The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Nov. 4.—The
demand this week has been ,rather of an inanimate
character, and no great amount of business has been
transacted. The manufacturers, we find, still manifest
the.greatest caution and timidity in their purchases of
the raw material, which may naturally be attributed
to the difficulty they experience in disposing of their
goods
.at anything like a remunerating price.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Nov. 4.—Our
report of this branch of trade is of the same character
as those- of the last few weeks, and sales continue
limited. In prices the tendency is downwards ; but
we do not report any alteration from last week's quo-

tations.
TRADE or LEEDS.—The markets at our Cloth
Halls have been very dull this week for goods of every
description. The season being now far advanced for
the sale of winter goods for the home trade, little is
done in the market except to order, or for assorting
stocks to a very limited extent. The manufacturers
were never at any time so much perplexed to know
what to make that will meet with a ready sale as at
the present time. In the warehouses business has
been correspondingly dull; few buyers have been at
the market during the week, and business in cmse-

quence has been flat.
BRADFORD MARKET, TuunsDAY,—The demand
for Pieces, which is only limited, is still confined to
theoriginal manufacture, such: as Merinos; Orleans,
and other heavy winter goodS. In the fancy trade
there is not a vestige of improveinent, and the manu-
facturers engaged in that branch are very dispirited,
nearly all working short time, with a large proportion
,
of engines idle. It is really becoming imperative for •
them to act with great caution, and we trust, though
the operatives are now suffering great privations by
being without work, that they may be benefited -by
an early resumption. There is no marked alteration
in the demand for yarns ; the shippers are making
more inquiries, and probably in a short time more
will be done by them, or they will not be able to ship.
for the winter consumption,: unless their purchases
are made very early. The mills still continue to he
very partially employed, .^nd a great many running
only during. daylight., The business- done in wool
during the week is only limited, and that chiefly in.
'ethers. and. .matehings of a full bred description.
Hogs are Still in slow request, and it' is difficult to
e iossible
effect sales of them. The farmers Still cling to their
wools, and the staplers state that it is q uit
to give the present rates demanded by them,m tpo meet
the current prices of this market. •
TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—
We have had more doing in our cloth market this
week than of-late; and the consequence has been more
steadiness and a greater facility or making sales at
fUll prices than fur many weeks
past. Wriether this
(improvement
:it can scarcely be called) state of things
will:b6 either lasting or progressive it is hard to say,
for we have `had so many evanescent symptoms in the
last five years, that few have any confidence in the
present•firtnness of the market. -Twist is in.much the
same state as the cloth trade—hotter to sell but not
dearer.—Leeds Mercury. -

A PIRATIUCN/INVOEWS'SN.E LI NAME
D 3
31st
ofll A. purr.,
July,
,
e
Pylades, under the command of Captain Anson,
ed
1841,C0U hßertr,ANlaoje‘ t
Majesty's sloop 0!
in the Chusan 'roads, descried three
etplinierratot6bsbo.aotad. the suspicious craft. On
I‘,.Ti
aOirinep)ctruising.
large Chinese junks near the shore, which were sus-
pectedlviwith
i Captain
a party, Ansono
f dispatchedth the
slsloop's
as
edabjnemiomks, a spirited fire was opened upon the
'
cuttern
officersearioga tnatodhu
sloop's boats, but after an action of about twenty
on
tn klsovio' aAsiba
loaa3r,
sd e
Id:,
eNrveh
oe no
mit inwuatess'
adsuorearttiaoino,oodnetilftthaeboj
board of them. Of this number of pirates, 48 were
killed in the action, the remainder having jumped
overboard. Two of the sloop's men were killed, and
several
The crews of the other two
i
that the third had been
boarded, slipped their cables, and, aided by the dark-
tis,
a were ver
soone wounded.
as
they sa w
ness of the night, made for the shore.
The sleep's boats
then returned with their prize, having taken two of the
pirates alive. On the deck of the Pylades great noises
were subsequently heard from the shore,.and next day it
appeared that the inhabitants had mustered and killed all
the pirates as they reached the shore. These pirates
had for some time before landed, and killed and plun-
dered
o
seaort.
ni
oli that the pirates had been destroyed, that a
thanks with presents was sent to Captain
Aei
e people on shore, and so gteat wazi their gra-
for the services that had been rendered to
titoto,
them. The Admiral on the station on hearing of the
circumstances, also complimented the captain, officers,
and crew of the Pylades
.for their gallant conduct.
The pirates on being boarded had their decks prepared
for action. There were but 20 men dispatched on
this service from the Pylades.
Dr. Addams now moved the Court to carry out the
regulations of the 6th Geo. IV., passed for the pur-
pose
of encouraging her Majesty's navy in destroying
pirates and piratical vessels. By this Act 201. was
directed to be awarded as bounty money for each pi-
rate destroyed, and as there were in all .100 pirates
killed either in action or by drowning; the officers and
crew of the Pylades were entitled to an award from
the Court in
.their favour.
The Queen's Advocate was ready to admit that. the
officers and crew engaged in this attack had behaved
as they always did, with great gallantry, and he did
of iratical junks:
this than the
opinion expressed by the Commander on the station,
; but the question
pirates, or whe-
ther nottilwase r,
t,iv iwishwhether
tt
iodl
ei,ri trestrictnhoo ts o
mtel their i
belongr rtew rd
reallyo the Chinese navy. If
were
they were deemed to be pirates by the Court, the
claim could only be for 52 killed and captured in ac-
tion, the remaining 48 haring been destroyed by the
natives, and for which the officers and crew of the
Pylades were by the Act entitled to 5/. each.
p
was quite enough
toT hDceorkne. vicijnouticselhditnhngeottC° heldlolbuer Court
a better
and the conduct of the Plundered
t thattte therer
irates themselves, as therhad
attacked, killed, and plundeted the people on shote.
The Court, therefore, must decree the 20/. per head
for the 50 pirates killed and the two captured, and Si.
that
these
proofwei • e
each for all the rest.

A YOUNG PREACHETL—The anniversary sermons
in behalf of the Primitive Methodist Sunday Schools,
Oldham, were preached on Sunday last by a boy of
14 years of age, named Joel Hodson, of Lancaster.
Such was the excitement of the public to see and hear
this juvenile prodigy that the congregation were ad-
mitted by tickets sold at ls. 6d. each.--211anchester
Advertiser •
FATAL ACCIDENT.----0° Friday morning, about
twelve o'clock, a fatal accident occurred in High-
street, Borough, to a lad about sixteen 3 ears of age,
named Sullivan. It appears that the lad was going
along the Borough in'a cart, and when opposite the
. Town-hall, he had occasion to pull up at the moment
a waggon, heavily laden with tallow, was passing in
the opposite direction, and the wheels becoming
which, before he
en-
tangled, the unfortunate had • was thrown out, fall-
ingchest. He was
cou
ludnbdee r
etxhteriwe
allteeedlspo
Thomas'sfa
stsheeidrlNo•salpgei s
conveyed to St.where be died in
a few minutes after his admission.