „v egistered in Edinburgh on the 23d of August last,
ta.A.l:ited in London oa the 29th ult.—Post.
tv:4). 6,14 °TED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, be-
V rotteer,and live o'clock, a determined attempt at. suicide
p:,;,Y•strA °Y J. R. Cullinf'ord, Esq., a gentleman residing in
.Id`iiet ~i'er, Hampstead road, by shooting himself with a
Oitig-st°l. lt appears that he returned home to his
Ilta,his CedaPParently much dejected; he proceeded up stairs
ta a f j9°ll`l; in a few minutes afterwards his landlord
fish, amt report of fire-arms; be instantly proceeded up.
(Ird ; and on, on, entering the bedroom he found Mr. Willi-
ittsi!? rib
floor bleeding from the left lide, and a pocket
i Ir.ts Y'ng by his side. Surgical assistance being procured,
4 Et,
ateertkined that the ball had passed through the flesh
WAulitine direction, without injuring any vital part.
lit,lcii_EriiELto CORN M &BEET, DEC. 19.—The
;trtain',
'are not large this week. Although in the same un-
eeli,.. about the corn-laws, there was to-day a firmer
oti,i,p in the trade, and although an extremely limited
as d t's was transacted, really fit,e and dry wheats were fully
krt,lttarr; in common sorts nothing doing. Fine barley sold at
-NSW ,rites, inferior samples unsaleable unless at a reduction.
I beaus rather cheaper ~ in old no alteration. Oats Id.
btfp °ads and Shelling 6-cl. to ls. per load lower. Malt as
re.